Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Stranger ❯ Rescue ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Stranger

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Naruto characters. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.



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"One. Kakashi Hatake."

"Two. Sakura Haruno."

"Three. Naruto Uzumaki."


Shadows moved along the trees.



It was a lovely day. The kind of day where you forget about your regrets and your sins. The sun was shining down on the forest, and there were few clouds in the sky. All that could be heard was the soft breeze, and the rustling of the leaves as they danced in the wind. Naruto stared up at the sky through the forest top with his hands behind his head as he walked on. Sakura admired the beauty of their surroundings, and Kakashi had his face glued to his Icha Icha Paradise novel as he walked. They were assigned a mission to help a farmer clean up around his farm. Kakashi was able to take a break from the S ranked assignments, as they were starting to settle down. And it really has been awhile since he went on a mission with his own group, so he took up the chance to go with them.

"Yo, Kakashi-sensei, when are you going to show us what's in that book that makes it so interesting to read all the time?" Naruto questioned.

Kakashi sighed. "Naruto, we've been over this before. When you're older. Until then stop aski- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kakashi cried.

Sakura and Naruto snapped to attention, thinking something was about to happen. "What's the matter Kakashi-sensei?!" Sakura questioned.

Kakashi had his head down with waterfall streams flowing. ".....She......She......SHE CHOSE THE WRONG BOYFRIEND!" He held up his favorite novel and pointed at it with his other hand. Naruto and Sakura face-faulted. Kakashi's whole frame waved around while crying waterfalls. "This can't be happening oh no no nOoOoOoOooO!" Naruto lifted his head up and sighed.

Kakashi stopped suddenly and whirled around in time to scoop up Naruto and Sakura from being hit with an incoming kunai. He stopped and let down Naruto and Sakura on their feet and turned around to face the attacker.

"Eh? Sound ninja? Not wise of you to come alone." Kakashi stated. The ninja stood there with his arms crossed, staring at the trio. He was dressed in a baggy gray outfit with the usual headband protector signed with the Sound Village symbol. The ninja had two swords crossed on his back, both of them of equal size. He eyed Kakashi warily, keeping the trio in his line of sight.

"Oh? Is that so, Kakashi? "I" may be one ninja, but surely I am not alone." The Sound ninja replied, cackling. Kakashi's visible eye widened, and whirled around as a kunai sped towards him. He pushed Sakura and Naruto out of the way and dodged it. The kunai stuck into the ground where he was, and Kakashi skidded to a stop a few feet away. He heard a sizzling noise and looked down to see that an explosive tag was attached to the kunai. He was about to run to Naruto and Sakura, but he found himself trapped in a bubble. While he slid back from the kunai when it was first thrown, the first Sound ninja used that to Kakashi's weakness and used a technique to seal Kakashi in an apparently solid bubble. His eye widened and he screamed out to Sakura and Naruto.

"You two get away from there! Hurry!" Naruto and Sakura suddenly noticed the explosive tag, but they didn't have the reflexes to move away in time. It exploded, sending them both crashing into the trees. Naruto hit the tree first and saw this his eyes Sakura fly at him. The back of her head hit his head, causing his head to hit the tree behind him. Sakura cried and out slumped sideways to the ground, unconscious, as was Naruto. Four other Sound ninja stepped out into the path, accompanying the first appearing Sound ninja.

"Damnit.." Kakashi cursed himself for not avoiding the obvious trap. He looked at his attackers and frowned. "Five Sound ninja eh? What do you want with us?" The Sound ninja that had his hand to Kakashi's back, thus sealing him, spoke.

"We were sent by Orochimaru as scouts, to see if the news was true."

"News?" Kakashi replied.

"We heard that the Bone Country allied with this Fire Country recently and were sent to investigate. It concerns Orochimaru because the Bone Country has some of the worlds top class assassins. But, while we saw you and the fox brat, why not just get rid of you guys and the girl to prevent future complications?" The group of Sounds started laughing together. Kakashi cursed himself again. "This bubble will begin to collapse, and you will be crushed. It is made purely out of sound waves, and will not break. You will die in a very painful manner." They continued to laugh together, looking forward to Kakashi's death. The Sound ninja closest to the bushes was caught off-guard when a hand went over his mouth and a kunai went through his stomach. The attacker ripped his kunai out through the side of his victim, and let the body fall. The attacker retreated from his current position before the ninja's body hit the ground. The group of now four ninja looked over.

"Hey, what's the matter? Too scared to watch someone die?" They mocked the now dead corpse who was on his stomach. A Sound ninja walked over and used his foot to roll the Sound ninja over, displaying his intestines to the group.

