yep chapter 3 already made once i got past chapter 2 this thing just started writing itself ( i wish it would )
Sorry bout the long wait but i was separated from my trusty comp for a month or so my bad but now that i have it again this is going to basically be easy mode for me to write hopefully
Got some really great reviews glad that you guys are enjoying the story so far.
To Edo Ryuujin right now i don't see my version of Naruto having much use for a sword. It just doesn't click that well with how I'm molding.
Yeah and i do need to work more on my grammar thanks for the tip Dusel.
Its always cool getting reviews from you guys, and I'm always open to hearing whats on the readers mind so far about the story.
As for today's chapter well things are finally gonna get moving, and the story is gonna start getting darker so don't expect much people skills from this Naruto.
Ch.3: Allies Of A Different Species
Deep within Naruto's inner mind:
In a dark, dank, and gloomy sewer stood a massive gate, its purpose to hold in a great, chaotic entity. The great nine-tailed fox Kyuubi was as terrible as its power limitless, and his cruelty nearly unmatched. To all that beheld it's great presence it was the wrath of mother nature, and even the almighty Kami rolled into one beast. Inside it's prison the monster slept occasionally waking to spectate the life of it's keeper always letting out a evil chuckle at the poor boy's pitiful life. That was until the boy ceased being a boy becoming something else altogether the moment that happened, the almighty Kyuubi felt his prison of a home change.
There was the sound of rock crumbling, and the moan of metal being slowly bent the Kyuubi apparently had company. A pair of great red eyes materialized behind the great gate glancing about the room looking for the cause of the disturbance. "Who dares plea for audience of the greatest force the land has ever had the pleasure of being walked upon." A slight hissing sound caught the attention of the great pair of eyes in the far corner of the room a very recent hole had been made out of crawled lizards of many shapes, and sizes each one glaring defiantly at the fox's frightening gaze.
"I see so i have a few roommates well then stay on your side of the gate, and you'll be safe from my wrath, but please make yourselves comfortable its been soo long since I've had company." A fang-filled smile appeared under the pair of eyes with it a red mist that seeped into the hole made by the new residents. "I wonder what kind of affects this might have on the little brat guess i can stay awake a bit more to watch the show."
Naruto at the moment was suddenly overcome with a sickening feeling his vision blurred, he could barely stand, and it felt like something was pushing its way out of his chest. "What the hell is going on with me now?" And like that the feeling was gone he could see fine again, and the pain in his chest had subsided. "No way was that a dream it felt to real, but what happened to Ryuuza?"
"Nothing i'm still here in the summoning realm kid." Naruto's eyes looked everywhere, but couldn't see either Ryuuza's miniature form, or his immense true form.
"I can hear you, but i can't see you." Naruto heard Ryuuza's familiar laugh as he continued to look over his surroundings.
"Now that your one of us I'll always have a mental connection with you kid." Naruto beginning to understand took a look over at all of his limbs searching for any difference from how he was before his interesting experience. "Yes you are changed though it may not be apparent to the naked eye what you see now is merely the human costume that hides your true self if you don't believe me concentrate on your hand."
Naruto did as he was told, and looked at his right hand concentrating on it for a few seconds. His skin at first soft and pink began to fade in color, and with a mere flick of the wrist ripped off like a second skin revealing the hand covered in emerald scales his nails replaced by sharp claws. "Indeed quite the change, and your telling me the rest of my body is like this?"
"In a way yes under that mammal skin your whole body is covered in scales everything about your body has been altered in one way or another." Naruto feeling a tingling on his right hand looked back at it noticing the human skin slowly covering his true form once again till it looked human once more. "That will continue to happen unless you concentrate, and wish it to stop that way in an situation that your true form is revealed all you have to do is wait for the disguise to restore itself."
"Anything else i should be aware with this new body Ryuuza?" A long silence followed before Ryuuza replied his voice a little unsure.
"Well you see this is the first time something like this has been done so understand when i say i'm not completely sure." Naruto sweatdropped at the moment the thought that Ryuuza having no idea what kind of side effects this may have on him didn't make him feel better. "I can tell you what i do know or at least what i intended if it makes you feel any better."
