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Posted August 9, 2016.
Chapter 1: The Beginning
(Reality Shift)
Ruins of Uzushiogakure no Sato
On a beach laid a 9 year old boy. He had spiky red hair, the boy was wearing a purple shirt with a red swirl on the back and black shorts and shinobi sandals. The boy started to stir and opened his eyes revealing amethyst purple eyes. He sat up and rubbed his head.
"Damn, my head," said Naruto Uzumaki, Child of Prophecy, and the former Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi. Naruto looked around the deserted beach. There was nothing but just sand and water, he stood up was able to see the tips of various trees.
He stood up and walked towards the trees. He looked behind him and saw the vast blue ocean.
Soon he came upon giant stone walls. The walls had various cracks varying from large and small. On the walls was a symbol of a spiral, it came to Naruto where he was.
Uzushiogakure no Sato, the village that belonged to the Uzumaki's before it was attacked and destroyed in the Second Shinobi War. Since the gate of the wall was destroyed Naruto walked straight in.
The village was in a state of ruin from various years of neglect. Buildings collapsed some covered in vines others looked ready to collapse. When he came upon the Uzukage tower, cracked, destroyed, and ruined are just some of the ways of describing.
Honestly it was interesting looking at the ruins at the once great village. But, why was he here?
When he gazed upon the red Uzumaki spiral he groaned in pain.
He kneeled on the ground as he held his head in pain.
Memories came to him, memories of a past life, memories of the death of friends. But on specific memory stood out to him.
"You failed Naruto Uzumaki."
Naruto grit his teeth in furious anger.
"Kaguya Otsutsuki won, she has cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
Naruto's face twisted into a snarl as his eyes flickered gold.
He lost, it's as simple as that.
"There's only one way to fix this."
That's right, there was only one way to fix it. Shinigami's solution was crazy and stupid but it was plausible.
"Because of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I will die soon. I know it's ironic, the Shinigami the Death God herself will die because of a mortal."
It is ironic in his opinion. The Infinite Tsukuyomi basically made everyone affected immortal. Because of this no one believes in death and no one was dieing. This caused Shinigami the God of Death to slowly lose her godly power, she would have died if nothing was done soon.
"I will create an alternate reality with the last of my power. With the creation of this reality I will go into a coma, but I will slowly regain my power."
That's right, with the creation of another reality that Shinigami governs over death will become a concept again.
Then comes in his job.
"With the creation of the reality done I will send you into it with your memories intact. Your job will be to stop Kaguya Otsutsuki. To help you I will download some information into your brain and changing your body. Nothing too drastic don't worry you will be fine."
Well he is worried.
Naruto decided to see exactly what Shinigami put into his brain. Naruto then sat down in a lotus position. His legs crossed and the back of his hands on his knees. He closed his eyes and breathed through his nose.
He opened his eyes and came upon a room. He looked around and noticed there was nothing wrong with the room it was just a cream colored room. Way different than his last mindscape which was a dirty sewer. He scanned the room again and this time noticed three doors. On the doors were different kanji. One straight in front of him had the kanji for help. The next one to his right had the kanji for original, the one to left had the kanji for new.
Quickly deducing what each one meant, original was his last life's memories, new was this current life's memories, and help had the memories Shinigami gave him.
Opening the door with 'help' on it, information flooded into Naruto's head.
Information he needed to survive in this world.
And it disgusted him.
Why was this world so dark!
During the Fourth Shinobi World and any other shinobi world the worst that ever happened to a person would be being killed and possibly tortured.
But no in this world, shinobi reap the rewards of a successful attack. Men and boys tortured and sold into slavery, women and girls tortured and raped.
It disgusted Naruto but at the same time it,
confused and angered him.
Was this reality just darker than his
or
Was he so naive that he never noticed the horrors of the world.
It truly is a Reality Shift.
Naruto forcibly calmed himself down. There were other problems in the world. The Akatsuki is one of them, but it was different.
Obito wasn't the leader of Akatsuki.
No
It was his 'father' Minato Namikaze.
Yeah, he was shocked to.
Apparently when the Toads gave Pervy-Sage the prophecy he took it too seriously and told Minato. When this happened his father trained extra hard but at the same time gained a god complex. When no one nipped that problem at the bud it was allowed to grow until Minato thought he was Kami reincarnated. He was arrogant and powerful he did anything to get to his goals, even purposely causing the death of his teammates apprenticeship with Jiraiya. He didn't really love his 'mother' Kushina Uzumaki, he just used her to give him a heir. The whole kidnapping incident was a plan he orchestrated to cause Kushina to feel indebted to him. Now he's leading Akatsuki to take over the hidden villages and become the sole kage of the Elemental Nations.
Worst of all he had all of Konoha supporting him.
Even though all the facts were thrown at him Naruto couldn't believe. He could understand the world being darker but his 'father,' no! Dear Shinigami no, that's impossible. His father was noble and kind, not dark and manipulative. Naruto was trying his hardest to convince himself that was true.
