Naruto Fanfiction
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Author’s
Note: AU Fanfic
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by: TokehGecko and Yurusane
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What a
lousy morning he was having.
He didn’t
sleep well at all last night, as if something bad had happened the day before
or during the night. The feeling you get when you see a red circle around the
moon, like a bad omen. A red circle meant that, for him, anyway.
It was more
‘cheery’ if there were several colours around the full moon, sometimes you
could even see the colours of the rainbow around it.
Even clouds
sometimes have colours surrounding them.
And only he
would be able to notice such a thing.
As usual in
the morning, his mother was rushing him. As usual, his father simply complied
with everything that was said.
And as usual,
he himself didn’t have any say in the matter. One, because he was too lazy,
two, he didn’t ‘truly’ care and three; it was no use when you’re up against a
woman like his mother...
This
morning, though, he was saved by a couple of Chuunins telling him to report to
the Hokage.
On arrival,
he decided to alter the word ‘saved...’
“How
troublesome...”
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Sudden Reinforcement
- Prologue
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”Uchiha Sasuke has left the Village?” Shikamaru let out, containing his shock
and surprise. “When... did he?”
“Last
night.” Tsunade answered before Shikamaru could actually formulate a true question,
her hands folded in front of her face. “I want you to go after him and take him
back to Konoha. You can assume that he isn’t alone.”
Shikamaru
frowned. “So someone took him, then?”
Tsunade
shrugged. “We don’t know. According to Haruno Sakura, Sasuke simply left the
Village by himself. But the reason he’s leaving is because he’s headed for
Orochimaru.”
Shikamaru’s
eyes widened. “That S-Rank Missing-nin? Your... ex-teammate,
right? One of the Sannin?”
The Hokage
nodded her head. “You know your history, Shikamaru. As is
expected of a Chuunin.” She grinned. “Are you willing to accept the
mission?”
Shikamaru
hesitated, but then gazed at the Hokage with a little determination. “It’s a
bit bothersome, but he’s a comrade, right? One of Konoha.”
He sighed. “I’ll be needing a squad of five people,
including Jounins and Chuunins, then.”
Tsunade
shook her head. “That won’t be possible. As you should know, all capable
Shinobis are out on missions. Few are in the Village to go along with you.”
Shikamaru’s
eyes widened. “But then...” He growled. “This mission has just become a lot
more complicated.”
Tsunade
grinned. “There IS one ANBU left to accompany you, Shikamaru.”
Shikamaru
tensed up as someone appeared behind him. He turned to see an ANBU... shorter
than him. “Ah...?”
“Hokage-sama.” The ANBU bowed.
Shikamaru’s
analytical mind started working. ‘Shorter than me, voice indicated about the
same age as me, blonde hair, mask of a Fox, no sword? I thought all ANBU had
swords...’
“Your name
will be Kaze Shukun.”
The ANBU
frowned. “Is there a difference, then?” He seemed to dryly point out, the
Tsunade
grinned. “Meet Nara Shikamaru. You can put the mask away.”
Shikamaru
was greeted with a blonde boy, shorter than him and he also seemed younger than
him. ‘A prodigy, then... Younger than me and already ANBU...’ He seemed to have
whisker marks on his face and bright blue eyes. ‘He looks familiar somehow.’ He
narrowed his eyes. ‘The grin he’s giving is fake. In
fact, his entire expression is fake... And the name Kaze Shukun... Wind Lord?’
Naruto held
out his hand and Shikamaru shook it.
“This guy
isn’t very talented in leading, so he’ll easily leave that to you.” Tsunade
said. “You have thirty minutes to find the best suited Genins for your mission.
I suggest you hurry. Shukun will tell you his abilities as you find the other
Genin. Now go!”
Shikamaru
walked out of the office followed by Kaze Shukun. Once out of the office,
Shikamaru spoke up. “So you won’t tell me your real name, then?”
Shukun
shook his head. “From what Hokage-sama told me about you, you should be able to
figure it out at the end of the mission.”
“Now, let’s
pick up the pace.” Shikamaru announced as he motioned to an open window. “On
the way, tell me your skills.”
---
Neji
narrowed his eyes at the armor Shukun was wearing. “You are ANBU? Then this
mission shouldn’t be too hard.”
Shukun
scratched the back of his head. “Hehe, don’t overestimate me. I am ANBU for a
reason, but it doesn’t mean I’m super-powerful or anything.”
Shikamaru
mentally shook his head. ‘Which means he IS super-powerful,
as far as I can tell... It’s good he’s coming. His skills are
Wind-based, he knows Kage Bunshin, Rasengan, has two Summoning contracts and...
although he didn’t tell me, I can feel he has a lot of
Chakra...’
Kiba, in
the meantime, was already looking at the ANBU with respect, even though the
blonde was the shortest of them all. Akamaru had already barked to him that he
was truly powerful. More powerful than the red-haired Sand Shinobi all of the
Rookie Genin had to fight in the Chuunin Exams. Thank god they survived that
horrible monster.
