Bab 2: A Different Kind of Monster
It had been three days since Naruto found himself in a world unfamiliar to him. A world with a shattered moon. He would hunt for small animals by traps and eat fruits of the forest for a healthy diet just to get back in shape as soon as possible. Daily exercises to keep his body in shape also helped but all he did other than that was rest and stare at the moon.
In three days he several times heard the howling of the various animals but more savage in nature. This detail also cemented the idea of opening the scrolls just to get some kunais in case he had to fight wild animals but the only way to put them back was through chakra even if he could take them out with just blood. He needed a proper place to store the scrolls. The good thing was that he was probably closer to civilization since wild animals didn't come near such places and he could do some recon if he just followed the river.
Today, he prepared himself by picking up the sharpened sticks and secured them around his body. With a determined glint in his eyes, Naruto started walking down the river. His steps were steady and breath calm. His eyes, however, were taking everything in as much as possible. Without the overly large chakra reserves making him hyper, the stealth training all kicked in. His eyes picked up every detail that he would have left out if he was going faster.
He was taking everything very slowly because he did not have any of his attacks nor any weapons. Hiding in the shrubbery from time to time and even climbing trees to look further.
'This is just like a very big prank but if I get caught, I die.' He thought while trying to make himself believe.
Naruto was never the one to remain this calm ever in his life and the only time he did was when fighting or gathering sage chakra. When fighting he had to keep his eyes on the enemy, pick up any kind of muscle twitches for the next move, manage his chakra, keep eyes on his surroundings and finally which action to take whether it be using a jutsu or just simple pounding the enemy with a punch or a kick.
Suddenly, a wave of negativity hit him and naruto immediately put a hand on his mouth to stop himself from gagging. He climbed a tree to hide from whatever it was and even slowed his breathing.
Naruto was confused since he was sure that he could only feel negative emotions when he was in Kurama Mode but now he just felt what could be identified as complete negativity. He was not sure how to specify it since it was Kurama who helped him identify the kind of negative emotion a person was emitting.
'If only I had Kurama than he could give me his chakra to get out of this situation'. Lamenting his uselessness in such a dire condition, Naruto waited as the feeling grew closer and closer until the rustling of leaves could be heard.
From the bushes, a black creature emerged that sent chills down his spine. The creature was slightly bigger than a grown man and very muscular with bone-like protruding all over the body. It immediately perked up for some reason started looking around.
With a look of determination, naruto steeled his heart and gripped two short throwing spears in his hands and waited for the best moment to attack. He knew he only had once chance to severely injure this creature. The only weak point he was sure of was the eyes which could be seen from the bone mask. In just a few seconds the creature was right under him sniffing around and naruto took the chance.
Throwing both spears directly in its eyes and jumping directly on its back getting the creature in a chokehold.
*roar* the creature roared and thrashed around.
At the same time, naruto brought another stick around and skewered the neck with all the force he could muster and was smacked into a tree at the same time.
Everything happened in only three seconds. Naruto didn't even rest and climbed another tree for the last attack but when he looked the monster was dissolving into smoke. It didn't even leave any blood around.
"What the hell is was that thing?" came out the involuntary question from Naruto but there was no one to answer his question.
After a few minutes of rest Naruto moved on. His weapons were so damaged that they could not be used anymore and he was left with only one.
While he was walking Naruto was thinking back on the battle he just had. In his opinion he did extremely good for his first fight in this new world. Even if his back slightly hurt but it was nothing compared to the injuries he received before.
Calming his nerves Naruto continued to walk and until he saw some chopped trees. His hands were sweating and when he saw the trees getting thinner until he saw the end of trees and finally he saw a village but it didn't look like a village he had ever seen. It had a pretty sturdy wall and the top of the buildings that could be seen were different from Konoha.
There were no guards on the wall but there were definitely some on the gate. He was too far away to identify them but they were humans that he was sure of. Some people that were entering and exiting also had weapons which meant it was common to carry a weapon.
He silently observed everything from his hiding place while slowly creeping closer to the road. He circumnavigated till he beside the road hiding in the bushed.
What caught his attention were people with animal traits but he didn't get close because from his experience Inazukas or any other clan with close ties to animals were gifted with better hearing and sense of smell.
He couldn't even understand their language and Naruto cursed in his mind because he would have to learn and study which he was never good at.
