Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Bleach
A/N: Ok I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself it was driving me crazy trying to not write this. I know I had said that I would stop writing new stories when I had published my third but I couldn't help myself so I have decided that this will be the last for a while, hopefully, and that I will be making myself stick to a timetable of sorts and see how things go. This will be at the bottom of the Chapter.
This is yet another Bleach and Naruto Crossover but I have decided that I will use a new pairing not seen yet and that I will be trying to put new twists on things and add new Characters that would not have been their original. But I sure that you readers have read this before and don't believe me so on with the story. Fun fact this story is named after the song 'Never Back Down' by Nine Lashes which I do not own.
"Naruto!"
"Sasuke!"
This is where our story begins or ends maybe? This was the end of the life of 13 year old Naruto Uzumaki, Son of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage. This was the moment that his life ended by the hand of his best friend Sasuke Uchiha.
These two had been brothers in all but blood before he had decided to leave their village. When Naruto had caught up to Sasuke he had challenge him to a fight hooping to gain the power he craved the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan that be only gained by killing the one closest to you in most cases this tends to be ones best friend.
As Sasuke pierced Naruto's chest he seemed to realise what he had done. He was happy knowing that he would gain the power he had always craved but at the same time he was sad. He had just killed his best friend the one always there for him and the one who had tried to help him and destroy his darkness. Searing pain racked his body more specially his eyes as he realised what he had done. His Sharingan eyes morphed and became three red overlapping ovals on a black background.
"Why?" was the quite voice of Naruto Uzumaki and with that final word one Naruto Uzumaki died.
Naruto opened his eyes hours later and looked around. He saw that he was still at the Valley of the End and he tried to sit up, struggling slightly Naruto managed to get to his feet but when he got to his feet he hears the sound of a chain rattling looking around he couldn't see any chains before looking down and seeing a chain sticking out of his chest.
"What the hell?" Naruto exclaimed as he looked down at is chest.
"Stay calm boy, getting upset will only make things worse." Came a calm voice from behind him. Turning around he saw what looked to be a set of doors closing behind an old man. The man was old, very old. He wore a black Shihakushō with a white haori draped over his shoulders. He had a long white beard, red eyes and had an 'X' shaped scar above his right eye upon his bald head. The man was hunched over and waked with a cane.
When Naruto was studying the man he looked at the boy in front of him. He had bright blue eyes and blonde spiky hair with 3 whisker shaped birthmarks on each check. He was dressed in a white robe like the ones that many would have when arrive in soul society which surprised him as that would be that the boy was already Intune with his spiritual powers although now that he thought about it, it was not that surprising as he had be sent here instead of anyone else due to the vast amount of Spiritual energy that sensed over in division 12. Continuing his study of the boy the bearded man saw something that made his jaw drop and that was not something that had happened very often to the man throughout his long life he saw not one but two Zanpakutō strapped to his waist something that the boy had seemingly not noticed.
"What is your name boy?" The man asked curious to learn more about this boy standing in front of him.
"Naruto Uzumaki!" The boy exclaimed exuberantly with a big grin plaster on him face before remember his situation and trying to calm himself down.
"What your name old man?" He continued trying to seem polite to this stranger but alas Naruto Uzumaki was not known for his manners. Said old man eye twitched at the reminder of his age for a split second before calming down as the boy was simply that a boy and he had not properly developed his manners yet.
"Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Head captain of the 13 court guards." The newly named Yamamoto introduced himself while trying to look at the Zanpakutō that the boy had strapped to his waist seeing if he was anything familiar when he saw it. 'Impossible!' The man thought to himself seeing one of the Zanpakutō strapped to his waist.
Meanwhile our blonde haired protagonist was looking at the man in awe and slight fear. 'Head Captain! That must mean he is really strong like old man Hokage. I don't know who this 13 court guards are but to be in charge of it must be like being Hokage.'
"Yamamoto-san? What are the 13 court guards?" Naruto asked the old man wanting to know more about this place. Regaining the man's attention he thought of the best way to explain it to the boy.
"The 13 courts guards is a large collection of a type of people called Soul Reapers or Shinigami-"
"Wait? Shinigami? Isn't that the name of the god of death?" Naruto questioned the man again.
"Yes the Shinigami is the death god," This statement caused the boy to pale at this information and step back slightly. "But, when you die you are transported to a place Rukongai there these people would start new lives as the usual transport method takes away their memory of their time among the living. In the Rukongai you learn that the Shinigami from legends told in the world of the living is really what we refer to as the soul king."
Naruto seemed to calm down hearing Yamamoto's explanations of what he really said.