Chouji was
simply eating, though he was feeling proud that Shikamaru was leading the
group, with an ANBU under him, no less! He too knew the ANBU was strong as
hell.
“So, what’s
the plan, Nara-taichou?” Kaze Shukun asked.
Shikamaru
felt a bit strange being addressed that way. “Neji’s in the back, Kiba’s in the
front. Because Neji has the Byakugan and Kiba won’t ever get lost even if he
loses his eyes. Behind Kiba, I take place to give out orders. In the centre we
have Shukun and behind Shukun Chouji stands where he can deliver the final blow
of our surprise attack.”
Everyone
nodded and Shikamaru followed up with a speech where he didn’t like Uchiha
Sasuke, but knew he had to be saved because he was a comrade.
“Wait!!”
Shikamaru frowned as Haruno Sakura came running, behind her, Lee was following
in a slower pace, being injured. Unlike Sakura, he immediately noticed the
stranger in their midst.
“I’m sorry,
Sakura, but you can’t come along on the mission.”
Sakura
shook her head, and then looked at Shikamaru with her eyes wide open. “Please...
Please bring Sasuke-ku
Neji
frowned, while the others nodded their heads. Shukun frowned a bit at the girl,
but nodded his head as well. ‘Uchiha Sasuke seems to be a guy who’s appreciated
here… I wonder.’
“Don’t
worry, Sakura. We’ll give the best we have.” Shikamaru calmly replied to her
request. “Now, we leave!”
---
After a
long while of jumping over bushes and hopping from branch to branch, Kiba
shouted “Shikamaru, I smell a lot of blood!”
Shikamaru’s
eyes narrowed. “Remember the smell, Kiba. Neji, can you already see ahead?”
Neji shook
his head as he had his Byakugan activated. “Not yet.” He answered. ‘To think
the Inuzuka’s nose has a wider reach than our eyes…’
“You think
they had a battle somewhere?” Kiba asked. “I smell five people, including
Sasuke, heading straight ahead! Two have been left behind…”
“We might
learn more if we investigate the abandoned two, but…” Shikamaru sighed as he
glanced at his subordinates. “The more time we waste, the closer they’ll get to
the border. We’ll chase after Sasuke right away.”
Everyone
nodded their heads. “Nara-taichou.” Shikamaru glanced
at the blonde Shukun. “The speed in which we are travelling, I can easily catch
up if you guys go on ahead. These two who are left behind might be Leaf-nins
who are injured. Permission to investigate?”
Shikamaru
smirked. “Yeah, be sure to catch up as soon as you can.”
---
“Naruto-kun!” Shizune yelled as someone appeared in the clearing she and a Konoha
Chuunin, Iwashi Tatami, were in.
“Shizune-san!” Naruto yelled as he immediately appeared by her side to tend to Genma’s
and Raidou’s wounds. “What happened?”
“I don’t
know.” Shizune replied a bit distractedly. She was too focused on healing the
many wounds on Raidou’s body. “We all heard movements in the forest and these
two went to check it out. When we went after them, they were already injured
like this.”
Naruto
nodded. “I see… But they’ll be fine, thanks to you. I’m on a mission to
retrieve one Uchiha Sasuke.”
“Hey, kid…”
Genma mumbled. “There were four of them… With a… barrel where the Uchiha brat…
might be in…” He said in between coughs. “We tired them… out, so hurry.”
Naruto
appeared in front of Genma and healed a few of his wounds. “Don’t speak so
much, Genma-taichou.”
“I’ll be…
fine. Hurry and go….urgh… after them.” Genma ordered.
Naruto
snorted and rose from his crouched position. “As you wish. Shizune-san,
Genma-taichou, Raidou-san, Tatami-san, good luck!” With that, he was gone.
Genma
snorted as well. “No… Good luck to you.”
---
Shikamaru,
Kiba, Chouji and Neji were in a tight spot when Naruto appeared behind them.
Jiroubou, the fat Sound-nin had just finished doing handseals, too.
“Doton, Kekkai Dorou Doumu!!”
‘Earth Prison?’ Shikamaru thought as they got surrounded by stones, ultimately finding themselves in a sphere of dirt. “Shit!!”
“I won’t
let this stop me!” Kiba yelled. “Tsuuga!!”
Everyone
moved aside to allow Kiba to throw himself, while spinning, at the wall. As he
stopped drilling the wall, everyone watched as the damage done to it, vanished
without a trace.
Shikamaru’s
eyes widened and he looked at Neji, who nodded. “Byakugan!”
His curious look changed to a worried one. “It seems… our Chakra is being
drained.”
Shukun
moved towards Neji. “Can you see through the wall, Neji-san?” The Hyuga nodded.
“Where is the user of this technique?” After the Hyuga pointed towards a part
of the dirt wall, Shukun looked at Shikamaru. “Nara-taichou,
permission to assassinate?”
