C-Rank
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Kishimoto Masashi does.
Warnings: Rated M, time-travel, cursing, and possible adult themes.
Originally published: 10.10.2008: HAPPY BIRTHDAY NARUTO!
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Prologue
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Just a normal C-Rank mission. Protect the little girl and her mother from bandits when escorting them from Konoha to Suna. Both of the clients civilian. No ninjas after them. So how could everything go so wrong?
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“Naruto, get out of the way!!” Sakura yelled on top of her lungs as Hoshigaki Kisame swung Samehada at him. Unfortunately for Naruto, all his strength had already left him.
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They had been walking along the road. Their client Kagayaki Hana had been explaining something about her work to Sakura, who had been very interested as it was something to do with medicine. Kakashi was reading Icha Icha Paradise, giggling and blushing like a school girl with a crush. (Or like Sakura at the age of 13 asking Sasuke if he would go out with her.)
Naruto had been looking after Kagayaki Usagi, Hana’s 8-year-old daughter who was actually pretty fun to watch after. A hyper little girl with light brown hair like her mother’s and dark green eyes, probably like her father’s as Hana’s eyes were deep brown.
“Nija… Niija… Nilja… Nijna…” Usagi stammered. “Uwaah! Say it one more time! Please, niisan!” The girl cried tugging Naruto’s sleeve.
“It’s NINJA, Usagi-chan. N-I-N-J-A.” Naruto sighed with a slight smile.
“Niiiiinjjjja?”
Naruto laughed. “Ninja.”
“Nin-ja? It’s Nin-ja?” Usagi asked.
“Something like that.” Naruto laughed.
“Nin-ja… Nin-ja… Ninja -”
“That’s it! Ninja, Usagi-chan!” Naruto praised.
“Yatta! Ninja, ninja, ninja… Mommy, mommy! Niisan taught me to say NINJA!” Usagi giggled excitedly.
“That’s nice, dear.” Hana acknowledged with a smile.
“Niisan, can you carry me?” Usagi asked getting tired of walking.
“Carry you?”
“Piggyback!”
“Oh. Sure.” Naruto said with a smile and lifted the exited little firecracker on his back. “Hold on tight, okay?”
“Haaai!” Usagi singsonged.
“So Usagi-chan, what are you going to do first when you get to Suna?” Naruto asked.
“Hm…” Usagi put her index finger against her cheek in a thoughtful gesture. “Mommy says we’re gonna see the… wind… wind… windy?” Usagi stammered.
“Huh? Hana-san, what are you gonna do first when you get to Suna? Usagi-chan says that you’re gonna see the windy?” Naruto asked confused.
“Ah, Kazekage-sama.” Hana said before going back to explaining about medical herbs to Sakura.
Naruto burst into laughter. “Windy! Oh my God, I wanna see Gaara’s face when I tell him his title has been dubbed as ‘Windy’ among the kids!”
Hana looked at his strangely. “‘Gaara’? You call Kazekage-sama ‘Gaara’?!”
“Huh? What’s wrong with that?” Naruto asked.
“Kazekage-sama is Suna’s most powerful ninja, and way above your level! How can you call him by his name, just like that? Without an honorific at that! Kazekage-sama could crush you with his sand in an instant!” Hana asked shocked.
Naruto threw his head back and laughed. “Hana-san, Gaara’s my friend. If I barge into his office with a loud shout of ‘Gaara!’ and glomp him, he’ll hug me!”
“HUG YOU!?” Hana screeched.
“Aa. Gaara’s one of my best friends. I may be a Genin, but we were ever to spar, Gaara wouldn’t be able to use his sand at all.”
“What!? You can’t be serious! You don’t know what he… uh… he’s different, Naruto-san!”
“Hana-san, are you referring to Ichibi no Shukaku?” Naruto asked.
“H-How?” Hana asked.
“I’m Uzumaki Naruto. The Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi no Yoko. Kyuubi has more authority that Ichibi. There’s nine bijuus. The amount of tails tells how powerful they are. Ichibi, Nibi, Sanbi, Yonbi, Gobi, Rokubi, Nanabi, Hachibi, Kyuubi. Gaara has the weakest bijuu, I have the strongest. If we were in a war, Gaara’s bijuu would lose to mine. Once, years ago, there was an invasion to Konoha by Oto and Suna. I beat Shukaku, and I mean literally, the demon was loose, and I beat the weakest bijuu, on my own, with only a tiny bit of Kyuubi’s chakra to help me.” Naruto explained.
