Hey guys! It's me with a new story!
Yes it's another neglect story, and I'm sorry for my erratic update schedule. I pretty much update whatever story my muse gives me inspiration for.
Like Phantasmal Underworld, this story has been bouncing around my head for a long time, and it's a crossover with one of my favorite anime, Guilty Crown!
If you haven't seen it, I recommend it, though the ending is one of the few anime moments that actually made me cry.
So! This story keeps with the 'theme' I have in Wild Card and Prophecy Collapse, that being everyone's favorite blonde, or redhead in this story, goes in and wrecks a prophecy or unending cycle.
I was inspired by Uchiha-Fiction's ' Naruto: Konoha's King', it's a good story if you haven't read it. Rest assured, I won't be copying anything, I just mean that his story got me thinking about doing a Naruto/Guilty Crown neglect fic.
Also this is a harem.
Now, let's get started!
Chapter 1.
Birth of the Gray King.
Konohagakure no Sato.
A young redheaded boy with whisker marks of about 11, wearing a gray shirt and black pants, was lying down on a rooftop with his eyes shut. He opened his violet eyes and stared up at the moon and stars, trying in vain to count the myriad of twinkling lights littering the sky. He sighed as he heard his 'parents' fawning over his siblings.
This was Naruto Namikaze, third jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, eldest child of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, and lastly, the most ignored boy on the face of the planet... (We all know how the Kyuubi attack went so I'm not gonna explain it.)
Naruto's parents, well... they neglected him. Very much.
It started out when he was five, his siblings, Menma, Nozomi, and Nami had decided to show their parents that they had learned tree walking from watching some other ninja. Naruto didn't join them because he wasn't one for needlessly showing off. When his parents saw that, they pretty much decided that the three were geniuses and started to forget about him.
It started small of course, but as time went on, they started completely forgetting him.
The villagers weren't a help either. They just thought he was Kyuubi reincarnated.
Naruto sat up and started walking down the wall to his room, when he arrived, he jumped into the window to his room and lay down on his bed. As he fell asleep, he felt his mind drift off to a place it had never been before...
When Naruto opened his eyes, he found himself in a white space, he was floating in a sea of white, and silver metallic ribbons.
"Welcome little one." A disembodied voice echoed from the void.
Naruto looked around and said, "Where am I!? Who are you!?"
The voice merely responded, "I am the Guilty Crown, and we are currently in the space between dreams and reality. I have called you here to offer you a choice."
Naruto's eyes narrowed, "What choice, and why me?"
"You were simply chosen randomly, as to the choice, it was previously not offered. However it is... interesting, to see humans make the choice." Two syringes appeared in Naruto's hands, one had a black bio-hazard symbol and the other had a white one, "These both contain the void genome. The ability to turn a person's heart into a weapon. You have two choices: to become the black king, or the white king."
Naruto looked at them and said, "You've offered this choice to people before?"
"Indeed. I offer this choice to a human once every thousand years or so."
"What will happen if I choose one or the other?" Naruto asked, not wanting to be tricked.
"I suppose that there is no harm in telling you, seeing as you won't remember this after you make your choice. Choose the white king, and you will be burdened with terrible purpose, a life of pain, and eventually death at the hands of the black king. Choose the black king, and you will know purpose as well, also love and happiness, only to have it all taken from you, and live on with the scars of the past."
Naruto stared at the needles, "So no matter what I choose... I'm screwed... Is anyone else effected by my choice?"
"Only the eves, the 'queens to the kings' so to speak. However, they always die... always."
"Well. I guess there's only one choice."
The Guilty Crown looked on, this was inevitable, the ones smart enough to ask about the results always pick the black king, not knowing the consequences that come with it. This boy was just the same, he would pick the black king purely out of self-preservation.
"Gah!"
There. The child made his choice. Like all the others he had chosen... Wait...
Naruto gained a grin, "I guess I'll have to change all that!" He said with a smile, despite having both syringes stabbed into his heart.
"B-but... You shouldn't- You can't- What are you doing?"
Naruto stood tall as both void genomes were injected into his system, "You said both roads lead to tragedy, so I made my own road! Whoever these 'eves' are, I'll protect them from any and all harm. That means you!" He declared with fire in his eyes.
"...You are... different... I look forward to seeing how this plays out... Naruto."
Said boy winced as two silver strings wrapped around his arms and quickly tightened, when they receded, there was a mark on the back of both his hands.
Naruto felt himself drift back into unconsciousness, as he closed his eyes, he wondered if he made the right choice...
The Next Morning.
Naruto's eyes snapped open. He sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "That was an insane dream..." He then noticed something, sitting on his desk were the two empty syringes. He then looked at his hands, and sure enough, there was the mark on both of them.