"What the hell?! Who did this?!" The leader of the squad yelled. The group argued among themselves, waking a very sore Naruto up from his sleep.

"Damn...my head is killing me...what...happened.." Naruto brought his arm up and rubbed his forehead. He then noticed that Sakura was down on the ground in front of him, and suddenly remembered the events that had happened. 'An explosion...urrgghh.." He looked up to see Kakashi in a now descending bubble, and looked down to see Sakura knocked unconscious.

"You bastards...You hurt Sakura...and you DARE attempt to kill my sensei?" He growled loudly. The group stopped bickering and looked over to see a now pissed off Naruto rise up from his sitting position, looking at the ground. A red flare of chakra spiked around him, sending waves of energy out. He looked up and revealed his red, slit eyes to the group along with his fangs and deeper whiskers. "I will never forgive you.."

A hand suddenly came out of the bushes among the trees and patted Naruto on the shoulder. Naruto whirled around to see a figure come out of the bushes.

"There's no need for that now, Naruto. Save it for later. Let me do the work." A light voice said. Naruto looked up at the new figure with uncertainty. The surprise of the figure coming out, and curiosity flowing in, made him able to regain his normal senses.

"W-Who are you? How do you know my name?" Naruto asked. He wasn't sure if he was a friend or foe, so he kept a wary eye on the figure's actions.

"I'm Njaal from the Bone Country." Njaal was a teenager that looked 16 or 17, and looked to be five foot and six inches or so. He had a muscular build to him, his muscles visible through the black sleeveless vest that he wore. He had spikey, black hair that was longer than Naruto's, with two strands of thick hair arching forward. His forehead protector was wrapped around his eyes, and the symbol of the Bone Country was carved into the middle of the protector. The symbol of the Bone Country was ordinary. Just a regular X. Covering the teen's nose, mouth, chin, and neck though, was a very long black scarf (long like the PS game Shinobi's scarf) that was swaying in the wind. His sash was tied, keeping his black baggy pants (little less baggier than MC Hammer baggy) up. He sported some heavy thick leather black boots that tucked the baggy pants in.

"Ah, so it looks like the information we were given was true. Unfortunately for you, we're going to have to kill the Bone Country's shinobi, starting with yourself." A Sound ninja chuckled. The Sound ninja dashed at Njaal with a kunai out. Njaal put up his two pointing fingers and tapped them together, making a dull noise echo out. He grinned under his scarf and waited till the opportune time. The Sound ninja came up and lunged the kunai at his target, but was stopped as Njaal's hand lunged out and grabbed the Sound ninja's wrist.

"What the...What are you?! How did you see me with that band over your eyes?" The ninja yelled. He attempted to land a punch with his other hand, but it too was intercepted by Njaal's other hand. Njaal shrugged and merely chuckled. He then disappeared and reappeared behind the ninja and put his right hand over his left fist. The doomed ninja gawked and whirled around. Njaal then used his right hand to double the force of his left arm and drove his left elbow into the ninja's chest. The sound of his ribs cracking were audible. The ninja doubled over screaming, and fell to the ground in agony. Njaal then squatted down and looked upon the ninja.

"Heheh, that's the thing. I don't see." He stated. Njaal lifted his hand and pulled the headband protector up, revealing not eyes, but empty sockets. The sound ninja on the ground looked up at them in horror. There was something in those sockets, something that couldn't be controlled. He felt like the shadows of the holes in Njaal's eye sockets were over taking his body. Fear consumed the Sound ninja. He screamed his lungs out, begging for mercy or for some kind of relief. After a few screams though, the ninja stopped suddenly. He slumped over, dead. The ninja had swallowed his own tongue from the fear that devoured him. Naruto was struck with fear also, and shivered uncontrollably. Njaal noticed this and waved his hand at Naruto. "Sorry, sorry Naruto-kun!" He reached up and lowered the headband down back over his eyes and walked over to pat Naruto on the shoulder. "You shouldn't have seen that yet, I apologize." Naruto gulped and slid down the tree to a sitting position.

"Please...Please help my sensei." Naruto whispered while staring at the ground. Njaal nodded and turned around to face the three remaining ninja. The one who had Kakashi trapped in the bubble fidgeted nervously.

"You two! Go! Kill him now!" He ordered. The two Sound ninja looked back at him, then looked at Njaal and gulped nervously.

"H-Hai!" They both charged. Njaal chuckled to himself. He put his arms down by his side and concentrated some chakra into his forearms. Njaal then brought his arms forward, and swung them above him, releasing two bone scythes from his underarms. The scythes protruded from his underarm, and were attached to him from his elbow to the beginning of his wrist. The were as thick as his forearms, and reached out about three feet. Njaal seemed to grin under his scarf and brought his arms back down. He crossed his arms in front of him, and tapped the two scythes together, resulting in a dull echoing sound. Kakashi looked on at Njaal in wonder.

