Prologue

"he's not moving, shouldn't he be movie i mean he has that thing in him." said Sakara as she looked at his chest moving up and down, "he just collapsed and never got up." muttered Hinata standing next to her "and he's been like that for a week," Hinata then looked look up and ask Sakara "how's..." "fine, he has a few Scratches." said Sakara looking at her friend. "But he still beating himself over it," the two looked over at their friend who clung to life hoping that he would eventually wake up.

Meanwhile in an apartment in Konoha a teen sits alone drinking out the last few drops out of a sake bottle before throwing it at the wall. he then collapses against a wall. he let his hair unceremoniously hang down reaching his mid back. His brown eyes had became red with tears of guilt as he made his way toward his swords. He looked at the black scabbard and the design of a dragon chasing it's tale, he slowly stood up and walked towards the kitchen to find a bucket or something that would hold water since he wouldn't have a second.

He slowly settled everything that he would need to in a note on the table, before he removed the blades from the scabbards, then consecrating on the katana he slowly immersed it in water as he pulled out a piece of paper on it was a Jisei no ku.(1) he opened the paper and proceed to read it aloud as the his mind proceed to create images.

running water trickles down,

it's beginning unknown to me,

it's sustains all life,

he placed the paper down and picked up his Wakizashi while using his chakra to place the katana against the back of his neck before aiming it to deliver a final strike to decapitate himself in hopes to restore some order to the people he dishonored. He slowly opened up his dark blue kimono exposing his belly to the light of the room as some symbols could be seen on the skin. He closed his eyes as tears dropped down his cheeks as he prepared to disembowel himself. But something seem to stop his final strike, he slowly opened his eyes to find someone else there in the room.

"why did you stop me Kakashi-Sensi i have dishonored my friends." said the Teen as Kakashi grabbed the katana before it could swing, "you're drunk, and not thinking Straight Yamatto." said Kakashi pulling the teen to his feet, Yamatto sighed as tears streamed down his face "i...don't care." said Yamatto enraged "you probably stopped me because of your fath-" Yamatto was silenced by a hard slap to his face sending him to the ground "Baka," said Kakashi looking down at the teen who seemed to hit a nerve of his. "you honor no one by taking your own life."

Yamatto sat up holding his cheek "it's just that it was my fault that he's in the hospital." muttered Yamatto as his cheek started to swell. "and i couldn't live with that guilt of almost killing him." Yamatto bent down picking up his wakizashi and placing it back into his scabbard as he looked at Kakashi "please don't tell Sakara about this." Kakashi just smiled under his mask, "don't worry about it." said Kakashi looking at the scared look on Yamatto's face "just lay off the sake,"

back in the hospital Sakara was busy making sure the machinery was working as she checked on her patient. While Hinata looked on "you know we all care about you," said Sakara adjusting his IV, "i just wish you would wake up soon Hinata needs you, hell i need you." Sakara stopped talking when he saw him beginning to stir but not wake up, "maybe he is just tired." hoped Hinata as she clutched his hand when he squeezed Back, causing her cheeks to be slightly flushed. "i kind of like when you blush Hinata." said Yamatto as he appeared in the room "but i would love if you would blush for me,"

Sakara swayed a bit, but stopped when she noticed the bruise on his face. "what happened to your face?" asked Sakara touching it causing him to flinch, "a real sobering experience," said Yamatto looking down at him "h-h-how's he doing?" "he's starting to wake," said Hinata excitedly as his eyes slowly opened and slowly sat up before Yamatto restrained him, "easy there, no need to strain yourself, you ain't healed you yet," he looked up in his state he recognize the two girls but didn't recognize Yamatto. "who are you?" he asked looking towards Yamatto as he smiled, "just rest Naruto." said Hinata looking at him when it occurred to him "your not stuttering." said Naruto who sat up looking at her as she blushed in embarrassment.

"hmm," thought Sakara "Naruto, what was the last thing you remember?" Naruto thought back and his eyes went wide with shock "the mission" Screamed Naruto as he started to run around "we need to get to.." "they did the mission,"Muttered Yamatto who looked at him "that's when you guys found me." Naruto sighed "that still doesn't explain who are you?" asked Naruto Causing Yamatto to laugh "I'll tell you over ramen," said Yamatto as he sighed, "we'll start from the beginning."

a day later the four sat at Naruto's Favorite ramen shop (i honestly forget the name at the moment) and ordered a few bowls, Naruto who started off at his usual pace followed by Yamatto who started to eat in a somewhat civilized manner, "so, what type of ninja are you?" asked Naruto who got a laugh out of him "do i honestly look like a ninja Naruto?" Naruto look at him starting with the hair what seemed to be in a ball followed by the outfit what seen to be a fine cotton top with baggy pants which got a look out of the blond ninja "you look like Blackthorne (2)" said Naruto only to get a strange look of rage from Yamatto. "for the last time don't call me that." muttered Yamatto looking at Sakara who stirred her broth "what's wrong."

Sakara looked up at him "nothing," she muttered still looking at the soup, Causing Yamatto to sigh and repress a twinge of pain, "ok then," said Yamatto who turned to Hinata, who sat there looking at Naruto as he finished another bowl of Ramen "Hinata," asked Naruto looking at her " did we get close during the mission." Hinata looked down and started to blush profusely while Yamatto nearly choked on his meal, while Sakara slapped him across the head "baka," said Sakara looking at him "we will all try to you, but not here, at your place."

soon the four reached Naruto's apartment and sat around the small living room area with Yamatto and Sakara, sitting on a small couch Hinata sitting. in a chair while Naruto stood there pacing back and forth trying to figure out what ask and who to ask what. "ok what happened on the mission?" asked Naruto "hmm, the mission was your basic C class mission, we were supposed to find Yamatto and bring him to Konoha. But something happened along the way," said Sakara looking towards the ground "was it something bad?" asked Naruto worried " not really," said Yamatto "just listen to the story." Naruto then sat and listened to Hinata and Sakara begin to tell the story.

Authors notes:

wow in writing a story the first chapter is the toughest for me not as tough as the middle ones which are tough to start of with. What i a afraid is that this story of mine will upset the true fans of Naruto. So that is why i am classifying as a AU due to something might be slightly out of character with the introduction of my original character who is modeled after Miyamoto Musashi the best samurai in the world, and no he Yamatto is not a ninja, but a samurai a skilled one, but you will know more about him later.

Now normally i would stop the notes here due to me not wanting to take up space but i need to due to the thing i will call the 'apartment scene' i know it was ooc of Kakashi to slap Yamatto but i did have reason 1. he mention his father the white fang of Konoha a skillful ninja to my knowledge killed himself but then again i only read the first part of the manga and am up to episode of 151, in the anime seen both movies so in my opinion i believe it to be slightly ooc for Kakashi to take such action by slapping Yamatto.

2. suicide, or the attempt, been there tried but lucky stopped before i could do serious harm to myself, now in the culture of the samurai suicide would be a way to clear your family from a shameful mistake. coughveryimportantlateroncough and they would do so by disembowelment, well that's it for now so i can only as if you would review now for the definitions i used in this chapter

Jisei no ku: a death poem a samurai would write usually a haiku describing a scene of nature and beauty.

Blackthorne: the protagonist in the in the James Clavell novel Shogun a great look into feudal Japan, it's one of my favorite books. I choose that as insult because i couldn't find a way to demean a samurai, who would?

So please kindly review my first Naruto fanfic and tell my how bad or good of a job i am doing.

Ubermann