Adventures of the Orange Flash
Chapter 10: A City Tour for a Shinobi
A few miles away from a massive island many know as the South Island, a pair of waves moving across the sea at high-speed towards it. We take a closer look to see that one of the sources of the waves was none other than the world famous Sonic the hedgehog who is well known for being the fastest animal ever known. Running alongside him is an orange fox but unlike his best friend Tails who possesses two tails, this one possesses nine tails and his name is Naruto Uzumaki. Sonic ran into him at Soleanna during one of his skirmishes with Dr. Eggman and worked together along with others to stop him as well as a powerful entity which resulted in a time alteration hence erasing its very existence.
"So that island ahead of us the South Island right?" asked Naruto as he ran on the water with chakra projecting from the soles of his shoes.
"That's right, it's where the others and I live, though we usually head over to over lands for adventures among other stuff," said Sonic, using pure speed to run on the water which impressed Naruto and Kurama the nine tailed fox who was sealed within since the day he was born.
Soon enough, they hit the beach and were running through the grassy plains, with azure lakes, flowers, totem poles and small animals were running around freely without a care in the world.
"Wow, this place looks so beautiful," Naruto looked around in wonder.
"I know right? Green Hill Zone is always my favorite place for a run because of the breathtaking scenery," said Sonic.
"Zone?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"I guess you don't know huh?" at the fox's shake of the head, Sonic despite being well-known for his dislike for talking for too long decided to give him the rundown "The term 'Zone' is most often used to describe the regions here on Mobius, so there are some places that add zone to their names though Tails told me that the term zone is falling out of use nowadays,"
"Got it, might need to get a map of the place later," said Naruto.
"I'm sure you'll get one over where we're headed, but you wanna know something cool? South Island can't be found on the map and it isn't set in one location either because it moves across the sea,"
Naruto and Kurama looked at Sonic in shock, sure they've been on Genbu also known as the Island Turtle which is a gigantic and ancient turtle where its shell as an accumulation of plant life and serves as host for other giant animals. It was there that Naruto trained with Killer Bee to train control and utilize Kurama's chakra before eventually bonding together especially when he found about the war and immediately rushed to join it before ending up in Sonic's world, but still it's surprising to hear of an island actually moving on its own.
"How's that possible?" asked Naruto.
"Well Tails said that it's probably because of the Chaos Emeralds, even Knuckles was in agreement of the theory," said Sonic.
"These Chaos Emeralds truly are mysterious," said Kurama with Naruto mentally nodding in agreement.
"Speaking of the Chaos Emeralds, where are they now?" asked Naruto.
Sonic looked thoughtful for a moment "My best guess is that they're probably hidden away in the Special Zones,"
"Special Zones?"
"They're mystical dimensions where the Chaos Emeralds are kept hidden and you need to fulfill certain tasks in order to get one of them which normally involves collecting a required amount of rings within a time limit, but failing a task will to getting yourself kicked out,"
"So how does one get into a Special Zone?"
"I've seen lots of ways to get into one but most of them involved collecting a sufficient amount of rings or special items. But there are times that the Chaos Emeralds could found outside the special zones,"
"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind,"
The speeding duo ran across the plains while having some fun by running through a couple of loops and ramps until the paths changed to concrete roads and they caught sight of tall buildings and vehicles with humans and Mobians walking around on their daily activities.
"Welcome to Central City, one of the most prominent cities here in South Island," said Sonic.
Naruto looked around in awe of the city, though he was a bit put off by the severe lack of nature here, the technological advancement blew him away "This place is amazing,"
"I know, I've had a few of my adventures here. Come on, I'll give you a tour of the place," Sonic was about to take a step when a loud voice called.
"Sonic!"
Sonic's eyes widened in fear upon recognizing whom the voice belonged to "On second thought, how about you give one of your Hirashin kunai to me? That way we could meet up later, especially after I lose Amy,"
Naruto smirked in amusement as he took out one of his father's kunai and handed it over to Sonic who took it before hightailing it out of there at Mach speed.
"That pink hedgehog reminds me of your teammate, they're quite similar," Kurama chuckled amusedly.
