I don't own Naruto.
This is my third fic, the first was a real mess and my second is now on hold because of a writer block. I tried everything but I just can't express the story the way I want to.
Well read this and tell me what you think about it I don't mind any kind of you.
Chapter One: Discoveries and Allies.
The Bijuu. Great entities with abnormal types of . All of them could do legendary deeds, imbue humans with great power or create new techniques for them to use.
Not much is known about their appearance in the realm of humans because they rarely reveal themselves to normal people. But when that happens...
The first recording of a Bijuu dates back at the beginning of the First Great Shinobi War. In a great battle a ninja belonging to one of the belligerent sides used a summoning technique but unwillingly made an extra seal and instead of his usual summoning an eight-tailed ox appeared.
The beast killed every single one of the ninja out there except for it' summoner, who is believed to have become the first demon host. Soon rumours of such beasts spread around the shinobi factions.
By the time of the Third Great War all of them had appeared in one way or another .
Except for one. The deadliest, most brutal beast to ever walk the face of the earth had only been seen once. And that is ten years prior to our story. The victor of the last great war and most prominent village, the Hidden Leaf was attacked with full force but the massive entity. In a battle that became legendary, the village hero held it at the walls, watched by hundreds of stunned ninja, using his most powerful techniques to stop it. Then, at a critical moment he summoned the last of his strength and in a blinding blast of light the beast had vanished. The hero had died and all that was left for the disbelieving audience was a new-born child, crying.
One of them took a step forward and gently picked him up, his eyes examining the complex seal on his abdomen. One by on the Leaf shinobi approached, silently acknowledging the infant. All figured it our pretty soon. The beast had been caged, the boy now held it. Fresh tears on their faces, all bowed to the child as rain started pouring down.
Ten years later.
Uzumaki Naruto ran As fast a he could. He wanted to run and run and run some more, until the pain would go away. It was not the first time that the boy had been exposed to the cruelty of life. Both to receive glares and hate filled comments on his birth-day was just too much.
It was the anniversary of the defeat of the Kyuubi no Yoko at the hands of the Yondaime Hokage. Whenever a village leader died or retired, the strongest ninja would be chosen to lead. And that had undoubtedly been him. In a short run as Hokage he proved his worth. The title of Fire Shadow was the epitome of a ninja's career. And the 4th had been th epitome of the ninja world. It was not easy to succeed the man once called 'The God of all Shinobi' but he had proven worthy of the task. The day of his greatest victory was a bitter celebration for the village. While shinobi would commemorate him as a comrade, normal people tended to exaggerate. And so by shunning the container of the thingt that had killed their hero they would believe they were honouring his memory.
Until now on each of his birthdays Naruto had been kept inside his home guarded by those strange men wearing animal masks and today he decided to get out and see for himself what his guardians kept hidden. He would have turned back time and stayed in his small room had he been given the chance.
Taking a turn he reached a dead wall was to high to climb and there was no place to go anymore. He punched the wall, his small fist leaving no mark on it. He shouted and kicked and punched scarring some cat away from the deserted alley until he felt his anger rise some more. He didn't quite understand anger, all he felt was the need to hit and WHOOSH...
Opening hi eyes he found himself on a rooftop in the other side of the village. The blond didn't know how he got there but he had no time to ponder as it happened again. And again. And again. He would wake up in strange places like the forest, on a weapon store, in the hot springs -oh my-Meanwhile a white haired shinobi thought he had gone bat-shit crazy. Seconds ago he saw Uzumaki Naruto disappearing in a yellow flash.
It took him some time to regain composure, seeing the boy all over the village when he should have been in the HQ long ago. And seeing him do something he had not seen for years, something he believed he would never see again.
An underground complex.
Danzou,and old, wrinkly man, missing an arm and an eye, approached a door secured by two of his best agents carrying a box with gift wrappings around was happy he could find a good enough gift but didn't let it show on as his two ninja saluted him while he opened the door to find...an empty room.
Shock followed by fear invaded his occupant was not there.
"003, did he leave the room to go to the bathroom?"
