Naruto: An Alternative Canon
Author's Note: This next snippet serves to illustrate some of the changes in the main characters, and to introduce a new character who will become a major player down the road should I make this into an actual story.
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The last D-Rank mission had been irritating as hell. Once again, some bigshot's cat had gotten away and once again, Team 7 had gone after it.
"For crying out... Why are we doing this crap again?" Naruto asked, as two of his Shadow Clones held the ferocious feline between them. The trio was heading back to the mission office, after taking out a not-insignificant amount of a training field to capture the cat. Sasuke snorted, and Sakura looked especially morbid.
"Because our teacher is a lazy bum, and, oh yeah, God hates me," Sakura stated, irritably pushing her goggles up to rest on her head. She had tied her forehead protector to her bicep upon graduation, not really seeing the utility of the thing as anything other than a badge of her office. Her goggles were much more useful-She made them herself, after all.
Naruto smirked.
"Can't be all bad, right? You're on a team with me," he grinned. Sakura scowled, her gloved hands clenching.
"Exactly. Hence why God hates me."
"Hey! If it was just you and emo duck, you'd never get anything done!" Naruto stated flatly. Sasuke grunted.
"Would you two shut up?" He asked, annoyed. Sakura sighed.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun, but he started it!" She said, pointing at Naruto. The blond snorted.
"Did not," Naruto maturely replied, as they entered the missions office.
"Did too," Sakura replied.
"Did not."
"Did too!"
"Did not, did not, did not," Naruto grinned.
WHAP!
"OW! That's no way to win an argument!" Naruto whined, holding his head.
"Oh! My cat! Thank you for retrieving it for me," a low, smoky female voice called. Naruto turned around, irritated and about to give the owner of this cat a rundown of what they had gone through to get it...
And he stopped cold at the vision of beauty before him. He could sense Sakura tensing up next to him, and knew that even Uchiha was transfixed.
Tall and fair-skinned, with warm, dark green eyes filled with sensuality, full pouty lips, and long pink hair held up in an elegant bun. Her body was partially hidden by long, flowing robes but were thin enough to hint at the full, seductive curves below. The goddess smiled warmly and slid on a pair of glasses, which is what convinced Naruto that he should be holding the cat, not his clones.
He snatched the cat from them, both clones vanishing into disappointed puffs of smoke, and held the screeching feline out with a smile.
"Here you go, Miss...?" Naruto asked.
"Haruno. Sachiko Haruno," the woman said smoothly, taking the cat and lightly brushing her soft fingers over his. Naruto was fully aware of the stupid grin on his face and didn't really care.
Sachiko turned her gaze on the fuming Sakura and her smile brightened.
"Sakura-chan! I had no idea you were on Team 7!"
"Of course you didn't... I didn't want you to know," Sakura replied in a sickly-sweet voice. Sachiko looked hurt.
"Now really Sakura-chan, just because you're out on your own now doesn't mean you can't keep in touch with me," she gently admonished. Sakura huffed and crossed her arms over her (comparatively) flat chest.
"You're the one always out campaigning," she accused. Sachiko sighed.
"We've gone over this, Sakura-chan..."
"Yeah, it just keeps coming up," Sakura growled. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other. Naruto grinned, and Sasuke managed a... Well, a not-scowl, at least.
Mother daughter catfight. So... Hot...
"Why don't you introduce me to your teammates, then? It's the perfect time," Sachiko suggested with the practiced patience of a mother and politician. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Sure... Naruto, Sasuke-kun? This is Councilwoman Sachiko Haruno, my mother. Mother? This is Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha, my teammates."
"A pleasure to meet you both," Sachiko said graciously. Naruto grinned and bowed, and Sasuke managed a polite bow as well.
"Pleasure's all mine!" Naruto grinned. "So uh, what brings you here today, you don't mind me asking?"
"Oh, I'm campaigning for election to the Niin this year," Sachiko explained, producing a set of flyers from seemingly nowhere. "I'm hoping to represent the Konoha district."
"I didn't know Konoha was a voting district," Sasuke said, and Naruto managed to spare a glare at him. He got a smirk in response.
"Technically, the area the village is in is a voting district-One of the largest with the civilian immigration into the area. And as many voters have family working as ninja, I thought I should make the rounds." Sachiko shrugged and smiled warmly at Sakura.
"Plus, I wanted to see my Sakura-chan."
"Mother," Sakura grumbled. A familiar silver-haired chuunin walked up behind Sachiko, smiling at all three genin.
"Hey Naruto! Sakura! Sasuke!"
"Oh, hey Mizuki-sensei! What are you doing here?" Naruto asked with a smile. Sachiko smiled proudly.
"Mizuki-kun has agreed to be my ninja liaison. If I win the election, we both go to the capital!"
"Yeah, sounds swell," Sakura mumbled. Sachiko shook her head and smiled one last time.
"Well, I must be going. It was good to meet all of you. I would really appreciate your votes," she said, handing them flyers. Naruto and Sasuke nodded as the councilwoman and Mizuki headed out of the mission office, both teenager's eyes on her shapely backside.
WHAP! WHAP!
"OW!" Naruto groaned.
"Sakura!" Sasuke protested, shocked. Sakura huffed.
"Boys," she stated in disgust, stomping over to the missions table to retrieve their pay. Naruto and Sasuke stared after her.
"You know," Naruto began, "when she grows up, Sakura-chan's going to look like her mom."
"Why do you think I took this team?" Kakashi stated, appearing behind both genin. Naruto jumped, and Sasuke turned and glared.
"Kakashi-sensei! You pervert!" Naruto accused. Kakashi shrugged.
"Nothing wrong with imagining, is there?" He asked. Sasuke huffed, and Kakashi eye-smiled.
"I know Sasuke agrees with me."
"Do not," Sasuke mumbled, turning away to hide a mild blush.
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For the purposes of the alt-canon, the story would have every move up in age by three years. I think 15-16 year old assassins is a bit less disturbing than 12-13 year olds.
There wouldn't be any definite pairings, but there would be romance, sexual tension, etc, but not always between who you might expect. I can at least guarantee no yaoi.
I will be working on chapters to go more in-depth on the character changes, this is just to whet your appetites, so to speak. And hopefully get some laughs.