This is going to be me pretty much doing all the story arcs of Naruto only substituting Sakura out for my OC Shizen. The arcs will be the same as in the enemies and such but the way that they will go about beating them will change from the story because of the presence of my OC. This first chapter is just the description of my OC and his past and what not. I'm also going to add some chapters of custom story arcs made by myself just to shake it up and I'm probably going to pair my OC up with someone eventually but not sure who, any suggestions would be appreciated! The first few chapters are boring but it picks up at chapter 3 so just bear through it and it will all be worth it :D Enjoy!

The story begins in the large prosperous village in the Land of Fire known as Konohagakure. The newly graduated academy class have just been assigned their new masters and whether they know it or not they have just become a part of the massive shinobi force of the village and will now be looked at for protection from harm. There were many teams formed but the one we are focused on is team number 7. The Jounin assigned to be sensei of this squad goes by the name Kakashi Hatake who some believe to be the strongest of the Jounin assigned squads. The three new genin thrown together under his watchful eye are Sasuke Uchiha, a distant and seemingly unfriendly child that is one of the top contenders for strongest genin. Naruto Uzumaki, a friendly and headstrong child that was at the bottom of his class in the academy. Then the third, and our primary focus, is Shizen Ayatsuri a young boy who believes intently on the sanctity of life and was as well at the bottom of the graduating class at the academy.

Shizen's past is as much of a mystery to him as it was to anyone else. He was born on April 20th in the nomadic tribal clan called the Ayatsuri. They were a group that focus primarily on Taijutsu but also follow the path of non-violence, resorting to it only if their clan is threatened and will never kill the aggressor, no matter what they have done. After being born, the chief of the Ayatsuri at the time, Godai Ayatsuri, sensed something evil within the child and forced his parents to relinquish him to one of the villages. Shizen's parents argued with the Chief for almost a week but he was adamant in his decision and even told them that the evil he sensed in him was such a threat to their way of life that the boy has sparked a slight urge for him to end his life. So reluctantly, as the Ayatsuri made one of their stops at Konohagakure to trade for supplies they laid him on a doorstep to one of the houses and gave him the name Shizen, or "Nature" because they felt no matter what anyone else said about him, he was a gift from the earth not a curse, and that they refused to believe what anyone said.

And so, Shizen began his childhood in Konohagakure playing with the other kids as any other child would, seemingly blending in with civilized society. It was not until Shizen hit the age of ten that the evil Godai sensed in him began to show itself. Nobody knows the cause the doctors in Konohagakure claimed it to be a mental illness while the citizens of the village called it a demon, but every time there is a full moon in the sky, Shizen's personality completely changes into something straight from hell. He gets a devilish grin on his face and gets a bloodlust like nothing anyone has seen in a child he would attack random people for absolutely no reason with the full intent to end their lives, all the while laughing maniacally and smiling. After the change subsides and Shizen returns to himself he has no recollection of anything he had done the night before and this fact causes him to hate himself greatly for harming innocent people for no reason, and so now on the day before the full moon he ties himself up in his room to prevent himself from moving and tells only his closest childhood friend in the village, Kiba Inuzuka, where he hid the keys to his bindings so that he can be freed the next morning. With this system he has been able to control the "Thing" inside him fairly well and he was able to continue his day to day activities, although now he was watched much more carefully by the villagers. At the age of 11 him and his best friend Kiba both were enrolled in the academy. Kiba was ecstatic about finally being able to be trained in the art of the shinobi, but Shizen was more reluctant than anything. He feared not only that giving himself more knowledge as a ninja would increase the strength of the "Thing" in him when it broke loose, but also that doing so would conflict with his views. He didn't like being taught ways to end another human being's life. He went over it in his head but the goal he had for himself in his mind was more than enough drive to get him to go through with it. He needed to find his true parents and he wasn't sure what obstacles would be in his way, and he had to be prepared for anything. So he did it, alongside Kiba he underwent basic academy training learning every basic jutsu, knowledge of ninja tools, and taijutsu forms. It wasn't until they began training taijutsu that Shizen discovered something else about himself, that his parents didn't leave him completely defenseless. His clan had a Kekkei Genkai, it is called the Setsuku or "Elemental Connection." It allows the user to draw chakra straight from their chakra circulatory system and interweave it with muscle tissue and ligaments to have different effects on the body depending on the chakra weaved. He discovered this ability in a spar with a fellow academy student named Rock Lee, who showed an amazing prowess in taijutsu. Shizen was getting beaten badly by the boy and in a desperate attempt to do anything to help he just started trying to force chakra out of his body, normally a useless move for any other ninja, but for him it sent Earth natured chakra into the fibers all over his body, causing his skin to darken and his body to increase in density, giving his muscles the feeling of solid rock. With the bonus he put up more of a fight against Lee but still lost, as he had no idea how to control this new ability efficiently. Shortly after this spar, when both Kiba and Shizen were 12 years old, they graduated the academy and were sadly forced to part when they were assigned squads.

Which brings us back to the present day. Shizen is wearing his usual attire of a deep green cutoff T-shirt with black pants and shinobi sandals. His weapon pouch that contains a number of kunai and shuriken is hanging off his waist as well as his Konohagakure headband hanging loosely by his side. His medium length brown hair bounced lightly with the wind as his deep brown eyes were focused intently on his new sensei Kakashi as he was going through the usual pleasantries that came along with meeting new people or forming a team. The 5 foot 2 inch tall boy weighing only 100 pounds wasn't sure how well he would be able to handle the new life as a shinobi, but he needed to find his true parents, so he could show them what he has become, a true gift of nature.