AN: Welcome this is my Second FF ever, so please bare with me, and for those who like the start of my first on Sorry I haven't worked on it... I'm a bad bad person but I want to try something that is a little more progressing rather than HOLY All that happened in the First chapter... Now I own nothing except my original Jutsu, and stuff I make up.. everything else.. Not so much :D
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Emergence of the Namikaze
It was a terrifying October night, as the dark clouds of the sky glowed red from the demonic power of the demon attacking the village. As the screams of pain could be heard by an auburn haired woman gasped at the final push delivering her child. "Give him to me, please." She whispered out as she could feel her soul slipping from her, the presence of the Demon forcing her now weakened body to fail her. Looking at the small child that she was handed the ghost of smile graced her lips, "I wish I could be here for you my baby, but Kami seems to have other plans..." She coughed splattering blood on the freshly cleaned child. The attending nurse fled the room to find a doctor, leaving the mother and son alone. Kushina quickly used her fingers, and the fresh blood to draw many symbols across the boys face, before she summoned her remaining chakra "Fuijjin jutsu: Uzumaki Training Seal; Battle of the Swirling Tides" The blood drawn seal flashed a deep blue before is merged above the child's brow and seeped below the surface of the skin leaving no trace of it's presence. "I don't know what (cough) this will do since you are so young, but (cough) I will always love you (cough)" The monitors in the room started screaming as her heart stopped beating and the color left her face. Then a flash of yellow and there stood the Fourth Hokage himself, looking between his wife as she passed on and his son. "I'm sorry, I will see you soon Kushina, forgive me Naruto." With a heavy heart, and eyes of determination like steal he began drawing seals along the infants stomach, unaware that there was anything else placed on the boy.
The shouts of jutsu and the mangled screams of the dying fill the air, as a tall blond stood holding a small bundle atop a giant toad. "Are you sure Minato?" The toads croaked. "It's the only way Gamabunta...I just hope the Old Man and the village can understand." The blond whispered. With that the toad leaped into the air coming to land near the giant kitsune demon. "Forgive me Naruto, but you are their only hope..I wish I could be with my son I love you." The mans blue eyes flashed with emotions as he prayed to Kami. "Shikifujjin: Celestial Death God Seal", He screamed out as he thrust the small bundle up in the air making the blanket fall away showing a small baby, still wrinkled and tinged red from birth, covered in intricate patterns of several seals drawn across his body.
Everything went silent, and all motion seemed to slow to nothing more than a snails crawl as Minato felt a chill pierce his heart and the ghostly hands reaching from him through the baby and grasping the giant demon the Kyubi no Kitsune. Then a bright flash of light and he found himself standing in a dark space that seemed like a void of nothingness, before him was a gate with a small slip of paper holding the bars shut. The only other figure was the great demon standing on the other side with a look of confusion upon it's muzzle. "Where am I mortal?" The demon spoke with a low rumble, the confusion evident as it laced his deep voice. " I don't know..." Minato spoke, as he too was perplexed by the situation. 'This wasn't suppose to happen, what went wrong? Was it all for nothing?' A chilling chuckle echoed off the walls of the sewer, as he turned to face the sound, and the Kyubi narrowed it's eyes to small slits. They boy came to face the Shinigami. "I shall answer both of you. Kyuubi-sama you are inside a seal placed upon an infant. I am sure you know what this would mean." the spirit spoke as he looked upon the kitsune with what seemed to be pity in his eyes. " The same to you as well Minato, Kami indeed heard your prayer though it is not to be so I am going to... allow each of you a request though I will not have to grant it." He held up two withered fingers.
"But first I must explain the rules, as we are bound by the laws of this world." The Death God paused as he looked between both of the beings that were before him. "The bounds of this seal will still hold, so both of you shall forfeit your souls to me. Kyubi's chakra will remain here-all- of it. As the seal is already pulling it into the boy to merge with him though that is not caused by -your- seal" As He pointed his hand to the Demons tails being pushed into the walls, all but one were connected. "Kyuubi you should now remember what caused you to attack this village and as such your request must focus on a way to balance -that- action of yours. As for you Minato your request must pertain to the boy that you have placed this curse upon. As I will alter this mental landscape to offer the boy a peace of mind from what it would turn into from both of your actions." With that said the Death God vanished from sight as did the cage and the walls of the seals prison, leaving Minato and Kyubi alone in a void of space to contemplate their decisions. Minato was a genius of a shinobi, and questions had started to circle his thoughts as to what he could ask for his son. But for some reason the nagging spaces of why the demon had attacked might be important.
