Disclamer: If I actually owned Naruto, he would be a badass in the cannon. The Ocs I do own ARE badass.
Vote poll: Here are the results
Jiraiya drags Naruto around for three years, and we time skip: 24 votes
Jiraiya drags Naruto for three years and we see what happens: 13 votes
Jiraiya leaves Naruto for three years, and Naruto trains during that time, and we skip to the end: 20 votes
Choice one wins! Wow, 57 people voted. I'm glad you guys actually took the time to help decide the future of this fanfic... Though, not in the way you guys believe it's going to go! -evil laugh here-
Anyways, this chapter is mostly plot development, no fight scenes. Now that Oro-pedo-maru is gone, we have one less major villain, and the Akatsuki aren't moving for several years. Now I have to think of something to make up for that. I could go and sick Iwa on hi-
Yosome: You have me.
Snipa Silver Eye(Looking horrified at her): I wouldn't wish you on the gay pedophile! Why would I sick you on my bad ass Naruto?
Yosome(Looking innocent and hurt at the same time): I'm hurt. How could you say something like that?
Snipa(Deadpanned): Because you would mind rape Oro-gay-maru until he was nothing but a sniveling pile of tears, piss, puke, blood, and gore?
Yosome(Nodding): True... So what am I doing in this story anyways? I thought you were never putting me in any story of yours, and Oro-homo-maru is already dead. Are you going to sick me on Madara?
Snipa: Nah, I decided to let you out of the closest, and let you run rampant in the Naruto world. You're to befriend Narut-
Yosome: No.
Snipa: Are you sure?
Yosome: You're the only one who knows what I represent. But I do love the thought of the whole 'run rampant' part. (giggles innocently, and runs off through the portal into the Naruverse)
Snipa(paling): Oh god, what have I done?
Now on to the fic...
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Chapter 19: One Long Night
Naruto's eyes slowly opened as he came back to reality. He checked his body, and it screamed sore. He sat up, and checked where he was. He sighed. He had accidentally fallen asleep on top of the hokage mountain. Specifically the fourth's head. Naruto looked at the sun, which was just over the horizon. It was under an hour until he had to meet the old man at this exact spot. He debated whether or not to just wait for him, or run and get a bowl of ramen.
His choice was made for him when he heard the old man come up behind him. "Oh, Naruto-kun." The old man said as he walked up. "I didn't think you'd be here so soon."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I didn't either."
The old man looked confused until he saw the state of his clothes. "Fell asleep up here, eh?" He chuckled at the embarrassed look on the kids face.
"So what did you want to talk to me about, Oji-san?" He asked.
The old man waved away his ANBU escort. When he no longer felt their presence he focused his attention on Naruto. "I want you to follow me. We're going somewhere special." Naruto nodded, and got up to follow him, but then noticed Kina silently sleeping in his lap. He chuckled at that, and picked her up smoothly and slowly. When he was she she was comfortable, he got up the rest of the way, and moved to catch up to the old man. He caught a glimpse of a figure standing on the first Hokage's head, but didn't think too much about it. "Do you know how big this mountain is, Naruto-kun?" He asked from over his shoulder.
Naruto just shrugged his shoulders.
"This mountain actually holds the homes of every Hokage. From the first to the fourth." He said.
"So why don't you live up here then, Oji-san?"
The old man's eyes glazed over, but Naruto couldn't see that. "A long story, for another time." Was all the man said. "Now, I must tell you something before we go any further." He said, as he suddenly stopped. "From this point onward is a national secret forbidden to be talked about. You have been good at keeping secrets, but I must warn you how big of a secret this is. If you tell this to anyone, we will find you, and torture you to find out who. Then we'll find that person, and torture him until he tells who he told, and like a chain continue until we've caught, and killed every one of them. Do you understand how big of a secret this is now?" He asked as he looked the boy in the eyes and flared his own killer intent to get the point across.
Naruto nodded though a bit paler.
"I must hear your voice, Naruto." He said sternly.
"I understand, Hokage-sama."
The old man released the gaze and let his killer intent settle. "Good. Now follow me." He turned and took a step off of the path down the hokage mountain. What surprised Naruto was that the man disappeared. Naruto took a small step forward, and then put his hand forward. He hand disappeared and felt fuzzy as it just barely passed the tree line. He suddenly felt the old man's hand grab his, and pulled him through.
