None of the Naruto characters belong to me except for Hikari, Yami, and any other OC. For everyone else, they belong to Kishimoto Masashi.
Location: Konoha Hospital
"So what happened?" Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage, asked a brown-haired and green-eyed nurse as they were in hallway of the third floor of the Konoha Hospital.
"He suffered many injuries to the point where you can't really even recognize the poor boy." The nurse answered with a saddened face.
The boy in question was a young boy named Uzumaki Naruto, the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. The boy was 8 years old but yet was beaten to near-death nearly every single time, so much that he has his own room in the hospital and despite how he felt, Sarutobi was powerless as he could not stop the villagers' attempts completely.
"Let me see him." Hiruzen said with a stern look.
The nurse nodded and they started to walk toward the room of Uzumaki Naruto. Speaking of the boy, Naruto was in his room, attached to machines and tubes as he was bloodied everywhere and was barely breathing. The attacked happened on his way back to his apartment. He was tracked and cornered into an alley and there he was beaten ruthlessly and was left dead in the alley and would have died if he was not found by an ANBU and brought into the hospital.
But while the boy was unconscious, his tenant was wide awake inside the sewer-like mindscape.
"So they've really done it this time huh? Looks like I'll have to heal him again." Kyuubi said with a sigh.
The bijuu started the healing process but while the process began, a black and white orb appeared in front of the bijuu.
"Now what is this?" The Kyuubi asked with a purr as it looked at the orb and then its eyes widened, "No way, this is Naruto's orb soul and it seems to have two sides, darkness and light. Judging by the orb, it looks like the two sides are holding each other back and that may be the reason why he has been acting like a complete idiot all the time." The Kyuubi analyzed as it looked at the orb.
The Kyuubi then touched the orb and a white light flashed. Sarutobi and the nurse saw the white light illuminate the room and quickly entered, only to gasp at what they saw. On the left corner of the room was a young man in his late teens/early twenties. He had black hair, and wore a black shirt with white pants and black shoes. On the right corner was Naruto except for three differences:
His hair was less unruly (resembled Ichigo's style) and his face was also more western-like.
He was completely healed
He wore a red shirt, black pants, and blue shoes
But the biggest surprise was the person on the bed. On the bed was a woman in her early twenties as well, with long crimson hair, red eyes and was stark naked, revealing her voluptuous body to anyone. But what was most striking about her were her fox ears and tails…all nine of them.
"K…Kyuubi?" Sarutobi stuttered in disbelief and shock.
"Don't worry old man, I'm not going to kill any of you." Kyuubi said, as she saw the concerned look on Sarutobi and the terrified nurse. "I'll explain everything once we're in private." She added on as she gave a nod to the Hokage.
The Sandaime noted the meaning behind the nod and turned to face the nurse,
"Would you please leave the room nurse?" Hiruzen asked.
The nurse quickly complied as she left the room and closed the door behind her. Sarutobi then turned back to glare at Kyuubi,
"Explain." The Hokage asked sternly.
"First of all, I am truly a female, shocking isn't it?" Kyuubi said with a smirk. Many had assumed that because of the way she looked in her true form, she was a male but on the contrary, she was very much a female, "Hokage, have you ever heard of the orb of soul?" Kyuubi then asked.
"Not really. What is it and what does it have to do with the situation?" Sarutobi asked.
"So impatient you humans are." Kyuubi replied with a smirk and she then continued, "The orb of soul represents the soul and the psyches that control it, usually darkness and light. Usually, the two forces are even and in constant balance but thanks to the beatings that the boy has been taking courtesy of your villagers," Kyuubi said, adding emphasis on your that caused the Hokage to wince, "The orb of soul became distorted and when I touched it, it eventually collapsed, caused a flash of light and then probably caused the darkness and light psyches to split into two versions of Naruto and also caused me to have this human form, which I don't mind at all." Kyuubi said as she finished her explanation.
"I see." The Hokage replied, still trying to digest the whole situation or mess in front of him. As fantastic as her story sounded, it made sense considering that there were two Naruto look-alike and not clones since the boy didn't even know bushin jutsu, and there was also the Kyuubi in human form…
"Wait! How are you outside of their bodies?" Sarutobi asked alarmed.