"Sure lay it on me if I'm to be at my 100 i should know what I'm capable of in this body at least." Thats when Naruto felt a two things one being a pain at the base of his spine the other something crawling inside his jacket.
"Well since your body has been altered to be more like ours i wouldn't be to surprised if a tail sprouted out of your pink butt, but the odds of that are pretty ridiculous right." A pained yell from Naruto and the slight ripping of cloths was the only reply he got after that statement. "...well hopefully that should go away after a bit or so, I also intended that you would be our summoner, but since i found the whole biting your thumb thing unneeded i turned your body into a living portal for our kind."
"What do...you..mean by...that...Ryuuza?" Naruto a little out of breath thanks to the new tail that was swaying about in a almost playful manner didn't like the sound of his body being a portal of any kind. Thats when a small monitor lizard decided to poke its head out of his collar. "...I think i get what your saying but you may wanna explain before i get angry Ryuuza."
"Patience brat i swear give a kid a few nice tricks and he gets all unappreciative sheesh." Another slight pain in Naruto's chest, and he suddenly felt something crawl down his left arm sleeve. "Well i meant for you to be able to summon us at will, but you see thanks to your special condition it didn't come out as planned which leads me to believe that it may have affects on everything else."
"What do you mean 'special condition'?" Naruto at the moment noticed a gecko was now crawling onto his left hand from within his jacket. "Are you trying to tell me that I'll have these guys crawling out of my chest every few seconds first that's a little weird and I'm sure my jacket is gonna get cramped after a while."
"Well you can stop it at any moment that you like, and the more chakra you focus into it the bigger, and more useful they get as for the jacket i suggest a change of clothing then maybe something that can be easily opened for when the big things come out and covering enough that will hide your form if you need to let your human skin restore itself." Naruto concentrating a little felt the slight pain in his chest fade away, and the lizards that crawled out of his jacket ceased the ones already there either leaving for elsewhere or making themselves comfortable on his shoulders.
"Ok that solves that problem now what did you mean about 'special condition'?" Another long pause from Ryuuza before a serious answer was given to him.
"Do not worry about it the condition will reveal itself in time boy, for now lets look over all the new perks you've been gifted with." In the following hours Naruto learned that along with his tail he could now sense heat signatures in living organisms, communicate with the reptiles that followed him about, though only a few could speak back to him , the full usage of his tail, and that at a level his true form should give him a level of camouflage when needed. It was soon night again, and Naruto knew he had to get some sleep if he wanted to be ready enough for when he got assigned to a team the next day Ryuuza told him goodnight, and that he would be in touch if he needed."
The next day at the academy:
Everyone was surprised to see Naruto wearing a headband along with his interesting change of attitude. Naruto made eye contact with no one not completely sure if his disguise had worked or not merely headed for the back of the classroom his eyes instead concentrating on the small lizard that had found its way into his kunai pouch, and was now resting on his shoulder.
"Wow how the hell did you get a headband Naruto? Last time i checked they only let students with at least a little skill become a genin." Kiba being the first to say anything made his way toward Naruto his eyes full of arrogance.
"Well since they let you become a genin they must be letting in the students with no skill in huh Kiba?" Naruto's reply had stricken a nerve as Kiba's face turned red his teeth bared at Naruto who was no only a few feet away. Before things could get out of hand an instructor made his way into the classroom "Apparently Iruka's substitute..." Naruto's thoughts went to the teacher that had become a friend to him his face visibly darkened for a slight moment. "Your death will not be in vain Iruka-sensei."
Naruto's thoughts were brought to an end as he heard his name called out by the instructor. "Naruto Uzumaki! you will be assigned to team 7 along with Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha."
"And i thought things would start getting better." Naruto glanced at his two team mates not happy with being paired with either. A while ago he had a crush on Sakura, but she never returned his feelings instead calling him annoying, and chasing after her loved Sasuke it wasn't long after that Naruto decided that she wasn't worth the effort. Sasuke was just as bad if not worse all he did was brood as his crowd of fan girls swooned over him thinking he was the best out of all of them the kind of attitude Naruto didn't like even less now that he found mammals irksome due to his recent 'change'.