Naruto shook his head as he came to terms with that. His life had been really changed.
He got up, got dressed, and left the house, it seemed that nobody was up yet. Naruto walked to an out of the way training ground and sat down under a tree, he figured that he should see what the void genome did to him. So He sat and concentrated on his chakra, it felt the same... wait.
There was something different, something flowing with his chakra. He focused on it and attempted to pull it out, it was difficult, but after a few minutes of straining himself, he was able to make a circle of symbols appear beneath him, and the metallic ribbons from his dream flow around him.
He could only keep it up for a few seconds before they flickered out, he sighed and combed a hand through his hair, "I guess it's to be expected, I did just get this power last night..." Naruto rested for a minute before getting back to it. He should probably have a somewhat decent handle on this power by the time the academy started in a year.
Naruto took a deep breathe and concentrated again.
Somewhere nearby.
"Come on, we're almost there!" A girl with long pale pink hair with two tails in front of her shoulders, and red eyes said to a girl she was dragging along, this girl was wearing a simple shirt and shorts under a red coat with white fur.
"But I can't run that fast Mana-nee." Another girl with slightly pinker hair with tails behind her shoulders, and the same red eyes said, this girl wore a short black dress with white frills along the hem, red bows on either side, and one large bow under her chest.
"Hush now Inori-nee, I sense a cute boy on the horizon..." Mana said with a mischievous smile on her face.
Inori only sweatdropped with the same straight face.
Back with Naruto.
Naruto was still meditating, until he heard something crash through a bush and fall onto the ground.
When he opened his eyes and looked, he saw two very pretty girls his age who fell into a pile on the ground. The one wearing a coat rolled the other one off of her and said, "Damn it! Stupid root... There goes my amazing entrance..."
The other girl, who seemed a bit stoic, looked to Naruto and said, "I'm sorry for Mana-nee's weirdness. I'm Inori."
The now named Mana stood up and lightly bonked her sister on the head, "Baka! You're supposed to be my wing-girl! Talk me up!"
Inori blinked and said, "Oh." She then thought for a second, "Mana-nee has very nice hair."
Mana facepalmed, "There goes that idea." She then turned to Naruto, "Sorry about that... I hope we didn't disturb you."
Naruto smiled, "It's alright, I needed a break anyway. I'm Naruto Namikaze, nice to meet you."
Mana smiled as Inori stood up, "I'm Mana Yuzuriha, and this is my twin sister Inori." Inori gave a small smile and a wave, "We were just going for a walk and stumbled across you... I wanted to try and be friends, but I couldn't think up a way to approach you..."
"Then Mana-nee tripped and we both fell." Inori interjected.
Naruto stood up himself and said, "I would really like to be friends, you two seem nice." He was inwardly trying not to bounce around the clearing, he finally had friends!
Mana and Inori suddenly seemed to twitch, then Mana smiled a small, shy smile and said, "Naruto... may I ask you a question?"
"Sure..." Naruto said confused at the change in attitude.
Both girls quickly pulled out some string and made a pattern with their fingers, they both held them out and said, "Whose will you take?"
As Naruto stared at them, his hands reacted, the symbol on his right hand glowed white, and his left glowed black.
"This is..." Naruto suddenly flashed back to his conversation with the guilty crown.
"Only the eves, the 'queens to the kings' so to speak. However, they always die... always."
"Mana and Inori are the eves..." Naruto took another look before quickly taking them both onto his fingers, unraveling them a bit, and making his own spiderweb pattern, "I'll take them both."
The string dissolved, Mana and Inori swayed a bit before snapping back to their senses, Mana looked around, "What happened... I blacked out."
"Me too." Inori said while shaking her head.
Naruto just smiled and said, "Nothing. You two just started swaying a bit."
"Should I tell them about the Guilty Crown? No... if what it said is true, then Mana and Inori... Plus, this is a completely different story now."
Mana shook her head and said, "Say Naruto, do you wanna be best friends forever?"
Inori stared at her sister, "Mana-nee never warms up to strangers this easily. She hasn't warmed up to anyone except me really."
Mana noticed her sister's look and nodded. Then they both smiled and turned to Naruto, holding out their pinkies, "Pinky promise." Inori said.
Naruto chuckled and hooked his pinkies with theirs, it was then that something happened.
The symbols appeared beneath Naruto and the girls, the silver ribbons flowed around them in a tornado of metal. Naruto's eyes changed to a bright red-orange while Mana and Inori entered into a trance.
As quickly as it came, it stopped. Mana and Inori fell unconscious onto Naruto, who caught them, he then sat them down and said, "Well. My life is about to get much more interesting."
One Year Later.
