Hi everyone it's Wulvenbeast with the beginning of my rewrite of One Life Ends Another Begins.
Lets begin!
"NARUTOOOOOOOOO!"
"SASUKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The roars echoed savagely across the valley as the two clashed next to the waterfall.
They were fighting at the Valley of End, a legendary landmark created by the titanic battle between Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, the strongest pair of ninja ever to walk the Elemental Nations as well as creators of Konohagakure no saito.
Currently a smaller scaled battle was taking place as two genin fought with all their strength to decide one's fate.
This one was Sasuke Uchiha, the only surviving member of the famed Uchiha clan. His proud family all annihilated by one of their own, Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke's older brother.
Itachi had been the pride of the clan, a prodigy unseen since the Yondaime Hokage himself. Itachi had graduated at 7, mastered his sharingan at 8, become a chunin at 10, and become anbu captain at 13.
And then he had gone mad and slaughtered his clan, except for Sasuke who was only 8 at the time. Scarring his younger brother's mind with visions of how he had killed their family had driven Sasuke to live solely for power to kill his brother and restore his clan.
The search for power had driven him to Orochimaru, traitorous nuke-nin of Konoha, and a member of the Densetsu no Sannin, a trio of legendary ninja.
Orochimaru had abandoned the village to continue the twisted experiments that had gotten him kicked out in the first place.
Recently he had infiltrated the village during the Chunin exams and given Sasuke his twisted curse mark along with promises of power.
After the invasion, during which Orochimaru killed the Sandaime, Sasuke began to fall into temptation after seeing his teammate Naruto, who had always been ridiculed as the weakling, the dobe, defeat Gaara, an insane suna-nin who he himself had been unable to defeat.
But later Itachi returned as a member of a mysterious organization known as Akatsuki, who were targeting Naruto.
Seeing his brother after his blond teammate, along with the man telling him he was still too weak had been the last straw and when promised to unlock even more power from his curse mark after being soundly beaten by Orochimaru's subordinates, he had gladly accepted.
Sasuke was a young teenager with black hair and onyx eyes. He had pale skin and an arrogant demeanor. He wore a high collared, navy blue shirt that sported the Uchiha fan symbol on his back with white shorts and shinobi sandals as well as bandages covering his ankles.
Currently his appearance was that of a monster, having been mutated by activating the final level of his curse mark. His skin had turned a pale grey with his hair growing far longer and taking on a blueish tint, overlapping his konoha headband.
The Uchiha's sharingan was activated, being red with the pupil surrounded by a ring with three tomoe. His sclera had blackened, giving his eyes a demonic appearance. And two massive hand-shaped wings sprouted from his back.
He was holding a black mass of lightning in his left hand as he flew across the lake towards his opponent, Naruto.
Naruto Uzumaki was the village pariah, an orphan who had been hated, spit on, belittled, and beaten all his life.
He was hated for being the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, a fox spirit that had attacked Konoha 13 years ago on the night of Naruto's birth.
The Yondaime had been forced to seal to beast inside of Naruto, proclaiming him as a hero for being sacrificed to contain the beast. Unfortunately, the Sandaime had immediately proclaimed Naruto as the holder for the Kyuubi, without allowing the villagers to handle the loss first. This caused a great deal of them to call for the child's death, forcing the Hokage to make a law that kept everyone from talking about the truth of Naruto's secret.
Therefore a massive amount of the people had hated everything about the boy and had tried to hurt him any way they could. Raising the prices for anything he bought, cursing him, beating him, and anything else they could do to make him miserable.
The Sandaime was unwilling to hurt the villagers, telling Naruto they were merely hurting. The boy had looked up to the Sandaime then, being a loud prankster who wanted attention and did whatever he could to get it.
However the boy had eventually stopped trying for one reason. Why should he care about the opinions of people who hated him?
This caused him to become a harder person who was unwilling to take what they would dish out. When someone snarled at him, he snarled right back, when someone hit him, he hit harder, and when he was beaten, he made sure to send someone to the hospital with him.
