Naruto Burnout
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Have him make a defensive bunshin while the real is sleeping. If the defensive bunshin is spotted (he could totally own them all without being seen) or dispelled, or if they even suspect something is fishy, he could take them. Like, a waterwall popping out of nowhere, the earth moving Naruto out of arm's way while he's sleeping ... a little wind blowing away the kunai and others things ... and of course, if the real is harmed, they pass too. That would be awesome =).
You've already stated that Naruto thinks a good way to get on Ashi's nerves is to belittle him. I think falling asleep during his Genin test is pretty belittling. Just have Ashi charge in blindly. I don't really know where you're going with this test, but I hope your Naruto is not actually sleeping. Genjutsu or a clone seem like an easy way to progress things.
If it's Genjutsu, Ashi attacks and falls right through Naruto. This also works if it's a regular Bunshin. If it's a Kage Bunshin, then I suppose his hit might not be enough to dispel it, but should certainly be enough to wake it up. I guess this also works if it is the real Naruto and he's actually sleeping.
If it's Genjutsu, Ashi attacks and falls right through Naruto. This also works if it's a regular Bunshin. If it's a Kage Bunshin, then I suppose his hit might not be enough to dispel it, but should certainly be enough to wake it up. I guess this also works if it is the real Naruto and he's actually sleeping.
Why are you assuming future Naruto has suddenly developed an affinity for genjutsu when he can barely find and dispel them? That's like all future Naruto stories always assuming he'll have learned Hiraishin and became a perfect clone of his father. Unless the TC states otherwise, I place this Naruto as the natural progession of the current canon version. Meaning no ninjutsu other than various Rasengan variants, some wind ninjutsu (though likely just used to boost the Rasengan) summoning, sage mode and his kyuubi cloak.
Actually, there's a bit of complexity about Naruto's skillset that will come to light during this bell test. My rule of thumb is simple and versatile.
You see, think about Naruto's natural progression from the canon from whence this began- (Just after facing Yami!Naruto and gaining Godruto form). Big ninjutsu, high powered personal defenses to allow him to close range, 'big guns' summoning... what is that good for?
Sabre rattling to keep enemies at bay at best. Killing scores of people at worst.
When Naruto left, keep in mind that he has no personal predilection against ninja techniques, skills, or ninja themselves, even if they are an unhealthy reminder...
He just wanted done with all the senseless slaughter, the two faced adoration, the keening reminders of what once was and will never be. He wanted out.
So when Naruto left, he didn't turn his back on ninja techniques- as said, he's always looking for something to do, to take up his time, his energy, divert his mind.
What better than some of the 'softer,' more versatile techniques, that can be used to help, to heal, to protect?
That in mind, this IS Naruto. Don't expect him to be popping off genjutsu left and right or start using medical techniques- he has his limits, even if one of his greatest sorrows is that he cannot do a single med tech.
And yes, he is going through seals. It's become his pasttime, his relaxant, his pride. It's literally perfect for him- it certaintly takes up time, energy, and concentration, and is as versatile as anything possible.
That said, he won't necessarily fight like the Naruto we're used to at first. Everyone changes over the years, Naruto has had a few more than most- generally most of them bad, but this is one of the few things that has, ironically enough, made him a more dangerous nin.
He tries to ignore that fact, of course.
Ask me if you have any questions/comments on changes, mmk?
EDIT: Also, he didn't spend most of his time working on ninjutsu- if he had an opportunity, sure, but generally he preferred other pursuits that didn't remind him of his past until he got sucked into it.
You see, think about Naruto's natural progression from the canon from whence this began- (Just after facing Yami!Naruto and gaining Godruto form). Big ninjutsu, high powered personal defenses to allow him to close range, 'big guns' summoning... what is that good for?
Sabre rattling to keep enemies at bay at best. Killing scores of people at worst.
When Naruto left, keep in mind that he has no personal predilection against ninja techniques, skills, or ninja themselves, even if they are an unhealthy reminder...
He just wanted done with all the senseless slaughter, the two faced adoration, the keening reminders of what once was and will never be. He wanted out.
So when Naruto left, he didn't turn his back on ninja techniques- as said, he's always looking for something to do, to take up his time, his energy, divert his mind.
What better than some of the 'softer,' more versatile techniques, that can be used to help, to heal, to protect?
That in mind, this IS Naruto. Don't expect him to be popping off genjutsu left and right or start using medical techniques- he has his limits, even if one of his greatest sorrows is that he cannot do a single med tech.
And yes, he is going through seals. It's become his pasttime, his relaxant, his pride. It's literally perfect for him- it certaintly takes up time, energy, and concentration, and is as versatile as anything possible.
