Chapter 1
James Heller was dead, he had no idea how long he'd been dead for all he knew was that he had died of old age in his sleep.
He had done many things in his life from getting married, joining the Marines, being infected with the same virus that had created his wife's murderer, stopped gentec and blackwatch, consumed Mercer, (becoming the strongest being in recorded history) ended the second outbreak of the blacklight virus, saved his daughter Amaya, married Dana Mercer, (Heller at that point) started a dojo that he used as a means of keeping young children off of the streets, and helped fund many charities.
Time passed quickly for him and he had no way of watching the world of the living so he didn't know what year it was.
One day a spectral being with a face of what the Japanese would call an 'oni' appeared in front of him. "James Heller, you're needed in the land of the living once more. I will be placing you inside of a newborn child so he may protect his precious people, he will gain all of your abilities both passive and combative all you need to do is teach him to use and control them then i will bring you back and let you be with your family."
James understood very little of what was just said, all he knew was if he trained some kid he would get to see his family again. James took the deal immediately, feeling as he was sucked out of whatever plane of existence he resided in.
(Scene change)
Minato Namikaze was not a happy man right now, at first things were going well, he had kept the seal on his wife's stomach stable as his first child had been born, then he kept it stable as the second of the two twins had been born; next though is what explains his anger. A masked man in plain black robes was able to get past all of his defenses (which ranged from security seals to paralysis seals strong enough to knock out the 9 tails, to his elite ANBU) without notice. The man had been able to snatch his daughter Hinami Uzumaki Namikaze from under his nose, he had used her as a distraction to take Kushina, ripped the fox out of her, then used it to attack Konoha. Minato had moved Kushina, Hinami, and his son Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze to a secret bunker, and went to fight the masked man himself.
When he got to the battlefield he used the Hiraishin to flash a fully powered bijudama away from konoha to an uninhabited area outside of Konoha's borders to which the masked man attempted to grab him but he flashed away only to be followed by him.
The battle was pretty quick with Minato discovering the weakness to this masked terrorists intangibility and taking malicious advantage over it with a combination of the Hiraishin to get behind him and the Rasengan to strike him. While he was distracted by his shock at being hit the 4th hokage placed a contract seal on the assailant, ending his control over the fox.
With the man's retreat Minato was quick to act, he used the summoning jutsu to summon the boss toad Gamabunta, then got him to lead the fox far away from the village where he was waiting with his daughter in v his arms. The blond kage used a combination of the reaper death seal and a 16 trigram seal to seal the fox into Hinami.
(Normal pov)
The Shinigami had just finished sealing away the fox when Hiruzen appeared in the area so the god of death left, appearing in the bunker that Kushina and Naruto lay in. Using his control over souls the Shinigami sealed James Heller into Naruto's brain and changed his DNA just enough to give him the blacklight and connect him to the military man in his head so he'd gain his abilities.
(6 years later)
A 6 year old Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze stood in the middle of a training ground behind the Uzumaki Namikaze estate at 6:00 A.M manipulating hundreds of biomass tendrils with the use of his mind. "Good job Naruto, you have learned quickly. Your next skill is shape-shifting, try changing your hands into metallic claws."
Naruto thought about it and attempted to manipulate the biomass but all he was able to do was thin his fingers. He was about to get discouraged but James Heller spoke up. "It's ok Naruto, you just need to learn more about a blade. We'll get a kunai and have you study it. You'll have to learn what a blade feels like, looks like, etc. then we'll try again, for a first attempt it was impressive. For now we'll start on your endurance training."
Naruto started with some stretches, lunges, and mountain climbers, then started jogging around the training grounds, and went from there.
4 hours later Naruto could be seen sitting on top of a training post meditating, he was training his chakra control at an advanced level. Why you may ask? Well, he has known for as long as he could remember that he would need to be strong in order to defend his twin sister and the entire village from enemy ninja.
As an Uzumaki he was already going to have high levels of chakra but he was the son of a former Jinchuuriki so he had high chunin low jonin level chakra reserves.
As such he had to do this the opposite way of everyone else, while most people had to wait until the academy to train their chakra and had to begin with the basics he had to start very early and had to start with advanced stuff and work his way down to the basics.