Naruto was a stocky blond boy with spiky hair and three whisker marks on each cheek. His headband was in the form of a black bandanna causing his mane to spill over his eyes and the sides of his head.
His azure eyes were normally cold and serious, rarely being happy. He was dressed in a plain black shirt with a red spiral on the back and the sleeves of his mesh undershirt reaching his elbows, as well as grey pants reaching his ankles along with black shinobi sandals.
Currently he was also flying across the air towards Sasuke, a sphere of purple chakra in his right hand, clawed fingers gripping it tightly.
His appearance had changed due to calling on one tail of the Kyuubi's chakra so he could battle Sasuke in his new form. His body was covered in a shroud of crimson chakra in the shape of a fox with one tail.
His eyes had taken on a foxlike shape as well as the color turning blood red with a catlike slit for the pupils. His hair had become wilder and more frizzy as well as his canines becoming fangs that poked out from his upper lip along with nails that resembled claws.
They roared each other's name as they charged until finally clashing their techniques together.
"RASENGAN!"
"CHIDOR!"
White light exploded from the two as the tainted chakra formed into a black ball of energy that radiated power as it grew until it was forcing the waterfall to spill over it.
Naruto thought back to their times as a team, the rivalry they shared, the friendships they made, and the bond that was reluctantly formed.
Sasuke remembered the battles the took part in, the lessons they learned, and also their bond, the bond of those who were broken.
It wasn't enough to keep his chidori encompassed hand from piercing Naruto's heart.
The blond gasped as the pain shot through him. It caused his muscles to seize up for a split second. Causing his rasengan to crash into Sasuke's chest, obliterating muscles, bones, and organs alike.
The sphere vanished as the pair's techniques died down, revealing their forms lying on the ground opposite from each other.
Naruto had a fist sized hole where his heart was, blood pouring from the wound as his vision faded. If you got close enough you could actually see the inside of his body, organs slowing down as his body weakened.
Sasuke's chest had been almost completely obliterated. His shirt torn to shreds as a mixture of blood, bone, and crushed organs flowed from his destroyed upper body. His sight was red and black, like the twisted illusion of his brother's Tsukiyomi technique.
Naruto coughed a wad of blood with a bitter smirk on his face. "Heh. Looks like the dobe wasn't so weak after all," he said, giving a bloody grin.
"P- perhaps not" Sasuke repiled. It was getting dark, so dark. Was this what it was like to die? Had his clansmen felt this sense of tranquility as they passed?
"You know. I always expected death . . . to b- be more frightening than this" he called, spitting a wad of blood.
Naruto's eyes softened. "I dunno really. I imagined . . ." he retched slightly. "I imagined seeing some sort of light. Sounds cliche I guess" he shrugged weakly.
Sasuke tried to laugh, but instead he gave a hoarse chuckle. "I probably would be really angry right now. But instead I have this feeling that everything will work out, you know?"
"Maybe, but I'm just going to go ahead and find out."
"B-beat you there."
"In your . . . dreams te . . . me."
And the last member of the Uchiha clan, as well as Uzumaki, died.
"Well this is unexpected."
"You think?"
"Shut up dobe."
"Like you could make me, teme."
"I killed you once didn't I?"
"Yeah, and I killed you too so suck it!"
The two had been arguing for the past three hours after waking up in white yukatas each. That wasn't the freaky part. The freaky part were the chains sticking out of their chests and the fact that their bodies were where they had died. At least they had been before Kakashi had swooped in, mourned a bit, then taken their bodies back towards Konoha.
Looking at your corpse, then having your sensei pick up your corpse while you tried to get his attention, and then realizing he couldn't see, hear, or touch you was even more disturbing.
They'd tried throwing things at the man(they couldn't touch any rocks), using jutsu(their chakra was gone), and screaming at the top of their lungs(Naruto had tried 'Look a never-before-seen Icha Icha paradise!'), and nothing had worked.
