A/N: This is my first Naruto fanfic so please go easy on me if I make a few mistakes
Chapter 1: The Two Brothers
This story is co-written by linkinparkkid4eva
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
The serene silence of the Forest was broken by the sound of a single ninja jumping from branch to branch. For three days he had been traveling solo. Making his way through the forest surrounding the newly rebuilt Hidden Leaf village and into the surrounding territory. If a person looked close they would easily recognize him by his spiky blonde hair and orange and black outfit.
"I wonder if Grandma Tsunade really believes in this old legend," Naruto said to himself as he jumped from branch to branch, "She really seemed serious when she told me about it."
***Flashback
"You called me Grandma," Naruto said as he stood in the center of Lady Tsunade's office. Shizune was not present and she was off doing something else.
"That I did Naruto," Tsunade replied ignoring Naruto's comment about her age, "I have reason to believe there will be something of interest to the village in an abandoned temple at the edge of our territory."
"You want me to investigate an old crappy temple," Naruto said with a raised eyebrow.
"Not exactly," The fifth Hokage replied, "You have heard the legends about the Sage of the six paths have you not?"
Naruto nodded.
"Well there is an old legend that he had two apprentices," Tsunade said, "According to this legend, they were said to have gone into hibernation in a temple around the edge of our territory so that they could be awoken when the world was in great need of them. Up until recently I thought that this legend was nothing more than a myth. However recent reports from observers of the temple have lead me to believe that this legend may be more than a myth. It is also known that the temple is cannot be opened without an enormous amount of Chakra. You are the only person in this village capable of opening the temple and seeing if there really is anything worth investigating inside."
"This really sounds like a waste of time," Naruto replied with a frown, "But the village was recently attacked by Pain and we are vulnerable since we are still rebuilding. We need all the help we can get."
"My thoughts exactly," Tsunade said, "If these two apprentices exist than you are to bring them back to the village where they will train with us and teach us their secrets. This will be a solo mission and you will leave the village without talking to anyone. If you meet any of the Akatsuki you are to do whatever it takes to escape even if it means failing the mission."
"Relax granny I was able to defeat all six Pains, I can handle Sasuke and the other Akatsuki cronies," Naruto boasted.
"Don't get full of yourself," Tsunade said in a cold tone. "This is a B-rank mission but should probably be considered an A-rank. Now get going."
***end flashback
Naruto continued jumping from branch to branch. He wished he could have told Sakura or some of his other friends that he was going before he left but that would have risked, and that was a small risk, the Akatsuki somehow finding out where he was going.
Naruto soon came to a clearing with a large Cliffside at one end. In the face of the cliff was a large temple with a large iron door entrance on the front. Naruto scanned the area to make sure there were no enemies waiting for him. He then walked up to the door of the entrance and examined the runes on it. From what he understood of the writing on the door, it said that it required a hundred people's fists to open the door.
Naruto stepped back grinning. So they needed a hundred sets of fists, that was easily done.
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted.
Over a hundred Shadow clones of Naruto appeared in around him and leapt into the air.
"Uzumaki Barrage!" The clones shouted in unison.
The clones bashed all of their fists into the door simultaneously. The door jerked open and the clones vanished in puffs of smoke, leaving the real Naruto standing there a little winded.
"A little tiring, but no problem," Naruto said to himself before walking into the temple.
The temple was dark and dank, Naruto walked down the main hallway and was reminded of Orochimaru's hideouts. Naruto continued to walk down the halls and soon came to a second iron door. Naruto opened it and walked into a large chamber with two obsidian coffins lying at the other side.
Naruto was about to cross the room to the coffins when he noticed something that had nearly been invisible a few seconds before. A single sliver of wire ran across the room. Naruto followed it with his eyes and saw they were connected to small igniters which were connected to paper bombs.
"Figures," Naruto grumbled, "This whole place is booby trapped."
Naruto walked over to the paper bomb and was about to remove it when he realized that the paper bomb had another string of wire attached to it going to the other paper bomb.
"I see how this is," Naruto said, "You have to disarm both at the same time."
Naruto created a single shadow clone who walked over to the other paper bomb and, after checking to make sure it wasn't attached to anything else, removed it just as the real Naruto removed the other paper bomb. The two soon discovered more paper bombs connected in the same manner and disarmed them just as they had done with the first. After half an hour, Naruto and his clone removed a total of fifty paper bombs and completely cleared the room. After checking for other traps and finding none, Naruto destroyed his clone and walked over to the two coffins. Naruto tried to open the coffin on his right and found it sealed shut with a basic sealing jutsu. Naruto released the jutsu and heaved open the coffin. Inside was a mummified body.
"Damn it!" Naruto said to himself, "It's just a dead body. This temple was supposed to hold something important."
As soon as Naruto said this, the apparently dead mummified body began to wiggle.
"Release!" The body said and immediately the mummifying bandages disintegrated. The now clearly alive person in the coffin got out an stretched him limbs. Standing before Naruto was an approximately 18 year old blond male with a long pony tail that was separated into segments with rubber bands. He wore a headband that had the lighter portion of a yin and yang symbol. His clothes consisted of a white and gold tiger stripe pattern on them and in themselves were a simple shirt and pants. Like all other shinobi Naruto had seen he wore open toed boots. His eyes were of a golden color and he wore an curious look on his face.
Before saying so much as hello to Naruto, the golden eyed blonde looked around the room and saw all of the paper bombs and wire that had composed the booby traps stacked neatly in a corner.
"You must be a ninja of great skill to have opened the door to the temple and gotten past the traps," The golden eyed blonde said in what could pass for a light Spanish accent, "My name is Kei. May I ask yours?"
"Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto said with his trademark grin, clearly oblivious that he was talking to a complete stranger who, for all intents and purposes, could be an enemy.
"A pleasure to meet you Naruto," Kei replied, "Now, may I ask you why you awakened me from my slumber? I assume your village or clan is in need of me and my brothers' services if you awakened me."
"Our village needs your help," Naruto replied, "According to legend you are an apprentice of the Sage of Six Paths."
"I am," Kei replied, "So is my brother in the other coffin. We should wake him up and head back to your village."
"You willing to trust me on my word alone?" Naruto said surprised.
"We were instructed by our sensei to hibernate until a time came in which we were needed," Kei replied, "It is now clear that that time has come."
Naruto nodded and walked over to the other coffin with Kei and released the jutsu on it. After opening the coffin the person inside rose from the obsidian tomb and tore off his bandages. The person in question had black hair in a similar style to Sasuke's his eyes were icy blue and he wore a fishnet shirt inside a cloak with blue flames on it. His long pants had a similar design on it. He looked approximately sixteen years old.
"Who awakens us brother?" The black haired figure asked Kei.
"This boy here, Naruto Uzumaki, Claims that we have awoken to a time where our skills are needed," Kei said pointing to Naruto, "We are to return with him to his village and give them necessary assistance."
"Very well," the black haired boy said before turning to Naruto, "My name is Shade in case you didn't know."
Naruto, although startled by his similar appearance to Sasuke, nodded and turned around to lead his new comrades out of the temple when a figure dressed in the cloak of the Akatsuki walked into the room. The person took off his hat to reveal that it was Sasuke.
"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted pulling out a Kunai, "What are you doing here!"
"My business isn't with you, you little pest," Sasuke said without emotion, "I'm here to capture one of the people you have been so kind to wake up for me."
Shade drew out a katana while Kei pulled back his sleeves to reveal two metal gauntlets on his forearms.
"I'm assuming this one is troublesome," Kei said as he loaded a small cylinder into each gauntlet.
"He used to be my friend, " Naruto growled not taking his eyes off of Sasuke, "He abandoned my village to get revenge of his brother and gain power. Whatever you do, don't kill him. I made a promise to bring him back to my village and I will keep that promise."
"The same as usual," Sasuke said pulling out a handful of shurikan, "Promising to do something you cannot accomplish."
Shade, who had been quiet this whole time looked at Sasuke intently through his blue eyes.
"This one is a victim of manipulation," Shade thought to himself.
"Kagegan," Shade whispered so low that no one could hear him. His eyes went from blue to black with a blue shurikan shaped symbol on them. He studied Sasuke through these eyes. His gaze soon drew Sasuke's attention and Sasuke looked at him dead with his Sharingan.
"So you have an optical jutsu," Sasuke said, "Judging by the nature of your eyes it seems that you are the one I want to capture."
The very next second, Sasuke was right next to Shade and was about to stab Shade with a kunai dipped in poison. Sasuke stopped as Shade's sword entered his abdomen. Sasuke may have been fast, but Shade was equally fast.
The Sasuke that had just been stabbed disappeared in a puff of smoke, revealing that it was a shadow clone. There was silence in the room as the real Sasuke dropped from the ceiling and looked intently at Shade.
"Why is Sasuke going after Shade," Naruto thought to himself, "The Akatsuki only go after jinjuriki. Unless?"
Naruto was interrupted from his thoughts when Kei stepped in between him and Sasuke.
"Light Clone Jutsu!" Kei shouted putting his hands together in a cross shape.
There was a series of flashes of light and the next second, six Kei's were standing in front of Naruto. Five clones were in the front, one in the back. Before Kei had time to react, a large shurikan and the clone in the back. The clone dodged it only to be hit by another large shurikan. Sasuke had used the shadow shurikan jutsu.
"That trick is old," Sasuke gloated, "I know the real one is always at the back."
The clone that had been hit by the shurikan disappeared in a flash of light, proving that Saskue was wrong, the real one was up front. All five remaining clones raised their gauntlets and shot needles out of them. Sasuke easily dodged the needles and threw five shurikan so fast that the real Kei did not have time to get out of the way and was hit by the poisoned shurikan. The other clones disappeared in a flash of light. The real Kei jumped back to where Shade and Naruto were before fishing through his pockets.
"You're up," Kei said to Shade as he pulled out what appeared to be antidote and drank it.
Naruto was about to follow Shade and help him fight Sasuke when Kei stopped him.
"You'll only get in the way," Kei said, "Leave this to Shade."
Shade sprinted up to Sasuke sword drawn and brought his blade down on Sasuke. At the last second, Sasuke ducked to the side and sliced at Shade's stomach. Shade ducked and parried, swinging his sword with such force that when Sasuke made the mistake of blocking it shattered his blade and a few fragments embedded themselves into Sasuke's arm.
Sasuke jumped back and nearly staggered after he landed.
"I'm poisoned," Sasuke grunted as he began to feel weak, "But how?"
"My blade was poisoned," Shade replied with a emotionless face, "I hit your blade at just the right angle to transfer some of the poison to the fragments of your blade. It was game over as soon as they hit your arm."
"Fuck YOU!" Sasuke shouted before pressing a small signaling device on his cloak. The next second, he vanished into this air.
"He signaled his comrades to summon him," Shade said as his eyes returned to normal.
"Sucks that we couldn't bring him back to the village," Naruto replied, "Why was he after you anyway?"
"I'd rather not talk about it," Shade said, "Let's go to your village before more enemies show up. I have something to tell you on the way."
Before Naruto could even ask what he was going to tell him, Shade sprinted out of the room and both blondes had to wind themselves in order to keep up.
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