That said, he won't necessarily fight like the Naruto we're used to at first. Everyone changes over the years, Naruto has had a few more than most- generally most of them bad, but this is one of the few things that has, ironically enough, made him a more dangerous nin.
He tries to ignore that fact, of course.
Ask me if you have any questions/comments on changes, mmk?
EDIT: Also, he didn't spend most of his time working on ninjutsu- if he had an opportunity, sure, but generally he preferred other pursuits that didn't remind him of his past until he got sucked into it.
Naruto groaned, rolling over onto his stomach, his face pillowed on his arm. The grass was comfy, the sun was toasty, and he wanted nothing more than to sleep for a long, long time.
The sun was warm and weighty here, settling around him along with just enough of a refreshing breeze to keep the setting perfect. It spread its rays across the grass, warming them to just the perfect temperature for dozing.
For said grass, Naruto had to say that for all of Konoha's faults, he had never found any turf during his travels that came anywhere near quality Konoha training ground grass for sleeping. It was thick and lush, with just the perfect amount of spring to it.
It was a tragedy, in his esteemed opinion, that he had spent most of his time reclining on subpar grass, like that from Tea Country. He decided that this moment was certainly a far sight better than any of the afternoons he had spent studying on Tea Country University's lawns, which was scratchy and too short.
With that said, he dearly wished he could laze here, without a care in the world, and just enjoy himself.
The kids, ignorant of his internal discourse, didn't seem to like the idea of letting him revel in the grass of his hometown. In retrospect, his seemingly brilliant idea wasn't as brilliant as he first thought. They had to impress him, which meant he had to be involved.
He opened his eyes... then grinned into his arm in a way that used to make Sandaime reach for a hit from his pipe.
Being facedown, the three kids didn't see it. Neither did they notice when their sensei, who hadn't moved in a little while, gained Sage marks around his eyes.
He felt one chakra source move closer in time with footsteps- Inari, if he wasn't mistaken.
"Uh, sensei, are you awake? Sensei?"
Naruto released a sleepy grunt that wasn't at all feigned and flung out his left hand like he was getting comfortable.
In response, a tree a few meters to his left exploded in a shower of wood chips from his Frog-Fu enhanced slap. To the kids' eyes, a tree had, for no reason whatsoever, exploded from their half-asleep maybe-sensei's hand merely moving towards it.
They, quite sensibly, took several very large steps away from him.
Staring at him warily, Uzume finally exploded. "We have to wake him up or we'll never impress him!"
So said, she stalked forward and reached down, grabbing their sensei's shoulder.
Inari and Ashi sucked a breath in as Naruto stirred...and then swatted at Uzume sleepily. With a solid thunk and a screech, Uzume was flew across the clearing- thankfully in one piece.
Ashi ran over to her, eyes wide with worry.
She shook off his concern, saying "I'm fine, Ashi-kun. Give me a hand?"
Ashi's face promptly paled, sliding a glance at the remains of the decimated tree. Inari sniggered.
Uzume's lower lip jutted out and tears wobbled in her bright emerald eyes. "Pleeaaase Ashi-kun?"
Inari stepped in to save Ashi from getting swatted into a tree. "I'll just chuck a knife at him, that'll get his attention!"
Ashi made some kind of muffled noise from behind his facemask that sounded like an interrogative.
Inari gave a slight grin, eyes twinkling "He's Uzumaki Naruto, he'll be fine. If not, he deserves it for sleeping when he's supposed to be testing us!"
With that, Inari pulled a knife and sent it hurtling straight at their sensei's head. Uzume gasped; if sensei didn't dodge he would-
The three kids stared in dumb astonishment. Their sensei had just pulled a huge hunk of sod up and wrapped it around him like a blanket.
With a thud that echoed of their failure, the kunai buried itself into the earth, completely ignored by the man beneath it.
Inari's mouth worked for a moment, no sound coming out. All three just stared in utter disbelief at the ripped-up dirt.
Surprisingly, it was Ashi who regained his voice first.
"Mrghfghbmrg?"
Sadly, his facemask wasn't exactly conducive to communication, as that wasn't exactly its purpose.
Inari snapped out of his stupor long enough to give Ashi an odd glance. "Dude, what the hell did you just try to say?"
"Mrghfghbmrg!" responded Ashi, gesticulating wildly.
"Uh, right."
And then Uzume broke in. "This is ridiculous!" She stomped over to the blanket of grass and dirt, ripped it away, and then reared back her foot to give what promised to be a particularly harsh kick to the ribs.
With a lazy flop, Naruto's left arm inexplicably blocked her kick and then fell sideways, threatening to sweep her feet from beneath her.