The young carbon copy of the 4th hokage had spent 2 hours training his chakra control when his sister came outside smiling. The girl was in a white dress and sandals as she ran up to Naruto.
"Naruto-nii! Kaa-san says that you need to get dressed, we're going to a party at the Uchiha clan compound to celebrate Sasuke's birthday!"
The blond hopped off of the training post and made his way to the house, taking a moment to pat his sister's head affectionately (she was a foot shorter) to which she playfully swatted his hand away. "Alright, I'll be back down in a few minutes."
With that he went up stairs and took a shower, cleaning the sweat off of himself. When he got out he quickly dressed in a white shirt that had the Uzumaki clan symbol on the back, faded blue jeans, and open toed sandals then sped down the stairs with a storage scroll in his left hand.
Kushina stood in front of the door in her usual outfit, when she noticed the scroll she looked to Naruto in confusion. "What's that Naruto?"
The young Uzumaki smiled happily. "Sasuke's present, i thought long and hard about what to give him."
Kushina smiled. "I'm sure that he'll love whatever it is honey."
The 3 left and headed towards the Uchiha clan compound, taking a mere 8 minutes to get there. When they reached the compound they were greeted by Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke.
Naruto bowed formally to Mikoto and Fugaku. "Hello Fugaku and Mikoto-samas, Thank-you for inviting us into your home for such an occasion."
Mikoto laughed slightly. "Really it's no problem at all Naruto-san, you're a friend to Sasuke while most only get close to him to meet one of us or to get to his inheritance." Naruto nodded and followed everyone inside.
Fugaku turned to the young blond and spoke. "I've heard from my sons that you have begun your training in the shinobi arts a few months ago, how is that going for you so far?"
Naruto chuckled sheepishly. "As well as i can really ask for at this stage of it, I've stuck to accuracy, basic endurance, and chakra control for now. I plan to update my regime regularly." Fugaku seemed impressed. "And what about your academics?"
Naruto grinned. "I read a lot, studying many old battles and shinobi who survived each war. I've even stumbled upon references to you 2 during the last war."
The Uchiha clan head was shocked. "Really, what did it say?"
The young prototype pointed at Fugaku. "Fugaku 'Wicked eyes' Uchiha, renowned for the use of the sharingan in any battle, brutal efficiency with taijutsu and genjutsu, mysterious abilities that haven't been seen in recorded history before that seemed to originate from the eyes, S rank with a 'flee on sight' order in the bingo book, said to be on par with the 4th hokage in terms of raw power."
Naruto then pointed to Mikoto. "Mikoto 'Hell spawn' Uchiha, renowned ninjutsu specialist, mastered the shunshin to such a degree it seems as if she were only a mirage and she mastered fire manipulation to such a point that she could boil you from the inside, SS rank with a 'flee on sight' order in the bingo book, rumored to be stronger than the 4th hokage in all aspects."
Fugaku nodded. "Great memory kid, that will serve you well in the future." After that everyone hung around for awhile until all party guests arrived.
When it was time for presents Naruto sat back until all others have finished,c when he was the last one left he stepped forward as he unrolled the scroll.
When he reached Sasuke he unsealed a sheathed O-katana and handed it to the young Uchiha, all around the room there were gasps of surprise.
"Sasuke, this is a training blade meant only for beginning your kenjutsu training, by giving you this i as the heir of the Uzumaki clan have named you a friend to my clan and an honorary member of the Uzumakis. By doing this i have shown utmost trust in you. We by the traditions of my clan are now brothers in arms."
The seriousness of the situation was not lost on Sasuke, he looked at the training blade in awe, within his hands was not just a training blade but a physical representation of his only true friends trust in him. To intrust something of such importance to him was humbling.
Naruto got Sasuke's attention with his hand extended in a way that Sasuke had seen a few shinobi do before. Sasuke put his hand out as he stood up and both boys gripped each other's wrists in a warrior's handshake. At this very moment Sasuke had sworn to himself one thing. 'I shall never give Naruto a reason to doubt his decision to give me his trust for he is my brother in arms!'
