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A Gift of Mist
October 10th, Konohagakure no sato
"SEAL" shouted Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage as he finished sealing the Nine-tailed Fox into his newborn son Naruto. Behind him stood the spectral figure of the Shinigami watching as Minato sacrificed himself in order to use his seal. He waited a few more seconds so the man could say his final goodbyes to his son as he was waiting he remembered a collection of metal beads he received from a god of a different realm for some advice. After he accepted Minato's soul he approached the crying baby boy and pulled out a light green metal bead from inside his robes, but first he pushed some of his energy into it altering its powers slightly to better mix with the Chakra of this world. After he finished he fed it to the crying Naruto as soon as he swallowed it a pulse came from him showing the activation of the power.
"YOU WILL HAVE GREAT POWER YOUNG UZUMAKI NOW I BELIEVE YOUR GUARDIAN HAS ARRIVED." Shinigami said as he straightened holding Naruto in his arms.
As Minato finished sealing the fox Hiruzen Sarutobi was rushing towards the scene as fast he could. Trailing behind him attempting to keep up was a squad of ANBU. As Hiruzen ran into the clearing a black barrier appeared cutting off the ANBU and no matter what they tried the barrier didn't budge. They could do nothing but stand outside and hope nothing happened to the 3rd. Hiruzen turned his head in time to see the barrier come up he felt himself tense up in preparation for anything that may pop up. Of course seeing the Shinigami floating over the bodies of his successor and his wife while holding their newborn son. He approached slowly and knelt in front of the god of death.
"Shinigami-sama it is a honor to meet you here but may I ask what you plan to do with the child you hold in your arms?" I tried to speak as respectfully as possible and keep calm as one normally does not interact with one of the gods especially the god of the dead before their time.
"RISE HIRUZEN SARUTOBI THIRD HOKAGE OF KONOHAGAKURE NO SATO. YOU ASK WHAT I PLAN TO DO WITH THE CHILD BUT IT HAS ALREADY DONE IT. I HAVE GIVEN HIM A POWER NOT OF THIS WORLD THAT WAS ENTRUSTED TO ME BY ANOTHER GOD ONE I BELIEVE THIS YOUNG UZUMAKI WILL WIELD TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL." The Shinigami informed Hiruzen amused by his reactions. Hiruzen froze as he was rising when he heard the Shinigami begin to speak.
"He gave Naruto powers that come from another dimension." his eyes were wide as he processed what was said.
"YOU SEEM SURPRISED BY WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU SANDAIME."
"Yes you caught me off guard by what you have told me but what have you given the child?"
"IN DUE TIME HIRUZEN YOU AND THE CHILD WILL LEARN OF HIS POWERS AND BEFORE I RETURN HIM TO YOU I REQUIRE YOUR SERVICES HIRUZEN."
"Of course Shinigami-sama." Hiruzen said bowing his head.
"GOOD I NEED YOU TO BRING THE BODIES OF HIS PARENTS HERE SO THAT THEY MAY GIVE HIM ONE FINAL GIFT." He said as he reached a hand into his cloak and pulled out 2 small circular metal earrings one was a light reddish brown and the other was a dull grey color.
"Now what Shinigami-sama?" Hiruzen asked as he finished positioning the 2 bodies, when he looked up he saw the 2 earrings engulfed in a black ethereal flame before it went out with the earrings looking only slightly darker than before.
"LISTEN WELL HIRUZEN TAKE THESE TWO EARRINGS AND IMPALE ONE EACH INTO HIS PARENTS HEARTS THE COPPER ONE IN HIS FATHER AND THE PEWTER IN HIS MOTHER. THIS WILL GRANT HIM A BOOST IN HIS POWERS AND AN ATTRIBUTE FROM EACH OF HIS PARENTS. AS WELL AS A MEMENTO OF SORTS FOR HIM TO HAVE AS HE GROWS." Shinigami told Hiruzen holding out his hand containing the 2 earrings.
"Are sure that is wise-" Hiruzen was cut off by a sudden chill and the Shinigami's eyes glowing red.
"DO YOU DOUBT MY WORD MORTAL." The Shinigami hissed out in a tone that sent more than just shivers down Hiruzen's back.
"N-no Shinigami-sama I was only worried of the child's well being." Hiruzen replied while kneeling with his head bowed.
"VERY WELL NOW DO AS I HAVE INSTRUCTED FOR MY TIME ON THIS PLANE RUNS SHORT. iN FACT IN ORDER TO EASE YOUR WORRIES IF YOU DO THIS AND ONE OTHER THING I WILL ALLOW YOU TO SUMMON ME ONCE WITHOUT OFFERING YOUR SOUL AS PAYMENT."