Uzume hopped over his arm, blinking in disbelief even as the arm spun into a sleepy swat that could blow her knee out. She quickly spun inside the strike, aiming a kick at Naruto's head.
That idea was quickly dropped when his bicep threatened to wrap around her calf and slam her to the ground as he tried to tuck his arm underneath him.
She went to swat at his head, but had to break off once again. She growled and focused her efforts on the arm still trying to bat her away.
A kunai through his hand should wake him up!
She parried the next strike left, pulling a kunai with her right, and then promptly stabbed at his hand as it returned. With another sleepy flail, he managed to backhand her wrist and neatly fling her kunai away.
"Oh, this is just ridiculou-AAHH!"
The only warning she got before she was suddenly tossed into the air was a hand on her ankle. Then she was flipping through the air, cursing.
She managed to land feet-first on a tree, brandishing two handfuls of shuriken. She had them in the air before gravity could even take its hold upon her.
With a sleepy grunt, Naruto rolled over, his free hand slapping the ground.
A chunk of earth was launched into the air, blocking every single shuriken with its bulk.
Uzume slowly slid down the tree, eyes wide in shock and disbelief.
All three just stared at the sleeping man as the dirt landed with a muted thump.
With a snort, Naruto left Sage mode and rolled over so he faced up. Soft snores began to fill the clearing.
Ashi, carefully minding the sharp blades on his gauntlets, buried his face in his hands.
"Muuk," was the depressed mumble from the poor boy.
Uzume released a slight, disbelieving groan, and then shot Ashi a rather heated glare.
"Ashi-kun, would you please take that stupid thing off already? I don't even know what you just said!" Given the way Uzume was tapping her foot, it seemed to not be a request, despite her almost absent-minded tone of disbelief.
A huff reverberated through the facemask before Ashi pulled his hands away, unlocking the mask as they went.
"I swore, Uzume-chan. Please clear the area, I'm going to try my hand at waking him up."
Uzume blinked. "You can't poison sensei, Ashi-kun! Are you insane?!" she hissed.
Inari started edging away from the clearing into the brush.
Ashi shook his head, pulling two small pellets out of his hip pouch. "You can wake someone up by obstructing their airways, correct? Since we can not get close enough to do so, we have to make do with what we can. Inari, please lay traps. I'll lead him to it for a supposed antidote."
With that, Ashi re-attached his facemask.
Inari quickly grabbed Uzume's hand and dove out of the clearing as Ashi flung the pellets around the clearing, a thick choking smoke rapidly engulfing the training area.
The only sounds in the clearing was Ashi's breathing through his mask, and two or three coughs from Naruto.
"Ashi-san, that wasn't anything... dangerous, was it?" Inari inquired from somewhere in a tree.
"Gherhamg."
This time it was Inari who buried his face in his hands.
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Sorry guys, I've just been too busy recently to post anything! Dance and classes just take up too much of my time lately! :<
I think I just have to accept that my update schedule is probably going to be crazy. I'm so sorry! D:
But I have the rest of this fight completely planned out, I promise! ^_^
So tell me, did you guys like it?
Oh, before I forget! MASSIVE thanks to SEG-CISR for being completely awesome and betaing this for me! He helped soo much with all of it, I'm way happier with the final result! <3
The sun was warm and weighty here, settling around him along with just enough of a refreshing breeze to keep the setting perfect. It spread its rays across the grass, warming them to just the perfect temperature for dozing.
For said grass, Naruto had to say that for all of Konoha's faults, he had never found any turf during his travels that came anywhere near quality Konoha training ground grass for sleeping. It was thick and lush, with just the perfect amount of spring to it.
It was a tragedy, in his esteemed opinion, that he had spent most of his time reclining on subpar grass, like that from Tea Country. He decided that this moment was certainly a far sight better than any of the afternoons he had spent studying on Tea Country University's lawns, which was scratchy and too short.
With that said, he dearly wished he could laze here, without a care in the world, and just enjoy himself.
The kids, ignorant of his internal discourse, didn't seem to like the idea of letting him revel in the grass of his hometown. In retrospect, his seemingly brilliant idea wasn't as brilliant as he first thought. They had to impress him, which meant he had to be involved.
He opened his eyes... then grinned into his arm in a way that used to make Sandaime reach for a hit from his pipe.
Being facedown, the three kids didn't see it. Neither did they notice when their sensei, who hadn't moved in a little while, gained Sage marks around his eyes.
He felt one chakra source move closer in time with footsteps- Inari, if he wasn't mistaken.
"Uh, sensei, are you awake? Sensei?"
Naruto released a sleepy grunt that wasn't at all feigned and flung out his left hand like he was getting comfortable.