From his observation the guards were not checking the people entering which meant he could also go inside without much problem but his cloths were different while also in a very bad condition. All he was wearing were torn pants, ninja shoes and a badly damaged mesh shirt.
His will stand out too much if he went inside through the front gate so his only option left was to sneak in at night and steal some cloths and weapons. Information and language were second on the list finding everything about this new place could wait.
....
The moon shone brightly in the night sky when a figure stealthily climbed a large wall. He could be seen struggling to climb but the hard work paid off and he reached the top. laying flat atop the wall the person observed his surroundings and all that could see while also memorizing the streets and buildings. Some houses were still lit up but almost all others were deep into their sleep.
Naruto climbed down and ran silently into an alley. There were only stragglers on the streets which were easily avoided so he was not worried about getting caught. Next he went from place to place until he was sure he covered
He even peeked into some houses and shops to find out what they sold and found blacksmiths, bars, restaurants, an academy building, library and even a clothing shop but there were some which he did not understand.
He also saw some low life thugs, drunk and people who were using a device of some kind which showed pictures and emitted light and weird vehicles that made no sense.
Everything seemed so out of place that there were times he wanted to pull his hair out and yell to Kami to take him back to his home. But, even if Naruto was not the fastest kunai he was adaptable. So, he decided to sneak behind a drunk thug and sent a simple chop to neck which downed the man.
He made sure to keep the person steady and went onto work. Stealing the shirt, shoes, money, the bulky knife and everything that could be found on the person. The thug also had that small device which Naruto threw away since he had no idea what it was. He left the man with his pants because Naruto simply thought it was too disgusting to wear someone else's pants.
Once he was satisfied with his loot. Naruto took off and decided to find a secluded place near the school. He was sure he could learn some things by listening and peeking in on the students.
With that he finally took off his headband because he did see people with insignias and designs on them. if people saw his headband they would think he was connected to some organization. With a heavy heart he stuffed it into his pocket and wore the simple black shirt and gloves.
'These gloves will definitely come in handy when I have to climb the wall again.' he grimaced remembering the difficulty his fingers endured to climb the wall.
Hiding the dagger under his cloths, Naruto rested behind the academy. He was tired but could not rest. Even now his body was ready to react at any moment if he felt he was in danger.
....
At sun rise he saw the activity around the village increase. sticking to the shadows and out of sight all time Naruto simply observed, he saw workers, farmers and shopkeepers going on with their lives.
The academy opened quite late but Naruto did not care. He was glad that there were clocks and besides the weird squiggles everything was same so he could easily tell time from the watch he got from the thug.
He saw families laughing and smiling while conversing with each other. the children were same age as him when he first entered academy but there were children who were a year or two younger than him. Once classes started Naruto observed that the small children were downstairs while older were upstairs. This did not matter to him because when he peaked inside from the window he saw the teacher writing the same squiggles and drawing pictures for the children.
He kept listening and committing everything to memory. The good thing was that the language was easier to read and write.
In a way this was the first time Naruto received basic education because the orphanage was not kind to him in his younger days.
His interest grew in learning more and he decided that once he could read and write on his own he would go the library to study on his own because he did not had time to waste years. He sneaked inside the classroom to grab some books just so he could learn faster.
...
That night Naruto sneaked out of the village and ran as fast as he could back to the waterfall as training. It took him almost three hours when he ran at full speed without any breaks.
Slightly huffing from all the running Naruto settled down against the tree. He now had to make a training plan to defeat those monsters and the best way he could think of was to simply fight more of them.
His eyes lit up and jumped up from his position when an idea struck him. Standing tall, the grin on his face and the mischievousness in his eyes showed that Naruto was up to no good.
Naruto decided to once again start learning from his past. He could train like Lee, copy fighting styles of geniuses like Sasuke, Neji, Rock Lee and even his enemies that were proficient in fighting. Besides he had fought Sasuke and Lee so many times that he knew he could copy them and integrate their style into his own with frog kata.
'Hah! If grandma Tsunade saw me thinking so hard she will probably start a drinking marathon in shock.' excitement burned inside him once again.
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
damdidum
damdidum Sorry everyone, due to recent health issues over the world my university decided to work us overtime before things get serious. Now, I will be able update every other day since all classes will be now online.
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
stone