When Naruto reopened his eyes, he just saw the old man standing in a small cave. He looked behind him, and sure enough it was the path to the top and bottom of the hokage mountain. He looked over the cave, and saw many MANY thousands of seals and symbols splattered all over the cave. He noticed that some were meant to seal something, yet others we're to create a dome of chakra, still more to hold up a genjutsu. Then he saw some symbols he's never seen before.
The old man watched as Naruto identified some symbols, and then looked confused at what other symbols did. Then he noticed advanced seals only the fourth knew, and could decrypt. He decided to interrupt the boy before he got pulled into the inner workings of the seals. "Naruto-kun. As you know, there are many things that seals can do. From storing your weapons in a simple seal, to holding the kyuubi's soul in your stomach, to distorting the very fabric of time and space between the two offices of the Hokage in the tower and in the forest of death, to gathering, and focusing gravity in a downwards motion on your body. Let's add to that list of things, shall we?" The hokage said, as he flared a tiny amount of chakra, and placed his hand on the central seal on the wall behind him. A bright flash of light burned Naruto's eyes, he had to close them, and cover his eyes out of reflex. When he felt that the light had gone away, he slowly let his arms down, and opened his eyes carefully. He blinked once, and then again as he looked around him in amazement.
The fourth had a big smile on his face as he watched Naruto in the hidden valley of the Hokages for the first time.
Naruto was AMAZED! From what he could tell of the seals on the wall, they were to be transported somewhere. How big that 'where' was, Naruto had no clue. That is, until he saw this.
The light here seem distorted somewhat, but it was just as bright as the sun outside. There were trees in every direction he looked, and the trees were all fully bloomed cherry blossoms. Pink petals floated in the air around the space, and the grass looked healthy and green. That's when Naruto noticed the three mansion like houses off in the distance. They weren't huge, but they weren't small either. He noticed that all three had concrete fences surrounding them, and a prestige looking metal gate for each one. Then a question popped into Naruto's head. "Jiji, why are there only three houses. I thought there would be four."
"The first and the second Hokage's shared their house, which is the one in the middle. Mine is on the left, and your fathers," he pointed at the last house, "Is the one on the right." He lowered his arm as he looked at his house with sad eyes, but he quickly turned back to Naruto. "As the son of Namikaze Minato, you are allowed to live in the house he once lived in. Once you marry, you're also allowed to bring your spouse into it as well, but not before. If you have kids... well, we'll get to that once you're old enough." He turned and started walking to the house, and Naruto quickly followed. "Inside, I think you'll find everything he left for you." He walked right up to the gate and stopped. On the gate, Naruto noticed an intricate seal right where the locking mechanism usually is. "Naruto, do you think you could unseal this house for me? It's a blood seal."
Naruto nodded, and bit the skin on his thumb. He channeled chakra to his thumb as he smeared the blood on the seal on the gate. The seal glowed blue for a moment, and then a 'click' sound rang from it. Sarutobi slowly put his hand on the gate, and opened it. He motioned Naruto in. "After you, Naruto-kun." Naruto slowly walked into the front yard of his father's home. Once he was in, he heard a 'click' as the gate sealed itself once more behind Sarutobi. "Come, we'll talk more once we've found a comfortable place to sit. In the meantime, why don't you create an army of shadow clones to explore the house. I'm sure you want to explore every nook and cranny." Sarutobi opened the front door, as it wasn't locked, and motioned Naruto in. Once inside, Naruto smiled and did just that. An army of 30 shadow clones fazed into existence behind him, and they each rushed off to explore. In the main hallway, he saw that the house broke off into three directions, left right, and forward. The old man moved forward, and Naruto followed. The forward one moved into a living room of sorts. It had three two man couches, and two very relaxing lean back chairs near a fire place. The old man moved towards the fireplace, and sat down at one, motioning Naruto to sit in the other. "Now, I know you have some questions, Naruto-kun, but let's start off with this." The old man held out a scroll. "It's from your father to you, and I don't know what is inside."
Naruto carefully took the scroll, and opened it slowly.
