The Missing Son

by Zalz

Naruto was born during the Third Shinobi war. A few months after he was born, he was kidnapped. Where has he been during the whole time? and what happens since he has just finished fighting a war?

1. Chapter 1

I do not own Naruto ... blah blah blah...

also would like to inform you that this story is inspired by Rurouni Naruto

A man's body was motionless as he sat quietly on a legless chair in an isolated bar in the midst of a peaceful village. It had been a long time since the man could peacefully relax his body without having to look over his shoulders constantly for attacks. The only visible motion of the man was the arm that moved every time he poured some sake into his saucer, and when he drank it slowly.

The slightly stinging feeling of the warm beverage soothed the man's soul, and for a split second, made him forget about the world filled with slaughter and bloodshed that had become his reality. The sake was sweet, it was one of the better brands in the nation, and it was worth the price. It was not necessarily stronger than other brands, but it was smoother and give a sensation of tranquility to its drinker...

Spring brings sakura blossoms to comfort you, the summer stars, the harvest moon in fall, and the powdered snow in the winter. All of these things, and the promise of them, is what make Sake tastes so good. The ability to enjoy a saucer of sake peacefully signifies a start of a new era for a man living in the accustomed world of warfare and death, and it gives a sense of optimism to even the most pessimistic men.

It was a quiet night, and the civilians of the village were enjoying a night of peaceful slumber without the worry of sudden attacks from other villages. Men returned home to celebrate their victory with their wives and children, finally grasping the precious possession that was family; no longer thinking about making a name for themselves, but rather hoping to redeem their image in the eyes of there children.

The usually busy bar was scarce of their regular customers, only a few of the tables were filled, and the mood was peaceful and quiet. It was a big contrast to the usual partying and hysteria, but it was not a bad change. The owner of the bar was finally able to sit back with his wife behind the counter and let his few employees take care of the floor...he too was enjoying the recently achieved solidarity.

"So you need another bottle of sake Naruto-sama?" asked one of the hostesses politely with a smile on her face.

The man in his regular table had the eyes of a hardened warrior, his blue eyes pierce the very soul of his enemies, and his expression was enough to drive any man catatonic. He looked to be in his late teenage years, but his composure was well beyond his years. He had long red hair that reached his lower back that was tied into a high pony-tail, but for some unknown reason his frontal hair was oddly spiky and tended to defy gravity.

"Yes please..." muttered the man in a flat tone that would have intimidated the woman if she hadn't been serving him for two years already.

The hostess nodded and bowed slightly. "Coming right up Naruto-sama."

The man poured the last of his current bottle of sake into his saucer and gently poured it into his mouth, enjoying the feeling of the drink sliding down his throat. The man was wearing a full body black combat suit that acted like a second skin and did not hide his muscular frame. There was a black combat vest that covered his upper body, knee-high combat boots that protected his shin, and elbow-lengthed steel armguards that sealed his forearm from harm. (somewhat like assasins's creed Romulus armour)

The most peculiar thing about the man was the katana that was usually strapped to his waist, and was at the moment beside him as he was sitting down. It was a fine specimen in the eyes of all Kenjutsu users in the Elemental Nations, it had a pure black sheath that was illustrious to the eyes, a silver round guard, and a hilt decorated in a silver diamond shaped pattern.

The man sighed as he waited for his next bottle of sake and turned his head to look out the window slight above him. The moon was in full bloom and its light covered the stars from his sight. It has been one month since the last full moon and Naruto was surprised at how much his world changed in that short time. Ever since he could remember, he had always been fighting and killing...at first it was for a common purpose of peace, but as time progressed it became a pass-time.

It was hard to believe that their old small band of warriors, now an imperial army, actually came through with their goals and brought the Yondaime Mizukage's government to its knees. It had been a ten year war, and countless man had died on both ends, but in the end it was worth it. In full honesty to himself Naruto was dubious about their chances of victory...Kirigakure no Sato was one of the main Shinobi villages in the Elemental Nations and the Yondaime Mizukage was one of the most powerful men in the world...nobody thought they would survive the rebellion.

It was much with luck that the once small group of rebels managed to defeat all that the Mizukage sent towards them, and their name quickly rose to the highest battlefields in Mizu no Kuni. Naruto did not know if the Mizukage was use not adept to warfare, but he was only sending small battalions of Shinobi at them at a time, and it was not even challenging for them to cut them down like goats to the slaughter.