"Kyubi, I need to know why you attacked us... it might affect my request." He had asked bravely as he knew for some reason he wouldn't be harmed here. The large kitsune looked at the mortal with appraising eyes, before it spoke. " Two reasons, though one was to erase the mistake I made in creating the Uchiha's eyes...Madara was more cunning than I gave him credit for the other was your Sannin Orrochimaru." The great demons eyes showed tears of sadness as the they dripped into the nothingness that surrounded them. "You created the Sharingan?" He scoffed at the concept but the arrogance of that clan seemed to fit. "Yes, all bloodlines stem from a higher source, the Hyuga were from the Nibi, any of the physical bloodlines are stemed from us Biiju or other lesser demons though your chakra ones stem from other spirits." The demon replied, as it shifted trying to find a more comfortable position. "Alright.. So how does the Hebi-sannin feature into this as he has been declared a missing-nin for several years now?" Minato could at least wrap his mind around wanting to erase the Uchiha but to attack the village in such a rage. "The bastard used one of his jutsu on me, it failed but I was enraged between that and seeing a Sharingan beign used against me, with him there I snapped. I knew they were both from this village. I'm sorry." The great bijju answered sincerely. They may be demons yet in Kami's plans they served a purpose greater than destruction. They were to preserve a balance ever since the destruction of the last era. "I see. I think I know now what I will ask for, have you decided?" Minato needed this last piece of information to truly make his plan, he only had one shot at this. He chuckled morosely as that seemed to be his mantra as of late. " Yes, I will give him a way to defeat the Sharingan at every turn. As there is no doubt that this boy will not become a Ninja he will need it. I will Also not make the same mistake I did when I gave them their eyes. Humans are to greedy. No matter their intentions." He held up a paw to stop the retort, as he finished speaking the 'world' phased back placing them in a field of flowers with two swirling pools of water. One a deep blue the other a sea green, with the Kyubi's eight tails dipped into them. The Death God, appearing before them as he swung his scythe into both pools dragging a line from each to merge in one flowing river. "This boy is more interesting that I first thought, it's no wonder why She has allowed this. My time altering this scape has allowed me to know everything he has the potential for. It seems destiny and gifts have been placed in this ones hands." The god chuckled at the irony of what he will be telling the mortal.
Minato snapped from his gazing at the landscape that was his sons mind, " What do you mean?" "It means we have discovered, well I have traced the boys soul and blood, who his ancestry is. It seems Namikaze, you are descended from one of the three sons of the Great Sage. One was given The Chakra, One was given the eyes, the last was given his insight." The Death God laughed upon seeing their faces, but more so the mortals. It was true the boy could be powerful, but it would require training and work. All he had done was unearth the potential tools at this boys disposal, as he didn't wish to see his work and the will of the Kami to be wasted so shortly afterwards by the stupidity of what will occur in this boys life. "Also, as he will still be a 'vessel' since the seal is in affect. He will have the regeneration granted to all vessels which is why there is one tail still 'free'. So, now Kyubi give me your request." The god looked to the demon sitting between the great pools of water.
The demon nodded and bowed before giving his request. " As I will be unable to correct my mistakes with the Sharingan and the Uchiha, I wish to give a tool that will neutralized it. I grant him the Kagegan or shadow eyes. They will work similar to the Sharingan except they will not be able to copy jutsu instead it allow him to see chakra. As for the higher levels they are altered by each wielder so that will be the power I give to my vessel." The demon spoke before a orb of darkness pulled out of it's chest spinning rapidly and broke into to spheres. Each now looking as the boys eyes, bright blue. Then changed into all black eyes with at first a single blue swirl then another and another, much like the coma of the sharingan. Then they sunk into the landscape becoming one with the boy. "The terms of unlocking them will stay the same, but the 'other' levels shall be when he reaches key stages in his growth." With that the Demon seemed to vanish Leaving behind a large red ocean that fed into the lakes. The Seal appearing over the red waters, started to regulate the power into the smaller blue pools.