"But wait, does that mean that you're dead?" Naruto asked with nervousness in his voice. Yamamoto responded with a simply nod. With that small action the curious and calm boy that Yamamoto was talking to and was replaced with a loud and panicked boy who was screaming about ghosts. Realising that the boy had a fear of ghosts and that he hadn't realised that he himself was dead and by extension a 'ghost'.
"Calm down Naruto," Yamamoto said with a hint of amusement in his voice, "While I may be a 'ghost' as you call me I will not haunt you or any other rumours you have heard of us." Yamamoto seemed to become more serious as he continued,
"Naruto, with all the information I have told you do you realise why you can see me?" Naruto seemed to think about it for a minute or two before a look of realisation and horror appeared on his face, "That's right Naruto I am sorry to say this but you are dead." The old man tried to be as nice about it as he could knowing that if he didn't it could have very negative effects on the boy.
Naruto was distraught at the news he was dead. He wouldn't be able to become Hokage. He would never even become Chūnin. He would never see his friends again. Not Kakashi-sensei. Not Sasuke. Not even Sakura-chan. How would everyone react? Would they miss him or would the village celibate the death of the 'demon'. He wasn't even a demon he was the jinchūriki of the Kyūbi - and to his friends such as Naruto, Kurama - he never was or would have been a demon.
After all the thought of his friends and dreams he decided that he would always remember them but decided on a new dream he decided that he would become Head Captain like Yamamoto. Yamamoto had been watching Naruto closely and seeing his changing facial expressions but when he saw it land on an expression of resolve he saw that he had nothing to fear about this boy.
"While I am sad that I will never be able to reach me dreams or see my friends again. I swear that I will go to the soul society and because the strongest Shinigami even and become Head Captain like you old man." Naruto declared and Yamamoto was impressed by the sheer resolve he felt coming off of the boy.
"Bold words coming from someone so young. It took a long time for me to reach the power I have now and I doubt that you will even reach a 10th of my power in the next 100 years." Yamamoto started off complementing the blonde before trying to anger him to test his resolve.
"Shut up old man I will be twice as powerful as you in 10 years and use that power to protect all of those precious to me." Naruto shouted at the man. Yamamoto smiled at the words the young blonde spoke such passion and resolve it had him almost believe him. Those words decided something for Yamamoto and he was going to go through with it Central 46 be damned.
"That exactly what I wanted to hear Naruto I want you to come back to the soul society with me and become my apprentice and I will train you in your powers teach you to be a Shinigami and everything that goes along with it and one day I will hand this haori over to you." Yamamoto told the young boy finishing it off by stomping his cane into the floor. Naruto was stunned silent but saw that Yamamoto was walking away and quickly followed after him and through the senkaimon that he had open back to soul society.
A/N: Alright I had this idea stuck in my head so the last week and I had to write it down and publish it for you guys I couldn't help myself. Now I am trying to keep Naruto as close to his character as I can for now but knowing that Yamamoto is going to train him he is going to change here and there nothing major I hope. Now I hope I have managed to get the pairing to show in that title box thingy and you will see why I made Naruto this age at first before making it affect the story a lot more as you will notice later.
Questions you will/ might ask:
Naruto's Zanpakutōs (Is that the plural?): I will not reveal either yet one shall be seen not to long into the 'Canon' story and the other will be hinted at every now and again and I should some of you will figure both out by the end of the chapter somehow.
Yamamoto not following the rules: Yamamoto sees great potential in Naruto and doesn't want him to forget his past life as that is seemingly what drives him. Central 46 will surely be against this as they would want people to have no ties to the living world when working as a Shinigami. There may or may not be other reasons that may cause Central 46 to have a dislike for Naruto but that is not important for now. No I will not turn Central 46 into a civilian council from Naruto and bash them to hell that is not what the 46 are.
My Upload Timetable now this will not be perfect and I will at least try to do it and I give permission at ask not rant but ask me about late chapter uploads but you must keep in mind I am in my last year of school and are preparing for university . Now my plan is as follows:
Monday- Never Back Down
Wednesday- Another Chance
Friday- The Ninja and Contest Queen
Sunday- Naruto, Son of Apollo
Now this will start on the 24th of September 2014 and this will be uploaded on these days every two weeks from them on to allow for me to have time to relax, write and do school work Ok? This is how it will go and I don't know if I will even be able to cope but I will try. So then I better start writing then. Please point out any mistakes I have made so I can improve your reading experience. Anyway I hope you guys like the new story and pairing and that you review, follow and favourite. See you guys soon Ja ne.
