Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Those to Come ❯ Prologue ( Chapter 1 )

 

Things to keep in mind when reading, I am aware of Sarutobi's original teammates, they aren't forgotten. I wrote it this way on purpose, if you stick with the story you will understand why! (They will show up eventually)

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer: Naruto is NOT NOT NOT MINE!!!

 

(this story has more canon characters than you think .)

 

 

Those to Come

 

 

 

 

 

“A monkey?” Disbelief, a snort of laughter was heard followed by a sickening noise of someone trying to fight off laughter. A tiny monkey stood at the shocked boy's feet chattering amiably while picking at his pant leg randomly.

 

 

“oi Sarutobi it suits you!” a pained grunt was heard as his long time teammate Emi was elbowed violently in stomach in an attempt to silence her by his other teamate. She landed on the ground harshly but was not deterred from her laughter. “A monkey, what a joke!” her face quickly turned red as a need for air became obvious. Despair filled the young Sarutobi, he didn't even notice when his other teammate Ryou started struggling on the ground with Emi in an attempt to silence her. After a vigorous fight Ryou managed to clamp his hand over Emi's mouth.

 

 

“What is this?” Sarutobi yelled desperately at his sensei flailing his arms rapidly gesturing at the monkey who was now eloquently playing with some nearby dog feces joyously.

 

 

“I guess this is your spirit animal, you should be proud Sarutobi not many genin are able to summon them.” Tanzou Hatake ruffled Sarutobi's black spiked hair mercilessly while chuckling to himself. “Oi Ryou she needs to breath!” he rolled his eyes at the young teenagers who were play fighting quiet violently at this point Emi had just gotten out of his hold and was in a prime position to --- oooooooh that had to hurt, Tanzou winced to himself, not noticing his other young protégé quake with rage.

 

 

“How do I unsummon it!?” he yelled angrily at the confused animal who only responded by cocking his head in his direction. “This is embarrassing.” He sighed exasperated. “You go away!” He continued to berate the poor animal so more as his sensei looked on slack jawed at his reaction.

 

 

“Calm down Sarutobi he'll disappear when he's ready, you should really treat him with more respect you never know when you'll need his help.” He tried to lecture the young boy but his words were obviously lost on his as his student turned around frowning.

 

 

“A monkey?” he said calmly with hidden rage obvious in his voice. “I'm going to need the help of a monkey!?” he screamed loudly in his face, Tanzou took a step back wincing. The yelling had caught the attention of his other two students who looked up fearfully as Sarutobi's rage pulsed through the area. He really did have quiet the temper for such a young boy. “What kind of warrior summons a monkey?” He dramatically pulled at his hair.

 

 

“He might look small now Sarutobi but you aren't so big yourself right now.” A blush spread across Sarutobi's face as he looked away with embarrassment and more than a little bit anger. The boy didn't like to be reminded of his shortness. Emi threw her blue hair back and let out a hearty laugh. Tanzou quickly dispatched her with a look that could make even the energetic Emi be silent. Learning how to deal with Emi's exuberance had been in his opinion his greatest challenge as a teacher.

 

 

“Give him time to grow and he could very well turn out to be a worthy ally someday.” Sarutobi didn't look like he believed him as he watched the monkey chatter and crawl up his body trying to grope at his face, but for the first time since he had summoned the monkey Sarutobi cracked a smile and reached out with his hand to stroke the soft fur. With a little bit of a remaining pout he looked to his sensei.

 

 

“He better grow really big.” Sarutobi stated as if it made a difference, Tanzou nodded in agreement and winked to his other students as they cleaned themselves off. Sarutobi Tsumon, Ryou Nara, and Emi Suiren his own little team of misfits were in themselves a handful. Sarutobi his fiery young student was temperamental but by all standards could easily be considered a genius for his quick thinking and strategic planning. Ryou his level headed student was usually quiet calm he was very proficient at covert operations and laying traps but unfortunately was easily irritated by his other student Emi. She could easily be called Kohnoha's biggest headache, pranks and anything of sheer volume were her specialty, he had never seen someone quiet as good at distraction as the little punk. They were in Tanzou's opinion a great team.

 

 

“Can any of you tell me why Sarutobi succeeded and you two failed this sort of Justu?” Ryou sat down contemplating the answer while Sarutobi blushed at the word complement; Emi scowled at him and offered her answer by sticking her tongue out at him. After a few moments of silence Ryou looked up shyly.

 

 

 

 

 

“Could it be that this sort of summoning Jutsu only works on those who haven't signed a summoning contract?” A lazy smile spread across Tanzou's face as he cuffed Ryou on the forhead playfully.

 

 

“Very good Ryou, both you and Emi have family contracts that you have signed probably when you were just old enough to write. Your contracts allow you to summon different ninja animals in your family.” He took a breath and waited to make sure he had their attention before continuing “The Jutsu I just taught you does not work on the same level as contracts, the blood pact you just made Sarutobi bounds you to that animal alone.”

