Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Different Reality ❯ Departure ( Chapter 6 )

CrimsonCat101: The next update has finally arrived! Now I'm going to inform you that the next thing I'm going to be doing is starting another story…yeah I know, I just can't keep the idea out of my head, because no one has done it before (sheepishly grins) It is going to be a Naruto and Fourth fic, because there isn't enough of them, (grins). It's going to be different then the others so check it out when I get chapter 1 out. A lot of you asked for more comedy so I present you some (grins)

 

The end scene was influenced by taintedlegacy. Thank you!

 

The bathhouse Jiraiya scene was influenced by Niveous. Thank You!

 

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A Different Reality

-Departure-

 

Kurenai patiently waited at the west gates of Konohagakure. She had twenty minutes to spare, so she patiently waited, letting her mind wander. Her mindscape shifted around, before it set to thinking about a certain young ninja, who now was a stand-in-jounin. He was still an enigma to her, the more she thought about him. All she knew about him is that he was the vessel of the nine-tailed fox Kyuubi, and that he didn't tolerate Kakashi's tardiness. She knew that he was only the container, unlike a large population of Konoha. She found that most that disliked the blonde for such a trivial reason were among the civilian populace. Although civilians were expected since they wouldn't understand sealing like ninjas, there still was a few ninjas that hated him for that reason alone. There was also the council that obviously held distaste for him, seeing as they tried to punish him for things menial, or even not his fault. To her, the council was a bunch of old goats that didn't know anything about half of which they said. If it had been her in Naruto's position, she might've already sna-“

 

“Um, Kurenai-san, are you alright?”

 

Kurenai nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw the person whom her thoughts revolved around, standing in front of her.

 

“Uh, yeah, I kind of just spaced out a little. It's nothing to be concerned about.” She said, sweetly smiling at Naruto.

 

“Um, okay, I saw you scowling and thought that something was wrong is all.” Naruto was stunned by the look Kurenai gave him, was it pity, understanding, respect, or a combination of all three he was not sure.

 

“Don't worry about her, she does that often when she's bored.” A voice said. Naruto turned around to face the new arrival, not surprised that it was Asuma.

 

“Ah, Asuma-san, have you seen Kakashi-san?” Naruto asked.

 

“Afraid not.” He replied coolly. It was only two minutes until the appointed time, and Kakashi had yet to arrive…

 

Naruto grinned a very wicked grin, “Well he better get here in two minutes if he knows what is good for his health.”

 

A minute had passed after Naruto's obvious threat, and Kakashi was still not in sight. Naruto calmly took the watch out of his pocket and watched the second's hand. After a short while Naruto began to speak…

 

“Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four…” Asuma and Kurenai tensed, knowing Kakashi's oncoming fate.

 

“Three.”

 

“Two”

 

“On-“ Naruto was cutoff when a puff of smoke erupted two feet in front of him. The smoke was blown aside by the wind, revealing the familiar silver-haired, masked, copy-nin.

 

Kakashi looked at Naruto with a slight hint of fear, “I'm not late am I?” He inquired.

 

Naruto smirked evilly, “Nope, right on time,” the group visibly relaxed. “Though a second later I would have been forced to use this,“ he said menacingly, as he waved an explosive note in front of Kakashi's face. Kakashi stiffened as he watched the note dance in front of his eyes, wary of it's every movement.

 

“Well, let's move out.” Naruto said, pocketing the explosive note, as Kakashi's muscles relaxed instantly.

 

Naruto walked ahead of the group, passing through the gate and Konoha's reach.

 

 

An ANBU dashed across the rooftops, with a grace and proficiency that someone of her caliber would only possess. She had an important mission, one that was issued directly by the Hokage himself. It was one of great importance and urgency…or at least that's what she kept telling herself. She found that lately she's only been used as the Hokage's messenger girl. She hadn't had a single A-ranked mission in a whole month. This aggravated her, but she ran to her destination regardless.

 

Her destination…the bathhouse.

