Naruto: The Salamander Chapter 1: Salamander, a naruto fanfic

A note before the story:

1 There will be three important OC characters in the story, one who will become Naruto's love interest the second will replace Akashi as the teacher because since the fourth is alive Kakashi is his most trusted ninja and commander of the ANBU. And lastly an Akatsuki member who will replace Deidara as member, because in my story Deidara will be a good guy.

Chapter 1: Salamander Naruto © Kishimoto

On the battlefield of the fourth Shinobi world war, six ninja faced each other. Three of them were Naruto Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno; they faced the last three members of the Akatsuki. Behind them two armies clashed one costing of the allied Shinobi villages, the other consisted of the white artificial created humans from the cell of Hashirama Senju and famous deceased ninja who had been resurrected by Kabuto, Orochimaru's former subordinate.

A little farther away the four of the nine Bijuu were trapped by the sound four, former Orochimaru's but now Naruto Namikaze's bodyguards, in their Four Violet Flames Battle Encampment. While Kimimaro the leader of the group warded of any enemy that came close to with the assistance of Team ten, consisting of Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanka and Choiji Akimichi. Not far from their members of the revived Uzumaki-clan where attempting to seal away the two Bijuu of the remaining three, while Yui, Naruto's girlfriend, faced off against the last one and her former Sensei Han of Iwa the jinchiruki of the five-tailed horse-dolphin, who also had been resurrected by Kabuto.

The six Shinobi faced each other in complete silence, until the one covered in a black cloak that flowed around him spoke up. "Well I can't say this is a pleasant surprise, you have managed to put a decent hole in our plans."

"Indeed they did." The Masked man spoke up. "You even brought the Uzumaki-clan with you very impressive…Naruto." Tobi looked down at the smaller man.

The young man smirked underneath his mask that covered the lower part of his face much like the famous copycat ninja, his sun blonde hair, that he wore in a similar style as his god father once did, was wet due the rain that was falling down from the sky. His unusually eyes, consisting of black sclera and silver pupils, gave the masked man a hard look. "It is over Tobi you have lost." Naruto said, unsealing his Kusarigama from the seal on the arm plate of his armor, the blond boy wore almost the same outfit as the legendary first Hokage had done only instead of red colors it was purple.

"We have lost? My dear children we are not even started yet." Tobi said his voice dripping with venom.

Sasuke who stood left of Naruto snorted loudly. "Kids? We are hardly children anymore as we are fighting in a war are we?" The heir of the Uchiha-clan wore his own dark red variation of the Shinobi battle armor, his sword was tied to his side by a black sash.

"During my youth it was very normal for children to fight during wars." The second member of the enemies spoke up. He had long black hair and also wore the red Shinobi battle armor. This was Madara Uchiha the revived former head of the Uchiha-clan and one of the most powerful Shinobi to have ever lived.

"B-But t-this is c-clearly n-not y-your time a-anymore." Sakura Haruno spoke up, her pink hair was clearly visible on the field, and unlike her two male teammates she didn't wore the Shinobi battle armor, but the standard Konoha Chunin outfit with green flat jacked and a ling sleeved black shirt. Iron balls where embed on the knuckles of her black gloves.

The revived Uchiha glared at her causing Sakura to take a few steps back. Naruto put his hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Sakura, Kimimaro made me promise to protect you so don't worry." Sakura nodded gladly.

"So how do we do this?" Sasuke questioned his friends, he took a quick look over his shoulder to see if he could spot Ino by the purple barrier, he though he caught a glimpse of blonde hair but he wasn't certain.

"If you two don't mind I will take on Tobi, I will make him pay for the dead of Granny Tsunade, Konan and Han." Naruto said quietly his voice filled with anger.

Sasuke nodded. "I thought so; in that case I think it will be the battle between the former and current head of the Uchiha." He said as he glared at Madara his eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

The legendary Uchiha looked surprised. "You have the same eyes as me…This could be a worthy battle."

