Tokikage
by Lord Dragon Claw
Disclaimer: Even with all the illogical canonical advantages that the Sharingan gives the user, the Rabosugan is still superior.
Chapter Three: Godaime Hokage?
As the ANBU cleaned up from the battle earlier that evening, three dealing with Orochimaru's body began to incinerate it with several Katon jutsu. They chose fire because it was the best way to destroy a body and, as a law, all the roofs in Konoha had to be built with fire-proof tiles. Unfortunately, they missed a small white snake slip out of the corpse's mouth and through one of the many cracks in the roof.
For the sixth time the next morning, what sounded like a fifty-year-old ninja screaming the phrase "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" came from within the Hokage Tower. To be more specific, it was within the Hokage's office.
The only people in said office were the Hokage and Jiraiya. And two full squads of ANBU. The Sandaime was a little annoyed that he had to constantly have an honor guard of eight shadows, but if it made his ninja forces feel better knowing that eight of their elites were protecting him... then he'd let them rather than ditching his tails like everyone knew he could.
Jiraiya was red in the face. Obviously, he objected to Sarutobi Hiruzen's proposal.
"Look, it would be an honor to even be considered for the position," said the older of the two men.
"I still refuse," responded the admitted super pervert. "If I take the job, my information network would fall apart without me. Plus, I'd have less time for my research."
The three female ANBU in the room sent the Toad Hermit death glares, but the old ninja ignored them easily.
"Isn't there someone else whom you could appoint?" asked Jiraiya.
"Well... there are two other candidates. Naruto is just plain stronger than everyone else I've ever met, despite being so young. He'd be a difficult person to kill, and he's always wanted to be the Hokage. Unfortunately, he is young. Experience is probably the only thing that holds him back from being a Chuunin; and if he doesn't have the experience to be a Chuunin, then he definitely can't be Hokage."
"And the other?"
"Your only living teammate."
"Ah. Tsunade-hime."
In a casino along the coast of Wind Country, a blonde bombshell sneezed. Suddenly, the slot machine she was at dispensed about half a million ryou.
Her brunette companion was ecstatic, but the blonde was worried. She never had luck this big. Better just collect her winnings and skip town then.
Naruto groaned. His head hurt something fierce.
Why does my head-OW! Sensitive to light! Keeping eyelids shut!
You do know that you can see while your eyes are closed, right?
Yeah. Opened them out of habit. So why does everything, my head in particular, hurt?
This is what a hangover feels like, I suppose. Your head hurts and you have sensitivity to light because you are suffering from mana depletion sickness. Your body aches due to the fact that it is still recovering from having almost no ki, chi, or chakra.
... That was definitely too many flashy attacks.
There was nothing for it. You had to do what you did. Fortunately, I think we can fix your energy waste with additional control training.
Perfect! Naruto was being sarcastic. I don't get any time to relax a bit, do I?
I never really did either, so stop complaining!
Damn parasite!
Stupid monkey!
"I think I should take Naruto with me to go find Tsunade."
"Oh? And why would that be?"
"When Orochimaru first ran off, he joined a little club, which I have been tracking for years. A club made entirely out of S-Class Nukenins."
"I... see."
"I'm afraid you don't. These guys are probably powerful enough to fight against Bijuu and keep going. With Naruto being practically untrained, I think I should take him along with me."
"Hmm... Granted. When do you think you can leave?"
"Tomorrow at the earliest. I don't think Naruto will be able to move much on his own until then due to the extensive chakra exhaustion as a result of fighting three battles, back-to-back-to-back."
Kuso... still can't move!
If it was simple chakra exhaustion, you'd be able to move by now.
I know. Any way I can speed up this process?
Not as far as I know.
Naruto sighed. Lying in bed was boring. He'd rather be training. Or eating ramen.
Ibiki was going to have fun! They had finally managed to separate Sakon and Ukon, so now the five Otonin were going to be questioned. He was especially looking forward to interrogating Kidomaru, the man with the six hands - he had three times as many fingers to break!
They'd have to be creative with the fat one though. Most types of pain probably wouldn't get to him. If all else failed they could bring in an Akimichi to break some bones.
The girl should be easy, however. Most kunoichi were. You didn't actually have to do anything to them in most cases, just threaten to and drop your pants - simple and effective. If that didn't work, Ibiki had other methods which were not sex-based in any fashion.