"Yeah but like Sakura, she really likes Sonic. Anyway let's check out this place for ourselves,"
Naruto started off by running up a skyscraper all the way to the top at high-speed to get a bird's eye view of the place. After picking a direction he jumped off and went into a free-fall, he summoned a shadow clone which grabbed him by the arm and swung round to throw him to the side of another building to which he latched onto with his chakra-coated feet before running along the wall and kicking off to land on a rooftop. He continued to jump along the rooftops before dropping off the last one to land on a highway where he unleashed a burst of speed and was soon zipping past vehicles. This continued for a while until Naruto got off the highway and decided on a simple stroll.
At the moment, Naruto was walking down the street and holding a brochure which he got from a nearby shop containing information about Central City and was finding it quite useful at the moment. He had just sent a shadow clone to a library that he found on a map in the brochure to find out the type of books there, in order to know which ones he should research the next time he goes there and uses the benefits of his shadow clones to learn more of his new home.
"You have to admit Kurama, this place is a whole different level," thought Naruto.
"You're right, but I'm also looking forward to the fights too," Kurama smirked in anticipation.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Naruto.
"One thing I've learnt from being with you is that trouble either finds you or you simply get dragged into it,"
"It's kinda hard to refute that," thought Naruto "Plus it wouldn't hurt for us to check out Mobius and see the sights like Ero-sennin used to do. But the first thing we need to focus on is getting a place to live, hopefully somewhere with more nature,"
Naruto was rounding a corner when he felt someone walking into him, knocking them both to the group judging from the sound of surprise before him
"Oww, who did I walk into like that?" said a feminine voice, Naruto looked up from the ground to see who it was.
She was an anthropomorphic cat with yellow-orange fur and long black hair which is tied into two voluminous ponytails. She wears a red headband and white laced cloth-like hair barrettes around her ponytails, she also wears a red and black dress with white lace designs, a pair of white wings on the back, white gloves with red backs and laced cuffs, and red boots.
"Wow she really looks pretty," thought Naruto before snapping back into focus and quickly getting to his feet before approaching the cat "I'm sorry for bumping into you like that…here let me help you up," Naruto held a hand out to her.
Meanwhile the cat was rubbing her rear to ease the pain from the fall when she heard someone speak, she looked up to see an orange fox with black whisker marks, spiky yellow hair and nine tails which caught her attention. She looked into his blue eyes which displayed concern and kindness.
"His eyes are so blue, like I'm looking at the sky through them," thought the cat, though she managed to get a hold of herself and took the offered hand before being lifted to her feet "It's alright and thank you, I wasn't watching where I was going either. So this makes us about even,"
Naruto rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish grin "I'm just glad you aren't hurt, the name's Naruto Uzumaki by the way and this is my first time here in Central City,"
The cat giggled from his reactions "My name is Honey the cat, and it's nice to meet you. With the way your name is pronounced, do you happen to come from Chun-nan?"
Naruto was a bit confused about how to answer that question "Not I'm not, I live somewhere else far away…pretty sure you haven't heard of it,"
Honey quirked an eyebrow at that "Really? Where is it?"
"Uh it's a place called the Elemental Nations,"
"Hmmm, you're right about me not hearing about this place," said Honey "But that won't stop me from finding out more about you Naruto,"
"Well, guess I better get going then," Naruto turned to leave with the brochure still in hand.
"Wait! Do you plan to live around here?" asked Honey.
"Uh not really, since I've yet to find one. But if I do find a place, I'll be sure to let you know,"
"But how are you going to do that?" asked Honey confusedly.
"I have an ability to track others even at far distances," said Naruto referring to his Sage Mode. Suddenly he felt something tugging at his chakra and realized that it was Sonic using his Hirashin kunai to call him over "I gotta go now, I just sensed a friend of mine calling for me,"
Honey felt a bit disappointed upon hearing that as she found this orange fox to be quite interesting to interact with, but then she recalled that he would return and they could meet up again "Oh okay, I hope to see you again soon,"
"Me too, see ya later!" with a wave of a hand, Naruto finished with a yellow flash much to Honey's surprise.
"Did he just teleport without a Chaos Emerald? Now I'm really looking forward to knowing more about you Naruto…and hopefully get you out of those drably clothes and into some more suitable clothing. After all, 'if you don't look sweet, you're not wearing Honey!'" Honey walked off with a skip in her steps as she looks forward to her next encounter with the orange fox possessing nine tails.