 

She arrived quickly and began her search. She looked briefly on the men's side, but didn't find the person she had been looking for. It baffled her, because she had been told that her target was bound to be at this location. She was about to search elsewhere, when she heard perverted giggling. She knew that sound, she heard that despicable noise from many men.

 

She stopped dead in her tracks, and looked in the direction of the sound.

 

Jiraiya let another perverted giggle escape his lips, as he gazed upon the beauty that lay beyond the fence. His favorite peeking hole was the best spot for his research. He had a perverted grin and bloody nose as he watched through the tiny hole. He continued his observation, until he felt a tap on his shoulder.

 

He turned his head around warily, receiving a potent punch to the face. He crashed brutally against the wall, while emitting a painful groan shortly after contact.

 

“You ANBU are so cruel. Why'd you go and ruin my fun?” He whined, bringing his gaze from the floor and to the ANBU's masked face. There was something different about this ANBU…one, the ANBU had long purple hair…two, the ANBU was radiating harmful killing intent…and three, the ANBU had breast. He gravely concluded that the ANBU was a woman.

 

Scratch that, a very pissed off kunoichi who just so happened to be an ANBU member.

 

Jaraiya's thoughts raced as he tried to form an escape plan. The woman grabbed the ninjaken strapped to her back, and slowly closed the distance between them. “Jiraiya-sama I've been sent to find you by the Hokage,” she said sweetly. “But, I bet he can wait until I'm finished.”

 

The ANBU's voice and killing intent combined could make Orochimaru piss himself.

 

Jiraiya watched the blade glisten at her side.

 

“I've invented one hundred ways to use a my ninjaken against perverted men. I will now demonstrate a few, just for you.”

 

 

The Sandaime was working on his nasty pile of papers when he heard the window opened. He looked in the direction of the sliding noise, surprised to see Jiraiya.

 

Jiraiya hastily shut the window and backed away from it, he then turned to his previous sensei. “What the hell kind of stunt was that?”

 

Sarutobi cocked an eyebrow to show his obvious confusion, “What do you mean?”

 

“I mean the female ANBU you sent to get me! I barely escaped her and that deadly blade! You knew this would happen, didn't you?” Jiraiya accused, darting his eyes to the window every once and a while, as if expecting the women to break in at any given moment.

 

Sarutobi exhaled a large puff of smoke before speaking calmly. “Jiraiya, I'm afraid I didn't. You see, I wasn't thinking at the time about the ANBU being a female. I was however, more focused on your student's performance during the test…”

 

Jiraiya gave a smug grin, “I take it you were thoroughly impressed? He did work rather hard to acquire such power. The first year of his training was mostly basics, and let me tell you that his chakra control took months to even get to a genin level! But eventually with my suburb teaching skills, he has become a very capable ninja. He was a worse then average student the first year, but after that…well, his learning capacity increased, and he seemed to eventually gain a thirst for knowledge.”

 

The Sandaime stayed silent, as he seemed to go into deep thought. The Hokage spoke after a minute of contemplation, “Jiraiya, what rank do you believe Naruto to be at?”

 

“Well, I say…Maybe low to mid jounin level. The kid's a prodigy that's for sure. I won't even be surprised if he surpasses Itachi's level at his age. Let's just hope he just doesn't go as insane as Itachi-“

 

 

(Somewhere in the depths of the Akatsuki lair)

 

Itachi was painting his fingernails with utmost care. He liked the purple nail polish that he was now applying. Purple, just so happened to be his favorite color.

 

He was painting his right index finger, when it happened…

 

He sneezed.

 

The sneeze made him jerk his hand downward, making him swipe his right hand with the purple nail polish, and screwing up his careful painting. He cursed loudly, and slammed a hand on the small desk that carried the bottle of the purple liquid. The hand that he had slammed down, caused the desk to slightly tip, and the bottle of his nail polish to dump it's liquid contents over the desk and floor.

 

His eyes narrowed in frustration as he thought over the chain of events.

 

“KISAME!” Itachi called, as Kisame entered the room of the base where his partner resided.

 

“What's the matter?” Kisame asked.