As the leader of the group, Naruto was the most powerful of the rebellion force, and his name quickly became one of the most infamous in all of the Elemental Nations. Only those particularly close to him knew his real name, but the rest of his troops and enemies came to call him the "Hitokiri Battousai". Naruto wasn't really happy with his moniker being manslayer, but he couldn't help but agree that the name was very suitable with his actions.

'I can't believe the war is finally over...' thought the man silently to himself as he stared at the bright moon with confused emotions in his eyes. 'If you were still alive I know you would give me some ideas...Aoshi.'

Shinomori Aoshi was Naruto's second in command and was one of the main heroes of Mizu no Kuni. The man was a silent warrior and was a terror to all his enemies on the battlefield, but his close friends knew that he was a compassionate man who deeply cared for his comrades, especially his little follower Misao. It was one of Naruto's great regrets that he was not present at Aoshi's final battle...if he was there he might have been able to save them. It was a great tragedy that Aoshi died along with the majority of his troops...including Misao.

Naruto's battalion of the one who was rushing to assist Aoshi in battle, but when they arrived it was already too late to save them. The emergence of another rebel army completely annihilated the Mizukage's men, but the price was too high. Naruto could still remember that rainy day vividly, and the faces of Aoshi and Misao would forever be etched in his mind. The only recompense was that Aoshi and Misao died in each other's arms, and they looked to be at peace to finally lay at rest together...

It was only a few days ago that Naruto and General of the second Rebel Force, Terumi Mei attacked Kirigakure, and it was a miracle that they survived. The Mizukage's men were not of any problems, but the Mizukage himself was what brought true terror onto the battlefield. The man was not wrong to be placed with the name of Kage, he was the most powerful man Naruto had ever encountered in his life.

Naruto had started to fight and kill by the time he was eight years old, and never was he faced with such terror. Yagura's chakra was nothing Naruto had ever felt before, it must have been because he was the Jinchuriki of the Sanbi. Terumi Mei was the one with more mass ranged attacks, so she fought with Yagura from a distance first, and with his speed Naruto was responsible for striking the fatal blow of the man when the moment appeared.

It was extremely difficult, but Naruto and Mei did it, and the Mizukage was killed. At his moment weakness Yagura's body emerge form his transformed state, and Naruto used his blade to slice off the man's head...

The moment his blade touched the man's neck it was as if time itself had paused to let him savour the moment. For his entire life Naruto had been living in killing and bloodshed, and all that was mainly caused by the Mizukage. It was because of Yagura that his best friend perished in battle, it was because of Yagura that all that he cared about was in ruins, and it was because of Yagura that he was force to become a killer of mass numbers.

Naruto was not angry because he was forced to kill, but he was angry that he never had a choice in the matter...because of the tyranny of the Mizukage, killing was the only way to survive.

"Here you go Naruto-sama, please enjoy!" cheerfully said the hostess as she placed a new bottle of sake in front of him, with a bow she left his side.

The young man gave the hostess a nod and reached out for the bottle, but his hand stopped just when he grasped the bottle. A small smiled graced Naruto's face as he picked up the bottle and stood up from where he sat. The man strapped his blade to his waist and placed some money on the table. He suddenly remembered that it was the anniversery of an old friend's death...

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Naruto was in the small village that he spend most of his childhood in, and it was where he first started to plan his future as a fighter. Here he learned how to talk to people so they would agree with him, he learned how to cheat and lie so he would get his way, and most importantly he learned how to fight. Naruto had no idea what Shinobi or Samurai was when he was a child, all he knew was that they possessed strength he needed and he would acquire them no matter what.

Occasionally Naruto would think back to the time when his mother was alive. His mother had died a long time ago, but from his earliest memories Naruto could remember that his mother was like an angel, and she loved him greatly. Naruto tried to figure out who his mother actually was, but he couldn't find anything from the possessions she left him. He assumed that she was a Kunoichi because she had many Kunai and Shuriken in her home, and some battle armor in her closet. The one thing that really stood out was his mother's journal, which only had a few pages filled out. and one of them described a man his mother was in love with.

It was very possible that the man would be Naruto's father as her mother described that he had spiky blonde hair and blue eyes...but the two things that really stood out were that it was said that he was a Konoha Shinobi...and that his mother had to steal him out of Konoha. Sometime Naruto wondered if he was a kidnapped child from Konoha...and his mother kept him as her own child...