In response, a tree a few meters to his left exploded in a shower of wood chips from his Frog-Fu enhanced slap. To the kids' eyes, a tree had, for no reason whatsoever, exploded from their half-asleep maybe-sensei's hand merely moving towards it.
They, quite sensibly, took several very large steps away from him.
Staring at him warily, Uzume finally exploded. "We have to wake him up or we'll never impress him!"
So said, she stalked forward and reached down, grabbing their sensei's shoulder.
Inari and Ashi sucked a breath in as Naruto stirred...and then swatted at Uzume sleepily. With a solid thunk and a screech, Uzume was flew across the clearing- thankfully in one piece.
Ashi ran over to her, eyes wide with worry.
She shook off his concern, saying "I'm fine, Ashi-kun. Give me a hand?"
Ashi's face promptly paled, sliding a glance at the remains of the decimated tree. Inari sniggered.
Uzume's lower lip jutted out and tears wobbled in her bright emerald eyes. "Pleeaaase Ashi-kun?"
Inari stepped in to save Ashi from getting swatted into a tree. "I'll just chuck a knife at him, that'll get his attention!"
Ashi made some kind of muffled noise from behind his facemask that sounded like an interrogative.
Inari gave a slight grin, eyes twinkling "He's Uzumaki Naruto, he'll be fine. If not, he deserves it for sleeping when he's supposed to be testing us!"
With that, Inari pulled a knife and sent it hurtling straight at their sensei's head. Uzume gasped; if sensei didn't dodge he would-
The three kids stared in dumb astonishment. Their sensei had just pulled a huge hunk of sod up and wrapped it around him like a blanket.
With a thud that echoed of their failure, the kunai buried itself into the earth, completely ignored by the man beneath it.
Inari's mouth worked for a moment, no sound coming out. All three just stared in utter disbelief at the ripped-up dirt.
Surprisingly, it was Ashi who regained his voice first.
"Mrghfghbmrg?"
Sadly, his facemask wasn't exactly conducive to communication, as that wasn't exactly its purpose.
Inari snapped out of his stupor long enough to give Ashi an odd glance. "Dude, what the hell did you just try to say?"
"Mrghfghbmrg!" responded Ashi, gesticulating wildly.
"Uh, right."
And then Uzume broke in. "This is ridiculous!" She stomped over to the blanket of grass and dirt, ripped it away, and then reared back her foot to give what promised to be a particularly harsh kick to the ribs.
With a lazy flop, Naruto's left arm inexplicably blocked her kick and then fell sideways, threatening to sweep her feet from beneath her.
Uzume hopped over his arm, blinking in disbelief even as the arm spun into a sleepy swat that could blow her knee out. She quickly spun inside the strike, aiming a kick at Naruto's head.
That idea was quickly dropped when his bicep threatened to wrap around her calf and slam her to the ground as he tried to tuck his arm underneath him.
She went to swat at his head, but had to break off once again. She growled and focused her efforts on the arm still trying to bat her away.
A kunai through his hand should wake him up!
She parried the next strike left, pulling a kunai with her right, and then promptly stabbed at his hand as it returned. With another sleepy flail, he managed to backhand her wrist and neatly fling her kunai away.
"Oh, this is just ridiculou-AAHH!"
The only warning she got before she was suddenly tossed into the air was a hand on her ankle. Then she was flipping through the air, cursing.
She managed to land feet-first on a tree, brandishing two handfuls of shuriken. She had them in the air before gravity could even take its hold upon her.
With a sleepy grunt, Naruto rolled over, his free hand slapping the ground.
A chunk of earth was launched into the air, blocking every single shuriken with its bulk.
Uzume slowly slid down the tree, eyes wide in shock and disbelief.
All three just stared at the sleeping man as the dirt landed with a muted thump.
With a snort, Naruto left Sage mode and rolled over so he faced up. Soft snores began to fill the clearing.
Ashi, carefully minding the sharp blades on his gauntlets, buried his face in his hands.
"Muuk," was the depressed mumble from the poor boy.
Uzume released a slight, disbelieving groan, and then shot Ashi a rather heated glare.
"Ashi-kun, would you please take that stupid thing off already? I don't even know what you just said!" Given the way Uzume was tapping her foot, it seemed to not be a request, despite her almost absent-minded tone of disbelief.
A huff reverberated through the facemask before Ashi pulled his hands away, unlocking the mask as they went.
"I swore, Uzume-chan. Please clear the area, I'm going to try my hand at waking him up."
Uzume blinked. "You can't poison sensei, Ashi-kun! Are you insane?!" she hissed.
Inari started edging away from the clearing into the brush.
Ashi shook his head, pulling two small pellets out of his hip pouch. "You can wake someone up by obstructing their airways, correct? Since we can not get close enough to do so, we have to make do with what we can. Inari, please lay traps. I'll lead him to it for a supposed antidote."
