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"Naruto's Speech"

"Normal Speech"

'Thoughts'

'Written word or radio'

"Kyuubi's voice"

'Kyuubi's Thoughts'

"Masked Figure's voice"

'Masked Figure's Thoughts'

"Jutsu(Translation)"

October 10th 11:30PM Sixth Kyuubi Festival...

It was raining in the Village hidden in the leaves the smell of gunpowder was in the air as the bright flashes from the fireworks lit up the night sky as effigies of the Nine-tailed Fox were burned on pyres dotted around the village, however it sounded as if things were getting out of hand. At the far side of the village a block of apartments had been incinerated, the black smoke added the the cloud cover, two squads of ANBU were trying to get the fires under control before they could discover the start of the fire and file the report of the incident. But as these two vital squads were distracted the yearly 'Fox Hunt' was under-way. Naruto was running through the back alleys and darting round corners trying to hide from the mob, he could hear them, the chanting was coming closer, you could hear the slur in their words. He saw the glow of their torches from around the corner and without thinking he instinctively dived into a dumpster 'and I thought that this would stop happening' he thought to himself cynically as he heard the mob run past, he glanced over the edge of the dumpster and sighed a breath of relief as he jumped out of the dumpster before feeling a sharp pain to his back. As the young Naruto fell forward a youngish Shisui Uchiha smirked before shouting out to the mob that were getting further away. "I've found the fox! Get the pyre ready!" Then as he landed the mob had descended and became near primal and began to drag the unconscious boy towards the middle of the Uchiha district where a large training log was surrounded by kindling and wood.

Pain, all he felt was pain and cold? Naruto slowly opened his eyes dreading was he was going to see he was pinned to the post, kunai were embedded into his arms and legs there were twelve in total he had one in each shoulder, elbow and hands and his legs were pinned in a similar way going through his thighs, knees and ankles. He had also been stripped completely but he knew his torment was just beginning, but he knew that today was the day that the Idiot known as Naruto Uzumaki would die. "Prepare to die Demon brat" Spoke one of the four cloaked figures before him, their faces were shadowed by their clothing but he could see their eyes, four pairs of Sharingan eyes spinning wildly as the four ninjas began to move in unison. They each threw four shuriken before pulling back quickly with their hands revealing the ninja wire tied to the sixteen shuriken, the weapons began to then wrap around Naruto, binding his body further. The four Nins brought the wires up to their hidden mouths and held the wires between their teeth as their hands began to form handsigns. As this was happening the mob was cheering the four 'saviours' The signs were starting 'Snake → Dragon → Rabbit → Tiger' They called out the technique "Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu! (Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!)" The flames quickly ran up the wires and began to set the dry wood and the poor boy impaled to it on fire. Naruto tried not to scream or cry but as his hair burnt and his nerve endings started to fry, as his blood boiled in his veins he was in so much pain he just wanted it to go away.

In Naruto's mindscape..

The large network of pipes and corridors were silent, except the dripping of water on to the water covered floor, we follow one of the red pipes in the opposite direction of the flow of chakra after following it for some time we find ourselves in front of a large cage with a piece of paper holding it closed. In the darkness of the cage a single red eye opened it's iris a slit, it was a mixture of feline and vulpine. 'How dare they treat my container like this, they are an insult to the sacrifice of their precious Yondaime, I'll have to fix this' The fox thought to itself as it forced his youki into the child's chakra stream and it was having an interesting reaction in his opinion.

Back in Konoha...

As the youki began to form round Naruto's body, but instead of forming the form of a fox it condensed around him as an armour, it seemed to absorb the fire around him and it seemed to help heal the boys wounds but only getting as far as sealing the holes and regenerating the boys burnt off hair, instead of the once sunny blonde it was now a bloody crimson as Naruto tried to take a stumbling step forward, a chakra covered hand grasped his shoulder, he turned to find his Jiji, Hiruzen Sarutobi the Sandaime Hokage he took a grateful sigh and collapsed falling into his adopted grandfather's arms as the cloak of youki faded from sight. Sarutobi took the young boy into his arms and lifted him carrying him bridal style as he glared at the crowd, his ANBU behind him. "Take the villigers to Ibiki for a little chat and bring me the heads of the shinobi, don't let them tarnish the name, Ninja." He Shushinned to his office and placed Naruto onto the sofa he used to relax on and he pressed the intercom on his desk and spoke to it and his secretary for the week "Kurenai, can you please send my personal physician up here please?" "Hai Hokage-Sama" she replied. He glanced over to his ward worriedly as he saw a few wisps of red youki sealing the boys burns, 'wait.. Sealing them, why not heal them?' The old man wondered worryingly.