Shikamaru
looked dumbfounded. “Ah… Ok?”
Shukun
performed a few handseals. “Fuuton, Kaze Shuriken!”
The Genin
and one Chuunin looked amazed as Shukun threw Wind Shuriken through the wall at
the Sound-nin. Seconds after that, the wall crumbled down. “Hm.” Shukun pondered. “It seems the wall drained
most of the Chakra in that attack. The wall was thicker where he was standing
too, it seems… This attack should have killed someone at his level.”
Shikamaru’s
mind went in overdrive. ‘As expected from an ANBU, to think he easily dealt
with such a technique. What skills does he have?’ His thoughts stopped as the
Sound-nin suddenly had some kinds of tattoos swimming on his face and arms.
“I ate
enough of your Chakra to deal with you!” Jiroubou screamed. He obviously was
hurt by Shukun’s attacks as he was panting. “I’ll start with you!!”
Jiroubou’s
eyes widened as Shukun appeared behind him, wielding a weird sword, which
seemed eager to slice his neck in pieces. “Rest in peace.”
All the
others winced as Shukun did his job. “My apologies, Nara-taichou. I shouldn’t
have taken so long with this one.” He bowed shortly. He then grabbed something
out of one of his pockets. “Soldier Pills?”
---
Kidoumaru,
Sakon and Tayuya were surprised to find the Konoha Genins behind them so
quickly.
Without Jiroubou. And with a new Konoha Shinobi amongst them.
“What the hell did that fat-ass do?!” Tayuya yelled as she put the barrel on a
tree branch. “Never mind that, let’s kill these bastards off quickly!”
“Calm down,
Tayuya.” Sakon said. “If these guys handled Jiroubou that quickly, they could
mean trouble.” He turned to Tayuya. “You go on ahead as fast as you can. Me and Kidoumaru will kill them.”
Tayuya
turned a bit angry. “Why can’t I fight them, you faggot?!”
Kidoumaru
sighed. “Just move already. Orochimaru-sama is waiting. You know he’s quite…
impatient.”
Before
Tayuya could even pick up the barrel, Shukun moved between Sakon and Kidoumaru,
knocking them off the branches and holding a Kunai to Tayuya’s neck. “Don’t
think I’ll let you leave…”
Shukun’s
eyes widened as his Kunai went through Tayuya’s neck and the barrel seemed to
vanish as well. ‘An illusion? They already knew we
were coming.’
Sakon and
Kidoumaru were back up the branches seconds after. “That one seems to be
talented.” Sakon chuckled. “You want him, Kidoumaru? I’ll deal with the other
four.”
“Tcheh, you
just want to kill as many as possible, huh?” Strange tattoos appeared on his
skin. “Fine, I’ll deal with the short one.” He grinned as he looked at Shukun.
Sakon
grinned as well as he headed for Neji, Kiba, Shikamaru and Chouji.
Sakon’s
eyes widened as Kidoumaru’s body came flying just next to him and past him. “What?!” He turned to see the blonde with a strange glowing
sword aimed at his neck. “What are you…!?”
“We do not
have the time to waste on you two. Our mission is to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke,
not play with two Sound-nins.” Shukun coldly mentioned. “Now, die.”
Sakon
released his curse seal to level two immediately, even splitting in half a
second after that. “You sure are a cocky bastard, aren’t you?” Sakon chuckled.
“Now the
tables have turned, smug bastard.” Ukon, Sakon’s
brother, added.
Kidoumaru,
also in Curse Seal level two now, joined them. “Orochimaru’s
Curse Seals, hm?” Shukun calmly noted. “This might be
more trouble than I thought.” Then, he chuckled.
“Kage Mane no Jutsu, success.” Shikamaru announced. “You have more than one
opponent.” His eyes widened as all three of them released absurd amounts of
Chakra. “Neji! Kiba! Attack them quickly!” Shikamaru yelled as he dropped to
his knees and was forced to release his Jutsu.
Neji and
Kiba jumped forward. “Tsuuga!!”
The dog-like boy was smashed away easily by Sakon and Ukon.
Neji jumped
from tree branch to tree branch as he avoided web-attacks from Kidoumaru.
Kiba landed
on another tree branch and looked at Akamaru. “Akamaru! You know what to do!!”
Shikamaru
was analyzing everything around him, before his gaze landed on Shukun.
“Kaze-san. I want you to go after the remaining Sound-nin. Complete the
mission. We’ll be able to handle these two.”
Shukun
bowed. “Understood, Nara-taichou.”
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TBC
Heh, I
wrote this piece weeks ago. And now I see a new Jutsu in the Manga called Fuuton: Rasen Shuriken! It looked pretty powerful, but the Jutsu
Naruto’s using in this fic is called Fuuton: Kaze Shuriken. Unlike in
the manga, he can throw this technique.
Anyway,
hope you liked this little prologue!