Naruto of whirlpool
The trees sped past as the small group headed northeast to the fire capital. Neji was watching the left side of the group in order to prevent an ambush when he saw them. "Naruto there is a group of people on the road who are under attack some of them are Leaf Nins." Neji barked. The group came to a halt. Naruto turned to him. "Are you sure Neji?" he asked. "Yes and if we don't help them right now they will not survive." Naruto nodded.
"Right you heard him let's go." With that the group jumped away. The clang of steel against steel rang through the air. Yamanaka Ino was not happy. "Blasted sound nins just won't let up." she growled to her companions. None of whom answered her as they were busy with their own opponents.
Just as Ino finished off her opponent another slipped past. One of the children she was protecting screamed. Ino turned to engage then stopped in shock. "Looks like you're having some problems Ino?"
he asked with a grin. "Naruto?" she asked hardly believing her eyes. Even as she asked the sound Nins were beginning to retreat from the unexpected counterattack. She saw Neji and an adult who had a Headband that she recognized from the Hidden Whirlpool Village. "Naruto how?" she asked.
Naruto shrugged "I got lucky. I killed Gaara before he could kill me." Naruto replied but before he could the Whirlpool Jounin cut in "But that is a story for another time right now I want to know how you survived and where you were going Genin" He said. "Ino this is my Uncle. His name is Keanu. He is accompanying me while I go to the Fire capital to speak to the Daimyo."
Ino just stared at him for a moment than snapped out of it. "Okay and where did you lot come from." she asked obviously still in shock. "We came from the Whirlpool Village which is where the vast majority of the survivors went Ino." A female voice replied. She turned and saw Tenten standing a short distance away next Neji. "Oh so that means that my group is going there I assume?"
she asked. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Yes Ino that was the order I was given by my Aunt the Godaime Uzukage. The order was that all Leaf Village survivors were to head to Whirlpool to regroup and plan our next move. Although from what I heard before I left some had decided to settle there and become Whirlpool ninja's and civilians." he replied.
"Wait aunt I thought you were an orphan with no family Naruto" she asked then immediately regretted it. Naruto just laughed. "No that was the official story that was put out after my Parents died 13 years ago but my mothers clan survived and I was partly raised by them. I grew up in the Leaf village because that was my Fathers wish and my Aunt accepted this but made sure I was properly taken care of.
Who do you think paid for my Apartment and food? The Hokage! "He replied laughing cheerfully." Ino shook her head at her friend who was trying to stop laughing and failing. "Um yea I did that was the SOP for children of Village ninja." Ino replied. She had obviously missed the part about his aunt being the Godaime of Whirlpool.
By this point the rest of the survivors had gathered around and their injuries taken care of by Keanu who knew a few Medical Jutsu's. Naruto chuckled again. "Anyway I am sure you have plenty of questions for me but that will have to wait. Tenten I want you to take Ino's Group to Whirlpool village and get them settled in." he ordered "Right okay everyone form up we are heading out." Ino blinked a moment "what hold on who put you in charge?" she demanded.
"Kakashi Sensei did when I found him in the stadium after the attack He said that I was in charge of the Leaf Survivors and was to take them to Whirlpool. I did that. Then I was assigned the task of finding the rest of the survivors and sending them to whirlpool. I have done that with your group which is probably not going to be the first group I will find while I am on my mission" Naruto responded coldly. Ino shivered at the tone in his voice.
"Okay to whirlpool it is." she then turned and took up a defensive position at the rear of the group she had been protecting. Naruto shook his head at her then turned away. With a signal he jumped into the trees followed closely by the rest of his group. Once they were out of earshot Choji spoke up. "Naruto why did you signal me to keep quiet while you were speaking to Ino?" he asked. "I did it so that she would not yell so loudly when we had just fought off a sound attack on her group. No offense Choji but Ino is a Fangirl of Sasuke's and that does not make me confident in her ability to be a quality type Kunoichi. Which she is most certainly not." he replied.
"That's not fair to her Naruto" he said but was interrupted by a fierce glare from Naruto. "I am not trying to be fair. We are at war we just lost our village. Over half the shinobi continent is fighting each other and we are on the losing side with the destruction of our village. I am a Leaf Ninja she is a silly shallow girl who needs to get a perspective change before she gets her fool head cut off." Choji shook his head angrily. "I know that Naruto I just lost over half my clan or did you forget that."
Naruto turned to respond but was cut off by Keanu "Enough both of you. You are both on edge because of what happened. You two need to cool off that's an order." Keanu barked. "Yes sir" Naruto and Choji responded. Keanu nodded at them then increased speed forcing the group to hurry up.
The Suna Caravan had been on the road for over a week before they were intercepted by a Whirlpool Anbu team that had been sent by the Uzukage. "Where is Sabaku no Temari?" The Anbu captain demanded. "In the Palanquin." the Leader of the Caravan replied with a gulp. The Anbu captain sent a team member to confirm what he had said.