It wasn't working, it really wasn't working.
He needed something to take his mind off of the current subject.
…
…
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Training! He used to always train when he needed to occupy his mind and time.
Also if this reality really was dark then he needs to be stronger to survive.
It's not like he'll train for two years straight.
(Reality Shift)
Land of Fire
Two Years Later
He actually trained for two years straight! Ugh, he was so stupid. He may be stronger but that doesn't really help when he dosen't have information. If this world was so dark then he was going to not only be strong but intelligent and resourceful. Resourcefulness he has down in spades but in terms of intelligence.
Nope.
So Naruto decided to follow in Jiraiya's footsteps and start his own spy network.
He was currently walking along a path in the Land of Fire heading towards the Land of Wind so he can hopefully meet the first member of his new spy network. His intention was to head towards Suna so he can meet Gaara the Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi. Gaara was one of his best friends in his old reality so he wants to reconnect with him and help him with Shukaku. He's most likely going to have to fight Gaara to get him to listen, but he's confident in his skills.
He's been training his hardest for the last two years.
During training he mostly focused on Taijutsu and Kenjutsu, which is something he's never practiced before but he thought it would beneficial.
It sure as hell was.
In terms of Ninjutsu he focused on water and lightning manipulation. His reasons? Well apparently when Shinigami changed his body, she changed him into a full-blooded Uzumaki. So his wind affinity has now turned into a water affinity with a secondary lightning affinity. He trained very little in Genjutsu and he has some skill in Nagejutsu, but not as skilled as Tenten. (1). He's practised Fuinjutsu but he's nowhere near a master in the subject. He feels confident in his abilities to take on chunin level nin.
Lastly he can safely say he can use the Preta Path of the Rinnegan in a fight.
Oh yeah, Shinigami gave him the Rinnegan.
Naruto was broken out of his musing when heard footsteps heading toward hims. He tensed his muscles ready to act if he needs to.
Naruto was treated to the sight of two men walking onto the path with swords at their waist. They looked like ordinary bandits, who have almost no skill in fighting with weapons. Naruto can tell by the way they walk, it's nothing like the ninja and samurai naruto has seen before, who train years in the use of a weapon.
"Let's cut to that chase. Give us all your money and possessions and we might let you live." One of the bandits probably the leader, said with a grin on his face as he drawed with sword slightly. Most likely trying to look menacing. The other one fully drew his sword wearing a bloodthirsty grin on his face.
"Or I can just cut you up. I'll make sure you die a painful death." The other one licked his lips at the thought. Naruto noted the action and assumed the man was a sadist. So he decided to act quickly not wanting to deal with the two any longer.
The sadistic bandit didn't have time to react when a fist smashed into his face causing him to fall to the ground unconscious. The other bandit drew his sword and slashed at Naruto who jumped back. The bandit charged Naruto and attacked with a flurry of strikes. Needless to say Naruto dodged all of them.
Crouching down low waiting for the bandit attack again. Lightning sparked on his fingertips, when the bandit was close Naruto acted. He jabbed his hand into the bandit's chest while whispering the name of the jutsu..
"Shocking Touch."
Lightning coursed through the bandit shocking his internal organs. The smell of burnt flesh filled Naruto's nostrils. The bandit fell over unconscious thanks to the the lightning coursing through his body.
Naruto searched the bandits pockets for money and found 5000 yen combined. He just walked away from the bandits not caring what happens to them.
(Reality Shift)
Gates of Sunagakure no Sato
Few Days Later
Naruto was currently walking towards the gates of Suna. The only difference now was that he was wearing a long brown cloak to protect against the harsh weather of the Land of Wind. He was allowed entrance into Suna by the chunin gate guards.
Naruto walked through Suna and came upon an inn, buying a room Naruto took a quick nap.
(Reality Shift)
Sunagakure no Sato
Few Hours Later
Naruto was currently standing on a roof facing a redhead teen with green eyes and gourd on his back filled with sand. The teen was Gaara of the Desert the Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi and the future Godaime Kazekage of Suna. Also hopefully the first member of his new spy network.
Well that idea isn't going well considering Gaara was glaring at him.
"Who are you, are you another assassin sent by my father?" asked Gaara threateningly with sand pouring out of his gourd. He already dealt with another assassin today and he was annoyed he had to deal with another one.
"No, but I find it appalling a father would send assassins for their own son." Replied Naruto nonchalantly but had to quickly dodge a wave of sand from Gaara.
"Wait, I don't want to fight!" Naruto exclaimed waving his hands quickly before having to dodge another wave of sand.
"It doesn't matter for you will prove my existence!" Gaara yelled seemingly with excitement in his voice.
This continued on for a few minutes before Naruto got annoyed and used a sealless Body Flicker to get close to Gaara and threw a punch. But a wall of sand rose to block the punch before starting to encase Naruto's skin. Reacting with another Body Flicker Naruto evaded a possible death. Neither looked surprised at the sand's reaction to the attack. This intrigued Gaara since most of his opponents often become shocked at his sand's actions.
