ReBirth

So yeah, what's up guys?

I'm just a new random leech who became an author. I really liked reading fanfics and slowly started becoming engrossed in it. It eventually led my head into cooking up stories that I couldn't ignore.

So here I am. Now, I'm not hoping for any massive response for my poor writing skills, but maybe one or two reviews telling me about how the story was? I'll be extremely grateful if any of you were to take the time to do that. So yeah read, review, follow and, if you like it, favorite the story.

Thank you

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Prologue

…..Darkness. Complete everlasting darkness was my current line of sight. There was a heave of weight above me, therefore I was weighed down. My mouth was kissing the earth. I was currently completely powerless….. My body was completely covered in scabs and wounds. It brought forth an unimaginable amount of pain upon me. I felt my soul trying to leave my body, but not managing to do so only because of my sheer force of will. I have never come so close to death before, even my tremendous chakra reserves granted to me by my Uzumaki heritage was used up. Shaking myself out of all of these depressing thoughts, I focused myself on the more imminent matters.

My throat was parched. I gulped down saliva hastily to make it wet. It can be such an irritation sometimes, ya' know? My body was too tired to even stand up. I really started to wish I believed in some or the other sort of god. I could have at least prayed to the god to save me from this situation. As I was completely exhausted to do anything now, I waited for some time for my chakra to recover.

When my chakra recovered a little bit, I sent it to my body cells for Rapid Regeneration. It was a special kind of skill taught to me by grandma Tsunade as a coronation gift when I became the Hokage. My wounds rapidly healed, bringing me a source of relief. Using my Super Strength, I stood up, displacing the bundle of weight above me. My eye took a moment to adjust to the sudden sunlight, but my mechanical one started working straight away. I was greeted by the horror of the war-The horror of the First World War.

Using the Scan skill granted to me by my mechanical eye, I scanned the entire surrounding premise. There was no sign of body heat except for me, no source of chakra except for me but there was a source of … something I didn't know? It felt very ancient and mysterious. I knew that whatever it was, it didn't want to be disturbed.I decided to leave it that way.

Returning back to the subject, bodies of my allies as well as my enemies laid before me. All of them were dead, spilling blood throughout the war ground. There was the pungent smell of blood diffused in the air. I took a glance towards where I laid injured. I saw the almost unrecognizable corpse of Shikamaru.

It was horribly mutilated and scratched. I don't know how I managed to recognize his corpse. Maybe the fact that there was a wound in his chest from when he protected me helped.

I was then greeted by the corpses of Lee, Tenten, Kiba, Akamaru, Udon, Konohamaru, Chouji, Ino and the rest of the Konoha Eleven. A stray tear fell out of my eye. My heart which I considered to be mechanical once more started beating. The me, who was just a number then, once more became a human being. My chest went hollow, like I lost a big chunk of myself. I once again remembered the long lost feeling of loneliness. I once more regained my sense of sadness.

I remembered how I felt when I lost Pervy Sage. I roared, roared and roared- All for naught.

"One day all of you martial artists will pay. One day you will be on your knees pissing yourselves in terror because of the nightmare you just released" I swore as my chakra violently mixed with Kurama's chakra due to my sudden rage and the reawakening of my humanity.

I was not enraged when these bastards kidnapped me and experimented on me; I was not enraged when these assxxles dissected my body just to find out the limits of my regenerative capacity; I was not enraged when they turned me into a mindless animal who only thought of himself as a number. I only despaired during those times. But now, I was truly enraged. I unknowingly entered the Initial Jinchuriki form. My anger intensified and a red hue of flame like chakra started dancing around me. I bit down my anger and started to grind my teeth. My Initial Jinchuriki Form started to dissipate.

I fell down once more and started crying looking at the corpses of my team mates- no my friends. I slowly started to dig a hole manually using my hands. I could have used my chakra to simply create a hole, but I felt it was not enough to honor them and show my respect towards them. I slowly dug the grave using a crude shovel, made using my Wood Release, which was reinforced using my Earth Release.

Using the shovel, I finally managed to dig graves for all of my friends. I buried them inside. I did not just bury their corpses there, but also their dreams and legacies. I decided to accept the burden of carrying their dreams and hopes. Their Will of Fire reignited mine. My Will of Fire which has long been burnt out once more started to burn!

I once more dug a huge grave and buried the corpses of all my leftover allies. I gathered all the remaining corpses and stared at the remaining corpses of the martial artists. I spit out a low chakra consuming Fireball and burnt all of them away. As the flame slowly spread I slowly gained a sense of satisfaction. I quickly moved away so as to avoid being burnt by the flame.