Hiruzen found himself stunned at the news, "Thank you for your generosity Shinigami-sama, may I ask what these earrings will do to the child." he asked as he took the earrings from the Shinigami's hand.
"AS I STATED BEFORE THEY WILL GRANT HIM A BOOST IN HIS NEW ABILITIES WHEN THEY APPEAR AND COPPER EARRING WILL ALSO GRANT HIM SOME OF HIS FATHER'S MENTAL FORTITUDE GIVING HIM A STRONGER MIND AND RESOLVE OR AS YOU ARE FOND OF SAYING HIS "WILL OF FIRE". THE PEWTER ONE WILL STRENGTHEN HIS UZUMAKI TRAITS HE MIGHT ALSO INHERIT ONE OF HIS MOTHER'S ELEMENTAL AFFINITIES."
"That is quite a lot Shinigami-sama." Hiruzen said as he knelt next to the two bodies and after a quick prayer he thrust the earrings into their hearts. Luckily the wound from the Kyūbi's claw provided him easier access or else it would be hard to explain why they had a wound over their hearts. "Now what?'
"AFTER YOU REMOVE THEM QUICKLY PLACE THEM IN HIS EARS ONE ON EACH SIDE. BE WARNED HIRUZEN THIS TECHNIQUE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD AS IT WILL SLIGHTLY WEAKEN THE SEAL PLACED ON HIM ALLOWING THE FOX MORE INFLUENCE OVER HIM. I ASSURE YOU THAT THE FOX WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE BUT DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF A PHYSICAL TRAIT OR TWO CHANGES. NOW BE QUICK FOR MY TIME TO LEAVE THIS REALM QUICKLY APPROACHES."
" I knew something like this would come at a price but if what he says is true then it seems like a fair trade. Even if the seal weakens slightly with the will of his father and enhanced Uzumaki traits from his mother it should balance out." Hiruzen thought as he pulled the two earrings out and saying another quick prayer of forgiveness approached the baby boy and as quickly as possible placed the earrings in his ears. As soon as they pierced his flesh the seal gave off 2 pulses and a slight red glow. The glow appeared around his left eye leaving a ring of red on the outside edge of his iris the same side as his pewter earring. The other change was in his whisker marks they went from straight to a more jagged appearance almost like a lightning bolt. Hiruzen released a breath he didn't even know he was holding relieved to see that the changes were not to great. If he was honest with himself he feared that he might have ended up with scarlet red eyes, elongated canines, claws, or Kami-sama forbid a tail. The Shinigami released a low chuckle at his reaction before handing Naruto to him.
"MY TIME IS UP HIRUZEN WATCH OVER THE CHILD FOR HE SHALL DO GREAT THINGS IN HIS FUTURE. MAKE SURE HE NEVER LOSES THOSE EARRINGS AND REMEMBER THAT GOLD SHALL REVEAL ALL." The Shinigami ended cryptically before fading away. Hiruzen looked down at the child in his arms and felt himself smile at the small child as he sat on the ground. Normally he would have left the area as quickly as possible but the enormity of what had just happened had begun to catch up with him. Not too long after the ANBU squad that had followed him appeared checking the surroundings as they approached the two dead bodies and the seated Sandaime.
"Sandaime -sama are you well?" one the ANBU asked kneeling next to Hiruzen and taking notice of the child sleeping in the man's arms.
"Yes I am well if a bit overwhelmed." Hiruzen said as he stood once again holding the child protectively in his arms.
"Sandaime-sama do you know what caused that barrier that would not let us follow you." The ANBU that was kneeling next to him asked.
"The barrier was the Shinigami's doing so that he could speak to me in private I suppose." Hiruzen informed him and if not for the ANBU's mask he would have seen the shocked wide eyed look on his face. Hiruzen turned to the other ANBU and in a voice that was full of authority said "What happened here is a SS-rank secret you are not to mention to anyone what transpired here. If people ask and in your official report you will state that we simply arrived at this clearing and retrieved the bodies of the Yondaime and his wife along with the child is that clear."
"HAI SANDAIME-SAMA" The ANBU responded in unison since they knew exposing a SS-rank secret was instant death.
"Good now take the bodies so they may be laid to rest." Hiruzen said before leaving the clearing and heading back to the village. He looked at the child sleeping in his arms, " You will have quite an interesting life I suspect young Naruto now lets get you somewhere warm as I have a village to run." He said before rushing through the trees back to Konoha.
