Summary: Naruto didn't take just one jutsu from the scroll of sealing, he took three. Kage Bunshin and two more; what will happen when he suddenly changes into something that only the heavens have seen and humans have only heard of? (Massive AU)
Pairing: Naruto x fem-Sasuke (Don't like? Don't read it!)
Note: Might be some bashing here and there but nothing serious. Council exists, no matter how fanonish it is…Also, to not make any confusions, when I refer to the male Sasuke I will say 'he', 'him' and so on but when I refer to female Sasuke it will be 'she', 'her' and so on…(I know the council exists in the manga, I will use that one as well but I might use the fanon council as well – I will see)
Attention: If you don't like the story then don't read it! Save me of your anger filled comments…and if an OC is overpowered…you will see why…so don't go and "flame strike" me
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, only my crazy ideas
The Archangel – Chapter 1: Light for a cursed boy…
A blond boy with whisker like marks sat under a tree with a massive scroll in his hands. His face continued to change between happiness and anger at what he was reading from the scroll. Why you ask? The answer was quite simple, he was looking over the Forbidden Scroll to try and learn some techniques. Why was he doing that? He had failed the genin exam for the third time and just when he thought that there was no hope for him to ever make it as a ninja one of his sensei approached him and told him of this place and the scroll, promising to pass him if he learns a jutsu from the scroll.
The blond scratched his head; he had already learned the Kage Bunshin, despite the fact that Bunshin no Jutsu was his weakest skill. Somehow, he managed to learn the Kage Bunshin and he could actually create a solid clone. Once he completed the task he should have just stayed and waited for his sensei to arrive, but as they say, curiosity killed the cat, for you see he wanted to learn more, his taste for learning techniques couldn't be saturated by just one, he wanted more and the scroll could give him what he desired.
So he did the next best thing to saturate his thirst for jutsu's, he continued to read the scroll skipping over a lot of jutsu's that in his opinion weren't good at all. As he was passing through the list of jutsu's something crossed his mind, what if the weakest of the jutsu's was the first one on the list and what if the strongest was at the bottom of the list? The blond grinned to himself as he started unrolling the entire scroll trying to reach the very end.
His eyes widened at the sheer size of the scroll, it was bigger than it looked when it was rolled. The scroll, if he was right, was about 9 to 10 meters long. Jutsu's from the time Konoha was founded were present on this large piece of paper; jutsu's used by the very First Hokage were also written on the scroll. He would have learned them, he was tempted, but he wanted to see the very first jutsu, the first two to be more exact.
So he continued to unroll the scroll until he reached the end and what greeted him was something he couldn't understand nor comprehend. The last two jutsu's, dating back from the moment Konoha was being built were in a different language, he tried and tried to understand it but he couldn't. It was alien to him, the description was even stranger, it had writing, yes, but it was in a language he couldn't comprehend no matter how much he tried to.
So Naruto looked at the picture description, it showed a human doing the hand seals, hand seals that he had never seen before in his life and he had never read about them in books or so on. But anyway, Naruto continued to look as the man was entangled in a bright light from what it seemed and then…it ended? The blond groaned when he saw that the rest of the image was erased, cut out. The boy growled in annoyance, deciding to look at the one before the first, he saw the same strange writing. He sighed.
Naruto looked at the picture description wondering if it will help, all it showed was a strange man holding a sword. What was strange about the man was that he had wings like he were some kind of bird or something like that. The blond raised an eyebrow and started thinking; maybe this jutsu will give the user wings so he can fly and maybe that sword as well. He grinned thinking of the possibilities with such a technique. Still, the other one was on his mind and he kept thinking, why not try and see what it does? So he did just that.
The blond sat cross legged on the ground and started exercising the strange hand seals. Naruto realized something was strange, as he kept working on the hand seals he thought that he could understand the title of the jutsu's, or at least that he could read them, but it still didn't ring a bell as to what they would really do, especially the first one. But he shrugged as he continued to work on the jutsu; there would be no harm in it after all if he tried them, right? They couldn't actually kill him.
Unknown to him, as he was practicing many people felt his attempt, various warriors only seen or heard of in legends rose to see what was happening, an odd power surge could be felt traveling through their plain. Naruto didn't know at the moment, but with his practice and his tries he was stirring up ancient forces, foes, and with them he was starting a battle that had been long forgotten.
Naruto stood panting on the ground with the scroll rolled, he had finished training and he was beat. It proved tougher than he originally thought, it wasn't a stroll in the park, but then again was life ever a stroll in the park? The blond shook his head while chuckling silently to himself; it was a little hard seeing how tired he was. Just then someone dropped from the trees in front of Naruto, he recognized the person instantly, it was none other than Iruka and he looked really pissed off.
"NA-RU-TO!" he said with a menacing voice. It looked like he was about to explode because of the anger at any moment.
"Ah you found me Iruka-sensei." said Naruto rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Iruka-sensei I learned a jutsu from the scroll, now you will have to pass me right?" he asked smiling with sparkles in his eyes. After all, that was what Mizuki told him and surely Mizuki wouldn't lie.
"Pass you?" he asked intrigued, his rage long forgotten "Who gave you that idea?"
"Mizuki-sensei said." responded Naruto with a grin on his face. "He told me that if I learn a jutsu from this scroll you will have to pass me." Iruka's eyes widened, understanding what was happening here, the boy was tricked into stealing the scroll.
