Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A World of Troubles ❯ Chapter Two- The World of Yesterday ( Chapter 2 )

Chad walked over to Tsunade.

 

“My Lady is there anything else you'd want me to do or am I free?” he asked.

 

Tsunade was surprised by his demeanor. He showed no signs of caring of what he had just done; he seemed just like an average teenager who was stuck in the middle of an average, mediocre day. He had no emotion of what he had done, and that little fact took the Hokage by surprise. But, Tsunade did have something for him to do.

 

“Well, actually, there is a small something you can do for me. You see this girl here? She is Haruno Sakura, the girl I told you about, you know, the one who will be on your team? I suggest you two go out for breakfast. She's been pestering with nonsensical questions, it's quite annoying actually. I'll let you deal with them. You now have my permission to answer any questions she asks, no matter what previous things I've told you are illegal to talk about, but you can only tell her, no other person, understood?”

 

Usually Sakura would question Tsunade's decision to make her leave so many injured people when Sakura herself could take care of at least a few, but she was just dying to know all about this kid, his world, his past, she just knew there was something interesting about him.

 

“Sure,” Chad said. He looked over at the girl and gave her a little smile. He stuck his hand out, “My name is Chad Kisamma. I'm American. Oh, and to avoid any name mistakes, just call me Chad.”

 

“I'm Haruno Sakura, call me Sakura,” Sakura said as she took his hand and shook it. “Where should we go for breakfast? I'm starving.”

 

“May I make a recommendation? There is a tea shop not to far from your apartment Sakura, you probably know of it. I kno-” Tsunade wasn't even able to finish her sentence; Sakura had to get a word in.

 

“Yes, but isn't it very expensive?” Sakura interjected.

 

“Well, if you had let me finish my sentence, I would have said that I know it's expensive, that's why I'll let you use this,” Tsunade pulled out a little card. Sakura looked at it wide-eyed.

 

“Really? You'll allow Konoha to pay for our meal? Isn't that kind of illegal though, seeing as this isn't a mission?” Sakura asked, always having been the one strict about the rules.

 

“Well, we'll let this be a mission, you are getting to know your soon to be teammate, oh, and there's the fact I'm Hokage, I can really just do whatever I want here, so I think we'll be okay,” Tsunade gave a wink as she said the last part.

 

Sakura rubbed the back of head, slightly embarrassed she had questioned Lady Tsunade's authority. Chad, on the other hand, just laughed to himself.

 

“So, I have no idea where this place is. Do you mind leading the way?” Chad asked Sakura.

 

“Sure, I don't see why not.” Sakura started walking away from the gate, towards the tea shop. They were quiet on the way there. Sakura didn't know what to ask, and Chad simply didn't know how to start a conversation.

 

Outside the teas shop they were greeted by a short dark-haired woman. The woman was smiling a large, pearly white smile, despite the fact it wasn't even eight o'clock yet. The reflection of the sun off the woman's teeth nearly blinded Chad.

 

“Umm, a table for two please,” Chad said, shielding his eyes from the brightness.

 

“Yes, of course!” the woman exclaimed with unusual peppiness. The woman grabbed Chad by the arm and dragged him inside. Sakura followed quickly behind; she had a puzzled look on her face.

 

“Here you are. Enjoy!” the woman said smiling. She handed them their menus and ran off.

 

“Hmm, that woman is a little…odd,” Chad said, already looking at his menu. Sakura laughed. Chad smiled. “So, anyways, we might as well get down to business. I'm going to guess Tsunade has given you some background information on me, probably not a lot though. So I'll just suggest that you should probably re-ask a few things.”

 

“Well, ummm, Master said you're an American shinobi. What does that mean?”

 

“I thought you'd ask that, that's why I brought this.” Chad pulled out a map of the world from his pouch. He also pulled out a black marker.

 

“This is where you live, right…here,” he said circling a few small area of Asia. “You live on this mass of land, which outside of here, they call it Asia. It's surrounded by these mountains, effectively enabling anyone inside to be secluded from the rest of the world, an art you Asians are very proficient at.”

 

“Now, these six other land masses also have people in them. This mass is called Australia. It's not only a continent, but its own country. It's fairly weak when it comes to war, but being the island it is, it is so secluded from the rest of the world, war never occurs there, and they never get involved, so they have no real worries. This area is called Antarctica; it has no countries in it, it's far too cold for that. Instead, it has a few little villages, and those in it are very adept warriors for the weapons they use. Now, when it comes to war and fighting, those are the two weakest areas, they hardly ever get involved.”

Sakura looked at Chad, she nodded, acknowledging that she'd understood what he'd said up to that point.