 

“Grab me my nail polish remover, and an extra bottle of purple nail polish immediately.” Itachi said, killing intent rolling over him in threatening waves if Kisame dared to question him.

 

Kisame complied hastily, before dashing towards the bathroom cupboard. He opened the Itachi's cupboard, gaping at as he did so.

 

There were at least two-dozen bottles of purple nail polish, and three bottles of nail polish remover. Sure they had to have a large stock of everything because they didn't get out very often to do shopping, but this was ridiculous! It was almost as ridiculous as the large amount of pocky Itachi carries around under his cloak! He grabbed the nail polish remover that had been slightly used and a new bottle of nail polish before dashing back to Itachi's room.

 

When Itachi received the said objects from Kisame, he cursed up a storm of disconcerting words at whatever caused him to sneeze, and locked himself in his room alone to finish his work in peace.

 

 

(Back at the Hokage tower)

 

“So I don't want Naruto an ANBU until maybe fifteen years of age at least, too much pressure for such a young age.” Jiraiya continued.

 

It was at this moment that Jiraiya suddenly went on a sneezing frenzy.

 

“Are you alright Jiraiya?”

 

“Uh, yeah,” Jiraiya waved him off before grinning madly, “I bet it's just a bunch of beautiful women talking about how great I am.”

 

Sarutobi rolled his eyes, but continued. “Jiraiya, I'm guessing Naruto told me correctly when he informed me that you were unaware of his sealing abilities?”

 

Jiraiya looked at him with evident confusion. “What sealing abilities?”

 

“Naruto, during his test, had shown the wisdom of a possible seal master. He created a seal that had blocked most of the Sharingan's power. The scary part of the manner is it only took him two hours to do so.”

 

“How is that possible?” Jiraiya's face was that of absolute shock, but it quickly dissolved in seconds. “That explains some things though…”

 

The Hokage raised an eyebrow curiously, “What things?”

 

“Well first, Naruto suddenly stopped complaining about me leaving him alone for my research during his last three years of training. At first I found it odd, but settled to think that he was making use of his time, I didn't expect this however. It also might explain his lack of sleep some days…”

 

The Sandaime watched as Jiraiya muttered a few things to himself before coming back to reality.

 

“Wait, why didn't he tell me?” Jiraiya asked in confusion.

 

“Well, he told me he didn't want your help, so he kept what he called his `hobby' to himself.”

 

Jiraiya thought for a moment before responding, “I'm going to visit the kid and see these sealing abilities. Where can I find him?”

 

“Naruto just left this morning on an A-rank mission as a stand-in-jounin.”

 

“Which gate?”

 

“West, but Jiraiya, shouldn't you…” Sarutobi muttered the last few words to himself, seeing as Jiraiya had already left, “Wait until he returns…” Sighing heavily, the Hokage turned his gaze back to the pile of papers.

 

“How did you do it Arashi? Paperwork never seemed to bother you…” He muttered under his breath before grudgingly working on the papers.

 

 

`Enemy encampment located just west of Enkoo no Mura (Enkoo Town). Enkoo no Mura? Well doesn't that work out nicely? Best to get information there before we deal with the camp. The enemies camp resides near the border between Hi no Kuni (Land of Fire) and Ame no Kuni (Land of Rain). Trade between Enkoo no Mura and any other towns have been repeatedly sabotaged usually dealing with theft. A few of Enkoo no Mura's female adolescents and young adults have also been reported missing the past few days. Crap! I hope Mei-san and Aiko-chan are okay… The camp is claimed to contain bandits and renegade samurai, however a few reports claim to say that there are also missing nins from Ame (Rain). Sounds exciting,, let's see the rest says stuff about percentage of sabotaged caravans and other non-important stuff.'

 

Naruto closed the mission scroll he had grabbed off the Hokage's desk before leaving the past day. The scroll had made him want to move more hastily, since people he knew could be in danger, but he forced down those feelings of urgency and settled to keep walking at the set pace.

 

It had only been about four minutes since they left Konoha through the west gate. Naruto decided it was best to get to know his team now.

