Naruto Next Gen: Scattered leaves
Chapter 5: Lessons in pain
'Pain, it's such a simple thing to grasp. As kids we learned this, but later in life we would rate that pain from one to ten. The problem with that is you can only compare it to what other pain you have felt in your life. So if you break your arm that's probably a ten right? But what if you fall off a five story building. That would also be painful, are those two things close to the same pain level? Hell no, there miles apart. But if the most pain you've ever had is stubbing your toe, breaking your hand seems unimaginably painful. But this, this was a ten. In the course of thirty minutes this guy had managed to break my arm, split my head open, crack three ribs, and hit my over a hundred times in less then a second. To add insult to injury we've only got a couple glancing blows on him. Damn it' Hakachi mussed to himself while sliding further down the wall he had his back to.
"Guys I think I'm starting to see his weakness." Suki said
"Oh good, your starting to see it, by the time he kills us, you'll know how to beat him. Maybe we can draw a note in our own blood to warn the people who fight him next." Hakachi replied sarcastically.
All of the academy students we're as bad, if not worse off then him.
"Ya asshole, I don't see you coming up with anything." Suki snapped back.
"Look, all I'm saying is the fire chakra in me is dwindling fast, When it runs out, I wont be able to do much."
"Wait, depending on what chakra hits you decides your ability?" Fusho asked.
Hakachi turned and glared at him. "Ya it does genius, you figure that one out by your self or did mommy help ya."
"No you idiot he's onto something, ok here's the plan." Suki stated while leaning in close.
Sound nin POV
'What are those brats whispering to each other? Doesn't matter this fight is done anyway I'll finish them off then move onto the invasion.' I looked up noticing some movement and saw the red haired punk who had given me so much trouble tonight was moving.
"Ha still got some fight left huh? Don't you learn, you can't even harm me"
"Your right we can't put a scratch on you, so I think its time I evened out the odds" The brat said while rushing me.
'Heh idiot I'll just…huh?' That other girl, the one with short green hair the call Chikyu was rushing through hand signs.
"That's the signs for earth river flow, so they want me to freeze him and get stuck well I'm not stupid." I jumped back and the girl completed the signs, then I noticed the attack had never been meant for me. The kid who absorbs chakra, shit! The attack slammed into his side and he was erased from view, but seconds later a huge Hercules beetle made of stone emerged still rushing me. I froze time and rushed up to him I punched about thirty times then let time flow normally. Then I saw my mistake, "Shit"
Normal POV
Earth Hakachi reached out and grabbed the enemy nin in a bear hug and showed no signs of letting go.
"Uh I got him. What was I supposed to do after this, He said in a childlike voice.
"Just don't let go" Suki said while rushing up to the two with all the others.
"Can do"
"Look I know this is not an honorable way to fight but you have left us no alternative, I'm sorry but were gonna kill you now" Fusho said.
Chikyu glared over at Fusho "Sorry? Your sorry? He nearly killed us all, he shot my sister through the chest with one of your arrows, fuck sorry I say we castrate him nice and slow."
"NO! We are not evil and neither is he, we had a job to do, so did he. If things had been different it might have been us doing the same thing to his village. We will slit his throat quick and painlessly." Baketsu said while pulling out a kunai.
"Ah how fucking sweet, the bitch has emotions. But your wrong, I am evil and If I'm going to die. I'll do it on my own terms, while bringing as many of you fuckers with me as possible!" The sound nin screamed While pulling a scroll out from his right pocket. He unraveled it with one hand then activated his time jutsu. 'If these brats are gonna kill me, I'll just use the boost from this sealed demon chakra and send them back in time before they were even born, that way they never existed and I live." He dug his nails into his palm and blood dripped down to the seal. In reality the man had never really stopped time, just slowed it down a whole lot. But now with the demonic chakra coursing through him, he focused like he never had and could feel it getting slower and slower. Then he felt it like a light tug, he had stopped time. But he wasn't done yet, he continued to focus and felt the pull get stronger and strong. It wasn't even a pull at this point it was like he had been yanked off balance and couldn't find equilibrium. Then he felt it like, being submerged in water. Time began to turn backward. The pull was getting stronger he could feel it within himself. Then the pain began. Like someone was grabbing his stomach an twisting. He looked down to see a bright red light pulsing from his stomach. 'Something's wrong, this isn't right, I can't stop it, it's to powerful.'