15 years later
Konoha academy, after Genin exams
Sitting outside the academy on a swing hanging from a tree we find Naruto Uzumaki. After having failed the Genin exam for the 3rd time due to not being able to perform the basic clone jutsu he sat thinking why he couldn't perform it.
"Stupid clone jutsu if it wasn't for it I would have passed this time for sure." Naruto thought as he watched his classmates being congratulated by their parents.
"Hey Naruto you ok" Mizuki asked with a fake smile.
"Frustrated sensei."
"I understand what you're saying Naruto and that's why I want to tell you about a special make up test."
"What kind of test sensei?"
"All you have to do is grab the Forbidden Scroll from the Hokage's office take it to the small shed in the forest. When you get there learn one jutsu from the scroll before midnight and you pass." Mizuki was still smiling but on the inside he was scowling in disgust at Naruto.
"Alright sensei I'll get it done." Naruto said beaming up at him before jumping off.
"Yes do all the work for me demon and if you get caught even better." Mizuki thought to himself letting his smirk show now that Naruto was gone.
Shed in the woods
Naruto was tired and scuffed up after spending the last few hours practicing the Shadow clone jutsu. It was surprisingly easy to infiltrate the Hokage Tower what with having years of experience dodging Chunin-ANBU level ninja along with knowing that his Jiji is a major perv it took less than an hour. In fact he had enough time to begin practicing the Shadow shuriken and Shadow Kunai jutsu she was only able to copy each 2 times for a total of 3 but progress is progress.
As he got ready to resume his training he heard a rustle coming from the bushes. Iruka burst into the clearing and immediately spotted Naruto looking at him curiously.
"Naruto there you are do you know how much trouble you're in!?" Iruka shouted at him at the same time that Naruto asked him about the extra exam.
"Extra exam what's he talking about? It does look like he's been training by the condition of this clearing. I better get to the bottom of this."
"What extra exam Naruto?" Iruka asked as he approached him.
"The exam Mizuki-sensei gave me. I had to take this scroll from Jiji's office and learn a jutsu from it in order to become a Genin and I managed to learn 3." He told Iruka with a proud smile on his face.
"He managed to learn 3 jutsus from the scroll. That should be impossible for any Genin level ninja the chakra cost would be to much."as he finished that thought he felt like face palming, "Idiot of course he would have less problems with these techniques he has so much chakra the regular clone jutsu would be a raindrop amount of chakra to his ocean size reserves. At his level using that amount would be impossible without years of intense chakra control training and even then and not 100% he'd be able to do it. Well at least now I know he wasn't slacking in his training I had just set him an impossible task." As he finished this thought Iruka smiled at Naruto and was about to approach him when shuriken flew from the trees above them and both had to jump back to avoid getting hit. Standing in the trees was Mizuki sneering down at Naruto and Iruka and on his back he had 2 giant shuriken.
"Hey Mizuki-sensei what the heck was that for!" Naruto exclaimed from where he was standing as he sent him a glare.
"NARUTO RUN! He's after the scroll you can't let him have it!." Iruka shouted at Naruto but it cost him since he took his eyes of Mizuki who took the chance to throw more Kunai and Shuriken at him. Iruka caught unaware could only quickly guard his face and chest but regardless was pelted on his arms and legs.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto shouted attempting to run to him but had to dodge another round of Shuriken from Mizuki. Mizuki just continued to sneer down at him.
"Do you know why you are hated Naruto." Mizuki started to say before Iruka shouted, "Mizuki you know that is forbidden!"
"Quite Iruka besides it won't matter as I'm about to kill the little Kyūbi brat."
"Kyūbi?" Naruto questioned.
"Yes you see on the day you were born the Fourth couldn't kill the fox so he did the next best thing placed it in an easily killable container so now die filthy Kyūbi!" Mizuki exclaimed before throwing one of the giant shuriken at great speeds at Naruto. Naruto stood stunned at the revelation that he was hated by the village for holding the Kyūbi inside of him.
"NARUTO!" Iruka shouted shocking Naruto from his thoughts but it was too late the Shuriken was to close for him to dodge.