Soon all the students had left with their new team leaders except Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke Naruto falling asleep by the window finding the sunlight to be very relaxing. Though Sasuke thought of all the other genin below him on skill noticed that Naruto had changed some how he didn't know how, and that irked him so deciding that now was the best time he got up and strolled over to the sleeping blond intent on waking him up.
"Hey dobe wake up!" All Sasuke got as a reply was the blond covering his head trying to drown out the noise, and a small lizard crawling out to hiss at him glaring at him defiantly. "You got some kind of problem with me tiny?" Sasuke moved to poke the lizard in the head expecting it to scurry away instead all it earned him was a nasty bite from said lizard. "Ow! I CAN'T BELIEVE THE STUPID THING ACTUALLY BIT ME!!"
Sakura seeing her crush in pain quickly made her way over to where her teammates were intent on saving her precious Sasuke-kun. "Don't worry Sasuke I'll teach this disgusting thing a lesson it'll never forget." Sakura made a move to stomp on the small lizard when she felt a large amount of killer intent coming from next to her where Naruto was now standing up his face showing pure irritation as he stepped toward her.
"If you even think about harming the little guy you'll find yourself in pain unlike any other you've ever felt before!" Sakura her voice suddenly lost could only stare into Naruto's cold eyes his pupils shifting for a moment before he picked up the lizard, and gently put it down on his shoulder. Sasuke feeling the killer intent stopped his yelling to look at Naruto noticing the seriousness on Naruto's face decided that the dobe was acting to out of character for his liking.
"Perhaps you should keep that little slimy thing on a leash then dobe before i" Sasuke didn't get to finish as he was suddenly looking into Naruto's fierce eyes the words dieing in his throat before he could speak them.
"How about you do two things Sasuke one keep your voice down i was trying to sleep, and two keep your filthy digits off the lizard before you lose one of them." Naruto sat back down feeling annoyed, but glad that he had been able to protect the little family member that was now crawling back into his kunai pouch for some shut eye. There was a awkward silence for a few seconds till the sound of footsteps, and the opening of the classroom door as a one-eyed jonin with gravity defying silver hair poked his head into the room.
"I'm assuming your the genin assinged to team 7 right?" All three genin nodded still taking in the new arrivals appearance. "Well then meet me at roof top in 5 minutes." With that the mysterious jonin disappeared in a poof of smoke, and green leaves.
There was a long pause in the room as all three genin were still coming to the conclusion that the masked shinobi was to be their sensei from then on. "Well you gotta admit that was a pretty cool exit." Both Sakura, and Sasuke turned to fix a icy glare on their blond teammate only to find that he himself had disappeared. Both genin were still in the room together when Sakura realized a opportunity had presented itself to her.
"Well Sasuke i guess that just leaves you and me right?" When Sakura turned to see Sasuke he too was gone. "...dammit!" Sakura quickly ran out of the room hoping to catch up with her teammates.
At the top of the building:
"...Interesting really interesting." Kakashi Hatake wasn't much for being surprised in life especially by any genin, but this Naruto character was really...interesting to say the least. When he had gotten to the rooftop half a second later the boy had climbed the wall of the building to get to the top looking like he had done nothing at all. And what was with the lizard thing, the little buggers were all over the place once Naruto had gotten there. Feeling a slight pain on his foot Kakashi looked down to notice one of the bolder lizards had taken a nip at him the look on its face like that of a child getting caught with its hand in the cookie jar. "I always get the weird ones."
When Sasuke, and Sakura had finally gotten up there Kakashi decided that now was time to go through the standard "lets get to know each other." procedure. That was probably a mistake, but how was he supposed to know.
"Ok brats lets get to know each other a little we're going to play a bit of a game where we tell each other about our likes, dislikes, and dreams for the future."
Sakura not totally getting it decided to pipe up at that point. "Um Kakashi sensei how about you go first that way we know what you mean exactly."