"NOOO!" He screamed. But it was to late it was spreading to his chest, then his throat. The last thing he ever saw were six horrified faces staring at him.
Hokage Tower
The roof was littered with corpses, and in the middle was the Hokage kneeling with sweat pouring from his face. He was exhausted after that fight. But his rest was cut short as an enemy ninja appeared before him.
"You here to finish me off, well then do it so I can be with my wife in eternity." Konohamaru said between ragged breaths.
The man looked down upon the kage then spoke. "I am truly sorry" Konohamaru looked at the enemy nin. "I would have loved to meet you in the field of battle, and prove who was better. This is not how any ninja should die. But I have my orders." The ninja said while unsheathing his katana.
"Don't we all." The weary Kage said as he stuck out his neck. "Don't we all."
The sand nin raised the bade to strike when an ominous red light washed over the town. All fighting stopped as everyone turned to the direction of the light.
The sands nins eyes were wide and he was shaking. "What was that evil power?"
"I don't know, I really have no clue."
Unknown place/With Hakachi
THIS was a ten. All Hakachi saw was red all around him, It felt like fire itself was reaching into him and pulling him apart bit by bit from the inside out. He thought he was screaming but he could hear no voice. The red light began to flash, fast at first. Almost as if it was still a solid light, then slower and slower. Till there were two seconds between intervals. Then there was nothing. Absolute blackness no pain no sound, just. Nothing.
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"ugh" Hakachi moaned as he sat up. He was in a field, and he had returned to his normal self as well.
He surveyed the seen and saw nothing but a massive field of tall grass surrounded by forest.
'How did I arrive here? I remember the fight, grabbing the enemy nin then.' It came flooding back to him, the red light, the agonizing pain.
'But how did I get here?' He wondered to himself while rising up.
He looked into the sky and saw which way was east and began to walk that way.
Thirty minutes later found him jumping from limb to limb, still headed in an easterly direction.
Then he heard something, faint at first, but as he drew near he recognized it as Baketsu's screams. He dashed towards the sound and found her in the middle of a small clearing, writhing in pain and screaming. He was beside her in an instant cradling her head in his arms.
"Shh. It's ok, It'll be ok" His monotone voice said soothingly.
Her screaming dwindled down to a stop, and she dug her nails into Hakachi's back.
He scowled in pain, and picked her up bridal style then continued his run through the woods.
After another two hours of running Hakachi was exhausted.
'Damn it, I'm not gonna make it much further. I have to find place to rest.'
He dropped down from the tree line and looked for a suitable camp ground. Finding a large oak tree he set Baketsu down set about collecting fire wood.
Hour Time skip
Baketsu awoke to find Hakachi cooking some rabbit on a fire.
"Wha…Where are we?"
Hakachi turned to her, "Your awake. I thought you'd never wake up."
"Your avoiding the question, where are we?" She asked again.
"I have no clue, this isn't the forest around Konoha, and I've never been far outside the walls, so we could be anywhere."
"B-but how? We were just fighting that sound ninja."
"From when I found you it's been about four hours, how even knows how long I was unconscious."
"Then how did we get all the way out here?" She asked
"Yes, how did you get all the way out here?" A mysteries voice asked.
Both friends spun around to face the voice, and saw four rock nin looking at them. One older man, probably jounin, and three kids, most likely his genin pupils.
"We don't know, in fact where is here?" Responded Hakachi.
"Your on the outskirts of our village." One of the kids said.
"What date is it?" Baketsu asked.
"It's the fifth of may, year 126 A.V.F*." The jounin said while eyeing the battle worn kids.
Both Hakachi and Baketsu's eyes grew wide. "But, th-that's not possible." Baketsu said her voice shaking.
"Oh? And why is that?" The jounin wondered.
Hakachi responded while rubbing his temples. "Because, we're from 180 A.V.F."
The rock ninjas eyes all grew. "That's not possible." The jounin said.
"Ya she already said that." muttered Hakachi. 'What have we gotten our self into.'
A/N: I don't know what year Naruto lived in so I made one up. *A.V.F.= After Village Foundation.
If anyone actually knows the years please tell me so I can revise this. And as always thanks for reading. I don't think there'll be a chapter tomorrow but for sure one by this Wednesday.