UltimaShishigawa: Hey everyone! Okay, this is something different than the Naruto fanfics I have going now! This one is OCxHinata and NarutoxSakura. I hope you all like it!
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Chapter 1: The last of the Otsutsuki Clan!
Team 8, consisting of Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame and Kurenai Yuhi, were returning to the Hidden Leaf Village after completing a simple C-rank escort mission to a nearby village (AN: This is set during Part 1 (Naruto) so they look as they did before the two and a half year time-skip).
"I was really hoping we would run into some bandits, or something! What a waste!" said Kiba as he petted his ninja dog, Akamaru, who was perched on his head. Shino sighed.
"You should've expected this to happen. The village was simply a single days trip at full running speed. On top of that, the client wasn't an important figure. Just someone who was paranoid." said Shino. Kiba looked at Shino with a glare.
"Says the guy who has his insects watching for danger all the time!" said Kiba.
"One can't be too careful." said Shino. Kiba grunted as he looked toward Hinata.
"Hey Hinata, you're with me on this right?" asked Kiba causing the Hyuga to look at him in surprise. She nervously looked away while poking both index fingers together.
"W-well, I'm j-just g-g-glad that we d-didn't run into any t-trouble." Hinata stuttered out. Kiba sighed as a sweat drop rolled down his head.
"I should've expected that response." said Kiba. Kurenai looked up at the sky which was, due to the setting sun, a brilliant mixture of red and orange.
"We'd better make camp for the night." said Kurenai as she and the rest of Team 8 stopped.
-Later that night-
The rest of Team 8 was sound asleep save for one Hinata Hyuga. She was perched near the campfire watching the flames crackle. As she watched the campfire, she suddenly looked around as she felt that something, or someone, was in the forest other than her team. Looking toward her sleeping teammates and sensei, Hinata stood up and ran into the forest.
-Clearing-
Hinata walked through the forest for a while before reaching a clearing. Hiding behind a tree for safety, she looked toward the clearing. All she could see were spots where the ground was disturbed, upturned and craters where attacks had struck the ground. Looking carefully around, she could make out blurs that were running around the clearing with sparks coming off when they clashed.
"Byakugan!" whispered Hinata as the veins around her eyes bulged slightly. She watched as a single chakra clashed with about a dozen others, however, she noticed that as each of the chakras clashed, one would fade out. As she watched, the blurs came to a halt. Her eyes widened as she saw that the entire group consisted of Hidden Rock ninja.
'W-what are Hidden Rock n-ninja doing near the Leaf Village?' thought Hinata. She then noticed that there was a single ninja standing in the middle of the group. The ninja's back was facing Hinata so all she could see was his white shoulder length spiky hair, white jacket, black ninja pants that ended with matching ninja sandals. Due to his frame, Hinata guessed that he was a boy. The last thing she noticed was that his jacket had a crescent with a circle resting inside. The crescent was black while the circle was white (but a shade darker than the jacket's).
"You're coming with us, Otsutsuki! Lord Tsuchikage has deemed your power beneficial to the Hidden Rock Village." said one of the Hidden Rock ninja. The ninja, known only as Otsutsuki, turned his head to the left allowing half his face to be seen by the Hyuga heiress, but his bangs kept his eyes hidden.
"I don't know why you keep calling me "Otsutsuki", but I'm not going to be taken to your village just to be treated like a weapon." said Otsutsuki. The Rock ninja rushed at Otsutsuki, but the boy pressed his hands together before holding them out to either side. Suddenly, the Rock ninja were blown back by an invisible force that sent them flying. Recovering from the blow, half of the group that remained conscious rushed at Otsutsuki again.
Otsutsuki jumped in the air as he pressed his hands together before pointing them down. Again, the group of Rock ninja were blown backwards as they were hit by an invisible force. When he landed on the ground, Otsutsuki pressed his hands together before holding out his right hand. Suddenly, one of the Rock ninja was pulled toward Otsutsuki. The boy grabbed the Rock ninja by the neck when he was within range before slamming him into the ground causing it to crack on impact.
Looking toward the remainder of the Rock ninja group, Otsutsuki performed a few hand seals.
"LIGHTNING STYLE: LIGHTNING CURRENT!" shouted Otsutsuki as he pressed his hands on the ground. An electrical current ran through the ground, shocking the rest of the Rock ninja. Once the electrical current stopped flowing, the rest of the Rock ninja collapsed to the ground.