Dear Naruto, my son,
If you're reading this, then you've become a competent chuunin, and as such, responsible. I know this may've seemed hard to understand, but you couldn't know about me until you had the power to back up this knowledge. I hope Kushina-chan is there to read it with you, and that she's been a welcoming mother to you, Naruto. I regret, that if you're reading this, I'm no longer of this world, and that Kina has been sealed inside of you. If I know Kina, then she's also reading this as well, either through you, or through being summoned outside of the seal. I hope the town has been treating you like a hero, like I asked them, too.
If you're reading this, then that also means you are in the Hokage's valley, and in my house to be exact. In my office, which will be hard to miss, are several paintings. Behind each painting is a special something to you. The order of the release is 6524317. Please memorize that so you can repeat it forwards and backwards.
I hope you can forgive your fool of a father for leaving you behind, and know that I loved you both more then all the stars in the sky.
Signed,
The fourth Hokage
Minato Namikaze
P.S. – If you see Jiraiya, kick him in the balls for me and your mother.
Naruto slowly closed the scroll. He was numb at this point. From being shown something amazing, to seeing the house he should've grown up in, to reading this letter. His emotions and mind were fried at this point, and he had to drop his mask so as to not overload. "Jiji, I..." He couldn't trust his own voice now.
"Shh, Naruto-kun. I know this is a lot to start with. If you want, I'll leave you here. I'll be in my home, and the gate unsealed when you want to leave." Naruto nodded at that. He needed time to figure out what he wanted to feel, and what to do with this knowledge. The Third Hokage got up slowly, and walked towards the door, he stopped before he opened it though. He looked to where Naruto was sitting, and then headed out the door.
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The first thing I did when I entered the village yesterday, was to search out to see what had changed. I mean, the last time I was here was 20 years ago, and Kakashi was the 'village prodigy.' The three sannin were still a great team, and Sarutobi was ruling the village with an iron fist. He was a kind, but strong leader. I quickly noticed that a fourth head was up on the mountain wall, exactly as written in my book. That much hadn't changed. Not that it would. The only thing that can change things in my books can be either extreme forces of nature, the elements themselves, or a person with extreme resolve and will. Today, after reading a fair bit from the people around me, I realized that a force of extreme nature HAD come to the village shortly after the fourth Hokage was given the position, and that changed the story line in my book altogether. I couldn't wait to get my grubby little 9 year-old hands on the self-righteous blundering idiot that changed my story. Madara and his gang were going to pay. Dearly.
Right now, I was standing on top of the first's head of the Hokage mountain. He was not the first one to change my precious writing in this world, and he wasn't the last, nor will they ever stop. I still held a grudge against them all, but the first Hokage had peeved me off the most. Too bad he's long in death's hand, and I have no territory there. I lifted up my pale white right hand, and waved it in front of me. Three feet from me a book appeared in a white light to my left, moved to the front of me, and then over to the side, disappearing in a white light on my right. This happened so fast, that normal humans couldn't see anything but a blur, and happened several thousand times in less then 10 seconds. It slowed down after the tenth second, and soon three books were sitting still in front of me. I waved my hand at the right one, and it came towards me, and sat in the air before me. The other two disappeared in a flash of light.
The title of the book was in Latin letters reading Terra IV or Earth version 4, which was the planet I was currently on. The book, like all my other ones, was a big metal and leather bound book with special lunar and solar designs on the front. It looked to be a foot long, half a foot wide, and about 4 inches thick. I flicked my finger at the book, and the book opened up to the middle. I licked my finger, and I quickly turned the pages back to the day that Kyuubi had gone berserk, which was not supposed to happen, and read what had happened since then, and noted the changes that had happened between then and now, and how they would change the things to come. I noticed how Kami and Yami, the goddess sisters of this dimension, had interfered not once, or twice, or even three times, but four full times in the time line. I noticed how Merlin changed destiny as well. I noticed how Orochimaru had been killed off completely, when he was just supposed to run away when things got bad with Tsunade, who wasn't even in the village. I noticed how the Uchiha clan had four members left, when the entire clan was supposed to be killed off that night. I noticed that many people died, when they weren't supposed to. I noticed that many people lived, when the only thing they should be is dust.
It all spiraled around one man. Madara. He had crossed the line on so many occasions, that he was going crazy with power.
It's official. Madara is my new favorite guy to hate and loathe. Not even the first Hokage had done this much. And since he's still alive when he should've died a long time ago...