"No was inside the whole time and since we didn't hear a sound from him we believed he was asleep."
"You two go and announce every agent inside the village that our 'guest' must be found at once."
Both disappeared in puffs of smoke leaving a worried leader behind. Danzou sighed and turned around. Now he had to report to the Hokage.
With the white-haired guy
Things weren't so easy to figure out because the boy moved around at blinding speeds. His voice couldn't be heard but if it could it would probably be shouting in fear.
Two hours passed and now he was moving at top speed all around the village, watching every corner and every angle, making some of those who knew him to finally say he had lost his marbles. Some guy in a green suit followed him for a while, shouting stupidities about youth and flames.
One minute he was going towards south, the next he turned around.
The green-freak kept encouraging him, while a bearded, tall man laughed his behind off..
The expression on his face was one of confusion mixed with exhaustion.
'If this keeps up I'll have to retire earlier than planed. THAT speed is truly unbelievable.' Finaly, after another hour of chasing he found the boy asleep on a roof-top, his head resting against the concrete. He looked around to see men in armour and masks surrounding him.
"Please hand over the boy as he must be escorted to safety at once." A man in a white cloak and with an eagle mask on said. Kakashi knew him, it was one of his subordinates when he had been in the Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokubetsu Butai. ANBU, the elite force of high-ranked shinobi under the direct orders of the Hokage. Kakashi saw some from a special division as well, but he failed to realize what they were doing INSIDE the village.
"Okay but I'm coming with you .I have to give my report to the Hokage about some strange new discoveries I've made." The masked one nodded, Kakashi would come with them even if they tried to stop him. As an old member he knew the inside out's of the organization better than most of the agents.
A riot broke out in the village, a group of drunk people began throwing rock's into windows but they were easily dispersed.
Council meeting
"Hokage-sama do you realize what the risks of this event are. If Naruto-kun is harmed in the slightest way then we will have civil war on our hands. Many shinobi would try to avenge him, and just because some idiotic civilian might harm him. I have already given you numerous advices on how to reduce this risk.
"I fully understand Danzou but we all already agreed on that. I trust your men to do a good job as well as all the shinobi in the village. You are allowed to use force in order to bring him back.
"That won't be necessary. The boy is safe and the mobs are being pushed back. He is now in your office along with some Ne guards and Hatake . They request your presence immediately."A young chuunin said as he entered the room.
This meeting is adjourned. The man know as Hokage left to his office, his mind racing with the implications. This would require serious thinking. Opening the door he found two figures in a defensive position around a small boy sleeping on a chair. He trusted them both, the former and current ANBU captain. But the centre of his attention was Naruto.
Being an experienced ninja he could easily feel the chakra, the energy in the boy's system reaching a higher frequency than normal chakra. It was contorting and spinning at high speeds, with no one to control it. But he recognized the chakra, he had seen it in action, as most of the veterans of the Third Great Secret War. But only in flashes of a few seconds, never in a continous pattern.
"The Raiton: Flying Thunder God Technique. How did he do it, Hokage-sama".
"Kakashi, what I am about to say will not leave this room. This is a top priority secret of great importance to the Leaf's military future. Did you see this boy performing THAT jutsu"
"Hundreds of times. It was like seeing a ghost. But he didn't use the normal requirements for it. He did it freely. Sensei couldn't manage that"
"The way the chakra forms, the distinct pattern, and the unusual frequency could only men one thing. Kekkei Genkai." He watched the man's eyes grow wide. "You know of this boy's lineage. All around history the Uzumaki had been know to sprout new bloodline limits in their new-borns due to their unique genetic pattern. And the 4th had used this jutsu for so long that traits of the chakra would accumulate in his blood. That chakra, combined with his mother's blood gave birth to this amazing ability. Kakashi, when this boy grows up, you will be personally charged to teaching him. Since you are the only surviving students of the 4th you are the one with the greatest expertise. Hawk!"
"Your order, Hokage-sama!"
"Take him back to Ne HQ. Tell Danzou to give him B-class training and equipment as soon as he is fit. He must be brought to the rank of chuunin in six months."