When he looked inside the Palanquin Temari nodded at him but said nothing. Once the Anbu had confirmed who she was he disappeared. "I have confirmation it is her captain." The Anbu nodded at him then turned back to the assembled Suna Nins. "We will take over from here you will head back to your village and stay there." The Anbu captain responded coldly.
Baki the Suna Ninja in charge of protecting Temari stepped forward. "Sir I was assigned by the Yondaime Kazekage to protect Temari I respectively request to accompany her to Whirlpool. That way I can meet young Naruto and gauge his worthiness." he said with a firm tone. The Anbu captain stared at him for a long moment.
"Very well but know this I happen to know for a fact that Naruto is a good person and will treat Temari with all the respect she deserves. But know this if this is an attempt to assassinate young Naruto back out now because I will personally kill you than lead the attack on your village. If I do attack I will not spare a single person in your village. Every man women and child will die. Is that understood."
he growled while blasting Baki with enough Killing Intent to make a herd of Elephants faint. Baki nodded in response. He was completely unresponsive to the killing intent. "Agreed I will accompany lady Temari alone the rest will return to Suna."
Uzumaki Ryoga grinned beneath his mask. "Naruto I don't know how you got lucky enough to marry the Kazekage's daughter but man she is hot. Your lucky I am married because if I wasn't I would be trying for her hand." He thought cheerfully. Outwardly Ryoga was stoic and silent the epitome of the consummate Anbu member. But on the inside he was a joker and a prankster who gave his family and team mates headaches.
Naruto had once said that compared to Ryoga he was quiet and studios. That comment had had the family in stitches for a week. Once the Suna Nins had left the caravan started off again. Ryoga was sitting on top of the Slave cart when he over heard an interesting conversation. He could hear several voices inside the cart.
He turned away but something made him stop. "Right you remember the plan when we get to the village we will wait for the right moment. When it comes once one of us has a chance we will kill lady Temari and get our revenge." One voice proclaimed. "But what about the Whirlpool Nins they will be watching all of us." a second voice replied.
"Look guys I know I said I wanted revenge but now I think I just want to leave I don't want to have anything to do with this anymore Saria I know you want revenge for your family and that is your driving force. I don't have any such reasons. My family has served the Sabaku family for many generations and by rights I should report you. But I won't. I want my freedom just as much as you do." A third voice replied.
"Traitor are you saying that she should walk away free from all this." the first voice demanded. "No I am saying that there are better things than revenge. Like freedom and starting over in a much better place that Wind country." the third voice responded. "look stop it both of you Tureen if you don't want anything to do with this fine but keep your mouth shut around the Whirlpool nins they wont spare any of us if they discover our plans." the second voice interrupted.
Ryoga frowned as he listened to the conversation. "So some of Lady Tamari's slaves are planning to an assassination." he thought. The First voice must be Saria and the third must be Tureen." He scrunched up his nose in concentration while idly twirling a Kunai with his finger.
"Unfortunately I can not allow any harm to come to Temari. Not only would it cause an incident Naruto will want my head. I remember the letter we got from him when he saw her for the first time shortly before the Chunnin exams began." he smirked at the memory then got back to business. "But then again I can't kill them as they are technically Tamari's until we get to Whirlpool and then they will be turned over to Naruto and knowing him they would be freed. So I need to keep them far away from Temari for the time being."
with a grimace at his thoughts he shunshined off to his boss and reported all that he had learned and what conclusions he had drawn from it. When Naruto's group arrived in the fire capital they immediately went to the fire daimyo's palace and reported in. "Sir a Trio of Leaf Ninja and a Whirlpool Ninja are requesting a meeting." A servant said to the Daimyo.
"Ah good more survivors let them in" he commanded. "Yes sire" the servant then left the room. A few moments later Naruto and his team entered the room and bowed to the Fire Daimyo. "Sir my name is Naruto. The other two leaf ninja with me are Hyuuga Neji and Akimichi Choji. The Whirlpool Jounin that is accompanying us is my uncle. His name is Keanu."
Naruto said. The Daimyo nodded at him then spoke. "I am given to understand young Uzumaki that your village has taken in a large group of Leaf Ninjas. I must admit I am a bit perplexed by this decision." Keanu stepped forward as it was obvious that the Daimyo had been speaking to him.
"Yes sir my nephew Naruto led the group to whirlpool on the orders of his Jounin Sensei Hatake Kakashi. As for why well as you know the Uzumaki Clan and the Senju clan have familial roots. That is why the decision was made. As of when we left we had a total of over 300 Leaf Ninjas and Civilians in our care." he replied.
