62Disclaimer: I don't own NARUTO nor H.O.T.D.! I only own this plot!
AN: English isn't my daily language so be cool with me
Overall Summary: Naruto, Shikamaru, Sakura and Chôji find themselves in Tokonosu and they will have to adapt as the ninjas they are.
The story take place in the manga, not the anime that I still haven't seen.
Chapter 0: The Dead of a God
« Troublesome » was the thought of one incredulous Shikamaru Nara with a comatose Naruto Uzumaki in his arms as they fall from a vortex in the sky with some other shinobis dead and alive. The culminating point of the war has reached the highest level with the four previous Hokage appearing.
The First has used his Wood Release to ensnare the Juubi. The Second has placed Madara in the direct path of the Fourth. The father of Naruto then uses his Flying thunder-god technique to absorb the Edo Tenseï Madara in a dimensional pocket lost in time and space somewhere.
If the easily defeat of Madara wasn't humiliating enough, they then attempt to write the most complex and gigantic seal with the Third to banish the Apocalypse in body while the First was able to restrict the beast without help!
But then why is the Nara falling from the sky?
Because with Obito and Madara absent, the humongous creäture was able to recuperate its free will or part of it without Kurama and Gyuuki. Its survival instincts kicked in and its first task was to trash and obliterate in the process many shinobis and samurai. At this thought, the dark hair survivor felt a pinch in his heart while images after images of his precious dead people scrolled in his mind. Shikamaru needed a moment to stop and squash all this recent memories to prepare his… crash? "Troublesome" and all was dark!
Pain! That was the unique sensation that he was conscious of. Where was he? Was he alone? How has he ended in this situation? Why was this entire body aching? He forced himself to concentrate, to think, to place in the back of his mind the agony. After a moment, his breathing came under control. In a flash, his mind recollected all, the war, the death, the hope and the inconceivable outcome!
Then moans of pain that weren't his reached him, forcing him to open his eyes in search of the others presences. When finally his vision stopped being troublesome, he couldn't help but sweat dropped, he was in the middle of nowhere in some sea! And only now could he felt the moisture of salt water on him and in his mouth! He was more out of it than he ever experienced in his life. A flash of yellow grabbed his attention: "NARUTO!"
With all the force he could muster, he went to the former jinchuriki… former? Oh hell! His discussion with the Kyubi appeared in his mind while he forced himself to reach his comatose friend faster! The damn bijuu couldn't cross the frontier between the worlds, this resulted in a forceful extraction for Naruto. Kurama assured him that the blond would survive like his mother but in the same time would be in shock for a while. But this troublesome tailed beast just had to add a terrifying and heart wrenching vision of the future of the world they were actually in, all this corpses walking and hunting the livings but the fucking bastard didn't tell him the most important and crucial information… WHEN?
With an unconscious and barely alive Naruto on his shoulders, the Nara looked for others survivors, he wasn't able to do anything for the dead, and even his precious Temari was in this nightmarish sea of blood… Shit! His mind was really slow today, he hadn't thought of the fucking sharks before now. Stop… There a moan… It was "CHO!" His best friend Chôji was alive and with him. With just a light nudge, his armored friend was on feet and alert. Damn, he's really though! A cry behind them attired their attention on Sakura running in this red sea with heavy tears of hurt and relief. They were four and maybe other but then the first sharks begun theirs all you can eat buffet! With just a resign look, a silent understanding passed between the three survivors, they had no choice and needed to flee to dry land. They were too exhausted against too many predators.
The four dimension travelling shinobis which one unconscious former jinchuriki run for hours before being able to see land and for their first argument. Sakura who want to go to the city immediately to heal Naruto and Shikamaru against for the simple reason that this isn't their world, they know nothing of the language, habits, customs, technology, military, rules and numerous others detail. Chôji who has Naruto on his shoulders fed up with the girl who can't think rationally decides to go with surety in this new world and changes his course to the forest left of the city without a word. The other two following too absorbed in their dispute aren't aware until the sound of the waves reachs them.
The glare Sakura cast to Chôji is terrifying, if looks could kill, the two men have no illusion than Chôji would be dead in the most gruesome possible way. He is saved by a moan of Naruto that distracts the medic to her last teammate. Said blond hair shinobi has a terrible fever and is sweating at an alarming rate. After a rapid examination, Sakura finds the problem and fix it with some chakra pill.
Meanwhile, the son of the junin commander of Konoha is taking stock of the situation. They are in hostile territory until proven otherwise without the most basic of information with a heavily disabled comrade, the most powerful, charismatic, luckiest son of a bitch and hopeful of the group. There is no way in hell to even entertain the idea of abandoning him, they need him to go trough this new world and new nightmare (fucking Juubi!).
But first thing first, they need a secure camp out of sight to plan their next course of action and allow the blond to rest safely. And as of luck, there is this magnificent cavern that will be perfect as a temporary fall point. After moving Naruto to the cavern, the discussion on the strategy to be pursed leads to yet another disagreement between Sakura and Shikamaru. Akimichi "peacemaker" Chôji piss off tried to took care of the problem by proposing that Sakura goes seeking help while the Nara will follow in her shadows. Sakura want to go now because the status of Naruto is really problematic, the Nara want to argue they are tired but clamp his mouth to avoid a new quarrel.