Sakura was dumbfounded. Naruto saved them? Naruto? The class clown? The dead last? She supposed that he had gotten a little stronger. Well, okay. A lot stronger. But that was the problem, though, wasn't it? She always ignored him unless he asked her out on a date.
Surely one month wasn't enough time to change that drastically. Where had he learned all of those odd jutsu, anyway?
And the Rabosugan... She shuddered. That bloodline was extremely creepy in appearance. Where had it come from? Was Naruto descended from a Hyuuga and an Uchiha? Or was there more to it?
Sasuke was pissed. How dare the dobe surpass him!? Naruto was a nobody! Sasuke was the heir to the noble Uchiha Clan!
Sasuke was determined to train to defeat Naruto, and then move back to beating Itachi.
Naruto finally had enough energy to sit up. Without opening his eyes, he hit the "call nurse" button on the headboard to his hospital bed. Two medic-nins rushed in immediately.
"Naruto! What's wrong!?" asked the male medic-nin, actually concerned for the fox-brat for the first time in his life.
"What... does it take... to get some food 'round here!?" gasped Naruto. He then began to fall backwards but the female medic-nin caught him.
The female medic-nin took a look at the nutrient IV next to Naruto's bed. It was empty! But they had just placed that in fifteen minutes ago! It was supposed to last a full hour!
The male medic-nin called over the speaker system: "We need a nutrient IV to room A42! Stat!"
"Make sure... they bring me real... food too!"
The male medic-nin sweatdropped, but called in the food as well.
The Hokage had been alerted of Naruto's status, and he and Jiraiya rushed over to Konoha Military Hospital. What they found was Naruto practically INHALING whole platters of food, with medic-nins changing his nutrient IVs every ten minutes. Both older mens' jaws were slackened. The Hokage's was unhinged, even.
Suddenly, Naruto stopped eating. He pushed the bed table away, despite it still brimming with food.
"Sorry for worrying everyone!" he blurted out. "My body just needed to restore some of its chakra. Um... though only a quarter of my chakra has been restored, that should be enough to return my metabolism to normal. Thank you all, and sorry for the trouble."
"No problem!" one of the medic-nins said, surprising both the Sannin and Sandaime. "The last person to eat so much at our hospital after a battle was the Yondaime Hokage!"
Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen shared a look. Well, it did make sense considering who the boy's father was and who the boy's tenant was.
Then the two older men realized that Naruto hadn't opened his eyes since they got there.
"Naruto," began the Sandaime. "How are you able to see?"
"My bloodline works whether I have my eyes open or closed and whether I'm asleep or awake. My eyes just happen to be a little sensitive to light at the moment, probably due to the side-effects of chakra exhaustion, so I'm keeping them closed."
Hiruzen turned to Jiraiya. "Exactly how much did you teach him?"
The next day saw the bronze-blonde leaving with the Legendary Super Pervert through the west gate. At about the same time, a pair of cloaked men entered Konoha from the east gate.
"So, where are we going?" asked Naruto, putting a pair of shades over his eyes to disguise them.
"To find Tsunade and convince her to come back to Konoha and become the next Hokage," replied the fifty-year-old man. "Our first stop is Otafuku Gai."
"I'm surprised he didn't pick me after I showed off quite a bit during the invasion."
"Actually, you were his first choice."
Naruto's eyes went wide while he stopped where he stood. Jiraiya turned around.
"Unfortunately, or fortunately (depends on your point of view), you don't have enough experience. You didn't have enough experience to become a Chuunin, so you definitely can't become Hokage yet."
"Why do you say 'fortunately'?" asked Naruto as they continued walking.
"Well, it's like I said, 'depends on your point of view'. If you had become Hokage, I wouldn't be able to train you. Also, you'd be stuck doing a lot of paperwork, which Sarutobi-sensei hates to do."
"I don't see why he doesn't just use a Kagebunshin to do the work while he reads those books you write."
"Wait... he reads them?"
"Yeah. Like Kakashi-sensei, the Old Man carries a copy of the latest Icha Icha book around at all times."
"Hmm... Well, since you seem to notice this sort of stuff... Maybe I should give you a copy?"
"No thanks. Already read the whole thing."
"Wait... How?"
