Seeing Red [Naruto]
- Thread starter Tekomandor
- Start date
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[x] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
Hoping we can either learn something for ourselves or else boost someone else in an interesting way. Hisana can always use enemies of skill to sharpen herself against.
Hoping we can either learn something for ourselves or else boost someone else in an interesting way. Hisana can always use enemies of skill to sharpen herself against.
Noncanon Omake: Five times Aka the Hawk showed back up, and twice she didn’t
Robinton
Probably petting Schrödinger's cat
- Location
- Scientifically proving a miracle
Five times Aka the Hawk showed back up, and twice she didn't
That wasn't the last time Aka showed up at a meal - indeed, she was a periodic fixture of their lives after that point. Nobody knew when she'd show up, but they always welcomed her.
More than once, at a mealtime, Aka snatched a bit of meat from the meal and flew off with it. They let her, mostly - unless it was the last bite, of course. One lean year, they fed her once a week, like clockwork. Naruto was openly sad when the hunting picked back up and she went back to feeding herself.
Once, notably, when Hisana was distracted considering the next stage of her Final Hurricane seal, and Naruto and Sasuke were distracted staring at each other wondering who would get the last bit of chicken - Aka swept in and took it before they could stop her.
(They could have probably still stopped her. But neither really wanted to. Hisana just laughed.)
—
Just over a year after they'd repaired (rebuilt?) Aka, she picked up a stick from their yard. Just one, but she did it deliberately and obviously, right in front of them - and she'd never done such a thing before.
They followed her - it was nearly impossible for a being with Chakra and no means to suppress it, to truly hide or escape from skilled Ninja - at a respectful distance, and saw her circling another (male) hawk. The two were starting to build a nest - at the edge of the Forest of Death, actually.
If Naruto asked Hisana to add defensive seals to the nest, and begged and begged - and Sasuke added a look - until she had to admit again that she'd probably never known how to say no to the two. Well, if that was the case, you'd never get the story from her.
On a completely unrelated note, the new family of hawks were later seen snacking on a lightly-roasted giant centipede. As said giant centipede was large enough to think of humans as tasty snacks, it presented something of a puzzle. As Hisana insisted when asked by the skeptical Tenten.
—
In the middle of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Hisana was returning from a mission that had nearly killed her. Suddenly, she stumbled, because Aka had seemingly attacked her, scratching her face from nowhere.
Hisana blurred backwards, and saw no sign of Aka. What-?
She pulsed her Chakra, and felt the edges of the Illusion. Not one layer, but dozens. Rapidly increasing to hundreds.
But she had a backup plan, and triggered a Seal. Her entire Chakra network wrenched into a scramble pattern, while a dome of likewise-scrambled Chakra covered her from head to toe. And, especially her eyes.
An instant later, she was fully aware of the dozens of Trenchcoats leaping towards her. But they were too slow - the moment she'd become aware of them, she'd already won.
…She made sure to feed Aka extra that evening.
—
A month or so later, Aka seemingly disappeared. Hisana, feeling silly, asked her friends to keep an eye out.
Her caution was utterly warranted, as Hinata caught a glimpse of - what turned out to be Root agents moving Aka to a research facility.
The fallout from that resulted in Danzo declaring immortal allegiance to the Trenchcoat Faction, and ultimately saved the world. But that's a story for another day.
The important part: Aka was fine with a bit of maintenance, and a recharge of her Chakra storage (just in case).
—
Years and decades later, Aka showed up - again and again - to see the next generation.
More than one toddler let out ear-piercing shrieks of delight, every time the (aging) hawk showed up - always flying just out of reach. Occasionally, she'd even drop a bit of meat on one of them, usually cooked and stolen from the table, but not always - not that the toddlers didn't try eating it just the same (though thankfully medical-jutsu could take care of ingested diseases and parasites easily enough).
—
Twenty-four years to the day after they first met Aka, the now-ancient hawk (who had not been that young when they first met her) showed up one last time. She sat, fully willingly - for the first time ever - on Hisana's shoulder. She let herself be fussed over by Naruto. She nodded to Sasuke gravely, and accepted a gentle stroke. She greeted all the toddlers - at a greater distance than usual, her old age forcing caution. She stole one last bit of meat from the table.
She shared some sort of communication, unintelligible to humans, with the Hawk summons. They shared little of what was "said" - but added that "it has no easy translation in your language. The closest would be, 'goodbye,' maybe. Or. Or maybe-"
—
Eighty years, give or take a week, after they first met Aka, Hisana sat. Age had finally caught up with her. The Sage of Speed and Seals, she was called. Or, "Of Speedy Seals," by those in a hurry. The All-Seeing Planner. The Savior of the Ninja World (an amazing title, for all she shared it with half-a-dozen others).
A little kid, age six or so, peered up at her. Tiny Uchiha eyes squinting into the glare of the noonday sun. "Tell me about the hawk again, 'Sana, please!?!"
And she recounted the story of her long-ago friend. The hawk she'd saved - with help, as always - and felt the stiffness setting further into her joints.