Naruto was awoken by the light streaming in and hitting his eyes, he sat up and looked around. He still couldn't believe that he had moved out of the Namikaze house nearly a year ago and they still hadn't noticed. The stupid part was he told them.
He had walked out while Minato and Kushina were training his siblings, said that he was leaving, and they just said 'okay then' and didn't even bother turning around to see his bags, or even ask where he was going.
After Mana and Inori had woken up, he had taken them to see Hiruzen-jiji and asked him about getting them an apartment. The former Kage was more than happy to help, he had told them that he would pay the rent and utilities and give them a monthly amount to live on. He had even asked why Naruto didn't move in with them.
Naruto was about to answer when he thought, why not? It wasn't like he had anything keeping him at the Namikaze house.
So Naruto moved into the large apartment with the girls, and boy was it awesome. The highest floor of the tallest building in the village, a fantastic view, an amazing entertainment center, even a room for an armory! (Imagine the GTA Online high end apartment with updated interior. Heist room replaced with an armory.)
Naruto and the girls at first thought that it was too much, but Hiruzen chuckled and said that the landlord was a friend of his, plus he had enough money to rent the entire building for 20 years. He had also gotten the three into the academy. With Naruto under the name of Kokoro. (1)
Speaking of the girls, "Naru-kun! Breakfast is ready!"
Naruto got up, showered, put on a white shirt with black lounge pants, and headed from their room to the kitchen.
Yes, their room. The apartment only had one bedroom, so they all decided to share it, after a few months, both girls decided that they couldn't sleep without him there. Apparently, Naruto was very cuddly.
When Naruto arrived, he saw Inori sitting at the table writing, and Mana dishing out plates of eggs, bacon, and other breakfast items.
He sat down next to Inori, "Working on a new song?"
She nodded and put the paper away with a small blush, "It's not ready."
Naruto nodded, Inori could be pretty shy with her songs. She and Mana had each recorded a song for a record company in Konoha, they were huge sensations. After all, they were both amazing singers.
Inori had sang the song EGOIST (Her actual song from Guilty Crown), and Mana sang Blue Bird. (The Naruto Shippuden opening.)
Naruto wasn't bad himself, and they kept trying to get him to write one, but he never thought he'd be any good.
Anyway, they still had a few more weeks until the academy started, and they had been training their asses off.
Naruto could use his powers on instinct now, Inori and Mana could also use crystals, though they were insanely dangerous. If even one single crystal got on someone, it would spread and break down the person's body before shattering, leaving nothing left of the person.
Thankfully the girls had learned to turn that on and off.
After they finished breakfast, they decided to head off and do some errands. After they all turned 12, Hiruzen had given them a huge amount of cash to buy ninja supplies.
They headed off and walked toward the ninja section of the market district. When they arrived, they walked up to the store Hiruzen had told them about.
"Higurashi weapons?" Naruto said as he looked at the plain looking building.
"It could use a bit of style... What do you think Inori-nee?" Mana said, going into her 'style mode'.
Inori merely shrugged and walked in, Naruto and Mana following.
The inside was lined with tons of fantastic weapons, katana, daggers, naginata, kusarigama, even clubs and a zanbatou!
They walked up to the counter and found a mountain of a man wearing a plain t-shirt, slacks, and a blacksmith's apron, he had a bald head and a large mustache.
He noticed them and eyed them a minute, "Welcome, I take it that you're here for some ninja supplies."
"Yeah, can you point us toward the clothing section?" Naruto asked.
He nodded, "Just head over there." He nodded to a door near the counter, "My name is Ken if you need anything."
They nodded and walked over, Mana nearly had a heart attack seeing that a good number of the clothes was made to be stylish and functional.
After a few minutes of picking through things, the girls had picked their outfits.
Mana wore a form fitting ballet outfit with a black undershirt, and black bracelets. (Her outfit when she's revived, without the crystals in her hair, and on her shoulders and wrists, and a back undershirt.)
Inori wore another very... fitting outfit. It was red and conformed to her every curve. (Her usual red outfit, with fully connected stockings, and a covered front.)
Naruto couldn't help but stare, Mana noticed this and decided to tease him, "What Naru-chan... See something you like?~" While Inori blushed.
Naruto blushed red and turned back to the clothes. The girls, upon seeing that he hadn't picked anything, looked at each other and nodded.
Naruto then found himself thrown against the wall while the girls placed outfit after outfit in front of him, he knew that when they got like this, his best option was to sit there and let them help.
Eventually, they finished picking stuff and gave it to him, when he put it on, he was wearing dark brown cargo pants, black leather combat boots, and a gray tank top.
Mana stared hard at it, "It's missing something..." At this, Inori walked up with something that Naruto couldn't see, Mana turned around, stared, and said, "Inori you're a genius."
