The Life's Adventure of Koujaku Naruto
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Summary- After a fight where his heritage is revealed Naruto discovers who his parents are, that they left behind stuff for him, and his real last name. Now begins his life's adventure.
Warning: naruto's parents are not going to be the ones revealed in canon so no flames about that please. Also my info on some subjects I will mention in here will still be growing so I won't claim that what I say will be true. Ok? Just please no flames.
-Konoha Hospital-
Inside one of the many rooms in the high quality medical center lay an unconscious boy that looked to be at least ten-years old but in actuality he was but two years younger than what he looked. The reason for this strange occurrence had occurred earlier that evening and since right now he is unconscious let us dive into his mind.
Ready? Dive, dive, dive!
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-Inside the boy's mind-(thump! oof, we're here. Well let's go then.)
Leaning against a tree in the middle of a clearing that had the moon shining down on it were two figures looking at a mirror that just seemed to have been showing something. The one that we can see is the figure of the unconscious boy in the real world while the other is covered in the shadow of the tree so his features are unseen. Breaking the silence the boy spoke up.
"Just never can seem to get a break huh, tou-san?" Questioned the boy looking over at the shadowed form of his now revealed father, but only in word, he's still in the trees shadow.
"No, it seems like you can't but, remember it's something you shouldn't dwell on. Now get out of here shrimp, your mother wants to meet you" replied the figure waving his hand to a door that suddenly appeared in the clearing.
Smiling the boy stood up and walked over to the door, when he reached it he turned to his father, silver eyes dancing with anticipation, and said "I can't wait." With that he walked through the door, with it dissolving as he left.
Chuckling, the father looked over at the mirror where it showed the boy being taken away by a blonde-haired man. Sighing the father said to no one "You've become a good kid, and you'll be an even better shinobi. Naruto." With that he closed his eyes and fell asleep waiting for his son to return, but before his eyes closed completely we see a glimpse of silver from them.(a/n: don't worry, will be explained)
-With Naruto-
As Naruto trudged through his sewer-ish mindscape he thought back to how he had gotten into this mess, how he met his father and watched the memory with him of his parent's last night alive, as well as the two bastards who were responsible for his life. 'At least they're already dead so I won't feel the need to go on some stupid revenge quest like some sort of idiot who'll, I don't know, obviously be gay, have a stick up his ass, and maybe be treated like some sort of king. (shudder) I'll feel sorry for any males associated with that guy.'But we digress, back to how this happened. 'Wait, why is it showing up all around me? Oh, DUH! This is my mind. Oh well, might as well watch. (sits down) hmmm, if only I had some pop-(poof) whoa. the mind is a powerful place.'
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-Flashback to the start of the night-
Walking through a forest during nights of the full moon always provided a sort of natural, calming state of mind for Naruto. This was usually why he always hid in forests all day in order to just be able to enjoy this. Yet, he had a feeling tonight would be different, even with the pain from his stomach area that had occurred earlier, that something was going to happen to alter the way he lived, it just seemed to come from his gut. Unfortunately, in Naruto's case the gut feeling is usually the right one for him. Hearing a noise to his right had Naruto tensing, in case he needed to use his well developed speed. But whatever it was came too fast for the eight-year old to react. Being grabbed by the neck and slammed into a tree is not a pleasant experience which even caused the watcher to wince at what happened to him. "Hehehehe, I've got you now you little piece of shit." snarled out the…person choking him, "Let me tell you it took a while to find you, what with your half and half blood along with that blasted seal on you to just cover it up some more. But I've got you now and you know what I'm going to do? (leans down to naruto's ear) I'm going to drain you of your blood, leaving you as just a husk. You'll be nothing" Pulling back the young blonde could see his two top canine teeth elongating "There isn't anything you can do now (evil chuckle)."
The now identified vampire sunk his fangs into the boy's neck but pulled out almost immediately apparently gagging and clutching at his throat. He choked out "You (hack) half-blood bastard (cough) what the fuck (wheeze) did you do?!" Anything else was cut off but what he was witnessing before him. Still pinned to the tree caught in a beam of moonlight thrashed Naruto, seemingly defying gravity. He ripped apart his shirt revealing that his ribcage was enlarging, skin turning ashen gray with blotches of black here and there; his back becoming covered in silver fur which spread and joined at his head, previously blonde hair turning silver as well. Limbs then lengthened by a couple of inches, the jaw line thrust out slowly only to come back in a bit farther out than before, since his mouth was open in yells of pain the teeth could be seen becoming more pointy. After all this he dropped to the ground crouched, one arm placed before him with the other to the side. His head shot up sharply as his eyes, which had been squeezed shut, snapped open to show that the blackness of the pupils had bled out covering the rest of the eye while his teeth were bared in a ferocious snarl. (1) The vampire stood rooted to the ground in fear and shock, before him stood the second hybrid in the history of lycan's and vampires, and some of the small part of humor left in him realized it had happened almost like before. Obviously this boy before him had more Lycan in him than vampire, damn if only he hadn't bit him there wouldn't have been another one of these abominations. He was cut from his thoughts by the hybrid in front of him…vanishing (a/n: no not like invisible, just speed). Looking around quickly he saw nothing "Where'd that little shit-stain go?" Continuing to spin around he froze when he heard a snarl from behind him, the pale blood-sucker the proceeded to do the whole cliché slow turn only to see nothing.
'SPLURSH' "GAAAAHHH!!!"
Looking down at his chest he could see a bloodied hand sticking out from his chest, red heart clutched within it, turning his head to the side he gasped out his last words "You will never be accepted, never loved" Smiling darkly he finished, "You will always be alone because of wha-" He never finished as his head was swiped completely off his body by the young being who has had a cursed life. The headless body then dropped first to its knees then lay flat.
