Team Hot Wheels X Naruto
By AlxkendBlader
And now, a disclaimer from Wyatt!
Wyatt: Thanks, AlxkendBlader! Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome!'s owned like a herd of cattle by the good ol' boys at Mattel, while Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto! Thank y'all, and enjoy this 'fic, Wyatt-style! Yee-hoo!
Chapter 2: Confrontation and Revelation
One fine day at Team Hot Wheels' multi-purpose race track outside of Hot Wheels City, we see the five enjoying some lunch after a heated race. The track also has a few complimentary facilities, such as a garage, a small food court run by robots, a recreational area, and restrooms.
As they're eating their lunch, Gage wanted to start up a conversation about Naruto's ninja skills, as he asks the latter, "So, Naruto, where did you learn to breathe fire and make copies of yourself?"
Brandon also asks in agreement, "No argument with Gage, how is that…erm what did you call it…the Shadow Clone Jutsu thing possible?"
The blonde was about to reply, when he suddenly gets a serious expression and gets up from the table with a kunai in hand.
"Guys, I'm sensing some unwanted visitors here," Naruto said warningly, "And they're closing in fast!"
It is then that a group of figures in cloaks and blank, animal-like masks appear in multiple blurs. Naurto narrowed his eyes, having read up on the assailants in one of the scrolls that came with him on the night that he was adopted; they are members of an underground organization of emotionless ninja known as ROOT, run by a man named Danzo Shimura, who had once competed for the Hokage position in Konoha but lost out.
One ROOT shinobi in a hawk mask says to Naruto, "Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, we are under orders from our master to bring you back to the Village Hidden in the Leaves, willingly or by force, so make your decision quickly!"
The blonde ninja-in-training thought, "Chikusho! Now Gage and the guys will be wanting answers, thanks to that ROOT ninja! I'll have to take him and his little friends out!"
He then gets into a fighting stance, as he says to the assailants, "Alright, you emotionless scumbags, let's have a go!"
The ROOT ninjas spring into action, while Gage, Wyatt, Brandon, and Rhett stood back and got out of the way to avoid getting caught up in the crossfire…
[Timeskip: After the fight]
(A/N: Sorry about the timeskip, but I wanted to get to the part where Naruto explains his demon container status)
"Naruto…" started Gage, "THAT WAS AWESOME! The way you pulled those wicked moves on those ninjas! But, that was kinda gnarly the way you killed them, though. Oh, and what did that one in the hawk mask meant when he referred to you as the…erm, oh yeah! Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox!"
Wyatt then added, "Those guys looked mean, but you took care of 'em! By the way, what IS a jinchuuriki, what is the Nine-Tailed Fox, and why were those varmints in the masks after you?"
The blonde replies wearily, "This is not a good place to tell you. Because that ROOT had let it slip, now you'll want to know my darkest secret, and how you'll react will determine things. Let's get back to the garage. I've got some explaining to do."
Just as they returned to Larry's Garage, Naruto leads the boys to his bedroom, which they've never normally allowed into, until now…
He locks the door, before painting a soundproofing seal on it.
"Alright, you wanna hear it?" asks Naruto, as he turns off the lights, before lighting some candles for effect.
They nodded with a somewhat nervous look on their faces, as Rhett remarks, "I should've brought some popcorn. Oh, well."
Naruto starts, "Whatever talked about in this room you must never, EVER speak of to anybody else…but Larry, he already knows. You guys know that I'm adopted, right? Well, let me tell you this; I wasn't born in Hilly Woodlands. I originally came from a place that's far, far away. It's somewhere near Japan, but it's very well hidden from the rest of the world. It is a continent, and therein lived a society of ninja warriors. These ninjas lived in military dictatorships in the different Lands (each of which run by a daimyo) around this continent. Each dictatorship, which is known as a Hidden Village, is lead by a Kage, who is the most powerful and battle-hardened ninja in his or her village. Among the Hidden Villages, only five of them stood out above them. There is Iwagakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in the Rocks, Kumogakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in the Clouds, Sunagakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in the Sand, Kirigakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in the Mist, and finally, Konohagakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. I was born in Konohagakure on October 10th. However, on the night that I was born, a giant, Nine-Tailed Fox demon appeared and attacked the village. Its tails could crush mountains, create massive waves, and flatten whole forests. Many a brave ninja died fighting against it, until Konoha's leader, Minato Namikaze, who was the Forth Hokage, stepped forward. He fought the fox in mortal combat, but the thing is, the fox could not be killed, because it is an entity made of pure energy. There was one thing he could do, and had done it to save his comrades and his people; seal it away."