"The orb gave me a human body and destroyed the seal when it split Naruto into his darkness and light forms. However, the seal is still very much alive, it's actually on me, causing heavy restriction on my powers. It seems your Yondaime knew about the orb of soul as well and may have tweaked the seal just in case of such a situation would have happened." The Kyuubi explained.
"Ouch, what the hell just happened?" The red-shirted Naruto asked as it gained consciousness and rubbed the back of his head. He then looked up and saw the Sandaime, "Hey ojisan, why are you here?" The boy asked.
"He's here because we were beaten to near death in the original body and it seems that by the Kyuubi touching the orb of soul, we split into two Narutos." The black-haired Naruto explained.
The red-shirted Naruto gasped as he saw his other and glared at him as he got up,
"So you're out too. Don't think I won't keep my eye on you just because we're separated." Hikari Naruto said sternly.
"Don't be stupid. I'm my own individual so it's no use keep an eye on me and if I was you, I would keep my mouth shut considering it's your fault we we're in the hospital, just like all the damn times." Yami Naruto said.
"I had no choice, you wanted to try to have Naruto tap into Kyuubi's chakra in order to slaughter the villagers that kept attacking us! I couldn't let you do it!" Hikari replied.
"And where did that get us? Despite you making him smile and act nice, all it did was get us beaten to near death every single day! They treated us like garbage, they deserved to be destroyed and yet you stopped me every single time!" Yami Naruto countered with his face shaken in rage.
"And that would defeat father's sacrifice! Dad sealed the Kyuubi into us in order to be a hero and protect the village from the Kyuubi! Killing those same villagers would have stained dad's efforts and would have proven that we are a demon." Hikari countered once again.
"Wait a minute? You know who your father was?" Sarutobi asked in surprise.
"I told them a week ago." Kyuubi said as she jumped into the conversation.
"What you are doing here Kyuubi?" Hikari asked but then got knocked back by a massive nosebleed when he laid eyes on her naked body.
"Have some dignity and put some damn clothes on woman." Yami Naruto said with a huge blush on his face.
"Are you being distracted by my body Yami-kun?" Kyuubi asked in a coy tone.
"Very! And don't call me that!" Yami answered.
"So innocent, how cute." Kyuubi said chuckling as she formed a violet Chinese dress with some of her chakra to cover herself up.
"So you in the black must be Yami and the one in the red must be Hikari, correct?" Sarutobi asked just to make sure he knew who was who
"Yes." Both Naruto responded.
"I'm going to need to figure out what to do here." The Hokage said with a sigh as this has been a very long night so far for the older men.
"That won't be necessary for I already have a way to handle this Hokage-sama." Yami Naruto said with a smirk.
"And what is your plan?" Sarutobi asked.
"I'll become Godaime Hokage." The boy replied confidently, shocking everyone other than Kyuubi.
"Ho…Hokage?" Sarutobi repeated, still shocked.
"Yes. By immediately becoming Hokage, I can guarantee our protection and also keep everything here under wraps. Plus by having a new Hokage, you can return to your retirement." Yami Naruto explained.
"My my, talk about an ambitious plan." Kyuubi said smiling.
"Ambition is good as long as it is reasonable ambition." Yami said.
"That doesn't sound too bad but the problem is that they're not going to just let you become Hokage like that you know. You'll probably need to prove yourself to them or something." Hikari interjected. While Yami was the darker part of Naruto, even Hikari couldn't object to him becoming Hokage because it would finally mean living a better life and succeeding their father.
"Don't worry about that Hikari, I already have what I need. I can simply say that I improved father's seal to such a degree that I was able to destroy the Kyuubi. Thus I would have showed my worth by surpassing the genius himself." Yami Naruto said with a smirk.
"Destroy me? How lovely." Kyuubi replied sarcastically.
"Sounds like a great opportunity to me." Hikari said with a grin.
"But what about your identities?" Sarutobi asked, referring to the other three.
