Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Stranger ❯ Another Stranger ( Chapter 2 )

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

Stranger 2

Answering a question, the setting is a few weeks after Naruto gets back from his two year training with Jiraiya. Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata are all still Genins. Shikamaru and Neji are Jounins. Rest are Chuunins.

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Njaal's smile was noticable through the black scarf that wrapped around his lower face.

"Yo. I'm Njaal from the Bone Country. I'm too lazy to go into details about me for now." He scratched the back of his head. "What're you guys doing out here?" He questioned. Sakura was about to answer until she saw Kakashi approaching. Njaal turned at the sound of Kakashi's footsteps coming closer and waved. Kakashi gave a bow to Njaal and returned to his standing position.

"I apologize about the trouble Njaal. They attacked repeatedly and I didn't have time to raise my forehead protector." (if someone knows the term for this, please email it to me. I don't want to keep typing it out.) Kakashi stated. Njaal chuckled a bit.

"Ah yes, your Sharingan, I nearly forgot." Njaal shrugged. "As for the trouble, it's no big deal. I felt like helping to meet the famous Uzumaki Naruto, carrier of the Kyuubi." Naruto let out an 'eep' and pointed at Njaal.

"H-How do you know about that?!" He yelled. Njaal turned around and waved his hands down a few times in a 'calming' way.

"Who doesn't know these days? Word spreads like fire. It's been awhile since anyone has spoken of it in the Bone Country though." Njaal seemed to remember something. "Oh yes! I shouldn't keep you waiting. You guys are on a mission. How about I accompany you three to your destination, and then go back to Konohagakure with you? I'm suppose to tell the Hokage, Tsunade, that us Bone shinobi are now patrolling the Fire Country to keep enemy Shinobi at bay, but I would love to hear about your abilities." Njaal exclaimed enthusiastically. Kakashi and Naruto gave a nod, while Sakura, for the first time, saw Njaal's forehead protector over his eyes.

"Njaal-kun, why do you have your forehead protector over your eyes? You won't be able to fight like that." Sakura said. At this, Naruto and Kakashi sweatdropped, remembering his fight. And then Naruto remembered the feeling of dread and killer intent coming from the gaping holes where his eyes should have been. He shivered a bit and coughed, looking away. Njaal noticed this and put his hand on Sakura's shoulder.

"I knew I said that I don't want to go into details about me right now, but I guess i'll tell you something. I am part of the Jata (Jate-uh) clan. The Jata clan's children are raised with a blindfold over their eyes as they train with their sensei. This allows them to sharpen their senses from the lack of one. Hearing, smelling...you get the point. They're increased from the loss of one sense. After they're proven strong by their sensei, they undergo a ritual that removes their eyes out of their head." At this Sakura blanched and twitched a bit.

"So...under that forehead protector of yours..there's-"

"Nothing." Njaal stated. "But, it's not permanent. Excuse me while I do this." Njaal then reached into a small pouch on the side of his waist and extracted something. He turned his back on the three and raised his hands to his face, lifting the forehead protector. There were series of odd noises, but when he turned back around, his forehead protector was on his forehead, and he surprisingly had eyes! They looked exactly like normal human eyes. They were a rich hazel color and seemed to pierce directly into your soul. "Ta-da!" he exclaimed. He then took a long look at Sakura and Naruto for the first time. He noticed the whisker marks on Naruto and nodded, confirming to himself that this was the Kyuubi carrier.

Naruto and Sakura were locked in his gaze. The color mixed with the emotions of his eyes were stunning. They seem to hold a variety of different emotions. Happy, Sad, Anger, and a few others. Kakashi was surprised. He knew about the Jata clan, but he never knew that they could reattach their eyes in their sockets. He then noticed that the sun was lowering, making the sky a violet color mixed with light blue.

"Yo, if we want to accomplish our mission anytime soon, we should start moving. We've only got a mile or so to go." He stated. He then turned to Njaal. "If you wish to come with us, then you're more than welcome to. We'll be back to Konohagakure by tomorrow evening." Njaal nodded and moved over to a bush on the side of the path. He pulled out a long white coat that had longsleeves (Coats that the Captains of Soul Society wear in Bleach) and put it on. He then came back over to the three and pointed down the long winding path.

"Onward! Your mission must be a success no matter how dangerous and life threatening it is!"


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Njaal sighed and took off his white coat, putting it to the side of the farm field, then grunted and remembering what their job was.

They had gotten to their mission destination the night before, but it was too late to do the work so they stayed at a spare house that was for sale by the owner of the mission. The place wasn't located in a village, but just open country. The owner of the mission was a farmer and told them that they could start work tomorrow when the sun was up. The four shinobi nodded and took to the house that the farmer made temporarily theirs. Each one of them were tired, but they stayed up in the living room of the house, telling Njaal of their funny memories and tales, besides Kakashi. He sat in the corner and read his Icha book. Sakura and Naruto told him of their abilities and how they learned it. Sakura had to bash Naruto over the head with her fist to stop him from making a Rasengan to show Njaal. They also told him sadly about Sasuke and how he ran away to Orochimaru for more power. They seemed to stop talking after that, and Njaal understood. He suggested that they go to sleep to get rest for the work tomorrow and the walk home. They nodded and went their seperate ways to their rooms while Kakashi stayed in the living room and read his book. Njaal got up, nodded to Kakashi who nodded back, and went to his room and slept.

They woke up around Eleven AM and went out to see what the work that they needed to do was.

