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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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"Hokage-sama we have the results of the tests in" Shizune started, entering the office and sweat-dropping at the sight before her "...umm, hokage sama? What are you doing?"
"Nevermind that" the blonde woman snapped "which tests are you talking about? The ones from the hospital or the ones from the authenticator."
"Both actually" she answered "I was about to bring you the hospital results when the others came in."
"Give me the hospital ones first. My gaki's health is more important right now" she held her hand out. Obediently the younger woman handed them over. After flipping through the pages for a few minutes and scouring the information her frowned deepened "this is NOT good."
"Even though he's adapting to this, it creates a few problems" Shizune said "like what to do when it comes to blood transfusions."
"I'm also worried about the way this will affect his Skulk" Tsunade continued to frown "every time Naruto changes, even slightly, it affects his brothers and wife. We really do NOT need them to suddenly mutate into something else. A ninja with two heads or tentacles is no use to the village. Not only will I have clan members calling for blood, but Naruto blaming himself."
Shizune looked shocked and surprised "the link between them is really THAT strong?"
"You don't know how deep it is, even Janos and myself, with all our experience, can't even begin to understand it. Whatever they did when they were kids, it bound them at an spiritual and even bodily level. Then becoming Guardians bond them at a charka, body and genetic level. They are quiet literally brothers and one sister as if born that way. If even one was to die somehow...." she shook her head "I don't think the others would survive. That is, IF Shikamaru would ever let that happen."
Shizune gasped "so they..."
"They are this worlds chosen, her warriors, do you think she would let death take even one of them?"
Shizune shook her head.
"Anyway, what has been done about this?" she waved the report.
"We have medical experts and blood specialists looking at it now, including Kabuto."
"Give a sample to Sakura" the Fifth and only female Hokage ordered "her position as Guardian might help."
"Yes mame" the girl bowed.
'"Secondly the other report."
She handed it over.
After reading it over briefly she grunted "so all those scrolls, that information from the Namikaze grounds is real."
"Yes mame, the authenticator compared the scrolls against official documents locked safely away in an secret location. The writing is real and from who is claimed to be and the age of the ink and scrolls themselves are dated from the right time period."
Tsunade sat back in her chair, looking thoughtful "so all that information is true, at least from their point of view. The Namikaze are related to the Senju-that makes Naruto more than family to me than before."
"Hokage sama?" Shizune frowned.
"After I read those scrolls I did some research of my own. I went through my families files as far back as I could go to try and confirm any of what was on there. I found out a few interesting things."
"Like what?" she asked curiously.
"How the Uzumaki's are distant cousins to us. That means Naruto has more Senju blood in him than I initially thought, BOTH sides are related to us. Also there was an investigation into the massacre of the Uzumaki clan. It turns out they weren't just murdered because their high life force, powerful chakra stores or knowledge and expertise with sealing. There was mentions of an orb of power, something that the clan protected and even worshiped in some ways. After close examination and careful studying I believe the entire Uzumaki clan were not only connected to nature but those full Guardians."
Shizune's eyes widened "you mean...."
The blonde woman nodded "the pillars were originally linked to nature, forcefully so. So the Guardians and their descendants were connected to nature as well. The full Guardians were connected in ways the past versions were not. The orb they bore embodied the very spirit of nature. This explains Naruto's appointment as balance. His mother was an full Guardian and his father was Balance, we know Naruto inherited most his genetics from his father, but his mothers influence pushed him over just that much closer to nature. Without the orb to communicate to him, nature did the only thing she could, she claimed NEW guardians and manipulated them so they were even closer to her, more nature than human."
"What happened to the orb?" Shizune frowned.
Tsunade shook her head slowly "that's just it, unknown. During his time as Forth, Minato tried investigating the slaughter, probably to give Kushina some closure-and because the Uzumaki and Namikaze are distantly related, so family to him in a way. He found some interesting things as well as the fact that it was the orb that was the REAL reason behind the clan being almost completely wiped out."
"How so?"
"Minato discovered the other villages DIDN'T attack because they feared the clans high life force OR their expertise in sealing, it was the orb they were after. Either they were jealous the clan had such a connection to nature through it and wanted it for themselves, or...."