Minato didn't know what to ask for now, as he looked at what had happened and learned that he was related to the Father of all jutsu. He didn't know how but he felt in his heart. Though now what could he give his son as he doubted power was anymore needed with near infinite reserves. He smacked himself in the forehead, if his son was anything like him he would need -that-. "Uhm... hehe well I don't know exactly how to word this so it will be a lot of small interconnected things so here goes." He laughed scratching the back of his head. " I don't want to cheat and give him knowledge but I want him to be smart and perceptive, easy to learn things and even grasp concepts outside of what he actually knows. That way he doesn't end up being a 'dead last' like me and uhm not being able to be aware of peoples feelings towards him..hehehe." The Death God looked at Minato, 'Perceptive, fast learner, oh yes that could be fun.' "Very well Minato I will alter his mind a touch more to give him an eidetic memory, and a greater percetion." The God molded a power in his hands and constructed a replica of the Hokage tower between the two pools. A bastion for the boys knowledge and a Tower to look from, the rest would be up to the boy to create or destroy as he saw fit though he would be checking in on this one as it would be interesting to see how this boy would change the world.
-Battle Field-
The Flash of light from the Yndaimes sealing exploded across the land knocking everyone down, as the great demon was seen sucked into the child being held up. They all watched as the hands of the Death God pulled it all into the boy and then removed itself pulling their heroes soul with them. There was a brief moment of other souls being pulled into the air with the lingering presence of the God vanished. Jarayia landed next to the fallen Hokage and looked quickly to the glowing seal on the small boy, seeing the faint hint of whisker marks fading from the boys face. He studied the seal and began checking it for and weaknesses, since he knew that the something happened because the 'Key' he had been given had exploded when the sealing finished. But upon searching the seal nothing was wrong and the boy was holding all of the demons chakra, "We need to get you to Sensei," with that he grabbed the boy and took off running to the Hokage tower leaving the rest up to everyone else.
-Tower-
Jumping through the window, he landed in the office of the Hokage seeing his Sensei at the desk and the backs of the council leaving he waited for the doors to close. "Jarayia-kun is that him?" "Yes, he looks just like Minato... the seal is holding fine but I don't think it work like he planned I just don't know what went wrong. I'm going away with him being a vessel now I need to start looking into 'Them' so I can protect him." The man said as he looked at the boy, before leaving quickly the unshed tears in his eyes seen by no one but the Once again Hokage. "I'm sorry Naruto but you will have to go to the Orphanage. I just hope in time you can forgive an old man for what he is doing to keep you alive." With a heavy heart and a sigh, he started creating the boys medical records leaving him named as
Name: Naruto Uzamaki
D.O.B. October 10
Sex: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Living Family: None?
Clan or Bloodlines: Unknown
Special Status: Jinkurichi of the Kyubi no Kitsune SS-Class Secret
With the last stroke on the records, he sighed as he sealed the true records of the boys heritage (Knowing on that his parents were Minato and Kushina, nothing else) into the Hokage Vault, he wrote out to more laws before the council and especially Danzo got wind of this boy. The first making it punishable by Death to speak of what the boy was, Though it would be known by anyone Jounin rank or above. The second one would be a failsafe, though he hated to do so but it would keep him out of anyones hands, Should anyone who knows about his 'tenant' attempt to adopt or cohearse into their family or clan or government/military capacity he would be immediately be emancipated. Just as his stamp slammed into both laws, the doors burst open as Danzo and several of the council came storming in,"I demand the boy be turned over to Root to be trained as the weapon he is. The Demon should be leashed and there is no better program than mine for such a thing." The Hokage a smirked, this time he finaly got him and there was nothing Danzo could do. " ANBU, Restrain and execute Danzo for breaching My laws." He turned to look a the outraged splutter of the man. " You see you breached not only a SS class village secret you just violated my mandated Law against speaking about his unique situation. You also enacted the accompanying law of trying to force him into your program therefore granting him emancipated status." He watched as his own ANBU subdued the Danzo rendering him unconscious."Kill him and hide his body on the Battle Field." The ANBU and Danzo flickered out of his office. "Now to summon the council, and the Jounin, "
*Five Years later*
The unnatural mess of blonde hair seemed to whip in the wind as a small boy ran through the streets of town, 'I didn't do nuffin, why do dey always beat me?' His thoughts cried out as he heard the sound of fire coming after him. He tripped on the raised stones of the road as the fireball flew over him burning his filthy and tattered Orange jumpsuit. The cuts and bruises stuck between healing and more being formed. The sting of metal cutting into his skin, caused him to scream as he felt more fire burning him, and those ninja knifes cutting his skin. "PLease I sorry, I didn't doo anyting." The boy cried, amidst the shouts of "Die Demon, YOu killed my mother, You killed our Youndaime." and various other words that he didn't know yet what the meant. The sound of birds seemed to fill the air, and his lat thoughts were 'I just want to be safe.'