"I'll call myself Namikaze Shiki, Namikaze Minato's cousin. Hikari here will remain as Uzumaki Naruto and thus become my nephew while Kyuubi, assuming she gets rid of her fox features, can be my wife, Namikaze Asuka and that wouldn't be a problem since my body is that of a twenty-year old" Yami quickly answered.
"Your wife? You can be quite the charmer Yami-kun." Kyuubi said purring.
"It will ease the transition if you're my wife instead of some relative." The black-haired boy replied.
Are you sure it's not because of this?" Kyuubi asked seductively as she pointed to her body.
"Anyway," Yami said rolling his eyes as he ignored the red-haired temptress, causing her to pout, "What do you think of our plan, Hokage-sama?" Yami asked the Hokage.
"It's good but may I suggest another opportunity to prove yourself Yami?" Sarutobi asked with a grin.
Location: Council Room in the Hokage tower
"My name is Namikaze Shiki and I am Minato's cousin. I came here because Sarutobi has elected me as Godaime Hokage." Yami, now Shiki, said in front of the council members and clan heads (all the clans except Uchiha).
Yami was now dressed in dark purple shirt, white pants with flames, and a black coat with a red dragon on the back.
"What is the meaning of this Sarutobi? Is this a joke? We've never head of this man and yet you elected him as Hokage without our knowing?" Koharu yelled at Sarutobi.
"Actually Minato had told me on the night of the Kyuubi attack that if he was to die, that he wanted his cousin to be in consideration for Hokage. Unfortunately, it took me 10 years to find him but I finally did. I met and I was impressed by him." Sarutobi said, repeating the lie that he and the others had planned for such a question.
"And why were you so impressed by him, Sarutobi." Danzou asked in a disrespectful tone that was to be expected from Sarutobi's bitter rival.
"I impressed him by revamping Minato's Shiki Fuuin seal and destroying the Kyuubi." Yami answered with a confident smirk.
Gasps went around the room as soon as the young man said it. Minato was revered as a genius and his seals were legendary. The fact that his 'cousin' could outdo him was nothing sort of extraordinary.
"And how can we know if you're not lying? After all, Minato's sealing skills were almost second to none." Danzou said.
Yami closed his eyes and then snapped his fingers. Kyuubi then entered the room with Hikari. Yami then walked up to Hikari, lifted up his shirt and found no trace of the seal on him.
"As you can see, the seal is gone and yet the Kyuubi is nowhere to be seen and the boy is not dead which means that what I said was completely true." Yami said with a smirk, as he knew he had won this little battle.
"If he was able to do such a thing then surely he deserves to be Hokage." Hyuuga Hiashi said.
"Not so fast. So you destroyed the Kyuubi, but you'll need more than that to prove yourself worthy." Danzou objected.
"What do you mean more? The man destroyed the Kyuubi, a feat that not even the Yondaime could accomplish." Inuzuka Tsume, head of the Inuzuka clan, argued.
"No need to worry. If you want more, I will give you more." Yami said with a grin and then handed each member of the council a list of papers.
"What are those papers, Shiki-san?" Shikaku Nara, head of the Nara Clan, asked as he looked at them.
"Members of the council, I present to you the Uchiha Solution." Yami boasted.
"Uchiha Solution?" Everyone repeated in confusion.
"The Hokage informed me of your situation with the infamous clan and asked me to come up with a solution to prove myself and I did as told. My solution will bring peace and stability to the village. The first step in my solution is to enlarge the Uchiha's territory. By doing so, it will allow them to have a great amount of land. My second and last step is to then give them the status of a major clan and have them in the council." Yami said as he revealed his solution.
"That's absurd! You honestly think this crap of a solution will work? All your solution is doing is giving them greater power and making them even more of a threat." Danzou said as he raised his objection.
"If you had learn to look underneath the underneath then you would understand this plan perfectly Danzou-san." Yami replied coolly as the Sandaime had made him aware of the old warhawk and his tendencies.
"And what do you mean by that boy?" Danzou asked angrily.
"What he means Danzou-san, is that this solution actually benefits us more than the Uchihas." Hiashi said, answering Danzou's question.
"What?" Danzou let out as Hiashi's response surprised him.
