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Naruto: The Ninja Gunman
Chapter 3: Graduation and a Traitorous Instructor
Speech Legend:
Bold Text: Demon speaking/REALLY angry yelling/etc.
Italic text: Thinking/written messages/etc.
As Naruto waited for his turn to perform in the final part of the Genin Exams, he noticed a shy-looking girl, Hinata Hyuuga, sitting by herself, twiddling her pointer fingers. Her most distinctive feature is the two white eyes with a shade of lavender. Naruto recognizes her to come from the well-known Hyuuga Clan, known for their "Gentle Fist" fighting style and an ocular bloodline ability known as the Byakugan, which allows the user to see through solid surfaces and in every direction, as well as seeing the chakra points, or Tenketsu, of opposing ninjas. He also noticed that she's looking rather lonely, so he decided to sit next to her to keep her company. Naruto gently taps her shoulder to get her attention, which he did, albeit startling her a little. She turned to the blonde newcomer smiling at her, at which she blushed.
"Hello there," he started, "I couldn't help but see you sit by yourself, so I thought you would like some company, Hinata, right?" before offering a handshake. Hinata nodded before she blushed further. She hesitated for a moment or two, before lightly grasping his hand and shaking it. Hinata felt a warm, comforting feeling flow through her body in that gesture, as if she felt safe with this newcomer. Not knowing what to do on these feelings, she fainted, slumping onto Naruto, with her head on his shoulder. He blushed lightly at this contact, thinking, "And she faints. Feels pretty nice, but still," before propping her unconscious body back up on her chair, and continued waiting for his turn.
Thankfully, Hinata had already passed before this small incident. When Naruto was called up, some of the Sasuke fan girls jeered and threw insults at him about how he's inferior to Sasuke, those which he ignored. The blonde jinchuuriki created three Shadow Clones (he learned the technique during the training trip), and had one of them perform a Substitution Jutsu with Mizuki (whom he knew had tried sabotaging him in the written test) and the other to do the Transformation Jutsu, into Zero's image. "Now, that's very impressive, Naruto," started Iruka, before asking, "But, who was that man that one of your Clones turned into?"
The blonde one replies with a smile, "He's my adoptive father, and he taught me how to use firearms, like the one I used in the target test. Tou-san's been using guns as long as he could remember. Plus, he's also formidable with fighting up close and personal, too," as he then hears Sakura's ever-so-annoying voice shout out, "Yeah, right! You're just a loser who had no business coming here and upstaging Sasuke. And I bet your dad is nothing but a drunken," when she was interrupted by Ino Yamanaka, who retorted, "Hey, lay off of this guy, billboard-head! He's beaten Sasuke fair and square in EVERY single part of these exams, so SHUT THE F*** UP!"
Iruka says to her, "While it was appreciated of you to have defended a fellow student like that, please watch your language, Yamanaka-san." The daughter of Inoichi Yamanaka herself bowed and apologized before sitting back down, as Naruto was given his headband. Mizuki thought angrily, "Damn it all, he passed the whole exam! I'll have to steal the Forbidden Scroll myself…and maybe lure that demon brat into a trap…yes! That gives me an idea!"
Sasuke, who also passed the final part of the exam, was also seething, as he thinks, "Damn you, Uzumaki! I should know this stuff, not a loser like him! I'll kill you, and take your weapons for myself!" Later that afternoon, we see Naruto going to his new home; which so happens to be an estate that belonged to his biological father, Minato Namikaze, the Forth Hokage. How does he know that he is the son of the Yellow Flash, you ask? He figured it out for himself when he was training with Zero and the ANBU for six years. Plus, Zero "persuaded" the Hokage into giving him the keys.
