The Child of Prophecy
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Author's Notice: Here is the first chapter of my story, I hope you guys like this. If you guys are also interested I have three other stories in my profile, two of which just started the same time as this. The two other new stories are God of Shinobi and Yondaime's Legacy, while my original story is the Rise of the Rokudaime Hokage.
Anyway for those interested in the pairing of this story, this will be NaruHarem. At the moment I have Sakura, Fu, Kurotsuchi, Shion and Mei all in the harem. I know Sakura may not be a popular option for other people, but sorry I'm a NaruSaku fan. As for the others I just really like those unique and obscure Naruto pairings.
Just message or leave a comment if you guys want to add someone to the harem, I'll see what I can do. I don't what to add too much to the harem so I'm thinking of limiting the harem at around six or eight. Just please notify me if you guys want to add someone, I won't promise to add them all but if I like the pairing, the explanation or if enough people want it then I'll try.
Anyway thanks everybody for trying out this story, I hope you guys like this first instalment. I'll try to upload chapters as often as I can but I can't make any promises again, at the moment my main priority is my original story The Rise of the Rokudaime Hokage. I can't make a certain estimation at how regularly I'll update this story, the God of Shinobi or the Yondaime's Legacy but I'll do my best. Also please favourite/follow/comment on my story all of which is much appreciated.
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Chapter 1: Prologue
A young blonde child was sitting on a swing as he watched his fellow students being congratulated by their parents. The lone figure sighed as a frown formed on his face, tears also cascading down his whiskered cheeks. An unexplainable form of pain gnawed at him as heard other adults in the vicinity talk about him in an unpleasant manner, he didn't know what it was about him but for some reason the people in his village seemed to despise him.
"Hey that's him right, did he fail his exam?" a parent whispered to one of her friends.
"Yeah that's him alright, thank Kami he failed. He should never become a shinobi"
The young child gripped the ropes of his swing tighter, despite their attempt to seem discrete he managed to hear every single word. The lonely blonde child couldn't take it any longer, he couldn't stand being continually subjected to these harsh words.
He stood up from the swing and ran to the academy's alternative exit, he wanted to avoid seeing his other classmates along with their parents. He didn't want to be the target of those piercing and judgemental gazes. He just wanted to be accepted, what was so wrong with that?
He walked out into the streets surrounding his school, he just wanted to return to his apartment and forget all of this ever happened, he just wanted to forget about his constant failure.
"Naruto" a familiar voice called out.
The blonde child known as Naruto glanced behind him, he could see one of his teachers there standing with a sympathetic look of his face.
"Mizuki-sensei" Naruto greeted in a sombre tone.
Mizuki frowned seeing the state of his student, "Hey Naruto how about let's talk a bit, it looks like there's some things you want to get off your chest" he said in a kind and caring manner.
Naruto saw no harm in it, he decided to follow the Chunin to nearby rooftop which held quite a good view of the village. The two sat there in silence as the wind blew Naruto's blonde spiky hair, along with Mizuki's shoulder length white hair.
Mizuki had his eyes closed as he sat on the rooftop, he could feel Naruto feeling uncomfortable so he decided to break the tension.
"You know Naruto, Iruka's quite a serious person. His parents were killed when he was young and since then he had to take care of himself"
Naruto's anger was rising, "Yeah then why does he always pick of me and no one else?!" he asked in a loud and frustrated manner.
Mizuki chuckled at his student's naiveté, "Don't take it the wrong way Naruto, he just wants to make you strong. He sees a lot of himself in you. Try to understand things from Iruka's point of view, he just wants the best for you" he replied.
Naruto thought about what his teacher said and he began to calm down, "I'm sorry about my outburst earlier on sensei. It's just that I wanted to graduate so bad, I just want to be a ninja so bad" he said in a defeated tone.
Mizuki saw this and inwardly smiled to himself, "In that case Naruto, how about I tell you a little secret. I know a way you could still be a ninja" he said.
This piqued Naruto's interest, "Sure what is it sensei?" he asked excitedly.
The Chunin saw Naruto's excitement, this proved to be the perfect opportunity for him; 'Excellent, things are going according to plan' Mizuki told himself.
Later that Night
Naruto snickered to himself as he managed to sneak into the Hokage's Residence in the middle of the night, he inwardly smiled at his handiwork. He scanned the room to see if his target was there, it didn't take long for him to realize that it wasn't there considering he ended up in the bathroom.
Wanting to leave this room as quick as possible, he stealthily walked to the doorway keeping steps silent and muffled, he didn't want to alert the Hokage of his infiltration.
He finally reached the door and turned the knob, his eyes then widened upon seeing the Hokage on the other side of that door.