"Think about it for a second. Even if they do get a larger territory, theirs still won't be bigger than the Nara's or Hyuuga's. Also, them being on council is only a courtesy and is actually to control them easier, to make them see our ways and let go of their Uchiha Pride eventually, thus avoid bloodshed. It's a no-risk, win-win perfect solution. The Uchihas receive respect and an illusion of power while we keep them closer to us. As they say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer right, Shiki?" Hiashi asked the boy as he finished explaining his analysis
"You're absolutely correct Hiashi-sama. My solution is to simply keep a tighter leash on them while promising them more power and respect. With them getting these two things, thoughts of rebellion will eventually die out because they would have no incentives for such thoughts." Yami said.
Gasps of awe filled the room as they were impressed by the young woman's calculative and cool-headed attitude and all the while, Sarutobi was grinning as he knew they had this in the bag.
"So my fellow comrades, has Shiki proven himself competent enough to become the Godaime Hokage?" Sarutobi asked with a grin as he knew he had won.
"Yes." Everyone other than Danzou said loudly.
"Then by my power and decree, Namikaze Shiki is officially the Godaime Hokage." Sarutobi said as he officially made Yami Godaime Hokage
.
It's been two days since Yami was made Hokage and many things have already taken place. One of them was making sure that the village knew that Naruto was no longer a jinchuuriki and that he was his so-called nephew and thus deserved respect. Another was telling the Uchiha clan about their new territory and also their new place in the council. The Uchihas rejoiced at this and renewed their allegiance for the Hokage.
All in all, the people of Konoha began to accept this new Hokage. Speaking of the new Hokage, he was in his office with his so-called wife, Namikaze Asuka, and in his office were the jounins Yuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma, Hatake Kakashi, Maito Gai, and anbu captain Uchiha Itachi.
"So Hokage-sama, do you mind letting us know why you called us here?" Kakashi asked."
"I called all of you here because I have new assignments for you." Yami said.
"And what would those new assignments be, Hokage-sama?" Itachi asked.
"Your new assignment is to teach at the academy." Yami simply said, revealing the secret.
"Teaching at the academy? You can't be serious." Kakashi said as he did not like the sound of the idea.
"With all due respect Hokage-sama, they already have qualified teachers over there." Kurenai said.
"Yes but these teachers can only teach so much and besides, take a look at the curriculum and tell me honestly if it can get the students ready for the life of a shinobi." Yami replied. He then took copies of the school curriculum and handed each jounin a copy to read. "Well?" He asked.
"To be honest, I have always felt that the curriculum was too easy and simple, even for a non-genius, and that it doesn't teach enough about any jutsu nor the life of a shinobi." Itachi said.
"And to add to what he said, I always see the kids coming out of the academy thinking that the ninja life is going to be cool and not difficult, causing them to be very arrogant." Asuma, the famous chain smoker and son of Sarutobi Hiruzen, added, agreeing with Itachi.
"And that is why Konoha needs you to teach these kids as well. Konoha is strong but it needs to become stronger and it will not become stronger if the academy doesn't properly raise these kids as proper shinobi. Hence why I decided to have you all teach at the academy when not on mission, and it's not something you have a choice in, understood?" Yami said, and added a stern look to make his point clear, causing some of the jounins to gulp.
"But Hokage-sama, what are each of us going to teach?" Gai asked.
"I thought that would be very simple to know, Maito Gai. Each of you will be teaching them your specialties like taijutsu for example. Speaking of taijutsu, there are some scrolls I want you to have." Yami said to the jounin.
He then went to the cabinet, opened it and then took out a bag filled with scrolls. He then headed back to his desk and put the bag on the desk.
"W…what are those?" Gai asked.
"Have you heard of the legendary Toshin scrolls?" Yami asked with a grin.
"Of course I have! They were said to contain the techniques of the legendary world warriors, the street fighters!" Gai said with even more enthusiasm than usual.
"Not only that but apparently these scrolls are sealed and can only be unlocked by the person who has the same chakra resonance as the original creator of the techniques, like this one." Yami said as he took a glowing scroll from the bag. The scroll then flew to Gai's hands and opened itself.