Naruto found himself waking up next to a lake his clothes ruined and he could taste blood in his mouth but he felt fine. Looking around he didn't know where he was. "Hello?" He looked around but didn't see anybody, but he saw himself in the water, and there was this funny writing on his belly and on his face. The mark on his face flashed blue and then he heard a voice, " Naruto is that really you?" He spun around to see a really pretty lady with bright red hair and wearing a white dress. " H-hai but who are you?" He was trying to think about where to run too but something told him she was not going to hurt him, she wasn't standing like the others, she was like Oji-chan and the Ichikaru's. She laughed sadly," Well, I was your mother before I died... I'm sorry I died..." She shed a single tear as she spoke. "You're my mom? Does this mean I died too? That means the villagers finally killed me... so that means they can be happy now right since I'm a demon and they killed the bad guy?" He was crying but as long as the people were happy now that wasn't a bad thing, since he got to be with his mommy. "No, you aren't dead, you aren't a demon, and they are all stupid for treating a child like they did. If I were alive I would burn them all to the ground for what they did to you." She vowed as she ran to him and pulled him into a crushing hug.
"It's okay baby, for now Mommy is right here, but I can't stay long but just know that I love you and once you learn to come here on your own, there are books and scrolls in that tower that will help you become a great ninja okay baby?" The blonde boy looked up at here and saw the tower that looked like the Hokage's Tower. "Where is here then?" She laughed and it sounded like chimes,"Silly we are inside your mind, you just need to learn to meditate. and how to use your chakra. When you wake up you need to tell the Old man that your mother said That if you don't teach my son I will come back from the grave and haunt your Icha Icha books and then I want you to focus on your forehead and make that mark show up for him ok?" Naruto nodded though he had no idea what Icha Icha was and why that would make Oji-chan teach him to be a ninja. "Okay, Do do you think I could be Hokage one day?" He asked timidly, because everyone always mad fun of him or beat him because of it. " You can be whatever you want, as long as you work hard and do it to protect someone special." She smiled, as both of them seemed to fade away.
Naruto could hear beeping noises and he smelled that icky smell. He was in the hospital again, Opening up his blue eyes he looked around scared, until he saw the Old man and the one nice lady from the hospital that helped him. "Oji-chan...Neara-chan..." He croaked out, and both of the adults spun to look at the boy both having tears in their eyes. "Naruto-kun, I'm sorry I couldn't have protected you better..." The old hokage said, 'I've failed you Minato.. Kushina... I'm sorry. Neara was scanning him checking for injuuries and finding nothing underneath his bandages, "Everything is healed Hokage-sama... everything..." She sounded amazed,as she looked at the Hokage who had a sad smile on his face. "Oji... I'm sposed to tell you my mother said that if you don't teach me how to protect myself that she would come back from the grave and haunt your Ich..Icha Icha books." He looked very serious as he squinted his eyes like he was trying to concentrate, which he was. 'Come on you stupid mark glow to prove the old man that I'm not making this up... do it!' He felt something rush under his skin before he felt his forehead start to tingle.
