Spirited Away

Chapter 2: Wings of Freedom

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto, Attack on Titan, or any of the characters.

Q&A:

MM995:I'm glad you found this story interesting buddy. Don't worry, this won't be one of those fic's where they have to channel chakra into their muscles to have advanced strength and durability. As for what period this Naruto is from… that's a secret ;)

Also, thank you for pointing out those grammatical errors with the periods and commas. I'll try fixing them in this fic and the other one. Thank you for your review.

Guest: Well, I haven't really seen anyone get torn up the way u describe it in Naruto when hit by a Rasengan. Rasengan isn't really a piercing attack to begin with, it's more like a blunt twisting blow to the gut, much like Luffy's 'Gomu Gomu No Rifle' attack in One Piece.

Also, I think it would be pretty boring if Narutos normal Rasengan could blow titans to pieces left and right.

Guest: Don't worry, this won't be a harem fic. I currently have 2/3 girls in mind that he could possibly have a relationship with, but he'll only be together with one, if it happens at all.

Hmm: Yeah, didn't really think that one through. I did go back and change that though, so I hope it's a bit more realistic now.

.jker: You'll just have to wait and see, mate.

Mahouka9: The thing about Mikasa being a love interest, is that she is so fanatically devoted to Eren, that it's practically impossible to sway her any other direction. That's not to say that she is completely out of the question, though.

Weeldx: I'm glad you enjoyed it bro. I too like Annie a lot as a character, and you never know, she might just catch Narutos eye. As for the timeline, you'll just have to keep up with the story and find out for yourself ;)

*Sigh*

He rubbed his face tiredly.

It had been a few days since he'd appeared in this peculiar land and they'd gone by agonizingly slow.

During his time in this strange place he had made some fascinating discoveries.

The first thing he'd noticed was that the atmosphere did not produce or contain the same level of nature chakra to what he was used to back home.

Usually, it would only take a few minutes for him to enter his sage mode, it used to be a relatively fast process. However, when he'd tried entering sage mode, it had taken him well over ten minutes to gather the necessary amount.

The next thing he had discovered was that the hulking humanoid creatures that persistently chased him wherever he went, first of all, didn't actually need to feed off anything to survive. This was made abundantly clear by how they left other wildlife undisturbed. He hadn't actually seen any of the giants consume anything at all since he'd arrived.

Quite unexpectedly, they appeared to get their sustenance from daylight. This fact proven by how they're drawn into deep slumber at night. He'd poked some of the giants when they were asleep to check their awareness, only to realize that even when he went as far as to cut some of their flesh, they remained entirely unresponsive.

He'd briefly wondered if it was something akin to photosynthesis. A process used by plants, algae and certain bacteria to harness energy from sunlight and turn it into chemical energy, which is then released to fuel the organisms' activities.

But then, if they could live off of energy harnessed from sunlight, why would they be so desperate to devour him?

They didn't have any genitalia, meaning they couldn't reproduce in the same manners as humans. That begged the question of how they came to be in the first place. Were they some kind of experiment gone wrong? The titanic beings didn't even defecate from what he'd observed. Wouldn't they just bloat up if they consumed too much and throw it all up?

They had no intelligence to speak of either and his attempts at communicating had yielded no results.

On that note, communication with one particularly nasty fox had been completely impossible. He would often try to meditate in order to enter his mindscape, but it was as if something was blocking him from reaching it.

It was pretty sad actually. Talking to someone would have been kind of nice, even if the fox was one rude bastard.

Light from the scorching flames of his campfire illuminated the small clearing he currently found himself laying in. Some venison cooked over the heat of the blazes and he lay next to it on the soft grass, peering up at the star lit night sky.

He could make out the outline of a body sitting next to one of the trees some distance away. It sat quietly, not making a single sound, eyes shut and body totally unmoving. He would've thought it to be lifeless had he not seen it move just a couple hours ago when the sun still towered overhead.

He found himself unable to sleep from unease and was just mulling over the events from the past couple of days.

After arriving in this unknown land, he had decided to do some scouting.

On the first day, he had explored the forest and tried gathering some information on the giants, how to deal with them and if they had any weaknesses that could be used against them.