Gage asks, "What did this Hokage guy seal this monster-fox away into, and what did it have to do with you, Naruto?"
Brandon, who is rather skeptical, retorts, "That's so impossible! There are no such things as demons or living energy constructs, but you're right about one thing; energy can't be destroyed, but it certainly can't be created, either."
At this, Naruto smirks, "Anything is possible in the ninja world. Now, allow me to continue. *ahem* It's not WHAT Minato sealed the fox away into, it's WHO he sealed it into. Now, Lord Namikaze couldn't just seal it away into any old person, it has to be a newborn baby, whose chakra coils have yet to develop. I was the only one born on that night, so guess who they sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox into."
Everyone gasped in shock, putting the pieces together. Wyatt started, "You mean, you're…" and Naruto finishes, "That's right, guys. I am the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Now, I'm not finished yet! He sealed the demon inside of me, but he had to sell his soul to the Death God in order for that to happen. Minato Namikaze, infamous to his enemies in the Hidden Rock Village during the Third Ninja War, died that night. From what dad had told me a few or so years ago, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had to come out of retirement. Apparently, he had to come out of retirement to stop some corrupt guys within the village government from gaining too much power in the aftermath of the demon's attack on the village. However, he also knew how demon containers like myself would be generally treated at the moment when they become jinchuuriki (which means "Power of the Human Sacrifice"); they were persecuted, abused, and seen as nothing more as weapons/lapdogs/etc. for their village."
Rhett says outraged, "That's terrible! No one should be treated like that for holding a demon back!"
Wyatt snarled as he pounds his fists, "Those varmints! If I ever see 'em messin' with ya, they'll be askin' for it!"
Brandon nods in agreement, "I may not believe in demons, but no one should be abused for a burden that they've never even asked for! So uncool!"
Gage remarks, "If they hurt as much as one hair on you, I'll let my Twin Mill do the talking! Tell us what happened next, and how you got adopted by Larry."
The blonde nodded, before continuing, "For a few days, he sought a way to keep me safe from the persecution of the grieving villagers or the selfish ambitions of those corrupt members of the Council, until he decided to send me away to be raised by Larry, who is apparently an old friend of the guy."
He then points to a series of scrolls, before explaining, "You see those scrolls over there? These were brought with me, so that when I was old enough, I could start learning the ninja arts using them. As you've seen on the day when we stopped Rev and when I fought those ROOT ninjas, I'm progressing very well in my training. ROOT…ROOT is an underground faction of emotionless ninjas in Konoha, run by a war hawk named Danzo Shimura, who had once competed with Hiruzen Sarutobi for the Hokage position, but lost out. Danzo trains his ninjas to cast aside their emotions, and his training methods are very harsh, borderline inhumane. Plus, he puts these seals on their tongues that paralyzes and silences them should they say anything incriminating. He would send them on all sorts of underhanded missions that he would claim to be for the village's benefit, when usually it's for his own selfish purposes. Why he sent those ROOT after me…My guess is that he's trying to have me captured, so that I could be turned into an weapon for him to use against the Hokage and take over the village, so that he could put his own twisted ideals into place."
Everyone became outraged at the idea of seeing their beloved friend being used as a weapon, as Gage then said, "No way! We're not gonna let any friend of ours be used like that, won't we?! I say we go over to that village and give this Danzo chump the Team Hot Wheels treatment!" Rhett, Brandon, and Wyatt each expressed their agreement, but Naruto retorts, "Even if we can get past anyone who could prevent our approach to this wrinkled old warmonger, it's going to be very hard. I've heard that the man's one mean strategist, and a master of covering up his own tracks. He's not going to be easy to take down (not even politically), plus there's no idea on what he's currently capable of. For all we know, he might have secretly ordered the massacre of a prominent ninja clan in Konoha in order to take some bloodline ability of theirs for himself!"