"Bloodline. I can see the insides of any book in my vision range and I immediately memorize everything in it. Basically, I've read the entire library at Konoha as well. Only the books and scrolls that are shielded against the Hyugas' prying eyes are closed to me. My mind stores the information for later use, but I have to sift through it to find what I want to know. It's like remembering something you forgot about that you learned when you were six."
"It also seems to cause you to go into spontaneous explanation."
"Shut up."
"So... What do you think of my work?"
"Remember that I called you a pervert?"
"Yeah."
"My opinion still hasn't changed."
"I don't care what you think of me! What do you think of my books!"
"Pure smut. Well-written smut, but smut nonetheless."
"You have no respect for art, you know that?"
"Well, this is an interesting town. Looking for intel on Tsunade here?"
"Definitely. I'll go and..."
"Do what you will. I'm going to train while simultaneously tracking your progress."
"Wait... what!? I'm going to be doing some perverted things while I gather intell..."
"I suppose you don't know. I can't turn off my eyes and I can see the entire town with them. I'll be able to see what you're doing no matter where you are and I have no choice in the matter."
"Hmm... Well, here's the hotel key. Go ahead and get the room ready for us and do some training."
"Certainly."
"We'll have to have that genjutsu'd woman distract Jiraiya anyway, huh?"
"Definitely."
Naruto was unpacking his pack when Lavos alerted him to the presence of two powerful ninja nearby. Naruto could see them walking down the hallway to get to the room where Naruto was at. One of them looked just like Sasuke, except taller. The other one looked as though his mother was a shark or something. He also had a large sword wrapped in bandaging. Naruto focused his eyes a bit and saw things on the spiritual plane. The sword had a spirit of its own!
Well, there were definitely three opponents then. Naruto opened a gate and threw his stuff and Jiraiya's pack into it before closing the gate. He then turned to the door and opened it when the Uchiha knocked on it, planning on seeing if the conflict could be resolved through talking. If not, then he might as well play up his "moron" card a bit to put the shinobi off-guard.
"Can I help you?" asked the bronze-blonde politely.
"Naruto-kun," began the dark-haired man. "It would be best if you came with us."
"And why should I go with a man who looks like an older version of Sasuke-teme?"
"We don't actually need you. Just the beast inside you."
"Yeah," said the shark person. "We'll get rid of that fox for you. Just think of it as... a favor!"
"Fox?" asked Naruto, making himself sound very confused. "You mean the Kyubi? That idiot died when I was born, I'm sad to say. Sorry that you have wasted your time looking for me. Well, I'd better continue unpacking, so I'll talk to you two later. Bye!"
With that, Naruto slammed the door and created a gate immediately behind him. He jumped backwards into the portal and it closed up, depositing him onto the roof of the building. He arrived just in time to see the shark man kick down the door. The Uchiha began to look around, and he absentmindedly put his hands together and said the word "kai" to release any genjutsu. Nothing.
I was sure they wouldn't buy it, despite it being the truth.
Yeah. Anyway, what are you planning?
What, with them?
No. The future. We should have a goal in mind.
... could my traits, such as my eyes, be passed onto other people?
There is a way to do that... Certain things can only be passed on via certain rituals. The one that would allow you to give your bloodline to someone else with no strings attached has the prerequisite of you needing to be married to said person.
Oookaaaay... And my children?
They'll definitely inherit your bloodline as I've made it a dominant trait.
Nice. Wait, did that shark man just smash both the beds with his sword!? How old does he think I am!? Six?
Anyway, planning on having a large family?
Yes. Imagine an entire ninja village filled with miniature Lavos'...
Lavos laughed. We should totally do that!
Then Naruto checked in on Jiraiya. It seemed that he was breaking a genjutsu that had been placed on some woman. Well, the woman was really hot, so it stood to reason that Jiraiya would be with her. But a genjutsu? Probably just to keep the old pervert busy while the two enemy ninja kidnapped the supposed container for the nine-tailed Bijuu.
But the container for Lavos was curious as to who was calling the shots for the two enemy ninja... Better capture them, if possible.
Itachi was worried. No trace of their quarry was found in the room. He wasn't in any of the hiding places, and closer inspection revealed that the window had not been opened recently, so he couldn't have gotten out that way.
They needed to hurry and capture the Jinchuuriki before Jiraiya returned, but where was that brat!?
