21Loud and Proud
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Naruto x ?
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The jet cut cleanly through the air as it descended through the white puffy clouds. The sleek twin-engine aircraft was a beautiful sight against the pure blue of the sky. The passenger windows on the side of the long, narrow aircraft glinted brightly in the sunshine.
Nathaniel "Naruto" Loud head was bent over the iPad in front of him. He was deep in concentration despite the fact that the pilot had called back a few minutes before that they would be landing in Atlanta in a few hours. Then from there it would be a good old seven hundred plus miles til he made it home back to Michigan.
Naruto raised his head, and rubbed at the back of his neck. A couple seats ahead of him, on the other side of the aisle, he could see that one of the other attendees from the Youtubers gathering appeared to be dozing. From what he had gathered, the guy was something of a nervous flyer. Ironic considering he was a highly popular Grand Theft Auto player who won all the plane rounds.
There were a few other people, but no one he nominally knew. He had to admit it was a fun and rather interesting experience. He had been apprehensive at first to leave his family behind, but it was important for his career and that career had played a big part of their finances thanks to his siblings tendency to cause quite a bit of damage around town. He was sure if not for the money gained by his channel the family would have been in debt a long time ago.
He was soon interrupted from his thoughts by a loud strong thunk , and the whole aircraft shuddered. Almost immediately he felt the plane going into a steep dive. He felt his heart begin to race as adrenal in flooded his system. 'Are we going to crash?' He looked forward, and saw several sleeping passengers were now wide awake. Some calling to the pilot ask what was going on while the stewardesses tried to calm down the panicking passengers.
'Everybody stay in your seats. Fasten your seat belts!' Naruto quickly checked his lap belt, and found it was already buckled. As he was sitting on the right side of the plane he had a partial view of the pilot. He could see the man struggling to regain control of the aircraft. Then he heard him calling for help over the radio, Mayday, Mayday! This is Boeing 757. We are experiencing an emergency. Be advised we are in a steep dive. Mayday!' This was followed by some technical jargon that Nick couldn't really follow, but there was no question that their situation was critical. Naruto turned back around, and peered out the window on his right. The ground was approaching awfully quickly. He gulped and closed his eyes. Leaning his head back on the headrest, he began to pray.
Somewhere in the midst of his second or third prayer, he found himself thinking about his should try to call them. If this was really it, he wanted a chance to say goodbye. He retrieved his cell phone from his pocket, and punched the speed dial sequence for his father's direct line. Nothing happened. He looked at the phone. It was dead. Damn! He had seen the battery was low last night, and had intended to switch it for a fresh one, but then had gotten distracted. He'd totally forgotten about it this morning in his rush to get to the airport. Shit! Well maybe one of the other passengers had a cell phone he could use, but then...that was kind of selfish, wasn't it? They'd want to be making calls to their own family, if that was the case.
With a mental shake of his head, Naruto's thoughts turned back to his current predicament. He wondered how everyone would feel if he...if he didn't make it through this. He felt his eyes grow wet, envisioning his family getting the news that he was dead.
He felt the airplane begin to level out. He opened his eyes, and looked out the window. Yes, he was right. They were still going down, but at a much, much slower rate of descent . He was just beginning to think that maybe they were out of the woods when the pilot yelled back, We're going down! I'm sorry. We're not going to be able to make it to the airport. Brace yourselves
His heart was in his mouth. He didn't want to die. Not yet. He rechecked his seat belt again, and then took firm hold of the table in front of him. Facing forward he looked out the window again. He couldn't really judge how far up they were, maybe a thousand feet, but they were descending into a large wooded area. That didn't seem good. And he couldn't see any sign of a town or houses. He watched the ground approaching closer and closer, Naruto began to see events from his life flash before his eyes. He saw his father at about forty years and the way that uneventful 40th birthday party didn't go to plan.
Beating up all those bullies who would harass Lincoln.
Chasing away those scum-buckets that tried to take advantage of Leni's naivety.
No more family dinners.
No more family outings.
No more...
It was 11 a.m. in the morning, and bright sunlight was streaming into Devecivirtual. Lynn Loud, Patriarchy of the Loud family was talking with his coworker at the break table when he was approached by one of the company secretaries. "Mr. Loud, Mr. Rollings I'm sorry to disturb you, but there's a Mr. Rawlings from Gold Peace Airlines for Me. Loud. He says it's urgent that he speak with you."