"They thought the orb was the source of the Uzumaki clan's abilities and knowledge and wanted it for themselves" Tsunade nodded in confirmation of her assistant's thoughts. "But who has it now?" the other was alarmed "another village could...."
Tsunade shook her head "no, I highly doubt it. Minato claimed he found it's location. It's hidden somewhere 'in plain sight', but wouldn't say where."
Shizune frowned thoughtfully "in plain sight, humm." She looked up "could he have hidden it in the Namikaze Clan grounds? It would be safe and protected there and would have been nearby for Kushina."
"No, but even though he refused the state in any of the documents found by Naruto that myself and Janos-san have read where he-or anyone else-had hidden it, we HAVE pieced together that it is not only in the village, but an Senju is in possession of it, or WAS, until recently."
Shizune looked at her "but YOU are the only Senju here?!"
The blonde woman nodded "Naruto said that somehow it's back in the Namikaze home and possession now, although with the clan grounds only just reopened in the last few days that how the item could suddenly go from our keeping to theirs, I have no idea."
"Maybe it has to do with the opening of the clan grounds, like some time-lock. Say while there was no Namikaze or Uzumaki to protect it it was hidden in some Senju safe or such somewhere. But once Naruto entered the clan home, his genetics activated an jutsu that transported it back to a place in that grounds. Kind of security to ensure there is always someone to protect it." Shizune looked thoughtful. Something suddenly struck her "Naruto's nature Balance item! It's an crystal ball, an orb! And he got it from an area set up by one of his ancestors!!"
"That WOULD make sense, under the circumstances, but I doubt it. It was under care of an Senju, then Minato and now either Naruto has it or it's somewhere in the Namikaze Clan grounds. Minato had no knowledge of the pillars OR the trapped area under it. All indications are that area-including the items-have been there since BEFORE Hidden Leaf. It was done not long before it sure, but at the time the Uzumaki clan still lived in Whirlpool."
Shizune frowned thoughtfully "then where...how are you going to find out where it is?"
"I'm going to have to send Naruto to Whirlpool, see if he can pick up the trail from there. If that land and any secrets are hidden by Uzumaki clan seals it's possible Naruto's Uzumaki blood will get him through."
"And if not Hokage sama?"
She shrugged "I don't know."
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The waves on the docks moved soothingly against the poles, a regular beat sounding as gentle was the water itself, almost like an heart beat. The small fishingboating village was quiet except for the few seagulls crying out as they flew above the water, looking for a stray fish or two. Fishermen hauled their catch ashore from their boats-to be sold at the small community market while others entered the moderately sized tavern, hard-earned pay in hand, ready to drink away their exhaustion.
The occasional tree swayed in the breeze, lining the shores outside the walls of the small town, houses spotting the outside of the bushiness so the shadows stretched long and nearly all the way to the dock.
It was one of these shadows, particularly thick as it was joined by it's brethren in an thick clump-that seemed to move in an unnatural way, almost writhing like an snake baking in the hot sun.
Suddenly it seemed to split down the middle, almost like an bag being unzipped, allowing three figures, one after the other, to step through and out onto the firm ground, almost like magic.
The first was an tall lanky boy with dark hair tied up behind him in an sort of spiky style, wearing a pale brown pair of pants and shirt made of SOMETHING that resembled leather.
The second had dark hair as well, but wore an black full-body suit with edges of orange, covered with an trench coat. Hidden under the coat, nine tails waved slowly, slightly while two different types of wings were folded against the back, hidden also.
The third was also dark haired, but his was short, he also wore an trench coat, but his was closed around him, collar up to hide the bottom of his face. He seemed uncomfortable and a slight occasional buzz sound came from him.
At the sound, the wingedtailed boy lay a comforting hand on his arm, eyes solemn and concerned, the other visibly trying to control himself.
The buzzing slowly faded.
Satisfied his companion was better in control the winged and tailed boy turned back to the other, in time to watch him pop a few capsules in his mouth and frown, concerned "are you alright? I know you took us a good distance from home."
The lanky figure shrugged lazily "I've gone further, and taking more people than this."
"Yes but not as fast as this, and not straight after an previous mission either."
The figure shrugged again but didn't speak.