"KYAAHHHH! It's one of them, one of the scrolls and it is the Tiger Emperor Scroll!" Gai yelled out, crying like a schoolgirl with a sunset behind him, causing everyone to sweat drop.
"No such weird moments in my office, ever." Yami told the jounin.
"My apologies Hokage-sama, and don't you worry! I, Maito Gai, will teach these youths the power of taijutsu and turn them into formidable shinobi!" Gai said with a pumped-up fist.
"Kurenai will teach Genjutsu, Asuma will teach weapon use and strategies, Kakashi will teach ninjutsu, Gai will obviously teach taijutsu, and itachi will teach about dojutsu. Is that clear?" Yami asked his ninjas after giving them their assignments.
"Yes sir." All of them said.
"Good, then all of you are dismissed except for Kakashi and Itachi. I would like to speak to the both of you in private." Yami said.
The rest of the jounins left the room, leaving Kakashi and Itachi alone with the young Hokage.
"Why did you want to talk to us in private for, Hokage-sama?" Itachi asked.
"What I am about to tell you is highly confidential and thus will not leave this room at all whatsoever, understood?" The Godaime said in an authoritative voice.
The two shinobi nodded and then Kyuubi entered the room.
"Dear, would you please show them what happened on that day?" Yami asked Kyuubi.
She smiled and her eyes turned green. Suddenly, Itachi and Kakashi found themselves going through all of the events that took place on that fateful day and thus being revealed the truth. In the end, they found themselves back in the office.
"What you just saw is absolutely true. This woman is the Kyuubi in a human form with Minato's seal still on her, and my true identity is the darkness inside of Naruto's soul that was split by the instability in the boy due to the constant beatings he received.
"Un…Unreal." Kakashi could only say as he was in shock. Here he was, serving and talking to the dark side of his sensei's son, would took the identity of Namikaze Shiki in order to become the Godaime Hokage.
"So this woman, Namikaze Asuka, is the Kyuubi correct?" Itachi asked to make sure.
"Yes I am." Kyuubi replied as she revealed her fox features.
"It may seem like a bit too much but know this; I want to make my father proud and succeed him as much as I can. Also, the Kyuubi is our partner in this considering her powers have been mostly sealed and if she wanted to destroy Konoha, I wouldn't be standing right now." Yami told the two ninjas.
"So the one called Hikari is Uzumaki Naruto right now and you are Yami Naruto, right?" Kakashi asked
"We are both Uzumaki Naruto in reality, just in separate bodies. " Yami answered. He then softened his features and sighed when he saw their worried looks, "I'm sorry if this may have been too much but I needed to explain this to you too, especially you Hatake Kakashi. I read your files and you were my father's student. I had hoped that by telling you the truth that may be I can gain another ally." Yami said, explaining his reasoning.
"I'm sorry Yami-san, it's just that it's so surreal but yet, I cannot deny the truth that you showed me." Kakashi said.
"And besides, I cannot feel any ill intent within you so I know you're mean good and you are telling the truth, Hokage-sama." Itachi said.
"Thank you very much Itachi-san. It means a lot to me." Yami said with a nod.
"It's just weird that I am now going to serve my sensei's son, in a way. But I actually feel honored, even more than when you only declared yourself as his cousin." Kakashi said with a nod.
"Thank you Kakashi-san. Now Itachi-san, there is something else I need to talk to you about." Yami said as he turned his attention to the Uchiha Prodigy
"From this day forward, you are relieved of your duties as the sleeper agent in the Uchiha affairs and you will be returned to jounin status." Yami said.
"Ho…Hokage-sama?! I don't understand the meaning behind this?" Itachi asked, shocked for the first time in quite a long time.
"The reason why I decided to do this is because to be honest Itachi, you're still quite young and you need to lessen the stress on yourself. You need to learn to enjoy life and also be a bigger part of Sasuke's life as his older brother." Yami explained to the Uchiha as he put his left hand on the youth's shoulder, "And I won't take no for an answer." The Hokage added.
