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I don own naruto. This is a work of my over active imagination and inspiration from various novel.
"speech"
'Thought'
Yaoyi lies against a tree as naruto hammer the gate as he yells out yet no manner what his pleas were, it fall upon deaf.
"Let me in. I am a citizen of asura." Naruto pleaded. His heart fills with despair, behind this gate lies salvation for yaoyi. Help is just on the other side so close yet he is still here.
The gate slowly turns red as the blood of naruto color it. Unknown to him, two pair of eye is looking at him at this very moment. One of them is a man with mane like white hair pull back by a forehead protector with two horn and the kranji oil written on it wearing a grey vest and pant with a red jacket on his back. The other is a blonde woman with a diamond crest on her head wearing a low cut sleeveless shirt and black pant. Both of them have the look of someone who seen too much pain.
"Jiraya, why are you stopping him from entering?"
The woman ask as her eyes glint with malice that promise pain if she don't like the answer.
"Look carefully, tsunade. Don't you find something familiar in his stance," jiraya answer as he keeps his eyes on naruto.
"Now that you mention it…." Tsunade close her eyes as she tries to recall when she saw such a stance. Her eyes widen as she remember. "So his insane plan ..."
"So it seem." Jiraya say with a firm shake of his head.
"I see." tsunade look at yaoyi before turning her attention back to naruto. "But he still had a 'anchor'."
"A 'anchor' that may push him to the other side."Jiraya reply as he made series of hand signal to an guard several feet away from who yell out.
"Open the gate!"
Naruto grin from ear to ear ,the gate creak as it slowly open. His eyes slowly close as jiraya and tsunade enter his sight. Naruto fall to the ground with no grace to speak off.
Naruto wake up with a bright light in his eyes and the smell of medicine. Putting the two together, he came to the only conclusion that he is in a hospital. The sound of a door opening broke the silence as a lady walk in. She is dress in a black kimona with a with a white sash, short black hair that reach to her shoulder give her a refreshing look while the smile on her face give off a calm and peaceful feel to all who see her.
"Ahh, you are awake." She say as she pick up a clipboard. "It seem that you are recovering well unlike…"
Naruto interrupted her when he hear this.
"Yaoyi, what happen to her ?" he yell out as he struggle to get out of the bed only to be stop by the lady who press lightly on to his joints.
Like a puppet with it string cut off, naruto fall back on to the bed.
"What did you do to me?"
"I just dislocate your elbows and shoulder so don't interrupt unless you want your jaw to drop." The lady with her finger pointing at him with her other arm at her waist as she lean forward.
Naruto face flush as he see something 'interesting' , a show of flesh. The lady took notice of naruto gaze as she quickly straighten up with her hand over her chest.
She continue with what her explation with only a faint trace of blush that show that she was affect by naruto gaze.
"You can call me shizune-san. As you can tell you are in the hospital." To this naruto respond with a nod.
"We are a hospital but we do not provide charity. We have look into the record for you and the girl. Both of you are orphan as such we can't let you stay for free." Shizune say as she raise two finger.
Naruto open his mouth intending to interrupt only to swiftly close it when shizune shake her finger.
"You suffer from fatigue, all you need was a good rest but the case is different for yaoyi. She contract the 'Lunar curse.'." seeing the confusion on naruto face, shizune elebraote on it. "Lunar curse is not incurable but the care require and amount of medience require are either uncommon or rare. As such the expense for the minimum treatment is at least fifty thousand ryo."
Naruto heart sank hearing this as he know there is no way that he afford this.
"If you are willing, the door of asura troop is always open to those in need." A voice spoke out, a man stood by the doorway. A man with silver white with a headband covering his right eyes and a mask over dress in a black suit with a green flak jacket over it, in his hand is a orange book with the label saying 'Adult only'which he is paying upmost attention to. All in all, he is not a person that inspire trust or confidence base on first impression.
He walk in with the disapproving eyes of shizune upon him. A young brunette girl follow behind him, she is dress in a baggy black jacket with a single yellow strip on the arms. Two things strike out about her, she have a pair pale white eyes yet her movement show no hesistation and her left arm. A cylinder shape metal case cover her left arm on it were engraved picture of various poisonous animals.
"I am kakashi. Commander of asura. Hinata, continue. The story is getting intereting." The silver hair man say revealing his name , post and the girl as he take a seat by the side reading his book.
"Ano, I am hinata." The girl say as she clench her fist crumpling her pants. "The asura troop serve as the military, police, adventurer, hunter and bodyguard within asura. As such, we always require new trainee."
She pause to gather her breath and seeing that naruto attention is upon her, she quickly lower her head and continue to explain.
"Each trainee is entitled to learn four basic skill from any of the four path. Combatant skill which are anti-unit skill mostly make out of release of energy, best for slaying of a single lunar beast. Element skill are about element manipulation from as simple as throwing fireball to calling down thunder."
"The two are the most common chosen by the trainee, the other two is the psychic skill which consist the manipulation of the mind to use skill like telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, telekinesis and hypnotism. The other is the highest art. "
Hinata raise her head as her facial expression shift into one that is fill with awe.
"By the grace of tsunade sama, the healer skill is divided into herbology, acupuncture, energy healing, regeneration and poison lore. After joining with the asura force, you will be able to gain a huge sum of money and during the course of the four year training, you will have chance to put the skill you gain to earn more money and honour."
Naruto face scrunch hard as he thinks thoroughly on his decision as he knows his answer will decide on his future and yaoyi. The instant yaoyi came to his mind, his decision is made. What other way is there for a child to make enough money other than this path.
"Say no more, I will join the asura troop."
After naruto declare that, kakashi snap his book close. The sound for naruto is the sentencing of his life. Shizune look like she is going to object but she stop whatever she is going after seeing the determination in naruto eyes.
Shizune know he make the right choice but at the same time, it is a wrong choice.
Member of Asura troop is highly respected within asura but for every one ordinary hundred person who join. Half of them are either killed in the mission given during the training period or seriously injured themselves during training. sixty percent of those who survive perish during their assignment. For each member of the asura troop, their life are built upon the sacrifice of other.
"In this case, sign on the contract." kakashi say as he held on two item. In kakashi hand is a scroll. Naruto take the scroll and read it through. The contract is as follow.
The one who acknowledge the contract is entitle to four basic skill of the four paths. A lump sum of twenty ryo will be given upon signing of contract. Basic salary of one thousand ryo will be given per month till end of training period.
All medical expense and additional skills are to be self paid.
The one who acknowledge the contract is bound by the contract to serve asura till
1)Death
2)Purchase of freedom. Five hundred thousand ryo.
3)Reach Heaven
With out any hesistation, he sign on the contract.
Kakashi swiftly take back the scroll and step up to leave with hinata following behind him.
"Rest well, I will send hinata here tomorrow for your induction."
Reader help
I intend to form naruto as a combatant so out of the four skill, two will be combat skill. Pls offer suggestion for the other two.