So here it is ! A Naruto fic with a Naturo that has the same temperament and powers as the evil Laxus. I had this idea when I watched Nastu&Gajeel vs Laxus. Naruto and him have the same hair color and I then tought that with all the crap Naruto has been through, it would make sense if he was a super-angry kind of guy.
Before you start reading, a few precisions : This will not be a harem fic, nor a NarutoxRandomKonohaGirl. I want to be a little more original. You'll see ;) (no yaoi) All you need to know is that there will be a pairing later on the story.
Also, it's gonna follow the canon until the end of the Chuunin exams.
Last thing : I'm french, so, if there's a few weird sentences, tell me eventually but don't pay it too much mind. In theory, there will be not that much.
Okay, then, here we go !
Disclaimer : Don't own Naruto or the barely mentionned Fairy Tail character.
Not far from the outside walls of Konoha, at the beginning of the woods, were a young child sitting alone on the dust, his face buried in his knees in a vain effort to stop the tears that were currently flowing on his cheeks. This boy name was Uzumaki Naruto and once again, he was at loss with the villagers behaviour toward him.
Why, he toughts, why everyone hates me ? What did I do ? What can't anyone love me ?
He snorted akwardly, half-choking himself with snot and coughed a little. He spared a panic glance around him, afraid of the idea of catching someone attention. He had barely avoided his last beating and he certainly didn't want it to happen again.
He was about to go back to his initial position when the sound of very close footsteps startled him. He got up quicly but alas, he was barely on his feet before a strong hand caught his shoulder from behind, making him jump out of his skin. He quickly recovered and turned around to identify his potential agressor.
It was a very tall man with blond air like himself and a cool scar (in his opinion) streaking his right eye. He wore a pair of dark pants, a purple shirt and a long green coat with grey fur at the border of it. He had a malicious grin on his lips, like he knew you were out of shuriken and was about to throw one at you.
"You okay, kid ? You don't look so good."
Naruto took a prudent step back and answered with a trembling voice :
"W..Wh.. who are you ? Are you hear to beat me as well ?"
"Beat you ? Now why would I beat a little weakling like you ?"
"I'm not weak !" screamed Naruto at the top of his small lungs, overcoming his fear wich was making his gut hurt.
"Sure you are. Look at you, crying like a worthless trash !"
"Well I'm not some super tall scary guy like you, ok ?! I...I don't have anyone."
Tear were falling again and Naruto had to repress the urge to flee.
Clearly disgusted, the man catch Naruto by his shirt before bringing him to eye level, dissmissing the panicked little boy face and pushing his forehead against his.
"So what ? The more you suffer, the stonger you become. If someone comes at you with his fists, come back latter with a bat. If he comes at you with a bat, come back with a sword, and if he come with a sword, come back WITH A FUCKING ARMY IF YOU HAVE TO !"
"B...but they're adults ! Many of theme ! And I'm alone !"
At this remark, the man seemed to calm himself. He even put him on the ground.
"Is that so ? Then tell me : are you gonna give up ? Are you gonna let them have their way ?"
"I...I don't have much of a choice."
"What if you had one ? What would you do if you had the power to fight back ?"
"I...I'd crush them ! I'd show them how strong I am so that they acknowledge me, so that they are scared !"
The man seemed a littre stratled at that, but then a cruel smile made his way to his face and he began to laugh hysterically before stopping abruptely.
"Good answer, kiddo. I like you ! How about that : I'll give you something to make you super strong, if you're able to endure the pain of the process. And believe me, it hurts a lot."
Naruto stared at the guy wide eyed. He was basically offering him what he always wanted. How many times had he dreamed about a little pay back from the village ? How many time had he wished he could reduce the owners of those hateful glare to ashes ? He woulnd't have an other occasion like this one.
"I don't care if it's hurt !" He screamed. "I'll do it !"
"Good" The man sipmly said. Then, faster than Naruto could react. He put out a small yellow orb and shoved it inside Naruto's gut like there were no shirt nor skin or flesh to stop it.
It was like his all body was on fire. Every one of his nerves were screaming in pain. Naruto began to yell loud enough to reduce his vocal cords to shreds. With what seemed like hours, he felt his muscles shifting, transforming. Hardening. It was unbeareble. And then, just like that, it stopped. Naruto stayed still a couple of minutes, trying to overcome the traumatism he just experienced. Never in his young life he was that hurt. He suddenly sat up and looked aroun. The man was still here, his creepy grin on his face.
"I see it's done" He said.
"Wh... what did you do ?" asked Naruto while he tried to catch his breath.
"I gave you a special power. I think you're calling it kekkei genkai around here, yes ?"
"You... you gave me a kekkei genkai ? How ? What does it do ?"
"How, is my secret" he said while crossing his arms. "As for what it does, well, let's just say you're gonna be very good with Raiton Jutsu. Good enough so you will not even need any hand seal. Oh, and it's not genetic, so it can't be transfered to your children."
"Raiton ? Handseal ?" asked Naruto, confused.