As time gone by Naruto started to train himself with scrolls of skill he stole of travellers who would pass through his village, and with those wide range of skills he built a style of his own. Most had to admit that Naruto was a genius, there was no better word to describe him. Not everyone could take a few scrapes of scroll from here and there to create a style that will become one of the most infamous names in the Elemental Nations.

Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu...

It was a style that was design to fight many enemies at the same time, so it was greatly reliant on speed. With this style Naruto became someone who was very rare in the Elemental Nations. His skilled was like a mix between Samurai and Shinobi, he had the agility of some of the most revered Shinobi in the lands, but his Kenjutsu was unparalleled.

For the longest time Naruto's name and person was completely in the dark because none of his enemies would live to tell his tale. The Hitokiri Battousai's name had become power itself, as its very mention would strike fear into the hearts of his enemies. It was like the Kiroii Senko back in the Second Shinobi World War, people also had a flee on sight command on him.

No one knew how one swordsman would be able to completely destroy entire battalions of Shinobi himself. There was no fancy Jutsu of mass destruction, but the man's pure speed was so great and his Kenjutsu style was so distinct that no one was able to stop his killings. When the Mizukage's men would scan through the dead bodies of their fallen comrades, they would find scattered limbs and head, all slice off by a katana, but the most amazing thing was that all the man were wearing heavy armor designed to protect against blades...but the Battousai slice through them like a hot knife through butter.

Soon the name Hitokiri Battousai was as revered an S-ranked Shinobi/Samurai in all Bingo Books, and all villages in the Elemental Nations were on the lookout for him.

Naruto arrived at the entrance to a cemetery, and he walked into it with a smile on his face. It was a bright night because of the full moon, and Naruto found his way to a grave with the name Shakku engraved upon it. Naruto smiled at the sight and let out a light chuckle as he sat down in front of the grave with his legs crossed and his blade on the ground.

"It has been a while Shakku-san...almost seven years to be exact." said Naruto with a causal voice with a hint of sadness. "Its finally over...we won and the country is free."

Naruto had met the man named Shakku seven years ago when he first started to fight as a rebel. Shakku was already an old man then, his appearence eroded by time and his once imposing stature was reduced to an old man. But despite his frail body Shakku continued to hold his pride in high regard, and he had the respects of many Kenjutsu users around the world.

Shakku was one of the legendary blade forgers of his time, and his master-pieces had been through countless battles throughout the years. Naruto had first met the man without knowing who he was. The young man saw that Shakku and his family were being harrassed by some thugs and he decided to help out, but that was a large tip in his favor in Shakku's eyes. The old man saw fire in Naruto's eyes, and he realized that Naruto would one day become a great man...he was right.

Shakku was the one who forged Naruto his current blade, the Kageuchi, a blade that was made with molten flames so it would never break. It was a deadly weapon, suitable for a man of Naruto's stature, and it had held him high throughout the years...

Naruto opened the bottle of sake and poured some on top of the gravestone. "If only you would have lived to see this day...you would have been so happy." The young man took a swig out of the bottle and closed his eyes. "It turns out you were right...your blade was with me the whole way, and it helped me blaze the trail to a new era." The midnight wind blew across the area and lifted Naruto's hair gently. "But the depressing thing is...now that the war is over I have no idea what to do anymore... Mei has been there, but still..."

Naruto was offered the position of being the Godaime Mizukage because of his massive contributions of the rebellion, but he turned it down without a second thought. Naruto saw himself more of a General than a Kage, he would not be able to rule over a village of Kirigakure no Sato's size. Naruto passed his recommendation to Terumi Mei, having worked with the woman for a few years already Naruto saw Mei as a great leader, and knew that she would be able to bring Mizu no Kuni back to life. However Mei also didn't want to get involved since both her and Naruto were forming plans together. So the Mizukage's hat went to their underling. Thus the hat had been taken by Aoishi, who had fought under then and had been a strong leader of men.

The young S-ranked man was then offered the role the commander of Kirigakure's military, but he also turned that down, much to everyone's surprise. Everyone, even Aoishi herself thought that Naruto would have accepted the role of commander since he was so natural in battle, but the man just replied saying that he was honored, but he would not longer walk the path of a warhawk. After so many killing and massacres Naruto wanted to deviate from his original path...he wanted to find and answer to his life, he wanted a real purpose...

