A New Start | By : shadow83 Category: Naruto > General Views: 3431 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All I own is the plot and my OC’s. A/N; and here’s chapter three. Enjoy. Chapter Three For the first time, Akihiko awoke without having to be afraid of the villagers hurting him. He was far away from the hatred and the pain. He was at his new home. A knock on his bedroom door shook Aki out of his thoughts. “Hey Aki, you up yet?” His older brother, Rikku, called. “I’m coming, aniki,” comes back the reply. Rikku grinned as he headed down to breakfast. At first he was skeptical when his father came home with Aki, but now Rikku adored having a little brother. Aki had been staying with his family for three months now. At first the youngest of the family was skittish of them, and then little by little Aki got used to them and started to relax. His mother, Yukiko, and his sister, Kira, loved to spoil the now youngest member of their family. And Aki loved the attention. His father had started to teach Aki about running the restaurant; while Rikku himself had started teaching Aki about cars, more along the line of fixing cars. Aki had taken to the experience eagerly. He loved to learn new things, which is probably why his mother had also started teaching Akihiko how to cook. Rikku smiled at that, his little brother sure loved their mom’s homemade cooking. A thunder of footsteps on the stairs let Rikku know that Aki was up and ready for breakfast. (Konoha) Tsunade looked across her desk at the ninja gathered before her. Everyone who had once been her gaki’s friend was there, including the Uchia. Sasuke had heard about Naruto’s banishment and had returned to the village on his own. He’d had a change of heart. He had realized, if not too late, that his friendship with Naruto had meant more to him than he’d thought. His brother could wait; Naruto on the other hand could not. He needed to find the blonde and tell him that he really considered him a friend and family. He only hoped that it wasn’t too late. Tsunade looked from the gathered ninja to the paperwork sitting on her desk. There was the excuse they needed to look even further for their missing blonde. One of the villages in the shadow lands had a ghost problem. Various unusual sightings had been happening at the local high school. That was why the Rookie nine plus Gai’s team now stood before her. Even Iruka was there. She decided to allow the Chunin to go on this mission simply because he was a teacher, but mainly because the one person who seemed to know the most about the paranormal was a shy boy. Iruka had a way with children, just look at how close he was to Naruto. Naruto considered the Chunin to be family, and to Naruto his family and his friends were everything. Tsunade looked up from the paperwork and began explaining exactly what their mission entailed and why she was sending all of them. “The reason you are here is because I have a mission for you. Yes, for all of you. There have been various odd happenings in a small town just past the shadow lands and the man in charge has asked that we look into it. “The reason that I’m sending so many of you is that there is a rumor that Naruto may be living in this town. And I know that all of you would love to see him again. Another reason is because these incidents may not be only at the school. There may be more that the officials are currently unaware of.” Tsunade then turned to Iruka, “I’m sending you with them for two reasons; one is you might run into Naruto and two is that there may be a boy at the high school that could help you find out what is going on. His name is Akihiko Akira, he has a great interest in the paranormal, but he is really shy and doesn’t like to be around many people. We may need to get the boy’s help, and we believe that you might be able to help him with his shyness.” Iruka nodded and replied, “I’ll do my best.” Tsunade nodded back and said, “Here are the mission assignments and a map to the town. I want a report at least once a week on your progress. This mission has no time limit, so take your time and do a thorough job; Dismissed.” The gathered ninja nodded and left to go get ready. Outside the Hokage Tower, Kakashi addressed the ninja. “We’ll meet at the gates in twenty minutes, until then go pack.” The gathered ninja nodded and left to get ready for the long mission. Twenty minutes later, Sasuke and Sakura arrived at the gates first. The rest of their group soon followed. Once everyone had gotten there the group left for the shadow lands. The next three days passed uneventful for our Konoha ninja, but all too soon they reached the mountains. It was only a couple days walk from there to the town, where their mission started. (Two days later) Two days later, Kakashi and the others arrived at the town called Inaba. This is where those unusual happenings were. Kakashi paused at the town’s entrance before turning to address the others. “The first thing we need to do is find a place to stay, and then we