Naruto the Eagle Assassin
Prologue
For centuries, there have always been two opposing forces who have strived for peace. One by killing the corrupt and evil in the world, the other by conquering it.
The former ones were known by many names at the time. Ninja, specters, but were officially known as Assassins. Trained at the young age of ten, each member of an Assassin clan is taught the abilities they need to survive in the modern world. Brought into The Order, the children are trained in the art of stealth, agility, and hand-to-hand combat. By the time they reach the age of 12, they are put into a three-man cell, or team led by an experienced veteran. At the age of usually fifteen or sixteen, the students become official Assassins and are usually allowed to go on lone missions. Most, usually around the age twenty and twenty-seven are given the opportunity to become Masters if their skill is high enough. With each Order main city led by a Kage, the strongest and most formidable of Assassins, The Order have resided in secret for half a millennia.
The other force was also known by a great many names. Although they were commonly known as The Knights Templar, they have lately gone by the names Paladin and their most recent name Akatsuki, or The Dawn. Unlike The Assassin Order, who at times believed in diplomacy before the necessity of killing, The Akatsuki believed that conquers and supremacy was the only way to bring total peace. And so, they have constantly been at odds with The Order, who believe the Akatsuki as a deadly evil and halt their plans whenever they can. They were responsible for a great many wars and tragedies such as the Three Great Shinobi Wars, World War II and a great many earlier ones.
Most recently a century ago, Akatsuki had learned of the nine Pieces of Eden, small chunks of gold colored metal that form into what is called the Apple of Eden. Created by a race only known as The Ones Who Came Before, the Apple of Eden is a powerful object that can grant whoever wields it the power to make anyone fall under their control. The Akatsuki, believing that this object can grant their goal went in search for it. A scientist in Akatsuki, known as Orochimaru experimented its power on eleven different animals; a raccoon, a cat, a turtle, a monkey, a dolphin, a horse, a slug, a beetle, an ox, an octopus, and a fox. But the experiment had caused all nine pieces to fuse with each animal, fusing four different animals into two hybrids.
And not only were they transformed into monstrous versions with numerous tails, they each had the same amount of intelligence if not more than the average human. And so, each had given them a name; the raccoon, the wiliest and rowdiest of them all was named Shukaku. The cat, the loneliest of them called herself Matatabi. The turtle, the nomadic one had called himself Isobu. The monkey, who held his pride above all others was named Son Gokuu. The mixed dolphin and horse, who developed two different personalities, called themselves Kokuou. The slug, the soother, named himself Saiken. The beetle, the flyer, gave herself the name Chomei. The bull, who dominated with the most superior intellect over the octopus, called himself Gyuki. While all these Bijuu were powerful, they were nothing compared to their sibling, the fox who called himself Kurama "The Bringer of Death, Destruction, and chaos." While the other bijuu had hated humanity for what they did to them, Kurama was the most furious and vengeful of them. With nine tails, Kurama had the power to destroy the largest mountains. He is considered the most cunning, intelligent and most sadistic of them all.
And so they had escaped the confines of their captives and travelled across the globe wreaking havoc wherever they crossed. Orochimaru, who had created these monstrous beings, was disbanded from Akatsuki for his ironically monstrous mistake. And so, the Akatsuki had sent out their nine greatest warriors and two of them were the official leaders of the Akatsuki although their appearance has always remained a mystery to those other than the nine.
The Order, having heard from two scouting assassins who had barely survived against the destruction of just one Bijuu, had sent the news to Minato Namikaze, the youngest assassin to ever reach the rank of High Master and Hokage of one of the main cities, Konohagakure, commonly referred to as Konoha City. Considered the greatest genius amongst his generation, Minato was very intuitive and clever, coming up with strategies in the heat of battle in only a matter of seconds. After fighting against a foe for only the first time, he can find the strengths and weaknesses that his foe can exploit and uses it against him. His immense speed and instantaneous reflexes had given him his infamous moniker "The Yellow Flash of Konoha." But while he may have been a merciless and cold opponent on the battlefield, Minato had sought for peace, and so went in search of the Tailed Beasts believing he could stop their road of destruction. While doing this a masked figure had arrived in the city of Konoha, where he appeared inside Minato's home and fatally injured the adept assassin Kushina Uzumaki, Minato's wife and took his three year-old infant Naruto as a hostage. Minato arrived quick enough to find his lover bleeding on the ground barely alive. Consumed in cold anger, he called in the best surgeons The Order had and went to complete his duties as a leader and father; protect his city and save his son.
As he fought the mysterious leader, who had called himself Madara Uchiha the last of any clan to have a bloodline connected to The Ones Who came Before and the only one who can truly control the bijuu. While Minato did not seem concerned, he knew something was off about this masked figure. As the fight ensued, Minato had finally gained the upper hand, forcing Madara to retreat. While he may have lost control of Kurama, the beast had grown in a lost rage and began to keep attacking the city. Holding his only son and looking at the infants face, Minato knew the only way to end the destruction was to do the unthinkable; seal the dreadful beast inside his son. Conflicted and in despair he was shocked to see Kushina, who was extremely pale, limping towards him. She believed with her families secrets of seals, they could create a stronger one together than Minato could ever make alone. While he was against the idea believing that Kushina should live so Naruto could have a home and mother, Kushina comforted him with a warm smile and said that with her seal, they could watch over their son, even after they enter the afterlife. After a long silence he nodded and together they created a seal pulling Kurama directly into the boy's stomach, forming a tattoo like seal around the child's belly. The seal had taken all the energy Minato and Kushina had left and they soon succumbed to the seal's effects, but not before telling those in Konoha to not fear their son, and instead to keep him safe.
While some believed the Hokage's words, most hated the boy for carrying the thing that killed all their loved ones. This boy as the old and present hokage understood would go through a great hardship, not knowing who he was or where he came from.
This boy would be known as Naruto Uzumaki, The Vessel of Kurama and Master Assassin of The Order.