Transcending My Wings

{Dan} Here I am again! Back for the next installment! Wahoo!

{Naruto} Did you read your reviews yet?

{Dan} Oh yeah! Thanks to everyone who reviewed for this first chapter and as for the pairings… I’m still unsure about it so far, although I won’t be doing a SASUNARU coz there’s a lot people with that kind of pairing already. At this time, I’m leaning towards ITANARU.

{Naruto} Hey! Don’t I get a say in this?

{Dan} Not if I can help it!

{Naruto} What happened to freedom of speech and all that good stuff?

{Dan} Not a chance! I get to pick, after all, I’m the one writing the fic! Hahahaha! Oh! I’ll be changing Naruto’s outfit just because I think he’ll totally look smexy in something other than orange jumpsuits and what not…

{Choji} -while eating chips- since they’re all preoccupied… Let’s continue on shall we?!

Special Thanks to my first 6 reviewers:AnsemMesna, Gryphonwills, Beautifullychaotic121, Elemia, Lolipop, and Lannie 12777 for reviewing!
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To Transcend My Wings
: : Chapter 1: : What’s In A Name?
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Naruto was engulfed by a soft white light as soon as he had walked through the painting and he found himself in the middle of the forest in a black, mesh tank top underneath a soft skin tight camouflage green vest that is only zipped up half way through. He also found himself wearing a black, slightly loose cargo pants with a weapon holster attached to his left leg plus his shoes were now replaced with a perfectly fitted sandal of some kind making it extremely comfortable to walk in.

“Where am I now?” Naruto thought as he wandered through the forest for a while before a shuriken was thrown at him. Naruto jumped back on instinct before another surge of shuriken came at him. This time, Naruto froze on the spot and he couldn’t help but think that he’s gonna die even before his so called journey has started. Just before the shuriken made contact, another figure stepped in to intercept the attack and deflect them.

“Stay here,” was all Naruto heard as the figure standing before him disappeared once more in a flash only to reappear behind the attacker, sitting atop the adjacent tree, killing him in a split second. His savior jumped back down and looked over the boy he had saved once more before turning away and walking in the opposite direction.

“You should really be careful.”

“I-” Naruto tried to explain but was cut off-

“It’s not safe for someone like you to move away from your village without protection.”

“Look! I just got here and I don’t even know where I am! Cut me some slack!” Naruto looked at the taller man thoroughly pissed off at the cold demeanor. When he was saved by the guy a few moments ago, he presumed that the other would at least hear him out before dismissing him.

“Hn.”

“Gah! You’re unbelievable, you know that! Here I am trying to explain that I don’t even know where I am yet you won’t even bother hearing me out! And what’s with the one syllable grunt! I’m gonna kill that stupid fox if I ever see him again…” Naruto kept rambling on and on about everything annoying him about the man standing in front of him, but what got the attention of his savior was when he mentioned something about a fox and something about coming from a different time and place.

“What did you just say?”

“Huh? Something about you being so cold?” The man suddenly found himself getting quite a bit irritated at the blonde in front of him; he couldn't pinpoint it but something about the blonde boy just screamed outsider.

“Something else entirely, a fox?”

“Oh, that one part about a big fox and he had these huge tails and he was kind of scary now that I think about it-” Once again, Naruto was cut off from his rambling.

“The Kyuubi?” asked the man, all the while keeping his cold demeanor intact, which, in turn, made his question come out like a low growl. However, the blonde was still oblivious to everything around him as he glared at the man for interrupting him from his rambling once more. Naruto stood still waiting for the man to speak up again, but seeing that it probably wouldn’t happen anytime soon, Naruto decided to pipe up once more when he realized that he was a bit hungry.

“Yeah, now I’m kind of a bit hungry mister. Do you have any food to eat mister?”

“Stop calling me mister will ya! I’m not much older than you, you know! I’m guessing you’re around 18 or 19?”