Hinata looked on with wide eyes as she saw the boy, who was no older than her, beat an entire group of Rock ninja by himself. The veins around her eyes receded, signaling the deactivation of her Byakugan.
"What do we have here?" asked a voice causing Hinata to quickly spin around and see a Hidden Rock ninja she hadn't noticed looking down at her. The Rock ninja smiled an evil smile as he grasped the handle of his katana that was strapped to his back.
"Judging from your eyes, I'd say you're a member of the Hyuga Clan. Lord Tsuchikage had said to capture a Hyuga if we came across one." said the Rock ninja. Hinata seized up in fear as memories of the night she was nearly kidnapped by a Hidden Cloud ninja surfaced in her mind.
"However, he didn't say that we had to bring you back unharmed!" said the Rock ninja as he unsheathed his katana and swung it down on Hinata.
"AAAAHH!" screamed Hinata as she closed her eyes. She cringed as she heard the sound of the blade slicing through skin, but upon not feeling any pain she opened her eyes only for them to widen in shock. Standing in front of her with his arms spread out and his back facing the Rock ninja, Otsutsuki shielded Hinata from the blow. Blood sprayed out of the deep gash on his back before Otsutsuki quickly turned, produced a kunai, and threw it at the Rock ninja. The kunai embedded itself in the Rock ninja's forehead, causing said ninja's eyes to roll into the back of his skull before he fell to the ground dead. Otsutsuki took a deep breath.
"You okay?" asked Otsutsuki. It took Hinata a couple of minutes to regain her bearings before she could answer.
"Y-yes." said Hinata. Otsutsuki chuckled.
"That's good." said Otsutsuki as he turned around to face Hinata. The Hyuga heiress' eyes widened again, this time in surprise, as she looked him in the eyes. His eyes were a light purple, sclerae and all, with a ripple-like pattern that covered both eyeballs entirely. She also noticed that both eyes had six tomoe. Three on the ring closest to the pupil and three more on the closest to that one. Hinata watched as the tomoe faded leaving just the ripple pattern before they receded into the pupil. The sclerae turned white as the iris turned blue.
"I'm glad...you weren't...hurt." said Otsutsuki as he swayed before falling forward. Reacting quickly, Hinata grabbed ahold of Otsutsuki. That was the last thing Otsutsuki remembered before slipping into unconsciousness.
-Sometime later-
"Ngh..." groaned Otsutsuki as he opened his eyes to find that his vision was blurry. Taking another breath, he noticed the overbearing scent of bleach and other cleaning chemicals.
'Hospital.' thought Otsutsuki as he rubbed his eyes to clear his vision. Once it was clear, Otsutsuki saw that he was indeed in a hospital.
"How did I...get here?" asked Otsutsuki as he, painfully, sat up in the bed. Looking down at himself, he found that he was shirtless and that his torso was bandaged up. His torso was still that of a growing boy, but he was in shape. He didn't have abs, yet, but he didn't have a round gut either. His stomach was flat. His arms showed a little muscle, as well.
"You can thank Kurenai's team for bringing you here, young man." said a voice causing Otsutsuki to look toward the door and see two men standing there. One was taller than the other.
"Who...are you?" asked Otsutsuki. The shorter man chuckled as he removed his smoking pipe from his mouth.
"I am the Third Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. My name is Hiruzen Sarutobi." said the shorter man, now identified as Hiruzen Sarutobi, before pointing toward the taller man. "And this is Inoichi Yamanaka."
"Hello." said the taller man, now known as Inoichi. Otsutsuki continued to watch the two as they walked over to his bed. Sarutobi looked at the nightstand and chuckled prompting Otsutsuki to look at the nightstand to see a sunflower in a vase.
"It would seem that Ms. Hyuga left these for you." said Sarutobi. Otsutsuki blinked a couple times as he looked at the sunflower.
"Now young man," said Sarutobi gaining Otsutsuki's attention, "can you tell us your name?" Otsutsuki looked at Sarutobi and Inoichi before getting a thoughtful look.
"Um...Akira...I think." said Otsutsuki, now known as Akira. Sarutobi and Inoichi gave Akira questioning looks.
"You...think?" asked Sarutobi. Akira nodded his head.
