Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto: The sands of time ❯ Chapter 9 The calm before the storm ( Chapter 9 )
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By: SDI Hypervelocity 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Hentai | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.26.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 294 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Hentai | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.26.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 294 | Status: Completed
Chapter 9: The calm before the storm
“I thought these winds were getting a little strong…” Shikamaru looked around his back yard as he was awaken by a piece of paper flying in to his face. It had changed much since he fell asleep, which had been 20 minutes at the most. Shikamaru nudged Lee in his side with his elbow getting a soft moan from the boy.
“What?” He groaned sleepily, rubbing his eyes.
Shikamaru pointed toward the sky where a thick line of gray clouds seemed to have been making their way to Konoha. “Konoha’s rainy season can be bothersome at times.” Shikamaru sighed.
“Look at the size of it…” Lee stood up, walking forward while he looked over the approaching storm. The clouds were bulky and reached up high in to the sky like a pillar, their color more black then gray.
“We maybe in for a bad one.” Shikamaru said, stretching his arms above his head, figuring it may be safer to stay awake. With slight disappointment that his nap was ruined, Shikamaru walked in to the house and found his father boarding up windows. “What’s going on?”
He didn’t looked back, he continued working with a sense of urgency. “I was going to go back there and wake you two up, just look outside, we have one hell of a storm coming.” He said, picking up another board and laying it across the first one he nailed up. “It’s that bad?” Lee asked. The man nodded and picked up a nail.
“Then I better get back home and do the same.” Lee sighed,
Shikamaru figured that even he couldn‘t be lazy at a time like this. “I’ll help.” Shikamaru followed him. He was usually lazy but it seemed Shikamaru thought the situation may have proven too serious to be so this time.
“Alright son, just make sure your back here or at lest somewhere safe soon.”
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“Naruto wake up.” Gaara shook the boy slighting, he had went to sleep for the day soon after they had returned.
Naruto rolled over towards Gaara and opened his eyes, “…Your back.” he said sleepily.
“I think you should take a look out side…” Gaara told him. Naruto blinked a few times, then pulled the covers off himself.
“Is it something I need to get dressed for?” Naruto asked, standing only in his boxers.
“Yes.” Gaara nodded, as soon as he said the word Naruto moved with his usual speed, putting on his cloths in record time.
“Ok, I’m ready.” Naruto said, standing in front of a dazed Gaara who was wondering if it was really possible to move that fast. Thinking he may have fallen asleep himself because everything seemed surreal now.
! - ! - !
“I see it, look’s like it’s going to rain. So?” Naruto said, standing on the roof.
“Look around, this is not an ordinary storm.” Gaara told him, People were scrambling to do tasks before the storm hit. Stores were being cleared out, windows were being boarded up, anything that could be easily blown away was being taken down or fastened down. And some people were just leaving altogether.
All the signs of an ominous natural disaster.
Naruto looked back towards the approaching clouds with new perspective, it suddenly seemed worse then when he first saw it. That’s when he started to notice things, like how the wind seemed to be strong enough to blow his cloths off. “Shouldn’t we be trying to cover the windows?” Gaara asked.
“Naw, that would just be wasting time. There’s nothing in my house I want to save.” Naruto said discardingly, jumping off the roof and on to the street. “Come on!” Naruto hastily waved Gaara forward.
“Why? Where are we going?” Gaara asked, jumping down and running after him.
“I have to stock up on Ramen before it’s all gone!”
Gaara rolled his eyes, Naruto couldn’t really be serious… On second thought ‘Maybe he is.’ It was better then sitting around and doing nothing.
Gaara found himself capable of doing nothing but following, since he didn’t know what he would do in this situation. Especially since he was never put in something that could be this potently life threatening. Looking toward the horizon he could see this stormed promised to be powerful.
Lighting roared through the clouds, stretching from the mass of black ones at lest a mile away and easily passing over Konoha. It was eerie how it was becoming dark so quickly, and that lighting could be seen over head but no thunder was heard.
