Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto: The Fox Ninja.
(Believe it! The kanji just below Naruto's name translates into Fox Ninja; bet'cha all didn't see that coming.)
Okay, there are a ton of recent Naruto/Dragon stories or stories somewhere in them where Naruto has a connection with dragons and this idea has been bouncing around in my head screaming 'WRITE ME!' So I am.
Presenting a story that will blow your mind
(Though it probably won't)
Of our one and only
Our most famous and favorite Most Unpredictable, Knuckleheaded Ninja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NARUTO UZUMAKI
STARRING AS HIMSELF
AND WITH THE WHOLE GANG
SUCH AS
HINATA HYUUGA
SHIKAMARU NARA
SASUKE UCHIHA
KAKASHI HATAKE
THE SANDAIME HOKAGE
GAARA OF THE DESERT
TEMARI OF THE SAND
KANKORU THE PUPPETEER
SAKURA HARUNO
AND THE REST
WITH HIM IN
NARUTO THE FOX NINJA: THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON HEIR
EPISODE I
A HOPE REBORN
CHAPTER THREE
Battle and Flashback!
(Part One)
Explosions ripped through the Village Hidden in the Leaves and high above as former enemies become immediate allies in the terrible battle plaguing the village's, no, the whole of the Shinobi Continent's future!
Ships exploded as Chakra Cannons and Negra Cannons fired volley after volley at one another.
Fighters danced the aerial dance of death as blue and violet beams of power flew every direction hoping for the hit that counted.
The invaders found themselves digging in as heavier and heavier weapons were being brought to bear on them and the defenders began to regroup and coordinate in organized composite battalions. It would be rough going for both sides as the battle seemed to bog down with neither side now able to move forward despite each side having advantages and disadvantages. It was going to be a long battle, which neither side was prepared for.
And an orange blur shot through the village ripping the invaders infernal war machines to pieces.
The orange blue continued to fly like greased lightning through the fallen Skye Dragon Empire's invading ranks.
The orange blur stops momentarily and begins to think over, how in a few short weeks, his life was changed beyond belief, even he has trouble believing, that is until a specific fighter zooms overhead dealing death to those who would conquer and oppress. Even though he still hasn't learned all of the identification paint schemes and unit symbols, he does recognize the name and rank makers on the fighter. His future father-in-law, Teuchi Ichiraku, commander of his personal bodyguard and father of his soon-to-be first wife, Ayame.
That sends him down memory lane, even as he kills or wounds dozens of enemies trying to sneak up on him.
Though a stray thought came to mind, the fact that not to long ago he would have been against killing in such a simple manner and with such an out of hand attitude as if he was shuffling cards or something. He truly hated killing, but he knew there were times when he couldn't avoid it. Such as now, with his birth village under attack he had an obligation to defend his home. Especially the people in that home as buildings can be replaced, but lives are irreplaceable.
"I hate war," he declared bluntly, but knew that the light and darkness was being entangled that day and he had a responsibility.
He smiled at another thought that Iruka Umino, his academy teacher and surrogate big brother told him of his newest status.
"As a ninja you are now a soldier of our village, of our land Naruto. As such you will be on call all the time to help our people and our friends and allies. You are now what they used to call a citizen soldier, because even if you were to retire, you'll always be on call. As of the moment you become commissioned Naruto Uzumaki, as the old saying goes, you're the truest sense of citizenry, the soldier of our people for you have earn that right with hard work that you've preformed constantly and the readiness to shoulder great burden and responsibility. Even when others get in because of who their families are and how much money they can throw around, you got in on your own, marking you as the future of our village and undoubtly one who has truly earned the right to lay claim to the title of Hokage. You are a champion and hero Naruto, a shining example of how ninja should work hard."
Then he remembered Kakashi Hatake's words when he pulled Naruto to the side back at the Memorial Stone when he actually became a Genin.
"Remember Naruto, a life of ninja is hard, but you've known greater hardship before even now, but that was a dress rehearsal for what you will be going through in the near future, that is if you don't become like so many other heroes our village has produced. Remember Naruto, you stand on guard with your new brothers and sisters."