Naruto reappeared close to where the Hirashin kunai and saw Sonic standing nearby on the sidewalk in front of a talk blue skyscraper and a few stops away from it is an elevated highway. Naruto approached the blue hedgehog with a smirk on his face.
"From the looks of things, I'm guessing that you managed to lose Amy?" asked Naruto amusedly.
"Yeah, I can't seem to figure out how she always finds me no matter where I am, and most at times get the drop on me," said Sonic looking awkward.
"Well you've got to hand it to her for being persistent,"
Sonic let out a sigh before smiling a bit "Yeah,"
"So what's our next stop since I could always come back here on my own?" asked Naruto.
"The next place that we would be going is my hometown which is where I grew up along with my family, Tails also lives there too,"
"In that case, let's hit the road,"
Sonic nodded before he and Naruto took off once again and left the city in a matter of seconds, it was only a couple of miles for them until they arrived at their destination. It was a simple town by the seaside with several buildings all around, palm trees and checkered rocks likes the ones over at the Green Hill Zone.
"Again welcome to Emerald Town, let's go see Tails. If I know my buddy well, he's sure to be at his lab working on a cool new gizmo," said Sonic.
"Lead the way, it would be nice to see him again," said Naruto.
The speeding duo made over to a grey building which was located close to the beach on the south side of the area. Sonic went over to knock on the door a few times before waiting. It didn't take too long before the door opened to reveal Tails wearing a pair of goggles over his eyes.
"Sonic!" Tails was ecstatic upon seeing the blue hedgehog.
"Hey Tails, long time no see," said Sonic with a smirk.
"Hi there, the name's Naruto Uzumaki. It's nice to meet you," said Naruto "Again,"
"Same here, I'm Miles Prower but you can simply call me Tails," said Tails with wave.
"So what are you working on right now?" asked Sonic.
"I just came upon an idea yesterday and finished building it just now, come on in and check it out," Tails opened the door wider for them to enter
Naruto could see that had lots of tables with numerous incomplete inventions, computers, blueprints which are scattered all over the place with some drawn on whiteboards, and pieces of equipment also strewn all over the place. Tails walked over to a table and picked up a metal box.
"Allow me to introduce…"Tails opened the box to reveal a pair of black gloves clad with silver metal at the fingers and wrists, and blue crystals with white glowing circuits within is located in the middle (an: Refer to the Version Vongola Ring X-Gloves from Kateyoshi Hitman Reborn) "…the Energy Convert Gloves or E.C.G for short,"
"So what does it do Tails?" asked Naruto curiously.
"With a little tweaking, it has the ability to absorb any type of energy and turn it into a form of the wearer's choice. For example, Sonic's running constantly produces kinetic energy which can then be converted into any form of energy like a blaster, sword, rope and more depending on what is visualized,"
"Quite an interesting tool, many Shinobi would have wished for something like it," said Kurama thoughtfully with Naruto mentally nodding especially with Tenten or Rock Lee.
"So is there any cons about the gloves?" asked Naruto.
"Thing is that the ECG can only absorb a certain amount of energy, any more could result in an overload," said Tails.
"Mind if I try it out?" Tails took one of the gloves and passed it over to Naruto who put on his left hand as he doesn't want to expose the yang seal yet "It's comfortable to wear," Naruto flexed his fingers then he channeled chakra to the hand as the blue crystal glowed before absorbing the energy, he imagined a kunai before it appeared in his hand as an energy construct before throwing at a whiteboard with the others watching as it embedded deep inside.
"It works!" said Tails happily "But what kind of energy is that? My computer read it as unknown," the fox looked at the said device as it displayed streams of data.
"Well the thing is that, I'm not from around here and by that I meant I came from a different dimension," said Naruto admittedly, he knew that he could trust Sonic and Tails as well as their friends given how they oppose people like Dr. Eggman.
"You came from another dimension? Well this wouldn't be the first time we heard since we also ended up in another world to fix a mess before returning. So how's your world like and how did you end up here?" said Sonic.