“Naruto, your not really going to find Ramen are you?” Gaara asked.
“If I see some I’ll get it, but other then that…” Naruto slowed, looking around him for something…But apparently didn’t see it because he kept going.
“Naruto.”
Naruto and Gaara stopped again a few feet ahead. “Iruka?” Naruto turned back to see Kakashi and Iruka behind them.
“Isn’t it dangerous to be out with those type of injuries?” Gaara asked, noticing that Iruka was using a crutch because of his leg.
“It’s dangerous everywhere, what are you too doing out here?” Iruka asked.
“Just looking around…” Naruto said.
“This isn’t the time to be looking around.” Kakashi said, folding his arms and watching the people rush past them.
“Yeah, Every store has been bought out and people are trying to make their final preparations. It looks like it’s 11th hour is here.” Iruka sighed.
“Huh?” Naruto scratched his head confusedly.
“I mean the storm is almost here.” Iruka told him.
“Oh.”
......
“Excuse me.”
The 4 turned around and found 2 men standing there, One had the Cloud village insignia on his forehead protector and the other had the Mist. “I need to speak to the Hokage immediately, do you know where he is?” The Man from the Cloud asked.
“Why?” Kakashi asked.
“It’s about this storm, we’ve come to warn you.” He said.
“A little late don’t you think?” Kakashi said, looking toward the topic of interest. The man from the Mist shook his head.
“No, it more dangerous then you think . The damage to the Mist, Cloud, and Water villages are total, this storm completely wiped all of us out.”
All of them tensed visibly except for Kakashi who still managed to stay in his cool demeanor. “If the storm has been over land that long, it must have lost most of it’s energy by now.” Iruka said hopefully.
The rain began to fall, coming in a soft sprinkle even though the storm had to be a few mile away from the village. “The Cloud Village had been tracking this storm since it first appeared, we found that it formed with a large amount of Chakra in the air--” The Man from the Cloud started. That should have been clue number one, but the only one who really gave it some connection to what it was Iruka.
He wasn’t sure about though.
“-- That Chakra is what is making the storm cell so powerful and fast.” He finished. “If the storm is this bad, shouldn’t an evacuation be called?” Gaara asked.
The man from the Mist shook his head, “It’s far too late for that, Few people here are fast enough and have the stamina to keep going to get out of the storm’s path. It’d be safer is you stay here.”
“Wait! If the Cloud, Mist and Water we’re wiped out, how is it safer to stay here?” Naruto asked, shouting over the wind.
“Just get underground, you’ll be safe there.” The Man from the Mist said.
The man from the Cloud wiped the water from his face and held his arm up to shield himself from the wind. “Another thing we noticed about this storm was that it formed over Konoha.” He said.
Something was off, Iruka knew it... “What do you mean?”
“All of the Chakra that’s powering the storm originated from here, Our time frame scenarios all show that it could have been in the air years around this before it entered a storm cell.” The man from the Cloud told them.
If it didn’t come together for everyone else besides Iruka before, it did now. The Chakra from the concentration stone that exploded in the past had went up in to air. It held massive amounts of energy, enough to create a super powered storm. Which is what was happening now. “It may be coming fast, but that storm cell is large, it will take an hour at the least to pass over Konoha at it’s current speed. That’s more then enough time needed to destroy everything.” The Man from the mist sighed.
“All the Villages you named were to the north, this storm is coming from the east.” Kakashi pointed out.
The man from the Cloud only shrugged “It moves very erratically, It covered a lot of empty ground not on the path to any where in particular and that’s how we were able to make it here before the storm came. If it went to the east it may have hit The Sand before it came here.”
“Well, you’ll have an easier time finding the Leaf’s council then the Hokage. Go to them, they’re above the Hokage memorial….That may not have been the best place to meet but…” Kakashi shook his head and pointing them in the right direction.