He got up from the table, and circled around the bend down the hallway to his desk. A look of concern appeared on his face as he reached to pick up the phone He heard an unfamiliar voice come over the line. Lynn thought he detected strain in the man's voice, and answered uneasily, "Yes, this is Lynn Loud."
"Mr. Loud we haven't met. I'm Stanley Rawlings, an Air Marshall at Gold Piece Airlines and I'm afraid I have some very bad news. We were just informed that the plane that your son and were taking to Atlanta dropped off the radar about half an hour ago. There's been no contact with the plane since. I'm afraid... They think the plane must have crashed. I'm very ..." As he had heard the words dropped off the radar all the blood had drained from Lynns's face. As Mr. Rawlings finished speaking, the IT Specialist reached behind him with one hand, and located the arm of his chair. He dropped down into it.
"Mr. Loud?" Rawlings was saying. Lynn couldn't reply at first. His mind was whirling. 'The plane has crashed. '
'Mr. Loud? Are you there? '
'Yes, yes, I'm here,' he managed to get out. His vision was blurred by the tears that were filling his eyes. 'Do they know what happened?'
'We were told that the pilot had issued a distress signal shortly before the crash. Some kind of catastrophic mechanical failure, apparently. The plane had gone into a rapid descent, but the pilot was able to regain partial control shortly before they disappeared off radar. He had told the tower he was going to have to ground the plane. '
Lynn closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, he said in a stricken voice, 'When will we know something more?'
"They have aircraft up now to search for...for any signs of wreckage. The plane was about fifty miles out of Atlanta when it went down. So I imagine it won't take the search planes too long to reach the area... Do you have a pen? I can give you the direct number for the Head of Operations at the airport.'
Lynn fumbled on his desk for a pen and a piece of paper. "Go ahead," he said, and wrote down the number.
"I'm, I'm really sorry to have to be the one to give you this news, Mr. Loud. I pray that your son and the other passengers come through this in one ."
" Thank you," Lynn said slowly. 'Thank you for calling and letting me know, well...goodbye." Lynn hung up the phone, he placed one elbow on the desk, and lowered his forehead onto the desk.
The next half hour seemed to be a blur as he relayed what happened to his concerned coworkers.
'Nate, oh my god Nate," he said softly, as his tears began to flow.
"Congratulations you are all shinobi ready to take missions on behalf of the village." He allowed them to bask in their satisfaction for a bit and then continued. "Starting tomorrow you will be given a "D" ranked mission. It might mean walking dogs, pulling weeds, baby sitting or other such jobs."
Naruto let out a small sigh, he knew about the procedure of D-rank missions. For years the majority of his training was mental. Instead of spending all the time learning cool explosive jutsu, the focus for the majority of his training had been mental. Politics. Money. Geography. Seals. Psychology. While it wasn't unheard of for an extremely powerful young prodigy to be born, Hiruzen and the others decided it was better to focus on nurturing Naruto's intellect and mental health over just making him an extremely powerful, but immature ticking time bomb.
"Kakashi-sensei, how long would you personally having us stuck with those rank of missions? I only ask because of my curiosity." The blond mentally congratulated himself on keeping in control of his impulse to verbally react how much of a waste of time D-rank missions were.
He knew just how serious Kakashi could be. In fact first hand he saw just how insubordinate shinobi could be disciplined.
It was a few years ago as Kazuma-oji took him with him for a trip out of town. They had visited Suna and were witnessing a Jounin training his students. One genin was being insubordinate and dismissing his sensei's order to focus on Genjutsu because he thought it was useless.
Naruto's eyes widened in surprise when the fist collided with the genin's gut and he doubled over.
"You do not presume to make demands of me genin. We are shinobi. I am your Jounin-sensei, I out rank you. You a mere Genin need to remember your place and follow the orders of those who outrank you."
"You see that Naruto." The elder Uzumaki remarked as he saw the blond's expression. "You thought I was harsh when I was curbing your attitude with my cane, but that right there is the kind of discipline you can expect from a strict shinobi superior. Especially those who have been through war. They will not stand for disrespect and correct your behavior. Being a shinobi isn't about flashy jutsu or being in the spotlight. I know you desire to become Hokage, but a Hokage is more than just boasts and strength. The Hokage must also have a strong mind and the right political ties. You keep on the way you're going with building strong political ties with your classmates you will build up your resume. You must also keep in mind to try and build up potential ties whenever you are on a mission as well. There will be a time to express yourself with passion, but also a time to keep yourself in control."