(2 years later)
Naruto had become stronger than he had imagined, he had started his Uzumaki specific training 2 months after the party, learning fuinjutsu and kenjutsu from Kushina while on his 7th birthday he began weight training, intermediate chakra control, and he mastered a jutsu called the Shadow clone jutsu. He had also learned of the abilities that Heller knew.
After the party Sasuke had started learning to use his new training blade properly, then he started skyrocketing through anything he was taught from academy level to chunin level. Now at 8 years old, Hinami had started her training in the shinobi arts.
The girl was able to catch up quickly in chakra control, shuriken jutsu, and ninjutsu but she need more time to catch up on weight training for taijutsu.
Naruto wore a silver muscle shirt, grey jeans, and grey close toed sandals with weight seals on each limb (5 pounds each) and chest; (15 pounds, totaling at 35 pounds) he had a Jian on his back and a pouch of shuriken on his left thigh.
Naruto and Sasuke were in the training grounds behind the Uzumaki Namikaze estate sparing with kenjutsu. The two moved around each other trying to get a solid hit in with wooden swords but each blocked or dodged quickly.
Naruto was glad to see that Sasuke was still training, just 2 months ago his whole clan was murdered by his brother in one night and that same person placed a genjutsu on his little brother to show him how he killed each of them. The young Uchiha had been in a coma for an entire month, when he woke up he had seen two people in his age group there with him. Both Naruto and Hinami had stayed in the hospital room the entire time he was in the coma and they helped him recover.
After having time to think Sasuke had come to the decision to bring Itachi to justice, Naruto on the other hand had different plans. 'I'm going to kill that bastard once and for all when i am strong enough. He will not go unpunished for his crimes.'
After 2 hours they stopped and went to take showers.
When the two came out they were dressed in formal attire that represented their clans as today they were being formally recognized as the heirs of their respective clans.
Kushina had lead them along with Hinami through the busy streets of Konoha when the little redheaded girl started sniffing the air as her ears twitched a little. "Nii-san, i hear crying and multiple taunts and a smell some blood."
Naruto nodded. "Which way Hinami?"
The girl pointed to a part of the local park that was hidden behind a cluster of bushes and trees to which Naruto released half of the weight in the seals (50 pounds) and dashed through the bushes, reapplying them instantly.
What he found was 4 civilian boys kicking a downed girl, probably a Hyuuga from the skin complexion. "Apologize Hyuuga, just say that you're sorry and we'll stop!" said the obvious leader of the group.
"And what did she do that deserves such hostility civilian?" asked the blond Uzumaki calmly with a small amount of KI leaking out.
The leader of the group turned around angrily. "She's a Hyuuga, worse still is that she's from the main branch. Hyuuga need to learn that they aren't better than us regular people, once she apologizes for her clans high and mighty attitude she can leave without any problems."
Naruto looked at the boy then spoke. "Then allow me to do it." Naruto bowed slightly. "I Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze do apologize for the attitude of the Hyuuga clan as a whole, i will speak with their clan head and see if they can be humbled. Now please release the girl."
The leader smirked. "Not good enough, the Hyuuga must do it."
Naruto glared. "I see, well you leave me with no choice than." The boy sped forward and planted his right fist in the leaders stomach then chopped him on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious.
The blond turned to the other civilian boys with a calm look. "Leave, take your friend and leave before you get hurt as well."
The civilians did as told, leaving Naruto to pick up the young Hyuuga. The blond looked her over a bit, examining the damage.
'Small bruises and a split lip, nothing that a small medical jutsu can't fix up quickly though going by how she's wincing I'd say that she's got some cracked or broken ribs as well.'
"Dog." A silver haired ninja with a dog mask on appeared. "Find the branch member who was supposed to protect her and escort him to lord Hiashi, tell him all that has happened here and send a medic ninja to deal with the wounds.
Dog acted immediately and within 30 seconds a ninja was kneeled in front of the girl with her hands glowing green with medical chakra.
"H-H-H-Hinata Hyuuga." Naruto was confused. "Excuse me?"
The girl looked the blond in his eyes. "My name, my name's Hinata Hyuuga. I'm the heiress to the Hyuuga clan."