Hiruzen raised an eyebrow upon seeing Naruto in his bathroom, knowing this child's knack for trouble this was likely a prank of some sort directed at him, "Naruto-kun, why are you in my bathroom" he asked using his stern grandfather voice.
In a fit of desperation and panic, Naruto did the only thing he could for this situation.
"Oiroke no Jutsu" he yelled.
Hiruzen was left knocked out on the floor with a stream of blood coming out of his nose, the elderly man was also muttering something incoherent in his dazed form.
Naruto's laughter echoed across the hallways of the residence, he couldn't believe it worked.
'First Iruka-sensei then you Hokage-jiji, I never thought you were a closet pervert too'
Naruto's laughter ceased once he found the room he was looking for, he quickly entered the small library in search of his target. After browsing the small library for around five minutes, Naruto's eyes were intrigued by the largest scroll in the room. He approached the scroll and upon opening it he quickly realized that he finally found his target.
Naruto attached the Scroll of Seals into his back before jumping out of the nearby window, the young man was unaware of another figure watching him from the distance.
With Iruka
The young Chunin laid on his bed in deep thought about his infamous student, Naruto. He may have been the biggest troublemaker among the class, and he may have caused him the most headaches as a teacher, but he was still his favourite student.
Iruka was soon broken from his thoughts as he heard loud and frantic knocks coming from his door, he rushed to the front door and found his fellow academy instructor Mizuki out of breath.
"Iruka we need to hurry, it's Naruto he stole the Scroll of Seals as a prank"
Iruka's eyes widened in fear, he quickly grabbed his gear and followed Mizuki to the Hokage's office. Once they arrived in the office they could see twelve other outraged ninjas standing there.
"Everyone this order is of the utmost importance, I want you all to find Naruto and retrieve him, unharmed" Hiruzen said while emphasizing the final part of his orders.
"Hai Hokage-sama"
The ninjas all disappeared leaving a puff of smoke, all of them spreading out into the village. Iruka was one of them, he was running frantically at any given direction just hoping to stumble upon his student.
'Wait, I should probably check out the woods' he suddenly thought to himself.
With Naruto
The young blonde was grinning ear to ear, he was so happy to learn one of the techniques in the scroll. It took him a while to learn the technique but he didn't really care, at least now he could make clones, and not just any other average clones, he could make Shadow Clones.
He was proud over the fact that he managed to teach himself the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, to him this was one step closer to being a ninja, and another step closer to achieving his dream to become the Hokage.
Naruto quickly turned to his side as he heard a rumbling from a nearby bush, he grabbed one of his kunai in case it was some sort of rabid animal. He sighed in relief seeing that it was only Iruka.
"Hey Iruka-sensei" he greeted in his usual enthusiastic manner.
Iruka walked over to his idiotic student with a scowl on his face before using his famous big head jutsu, "Naruto you idiot what do you think you're doing" he yelled.
Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, "I kind of wished it took you longer to find me, I've only learned one thing so far" he said.
Iruka raised an eyebrow in suspicion, he examined Naruto and he could see sweat rolling down his face, and dirt all over his orange jumpsuit. The Chunin tried to calm himself down, 'It looks like he was just training all this time' he told himself.
"Hey Naruto what are doing with here with that scroll?" he asked.
Naruto's smile brightened as he was reminded of the scroll on his back, "Oh this, Mizuki-sensei told me about this thing, along with this place too. It's pretty cool don't you think? He said that if I showed you this skill I'd finally graduate, he told me it was some sort of secret test" he said.
Iruka's eyes widened, 'Mizuki?' he thought in silence.
The young Chunin shook his head from these thoughts as he sensed an incoming barrage of kunai, instinctively Iruka ran towards Naruto and pushed him away from the attack, as he instead took the brunt of it. He cursed out in pain as five or six kunai embedded themselves into Iruka's skin. Some were lodged into his arms, some into his legs and one even nearly piercing his stomach, luckily his Chunin flak jacket protected him from that.
"Nice job finding the idiot, Iruka"
Iruka checked the woods for the source of the voice, his blood ran cold as he saw his friend Mizuki wearing his full battle outfit.
"I see so that's what's going on, this was your plan all along wasn't it Mizuki"
Mizuki grinned sadistically while sarcastically clapping, "Good work Iruka it looks like you finally found me out. Too bad for you and the brat you're both too late" he said.
Naruto scanned the area, he was confused at what was happening, he looked in shock as he saw his sensei injured by numerous kunai.
"Iruka-sensei are you alright?" he yelled out.
Iruka nodded his head, "Yeah don't worry about me Naruto. I can handle myself. Just don't let Mizuki get the scroll, no matter what don't give him the scroll. Do you understand?"
Naruto reluctantly nodded his head, before he heard jump down into a nearby tree branch overlooking him and Iruka. He grit his teeth in anger as he saw Mizuki, he couldn't believe how he tricked him to do his bidding.