Hana gaped at the blonde. “Y-Y-You’re… like Kazekage-sama? You have a demon too?”
“Yep. I’ve never used Kyuubi’s chakra to hurt innocent people. Not once. Only if the people I consider as my family and friends are in trouble, only then I will use Kyuubi’s chakra, and only after my own chakra is used up. You don’t have to worry, Hana-san. I will not need to use Kyuubi’s chakra on this mission.” Naruto assured.
“O-Okay… How well do you know Kazekage-sama?” Hana asked.
“Eeh… Well enough to call him Panda-chan?” Naruto said with a grin.
Hana promptly fainted.
“Ah… Now look what you did, Naruto.” Kakashi sighed before picking the woman up.
“Mommy! Mommy!” Usagi cried in distress.
Naruto sighed and switched Usagi from his back to his arms. “Calm down, Usagi-chan. Mommy decided to take a nap. She’ll wake up soon. Why don’t you take a little nap too, and go to dreamland to tell mommy to wake up?” Naruto soothed the child who decided to do just that.
“Oh my God, Naruto, where the hell did that come from? I can’t believe she believed something as stupid as that!” Sakura scolded.
“Mou, Sakura-chan…”
“Don’t you ‘Sakura-chan’ me, baka!”
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Little after their clients had woken up, Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame had shown up and engaged them into a battle. Kakashi was fighting Itachi while Naruto fought Kisame. Sakura watched over their clients.
Naruto had even taken Kyuubi’s chakra as much as he could without losing control, but it didn’t help as Samehada ate the chakra.
Itachi’s and Kisame’s mission was to capture him, but Sakura just had to yell a little bit late...
Naruto’s chakra was out and he hardly had any energy left to stand let alone fight. Kisame had obviously thought he would be able to dodge, but when he couldn’t…
“NARUTOOOOOO!!” Sakura screeched as Samehada that usually didn’t cut but shove, pierced his chest, killing him instantly.
“Fuck, Kisame you total IDIOT!” Itachi yelled totally out of character. “Leader told us to capture the Kyuubi not kill it!”
“I know! Shit, god damn it, fuck!” Kisame cursed and pulled Samehada from Naruto’s chest, letting the blonde’s body hit the ground with a thud.
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…Drip…
…Drip…
…Drip…
‘Ah, this damn sewer again. Kyuubi is probably really pissed. Not that I aren’t, I’m gonna die for sure. Fuck… I never had the change to become the Hokage… and I didn’t keep my promise to Sakura-chan to bring Sasuke-teme back. Granny Tsunade’s gonna think it was the damn necklace. I hope Gaara won’t start killing mindlessly again. Maa… Iruka-sensei’s probably gonna cry and Konohamaru… Tsunade-baachan is gonna be really sad. We just lost Ero-sennin too…’ Naruto thought randomly as he walked in the Kyuubi’s chamber, stopping in front of Kyuubi’s cage.
“Maa… Gomen ne Kyuubi. Didn’t mean to die on you.” Naruto said.
I know, kit. And you’re not gonna die. Kyuubi grumbled from his cage.
“What do you mean I’m not gonna die? That damn sword pierced my fucking chest! Even you can’t fix the damage that has been done.” Naruto yelled.
That’s true, kit. But it seems that we’re lucky. In another universe, in another Konoha, different from this one, another Naruto and his housed Kyuubi died on a mission as well. Kami-sama has given us another chance. We’re gonna go to that another Naruto’s body and live another life. There’s gonna be changes and differences, but we can live. You’ll have to adapt yourself to this other Naruto’s life. Things are different there. Old enemies might be friends and vice versa. What do you say, kit?
Naruto smiled a brilliant smile. “Kyuubi… is there any chance that… people that have died here… Maybe they are alive there?” ‘Ero-sennin… old man Hokage… maybe… Chichioya… Hahaoya…’
Aa, kit. Maybe some alive and others dead. Ready to go? Kyuubi asked.
“Hell yeah! If I can’t live here, I’ll just live there… And this time… I’m gonna be a Hokage too!” Naruto beamed.
Well said, kit. Try to adapt. Kyuubi cackled before everything went black.
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That’s it for prologue. I hope it didn’t suck cuz this was the first prologue I’ve ever written.
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