Kakashi with a bored sigh agreed to go first, after finding another lizard trying to take a bite out of his feet. "Ok then my name is Kakashi Hatake i have many likes, and dislikes, as for my dreams i don't really feel like telling you three ok you next pinky."
All genin visibly sweatdropped thinking the same thing "That was really informative." Sakura went next stealing looks at Sasuke the entire time. " My name is Sakura Haruno my likes are looks at Sasuke, and giggles loudly my dislikes are annoying people like Naruto! Naruto visibly gives her the finger, and my dreams for the future are looks at Sasuke again and blushes."
Kakashi shakes his head a bit it was apparent Sakura's crush on Sasuke would become a obstacle later on. "Ok you next fan boy." Sasuke glares a bit at Kakashi apparently not liking the fan boy joke, but go along with the game.
" My name is Sasuke Uchiha i don't like anything really Sakura's face saddens for a moment i dislike a lot of things especially Naruto's ugly pets Naruto once again gives the one-fingered salute in reply as for dreams for the future well i plan on killing a very special someone." There was a long pause before it was interrupted by Naruto. " Well that wasn't completely emo or anything now was it?" Sasuke glared at Naruto as he stood up it being his turn. "Now this i wanna hear." Kakashi thought in his head his curiosity in the boy had been rising slowly.
"Well my name is Naruto Uzumaki i like ramen, fighting, and of course my family at this all the lizards gathering around Naruto immediately looked at him, and crawled on top of him. my dislikes are vegetables, and just about every other human in the world. at hearing this everyone gives him a strange look which he ignores as for my dreams i plan on reconstructing the land to what it once was."
"Now that really was a interesting answer, what exactly did he mean by that?" Kakashi decided to think it over later to move things along. "Ok now that we have all of that out of the way time for your first mission you three are to meet me in training area 13 tomorrow morning, and make sure not to eat anything between now, and then or you'll most defiantly puke." Before he could get a reply he vanished in another flashy, yet leafy display.
"Well if two don't mind i have better things to do than to stand around with two warm bloods peace." With that Naruto jumped over the edge, and was gone from sight. Sasuke started walking off without a word ignoring Sakura as she made another attempt at asking him for a date.
The next morning:
All three rookies had been waiting at training ground 13 for over an hour and to say the least they were slightly annoyed. Naruto being the first one there wasn't really doing much his great hunger broadcasting itself as his stomach made deep growling noises, Sasuke silently sitting alone, and Sakura walking back, and forth ranting loudly about late sensei's.
With a almost inaudible swoosh Kakashi appeared the look of amusement on his face making his students hate him even more. "Why good day students i was on my way when a black cat crossed my path." Sakura immediately started yelling, as Sasuke stood up, and Naruto merely looking in their direction.
Kakashi's face suddenly turned serious at this point earning the attention of all three genin. "Now that we're all hear time for your real test you see the first test was merely to get everyone in teams now we test you kids on your team work skills you have till this timer goes off to get these bells. Kakashi produced both a egg timer, and two bells from his pocket. " Whoever gets one of these babies before the buzzer goes off gets to eat, and gets to be a full fledged genin who ever doesn't fails and goes straight back to the academy."
The realization of why their sensei had them not eat anything finally dawned on all three of them, and of course Naruto wasn't to happy with being deceived. " Ok big mistake first you made me go hungry, then you make me sit around with these weirdos now this. Your in for a world of hurt guy!"
Kakashi merely rolled his eye though interested in what the blond could do. " Well then we'll just have to see brat you three have the count to three to find a good hiding spot before this test begins."
"1..." Sasuke, and Sakura both make a quick run to the forest to find a good spot.
"2..." Naruto cracks his knuckles glad he finally had the chance to test his new abilities.
"3..." Kakashi looks toward Naruto noticing no sign of retreat. " Well this is strange you must be really eager to lose, or just plain stupid."
Naruto's eyes shift for a moment, and a grin appears on his face. " Nah i just want to pummel you a bit, before i help myself to one of those bells."