Just then Iruka felt another presence. "Ah, so Iruka made it before me, no matter, hand over the scroll Naruto." demanded Mizuki who was sitting in a tree, on a branch to be more precise.
"No Naruto, don't give him the scroll!" yelled Iruka looking back at the blond from Mizuki.
Mizuki frowned and took a giant shuriken from his back and launched it towards Naruto who stood in fear, he closed his eyes waiting for the pain to come. He heard the shuriken slash something but the pain didn't come, he opened his eyes and saw Iruka had shielded him.
"Why?" asked Naruto tearing up.
"Because…I know how it's like…to be alone…" said Iruka cringing in pain.
"Oh isn't this touching?" mocked Mizuki "Hand me the scroll boy." demanded the man while moving his hand towards the second fuuma shuriken.
"No Naruto. Whatever you do, don't give it to him." said Iruka as he looked at the blond pleadingly.
"Do you want to know why everyone hates you?" asked Mizuki with a sick grin on his face.
"No Mizuki, don't!" yelled in despair Iruka.
"It's because of a decree that the Hokage put, not letting us tell anyone the truth about the Kyuubi incident." he said ignoring Iruka.
"Don't Mizuki!"
"D-decree?" asked Naruto scared and confused at the same time.
"Yes, a decree that you don't know because it's about you, it's to not let you know that you are actually the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Yondaime could not defeat the fox so he sealed it into you, you are Kyuubi no Kitsune, that's why everyone hates you and shuns you, even your precious Iruka." said Mizuki starting to laugh hysterical.
Naruto looked at Iruka with fear in his eyes. He was Kyuubi; he had the Kyuubi inside of him, which is why everyone hates him, the reason why everyone shuns him. He rolled away from Iruka and started running into the forest.
"Naruto!" yelled Iruka.
"Get back here demon." said Mizuki running after Naruto. Iruka got back on his feet and ran after them. A few minutes later Iruka caught up with Naruto.
"Naruto listen to me…" said Iruka "Give me the scroll before Mizuki comes." Naruto jumped on Iruka kicking him and throwing him on the ground. He landed in front of him.
"How did you know?" asked 'Iruka' poofing. Instead of Iruka there was now Mizuki.
"That's because…" Naruto poofed as well. "…I am the real Iruka." the chunnin said.
"Why do you protect him?" demanded Mizuki, unknown to them Naruto was listening behind a tree. "I thought you hated the demon."
"It's true, I hate the demon…" said Iruka and Naruto felt his heart break, he felt rejected again "But not Naruto." at this Naruto felt his heart stop as his head snapped up "I hate the demon fox Kyuubi but not Naruto who is a totally different entity. He is Uzumaki Naruto, Konoha's number one most unpredictable ninja and prankster."
"Touching." said Mizuki taking the second shuriken, he threw it at Iruka who had his back to a tree, to tired and injured to move out of the way. Just as the shuriken was about to hit Iruka a blur passed in front of the chunnin and Naruto caught the weapon with his right hand.
"Don't you ever…hurt Iruka-sensei." he said coldly as his eyes started glowing.
"And what are you going to do brat?" laughed Mizuki.
"I'm going to kick your ass!" yelled Naruto.
"Oh yeah? I will only need one shot to finish you off."
Naruto smirked and made a hand seal. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu" the area filled with at least a hundred Naruto's. Mizuki's and Iruka's eyes went wide at the jutsu.
"So?" asked the clones "I thought you were going to beat me in one go." they taunted "If you won't do it then I will." they jumped on him and started fighting.
But something went wrong; Mizuki had changed during the fight in a strange half-human creature. He looked like a mix between a panther and a human; he became more powerful and managed to defeat all the clones. The blond was now on the ground panting and looking at the man with fear in his eyes, he was too tired, the clones were ineffective, and he could hear Mizuki laughing at him.
"That was all you got demon?" spat the man as he looked at the blond. "I thought you were better for a demon." He taunted.
Rage started building up in Naruto; he grabbed the scroll and let it drop on the ground as he stood up. "Don't think this is over." He growled as he brought his hands up in a seal.
"Oh, you will try your luck again?" taunted Mizuki as Naruto growled.
"No, I got something better." smirked the blond as he started doing hand signs, Mizuki and Iruka looked at what the boy was doing, trying to understand. They had never seen those hand signs before.
The blond suddenly said something that both men couldn't understand and soon his right hand started glowing white. He smirked and made another set of hand signs, this time for the last jutsu in the scroll. Once more he said something in the same strange language, but this time nothing happened.
The blond looked with wide eyes, nothing was happening. Was that jutsu a joke? Was he out of chakra? He could hear Mizuki roaring with laughter at him. He growled, he decided to use the Kage Bunshin once more. Just as he was about to use the technique again he felt pain in his back, in his shoulder blades to be more exact. He dropped on his knees holding his head and screaming. The two chunnin watched as something seemed to boil in the blond boy's back.
The sound of clothing ripping could be heard as two large wings burst from the blond's body spraying blood on the ground and making the blond shout in pain. Iruka and Mizuki looked in awe at the large angel like wings. They were big; it seemed to be bigger than the boy by at least three inches. The blond dropped on the ground as the wings dropped on the ground on him.
Mizuki shook his head and sneered, a demon was still a demon and this was one of his trickeries. He took a kunai out and started walking towards Naruto. "No, don't do it Mizuki!" Iruka yelled in fear.