 

“Now, this leaves us with four more continents, one of which is Africa, a continent that is made up of near countless other countries. The countries in Africa change nearly daily, due to the civil wars that are constantly occurring there. Africa is also usually to busy with its own civil wars to really get involved with the outside world, so no need to really worry about them. This is South America. When it comes to war, they're fairly powerful, but the countries in South America are fairly poor and really unable to pay to fight, as such, they also don't get involved in the wars of the world much.

 

“This brings us to two final continents, the two that are said to be the most powerful in the word: North America and Europe. These two are complete powerhouses. Europe itself contains three of the four most powerful countries in the world: Spain, England, and Russia. When it comes to these three, no other countries in the world mess with them, that is, except for mine,” Chad smiled and then circled a large portion of North America.

 

“This country is called the United States of America. It's considered by many the most powerful country in the world, I myself disagree, I think there really is no most powerful country, that each has its attributes that can beat one country, but lose to another, like a checks and balance system, but most people don't agree with me. Now, America, as the United States is often called, is a rather large country. About twenty years ago it actually managed take over another country and claim it as part of itself. Thus, Mexico was officially wiped off the face of the planet. Now, like I said, I'm from America. Thus, I'm called an American. So when Lady Tsunade said I'm an American shinobi, she was just saying I'm from this area of the world.”

 

“Oh, I see, we're not the only continent in the world. There are lots of others, most which are made up of smaller units called countries. Wait, you said your country, America was it, wiped a place called Mecico or Mexico or something off the planet, right? So, these countries don't always get along?” Sakura asked. Chad laughed loudly at the last question.

 

“Oh no, the countries never get along,” Chad said with a laugh. “There are very thin alliances, usually between entire continents, but they mean nothing really. America in its lifetime has been allied with three countries: Canada, Australia, and Ireland. Its no longer allied with Ireland though.”

 

“Wait, I saw Ireland. Isn't it part of Europe?” Sakura pointed to where Ireland was.

 

“It was, until it started up a war with England. They were crushed in nearly every battle, that is until they started using a Bijuu, in hopes of some chance of victory. They created theirs from their most powerful warrior. It was in the form of a stag, and it was incredibly powerful. It was not the first this world had seen, your continent's nine had been around for thousands of years prior, but it was the first my world had seen. Asia had never revealed their Bijuu, they knew their dangers and wanted to keep the world safe, but sadly the world itself wouldn't allow itself to be safe, and on their own these creatures were discovered again. Ireland had the first one, and they very quickly began to win the war against England. England retaliated with its creation of its equally powerful lion Bijuu.

 

“My country itself had what is considered to be a Bijuu, though it wasn't created by us. It's been there from the beginning of time some say; it's what allowed us to be England originally, though it helped us secretly. We had an eagle Bijuu. It shouldn't really be called that, it's not a demon. There are a few natural “Bijuu”. These are guardians of the world as we know it. The Eagle was one of them. Now, back to Ireland and England; once both had a Bijuu, it did not take long for the two Bijuu to meet on the battlefield. They say that might have been the bloodiest battle to have ever come upon this world. In the end, no shinobi entering the battle survived, and just the Stag and Lion were left fighting. England used the Bijuu's fight to their advantage. They snuck in thousands of soldiers, who began to tear apart Ireland from the inside, which, without the stag, quickly began to lose. Ireland came to my country on its hands and knees, seeing as we were the only country to have ever bested England. The Eagle told us to help Ireland, it would be for the good of the world. Our shinobi entered Ireland, quickly evicting the English shinobi from Ireland's lands. The Eagle, on the other hand, went and quickly ended the fight between the Stag and Lion.

 

“After the battle ended, England declared it would eventually destroy Ireland. That shook Ireland to its knees. They quickly begged us to protect them. In a move of goodwill we made an offer they couldn't refuse if they had wanted to survive. They became a territory of America, and we kept shinobi in there full time for protection. The war ended well, one of the few that did, but it ended up leading into the Bijuu Wars. Ever country with any slight bit of power began to create its own Bijuu, and we quickly had near countless Bijuu in the world. Many were weak and didn't survive long, but some countries were able to keep theirs alive, and they began to use them for weapons of war. Terror struck the world, soon ever country had a Bijuu, if not for a weapon of war then just for protection. Nobody could be trusted, long time allies began to tear each other to pieces, the world was crumbling. There was no stopping it, many thought the world would end.”

 

Chad paused there as he noticed a waitress come to take their orders.

 

“Interesting conversation you two, never heard anything like it,” she said with a wink. Sakura's heart sank; nobody was supposed to learn of what she was hearing! Though, Chad didn't miss a beat.

 

“Thank you,” he said with a laugh. “I'm writing a book. I've been thinking over this topic for a few years now, I've almost got it completely fine-tuned. Sounds good, doesn't it?”

 

“Yes it does, I'd love to read it when you're finished,” the waitress smiled, hoping for a big tip. “Now, what would you two like?”