Naruto had felt the impact of those words and had begun to work twice as hard to meet expectations he thought he would have to meet. It wasn't until the Land of Waves was over and the issue buried in the mountain of paperwork on the Hokage's desk, much to his displeasure, that Naruto began to calm down and act in a way that began to give way with the movement of time. He began to act even more like a ninja at times, some though would say as an adult. He would be a good leader and people around the village came to see a different side of him. A side that bore a serious undertone that covered him in the fact that he was a ninja now, having survived a life or death situation and seen death in all its horrid forms.
Now his days wanting only to be the respectable Hokage were over.
Now his days as wanting to be a respected Hokage were over.
Now his days as a ninja striving to be Hokage to protect and lead his village were over.
Now he would work hard to be Hokage and the Emperor of his lost heritage, his father's homeland, the Skye Dragon Empire.
A respected and heroic leader who would lead the people with a strong sense of Justice, a high degree of Wisdom, and finally with a heart of Compassion, but with the skills of a ready warrior to protect his people from the harm others would inflict upon them, even though he only knew Konoha, he would be no different in learning about his new home and seeing it back to greatness.
It would be a long road and he would need powerful allies, but for now, he had more immediate concerns outside of his enemies, like his new fiancé and the fact that he was going to have to build a rather large family, by himself. Oh the joys of having more than one wife.
"I don't even want to know how bad the mood swings are going to be during the pregnancy part," he mumbled, but still smiled.
He truly did love Ayame.
Flashback to a month earlier
A boy clad in great armor stood before the apparent civilian who promptly dropped to one knee and acknowledged with the words…
"Hail my Lord Prince, I await your command!" the one time Royal Guard Cadet spoke.
"How long?" Naruto spoke as he looked himself over to make sure it wasn't a dream.
"Two weeks at best guess my Lord Prince," was the prompt answer.
"And you are?" Naruto looked at the man who looked young, but to know Naruto's heritage…
"Second Year Royal Guard Cadet Ryoga Saotome, My Prince," the response was once more prompt.
The man had no identifying features that would make him unique, save two things, the right third of his brown hair was actually silver with a deep blue shine to it and his brown eyes held a guarded hope, as though seeing something to hope for, but not wanting to have hope or see hope.
"We will rebuild the honor of the Empire, once it is free of evil's hold," Naruto said with the same confidence that was his hallmark on the battlefield.
"Hai! For the Freedom and Restoration of the Empire!" Ryoga intoned with a guarded smile.
'Note to self, work on that whole guarded deal and get him to see hope and live for it,' Naruto thought.
A week later
Ichiraku's Ramen Stand
"Sorry we're close," Ayame Ichiraku said without looking up at the customers that had arrived.
Her voice sounded tired, but truth was, she was still sadden over Naruto's death and she had still yet to recover, but then again, only the cold and the cruel would be on their feet so quickly, unless you were like Gai Maito and his student Rock Lee who were living life so that the fallen could sleep in peace, knowing they were missed, but their friends and loved ones lived life for them and themselves.
"If you would indulge us Lady Ichiraku," an unfamiliar voice spoke to her, though it sounded cultured and addressed her as some high official.
Looking up she saw two men, or so she guessed from their height, though one was noticeably taller than the other. The taller of the two had an odd hair color combination, while the other wore a hood that hid all, but his chin and the front of his neck with a shadowed illusion. Yet, he felt familiar, like she knew him and felt calm and safe in his presence.
She shook her head and was about to repeat herself when the taller of the two spoke.
"Perhaps if you asked your father, the once General Teuchi Ichiraku, to come out, we can discuss the issue of his returning to his duties in the Imperial Guard instead," the taller one spoke again, then as an after thought, "but with the true heir of the throne."
The door to the store room opened and Teuchi Ichiraku walked out with a grim look on his face.
"Father?" Ayame was confused.
"Cadet Saotome, eh," there was a pregnant pause, "So you found a true heir, I didn't think there were any," Teuchi eyed the second man, feeling something familiar.
"I was not actively searching, but the sword found him and so did the Royal Crystal," Cadet Saotome spoke again.
"What!?" Teuchi hissed out, knowing that the Royal Crystal was lost, reporting found and protected by loyalists to the true line.
"May I present his Royal Highness, First Crowned Prince, Ryudo Hayabusa," the Cadet bowed off to the side, indicating his friend.
The two looked at second figure as he removed the brown cloak revealing battle armor long thought lost, but it was when the hood was removed, that both felt their joy soar.
"May I also remind the General of his agreement with his Lord Emperor," the cadet added and the older man could only laugh a belly laugh.
