Hello ladies and germs! I'm back! I will update when I can. Now, without further adieu, Let the show begin! GET OUT OF ME SWAMP! WRONG SHOW!
Km, cough, is this thing on? It is? Oh, Cough cough. LAST TIME ON RISE OF THE YAMIKAGE!
..."Um Naruto, there's nothing to be seen besides a few tent's." Mei said. "Oh, you thought this was the Village? My bad, you're not in the village." Naruto said. "We aren't?" Mei asked. "No, of course not, you're under it!" Naruto said with a laugh.
"What do you mean we are under it?" Mei asked. "I could tell you, or I can show you. Which would you prefer?" Naruto asked. "How about a tour, Yamikage sir." Chojuro said. "Alright then, but let me get my advisors here to." Naruto said before activating his crystal. "Shikamaru, Kai, come in." Naruto said. The scene was rather strange for the mist leader and guards.
"Um Ao, is he talking to a necklace?" Chojuro asked. "Yep, but it seems to have seals on it, if my Byakugan isn't screwed up." Ao said. "Yo what's up Naruto?" The crystal said. "IT TALKS?!" the three yelled. "Yep." Naruto stated simply. "hmsauidfharwehr?" Said another voice. "I assuming that was Shikamaru." Kai said. "Yeah, anyway I want you two here now to meet the Mizukage and help me with a tour." Naruto said. "Alright, I'll be there soon." Kai said. Shikamaru just grumbled. "Alright, so any questions before we begin our tour?" Naruto asked, putting his necklace down. "How did you do that?" Mei asked. "Oh the crystal? Well being an Uzumaki has it's advantages." Naruto said with a smirk.
"Your an Uzumaki? Interesting, I thought they had died out." Ao said. "Nope, my mom made it to Konoha and eventually had me." Naruto said. "Anyway so I met a relative of mine who had returned to whirlpool and got all the scrolls. before he died he gave me the scrolls and entrusted Kai to me and Shikamaru." Naruto said with a grin. "I then made the crystals and here we are." Naruto continued.
"Speaking of which, here they come." Naruto said. "Who?" Chojuro said. "My advisors." Naruto said before Shikamaru appeared out of the shadows. Kai then jumped down from Kensu, who had grown to be the size of a tiger. "Lady Mizukage, may I introduce my best friends and advisors, Shikamaru Nara and Kaitetsu." Naruto said. "Welcome." Shikamaru said. "Hey! What's goin on?" Kai asked. "We are going to give the Mizukage and her guards a tour of what we have built of our village." Naruto said. "Does that include-" "Yes Kai, it includes the Arena and your club." Naruto said.
"His... club?" Mei asked. "Yeah, when not on duty I run a night club." Kai said with a grin. "Alright, so this is the area where everyone who doesn't have a house built yet lives." Naruto said, motioning to the tents on the ground. "There are many people down here." Ao said. "Yes, but a lot of them are the Fuma clan. We got them to join up with the village and we are still building their compound." Naruto said. "Really, the Fuma's. That's a clan I haven't heard about in a while." Mei said as they continued. "Now if you will follow me, we will now head up to the actual village." Naruto said, walking towards a large fallen tree.
"So how long have you two known the Yamikage?" Ao asked. "I have known him since we where in the academy. Kai joined us not long after we got banished 2 and a half years ago." Shikamaru said. "You were banished?" Mei asked. "Yes, it was very stupid, I completed a mission for Konoha and I got banished for it along with Shikamaru who was in charge of the mission for trying to defend me." Naruto said. "And now you run a village, that has to be found by going threw a tree." Mei said. "Yep, here we are." Naruto said. "I can't see a thing, it's to dark." Chojuro said. "Ao, what do you see?" Mei asked. "I can't see anything! This must be a jutsu to trap us!" Ao yelled. All three jumped into battle positions. "No, we aren't, and this is one of Shikamaru's darkness jutsu's." Naruto said. Shikamaru did a hand sign and released the jutsu. "It's a bit of a defense I set up in case anyone came after us." Shikamaru said.
"Anyway, this is where we will get into the village." Naruto said, pulling a lever on the wall. After a few seconds a lift large enough for an elephant came down into the log. "So your entrance is an elevator. Interesting." Mei said. "Well, you have to know how to stop the jutsu, then get around the traps that our trap master is making. Then you have to find the lever and pull it. This all happens after getting rid of the guards." Naruto said as they moved onto the platform. "We do plan to make it bigger and nicer, but this was the best we could do on short notice." Naruto said.