"Yeah, although some have called me "Otsutsuki" for some reason." said Akira as he scratched the back of his head. Sarutobi and Inoichi's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. Seeing their surprised looks, Akira got a questioning look.
"What?" asked Akira. Quickly shaking off their surprise, Sarutobi cleared his throat.
"Nevermind. Tell me, what do you remember of before the attack made on you by the Rock ninja?" asked Sarutobi. Akira scratched his head as he thought on it.
"Umm...nothing." said Akira causing both Sarutobi and Inoichi to raise an eyebrow.
"Nothing?" asked Inoichi. Akira nodded his head.
"Yep, nothing." said Akira. "All I remember is standing in a clearing fighting off a bunch of Hidden Rock ninja. I don't know how I got there, but I'm guessing they had something to do with it." He then looked at his hands.
"Believe me when I say that I wish I could remember more, but I can't. When I try to, I don't see anything there except darkness." said Akira.
"Hm..." grunted Sarutobi as he thought on this. 'He appears to be suffering from amnesia. All he can remember is his name and that he fought off a whole platoon of Hidden Rock ninja. On top of that, he says that the Rock ninja called him "Otsutsuki," but that clan is legendary and extinct, which means...' "Inoichi!"
"Sir?" asked Inoichi as he looked at Sarutobi. The Third Hokage ticked his head at Akira causing the Yamanaka Clan head to nod his head. He then walked up to the other side of the bed.
"Akira," said Inoichi gaining said boy's attention, "I'm going to try my clan's jutsu on you." Akira gave him a questioning look.
"What is it gonna do?" asked Akira. Inoichi looked at Sarutobi with a questioning look of his own and received a nod from the elder Hokage before looking back at Akira.
"My clan's jutsu allows me to enter the mind of the target. Once I'm in, I can then search through their memories to find the information they maybe withholding." said Inoichi. Akira's curious look changed to a glare.
"You think I'm lying?" asked Akira.
"We believe you're telling the truth, Akira," said Sarutobi gaining Akira's attention, "but Inoichi's jutsu will allow him to find the answers we're looking for. It'll help clear up where you are from, why you were out there and why the Hidden Rock seemed so intent on capturing you." Akira's glare faded as he saw the logic in it.
"Well, all right, but on one condition." said Akira. Sarutobi gave him a questioning look.
"What would that condition be?" asked Sarutobi.
"That if you find something really bad in there. Like REALLY bad. Then don't tell me. If I can't remember it, then it's probably best if I don't remember it at all." said Akira. Sarutobi nodded his head.
"Very well. Go ahead, Inoichi." said Sarutobi. Inoichi nodded his head before forming a few hand seals and placing his hands together in a triangular shape.
"MIND TRANSFER JUTSU!" said Inoichi as blue chakra surround the Yamanaka Clan head. It then shot from Inoichi onto Akira. Sarutobi caught Inoichi as he fell backwards and looked toward Akira who's head was down.
-A little while later-
'What could be taking Inoichi so long in there? He's been in Akira's mind for three hours now.' thought Sarutobi as he looked up at the clock. He then looked back at Inoichi who was sat in a chair with his head down. Looking at Akira, who was still sat up in bed with his head down, he noticed blue chakra surround the boy. He watched as the chakra then transferred from Akira to Inoichi. The Yamanaka Clan head's eyes opened before he stood up.
"Well, what did you find, Inoichi?" asked Sarutobi. Inoichi looked at Sarutobi with shocked eyes.
"He...he really is...an Otsutsuki." said Inoichi causing a shocked look to appear on Sarutobi. "And that's not all."
"W-what else did you find?" asked Sarutobi as he looked at the still unconscious Akira. Inoichi gulped.
"H-he has two eye dojutsu." said Inoichi. Sarutobi's eyes widened further in shock.
"Two?!" asked Sarutobi. Inoichi nodded his head.
"Well, what are they?" asked Sarutobi. Inoichi leaned closer to Sarutobi and whispered in his ear. Sarutobi's jaw came unhinged as it fell open. The Third Hokage had lived a long life and seen many things so one would think that nothing would surprise him, but what Inoichi just told him brought on a whole new level of surprise for the aging Hokage.
This is how Akira found the elderly Hokage when he opened his eyes.
"What...happened?" asked Akira. Closing his jaw, Sarutobi spoke up.