They then had Naruto put on a hoodie lined with tan fur, it also had one blue and one orange stripe on each arm. When he fully put it on, it slipped off of his shoulders a bit, leaving them bare. Other than that, everything else fit perfectly. He looked at this and said, "Well... seems like the shoulders are a problem."
"Buy it." Inori said, Naruto looked over and found that she was staring at him with fire in her eyes and a tomato blush on her face. Mana however... she was drooling.
Naruto snapped a finger in front of her and she blushed a bit, so they walked out to the counter. As Inori, who had been entrusted with the money, was paying, Naruto looked around and noticed something.
It was a chokuto, a plain, wooden chokuto. When not drawn, it looked like a carved piece of wood, Naruto took it off the shelf and drew the blade, it was shining like Mercury.
Ken noticed this and said, "Ah... One of my finest blades. It's name is Saihen (2). I named it that because I wanted it to change things. So far, all it's done is take up space on the wall. Everyone wants something fancy these days." He shook his head with a sigh.
Naruto clicked the blade shut and said, "I'll take it."
"What?" Ken said with wide eyes.
"I said I'll take it, how much?"
Ken stared for a minute before he suddenly burst into tears, "Finally someone wants my blade!"
The three sweatdropped as he sobbed, until he got serious and gave Naruto a piercing gaze, "Young man. The techniques used to forge that sword have been passed down through my family for generations... Should I sell you that blade... What will you do with it?"
Naruto stared right back and said, "I would use it to protect Mana-chan and Inori-chan. I will protect them and everyone precious to me until my last breath."
All of a sudden, a whole choir started singing as Ken's shirt ripped off, his eyes gave off light, and he started yelling, "INCREDIBLE VALOR! RESPECTABLE MUSCLES! YOUNG MAN, SAIHEN IS YOURS!"
"Woah seriously!?" Naruto said while Mana and Inori backed up with completely white eyes.
"Indeed!" The still shirtless man said, "What is your name!?"
Somehow Naruto's shirt and jacket came off as well, showing his impressive body for a 12 year old, "My name is Naruto!"
As if on some unseen signal, they shook hands as sparkles appeared around them.
"Well. He was nice." Naruto said while adjusting Saihen on his back.
Mana, still a bit shell-shocked by the manliness of what she'd just witnessed, said, "Yeah... nice."
"You were sparkling." Inori said while shaking a bit.
First day of the Academy.
Naruto and the girls were walking through the streets headed for the academy. It was their first day and they were already attracting attention. The girls for being some of the most beautiful girls in the village, and Naruto for being the jinchuriki.
When they arrived, they noticed a huge crowd of students, when they saw the focus of their attention, Naruto scoffed.
They were all crowded around the Namikaze siblings. Menma seemed to be basking in the attention while Nozomi and Nami looked like they'd rather be anywhere else. Menma, a mini clone of Minato, wore black ANBU pants, a blue shirt, and a black leather jacket, with ninja sandals. Nami, with flowing blonde hair in a princess style down her back and blue eyes, wore a pink kimono with a tanto on her back, covered by a red bow, and sandals. Nozomi, Kushina's clone, had her hair in twintails, wore a black skirt with black biker shorts, a blue halter top with an open back and exposed midriff, sandals, and a pair of rimless glasses covering her violet eyes.
The three companions ignored the group and walked to their classroom, upon entering, they noticed that not everyone was fawning over Naruto's former siblings.
The first person they noticed was a boy with brown hair, who wore black glasses and a coat that hid the majority of his face.
The next was a shy Hyuga girl with lavender eyes and a bulky coat.
There was a boy with a pineapple hair style sleeping away.
A larger boy munching on some chips.
Lastly, a petite girl with long black hair and black eyes, most likely an Uchiha, wearing a blue sleeveless t-shirt with a high collar, white short shorts, grey arm warmers, and blue ninja sandals. (Imagine a black haired and black eyes Taiga Aisaka.)
Everyone turned to look at them, and there were... mixed reactions.
The pineapple boy kept sleeping, the large boy blushed upon seeing the girls, the boy with glasses just gave them a glance before turning away, the Hyuga girl blushed red upon seeing Naruto, and the Uchiha girl gave him a disinterested glance before focusing on the girls. She stared at their bodies, then down at her own. She then put her head down and dissolved into angry muttering.
Naruto gave them all a once over and took his seat in the back with the girls.
After a few minutes, students started streaming in. Everyone took their seats, still fawning over the Namikaze. Until a scarred man with a pineapple ponytail entered the room, along with a white-headed man wearing his headband as a bandanna.