“I’m 18 and currently a senior in high school! But you still didn’t answer my question; do you any food on you?” Naruto’s eyes glazed over at the thought of the raven haired individual sharing any food as the said individual reached for something on his small pouch. Naruto looked defeated when he saw a small scroll come out instead, the small flicker of emotion did not go by unnoticed by the other boy.

“I thought you wanted something to eat?”

“Yeah! But that’s not food! Don’t you have any chocolate or something? I asked for food not paper.” The taller figure let out an amused chuckle as he opened up the scroll and summoned up something to eat.

“Waah! How- ho- how’d you do that!”

“I use this scroll to summon up food that I placed inside.”

“Wow!” Naruto stood amazed at what he had just seen. “That sure beats bringing a lunch box to school.”

“Lunch box?” asked the other to his companion while handing him a steaming bowl of Miso Ramen.

“Figures you wouldn’t know what it is… I don’t even know exactly where I am and by the looks of what you have just done, you aren’t just a simple civilian either,” Naruto paused before answering the other’s question, “It’s like a small box where you put food that you prepare beforehand so you can bring it anywhere.”

“Hn.” While trying to contemplate the blonde’s words, the raven haired person became lost in thought on what to do with the blonde.

“What’s your name mister?” asked Naruto while slurping up his ramen.

“I said stop calling me mister!”

“I would once you tell me your name so I can stop calling you ‘mister,’ got it!”

“It’s Sasuke.”

“Sasuke? That’s a nice name. Thank you for the food by the way.”

“No problem, but you’re gonna have to come with me for now. I’m taking you back to my village to meet with our leader.” Naruto’s eyes widened and his throat constricted as he thought of ways that the village people could torture and kill him. He even thought of one where he was being skinned alive in an interrogation.

“Oi! What weird things are thinking of now?!” Sasuke couldn’t help but be amused as the blonde in front of him went pale, all the while his face contorted to fear and disgust.

“N-nno-nothing!” Naruto stood straighter than he has ever had in his whole life as he was interrupted out of his dream world.

“Hn, then tell me your name?”

“Naruto- Naruto Namikaze.”

“Lie!” Naruto was taken back at the accusing word that the man in front of him just spat out. He couldn’t comprehend what it is that he just said to offend the other, seems like there’s something about his name that the other did not like.

“I’m not lying bastard! You don’t believe me? I don’t really care but-” and for the last time, Sasuke interrupted him by hitting him at the back of the neck causing him to black out. Before the body could fall to the ground, Naruto was caught by the raven and carried bridal style before both of them vanished in a puff of smoke and reappearing in front of a desk stacked with scrolls and unfinished paperwork.

“What now? I’m still not done with this Shiz-” A blonde woman peaked through to see that it wasn’t who she was expecting to see. Instead, she saw Sasuke cradling a sleeping blonde. She couldn’t help but raise her eyebrow instead.

“Who’s that? A missing-nin? Although I don’t recognize him.”

“Lady Tsunade. I found this boy around the perimeter of the village, but the strangest thing is that he said his name is Naruto Namikaze.”

“What?” This certainly caught the attention of the busty blonde headed woman. She hurriedly took the boy from the raven’s arms and teleported all three of them to presumably a hospital if the bed and atmosphere wasn’t any indication.

“Did you use a sleeping jutsu?”

“No, just knocked him out from the back of the head.” With a nod of understanding Tsunade’s palms started to glow bright green as she placed he hands onto the place where the blonde was hit. Naruto woke up from what he assumed to be a wonderful dream until the sight of a pale raven haired man and a busty blonde invaded his line of sight.

“Gah! Who are you?!” Naruto was in a state of panic as he surveyed his surroundings. He noticed that he must be in a hospital if the sterilized smell were any indication.

“I’m the leader of this village, my name is Tsunade, we’re not here to hurt you but I do want to ask a few questions from you.”

“What question?”