Mizuki had a smug grin on his face as he stared directly at the young blonde, "Hey Naruto want to hear a cool story. It's about the demon fox that attacked the village twelve years ago, it's about the Kyuubi no Yoko and how he was sealed".
Iruka glared at Mizuki, "Don't you dare tell him Mizuki, this knowledge is forbidden" he yelled out in anger.
Naruto stayed rooted to the spot, his mind told him to run while he still had the chance but he felt as if he had to listen to Mizuki's words.
"Since that day a rule was made for the village, a rule which you were never told of"
"A rule? What kind of rule? Why wouldn't I be told of this?" asked Naruto.
Mizuki laughed madly as he saw Naruto's curiosity getting the better of him, "The rule is that nobody was ever allowed to about the fact that you are the Kyuubi no Yoko himself. You are the demon that killed Iruka's parents, you are responsible for the death of the Yondaime Hokage, and you are responsible for all the damage Konoha had to endure twelve years ago" he declared.
"Mizuki stop this you bastard" Iruka yelled.
Naruto was completely still, he couldn't believe what he was just told. He didn't want to believe and yet everything added up, his birth date was the same day as the Kyuubi's attack. Tears flowed down his cheeks once more as the realization dawned upon him, he was the demon Konoha feared.
Mizuki laughed as he watched Naruto break down right in front of him, "How does it feel Naruto? How does it feel to know everyone hates you?" he jeered just to add salt into the wounds.
Deciding it was finally time to end it, Mizuki grabbed the massive shuriken he strapped to his back and hurled it at Naruto. At this point Naruto did not dare to move, he just stood there ready to accept his death and end all his suffering.
He closed his eyes for what he felt to be final time as he waited for death to finally take him, but yet it never came. He opened his eyes in shock only to see Iruka standing in front of him with his arms and legs spread wide as he shielded Naruto from Mizuki's attack. He had his back to Naruto, as the large shuriken impaled his stomach.
Iruka was now having trouble to breath and to stand, he could feel his life fleeting but carried on. He defiantly stared at his attacker while blood seeped through his uniform, "I don't care what you say Mizuki, Naruto is not the Kyuubi. He is Naruto Uzumaki, the future Hokage of Konoha" he yelled using the last bit of his strength left before finally falling down to the ground.
Naruto's blood ran cold as he down beside the injured Iruka, he could still hear his breathing albeit barely. Even he could tell it was laboured, Iruka turned to his student as he gave him one final smile before he closed his eyes forever.
Naruto stared at his fallen teacher in absolute shock, he tried to see if he had any remaining sign of life but to his despair there was none. Naruto clenched his fist, he wanted to cry again but he already used up too many tears today.
The young child's body trembled with rage as he heard Mizuki's sinister laughing.
Mizuki comfortably jumped down the tree branch without feeling any form of guilt or remorse for killing Iruka, "What a pity, he chose to sacrifice his life for you. Iruka was a lot of things but I never pegged him as an idiot" he said as came closer and closer to Naruto and Iruka's deceased body.
Naruto's anger continued to rise as he saw Mizuki approach him, as this happened Naruto was unconsciously unleashing and flaring his chakra.
Mizuki's eyes widened in panic, he had not accounted for this to happen. The ground was shaking, the wind was getting stronger and air around them began to slowly suffocate him, he never experienced so much killer intent before. He thought it was all because of the Kyuubi but as he stared at the boy the chakra surrounding him was blue, it wasn't the demonic chakra.
'No way could the brat have this much chakra? This isn't even the fox's chakra'
Naruto could barely control his emotions or chakra at the moment, the grief he felt for the loss of Iruka was just too great. He didn't know what was happening to him, but for some reason he felt a hidden power awaken inside of him.
Without even thinking, Naruto uttered two small words that suddenly popped into his head, "Shinra Tensei" he whispered.
Upon uttering those same words, unconsciousness took over Naruto as he fell to the ground completely unaware of the damage he just made on the surrounding area.
Naruto's Mindscape
The fearsome and powerful Kyuubi smiled upon watching the events unfold through Naruto's eyes. Naruto's current emotional state could prove useful for the fox, he could use it to his advantage and trick Naruto into releasing him from his seal.
The power Naruto showed earlier on did grab the fox's attention, he didn't know why but for some reason it felt familiar to him but he couldn't remember why. But he simply shook his head from these thoughts, it was probably just nothing. Instead he chose to focus on planning his escape, he needed to use Naruto's current emotional vulnerability to his advantage.
"This is quite unbecoming of you Kurama, what happened to the old fox I raised?"
The Kyuubi's blinked repeatedly upon hearing that strange voice, once again this voice was familiar to him as well. He quickly scanned the area in search of its source but the fox wondered if it may have just been all in his head, there was nobody else in the mindscape considering how Naruto was still unaware of the area.