I snapped my fingers, and a notepad and a pen dropped into my open hands. If people kept trying to change my story to constantly look for peace, then I'll give them peace. Whether that be good or bad, is up to them, and one VERY strong willed individual.
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A few hours, and several times rereading the scroll later, Naruto slowly got up, and moved towards the office which was in the right hallway from the entrance. His clones had long ago dispelled, so he knew where everything was. The left hallway was actually a stair case to move up to the second and third floor, as well as leading straight to the kitchen area. The right hallway lead to a dojo, an office, and a basement. There was a bathroom on each floor, but the only one to not have a bath and shower was on the first floor. The second floor contained three separate bedrooms that were moderate in size.
On the rest of the first floor were several empty rooms that looked like they were still being built in either hallway. Going pass the initial living room, there was a large library, containing anything from normal fictional books, to jutsu of all kinds of ranks and elements, to research and knowledge theory of chakra, and finally advanced and master level theories of sealing.
Naruto opened the door to his father's office. It wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either. The room contained three very large desks, each holding several piles of papers and open books. Two of the walls were lined with bookshelves filled with books on many different things and sealing utensils. On the two remaining walls were 7 paintings. Each of the paintings seemed to be of someone important. The paintings were very large, taller then him in height, and he would have trouble touching both sides of the frames.
The first on the right, was Jiji in his prime. It had the initials "NM" in the bottom corner.
The next one was the First and Second Hokage's standing side by side in their Hokage robes. It had the initials "HS" in the bottom corner.
The next one to that was of Jiraiya though just a bit younger. It had the initials "NM" in the bottom corner.
The next one was of Orochimaru. The man that Naruto grew up knowing looked a bit more insane then the one he was looking at now. It looked like that of an intelligent man who was completely loyal to his friends, if a bit hardened. He even had a glorified smile, not a creepy one, but a true happy smile. Naruto wondered how the man he saw here, and the one he saw being crucified at the chuunin exams were so different. The initials on this one was "HS" in the bottom corner.
After that, was of a woman he had never seen before. She had blond hair, and brown eyes. She wore a green robe, and grey kimono underneath it. On her forehead was a violet diamond shaped seal. That was all he could see of her from this painting, but it would be pretty hard to miss a woman with a bust of that size. Under the painting the words "Konoha no Namekuji Tsunade-hime"(Konoha's slug princess, Tsunade) This one, as well, had the intials "NM" in the bottom corner.
The second to the left was of his father standing in the dojo in his workout clothes, which was just a white robe with very loose leggings. This one had the initials "UK" in the corner.
The last one was the only one without a label or a name on it was of a woman. It showed the full length of her body. Her dark red hair went down to her knees in a smooth flowing fashion. She had a sword down to her side, but half of the sword was cut off by the frame. She had a smooth smile on her face, as if encouraging whoever was brave enough to attack her. Her violet eyes had a glint to them, but the person trying to paint the picture couldn't quite decide on what that glint meant. But one thing above all else was her feminine figure that was admirably beautiful. So-much-so that she put every other girl in the village down. She stood tall and proud. Somehow, he knew this woman, but he couldn't tell from where.
He moved to that painting first, and memorized her. He didn't know who she was exactly, but he felt she was very important to him. He touched the frame on the right side, and nudged it a little. It didn't budge. Raising his eyebrow, he moved to the other side of the painting, and nudged it there. He felt the painting move a little, and then he pulled on it. The painting swung to the right, leaving a very intricate seal behind it on the wall. He studied it before he did anything else. His dad wasn't known for a seal master for nothing.
He noticed that it was a standard storage seal, but beyond that he couldn't read it. Shrugging, he bit his thumb, and focused chakra into it as he wiped the blood on the seal. The blood burned off of the wall, and nothing else happened. Naruto was puzzled. He looked down at the scroll again, and then reread the passage. He moved over to his father's painting, and found that it could be moved the same as the first one. '6524317' Behind it was a slightly different seal.
The seal first started out like the last one, a blood released storage seal, but after that was a secondary unlocking mechanism. He moved back to the red-head's, and then looked closer at the seal. His dad was clever. Under the blood storage seal, he could make out a much smaller seal hidden in the intricate design. He presumed that was the locking mechanism as well.