"Where I came from is a world full of ninjas in a continent known as the Elemental Nations, there are many lands each named after an element like earth, fire where I was born, iron, lightning, snow, sound, water and wind each ruled by a daimyo. In each land is a hidden village in which the land's ninjas reside being led by the strongest ninja bearing the title 'Kage' meaning shadow. According to what my sensei told me, a hidden village represent the military strength of a country to show the ability to protect itself and maintain the balance of power with neighboring countries. Hidden village maintains its economy by being hired for missions which others would be willing to pay for, from weeding a garden for a single payment to constant budget from the country it resides in for being soldiers in case there was war," said Naruto.
"You ninjas actually do chores? That's pretty unusual from what we know of ninjas around here," said Sonic with a quirked eyebrow.
Naruto laughed a bit "Believe me, I wasn't expecting it either when I graduated from the academy back then. Turns out that these missions are ranked from S, A, B, C, and D, these missions are assigned to ninjas of a recommended rank. Genin which is the lowest level of ninja are assigned D and sometimes C-ranked missions, Chuunin that is the mid-level get C and B-ranked missions, and Jounin being elites get A and S-ranked missions,"
"That's quite organized, but what about this energy which I'm sure you guys wield?" asked Tails.
"This energy is called Chakra which is a form of life energy for my people, it is actually created by molding together physical energy from cells of the body and spiritual energy which comes from the mind's consciousness. This energy runs through a network called the chakra pathway system which is similar to blood vessels except that it's meant for chakra. We ninjas control chakra and manipulate it to create certain effects that would normally be seen as impossible like this…" Naruto summoned a shadow clone much to Tails' surprise except Sonic as before it walked towards a wall and actually stuck to it with the soles of its feet before disappearing in a puff of smoke "And many more,"
"So what happens when you run out of chakra? You get fatigued?" asked Tails but Naruto shook his head.
"Like I said earlier chakra is a form of life energy, so if one uses all of their chakra…they die," Sonic and Tails looked at Naruto with shock at the revelation.
"Whoa, that's pretty heavy. So how did you end up here?" asked Sonic.
Naruto let out a sigh "It was all because of a great war, a fourth to be exact. An organization by the name Akatsuki which is a group of defected S-rank ninjas from each of the hidden village, they sought to capture nine titanic living forms of chakra called the tailed beasts. These beasts were originally one before a man known as the Rikudo Sennin defeated it and then divided them due to being inspired by his son with the purpose of maintaining peace and balance, but after his death and many years later they were captured and distributed amongst the major villages to be treated as weapons instead of sapient beings by being sealed into human in order to use their power," said Naruto.
Sonic frowned upon hearing this "Sounds like something Eggman would do, and you can bet that I'm not okay with such treatment,"
"I'm beginning to like this hedgehog," said Kurama with a small smile.
"I know, it was one these things that I was disappointed with the Shodaime as well as the other past Kages. The Akatsuki hunted down each of the humans also known as jinchurriki until there were only two remaining which was the eight-tails and nine-tails," said Naruto.
"From the way you're talking, you must be one of the jinchurriki," said Tails.
"Yeah, I'm the container for the nine-tailed fox Kurama, like I was saying before, the situation was so dire that actually led to the villages coming together to form an alliance to fight against the organization. Octopops the eight-tails jinchurriki and I were supposed to be hidden away during the way, but I found and moved to join in the fight. It was a tough fight which got even tougher when the leader sealed the beast including a fragment from eight-tails and Kurama's chakra after prematurely reviving the ten-tails. But then the Rikudo Sennin appeared and granted my best friend and I his power to even the odds. I was able to free the beasts as well as defeat the leader but he pulled off a kamikaze attack to me along with him. So Kurama used a forbidden jutsu to escape but the price was that we would be displaced in a random dimension with no way of return and well…here I am," Naruto looked depressed at the thought of leaving his loved ones behind.
"Then I guess you'll be hanging with us, I mean we are your friends now so you have our full support," said Sonic with a thumbs up.
"Sonic's right, you're our friend and I'm sure Knuckles and the others would agree when they meet you," said Tails.
Naruto looked at them with surprise before he broke into a smile "Thanks you guys, that means a lot to me," Sonic smirked while Tails smiled.
"So where will you be staying?" asked Tails.
"I don't know exactly," said Naruto.