"Dammit I don't want to die like this!" Naruto thought to himself but he couldn't see a way out of his current situation. All that had happened and the revelation was taking it's toll on Naruto. Just as he was about to give up he felt a pulse from his stomach and suddenly felt some sort of power appear there and not knowing anything better tapped into it hoping for a miracle. He felt the mysterious power burn in his stomach when a blue line shot from his chest to the Shuriken that was rapidly approaching. Running on pure instinct he pushed that burning sensation toward that blue line in hopes that it would do something. What happened next surprised everyone in the clearing including the Hokage who was watching through his crystal ball. The Shuriken had lurched to a stop for a second as Naruto felt himself slam into the tree behind him and still pushing on the blue line unknowingly caused the Shuriken to fly back in a straight line towards the tree that Mizuki was still crouched in. Mizuki cursed before jumping out of the tree and landing on the ground. Naruto slumped to the ground panting from the exertion of using that unknown power, he could still feel inside him only smaller even the blue line had disappeared.
"I don't know what you just did you little demon but this time you won't be so lucky." Mizuki snarled before releasing his second Shuriken and throwing it at Naruto as well.
"Dammit move body MOVE!" Naruto shouted in his head but nothing happened. A shadow fell over Naruto's body and when he looked up he saw Iruka standing over him having taken the Shuriken in his back.
"You okay Naruto?" Iruka asked as a little blood came from the corner of his mouth. Naruto could only nod surprised. "Good now hurry up and kick his ass so I can take you out to get some Ramen." Iruka told him with a smirk.
"Alright." He said standing up and reaching inside himself again to the power resting in his stomach he noticed that it felt a bit different than the last time. With a small mental shrug he tried replicating that burning sensation from before and he felt his body tense up and become lighter. Smirking to himself he ran at Mizuki faster than anyone that him able. Reaching Mizuki before he could shake himself of his surprise he punched him with all his strength in the stomach. Expecting him to only be knocked back slightly he was surprised when Mizuki was bent over his fist, spittle flying from his mouth before he flew back into a tree that groaned from the impact. Naruto stood there fist still extended with a wide eyed look on his face. His eyes moved from his fist to Mizuki's groaning form before the last bit of the burning power inside him to reach Mizuki. He grabbed his head, the power already having left him and his body feeling tired from exertion, and slammed it into the tree rendering him unconscious. Naruto stood breathing hard amazed at what he had done. He could still feel a bit of that mysterious power within him but it was minuscule now. He turned back to a shell shocked Iruka while sheepishly scratching the back of his head.
"I guess I don't know my own strength."
Before Iruka could respond a pair of ANBU fell from the trees and approached them.
"Naruto you are to come with me to the Hokage's office while my partner will take Chunin Iruka to the hospital where shall stay until further orders." A female ANBU with a cat mask said.
"Alright Cat just let me grab the scroll. I'll see you for my ramen later Iruka-sensei." Naruto waved at Iruka before Cat grabbed his shoulder and disappeared in a leaf Shunshin.
Hokage's office
Naruto and Cat reappeared in a swirl of leaves in front of the Hokage's desk.
"Thank you Cat you are dismissed."
"Hai Sandaime-sama." Cat replied before giving a small bow and seeming to melt into the shadows.
"Now Naruto I'll be taking that scroll back before we begin." Hiruzen said holding out his hand with a voice that betrayed no emotion. Naruto with head bowed handed him the scroll.
"Naruto can you explain how you managed to redirect that shuriken and how you hit Mizuki so hard because I know for a fact you are not that strong or that fast." Hiruzen asked in a much softer tone as he sat behind his desk.
"I'm not sure Jiji but when that shuriken was flying towards me and I couldn't move my only thought was that I didn't want to die. After that I felt a pulse come from my stomach and I felt some type of power appear there. It was pure luck that whatever that power was pushed away the shuriken or else it would have hit me. I can still feel the power within me but its small. It doesn't feel like it's refilling like my chakra does after I use it. Plus the weirdest part is when I used the power I felt a burning sensation in my stomach it didn't hurt just felt like a radiating warmth. It feels like there's different types as to because the power felt different both times I used it." Naruto finished explaining as best he could. You could tell he was taking his time to choose the right words to describe what had happened.
"Could this be the power that Shinigami-sama gave him when he was a baby. I'll admit i watched him carefully at first expecting something out of the ordinary but when nothing appeared I put to the back of my mind, but it appears that it needed a catalyst to activate."
"KIT" A deep voice, that seemed to be coming from inside Naruto's head, said. Naruto looked around confused making the Hokage look at him.
"Everything alright Naruto?" Hiruzen asked looking at him curiously.
"I thought I heard a voice say-" he was cut of by having to grab his head in pain.
"STONE EARS CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!" The voice all but bellowed from within his mind.
"Yes I can hear you dammit." Naruto managed say back while still holding his head in his hands. Of course he said this out loud making the Sandaime momentarily confused before his eyes widened in realization.
"THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY IDIOT."
"Kyūbi?" Naruto tentatively asked.
"CORRECT NOW TELL THE OLD MAN TO PUT HIS HAND ON THE SEAL WE ALL NEED TO TALK FACE TO FACE." The now revealed Kyūbi ordered before seeming to fade back into his mind.
"Um Jiji." Naruto started a little apprehensively, "Kyūbi wants to talk to us."
Hiruzen was a little surprised that the Kyūbi wanted to speak to them.
"He said for you to put your hand on the seal so we could speak face to face." The Sandaime sighed he knew that the Fox would eventually be able to speak with Naruto he just didn't believe it would be so soon.
"At least I'm going with him this time." He thought before standing next to Naruto who unzipped his jacket and lifted his shirt exposing the seal so that Hiruzen could touch it. As soon as his hand made contact with the seal both of them felt their vision darken before they appeared in what looked like sewage drain complete with ankle deep water. Along the roof ran 3 different clear pipes, one held a blue substance that seemed energetic and rushed along the pipe, the second was bigger than the first and was filled with a dark red substance that moved along at a slow pace almost like it was heavy and dense, the final pipe was empty and about the same size as the first.
"Where are we Jiji?" Naruto asked looking around.
"This is your mindscape Naruto." Hiruzen answered while looking around as well with a small frown. "It shouldn't be this bad in here it's much too dark and depressing for a child."
"These pipes must represent your chakra so I surmise that if we follow the red one it will lead us to the Fox." Hiruzen said before heading off with Naruto at his side. As they walked they saw smaller pipes branch off from the main pipes and disappear into the darkness and then they saw more pipes converging on the ceiling before reaching what one could assume to be the boiler room in a normal building. Inside they saw a very tall room with golden bars along the far wall of the room so tall that seemed to continue into darkness. In the center of the room in a circle were what appeared to be hearths 18 in total. All but one were empty and that one only had a small dark green flame flickering in it's center with no discernable fuel source. All the hearths seemed to be connected to the clear pipe in the ceiling. Two large red eyes with slitted pupils opened behind the bars at the far end of the room before a large deep voice rang out.
"SO YOU HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED." Kyūbi said as light seemed to appear allowing him to be seen by them. On the center bar was a paper tag that read 'SEAL' but it also had 2 spikes piercing it.
"You called us here Kyūbi what is it that you want?" Hiruzen asked evenly. Caged the Kyūbi might be but powerful he still was it would be unwise to unjustly anger him.
"Yeah what do you want Furball." and then there is Naruto. Hiruzen groaned as he rubbed his forehead with one hand while hitting Naruto with the other one hard enough to make him fall to the floor face first. As Naruto spluttered in the water at their feet he turned back to the fox but before he could speak Kyūbi let out a large laugh.
"BWAHAHAHA THAT'S WHAT YOU GET PUNY NINGEN FOR INSULTING THE GREAT KYŪBI!"
Hiruzen was surprised to hear Kyūbi laughing and had to quickly cover Naruto's mouth before he could insult the fox again.
"Again what do you need Kyūbi?" Hiruzen asked the still chuckling fox.
"THE SHINIGAMI LEFT ME A SCROLL TO GIVE THE KIT ONCE HE MANAGED TO UNLOCK HIS POWERS." Kyūbi said as he tossed a scroll at them. It was pitch black with a white seal that resembled Naruto's. Naruto caught it and looked it over a bit before asking, " How are we going to take it out of here?" Hiruzen was at a loss as well.
"PUSH IT INTO YOUR SEAL IT SHOULD APPEAR ON YOUR LAP WHEN YOU EXIT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU NINGEN."
"What kind of deal?" Hiruzen asked while covering Naruto's mouth again much to his frustration.
"HE GRANTS ME ACCESS TO HIS SENSES AND I WILL RESTORE HIS BODY TO WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOT IT'S CURRENT MALNOURISHED STATE."
"Hey what do you mean by malnourished!" Naruto exclaimed before Hiruzen could stop him.
"YOU ARE ALMOST 3 YEARS SENIOR TO YOUR CLASSMATES AND SHORTER THAN MOST OF THEM AND YOU CLAIM TO NOT BE MALNOURISHED."
Hiruzen turned to Naruto as well and looking him over he had to admit that Naruto was short for age in fact a tad too short.
"I've let my responsibilities cloud me to certain things but this oversight is too much." Hiruzen thought before turning to Naruto, " Accept the deal Naruto it is in you benefit to have your body restored to peak health."