He also wanted to find out whether his suspicions where true. He wanted to know if he was a kidnapped child from Konoha or if his father had just left him and his mother. Due to his red hair, he had a suspicion that he was an Uzumaki (it also helped that Mei was part Uzumaki.) since red hair was an important feature of the said clan. Just before he had collected his men, he had gone to Uzu and saw the runes. It was a very sad sight to behold. He had looked around and managed to discover quite a lot of weapons which he stored and held as his own collection. He also found a hidden vault with all of the clan's scrolls and techniques along with the clan's summoning contracts. He also took these and stored them while he took old Uzumaki armour, fixed it up and took it as his own. It was due to this armour that he was recognized in the battlefield as his reputation preceded him since he was also known as the Arashi no Kami, due to his usage of 3 of his affinities to make a storm.

With this in mind, Naruto went up to the Mizukage Tower to talk to the Mizukage and tell him that both he and Mei were leaving Kiri with the possibility of never returning. Both of them wanted to find some family resemblance. They knew that inorder to find some answers they had to go to Konoha since the last known Uzumaki resided in Konoha. Also Naruto wanted some answers about his father.

Aoshi was in his office facing the horrors of paperwork. He now was seriously considering that the man in front of her specifically chose not to become Kage in order to torture him with paperwork. Of course said man was looking impassively while he was nearly in tears.

"Ao, We're leaving Kiri." And there was the bombshell that Aoshi was certainly expecting, yet not wanting to accept.

"What for Naruto? Isn't there anything we can do to keep you here? We want you here, actually we need you here, both of you." Pleaded Aoshi

"You don't need us here Aoshi. I've already planned a restructuring program for the Shinobi here. Within 3 to 4 years time, Kiri would be back up on it's feet. I know that this is sudden but there are stuff that I have to and need to do. I want to find out whom my parents are or at least who my father is." Explained Naruto. "I'm going to Konoha since that is the only clue I have of him. Do you need me to pass any message along? Or at least as payment for this let me try to negotiate a treaty with Konoha. If our trip is unsuccessful at least I would have done all my parts and put Kiri as one of the Great Villages again. The war was hard Ao, and I need a break and I want to find my family at least."

Aoshi sighed and said." Of course you did more than any of us to remove Yagura. If you would manage to sign the treaty that would be well and good but if not, it was worth a try. When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow if possible."

"Do you need anybody with you?"

"Not really, We're just taking everything and leave. If I sign the treaty, I'll send you a message with my summons and tell you to come ok?"
"Sure Naruto, go and be safe."

"Thanks Aoshi and goodluck."

And with that both Naruto and Mei left the Mizukage's office with the intent to go to Konoha to find out more about their family since the Temuri line was a branch of the Uzumaki. He would not be expecting would he would find though.

Naruto's Entry in the Bingo Book:

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

Age: 17-18

Gender: Male

Origin: ?

Shinobi Rank: Jonin/borderline Kage

Calibre Rank: S

Known Alias: Arashi no Kami (Storm God)

Shinku no Shini (Crimson Death)

Ken no Oni (Demon of the blade)

Known Clan Affiliation: Uzumaki Clan

Known Element Affinities: Fuuton, Raiton, Suiton.

Skill List

Taijutsu: 6

Ninjutsu: 8

Genjutsu: NA

Intelligence: 10

Strength: 6

Speed: 8

Stamina: 8

Hand Seals: 7

Weapons: Katana made of black metal with a purple guard and black sheath

Physical Description: Stands six foot two and weights one hundred and fifty five pounds. Red Crimson hair and violet eyes; tanned skin and is known to wear traditional Uzumaki armour along with a white jacket with lightning designs.

Special Abilities: Known to have Chakra sensor like abilities. Despite age he has Kage Level Chakra reserves. Also known to use

Known Family: Mei Terumi (fiance)

Other Information: Is known to have killed Yagura in a sword fight along with several other members of Kiri's Swordsmen. Known to use extremly high speeds in battlefield and is one of the best Kenjutsu masters

Bounty: 80 Million Ryo- Dead or Alive stationed by Iwa

50 Million Ryo- Alive stationed by Oto

50 Million Ryo – Dead or Alive by Kumo

If seen, Proceed with caution if ANBU level. if not Flee on sight.