 

“Can I get a bowl of rice, a bit of tofu, some miso soup, and some baked fish? Oh, and can I get a cup of green tea?” Sakura asked. The waitress nodded as if nothing was unusual. Chad's eyes opened wide. That stuff for breakfast?

 

“Fish and soup…for breakfast?” Chad asked, surprised.

 

“Yes,” Sakura said, surprised that Chad was taken aback by the order. “It's normal here.”

 

The waitress was beginning to suspect Chad wasn't from around here, though she kept her mouth shut. Chad just shook his head. He hadn't looked on the menu, but if this place was anything like America, he could guess what would be on there.

 

“Umm, can I get like three glazed doughnuts? Oh and some coffee with cream and sugar?” he asked handing the waitress the menu. Both the waitress and Sakura were taken aback at the question.

 

“Doughnuts? That's snack food,” Sakura said. “And coffee is rare here. Nobody drinks it, and especially nobody wastes cream and sugar on it.”

 

“Really? Where I'm from everyone has coffee and doughnuts for breakfast.”

 

“You come from a weird place Chad,” Sakura said, shaking her head.

 

“I actually think we may have some leftover doughnuts from last night, and a little bit of coffee. I'll bring cream and sugar out with it though, is that okay?” the waitress asked.

 

“Sure, why not?” Chad smiled. This place is so much more different then home. They have fish for breakfast and not doughnuts? Weird.

 

The waitress turned and left. Sakura just sat there staring at Chad. This was one of the most intriguing people she'd ever met, only one person was more intriguing: Naruto.

 

“You're blushing,” Chad said, winking.

 

“No I'm not!” Sakura exclaimed, using her hands to try and cover her face. Chad laughed.

 

“It's fine, Sakura. So, anymore questions for me?”

 

“Well, yeah. Master Tsunade said you are a Jinchuriki for multiple Bijuu, is that true?”

“Yup,” Chad started counting in his head. “Actually, I have eleven in me as of now.”

 

“Eleven!?!?” Sakura almost fell out her chair. “Why?”

 

“Well, they all have their own story, they all had their reasons. I'll start with the first one, the Eagle,” Chad began to recall the story in his head. “I hope I get this right. Not too long before I was born England, Russia, and Spain formed an alliance in the hopes of ridding the world of America. By this time Russia and Spain each had its own Bijuu, the former a bear shaped one and the latter had a bull shaped one. A war ensued between us and the Europes, as they were called. Our Eagle was a guardian of the world, and as such he was more powerful then any of their manmade Bijuu could ever be, though a three on one battle is rather unfair, and our Eagle soon began to slowly lose. My country backed him up as much as possible, even getting Ireland's Stag to help in the fight. Though even with the Stag and our shinobi, we were slowly moving towards an inevitable loss. The Eagle, in a last ditch effort, drew forth all his chakra, and let out the most powerful blast that any country of my world had ever seen. It won us the battle, severely weakening the Europes Bijuus, and striking down their retaliation, but the Eagle was dying. There was no chance he'd recover, his wounds were too much, and his chakra too low. My father offered me, his soon-to-be-born third son, as a container to save the Eagle. My father was a respected shinobi, as was my mother, neither were too powerful, but each was strong enough. My father, though, had connections. Neither of my other two brothers were anywhere up to par with either of my parents. They had no hope of becoming very strong. My father had always wished for a strong shinobi child, and this was his chance to get one. Using his connections, and my very nicely timed birth, he got me to be called up as the container of the Eagle. As such, as I grew, the Eagle itself began to regrow. As I grew stronger, so did he. I became the savoir of the Eagle. I became the son my father had always wanted.”

 

Chad paused, thinking of his father before the incident. It caused a tear to swell in his eye. He looked at Sakura and wiped his eye and chuckled. He gave her a slight smile from the corner of his mouth.

 

“Now, the other ten came from wars with other countries. The Bijuus were getting way out of hand, destroying small countries and villages just for fun. The Eagle and I knew that. He formulated a plan to end that. When my country entered another war with Russia, I was there as a soldier on the front lines. I might have only been nine. But the Eagle and I had become notorious on the battlefield. When Russia figured out who I was, they unleashed the Bear. It was the most scared I've ever been in my life. This huge brown bear charged at me. I was nine, I didn't know what to do, but the Eagle did. He'd fought him before, after all. The Eagle forced the fear out of my mind, for both of our sakes. I don't really remember much after that, just little bits and pieces. I remember I unleashed one of my clan's most powerful jutsus without ever studying it. I remember the Russians retreated as the Bear fell over, dying, and then I remember jumping on top of the bear. I drew a seal on the Bear identical to the one on my stomach. I put my right hand on the seal on the Bear, and my left hand on the seal on me. I remember bright lights, but not much of the actual absorption. Those watching said it was amazing. The Bear was there, then he was gone; then he was in me.”