"Over here Kurama"
The fox was drawn to the voice, he leaned down to face the front of his gate, his eyes widened as he saw someone he never thought he'd see again.
"Old man?" he mumbled to himself, "Surely I must be dreaming".
The old man laughed heartedly, "No Kurama you are not dreaming. I don't have much time but I came here because I sensed the time was right".
The large demon fox shook his head as he examined the figure in front of him, the man was tall and pale skinned with deep wrinkles. He had spiky grey hair and a goatee which extended down to his waist. The man also had two horns both sides of his forehead, but the most notable feature were his three eyes. Two of which in their normal position, and one directly in the middle of his forehead. He also wore a long white kimono while wielding a staff in his right hand.
There was no mistaking it for Kurama, in front of him was the Rikudō Sennin: Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki. Kurama rubbed his eyes with his paws to make sure he wasn't just seeing thigs, but even after wiping them he could still see his father stand in front of his cage.
"Why are you here old man? Why have you come back?"
"It's quite simple Kurama, do you remember about the prophecy I told you"
"Of course how could I not? You told us that one day someone will come and reunite me and the others again, he would be the one to show us true strength, the one to make us whole again"
Hagoromo nodded his head, "That is correct Kurama, and the time has come. The chosen one has finally awakened his true power" he said.
"Who is it then father? Who is the chosen one?"
Hagoromo chuckled at his son's questions, "I thought you would have figured it by now Kurama, you've been sealed into him for twelve years now" he answered in a nonchalant manner.
Kurama uncharacteristically laughed at his father's answer, "That's good joke old man, but seriously who is it?" he asked.
"I wasn't joking Kurama, Naruto Uzumaki is the one I speak of"
Kurama shook his head in disbelief, "Are you kidding me? No offence old man but this brat shows no promise at all. I've lived inside of him for twelve years and I've yet to see any promise from the pipsqueak. The kid's an absolute idiot, he doesn't show any promise or potential at all" he yelled.
"Wasn't Asura exactly the same when he was Naruto's age?"
Kurama tried to answer back but he couldn't form a valid counter argument, he thought about his father's words as the realization dawned on him, the fox's expression suddenly turned serious, "He's Asura's reincarnation, isn't he?" asked the fox.
Hagoromo nodded slowly, "Yes he is Kurama. Naruto is this generation's Asura. If I'm not mistaken you've fought one of Asura's previous reincarnations as well, Hashirama Senju".
"Yeah I did fight him, he was a tough opponent. I'm not afraid to admit that he was probably even stronger than me. Are you sure about this though old man? Is this Naruto brat really his reincarnation? This all might just be some strange coincidence or accident"
"Nothing in life is ever just an accident or a coincidence. Everything happens for a reason, remember that Kurama. Naruto was chosen to be my successor for a reason, him being chosen as Asura's reincarnation was no coincidence either. But if Naruto were to have a chance to succeed he would need help, the trials and tribulations which face him may seem insurmountable to some"
"Where are you going with this old man?"
"What I'm trying to say is, I need you to do as much as you can to help the boy. He will need it, please promise me you'll help him"
Kurama sighed in defeat before begrudgingly nodding his head, there goes his plan to escape.
"Yeah alright then father, you can count on me. By the way will the brat know about this conversation, we are in his mindscape after all?"
"No need to worry about that Kurama, at the moment the young child is incapacitated by unlocking his hidden power and so he will not have knowledge of this, and I suggest for you to keep it that way. We wouldn't want to overwhelm him with his duty and destiny, he will learn in time. I can sense big things from this boy, he is the Child of Prophecy after all"
With that final statement the Sage faded away, Kurama was slightly saddened to see his father leave once more but at least he now knew what to do. Despite desperately wanting to escape his prison, he was now willing to endure seeing as how he now had a duty to uphold once again.
The fox grinned before laying back down, he decided to get some rest and wait for the opportune time to approach Naruto.
'You have gotten a lot more interesting Naruto Uzumaki, there are more than meets the eye with you so it seems' he thought to himself before drifting back to sleep.
Glossary
Rikudō Sennin – Sage of Six Paths
Oiroke no Jutsu – Sexy Jutsu
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – Shadow Clone Jutsu
Kyuubi no Yoko – Nine Tailed Fox Demon
Shinra Tensei – Almighty Push
Author's Note
Here is the first chapter of my story, I hoped you guys liked it. I know it may have been a bit short but it is just the prologue, I'll try to update as soon as I can. Please favourite/follow/comment, if you guys have any questions or suggestions for my story then please comment or pm me, I will be happy to answer any questions as long as there is no mindless hate. Also please remember to check out my profile for my other stories, hope you guys like them too. Thanks everyone hope you guys like my new story.