Kisame was also worried; Itachi had already used one of his powerful eye jutsu that day, and his chakra had dropped by about a third, maybe less. Also, if it came down to it, the shark-like swordsman was sure that Jiraiya could whoop both Itachi and him in a fight. They needed to find their prey, and fast!
Wait! There he was!
Naruto was standing in the doorway, fiddling with a kunai, wearing a bored look on his face.
"I told you the fox was dead. But no one listens to the supposed 'Kyubi brat'."
Itachi rushed forward to attack but the bronze-blonde swept the kunai in front of him. A vacuum blade shot from its tip, forcing the Uchiha to dodge. Kisame also had to move as the attack continued along its course.
The black-haired man managed to get close enough to the boy to grab him. The bronze-blonde simply smirked, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. In the shadow clone's place was an explosive tag.
Itachi leapt back, out into the hallway, barely in time to avoid the explosion while Kisame simply weathered it. Suddenly, the swordsman had to dodge to the side as another bronze-blonde attempted to take his head off with another kunai. Kisame hit the boy with the pommel of his sword. POOF! Another shadow clone. The former member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist had to duck down as a jet of flame threatened to consume his head.
In the hall, Itachi wasn't faring much better. As soon as he avoided the explosion, he had to twist around to avoid another of the bronze-blonde's kunais going straight for one of his kidneys. He elbowed the boy in the head. As he expected, it was another shadow clone. No explosive tag that time though. Before he could do anything else, he had to throw himself to the floor to avoid a large golden crescent-shaped blade as it spun through the air. He immediately stood up to see where it had come from when he had to hit the deck yet again to avoid the same blade as it returned along its previous course. He turned his head to see another bronze-blonde catch the blade and attempt to throw it again. A quick shuriken to the chest caused the boy to disappear in a burst of smoke. The blade disappeared with him. Itachi had to roll out of the way as another bronze-blonde tried to smash his head with an ice-encased fist. Itachi had to quickly push himself away as the floor nearby froze over. The boy could use the Hyoton bloodline!?
Naruto pulled his fist out of the spreading ice. Then he turned to Itachi.
"Seems we have a visitor," mentioned the bronze-blonde, even as another explosion went off in the hotel room where Kisame was.
Sasuke rounded the corner to see Naruto facing off against his brother.
"Naruto!" he yelled. "Out of the way! He's MINE! CHIDORI!"
The crackling electricity encompassed Sasuke's hand, but quickly died down as Itachi grasped his younger brother by the neck and slammed him into the wall.
"You're not strong enough to fight me, little brother," said the older Uchiha. "You want to know why? You don't have enough hate. Tsukuyomi."
Sasuke was caught in the genjutsu, where it forced him to relive the horrors of the Uchiha Massacre over and over again. When Itachi released his younger brother's body, he slumped down into a pile against the wall, nearly comatose.
"Where were we?" asked Itachi, as he turned to Naruto, preparing to attack the boy.
Suddenly, Kisame's sword was visible through the scorched doorway. Another pop signified that the swordsman had dispelled yet another shadow clone. Kisame walked out of the room to see that yet another bronze-blonde was within the range of his sword. He swung it low, to either dispel the clone or remove the boy's legs.
POOF!
"SHIT!" cursed the shark man, obviously frustrated.
"Such language," said a condescending voice behind Itachi. Both nukenin spun around to see yet another Naruto. "Saying that word in the presence of a child." The bronze-blonde shook his head. "You should be ashamed!" The sarcasm was practically dripping from the tone of voice the boy used.
Just when either of the missing ninja were about to attack the young Uzumaki, another voice was heard.
"Kuchiyose: Gamakuchi Shibari!" (Summoning: Toad Mouth Trap)
The hallway turned into a flesh-like substance. Itachi and Kisame turned to see Jiraiya with his right hand on the floor, the woman who was under a genjutsu slung over his left shoulder, moving as much as a sack of potatoes (and probably about as aware).
"Caught you," stated Naruto.
"Kisame," said Itachi. "Follow my lead."
The two nukenin ran down the hallway, making a right turn after getting their feet unstuck from the floor. As they passed Naruto, Itachi stabbed him with a kunai, causing the boy to pop into a puff of smoke. Jiraiya put more chakra into his jutsu, extending the trap along the hallway faster than the two criminals could run.