"Why are we here?" the short haired coat covered other asked almost emotionlessly.
"Two reasons. One, Shika can't take us across water. The fact it's an constantly moving surface with shadows only underwater is dangerous and something he's never tried before. If it was just an river or pond, no problem, but an ocean is too vast and wide-the other side too far.
Second-we're meeting a contact here. Apparently baachan was worried about the fact my Uzumaki blood might be no longer strong enough to class me as one, in which case this trip was wasted."
His next words were not out loud "Baachan was concerned and has been keeping Orochimaru-sama up-to-date through Kabuto. When he found out our problem, he told her he'd send help. It seems that he has an Uzumaki in Sound and new enough he's not worried about the one-eyed ninja knowing them. I don't know who or if it's a guy or girl, but whoever it is is a sensor as well. So he sent them to help us-just in case."
"Where are we to meet them?"
Before the boy could speak, another voice did "you're LATE."
Perched in the tree above them was a female figure with long red hair. Noticing she had their attention, she jumped down, landing in front of them.
She was armed with an sheathed katana behind her-like Naruto and Kain preferred to do. She wore an sleeveless black leather-like shirt that covered her to the base of her ribs, but left her stomach and sides exposed (think Sai's belly shirt, just sleeveless). Her lower covering was an pare of tight black shorts of the same material, black ninja sandles and ninja mesh 'stockings' as well as armlets AND an actual body-type stocking. It covered her from shoulders to mid-thigh.
She wore an Sound haitite of black around her forehead and under her red hair, black rimmed glasses perched on her nose.
With the red hair and her red eyes, the black just made her look scary, but also kind of sexy.
Naruto blinked at her, dressed like that she would intimate civilians, but excite ninja-males would be too busy imagining her under them to concentrate.
Then he blinked again when he realized she bore one of the snake nin's new and improved seal-marks. The energy he sensed from it was pure-no sign of taint.
"I know you" he blinked "but I didn't know you were working for HIM."
"He offered me a job, a place to belong, food, drink and shelter as well as training so I could defend myself and fight back. Be a REAL ninja" she said.
"What sort of job?" he frowned at her.
"Bodyguard and ensuring no one gets to him again" she said "I'm a sensor, I can keep an eye on his chakra. If I see or sense any changes I am to alert Kabuto so he can do something about it before something happens."
"Ah" Naruto nodded "I wondered how he was doing that. Has the one eyed ninja returned yet?"
"If he has, he hasn't renewed the jutsu. Either he is completely confident in his power over him, or he can't tell it's gone. I haven't seen anyone like it either. No one eyed person-ninja or otherwise-has visited since I've been around. And I'm with him nearly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
"Humm" Naruto stroked his chin "it's possible he KNOWS you're a sensor and was forced to stay away by your presence."
She nodded "Orochimaru-sama thought of that. It's why I was reluctant to leave him. But he is totally convinced his new seal will protect him while I'm away."
"I have been thinking about that subject" Shikamaru "and if I'm correct, Orochimaru sama is safe from the jutsu renewal."
All eyes turned to him "how so?"
"Mikoto sama said that it was Danzo who was trying to turn Sasuke into a weapon, that he was conspiring with someone outside the village. If you saw Danzo the way he was before revealing the stolen eyes, and in disguise, how would YOU describe him?"
Naruto's eyes widened "a one-eyed ninja."
"Then there is the matter of this jutsu used against the sanin. After much research into the Uchiha clan, talking to Sasuke and communication with Itachi-san through Kain-sama, I discovered one explanation. There was an powerful Uchiha member, a cousin of theirs, Itachi remembered him and suggested it. His name was Shuiui."
"And?"
"He was known as an powerful genjutsu user. He also unlocked his own mangekou on a mission when his team was slaughtered and he barely survived. They said not only was it nearly impossible to escape his sharingan, but they were undetectable."
Naruto's eyes widened "and Itachi once told me that it was HIS eye that that bastard had replaced his own useless one with!"
"So you're saying" Karin said softly but in a firm voice "that it was this Danzo guy that put the jutsu over my kage and turned him against the village?"
"Yes, that's the theory."
"But how does that prevent his returning to renew it?"