When the flame finally died out, I approached the area where I dug the graves. Using my Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees I made a huge forest whose trees rapidly reached a hundred meters and then slowed down. I spit out a mouthful of blood, as the technique was a chakra intensive one. Unknowingly, I had created the feared forest which came to be later known as the 'Bloody Forest' by the entire future populace. As the forest finally started stabilizing, I sat near a large tree by my side and started to meditate. As I began to meditate, I wasn't able to fully concentrate on it because my mind started to wander away. I started to think about how everything led to this disastrous outcome….

{10 years ago, Obito-21, 26 AFSW}

I was sitting on a recliner with a bunch of mission reports in my hand. I was in a sad and somber mood with a song called 'Lose Yourself' by a civilian rapper known as Eminem playing in the background. He was quite an amazing artist and the best rapper that ever existed.

So, where was I? Yes, sitting on a recliner with the mission reports in my hand.

I was wearing my usual attire of an orange sweatshirt along with a black track pant. My hair, which I let grow during the past few years, was tied back up in a ponytail with my gruff beard showing signs of aging. The reports in my hands were about a single thing- the random and mysterious disappearances of the ninjas and civilians of the entire Allied Nations.

It showed something extremely wrong throughout the Allied Nations. The latest noted disappearance was of Jack. He was an S ranked ninja who hailed from The Land of Rain.

The disappearance of Jack was not a small matter. He was a fucking S rank. Anyone or anything able to kidnap him is no small matter. This required a further investigation. I created a Shadow Clone to help me wrap up my work as I couldn't think of anything to do about the matter right then. I had also promised to return home early that particular day as Bolt was returning home after five years because he was finally discharged from being the guardian of the King.

Hinata and Himawari were quite excited today when they heard the news today when they heard the news, so I expect him to reach home early tomorrow. Moreover, we are not the only ones waiting for him (Ouch, I didn't mean you Sarada (Wink, Wink)).

Gazing out at the full moon, out of my blue curtains, I felt a hint of disparity, like something bad was going to happen soon. I shrugged off the feeling, as most of the time all my worries seemed to be for naught. And frankly, even I need some sort of relaxation once in a while. Being the leader of a village is a hard task, ya' know. AND MATURITY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF VERBAL TICS OKAY?

Using the Instantaneous Transportation technique, I left my office, quickly sprinting towards my spot of relaxation- The Hokage's monument. I sat on the head of my dad's statue, as was my hobby from my older days.

The entire village seemed to be so peaceful from here. This tranquility always sets my heart to a calm state every time I see it. It makes me feel like there was never a war in our lifetime and there will never again be a war. One could say this view is one of my guilty pleasures. I once more plugged my earphones back in. The song 'Daylight' started playing on the headset. The song seemed to be much more perfect that particular moment when the moon was glimmering with all its might. I wished that moment would last forever.

When one is perfectly satisfied with one's life, one finds enlightenment. And when one finds enlightenment, one becomes a sage. I am the 'Demonic Sage' of The Village Hidden In The Leaves. Add the word 'Hokage' to it and you get the fist SSS class ninja in the world. The moon was shining with such luminescence that I slowly lost myself in it.

{Obito-22, 26 AFSW}

Yesterday, when I reached home late, I got a mouthful of complaints from my wife about why I should not be out so late without having a proper meal. Her gaze on me through her frame-less glasses, with her purple hair also tied back into a pony tail made me feel as if she looked even more beautiful than the day I married her. Her shouting at me only helped turn me on.

That explained why there were loud moans inside our bedroom last night and why Hinata was walking awkwardly today. Let's just hope that Bolt doesn't have any more siblings. He'll kill ... Let's just get that disturbing thought out of my mind.

Back to what I was saying, Hinata's concern for me touched the bottom of my heart starting from when she saved me from Nagato. I still remember how she looked like when she took the deathblow meant for me. She was smiling.

And on the verge on death, she said the words I desperately yearned for someone to say to me: 'I love you'. The shy but brave woman I married long ago no longer exists.

The shy caterpillar has metamorphosed into a free and independent butterfly. Each of them are beautiful in their own rights. Hinata has stood by me through all my hardships like an angel. She is my beloved angel – Hinata Hyuuga, The Pale Moon Goddess.

When I woke up today, I saw Hinata sleeping by my side, looking quite breathtaking as usual. Even though her face has wrinkled a bit, it only added to her charm. Getting up, I found myself in a pair of boxers. After getting dressed, I moved towards the dining hall to have my breakfast when Himawari, my daughter, came to me.

"Morning Dad" she greeted me.

"Morning" I greeted back.

"Big brother will come back today, won't he?" Himawari asked me.