 

 

“So why did you have us out here for hours trying to do this Jutsu if you knew we would fail?” Emi asked sourly, watching Sarutobi try to wrench the monkey off his face.

 

 

“Think of it as a test of patience.” He said winking at the girl, her face darkened considerably

 

 

“You better teach me a cool Jutsu for that!” she yelled with a huff.

 

 

“I think I can come up with a few you might like.” It wasn't difficult to think of a

Jutsu that Emi might enjoy anything that ended with a bang or an explosion so long if it didn't involve water it suited her just fine. Like the name implied water techniques were what her family specialized in. On closer examination it wasn't difficult to see that she hadn't inherited the element or the personality of a water user. No if he had to guess he would say she was a wind or lightening element. It was very unfortunate that she had no talent for water techniques. This peculiarity was probably why she had ended up on his team, he had been given a team of dead lasts in hope that he would be able to bring make useful shinobi out of them where their academy teach had failed. He had the Genius who was afraid of success, The Nara who was afraid of the dark and the Suirens only hydrophobic, they were a motley crew indeed. He had received this team when they were fresh out of the academy at ten, that had been two years ago. Where awkward children had stood, trained ninja's now took their place. He had never been more proud of anything in his life.

 

 

“So what are you going to name him?” his thoughts were cut off as his attention

was drawn back to his students who were now sitting in a circle playing with the young monkey.

 

 

“Do I get to name him?” Sarutobi looked considerably pleased about the prospect and looked to Tanzou with excitement.

 

 

“I don't see why not.” He grinned at the boy “you probably shouldn't call him `thing' for the rest of your life.” Ryou laughed into his hand at Tanzou's statement and beamed down at the monkey. Ryou had been known as the scaredy cat of the team since pretty much day one. Emi had played an overall lame trick of putting spider down his back, and his reaction had been enough to make him Emi's number one target ever since. He couldn't think of a mission in which poor Ryou wasn't pranked in some way. The poor boy truly did not fit the Nara stereotype. It had taken a lot of training to teach the boy how to hide his fear.

 

 

“He needs a tough name like Thor or Hulk.” Sarutobi said thoughtfully, scowling a bit at the snort that followed

 

 

“Men, you really suck at naming things.” Emi rolled her eyes at Sarutobi glared at her indignantly.

 

 

“Well what do you have in mind them?” He quickly regretted the question as her blue eyes shone evilly at him.

 

 

“I was thinking Sarutobi-chan, just like his master!” She began to laugh into her hand at her own joke, it was only mildly surprising when Sarutobi launched himself at her, and another tousle ensued. He wasn't sure how Emi made it through the day sometimes, the way she picked fights. Tanzou rolled his eyes lightly and let the skirmish continue for a few moments before picking Sarutobi off of Emi by the scruff of his shirt. After a few seconds of panting they continued like nothing had happened. Tanzou shook his head at their childlike antics. He watched Ryou crestfallen face as `Rover' was firmly rejected, and Emi's grin when she contributed a few more colorful names to the list, Sarutobi's face took on it's signature thinking expression right before he came up with a master plan.

 

 

“Emna” Sarutobi finally stated looking somber. At the name the Monkey crawled up Sarutobi's chest further driving his decision. “His name is Emna” He said firmly looking to the others for approval. The round of nods that followed made him smile. The remnants of the town they were staying in was called `Emna' their mission had been to search this town for survivors, it was quickly determined upon arrival that there hadn't been any survivors of this incident. This had hit his students hard; despite the way they tried to hide it. He could tell by the way Sarutobi hung his head while searching, Ryou wore his hood up to hide his face and the way Emi's seemingly endless energy died down to nothing. Trying to deter his student's depression he had come up with the idea to show them the summoning Jutsu in order to distract them, it had worked better than he ever could have expected.

 

 

“It's a good name.” he said to his students comfortingly

 

 

Sometimes it really surprised him how young these kids really were, right now they were in a recently burnt to the ground town in the middle of a war zone. Tomorrow they would be out in the field again fighting and maybe killing if the need arose, yet here they were in the middle of chaos and they could still find a way to be children. His bleak thoughts were interrupted by his students who were now playing a very skilled game of tag with the newly named Emna.

 

 

Tanzou couldn't hold back a grin. How could things go wrong?

 

 

 

 

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Hey guys! I am not done with Edit the Sad Parts (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3105099/1/), but I needed a break, and this scene has been in my head for a longtime I had to try writing it out.

 

Some names should be familiar to you

Sarutobi - the third Hokage

Nara - The Nara clan (shikamaru)

Tanzou Hatake - this is the name I gave the Second Hokage there isn't one given to him in the Canon

 

I'm not sure if this is going to be a one-shot or not, so if it's well received I might write more to it.

 

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Take it easy guys

 

-Dramamine