"This is fine, I must say, you are providing a lot of information on the structure of your village to a neutral village." Mei said. "Well, I hope to move us from neutral to friends and allies after this. Besides, I still want to spar you." Naruto said with a grin. "Um Lord Yamikage, can I ask you a question?" Chojuro asked. "You just did, but you can ask another one if you want." Naruto said with a grin. "Why does your jacket say badger on the back of it?" The swordsmen asked. "Well, have you ever looked threw the bingo book and found a page that said The Three Sages?" Naruto asked. "Yeah?" Chojuro said. "Well, your looking at them." Naruto said. Kai gave a small laugh and Shikamaru started to sleep.
"You mean, you three are actually THE Three Sages!" Chojuro half yelled half asked. "Yep. I am the sage of the Badgers, Shikamaru there is the sage of Chameleons, and Kai is the Sage of Crows." Naruto said. "Wow, you three must have rubbed someone the wrong way a whole lot to get in the bingo books as s-rank Ninja." Chojuro said, shocking Mei and Ao. "Well, we did nearly kill Orochimaru a few times, that was when he was in the way, so I doubt he would win when we actually try." Naruto said with a smile. "Anyway, oh, um we do have a missing ninja from mist here, but he wants to help our village. I hope he wont cause a problem for our negotiations." Naruto said. "That should be fine, if he really wants to help you out, I will make an exception." Mei said with a smile. "Out of curiosity, who is this missing ninja?" Ao asked. "Kisame hoshigaki." Naruto said.
"Never thought I would here that name again." Ao said. "A missing 7 swordsmen. Oh well." Mei said. "Here we are." Naruto said as they approached the lift stop. "Wow, this is quite amazing Lord Yamikage." Ao said. "Thank you." Naruto said. "So this is Hidden Deepwood." Naruto said, spreading his arms to show the village. The village consisted of tree tops that fallen over and had become flat over time. There where a few buildings that had been built on top of them, but none of the buildings compares to the large Oak tree that grew in the center of the town. It towered over all the trees that had flattened, and a Kanji for Darkness had been carved out of the bark into the tree.
There were a few bridges that connected to the tree, and there were tunnels in the tree too. "That is what we call the village heart. It's also were a few of our departments are located along with my office." Naruto said. "If you look over there, you will see in he distance the arena. That is where we will spare, if you are up for it." Naruto said. "Sure, but I would like it if Shikamaru and Kai also battled." Mei said. "That seems like an acceptable proposal. We shall end the tour there so that we can battle." Naruto said.
"So we plan to make a few of the trees built downwards into homes and shops." Naruto said. "Interesting." Mei said. they then entered a part of the village that had a lot of shops ment for relaxing. "This is relaxing square. Here you will find our hot springs, Kai's club, and a few other shops that cater to helping people relax." Naruto said. "Kai, is your club up and running?" Naruto asked. "Almost, I just need to set up the lights for outside." Kai said. "Outside?" Mei asked. "Well, Kai is a musician who everyone likes, so we decided that he should make a Friday night party place. That is what Relaxing Square becomes then. If you are around then, you might get to join the party." Naruto said.
Awhile later
"Aren't you worried about the wind up here?" Mei asked. "No, the trees provided a nice break from the wind, and if it is an exceptionally strong storm, these walkways are made with iron wood and a Fuma technique that makes the ropes stronger than tempered steel." Naruto said. "Very interesting, I'm liking this village more and more." Mei said. "Yes, and now we shall end the tour here, at the arena." Naruto said. They arrived at a tree that had broken at a strange angle. "Why is your arena at an awkward angle like that?" Ao asked. "well, that's actually just the bark, we cut out most of the wood that was left and made them into stands. The wood is solid in structure and won't break very easily, since this is an iron wood tree." Shikamaru said. "sounds like fun. And it seems we have been expected." Mei said. You could hear cheering from the stands already. "Well, I think they are just waiting for the fun to start. I do believe Chikara is joining us for this too." Naruto said.
There ya go. I hope you like it. If you have a ninja you want to join the village, send me a comment. Next chapter is the fight scene, so stay tuned. I bid you all adieu.