"Of course he will come, after all what can happen to the Black Thunder of Konoha?" I reassured her.

"Maybe, but I've got a foreboding feeling" she said.

"Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay" I smiled at her.

Behind my smile there were thousands of negative thoughts, but for my daughter I hid all of them and acted like a brave man.

The rest of my breakfast remained quite uneventful except for the taste of my amazing bread and egg that I had made. Finishing my breakfast, I woke up Hinata, bid goodbye to the two darlings of my life and I left my humble abode. The sun was sending a sliver of light, barely lighting the village even though it was morning. As I was walking down the road, I felt the village was very grim today. The public television was off due to an unknown reason and I had a very bad sense of déjà vu.

When I reached the Hokage's office, I was greeted by the sight of many mutilated corpses of Anbu's lying on the floor. All of them had a hole the size of a fist through where their heart and brain were supposed to be. Immediately getting serious, I noticed that I knew most of them. They were the guardians of the village. As I moved the corpses gently, I found something scribbled on the wall.

It said, "Your days have become numbered ~ MURIM".

Cases of similar happenings were reported throughout the entire Allied Nations. Also, Bolt never came back home that day.

{Jiraiya-16, 31 AFSW}

If there was ever what I would call a massacre, it would be what I saw in front of my eyes three months ago.

Countless corpses of my allies were dead in front of me. All f them were brutally murdered, and we couldn't even counter attack. Why?

It was because they drugged us. The fucking Murimin's drugged us thereby corrupting our chakra and making it unusable for a long time. They used some kind of capsules that contained a specific poison which was very dangerous to those who use chakra. How did those capsules harm us you ask?

Well, when the Murimin's threw and broke the capsule, the poison was released. The poison was quick acting.

It spread to everyone in the ninja forces, including me via the air. Now, you ask me why were we completely powerless without chakra? Why are you so curious?

Anyway, just imagine this. From the moment we were born, chakra was always there with us. Our body has adapted to the use of chakra so much that it cannot even function without chakra- it is the reason why chakra exhaustion is very dangerous.

If we don't even have a shred of chakra in us, our organs are eventually going to stop functioning, and all our combat ability practically becomes useless.

The people who had low to no chakra had no problem with the poison because their body was already used to running on low chakra- namely Lee and some others.

The ones who had a large chakra capacity were the ones who actually suffered. In fact, the moment the poison started acting on me, blood started to flow from my nose, ears and mouth, and I was unconscious for a day. I woke up later only because Kurama managed to send a sliver of chakra through the seals for my body to function properly.

Now, back to the battle. It was a one sided massacre- Murim vs. The Village Hidden in The Leaves.

And, the Murim won, big time.

The Murim had about a thousand injured and a hundred dead; that was because of our ninjas who had low chakra capacity and specialized in taijutsu.I never thought that I would live to see a day where people with low chakra capacity were respected more than people who had monstrous chakra capacity.

Konoha had 50,000 dead and a thousand injured. And from that thousand, a hundred were once more kidnapped. And that hundred included me. As the Murim fucked us up, our ninja populace grew less, our economy hit low and civilians began to migrate from our village to others in lieu of safety. Before the war between The Village Hidden in The Leaves and Murim, The Village Hidden in the Leaves was the strongest major village. Now, it could barely be called a village.

As I later learned while under the torture of the Murim, they were made up of three categories- Firstly, the Warriors. Secondly, the Mages and lastly, the Technicians. The warriors were like the Taijutsu Specialists, using physical attacks to attack their energy and enhanced their physique using something called Qi. The Mages were like the Ninjutsu specialists who used Qi to use spells that cause destruction on a mass scale, kind of like Jutsu's.

Now this would lead you to a question: How is Qi related to Chakra?

Chakra is the combination of both physical and spiritual energy. That meant that the Qi was merely a splitting up of Chakra.

That is the Warriors and Mages were merely an extension of Ninjas. A mere specialization.

But however, they believed themselves to be our betters or our evolved form, when they were actually using a degradation of Chakra.

If you consider the Mages and Knights to be the fighters, then there was another class for those who were not blessed in the combat sector.

They were the Technologists. I don't actually quite know how they are or what they are, but I know they are the most dangerous. They make new inventions and contraptions that use Qi that screws us over.

As I said, I was captured by the Murim. They first dragged me to an experimental facility and experimented on me. They tore open my gut, took out my inner organs and replaced it with artificial ones. My bones were replaced with metal. My eye was dug out and replaced with an artificial eye resembling those of robots. My face and my body became horribly mutilated. I could not even move properly. I later found out that I was chosen to be experimented upon due to my accursed healing factor.