The chunnin grinned as he stood in front of the blond with his kunai up and ready to strike, he started lowering the weapon and just as it was about to hit the boy's head, a hand shot up and grabbed Mizuki's. The white haired man looked in horror as the hand belonged to the blond boy only that the hand was inside a gauntlet, a pure white gauntlet.
If things couldn't get any weirder, the blond's head snapped up to look at Mizuki, but what was strange was the fact that his eyes were white and glowing. A strange white light entangled the blond as his clothes started changing, the light made its way from down from the blond's feet to his head creating a white robe and hood. All Mizuki could see now was one of the blond's eyes as his face was now completely covered by the hood.
The blond twisted Mizuki's hands, making him gasp in pain and then with a flick of his wrist the boy threw Mizuki away into a nearby tree. Slowly the boy stood up and Iruka could clearly see a sword in the blond's right hand, the sword's hilt resembled angel wings. While the blade was thick at the start and as it kept going it became thinner. The design of nine tails could be seen on the sword.
Once again the blond was entangled in light and this time fire. Slowly, designs started appearing on the blond. On the back of the robe the design of an angel and a fox facing each other could be seen, his left gauntlet had fiery red designs of fox tails on it while the right gauntlet remained pure white. His wings shot up as strange sparkles dropped from the wings.
The blond turned his head slowly towards Mizuki who was now looking in fear at the blond. Slowly, the boy raised his left hand up, it caught fire. He pointed towards Mizuki and the unthinkable happened. The man caught fire, just like that, he caught fire. He started screaming and started dropping and rolling to extinguish the flames, but it wouldn't die down. In a matter of seconds Mizuki burned his corpse unrecognizable.
The blond then turned towards Iruka, the man couldn't see his face, and the hood was now covering his entire face, apart from his mouth of course. He had no emotions judging by the thin line that his mouth made. The blond started walking towards Iruka, the chunnin didn't know what was going to happen; was Naruto going to kill him as well? He started shaking in fear, just as Naruto reached the man he dropped on his knees and then flat on his face, his wings dropping on his body once more.
He felt warm, it was like that one time when he fell asleep on the field in midsummer and the sun bathed him with its warmness. That feeling of having the sun shine on your face, it was just like that. A small smile appeared on his face as he snuggled deeper in the soft grass. His mind was now making him believe he was in that grassy field once more, near that tree he always used to hide in from people that he angered.
His ears then registered movement; someone shifted in their location and gave a light cough, almost unheard. Then he felt something on his body, it felt soft, it felt warm. Then his nose picked up that smell which he hated with a passion, the smell of antiseptics, and the unforgettable stench from a hospital. His eyes snapped open as he found himself staring at a ceiling. He looked down and saw the covers. Then he looked around and nodded to himself, he was in a hospital.
Slowly, the blond tried to sit up. "You shouldn't move Uzumaki-san." an ANBU said in a distinctive feminine voice as she suddenly appeared in the room "Hokage-sama said that you aren't supposed to move until he returns." she told the blond.
"Why is that?" asked Naruto. He felt his back aching. Groaning he moved his hand behind only to feel feathers. He blinked in surprise as he turned his head slightly behind and saw the wings, his eyes widened and then looked downcast. "So it wasn't a dream." he muttered.
"Pardon me?" asked the woman tilting her heard slightly to the side in confusion.
"I really did kill Mizuki…I am a demon." he said looking down at his trembling hands.
The woman placed her hand on his head making him look at her. "Whatever people say, you aren't a demon, and it's a ninja's job to kill…don't feel bad." she said smiling behind her mask, though Naruto couldn't see.
"Thanks." the blond replied with a small grin. "I guess you're right." he said and then sighed once more.
"Is something the matter Uzumaki-san?" she asked taking her hand away.
"No…it's fine." he replied tiredly.
"It's not…" said the woman making Naruto look at her. "I can see that something is bothering you, don't be afraid, you can tell me…" she said kindly.
The blond looked at her skeptical and then sighed. "I don't know…what I will do now…" he said.
"Why is that?" she asked curiously.
"I failed my exam again, all the others passed…I will be stuck in the academy still…" he said in a sad voice at first and then with anger.
The woman shook her head as she looked down at the blond. "Don't worry, the Hokage has a surprise for you." she said with a giggle.
Just then the door opened, the woman quickly stood up straight. The Hokage walked in and looked around, he nodded at the ANBU and then looked at the blond and smiled happily to see him awake.
"Naruto, how are you feeling?" asked the aged Hokage.
"Like crap." replied the blond looking at the Hokage.
"Now, now…don't have to be so rude." said Sarutobi with a smile.
"Why shouldn't I?" asked Naruto with a glare taking the Hokage by surprise. "I just found out that I have the Kyuubi in me and then I get these weird wings." he growled in anger, the Hokage and the cat masked ANBU could have sworn they saw his eyes going white for a second.
"So you know of the Kyuubi." the Hokage said in a low voice.
"Of course I fucking know." the blond almost shouted in anger making the old man sigh.
"I'm sorry, I wanted to tell you one day but I was afraid of how you might take It." he said with sorrow.
Naruto turned his head away and looked out the window. "Don't worry old man…I don't blame you…" he said closing his eyes "I blame the council of Konoha and its citizens!" he shouted in anger startling those in the room.
"Why is that Uzumaki-san?" the ANBU asked curiously as Naruto turned to look at her.
