A/N: Hey, guys. Since I talked about criticism, I wanted to tackle some specific reviews I've gotten from a guest reviewer. His name is simple 'What'. Such an epic name (XD No, seriously, it rocks!) But I decided I want to tackle what he said out in written form, so I can explain it better, because one: he wasn't specific in one review, and two: since it's a guest, I can't contact him/her and respond to them. So, here are his/her reviews so far.
Chapter 1: Way too OOC. It was normal at first, and even after the "this is where things are different" line Sasuke was still in character for a bit. And then out of no where, he did a complete emotional 180. Kinda weird.
Okay, in what way? What do you mean it's out of control? You need to elaborate and tell me how and where it went out of control. Otherwise, it sounds like one of those people who tell story writers to change it and when they ask why, they say 'I dunno.' Also, I stated at least twice now, after the part where it says the roles reverse, it goes into an ORIGINAL and ALTERNATE story idea. It means that Sasuke is not going to be the shallow, unemotional and collected, always angry, everything for revenge guy. It changes because he realizes his friends are more important than to throw it away for revenge. He actually... you know... LIGHTENS UP.
Chapter 2: Why the hell would the Akatsuki be there, and why would they be aiding in Naruto's escape? The whole thing about Sasuke's betrayal was that he had A) To get to Orochimaru and B) The Sound Four, who worked for Orochimaru, help him escape. That makes sense. Akatsuki aiding Naruto does not. And on the topic of the Sound Four, they were just Orochimaru's subordinates. They were all about Chunin-Low Jounin level. The Akatsuki, on the other hand, are made entirely of S-Rank criminals. Everyone would die. You should think about major plot holes more frequently.
(SPOILER ALERT) Okay, notice how in the chapter, Shikamaru said Akatsuki AGENTS, not the Akatsuki themselves. I am going for an original idea. It was based off of those two guys Itachi and Kisame used to fight Team Guy and Team Kakashi in the beginning of Naruto Shippuden, and the fact that Kabuto was originally under some kind of control jutsu by Sasori. Those two things made me come up with an original idea that a group of ninja Sasori controlled and used did what the Sound 4 did to Sasuke in a sense: they convince Naruto while he was upset that he could maybe get rid of the thing that makes people call him a monster, and thus escort him to the Akatsuki in order to do it. AGAIN, THIS IS A ROLES REVERSED STORY.
Like the anime and manga, this story may be confusing at the beginning, because a lot of the truth or story isn't put at the beginning, but TRUST ME, WHAT: I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, BUT YOU NEED TO GIVE ME TIME IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN AND WRITE THIS STUFF OUT. A good story idea doesn't always require every explaining plot part to immediately be written out at the beginning. NEVERTHELESS, THANK YOU FOR THESE REVIEWS. I appreciate them and love the feedback you gave me. But if you can, is it possible that you can let me know in a nicer way of saying it, because it sounds like I ticked you off when you started Chapter 2's review with 'Why the hell'. Just asking. With that, let's continue...
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It was dawn. The sun was starting to shine. The cold air of the night struggled to stay there as the sunlight provided heat on those it touched. Sakura felt it. She slightly groaned as it hit her eyes, it blinding her out of no where and causing her to wake up. Her hands felt the hard yet cold bench she was upon. Sitting up, a yawn occurred as she began to rub the sleepy seeds out of her eyes.
"Hrrrnnng... wha... dawn?" she identified as she ran her hand through her hair.
Suddenly, she remember. The night. The argument. Naruto!
"! I have to tell Lady Hokage that Naruto left the village!" she said quickly jumped up and ran up to the Hokage's mansion.
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It didn't take Sakura more than fifteen minutes to get to the mansion and up the stairs. She ran up, barely gasping air for her lungs. This was so important and impactful; she couldn't afford to waste time taking her time. As she rounded the corner, she nearly barged into someone walking. She caught herself and looked up.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm in a hurry- Lee..." she said rather hastily, but looked up to see her friend.
Lee, in his usual green outfit and with his bushy brows, was there, leaning on a single wooden crutch. He smiled as he rubbed his neck.
"It's okay, Sakura. No harm done," Lee said cheerfully.
"Why are you here, Lee? Shouldn't you bee in the hospital resting?" the girl said, rather concerned.
The boy pointed to the door that lead to the Hokage's office, "Actually, I have to go see Lady Hokage. She's in charge of my upcoming surgery and I wanted to talk a little bit about it."
"Well... I mean no disrespect, Lee, but I need to talk with Tsunade first... it's about Naruto... something bad has happened, and she needs to know about it!" Sakura said.
With a flash, she walked past Lee and began to grab a hold of the doorknob. But a sudden voice was heard in the room that caused both to silence and slowly lean against the door, eavesdropping onto the conversation at hand.
"Now that Shikamaru has gathered you all here, I can begin to explain why you all have been called," Tsunade's voice rang out loud and clear.
Inside the room, Tsunade was sitting at her desk, watching Shikamaru's team of himself, Sasuke, Neji, Choji, Kiba, and Akamaru. All genin and their chunin team leader stood in a row from right to left, facing her. Shizune and Tonton were quietly in the back watching this conversation ready to unfold.