He arrives to see his adoptive bio-weapon father waiting for him. Zero notices the headband and smirked, "Looks like you finally made it, kid. Now, all's the left is to be assigned to a team with a jonin-rank instructor and two other graduates," before asking, "Have you met anyone interesting at the Academy?" Naruto replies, "Mmm-hmm. The clan heirs were attending, especially this girl, Hinata Hyuuga. She's pretty shy, and kinda lonely, so I went to sit next to her to keep her company. We shook hands, but she ended up fainting. Guess she's got feelings for me. Oh, and one of the other clan heirs, Sasuke Uchiha, tried giving me a hard time, but I beat him out in every part of the exams. However, he also has a legion of annoying fan girls. Apparently, while we were gone on the training trip, his clan got wiped out by his own older brother, who had since become an S-rank rogue ninja. I think that stupid Civilian Council spoiled him rotten like an apple, plus most of the fan girls came from civilian families."
Zero face-palmed at the last part, as he groaned, "Ah, those annoying Civilian councilmen. They're just as bad as the Systems Corp. mercenaries that hunted me down in my old world, especially with the support of those crotchety, wrinkled Elders," before getting up and walking into the kitchen, and preparing two Nissin Cup Noodles instant ramen cups, adding boiling water and chopped frankfurters to them.
To compliment the Cup Noodles, he took two glass bottles of Royal Crown Cola from the fridge. "Come on, kid, I've cooked up some noodles," Zero called, as his blonde apprentice/son walked in. He then brought out two pairs of disposable wooden chopsticks, to eat the ramen with, before using a bottle opener to remove the caps off of the RC Cola bottles. "Itadakimasu!" smiled Naruto, before digging into his cup, slurping up the noodles. Zero did the same, albeit at a slower pace, taking a sip of his soda in between slurps (and munching the frankfurter pieces).
[Later, in a Council meeting…]
We see both Zero and Naruto standing before the Hokage, the Elders, and the Shinobi and Civilian Councils. The topic of the meeting…well, let's just say that the civilians are trying to demand either for Naruto to hand over his weapons and techniques to Sasuke or for Zero to train Sasuke. However, they are silenced by a warning shot…from an M1887/1901 lever-action shotgun wielded by Zero. He then snarled, "Shut up, assholes! You can't touch Naruto, since he's a ninja now. He's not going to hand anything over to you damned ingrates! Plus, I'm not going to teach an arrogant brat like that Uchiha anything!"
At this, Homura starts, "Mr. Zero, by order of the Council, you WILL teach Sasuke-san or else," but was stopped by another warning shot, this time from Naruto wielding a Taurus Judge Public Defender Polymer revolver. "Didn't you hear him?" he asked angrily, before finishing, "He said SHUT THE HELL UP!" Before the Elder could say something that would get him killed by Zero, Sarutobi warns sternly, "Homura, don't try my patience, or theirs either for that matter! They may potentially have the capacity to take down entire armies," before calming down and turning to the two gunmen, "Forgive me for having wasted your time like that, you two. You may leave now."
The elderly Hokage then turned to the elders and civilian council, "Listen to me, and listen well. I will not tolerate you people trying to undermine my authority and steal what isn't yours and giving it to a mentally-unstable brat for his own use. Sasuke Uchiha is under my jurisdiction, not yours, not anymore. This meeting was a waste of time, as well. It is adjourned!"
Meanwhile, Zero and Naruto are on their way home to the compound, when they notice Mizuki being pursued by ANBU. They then notice the large scroll on the fleeing chuunin's back, which they deduce to be the reason why the ANBU are chasing him. "Tou-san! That punk tried to sabotage me in the Genin Exams, and now he's stealing the Forbidden Scroll!?" groaned Naruto, as Zero replies, "Well, what are we waiting for, kid, we've got to stop this f***ing traitor!"
The two gunmen then went off to help the ANBU capture the traitorous chuunin instructor and retrieve the stolen Forbidden Scroll of Sealing. They caught up to the ANBU, as Zero says to them, "We're here to help you to catch this douchebag," while drawing and loading a Steyr TMP and cocking the weapon. Naruto pulls out his K11, and does the same. They headed into the forest, where they soon caught up with Mizuki, smiling madly with a demented look on his face.