"Yokai!" and with that he disappeared with the blond in his arms. Kakashi bowed and turned to leave when he heard the elder speak. "Make no mistake, Kakashi. This boy is not your sensei. The 4th died long ago and to dwell on painful memories would only do you harm."
"Hai, Hokage-sama. I understand."
Rice Fields Country. City of Sankyo.2200 hours.
A man wearing an official costume sat in front of the feudal lord that ruled the Rice Fields no Kuni. His clothes were white with some traces of purple. On his face he had a strange set of eyes that were yellow and slitted ,and on each cheek he had a purple triangle.
The Daimyo spoke up" So basically you offer me the chance of an alliance with Konoha and the Fire Nation as well as the chance to have my own hidden village should I accept."
"Kenzou-sama, the war with the Fire Nation depleted your treasury and whipped out your army. A new hidden village will give you the money you need and the military strength to protect your borders or expand them."
"And what guaranties do I have that you will not betray me afterwards?"
"The Fire Country's Daimyo offers his daughters hand to you eldest son, they will be married when they turn 21 ,that is fourteen years from now."
"A blood link with the Kaguyara family? Interesting."
"If you accept then twelve Konoha high-ranked, elite ninja alongside with myself will train your men and help build the new hidden village. In a few years it will all be finished and you will become one of the most powerful men in the elemental Nations. You may even be given the chance to have your own sixth Elemental Nation."
The man instantly agreed and the snake Sannin inwardly smirked as the bait had been taken ' Sarutobi-sensei ,one part of the plan has begun."
Water Country.
A boy of about twelve ,sat in the lotus position in front of the main tent. Under the black hair and two birthmarks one could see a Konohagakure head-band. He was undoubtedly a shinobi of the Leaf.
The camp, as always, was full of motion, a never ending stream of people wearing Mist or Leaf head-bands moved left and right either carrying weaponry ,either delivering messages. In all there were twelve thousand inhabitants in the camp ,almost all of them shinobi.
Following the death of the Sandaime Mizukage a civil war broke out that brought the country in a state of chaos. The Yondaime Mizukage came to power after killing all his political adversaries with the aid of his own special elite task-force. His popularity wasn't that great so he found a way to increase it, to secure his place: he blamed the country's downfall on the kekkei genkai carriers and initiated a massive purge of such people.
In the end all he got was an even greater civil war with most of the clans like the Kaguya-the bone users , the Shiroiaro-the ice users- , the Makemaru –the shadow walkers- rallying against the Hidden Mist. At the moment the conflict was at a stand-still. The rebels controlled the northern port-cities and about a third of the central portion but their supply was fairly good, while the Mizukage had three times the men only a very bad supply if a few ports that existed in the south and west. And they were all under the monopoly of the Gatoh Corporation.
Because of the war, the country could no longer sustain itself economically. Few were left to work the small areas of farmland, few could work in the mines to bring our iron ore. And so, the Land of Water needed out-side support. Shippings were vital to the two sides, that's why the rebels had such a great advantage.
Uchiha Itachi had been sent there to form an alliance with one of the factions that would benefit Konoha later on. After a close observation of the two sides he choose the rebels and that was the reason for which he was there. His main argument was that Kirigakure would have never signed an agreement with a Sharingan user when they did all they could to turn blood-line users into hearth-less, brutal monsters.
After many discussion he managed to sign a treaty.
It's condition were for the Hidden Leaf to support the rebel leader Shiroiaro Yukimaru in his war until he claims the title of Mizukage, either him or one of his men. After that Kiri would join the alliance between Hidden Leaf, Hidden Sand, Hidden Grass and the soon to be founded Hidden Sound. What he had to do was lead the five hundred men under his command and the ones that will be sent later on.
The Leaf had officially joined the Mist Civil War.
A.N. : I finally re-wrote the first chapter. I was more than surprised to find that some of the words and fragments of the original document were lost when I uploaded them so i began a massive re-writing campaign. I'll finish all of the current chapters and then move on with the plot.
