Hello! Thank you for reading the next chapter of my first comedy fic… Well, first fic in general, really. And would you rather I use the English or Japanese version of Jutsu?
To Fix a World
Chapter 2
The Beginning to Our Story
"I don't know if I should be excited, or annoyed. For one thing, I'm in Naruto! For another, I'm in Naruto…
Also, why do I (er, we?) have pink hair!?" I yelled. Thankfully, the room had a mirror that I could actually focus on what I look like.
About four foot ten (58.5 inches), light blue eyes, light sun-stained skin, and a twisting scar spiraling around the right arm.
"Not bad for an eleven… no wait, twelve year old. My birthday was a month ago. And I'm graduating… when?" I guess the originator of this body doesn't have too great a memory.
I peaked at the clock on the wall. "Great… I'm late for class. Wonderful." I said.
I sluggishly grabbed my kunai, senbon, and notebook. Never know what needs to be remembered. "Okay, what food do we have?" The kid lived, sorry, I live in an apartment funded by Taki's leader.
Too many orphans to keep in an orphanage I'm assuming. The perks of attending the ninja academy. This is a world filled with little else but war, after all. "Alright, our choices today are ramen, oats, eggs, and a bit of beef... Let's do oats." I checked the mirror again. "Now, what to do with my hair."
My new hair hung past my eyebrows and would have stopped above the nape of my back, however, it stuck out as a small mass of spikes. It looked like a tame cow-lick. It… actually didn't look too bad. "Definitely getting a haircut, but it fits Naruto, I guess."
Before leaving the apartment, I swept the hair in my face to the side, letting it hang to the side of my left eye. "Right, hair, gear, shoes… oh, food." I'm not a morning person. I tend to be a bit forgetful around this time of day.
I grabbed a pack of oats and a slice of bread before headed out the door.
Taki, an, almost, peaceful village.
One thing that can be said is how beautiful the place actually is. The village is, essentially, made of two living areas, each filled with homes, apartments, craftsmen quarters, and shops. The entrance was a city built vertically on a cliff-side around a multitude of waterfalls, a large waterfall in the center.
Behind the largest body of falling water was the entrance to the second, larger portion of the village. The homes and building were built directly under a giant tree. Not just giant, but absolutely massive. The largest building was a speck compared to the tree.
I live in the outer village, the academy is in the inner village. "Thank God I can ninja run." I sprinted out the door, jumping from wooden bridge to wooden bridge, reaching the main waterfall in a couple minutes.
I splashed through. Above was a canopy of trees whose leaves covered the sky like a ceiling, sealing away the giant tree.
Now to cross the big ass, too-smooth-for-its-own-good, stone bridge and reach the middle of the "second village."
For ease of use, we'll call the two parts "the outer and inner village." "I guess the kid didn't really notice, but every building, and I mean every building, is made of wood. I seriously doubt that even Konoha has this much wood."
I passed a few people as I jumped from roof to roof. It's strange recognizing people you've never seen before.
The entire inner village was covered in a teal-ish light. The mixture of blue sky and green leaves made an ethereal sight. The only problem with Taki was how many people lived here.
The population to space ratio isn't nearly as bad as something like China, but there's a reason why we have two different villages. I landed directly in front of the academy. The building was made of pure wood and paper. It looked like a formal building.
"I doubt I'll ever get used to this stuff." I hopped to the third floor and opened a window as slowly as possible 'Please don't hear me.' I begged. I slipped into a seat in the back. The room looked like a college lecture hall, just a lot smaller.
"Hanaki, glad you could join us." The teacher said. The students chuckled or giggled at my expense. "Thank you! I'm glad I was missed!" I said happily. The teacher seemed irritated, but chuckled a bit anyway. The other students either stared at me blankly, or appeared to fully enjoy the joke. One student seemed too tired to show any emotion either way. "You know that'll just piss him off, right, Hanaki!" A deep green haired student beside him said between laughs.
This student's name is Suzume Mizutori. She's a bit of a tom boy. She has short hair, just reaching the top of her shoulders that spiked the full way down. She also had surprisingly dark skin for her hair and bright purple eyes. I love her eyes. I just love purple. Her skin is a light shade of hazelnut.
She's also decently short. Never tell her that, ever. Her assets are also on the smaller side. From Hanaki's memories, she owns a truly beautiful combat dress, but she only wears shorts.
Her current pair was dark blue and only just reached her knees. She also has a light blue sleeveless shirt and black ninja sandals. The two never talked in the past, but she seems nice. 'Looks like Hanaki's getting a new friend if I have anything to say about it.'
The teacher… Mabui-Sensei? I think… Yeah, Mabui. He is a man of incredibly normal height. He was also curiously feminine looking.
I remember the kid commenting that Mabui was a girl, the pink haired brat had a welt on his head for a week after that.
The man has long hair, light brown in a pony-tail that nearly reaches his lower back. He also has an amazingly pretty face, like oh-my-wow pretty. He has porcelain, perfect skin and blue, pupil-less eyes. His voice really doesn't help him, either. That voice is so light and beautiful that it almost hurts. He only really wears one outfit, a slightly modified takigakure chunnin uniform with a long light blue shawl tied around her, I mean his, waist. Said cloth covered his right leg.