"So, you two tagged along with the ANBU to stop me, eh?" starts the traitor with arrogant glee, "I guess it's now time Naruto knew the truth about why the villagers hated him so much!" The blonde jinchuuriki frowned, having heard what the silver-haired defector said as he retorts, "Nice try, you filthy traitor, but I have already known about my status as the Nine-tailed Fox's container. Plus, I knew that you've put a genjutsu on my test paper during the exams, dumbass!"
Mizuki gasped that his plan to make Naruto feel bad about how he's the demon reborn has backfired miserably. One of the ANBU said, "We have you surrounded, Mizuki. Hand over the Forbidden Scroll and face justice, or we'll do things the hard way!" At this, the arrogant Mizuki smirked, pulling out a small vial filled with a red, liquid-like substance and drinking its contents. He laughed maniacally, undergoing a transformation, "Behold, the power promised to me by Lord Orochimaru!"
By the time the transformation had finished, the traitor had become a large, muscular, humanoid tiger, and lets out a fearsome roar. "So, that's your intentions for this scroll, to give it to that mad scientist snake-freak," growled Zero, having heard of Orochimaru, one of the three legendary Sannin, the biggest traitor to the village, and an S-rank criminal on top of the Most Wanted list.
Before Mizuki could charge and swipe his powerful arms at the 'demon brat', Naruto himself quickly pulled out a strange, futuristic-looking katana and parried the claws, before landing some shots from his K11, sending Mizuki back. The transformed turncoat puts his right paw on his chest in pain, having been shot there. He growls, "You'll pay for this, you little brat!" Zero retorts, "Oh, but you're the asswipe who's going to pay," before switching out his TMP for a Heckler & Koch HK21 machine gun, and firing at Mizuki with it, forcing the tiger-man to raise his arms to block the projectiles.
Before he could retaliate, Naruto came from behind, and stabbed the sword through the traitor's skull, before slicing him downwards, cutting the rogue instructor in half. The blonde gunman then performs the hand signs for the Fireball Jutsu, burning the halved corpse to ashes, before picking up the Forbidden Scroll and handing it to the ANBU.
Watching the events through a crystal ball was the Hokage himself. Though disturbed at the way that Mizuki was cut in half, he was proud of Naruto for having taken down the traitor. He was also surprised to learn that the boy knows of his burden, and that he didn't break down for getting his first kill in life, the last part he sighed in relief at. He had also inwardly steamed at Mizuki gloating of having been promised power by his former apprentice, Orochimaru, when he drank that red liquid.
A couple or so days later, we see Naruto at the Academy, sitting with Hinata while waiting to be assigned to a team. Iruka announces, "For Team 7, the members are; Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno," when the pink-haired banshee herself screeched, "YATTA! TRUE LOVE CONQUERS ALL! IN YOUR FACE, INO-PIG!" Everyone had to cover their ears at that while Ino herself sighed while shrugging, as Iruka then finishes, "and Sai. Your instructor will be Kakashi Hatake."
Thankfully, Naruto isn't to be on this team, and for some good reasons, too; One, Sasuke would try and demand for him to hand over his techniques and/or weapons. Two, Sakura would be useless as a kunoichi since she is a die-hard fan girl. Three, Kakashi Hatake has a tendency of being late and reads the perverted Icha Icha Paradise series of adult novels written by the Toad Sage, Jiraiya, who is also one of the legendary Sannin. Not only that, but Kakashi may potentially play favorites with Sasuke, on the grounds that the former ANBU himself has a Sharingan eye implanted in him. In addition, Kakashi could try and pull rank to force Naruto to hand over his weapons to Sasuke.