“Hold on.” Tsunade did a few quick hand signs that the blonde caught quickly before she said, “Sound Barrier Jutsu.”

“Jutsu? Wha?” Naruto was bewildered as to what exactly is going on. First he was almost attacked and killed then those weird jutsus then summoning and his head was spinning from confusion. “Just where exactly am I?” thought the blonde.

“Well, you see, I just used my jutsu to put a sound barrier around us to prevent anyone else from hearing what we are talking about.”

“I don’t get this whole jutsu thing but I’m pretty sure that it’s something that only this world is able to produce, isn’t it?”

“What do you mean when you say this world?” asked the previously silent raven.

“Oh! That’s right! You don’t know yet… well, you see, this may be hard to believe but I came from another world to protect this world and mine.”

“I don’t see how you could do anything if I was able to knock you out so easily.”

“I never said I was powerful or something like that… I don’t even know what I am supposed to do- I mean, it’s one thing to say it then another to do it.” Tsunade tried to grasp what exactly it is that the boy had just said, and something triggered in her mind.

“Call Jiraiya here at once.” The raven nodded in understanding before he poofed away once more.

“I think I know what’s going on now,” said Tsunade as she began to explain to Naruto about a prophecy she had once heard, “I know this may seem off beat as well but you wouldn’t happen to know about the prophecy of the stars do you?”

“I don’t think so, why do you ask?”

“It’s just because in the forbidden heaven scroll, it is said that a child of destiny will appear bringing forth life and destruction in its wake, but all is not lost for the child alone can be salvation to all worlds.”

“That prophecy sounds so much like the one Kyuubi-sama told me.”

“You’ve met the keeper of the elements?” asked Tsunade in astonishment.

“Yeah, he sent me here. He said that I’m supposed to save my world and this world from colliding or whatever that means.”

“So it must be true you must be-” just then, another cloud of smoke appeared only to disperse a moment later to reveal the raven haired fellow followed by a white haired man.

“You called for me Tsunade?” asked the white haired man who must be Jiraiya.

“Yeah, and I believe that we have found the child of destiny.” This interesting bit of information was all that was needed to rouse Jiraiya’s curious nature. He turned his attention to the boy and looked him over as if sizing him.

“I’m not impressed… he looks just like any old brat in the village.”

“Who are you calling a brat, old man?!” Naruto couldn’t help but retort as he was immediately sized up by the newcomer. This still did not deter the older man from his opinions as he tried to grab hold of the boy’s shirt. Naruto felt panic rising as the older man’s hand came close and a sudden blue glow enveloped him only to thrust forward throwing the white haired man towards the wall behind him. Sasuke and Tsunade, surprised at the turn of events, stood still while gaping from the boy to the man trying to comprehend what had just happened.

“Did he just use a jutsu without hand signs, hokage-sama?” Tsunade, speechless for once, only muttered a simple reply in return.

“I think so.” As Tsunade looked at the blonde once more, she noticed that the other had once again fainted while Jiraiya was still dizzy from the impact.

“I think we’re gonna have our hands full for a while Lady hokage.” Said Sasuke in a serious yet amused tone and the hokage couldn’t help but agree.

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

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{Dan} There’s another chapter down! Yahoo!

{Naruto} I seem to fall in and out of consciousness a lot in this one.

{Dan} I think the words ‘damsel in distress’ fits you perfectly!

{Naruto} Nah! I look more like the knight in shining armor! And besides, what happened to my signature color?

{Dan} You mean the orangeness? I took it out for this fic, it’s too cliché!

{Choji} Ah! Time to rest, I just finished my chips.

{Dan} Congratulations! I just finished a chapter too!

{Choji} -snores-

{Naruto}Good one Cho! Huh? He really is asleep? Thought he was just making fun of your chapter?! Oh well, might as well join in… -soon starts snoring as well-

{Dan} they slept on me! Oh well, I’ll just plot my next chapter then… Thanks for reading! Read and/or review!