As she neared the end of the story, she glanced up - and paused. Because - maybe it was a trick of the light; she didn't have her Sharingan active, or anything, but - she thought she saw the shadow of a hawk fly across the sun.
Surely it was another hawk. Or a trick of the mind, outright. But…
—
"-or maybe," the Hawk summons said, "the closest would be 'Until we meet again.'"
That wasn't the last time Aka showed up at a meal - indeed, she was a periodic fixture of their lives after that point. Nobody knew when she'd show up, but they always welcomed her.
More than once, at a mealtime, Aka snatched a bit of meat from the meal and flew off with it. They let her, mostly - unless it was the last bite, of course. One lean year, they fed her once a week, like clockwork. Naruto was openly sad when the hunting picked back up and she went back to feeding herself.
Once, notably, when Hisana was distracted considering the next stage of her Final Hurricane seal, and Naruto and Sasuke were distracted staring at each other wondering who would get the last bit of chicken - Aka swept in and took it before they could stop her.
(They could have probably still stopped her. But neither really wanted to. Hisana just laughed.)
—
Just over a year after they'd repaired (rebuilt?) Aka, she picked up a stick from their yard. Just one, but she did it deliberately and obviously, right in front of them - and she'd never done such a thing before.
They followed her - it was nearly impossible for a being with Chakra and no means to suppress it, to truly hide or escape from skilled Ninja - at a respectful distance, and saw her circling another (male) hawk. The two were starting to build a nest - at the edge of the Forest of Death, actually.
If Naruto asked Hisana to add defensive seals to the nest, and begged and begged - and Sasuke added a look - until she had to admit again that she'd probably never known how to say no to the two. Well, if that was the case, you'd never get the story from her.
On a completely unrelated note, the new family of hawks were later seen snacking on a lightly-roasted giant centipede. As said giant centipede was large enough to think of humans as tasty snacks, it presented something of a puzzle. As Hisana insisted when asked by the skeptical Tenten.
—
In the middle of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Hisana was returning from a mission that had nearly killed her. Suddenly, she stumbled, because Aka had seemingly attacked her, scratching her face from nowhere.
Hisana blurred backwards, and saw no sign of Aka. What-?
She pulsed her Chakra, and felt the edges of the Illusion. Not one layer, but dozens. Rapidly increasing to hundreds.
But she had a backup plan, and triggered a Seal. Her entire Chakra network wrenched into a scramble pattern, while a dome of likewise-scrambled Chakra covered her from head to toe. And, especially her eyes.
An instant later, she was fully aware of the dozens of Trenchcoats leaping towards her. But they were too slow - the moment she'd become aware of them, she'd already won.
…She made sure to feed Aka extra that evening.
—
A month or so later, Aka seemingly disappeared. Hisana, feeling silly, asked her friends to keep an eye out.
Her caution was utterly warranted, as Hinata caught a glimpse of - what turned out to be Root agents moving Aka to a research facility.
The fallout from that resulted in Danzo declaring immortal allegiance to the Trenchcoat Faction, and ultimately saved the world. But that's a story for another day.
The important part: Aka was fine with a bit of maintenance, and a recharge of her Chakra storage (just in case).
—
Years and decades later, Aka showed up - again and again - to see the next generation.
More than one toddler let out ear-piercing shrieks of delight, every time the (aging) hawk showed up - always flying just out of reach. Occasionally, she'd even drop a bit of meat on one of them, usually cooked and stolen from the table, but not always - not that the toddlers didn't try eating it just the same (though thankfully medical-jutsu could take care of ingested diseases and parasites easily enough).
—
Twenty-four years to the day after they first met Aka, the now-ancient hawk (who had not been that young when they first met her) showed up one last time. She sat, fully willingly - for the first time ever - on Hisana's shoulder. She let herself be fussed over by Naruto. She nodded to Sasuke gravely, and accepted a gentle stroke. She greeted all the toddlers - at a greater distance than usual, her old age forcing caution. She stole one last bit of meat from the table.
She shared some sort of communication, unintelligible to humans, with the Hawk summons. They shared little of what was "said" - but added that "it has no easy translation in your language. The closest would be, 'goodbye,' maybe. Or. Or maybe-"
—
Eighty years, give or take a week, after they first met Aka, Hisana sat. Age had finally caught up with her. The Sage of Speed and Seals, she was called. Or, "Of Speedy Seals," by those in a hurry. The All-Seeing Planner. The Savior of the Ninja World (an amazing title, for all she shared it with half-a-dozen others).
A little kid, age six or so, peered up at her. Tiny Uchiha eyes squinting into the glare of the noonday sun. "Tell me about the hawk again, 'Sana, please!?!"
And she recounted the story of her long-ago friend. The hawk she'd saved - with help, as always - and felt the stiffness setting further into her joints.
As she neared the end of the story, she glanced up - and paused. Because - maybe it was a trick of the light; she didn't have her Sharingan active, or anything, but - she thought she saw the shadow of a hawk fly across the sun.
Surely it was another hawk. Or a trick of the mind, outright. But…
—
"-or maybe," the Hawk summons said, "the closest would be 'Until we meet again.'"