The daimyo nodded at him then turned to Naruto. "Naruto I want you to tell me exactly what happened from the moment you left the Leaf Village until you came here and leave nothing out." he commanded. Naruto nodded and then began to speak. 2 hours later he finished speaking. Then sat down. The Fire daimyo took a moment to think about what Naruto had just said.
"Thank you Naruto but now let us get to the important stuff. The rest of you except for Keanu are dismissed. After Neji and Choji left the two remaining ninja briefed the Daimyo on what they had planned for the country of Fire. Naruto let his uncle do much of the talking while he sat in the background and interjected an Idea every now and again.
While Naruto and Keanu were meeting with the Daimyo Neji and Choji were scouting around the capital city and getting the word out that the Leaf Village had fallen and the survivors had gone to Whirlpool village. By the time Naruto was done with the daimyo Neji and Choji had found an additional 42 leaf Nins and 122 civilians. The vast majority of the Leaf Nins were Anbu and Tokubetsu Jounin.
The Civilians had been ones that had been on the outskirts of the village when the attack had begun. When the order to flee had come the Ninja had gathered them up and fled to the fire capital. These were obviously the group that the Inuzuka clan dogs had tracked before they lost the scent. Once they were apprised of the situation and where the other survivors had gone they immediately packed up and started out in the direction of Whirlpool.
As planned Naruto and his group were going to reconnoiter the remains of the Leaf Village. The war the Orochimaru had started was going full blast. Kumo had lost over 50 percent of its shinobi forces due to the Curse Seal Ninjas That Orochimaru had sent there. Iwa on the other hand had successfully fought off the attacks. Kiri had fought off the attack then immediately launched a major counter attack. This attack had already pushed the Oto Nins out of Mist and the commanders in charge had ordered the army to seek and destroy the enemy.
Suna had been reduced to a stage three shinobi village due to its losses during the invasion. Even thought the leaf village had been destroyed its survivors were gathering together and a rebirth of the village was in the works. All this happened between the time Naruto's group came to Whirlpool and the time his small shinobi force arrived in the fire capital.
In the Whirlpool village Tsunade and Shizune had arrived. Shizune immediately headed for the hospital while Tsunade went to speak to Kerala. Kakashi was sitting quietly in his bed reading Icha Icha Make out tactics when he heard a commotion in the hallway. When he looked up from the book the door when a bluish gray blur rushed in.
"oh Kakashi I hear from your student Naruto that you were injured so I came right here so that I may take care of you. Isn't that great Kakashi." Shizune said happily. It took Kakashi a moment to realize who she was but by then it was too late. "Crap what are you doing here Shizune and how did you know that I was injured."
he replied having not heard what Shizune said as she had said very fast. Shizune was already doing a diagnostic Jutsu on him when she answered him. Kakashi blinked at her response and then yelled "NARUTO"
Lita and Morita were playing in the playground when they heard someone yell their cousin's name. "Ooh looks like Naruto is in trouble I wonder what he did." Lita remarked. Morita smiled "I don't know but whatever it is I would not want to be Naruto right now." she answered with an even bigger smile. Miles away as the small group entered the remains of the destroyed leaf village Naruto sneezed again.
"I wonder who keeps talking about me?" he said with a groan. Choji and Keanu snickered while Neji scanned the area with his byakugan. "There is no one in the village except for us Naruto all I see are ruins" Neji said with a tone of finality. "Right since we are done here and there doesn't appear to be any survivors nearby we should go ahead and depart." Keanu announced.
"Right then let us be off. We should probably attempt to rendezvous with the suna caravan. Want to check on my bride to be." Naruto said. Keanu nodded. "Right lets go." he said. "Wait hold on what bride to be. I didn't know you were betrothed Naruto." Choji exclaimed. "My parents betrothed me to the Kazekage's daughter before I was born.
They were supposed to announce it when she came to the village when the exams started but they didn't so my aunt activated the jeopardy clause on the contract." Naruto explained. "Wait you don't mean Temari do you she is suna's strongest genin." Tenten replied. "Not anymore the jeopardy clause states that if either side betrays the other without a very good reason they will have to send their representative to the contract to the opposing party as a civilian.
So that means the Temari is no longer a Ninja she is a civilian and will stay that way for the rest of her life unless Naruto says otherwise." Keanu explained. "Which I won't. I intend to stick it to suna big time in the future. I intend to humiliate them as much as I can before Temari and I are husband and wife.
This also means that you can rub it in her face that you are still a Kunoichi while she is not Tenten if you want to." Naruto answered. Tenten mulled over what Naruto had just said. "No thanks Naruto. I would not want them to do it to me if I was in her position." she answered. "Excellent answer Tenten I was wondering what you were going to say."
Keanu replied with a big smile. Naruto was also smiling but not as big as his uncle. "Alright we have wasted enough time as it is so let us be off. I am pretty sure we can catch up to the group if we hurry." Keanu said. Without a further word Keanu turned and started running in the general direction of Whirlpool.