Transcending My Wings

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{Dan} Oh wow! This is getting fun! Naruto has to die in order for him to use the sage arts!

{Naruto} No worries! They can’t kill me off or else the series would end! DUH!

{Dan} I know that! I’m just thinking that this is like Sasuke before he could use the level 2 curse mark… remember? He had to die too…

{Naruto} Oh yeah! But then the bastard became evil incarnate!

{Dan} I don’t think it works like that… -sweatdrops-

{Naruto} Well, you never know! But it’ll be awesome once I get my new powers! Wait! Does this mean that Sasuke could do sage arts too since he’s already died before?

{Dan} In theory, yes… but I don’t think that the sharingan can copy it instantaneously like taijutsu or some other ninjutsu.

{Naruto} Damn! I thought I’d be unique for once… Bastard always one-upping me!

{Dan} It’s okay Naru-kun… Remember, Itachi gave a part of him to you as well.

{Naruto} Yeah, I still don’t get him… -ponders about Itachi-

{Dan} Okay! While Naru-chan is thinking about Itachi I’m gonna be answering a few of the reviewers…

To [AnsemMesna]= My current plan for now is torn between a SasuNaru or ItaNaru and I’ve still yet to set it in stone… gomen!

To [Solitaire1]= I apologize now but I’m not turning Itachi into a bad guy… I have somethings planned for him and only him… please don’t be too disappointed! I’ll make it up to you somehow…

Thanks to you reviewers! Yahoo! I’ll try and keep on writing! Thanks for the encouragement! Write to me if you have some questions and I’ll definitely answer them as best I can! So on to the chapter!

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To Transcend My Wings
: : Chapter 2: : First Guardian
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“Now’s not a good time to be sleeping, your friend was right, you do pass out on the most opportune times,” the nine-tailed fox came into existence once more before the blonde as he was unintentionally summoned by the blonde in his dreams.

“Where am I?” asked Naruto with a groan coming from his lips only to signify an oncoming headache.

“You summoned me, or don’t you remember?” sneered the fox as he was interrupted from his slumber.

“All I remember was passing out after I threw off the big guy with the weird white hair.”

“Don’t you mean, you fainted?”

“Nope, I passed out!” Naruto defended as he thought that fainting would seem girlier than passing out. Just before the fox could interject with another jive Naruto had questions that needed to be answered and fast, “Since you’re here, answer me this, where exactly am I, I mean out of this dream world. There are these people that could do freaky things! It’s awesome but kind of weird in a way. Are they like magical beings?”

“Hahaha,” the fox was amused of the imagination of the blonde boy in front of him. Seriously though, the fox didn’t expect the blonde to be so at ease with everything so far, he presumed that the boy would have been screaming and shouting from everything that he has encountered so far. So he decided to help the boy out just a little before his life-force left the dream and returned to the alternate plane. “Very well, I shall explain to you everything that’s been happening so far. I have little time so I’d have to pass knowledge on to you a little differently.”

“Wait! Stop! I’m not sure about this!” The blonde tried to flee before the gigantic tail of the fox enveloped him and he was surged with knowledge and history of the land he now walks on. A few seconds passed by and the fox was once again gone as felt his consciousness being thrust out of his mind.


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Naruto sat up from the hospital bed, groaned once more as the initial crick in his neck intensified.

“Finally woke up.”

“Huh? Who are you? Where’s the blonde lady and uh- the scary white haired guy from before and that uptight looking guy?” asked Naruto as he looked at the person in front of him wearing what he now knows as an ANBU outfit. He looked over the man standing before him wearing what appears to be a mask depicting a hawk along with a silver flak jacket on top of a black fitted jumpsuit with his hair in a loose ponytail trailing behind.

“I was put as a bodyguard for you per request of the lady Hokage.”

“Ah… I see… do I really need a bodyguard?”

“That is for the Godaime to determine once she looks you over.”

“I see, so what’s your name?”

“I am not allowed to divulge my real identity, but you could call me Hawk.”

“Oh, right? ANBU elites are all pretty secretive… forgot about that part.” If Naruto could only see through the mask then he would see the arched eyebrows of the man. The man became skeptical of the boy in front of him as he recalled a previous conversation from the Godaime. He was told that the boy knows nothing of where he is now for he seemed to have come from a different land entirely. However, now, the boy just unintentionally admitted that he knew of the ANBU, which he knew he hasn’t told the boy of his rank.

“Stay here… I’ll call up the Hokage, she said she wanted to talk to you.” Naruto sat up from the bed straighter as he waited for the busty blonde to arrive as the other man teleported away. He didn’t have to wait long for the blonde suddenly appeared in a poof of smoke with the other man behind her.

“Let me look you over and make sure that you are alright,” said the Hokage as she focused chakra on to her palms and hovered them over Naruto’s head before the green colored chakra retreated from his body after the analysis was done.

“Lady Tsunade? I have a few requests from you if I may?” asked Naruto in a sickly sweet voice. Naruto thought that it would get through to the other blonde better but all he got was a quick swipe to the back of his head. “What was that for? I was trying to ask nicely!”

“That’s why! It was just a little creepy.” The silent guy behind them couldn’t help but suppress a small smile from marring his face. For once, he was thankful for the mask.

“Fine! I’m just gonna say it now! I need to travel the lands in search of the 9 guardians of lore.” Tsunade was caught off-guard at the request of the blonde boy. She was sure that he knew nothing of the lands but now it seems that there is some confidence in his voice that struck her as odd.