"Because they are too idiotic to realize that I am not the fox and yet they still try to hurt me and deny things for me." he said in a low voice.
The Hokage flinched hearing that. "Still…" he said trying to lighten the mood. "…I have a surprise Naruto." he said as the blond looked at him.
"And what is that?" asked Naruto with an eyebrow up.
"You are a genin of Konoha after your display." he said handing him a headband "This is Iruka's; he said he wanted you to have it." Sandaime said with a smile.
The blond looked at the headband and grinned; he sat up and slowly walked towards the Hokage. As the blond reached the old man he took the headband and tied it on his right arm, he then looked up and moved his hands behind his head and grabbed his hood and pulled it over his head, then he looked up at the Hokage and grinned, all that the aged man could see was the grin.
"Why did you cover your face?" asked the Hokage.
"I don't know…" the blond replied "I felt like I wanted to…" he said not certain on himself "Jiji…what happened to me?" he asked looking up at the aged man.
The Hokage looked at the boy with sympathy. "You used two ancient jutsu's that I am afraid I do not know what they do, apparently one gave you a sword that is now strapped to your waist." he said and true to his words, when Naruto looked down he saw the sword strapped to his waist. "The second gave you angel like wings…."
"Can I revert this?" asked Naruto.
"I … don't know…I never saw someone use the jutsu's before, I have nothing on it. I stayed up all night trying to understand what it is but there was nothing." explained the Hokage. "There are no records whatsoever, I am afraid you are stuck like that." said the Hokage with an apologizing look.
Naruto sighed in annoyance. "Great, just what I need, now the villagers will demand my head because I am imposing as an angel." said the blond.
The old man chuckled despite the fact that it might be true what the blond said. "And because of that I came up with a temporary solution." as he heard that, the blond looked up in surprise trying to understand what the Hokage's solution was. "I asked our genjutsu specialist to place a genjutsu on you, it will hide your wings and cloak and make you look….well like you looked before." The Sandaime said with a smile present on his face.
Naruto lightened up as he heard that, sure he liked the wings and the thought that he could use them to fly and have the upper hand against his enemies crossed his mind. But he didn't want to risk having people hating him more than they already do. Sure they would be surprised when they see his wings and all that, but later they might start reverting back to their old train of thoughts and usually nothing good comes from that.
As he looked at his wings once more he eagerly nodded to the Hokage, he wanted to hide for the moment. It wouldn't do him any bad after all since he involuntarily hid the fact that he held the Kyuubi inside of him from his generation and the younger ones. And at the same that he was still keeping a secret hidden, so deadly that it could destroy the very balance of Konoha. He giggled silently as he remembered everyone's faces when he pulled that one prank, no one could backtrack it to him seeing as he was 'in the hospital' the whole time.
The old man raised an eyebrow as he saw the blond's body moving strangely, like he was laughing. He shook his head thinking that the blond was laughing happily thinking that he could walk the streets without fear, or that he could eat at Ichiraku's's without having people stare at his back in wonder. If only he knew the truth…he'd realize who the culprit behind the "Soap Crisis" was three years ago.
The old man shook his head as he turned around and walked outside. The blond watched as the Hokage stopped outside the door and seemed to talk to someone to his right. After a few seconds the Sandaime nodded and stepped out of the way. A woman with long black hair, ruby red eyes and wearing Jounin clothing walked in. As she walked in the Hokage also stepped back into the room and closed the door behind him. The ANBU then made several hand seals and then lowered her hands. Naruto didn't understand what the ANBU had done and he probably will never for a few years.
His attention was on the newcomer however. He felt her eyes on him; she was staring at his wings. It made him uncomfortable as he shuffled nervously and looked around the room trying to avoid her gaze. Realizing that she was making the boy nervous, the Jounin closed her eyes and then opened them and turned towards the Hokage. The old man smiled calmly as he nodded towards her. She sighed and turned back towards the boy and offered a small reassuring smile. Seeing the smile the blond felt a bit more relaxed.
"Don't worry, this won't hurt at all." She told him as she raised her hands and prepared to cast the illusion.
"Will people be able to see through it?" the blond inquired as the Jounin shook her head with a smile.
"I'm not the best around for nothing." She said with a giggle as she started doing the hand seals. A few moments later the blond felt strange, he felt like he couldn't see clearly for a second. "It's done." He heard the Jounin say.
Curious, the blond looked down at his hand and frowned when he saw the sleeve of his robe. He looked behind and whined as he saw that the wings were still present there. He turned towards the Jounin and glared. "I can still see them." He said as the woman smiled and shook her head.
"Yes, you can still see them." She told him as the blond looked puzzled. "The genjutsu will affect those around you, think of it like this. You are now inside a bubble that shows your former self, people cannot see past that bubble. But seeing as you are inside the bubble you can still see your … real self." she explained to the boy as he opened his mouth and then closed it.
"So…no one can see through it." He asked a bit sceptical as the woman frowned thinking that the blond might doubt her abilities.
"Well…ANBU level ninja's and Kage ones might see through it and several Jounin as well." She told him and then pointed to his chest. The blond looked down and for the first time he saw a strange necklace attached to him. "That necklace will maintain the genjutsu, it has its own chakra source and the jutsu will draw chakra from its reserves. You can refill it, but Hokage-sama will tell you how to do that. And if by any chance your genjutsu fades please seek me out." She said with a smile as she bowed slightly and then left the room.