 

Chad put his head down, this was hard for him to talk about. Sakura put a hand on his shoulder.

 

“It's alright,” she whispered. Chad looked up and smiled.

 

“The other nine were mainly like that. Just flashes of memories. By the time I was fourteen I had a total of ten in me, the two I had already obtained, and then eight more. The third Bijuu I absorbed was Zimbabwe's Antelope, the fourth Bolivia's Llama, and then Australia's Koala. The sixth one I got was Madagascar's Lemur, and the seventh was Argentina's Cougar. The eighth one I gathered helped in the ending of a world power: England. A long, bloody war was started in my country by England. After a year of war, I managed to make number eight England's Lion. Not long after that war, Ireland lost control of its Stag. It rampaged through Ireland, though the refused our help, knowing that America would just make me absorb it, and they'd lose their power. Our other two allies, though, saw the havoc Bijuu can create. Australia had already seen it once when their Koala Bijuu ran amuck and I was sent there to save them, but, in the better interest of their people, gave up the other Bijuu, their Kangaroo. Canada also gave up its Beaver Bijuu, successfully making absorption nine and ten for me. All this time the Stag kept wreaking havoc among the Irish citizens, and even some American shinobi. Ireland threatened to secede if the Stag was absorbed, so America just sent shinobi to stop it. I wasn't sent for fear of good will among the two world powers.”

 

“But wasn't Ireland part of America?”

 

“Yes, but it still had its own form of government. Our treaty was as thin as our alliance, just there so we had a little leverage over Ireland and so Ireland had protection, which they didn't need so much anymore, seeing as their biggest enemy now had lost its only upper hand. Our country's President sent only one hundred shinobi, albeit strong ones, but only one hundred, a mere handful compared to what's needed to combat a Bijuu. They all volunteered for the job, most knowing they would die. Both my parents went. The battle lasted longer than anyone expected, though we were losing the whole time. My parents were the last two of our shinobi standing. In the ground my parents left a message for my family. `Our children, through you our dreams have come true. We know that in life you will always make the right choices, and though we will no longer be with you on earth, we will always be watching over you from the other side.'”

 

Tears began to stream down the sides of his face. Sakura knew what was coming.

 

“Both my parents were killed shortly after. America would take in no longer; the Stag had to go down. I myself had a personal vendetta against it. I was sent, along with three thousand other shinobi, to combat the Stag. I remember that battle clearly, the blood, the mean dying by the hundreds. I gathered the chakra of all ten other Bijuu and inputted it into a single technique. There was a huge explosion, and the Stag fell. I absorbed him, only because the Eagle helped me realize that though I wished to kill the Stag, it would just be revived by Ireland, so I needed to absorb it, as that was what was best for humanity itself. Ireland then made good on its promise to secede. America didn't stop them, it wasn't worth it. They had no real power anymore. England went in and crushed Ireland, which had lost all real shinobi skill after its hundred years of reliance on only the Stag. After England had finished its destruction of the land, corruption caused Ireland to collapse internally. Ireland lost all power. It just became a land of poor farmers, nothing else to it. America stayed strong, though. England, too, stayed strong. In the old days, an alliance would have formed between America and England from the destruction of what had become a common enemy. That didn't happen, instead, England moved on to my country being its number one enemy. They started a war which to this day continues on…”

 

Chad bit the inside of his cheek, doing his best not to cry anymore. Sakura could see the internal struggle that was going inside of Chad. He was a kid who'd spent his entire life surrounded by war. In Konoha, war happened, but it always ended, and there was a time of peace. Chad's country, on the other hand, never had peace. There was always a war. For him it never stopped. He was a child who would forever be caught up in some kind of struggle. No matter how long he lived, he knew he would always be fighting. He was a boy who hated conflict, yet could not live without struggle. He had a bad past, one that could never leave him. Sakura saw that.

 

She put her arm on his shoulder.

 

“It will all be alright now,” she smiled. The waitress came in with their food. Chad ate slowly.

 

Chad was happy, though. He had found a friend.

 

 

 

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Author's Notes: Thank you for reading! This had to be boring chapter to read, I'm sorry, but it was needed to really set up the story. This explains a lot of the background of the world in which they live in, and how Chad has come to be and who he is on the inside. I'll probably avoid much more historical background from now on, seeing as this chapter is just riddled with blocks of text of it (I'm sorry, by the way, for the huge walls of text). I don't think I'll bring Naruto into the story in the next chapter. I may, I'm really just waiting for it to be revealed how he draws onto natural energy, so as to not screw that up. I have my guess how, but Kishi hasn't said yet, and you never know with him! Thank you for reading. Please review!

 

Next Chapter: Chad meets Kakashi, meets his love interest. Oh, and Team 7 goes on its first, short, mission.