End of Flashback
As the orange clad hero sighed at the thought of ending this battle and spending some quality time with his wife, which his muses of what would happened were cut short when a black haired blue shirt and white shorts wearing flying object decided he was an excellent answer for his braking problem.
"SASUKE I'M GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT IF THIS ISN'T IMPORTANT!"
Elsewhere
Two men in black robes with red clouds on them were assisting the defenses as their former leader would be in a bad mood after finding out that there were now issues to his plans of global conquest and immortality, including the one with him, Pein leader of Aktsuki, being dead.
"So we're joining up with the good guys," the shark man said.
"Yes," replied his badger ally.
"Who'd thunk," was the final thing said as battle was once more the topic.
Back with Obito, Kakashi, and the Orange Blur
After Obito found out how painful a low powered Rasengan truly is
"Naruto," Kakashi felt his eye twitch, "I'm supposed to be the late one with the terrible excuses."
"So you want me to admit that I've been busy with Teuchi daughter?" Naruto said with a smile that reminded Kakashi of his late sensei after the guy had spent some time with his late wife.
"Naruto we're only thirteen…"
"FOURTEEN!"
"Yes, but not quite there yet and it's beside the point," Kakashi sighed, how was he going to stop Naruto from making the mistakes he had made.
"Oi! But I have too and besides, old man Teuchi is the commander of my late grandfather's, now my personal guard, the Imperial Flower Combat Troop, who are also the wives of the Imperial Emperor," Naruto stated bluntly and added, "so its only natural that I would be engaged to his daughter Ayame and man is she a screamer," Naruto remembered when he had caught a white haired pervert watching them, "she also has aim that would put any shinobi to shame when comes to throwing weapons."
One thought came to Hatake Kakashi's mind, 'the self proclaimed Super Prevert, Jiriya of the Sannin got caught,' then he got giddy inside, 'MY student is going to be staring in the next issue! I need to teach Naruto the Chidori Mark Two, and I still need to come up with a better name for it.'
"Now onto the matter at hand, Obito of the Uchiha," Naruto took a stance neither recognized, not that they would.
Much as the Hyuuga had the Gentle Fist, much as the Uchiha had the Interceptor Fist, the Skye Imperial Family had the Flying Dragon Style. Yet, unlike the other two, this style was about balance.
Speed was a major part of all combat, but defense and accuracy was sacrificed, sometimes even offense.
Defense was also equally important, but as with speed, there were sacrifices.
Offense was critical in a fight and thus is more important than speed or defense, to some though, it held the same importance.
Then there was Accuracy.
What was the point of having offense, speed, and defense if you couldn't hit your target!
Then there is one other thing, Stamina, for without stamina, combat was an exercise in futility.
These five points are what govern the Flying Dragon Martial Arts Style and it is with this style that Naruto stands up to the fallen student of his father, and to show the world that the Empire still has an heir to its throne and a future of honor and glory to behold.
"Uzumaki, eh?" Obito was careful; this was one tough nut to crack.
Obito knew all there was to know on Naruto, but as he stared at the boy, it was clear that there was information missed, forgotten, or worse, still hidden from the intelligence service. Obito remembered that the Rasengan had belonged only to Jiriya the Toad Sage of the Sannin and its creator, his former teacher, Minato Namikaze.
This would mean that it could only have been Jiriya to teach the boy, but Jiriya had been accounted for the whole time, save for that time he was caught spying on a young couple, a young brunette female and a young… blonde… male.
'The report said that the girl's name was Ayame Ichiraku… Oh damn!' and just as Obito thought that, another Tyrant-Class Dreadnaught exploded overhead.
Resolute had just arrived, but Obito ignored it.
"So, after faking your death, you hid with the commander of your grandfather's personal bodyguard and his daughter, who happens to also be your fiancé," Obito stated as the debris began to rain down atop the two combatants.
"No, even Old Man Ichiraku didn't know of my heritage, not until I turned up ready for battle," and with that Naruto transformed into his battle form, he shone into the darkness, chasing it away with light of his strength and resolve to protect his home and people!
The main hull of theTyrant fell atop them as the too rushed to meet in battle.
Next up in the next chapter will be the tale of how Uchiha Madara did not end up in Obito and the fact that he now commands a fleet of warships attempting to conquer the continent of his birth.
So no worries and the story of the Resolute shall also be told!
That's why this is Part One!