Well, that Omake sketched itself out into reality in about 45 minutes.
I hope GrimTheMad doesn't object to me continuing the prior Omake…
Any points to Chakra Control (starting value 205), please?
I hope GrimTheMad doesn't object to me continuing the prior Omake…
Any points to Chakra Control (starting value 205), please?
GhostKing 666
Bringing Nightmares to life evey minute
[x] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
- Location
- Australia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
10xp. What a great little fanfic of a fanfic of a fanfic.
Edit: Character sheet updated with +10 to chakra control.
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True. Danzo is the worst ally ever. In fact, I can't think of a single time where things didn't go horribly wrong for his allies anytime we saw him do anything.
[X] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
Even if we successfully suppressed this invention by killing her, there's the canonical Edo Tensai zombies in the future, which are far worse; this might give us a leg up on countering them.
Even if we successfully suppressed this invention by killing her, there's the canonical Edo Tensai zombies in the future, which are far worse; this might give us a leg up on countering them.
@Tekomandor: Jiraiya is mentioned leaving with the patrons, then still being in the room a few paragraphs later.
Probably an even bigger corpse-amalgam. I'm betting the mad scientist used most of the corpse-puppets in the base to make a giant corpse-amalgam which she hoped would kill the attackers (or at least keep them busy long enough for her to slip out the back), while taking a 'mere' dozen or so with her as personal bodyguards.
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- She/Her
[x] Cut the woman down. Her creations are too dangerous for anyone to know about.
Yeah I 100% do not trust Konoha to keep this stuff out of Danzo's hands.
Yeah I 100% do not trust Konoha to keep this stuff out of Danzo's hands.
- Location
- Italy
[x] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
- Location
- in between
... there is something in this base that made Jiraiya activate Sage Mode.
The only thing in Canon to make him do that was Pain.
We need to find Naruto. Now. Even if it isn't Akatsuki, I want him nowhere near this. Not until he either gets a controlled V2 cloak or Kurama stops being a dick, and neither of those are happening anytime soon.
[x] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
Danzo will get his hands on this, but we can't allow the threat he poses to bar us from helping the rest of Konoha be prepared for what is to come. We'll just have to watch for when he makes a mistake big enough for us to cut him down for it.
The only thing in Canon to make him do that was Pain.
We need to find Naruto. Now. Even if it isn't Akatsuki, I want him nowhere near this. Not until he either gets a controlled V2 cloak or Kurama stops being a dick, and neither of those are happening anytime soon.
[x] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
Danzo will get his hands on this, but we can't allow the threat he poses to bar us from helping the rest of Konoha be prepared for what is to come. We'll just have to watch for when he makes a mistake big enough for us to cut him down for it.
Robinton
Probably petting Schrödinger's cat
- Location
- Scientifically proving a miracle
FWIW, everyone in this story has taken several levels in badass - in this case, specifically, Naruto. Assuming that "the threshold at which Jiraiya will activate Sage Mode" hasn't changed much - which is, admittedly, an assumption - then Naruto can probably survive a decent percentage of Sage-Mode-worthy threats now.
...You know, I'm starting to agree with your overall point: I'd like better odds than "Naruto can probably survive a decent percentage."
- Location
- in between
Yeah, that's more or less my worry. I know it worked out in Canon, but the Cloaks and Coats aren't the only differences in this world from what was supposed to happen - and us protecting them from all the awful also means they're being held back to an extent. Especially Sasuke - so much of how he fights later on relies on the Mangekyo. He won't be able to keep up without it forever, but there's no way we can just let him get it. At least Naruto just needs to work through Kurama's trust issues, but in exchange everyone is after him because of what he is. I'm surprised Hisana hasn't been driven to distraction by it all, even with her lack of belief in her own capabilities and confidence in theirs. And since we missed our chance at getting the Crazy Eyes, we also have a limit to how much we can bullshit our way out of. I'm really not looking forward to whatever happens during the timeskip.
Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
[X] Take the woman prisoner. Hisana can't guarantee that the research wasn't already passed on, or that the woman is the sole inverter. Konoha needs to know how to counter these corpse puppets.
@Tekomandor
If you don't mind me asking, how does Sasuke and Naruto rank for their abilities? I.e. what letter grade do they have for taijutsu, ninjutsu, etc etc?
If you don't mind me asking, how does Sasuke and Naruto rank for their abilities? I.e. what letter grade do they have for taijutsu, ninjutsu, etc etc?
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[x] Cut the woman down. Her creations are too dangerous for anyone to know about.
For Hisana I'm not actually worried about her not getting the mangekyo buff. Mostly because sage made is basically an equivalent buff and she is going to go for it. Plus the theoretical sage seal removes basically all the drawbacks. Sasuke doesn't seem to be going for sage mode, but he might who knows. I'm not really all that worried about Sasuke never getting that buff because there are many paths to power and he's smart enough to find his own. I'm not sure how he's going to replace it but he will, also, him not getting the eyes is good in some ways because it fucks up what people expect Sasuke to fight like longer term.