"What do I have to do to?" Asked Naruto.
"DRIVE THE SILVER SPIKE DEEPER INTO THE SEAL THAT SHOULD SUFFICE." Kyūbi said as he laid back down.
"What are these spikes anyways?" Naruto asked as he approached the seal.
"YOUR PARENT'S FINAL GIFT TO YOU." Kyūbi said easily. This made Naruto pause looking at them in slight wonder.
"But I don't have spikes anywhere on my body?"
"THE THINGS IN YOUR MINDSCAPE ARE NOTHING BUT REPRESENTATIONS OF YOUR POWERS OR ANYTHING AFFECTING THEM. THE SEAL HOLDING ME BACK DOES NOT APPEAR AS A CAGE ON YOUR STOMACH, EVEN THOSE HEARTHS BEHIND YOU DO NOT SHOW UP ON YOUR PHYSICAL BODY BUT THAT POWER IS REPRESENTED BY THEM. SO THESE SPIKES MUST BE A REPRESENTATION OF SOMETHING ON YOUR PHYSICAL BODY."
"My earrings I always wondered why they were 2 different metals."
"NOW HURRY UP AND PUSH THAT SPIKE IN AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ THAT SCROLL AT THE VERY LEAST THE ENTRY FOR PEWTER YOU MIGHT NEED IT."
"On it." Naruto said before rearing back his fist and punching the silver spike. Red sparks flew as Naruto shook his hand in pain, before grabbing his right eye in pain. When he took his hand away a red ring had appeared in his eye matching the one on the left. "What was that for fox."
"YOU HAVE MORE OF MY ENERGY FLOWING THROUGH YOUR BODY PERMANENTLY OF COURSE SOME CHANGES WOULD HAVE OCCURRED BUT SINCE IT IS SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT THE CHANGE WAS NOT THAT PRONOUNCED." Kyūbi said dismissively. Naruto looked up at the pipes and noticed that the red pipe was moving at the same pace as his own blue one. "NOW I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYTHING I WILL WAIT FOR YOU TO GET SOME PEWTER IN YOU BEFORE I BEGIN TO FIX YOUR BODY." All of a sudden the Kyūbi roared sending them both flying back.
Hokage's office
Both Naruto and Hiruzen were knocked back into wakefulness making the Shinigami's scroll fall to the ground.
"Are you alright Hokage-sama?" Cat asked appearing at his side.
"I am fine Cat thank you for your concern but how long were we out?"Hiruzen asked as he settled himself back behind his desk. About 5 minutes sir, the scroll appeared out of the seal a few moments before you 2 awoke." Cat said as she eyed the scroll in Naruto's hands warily.
"Don't worry about the scroll Cat I know about it and where and whom it came from."
"And is this person trustworthy Hokage-sama?" Cat asked still eying the scroll. There was something about it that didn't sit well with her. Plus the symbol seemed familiar to her but she couldn't quite place it.
"Do you consider the Shinigami to be a trustworthy person Cat?" Hiruzen asked looking at her from the corner of his eye. Cat felt her body stiffen at the mention of the god of death, " T-the Shinigami! But why would the scroll be in Naruto? Of course his seal is the Shinigami's seal he could have easily placed it there but why?"
Hiruzen watched his ANBU in amusement seeing her body and he could imagine her eyes widening behind her mask. "Is that all Cat?"
" Hai Hokage-sama." She said before once again disappearing into the shadows. Naruto was still looking the scroll over and trying to figure out how to open it.
"PUSH YOUR CHAKRA INTO THE SEAL IF THAT DOESN'T WORK ADD SOME OF YOUR BLOOD AND REPEAT."
"Oh thanks Kyūbi." Naruto thought before pushing chakra into the seal making it spin before it split down the middle allowing the scroll to unroll. The paper inside was the same pitch black shade as the outside and was written in hand elegant with white ink. Along the bottom were a number of seals some were white while others were red.
"Do you want me to read this out loud for you Jiji?"
"Might as well Naruto, but first," Hiruzen turned to the ceiling, "What you're about to hear is an S-rank secret are we clear." A chorus of "Hai's!" Were heard before Hiruzen nodded for Naruto to continue.
'Allomancy is the ability to burn certain metals for a variety of effects or abilities. One who can burn all the metals is called a 'Mistborn' while those who can only burn one are called 'Mistings' as well as a nickname specific to each metal. Allomancy is genetic and the purer the line the more likely Mistborn will be produced and if not it is almost certain that the rest will at minimum a Misting. When you ingest metals they will appear within you ready to be burned each metal has a specific ability and each base metal comes with a paired alloy of it. Be warned alloyed metals must be in specific mixture or else they may make an allomancer sick and at worst kill. In the seals are two samples of each metal along with a small explanation of what they can do some of them will be locked until you gain more experience.' Naruto finished reading the scroll before turning back to the Hokage.