"Because, Karin, he's dead. Itachi Uchiha seriously wounded him in retaliation for taking his clan's eyes and my father-the great Blood Shadow-ripped out his heart and cremated it and the heart. He is NEVER coming back."
"So, you're saying that Orochimaru sama is safe from being contaminated again" she saidasked.
"I think so, yes."
She glared at him "you THINK, or definitely know?"
Naruto held his hand up to silence his brother and fellow guardian and spoke soothingly "nothing is for certain in this world. The REAL enemy was using Danzo, just as HE was using the Sound kage for his own uses. It could be he is totally safe now and the true enemy has no interest in your kage whatsoever. Or it could be that he'll soon get confused or concerned over the fact he isn't doing what he was SUPPOSED to through Danzo and returns to renew it when we-or HE least expects it, we just don't know. All Shika is saying is it wasn't who we thought who contaminated him in the first place and it may be that we no longer need to worry about it. I doubt this guy can renew the exact same genjutsu over your leader. That would only happen if he also has one of Shuiui's eyes and that can't happen. If he wants to do it again he'll have to use some other method, but only an genjutsu would work. YOU would easily sense that, wouldn't you."
She nodded.
"And since it's not the same-just a simple one, Orochimaru sama's seal would most likely protect him, wouldn't it."
She nodded again.
"But since we don't know if or WHEN he'll try, you are still needed" Naruto looked up at the sun through the trees "and we have a time restraint for this mission. Let's go."
As the four moved out of the shadows Naruto looked at the girl with them, "it may be an idea for you to loose the haitite. Put it away for now."
"Why?" she looked at him suspiciously.
"Because an member of Sound running around willingly with three Leaf, Don't you think that will be suspicious?"
When the female opened her mouth, he had another idea, digging out an storage scroll and unsealing it "here."
The female took the cloth and unfolded it.
Her breathe caught in awe "it's beautiful" she whispered.
In her hands she held an cloak and hood that would completely cover her when she put it on. It was an shimmering black, seeming to reflect the light around her, silk or something else. It was threaded with red and gold thread in the pattern of flame and in the center of the back was an red swirl-the symbol of Hidden Whirlpool-the same one embrazen on the uniforms of Hidden Leaf ninja.
She looked at him, heart in her eyes "where did you get this?" her voice was soft in awe.
"I made it, it's an prototype. I'm into blacksmithing, weapons, armor, that sort of thing. This was my attempt at combining cloth, silk, chain-mail and ninja mesh. It is as comfortable as silk and has it's appearance, but by combining chain-mail and ninja mesh together for protection and durability and cloth for it's strength and flexibility, I can ensure it is maneuverable enough to allow the wearer isn't hampered. If you wear it, it will cover your identity and protect you, and I get to see how well it works so I can work on if it needs improvements or not and in what areas."
"You branching into armor now?" Shikamaru asked, only for Shino to say "it is the next logical step."
"Yeah. Janos-sama and I have been looking into the armor chichi found during his treks around Nosgoth. We are trying to replicate or even just figure out how they work. This is our first real attempt. If it works we can try other enhancements, even create specific protections-say fire or genjutsu."
"What's this one created for?"
"Nothing specific at the moment but mostly stealth and disguise. A little of both."
"So if I wear this it SHOULD hide my seal and hitate? My identity?"
"Hopefully, IF it works."
The young woman didn't care, she loved it and wanted to wear it. Just like any other woman-ninja or not-she loved beautiful things and the fact this was totally unique, an prototype with nothing else like it in existence, pleased her immensely.
Maybe when this was over he would let her keep it.
As the material settled over her shoulders she was in heaven. It was soft and silky, but the heavy weight over her was comforting. It felt almost like the warm weight of the sheet and blankets when you were cuddled in bed on an cold morning just after waking up. When you didn't want to get up, just....drift straight back to sleep again.
It seemed to surround her almost comfortingly, the bottom of the cloak brushing her legs as if alive, closing around her in it's warmth. Even pulling the hood up made her feel good inside.
She wanted it, she would do almost ANYTHING to keep it.
Naruto frowned, sensing her reaction "it's not supposed to do that."
"Naruto?" his brothers and fellow guardians questioned.