So now they were reduced to arguing with each other since their was nothing else to do.
Naruto sighed. "This is really lame. Shouldn't there be some sort of gateway, or at least a ferryman of some kind?"
"Now that's cliche. Do you honestly suspect someone to just pop up and send us to heaven?" Sasuke asked sarcastically.
"You got a better idea, chicken butt?" Naruto snapped.
A tick mark appeared across the Uchiha's forehead. "Yeah I have an idea" he muttered. "Kicking your ass!" He tackled Naruto as a fistfight began.
The pair rolled along the ground smashing their fists wherever they could that hurt the other as they shouted insults at each other.
"How ridiculous. I get sent all they way out to crappy location just to find a pair of souls beating the snot out of each other." a haughty voice proclaimed, causing the pair to jump from their violent altercation to find it's source.
It was a tall man, about 7 feet in height, wearing a black hakama and wearing a plain looking katana at his waist. He was quite fat, his stomach stretching the material quite a bit, as he looked at them disdainfully.
His skin was lightly tanned, with a long mop of black hair traveling down his back. He had beady eyes and a large nose, as well as a mustache that looked like it belonged on a stereotypical french villain.
"Who are you?' Naruto questioned suspiciously. His mind was swimming with questions. How could he see them when their own sensei couldn't? Was he dead as well?
The man sniffed pompously. "I am the great Mareshonin of the Omaeda clan! And I have been sent to collect a pair of souls to escort to the rukongai. You should feel honored to have the honor of being sent to the afterlife by such a noble Shinigami such as I!" he declared arrogantly.
Sasuke had a sweatdrop to match Naruto's as they glanced at each other. This guy would escort them to the afterlife? Ridiculous.
He turned to the man. "I really don't care who you are, but I'm curious. You're going to take us to the next world? And you say you're a shinigami? We only have one shinigami here." he stated. How on earth could this man be a shinigami, completely impossible.
Mareshonin's eyes widened. "How dare you say I'm no shinigami! I've had this job for 300 years!" he cried, anime tears falling from his eyes as he ranted. "It's so hard taking souls to the afterlife when they don't respect you! Every other shinigami pays attention to my nobility, why can't anyone else!"
Their sweatdrops doubled in size. Naruto tried again. "What we mean is that we've only heard of one shinigami, what do you mean about the afterlife and there being more of them?" he asked.
"Oh! That's simple" the man exclaimed, immediately losing his funk. "When a person dies, they become a soul called a plus with a chain hanging out of their chests called a chain of fate," he explained. "A shinigami is a purified plus who had spiritual energy and learned to harness it in the form of a zanpakuto, which they use to purify souls before their chain of fate vanishes."
Naruto fingered his chain curiously. "What exactly happens if the chain corrodes before the soul is purified?"
"Well the spirit will become an evil ghost which preys on souls to become stronger, also known as a hollow. A hollow hole forms where the chain was and the spirit becomes a monster basically," the man shrugged. "It's sad, but it happens quite a bit actually. We slay hollows to preserve the balance. Our zanpakuto purify them, but there's no return for the souls a hollow devours, unfortunately."
The pair's eyes widened before they took this information in. There was an afterlife full of souls that were guarded by souls with supernatural powers that they used to purify evil spirits while guarding the world of the living. Wow, it made them feel quite insignificant.
"So I'm going to guess that sword is your zanpakuto?" Sasuke questioned, not seeing anything else that could be identified as the man's weapon.
Mareshino nodded. "And I have been sent to take you two to the rukongai. If you accept, you'll be citizens, or you may even become shinigami. Judging by your reiatsu levels, it doesn't seem unlikely in fact."
"You said 'if you accept'. Does that mean you can do something else?" Naruto asked.
"Indeed. You can also be reincarnated if you wish. However that doesn't necessarily mean you'll be the same person. You could be reborn anywhere, as anyone, at any point in time," the shinigami gave a shudder. "I wouldn't recommend it though."