The man with the shadow cloak smirked at Sakura. "Well girly I guess we will have to fight now. I promise not to ruin your beautiful body to much so that your boyfriend can give you a proper funeral, before I cut him up too."

Suddenly Sakura was in front of him, a cold wind swept over the man as she punched him against the side of his head, the iron balls embed on her knuckles doing extra damage, and the shadow cloaked ninja was sent flying away. "Stay away from Kimimaro!" Sakura shouted, before jumping into what seemed a mirror of ice.

Madara looked at Sasuke. "Follow me we will take our fight elsewhere." Sasuke nodded and followed the legendary ninja.

"That leaves just us Tobi." Naruto said, moving into his battle stance, as soon as Sasuke and Madara had left. "And I couldn't wish for more."

Tobi shook his masked head. "Naruto why don't you join forces with me? You have lost much too, I could fix that…join me and you will never have to endure such pains again."

Naruto raised his eyebrow. "Do you seriously think that that would work now? After everything you put us through?"

"I guess not….Naruto from now one we no longer talk with words but throughout the actions in our fight! The final fight between Akatsuki and the new generation of the Sannin, a battle that will decide the future of this forsaken world!" Tobi jumped in the sky and used his Kamui to shoot several very large Shuriken at Naruto who dodged them.

"Agreed." Naruto said, as he ran towards Tobi who had landed on the ground again. Naruto activated the first stage of his cursed seal of heaven.

000

From sire to son, from son to sire,
The will to endure even when things look dire,
When trouble looms above them like a threatening spire,
Their will to fight, it will never tire,
To protect their home it is their desire,
Those possessed of the will of fire!

Shinji Senju, upon graduating the academy.

000

-Ten years ago-

October 10

I have acquired a new test subject, or as he will now be referred to, subject 67. Because of the Uzumaki blood that runs through his veins I have high hopes for him and what I will be able to accomplish with him as a test subject. With the Uzumaki gift of healing and long life I am sure he will respond positively to the treatment, and add the blood from his father with it I am sure he will end up as a very impressive Shinobi and subject in the end.

File:

Name: Naruto Namikaze/Subject 67

Gender: male

Special threats: Son of Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki, current host of the Kyuubi.

October 30

So far has subject 67 reacted positively to any experiments I have done so far, Kabuto had given me the splendid idea to make the boy immune to poison in the case we ever had to face Tsunade and her assistant. Also recently I have developed an interest in a foe I have faced before Hanzo the Salamander; I have heard that he has been killed recently. Tsk Kabuto calls me obsessed with it.

December 15

I have decided to use subject 67 as a test to create a newer and better Hanzo, using all the information I have gathered on him I sent Manda to obtain a mature black-Salamander for me. The snake demanded twenty sacrifices for it, sadly he couldn't bring me Ibuse but this one will do as well. I have taken several organs from it and Kabuto is preparing Subject 67 for the operation, I hope everything will go as planned I will hate to lose such a valuable subject.

December 19

The implantation is complete and so far there have been no signs of rejection, I am able to confirm the successful implantation of the organs into subject 67. His body has completely integrated the replacement and additional organs into his system; it is as if he was born with it.

December 23

I discovered why exactly Hanzo always wore that mask of his to protect others from his breath. While subject 67 has better control with it, he is still very young and can accidently kill someone when he breaths in their direction. I am currently devolving a new mask that will him allow to breath freely without harm to me or others until he has learned to control it.

June 2 (four years after obtaining Subject 67)

Subject 67 has developed in an amazing rate these three years. His implanted and replaced organs are like a second nature to him. He is able to stay underwater for almost three hours straight. His eyes have changed, his sclera has become black and his irises have turned silver, as a side effect of this his eyesight has become very poor. But to make up to this I have given him a "Literal Line system" just like the real kind of animal does, this is a sensory system made special sensory cells implanted in his skin different from the normal version by the Salamanders I have made the system so that it runs with his chakra systems, probably making him extra sensitive to Chakra. A funny thing also happened today, apparently one of the other subjects had seemingly annoyed the younger Subject 67 so he spit some sort of milky like substances that smelled a little like pepper at the other subjects eyes, the "poor" boys eyes have been ruined do the substance.