 

Naruto was leading the way, with the three jounin following him when he spoke. “I need to know my team, so why don't you tell me a little about yourselves. Such as your likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams, and fighting style…”

 

The three looked at him curiously, so Naruto continued. “I'll start first. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen, training, and learning new jutsus. I dislike arrogant people and people who hurt my `precious' people. My hobbies include pranks against Ero-sennin, and sealing jutsus.”

 

“Who's Ero-sennin?” Kurenai interrupted.

 

“To you he's known as Jiraiya, one of the legendary sannin.” Naruto explained.

 

The group gaped, but Kakashi regained his bearings quickly. “Naruto, how do you know Jiraiya-sama?”

 

“He's my sensei.” He simply stated, saying it as though he were talking about the weather.

 

`That explains how he became so strong, along with other things as well. Hmmm…He reminds me of someone I know, but I can't seem to place my finger on it…' Kakashi thought.

 

Naruto continued on with his introduction, “My dream is to protect those precious few people, and become the greatest Hokage in history, surpassing all those before me. My preferred taijutsu style is the Kiatsu-Ryu (Air pressure Style), which makes good use of my wind affinity. I can fight well against a mass of opponents or a single opponent. It doesn't matter to me. Genjutsu is not my strong point, but I can fend off against weak to average genjutsu. I have a summoning contract with toads, and my favorite jutsu would have to be the Rasengan at the moment…”

 

`SENSEI! That's who he reminds me of! They even look alike!' Kakashi thought, his amazement clearly shown.

 

Naruto looked at Kakashi's expression oddly, but shrugged it off. “Kurenai-san, your turn.”

 

Kurenai focused her eyes on the road ahead, as her pace remained steady. “My name is Yuhi Kurenai. I like gardening and chakra control. I dislike those that think kunoichi are weak. My dream was to acquire jounin rank, but now that I have attained that, I'm not sure what my dream is. I specialize in genjutsu, as well as sensing hidden enemies with an advanced chakra pulse.”

 

Naruto nodded, as Asuma began his speech. “I am Sarutobi Asuma. I like Shougi, Go, and cigarettes. I dislike getting involved in menial affairs. I don't really have a dream at the moment. I don't have a hobby at the moment either. I to have the wind affinity, but I utilize it's abilities in my trench knives. I use taijutsu with a mixture of my trench knives to quickly dispose of my opponents.”

 

Naruto grinned, “You also have a wind affinity, eh? It's not very common in these parts, but that's makes it all the more cooler. I know it's capabilities quite well, so that's an added benefit I guess.”

 

Asuma exhaled a small cloud of smoke, his cigarette occupied on the side of his mouth. Kakashi meanwhile had a far-away look in his eyes, as if he were no longer present in the group.

 

“Kakashi-san?”

 

No response.

 

“Kakashi-san?”

 

Silence.

 

“KAKASHI!”

 

“Hm?” Kakashi noticed Naruto's hard glare, “Oh, yes. My name is Hatake Kakashi. I like Icha Icha and being late.” Kakashi's voice seemed to gain a cold edge, to which Naruto only snickered at. Kakashi continued, “I dislike those that take my pride from me or use explosive notes haphazardly,” Again his eyes narrowed at a certain blonde, but the said person brushed it off easily with a shrug, “I mostly dislike those that abandon their teammates however.”

 

Naruto knew there seemed to be a story behind those words, but he would leave it be for now.

 

“My hobbies include reading Icha Icha among other things. I was previously an ANBU member, but now I have retired. I wield the Sharingan as you have seen in our previous match. I have many styles of fighting, including over a thousand jutsus. I prefer one-on-one fighting, because assassination of a single target is my specialty, but I can fight multiple enemies. I have a summoning contract with dogs, and I have created my own technique called the chidori, otherwise known as the raikiri.”

 

Naruto nodded in acceptance, registering all of which he heard. He knew Kakashi had the Sharingan before the test. Jiraiya had told him a simplified version of the story of which it happened. He pretty much only knew the basics of the story.