Naruto went back to his father's painting, and reopened the wound on his thumb. He pored chakra into it as he wiped the blood on the seal. This time it had a definite reaction as he head a 'poof' sound, and a scroll dropped into his hands. He heard a click, and looked back up to the seal. The secondary release seal had changed shape, and was now in the 'open' position. He moved over to the two Hokage's painting. He repeated the process, and 5 paintings later he was standing in front of his mother's seal one last time. And boy was he stumped. The other 6 released in the exact order, and they all released their contents without much problem. However, when he put his blood on this last one, it just burned it off like last time.
Naruto narrowed his eyes. He was determined to release this one. He went back to his father's and saw something strange in the 'locking' seal. A button if you would. He put his thumb there, and he heard a sound from all the other ones. All of the seals went right back into 'locked' position.
He retried it several times, unlocking all of the seals by place blood on them, only to lock again when he pushed one of the buttons on the six seals. He had done this for a few hours straight, and now he was sure he was going to get a scar on his thumb.
He grumbled, and went back to the last one. He glared at the small locking seal in his mother's painting, trying to figure out how it worked. He noticed that some of the designs were slightly misaligned. They wouldn't harm the seal itself, it was just considered unprofessional to be slightly off. So why was his mother's so different?
He sat down and pondered, looking over the scroll in his hand, the scrolls on one of the desks nearby, and then at the paintings. He looked out the windows, and saw that the sun was already setting. He must've spent more time here then he thought. He shrugged at that. It wasn't the first all nighter he's ever pulled, and he'll be damned if he doesn't figure out this mystery. It was going to be a long night.
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Hinata sat still in the Hyuuga meeting room with her younger sister sitting by her. They were currently in the middle of a Hyuuga clan meeting. They were deciding her future, and had all but forgotten that she was even there.
It made her feel small.
She lifted up her head, "Excuse me."
The arguing between three sides of the elders continued. Her father noticed her trying to say something, and they just ignored her.
Now, many people think that because of the stoic nature that Hiashi gives off 24/7 means that he's a cold-hearted bastard. That's simply not true. He was a cold-hearted father. There's a difference. He cleared his throat loudly, and flared his killer intent.
The room was dead silent, and all eyes were on him.
He looked back to his daughter, and nodded his head.
She thanked her father silently, and looked back at the elders. "Excuse me." She said, and they all looked to her. "Do I get any say in this? I mean, it's my future you know."
The just stayed silent.
She took that as a sign to go on. "Yes, I'm a jinchuuriki. Yes, I've turned into a hanyou. And Yes, I have fallen in love with someone outside of the clan. And you're bringing this up, why? I mean, yes, I will eventually take the head of the clan, but does any of this have to do with that?"
One of the oldest elders smiled at her, though no one else saw it, but her. "She has a point." He face went stoic as people looked at him. "You brought this meeting up, Hisaki-san. What does any of this matter?"
Hisaki, one of the 'younger' elders made a grunting sound and glared at Hinata. "We are a prestigious clan, and a clan head cannot be scene with any garbage. Further more, what will the public think if we put a demon at the head of our clan? Besides, you're just a weakling compared to your younger sister."
Hinata glared back. If she was still the 'weak stalker' that she was just 6 months ago, then she would've been cowering right now. But after talking with Hiraku for a while, she understood that she couldn't be weak and with Naruto. No she needed to be strong, and now was a time to be strong. "Elder Hisaki. Let me remind you that not only did I get into the finals of the chuunin exam, I did it in my first year as a kunoichi, correct?" She didn't get an answer, but she continued. "Also, it appears you didn't get the news. Naruto is the son of the fourth Hokage. Lastly, why does being a Jinchuuriki a bad thing? Hiraku-chan has been in the clan for two generations now, and you haven't had a problem, have you?"
Hisaki just continued to glare at her. "So what, the entire contest was filled with weaklings. And even if Naruto is the son of that man? Trash is still trash. On your Jinchuuriki account. How can we be sure that Hiraku wont escape and kill us all?"
Hinata just raised an eyebrow. "You claim that names mean everything for our clan, yet when the son of the most famous Hokage ever finally shows up, you treat him like trash?"