As the door closed behind the Jounin the Sandaime turned towards Naruto and looked at him sternly. The blond gulped slightly. "Naruto, what happened to you is considered an S-rank secret. No one, and I mean no one, is allowed to know of your current situation until we figure out a way to reverse it." He said as the blond nodded with a grin. The old man smiled pleased. "Now, you should head over to the academy, same class, it's time for your assignment."
Naruto didn't need to be told twice as he dashed out of the room with a big smile on his face. The Hokage looked at the open door with a smile, a smile that soon disappeared. "I'm sorry Naruto…but…I think you sealed your fate." He thought sadly as he looked towards the ANBU and dismissed her. He closed his eyes as the ninja vanished in a plum of smoke and took a deep breath. Out of all the bad things that could have happened to Naruto…but then again, it might not be such a bad thing like the Nidaime had told him.
As Naruto reached the academy he slowed down a bit and started walking towards the entrance. He looked at the large building before him and a smile crept on his face. He had finally made it, he was now a ninja. Even though he had passed under certain circumstances and he didn't pass by orthodox methods, he was still a ninja. It didn't really bother him that he didn't pass like all the others, for him it was good enough that he could finally get some action and live the life that he had dreamt of. He could now make easy money, or at least in his opinion it was easy money and he could go on dangerous missions to save damsels in distress.
It wasn't long and the blond reached his old classroom. He looked at the door and memories flooded his mind as he remembered all those years when he came to class to listen to boring lectures, or the times he skipped classes to do what he wanted to do. He snickered at all those times he pulled pranks on the teachers and on Iruka. His smile dropped a bit as he remembered the chunnin; thoughts about the Mizuki incident flooded his mind. He was this close to losing one of those that loved him for whom he was, he didn't want that to happen. He sighed as he placed his hand on the doorknob.
"Get out of my way pig!" he heard the voice of the girl he had a crush on. He turned to greet her, his eyes widened when he saw Sakura and her long time rival Ino racing towards him while glaring at each other.
"Wait!" Naruto shouted as he raised his hands up defensively trying to make them stop. The call went unheard as the girls crashed in him with full force making him fly into a nearby wall.
"I win!" they both shouted and ran into the classroom as Naruto tried to regain his senses.
The blond sighed sadly as he shook his head. That girl, will she ever recognize him? Will she ever go out with him like he had always wanted? He shook his head and then bumped himself in the head. He didn't need to think like this, not now. There was no point in negative thoughts. He placed a smile on his face as he walked inside the class.
The first thing he did as he walked in was to see who passed the exams; he wanted to see who his potential team mates would be. He wasn't that dumb, he knew, actually he remembered what Iruka told them; ninja's work in teams. So he knew that he would get a team no matter what he tried to do. As he looked around the class he saw that all the heirs of prestigious clans had passed…no wonder.
"What are you doing here loser?" he heard someone ask, judging from the tone and the voice itself it could only be that mutt, Inuzuka Kiba. The blond groaned as he didn't want to deal with this.
"I passed the exam…" the boy said in a bored voice as he looked towards the Inuzuka. Said boy looked at Naruto oddly before looking for his headband. Naturally he looked up at his forehead.
"Hah!" he shouted like he was victories or something like that. "Then where is your headband?" he demanded pointing towards the blond's forehead making his eyebrows twitch.
"Not everyone wears their headband on their forehead!" the blond said in an annoyed tone as he pointed towards his headband, tied to his right arm.
The dog boy looked at the blond's arm and saw the headband; he laughed nervously and then crossed his arms on his chest and huffed. "How was I supposed to know?" he asked himself quietly, hoping that Naruto wouldn't hear him. The blond smiled as he shook his head.
"I'm sitting next to Sasuke-kun!" they both heard a shriek and simultaneously turned towards the sounds origin. They saw the two major Sasuke fan girls fighting over who will stay next to the boy in question. Said boy was looking away trying to ignore them.
The blond boy looked down in sadness, he once more shook his head as he realized that there was no point in being sad or sorry for something he can try and stop. Now that he was a ninja he still had a chance of impressing Sakura and having her go out with him and then maybe latter…who knows what might happen. The young boy sighed happily as Kiba turned towards him and saw the look in his eyes. He smacked his head in annoyance, Naruto was hopeless…completely hopeless.
Just as he was about to say something Naruto started walking away. As the boy passed him his scent moved in the dog boy's nose, his companion raised his head as he barked towards his master. Kiba blinked trying to understand what he just felt…or more like what he just didn't feel. Uzumaki Naruto suddenly had no scent. Before today he used to smell like ramen and fox but now he didn't smell like anything. It was strange.
"I know Akamaru." The boy whispered as the dog kept barking towards him trying to get his attention. As the words left his mouth the dog stopped barking and turned towards the blond boy who was trying to get Sakura to talk to him.
"Leave me alone Naruto! You're annoying!" the pink haired girl screeched as the blond flinched. Kiba shook his head at the boy's dumbness, why did he keep trying? He could easily try and go for someone else; hell a civilian would be good as well. As long as she wasn't flat chested like Haruno. He silently made gagging noises as the dog barked towards him. The boy chuckled to himself as he walked back to his seat.