 

Kakashi was about to be killed when his teammate took the hit for him, trapping him under a boulder. His friend just so happened to be an Uchiha and had given Kakashi one of his Sharingan eyes. The other teammate implanted the Sharingan into Kakashi. Rine was her name…or was it Rin? Reta, Ri… He couldn't remember the names, but he got the basic story down, he would have to hear the story from Kakashi himself.

 

“Good, now that we know each other it will make planning strategies a hell lot easier.” Naruto said, as he took out a scroll from one of his many pockets on his pants.

 

He unrolled it, and studied the map in his hands. He then decided the course they were going to take, along with the places they were to rest. He estimated that they would arrive at Enkoo no Mura by the fourth night, if things went smoothly.

 

Naruto closed the map, and put it back in his pocket. They continued on the set course for twenty minutes, until Naruto began to feel uneasy.

 

He slowed down until he was next to Kurenai. “Do you feel that?” He asked softly.

 

Her crimson eyes darted over to him, her body language told him what he needed to know.

 

She also felt someone's presence.

 

“Can you use that enhanced chakra pulse of yours?”

 

She nodded, forming multiple hand seals and then releasing an invisible wave of chakra. Kurenai turned to Naruto, “Forty-six meters behind us, and approaching fast. It's only one person.”

 

Naruto quickly created two Kage Bunshins, and made them circle behind the possible foe. He would first find out whom it is, if that person meant no harm, the Kage Bunshins would dispel themselves and reveal who said person was. If the person was a threat then one of the Kage Bunshins would dispel themselves, and alert the original, while the other clone would engage the opponent.

 

When both Bunshins dispelled, Naruto smirked and told everyone to stop walking. The group looked at him curiously, as Naruto faced the location of the new arrival.

 

The person tracking them landed before them with ease.

 

“Hey ero-sennin!” Naruto greeted cheerfully.

 

Said person's vein throbbed angrily, at the friendly insult. He stalked up to the blonde, and made him kiss mother earth.

 

“Ah! That hurt!” Naruto cried as he clutched his head painfully, a large bump displayed atop his head.

 

“You need to learn how to show me respect brat!” Jiraiya scolded, as Naruto shakily got back on his feet.

 

“Jiraiya-sama, why are you here?” Kakashi asked.

 

“I'm here to see Naruto-baka. The kid has been hiding something from me.” Jiraiya said, turning to face the accused.

 

“Ah, well, I didn't expect to come find me, but since you have all show you now.” Naruto said, as he took a different scroll from one of his pockets. He unfurled it and bit his thumb, then swiped it down the text.

 

His sealing supplies appeared, and he grabbed them. The brush and paint were caught in one hand, and the spiral notebook in the other.

 

“So you know how to seal items, that's one thing.” Jiraiya noted.

 

“Here,” Naruto said as he handed him the notebook to look at, “It contains all my sketch work, designs, and ideas.”

 

Jiraiya began flipping through the notebook. “Naruto…this…this is amazing!” Jiraiya stuttered, as he studied over the work.

 

Naruto's face gained a small blush as Jiraiya praised him for his work. He didn't get praised very often, so when Jiraiya did, he couldn't ever stop from being slightly embarrassed.

 

Asuma leaned over Jiraiya's shoulder, as well as Kakashi.

 

“Damn, that's pretty complicated stuff.” Asuma whistled.

 

Kakashi knew quite a bit about sealing, so some of the seals made sense, while others…bewildered him beyond belief.

“Wait what's this?” Jiraiya inquired.

 

Naruto looked at him questioningly while walking over to see what they were looking at. “Oh that? That one is a work-in-progress as you can clearly see. That one may take me months to even years to complete.”

 

Jiraiya awed at the design. It was titled Oni Shihaiteki Yokuseiryoku (Demon Dominant Restraint).

 

“What is it supposed to do?” Jiraiya asked.

 

“It is designed to support the Shiki FÅ«jin. In doing so it will allow me to have complete control of the Kyuubi's chakra, so that I won't lose control to said demon.” Naruto stated.