Naruto thought for a moment. Reincarnation? Being reborn as a completely new soul? He would probably lose his entire identity if he said yes, but did it even matter? His entire life had been nothing but miserable.
Being hated by everyone all the time, struggling to merely survive, having an ego-maniac of a bijuu trapped in his gut. Was that even a life worth remembering?
'No', he decided. 'I'd rather be an entirely new person instead of someone always dragged down by the chains of their past.' He stared at the rotund shinigami determinedly. "Reincarnate me."
"What?" Both Sasuke and Mareshino stared at him as though he were insane. Naruto gave a sad smile. "Sorry Sasuke, but honestly, my life isn't worth living. I want the chance to be a person completely untainted by their past. I guess this is it." Sasuke gaped at him. Had Naruto always been like this? He suddenly realized how miserable Naruto's life must have been. The blond acted like a bitter old man, he seemed so much older than he was.
"I see," the man stared at Naruto seriously, all traces of arrogance gone. "Are you truly sure you want to do this? Destroy who you are? Lose your very identity? This is an extremely important decision," he warned
Naruto nodded. "I'm sure." He couldn't be persuaded otherwise, if their was a chance to become an entirely new soul at the cost of his current identity, then so be it.
Mareshino nodded before drawing his zanpakuto. A simple katana with a blue hilt and a black tassel. "Tamashi Fukkatsu!" he cried, stabbing the blond through the chest with his blade. Naruto's eyes widened as he felt his body beginning to disintegrate into blue energy. He realized he felt no pain, only peace as he turned to his friend. "Live long Sasuke, don't die too soon." he smiled sadly as his body completely vanished into a shape of glowing blue particles that seemed to vanish before their very eyes.
Sasuke felt hollow, as though he'd lost something incredibly important. Naruto was gone forever. Naruto, the dobe who'd been his rival, his nemesis, his best friend. Gone. He felt a fire in his stomach. 'What is this feeling?' he wondered as it grew until he remembered what it was. 'Determination,' he recalled. It filled him until his gaze snapped towards Mareshino, who felt uncomfortable due to the Uchiha's gaze.
"I want to become a shinigami," he declared. Mareshino seemed much more at ease with this proclamation, and was just about to perform a konso when a blast of red light crashed next to them, sending the pair flying.
"What's this? A shinigami and a soul filled with delicious reiatsu? Wonderful" A twisted voice called out, sounding like two voices overlapping each other. "Such wonderful energy should never go to waste!" A shape landed on the water in front of Sasuke as he got on a knee and stared at the creature.
His eyes widened as he took in it's appearance. The creature vaguely humanoid in shape, but only shape. It was 10 feet tall with pale green skin, filled with muscle. It had brutish hands and clawed feet with only three toes. The strange part was the mask on it's face. Bone white, with red designs on each side. The mask looking like a man's grotesque grin, with ram's horns where it's ears would be. It's eyes were pure black like the abyss. Those horrible eyes they were just like that day. That horrible-
"Sasuke!" Mareshino's yell shook him out of his thoughts as he dived to the left, just in time as the monster swiped at him. He cursed, he'd gotten so caught up in his memories he'd almost been killed!
The monster turned towards him with a sneer. "So the morsel can dodge? Good, let's play a game! Tag, you're IT!" and it charged him at incredible speed. It was too fast to dodge! Sasuke's eyes closed as he awaited death.
SQUELCH! Blood splashed over him as he opened his eyes slowly before they widened at the sight before him. Mareshino was standing there, his zanpakuto held in a defensive position. He'd tried to block the hollow's attack, only for it's claw to pierce straight through him.
The shinigami turned weakly towards Sasuke before giving a smirk. "Duty must always come before personal misgivings. Even for a noble," he smirked at the stunned Uchiha.
The hollow growled angrily. "Shinigami! You're in the way!" It struck him, launching the dying man to the side.
