Alright, folks! New, from the desktop of Johnhamsta, comes the latest story in the Leaves of Steel series!
In this story, Not only does Naruto have the Sharingan from his previous life, there is also something to do with fire!
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"'ello, guvna"- Person speaking
'Wow...that sounded lame'- Person thinking
"Yeah, I'm going to put you through hell for that..."-Demon or Summon speaking
'And it will make me laugh SO hard'-Demon or Summon thinking
Smoldering Leaves, Chapter 1
October 10th, day of the Kyubi's attack
"Yondaime-sama!" yelled a tattered Chunin, "Don't go! We still need your guidance!"
A towering man, with an even greater presence, turned to face the Ninja, one of his subordinates. His pure-white coat, save for flame designs at the bottom that burned upwards, was rippling in the wind. The Yondaime's normally bright blond hair was stained with the blood of comrades and some of their opponent, a mighty Demon known as the Kyubi, the nine-tailed fox. His bright blue eyes looked upwards, shining brilliantly as an example to his people, even though that same day he had suffered the loss of many friends to the Demon, and the even greater loss of his wife to childbirth. He held in his arms a small bundle, which he had been holding on his way.
"Asuma-kun, I am afraid I must." the Yondaime responded in a clear, unwavering voice, "Please tell your father...that...I may not be coming back for my position. I left the hat on the desk."
Asuma Sarutobi, his face unwrinkled by the tobacco he would take up after this day, nodded, a few tears dripping from the inside corners of his eyes.
The Yondaime opened his mouth to speak a final time, "I also need you to deliver this scroll to my favorite student. It dictates my final mission to him." he stated sadly, handing the Sarutobi the official-looking document from his coat.
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" Asuma saluted, before jumping off to deliver the two messages.
Yondaime looked down to the sleeping bundle, and the seals that had to be drawn, in the blood of the self-same baby, around the navel. He stroked the baby's hair, knowing full well what has to be done.
"Naruto-kun...I am truly sorry for what I must do this day. I can only hope that my people will accept you, my son, as a hero, and not a Demon. If they do, I give you full permission to kick their asses until they do! Hehehe...Be strong." The Yondaime's tone became serious at the end of his statement, and his right hand flipped through the half-seals of the Summoning Jutsu, as he wordlessly placed his hand on the ground, using a sharp piece of metal on his belt to draw a small bit of blood from his thumb, to fulfill the contract.
A large cloud of smoke appeared, and, when it cleared, a normally loud voice whispered, "Arashi-kun? Is this the baby?" the large figure, a giant toad, asked the man on its nose, who presented the infant to the Summon.
"Hai, Gamabunta. This is Naruto. When he grows older, could he summon toads as well?" the Yondaime asked hopefully.
"Sure. As long as he gets to drink with me! Now, I believe we have a Village to save?" the boss of the Toads asked with a bit more of an official voice.
The Yondaime nodded, and, as the Toad hopped towards a massive Fox-Demon who was destroying a large segment of housing and development, began flipping through a vast quantity of hand seals, the baby laying on the back of the Toad.
Kyubi's point of view
The red rage was washing over the fox, as it crushed and smashed all in its vision. Soon, a large object was coming after it, so the fox turned to face it, and charged. The figure used strong legs to leap over the attack, and turn around, before a massive influx of chakra was felt.
A small figure on the large one's back raised his hands, and, as sudden as the flash came, a Looming figure, the only one stronger than the Demon, rose up behind the small one. The Looming figure was deathly pale, and raised its pure white dagger, as it cut out the soul and energy of the Kyubi.
He had never felt as much pain in his infinite life as this, his soul being stolen. He howled with force enough to crush mountains, but this was negated by shock-waves from the pale figure, who slammed its dagger into the Kyubi, over and over.
Kyubi felt his mentality leave his husk, and everything else soon followed, as he found himself hurtling through the air, at a minuscule figure, a small human, which they called a baby. As his final punishment to the humans that sealed him, he pulled a small spark from a burning tree along with him, as the Kyubi felt himself sealed behind fresh, bloody bars.
It was over. That is, until the spark lit the baby's developing chakra coils aflame. Drawing the Sharingan from his Genome, and spinning it into his eyes, which turned red from blue. One tomoe was visible, but that quickly vanished into blue again.
Normal point of view
The Yondaime was escorted from existence by the God of Death, and the last thing he saw was his only child screaming in pain. He would spend the afterlife watching him.
Time skip to the next day, Konoha Hospital
The Sandaime was pacing outside of the medical wards, which was very busy that day, with countless villagers and Ninja alike, sick, injured, dying, or dead. The one he was most concerned of was the child of the fourth Hokage, a small baby named Uzumaki Naruto. He remembered how he found Naruto, the previous day, with great clarity.