This world is confusing for Sakura. These people wear such strange and impracticable clothes or so delicate looking. The technology seems centuries ahead of the shinobi world that it isn't even funny. And so many people, so noisy are living in a city of dimension inconceivable that surpass Konoha by easily twenty times. This new world is just mind-blowing for a shinobi but the most glaring difference between the two world, it's chakra or more precisely the non-appearance of the vital energy in this technology based world. The end result, there is no chakra-user, so no ninja or samurai to maintain order. This fact unnerves the pink hair teenager because then who keep up the order? Who have the power?
Her train of thoughts is stopped by the sight of a woman harassed by four men. She doesn't even stop to consider her options. These people have no chakra therefore they are no threat to her. The men seem baffled that a young teenager like her interferes in their business without fear of them. She smirks arrogantly and coldly after she takes down one of them by crushing his heart and chest with just one punch.
BANG! … BANG!
After these two detonations, she can't hear anything at all, the world seems to slow and lost focus. Looking down, she spots two holes where her own blood is escaping. Her medical knowledge tells her that her left lung has been pierced, grave but not fatal if mend properly. The second injury on the other hand is on her heart, she is surprised to still retain her consciousness just before collapsing. She is aware of Shikamaru killing the thugs with kunai in their head before taking her on the nearest roof.
She wants to apologize for being bitchy since they come here but her mouth won't move. Shikamaru tries the first aid but his panic is all too clear for her. He shoots to her but she doesn't hear it, probably something like: don't give up. Tears appear more and more with her growing despair, she realizes this is her end. "N..to" she refuses to die without a last word for her blond knucklehead, he just lost his dream, Hinata, Kakashi, Sasuke and now her. He will need to know that he was her last coherent thought! Gathering her last force and all her will, she tries one last time: "Naruto move on"
Shikamaru can't help the flood of tears. One of the most important bond and support of Naruto lays in his lap, dead. And he doesn't blame her or Chôji, he blames himself for not thinking enough this situation, he should have found a way to seek help without danger. At least, he should have stopped her before she goes in this alley to face these four thugs. But his worst nightmare comes to life. At first sight, this world seems without threat to them, this world doesn't use chakra but it is the opposite. This world is based on technology which they don't know and can't imagine the limits or basics use. They let their guard down and pay the price in full with the loss of the most important element for their survival and the most precious person of Naruto in the group of survivors. This is a huge blow, devastating… Naruto doesn't know Sakura is in this dimension but her last words are too important to lose. He needs to think and needs rest and time to think properly, two things he hasn't now. The sound of heavy footsteps approaches him more and more, he needs to move, he needs to disappear to let the situation cools down.
The eighteen years old Police Officer in training Matsushima Reina is following as well as she can the twenty-two years old decorated Police Officer Minami Rika who is already at the roof's door and listening for suspicious noises with the regular Smith & Wesson M.37 air weight but in this instant she would make a fucking striptease to have her Springfield M1A1 super match instead due to what she witnesses before.
She heard the two shoots coming from a dark alley but then this black hair teen appeared from nowhere and run at speed she couldn't believe with three knives in his left hand. When she arrived in the dark alley, there was four corpses, one with the chest smashed and three with some odd knives in the middle of their heads and finally a woman petrified with her gaze pointing to the top of the building. She was shocked! How the young man could disappear like that was he some kind of magician or… ninja. The knives were fucking kunaï, what the hell! Looking more closely at the woman, she realized that the woman wasn't shocked because of the corpse but by the escape of the teenager! She analysed all this in less than five seconds, enough for the newbie to catch up. After signaling her to follow, she broke through the emergency exit and was relieved this was only a four-storey building without lift only one staircases.
With the arrival of Matsushima, she decides to break through the door fiercely and ready to fire but the moment she spots the wannabe ninja she finds him with a pink hair teenager. The two adolescent have tears drawing furrows on theirs cheeks, the girl seems to be the victim of the two shoots she heard before and looks unmoving, probably dead. Theirs eyes meet and before she can do anything at all, just before her eyes, he vanishes with the dead girl in a vortex leaves. Oh hell! She can't believe he was a bona fide and true to legends ninja! Nobody will even consider her report is true. Just one minute… ninja of legends were assassin. She hopes against all odds that he won't go in a killing spree because she doubts anybody can stop him.
- Rika-Sempaï… was this man… a ninja? Ask an unsettled Matsushima
- I sure hope no otherwise this city will become bloody. Answer coolly Minami
- I think I will request transferred to the circulation. Retorts the youngest after a moment to absorb the enormity of the situation
- And me to the S.A.T. Finishes Minami before heading for the exit
FYI: the three shinobis are seventeen years old and their arrival is 5 years before the events of H.O.T.D. The plot is already written but not the chapter. So if you have some wish, I will see if I can join it.
So is my English better than 8 years old boy or worst, be honest but with tact please!
This is my first try attempt at writing English.
Bye!