While they talked the rain had grown substantially, it was now a heavy downpour that mixed with the wind. “Oh man! This is worse then those foxes!” Naruto shouted. A quick flash came from the left as lightning struck someplace in the forest. Thunder rolled through the sky, loud enough to cover all other sounds.
The storm wasn’t completely here yet, there was still a lot of light coming from the sky. But it’d be as dark as midnight in about 15 minutes, that’s how long those men had to warn Konoha. With the Help of the Council it would take 5, so they didn’t have to worry about that.
“Come on!” Kakashi said to Iruka with his back turned to the man. Iruka looked at him confusedly, noticing he wasn’t moving.
“Let’s go then.” Iruka said.
“You’ll never make it alone, it’ll be faster if I carry you.” Kakashi said.
Iruka looked at him for a moment, debating on if he should save his pride by trying to go on with out help. He almost stumbled back when a strong wind blew through, If a relatively soft breeze could knock him over what pride did he have to save? Kakashi was right, that was the only way he’d make it. Iruka sighed ‘At lest it’s Kakashi…’
Kakashi lifted Iruka on to his back, grinning sheepishly under the mask as he did so. “Your enjoying this aren’t you.” Iruka said, looking over his shoulder.
“Yes.”
“I’m glad you to are happy but we do have bigger problems.” Gaara said. “Like we’re are we supposed to go?“
“We have to go back and stop that rock from blowing up.” Naruto said.
“Why doesn’t that surprise me.” Iruka shook his head. Weighing the chances of them going back making things even worse in his mind. It couldn’t get much worse then this, the storm had taken out 3, possibly 4 other Villages, and The Leaf was next. Nothing could stop it from turning Konoha in to a pile of rubble….except for going back in the past and stopping it.
“Easier said then done.” Kakashi said, looking ahead and seen a tree flying at them. He crouched down and avoided it, Gaara and Naruto were short enough for it to pass them over.
The burst of wind carrying it crashed into them right after, knocking all of them to the ground and lifting Naruto in to the air.
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“I thought these winds were getting a little strong…” Shikamaru looked around his back yard as he was awaken by a piece of paper flying in to his face. It had changed much since he fell asleep, which had been 20 minutes at the most. Shikamaru nudged Lee in his side with his elbow getting a soft moan from the boy.
“What?” He groaned sleepily, rubbing his eyes.
Shikamaru pointed toward the sky where a thick line of gray clouds seemed to have been making their way to Konoha. “Konoha’s rainy season can be bothersome at times.” Shikamaru sighed.
“Look at the size of it…” Lee stood up, walking forward while he looked over the approaching storm. The clouds were bulky and reached up high in to the sky like a pillar, their color more black then gray.
“We maybe in for a bad one.” Shikamaru said, stretching his arms above his head, figuring it may be safer to stay awake. With slight disappointment that his nap was ruined, Shikamaru walked in to the house and found his father boarding up windows. “What’s going on?”
He didn’t looked back, he continued working with a sense of urgency. “I was going to go back there and wake you two up, just look outside, we have one hell of a storm coming.” He said, picking up another board and laying it across the first one he nailed up. “It’s that bad?” Lee asked. The man nodded and picked up a nail.
“Then I better get back home and do the same.” Lee sighed,
Shikamaru figured that even he couldn‘t be lazy at a time like this. “I’ll help.” Shikamaru followed him. He was usually lazy but it seemed Shikamaru thought the situation may have proven too serious to be so this time.
“Alright son, just make sure your back here or at lest somewhere safe soon.”
! - ! - !
“Naruto wake up.” Gaara shook the boy slighting, he had went to sleep for the day soon after they had returned.
Naruto rolled over towards Gaara and opened his eyes, “…Your back.” he said sleepily.
“I think you should take a look out side…” Gaara told him. Naruto blinked a few times, then pulled the covers off himself.