The scarred man swept his eyes over the talking students before they settled on Naruto. The redhead saw a single glint of... caution? Before he suppressed it and spoke, "Welcome!" All the kids ignored him, his brow twitched before his head enlarged to epic proportions, "SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE HELL UP!"
The students all stopped and sat at attention, "Thank you. Now welcome to your first year of the ninja academy! My name is Iruka Umino, and my assistant is Mizuki Tojo. To start off, let's call role." (I'll skip the unimportant characters, like unnamed classmates. Also I'm not going in alphabetical order.)
"Chouji Akamichi?"
"Here." The larger boy said.
"Shikamaru Nara?"
"...Troublesome..." Iruka twitched but said nothing.
"Hinata Hyuga?"
"H-here..." The shy girl squeaked out.
"Sakura Haruno?"
"Here!" Said a pink haired girl, before she went back to staring at Menma, but... something was off.
"Shino Aburame?"
"Here." The boy seemed very, to the point.
"Ino Yamanaka?"
"Here!" Said a blonde with long hair in a ponytail, she then proceeded to fawn over Menma, though something was off with her as well...
"Kiba Inuzuka?"
"Here!" Said a feral looking boy with a puppy on his head.
"Menma, Nozomi, and Nami Namikaze?"
"Here." Menma said, attempting to look badass. He then fell out of his chair.
"Here." Nami said with a smile, and a close-eyed expression
"Here." Nozomi said, not even looking up from her scroll.
"Saki Uchiha?"
"Here..." Said the petite girl with her head still down.
"Naruto Kokoro?"
"Here." Naruto said as a few girls gained blushes upon seeing him. Though Menma scoffed and Nozomi instantly dismissed him, Nami had the feeling that she should know him...
"Mana and Inori Yuzuriha?" Wait...
"WHAT!?" The whole class asked. Everyone had heard their songs, and they were amazing. Most of the boys had fantasies of the girls, and hoped they were as beautiful as their voices.
"Here." Both girls said in unison.
Everyone turned to look at them and instantly, 90% of the male population devolved into staring and asking them for dates. Which were instantly shot down by the two girls.
"Back off weirdos." Mana said with a huff.
"I have absolutely no interest in any of you." Inori said, as blunt as ever.
All the boys looked like they had been stabbed in the heart, when they all started sobbing, Mana grabbed Naruto's arm and put it around her shoulders before pushing herself up to his side, "Naru~ save me from the weird boys~"
Inori did the same thing with his other side and said, "Me too."
All males changed from lamenting the girls not wanting anything to do with them, to glaring at Naruto with all the hatred that they could muster.
Naruto only entered the king's mode for a brief second, his eyes flashing red, "Back off."
The boys all retreated at the burst of authority.
Iruka, after getting them all settled down, said, "Now then. Let's get started."
One and a half years later.
Naruto and the girls were well into their second year of the academy, and they had built up quite a reputation. Mana and Inori were the school idols who every boy tried to go out with. Hell, even some older boys came around just to ask them out. Only to get the same rejection.
Naruto had gotten to the top of the class, much to Menma's ire. He had also gained a fanclub, which regularly fought with Menma's, though Naruto tried to ignore it. Not to say he was an asshole to them. He politely refuses every time one of them asked him out, though that just made them all the more determined.
Sadly, Mana and Inori's fanclub was a bit more aggressive.
Speaking of fans, he had gained a little spy in both the fanclubs earlier that year. It wasn't that he cared what they were planning, but if it was something really drastic, he'd like to know.
Flashback.
Naruto was sitting in the classroom after class, talking to two people while Inori and Mana made string patterns.
"So... What did you wanna talk about Naruto~" His proclaimed #1 fan Ino Yamanaka said.
"You better not be trying to steal me from Menma!" Sakura said.
Naruto gave them a look and said, "Please drop the acts. I can see right through them."
The two's eyes went wide as they gave each other a glance, Ino sighed and said, "Damn... I was so sure I had it down."
Sakura nodded, "Me too. We practiced for weeks."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "So you are just acting."
Sakura nodded, "Yep. We wanted to make people underestimate us, and nothing is more underestimated than a fangirl."
Naruto nodded as Ino continued, "It is pretty impressive that you've managed to see through it. Not even my Tou-chan could and he's the head of the T&I department."
Mana spoke up from her desk, "Naru can tell when a person is lying."
"Really?" Ino asked, "How?"
The redhead shrugged and said, "I just have a knack." Truth be told, since he could use hearts as a weapon, something he still didn't quite understand, he could sense a person's heart. So their heart 'told' him that they were lying.
Flashback end.
Lastly, one huge piece of news, Naruto had started dating Mana and Inori. Though the two girls had told Naruto that they didn't mind sharing him with more girls, so long as he loved them like he lover them.