With that, Ashi re-attached his facemask.
Inari quickly grabbed Uzume's hand and dove out of the clearing as Ashi flung the pellets around the clearing, a thick choking smoke rapidly engulfing the training area.
The only sounds in the clearing was Ashi's breathing through his mask, and two or three coughs from Naruto.
"Ashi-san, that wasn't anything... dangerous, was it?" Inari inquired from somewhere in a tree.
"Gherhamg."
This time it was Inari who buried his face in his hands.
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Sorry guys, I've just been too busy recently to post anything! Dance and classes just take up too much of my time lately! :<
I think I just have to accept that my update schedule is probably going to be crazy. I'm so sorry! D:
But I have the rest of this fight completely planned out, I promise! ^_^
So tell me, did you guys like it?
Oh, before I forget! MASSIVE thanks to SEG-CISR for being completely awesome and betaing this for me! He helped soo much with all of it, I'm way happier with the final result! <3
@sinewyk, dr.michael92, and kelenas: I'm glad you guys like it! I was giggling like an idiot the whole time I was writing those parts, they're my favorite too. ^.^
@Shirotsume: Hehe, don't worry, I won't modernize it too much! There won't be any NinjaBooks or FaceScrolls or anything of the like!
As for the whole University thing, yeah, Naruto spent a little bit at a University- just one of the many things he did while he was away. ^_^
Don't think he's suddenly super-smart or anything, Naruto didn't care about his grades at all. He was only there for something to do, not to get a degree or anything (which he didn't!)
That was just him, in rather long fit of pique, going on a learning spree, hehe.
So what do the rest of you guys think? I've seen the views, I know you're out there! Pleeeaaase tell me what you think of it? <3
@Shirotsume: Hehe, don't worry, I won't modernize it too much! There won't be any NinjaBooks or FaceScrolls or anything of the like!
As for the whole University thing, yeah, Naruto spent a little bit at a University- just one of the many things he did while he was away. ^_^
Don't think he's suddenly super-smart or anything, Naruto didn't care about his grades at all. He was only there for something to do, not to get a degree or anything (which he didn't!)
That was just him, in rather long fit of pique, going on a learning spree, hehe.
So what do the rest of you guys think? I've seen the views, I know you're out there! Pleeeaaase tell me what you think of it? <3
So I got a PM from a user asking why an inactive TFFer had a member title stating they were an alt of mine. Well, that's because twilitsun was actually an alt of mine. Another TFFer and I planned it as a joke, see how much we could string along certain parts of TFF with a decent story that slowly descended into lionheart-levels of terrible, along with various other amusing plans that would have left us with some pretty amusing drama, psuedo rage quits, white knight wars, glorious flames, etc.
Unfortunately, we got busy- I haven't been able to say more than 5 sentences to that TFFer in like two and a half years, and things were pretty busy before that anyway. i'm not actually even sure if that guy knows about nTFF. (I'm not mentioning names intentionally.)
In any case, RL happened, and no one has ever accused me of being a particularly consistent or high-volume writer to begin with, so I'm just gonna dump what little, un-betad work that was on my hard drive and pretty much call Burnout abandoned. Feel free to pick it up, and don't mourn it's loss, it was going to intentionally start turning into the ripest shit imaginable after a few chapters.
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The three pre-genin watched the clearing anxiously, but there was no movement within the swirling, choking smoke. All three started fidgeting. Surely their sensei would move out of the- "Ashi-kun, that poison wasn't anything lethal, was it?"
With a small click, Ashi spoke without his facemask as they heard their sensei start to make choking noises. "Of course it is, Uzume-chan. What else would it be?"
Inari started fidgeting nervously with the kunai hidden in the hem of his shirt at that, and Uzume rapidly started turning red in anger... then paled as a long, hacking cough turned into a final-sounding puffing wheeze. No coughs or even chokes followed it.
"Oh my god, you killed sensei!"
Inari's face instantly paled as well, even as Ashi's eyes grew round over his facemask. "What?! But he's- the... what! He shouldn't- he can't!"
"Oh god, oh god, you just killed the Savior of S- oh shit, the Kage are going to kill you, Ashi, he was friends with how many of them?!"
There was a rustling in the brush behind them. "Most of them, if I remember correctly."
The three froze, then spun around. There, standing casually with two sticks of Dango in his hand, was Uzumaki Naruto.
"Sensei, how did you surviv-"
Naruto waved the two dango sticks. "I was never here, I was getting lunch.I was just going to have a Kage Bunshin test you, but I guess it wanted to sleep instead. The grass around here is nice, you know?"