The lycan-vampire combined boy then fell to his knees himself and his features changed back with tears dripping from now silver eyes along with of brown hair mixed with the blonde. Also, if one were to look closely at the seal on his stomach parts of the spiral that had once looked complete now seemed cracked and broken. Of course after experiencing something as nerve-racking as that when you're only eight is bound-Thump- there he goes, off to the land of unconscious and off to where we are now.
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-Back in Naruto's mind-
The young-'Wait, what am I going to call myself? Hell, I'm not a lycan or vamp, hmmm…vampcan? no, stupid. Eh, I'll ask Kaa-san. According to Tou-san she was good at naming stuff.' Decided the young whatever-he-was, since he didn't know what to call himself, stood up and continued on to where his mother was located "(sigh) Why the bloody hell are these two so far apart?" Still the anticipation of meeting his mother kept him from complaining, plus it gave him time to think on what he had seen in the mirror with his father….
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(flashback)(a/n: don't worry this is the last one)
-in the clearing at the beginning-
Naruto looked around in confusion at where he ended up (Do I really need to describe it again?). He wondered how he got to this place when the last thing he remembered was beheading that vampire. The young boy shuddered and what that dead man said started to place doubts within him. He started believing those words bringing tears back to Naruto's eyes. With his eyes shut he didn't see the that had been standing in the tree's shadow come out and wrap his arms around him in a firm embrace, this made Naruto freeze having rarely experienced something like this since his usual hugs came from this crazy, purple haired lady who had no sense of modesty, and those weren't like this one. The figure then spoke:
"No Naruto, don't give in to what the man said. He was trying to hurt you so do not listen. Hear me now. What you did was because you wanted to live while he wanted you to die. Your will was stronger and is what cracked the seal. Allowing you you're hybrid transformation. Do not dwell on his death. I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. For while he may have had a black heart he was still a life, and you should never have to take a life at so young an age." The figure finished in soothing tones. As the voice spoke Naruto felt a sense of familiarity with it but he could not place where he had heard it. The man gripped Naruto by his shoulders and turned him so that they could see each others faces and he continued speaking "You are strong Naruto. You can overcome this by just believing you can. You will tell your children stories of your triumphs, who will in turn tell their children. The only thing you're scared of right now are words, and while words are strong the will of a person can be so much stronger and just by seeing what you've overcome in your life so far I know you can do this. What we do in life, echoes in eternity." He finished with great conviction.
Naruto sat silent for a minuet, mulling over these words and the more he did the less strength his fear had until he had no more fear. After all he did overcome worse stuff, but there are still some questions that need answers. "Arigatou, you are right but there are some things I need to know like: Where are we? who are you? and what did I become?" he asked the questions with all the speed of a sugar-high squirrel.
The man before him let go and sat back in the lotus position which Naruto mimicked. "Well the first question's easy enough, what we are in right now is what's called a mindscape. Specifically yours, and it's basically an area that one creates in their mind to better organize it and to protect its knowledge."
"So I made this?" Asked the boy in awe. Hey, he's eight.
"Not this section, I did. When you leave you'll see why. Now as for what you are…don't freak out or break down now but you were only ¼ human which has left you from that bite you were given. Now the blood from your mother and father remain, no it's not a Kekkai Genkai" Seeing the exited look coming on, "No. What you received started out as a curse, for both of their kinds. It was uncontrollable, wild, but now it has become tame. Naruto, your father was lycan or werewolf while your mother was vampire. This makes you a hybrid of the two species, neither lycan nor vampire but stronger than both. But there is one thing you must always remember, never touch silver. Since both vampires and lycans suffered from the metal, it will hurt you worse as a combination of the species. Do you understand?" Explained the man before him, never stopping. Hey, inside the mind you don't need to breath.
Naruto was actually taking this pretty well, and by that we mean he's bouncing around more than a chipmunk with an extreme case of sugar rush.
"NARUTO!!" Said blond/brown stopped hopping and sat down again "Thank you. Now as for who I am… that's difficult to say at the moment. What I am is an image placed by a seal your father made, so it's a little hard to explain…" he paused to gather his thoughts but was stopped by Naruto raising his hand.
"You don't have to… Tou-san." he whispered the last word as if scared the image before him might leave if he said it any louder.
The man seemed shocked and then smiled softly and proudly, reaching over to ruffle his son's head. "Always knew you were smarter than you looked. (He glances around clearing and leans in lowering his voice) Just so you know, no matter what your mother may say, you got your analytical skills from me." He then winks at Naruto who smiles back at his tou-san. "Now on to business before we view our final moments as a final in that mirror over there. I have a cave set up that holds some things that you will find useful in your life as a shinobi, I won't tell you what they are for two reasons: 1, I'll be laughing my ass off at watching you guess and 2, In case a shinobi who can read memories enters while you're unconscious I don't want people to know because the stuff is pretty important. Who knows your mom might tell you what she left for you but I sure as hell won't."
Pouting Naruto said "You're cruel Tou-san! When I go see Kaa-san I'll be sure to tell her about this!"
Laughing his father replied and said "What can she do to me, she's at a whole 'nother part of your mind."
Smirking evilly Naruto countered "But it's my mind so that means I can put you two in the same room, HA!"
His face paled and then barked out a laugh "Oh, now I'm sure you're my son! Ha-Ha! Well, now comes the bad part of the evening (sigh) the night our family was torn apart. I'm not going to force you to see this, if you want I…can just give you a brief telling (Naruto nodded wanting to speak more with his father) Okay. Here let's go lean against the tree." As he got up a beam of moonlight illuminated his face. Naruto could see a square jaw line, silver eyes with scratch mark running through one, and hair, brown as bark on a tree. When they reached the tree both leaned against it. His father ran one of his large hands through his hair and sighed long.