"She has a point." Hiashi stated. "Why do we care what the village thinks? If we're prestigious, then why should their opinions matter?" He smirked. They were backing the man into a political corner. "Furthermore, if Hiraku-sama wanted to kill us all, she would've done so by now. She is the shinigami's pet. No, I believe we can trust her. And I believe that if the entire exam was filled with trash, then does that mean Neji is too? I mean, you've been calling him a prodigy for a while now, and then he was suddenly taken out of the exams altogether. Surely pure trash could not take out a true prodigy. And furthermore, the one who beat Neji in the chuunin exams was beaten by Namikaze-san. So I highly doubt that 'demon,' as you call him, is trash. More like a prodigy himself. And recently, I've been thinking that we need to bring new blood into the Hyuuga main blood line. What's a more perfect candidate then a prodigy, am I correct?"
Hisaki hadn't flinched, or made a move that he knew he was in trouble, but a line of cold sweat was glistening on his brow. "What about Uchiha-san? He could make a good spouse for Hinata-sama."
Hiashi remained stoic. "Did you also forget that Namikaze-san beat the Uchiha? In quite a stunning performance, might I add." Her daughter was finally standing up to the elders. If he wanted to show her that, that was a good thing, then he must encourage her by helping her when she does stand up. "What do you think, Hinata-chan?"
Hinata nodded, inside her head, she was dancing for joy that her father was helping her out, "Yes, I do believe it was fascinating how he took the Uchiha apart bit-by-bit. He even took the Uchiha's best attack, and didn't even flinch."
Hanabi was staring at Hinata. Who was this girl, and where was her sister?
Hiashi brought his hand up to his chin, and made a thinking pose. "Hmm, I want to think on this matter some more. Elder's you're dismissed. Hinata, stay here."
Once all the elder's and Hanabi left, Hiashi looked towards his daughter. She opened her mouth, "What is it, Otou-sama?"
He smiled at her. "About time you stood up to them, Hinata-chan." He started.
Hinata mearly smiled, and blushed at the compliment. Her father actually praised her!
"What do you think of Namikaze-san?" He continued.
Hinata sighed. It was going to be a long night, and Hiraku was asleep at the moment. She was no help here.
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Sarutobi sat down at the table in the kitchen of his home. 'Home.' he repeated in his mind. 'I haven't called it that in almost 14 years.' He sighed as he sat back in the wooden chair, and looked around slowly. He grumbled under his breath. He needed to be back at the Hokage tower tomorrow morning. He sighed, "Might as well try to get some sleep." He said to himself, and then got up, and moved towards one of the main hallways. He avoided the main bedroom altogether, and went to one of the guest bedrooms instead. As he passed by the doors to the master bedroom, he took a look at the wood that boarded the doors to said room. The seals on the boards painted in blood by hurried hands the most prominent feature. He nodded to himself, and then opened the door to the guest room. It was going to be a long restless night.
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Ino was a bit down when she came into the house that night. Inoichi could've sworn it was due to the chuunin exams, but when he had asked about it, his daughter outright denied it, and since he could read her like a book, he knew she was telling the truth. He shrugged, and chalked it up to 'boy trouble' since that seemed to be only explanation his mind could come up with. He sighed, and took another big gulp out of his beer bottle. He probably should ask his wife to talk to his little princess.
Shikaku, Shikamaru's father, sitting next to him at the bar tapped his shoulder, "Something wrong?" He asked, as he took a good long sip of lemonade. The bar keep had forbidden the man any alchohol after what happened LAST time.
Inoichi sighed, "Yeah, my daughter. I think it's boy trouble, but I'm not sure." He shrugged, "But I'm not here to drink about my daughter having problems. We're here because we're celebrating your sons to getting promoted to chuunin!" He said as he held up his drink. Chouza, Chouji's father, raised his drink as well as Shika's. The glasses clinked, and all took a good long drink of their respective glasses.
The three slammed their drinks into the table at the same time, and the three men chuckled at their old ritual. It was a good night to be alive.
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Prisoner of War. Great. 'I just had to fucking end up in this fucking godforsaken weak ass village's piss version of a jail.' Tayuya thought to herself. She didn't even know when she was captured. The last thing she remembered was tying on the last of her uniform, and then it just went black. She could hear the dozens and dozens of other captured sound soldiers moaning, and screaming just down the hall from her. The door to her cell clinked, and then opened inwards. A tall man with a bandana walked through, and looked down at her. His smile creeping her the fuck out. "What the fuck are you looking at, piss-ant Moron?"
