A/N: Sorry to fans of my works for once again, bringing out another fic while having incomplete ones! *Bows head apologetically* But this idea for what happened to Naruto in the beginning of Rise of the Dragonborn and Heir of Deathwing fics respectively could not be ignored. I am suffering from a bit of a writer's block, and I have school and work to juggle with as well so I will try my best to update whenever I can.
Reviews also help motivate me after long days to know I have dedicated readers out there.
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Cypher Naruto Uzumaki opened his eyes, shutting them quickly due to the brightness of his location as he heard a chuckle. He hated it instantly as he regained his senses. He was chained up by his arms and legs, his draconic and demonic powers suppressed as he looked at the smug face of a Wicked God.
[Wicked Gods: Malicious and evil counterparts of gods in myths and religions across the world, they are tyrants who control humans with an iron fist. These dark gods are created from negative viewpoints, hatred, and contempt of their more benevolent counterparts by people forced into their worship of said gods.]
"Naruto Uzumaki, we, the Gods of our worlds have deemed you too dangerous to be left alone. For your act of defiance, we hereby sentence you to the fate, of eternal damnation." he spoke. Naruto's contempt for this false god grew as he knew just whom it was speaking to him.
"Deus, one day…I'll break that smug look on your face for doing this to me…" Naruto growled in anger as the man known as Deus pointed at Naruto, causing the boy to scream in anguish as electricity shocked the boy. "For a Cypher, you truly are a rogue of your kind. Your family will be dealt with after you, so you will be seeing them soon." Deus spoke, causing Naruto's eyes to widen in shock and rage. "You…What are you going to do to them?!" he demanded as the god chuckled. "My boy, you should be worried about yourself. For in the end, you will be useful to us even in death." Deus replied as he snapped is fingers.
Letting out an earsplitting scream, two beings were ripped out of Naruto as his body was transformed. He now had yellow fox ears and nine fox tails as his body hung limp. Two dragons were chained and were being examined by the divine beings as Deus looked at them closely. "Interesting, a combination of a Heavenly Dragon and a High-Class Hell Dragon created a powerful, single being. So, the descendants of the great wyrms of creation themselves were involved in your incredible existence Naruto. But now, they belong to us to use for our cause." Deus said, as he trailed his hand on the black one as it snapped at him, only for it to be muzzled.
"Tenryū…Naraku…" Naruto muttered as he weakly looked at the two dragons with sorrow. The two dragons, muzzled, whined as they struggled in their restraints to help be reunited into one being again. "Sorry boy, but these dragons and their abilities will be helping us now, for the sake of humanity…" Deus told him as Naruto snarled at him. "You mean using them as weapons! You warped gods think you're all that! Using the lives of others to finish your selfish goals of a "utopia" where your words are law sickens me. And to think you are the Wicked God counterparts to the actual deities themselves makes me want to hurl. One day Deus, I'll make you and the others pay for this! This, I promise you!" Naruto shouted as Deus smirked.
"Ah, but where you're going…" Deus said, snapping his fingers as below where Naruto was hanged, a giant, green whirlpool was swirling endlessly. "You won't escape. Burn endlessly in eternal madness, forever trapped in the Abyss, where all are doomed to suffer for all eternity." He finished as the chains snapped as Naruto fell, screaming as the whirlpool engulfed him whole as the entryway was sealed shut.
Naruto screamed in the water, it burned like white hot fire as he descended deeper into the Abyss as he felt his soul leave the ruined body as it was swept away by the water's tides as the soul merely rested at the bottom, disappearing from the physical realm as his soul took physical form. To him, an eternity had passed as he was free from the burning as he stood. He observed his new form as he noticed his jawbone missing. Using what was left of his coat, he made a cowl to hide it as the now turned wraith's burning gaze narrowed with apathetic rage at his destroyed form.
"Naruto Uzumaki..." a deep and powerful baritone voice spoke, startling the boy as he turned to the entity before him. A giant cephalapod-like creature as it eyed him. "You are worthy..." it spoke to him.
*Realm of Infinity*
"I'm sorry Lady Kushina, but..." spoke the Cypher incarnation of Iruka Umino as he turned to the casket with tears in his eyes and grief in his heart. "This was what's left..." he sobbed as Cypher Kushina Uzumaki, the Soul Empress felt her very heart waver at those lines. Slowly, she opened the casket and beheld the ruined corpse of her firstborn son. It was only muscle and bone, the jawbone missing, showing his fangs as his clothing was gone. Trembling, she reached out and caressed his cheek and felt no warmth, but a surge of memories before his death surged into her. She flinched back as she fell to her knees, crying in pain, agony, sadness and grief as Iruka merely bowed and left.
"Why were you betrayed by them?" Kushina asked as she knew her son's godfather was supposed to help him acquire his chakra, but to have sold out her son and have him mercilessly executed while his powers were divided to be used as weapons for their own agendas.