"Phew, well guess I better star from when you were born which was on September 10, yah you were born a full month before Kyuubi was sent by Inari-sama to Konoha in order to take back the bloodline limit that had been given to group of people that had corrupted it's use from when it was first given. Of course nobody knew this and had forgotten Kyuubi was a holy creature not a demon, I mean come on does it say anywhere that the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the great Nine-tailed beast of foxes was a demon. No, it was the protector of Fire country, how else could the First and Second Hokages get permission to settle in this land!?" He paused and a glass of water appeared which he took a drink of "Man, gotta love the mindscape, oh (sees naruto's confused look) that's one of the great things about a mindscape, it can be what ever you want and can provide you whatever you want as long as it's an actual thing you've seen before. No, you can't bring your mother to this place and believe me I tried, but she's bound to her seal. Aaannnyways… back to the story. So, the Kyuubi, oh and son if you ever meet the Kyuubi try to find out it's real name, because Kyuubi is just a title and I say it because I don't know if it's male or female. (sees naruto sporting an amused look) Well, of course I don't know, I've never been able to ask it, because while most would just assume it's a male I like to keep and open mind to theses sort of things."
"You know something Tou-san?" "Hmm?" "You're very good at getting off track."
"Huh, oh right sorry.(clears throat) Anyway, we never went into Konoha, we lived in a small village a little ways out and while everyone else was evacuating, we couldn't because your mother had just given birth and needed to rest and you had just been born . So, we stayed and on the day of the attack we could see the Kyuubi way off in the distance, but it never came close to the village sensing a newborn baby." He paused for a moment to ready himself for what came next. "I had left you and your mother inside while I went out to see what was happening, as I was still out I heard your mother scream out to me, which prompted me to run home as fast as I could, and when I arrived I…saw someone holding you and plunging a kunai into your mother saying that this needed to be done to save the village. I roared out and leapt at him, but he sensed me coming and cut off my left arm and right leg. Then the coward ran off with you. I crawled over to your mother (sob. sob) and s-she held my cheek and told me to go protect you. Right after that she died." Naruto watched as his father struggled to hold back tears; it seemed even as a seal-placed image to be able to grieve. Drying his tears, his father continued, "Something in me snapped and all I could feel was anger. I transformed, my rage powering it so much that a new arm and leg burst forth. I let loose the greatest Howl I had ever done, filled with my rage, sorrow, and hope. Hope that I would be able to save you son." He looked over at his son in the eyes, silver to silver, and had the most serious face Naruto had seen so far, "Always remember son, even if a situation seems hopeless, even if it looks like you will die, to always keep fighting. Never give in, Never give up, and remember there is always hope. My ancestors were a group of defenders that existed before the ninja villages were founded. They were very family-oriented, had a great connection to the summon animals, and lived by three great ideals: Kenpei, Sekimu, and Chigiri."
"Unity? Duty? Destiny?" repeated Naruto.
"I'll explain more about them some other time son, I promise." answered his father
Naruto smiled and held out a closed fist to his father, "I'll hold you to that, they're my ancestors as well." his father smiled and hit fist with him.
"Okay back to where I was, I had just left your mother and was running to where I could smell you. To my horror it was where the Kyuubi was. As I got nearer I started to feel this horrible feeling, and when I arrived a saw the man painting a seal on you and then the Kyuubi burst out of the woods. The man cried the name of the two seals on you, the first being what's known as a special type of suppression seal which would force the sealers likeness onto the other person, sealing off the receivers abilities as well. The other seal was one called 'Shiki Fuuin' and the thing that terrified me most that night was when the Kyuubi shouted 'You damn fool! Those two seals will eventually kill that boy!' the man just laughed and replied 'At least you shall join him where you belong demon!' That scared me the most so I waited 'till he finished before I rushed out and swiped at him, I don't know how but he still had some energy and we fought. Both of us were weak from our recent actions and he used you as a shield once, but only once I quickly cut off the hand that held you. In the end I was hit from behind when your Sandaime showed up. Apparently, the man told the Sandaime you were his son, to be told when you started at the ninja academy, so expect it to be coming soon, maybe even tonight and that you were to be treated as a hero for what you did. Thankfully the Sandaime only told you're council about what you carried and the man's final wish." the father to the cursed son paused then pointed to the mirror and finished, "the mirror will show that man."
Looking over Naruto could only ground out one name with his pupils narrowing to slits: "Yondaime".
-back to the mind-
Naruto had finally arrived to the door that to his mother's part of the instruction seal. "Well, here goes something." he knocked and as soon as it sounded the door flung open and a stunned Naruto was thrown into the room. When his feet touched down, he was immediately encircled in a ferocious hug that threatened his supply of air. As life was slowly strangled from him he thought he could hear a voice speaking so fast he likened it to a chipmunk.
"(cough) uh…Kaa-san?"
"Yes, my darling boy?"
"Can't….breathe. Let…go…please!" choked out the struggling boy.
"Sorry. (lightens hug which naruto returns) I'm just so glad to see you after all this time." She then pulled back and naruto got a good look at his mother for the first time he could remember. She had deep violet hair and forest green eyes. Her bodily build could be described as petite. "I'm so proud of how you've grown up."
"Hey, Kaa-san?" asked the son.
"Yes, Naruto."
"Tou-san said you had also left stuff behind for me and might tell me about them. Also, I was thinking about this as I was walking over, is my last name really, what is my last name?" questioned the young boy.