June 24 (Four years after obtaining Subject 67)

I have begun to train Subject 67 in his Kusarigama training…the boy has gotten a real talent for it. Also Subject 67 has made friends with Subject 5 the only survivor of the Mokuton experiment from ten years ago. Subject 5 has taken Subject 67 under his care and protects the smaller boy from other larger subjects that brings me to a last annoying point…Due that Subject 5 and 67 are much more civil than the other subjects I have allowed to let them eat with me and Kabuto. A few weeks ago Kabuto got us Ramen from some stand called Ichiruka Ramen… I don't know why but Subject 67 has developed an unhealthy taste to them…though I have heard that his mother has an almost similar addiction to ramen… I need to make an end to this… Subject 67 is eating quickly throughout the funds I still receive from the village for my research….

September 13 (Five years after obtaining Subject 67)

Young 67 has made friendly contact with some other Subjects: The twin subjects 33/34, the rather large subject 45, the multi armed subject 56, and the red haired girl Subject 69. Four other subjects on who I have successfully experimented upon. Together with my newest addition a boy from the Kaguya-Clan, who wields it unique Kekkei Genkai, called Kimimaro and of course Subject 5 and 67 they will make some very strong subordinates.

September 13 (seven years since obtaining subject 67)

I have a big problem I fear the Hokage may be on to me, he would never appreciate the work I have done here so I am forced to leave. I have ordered Kabuto to collect all of our important stuff and bring it to my new hidden base in the land of rice I will be forced to leave the subjects that are not already in moved to the new base will be left behind, it is a pity to lose Subject 67 and 5 but that is a small price in comparison of my life.

000

Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage of Konohagakure and in many ways probably the greatest Kage in history, had been through a lot of things in his lifetime. He had fought and killed an entire army – including their most powerful Shinobi – with a single jutsu. The blonde man had faced down and sealed the mightiest beast in all of the elemental nations, the Kyuubi no Kitsune. With the assistance of the Hokage that had come before him, he had trapped the beast in the body of his own daughter.

Tonight however he had to make a big decision. A decision concerning a cornerstone of his village's strength. This person, one of the people who kept Konoha as the greatest of the five largest hidden-villages could be a traitor. Worst of all, according to his spy his own kidnapped son who had disappeared seven years ago might be one of experiments of the said traitor.

Minato took a quick glance at his wife Kushina was sat in the bench in the Hokage office with their two year old daughter sat on her lap she looked at her husband as he went through pile after pile of paperwork. Ever since proof of Orochimaru's treachery was found he had been dealing with so much paperwork he looked about ready to burn it with a Fire Jutsu.

It had been seven years since their first born son, Naruto, went missing from his crib in the hospital. Kushina had been so tired after the labor that and had fallen asleep, she didn't even notice someone come in and take her baby. After long search Minato and Kushina had been forced to give up the search. It wasn't until little Homika had been born that things started to go back to normal, and they became a happy family again

But the happiness would not last for too long as a second shadow had fallen over them.

The Kyuubi, the nine-tailed demon fox had attacked their village and the battle that had taken place had been horrific.

The great power of the village, the one that had nearly managed to destroy Iwagakure few years before, had been useless against its unstoppable rampage of the beast. Many Shinobi lost their lives before Hiruzen Sarutobi the previous Hokage, sealed the beast into Minato's daughter at the cost of his own life. And to make it worse behind the back of Kushina and Minato many villagers talked about the reborn demon in the body of the child it was sealed into.

Kushina patted the head of her daughter. She looked a lot like her when she was a baby, and even had the same crimson hair color and violet eyes.

Homika was sleeping peacefully in Kushina's arms, not a care in the world, when the doors to the office were slammed open and in rushed an ANBU with a dog mask over his face. He was out of breath and Kushina was sure that if she could see his face it would be as red as her hair.

"Kakashi!" Minato jumped up from his chair and looked at his former student.