"Fill up these buckets with water from that well over there, and water my plants." The farmer stated after meeting with them. He then put the buckets he was carrying down and walked back to his house, leaving an exasperated Naruto and a sighing Sakura. Njaal also sighed, then remembered his mission to tell the Hokage his information. He grinned and picked up two buckets. Naruto and Sakura looked at him with surprise.

"Well, the faster we get this done, the faster I can report to the Hokage." He said. Sakura and Naruto grinned and turned around to Kakashi, who was reading his book behind them.

"Kakashi-sensei! Can Njaal-kun help us pleaaasssseeeee?" Both of them said. They even had the pouting faces on with the puppy eyes. Kakashi looked at him with his visible eye and sighed.

"Alright, sure. Just get it done." Kakashi said.


A shadow moved in the threes across the dirt path in front of them. Kakashi and Njaal turned to it, waiting for an enemy to attack. Three kunai launched out at the group, namely Njaal who was to the side of the group. As fast as an eye, Njaal molded some chakra together. A long, skinny tube like bone shot out of the under arm part of his wrist and into his hand. He twirled it like a staff, moving it so fast that the three kunai bounced right off of what seemed like air because of the extremely fast spinning of the bone spear/staff thing that Njaal had produced. Njaal then took aim and hurled it into the woods, making it look like a spear. Nothing made a sound. Njaal stood there, waiting for something to happen, as did Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi. A figure emerged from the bushes in front of them and stopped on the path. The figure looked almost identical to Njaal, the same black baggy pants, same black vest, and even the same white coat that Njaal had. But this figure had a white hood over his head, hiding his entire head in the shadows of the hood. Njaal sighed and slumped. Naruto and the others looked at him, wondering what was going on. Njaal then pointed at the new figure with waterfall tears flowing down his face.

"DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN! I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT!" He yelled, still pointing an accusing finger. The figure seemed to shake a bit, as in laughing, but no sound was made. Njaal then stomped over to him, and then turned around to the group. "Yo, go ahead and start on the work. After a chat with this guy i'll help you out." Naruto and Sakura exchanged looks as if saying 'what's going on?', but then shrugged and started to work. Kakashi noticed the coat that the figure wore and relaxed, going back to reading his book and occasionally watching Naruto and Sakura work.

Njaal then turned back around to the new figure and pouted a bit. "What the hell was that for?!" He asked about the three kunai, tapping his foot. The figure just shrugged.

"I just wanted to make sure you weren't slacking in your battle reflexes, dear brother." A calm, cool voice replied. Njaal sighed and crossed his arms.

"Gee, how heart warming. You care about me. You know, you don't always have to do that, Jaiken." He replied. A moment of silence overcame the two. Jaiken's hood turned towards Naruto.

"Is that him?" Jaiken asked. Njaal looked over at Naruto and nodded.

"Yeah, that's him. The Kyuubi container." Njaal replied. A wind picked up, blowing Njaal's scarf around, still hiding his lower face. It died down, and Njaal turned back to Jaiken. "Don't worry brother, nothing's going to happen to him. Not while i'm here." His eyes then changed, and Jaiken guessed that Njaal was smiling.

"Good. The Chuunin Exams start in a week. You're going to enlist. You're still only a Genin of the Bone Country, after all." Jaiken stated. Njaal slumped and grouched a bit.

"Yeah yeah, I know. You don't have to rub it in. My stupid team always got caught cheating and we never made it to the Stage 2 of the Exams." Njaal grumbled a bit. Jaiken audibly chuckled and started to go back into the forest, only to be stopped by a "Hey!" of Njaal. He turned around and Njaal guessed he was looking at him. "Thanks for checking up on me, brother."

Jaiken stood there for a few seconds, before turning back around and walking back into the forest. Njaal looked after him for a bit, then turned around and ran to where he left his two buckets. Naruto and Sakura were halfway into the field, pouring a bit of water on each plant from the bucket before moving onto the next. They turned to see Njaal walk over to them with his buckets full of water and greeted him.

"Njaal-kun, who was that guy just now?" Sakura asked, looking to where she saw Jaiken.

"Ah, don't pay attention to his attack. He's my brother. He just likes to mess around with me most of the time." Njaal stated. He then twitched and shook his head. "He creeps me the hell out though. I've only seen his face two times from that hood he wears in all my years of knowing him."

Naruto and Sakura twitched and looked at Njaal.

"Does he keep to himself a lot?" Naruto asked. Njaal sighed and looked at Naruto.

"More than Sasuke from what you guys told me. He does show SOME emotion though, which I always like to see." Njaal said. He then began to water each plant. "Grr..This is too slow. Watch this!" He then tipped his bucket a little bit, holding it to his waist with his hand, letting some water flow out, while the other bucket was on his shoulder as he held that with his other hand. He began to zip through the rows of plants, switching the bucket when it got empty, till he was at the end. Sakura and Naruto just twitched and sweatdropped, looking down at the ground while Njaal danced around. Naruto and Sakura went back and emptied their buckets back into the well and put them down on the side of the farmers house, and went up and collected the payment from the farmer. By the time they got back, Njaal was standing by Kakashi with his coat back on. Kakashi looked at Naruto and Sakura, turned around, and started walking down the path.

"Well, let's get back to town then." He said loud enough for the three left behind to hear. Njaal looked back at Naruto and Sakura and nodded. He too started to follow Kakashi, and Naruto and Sakura followed him. Njaal looked up to the near cloudless sky, and sighed.

Soon it would be time to meet the short-tempered woman known as Tsunade.