His initial idea of just going one direction until he found people had had no results. The only thing he'd gotten from that experience was the knowledge that the giants didn't have any limit to their stamina. They would literally chase him endlessly without tiring.

There weren't any points of elevation nearby either to keep out of reach and rest, so he'd chosen to use the forest as a resting place.

The next two days he'd made shadow clones to do his scouting for him, seeing as it was the original purpose of the Jutsu.

He himself had remained in the forest. Gathering supplies, working on some wind nature manipulation exercises and some of his jutsu.

For the nature manipulation, he'd gone with attempting to cut through thin tree branches with his chakra. He wasn't knowledgeable on the topic of nature manipulation like say Kakashi, but he figured since it was the only resource he had in abundance, and having finished the leaf cutting exercise long ago, that it wouldn't hurt to try it this way. If nothing else, it would strengthen his wind chakra.

After all, he was a chakra monster and would never really have the finer chakra control needed for smaller jutsu, Jiraya had made that clear to him. All his jutsu were very chakra-intensive and focused on doing a lot of damage.

Thinking back to the two-year training trip with Jiraya, it had been hellish.

Jiraya, despite his perverted tendencies and fooling around, was an outstanding shinobi. His specializations being infiltration and information gathering, alongside his vast array of ninjutsu and knowledge of the sealing arts, had earned him the title of Legendary Sannin, and he wasn't considered the strongest of the Sannin for nothing.

In those two years, the pervert had beaten in every single piece of useful information into his students' thick skull in order to give him the ability to stand toe to toe with any of the Akatsuki.

Ninjutsu had come to him naturally and he'd even learned some useful assassination jutsu, Fūinjutsu, however, was a big failure.

Jiraya, for all his efforts, might as well have been trying to teach a pig how to fly. Sitting still, practicing calligraphy, and understanding complex symbols and their meanings just wasn't his thing. The extent of his skill in sealing went only as far as making explosive notes and small storage scrolls, which were the most basic of sealing techniques.

But all of these thoughts weren't what was keeping him up this starry night, unable to sleep.

No, the thing that had him restless was the influx of information he'd received earlier when one of the clones sent scouting had dispelled.

At first, the clone had seen something weird in the far distance. It looked like one long sandy line marring the horizon, but after moving in closer, it was discovered to be a wall.

Now, that in itself wouldn't have been such a reason to worry, however, this wall was fucking 50 meters tall! And that wasn't all. Even more amazing, was the fact that it seemed to be moving on endlessly. He literally couldn't see an end to it!

What exactly was this wall built for?

This was where the cause of his worry lay.

The wall was massive in height, extensively long, and monstrously thick. In addition, it most likely went full circle by how it curved when he looked to each side. This wall had to have been built to either keep something in, or something else out.

The only reason the wall had to be so titanic would have to be because it was meant to limit a threat that was big to begin with.

The only true threat here were the giants…

Even if they were of no real threat to him, nor any shinobi for that matter, they would surely be a threat to civilians who had no means of protecting themselves.

Here was where the dilemma came. He had seen houses on the inside, meaning that there had once been people living on the inside, and that by default meant that the wall was meant to keep the giants outside.

So, then why the fuck were they on the inside?!

How?! How could to those hair-brained creatures with not a single intelligent thought, nor any chakra whatsoever, have managed to get past the wall?!

There was absolutely no way that they had broken through by force and climbing was also out of question, so how?

Did that mean that the people living here had been eaten?

The mere thought sent a chill down his spine.

Were there any survivors left?

If these giants could get past such a wall, then he couldn't see what else there could be that could stop them.

If his guess was correct and the wall went full circle, then people would most likely flee inwards.

He shivered as a particularly cold breeze passed by.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow he would go check on it himself, if there were any survivors, then he would find them.

He would get to the bottom of this.

[Next Day]

He was currently packing his stuff, getting ready for the journey inwards in search for survivors.

Being able to survive in the open with nothing but what you found on your body was something all shinobi learned as early as in the academy.

The training trip with Jiraya had taught him much. They'd traveled all around the Elemental Nations during their training trip, and experienced all the different climates and terrains possible.

The scorching deserts of Suna, the vast mountain ranges of Kumo, the Canyons in Iwa, the swamps and islands in Mizu, the rain forests in Taki, the frozen wastelands of Yuki and Tetsu no Kuni. He'd endured them all.