Naruto looked down at the ground dejected as the girl he loved rejected him like that…again. He grits his teeth as he raised his head a little and looked towards the origin of his hatred, Uchiha Sasuke. The punk that hogged all the attention just because he was the last Uchiha and had good marks. If it wasn't for his status as jailor of Kyuubi, Naruto knew for sure that he could have been number one in class and he could have humiliated Sasuke. He walked towards the boy and grabbed him by the collar making the Uchiha look at him in surprise.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow as Naruto did something he had never done before. He openly grabbed him; he could see the anger in his eyes. Everyone was silent after the small display. Naruto was still holding the prodigy by his collar, said prodigy didn't do anything; he just looked back at the blond.
"Leave Sasuke-kun alone you brat!" the two fan-girls shouted simultaneously as they bonked him in the head. Naruto's grip on the boy's collar dropped as he raised his hands to rub his head. He looked back towards the two girls with sad eyes, more like towards Sakura but it didn't seem like she realized it. He then turned towards the Uchiha and glared one more time as he closed in.
"I hate you." He whispered in a low voice as the Uchiha's eyes narrowed a bit.
"I have the same thoughts about you." Sasuke said back in a whisper as he glared towards the blond.
"NARUTO!" The pink haired girl shouted enraged as she hit him on the head once more making the blond stumble and fall on Sasuke. The room was silent as the blond was now on top of the Uchiha, his left hand on his chest and his lips connected with Sasuke's, both of them were wide eyed and pale.
Sasuke for his part was frightened and angry at the same time. Frightened cause the blond had his hand on her chest and he could discover her secret. Angry because the brat had the guts to steal her first kiss something she had been saving for the one she would marry when she would reveal herself.
"Gah!" the blond shouted as he jumped away like he had been burned. He brought his hands on to his mouth and started wiping it in disgust. Seeing this made the Uchiha madder, but she had to keep her cool, she couldn't let people realize that she wasn't a he. But still…that brat had the guts to say, even though he wasn't using words, that he didn't enjoy that kiss! That she wasn't good enough! She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "The fan-girls will get him, the fan-girls will get him…" she chanted over and over in her head as she opened her eyes and looked at the blond deadly.
"Hope you burn dobe." She said in her male voice as she turned around and ignored everyone once more, though inside she was feeling strange. Her first interaction like this with the other gender, even though she was disguised in a genjutsu as a male, it was still…something. She didn't imagine it like this, definitely not like this. She could feel her face burning up for the first time in years. For the first time in years, ever since her clan's massacre she was embarrassed and she was blushing! She had to hide it, definitely had to hide it! Thinking fast, she let her head drop on the table and covered her head with her arms.
"Look what you did Naruto!" shouted the girls "Not only did you steal Sasuke-kun's first kiss, but you made him cry!" they shouted as the blond gulped knowing that pain was coming his way…and fast.
"Good morning class." Everyone heard someone call as they turned towards the door. They saw Iruka walking in with a smile on his face. The blond sighed in relief; they wouldn't beat him in front of Iruka, definitely not in front of him. He looked up and saw the girls looking at him. They all raised their fingers at their throats and made a slicing motion with their fingers. He gulped…he was fucked, definitely fucked…
"Please everyone take a seat, it's time for team arrangements." The chunnin said as Naruto walked to his sit and slowly sat down. He looked towards his left and saw Sasuke glaring at him from the corner of his eyes; he thought he saw him blushing. He shook his head; there was no way he would show something like that. He looked towards his right and saw Sakura looking at him dangerously as she was slowly punching her left palm with her fist.
Naruto gulped as he turned towards the chunnin and sat quietly in his seat…stiff as a board. "Alright, the teams are as follow…" the man started as he began listing off who is in which team. Naruto listened to the first couple teams, he barely knew the people that were placed in those teams. He silently sighed as he looked to his left with the corner of his eyes, he let out a relieved sigh as Sasuke wasn't looking towards him anymore, and he looked towards his right and then looked back in front. Sakura was still murderously glaring at him.
"Team 7 will be Uzumaki Naruto…" the chunnin said as the blond started listening fully. "… Haruno Sakura…" the blond raised his hands in the air in victory and immediately let them drop as pain moved through his body from his wings. His eyes widened, he could feel pain in his wings. He looked behind and saw he hit the table behind him with his wings and it hurt him. "…and Sasuke Uchiha." The chunnin said as the blond's eyes widened in horror. He was on the same team with him! With that bastard that was hogging all the attention.
His head dropped on the table as he heard Sakura cheer and shout something he didn't understand. Now he knew that he didn't have any chances with her. "Ach" the blond shouted as he felt his wings itching. He moved his hand behind him and scratched his back, around his shoulder blades. It was itchy and he didn't like it. He sighed relieved as the itching vanished. He opened his eyes and saw everyone staring at him. He sighed as his head dropped on the table.
"This just keeps better and better." The blond said to himself as they tried to block out everyone around him and try to focus on thinking.
Naruto was angry, he was very angry. Just two hours ago Iruka had finished saying who was in which team, five minutes later Jounin started coming and picking up their teams. Thirty minutes ago Iruka went home, and Team 7 was still waiting for their damn Jounin sensei to arrive. The blond gripped the edge of the table in anger as his eyes flashed red for a second. He didn't like tardiness, when that sensei shows up he will give him a piece of his mind!
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm down, he had to calm down. He then remembered his incident with Sasuke, he felt like puking. But still, Sasuke's chest…it didn't feel right. The blond raised his hand up and started closing it and opening it. When he touched Sasuke something felt different. He placed his hand on his chest and then thought back at what he felt when he touched the Uchiha…it was definitely different. It was too soft and he was sure that Sasuke was not like that.