After experimenting upon me, they started to torture me for information. My already scarred body became even more scarred. My mind was broken and my soul was replaced with that of a beast that would do anything for survival. I became someone who started to refuse my own ideals and rejected them. However, I did not betray my village. Seeing that I would not disclose any information, they send me to a place that was even worse than the experimental chambers and the torture barracks: Prison.

And not just a normal one, it was actually a barely standing wooden ship that sailed around the world, headed for a place where failed experiments and captured Ninjas were disposed of.

The Murim broke most of my chakra pathways during the accursed experiments on me. However a small artificial circuit made by me using my blood still ran inside me. They sealed Kurama's chakra completely, making it completely inaccessible to me when they first captured me. But perhaps due to not being too knowledgeable on the art of sealing they were unable to seal his consciousness but I did not let anyone else know of the fact.

During my ten years at prison, my views changed- from a kind and noble person, my ideologies shifted and I became someone who was ruthless, cunning and cruel. I became someone who lived for revenge. The log who I used to worship so much during my younger years now became what it truly was.

It was merely a piece of wood, not god. Nothing can ever be a god because of one single reason- God does not exist. If he does exist, why would he doom his creations to endless doom and peril? Why would he doom his creations to a life full of misery and pain?

My period in prison was hell. I ate filth, was covered in filth and I slept on the cold boards with nothing covering me. Long gone were the days of glory and happiness. Now, I was no longer Naruto Uzumaki, but rather a number- 961354. I was now a chained beast.

I fought with the other prisoners loosing all shreds of comradeship with them. We fought for filth, ate filth and lived on filth. However we were all always on the lookout for a chance to escape.

During my time at the prison, I became weaker and weaker until I was too weak to even move because of malnutrition. Even though I was put through all of this, I was never truly angry except for that moment when the Murim destroyed my village and my village men completely.

"Naruto, you do not have to be so depressed. Someday we will be free. Then comes the time for revenge. The only thing we can do now is to endure, always being on the look out for chances.", were the words I almost got daily from Kurama.

One day, when I was laying down on the cold and hard floor, I heard the sound of destruction. Getting up with much difficulty, I moved towards the door of my prison carefully, dragging my chains along with me. I suddenly heard a very familiar voice, "Chidori"...

SO, HOW WAS MY STORY?

I hope you guys liked it. Now, please let me know your response and suggestions. By the way, Naruto is gonna kind of be over powered, but not in an unnatural way. I'm gonna try my very best to make all the powers he gain to be natural and it's not gonna be very sudden. And then, the pairing too is gonna be a harem and I hope it kind of seems natural. It's just not gonna pop out suddenly one day rather it's all going to accumulate leading to a harem and it won't be obvious it's a harem until part 2, that is shippuden. After all, no ten year I know about has a romantic relationship. So peace out. V

"Darkness is mesmerizing. Darkness removes the shackles of our heart and lays us bare. It engulfs us. What we see during both our death and birth are the same- Darkness. The darkness in our heart defines what sort of a person we are. It defines who we are. Without darkness, light cannot exist. It is the yin to every yang"~ Random Sage

Edit 27/10/16: Whoah. I didn't expect such a massive response. Whooooo. Holy shit. (O_O). That was my expression when I saw the reviews and favs and everything. Holy shit. Pinch me please. I just can't believe that I just got over a 1000 views. And sorry guys, I won't be able to update my story soon. Got a broken nose while playing, so now I'm stuck with a new stitch on my nose. :P. Now, I'm just not in the mood to type up another chapter. I'm in the mood to sleep like a log. And by the way, I don't know the proper etiquettes of fan fictions so don't blame me.

Well, my response to the reviews,

ncpfan: Well, I took your advice to heart and corrected it accordingly. Even I felt it was actually much more appealing after applying your fixes. Thank you. ;)

Guest : Well, I'm gonna be experimenting with many different styles in this story, so expect thirdperson soon. The reason I chose first person for the prologue is because I thought it'll be much easier to convey emotions through first person. Still, sorry if you found this uncomfortable reading this.

BOB THE BUILDER: Well, thank you. Your review is very much appreciated. It actually feels really good when a newbie writer such as myself is complemented by the audience.

Nerp: Thank you for your thoughtful review. Im gonna start implementing it from the next chapter onwards. Thanks for saying the story has a good start.

firebluebird2006: Everyone, don't get scared by this guy's harsh review. He's actually a good guy quite deep down. I've done as you said. Over and out. But seriously, I can't just change the entire plot.

And now thanks to all those of you who followed and favored the story. I'm gonna be taking you guys on a joyride. Believe it. (Thumbs up)

Signed,
The Invalid One