"Akira..." Sarutobi spoke before clearing his throat, "...do you know how to access your chakra?" Akira quirked an eyebrow in curiosity before nodding his head.
"Um...yeah, I think so." said Akira. "Why do you ask?"
"Channel chakra to your eyes for me, please." said Sarutobi. Akira wasn't sure why Sarutobi wanted him to push chakra in his eyes, but he figured that he must have a reason for requesting that of him. Shrugging his shoulders, Akira made a single hand seal and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, both Inoichi and Sarutobi were shocked. His blue eyes had turned red with a single ring around the pupil and had three tomoe circling it.
'Sharingan...and fully matured, too.' thought Sarutobi. Both his and Inoichi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, though, when they saw his eyes change again. They watched as the tomoe spun rapidly as rings came out of the single one and covered the eye while the sclerae and the rest of his eyes turned a light purple. When the tomoe stopped spinning, they revealed a second set of three tomoe around the ring second closest to the pupil.
"What?" asked a curious Akira. He cocked his head to the side when he received no answer from either of the ninja.
"Seriously, what?" asked Akira. Seeing that whatever they were looking at had them speechless, Akira sighed and looked toward the window. Upon seeing his reflection, he realized why they were speechless.
"Oh, that's nothing new." said Akira as he looked at Sarutobi and Inoichi. Quickly recovering, Sarutobi gave him a questioning look.
"You mean you've seen this before?" asked Sarutobi. Akira nodded his head.
"Yeah." said Akira. "When I helped that kunoichi last night, I saw my reflection in her eyes and saw what my eyes looked like." Sarutobi quirked an eyebrow.
"Last night? My boy, I'm afraid you're mistaken. That didn't happen last night." said Sarutobi. At this, Akira quirked an eyebrow.
"Then...when did it happen?" asked Akira.
"Two weeks ago." said Sarutobi. It took a couple minutes for this news to register, but when it did it was comical. Akira's pupils shrunk (if possible) and his jaw came unhinged as it fell open.
"WWWHHHHAAAATT!" shouted Akira. Sarutobi chuckled as Akira's outburst reminded him of a certain someone.
"Calm down, Akira." said Sarutobi. "You can cut off the chakra to your eyes now." After calming down, Akira did as he was told and stopped the flow of chakra to his eyes. To Sarutobi's surprise, only the six tomoe disappeared, but the eyes remained the same.
'I see. Once the dojutsu is activated, it's permanently active.' thought Sarutobi. He then looked at Inoichi to find that the Yamanaka Clan head had finally recovered from his shock.
"You may go now, Inoichi." said Sarutobi. Inoichi looked at Sarutobi before nodding his head and disappearing via body flicker. Akira looked at the spot Inoichi was standing in moments ago impressed.
'I've gotta learn how to do that.' thought Akira. Sarutobi pulled out a piece of paper with a seal on it before sticking it on the wall closest to him and perform a couple of hand seals. The seal began to glow before the room was bathed in a purple glow.
"Now Akira..." said Sarutobi gaining Akira's attention, "...those eyes of your's are one of the most powerful dojutsu ever seen. Some speculate that they never truly existed at all since they were never seen again since the time of the Sage of the Six Paths."
"Sage of the...Six Paths?" asked a confused Akira. Sarutobi nodded his head as he took a seat and took a puff from his pipe.
"The Sage of the Six Paths was the father of all ninja and taught people how to harness their chakra." said Sarutobi. "He was also the first one to ever wield those eyes." Akira placed a hand over his right eye.
"What are these eyes?" asked Akira. Sarutobi blew out a puff of smoke.
"Understand this, Akira, that if you breathe a word of this beyond these walls, then you will be apprehended." warned Sarutobi. Akira nodded his head as he got a serious look. Sarutobi blew out another puff of smoke.
"Those eyes of your's are known as the legendary Rinnegan." said Sarutobi. "They give the wielder access to the Six Paths' techniques." He then rubbed his chin.
"I don't know anything about the Six Paths' techniques and very little about the Rinnegan in general." said Sarutobi. "However, the eyes you showed me before were a combination of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan."
"Sharingan?" asked Akira. Sarutobi nodded his head.