His smile grew. "A member of my next 'study' session." He simply replied.
Tayuya's eyes widened. It was going to be a long night. Still, she wasn't going down without a fight. "You weak ass mother fuckers don't scare me with your tiny dicks in your big fucking mouths!"
Ibiki's smile grew wider still. "Good. I love a fighter. When they break, they do so in such a beautiful way." It was going to be a long FUN night.
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Inuzuka Tsume was many things. A leader, a mother, a jounin, a Togatta representative, a patient woman, and most of all clean. With a nose as sensitive as hers, you tend to want to sleep at night with good smells, and she had worked hard to pound that into her daughter and son. Apparently, not hard enough for her son, and if there's one thing Tsume was not, it was merciful. Kiba was going through a cleaning ritual. Her poor, poor son was going to have permanently pruned fingers after he had washed the entire clan's and the Aburame clan's laundry by himself. For three months.
Ah, who was she kidding? She was enjoying every minute of this, as the blackmail material kept piling up. She was snapping photos of him washing the girl's underwear at the moment. She chuckled to herself quietly, as she petted both Kuromaru and Akamaru who were side by her sides. They had just gotten a very nice long bath. He was in for some long nights.
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Sasuke was at his training grounds in the Uchiha district. He was sweating profusely, and the sole object of his attention was not the poor battered log in front of him. No, it was that damned dobe. He had taken the spot light away from him, and all the attention he was getting was almost suddenly snuffed out. He took a good long glare at the log in front of him, and imagined that it was Naruto. He screamed at the top of his lungs, and continued to batter his already broken and bloody knuckles into it. He grounded it as his mind fell further into the darkness. Halfway through an extremely painful combo, he stopped and lurched down onto the ground. He was in pain again. 'Will these infernal pain spasms ever come to an end!' He asked in his mind. It had started up just hours ago. He could've sworn something answered him, but he didn't hear what it said, as he keeled over again. On his left shoulder near his neck, a sinister looking cursed seal pulsed with life once more.
He could feel power coursing through his veins.
He looked up to the log. It was still standing. He smirked. Not for long.
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Neji stared at the paper in his hand. It was from his Father. He had woken up in the hospital just an hour ago, and saw the envelope that held the letter. He opened it slowly, and then read every word. How many times has he read it now? 10 times? 20 times? He didn't know, and he didn't care.
The words of the letter is what made him reread it so many times.
He let his hands fall limp, the letter falling slowly into his lap.
"Was there never really such a thing as destiny and fate? Do we really make our own futures?" He asked the ceiling as he laid back on the hospital bed.
He had taken a look at his legs using Byakugan. They were a mess. He didn't know if he would ever be a ninja again. He hadn't bothered to call for the nurse, as it was about 3 in the morning by now. He could wait, and see what the doctors said when they came to check on him, but he had a feeling he already knew what they'd say.
He couldn't sleep. He just stared out the window. The long night was almost over.
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'Long night indeed.' I thought to myself as my pen disappeared from my hand, and I sighed. I smiled at the now closed book. "Everything that was, it shall be. Everything that is, shall disappear and be created. Everything that can be, it will all come to the same end. I wonder," I said to no one around me, "which path shall be chosen?"
I looked up at the moon to the high west and at the horizon to the east, the sun was just barely rising. "Hehehe, it's almost time for me to to become a character in this story. Now, what role shall I pick? Shall I go as a nobody, watch from afar, and become Yosome once again? Shall I chose a different path this time, and directly involve myself in the workings of this world? Shall I become the very evil this book will dictate? Or shall I illuminate a path for the chosen one? Choices." I looked back down at the book floating before me. "There is always that path. I have always had the ability to do so, and I've never done it yet." I frown as I remember the rules that would follow me on this path. "Might as well. This is a good time as any to try it out." I flick my hand at the book again, and it disappeared in a black hole.
The rules have been set, the game has started. "Let's find out how this world will end, and the next one begin anew, shall we?" I asked as I looked out to all of you, the readers.
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Sorry it's so short, but I couldn't think of anything else to add for this chapter.
… Oh well, That's it for now. Catch ya next time.
~Snipa