"It will be dependent on the three of you. Once I am satisfied that all three of you are sufficiently trained up to the same efficient level capable of handling C ranks will you no longer have to worry about D-rank missions."
Sasuke grimaced. He couldn't do real missions until Uzumaki and Haruno were equal to his level? This would interfere with his development. Learning that Kakashi of a thousand techniques was his sensei had pleased him.
Kakashi was one of the youngest progressed Shinobi of his generation if not Konoha history. Not even Itachi had progressed as quickly as Kakashi during his initial years. His completion rate of A ranked missions was also one of the highest known and he was still young enough to have a long career for years to come.
Few shinobi in Konoha not counting the Sannin or Hokage were in Kakashi's league. Someone like him could surely bring Sasuke up to the level he needed to fight 'that man' but now the time it would take could not be estimated.
Kakashi took notice of Sasuke's body language. "Is there a problem Uchiha-san?"
Sasuke's glare did not lessen as he answered. "While I will follow your orders sensei this is a waste of my time having to wait until those two catch up to my level."
"You arrogant…" Quickly angered, Naruto was about to shoot off, only stopped when Sakura grabbed his wrist and shook her head no.
Naruto was quick to release his anger. He cursed himself for losing control like that. Being underestimated or dismissed was still a sore subject for him. It made him feel embarrassed and unworthy. That he wasn't trying hard enough or making enough progress to bring prestige to the Uzumaki name.
The combination of factors that contributed to his life and the knowledge of his parents sacrifice and hopes for him influences so much of Naruto's mindset. He just had to succeed. He just had to.
Sakura couldn't help but be wounded by Sasuke's comment. Even if Sakura's affection towards him had waned it didn't change the fact he was her first crush. The fact he dismissed her so casually also bothered her, because Sakura knew that being from a civilian family she was already looked down upon by shinobi who were from clans. They were expecting her to fail or be a burden on her team.
Kakashi chuckled. "You seem so certain of that Uchiha-san, but seeing as you have no knowledge of your team mates outside of the academy, how can you be so certain what they have shown in the academy the true level of their skill? The prideful and foolish strut about with their abilities exposed to the world and that pride gets one killed. The point still stands until all three of you are an efficient level we will not be doing anything above d-rank missions."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "I could get further on my own! Why waste my time training them?" Sasuke just could not comprehend wasting efforts on those he deemed as losers.
The wrong thing to say as Kakashi's expression sharpened and his fury manifested in the form of killer intent.
Naruto went rigid. He was all too familiar with this sensation. The fear. The dread that came when facing an opponent with killing intent. The humiliation of the incident came to the mind of the memory of one of 'Kazuma's training exercises' he called. Two things contributed to the Uzumakis demise all those years ago. Lack of support from their allies and being too prideful in their blood line and abilities. As a result issues of pride were something Naruto was intent on not succumbing to.
Able to shake it off Naruto realized Sakura was frozen stiff in terror. Naruto was quick to grab her by the shoulders and call out to her, in an attempt to calm her down.
"You arrogant fool. This is a team. The difference between survival and death relies on the effectiveness of the team. The level of missions you do as well as its success depends on the effectiveness of the individual's ability to work together. Either by boosting each other strengths or covering each other's weaknesses. Consider yourself lucky that the only reason why I don't kick your ass back to the academy is because it would unfairly punish your teammates by making them have to wait an undetermined amount of time for a suitable replacement." That and most likely a huge stink would be raised about it by the councils. The loss of the Uchiha clan years ago has been rather catastrophic in forms of both their security and their military power. The substandard graduation requirements that followed it in order to beef up their numbers and cover this loss of power resulted in an even higher failure rate from the graduation as well as cutting in the time of proficient Jounin had for higher ranked missions as he additional time they had to play catch up with their Genin resulted in situations such as this.
Time being spent correcting the behaviors that should have been trained out of them instead of devoting it into helping them decide their craft or specialty resulting in their Shinobi not pursuing such serious training methods until they were at least Chunin.