"Sorry Naruto, but I'm not going to tell you either. You'll have to find the stash yourself. But I can tell you your last name even though your father could have done it better. After all it came form the way his clan had operated. (sigh) Well, I'll just give you the short version. A child's last name was chosen because a summon animal would show and present them with a tattoo for later use in life. Now, you were a special case, two summon animals appeared but since one showed up before the other we decided to give you the last name of the first animal and shockingly in gratitude it granted you a special kind of tattoo. Tell me son, have you ever noticed on your back two tattoos' that look like wings?"
Shaking his head Naruto replied "No, but Tou-san said that there was a suppression seal placed on me by the yondaime."
Smirking his mother said "Well then, we'll just have to destroy that seal won't we, because right now you can't control your transformation. Right now, it'll only activate if you're feeling a very strong emotion. When we break it you'll be able to change when you want." she paused at the sound of chuckling. looking at her son revealed the location of the sound "Mind telling me what's so funny?'
"Just that you and tou-san get off track so easily." he said still chuckling. "Can we get back to the subject of my last name, even though I'm guessing it's probably guessing it's some kind of bird?"
"Well, looks like your father was right, you are smarter than you look."
"Yeah, but it's only recently that this started happening. I think that maybe the suppression seal broke some, that might be why my eyes are silver now and why my hair is a mixture of brown and blonde." pondering Naruto.
"Maybe, well this just means it'll be easier to destroy the seal. Anywho, back to your last name. You were right it was a bird, the koujaku (sparrow). That's the animal you're last name is. Now don't be disappointed (seeing her son's look) you can also summon wolves. They just didn't give you any gifts other than the tattoo, which if I remember correctly should be right over your heart."
"So, my name is Koujaku Naruto, sparrow's maelstrom? And why over my heart?"
"Yes and they did that to symbolize that you would always be welcomed by any wolf and never attacked by one. You'll still have to do hand seals to bring forth wolves, since they're your fighters. The sparrows you should use as messengers and all you should need to do is channel chakra and think of a sparrow. I'll explain more about the tattoo's on your back when you've destroyed the suppression seal. Now, listen, you have to go and find Kyuubi and ask it to help you get rid of the seal. It'll probably tell you to leave Konoha which is something you'll have to do in order to find the objects your father and I left for you. I'll tell right now where you should begin your search for my items. Go to Mizu no Kuni near Kirigakure. (grips son in another bone crushing hug) Good luck my son and know your father and I will always be proud of you and love you with all of hearts."
She lets him go and as he arrives at the door he turns back and asks "Kaa-san? I know you are a memory seal and all but do you know what happened to my real parents?"(2)
Smiling softly she told him, "They're waiting for you in a place of white where they are happy (3). You do not need to worry; they will be waiting for you when you are ready for your last adventure. Although your mother did tell me this: You better married and have some children before you get here." Laughing, although beat red, he exited the room "You will become a great person Naruto, I'm sure of it."
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Naruto continued his journey to find the literal beast within him. "Damn it I forgot to ask Kaa-san what I should call myself and just how hard can it be to find a 900-foot tall, nine-tailed fox!"
"How about looking behind instead of forward?" questioned a voice from nowhere.
Spinning around Naruto saw a hallway that glowed red. Deciding that was his best course he followed it to the front of a giant cage that was held shut by a slip of paper. Suddenly the image of a red fox appeared startling Naruto. "Yes, this form is rather shocking isn't it?" The giant fox turned red and started shrinking, form changing to that of a…woman's! Where once stood the nine-tailed fox now was a woman who stood at about 5'8'', with fiery red locks of hair and surprisingly crystal blue eyes that seemed to shine. Her figure was nothing to laugh at as well, with larger than normal bust, a waist that wasn't too thin or large that had excellent curves on it which then flowed down into well toned and shapely legs. Thankfully she was thoughtful enough to be clothed in a ruby kimono that had red foxes running over it. She was a very beautiful woman. "So you're my container…great grandson?" she questioned. Now meeting three members of your family in one day, after living your life alone is bound to instill shock onto someone's mind and on an eight-year old, well causes them to faint.-thump- "(sigh) There he goes, oh well. Might as well get comfortable." She then changed the area behind the seal into a wide open field that had many rabbit holes (hey she's a vixen) with stars shining with great brilliance, as if they were jewels and a huge bed for her to lay on either in human or fox form. She then went to the bed and sat on it in a meditation pose waiting for her descendant to awake, and thinking of the days to come. 'What will they bring?'
-30 minutes later-
The Kyuubi no Kitsune came out of her meditation at the sound of her great-grandson mumbling something. Coming closer to the gate and resting on her knees she listened to his sleep-talk. She thought she could vaguely hear about ramen and rabbit meat. She sat there as he woke up slowly as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes he turned to face her.
"What is your real name?" he questioned looking into her eyes, blue meeting silver.
Smiling lightly she said "Well, I'm sure you can guess what my last name is. So I'll simply tell you my first name Hidama, in fact I didn't receive my first name until I was eight and performed my first justu. The phoenix fire ball. As such I received the name Kitsune Hidama."
Naruto chuckled "Fox Fireball."
Hidama chuckled along with him "Hai, but do you want to know something else Naruto? The fox that appeared was a nine-tailed golden fox, Inari. When he arrived bearing the contract he decided to name me as his successor, so I became the next Kyuubi when Inari was chosen by Kami-sama to become the god of foxes and marriage. So, in effect you are the second to receive a gift from their animal, those tattoos on your back are traits from the sparrows. They are wings."
Naruto asked a question that came to him suddenly "How do you know this?"