Naruto nodded. "Well it's nice to meet you Hinata-san but I have to be on my way. I have to get to the Hokage tower so i can be officially noticed as the heir of the Uzumaki clan by the village, guess I'll see you around." At that the boy left through the bushes.
'Hinata huh, I'm going to need to help her build her confidence from the ground up. Such a pretty girl should never be so shy and unconfident.'
(2 years later)
A 10 year old Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze was watching as his army of shadow clones were training in the use of many different jutsu that he found in the clan library and to master his kenjutsu style.
Naruto had officially mastered all of the abilities that James Heller had to teach him last year to which the Shinigami unsealed him and put him in the land of the dead with his family so he began working even more on his jutsu, also with his strength and speed being quadrupled he was now able to amp up his weight training to 600 pounds.
He had also needed to train his control over his new found strength so that he wouldn't hurt anyone on accident.
Sasuke and Hinami had started acting odd around each other about a month ago and it was finally getting to Naruto. 'I swear that if those two don't just admit that they like each other i'm gonna kill someone.'
Right then Hinata came out of the estate holding 2 cups of tea. "Naruto, your mom says to come eat before lunch gets cold."
The blond walked inside with his girlfriend of a whole year as she handed him his tea, they both sat down to a lunch of bbq and salad with Kushina and Hinami. The 4 spoke about many things like academics, hobbies, and even training. Apparently Kushina had been teaching Hinami to control the kyuubi's power so that she doesn't lose control on a mission when she becomes a kunoichi.
Kushina turned to her only son and spoke up. "So Naruto, what do you plan to learn next?"
Naruto seemed to think about it. "Well I've already learned and mastered all of the material for the 4 years of mandatory academy, mastered my unique abilities, gotten perfect control of my chakra, i've already reached above average fuinjutsu for an Uzumaki of my age, just started my master level katas for kenjutsu, and have shadow clones working on bringing up my arsenal of ninjutsu… i think I'll find this Might Gai and ask for taijutsu training, try to learn the Goken."
(2 years later)
A 12 year old Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze stood in front of the shinobi academy, wearing black sweat pants, a black muscle shirt, and shinobi sandals. The blond was weaponless because his mother had refused to allow him to bring his sword or shuriken.
Right beside him was Sasuke in the standard Uchiha clothes (Cannon clothes) without his training blade because Kushina wouldn't allow him to carry it either.
Over the last few years Sasuke had grown strong, learning many fire jutsu within his clan library, mastering a kenjutsu style, mastering the interceptor fist, and unlocking his sharingan. (1 tomoe)
Naruto had become stronger as well, mastering every nin, gen, and fuinjutsu in his clans library, learning the Goken from Gai, and consuming his first enemy shinobi.
The ninja had made an attempt on kidnapping his girlfriends little sister Hinabi but was noticed by the blond who was quick about it, silently getting close behind him he used the biomass tendrils to break him down and absorb him.
The young Uzumaki had seen every memory and learned every jutsu his victim had known. (Raiton only) The 3rd raikage had attempted to demand that he be handed over as compensation for the loss of their ninja on the threat of war (knowing full well that Hiruzen wanted to keep the peace) but Naruto had put an end to that quickly by saying that if they wanted him all they had to do was beat him in a full on battle with no restrictions.
The raikage had sent 4 of his jonin, (one of them being one of his few apprentices in the use of black lightning) none of them made it back.
"Are you ready Sasuke? Today we begin our journey, this is the first step of many that we take on the path of vengeance. Today we make our way up the ranks until we are able to kill him."
Sasuke nodded. "Yea, let's do it… brother."
The two moved forward as they bumped fists.
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AN: Hello everyone, this is only to give a background for my story, I'll be getting into all of the good stuff soon enough.This was on my mind for a while and it finally became too much, taking root in my mind to where i couldn't focus on Naruto, son of the dragonborn so i put it down on fanfiction for you dear readers.This will only be a side project for now, hell i might not even look at this again until i have the Naruto x skyrim finished.If you wish to see more sooner than that tell me by reviewing.MCL homies