Naruto himself mentally sighed in relief, "Thank Kami! I wouldn't want to be on a team with those two nutjobs, and that miserable excuse for a jonin! But then, there's this Sai character. There's something off about him that's just plain suspicious. He's also kinda creepy, too, even with that emotionless smile." A moment later, he was assigned to Team 8, consisting of himself, Hinata, and the brash, hot-headed, and loyal Inuzuka clan heir, Kiba, along with his canine partner, Akamaru. Their instructor is recently-promoted jonin and genjutsu specialist Kurenai Yuuhi.
Chapter End
I initially considered for Naruto to be placed on Team 7, but decided instead to put him with Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata, and Kurenai. I know, I know, the thing where Sai is on Team 7 is overused, but I'm going with this one. Be sure to review! Oh, and I'll be sure to do a chapter about Konohamaru, forgive me for having skipped that one!
Omake: RMNO - Ripping Mizuki a New One!
Before Mizuki could charge and swipe his powerful arms at the 'demon brat', Naruto himself quickly pulled out a strange, futuristic-looking katana and parried the claws, before landing some shots from his K11, sending Mizuki back. The transformed turncoat puts his right paw on his chest in pain, having been shot there. He growls, "You'll pay for this, you little brat!" Zero retorts, "Oh, but you're the asswipe who's going to pay," before switching out his TMP for a Heckler & Koch HK21 machine gun, and firing at Mizuki with it, forcing the tiger-man to raise his arms to block the projectiles. Before he could retaliate, Zero hands Naruto a strange, handheld weapon resembling a multiple-barreled cannon with two handles and a single-lens sight.
"Tou-san, do you realize what weapon you're letting me borrow?" asks Naruto knowingly, as the bio-weapon nods, before crowing, "Do it, son!" At this statement, the blonde gunman smirked, before aiming the weapon at the now-charging Mizuki, before squeezing the trigger. The barrels began rotating, not unlike that of the Mini-Vulcan he occasionally used in Dimension Master Nasrudin's training arena. The next thing that happened proved to be quite chaotic; Multiple missiles were fired from the weapon, all homing in on the traitor. The tiger-man tried to dodge them, only to be blown to smithereens with a mushroom-shaped cloud. It is then that Iruka came by to see what's going on, as he asks Naruto, "I heard about Mizuki and came as fast as I-OH MY GAWD, WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO HIM?!"
Zero explains, "Allow me. That traitor drank this red substance, turned into a tiger-man-thing, and revealed that he intended to steal the Forbidden Scroll for Orochimaru of the Sannin. About what happened to him, I've let Naruto borrow this weapon, and needless to say, he blew that traitor sky-high and ripped him a new one!" The instructor nods, before turning to the jinchuuriki, who explains, "This, Iruka-sensei, is the RYNO II, with RYNO being an acronym for "Rip Ya a New One". The RYNO's are a series of powerful missile launchers capable of launching volleys of homing missiles at a high rate of fire, except for the RY3NO (V2-4), RYNOCIRATOR (RY3NO V5), and the RYNO IV variations, all of which fired energy blasts instead of missiles. These weapons proved so powerful and so dangerous, that it was outlawed out there in certain galaxies. As for how Tou-san got this one, it's a story best told at a later time. Don't let the Civilian Council OR the Elders find out about this weapon; it packs a huge wallop, and may be too dangerous for anybody else on this world to handle, and it's very heavy to carry around, as well!"
Watching from a crystal ball in his office was Sarutobi, who paled at the sight of the RYNO II's destructive capabilities, and silently agreed on what Naruto said about the Civilian Council and Elders if they ever found out about this deadly piece of work. Nonetheless, he was also proud of Naruto for having taken down the traitorous instructor (though still disturbed on how the RYNO II was used), while surprised at how he knows of his jinchuuriki status and not breaking down for taking his very first kill. "Such a headache this may bring," Sarutobi sighed to himself, as he smiled, "But it is well worth it to see how Naruto had grown into such a potent warrior. Still, it would be interesting on what he may do out there..."
Omake End!