"It's a ninja thing" said the guy while pinching the bridge of his nose, exasperated "You'll be able to manipulate lightning at will".
"Awesome ! So... will you teach me ?"
"Of course not ! I'll leave now !"
"What ? B..but-" Stuttered Naruto. He felt like crying again.
"Look ! You have to figure it out on your on. Can you call yourself strong if you need others to do things for you ? Mmmh ?"
That...actually made sense. But how could he train by himself ? He knew nothing about ninja skills. And just like the man said, he would not ask for help. That would be weak.
What to do, what to do...
He was so deep in toughs that he barely registered the tall man leaving without a word.
"Hum... thank you !"
"Whatever" said the guy. He waved his and without turning back and spoke : "Remember : only strengh can get you what you want." And with that last advice, just like that, he vanished with a "zapp" sound, leaving behind a tiny spark of electrecity which disappered immediately.
Unknown to him, Naruto would take the maxim at heart, in such a level that it would influence the Elemental Nations as a all.
Without wasting any time. Naruto tried to use his new power but was barely able to produce anything at all. He fealt it, tough. That was a start. A disapointing start, but a start nonethless. Still, that was a problem. How to make progress without any help at all ? Sure he could try and try again but the young boy had the feeling that wouldn't help him much. Plus, what if he did something wrong without knowing ?
There was a solution, tough : Books. But he sucked at reading and hated it with a passion. Alas, there wasn't much of a choice. He would have to go to the library. He wasn't exactly looking forward to it.
Shaking himself, he jumped to his feet and made a bee line to the main gate of Konoha. The two idiots ninja guards were still here, despite the fact that it was almost night time. Naruto went on all four so that his high didn't reach the end of the desk of the open sentry box. Slowly, he made his way toward the street. This was the difficult part, but he always managed to succeed in the past. This day was no different and once he was done, he quickly made his way to his apartment, forgetting about his idea of eating at Ichiraku Ramen.
Night was never safe for Naruto. Civilians and ninjas alike had a stronger tendencies to attack him once their stomach were full of cheap saké. He stopped counting how many times some random drunk gave chase after him.
He turn in a dark alley, climbed a fence and quickly crossed the street on which he resulted. He climbed the stairs of his building, attentive to the slightest noise. He was ambush once at his very front door and he didn't want it to happen again. He opened and close drapidly and went to bed without changing clothes. He didn't have much spare and was extremelly tired. In a matter of seconds, he fell asleep.
The next day, Naruto woke up at almost nine, which was awfully early for him. He would have slept a little longer, but he knew that by going to the library in the morning, there would be less people, which meant less chances to be kicked out.
He shivered slightly when his naked feet touch the cold floor but got up nonethless. He then went straight to the library, not even stopping to grab something to eat. He didn't want to spend more time outside than what was necessary. After all, troubles always started the moment he passed his front door.
Outside in the streets, the only people awake were ninjas and merchants. There were a few civilian here and there but that was all. With that few people, Naruto didn't need to make any careful detour and he reached the library in ten minutes. He just hoped the receptionist wouldn't make a fuss about him borrowing a bunch of books.
He pushed the door and entered. The inside was made of dark expensive looking wood. Almost eveything was made of this. The desks, the walls, the roof. It gave a heavy and austere atmosphere, which was strenghtened by the deep silence. In truth, Naruto felt a little intimidated, but also strangely at peace. It was oddly comforting. He passed a very old woman at the front desk who seemed to didn't even notice him, which was probably the case considering she looked half-blind at best. Her pupils had an unhealthy white color.
Taking advantage of that fact Naruto ventured into the shelves. There had to be thousands of books ! And he could barely read ! He suddenly become aware of the amount of work that his self imposed studies would take. Repressing a sigh, he strated to study the titles, trying to find some basic themes. He was tempted to back down, but that would be betraying his new motto. Strengh was everything, and he would read those books, no matter the time it would take ! With a determined frown, he opened a book about chakra theory.
To say that he struggled would be an understatement. He didn't know the meaning of half the kanji that were there. Maybe he aimed to high ? He didn't even understand what was the book about. And of course that was a problem. In addition to that, it was almost impossible to solve, because the only self-teaching methods he knew were books.
While thinking, he made his way randomly between the shelfs. He finally came upon the kids section. Maybe he should start reading these. That was a little humiliating to read about stupid fairy tales, but his crappy reading skills were a major concern that he had to overcome if he wanted to become strong. So, with a little blush on his face, he started his work.
Four hours passed, and he had barely read two thin childish books. It was disapointing. The only positive thing was that he came across a lot of kanji he didn't know which, once replaced in their context, made actually sense. That was the only reason he kept going. From time to time, he received a glare from a parent. But unlike him, they didn't stay, so he ignored it.
It was his stomach that made him registered the amount of time he spent on his seat. Stretching while getting up, he went outside and made a bee line to Ichiraku Ramen. It was the middle of the afternoon, so there wasn't anyone on the stools. Naruto's smile brightened when he spotted Ayame behind the counter.
"Hi, nee-chan !"
"Naruto ? Where were you ? We almost thought you had an accident when you never showed up yesterday !" she joked.