The hollow dived at Sasuke with a roar. Eyes hardening, Sasuke jumped back as it's claws lashed out at him.
CLANG! The noise rang out as Sasuke and the hollow stared at the chain of fate. It was lying on the ground completely unattached to anything.
Sasuke gingerly touched his chest. If his chain of fate was gone that that meant . . .
"Aaaargh!" he screamed. His entire body felt like it was on fire! Far worse than anything he had ever experienced. Even receiving the curse mark paled in comparison to the agony he was currently feeling.
Suddenly the pain stopped. Power coursed through him as he felt his body change. Becoming huge, it's body covered in black feathers. A cruel beak filled with fangs. And a mask covering the upper half of it's face.
Sasuke felt power unlike anything he'd ever felt before, it coursed through him, filling his veins with energy. And there was something else. Sasuke was HUNGRY.
"Impossible!" The hollow cried as it stared, horrified at the new member of it's kind.
Sasuke sneered at the now smaller hollow. "I think it's time for a game. Tag you're it!" He flew towards the hollow, and before it could blink, lifted it up in his cruel talons as the area seemed to distort around them until they were above a desert filled with pale sand.
The hollow's screams echoed throughout the skies as the hawklike hollow bit and stabbed it's body with it's fanged beak.
Finally the pain stopped as it's tormentor dropped thehollow down onto the sand below. With a loud crash the hollow landed painfully in a crater of sand.
There was no time to react as the hawk hollow landed on it painfully. The massive hawk screeched before piercing the hollow's mask with it's beak,killing it.
Sasuke stared down at the hollow he had just killed. It was revolting, hideous, it was DELICIOUS. He plunged his beak into the same area that he'd created by killing the creature
Sasuke finished eating the hollow as power flooded through his body. This feeling, it felt as though he were king of the world, like euphoria!
As power rushed through him Sasuke gave a savage screech that echoed across the desert. And the few who heard it felt a shiver run up their spines.
Naruto Uzumaki was bored.
It wasn't actually uncommon for such an event to occur, but nevertheless it did.
Naruto was a 15 year old student of Karakura high. He wore the uniform, took the classes, and did the work, but he definitely wasn't your average student.
First of all was his appearance. His father was an American named Takuya Hiragashi, a lawyer who had moved to Japan as a business opportunity. It was during a small case where he met his mother, a woman named Izumi Uzumaki, an executive who was suing one of her coworkers at the time, and after he helped her win they dated, fell in love, and eventually married and had a child.
Izumi was a blonde woman with long blonde hair trailing down her back, she was tough, aggressive, and very smart, her brown eyes were always filled with life, and she could intimidate people with a glance. His father was a brunette with short, shaggy hair reaching his shoulders and blue eyes. Takuya was clever, warmhearted, and one of the few people Izumi couldn't intimidate with a look alone.
Naruto was a mix of them both, in appearance and personality. He had lightly tanned skin, and an angular face that was a mix of American and Japanese, having the slanted eyes, yet considering they were larger and straighter than most Japanese citizens.
Not to mention the birthmarks on his cheeks, three per cheek. Strangely they were sensitive to the touch, as Naruto would actually purr like a cat if someone stroked them.
He had blonde hair that had the appearance of a hedgehog's quills. It reached into his eyes slightly, covering most of his ears and the back of his neck. Despite the fact that his hair reminded people of the rodent, it was referred to as a lion's mane due to it's wildness and length.
His body was in the prime of human fitness. He stood at a height of 6'1, being slightly stocky. His frame was packed with muscle, having little, if any, fat on his body. This was due to having trained in martial arts since he was a child. His natural instincts and lightning fast reflexes made him a natural at it.
The years of training had paid off, giving him massive strength for his age, as well as an Adonis figure.
Another thing that set him apart was his attitude. He was sarcastic, bold, outspoken, and rebellious. People had tried messing with him before, only to find themselves making out with the ground, courtesy of the blond's fists or feet.