Kakashi shuttered to think how bad the situation would be if Naruto had been left to his own devices and if his friendship with Sakura didn't change the girl.
Naruto still needed to improve his Taijutsu. It was also time to up his weights from 50kg. Not that they were around the time where graduates bodies were developing they could began physical conditioning without fears of damaging their bodies.
It was a shame that some villages adopted the ideal that simply tossing in as much training as possible could fix what was wrong with training a child heavily from the moment they could walk. The long term damage done to the organs and tissue from overexertion or impractical training techniques could lead to early deaths, sometimes in their thirties or forties or an imparity to occur during combat and causing the loss of that shinobi's life.
Thinking about what else Naruto could need help in he decided to increase how many jutsu the blond knew. Since he spent a good deal of time with Sakura and Sakura not only had potential in Genjutsu, but also received tutoring from Kurenai he was sure the simply suggestion of working on their weaknesses would solve that potential issue.
Sasuke's issues were more attitude base. So teamwork exercises and mental conditioning as well as bribery should do the work. If worse comes to worse Sasuke would request he either attended mandatory counseling or be removed from the program. Seeing as Kakashi himself was the only shinobi that could actually train Sasuke to his full potential there was no worry about him being a flight risk on another team.
Sakura had a lot of potential. Her chakra control was on a level not seen in the village for decades. She was also bright too and her academic skills were off the charts. The girl also had a talent for Genjutsu, but she would need major improvements in her Taijutsu and Ninjutsu as well. She had all the makings of an excellent support type.
"I wish to make something loud and clear to you three. I am not like most jounin in this village. I will not humor your delusions or coddle you. The moment you accept those hiate-tie you became shinobi. So get all delusions of grandeur out of your heads right now. We are both the blades that cut down our enemies and the shield that protects this village. I expect you three to follow my letters to the tee. I will not accept insubordination or disrespect. You are now a part of Konoha military force and what you say or do reflects on all of Konoha. What you show to the world no matter how small can have consequences that can carry on for years to come. I trust there will be no issues and you all will act in accordance to what it means to be a Konoha shinobi. Is that clear?"
All three genin hastily responded with "Hai sensei."
Kakashi nodded firmly.
"Tomorrow we will begin by doing a few rank "D" missions followed by training. Until then you are dismissed."
With that Kakashi disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Without a word to his team mates Sasuke already left. For someone stubborn like him it would take more than words.
Helping Sakura to his feet Naruto led the girl back in town. By the time they had arrived she had managed to calm down. Waiting for them was Shino.
"Haruno-san. Naruto-san." He greeted them, having already ordered a bowl of vegetable style soup.
"Aburame-san." Sakura greeted him politely. What little of Shino she knew was through Naruto. He was quiet and smart and was from the Aburame clan who used creatures known as Kikaichu. They were one of Konohas four great clans.
"Hey Shino, how'd the team bonding exercising go?"
"Satisfactory. Our team passed." He answered as Naruto was greeted by the daughter of the owner.
Ayame Ichiraku, a civilian girl, remarkably pretty with chocolate brown hair. She was dressed as a cook, chef's hat and apron showing she was on duty. A part time worker at her dad's stand she was saving up money for her education. Naruto and Ayame chatted for a bit, the latter congratulating him as he and Sakura placed in their orders.
The Ichiraku were one of the few civilians who Naruto found approachable. They didn't ignore him nor were they weary of him so nearly every other day he would come to their stand for lunch. This had the unfortunate effect of a stigma being placed on the stand meaning the diversity of their customers were low for their kind of business. It was thanks to Naruto's vast weekly patronage that they were still even running let alone being able to pay the bills.
"So what did you guys have to do for the exam? Sakura-chan, the Uchiha, and I had to do the bell test making sure we got the hidden meaning of needing to work as a team to pass." He explained as they waited for their order.
"Our test was suited towards our clan abilities. We needed to track our sensei and dispel her jutsu. Hinata-san was instrumental in the second part."
Sakura couldn't help but quirk her lips slightly. Even the way Shino ate his food was so precise and quiet.
"What about Kiba?" he asked, despite having an idea on what Shino's response would be.
"He is a character. Loud. Brash. Headstrong. He has the makings of a combat type without any of the discipline and patience. Hopefully sensei will drill into his head that the kind of behavior he displays can get others killed." Shino finished his meal. "I cannot stay Naruto-san. My father has expressed an interest in celebrating my graduation with expanding my colony with a fresh new hive. As you can see I am quite excited." He finished not changing tones or expressions in the slightest.