Kakashi pulls out a book, and with a bored expression starts to read it. " Well your welcome to start anytime you feel ready just try to come at me with the intent to.." Naruto wasting no time charges at Kakashi hoping to land a full thrown right haymaker. Kakashi though not caught off gaurd in the least merely sidesteps and trips Naruto, who in turn catches himself with his left hand, and twists trying to catch Kakashi with a kick. Kakashi not expecting the last move had to actually block the move though without much effort, Naruto keeping on the offense pushes himself up, and flips over Kakashi, and throws a deadly axe-kick down just barely missing the silver haired jonin.
"Hmmm guess i won't get any reading done anytime soon this kid means business." Kakashi puts away the novel, and catches another punch thrown by Naruto following it up by throwing him over his shoulder. Naruto thinking quickly grabs on to the arm Kakashi used to catch his punch, and firmly grips the ground with the claws on his feet, and reverses Kakashi's throw with a very surprised Kakashi in the air instead. "Careful kid that was a good move, but you better hope no one saw the claws rip through the human covering it would be bad to have your true form revealed this early in the game." Silently thanking Ryuuza for the advice Naruto made a note to watch how much he used his abilities in front of humans.
" How did he do that!" The very same thought had gone through the mind of Sasuke, Sakura, and more importantly Kakashi who had caught himself, and quickly decided to put this boy on the " watch out for" list. Before anyone could even notice Kakashi quickly got behind Naruto, and prepared one of this most deadly techniques. "I didn't think I'd have to use it but this kid is turning into a real nuisance." Sensing danger Naruto started to turn around, but was still to late as the deadly words entered his ears. "Thousand Years Of Death!" There was a long pause before Naruto was propelled into the air, and into the forest yelling the entire time. "Ouch and right at the base of the tail that has got to suck." Naruto sent Ryuuza a silent "shut the fuck up!" as he stood back up, and looked for a favorable position to scope out the one eyed enemy.
Sasuke sensing an opportunity let loose a volley of shuriken at Kakashi while he wasn't looking, jumping down from the tree he perched in, and sprinting toward him as he did. "Perhaps i used a bit to much chakra on that one." Kakashi suddenly noticed the sounds of something speeding toward him, thinking quickly he blocked the projectiles with his kunai, and was caught off guard by Sasuke attacking from the left with a kick aimed at his head which he blocked with his other hand. "So the other one one makes an appearance though I'm wondering if you'll put up as good a fight as Naruto did."
" That dobe is no where near my level of skill." Sasuke threw another kick which was blocked, and jumped back preparing a jutsu as he did. "I'll show you just how much stronger i am." Kakashi sighed in annoyance as he noticed what jutsu the Uchiha was preparing. "Kids these days i swear." 'Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu ' A large fireball spewed from the Uchiha's mouth incinerating everything in its path. When the last bit of fire had left his mouth Sasuke scanned the area not seeing any sign of the silver haired cyclops. " Guess i over did it a bit not much sensei left to teach now is there."
Suddenly a hand erupted from the ground underneath Sasuke grasping his leg. "Don't let arrogance cloud your sight kid even if there isn't any enemy on the ground or in the air always suspect he'll be below you." A moment later Sasuke had fallen victim of Kakashi's Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsuthe only part of him still visible above ground was his head. "Well at least i did better than the dobe right?"
Sakura was starting to get worried she had only caught a glimpse of Naruto's fight with Kakashi before she decided to move to find Sasuke, and she hadn't seen either of them since. " Wait what was that?..i could have sworn i.." Suddenly surrounded by leaves Sakura was momentarily blinded until the caught sight of a severely wounded Sasuke lying in a pool of his own blood. "...SASUKE!!"
Kakashi chuckled to himself as he watched Sakura fall victim to the weak genjutsu he had used on her. "This should be fun for a few minutes, then i guess its time to check up on the blond one."