need to get you guys enrolled at the high school.” Kurenai spoke up next, “There should be an apartment complex that has some rooms for rent. If we could find one that’s rather cheap, then each team can get their own apartment.” “Sounds like a plan, but mind you it may be only a three bedroom place that we can get, so you’ll each probably have roommate.” Azuma pointed out. The rookies nodded, they had figured out this already. “Good, now for the room assignments. Kurenai will get an apartment with Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and Hinata.” Kakashi began again. “Azuma will take Neji, Shikamaru, and Choji. Gai will take Sasuke and Lee, and Kiba, Shino, and I will be staying together along with Iruka. Everyone understand?” The Ninja looked confused about the room arrangements. “Why can’t we just stay with our original teams?” Sakura asked. “The main reason is; that our teams are not even anymore. And the second reason is that; this way, not only are the teams even, it’ll give you a chance to get to know everyone better. We don’t know how long we’ll be staying here, its better that you get used to working on different teams.” Kakashi explained. “Besides, when you start getting your own teams, you won’t always be with the people you worked with when you were genin.” Iruka pointed out. The others nodded. When there were no more questions the Konoha ninja continued on their way. A few hours later Iruka called the others to a stop. “Don’t you think it would be better if we continue looking for a place after we get something to eat?” Kakashi nodded, and looked around the area they were currently at. Then he spotted a sign that said “Kou’s Restaurant and Lounge”. “How about there?” With a nod from the rest of the group, Kakashi and the others went inside. Sasuke was looking around the comfortable interior of the building when a blonde haired boy came out from behind the counter. “Welcome to Kou’s, what can I get you?” The blue-eyed boy asked. The others spun around startled at the voice. Sakura was the first one to speak. She smiled and said, “Hi, my names Sakura. Do you work here?” The blonde haired boy smiled back shyly and replied, “The names Akihiko. This is my dad’s restaurant and I help him out after school, well him and my aniki.” Iruka startled at the name, “Akihiko? Are you Akihiko Akira?” The boy nodded and asked his tone suspicious, “yeah, why?” Iruka smiled softly and replied, “We’re ninja here on a mission. We heard that you were the one we should talk to about the weird happenings at your school.” Aki relaxed, “oh, that. They’re just rumors. I don’t know why Hiragashi-sama sent for ninja to help.” “Y-you d-don’t b-believe something o-odd is g-going on?” Hinata asked. Aki looked at the shy Hyuuga and said, “It’s not that I don’t believe it’s just that nothing is really going on.” “Care to explain that?” Kakashi said this time. Aki looked to the grey-haired ninja and said, “Sure, the rumor is that if you stay after school too long you get eaten by a ghost.” Aki sighed, “Everyone knows that ghosts can’t really harm you. They have no physical form. So the rumor is bogus.” “You ever stayed after school yourself?” Kiba piped up. Aki shrugged, “well, no.” “Then how do you know it’s bogus?” “I didn’t say that the possibility was bogus, just the thought of ghosts eating people. That the school is haunted is very likely.” Kurenai spoke up next, “What makes you say that?” Aki shrugged again, “the disappearances.” Kakashi started at this, “disappearances?” Aki gave him an odd look, “yeah. Isn’t that why you guys are here, because some of the people have gone missing?” “Yeah, but we don’t have that much information to go on.” Iruka answered. “Huh,” Aki remarked, “So you guys are here to solve a mystery that you have no idea about?” “Pretty much,” Sasuke remarked, “You think that maybe you could help us out?” “Me? Why do you need me?” “You’re supposed to be the expert on the paranormal,” Kiba answered. Aki laughed sheepishly at that, “yeah, about that…” Aki was interrupted by the arrival of his older brother. Rikku called, “Aki! Where are you? Mom needs your help in the kitchen.” “In the restaurant,” he called back. Just then a boy with brown hair and soft blue eyes walked into the restaurant. “Oh, I didn’t know we have customers.” Rikku remarked spotting the Konoha ninja. Rikku turned to his brother and asked, “Did you already take their order?” Aki smiled at his brother and answered, “no, not yet. They are here on a mission and someone told them that I could help out.” Rikku laughed at that. “I told you your curiosity would get you into trouble one day.” Akihiko laughed as well, “I can’t help it. I love to learn new things and that paranormal stuff is fascinating.” That just caused Rikku to laugh harder. “Only you would find ghosts, demons, angels and vampires fascinating.” Aki blushed, “It’s your guys fault. All those horror movies you have me watch on the weekends.” “So what did you think of the Resident Evil saga?” Aki beamed, “those