A few rows back the boy in question looked pale, the blond was making strange motions with the hand he had touched his chest. He closed his eyes and grits his teeth in anger, the bastard had felt her! He groped her! He will die, definitely had to die! Her eyes snapped open as she opened her mouth to shout at the blond. Just as she was about to do that the door opened and everyone turned towards it. A silver haired man stepped into the room and looked at its occupants with a bored look.
"Well…your all boring…" he said as everyone raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Meet me on the roof…" he said before vanishing in a plum of smoke. It was then that they realized that man was their Jounin sensei; it was then that they realized he had called them a bunch of boring people. Naruto's eyebrows twitched in anger as he sat up and started storming towards the roof with the intent to give his sensei a piece of his mind. His team mates soon followed but at a slower pace, Naruto was acting strange, stranger than ever before.
As Sasuke and Sakura reached the roof they were greeted by a strange sight. Their blond team mate was sitting on the floor, cross legged with his hands crossed over his chest and looking pissed while their sensei was leaning over the rail and reading a strange orange book. The man lowered his book a little and told them to take a seat next to their blond friend. They did as they were told.
Everyone stood in silence for several minutes, the only sound that could be heard were the birds and the Jounin flipping through the books pages. He then looked up at his student and said. "Introduce yourselves."
They looked between each other confused as to what they were supposed to say exactly. Sakura decided to speak their thoughts. "Umm…sensei, would you start first?" she asked shyly as the other two nodded in agreement. The Jounin sighed as he closed his book and pocketed it. He crossed his hands over his chest and looked at the team.
"My name is Hatake Kakashi, I like many things, I dislike little things, my hobbies are not for you and my dream…you cannot understand it." He introduced himself with a smile behind his mask as the team face faulted realizing that the only thing they learned was the man's name. "You go next Blondie." The man said with a smile while pointing towards the blond boy who twitched in annoyance.
"Fine…" he grumbled as he looked at the silver haired man. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I like ramen, sleeping and training, I dislike arrogant people and the ten minutes it takes to cook the ramen, my hobbies are training, pranking…" he grinned as his sensei stiffened for a second "…and reading." Everyone looked at him with wide eyes, Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto read books? "What?" the blond asked curiously as he felt everyone stare at him. "Meh…my dream is to become Hokage and be accepted by everyone!" he proclaimed happily as everyone sighed.
"Broody." The man said pointing towards Sasuke whose eyebrows twitched in annoyance.
"Uchiha Sasuke, I don't have many likes, I dislike a lot, and I have no hobbies and my dream…no…my ambition is to kill a certain man and revive my clan." He said in a dark voice as Sakura squealed and Naruto rolled his eyes. "Oh yes…" he then stated. "And to make someone pay…dearly…" he told them as his eyes moved towards the blond for a second. Naruto saw that and gulped silently as he chuckled nervously.
"Right…" Kakashi said as he blinked. He turned towards the last member of the team and pointed towards her. "You pinkie."
The girl fumed at the nickname and crossed her arms. She slightly raised her head up and started talking. "I'm Haruno Sakura, I like…" she looked towards Sasuke and lowered her head a bit. "…my hobbies are…" she looked towards the Uchiha once more as her head lowered again. "…my dream is…" she giggled as she looked towards the same person for the third time.
"Ugh…your dislikes?" the Jounin asked, he just had to have a fan-girl, out of the types of girls he could have had in his team he had to have a damned fan-girl.
"Ino-pig and Naruto-baka!" she shouted to the heavens as the blond's head dropped in disappointment. Sasuke smirked towards the blond, but tried to hide it and Kakashi just shook his head as he stood up straight.
"Alright, listen here everyone." They did as they were told; they inched closer towards the Jounin and listened to what he had to say. "Tomorrow at six in the morning we will do survival training, I expect you to be on time and not to eat…understood?" he asked as everyone nodded.
"Hey wait a minute." The blond said as everyone turned towards him. "Why shouldn't we eat?" he asked as his team mates thought over it and then nodded in agreement.
"Unless you enjoy puking your guts I suggest you don't eat." The jounin replied with an eye smile as he vanished in a plum of smoke and left everyone rooted in their spot deathly pale.
"Hn." The Uchiha said after a few moments of silence, he turned around and started walking away. The pink haired girl shook herself out of her stupor and turned towards the object of her affection.
"Sasuke-kun!" she chirped as the boy stopped. "You want to go out?" she asked as the boy slightly turned his head towards her and glared.
"No, you're annoying." He said as he turned around and started walking away, once more leaving a dejected Sakura behind. The blond watched the interaction between them and got angry, why was that Sasuke being suck a jerk?
"Hey Sakura-chan!" he called out as he walked next to her. "Why don't you go out with me?" he asked happily as the girl turned towards him and glared hard.
"I won't go out with you!" she screeched as the boy took a step back in fright. "I hate you Naruto, your annoying and always getting in my way and my love for Sasuke!" she said as she huffed and turned around starting to walk away, probably to find Sasuke and ask him out again or stalk him.
The blond boy looked down at the ground dejected. He sighed heavily, just like all the other days when he asked her out. She would say no and storm off, he would be sad for a few hours and then he would feel better again and chase after her in the morning. He chuckled to himself, that's what he always does. Then his head rose as he blinked, that was indeed what he always did, but why? He asked himself and found the answer immediately, because he feels attached to her, that's why. He nodded to himself triumphantly as he started walking away towards his home.