The three stared blankly at him while he munched on a dango ball. He didn't even care enough about testing them to do it personally?
"You know, you three aren't impressing me very much. In fact, kinda the opposite."
The three took a step back as Naruto suddenly loomed over them, an uncharacteristic look of anger on his face.
"I said to impress me during a spar- the first thing you do is leave the sanctioned sparring area, and then you try to kill me! Neither of those actions are acceptable in a spar!"
The three froze, terrified looks on their face. To leave a sparring arena first thing- it meant you had less respect for the person than the dirt on their sandals, that they weren't even worth testing your might against. And to try and legitimately kill someone in a spar? Lethal force, and from outside the arena at that?
"You know, I learned a lot of things from my teacher." Naruto began, in a modulated, dangerous tone. "One of the very first things that if you break the rules, you're trash."
Uzume began shaking.
"But if you abandon your comrades? You're worse than trash."
The three momentarily stopped breathing as an expression of rage crossed his face.
"I learned that lesson very well. In fact, the same day he demonstrated his beliefs on a genin who, during testing, tried to kill him by burning him alive. Kakashi-sensei buried him alive in a pit. What my other teammate found in that hole after he was done made her lose her stomach and pass out screaming."
The three paled. Wasn't his other teammate a medic-nin?
Naruto flung an empty dango stick away. With a mighty crash, half a tree was obliterated into splinters, while what was left of the top fell with a ground-shaking crash. He took a bite out of his other stick, then pointed it at Ashi.
"You tried to smother me to death, so let's do this." With a flick of the dango stick, Ashi was suddenly buried up to his head in the ground. Ashi, eyes wide, looked up in pure terror as Naruto cocked his arm back with the last dango stick. Uzume started hyperventilating, falling to her knees.
Naruto harmlessly loosed the stick at the ground in front of Ashi- or he would have, had the kid with the inferiority complex not dove in front of his downed teammate with a terrified scream.
There was a solid, muffled crash as the boy hit the ground, and the tinkling of metal shattering. The confused boy sat upright, eyes bugging out as he reached into his jacket, brushing aside the shards of a kunai to grab the kunai that had rested behind the shattered one- one that had a wooden dango skewer halfway into the solid iron.
Ashi's wavering voice interrupted the scene. "Why did you jump in front of me?!"
Naruto froze, and suddenly the dango stick looked entirely too much like a senbon made of ice.
Naruto missed Inari's response as he shook his head to clear it, then stepped forward, dropping to crouch next to Ashi's head sticking out of the ground.
"You know, I don't have any issue with you two, yet. He's the only one that tried to kill me. Get out of here."
Nobody moved.
He took a long, measuring look at the three, then at the genin with only his head sticking out of the earth. He cocked his head. "Say, did I ever tell you three the definition of friendship?"
They shook their heads frantically.
He grinned. "Well. As you may have noticed, your best friend isn't always the one who comes to your defense."
Uzume's mouth opened automatically as if in outrage, but she said nothing.
Naruto lazily scratched his chest. "In fact, sometimes they're the worst person to have at your back. Or front, as it may be. Regardless-"
And then Naruto stood to his full height, towering over the three- one buried up to his neck, one flat on his rear, and the last despairing on her knees.
"I, again, have no issue with the two of you. Your silence was not an answer. I'll ask one final time- leave, you have nothing to do with this."
Finally, the three moved- Ashi to tell them to run, a pleading look in his eyes as he looked not just at Uzume, but at Inari as well. Uzume, finally getting her feet under her, started yelling that she would never leave her team behind.
And Inari finally dropped the knife with the dango-turned-kunai skewer, grabbing another to put in a guard position. He got to his feet and, looking measuringly at the other two, shook his head once and stepped forward.
Naruto's face twisted into a rictus of rage, and though the two free genin tensed, they did not step away from their spot in front of their last teammate.
Lighting and thunder raged as the storm on Uzumaki Naruto's face seemed to come alive, and the wind started howling, ripping sod from the ground and tearing small cuts in their clothing.
"THEN, YOU ALL-!"
Uzumaki Naruto could only utter the words clanging through his mind with the force of an iron bell, trapped in his own memories, acting out his part in them.
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Akatoki Tatsumaki was once again in the Hokage's office talking to Tsunade, although this time the meeting was more personal. Much like Iruka had checked on his 'little brother's' chances of passing many years earlier, Tatsumaki was checking to see her own little sister's chances of passing.
As she was handed the book of the results of every bell test ever given, the traditional test for Team Seven, Tatsumaki despaired- there had only ever been five teams to pass the bell test. The first Hokage's team, the Third Hokage's team, Jiraiya's team, the Fourth Hokage's Team, and Hatake Kakashi's team.