Flashback
Sarutobi ran with all the vigor he could after being knocked unconscious by a vicious paw swipe from the Kyubi. He couldn't see the Kyubi standing, only its side, lying on the ground. As he ran towards it, he could sense it was dead. Fearing the responses of villagers to the corpse of the mighty beast, he prepared a sealing scroll as he ran, especially designed to contain the corpse, so it could be studied.
As he neared the beast, he saw writting on a tree, done by the skilled tonuge of the boss Toad summon, Gamabunta. As he stopped to read it, he sealed the beast away.
The message read, "Yo, old man, Yondaime sacrificed his soul to seal the Kyubi into his son, who is somewhere around here, I think he's near the tail, but I can't be sure. His father's last request was for the village to treat him well, as the Demon's jailer. Keep him safe, or I'll finish what that damned Demon started!"
Sarutobi smirked, and ran to the tail area, where he saw a pile of leaves that looked burnt. He saw movement, and feared the baby was greatly burned. His worries were washed away as he saw no harm had come to it, save unconsciousness. The seal was glowing, as he picked up the child, and watched as the leaves it had been laying on now turned into a massive bonfire, as if the baby was absorbing the fire. The Sandaime brushed away this notion, and ran back to the Hokage's tower, and his village.
End flashback
Soon, a grey-haired Jonin ran up to him, who was easily identified as Hatake Kakashi. This odd boy was oddly excited, as he approached Sarutobi.
"Hokage-sama! I'm here to carry out my mission!" He stated, saluting the "professor", as Sarutobi was known as, he who had mastered ever Jutsu Konoha had.
The man who had mastered every elemental Jutsu raised an eyebrow, "And what would that be, Kakashi-kun?" he asked, surprised.
Kakashi rummaged through his satchel, squinting his one visible eye, as he pulled out a familiar orange book.
'His mission is the boo-' Sarutobi was thinking, before shocked at Kakashi's next action.
Kakashi...Threw...the-the-the BOOK over his SHOULDER, haphazardly! He didn't even pause to think.
Sarutobi was stunned, as Kakashi pulled out a scroll, with the Yondaime's seal upon it, and presented it to Sarutobi. The Sandaime took the scroll, and watched as Kakashi made no move to pick up his prized reading material.
The scroll read, "Yo! Kakashi-kun! This is from your sensei, and it's your final mission that you will get from me. If you are reading this, then that means...I'm dead. Whoops. Can't win them all, right? Anywho, your last mission is to be Godfather to my son, as...I can't do the job. His name is Uzumaki Naruto, as you know, and will most likely have been recovered by the old man. If not, go find him, or I'll haunt you for the rest of your life! Anyways, take good care of him, and I want him trained even better than I trained you! The reason behind this is the fact that each generation has more potential than the last! This means that you must pass down everything you learn to him, as a father would. You are the only person I trust to do this, except the old man. He has work to do again, though, as he'll have to take his job back. Don't disappoint me, Kakashi!
-Yondaime, aka your sensei, so you had better do it!"
Sandaime snickered, and passed the scroll back to Kakashi, "Okay, Kakashi-kun, Naruto is this way." he said, as he led the young man to the ward, and to Naruto, sleeping on a bed, "Now, Kakashi, as Naruto is still a baby, and we don't really have any wet nurses, we have a supply of Baby formula that your Sensei had prepared in advance. Make sure he eats, sleeps, and...keep him clean. This is an S-rank mission, parenthood. You'll be paid weekly, and you won't get any other missions. Sorry, but this needs to be done. If you can teach him to use Chakra as soon as possible, that would be good, as it will help him grow. The best way is to lightly push your own chakra through him, to develop his coils. That is what I did with my son, and your father with you."
"Now then, Kakashi, Naruto is ready to leave the hospital. I have this book on how to care for babies. This mission takes top priority. It doesn't mean it has to cut into training. However, you cannot allow yourself to become too tired. Naruto will need a lot of attention." Sarutobi ended his rant on parenthood, and passed the baby to Kakashi.
Kakashi held the child, who at once cuddled up to his warmth, "Hi there, Naruto, I'm your new dad."
End of Smoldering Leaves, Chapter 1
See, it's DIFFERENT! Next chapter is all about Kakashi and Naruto! How will Naruto's Sharingan change things? Kakashi is around 15, but please remember that Ninjas are forced into "older" situations a lot sooner than normal people, because of the dangers in their line of work. This will be a NaruTayu, and my second Fanfiction. The terms are non-negotiable.
-Johnhamsta