His great obaa-san just smirked at him and responded with "Because I have something similar to those." She turned around and lifted up the back fold of her kimono showing that above her round ass there was a tattoo of a spiral made of nine fox tails that did not touch. Of course this action caused the young boy to turn bright red and turn his head away after seeing the mark (5), but looked back when he heard popping noises. There wagged nine red fox tails. "I didn't know what the tattoo meant until I truly needed them. My guess is that your wings will not spread until there comes a time when you will need to soar. I can only hope that when you do need them you fly with all your heart's speed." She then retracted her tails and lowered her kimono back down.
"Obaa-chan, Kaa-chan said that I will need your help in breaking the suppression seal the Yondaime placed on me. I want to know when we should leave."
Hidama was about to speak when her head snapped to the side and a mirror rose up showing the hospital room Naruto lay in with the Sandaime sitting in a chair by the side holding some sort of scroll. "Why don't you wake up and speak with him. Tell him you have met me but only speak of my fox form. Also tell him as you were sleeping you drug up your memory of the night of the sealing and tell him…hmm… tell him that the werewolf was your true father and that the Yondaime had forcibly taken you from your parents. Finish it off with the suppression seal and that you need to leave to find the items your parent's heirlooms." At Naruto's nod she watched as he fazed out to the waking world. She then summoned to of the rabbits from the field with instructions to go to her grandson's and granddaughter-in-laws rooms and tell them to activate their mirrors to the outside world. The rabbits left and she turned her attention to the mirror which showed Naruto waking up and stretching.
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The first thing Naruto knew when he woke was that his first transformation seemed to be giving him a taste of what the growth part of puberty felt like, all of his bones and muscles ached. "(groan) Ow, hope I don't have to do that again sometime soon."
"Neither do I, Naruto-kun" spoke the aged fire shadow "No one should have to take a life at such a young age."
Naruto just smiled "Don't worry Ojii-san I won't if I have anything to say about that." His mood then sifted to serious "Jii-san we need to talk about some stuff."
The Hokage sensing Naruto's tone just nodded "Hai, even so Naruto I was going to speak with you tonight anyway. I'm sure you remember that day when you asked about your parents, I couldn't answer you then because it was not the time I had been told to tell you." Throughout this Naruto sat with a stoic expression on his face nodding at the part about him asking. "Well, I've come tonight to tell you that your father's name was Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage and your mothers name was Namikaze-Uzumaki Kushina. He also left you this scroll containing his two most powerful techniques; the Rasengan and Hiraishin no jutsu." he held up the scroll which held the two techniques.
Naruto opened his eyes, startling Sarutobi by showing the shining silver orbs they had become through the break of the suppression seal, and started to chuckle which led to a full blown laugh, "You honestly expect me to believe that my father is the one who cursed me to this life?! No, that man is not my father."
"Now, Naruto I'm sure tha-" started Sandaime only to be interrupted by Naruto.
"No Jii-san, it won't take time for me to accept this, it simply isn't the truth." sitting up and lifting his shirt he showed him the seal on his stomach, the breaks in the spiral part shocking the Third " Yes Hokage-san the seal is breaking, but not the one holding Kyuubi.(cue startled look from Sandaime) Hai, I met when I was out it unlocked a sectioned of my memory from when I was born which, I found out was a full month before the Kyuubi was sent. You know what else I found out? My father and mother were not who you told me, in fact your precious Yondaime took me from them because there was no children in Konoha to use, were there? So, he planned to seal it into his dying body. But I guess he didn't find the prospect fighting it forever in a Shinigami's stomach too appealing. So he forcibly took me from my family when my mother said no." chuckles sadly. "Ojii-san, there's something you should know about the night of the sealing, you had a hand in the destruction of my family."
"But, the only thing I killed that…night…oh, Kami." he covered his face in his hands in the new found knowledge. "Naruto…why don't you hate me for that?"
Naruto put a hand on the Sandaime's shoulder "Because you only saw a monster attacking a man. You attacked out of both ignorance and concern. Never think I will hate you for that."
"Thank you Naruto-kun. (sigh) So, you have two seals placed on you."
Naruto shook his head in negative, "Not two, three. The first seals placed on me were from my parents in case they died before I could get to know them; they're instruction seals, the squiggles not connected to the circle, to aid me. The next one is this spiral suppression seal which was meant to hide what he knew I was. He even knew that placing that with the Shiki Fuuin', which is the circle that has the four squiggles connected in the spots resembling cardinal directions, he knew that placing those two together would eventually kill me, even the Kyuubi realized, I mean it even shouted that out and all the Yondaime replied was: 'At least you will join him where you belong demon'." He paused looking at his stomach. "It has started Hokage-Jiji, earlier this evening I felt searing pain down there." Naruto looks back up. "I'm going to have to leave Jii-san. Kyuubi-sama says that together we can break it but, from what it said it'll take a lot of its chakra. Just imagine what'll happen. Also I want to find the stuff they said they left for me in different locations."
The Sandaime sat there silent, then stood up and walked over to the window and looked out at the rising sun. Naruto got up and stood beside him. "(sigh) I suppose there isn't another way is there?" Naruto agrees with a nod "Well, I suppose that the most I can do is give you supplies, this scroll, and tell the council I'm sending you to somewhere, I'll figure it out later. If it means anything I'm sorry for what I did and didn't do that night."
"I can't accept that apology Jii-san" he looked up at his appointed grandfather, "because there's nothing to apologize for. You did what you felt was right at the time. Now I have to do what I feel is right. I'm going to go out and find my way. I'll live by my ancestor's ideals, the ideals of Kenpei, Sekimu, and Chigiri."