Each team had either a Hokage or a legend on it. And while Tatsumaki was sure in her own sister's skill, as well of that of her little friend's-
Well, expecting them to be legendary or the next Hokage was possibly just a tiny bit too much.
Tatsumaki, no doubt about to protest the use of the bell test like most family members did, opened her mouth.
And like magic, the door opened with it, admitting, once again, one Uzumaki Naruto.
Normally, Tsunade would berate either Naruto or her guards, but from the confused and displeased look on his face as he walked in, she knew his memories had tricked him into passing the team.
Normally the victory would have her grinning, but the unusual anger Naruto displayed was muted, rather than loud and exuberant. The difference between the Naruto she knew and this one was rather sobering, she thought, as Naruto announced that the team had passed.
Tatsumaki, overcome in happiness after the intense worrying she had done, gave a cheer and promptly leapt at him, looping her arms around his neck for a swinging hug.
Naruto only gave her a blank look before shoving her away like he did to all of his fangirls, turning out the door, and walking away without a word, leaving Tatsumaki steaming... and Tsunade's mood dropping once again.
This was what he had become?
Unfortunately, we got busy- I haven't been able to say more than 5 sentences to that TFFer in like two and a half years, and things were pretty busy before that anyway. i'm not actually even sure if that guy knows about nTFF. (I'm not mentioning names intentionally.)
In any case, RL happened, and no one has ever accused me of being a particularly consistent or high-volume writer to begin with, so I'm just gonna dump what little, un-betad work that was on my hard drive and pretty much call Burnout abandoned. Feel free to pick it up, and don't mourn it's loss, it was going to intentionally start turning into the ripest shit imaginable after a few chapters.
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The three pre-genin watched the clearing anxiously, but there was no movement within the swirling, choking smoke. All three started fidgeting. Surely their sensei would move out of the- "Ashi-kun, that poison wasn't anything lethal, was it?"
With a small click, Ashi spoke without his facemask as they heard their sensei start to make choking noises. "Of course it is, Uzume-chan. What else would it be?"
Inari started fidgeting nervously with the kunai hidden in the hem of his shirt at that, and Uzume rapidly started turning red in anger... then paled as a long, hacking cough turned into a final-sounding puffing wheeze. No coughs or even chokes followed it.
"Oh my god, you killed sensei!"
Inari's face instantly paled as well, even as Ashi's eyes grew round over his facemask. "What?! But he's- the... what! He shouldn't- he can't!"
"Oh god, oh god, you just killed the Savior of S- oh shit, the Kage are going to kill you, Ashi, he was friends with how many of them?!"
There was a rustling in the brush behind them. "Most of them, if I remember correctly."
The three froze, then spun around. There, standing casually with two sticks of Dango in his hand, was Uzumaki Naruto.
"Sensei, how did you surviv-"
Naruto waved the two dango sticks. "I was never here, I was getting lunch.I was just going to have a Kage Bunshin test you, but I guess it wanted to sleep instead. The grass around here is nice, you know?"
The three stared blankly at him while he munched on a dango ball. He didn't even care enough about testing them to do it personally?
"You know, you three aren't impressing me very much. In fact, kinda the opposite."
The three took a step back as Naruto suddenly loomed over them, an uncharacteristic look of anger on his face.
"I said to impress me during a spar- the first thing you do is leave the sanctioned sparring area, and then you try to kill me! Neither of those actions are acceptable in a spar!"
The three froze, terrified looks on their face. To leave a sparring arena first thing- it meant you had less respect for the person than the dirt on their sandals, that they weren't even worth testing your might against. And to try and legitimately kill someone in a spar? Lethal force, and from outside the arena at that?
"You know, I learned a lot of things from my teacher." Naruto began, in a modulated, dangerous tone. "One of the very first things that if you break the rules, you're trash."
Uzume began shaking.
"But if you abandon your comrades? You're worse than trash."
The three momentarily stopped breathing as an expression of rage crossed his face.
"I learned that lesson very well. In fact, the same day he demonstrated his beliefs on a genin who, during testing, tried to kill him by burning him alive. Kakashi-sensei buried him alive in a pit. What my other teammate found in that hole after he was done made her lose her stomach and pass out screaming."
The three paled. Wasn't his other teammate a medic-nin?
Naruto flung an empty dango stick away. With a mighty crash, half a tree was obliterated into splinters, while what was left of the top fell with a ground-shaking crash. He took a bite out of his other stick, then pointed it at Ashi.
"You tried to smother me to death, so let's do this." With a flick of the dango stick, Ashi was suddenly buried up to his head in the ground. Ashi, eyes wide, looked up in pure terror as Naruto cocked his arm back with the last dango stick. Uzume started hyperventilating, falling to her knees.