'Oh? Echolocation huh? I have heard there was a band of shinobi that rid themselves of their eyes, and trained to make their other senses even stronger. Hearing, smelling, even tasting. But I thought that was a myth.' Kakashi wondered in the bubble. Over time the bubble has been descending slowly but surely. He was now forced to sit with his body bent forward to stay in a comfortable position.

The two charging Sound ninja were surprised when they saw the bones protrude out, but they were shinobi. They couldn't stop for anything. The first Sound ninja thew four shuriken at his target. They raced speedily towards Njaal, but Njaal had heard the spinning hum of the Shuriken as soon as they were deployed. He concentrated his thoughts and pinpointed the sound. He brought up his arms and deflected the shurikens with his scythes, leaving an opening for the Sound ninja to take.

"Die you freak!" He growled. The ninja was upon Njaal, pulling out a kunai to finish the assassination.

Time seemed to slow for Naruto as he watched what happened.

The first Sound ninja was leaping towards Njaal with the kunai in his hands. The second Sound ninja was going sideways away from Njaal, for he saw what was about to happen. Njaal grinned to himself, and the blood sprayed everywhere. The attacking Sound ninja grunted in pain and bit his lip as blood flowed out of his mouth. He looked down to see that a bone was jutting out from under Njaal's baggy pants, where his kneecap should be, like a spear into the ninja. The bone had hit right in his side, and was digging into and through the Sound. It had pierced the other side and jutted out with pieces of flesh hanging upon it. Naruto looked on in amazement as the bone whipped back through the ninja where it had came from and headed back to Njaal's knee. Njaal placed his hand on the bone as it came down, cleaning it of flesh and blood until it was secured back in its place.

The second Sound ninja stood in shock at how quickly the counter attack was made. But before he could say or do anything, Njaal turned and swung at the ninja who was a good fifteen feet away. The bone scythe on his underarm stretched out as Njaal swung and caught the ninja across the stomach, spilling his insides onto the ground. The ninja coughed up blood and fell to the ground dead. Njaal sighed and looked to the last Sound remaining.

"I can control my bones however I please with my chakra." Njaal answered the unasked question of the Sound. He sighed again and shrugged. "It's troublesome, but I don't want to risk getting Kakashi Hatake in the way...And i'm too lazy to walk over to you," at this Naruto sweatdropped.

'He's just like Shikamaru' Naruto thought while watching.

"Sooooo," Njaal continued, "WILL YOU PLEASE LET KAKASHI GO AND GO AWAY BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY?!" Njaal pulled his scarf down and gave the Sound a big smile while putting up his thumb. Naruto face-faulted and twitched.

'Anything but the Gai signature' Naruto's mind screamed. Kakashi sweatdropped.

The Sound ninja gulped nervously and released the bubble that Kakashi was trapped in. Before anyone could do anything though, the Ninja was speeding off down the path with a trail of dust and debris flying up behind him. Njaal's whole body waved as he praised the Sound. "Ariggaattttooooooo!" he yelled after him. Kakashi looked over at Njaal with his one eye and suddenly felt the chakra that Njaal contained. It was massive in some words. Njaal body stopped waving and he turned to Kakashi. "Are you alright, Kakashi?"

"Hai...Well now, it would seem that the news surely IS true of the allied Country." Kakashi replied, scratching the back of his head with his hand as he closed his visible eye. Njaal face-faulted and twitched several times.

"You mean..You..a Jounin..didn't hear the news?" Njaal twitched. Kakashi laughed nervously.

"Well...I've been busy with some studying and uh, stuff like that so I rarely hear the news." He opened his eye to see Njaal holding his Icha Icha Paradise book with one hand and pointing at it with the other.

"Oh?" Njaal said. Kakashi grabbed it before he could do anything and twirled around with it in his arms. He had waterfall streams of tears flowing as he spun around praising the book.

"I THOUGHT I LOST YOU MY PRECIOUS!" Kakashi exclaimed. Njaal sighed and turned around to Naruto and Sakura. He walked over and kneeled down by Sakura, shaking her gently to wake her. Sakura mumbled something and opened her eyes to see a Njaal's nearly covered face.

"H..Huh?" She murmured.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto happily exclaimed and sat by her. "You missed it Sakura-chan! We were saved by this guy! It was crazy!" Naruto grinned. Sakura propped herself up and shook her head.

"What happened?" She questioned. "And who are you?" She asked Njaal.


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