Sarutobi looked down in shock. "Those were the ideals my sensei's told me belong to a group of warriors who had worked directly for the fire daimyo. So, your father was descended from those people. If it's no problem I'd like to know which animal chose you."
"Two animals chose me, the Koujaku and the Ookami." Smirking at the dumbfounded expression on Sarutobi's face he continued, "The Koujaku gave me a special gift, maybe next time I'm around I'll show you what it is since I can't activate it until the suppression seal is gone."
Nodding the elderly Hokage turned to leave but turned back "I'll hold you to that Naruto-kun. I think you should leave tonight so that you can rest up. Is there anyone you'd like to speak to before you leave?"
Naruto nodded and answered "Anko Mitarashi."
Sarutobi nodded to him and left having placed the scroll on the hospital bed. After the Sandaime left Naruto went to look over the scroll left by the Yondaime, hey he may hate the man but, those were his two most powerful jutsu! No way was he giving those up. So, he settled down in his bed and read the details on these two techniques to wait for the woman he considered as the annoying older sister.
-Later (you decide by how much)-
Naruto had quickly fallen asleep after reading the scroll, his 8-year old attention span not allowing him to stay awake for too long. So, now he lay snoring in the bed the scroll hanging over the side of the bed, so peaceful, so innocent, so unaware of the shadow sneaking up to him.
The shadow lowered its head, opened its mouth, and drew in breath.
"WAKE UP GAKI!!!" "Waugh!!"
Naruto shot up straight to the ceiling and clung to it like a cat, only he didn't have a cats nails so, gravity pulled him down by the heaviest part of his body, in his case his head, straight to the tile floor.
"gagh!" Shooting up, grasping his head, he turned to the cause of his pain and shouted "What the hell were you doing you crazy nut-case!" which brought another pain to his head and the indignant shout of:
The figure got an indignant look on its face, "Who are you calling a nut-case you shrimp!?"
"Well gee; I don't know maybe the woman standing before me with purple hair who shouted at someone sleeping in a hospital when they were injured! And I'm not a shrimp, I grew a couple inches can't you see." gesturing to the height he once stood at and his new height.
"Eh, who cares you'll always be a shrimp to me otoutou. Now what's this about you leaving, cause if you are who'll go on dango sprees with me?" questioned the now known crazy woman sitting down in a chair.
Naruto went and sat down on the bed, "Well nee-chan, do you want the long version or the short?"
"Short shrimp." smirked Anko.
"Ha, very funny. Ok, short version: experience pain in stomach, go for a moonlight walk, get attacked by a vampire, partially break a suppression seal placed on me thus allowing me to access my heritage by transforming into a hybrid of vampires and Lycans,werewolves, killed vampire, discover instruction seals left by parents, learn my true last name,(deep breath) found out I have Kyuubi sealed inside me and was forcibly taken from my parents by the Yondaime , don't tell this next part to the old man, discovered that the Kyuubi, whose real name is Kitsune Hidama, is my great-grandmother and that she was chosen by Inari-sama to be his replacement as the Kyuubi, found out the combo of the suppression seal and great-grandma's seal would kill me and that Yondy didn't care,(another deep breath) which was the pain that started all this, Hidama-baa-chan said we could break the suppression seal but we'd need to leave because of all the chakra we'd use, and finally that my parents left stuff for me out there, that Yondy lied to Jii-san about him being my father and that he stupidly for him left me a scroll for his two most powerful jutsu's; Rasengan and Hiraishin no jutsu. Oh and that Obaa-chan has bigger err assets than you." finished Naruto to a stunned Anko, she was stunned by the story, that the Kyuubi no Kitsune was female and related to the boy in front of her, and that she had bigger tits than her, and hers were currently the biggest in Konoha, or were thanks to this new information.
Anko ran a hand through her hair and chuckled "Well, I guess we can say for certain that you have had a screwy life Naru-chan." "Don't call me that." "Also you say she had bigger assets than these (points at her boobs causing naruto to blush and look away (5) as he nods) heh, sounds like a woman I could get along with." Her mood turns somber and prompts "So, you're really going aren't you?"
"Hai nee-chan, (smiles) but you don't have to worry, I'll be fine and I promise to come back one day and show up where ever you are at that moment with a bang." he held out a fist to her, "And I'm always going to keep my promises no matter what it costs me."
Anko smiled back at him and reached out to ruffle his blond/brown hair. "I know you will. So I expect to see you before I die so I can make fun of you just to annoy you."
Scowling playfully Naruto said "Well, that's not very good incentive for me to see you again is it?"
Anko hooked a finger to her chin and admitted "True." she then smirked evilly and put her head next to his ear and said playfully "But maybe as a reward depending on if you survive and how mature you are, I might give you the privilege of an unobstructed view of my…upper bodies special features." this of course caused Naruto to faint from the overtaxing of his tiny mind. "Don't worry Naruto; I know you'll make it back, if anything when you get older for the promise of the free view of a woman's cleavage." Laughing she got up and jumped out the window, the shattering rebooting Naruto's bodily movements.
Looking over at the smashed window he shook his head muttering about 'crazy women with purple hair'. He then slipped into a meditative position.
"Now I wait."
-Later that night at the Main Gate-
Two figures stood outside the main gate to Konoha in the dark, one tall, the other short with something round and long attached to his back.
"Well jii-san, guess this is it for now" the small figure grips the taller figure in a hug, "I'll see you when I see you if you're still alive by then."
"Good luck and good fortune to you Naruto. I hope you find your find parents items and a place to become strong." replied the Sandaime Hokage.