“Is it something I need to get dressed for?” Naruto asked, standing only in his boxers.
“Yes.” Gaara nodded, as soon as he said the word Naruto moved with his usual speed, putting on his cloths in record time.
“Ok, I’m ready.” Naruto said, standing in front of a dazed Gaara who was wondering if it was really possible to move that fast. Thinking he may have fallen asleep himself because everything seemed surreal now.
! - ! - !
“I see it, look’s like it’s going to rain. So?” Naruto said, standing on the roof.
“Look around, this is not an ordinary storm.” Gaara told him, People were scrambling to do tasks before the storm hit. Stores were being cleared out, windows were being boarded up, anything that could be easily blown away was being taken down or fastened down. And some people were just leaving altogether.
All the signs of an ominous natural disaster.
Naruto looked back towards the approaching clouds with new perspective, it suddenly seemed worse then when he first saw it. That’s when he started to notice things, like how the wind seemed to be strong enough to blow his cloths off. “Shouldn’t we be trying to cover the windows?” Gaara asked.
“Naw, that would just be wasting time. There’s nothing in my house I want to save.” Naruto said discardingly, jumping off the roof and on to the street. “Come on!” Naruto hastily waved Gaara forward.
“Why? Where are we going?” Gaara asked, jumping down and running after him.
“I have to stock up on Ramen before it’s all gone!”
Gaara rolled his eyes, Naruto couldn’t really be serious… On second thought ‘Maybe he is.’ It was better then sitting around and doing nothing.
Gaara found himself capable of doing nothing but following, since he didn’t know what he would do in this situation. Especially since he was never put in something that could be this potently life threatening. Looking toward the horizon he could see this stormed promised to be powerful.
Lighting roared through the clouds, stretching from the mass of black ones at lest a mile away and easily passing over Konoha. It was eerie how it was becoming dark so quickly, and that lighting could be seen over head but no thunder was heard.
“Naruto, your not really going to find Ramen are you?” Gaara asked.
“If I see some I’ll get it, but other then that…” Naruto slowed, looking around him for something…But apparently didn’t see it because he kept going.
“Naruto.”
Naruto and Gaara stopped again a few feet ahead. “Iruka?” Naruto turned back to see Kakashi and Iruka behind them.
“Isn’t it dangerous to be out with those type of injuries?” Gaara asked, noticing that Iruka was using a crutch because of his leg.
“It’s dangerous everywhere, what are you too doing out here?” Iruka asked.
“Just looking around…” Naruto said.
“This isn’t the time to be looking around.” Kakashi said, folding his arms and watching the people rush past them.
“Yeah, Every store has been bought out and people are trying to make their final preparations. It looks like it’s 11th hour is here.” Iruka sighed.
“Huh?” Naruto scratched his head confusedly.
“I mean the storm is almost here.” Iruka told him.
“Oh.”
......
“Excuse me.”
The 4 turned around and found 2 men standing there, One had the Cloud village insignia on his forehead protector and the other had the Mist. “I need to speak to the Hokage immediately, do you know where he is?” The Man from the Cloud asked.
“Why?” Kakashi asked.
“It’s about this storm, we’ve come to warn you.” He said.
“A little late don’t you think?” Kakashi said, looking toward the topic of interest. The man from the Mist shook his head.
“No, it more dangerous then you think . The damage to the Mist, Cloud, and Water villages are total, this storm completely wiped all of us out.”
All of them tensed visibly except for Kakashi who still managed to stay in his cool demeanor. “If the storm has been over land that long, it must have lost most of it’s energy by now.” Iruka said hopefully.
The rain began to fall, coming in a soft sprinkle even though the storm had to be a few mile away from the village. “The Cloud Village had been tracking this storm since it first appeared, we found that it formed with a large amount of Chakra in the air--” The Man from the Cloud started. That should have been clue number one, but the only one who really gave it some connection to what it was Iruka.