movies were great! I loved them!” Rikku laughed yet again. “I knew you would. This weekend we’re going to watch Doom. It’s a little different than the other movies we’ve been watching. This is more Sci-Fi than horror.” Aki cocked his head, “Sci-fi?” Rikku nodded, “yeah it’s like paranormal but more futuristic.” Aki’s brow furrowed in confusion, “Futuristic how?” Rikku sighed as he answered, “Advanced technology, advanced weapons, cloning, genetic research, that sort of thing.” “Huh,” Aki remarked, “Sounds cool.” The Konoha ninja had been quiet up until that point. Then Sakura’s curiosity got the best of her. “What exactly are you guys talking about?” Aki turned his attention to her and answered suddenly shy, “movies.” Rikku smiled at his little brother before turning his attention to their visitors. “It’s just something that the whole family does every Friday. Friday is our movie night.” Sakura nodded, “What kind of movies do you watch?” Rikku smirked and answered, “Horror and Sci-fi.” They all looked over to Aki at that. Aki smiled shyly, “Now you know why I like all that paranormal stuff. There are some really good movies out there, if you guys get a chance you should really check them out.” “Which ones would you recommend?” Iruka asked. “Gee, which kind Rikku?” Aki turned it his brother, “Hardcore horror or something a little calmer?” Rikku smirked again, “I don’t think anything along the lines of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is good for beginners.” “What about the Exorcism of Emily Rose?” Rikku shook his head, “Still too harsh for beginners.” Aki thought for a minute. “Huh, this is a tough one.” Suddenly the blonde snapped his fingers, “I’ve got it! What about Independence Day?” Rikku nodded, “that’s a pretty good choice, but actually, it leans a bit more towards the sci-fi than the horror genre, but yeah, still good for someone starting out, I think.” “What’s Independence Day?” Sasuke asked. “It’s an American movie. Let’s see how to explain,” Aki paused to gather his words, “oh! It’s about an alien invasion. You see some hostile aliens come and destroy some really important building, The White House, I think it’s called, and then the good team sends out these planes to see if they can take out the mother ship. It’s really good, once you get into it.” Sasuke nodded. “Maybe we’ll give it a try if we get the chance.” Aki smiled. Sasuke noticed that this blonde was a lot like Naruto. There were some differences like personality and that fact that this boy didn’t have Naruto’s whiskers. It was almost as if this boy was what Naruto would have been like had he had his own family. Sasuke started at that thought. Could this really be their Naruto? A female voice coming from the back interrupted his thoughts, “Akihiko, where are you?” Aki’s grin got wider as he answered, “In the restaurant, mom.” “Where in Kami’s name is your brother? I told him I wanted to see you awhile ago,” Yukiko said exasperated as she walked into the restaurant. “He’s here with me. We were talking about movies and the ghost rumors at school.” “What in Kami’s name for?” “There are some ninja here that are investigating them.” Rikku answered pointing to Sasuke and the others. Yukiko looked over towards the Konoha ninja, “you’re here to look into some school rumors? What about the disappearances?” Kakashi was the one that answered. “We weren’t given that much information to go on.” Yukiko shook her head, “What were they thinking? Sending you here with hardly any information? Do you at least have a contact?” Rikku and Akihiko exchanged a look. Yukiko looked over at them, “What is it boys?” Rikku answered, “They’re contact is Aki.” Yukiko looked confused, “Aki? Why Aki, he’s not an investigator.” Rikku was again the one who answered, “because of his curiosity about the paranormal.” Yukiko turned to her youngest child and said, “I told you that those books of yours were going to get you into trouble one day.” Aki shrugged, “I know but I can’t help it. That stuff is just so interesting.” Yukiko was about to reply when another voice interrupted her. A female voice called, “Aki? Are you in here?” Aki grinned wider and hollered back, “In the restaurant, Sayuri*.” Aki turned to the kitchen just as a young girl with tanned skin walked through. She looked to be about thirteen with long light brown hair pulled up into a bun with what appeared to be two decorative senbon holding it up. She had aquamarine colored eyes and she was wearing a white shirt with light blue flowers along the bottom and a light blue skirt. White sandals were on her feet. Sayuri walked over to Aki and pulled him into a hug. Aki turned to his visitors and said, “Everyone, this is my girlfriend, Sayuri.” *Sayuri means lily in Japanese. A/N: sorry for the long wait. I’ve had a lot of school work to do. Now that I have a little more free time, I’ll be able to update my stories more often. Forgive the errors- none of my stories are beta-ed.
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