Naruto harmlessly loosed the stick at the ground in front of Ashi- or he would have, had the kid with the inferiority complex not dove in front of his downed teammate with a terrified scream.
There was a solid, muffled crash as the boy hit the ground, and the tinkling of metal shattering. The confused boy sat upright, eyes bugging out as he reached into his jacket, brushing aside the shards of a kunai to grab the kunai that had rested behind the shattered one- one that had a wooden dango skewer halfway into the solid iron.
Ashi's wavering voice interrupted the scene. "Why did you jump in front of me?!"
Naruto froze, and suddenly the dango stick looked entirely too much like a senbon made of ice.
Naruto missed Inari's response as he shook his head to clear it, then stepped forward, dropping to crouch next to Ashi's head sticking out of the ground.
"You know, I don't have any issue with you two, yet. He's the only one that tried to kill me. Get out of here."
Nobody moved.
He took a long, measuring look at the three, then at the genin with only his head sticking out of the earth. He cocked his head. "Say, did I ever tell you three the definition of friendship?"
They shook their heads frantically.
He grinned. "Well. As you may have noticed, your best friend isn't always the one who comes to your defense."
Uzume's mouth opened automatically as if in outrage, but she said nothing.
Naruto lazily scratched his chest. "In fact, sometimes they're the worst person to have at your back. Or front, as it may be. Regardless-"
And then Naruto stood to his full height, towering over the three- one buried up to his neck, one flat on his rear, and the last despairing on her knees.
"I, again, have no issue with the two of you. Your silence was not an answer. I'll ask one final time- leave, you have nothing to do with this."
Finally, the three moved- Ashi to tell them to run, a pleading look in his eyes as he looked not just at Uzume, but at Inari as well. Uzume, finally getting her feet under her, started yelling that she would never leave her team behind.
And Inari finally dropped the knife with the dango-turned-kunai skewer, grabbing another to put in a guard position. He got to his feet and, looking measuringly at the other two, shook his head once and stepped forward.
Naruto's face twisted into a rictus of rage, and though the two free genin tensed, they did not step away from their spot in front of their last teammate.
Lighting and thunder raged as the storm on Uzumaki Naruto's face seemed to come alive, and the wind started howling, ripping sod from the ground and tearing small cuts in their clothing.
"THEN, YOU ALL-!"
Uzumaki Naruto could only utter the words clanging through his mind with the force of an iron bell, trapped in his own memories, acting out his part in them.
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Akatoki Tatsumaki was once again in the Hokage's office talking to Tsunade, although this time the meeting was more personal. Much like Iruka had checked on his 'little brother's' chances of passing many years earlier, Tatsumaki was checking to see her own little sister's chances of passing.
As she was handed the book of the results of every bell test ever given, the traditional test for Team Seven, Tatsumaki despaired- there had only ever been five teams to pass the bell test. The first Hokage's team, the Third Hokage's team, Jiraiya's team, the Fourth Hokage's Team, and Hatake Kakashi's team.
Each team had either a Hokage or a legend on it. And while Tatsumaki was sure in her own sister's skill, as well of that of her little friend's-
Well, expecting them to be legendary or the next Hokage was possibly just a tiny bit too much.
Tatsumaki, no doubt about to protest the use of the bell test like most family members did, opened her mouth.
And like magic, the door opened with it, admitting, once again, one Uzumaki Naruto.
Normally, Tsunade would berate either Naruto or her guards, but from the confused and displeased look on his face as he walked in, she knew his memories had tricked him into passing the team.
Normally the victory would have her grinning, but the unusual anger Naruto displayed was muted, rather than loud and exuberant. The difference between the Naruto she knew and this one was rather sobering, she thought, as Naruto announced that the team had passed.
Tatsumaki, overcome in happiness after the intense worrying she had done, gave a cheer and promptly leapt at him, looping her arms around his neck for a swinging hug.
Naruto only gave her a blank look before shoving her away like he did to all of his fangirls, turning out the door, and walking away without a word, leaving Tatsumaki steaming... and Tsunade's mood dropping once again.
This was what he had become?
Because I know most people aren't going to believe me- it's like you all don't trust me anymore some shit, what's up with that?
I'm perfectly trustworthy! [size=-2]cough[/size]
Anyway, yes, this is and always has been Shiro... intending to fuck with you, but never really getting around to it, I guess.
I can't actually remember if the other TFFer was ever on this account.
I'm perfectly trustworthy! [size=-2]cough[/size]
Anyway, yes, this is and always has been Shiro... intending to fuck with you, but never really getting around to it, I guess.
I can't actually remember if the other TFFer was ever on this account.