Suddenly, there was an explosion. Jiraiya ran down the hall to find a hole in the flesh trap as well as the wall. Black flames burned around the hole.
"Those flames came from his eyes," Naruto said as he stepped out of a gate near Jiraiya, causing the old pervert to jump.
"GAH! Don't do that!" After composing himself, the older man continued talking while getting out a scroll and writing down some seals. "Good use of Kagebunshin though. I think they were after-"
"Me, right? Actually, they were after the fox, but that demon's been dead for quite some time now."
"You mean you don't know!?" Jiraiya was so stunned he stopped writing. "The fox was sealed into you!"
"No, it wasn't. What was sealed within me was that which killed the Kyubi, simply because it was going to destroy Konoha next."
"Oh. What is it?"
"A being called Lavos. It is a creature capable of destroying worlds. Ours was next."
"Wow. Well, I'm glad that it got sealed into you then." The old pervert finished his seals and made a hand seal. The black flames were drawn into the scroll, into the kanji for fire.
"So am I."
"So, let's take a look at Sasuke then."
"I don't think he's going to wake up for a while. That was a powerful genjutsu. Also, I wasn't able to copy it."
"Hmm..."
"Oh, you should probably duck."
"What?"
BAM! The old pervert got kicked in the head by a green blur.
"Guy-san, why did you hit the Ero-Sennin in the head?"
"Huh!? OH HOW UNYOUTHFUL OF ME!!"
"Damn it, Guy! That hurt!"
"I'M SO SORRY!! You see, I forgot my mirror so that I could peek around the corner, so I used my forehead protector. I saw a larger figure with two smaller ones so I figured you were Uchiha Itachi or Hoshigaki Kisame and that the other two were Sasuke and Naruto and-"
"Guy-san!" yelled Naruto. "Stop babbling! We need you to take Sasuke back to the village hospital, so get moving!"
"You're not going to wear that spandex suit, are you?"
"Of course not." Naruto then opened a gate and dropped the suit into it. Then he closed that gate and opened another which spat out their packs.
"... Why don't you keep the packs stored in that jutsu?"
"Because my body still needs physical conditioning and I'm not going to be your pack mule. So, where to next?"
"We're heading to Crater City. I've got a lead that points to there."
"That was fast."
"About the fight..."
"I still have about forty-three percent of my energy left; I started with only about seventy."
"Wow."
"And that was after I reabsorbed my eight leftover shadow clones."
"Where was the real you?"
"On the roof. If you hadn't intervened, I would've lost. I'm not fast enough or strong enough to be able to beat them. I simply attacked them from a distance."
"A very good strategy. Well, I suppose I could help you train."
End Chapter Three.
Next chapter: "Yet another jutsu I can't just copy."
"But the fun is in learning the jutsu! Besides, I think I've located her; my sources point to Tanzaku Gai."
Author's Notes
After learning more of what Orochimaru is, I decided to pull a deus ex machina of sorts and keep the Roach alive. So, the snake was playing possum in his own corpse until the last possible moment.
Sorry if the beginning of the chapter jumps around a bit. I had to figure out what I wanted to do with it.
Yes. Naruto practically has no sex drive whatsoever. In any case, it's going to take something other than naked flesh to make the poor bronze-blonde aroused.
Plans for the future... a little fore-shadowing there.
I hope I'm getting better in writing my fight scenes.
And yeah, Naruto needs to train in taijutsu. Speed, power, technique; time is what he needs, and time is what he has in spades now.
Thanks to Vassago-Toxicity for beta'ing!
And for those of you who asked when I was going to update this story... I TOLD YOU IT'D BE BEFORE FEBRUARY! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
Ahem.
Sorry.
Naruto's Spellbook:
Crescent
Using mana, Naruto summons a golden blade shaped like the crescent moon, which he can then hurl at enemies. If the blade misses, it returns to Naruto following the same path it had made in the first place. If it misses again, Naruto is able to throw it again. If it hits the target, it causes a deep wound that is difficult to heal or regenerate from prior to disappearing to wherever it had been summoned from. Can be blocked by armor or weaponry, causing it to return to the place from whence it came.
Ice Fist
Using his mana, Naruto encases his fist or a weapon in ice and attacks with it. Upon impact, the ice freezes what it comes into contact with, causing additional damage. Based off of an attack known as Ice Sword.