"Sorry" answered Naruto while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "I got chased by some idiots and I spent my day in the woods."
Ayame smiled sadly and nodded her head. She never understood the hatred of the majority of Konoha toward the little sunshine that was Naruto. Sure, he had the Kyuubi inside of him, but it was obvious he wasn't influence by it. He never said or did anything mean.
Well, except a large amount of pranks, she tought with a sweet drop.
"Ho, isn't that Naruto !" said the warm voice of Teuchi, emerging from the kitchen.
"Are you ready, Ojii-san ? I'm super-hungry today, so I'll eat a lot !"
"Is that so ? Then what would it be ?"
"Two of each ! And don't say that's too much ! You know I can do it !"
"Fine then, I'll start to prepare your food." He chuckled for himself and reopened the back door to go to the kitchen.
"Ummm... Ojii-san ?"
"What is it ?" Teuchi asked, turning around. Naruto was blushing a little and was avoiding his gave.
"Could you... could you put vegetables this time ?"
Teuchi jaw hit the floor while Ayame seemed more than a little frightened. She point at Naruto with a shaky finger, her voice trembling comically.
"Wh... Who are you, and what did you do to Naruto ?"
Did the Kyuubi took over ? Is he falling for the dark side of the food ? She asked herself, panicked.
"Don't mock me, nee-chaaan!" Naruto whined. "It took a lot of me to ask that !"
She was at a loss of words, so Teuchi chose to ask : "Why would you want something that you hate, Naruto ?" He felt a little concerned. Did the kid had a fever or something ? Maybe he ate a mushroom he found funny in the woods and now he was hallucinating...
"Well, I decided I wanted to be super-strong. Stronger than the Old Man, even ! But to do that, I need to eat plenty of wierd tasting food, right ?"
"Well... that's true, but why now ? You want to be Hokage for as long as I can remember !"
Naruto hesitated. Did he want someone to know about his meeting with the blond guy ? Oh well, he just had to shut up about the kekkei genkai part, and that was it, right ?
"It's because I met this super-tall, super-scary guy ! He said that if I become strong, people will stop being mean to me !"
"I see... Yosh ! Then I'll put almost only vegetables in your food" Proclaimed Teuchi with a mischievous smile.
"Hey ! I meant just a little, damn it !"
"Language !" Exclaimed Ayame. And with the famous monstruous strengh of a pissed off anime female, she hit Naruto at the top of the head.
"But nee-chaaan !"
"No but ! For every bad words you'll get one more vegetable !"
Naruto immediately shut up, making Teuchi laughing. He went to his kitchen and started making the gargantuan meal. Meanwhile, Ayame asked Naruto about his day. When she learned that Naruto spent his time at the library, she asked him if it was because of his plan to become strong too.
"Yeah, exactly ! I figured I have to be smart to make awesome trap and super-cool jutsu, right ?"
Ayame said nothing, looking oddly at Naruto. Then she lashed out at him and hugged the living daylight out of him while giggling.
"Can't... breath..." stuttered Naruto.
"My little Naru-chan is growing up" she half-cried, completely ignoring him.
She finally let go and Naruto took a deep delicious breath of fresh air before yelling : "Hey ! What was that for ?!"
"Nothing" she said, smiling innocently.
"Girls are so weird", he complained before receiving an other hit on the head.
He was about to protest when to heavenly smell of ramen reached his nostrils. Teuchi put the bowl in front of him and with a loud "Itadakimasu", he dug in. He smiled when he felt the taste on his tong. His life was hard, but sometimes, just sometimes, it was worth living it.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, sandaime Hokage, was worrying a little. Three weeks ago, an other mob gave chase to young Naruto and while his AnBu were dispatching said mob, the child disappeared for four hours. Sadly, it wasn't that uncommon, but something was different this time. Since the event, every time he watched his cristal bowl, Naruto was at the library. For someone like him, it was a huge change of behaviour.
Did something happened ? Wondered the old man. Either way there isn't much I can do. It's not like I can kick him out of the library, I'm not the council.
The Hokage sighed deeply. If he was completely honest, that wasn't what was truly made him concerned. Reading definitly weren't a problem in itself. The fact that it was Naruto was. With the amount of books he read, in a few years, he would probably find something about the sealing art, which would be a problem to say the least.
The obvious solution would be to take those books to the secret library for ninja only, but it was a temporary solution. Naruto would be a ninja after all.
Bah, he'll receive his haitate in ten years. There's time. Hopefully, he will be mature enough to hear the truth. I'm sure he will be. He's the son of those two, after all...
"AnBu !" He called.
A ninja with dark clothes and a white weasel mask appeared in front of him, kneeling respectfully, his right fist steadily put on the floor.
"Go to the library where Naruto spend his time and remove all books with detailed description on sealing"
"Hai" replied the masked ninja before desapearing with a body flicker.
There ! The genesis of angry Naruto ! What did you think guys ? Enjoyed it ? Tell me ! Didn't like it ? Tell me why so I can do better ! Until next time !
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