Naruto released the hug and stepped out onto the path. He looked back and said "If you want to see what I do with the wolf tattoo, stick around." He turned back, placed his hand over his heart where a tattoo depicting a wolfs head was, applied chakra to it, performed his necessary half-seals to summon a real wolf in this world and sounded a long, piercing whistle. After a minute there was a rustling to the right and a gray wolf with a silver stripe running down his back and golden eyes came out and approached Naruto who placed the hand he had over his heart onto the wolf's head. What happened next none could have predicted. A bright flash erupted from where the boy's hand met the wolf's head. When it cleared Naruto and the wolf were both rubbing their left eyes, also there was a stripe of gray running through Naruto's hair and a small stripe of earthy brown ran from his head and down to the tip of his tail. Well, that and there was the small detail of him having grown to size of a horse.
"Well, that was weird." he removed his hand showing a golden eye.
"Hai that was." growled the wolf removing his paw showing a silver eye.
Naruto froze, looked at the wolf and chuckled softly, "So, any idea what just happened err?"
"My name is Silver Arrow. Koujaku Naruto, it would appear as if I have become your familiar among the wolves. It is a great honor for any animal of any summoned race. In fact your father's familiar was my brother, I'll be sure you meet him sometime." Arrow then snickered, which of course made Naruto ask "What's so funny?" "It's just that this puts my name up for consideration as the next boss of the wolf's contract. Ha, you ain't leaving me in the dust bro."
"Seriously?!"
"Hai, Naruto. After all the current bosses of the toads, slugs, and swallow contracts were familiars to their respective summoners. Jiraiya for the toads, Tsunade for the slugs and your great-grandfather for the swallows although I do not know his first name. Just that he had Koujaku, same as you." stated the wolf familiar.
Smiling Naruto bowed to Arrow, an action that was reciprocated. "Arigatou Arrow. I hope we can become great together."
"Oh we will pup, we will. Now I sense we got us a long journey ahead so hop on my back and we'll get moving."
-Sarutobi's P.o.V. of the conversation-
I watched as Naruto-kun conversed with a wolf that he seemed to understand although I had no idea what the wolf was saying to him. When Naruto climbed on its back I knew this would be the last I would see of him for a while. So, I quickly whipped out a camera and took a picture of Naruto sitting on the wolf's back. I would be sure to make a copy for Anko.
-back to the story-
"Well, goodbye Jii-san, I hope to see you again someday." said Naruto from atop Arrow.
"As do I Naruto, now get going. Take with you this traveling advice my father told me: 'It's a dangerous business going out into the world, if you don't keep your feet and your head there's no telling what mess you may end up in."
"I'll do my best to remember that Jii-san. (Arrow then turns to head off into the night)Goodbye and tell Anko nee-chan I'll hold her to her word when I get back!" With that he was gone, racing down the road off to Mizu no Kuni, the location of his mother's items.
"Hmmm, I wonder what Anko said to him, eh, not my place to know. I wonder when Jiraiya's next book is coming out?" wondered the Sandaime as he enters the village he guarded.
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-A week later at the border between Hi no Kuni and Mizu no Kuni-
So here they are after traveling thru Fire country during the days they had finally reached the end of the forest. Now, they were resting in a clearing they had decided would be their camp for the night with a fire roaring in front of them. One was remembering the information his mother had given him two days ago about her clan…flashback time!
-Naruto's section of mind that his 'mother' is in-
Naruto sat with his mother at a table she a conjured up sipping at the delectable noodle dish they both loved.
He looked at his mother wondering why she brought him here tonight.
As if reading his mind she started speaking. "Naruto-kun, I brought you here to this little section of your mind that I live in because I wanted to tell you about my family line since your father already told you when you met him." she stopped and took away the table and replaced it with two piles of cushions for them to rest on. "Anyway, our family goes farther back than your father's, back to a time when chakra couldn't yet be used and the elemental countries weren't around yet. Our family started back in a country that was called Greece. We were extremely gifted blacksmiths that ancient Greeks claimed to have been instructed by the god of fire and the forge who was at the time called Hephaestus. Our family was even called upon to craft the armor and weapons that were used by a great warrior at the time called Achilles and his soldiers the Myrmidons. Then over 300 years later the faction of Greeks known as the Spartans came to us to craft their armor and weapons as well." Shrugging her shoulders she continued "That's how we started out and throughout the ages, spreading out and expanding what we made and after those we made it for died we went to the site and took back our works. Now, they're stored in the cave, in caverns enhanced by expansion seals because there was so much. I forget when, but we eventually became allies with your fathers' family and we started making weapons for them." She then smirked, "Naruto, even though you come from a family of blacksmiths who make extraordinary weapons remember that anything and everything can be a weapon, even other people and fish." Both chuckled at that.
"Kaa-san you're driving me up the wall with anticipation here." He look up at her with mock torture on his face, and whined "why are you torturing me like this?"
She reached over and ruffled her son's hair, "Because it's a parent's job to torture their children. Now go on dawn's breaking and you still have a ways to go."
They both stood up and Naruto gave his mother a good-bye hug. He then faded out to join the land of living.
-Back at the fire-
"You know there's something I always wondered Arrow." stated Naruto out of the blue.
"What would that be?"
"Why is fire country called fire country? The other nations names fit their features, why is Fire country different?"
"Eh, how should I know? I'm just a wolf. Anyway, (he turns his head to Naruto) when will you be ready to break the seal?"