Naruto was currently on his way to lunch on the roof with Mana and Inori. When the three got up there, Sakura and Ino climbed up the wall. A few minutes later, Shikamaru, Chouji, Shino, Hinata, and Saki.
The group had become very good friends over the course of their year and a half of school.
Though his meeting with Saki and Hinata was a bit more... dramatic than the others.
Double Mini-Flashback!
Naruto was walking to class when he turned the corner and saw...
Saki getting bullied?
Yeah, that was it.
She was surrounded two older girls who were standing over her and taunting her. It wasn't hard for them to stand over Saki, after all, she was only 4'8". Very short for a 13 year old.
"So why'd they let a little girl like you in here anyway Saki? After all, Kunoichi need to know how to flaunt what they got, and you got nothing."
The second girl noticed Saki's clenched fist, "What, do you wanna hit us? Go ahead shrimp punch me. You don't have the-"
"FUCK YOU!" Saki yelled as she brought her fist up and slammed it into the girl's chin, knocking her into the air and onto the ground.
"Why you little!" The other girl started, but before she could do anything, Naruto appeared.
He made an intimidating figure, the girl was three years older than them and Naruto could look her straight in the eye.
"Back off. Now." He said, the girl shivered, grabbed her friend and ran off.
Naruto turned to the shocked Saki and said, "Are you okay?"
Saki snapped out of it and said, "I didn't ask for our help asshole!" She was pretty intimidating for only coming up to the top of his chest.
Naruto blinked, "I know. I just didn't like them making fun of you."
She stared at him, then looked to the ground and asked, "So you don't think I look like a little kid, you don't think that I'm a freak?"
Naruto smiled and put a finger under her chin to make her look at him, "Of course not. I think that you're beautiful just the way you are."
She gained a sparkle in her eye, before she shook her head, then clenched her fist, and pulled out a boken from... somewhere.
"Asshole! Who said I needed you to make me feel better about myself!?" She then proceeded to chase Naruto around the school for a few hours.
"WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID!?"
Naruto was in the forest practicing when he heard someone crying, he walked over to it and saw Hinata curled up into a little ball. She was sobbing her eyes out.
He walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Hinata-san?"
Her head snapped up and Naruto saw that she had been crying for a long while. She tried to wipe them away, but she couldn't, so Naruto just hugged her and pulled her in, "It's okay. Just let it out."
She quickly broke down and cried into his chest for a good half an hour.
When she was done, Naruto helped her stand and took her home, on the way though, "So, what happened? You don't have to tell me, but talking about it usually helps."
She was silent for a minute before talking, apparently her clan elders were going to banish her if she couldn't improve. She started sobbing again about halfway through the story, "I-i just d-d-don't know w-what to d-d-do..."
Naruto put his hands on her shoulders and said, "You get better. I know that you have the potential to become even better than them, you've just gotta find your way. If you want I'll help you."
Hinata blushed, "You really think I can? I'm not confident enough or strong enough!"
Naruto nodded, "Yes you are! You just have to dig deep and pull it out!"
She nodded as well, "Right! But... It might be pretty tough..."
Naruto shook his head with a smile, "You haven't noticed." At her confused look, he said, "You haven't stuttered once since I said I'd help you."
Hinata's eyes went wide again as her face lit up with a smile.
Ino ran up and sat next to Mana, "Oh, my, Kami Mana-chan. I saw the cutest dress on the way here from home!" The two then went into a fashion discussion.
Shikamaru took out his shogi board and set it up, he and Shino liked to play to keep their wits up. Chouji offered everyone a chip and then watched Shikamaru and Shino.
Naruto decided to start a little conversation himself, "Hey Saki-chan."
"Naruto-san." The still petite Uchiha.
Mana then came up with Sakura and Ino while Hinata looked at Saki with pity, "Aw~ Is Saki-tan still shy when talking to her crush?~" Mana said with a teasing tone.
Saki went bright red and stuttered out, "W-w-w-what! A-as if I would l-l-l-like a b-b-baka like a him!"
Sakura smirked, "It's so cute when you deny it! Almost as cute as when Hinata-chan goes full tomato~"
At this, Hinata's face went so red that all her blood must be there, "I don't do that!"
Inori simply pointed and said, "Tomato."
"Game." Shikamaru said before noticing the girl's conversation, "Troublesome..."
Shino nodded as he considered his latest loss, "Indeed. Females are very confusing."
Chouji watched Saki threaten Mana for a minute before turning to Naruto, "I don't know whether to pity you or praise you Naruto."
Naruto sighed, "It is a bit straining sometimes."
Still, he wouldn't change it for the world.
One week before Graduation.