“This is just getting too weird. Don’t move,” Tsunade, once again, did a couple of hand signs but before she could activate the jutsu from earlier, but Naruto beat her to it and used it before her all the while calling out, “sound barrier jutsu!” Tsunade stood in shock as the blonde was able to use a jutsu and learn it just by watching her use it one time.

“Okay… Explain…” Tsunade and the man behind her stood in further shock as Naruto explained that Kyuubi did something in his dream that gave him knowledge about the ninja world. He also explained that he is now able analyze and break down jutsus and copy them as long as there is no bloodline limit involved which made his senses act like a sharingan. This time, it was Tsunade’s turn to pass out from information overload.

“Did I kill her?” asked Naruto towards the silent man.


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It wasn’t until a few moments later that Tsunade woke up and found the blonde boy sitting on the bed staring at her as she scrambled to sit up from where she currently is still sitting on.

“How did I-”

“Oh! Hawk-sama over there helped pick you up and sit you down when you fainted.” Tsunade was still struggling with how much things have changed from dealing with a gun-shy blonde to a half confident blonde. It’s almost like dealing with a bi-polar kid jacked up on sugar.

“Okay, so you need to travel the lands? I’m gonna have to issue you a full shinobi team for this then.”

“How come? I don’t need a whole 3-man team. No one even knows who I am yet.”

“I can’t take that chance, you see, another village was able to get information of the arrival of the child of prophecy and Orochimaru has taken an interest in you.”

“That fast? I’ve only been here for a day and something here, right?”

“Actually… no, you were asleep for 3 days prior.”

“That’s weird, it didn’t feel like 3 days-“ Before Naruto was able to babble, which he was known for, another figure appeared the same way only this one appeared to be either a chunin or jonin but he couldn’t tell because he couldn’t see the tattoo on the arm.

“Hokage-sama, something’s come up and I think you need to see this.”

“Alright, by the way, this man here is Kakashi,” Tsunade then looked over to Naruto’s direction and introduced them, “might as well introduce you too- Naruto this man is Kakashi and the one here is named Itachi, please remove your mask Itachi-san.”

“Alright Hokage-sama.” The ANBU member pulled off his mask revealing porcelain skin that looks delicate yet firm. Naruto couldn’t help but stare to this man’s resemblance to the man who previously saved him, but this man had an aura that Naruto could only describe as sensual yet dangerous. Even looking into his eyes, he found himself being dragged into those obsidian pools. The only thing that dragged him from his almost drooling was the voice of Kakashi that penetrated his hearing.

“Ooh, seems like he’s crushing on the eldest Uchiha heir.” Naruto was flabbergasted at the thought that he was caught drooling over the raven haired guy. Naruto couldn’t help himself as he jumped from his spot and held out his hand for the raven haired man to shake.

“Seems like we’re lost in his world,” said Kakashi towards the stunned Hokage.

“Nice to meet you.” Itachi extended his hand towards the blonde and once their hands connected, a blinding light engulfed the two only to disappear as quickly as it appeared. The only thing was that, now, Itachi’s sharingan flared and stayed active as he held on to his head trying to get rid of the headache that came from nowhere. Naruto was far worse from the two as he clutched his stomach. Tsunade helped the boy back onto the hospital bed and took off the boy’s shirt as a soft red glow came from the boy’s stomach.

Once the shirt was off, a bright red light formed a kanji of the word, ‘moon’ and stayed there like a tattoo. While this was happening, Kakashi helped Itachi over to the seat beside the bed and this time, the kanji for ‘moon’ appeared on the back of his hand and stayed there like the blonde’s. Once the pain subsided, Naruto was left panting and the Uchiha wasn’t any better.

“So I guess Itachi-san is one of the guardians,” murmured Tsunade.

“Guardian of what?” asked Kakashi still amazed at what he had just seen. It was Naruto that provided the answer to that question as he regained his breathing.

“Guardians of the nine elements. It seems Itachi-san is the protector of the moon, and the other eight are the sun, sound, water, fire, wind, lightning, earth, and star.” To be a guardian means to have great power.

“What exactly happened to my sharingan, it’s changed I can sense chakra much more clearly now and my power levels have surged as well?” asked Itachi as he too regained his bearings.

“From what I know, you have gained the eternal mangekyou as soon as I touched you.” Itachi was surprised at Naruto’s knowledge of his bloodline limit, “From what I gathered, the only way to gain a mangekyou is by pushing your limits further than is possible or by killing who means the most to you.” All other occupants of the room remained stunned, only Itachi knew of this fact as he had killed his best friend not too long ago due to the fact that he had helped try to stage a coup. Itachi had grieved hard on his loss that day and thus was able to attain mangekyou. Now, Kakashi intervened once more to get back on the task at hand.

“You really need to see this now, Hokage-sama.”

“Very well.” Without warning, Itachi scooped up Naruto bridal style and all occupants of the room teleported to the top of the Konoha gates to see what all the fuss was about. What they saw shocked them.

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

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{Dan} I’m not happy with this chapter… It’s lacking something…

{Naruto} Hey! I don’t drool like that!

{Dan} Well, I don’t blame you… I’m totally an Itachi fan! And after I read about his part in the Uchiha clan’s massacre, I now have a soft spot for him…

{Itachi} -sneaks in from the backroom- Then why am I such a one syllable kind of guy in this fic.

{Dan} Itachi! -glomps the unaware raven haired guy while Naruto jumps in to help too-

{Choji} -while eating chips- okay! They’re busy so I’ll be thanking you all for reading this fic! In their behalf, let me just say that we’re grateful to you readers for reading this! Rate and/or Review!