He didn't automatically respect someone for their appearance or positions of power, he respected their actions. It took quite a few teachers a while to earn his respect until they had proven themselves competent and fair.
He also didn't stand for bullying in any form. Once he'd seen a girl being picked on because of her blue hair, or at least some guys trying to rile her up, which completely backfired on them. He'd left the thugs who had been bothering her with a painful reminder of the consequences of their actions, and to his surprise, she had helped.
In return the two had become friends. Her name was Juvia Lockser, a girl with short, shoulder length hair that was an unusual aqua blue.
She had pale skin and a heart shaped face, this along, with her violet eyes, caused Naruto to wonder why the males weren't constantly chasing her like they did Orihime, a ditzy red head with huge breasts. Oh well, they were missing out.
Juvia was bright, smart and actually quite short tempered. She and Naruto constantly found themselves either having a conversation without the slightest issue one moment, and screaming in each other's faces the next.
Though they would never admit it, they actually enjoyed their arguments quite a bit. Her temper was more controlled than Naruto's but no less powerful, they were like fire and water, keeping each other in check, not that they realized it. Everyone else could see it though, and that was why no one dared to go after Juvia, they were afraid of both her and Naruto's retaliation.
Currently the blond was walking along the street, silver headphones around his neck, blaring out music loud enough for him to hear as he conversed with a ghost who took the appearance of a middle aged man with black hair.
Oh yeah, the other thing was that he could see ghosts and talk to them ever since he was born.
"Why would you try to use a screwdriver on the core of your phone battery?" he cried, throwing his hands up in exasperation. "You should have called someone or at least put the thing away."
"I know!" the ghost cried, anime tears puring down his cheeks. "I'll never try to fix a phone by myself again, happy now!" he demanded.
Naruto sweat dropped. "I don't think that's a problem for you anymore." He stated dryly, causing the spirit do nearly break down from stress. The blond did his best to console the man. "There, there. I'm sure heaven will be so nice you won't even need a cellphone."
It seemed to do as the spirit brightened up considerably after that, thanked the blond, and promptly vanished.
Naruto sighed. How sad could you get? Dieing because you tried to fix a faulty piece of equipment. Ridiculous, yet also hilarious. The only thing that kept him from laughing was the fact that it had actually happened.
It was the middle of July, the 21st in fact. His summer vacation had been uneventful, practicing martial arts, sleeping, taking walks, hanging out with Juvia, and having conversations with random ghosts.
"Why can't someone be killed by something a bit more realistic?" he whined. The ghosts he met always found ways to die in the most ridiculous of ways, like falling asleep with their face in a cereal bowl, or dropping something on a third rail and trying to pick it up, only to get shocked, or putting a fork in the microwave to test the rumor, seriously?
His thoughts were cut off by a savage wail that sounded like two voices overlapping each other.
Naruto's eyes widened as he heard a scream coming from the same direction. Without hesitation he began running towards the sounds as fast as he could. 'That sounded like a kid!'
The screams and roars reached their peak as he turned to an alleyway, only for his eyes to widen in shock.
It was a young girl, a brunette in a small dress on her knees screaming in terror. She was a a ghost, he realized. And standing in front of her was a monster.
The thing was standing at an incredible 14 feet tall, it had the appearance of a giant toad, brown slimy skin with warts all over it's body. It's mouth had fangs poking out of both lips and strangely, a bone white mask covering it's face.
The monster gave what appeared to be a grotesque grin as it stalked towards the terrified child. It's clawed toes scraped at the ground as it approached her.
Naruto charged with a roar. Jumping with his side parallel to the ground, he leaped over the girl and kicked out with both feet, driving them into the monster's mask as it howled in pain as it skidded back a bit, small cracks appearing where Naruto had kicked it.