"It sounds like a bloodline huh Jiji."
"Yes it does Naruto only as opposed to being able to activate it or not it comes with a complete activation or only partial. Do you know how many powers you have?"
"There are 20 seals here on the scroll but I only remember seeing 18 hearths in my mindscape."
"How many are locked?"
"8"
"That leaves 10 or 12 new abilities for you to master. Well start with the first seal and work our way down."
"Alright let's see what's inside." Said Naruto excitedly before pumping some chakra into the first seal. What came out was a black jacket with grey accents with the symbol for 9 on one shoulder and the Uzu swirl surrounded by 9 tails also in red on the other. Along the back was the title Mistborn in a burnt orange. As Naruto picked it up looking it over before ripping his old one off and slipping it on. It fit him perfectly although it clashed horribly with his pants. He put his hands in the pockets and felt a note in one of them. Opening it up he figured it was the notes the scroll said would be in each seal.
"This jacket has a two forms just send a pulse of chakra to the seal on the collar. The second form is the cloak symbolic to all Mistborn. The jacket will grow with you and repair itself with your chakra while you sleep as you keep physical contact with it. Also take this as a hint to change your ridiculous wardrobe."
Naruto's eye twitched as he read the final sentence, but ignored it as this is an awesome jacket. He handed Hiruzen the note as he picked up the scroll again and sent a pulse through the second seal. Only a little puff of smoke came from this one showing another note but nothing else. Deciding to read the note first Naruto opened it,
"This seal will only open with your blood as inside are pre-alloyed beads of Lerasium. These beads will grant a non-allomancer the ability to burn the metal that Lerasium is alloyed with. There are only a small handful so choose wisely. In case you were curious you were fed a pure Lerasium bead that makes you a full powered Mistborn."
"Hey Jiji read this it's important." Naruto said urgently holding out the note. Hiruzen took it and quickly read through it his eyes widened at the end.
"Leave them alone for now Naruto. We don't want to risk them being misplaced or stolen since they are safe in the seal. Don't tell anyone about them you understand since they can grant someone a portion of your abilities we don't want to risk their existence being known." Hiruzen told Naruto very seriously. After seeing Naruto nod and having him reseal that note he turned back to the previous one, "Now try changing your jacket into its other form."
Naruto stood and closing his eyes he focused sending some chakra to the collar of his jacket. It appeared to rustle before changing to a darkish grey, but it lengthened reaching his ankles and the material tore into ribbons only held together at the shoulders and chest. Naruto opened his eyes feeling the change finish and twisted and turned making the cloak flair around him.
"This is kinda cool." Naruto said as he finished turning and noticed another note floating to the ground.
"This is a Mistcloak it was designed to help hide Mistborn at night due the heavy mists that covered the land at night. It is also a symbol of your powers since only Mistborn were granted one." Naruto read aloud to a thoughtful Hiruzen.
"It might not be of much use now but who knows it might be helpful later." He commented as Naruto switched it back into a jacket.
"Hey if the first 2 seals were just things for me to use that means the rest should hold the metals right?"
"Open the 3rd seal then." Hiruzen was now curious as to what kind of powers Naruto would get. 2 small glass vials and a note appeared from the seal. Hiruzen grabbed one of the vials while Naruto read the note aloud.
"Iron-Pulls metal directly towards you what you can pull will be affected by your weight and anchor." That was it a simple one sentence description of the power.
"What do you think Jiji should I give it a go?" Naruto asked shaking the other vial causing the liquid and iron dust to swish around.
"Wait until tomorrow it's getting late let's see what the others can do first.
Naruto nodded and unsealed the next metal. They followed the same pattern Naruto unsealing the metals and reading the note while Hiruzen took one of the vials to send them out to get more.
"Steel-pushes metal"
"Pewter-enhances one's body"
"Tin-enhances all 5 senses"
"Bronze-senses Allomancy"
"Copper-shields use of Allomancy in a cloud effect"
"Zinc-enflames emotions"
"Brass-dampens emotions"
Were the next 7 metals each with 2 vials but the last 2 metals only had one each.
"Gold-shows users possible futures under different circumstances."
"Atium-allows user to see a few seconds into the future."