[Meanwhile, in the underground ROOT base in Konoha…]
We see a wrinkled old man in bandages writing out paperwork when he lets out a rather loud sneeze, as one ROOT says to him, "Gesundheit, Danzo-sama."
The old warmonger nods to his subordinate, before thinking, "Why in Kami's name am I getting this strange feeling that someone from far, far away is talking about me? Either that, or it's Allergy Season again…Oh well, back to my paperwork."
[Back at Larry's Garage]
"So, what is this Nine-Tailed Fox really like, personality-wise?" asks Brandon, as Naruto replies jovially, "Well, he's prideful of his power and the fact that he's a super-powerful demon, and he's sore at having been sealed up, but otherwise, we're on good terms. Oh, and there are eight other demons like him out there in the ninja nations, and he is the most powerful of them. Minato Namikaze was also a master of the sealing arts, and it took quite the sealing to put him inside me," crossing his arms, "I first met him in my mind, back when I was six years old…"
[Flashback: Six years ago]
A young Naruto finds himself in a strange place, resembling a sewer, as he remarks, "Hopefully dad's just pulling a prank on me, 'cause this place is a real dump!"
It is then, that he hears a deep, guttural voice reply, "This is not a prank by your adoptive father, you brat! You are in your own mind! Follow the glowing pipes of chakra overhead, and you'll find me…!"
Startled greatly by the voice for a moment, Naruto then follows the pipes until he finds himself in front of a massive cage, held closed by a small paper tag, which reads "Seal" in kanji.
"Alright, identify yourself," said an unafraid Naruto, "Who exactly are you, and why are we inside of my mind?"
The voice replies, "The reason why we're in here is because I have summoned you here. As for who I am…" From the darkness behind the bars of the cage, appears a massive, fox-like creature, with orange fur, nine tails swaying in different directions, as well as blood red eyes and an intimidating, toothy grin.
Naruto gasps, "No freaking way! I read about you! You're the Nine-Tailed Fox, one of the infamous Tailed Beasts, but if you're here in my mind, then that means…!"
"Yes 'freaking' way, boy. You are a jinchuuriki! A demon container! And you should consider yourself lucky; Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had to reinstate as the Hokage, sent you away from the Hidden Leaf Village to be raised by Larry, so that you would not be abused or exploited by any unsavory mortal fool that lives there! That old monkey knows all too well how people like your selves would be treated, the moment they become demon containers," explains the legendary demon.
The blonde boy thought for a moment before replying, "Alright, I can understand that. But, why didn't dad tell me sooner?"
The fox replies, "Believe me, kit, he wanted to tell you, but Sarutobi wants him to tell you when he feels that you're old enough and mature enough to know. Plus, your adoptive father didn't want you to think that he hates you for this burden and for you to think that you're me and not the container."
He then asks, "Alright. Now then, what drove you to attack the village, Kyuubi-san?"
The Nine-Tailed Fox replies, "I do not wish to talk about it until you're older, kit. And it's nothing inappropriate, either! Bringing it up just gets my blood boiling, you see."
[Back in the present]
Gage remarks, "I don't know what's cooler, the fact that Naruto's got some really powerful demon sealed inside of him or the fact that he's one mean driver and an awesome car builder trained under Larry himself, as well as being a ninja warrior-in-training," as Rhett remarks, "I'd say both, Gage. Now, can we get some popcorn?"
Everyone laughed, but the car guru, who remarks, "Guys, I'm serious about the popcorn. I'm hungry for some!"
Naruto smirks, "Don't worry, Rhett old buddy, let me deactivate that soundproofing seal, and I'll get Jerry to make us some popcorn. Now, which flavor would you like?"
Chapter 2 End
Next time on Team Hot Wheels X Naruto, after being told of that incident with the ROOT ninjas, Larry sends a message to the Hokage to inform him. In reply, Sarutobi sends an RSVP, telling the mechanic that he'll be assigning two genin teams to keep an eye on things, along with a gift for the demon container. What could that gift be, and which two teams will be assigned to Hot Wheels City for their mission? Find out in Chapter 3 Part 1!
UPDATE (7/12/14): Poll is closed! Teams 8 and 10 get to go in the next chapter!
EDIT (9/21/14): Fixing a misnaming error.
EDIT (10/27/14): Making an adjustment to the disclaimer, but it's the same; I do not own Team Hot Wheels or Naruto!