"S-S-Sensei your spy was correct we have found a boy who looks remarkable like you. He was found in Orochimaru's lab together with another boy, the lab was seemingly abandoned. We have brought them to the hospital…but there is something you should know before you go…"

Minato had grabbed Kushina and Homika and had used his Flying Thunder God Technique transport them to the hospital before Kakashi could finish his sentence.

000

-two hours ago, Orochimaru's lab several miles out of Konoha.-

The smell of decay was thick in the air as Kakashi stepped into yet another of snake-traitors labs. It was just like all the others, dark, damp and filled with equipment that he didn't understand the purpose for and wasn't sure he wanted to.

This one was set up more like a corridor then a room through, with what must have been hundreds of large tubes filled with a strange green liquid that bubbled as they passed. Floating in each tube was a small shriveled thing that at some point might have been a human baby, attached to a cord implanted into their stomachs that connected them to a tank set above into the roof. Three of the ANBU that had come with him had hurled up when they saw the bodies of children some of which could had been their own.

Along with a group of ten ANBU Kakashi had stormed the labs, only to find Orochimaru was already gone and most of his research gone with him. After that they started to look around the facility, trying to find survivors of the sick experiments.

So far they had found 7, but were forced to kill 6 of them. The things that had been done to them too much for them to handle, they had begged for death, to be released from their pain, the copycat-ninja had given it to them. It was the least he could do.

The only one that didn't beg for death was a teen who was about seventeen years old. He had short brown hair with black eyes and an almost completely blank expression on his face. They didn't know why he was there or what had been done to him but from what they could see he was the most normal living thing they had come across in these godforsaken tunnels. After a few words Kakashi had sent him up with one of the ANBU to the surface for medical attention just to be sure. In one of the rooms they had passed he found notes about something named Subject 67, which had gotten his attention when it mentioned Uzumaki blood. He read through the notes and by the end he could feel a deep sense of dread in the pit of his stomach, but pushed it down because they had work to do.

A yell from one of his ANBU made Kakashi look up. The man stood in front of a large door that stood slightly open. The ANBU looked at his hand that was slowly turning purple, he quickly tore a piece of his clothes and bound of his arm. He grabbed his sword and cut of his arm. Another member quickly healed his arm and closed the wound. Kakashi took a look at the arm of the ANBU it had turned dark purple and the blood, on the palm of his hand was a small gash. "What has happened?"

"I don't really know, when I opened the door something cut my hand, and next my arm began dying off." The ANBU member said not showing any sigh of pain, but Kakashi new that the man's carrier was now over.

From behind them came a yell. The teen that they had found earlier came running towards them followed by an ANBU member who stood behind on the surface. "You can't go in that room! Not without knocking first! Otherwise 67 will attack you."

Kakashi looked at the boy. "Is 67 aggressive?"

The boy shook his head. "No, he is distrustful; the some of the other subjects attacked him all the time I was not with him due that is was the youngest and smallest. He only trusts me and attacks everyone he doesn't know that enters his room."

Kakashi nodded. "Then you open the door and let him know that he can trust us."

Subject 5 nodded and knocked on the door in a very complex combination. "5 is that you?" the voice of a young child sounded. "Yes it is me 67; there are some people here with me who are rescuing us. Could you let them enter your room?"

67 was silent for a moment. "They can come in." Kakashi gave some signals to the ANBU members before he followed 5 into the room.

The room was small there was just enough room for a bed and desk to fit in, the walls where gray and there was no sign of any decoration. Kakashi widen his eyes behind his mask when he saw the small boy sitting on the bed. "Sensei! That must be Sensei's kid…Naruto!"

"Who are you?" The boy looked afraid between Subject 5 and Kakashi who had taken of his mask.

"I am Kakashi Hatake, can you walk?" The boy looked sadly at the Shinobi.

"There would no point…Orochimaru-Sama would take me back here again and this time he would punish 5 if I attempted to escape one more time." The blonde boy said with fear.

Kakashi moved towards the boy slowly. "Don't worry Orochimaru is gone, I am here to take you to Konoha."