And so, surviving in a forest with plenty of wildlife and nice weather, much like in Fire country, had been no problem.

He sealed the last of his supplies into a storage scroll and put it back into his pouch.

Leaping from branch to branch, he bounded through the forest until he reached the outskirts.

A quite mumble of 'Kage Bunshin No Jutsu' had a dozen clones materialize around him. Already knowing their objectives, they set out in different directions.

[With one of the clones]

He had set out in the opposite direction of the original and finally made it to the other end of the forest.

"Stupid boss" He grumbled irritated. Why couldn't he just have made the clones at camp and then let them head out. It would've saved them all a good amount of time. This forest was huge for god sake! But no, the idiot just had to be stupid.

His gaze flickered down below where two titans were greedily clawing at the bark of the tree he stood on.

Their eyes were trained on him. Maws gaping and drool dribbling down their chins, just waiting for him to make a mistake. Waiting for him to stumble down right into their gnashing teeth.

He scoffed.

Too bad. He wouldn't be falling down any time soon, nor would they get what they wanted even if they managed to get ahold of him. For he was but a simple shadow.

His gaze drifted ahead again and he was about to get moving, when something caught his eye in the distance.

It looked like red columns rising into the sky.

He squinted his eyes, not sure if what he was seeing was real, or if the heat was just getting to him.

Unexpectedly, another column shot into the sky. This one however, was closer.

'What the… Is that green smoke?'

*Grunt*

His eyes flickered down below again, to the giants that had now stopped their futile attempts at getting to him.

They were frozen for a second before they slowly turned their heads around to face the rising smoke far ahead.

They stood still for a second and he stared at them in bewilderment.

Something had caught their attention. He hadn't seen them react like this at all until now. What the hell was happening?

Letting out low gurgles and growls both the 6 meter and 11-meter giants set out, leaving a stunned blonde behind.

He blinked owlishly, unsure of what to do, but his shock didn't last long. Because as soon as he was about to follow after them out of pure curiosity, he noticed something else enter his field of vision, coming from behind the hill that the smoke had risen from.

A… Horse…

A horse, with what looked like a person riding it…

He stared, gaze unwavering, as if the man would disappear if he as much as blinked.

Another moment, and suddenly the clearing was filled with them. His stare never faltered as his heart pounded. Happiness and relief forming in his gut at the sight.

They wore white pants and shirts, brown jackets over their shirt which exposed their midriffs, kind of like Sai's attire, and were those thigh high boots? What…?

To top it all off, they wore green capes that came down to their waist.

Also, they seemed to have some kind of metal-like constructs hanging at their hips.

The one he assumed to be the leader, because he was riding ahead of the others, brought his hand to the metal construct and pulled out a blade.

Was that what those metal thingies were? Sheaths? Who needed such thick and heavy looking sheaths?

Raising the blade overhead, the man yelled something to his followers.

The distance between them was too great to make it comprehensible, but as soon as the man shouted, two others shot right past him… and barreled straight ahead towards the two incoming giants.

He twitched.

He was tempted to jump in and help, however a more rational part of his mind urged him to observe these newcomers. Gleam as much information as possible before approaching unknown entities.

His azure eyes beheld the confrontation with rapt attention.

The two men, one raven haired and the other blonde, jumped up on their horses, now standing straight while maintaining balance on top of their moving mounts.

Some weird swishing noises and the sound of air pressure being released, and suddenly the two men were flying across the field towards each their giant at impressive speeds.

This just sowed further confusion with him. What good would those blades do against the giants? They would just regenerate anyways.

His eyes widened however, when both cut through a sizable portion of the giants' necks, and they fell to the ground unmoving.

"…The fuck" He said staring with wide eyes and posture gone rigid.

And as if the wind had carried his confused whisper, the raven-haired soldier looked up, and he could've sworn he heard the man echo his words.

AN: Sorry for the long wait guys! I have been pretty busy with work this summer, so I haven't had much time to write. Also, it had been an even longer time since I had updated my other story, so there was that too.

It seems like you guys enjoyed the first chapter, and I hope you enjoy this one too. Thank you to everyone who has favorited and followed, it means a lot. The comments were also very helpful and i appriciate them very much.

Until next time :)

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