The Taki uniform is interesting. I don't think anything from Taki is really seen all too much in 'Naruto.' The uniform consists of light blue pants and a long-sleeved shirt. The shoes are excruciatingly normal with blue shinobi sandals and bandage wraps around the ankles. Finally was the headband and flak jacket. Said flak jacket was teal with straps over the shoulders and metal shoulder guards connected to the straps. Mabui left the shoulder guards out.
There are around twenty students in the class, I probably won't see eleven of these guys ever again.
"Funny, Hanaki. For being late, show us your henge." Mabui-sensei said coolly. "Uh… Yes, sir!" I said. I stood from my seat and joined Mabui at the front. "Alright, henge into me, perfectly." He said, staring intently.
I had to search the kid's memories for a moment. With a shout of "Henge," I transformed into Mabui with a puff of smoke.
He looked quite irritated. Why?
Well, I couldn't stop myself from adding a mustache and evil goatee. He did chuckle after yelling at me though, so I count it as a win.
"Okay, fine, go back to your seat." He said, slapping my back, forcing the transformation to end. "Yes sir!" I replied, faux saluting the man and scampering back to my seat before the man could hit me again.
Suzume had a lot of fun with my show, it seemed. She laughed with no shame, whatsoever. When I sat, the girl put her fist in my direction. I returned her fist-bump.
"You have to do that again, Naki!" She said between guffaws. "So, I'm Naki, huh?" I asked, smiling. "Yep! You're Naki!"
I punched her arm lightly. "Alright, Suzu, I think I can handle that." I replied. Yep, the start of a beautiful friendship.
She damn well better be on my team.
"Alright guys, we have two months before the graduation exams," Mabui said.
'Whaaaaaat!? That soon! Hanaki! Why didn't you remember this!?'
I am not happy with the kid, if that isn't clear enough. "So, we only have a short amount of time to get ready. For these last months, we'll fine tune some jutsu, polish your taijutsu, and work on your kunai and shuriken training."
Suzume usually has a nice smile. The one she's giving, I would count as sadistic.
The rest of the day went on. We learned the bunshin, I got beat heavily in taijutsu, and I cut myself throwing a kunai. I… have a lot to work on. Suzume and I got along pretty well. Her place is in the outer village, so I travelled with her after class.
"Bunshin suuuucks!" The girl said as I walked with her towards the stone bridge.
"Seriously. I am not doing that again, gave me a headache." I replied disdainfully. She smirked at me. "Aw, does it huwt?" She teased.
"Why, yes! Thank you for your appreciated concern for my wellbeing!" I teased back. She snickered.
Her face looked a little troubled. "I can't stand most of the people in that class. Do you think we'll be on a team? We will be on teams, right?" She asked, sounding slightly more panicked as she talked.
I put my hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure we will be!" I said reassuringly. "At least I hope we'll be on a team." I continued under my breath.
"You really don't like our classmates?" I asked. She shook her head in disgust. "Are you kidding me? They act like prissy kids!" She yelled irritably. I have no shame in saying that I laughed almost maniacally at that.
It's true.
Most of the students in our class are from high ranked civilian clans. I can count nine, including myself, that don't act like the world is their silver spoon. I can also count nine from our class that will become shinobi.
"Don't worry, I doubt any of those douchebags will become shinobi anyway." I said. She cackled, full on cackled!
We passed the waterfall in around ten minutes. We didn't ninja run.
"Where do you live?" Suzume asked. "I'm at the top, about a three minute ninja run from the bottom." I replied. "Cool, I'm here at ground floor, actually just a minute walk from here."
"Alright, want me to take you all the way there?" I asked. Gotta be polite. I legitimately like this girl. She lightly slugged my shoulder. "Nah, I'm good. See ya tomorrow!" She said excitedly. I extended my fist, she bumped it with her own. "See ya, Suzu." I replied. She ran off, waving back to me.
Once she disappeared into the small crowd, I started jumping upwards. The entire outer village, like I said before, is built along a cliff beside a multitude of waterfalls.
The outer village is made of wood, mostly, with buildings and shops built all along the cliff with covered and uncovered wooden bridges, staircases, and ladders connecting everything.
I jumped from a house connected to the ground to a bridge above it to a staircase, bridge, shop, house, staircase, bride, all the way to the second to top layer. This is where my apartment lies.
I walked about two minutes to reach my home. It is a nice place. Just enough windows to let in a steady and comfortable amount of natural light. A light blue paintjob, with dark aqua rims. The doors, however, are a dark brown. I live on the fourth out of six floors
I unlocked the door and unloaded my gear. "Today is a good day to stay home." The rest of the day, I spent reading a few scrolls provided by the academy at the beginning of the year. These scrolls contained a few academy jutsus and taijutsu.
"I should find out when in the Naruto timeline I'm in. I also need to figure out what I should focus on in my ninja career. Oh, and figure out my elemental affinity. Among all the other stuff I need to do."
I sat thinking before getting up to change into some pajamas. "I need to get my chakra control and chakra capacity a lot higher. But, I still have two months before I get my team. I have time to figure this stuff out. I should also search our memories for how the kid learned the weird ass jutsu that brought me here."
I jumped into bed. "For now… I'm just gunna get my sleep." This is something I really need. Hopefully the world of dreams will give me some answers. Or some other mushy shite that's in every story.
"I wonder if the Akatsuki can even write autographs."
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