Rage bubbled within Kushina as her hair began to flow violently in the air as her hatred grew. Her wrath was now unleashed and the Soul Empress will have her revenge. "Jiraiya..." she growled out as the sky burned with fire as her army sensed her will commanding them. "YOU TOOK MY SON! NOW I WILL TAKE YOU!" she bellowed. This had signified the War of Grief, as Cypher Jiraiya's bounty had tripled its worth for he was the one, who spawn this madness.
/13 days later/
Minato knelt before the casket as he shedded a single tear at the sight of his son's corpse. His sister, Shana Uzumaki had hidden herself away in her room in grief as Minato bowed his head in shame. "I was too late to save you, what kind of father am I to have missed the signs?" he grieved as he instantly felt a faint pulse of power within the corpse. He turned to it and noticed a faint glowing blue ember within the hollow sockets of his eyes as Minato's eyes widened with revelation as his mind began making numerous calculations and predictions. "Kakashi, get me Shana now! We might be able to get Naruto back!"
/24 minutes later/
"Dad, what did you mean by being able to get my brother back?" asked one Shana Uzumaki, the fraternal twin sister of Cypher Naruto Uzumaki as Minato smiled at her. She was the spitting image of Kushina in her youth as he grinned. "There is a small sliver of Naruto's soul bound to this body. While the rest is trapped in the Abyss, if we can nuture this fragment, make it strong enough, a paradox will be born from it. The Abyss is only allowed to keep the dead within it, but if this sliver of Naruto's soul still walks among the living, the Abyss will have no choice but return the rest of Naruto back." he explained as Shana observed the corpse and noticed the faint sliver of her brothers soul still in there.
"I'm in. I'll do whatever it takes to bring my brother back and to help mom. If this fails and there's no way of saving him dad, you're on my shit list for the next lifetime." she warned with a stern expression as Minato sheepishly scratched the back of his head while laughing nervously. "We first need to reincarnate this sliver, then he will be reborn in a normal incarnation of the Elemental Nations on the human realms. From there, he must master a new power he will awaken from the infinite possibilites out there and grow strong." Minato told her as Shana nodded her head before a wry smile adorned her face.
"He does not have chakra, and will be in a world where people use it on a daily basis. He will not be pleased."
Minato chuckled at that before frowning in realization. "They've tampered with the possibilities of Naruto Uzumaki across time and space. Various versions of Konoha have councils that hold authority and power that make the Hokage as a figurehead, mobs that will hunt and beat Naruto, and even banishment if he gets lucky to avoid execution." he growled angrily. "My brother will not be happy with the gods tampering with the other Narutos out there. They do not want another Cypher Naruto to foil their plans." Shana spoke as Minato agreed to it.
"Yes, but they underestimate Naruto Uzumaki, as he always pulls out a surprise that shows how much of a rebel he is." Minato grinned as Shana smiled at that. "Well then," Shana began as her power began surging forward. "Let's begin, for his sake."
/Human Reality World D-432521: Chakra Shinobi Version/
It had been four years since the Kyuubi attacked Konoha and nine year old Naruto Uzumaki walked through the streets of Konoha with no sound. The villagers smiled and waved at him as he quietly and politely waved back to them as he walked in to a restaurant named Shushuya as an employee smiled at him. "Ah, Naruto-san! Welcome back, table for one?" he asked as Naruto merely nodded his head and proceeded to take his seat at his usual spot near the windows as he gazed out to the Hokage Monument with a thin frown on his lips.
He recalled being divided into three parts, his Yin: Naraku, Yang: Tenryu, and his own soul that is even now, trapped in the Abyss. Yet here he was, alive again. He had realized that he was a mere fragment that lingered from the forced usage of the Soul Fission technique that clung to the body in a hint of desperation to live. It looked like it paid off as he was reborn into the shinobi world for the first time. Good news is there's no power hungy Uchiha kissing council members, no arrogant Uchiha's (they are actually nice folks when he talked to them), and casualties were low the day Kyuubi attacked.
There are only a few anomilies to this realitly though, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were alive and he had a 'little' sister who is the vessel for the fox. He snorted at that, since he didn't have chakra in his previous life due to his origins, he didn't have any in this life either. He was unable to even harness the fox's powers if it was ever sealed into him. Frankly, he didn't like this family at all. Even though they had this warm and caring atmosphere like the family he wanted, this was not his family, nor was this his life he was living.
He partially disliked it because since he didn't have chakra, the parents focused more on his 'little sister' and Naruto suspected Minato was focusing on 'her' because he believed her to be the 'Child of Prophecy'. He had to roll his eyes on that stupid prophecy. He knew that true peace was an illusion. People cannot truly understand each other due to their nature. Darkness lurked in them, and the Deep, the gnawing destructive cosmic force makes sure to shatter that illusion with conflict to allow evolution and change so that species of many kinds become stronger than the old generation. The Deep had whispered to him of a power he could wield once they've bonded once he was strong enough. Although curious, he was a patient one to wait and learn in due time.