Two and a half years later, Naruto, Inori, and Mana were waiting in their apartment for their friends to show up. They had decided to have an old fashioned sleepover before graduation. Not something that sixteen year old kids do usually, but they thought it would be fun.
The three had changed only in appearance, Mana and Inori were even more beautiful, leaving their fan clubs to hang on even longer. Naruto was now a tall 6'2", and he let his hair grow out to his shoulders. (Bleach: Ichigo's hair when he fought Aizen.)
They were all currently dressed in their pajamas, Mana wearing a white thigh length nighty, and Inori wearing a black one. Naruto wore red plaid pajama bottoms, and a white sleeveless undershirt.
There was a knock at the door, within a few minutes, everyone had shown up and was in their pajamas. Though Shino still wore his glasses, and his shirt still had the high collar hiding his face.
They had all been there before at some point, so there was no need to show them around. Anyway, All the girls were complementing each other on their nightwear and complementing how the filled them out.
Meanwhile Saki was looking down at the calf length nighty she had borrowed from her mother, which was supposed to be thigh length. She also patted the chest and gained a dark cloud over her head when a whoosh of air came out.
Naruto went over and brought out the food, chips, soda, and a pot of cheese fondue with assorted meats, breads, and other things.
They all sat down to watch a movie and finally settled on two movies, a girl's choice and a guy's choice.
When the girls got their choice, they all ended up watching 'Monster in Law' Even though it was technically a chick flick, the guys enjoyed it. When that was over, the guys chose Jurassic World. It was awesome. Though it seemed that the girls were actually scared by it, so Naruto would up with Inori in his lap, Mana sitting in between his legs, Ino on the back of the couch behind him, and Sakura and Hinata on his sides.
After the movies they just hung around and talked for a while as the finished up the food.
Ino laughed as she remembered something, "It was seriously hard for me to convince Tou-chan that there were no boys at this, by the way. If anyone asks, we were at the hot springs inn."
Sakura nodded with a groan, "I know, my Tou-san is so overprotective too."
Hinata spoke up, "My Otou-sama doesn't act like it, but he's overprotective too. Though I wish Hanabi cared more. The elders are starting to corrupt her... It's getting harder to hold back." Hinata had decided to be completely even with her sister in every thing, so the elders couldn't threaten them. Though Hinata, since discovering her confidence, was quickly advancing past her sister.
Saki was silent for a second, "My Otou-sama honestly doesn't care much. He's more focused on Nii-sama than me..."
"Oh..." Ino said, "Sorry Saki-chan..."
"It's okay, I'm used to it. Thankfully Kaa-sama and Nii-sama still care about me."
Naruto was a bit envious of her. Truth be told, he didn't even care abut his former family anymore, but he couldn't help it. He was also thankful that he told his friends about his past.
Mana and Inori were also silent, they barely remembered anything from before they met Naruto, they had absolutely no memory of their parents...
So they talked for a but before they decided to hit the sack, the boys all slept on the couches and chairs while the girls took the bed. Though right before the boys fell asleep, Mana came up and pulled Naruto into the bedroom.
Graduation day.
Naruto was in the classroom with the girls, getting ready for the graduation test. When Iruka-sensei came in, he said, "Well. Let's get started class. The first portion of the test is the written exam." (everyone is in their shippuden outfits
After the exam, which was actually pretty easy, Naruto and the others were taken out to the practice field for the Taijutsu exam. It was simple, they would face off against one of their instructors in a one on one fight, and they would decide if they students passed.
The matches were pretty average, except Mana, Inori, and their friends. When it was Naruto's turn, Iruka was very impressed with his ability.
The jutsu test was also easy. Just the three most basic, but useful techniques and you'd pass.
When every student was done, Iruka was in front of the class and said, "Now we'll announce the Rookie of the year and Kunoichi of the year. The Rookie of the year is... Naruto Kokoro!"
Naruto's fans and friends cheered for him as he ignored the death glares from the male population.
"The Kunoichi of the year is... Saki Uchiha!"
Saki nodded, but knew that if Mana and Inori hadn't hid their crystal abilities, then one of them would have won.
Naruto wore his headband around his neck, Mana and Inori wore them as belts, and Saki had hers on her arm.
Iruka smiled and said, "We'll meet back here in a week so you be placed into teams."
Naruto walked outside and ran into someone he really didn't want to meet in the middle of the yard, "Hey Kokoro!"
Naruto turned and saw Menma walking up to him, "Yes Namikaze?"
Menma grit his teeth, "What's the big idea of stealing my title right out from under me?"
Naruto shook his head and said, "I didn't steal anything, you've been below me in ranking since we started the academy. Why do you care anyway, it's not like some title matters anyway."