"When I made that item it was NOT aimed as another of my RANK items. I made it as I said, an prototype, an experiment. I had no aim, intention or thought of it going to anyone. Yet here it is-linking to its proper owner. Look at her, at IT."
He was right. The way she smiled dreamily and the material seemed to be alive, wrapping itself around her as if to protect and love her.
Shikamaru frowned and his eyes narrowed slightly. As they watched his eye color changed, going from their normal black to an grey-or silver.
He was using his guardianship position to look at her, either as death or life. Slowly he said "did Sasuke have anything to do with it's making?"
"No" the winged and tailed boy's eyes suddenly widened "but he DID help me test it's ability to protect!"
"You are saying that that is why" Shino said "somehow a part of our brother is inside that cloth, and it wants to protect her. Why?"
Shikamaru's eyes went to him "she is his mate, isn't she."
Naruto nodded "his destined. It is HER name written on the wall inside Sasuke's chamber, on the family tree."
Shikamaru nodded "the material is full of our brother, his chakra, guardian energy and even life-force. How he did so I have no idea, but HER chakra is kind of syncing to it, adjusting itself to meet it. With both their energies reaching out to each others I don't think Sasuke will have a problem with mating her and finding her any less important than us. It's like mother nature is making sure they are compatible for each other."
They understood what he was saying and had decided-when it came to mother earth-not to question her actions or will. They were HER children after all.
Once comfy and warm in the cloak the red head spun, mouth open as if to speak, but Naruto interrupted it "why don't you keep it?" She paused and frowned at him "why?"
"As I said it's a prototype. If you keep it and use it I can see it in action, how it handles certain situations and everyday life. This will help me with further future models."
If she didn't want it so bad, she would have questioned his true reasons. But really, she didn't care as long as she got to keep it.
"How do I use it?"
"Pardon?"
"You said it's for protection and stealth, how do you use it for such?"
"Oh!" he realized what she was asking "it has wires weaved throughout, tiny wires called filaments the size of an human hair. These are like an.....nerve system of the entire thing, carrying messages through out to senses the size of a thumb tack. The heart-or brain if you will is here...." he stepped forward, touching the clasp at her neck "protected by the metal encasing it."
"That's not what I mean" she said, frowning severely at him "and you know it."
His two companions twitched towards him protectively, but he just waved them off "flare your chakra."
"What?"
"Trust me, flare it."
After looking at him critically for a few seconds she did so, until he told her to stop "do you feel the difference now?"
She hesitated then nodded "it's like I activated something."
He nodded back to her "your chakra signature is now stored into it's memory. It knows you are its owner. To activate the defenses, you need only flare your chakra again and hold it and it will take it as an attack towards its wearer." He proved it by firing an small fireball jutsu at her with plenty of warning.
It bounced off harmlessly.
"As for stealth, it is the opposite. If you forcefully suppress your chakra, it will switch to stealth mode."
She understood, crouching down, only to have the entirety of her image shift and become invisible except for the faint shimmer around her of distortion. Shikamaru frowned then turned to glare at the winged and tailed boy, cuffing him across the back of the head “You are an idiot!!”
“What?!” he glared back, rubbing the spot he had hit.
“You give such an advantage to an enemy?!”
“She is NOT an enemy! She’s Sasuke’s mate.”
“Maybe later but for now she IS an enemy!”
“Orochimaru is our allie now” he huffed as if that excused everything before adding “Only Janos-san and I can create these, so even if he was an enemy he couldn’t reproduce it even if he tried.” He seemed to think of something and looked thoughtful “but he may be able help with a few issues we’re having though.”
Shikamaru sighed heavily but said nothing.
Standing straight the female with them turned back to them, hood back, a beautiful peaceful smile on her face of thanks. Shikamaru spoke “I think we better go now.”
The girl nodded, moving to replace the hood over her head, enclose herself in the cloak and moved to their sides. After all three males hid their hatites they moved off towards the buildings near the dock-or more specifically-the pub.
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sorry about the lateness of this update but recently going through my filing cabinet looking for a bill I came across a pile of old fan fictions. These date back to my high school years. So I have been buisy trying to type them up so I can submit them. Out of at least fifty or so, I have 12 done. Unfortunately those left are AT LEAST 20 pages or more.
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