 

“This has to do with the incident doesn't it?” Jiraiya said in a very uncommon seriousness.

 

Naruto glanced away, his face obscured by a shadow to those around him. Under the shadow his eyes remained blank, distant, and impassive.

 

Jiraiya got the hint so he continued flipping through the pages, until he reached a title that drew his attention.

 

“Sharingan Kekkan? (Sharingan Flaw)” Jiraiya asked.

 

Kakashi who had started to become distant to the world as he became engulfed in his owned thoughts, returned as he heard the title. He focused on the page, still looking over Jiraiya's shoulder.

 

“Is this what you used during your test?” Jiraiya questioned, amazed at the simplicity of such a seal. He slapped himself mentally as he gazed at the design. Usually when trying to make a doujutsu defective, such as this, you would focus on the user of the doujutsu. Naruto instead focused on making the doujutsu not work on him, by not messing with the doujutsu at all, but what makes it work. He focused on what made the Sharingan work, which in this case would be the chakra patterns. It also seems to eat a small portion of his chakra to working, so that explains why he doesn't wear it all the time. `No wonder Naruto wouldn't stop asking me how the Sharingan and Byakugan worked those months ago. He wanted to make sure he had the raw materials to make a seal, in case he needed to do so in the future.'

 

Naruto nodded, “Can I have my notebook back now? I think you get the point.”

 

Naruto outreached his hand, gesturing for Jiraiya to give him the notebook. Jiraiya unhesitant of his actions handed over the notebook. Kakashi on the other hand was a bit frustrated that he didn't get a better look at what stopped his Sharingan.

 

Naruto grasped the notebook firmly and resealed the items back in the scroll, before snapping it shut in one of the scroll shaped pockets in his pants.

 

“So are you going back to Konoha?” Naruto inquired.

 

Jiraiya shook his head, which bewildered Naruto. Naruto was about to ask why not, but was bashed atop his head once more before he could do so.

 

“What was that for?” Naruto demanded, while he rubbed the second sore spot that day.

 

“That was for not telling me about your talent! You're close to becoming a seal master, and I had no idea whatsoever. I have full right to be upset.” Jiraiya retorted, while he spun on his heel and walked towards the direction of which he came.

 

“Where're you going?” Naruto asked.

 

“Back to Konoha, see you after your mission kid!”

 

Naruto sighed and turned in the direction of the path they were walking previously before Jiraiya had appeared.

 

Kurenai found the relationship between Naruto and Jiraiya very amusing, as did Asuma. Kakashi however, was strangely nowhere to be seen.

 

“Kakashi-san?” Naruto called. He received no answer.

 

`Where the hell is he?'

 

 

“Jiraiya-sama?”

 

Jiraiya turned around to find a very desperate jounin, a copy of one of his books firmly grasped in his hands.

 

“Can you autograph my book?” Kakashi asked a he shoved the book forcefully in front of Jiraiya's face.

 

“Ah, I see you are a fan of mine? I'm getting quite famous aren't I?” Jiraiya said as he fantasized female fans also asking for his autograph, drooling as he did so. He snapped out of his dream world, and signed the book on the back of the cover.

 

“Oh, before you go,” Jiraiya started as he handed Kakashi two books, “Give Naruto a copy and you can have the other.”

 

Kakashi looked at the book, his eyes widening as he did so. `Icha Icha Paradise V Gold edition'

 

“This isn't supposed to come out until next week.” Kakashi gasped in complete awe of the book, the heavens had granted his wish it seemed. “Wait, Naruto?”

 

“Yeah the kid isn't obsessed, but he doesn't mind reading them every so often.”

 

Kakashi nodded enthusiastically regardless, and dashed away merrily with stars in his eyes.

 

 

CrimsonCat101: This is probably the only time I do one of those sneezing scenes, because they are overused but it was fun to type (grins) Also the bathhouse scene, I know Jiraiya wasn't hurt expect for the unexpected punch, because he's a sannin. so anyway review!