While this came as a shock to Itachi, it was always something he wished had happened deep inside. He always wanted to be a bigger part of Sasuke's life but never had the time nor opportunity to do so but now thanks to Yami, he was finally getting that opportunity and he would be damned if he passed on it.
"Thank you very much Hokage-sama." Itachi said as he cracked a smile.
"No problem. Now, both of you have classes to teach and being tardy is not good etiquette, right Kakashi?" Yami said, looking at the jounin and making note of the silver-haired jounin's chronic tardiness.
"Of…of course Hokage-sama. C'mon Itachi, let's go." Kakashi said as he was sweating profusely. He then grabbed the Uchiha and before the former could say anything, they both vanished.
Meanwhile in Konoha Academy, the students were getting used to two things:
One was getting used to the fact that Hikari, Uzumaki Naruto, was the nephew of the Godaime Hokage.
And the second and most intriguing was getting used to having jounins teach them at the academy, especially a jounin like Maito Gai.
"Hello students! Lord Hokage wanted to have someone teach taijutsu to you guys while you are in the academy and he decided to choose me, Maito Gai, the Blue beast of Konoha, for such an honor! By the time I get done with all of you, you will become first-rate taijutsu masters!" Gai said with a thumbs-up and a bright shining smile. What was most disturbing however was that a ping reflected off his thumbs-up and his smile.
'Man, why did Yami choose such a weirdo as our taijutsu teacher?' Hikari, now dressed with a red shirt, white jacket with a hood, black jean shorts, blue shoes and black gloves with the Uzumaki symbol on each, thought as he and the rest of the students had sweat drop behind their heads as they saw their new teacher's antics.
"Now, we will start off our taijutsu lesson by handing your own fighting scrolls. These scrolls contain taijutsu techniques of legendary fighters but these scrolls can only be used by their destined owner and thus I will lay them on this desk and when I call you, I will have you come and take the scroll that resonates with you. You will be able to tell which scroll resonates by seeing it glow in a light." Gai said in a more serious tone.
Gai then began to call out the students by their last name and like he instructed, the students went up to the desk, looked for the scroll that glowed and picked it up. This went on for a while until Gai called out Hikari's name. Hikari went up to the desk and picked up the scroll that glowed upon his presence, and he then walked back up to his desk.
He opens the scroll and then starts to read it,
"Heat Phantom…the fighting style that relies on blinding speed to heat up the opponent. Hmm, there seems to be a signature on the bottom of the scroll, must belong to the creator of this taijutsu. It says…Ken Masters." Hikari said as he read the signature.
"It seems everything is going smoothly, Hokage." Kyuubi said as she was standing next to Yami with all of her fox features out. She and the dark Naruto were looking at the village from the windows in the office.
"Of course everything went smoothly. It's because we were able to think of everything through. But not everything will always go smoothly as it went today." Yami said with smirk.
"Oh is that so? Then do you think you will be ready for what is to come? In fact, what do you plan on doing with your position? World domination? Chaos?" Kyuubi asked the young man.
"Neither of those. My plan is simple…" Yami said, pausing before looking at her and then back at the village, "My plan is to change the world." Yami said with a confident grin.
AN: Hopefully you enjoyed the first chapter! As for the names, Hikari and Yami will only be referred to their other names when someone that does not their secret addresses them. Other than that, they will go by Hikari and Yami whenever they speak.
Yes, the rookies and others will learn the techniques of the street fighters and why I gave Ken to Hikari over Ryu is because Ken fits Hikari's attitude more than Ryu. And yes Hikari will know ALL of Ken's techniques, especially Shippuu Jinrai Kyaku (best super move EVER. So pissed they took it out for SF 4)
For their personalities, Yami Naruto is exactly like Lelouch since I based Yami Naruto's appearance based on him but unlike Lelouch, he will much bigger in terms of muscles. As for Hikari Naruto, he is a cockier, more laid-back and smarter version of Naruto, basically the true Naruto since the other Naruto, the idiot version, was only a mask used in order to not anger the villagers even more.
And for pairings, Yami and Kyuubi will be a couple and I'm thinking about sticking Hikari in a three-way between Sakura, Hinata, and Temari as he will have an impact on each girl's life.
Until next time…