"Baa-chan said she would be ready tomorrow, the burst from yesterday took a lot out of her. I can't wait to be rid of it, it's really driving me crazy, being one person and yet having my true side kept down." He stopped and stared into the flames before them. Arrow looked at him then followed his lead. A comfortable silence took them. Naruto looked up to the sky after a while. It truly was a marvelous night, not a cloud in the sky above him, although there did look to be some off to the south. But despite even the calming sight of the night's sky he couldn't shake this bad feeling off him
(a galaxy far, far away)
On a giant battleship in space two men stood in a room garbed in brown cloaks. The shorter man turned to the taller man and agreed with Naruto, although he didn't know it, "I have a bad feeling about this."
(a/n: Sorry, couldn't resist that.)
(back with the boy and his wolf)
Err, where was I? oh, yeah.
This bad feeling, just like the night a week ago would prove to have solid grounds which will be defined as
(piercing scream)
Both boy and wolf leapt to their feet, well actually Naruto leapt onto Arrows back and together they rode of to south.
-Some distance away-
When the duo arrived at the area where the scream came from they saw a young figure surrounded by ice and wood. Naruto got off his familiar and approached the encirclement slowly. As he drew closer he could make out a small girl, dressed in what had probably been good clothes were now rags, kneeling in the middle sobbing silently.
Gently he spoke "Hey, are you okay?"
The girl looked over at him with tear-stains over her face. She spoke in a hoarse, quiet voice, "Don't come closer."
"Why not?" "I'm a monster. I killed my father."
Upon hearing this Naruto knew he had to get closer. But each time he approached either the ice would shoot out or the wood would bar his path.
"Why did you kill your father?" asked Naruto of the girl.
"Tou-san killed Kaa-san, then he came to kill me, always yelling out monster, abomination." she replied. As she spoke Naruto noticed that the amount of ice and wood shrunk. He came up with a plan.
"I don't see a monster. How can you name yourself as such?"
She turned her brown eyes over to him "My mother was a dragoness who had a human form. She was of the ice breed and had trained herself to be able to wake the trees and plants to do what she commanded." She turned her head down as tears fell. "She was very beautiful and kind. Eyes the shade of ice, yet with warmth not found in ice, and hair as rich a green as can be found in the fullest of trees. She told me that as her child I would gain the same control over the same elements, and as a half-dragon while I couldn't turn into a full dragon, I would still have dragon-ish features when I grew older." The young girl shook her head, "But then tou-san saw her teaching me to control ice once. He assumed it was a bloodline limit and gathered a mob. They killed her, (sob) a-and I ki-killed them." she stopped to break in fresh tears.
Naruto came up and wrapped his arms around her in a hug. As soon as he did she gripped him back muttering that she didn't want to, that she missed her mother. Naruto started to rub her back calming her down, "Shhhh…You don't have to worry now, and he can't hurt except in your dreams. Your mother is in a good place now and will be waiting there for you to come. You will meet her again, but not yet." She finally quieted. "Not yet."
The girl let go and sat back looking at Naruto, actually seeing him now. "You know something? Your eyes don't match." she giggled "And those whisker marks on your face are cute."
Naruto just looked at the girl before him then sighed, "These marks, they weren't there when I was born." the girl before him shows a confused look which Naruto didn't see as he was looking at the ground, "On…a night a month after my birth, some person crept into the room I was sleeping in and cut with a scalpel that had been dipped in a special poison and cut these blasted marks on my face."
Gasping she put her hands over her mouth and whispered "Why?"
Naruto looked around their location and said "I think that this is a very good place to talk about it. Plus talk is always better to listen to on a full stomach." He shook his head and smiling looked back at her, "Wait! It has just occurred to me that throughout this whole conversation I have yet to ask a certain question. What is your name?"
The girl smiled and said "Koori Haku."
Naruto laughed at the pun "yes, snow is white." Haku crossed her arms and pouted. "Fine, fine. I'm sorry. I'm Koujaku Naruto." beckons Arrow over "And this big furball, (the wolf growled at him) what!? You are rather furry." Looks at Haku, "This here is Silver Arrow."
"Silver Arrow?" Naruto nods, "Why is he called that?"
Naruto opens his mouth, pauses, turned his head to Arrow and asks "You know she's got a good question there, why is your name Silver Arrow." The wolf growled and barked out something. "So, that explains the scar on your foot." Naruto nodded and turned back to Haku who looked curious at the sight. "He says that when he was born a stray silver arrow hit him in the foot, thus he was named Silver Arrow. He's my familiar, that's why only I can understand what he says, well at least amongst humans anyway." Haku nodded smiling. "Now come on, I've got a fire roaring back at my camp and I was just going to eat." He hops up onto Arrow and holds out a hand to which Haku looked hesitant at, "You don't have to worry, the only way you'll fall off his back is if you jump off."
Smiling Haku grabbed the hand and got on in front of Naruto. They then left the place their paths intertwined and set out for the camp. A roaring fire, good food, and a promised explanation.
End of chapter!
Alright next chapter we have Naruto explaining his heritage and the sealing to Haku. Along with the breaking of the suppression seal and what Naruto should really look like. (at least in this story)
So, what did you all think?
(1)For more accurate description watch Michael Corvin's hybrid transformation on the movie: Underworld.
(2)Remember this is only an image made by the instruction seal.
(3)Take a guess, for those who answer correctly will get a cookie and the knowledge of where the sequel will take place.
(4)No, she won't be paired with Naruto, she'll just tease him from time to time, after all she is a fox. Foxes love mischief.
(5)This'll be part of my first polls. see below.
Poll 1: Which village should Naruto join from the list below?
A: Kiri (got an idea of how it'll work)
B: Kumo (same as above)
C: other? (don't pick Konoha; he'll be visiting for the chunin exam from canon)
Poll 2: should I have Zabuza train the two (Haku &Naruto) while they're still in mist?
A: Yes
B: No
Review, if only to just answer the questions.