5 walked to 67 and pulled him gently into the light so that Kakashi could see his face clearly. The silver-haired Shinobi's eyes widen in shock when he saw 67's face. The young boy's face was covered in scars two from the corners of his mouth to midway of his cheeks, two vertical scars over his eyes and several others dotted on his face. "What has he done to you?"

"Hanzo the Salamander." Was the only thing 67 said.

000

Minato stormed into the hospital closely followed by Kushina who carried Homika. Inside they quickly found out that Tsunade was currently looking at Naruto. The pair impatiently waited in front of the room, Shizune had taken Homika away and had put her to sleep. The light above the room lit up green signaling that Kushina and Minato could come inside. Kakashi suddenly arrived with Subject 5 in tow.

"Who is this?" Minato asked. "This is Subject 5, a friend of your son sensei he wanted to know how Naruto was doing."

Subject 5 looked confused at Kakashi. "Who is Naruto? And who is he?"

Minato smiled at 5 "I am Minato Namikaze the fourth Hokage and father of Naruto who you know as 67. Orochimaru stole him from us after his birth." Minato bowed in front of Subject 5. "Kakashi said that you have been keeping my son safe from other experiments and I want to thank you for that…"

Kushina whispered something in Minato's ear. "Subject 5 how would you like it if you can could life with Kushina, Naruto, and Homika Naruto's little sister and me in our home?"

Subject 5 looked at Minato and Kushina in amazement. "Really?"

Kushina smiled warmly at the boy. "Of course you have helped Naruto in such situation and are his friend…You can stay with us."

5 nodded eagerly.

"Well then let's go see Naruto." Kushina almost ran into the room followed by Minato. Inside Tsunade was talking to Naruto who sat on the bed. The small boy looked at the direction where the sound came from and suddenly he was hugged by Kushina, he was stunned in shock.

"My little boy you are finally home…You are finally back." Kushina sobbed silently. Minato warped his arms around his wife and son. They stood like this several minutes before Minato let go of Kushina and Naruto who were now talking to each other, or more Kushina talking to Naruto who was very confused who this woman was. The fourth Hokage looked at Tsunade who mentioned that he should come with her.

"Minato I don't really know what to say…What Orochimaru has done to him is almost too horrible to describe." Tsunade said when she and Minato where alone in her office.

The female Sannin shove the papers about Naruto that Kakashi had collected towards Minato.

"Orochimaru has replaced and added several organs of a black-salamander into Naruto, transforming him to almost a Human-Salamander, I won't go into details but easily said it is a wonder that Naruto can control his poison breath and doesn't kill us all. According to these files he is well adept in Taijutsu and Kusarigamajutsu. Orochimaru has made a list of techniques he stole from the Salamander summons that Naruto will be able to learn in the future; he named it Dokuton –poison release-"

Suddenly they heard Kushina yell. "MINATO COME QUICKLY."

Minato grabbed his signature Kunai and ran to Kushina prepared for the worst. But when he stormed into the room he saw that Shizune had brought Homika who was currently being hold by Naruto. Brother and Sister looked at each other in the eyes. Suddenly the two-year old Homika reached out to Naruto with her hand and held it against his cheek.

"Booh." Homika cooed while she stroked Naruto's cheek. "Booh."

Naruto carefully caressed Homika's cheek almost if he was afraid to hurt her. Subject 5 moved closer to the brother and sister and kneeled down so that he was at the same height as them; he too carefully patted Homika's head. Minato warped his arm around Kushina as they looked at the sight in front of them. Tsunade quickly took some pictures while Shizune held Ton-Ton.

"And suddenly the Future seems much brighter." Minato thought.

I like I said I have changed the chapter a little mostly the beginning part and added a part to Orochimaru's journal. Furthermore I have taken out as many spelling and grammatical errors that I could find. I hope you all like it, as I have decided upon the new pairings/powers and so on.

Read and Review please I will take ideas and suggestions gladly in consideration also please point out spelling and grammar mistakes I made. Also if there are any questions please ask.