The Hokage was concerned with what Naruto had told him, considering that was always what Kushina had threatened him with if she was ever sent out on a mission that might kill her or Minato. But all doubt vanished from his mind when he saw the blue pulse of a seal on Naruto's forehead and he recognized the seal as the one That Kushina had placed on Minato the whole three months before they had entered their exams. The fact that Naruto seemed to have it and the only way it could have been placed was by his mother, that meant that he had that seal before the demon was sealed in him." Neara use your Byakugan and scan his chakra pathways, " She nodded and the veins near her eyes bulged as she looked at Naruto and gasped, "Hokage-sama you're not going to believe this... He has sets of pathways.. but they are connected still not separate... it's like his chakra and 'it's' chakra are in blanace with each other, but but...judging by this he's been using chakra for everything, from moving to even breathing." The hokage chuckled, "I always wondered how they managed to pull that off." He looked between Naruto and Neara."It seems before your mother passed away she placed a clan seal on you so that you would have the secret training that made the Uzumaki's a feared clan. Though it was from what she told me only to be used for the last year of the academy because of the physical strain on the body. " He smiled knowing what this could mean, but at the same time what others would see it as. "Now, we have a small problem Naruto, everyone thinks you are dead.." Naruto interrupted him," That's good they can all be happy now that they avenged everyone that was killed." Sarutobi was stunned for a moment at the insight of the boy, yes that would work and then they could give Naruto a knew identity and there was a kinjutsu in the scroll that would reshape his appearance permanently." That's very wise my boy, so that means that we can change how you look and give you a new name, Neara go and collect some blood samples from the 'unknown' files Three male and three female." She nodded and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Looking back to the boy, he snapped his fingers summoning an ANBU, "Hebi get my the Forbidden scroll," the ANBU bowed and vanished again. " So my boy, do you know what you would like to be called now? Or do you want to wait to see what you look like first?" Naruto scrunched up his nose in thought, " Ryuu, but I know this sounds weird but can I be a Namikaze... I mean we don't know anything about where the clan came from.. and we could 'find' me outside the city..." Naruto didn't know why he wanted the last name aside from it being his idol of all time but it felt right. The Hokage seemed amused with his request and it was true Minato wasn't born here in the village nor even in the Land of Fire so it wouldn't be that far of a stretch. " Very well Ryuu-kun" He said witha smile as both the ANBU and Neara came back with the requested items." Thank you Hebi you may return outside." He waited till the ANBU left. Before he flashed through several seals and a purple barrier sprung up around the room. "Neara, You will be receiving a mission to a village several days from here to help with training their medical staff, there you will find a boy named Namikaze Ryuu, I want him back in the village since he may be in trouble if any one from Iwa hears of his name." She seemed confused but the Hokage just smiled at her, as he unrolled the rather large scroll looking for the jutsu he wanted. Finding it he began drawing seals on Naruto in the blood that was brought to him, and in the center of each of the six seals he cut Naruto letting his own blood mix on the seals. "Forbidden Fuijjinjutsu: Forced Adoption of the Deceased" He flashed through what seemed like hundreds of seals before he placed his hands on each of the six seals. Naruto tensed up as he felt his entire body come alive, and start pulling and shifting, he opened his mouth in a silent scream of pain before a wash of light covered him.
Now normally this would jutsu would force the child to become part of the clan and inherit a weak version of their bloodline if they had one, but Naruto was anything but normal. As the jutsu was progressing the Kyuubi's chakra seemed to lash out and grab hold of the ritual seeking out and powers and found a few specs to pull in to it's host and strengthen. Though most of the 'donors weren't ninja they still had the potential, four of the six had affinities to the elements which the chakra embedded into the boy, giving him a balance with all five of them. The other two were nothing like that, yet one held a trace of another spirit one that had the Kyuubi truly remained behind would have cause laughter of truly frightening proportions. What little sentience was within the demons Chakra, was pleased with the offerings to it's host. Soon they wouldn't be separate anymore but one but for now the instinct of survival was it's main purpose, as the Winged shadow of a large beast flew over the mindscape. Outside, they watched as red and blue chakra surged from the boy and pulsed around him, watching him grow a little taller, filling out more to a very healthy level his hair changing between blonde, red and silver as his gained a little more muscle and seemed to become more limber. Eventually the jutsu finished leaving behind a young boy who was about four feet tall, (tall for a five year old) with deep golden strawberry blonde and a darker tan more of a worker than the previous golden color. the boys eyes fluttered open still that deep blue. "Oji never do that again. " He groaned out but flashed his fox like smile, "Sure thing Ryuu-kun.. now you need to get to that village so Neara can bring you back don't you think?" They all laughed a little bit.