For now, he will enjoy his peaceful, normal non-shinobi life to the fullest. Maybe he should be a master chef or something to kill time till he regained his strength, yes? After all, the most dangerous assassins in the world are the best chefs to exist. The man who owns Ichiraku Ramen himself was a prime example if his profile he snuck from Minato said anything about it. As his order was placed on the table, he made his prayers and begant to dig in when he felt the table and entire place shaking. Naruto sighed in defeat as he knew what-or rather who was responsible for this.
"ONII-CHAAAAAAAAAN!" exploded a fiery red headed girl flying towards him as Naruto stopped her with his hand on her face to prevent impact and with inhumane reflexes, utilized the velocity and flexibility to its fullest to have her seated across from him. "Hello Tokiko, been a while." he deadpanned as he continued eating like nothing happened. "Mou~, Onii-chan you meanie! You're suppose to let me hug you!" pouted one Tokiko Uzumaki, the 'little sister' of Naruto's.
"And I thought you'd be with either mother or father. Where are they?" he asked as he bit into his carrots. "Kaa-chan is close behind, I wanted to see you after training!" Tokiko beamed happily. That smile would bring smiles to anyone nearby but her brother's, and she was determined to see him smile for her. "I see, well since you're here, gonna eat anything here?" he asked nonchalantly as she blanched at the food. "How could you eat that stuff? They're vegatables, and they're evil!" she exclaimed as Naruto looked at her with a straight face. "You eat them in one way and because of that, you don't like them. The way mother cooks them leaves the bitterness in it so its natural for kids to not like them. I eat them because I want to get taller, and no Tokiko, milk is not the only solution to growing. And also stop eating instant ramen for breakfast. Don't think I didn't know." he growled.
Tokiko had the look to be nervous as Kushina walked in with a smile as she too took a seat with her children. "Hey Naruto, I see you're eating your vegatables huh?" she asked with a proud expression on her face. Naruto decided to act like the responsible child, only to make his 'mother' feel better, and also, his real mother at the same time. "Well you did teach me the importance of having a healthy meal is a key component in growing up big and strong...unlike a certain little mouse." he grinned.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING TINY THAT YOU COULD ONLY SEE THROUGH A MICROSCOPE!?" Tokiko raged as Kushina merely restrained her daughter as Naruto calmly finished his meal in peace. One thing Cypher Naruto always enjoyed was pushing people's buttons for humor. Tokiko's was about her sensitivity to her height. One thing he could still enjoy in this life at the moment.
"I heard Kumo is signing a peace treaty with Konoha today." Kushina spoke up as Naruto carefully eyed his 'mother'. The story of how Kushina fell in love with Minato was connected to Kumo shinobi who sought to use her powers as an exploit. Yet Minato saved her and they fell in love with each other that night. He always favored that story for the 'red string of fate' part.
"I doubt they'll be stupid enough to try anything Okaa-san. If they did, they'll be in hot water otherwise if they tried another stunt." Naruto reassured as Kushina smiled and rubbed his head. "I know, but don't go out on your nightly walks without one of us till their gone, okay?" she asked. "Understood." he replied.
/Nighttime/
"Sorry about this Hatake-san, Otou-san is busy and Okaa-san is making sure Tokiko is squeaky clean tonight." Naruto politely apologized while adjusting his red scarf as one Kakashi Hatake eye-smiled at him. "No problems Naruto, I enjoy strolling the village at night myself. Gives me a lot of time thinking of things." he answered.
They walked quietly through the sleeping village, several shinobi on active duty patrolling the village as Naruto froze as a piece of him, a power that was connected to Naraku kicked in. "Naruto...?" Kakashi froze as he saw the boy dashing at shinobi speeds, no, even faster towards where the Hyuga clan lived. He immediately gave chase to the young blond and there he saw shinobi clad in black with one unconcious Hinata Hyuga in the apparent leader's arms. "Stop right there kidnappers!" Naruto roared out as the lights from buildings nearby instantly turned on and Konoha shinobi were out with weapons drawn as the group of shinobi were being chased.
"Naruto hold on!" Kakashi called out as he noticed the Uzumaki was running after them as the kidnappers began fighting back as the leader ran with the girl in his hold. "Hold it Sharingan Warrior, you're mine!" one the kidnappers exclaimed as he charged at Kakashi.
/Konoha's Forests/
"You made a mistake kid," the leader spoke as he dropped Hinata to the ground as Naruto's grey eyes narrowed in empathetic anger. Due to his seperation of Naraku and Tenryu, he can't truly feel anything. Yet he could rely on hollow forms of the emotions of the heart as the atmosphere itself screamed to spill this man's blood. Naruto was a powerful and benevolent ruler in his previous life, and one of his few hot buttons was just hotly been mashed on. Kidnappers were on the top ten of his shit list.
"Oh no, ambassader of Kumo," Naruto began as the kidnapper was taken aback by the boy's knowledge of his identity. "You want Kumo to be the top of the five nations that your kind would resort to such dispicable acts to make sure of an eternal legacy. But you should know right now." he spoke as he hovered over the ground as ethereal blades erupted from his palms.
"Nothing is eternal." his voice spoke ominously as his eyes glowed golden.