Naruto began laughing pretty hard at that as Sakura looked between the two, quiet confused. "Only you Shino. See you later." He said as Shinobi nodded and acknowledge Sakura with a goodbye before he left. "What?" Naruto asked as he noticed Sakura was staring at him.
"Don't you 'what' me. What was that about?" she asked, wondering if Naruto had temporarily lost his mind.
"That was just classic Shino. He has a great sense of humor and he was poking fun at himself. How did you not get it?" he asked as Sakura groaned and began massaging her forehead.
Naruto opened his eyes. He was alive. He couldn't believe it. The plane had crashed, and he was still alive. It was true. His sterner than normal human body allowed him to live through what one wouldn't in most situations. That whole sequence. That whole memory. It literally really was a whole life time ago. He wasn't sure if being able to keep his memories while he was reincarnated would be a blessing or not for years, but if he was correct in where he was then it would finally prove a blessing more than a curse.
He felt a surge of pain going through his arm.
There was a three inch swath across the limb that was sore to the touch. He began to access his body to make sure there wasn't any puncture wounds. So far he hadn't been pierced by anything and thankfully there was no broken ribs.
Glancing out the window to try to determine their situation, he saw nothing but a tree-covered hillside. Suddenly he realized that the wing was not blocking his view. It was gone, apparently sheared off in the crash. If he was truly somewhere out in the wilderness then his past knowledge of survival would be the only reason he would be getting out of here alive.
The fuselage of the plane had come to rest partly on its side with the nose considerably downhill from the aft-section. This caused the floor of the cabin to slope steeply toward the front of the plane and, more moderately, from left to right Standing where he was for a moment.
First he slowly had to maneuver sideways to go to one passenger to the others trying to find survivors. "Hey? Are you okay?" He gingerly tried to wake up an older woman.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"
"Uh...yeah, my legs hurts...hurts something fierce."
"Alright, Imma go and try and find help if someone able to help or see if anyone is a doctor." Naruto told her. Out of all the people on the plane there was only two more other survivors. A cook and a medical student who was still in school. To his dismay the pilot had been killed in the crash. So many people were dead. Each family picture or wedding ring he saw caused an ever growing sense of pain and sadness at the loss of life and people who loved ones were now gone.
With that, they needed to get out of the plane, gain some room, set up a camp and go open to the handle and they weren't trapped in the plane.
The door moved, but it was heavy, and due to the angle in which the fuselage had come to rest, Naruto was having to push the door uphill. He moved forward, placed his right shoulder against the door, and shoved hard. The door moved outward, and came to rest in a fully open position. Grasping the door frame with his right hand, Nick leaned out as far as he could to get a look at the surrounding. There was nothing but trees as far as the eye could see. The plane appeared to have come down in a fairly young grove, as most of the trees looked to be no more than eight or ten inches in diameter. Naruto sniffed the air, and couldn't catch any hint of smoke, but there was a strong gassy odor that he knew must be aviation.
"There are trees all around us... I can't see anything but trees." he called back to the other survivors inside. "I am going to look around a bit to see to make sure its safe." Another important thing is that they needed to find drinkable water and make sure they weren't too close to any dwellings of dangerous wild life. He could only hope and pray that it won't take them too long for them to be found and that the... emergency box? Black box? Whatever it was called that they used to track crashes worked. Letting out a sigh he began trailing and looking around for any kindling and stones he could use for a fire. If they weren't found by night fall they were going to need a fire to stave away from the cold.
It was going to be a long night.
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Well people asked for it and here it is. A loud crossover. Now there is quite a few things. One its not just Naruto added to Loud House henceforth boring as fuck fics.
Two this is Naruto, not shitty original character with his name and character description but not his family/abilities or such. That is another common cliche.
I wanted to do something different. Something relevant yet interesting. Like the whole Youtube thing, something realistic for Naruto's age range in this story and realistic explaining how a family of a dozen could possibly have the money to maintain a home with that many rooms.
As usual this fic is more gray than the in your face goofiness and unreal-ism played at face valued in cartoons so expect the usual character growth and such. Next chapter we'll start to get more of the Loud characters, reactions, and setup leading to some usual antics.