They were both a bit amazed by the wide variety of abilities and found some more interesting than others. Hiruzen knew all of these metals and could get the alloyed ones from a old friend. The only one that he didn't recognize was the last one Atium and arguably the most powerful. He looked up to Naruto who was still holding the last note.
"Naruto there seems to be more written on the back." He watched him flip it over looking slightly sheepish.
"This metal is not natural to your world. The 2 beads in the vial are free but more will be rewarded if you do some missions for me. Scrolls will appear from your seal when I need something from you. Complete them and a new vial will appear in the scroll depending on the difficulty the amount will change ranging from 5 minutes to 1 hour. Impress me enough and I might give you the means to mine your own." As soon as Naruto finished reading the note he felt a pulse come from his stomach before a smaller pitch black scroll appeared on his lap.
"That's going to take some getting used to." Naruto said as he rubbed his stomach. Picking it up he unrolled to see what his first mission would be. Hiruzen looked on seeing as he technically couldn't do anything against it since it is a mission from a god.
"This is more a bounty hunt then a mission. What I need you to do is draw your seal with my name written in the space on both sides and slap it on any of Orochimaru's cursed seals. The seal must be written in with your fresh blood or else it will not work. This will not get rid of the cursed seal but it will allow me to devour the soul shards. 15 minute per soul shard."
"Hey Jiji who's Orochimaru?" Naruto asked looking up from his scroll. Hiruzen stiffened a bit hearing the name but answered regardless.
"He is a trailer to Konoha, why do you ask?"
"The scroll says that if I place this seal over Orochimaru's cursed seal so the Shinigami can devour the soul shard contained in the seal I get a 15 minute bead."
"What about the cursed seal?"
"Hmm it says that only the soul shard will be removed and the seal stays." Naruto said after looking at the scroll again, "what does this seal look like anyways?"
"I'll show you tomorrow or should I say later since it's past midnight already."
"Alright then Jiji I'll see you later so we can test some of these out! Did you get the pewter for Kyūbi?" As soon as Naruto finished his question an ANBU appeared with package in hand.
"The pewter you asked for Hokage-sama." The ANBU said leaving the package on the desk before Shunshining away in a swirl of leaves.
"Here you go Naruto this one is on me but afterwards you will have to buy your own. The direction is in the box with the vials. I hope to see a new you tomorrow as well and good luck."
"Bye Jiji!" Naruto exclaimed before he jumped out the window mistcloak forming halfway and landing on a nearby roof. He quickly disappeared into the night.
Naruto's Apartment
Naruto set his new jacket in his closet and the scrolls on his nightstand before opening the package. Inside were 10 vials with a large quantity of a silvery looking dust.
"What do you think Kyūbi will these be enough?" Naruto asked his tenant as he inspected a vial.
"DRINK ONE OF THE VIALS AND BURN IT FOR 10 MINUTES WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE BURN RATE FROM THAT."
"Alright then bottoms up." Naruto said out loud before drinking the contents of the vial. He was grateful for the liquid in the vials making it easier to swallow the pewter dust. He instantly felt the well of power inside grow immensely.
"DAMMIT KIT IT'S BRIGHT AS HELL IN HERE NOW!"
"Why what happened?"
"ONE OF THOSE HEARTH THINGS IN HERE HAS A GIANT FLAME IN IT NOW."
"Hmm interesting but I better see about burning this." He closed his eyes and felt for the well of power and thought of the flame burning brighter. He felt his body tense again ready for a fight. 10 minutes later he let the power go and felt his body relax.
"What's the verdict?"
"ABOUT 5% BURNED AWAY."
"So one vial is good for 2 hours. How long will it take you to fix my body?"
"5 HOURS."
"2 more vials then and then what want me to lie down and let you work?"
"YES YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET SOMETHING TO BITE DOWN ON BECAUSE THIS WILL HURT."
Naruto gulped before ripping a chunk of cloth from his old orange jumpsuit and putting it in his mouth. Sitting down on his bed he drank the 2 other vials before laying down and burning them.
"Alright let's get started."
"SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE KIT." Was all the fox said before Naruto's body was encased in a red energy and the pain began. His concentration almost slipped before he refocused on the feeling of the burning metal and nothing else or at least he tried. The feeling of acid in his blood, breaking and reforming bones, and a sensation of being boiled alive made him almost black out. He willed himself to stay awake and not thrash around in case he damaged something. Time seemed nonexistent all he knew was pain and burning those 2 feelings and nothing else. After what seemed an eternity but was really the 5 promised hours the red energy returned to the seal and the blonde let out a small sigh before letting sleep take him.