A few minutes later:
"Lets see now one garden variety Uchiha Kakashi glances toward Sasuke who was still trying to free himself of his planted position. check. One unconscious Haruno Kakashi watches Sakura twitch on the ground the sight of her beloved Sasuke neck deep in earth had caused her to faint. check. Now wheres the Naruto i set up to dry?" Kakashi had expected to see a certain blond hanging upside down from a trap he had set using the bell as the bait. "No such luck i guess perhaps their getting smarter?" Thats when a kunai from the left was thrown in front of his to get his attention. "Nah!"
Naruto after having pulled himself together had decided to go with a different strategy he had seen how Sasuke had managed which wasn't much worse than he had so he figured if the three of them all went at their sensei they would have a chance as for the bells they'd figure that out when it was time. Now that he had the jonin's attention it was just a matter of keeping it long enough for his little friends to wake up Sakura, and dig out Sasuke.
"Yo Kakashi how about you try this one on for size?" With that and a simple Kage Bunshin no Jutsu 7 Naruto's poofed into existence all eager to dish out some punishment to the now interested jonin. All 8 Narutos charged toward Kakashi each on intent on doing some damage. Kakashi merely gave another bored sigh before the first Naruto was close enough to send a kick toward his midsection.
" And i thought the day wasn't going to get any worse." Sasuke wasn't enthused about having three lizards dig him out of his current position worst yet the lizard from the day before was perched on top of his head comfortably enjoying Sasuke's inability to do anything besides gripe. " I think i understand what your getting at dobe, but i would have rathered you'd have something else help me out besides these things. "Ouch!" Sasuke's last comment did not go well with the lizard on his head so he was punished with a hard bite on the ear.
Sakura wasn't any happier she herself woke up to the cold unblinking eyes of a monitor lizard as it licked her with its long forked tongue. "...Naruto i swear you'll pay for this!"
Naruto was getting annoyed, so far without really trying Kakashi had already rid the world of 5 Naruto clones, and was currently working on the 6th. poof "dammit ok time for something new." Naruto's last clone attempted a windmill kick to Kakashi's side which was easily blocked, right as Kakashi pulled back his right arm for a deadly counter it was suddenly restrained by a force he couldn't see with his attention on the clone. Naruto knew it was a risky move but found it necessary so quickly he let loose his tail, and used it restrain Kakashi from behind giving him enough time to legsweep the jonin, and once the jonin had lost his balance his close continued with another kick that struck home driving the silver headed ninja to the ground, and hard.
poof What should have been Kakashi had turned to a log which broke in half from the force of the clones attack. "Damn! should have know he would do that." Quickly withdrawing his tail Naruto looked to his clone for any input, said clone had poofed from a kunai to the back.
"Well that was a good try Naruto and even though i don't know how you were able to restrain my arm back there you still failed to grab the bells." Naruto looked in the direction of the voice and smirked. "True but my teammates didnt isn't that right Sasuke, and Sakura?"
Kakashi from the branch he stood on a bit away suddenly sensed the presense of two others. " Thats very true Naruto with him focusing on boasting toward you he had no idea we were right behind him." Kakashi now noticed at the corner of his eye both Sakura, and Sasuke standing next to him both holding a bell in their hand. " I guess we win don't we Kakashi-sensei?"
A few minutes later:
Kakashi had revealed that despite the two bells all three had passed due to the test actually being about testing a teams ability to make sacrifices for the good of the team, which they passed with flying colors. "Remember now those who refuse to follow orders are trash, but those who turn on their teammates are worse than trash." That thought had been going through Naruto's mind as he walked home. " Is it possible for a mammal to actually have honor above its own need for self preservation?" His reply was a short " Perhaps..Rane had honor, and he was one of them."
End Of Chapter:
Yeah not bad eh? Well it should be good since i had a few freakin months to think it over, lets just hope that never happens again right
I'm sure I've left plenty for you readers to wonder about with the strange mist, and what else Naruto might be capable of.
Well next chapter we're gonna see a bit more violence as Naruto starts getting into the use of his new form also there might be another character death in the next chapter i haven't completely decided on it but its a maybe.
Translations:
Katon: 'Goukakyu no Jutsu' - Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu - Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Jutsu
Well be sure to leave a review if you want and you can bet your ass i'll be sure to update soon
Have a good one Peace