As he was walking down the streets he could feel someone watching him. He looked around with the corner of his eyes but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't spot anyone. The feeling of being watched made him nervous, he suddenly felt like a trapped rat despite the fact that he was walking through the crowded streets of Konoha, which he rarely did due to the fact that people tend to don't like him around them.
He picked up the pace wanting to get away from whoever was watching him, sure the villagers would look at him or glare at his back, but that was different. What he felt now was completely different. It was like the one watching him was the one that would end him. He definitely didn't want that to happen. Suddenly he felt like the one watching him was behind him, he turned around but there was no one following him, people around him were moving as far as they could.
He started shaking, for the first time in years he was afraid again, he felt insecure once more. He turned around slowly and without a warning he started dashing down the streets taking through the alleys and the roof tops to get away from whoever was following him. It didn't take long and he could feel the presence disappearing, he could feel safe once more. He sighed in relief as he jumped down from a roof top and started walking back home. This day was getting really strange.
It was dark, the streets were empty. Just ninja could be seen passing through the streets from time to time. Everyone was sleeping by now, all civilians and young genin were sound asleep. In his apartment, the young blond could be seen sleeping peacefully in his bed with his face on the pillow and his back to the ceiling. He couldn't sleep on his back due to his wings. He hated them now, he wanted to get rid of them but until the old man found a way to get rid of them, he had to endure it.
A snore was heard in the room as the blond started mumbling in his sleep. Everything seemed peaceful, but it only seemed so. Deep inside the boy's mindscape two red eyes opened and an evil grin appeared in the darkness. Flames erupted around the figure as it started plotting. With the boy's insolence and foolishness they might have a chance once more, their armies will stomp over them like they did millennia ago and they will win once more and rule over these pathetic creatures. No one was going to stop them, absolutely no one.
The blond grumbled in his sleep and then shivered. His eyes snapped open as he sat up on his bed and looked around. His eyes rested on the window which was open. He raised an eyebrow. Did he open the window? He shook his head not remembering, he concentrated but he could feel no one in the room. Shrugging the blond walked away from the bed and towards the window. As he reached the window he was about to close it when he stood frozen in shock at what he was seeing.
Konoha…it was burning. The entire village was burning, ninja and civilian alike were all over the place, dead. Some impaled with spikes, other ripped to shred by kami knows what. He could see some civilians running through the village and screaming in horror, some protecting their children as they ran. The blond heard a roar and looked up. He stopped breathing at what he was seeing. In the middle of Konoha was a large gate, two large skeletons holding large swords and chains seemed to be the pillar for the gate. Its gates from what it seemed were lying on the ground and a strange vortex could be seen between the "pillars"
The blond started shaking and breathing irregularly as he saw many creatures walking out of the portal, strange animal like creatures, skeletons, zombies, ghosts…demons. Big, small…they were all walking out of the portal and killing everyone and everything around them in one swipe. His eyes widened when he saw a figure impaled on top of the portal. He tried to see who the figure was, tried to make sense of it.
The blond screamed as he suddenly jumped from his bed. He looked around; he was in his room once more. His eyes widened as he jumped from his bed and ran to his window which was closed. He looked outside, there was nothing. Yes he could see Konoha, but it wasn't burning, he couldn't see that demonic gate or whatever it was. He couldn't see the dead or the demons walking through the streets. He sighed as he realized he just had a nightmare. A really bad one.
Walking back to his bed the blond dropped like a sack of potatoes and took another deep breath. He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself, he needed to be ready for tomorrow. He started thinking of positive things, of his dream, his ambition, of the future. He smiled as he succumbed to the darkness of his sleep. Everything was going to be alright; nightmares are just like that…nightmares...nothing more.
Sarutobi was working just like any other day, though he wasn't feeling very good. His heart was racing and he didn't know why, it was like his inner conscious knew that something would happen sooner or later. He kept working on his papers until he accidentally spilled the ink on a document. His hand stopped above the document. Was this a bad omen? Will something bad happen? He shook his head trying to dismiss the bad thoughts.
"Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi." A voice said, it sounded like it came from everywhere, it held power, great power. Sarutobi felt his hands shaking, he looked up shakily and his eyes widened in fright. The four ANBU stationed in the room collapsed on their knees, their genjutsu fading. They were shivering from the power emanating in the room.
"No! …the stories…the legends…their true!" the old man shouted frantically in his mind as he gazed at the figure before him.
Closing comments: I would like to thank Silhouette of a Life for beta-ing my story and pointing out my mistakes. I would also like my fellow readers to pay a visit to his own page a read his story "The Rogue Hokage" if you haven't.
Before you go on and ask me about the other stories, I will finish them in due time. In the meantime this will be my "main" story if I can call it like that. Just like "Not Home Anymore" was, my attention will mostly go towards this one and since college is over in a month I can start writing again. I will have several stories (that are not complete) be either delete or re-written and re-uploaded. If a story will be deleted I will tell you know that I am sorry, but if its deleted it means I've gotten to a point of no return (either I can't re-write it or I don't know how to continue/lost my interest)
Lastly, I know some will ask me about the sequel for "Not Home Anymore"….don't, I'm already working on it, but until I reach a certain point with this one I won't upload the other. Thank you.