Another chapter in my obsession of coming up with ideas that cross awesome American movies and cartoons with Naruto; this time it's Ghostbusters. Here's the basic premise:
In New York City, sometime in the 1990s, the Ghostbuster's firehouse got sucked into a massive dimensional rift. How it happened I leave up to the writer's imagination: Peter pushes the wrong button on Egon's latest experiment, demon attack, etc. Needless to say it happens, and the Ghostbusters are left looking at an empty hole in the street.
"Our insurance covers this, right?"
Elsewhere/when, the firehouse reappears in another universe, in the area that will become the Elemental Countries a century or two before the start of the Naruto story. Without a power source, the containment system goes critical and every ghost in it escapes, releasing a massive amount of psycho-kinetic energy that saturates the entire continent with spiritual fall out. Some people die from the exposure, most are unaffected, but a significant amount of the population have their spiritual energies boosted in strength by a massive amount. A few decades later and the Age of Ninjas begins after enough people learn how to manipulate their enhanced life forces as chakra.
Now, most of the ghosts, demons, goblins, etc. that escaped from the containment unit were either ripped apart by the sheer amount of energy they were exposed to or scattered far across the planet from where they came. But, a number of the entities began devouring other ghosts, absorbing their strength and becoming incredibly powerful. The strongest of these demons became the Bijuu, and roamed the land as forces of nature.
Finally, we come to a few years before the start of Naruto. A six-year old Uzumaki Naruto is wandering around a training field, watching a six-year old Haruno Sakura, who is crying her eyes out. A few moments before Yamanaka Ino would have found her, the ground underneath her gives way and she falls into a very old, partially-buried building. Naruto jumps in after her, making sure she's okay, before the two fascinated children begin to explore the ruins. Through plot device or any other means the author might come up with, they learn about the Ghostbusters, understand the physics behind ghosts and the Ghostbuster's technology, and come closer, bit by bit, to finding out the origin of the Bijuu and ninja.
But there's a few more pressing matters before they uncover that last secret. After the Kyuubi, the strongest Bijuu, was sealed into Naruto, he began leaking psychokinetic energy into the surrounding area, which either began to make ghosts, minor kami, demons and various other spirits strong enough to take form, or attracted said entities to Konoha. The Village Hidden in the Leaves, and indeed the Elemental Countries as a whole, are experiencing a rise in paranormal activity. While ninjas may be able to manipulate psychokinetic energy, ghosts can't be destroyed nor heavily affected by the elements, and thus most jutsu are relatively useless. Combat styles like the Gentle Fist might scare them off, but only that.
From there, the story can take many different directions. Naruto and Sakura might still become ninjas, but Naruto (needing more income as he's still living alone) and Sakura (possibly to become independent from her parents, who probably wouldn't approve of her friendship with Naruto, or possibly her ninja lifestyle) could start Ghostbusting on the side to get more money and do additional good. Maybe Ghostbusting and ninja-ing become one and the same. There are a lot of ways this story could go in my opinion.
So, thoughts?
In New York City, sometime in the 1990s, the Ghostbuster's firehouse got sucked into a massive dimensional rift. How it happened I leave up to the writer's imagination: Peter pushes the wrong button on Egon's latest experiment, demon attack, etc. Needless to say it happens, and the Ghostbusters are left looking at an empty hole in the street.
"Our insurance covers this, right?"
Elsewhere/when, the firehouse reappears in another universe, in the area that will become the Elemental Countries a century or two before the start of the Naruto story. Without a power source, the containment system goes critical and every ghost in it escapes, releasing a massive amount of psycho-kinetic energy that saturates the entire continent with spiritual fall out. Some people die from the exposure, most are unaffected, but a significant amount of the population have their spiritual energies boosted in strength by a massive amount. A few decades later and the Age of Ninjas begins after enough people learn how to manipulate their enhanced life forces as chakra.
Now, most of the ghosts, demons, goblins, etc. that escaped from the containment unit were either ripped apart by the sheer amount of energy they were exposed to or scattered far across the planet from where they came. But, a number of the entities began devouring other ghosts, absorbing their strength and becoming incredibly powerful. The strongest of these demons became the Bijuu, and roamed the land as forces of nature.
Finally, we come to a few years before the start of Naruto. A six-year old Uzumaki Naruto is wandering around a training field, watching a six-year old Haruno Sakura, who is crying her eyes out. A few moments before Yamanaka Ino would have found her, the ground underneath her gives way and she falls into a very old, partially-buried building. Naruto jumps in after her, making sure she's okay, before the two fascinated children begin to explore the ruins. Through plot device or any other means the author might come up with, they learn about the Ghostbusters, understand the physics behind ghosts and the Ghostbuster's technology, and come closer, bit by bit, to finding out the origin of the Bijuu and ninja.
But there's a few more pressing matters before they uncover that last secret. After the Kyuubi, the strongest Bijuu, was sealed into Naruto, he began leaking psychokinetic energy into the surrounding area, which either began to make ghosts, minor kami, demons and various other spirits strong enough to take form, or attracted said entities to Konoha. The Village Hidden in the Leaves, and indeed the Elemental Countries as a whole, are experiencing a rise in paranormal activity. While ninjas may be able to manipulate psychokinetic energy, ghosts can't be destroyed nor heavily affected by the elements, and thus most jutsu are relatively useless. Combat styles like the Gentle Fist might scare them off, but only that.
From there, the story can take many different directions. Naruto and Sakura might still become ninjas, but Naruto (needing more income as he's still living alone) and Sakura (possibly to become independent from her parents, who probably wouldn't approve of her friendship with Naruto, or possibly her ninja lifestyle) could start Ghostbusting on the side to get more money and do additional good. Maybe Ghostbusting and ninja-ing become one and the same. There are a lot of ways this story could go in my opinion.
So, thoughts?