"How about you stay bunk with me at my place for the meantime before then?" said Sonic.
"Are you sure about this? I don't want to bother you," said Naruto.
"It's no biggie, and I'm sure my mom and aunt won't mind. Come on, I introduce you to them, catch you later Tails,"
"Sure Sonic, and you can keep the gloves too Naruto," Tails tossed the other glove over to Naruto.
"Thanks Tails, like Sonic I'll see you around," said Naruto.
Naruto left the lab after Sonic, it didn't take long before they stopped before a bungalow. He followed Sonic as the hedgehog opened the door and called out to the residents inside.
"Mom! Aunt Aleena! I'm home!" said Sonic, then footsteps could be heard from one of the rooms as two figures came out and with one of them hugging him tightly.
One was a female hedgehog with dark blue fur and blonde hair, she wears a purple sundress and shoes. The other was also a female hedgehog but without quills but long dark purple hair, she wears a long white sundress and yellow sandals.
"Welcome home Sonic, I've really missed you! I hope you've been doing okay during your adventures and haven't gotten yourself hurt," said the blue female hedgehog worriedly.
"I'm okay mom," said Sonic with a smile.
"Calm down Bernie, as you can see that Sonic is doing fine as he always does," said the other hedgehog.
"I know Aleena, but I can't help but worry. He's so much like his father,"
Naruto watched all this happen with a smile on his, he wondered if this is what he would have experienced if his parents were to be alive. He snapped back to attention when he saw the purple hedgehog look at him with interest.
"Well it appears that Sonic has brought along a new friend,"
"You're right aunt, this is my friend Naruto Uzumaki. And Naruto this is my mom Bernadette Hedgehog, and my aunt Aleena Hedgehog," Sonic gestured to each of the female hedgehogs.
"It's nice to meet you all," said Naruto with a bow.
"Same here Naruto," said Aleena with a soft smile.
"It's nice to meet you too," said Bernadette.
Sonic then proceeded to explain to them "You see Naruto is new around here and doesn't have a place to stay, so I was hoping that he stay with us until he could find a new place,"
"Of course Sonic, any friend of yours is welcome to stay with us," said Bernadette.
"Thank you very much for your hospitality Bernadette-san, Aleena-san," Naruto bowed in gratitude.
"I might as well go and get dinner ready then," Bernadette turned and left the living room towards the kitchen in order to start cooking for tonight especially with a guest in addition.
Soon enough, Naruto lived with Sonic and his family for quite a while. He also got to meet Sonic's father Jules Hedgehog who often wears a blue shirt, pants and red boots, Naruto quickly took note where Sonic got his daring attitude but at the same time is calm and caring when it comes to his family. Naruto took to training with Sonic at times as they're able to keep up and match each other in terms of speed and combat, he also hung out with Tails at the lab to help him out with his inventions although he rarely sees Knuckles at times.
Then one day, Naruto was at the Emerald Beach sitting cross-legged and deeply meditating before activating his sage mode. He was feeling the calmness and serenity of his with a smile on his face when suddenly large amounts of negative emotions hit his senses with the force of a tidal wave.
"What the, this feeling of fear and sorrow…it's coming from the west!" Naruto jumped to his feet and looked at said direction with a frown on his face.
"Looks like we got something to while away the time now," said Kurama opening an eye from his nap.
"Maybe so, but let's go find out the source of those emotions!" said Naruto before running on the water at high-speed towards what would officially mark as his adventure in his new home.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, I got a few guesses from the readers which was quite close but the next arc I plan to do will be the Sonic Advance 2 arc as it serves as a great opportunity to introduce other characters. Speaking of which, I decided to give Sonic a much clearer family background so I brought in Bernadette as his mother, Jules in mobian form as the father and Queen Aleena as the aunt. I also gave him a tour of Central City instead of Station Square as it was destroyed by Perfect Chaos during the events of Sonic Adventure. For those who wish to know who's in the harem, here is the current list at the moment:
Honey the cat
Rouge
Blaze the cat
Shahra the genie of the ring (Secret Rings)
Merlina (The Black Knight)
NICOLE
Bunnie
and more to come…
Send your suggestions via PM if you have ideas which you want to discuss with me concerning this story.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.