Journey to Americagakure pt 2: Explanations
"I can't believe how much of a nuisance you were on the plane, Naruto!" Sakura was ranting.
"I can. It was all over some ramen, too. How stupid can you be? You want to be our next Hokage? Please!" Ino added.
"H-hey. Don't be so hard on Naruto-kun, please. You know how he is, right?" Hinata defended her orange love. Naruto nodded his agreement,
"Hinata's right, guys. That was my first time on a plane, how was I supposed to know they don't server ramen everywhere? Man, if all of America is like this, I'll be really pissed." While it was true that the plane trip to Americagakure had been a real pain for all of the Konoha fourteen, they were awed after just arriving in the airport of the city they landed in.
"So this is Americagakure's city of Tampa." said Neji, using his Byakugan to scan the nearby area, as well as the passing females.
"This place looks fun!" exclaimed Tenten, "but security is really tight. They took all of my weapons!" Shikamaru sighed at that remark,
"They probably have a good reason to. We'll ask Jonathan when he—"
"Took you long enough. Welcome to the new Americagakure. I'm really glad you could make it, you'll enjoy… Am I seeing things, or are both Sasuke and Itachi with you guys? If you came here to drop them off at a prison, forget it. We can't deal with people like them." said Jonathan, who had just poofed in on the group at the entrance of the airport.
"Tch, we're not captured." explained Sasuke, flipping his hair.
"We've realized the error of our ways, so I've quit Akatsuki and Sasuke knows the real reason I disposed of the Uchiha clan, so he's not out for revenge anymore." Itachi put in. The American ninja didn't look convinced. Narrowing his eyes, he said,
"Right." then his face lit up again "So, it'll be boring just talking here. Let's get moving and I'll show you how this country has been getting along as a ninja nation." So the Konoha fourteen and Jonathan took to the rooftops, which had actually been labeled with road markings.
"What's all this?" asked Sakura, studying the markings carefully.
"Making more than a hundred million people into ninjas wasn't easy. After training, riding the wind seemed to be the best way for people to get around, but since more and more citizens want to travel like ninjas we had to create the first ever ninja road system. There were some problems at first, with pirates using ninjutsu and genjutsu to hijack travelers, but the Jiyuukage put a grand seal at the heart of the road system in our capital, Washington D.C., that disables chakra and makes ninja weapons useless." the American nin explained.
"You seem to think very highly of your leader, yet you were the one to bring this way of life back here in the first place." Shino pointed out. Without looking back, Jonathan just smiled.
"I know." he said curtly. Before anyone could say anymore, Jonathan stopped in front of a massive building in the downtown area of the city.
"Here we are," he announced, "Americagakure's Florida Headquarters."
"Headquarters?" mimicked Hinata. The fifteen ninja entered the large, multi-story building. Upon getting inside, voices began to echo as the lobby of the building was massive. The walls were high, with different clocks, screens, and monitors all over the complex. Professional looking people rushed about, handing each other papers and reports and giving occasional commands.
"Yes, Hinata, headquarters," Jonathan continued. "There are city and state headquarters for the hundreds of cities and each of the 50 states around the country. These are in-charge of assigning missions to the millions of ninja in the country. Because we have so many nin, missions are rarely handled alone, even the low rank ones." While Jonathan talked, the Konoha fourteen were almost absent-mindedly staring wide-eyed at the monitors that viewed various parts of Americagakure.
"I notice," Shikamaru began, "that not all of your headbands are the same."
"I was waiting for someone to find that out." said Jonathan.
"Well, why are they different?" Kiba posed the question again. Jonathan went up to a large monitor and pressed a button that made a keyboard eject from the wall. He typed something in and four pictures came up, each displaying a different headband. The American nin touched one of them and it enlarged. Finally, he spoke,
"Take a look at this. This single chevron on the headband symbolizes Genin." The visiting ninja looked puzzled.
"You have different headbands for different ranks?" asked Chouji.
"Sure do," Jonathan acknowledged, "With so many ninja, it's almost impossible to figure out who is what rank without this type of organization. Now, as I was saying, one chevron means Genin, three of them mean Chunnin, three chevrons and two of those curves indicate Jounin level, and all of that with the star in the middle means Super-Elite Jounin."
"Super-Elite Jounin? That's what you said you were to me and Sakura when you first came to the Leaf village isn't it?" asked Naruto. Jonathan nodded.
"Yes. Since I came back home, only six other Super-Elite Jounin have been appointed besides me. Each of them has a chakra network that contains an unbelievable amount of energy, and they can utilize it in some of the most powerful ninjutsu or genjutsu you've ever seen. I don't mean to brag, but just one of us can take on the nine-tailed fox itself and win with minimal effort." he looked proud of himself as he said that. The Konoha fourteen stayed interested the entire time.
"Now then, let's get to the Jiyuukage's office, he and the other Super-Elite Jounin will be waiting." said Jonathan, clapping his hands together. Then he formed the rat handsign.
"Ah, I can't move!" exclaimed Tenten suddenly.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu, success." Jonathan announced. He had trapped all fourteen of them in a Shadow Possession technique without anyone noticing. Maybe he is as strong as he claimed to be.
"What are you doing to us?" asked Lee, struggling to break free. Without answering, and still holding the Shadow Possession stable, Jonathan formed the handsigns of dog, boar, monkey, bird, and ram, and then called,
"Reverse Summoning Jutsu!" and they all poofed away, only to appear in a room not unlike the Hokage's office. There, six people were leaning against a wall.
"Took you long enough." said one of them.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Jonathan began, looking proud, "The Super-Elite Jounin of Americagakure."