Naruto landed on all fours as the monster glared at him angrily, he noticed a large hole in the center of it's chest. "A human," it hissed. "Who knew humans could actually say hit so hard!" It seemed thoughtful for a moment before grinning at the blond. "The reiatsu you're emitting. It's so massive, and you're doing it without even trying! You will taste delicious!" It charged forward with a screech.
Naruto turned to the girl. "Get out of here!" he shouted. Her eyes widened as she seemed to ask him something with her gaze.
His eyes softened. "I'll be alright, I promise, but you're in danger. Now hurry!" Nodding, she ran out of the alley, turning a corner and vanishing from sight
Naruto whirled around, only to feel as though he'd been struck by a flying house as the monster rammed into him, sending him flying.
Naruto saw red as he hit the pavement. His chest felt strange, as though he were underwater. Lifting his head as best he could, he realized he was bleeding heavily, the life giving substance pouring out of his ruined chest like a broken dam.
"Hahahaha! Looks like you couldn't stop me human! You should have just walked by instead of trying to be a hero!" the monster taunted. "Now I'll just devour you and then that child."
'This thing is right,' he realized. 'I'm too weak to win against it. I can't protect that girl. I broke my promise.' His fists clenched. 'If only I were stronger. I could keep fighting, I wouldn't fail!'
'So that's it then?' A voice asked, sounding quite disappointed. 'I never thought I would see the day that my container gives up all because someone told you to.'
'Who are you?' he asked,confused. That voice, it sounded familiar, deep, ancient, and filled with power. Where had he heard it before?
'Does that matter now? Of course not! Now are you going to just sit there and let this thing eat you and that girl?' it snapped.
'But what can I do?'
'Take the sword!'
'Sword? What sw-'
'Take the damn sword!'
His right arm filled with strength, and it reached up to feel a hard surface he instinctively knew was a hilt. His fingers tightened around it, and then . . .
The monster's eyes widened as it's prey was engulfed in an explosion of amber and white reiatsu. Shielding it's eyes, the monster gaped as the reiatsu increased beyond anything it had ever felt. Even that huge burst of power from May hadn't had this much reiatsu!
The blinding torrent of energy finally died down to just barely manageable levels as the monster raised it's head, horror ran through it's veins. It's prey was standing up!
There he was. Wounds gone, clothes changed, and reiatsu flowing off him. Naruto stared at the creature coldly, his gaze like that of tiger stalking it's prey.
He was standing tall. His wounds having vanished completely, as well as the clothes he was wearing. He was dressed in a black kimono with a white vest and pants underneath. His feet were covered in socks and geta sandals. But that wasn't what frightened the creature.
In his left hand was a blade. A straight bladed tanto in fact, although it was about a third longer than an average tanto. It had a crimson hilt and a black circular guard, with the blade being a bright silver. The creature was shaking with fear, that blade, despite it's size was a zanpakuto!
And suddenly the teen charged, faster than the monster could react it was missing a forearm. Then the blond gave a kick that sent back flying back into the alley, crashing against the wall painfully.
There was no chance to escape as Naruto reappeared on it's chest. Three lightning fast punches in different areas of it's chest sent the monster into spasms of agony until the blond stabbed into it's mask with his blade.
The dying hollow raised it's remaining foreleg weakly. "What are you?" it rasped.
Naruto's eyes hardened. "You're executioner."
The hollow gave a bitter chuckle. "Thank . . . you shini. . . gami." And it disintegrated in a flash of blue light.
Naruto's gaze softened as he stared at the area where the hollow had been. "You were just another ghost. One that was twisted and lost it's way. I hope you find peace somehow," he muttered.
He felt tired, as though gravity had increased tenfold. He felt the strange clothes and the sword seemingly disappear as he slumped against the wall.
'It's getting so dark,' he thought. 'So very . . . dark.'
"Hey, I think he's waking up!"
"Shhhh! Not so loud!
" I'm not being loud!"
"Yes you are!"
"You're both being plenty loud to me."