"I'm sure that all of you have been vaguely told of what the mission you're given is about by Shikamaru," Tsunade began to explain, "Naruto has left the village last night without permission to. As a ninja, I cannot simply allow one of our shinobi to leave the village whenever he wants. But more importantly, what makes this much more of a concern is the fact that there was a group of ninja that accompanied him out of the village. They were part of a group called the Akatsuki."
"Akatsuki? Who are they?" Choji asked, blinking.
"From what I've been told by Lady Hokage so far," Shikamaru answered, "They're a group of S-ranked criminals who have betrayed their villages."
"Yes, but from the info I've been given from an old acquaintance of mine, Jiraiya, I know the full story of why they're involved with Naruto's leave," Tsunade added.
Sasuke's head perked up at that. Jiraiya... that loud white-haired guy that came to Naruto's rescue at Tanzuku Town. That was him... it made perfect sense; he must've known a bit about them, then did more investigating about them. Once he found their motive, he reported it back to Tsunade. That means she might know something about Itachi... but later; right now, Naruto was the main focus.
"Currently, it's unknown why they are doing this, but their mission seems to be to obtain all nine Jinchuurikis and use them for their own purposes," she continued.
All the boys were confused as Neji spoke up, "What's a Jinchuuriki?"
"A Jinchuuriki is a person who's body has been made the host of a tailed beast, like the nine-tailed fox that attacked our village years ago," Shizune spoke simply to explain, "By using a sealing jutsu, the beast is sealed inside of a human body. That human becomes a Jinchuuriki."
"But what does Naruto have... to..." Shikamaru started to say as suddenly, all of them, including Lee and Sakura just outside, started to widen their eyes in shock and realize the truth.
"I'm afraid that's right," Tsunade closed her eyes, "Naruto Uzumaki is a Jinchuuriki; in fact, he has the nine-tailed fox sealed inside of his body."
"No way! That can't be true!" Kiba yelled, pointing at her, "There's no way a goofy dork like Naruto could have one of the deadliest monsters inside him!"
"You really didn't notice? How the village mistreated him, shunned him for no reason?" all of them grew eerily silent as she explained, "I'd bet you that your parents have told you to stay away from him, or that you've seen how others mistreat him. You honestly have not seen that? Adding in the fact he never had a family, and you now know just how hard Naruto's life has been. Why do you think he wants to become Hokage? So that people can respect him."
Every ninja felt horrible. It wasn't like Shikamaru and Choji never noticed. In fact, they witnessed how kids just hated Naruto because their parents said so. They befriended him so he wouldn't be alone, but now it made sense as to why he was so abandoned.
Kiba suddenly understood how much Naruto wanted to be the Hokage. It didn't help at all how he taunted him at the Chunin Exams, how he mocked him for being stupid and said that he would become Hokage before him. He simply petted Akamaru, who softly whimpered.
Neji closed his eyes and remembered how he told him it was futile to become something he wasn't. How his dream was childish and how he'd never become anything more than a failure. How big of an obstacle he must've been for Naruto in that battle.
Monster... Monster. That word uttered from his mouth. He called him that. He tore into him and burned him down. Sasuke slowly looked at his hands, the same hands that struck his friend multiple times and caused a jutsu that nearly killed him. He remembered the rage in Naruto's eyes during that attempted Rasengan attack. How he called him loser, idiot, worthless... monster...
"Anyways, moving on to the mission," Tsunade got the attention of the ninja, "The specific ninja of the Akatsuki that have taken Naruto are not on the list of known agents that my associate has given me. Therefore, these ninja cannot be as strong; they must be spies or lower ranked ninja to do their dirty work. With that in mind, I do believe they have taken Naruto against his will."
But... it didn't make sense... not to Sakura. Naruto told her directly hat he was sick and tired of the village... that it was of his free will that he was choosing. His emotion, his body language, the fact he struck... no, it had to be what Tsunade said, right? There's no way Naruto could want to throw away his dream and life... would he?
While she was looking down, Lee was noticing the worry written all over her face. Did she know something about this? Did something happen...?
"All right, now that you know this, Shikamaru! You and your team are hereby given the mission to retrieve Naruto Uzumaki back from the Akatsuki safely!" Tsunade said loudly, announcing the mission.
As the two heard the ninja say they would in respect, Sakura and Lee hurried to the gate where they would meet them before they left...
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She finished telling it as she looked at Kakashi. The Jonin was rather surprised at this revealing of a flashback. That stunning story of what happened between her and Naruto took him by surprise.
"I see..." he said, "Well, that is startling."
"Kakashi-sensei... I was so ignorant of Naruto's feelings... I always belittled him... always mocked his accomplishments... worst of all, I trashed him about how he was useless, when he did more than me, and tried to always make Sasuke look better," she looked at him, "I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want to always have to be the one who sits back and watches those two accomplish great things. I wanna be a true team member of Squad 7. That's why I want to come with you!"
He was so happy. He couldn't stop the smile coming across his face. He closed his eyes with compassion and nodded.
"Sakura... you've truly grown up. I'm so proud of you. Naruto will appreciate this change in you. You and Sasuke are his greatest friends; never forget that, okay?" he said, and as Sakura nodded and smiled as well, he continued, "All right, Pakkun, lead the way for me and Sakura."
With that, Pakkun continued on towards Naruto and Sasuke, as their sensei and teammate followed...
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Hey, guys, Christmas is coming up! So excited! What are some of your wishlists? I hope that I can keep coming up with good ideas for this! XD See you soon, and keep reading!