At this, Menma grabbed the front of Naruto's shirt, "Screw you and your 'cool' attitude Kokoro! You've been out to steal my thunder since we started the academy!"
Little did the two know but they had attracted quite a crowd, pretty much everyone was watching them, including Minato and Kushina.
Naruto knocked Menma's hand away with his own, "Get over yourself Namikaze. Not everything is about you. I don't give a shit about your thunder. Maybe if you actually worked hard and didn't expect everyone to hand you everything, then you'd be Rookie of the year."
Naruto then started walking away, but Menma was getting even more angry, he then went to punch Naruto in the back of the head.
Naruto grabbed his hand and pulled him forward, spun, and brought his knee up, crashing it into Menma's gut. Menma then got up and tried for a roundhouse kick, which Naruto blocked, then slammed his fist into Menma's face, knocking him down to the ground.
While Menma struggled to get the air in his lungs back, Naruto turned and said, "You're not invincible Namikaze. You need to get that through your head before you get yourself killed.
With that he walked away, leaving a seething Menma.
"So Menma... What was that all about?" Kushina asked her son as they were all walking home.
Menma just grumbled and stayed silent.
Nami giggled and said "Ara Ara... Menma-chan doesn't like him because Kokoro-san was always better in the academy."
Nozomi adjusted her glasses and said, "Yes, Kokoro-san is very talented and powerful. Also He's dating Menma's crushes. Mana and Inori Yuzuriha.
"Nee-chan!" Menma yelled.
"Crushes huh..." Minato said, Menma would need more than one wife to repopulate the clans, so two crushes was no problem.
Kushina sighed and shook her head, "Jealousy will get you nowhere Menma."
Menma just scoffed.
Training ground.
Naruto was walking around his usual training ground with Mana and Inori, watching for anything suspicious. Mizuki had been caught trying to steal the forbidden scroll, he had gotten caught of course, but the two Missing nin from Iwa working with him hadn't been.
Naruto was just about to leave when he heard something, he sent out a few ribbons just in time to catch some kunai and shruriken thrown at him. The two ninja showed themselves and sized them up, "Well... looks like we have a few leaf ninja to kill." The bigger one said.
The second licked his lips and said, "Do we have to kill the girls boss?"
"I suppose not. Just don't damage them too much." The boss said as the two advanced on them.
Naruto's blood was boiling. These two were dead. He felt his hands heat up, when he looked down, he saw that they symbols on his hands were glowing. He turned to Mana and Inori, who were on their knees leaning back.
"Naruto..." They both said in unison, "Please, use us."
Naruto's eyes switched to his red-orange ones. (Now referred to as King's eyes.) He then reached out and a circle of light appeared on both girl's chests. Naruto lunged forward and plunged a hand into each of their chests.
The two gasped as Naruto pulled out a pillar of rocks from their chests, he then threw them to the sky and they were carved into two identical swords. Inori's dark gray and giving off blue light. Mana's a lighter, almost white gray and giving off the same blue light.
An enormous pillar of blue light blasted into the sky, a beacon for every ninja searching for the intruders.
Naruto held the swords out as his circle appeared beneath him, and the ribbons flowing out of it and over him and his swords. The two Iwa ninja were stunned at this.
"Holy shit, those swords are twice as long as he is tall!"
The boss grit his teeth and said, "Calm down idiot, he probably can't even use them."
The lackey was about to agree, until Naruto appeared, standing on the air! He was standing on his circle, using it to create a platform of energy.
Naruto swung the swords in a diagonal motion at him, and then again in the opposite direction. In two fluid motions, the ninja was sliced into 9 separate pieces. Not a spec of blood on Naruto's blade.
Naruto and his enemy were so absorbed in their fight that they hadn't noticed Minato, and a good deal of the ninja in the village arriving and watching him.
The other Iwa nin tried to run, but Naruto swung the swords in opposite horizontal motions, sending the ribbons after him. The ribbons cut through anything that got in their way. Eventually catching up to the Iwa nin and cutting him to pieces.
Naruto turned and walked over to Mana and Inori. His swords disappearing back into their chests, he then watched as they stood up. The three looked around and noticed the audience.
Naruto sighed, "Shit."
Chapter End!
So what did you guys think of the new story?
Now to adress some things:
1. Kokoro means heart. Given the guilty crown's ability, I thought it was appropriate.
2. Saihen means reconstruction I believe. I thought it was cool.
Can you guess who I based Ken Higurashi on~?
Naruto's void will show up later. Much later. As will other character's.
I might have some other guilty crown characters show up, not sure who yet.
Also tell me what you think of Loli Tsundere Fem Sasuke
I hope you were surprised by Mana's role in this story.
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