After an hour or so later his physician was finished checking over Naruto and had covered the boy in bandages as they finished he began to wake up "Jiji?"He blinked, his voice didn't sound the same, he looked over to the old man, hoping he would have an answer, but he looked just as confused, as he looked down in disappointment he noticed he was covered in bandages, but all he felt was that his skin felt rather tender beneath the cloth. "Naruto.." The ex-blonde looked at his adopted grandfather, confusion in his eyes "..I have some bad news it seems that some of your injuries have healed but it seems that your burns have remained as scars and will stay with you for the rest of your life. But I feel it is time that I answered a question you have wanted to know for some time, the reason you are hated..." at that he looked down before setting up a security barrier and sitting back down. "Six years ago on this very day we were attacked by the Nine-tailed Fox, after much fighting the Yondaime sealed it away, however if an adult tried to seal it within themselves their chakra coils would burn and they would literally disintegrate, but if it were sealed within a child, they would adapt to the Fox's youki. That child was you Naruto" The young boys jaw dropped open be fore he whispered to himself "So they were right, I am a monster" at this the Sandaime looked near furious at the village he swore to protect "No Naruto you are not a monster, you are the most pure hearted individual I have ever known, remember you are it's container, not the fox itself"

Naruto sat in thought but was having difficulty to think straight but one thought stayed at the from of his mind which he decided to voice "Jiji, what about my face? A Henge(Transformation) would be noticed easily in a ninja village and since it's body scarring I would have to cover my entire body, but I would like a face mask like the weird stalker people" This last comment caused sweat-drops to appear on the Hokage's and his physicians heads, along with the ANBU hidden in the room. 'He has a very good point' Sarutobi thought to himself 'I remember about reading something about masks in Minato's journals saying that their were a set of three masks in the Hokage vault hrrmmm' at this point he had zoned out and hadn't noticed Naruto poking him in the forehead "Jiji? You ok? Ya spaced out a bit" The old man before taking a deep breath before dismissing his physician and ANBU he stood up and headed to his bookcase and began to randomly half pull books from the shelves, a silent click sounded as each book was moved before they all automatically slid back into place and the bookcase slid to the side. Hiruzen looked to his adopted grandchild and smiled "I think I have something in the vault that might help with your current requirements." He waited as Naruto slowly stumbled forward and grabbed his hand before they started to descend the staircase that followed the shape of the building, heading into the vault.

The Vault...

As the pair walked down the central path of the vault the lights flickered on over head and the treasures of the vault were revealed the walls were lined with shelves holding numerous scrolls one wall filled with Jutsu scrolls the other wall was filled with storage scrolls as the followed the Hokage's pre-determined path Naruto could hear him muttering under his breath "Nakamura...Namiashi... ah Namikaze" This name caused Naruto to freeze 'The Yondaime's Surname, what are we here for?' he thought to himself as the aged kage pulled out the scroll and took it to the table in the middle of the room and began to skim through it, after what seemed to a six year old Naruto an eternity. Was only ten minutes the Sandaime only spoke two words "Fuin Kai(Seal release)" there was a puff of white smoke and on the scroll was another scroll, on it was a seal it looked complicated but Sarutobi understood it, he glanced to his adopted grandson and asked hesitantly "Naruto.. could you please trust me for this and let me apologize for what I'm about to do?" Naruto nodded, not really understanding but before he could blink he felt a slight pinch on the end of his finger and a flash of silver. Sarutobi wiped the blood from the senbon needle onto the seal on the scroll, it flashed red accepting the blood match and unravelled at which Sarutobi looked to Naruto and said in a calm voice. "From here on Naruto you shall find out what you wanted to know for so long but I shall leave you and let you find out on your own I will be in my office when you are done." He took the bigger scroll of the pair and put it back into the alcove from before and headed upstairs leaving Naruto to his fate.

As Naruto watched the old man head back upstairs he jumped onto the nearby chair and stood on it looking at the scroll glad that he had been taught how to read by the Ichiraku family, in the scroll were several seals but the one that cause his attention was the one that read 'read me first (tap twice)' which he did to find another scroll which he opened and began to read.

'Hello son, I hope that you never have to use these items or read this note but if you are it means that the village has not respected my wishes as seeing you as a hero. My name is Minato Namikaze, yes son your old man is the Forth Hokage. But anyhow, this is to tell you about our family history and the many secrets the Namikaze line hold. But I shall start at the beginning how our line was formed and our Forefathers and their homeland Albion.
The Patriarch of our family was a former Hero turned villain that went by the Name "Jack Of Blades" and our Matriarch was a woman that went by the Name Theresa Black, Jack was a being not of this world along with several others known as "The Court".