The two jumped in shock at the sound of Naruto's voice. He squinted as his sight focused, only to see the faces of Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki.
Naruto jumped to his feet, pointing at them dramatically. "Oi! What the hell are you two doing here!" he demanded. Could there be a more random pair to find him? And did they have to be his classmates as well?
Rukia bopped him over the head painfully. "We were trying to find where that burst of reiatsu came from. Instead we found you killing a hollow before fainting." she snapped, eyebrow twitching.
Naruto rubbed his head tenderly, before looking around, they seemed to be on top of a roof. "You didn't have to hit me so hard." he grumbled, glaring at Rukia. Suddenly his eyes widened. "You could see that thing?" he asked. Alright, people who could see ghosts too! The blond felt like dancing. He wasn't crazy!
"Yeah we can see ghosts, and hollows too." the strawberry answered as Rukia opened her mouth. She glared at him, kicking his shin before turning back to the sweat dropping blond as Ichigo hopped around, holding his injured leg painfully.
"Pay close attention because I'll only explain this once," she demanded. Naruto nodded. "Apparently you had a massive amount of spirit energy, allowing you to see ghosts and hollows. A hollow is a ghost who couldn't pass on and became evil, becoming filled with the desire to eat souls for power," she explained. "Shinigami are souls who have large amounts of reiatsu and use it in the forms of their zanpakuto,a soul cutting sword, to slay hollows and purify them. And it appears that somehow you awakened your spiritual energy and became a shinigami on your own, got it?"
Naruto slowly nodded as thoughts ran through his head. 'Shinigami, kill hollows wih zanpakuto , and purify.'
Ichigo patted the dumbfounded blond on the back sympathetically. "I was like that too."
The blond in question slowly managed to return to reality. "So is there a way for me to call on these powers when I need them?" he asked curiously. Considering the way Rukia spoke of them there would probably be a lot more of these hollows, and if there would be more than one he would need to know how to fight them.
Rukia nodded. "I'm a shinigami as well as Ichigo, athough he became one by taking my powers to kickstart his own. So while I no longer can fight, I can pull your souls out of your bodies so you can fight."
"Whoa whoa whoa. What do you mean pull my soul out of my body?" Naruto demanded. "What the hell does that even mean?"
Rukia grabbed him and yanked him forward. Naruto gasped as he landed on his feet, it felt like had gotten ice water dumped over his head. He looked at himself, only to gasp. The kimono, the sword at his waist! He was a shinigami again!
Naruto slowly turned around in circles, only to freeze as he saw himself laying on the ground like a corpse, although he appeared to be sleeping. The blond slowly turned to Rukia, his face blank. "I see your point." he stated dryly, causing the tiny girl to throw up a peace sign triumphantly.
Sweat dropping, he turned to Ichigo. "Is she always like this?" The citrus haired shinigami mirrored his expression. "You have no idea."
And that is the end of my first chapter of the rewrite of One Life Ends Another Begins!
I think the title fits the rewrite better anyway. Okay now, several things I want to make clear.
Naruto will not truly remember his past life as ninja. It will be a mystery for him to solve,unravelling these strange memories and feelings he gets.
Naruto seems ooc because he wasn't willing to take the villagers shit, he gave it right back, and was therefore way more powerful and smart because he didn't waste time trying to get people's attention.
The story happens a few days after Ichigo visits his mother's grave and fights Grand Fisher.
I've already decided on Naruto AND Sasuke's zanpakuto.
Juvia is the same Juvia from Fairy Tail, although she's not actually from that universe in this fic.
I've already decided on the pairing for Naruto, but I can't really think of the perfect one for Sasuke. No harems or yaoi if you have a suggestion though.
Oh and Mareshonin was an oc who was supposed to Marechiyo's uncle. You know, Soi-fon's lieutenant.
P.s. Tamashi Fukkatsu is a translation I read on google. It means soul rebirth in Japanese.
I hope you liked it. And if you didn't then tell me what you'd like to see! Bye!