"The Sharingan is the dojutsu of the Uchiha Clan. The Sharingan allows one to see the chakra flow of his/her opponent as well as copy any taijutsu, ninjutsu and genjutsu." explained Sarutobi. "Though it is rumored that the Sage of the Six Paths once had the fused form of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan. I believe it was called "Rinne Sharingan."" Akira looked at his reflection in the window.
"Rinne Sharingan." said Akira. Sarutobi cleared his throat gaining Akira's attention.
"As for why the Rock ninja called you "Otsutsuki," that's because you are from the legendary Otsutsuki Clan from which the Sage himself hailed from." said Sarutobi. "When Inoichi delved into your mind, he found proof of your heritage." Akira looked at his hands.
"Is there...anyone else?" asked Akira. Sarutobi sighed.
"Until today, I had thought the Otsutsuki were extinct." said Sarutobi. Akira lowered his head as he sighed, the bangs of his hair concealing his Rinnegan eyes.
"I see." said Akira. Sarutobi leaned closer and placed a hand on the Otsutsuki's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Akira. I know two boys who are a lot like you. Their clans were reduced to just one survivor each." said Sarutobi. "But for now, on to more important matters." As he said this, Sarutobi pulled out a piece of paper from inside his Hokage coat. Holding it up to Akira, the last of the Otsutsuki took the paper and read it.
"An asylum document?" asked Akira. Sarutobi nodded his head.
"Yes. This document will make you a citizen of the Hidden Leaf Village. From there, I'll make you a genin ranked Hidden Leaf ninja." said Sarutobi. Akira continued to look at the document.
"And you had this on you...with the intent to ask me this?" asked Akira. Sarutobi nodded his head.
"Yes. It would be wrong to just allow one to be treated in a person's village and then send them on their way when they have nowhere to go." said Sarutobi. Akira glared at the document before holding it up to Sarutobi.
"No thanks." said Akira earning a surprised look from Sarutobi.
"I beg your pardon?" asked Sarutobi. Akira looked at Sarutobi with a hard glare.
"Not to be disrespectful, Lord Hokage, but I'll pass." said Akira. "Even someone like me who has no memory of his past can put one and one together. I know full well what happens to someone like me who has a rare power. We're held in the village we're currently living in, or we're disposed of to keep other villages from getting their hands on us. In other words, people like me are treated as the village's weapon. I refuse to be treated as such." Sarutobi blinked a few times before responding.
"Akira, while some villages do tend to do that, I assure you that the Village Hidden in the Leaves does no such thing. Nor will it while I'm still Hokage." said Sarutobi. Akira looked at Sarutobi as he searched him for any sign of deceit. Finding none, he looked back at the document that would grant him asylum in the Hidden Leaf Village.
'He doesn't seem to be lying, but...' thought Akira. He then looked at the nightstand where the sunflower still sat in it's vase.
'I do owe that kunoichi for helping me.' thought Akira. 'She even went out of her way to visit me and left this flower when she could've just dumped me here and forgotten.' Mulling it over a little more, Akira sighed as he came to a decision. Reaching over to the nightstand, he grabbed a pen.
"Where do I sign?" asked Akira.
-Later that afternoon-
Akira was laid back in his hospital bed as he watched the ceiling. After signing the document and becoming a legal citizen of the Hidden Leaf, Sarutobi informed him that he would be tested by a jonin ninja named Kakashi Hatake to gauge his power. Sarutobi also told him to keep his Rinnegan hidden under a genjutsu and reminded him to not breathe a word of what had been said beyond the walls of Akira's hospital room before releasing the sound-proof barrier (Sarutobi had explained it's purpose as he took it down) and left.
"What a day." the blue eyed Akira (he currently had the genjutsu disguise up to keep his Rinnegan hidden from the hospital staff) said to himself before sighing. He then looked at the sunflower on his nightstand before noticing an envelope he hadn't noticed before. Sitting up, he grabbed the envelope and opened it to find a "Get Well" card inside. Opening it, he read the message "Get Well Soon" that was scrawled inside as well as the signature of the sender.
"Hinata Hyuga?" asked Akira. An image of the kunoichi he saved in the woods flashed in his mind before he looked out the window.
"Maybe...I'll go visit this Hinata once I get out of here." said Akira.
-To be continued-
UltimaShishigawa: That's it for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed! I won't be updating this one often because I have a ton of stories going at once so I'm swamped right now. Anyway, I hope you read, review, comment and don't flame! Peace, I'm out!