The Court consisted of three powerful entities: The Knight Of Blades, weakest of the three; the Jack Of Blades, the second strongest, and The Queen Of Blades, the most powerful and highest of the three. The Court hailed from a place called the Void, a realm outside of Albion unknown to mankind.
They came to the world seeking dominance over its people, demanding that they bow down in obedience. The people refused, and in turn, Albion was burned until the earth was as black as the smoke that filled the sky. Once again, the Court demanded total obedience, and again were refused. The result was the raising of the sea into the sky and the flooding of the world. After this next disaster, the Court asked for worship again, this time promising peace, but met the same result. Angry at being refused by lesser beings, the Court twisted the minds of the people of Albion until the entire land was insane. Finally, after many years of suffering, the people bowed down.
The Court had won.

As time went by, there came a challenge from one of the denizens of Albion: a man named Willaim Black, who wielded the Sword of Aeons, the blade stolen from Jack, rose to the highest peak of Albion to fight for the freedom of his people. First to answer the challenge was the Knight, who was quickly slain by Black. Next came the Jack, who proved to be more of a challenge than the Knight.
However, the Jack met the same fate as his ally, yet was still able to cheat death by having his essence escape into his mask. Finally, Black challenged the Queen of Blades. Their titanic battle was waged for weeks on end, with mountains and valleys forming as the result of their seemingly endless fight. At last, William threw down the Queen, ending the reign of the Court over Albion.

After the fall of The Court, William Black started a family which flowed through the ages as the "Hero Bloodline" but skipping all that we reach the heroine "Scarlett Robe and her husband "Brom" a simple woodsman , they fell in love and had two children, a girl and a boy. After an a attack by Bandits and the current incarnation of Jack Of Blades, who blinded the girl "Theresa Black" and left her to die, she was later found by the bandit king "Twinblade" and became his Seer, the learnt how to fight and enhance her abilities. After her long lost, presumed dead brother defeated "Twinblade" and spared him Theresa unlocked his bloodline which was later increased by Scarlett Robe after her release from prison.

Jack was trying to unseal the lost Sword of Aeons, as it once belonged to him and contained most of his remaining power after it betrayed him, Jack killed Theresa's mother and raped Theresa before binding her in an energy field as her brother arrived and defeated Jack. Unknown to the pair Jack has once again sealed his soul into his mask but all three, so as two fell back into the void with his body to keep it suitable for future use the last mask, the hero kept as a trophy.
Theresa left after her brother spared her life in exchange of giving up the sword and threw it into the void along with Jacks body, they were now once again a whole, except Jack's soul escaped the mask and began to form a new body, a draconic one. After many decades of preparation Jack was defeated again his mask destroyed and returned to the void the Draconic lifeforce adding to his own.
Theresa gave birth to her child in secret and raised him in the way of the hero as her brother might need a hand in the future.

Anyway turns out that before the cataclysm one of our dear family members summoned Jack back from the void and mated with him and afterward separated him from his armour, masks and sword she killed him after sealing the items away the backlash of power destroyed Albion and gave birth to a new world, ours.
We are the last of a tainted Heroic line the descendants of Jack Of Blades, demon and dragon and Theresa black, Seer and longliver.
In this scroll contains Jack's Masks tools and armour along with his techniques along with the spells from their time.

The Armour and masks are in the first seal,
Spell Gauntlets and Sword in second seal,
Tools and techniques in third seal,
and Theresa's Seer cards in final seal.

After reading all the information all he could say was "Whoa" But as it began to sink in he shouted "I have a family!" he unsealed everything and began to change the bandages for a large section of red medical tape which he used to cover his fingers and hands, then his feet leaving a bit unstuck as he binded his body with red bandages then he placed the spell gauntlets with three spell glyphs each. Then he threw on a red tunic to cover himself as he added the armour started with the feet he moved up, glad that the armour had shrunk to his size he added the chest-plate till all he had left off was the clawed gauntlets. But before he added them he looked at his face in a nearby mirror and flinched at the sight of himself before wrapping his face with the red bandages leaving his mouth and eyes unobstructed (Think Reaper) before he slipped on the second mask, the mask which is expressionless. He wraps the red hooded cloak around himself, the hood up covering his hair, using the gold guild broach to pin it on. Finally he slips on the clawed gauntlets before slipping the mask belt around his chest and placing the sword threw the second belt around his waist. He then picks up the empty scroll and winds it up before placing it in the belt pouch and on his left hip was a set of cards, tarot cards. He glanced around the room checking for anything he could have forgotten before walking out the room and whispering to the empty archive.

"Naruto is gone and Jack is back..."