He wasn’t sure about though.
“-- That Chakra is what is making the storm cell so powerful and fast.” He finished. “If the storm is this bad, shouldn’t an evacuation be called?” Gaara asked.
The man from the Mist shook his head, “It’s far too late for that, Few people here are fast enough and have the stamina to keep going to get out of the storm’s path. It’d be safer is you stay here.”
“Wait! If the Cloud, Mist and Water we’re wiped out, how is it safer to stay here?” Naruto asked, shouting over the wind.
“Just get underground, you’ll be safe there.” The Man from the Mist said.
The man from the Cloud wiped the water from his face and held his arm up to shield himself from the wind. “Another thing we noticed about this storm was that it formed over Konoha.” He said.
Something was off, Iruka knew it... “What do you mean?”
“All of the Chakra that’s powering the storm originated from here, Our time frame scenarios all show that it could have been in the air years around this before it entered a storm cell.” The man from the Cloud told them.
If it didn’t come together for everyone else besides Iruka before, it did now. The Chakra from the concentration stone that exploded in the past had went up in to air. It held massive amounts of energy, enough to create a super powered storm. Which is what was happening now. “It may be coming fast, but that storm cell is large, it will take an hour at the least to pass over Konoha at it’s current speed. That’s more then enough time needed to destroy everything.” The Man from the mist sighed.
“All the Villages you named were to the north, this storm is coming from the east.” Kakashi pointed out.
The man from the Cloud only shrugged “It moves very erratically, It covered a lot of empty ground not on the path to any where in particular and that’s how we were able to make it here before the storm came. If it went to the east it may have hit The Sand before it came here.”
“Well, you’ll have an easier time finding the Leaf’s council then the Hokage. Go to them, they’re above the Hokage memorial….That may not have been the best place to meet but…” Kakashi shook his head and pointing them in the right direction.
While they talked the rain had grown substantially, it was now a heavy downpour that mixed with the wind. “Oh man! This is worse then those foxes!” Naruto shouted. A quick flash came from the left as lightning struck someplace in the forest. Thunder rolled through the sky, loud enough to cover all other sounds.
The storm wasn’t completely here yet, there was still a lot of light coming from the sky. But it’d be as dark as midnight in about 15 minutes, that’s how long those men had to warn Konoha. With the Help of the Council it would take 5, so they didn’t have to worry about that.
“Come on!” Kakashi said to Iruka with his back turned to the man. Iruka looked at him confusedly, noticing he wasn’t moving.
“Let’s go then.” Iruka said.
“You’ll never make it alone, it’ll be faster if I carry you.” Kakashi said.
Iruka looked at him for a moment, debating on if he should save his pride by trying to go on with out help. He almost stumbled back when a strong wind blew through, If a relatively soft breeze could knock him over what pride did he have to save? Kakashi was right, that was the only way he’d make it. Iruka sighed ‘At lest it’s Kakashi…’
Kakashi lifted Iruka on to his back, grinning sheepishly under the mask as he did so. “Your enjoying this aren’t you.” Iruka said, looking over his shoulder.
“Yes.”
“I’m glad you to are happy but we do have bigger problems.” Gaara said. “Like we’re are we supposed to go?“
“We have to go back and stop that rock from blowing up.” Naruto said.
“Why doesn’t that surprise me.” Iruka shook his head. Weighing the chances of them going back making things even worse in his mind. It couldn’t get much worse then this, the storm had taken out 3, possibly 4 other Villages, and The Leaf was next. Nothing could stop it from turning Konoha in to a pile of rubble….except for going back in the past and stopping it.
“Easier said then done.” Kakashi said, looking ahead and seen a tree flying at them. He crouched down and avoided it, Gaara and Naruto were short enough for it to pass them over.
The burst of wind carrying it crashed into them right after, knocking all of them to the ground and lifting Naruto in to the air.
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