The Future World
Chapter 1: Revelation
"O-Orochimaru….. emperor Orochimaru?" The words escaped Naruto's mouth dumbly as his mind could hardly comprehend what he had just heard.
"Kid are you alright?" The middle-aged man asked.
"Y-yeah I just, I just need to go somewhere." Naruto replied and then stumbled out of the park back onto the street.
"This can't be happening. I've gotta….. I've gotta." Suddenly Naruto smelled something.
Ramen.
"That smell. Ichiraku's?" Naruto walked down the street and when he came to the corner the powerful smell increased. Naruto turned to his left to see something amazing.
Ichiraku Ramen had been turned into a full blown restaurant.
Naruto's eyes widened in shock and he ambled over to the restaurant. He walked inside to find that it was almost completely filled up and the aroma of ramen overloaded his sense of smell. Naruto sat himself down at a table and waited, he had no idea what was going on.
"Calm down. This has got to be some kind of genjutsu or dream or something." Naruto put his hands together in the ram seal and tried to break the supposed genjutsu but with no luck. "Okay so it's either not a genjutsu or I'm not strong enough to break it."
Suddenly more images flashed through Naruto's mind. He saw Sasuke standing before him with his sword drawn, and then there was a flash of lightning and black flames. After that everything went black and just as quickly the darkness became an explosion of colors and the images stopped.
Naruto had to put his hands on the table to stop himself from falling out of his chair. He was trembling and sweating nervously. 'I remember now, I was fighting Sasuke and then… then something happened. Was it Amaterasu? No, I remember that. There was something after that.'
"What would you like to order!?"
"Ah!" Naruto yelled in surprise causing most of the other patrons to look over and stare.
After regaining his composure Naruto looked up to see a startled waitress.
"Oh, uh sorry about that."
"Hehe no problem sir. Is there anything I can get for you?" She asked nervously.
"How about one order of miso ramen."
"Coming right up!" The waitress left to go to another table leaving Naruto alone with his thoughts again. Not really something he was enjoying at the moment.
"Alright, alright, so after I blacked out I woke up in this city and some old guy tells me it's Konoha and that Orochimaru is emperor. Is that like Kage or something?" Naruto was getting increasingly frustrated and he soon found himself rushing out of Ichiraku Ramen.
"I've gotta find someone who can tell me what's happened. I've gotta find out how long it's been since I fought Sasuke. I've gotta-" Naruto stopped mid sentence and then slowly turned his head to the right. He had walked into some sort of market square, this wasn't what drew his attention however, what got him to stop was the fountain placed in the center of the square.
"It can't be. There's no way something like this could exist." Naruto approached the fountain and stood still for quite a while before his eyes drifted to the gold plated plaque at the foot of the fountain.
IN HONOR OF OUR BELOVED EMPEROR OROCHIMARU
The fountain itself was rather simple; water shot up and got sucked back in only to be shot up again. The statue in the middle of the fountain was also rather simple, but to Naruto it was the most horrible thing he had ever seen.
Orochimaru in the Kage robes made out of gold. And smiling. Smiling. Not the arrogant smirk but an actual happy smile.
"Admiring the old statue ay?"
Naruto slowly turned around to see the same old man from the park.
"The Emperor thought it was a bit gaudy and kept telling everyone he was to humble to accept such a tribute but we put it in anyways, it was around the time he changed the name of the city from Konoha to Yamata. We've got to have something in this city that shows how much we love him right?"
"How long?"
"Hm? Beg your pardon?"
"How long has Orochimaru been… emperor."
"You're not from around here are you. Must be from one of the other sectors, I never did believe that the other lords taught the history of the Empire like they do hear."
"How long?" Naruto asked again, with only a bit of anger seeping into his voice.
"Must be, oh fifty years now. Of course though he led these lands for a good ten or so before then."
"Before when?"
"Before he united the lands of course. Back when the world was still divided. Emperor Orochimaru took control of what these lands used to be, I think it was called the Land of Fire or something, he subsequently made pacts and alliances with the neighboring nations and when the enemies from the other countries who refused to join him attacked the Emperor fought them off and destroyed them to cement our safety." The old man walked up to the fountain so he could see the statue of Orochimaru better.
"For the past fifty years we've had nothing but peace and happiness, we expanded into the lands of our former enemies and have populated ever corner of this continent. My parents always said how they never believed such a thing would happen, they always said how people fought and hated too much for peace to happen. But it did. And it's all thanks to the great Orochimaru."
Naruto walked up the road with a fierce determination in his eyes, his objective was directly ahead and although the surroundings and the building itself had changed Naruto could still recognize it.
The Hokage mansion was much wider and taller than he remembered it. It was colored differently with more steel and gray instead of red. The symbol for fire was also removed and replaced with "Peace and Unity".
Naruto almost puked.
He walked up to the guards in front of the gate; Naruto was surprised to see only two considering it was such an important place. In fact come to think of it, Naruto hasn't seen any ninja at all.
"Halt, who goes there?" The guard on Naruto's left asked.
Naruto glanced over to him. He and the other guard were both wearing some weird plate armor; they were covered from neck to toe, with only their heads visible, in steel and carried no weapons that Naruto could see.
"I'm here to see the emperor." Naruto's mouth dripped with hatred as he talked and when the word emperor came out it was no small miracle that his saliva didn't turn into poison.
"The emperor is a very busy man and although he loves to meet with all his empires people you must make an appointment first."
"I don't have time for your shit. I need to speak with that bastard Orochimaru right now."
Both of the guards eyes widened in shock and the one on Naruto's right paced over to him. "How dare you speak of the Emperor in such a way!" The guard grabbed Naruto's arm. "Just who do you think you are?"
Naruto pulled his arm away. "I'll speak of that bastard anyway I want. And I don't need an appointment. You just tell him that Naruto Uzumaki wants to talk to him."