Naruto noticing his idea of using speed to his advantage didn't work tried a new approach. Unsealing some shuriken from the Storage Seals in between his fingers. Naruto threw them at Gaara, again the sand rose to protect him. Gaara responded by sending another wave of sand, but Naruto had a response to the attack by activating the Rinnegan and holding his hand towards the sand rushing towards him.
"Blocking Technique Absorption Seal." Said Naruto absorbing the chakra of the attack through the use of the Preta Path of the Rinnegan, causing the sand to fall harmlessly to the ground.
Shock was evident on Gaara's face. No was able to stand up to him this long thanks to his sand. Only his father has been able to fight him on even. But even then no one has ever practically nullified his sand before. Naruto using the shock to his advantage charged forward. Coating his hand in chakra, Naruto punched through Gaara's sand defense before placing his hand on Gaara's shoulder.
"Blocking Technique Absorption Seal."
Naruto then drained the chakra Gaara used to hold up his Armor of Sand, causing the sand to fall off of Gaara's skin. Gaara, taking advantage of Naruto's action, moved to counterattack. Gathering sand into his fist before shifting the density of it making the sand as hard as steel punched Naruto. The effect, Naruto flew back a few yards from the force of the punch. Getting up quickly as to not give Gaara time to breath, Naruto rubbed his cheek to get rid of the pain, before looking at Gaara in shock.
'What, but Gaara never uses Taijutsu even after I helped him with Shukaku. That must be one of the differences of a new reality. In fact, Gaara seems calmer. He's not screaming about his 'Mother' and only mentioned 'proving his existence' once.' Thought Naruto in shock but was broken out of his musing by Gaara.
"I don't know who you are stranger, but you know too much about me, and for that you must DIE!" Gaara said before yelling at the last word. Gaara's words were followed by three tendrils of sand charging Naruto. Forcing him to to dodge feverently to avoid being crushed, while thinking about the situation.
'Why hasn't the Kazekage or the Suna ANBU appeared to find out what's happening here. I'm thankful for that to be honest, but it's really weird.' Naruto thought while dodging another tendril.
What Naruto doesn't know is that this certain rooftop, Gaara frequently sits here to look at the stars. Tonight was one of the nights Rasa the Yondaime Kazekage sends an assassin after Gaara, so he ordered the ANBU not to interfere if any fights break out. But Gaara killed the assassin earlier in the day. The assassin also happened to be a Kiri-nin so Naruto was safe if he used water jutsus but he doesn't know that. So he's trying to stick to non-elemental jutsus as to not cause anyone to investigate if their watching.
Naruto soon noticed the way Gaara fought was different. He seemed more calculating and calmer than in his dimension. His sand reacted faster then he remembered too, along with some skill in Taijutsu. Who knows what else this Gaara can do.
Just as he said in his that in his mind.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough."
Quickly applying chakra to his to prevent being blown off from the overpowered wind jutsu, Naruto cursed in his mind.
'Dammit, I had to say something.' Thought Naruto angrily in his head, but he had to dodge when another sound came.
"Sand Drizzle."
Naruto using impressive speed and reflexes was able to dodge most of the bullets of sand, but some cut his skin. Cuts were only flesh wounds and didn't draw any blood. Still, Naruto had one thought in his mind as he sighed.
'So much for trying not to use elemental jutsus. This is going to be a long fight.' Naruto thought before lifting his sword up Yoishigure. Yoishigure is a wakizashi with a blue handle with white diamonds going along it. It has a black blade along with a dark golden circular guard. Naruto the started channeling water chakra into it causing it to faintly glow blue.
"Blue Saber."
"Sand Drizzle."
"Third Dance, Wave of Carnage."
End
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Update: School starting in two days so the chapters are going to become slow.
Also no one worry 'Uzumaki Legacy' is my main focus.
Hope you guys like my second story 'Reality Shift.'
This story is actually my first Naruto story idea. If you guys don't get the story, basically Naruto lost against Kaguya. Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Obito died, the Infinite Tsukuyomi was cast and everyone turned into white Zetsus. Thanks to this no one dies causing the Shinigami to take action. With everyone practically immortal Shinigami is losing her godly power. Shinigami is the God of Death, with no death there's no reason for their to be a Shinigami. She then decides to create an alternate reality with the last of her power that she governs over. Causing her to go into a coma and slowly regain her power with death now being a concept again.
Naruto's job don't lose to Kaguya again.
Also if you have read 'Uzumaki Legacy' you know I turn good characters in canon and turn them bad/dark.
I'm telling everyone now i'm using the Literal English Translations.
Chapter Information
Nagejutsu (1)- In canon it's called Shurikenjutsu, I didn't like the name so I called it Nagejutsu meaning "Throwing Technique." I used Google Translate so don't blame me if it's wrong.
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Minato Namikaze: Some of you are probably not going to like what I did with Minato but it's my story.
Also sorry for the fast pace first chapter I just wanted to get through the beginning.
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