"Minato" Kushina began a soft solemn tone entering her usually cheery and bright voice. It was over for them she knew being impaled by a tailed beast was not a wound many could survive even an Uzumaki such as herself would have trouble.
"Yes, dear w-what is it?" He asked, tilting his head to get a better look at his wife. The reaper hovered above him allowing the moment to continue until it took Minato into it's stomach for all eternity .
"I-I love you, I love our son." She continued, tears breaking out of her eyes "I don't want to leave him a-all alone Minato it's not fair." She whispered to him closing her eyes as he took her hand in his .
"Don't worry so much honey, he's our son he's got everything he needs to be successful." Minato said, trying to assure her that there was nothing to worry about. But even he knew it would be tough much more than just anybody can take.
He would be a pariah.
In his own village he would be hated by the people he protected because of his decision...but maybe one day with hard work and some determination things will get better for little Naruto .
'Yeah...i guess you're right huh?" She said slowly her tone hushing even more.
"Mmhmm." Minato hummed smiling at her and taking her in his arms, his soul slowly leaving that plane of existence.
XxearlierxX
Minato's clone worked fast setting up the altar where the sealing would take place while the original kept his guest party crasher busy. Who would've guessed that his luck would have it so Madara freaking Uchiha showed up to nab the Kyuubi on the day of his son's birth.
Of course he wasn't the Fourth Hokage just in name, he had worked for the power he had and just because a legend appeared didn't mean he'd let him take down his son's future home Konohagakure The Village Hidden Within The Leaves.
Using the Flying Raijin technique Minato went to get Naruto for the sealing to begin...and get chewed out by his wife for coming up with a plan like this.
In a flash he appeared in the safe house neatly avoiding a fist aimed to cave his skull in."Now now Kushin-" he began only to be forced to avoid another punch .-
"Don't you now now Kushina me!" She raged swinging at him wildly although a bit slower than usual. the releasing of the nine tails and pregnancy had done a number on her and Minato's hand.
"i have no choice the village will be destroyed if we don't stop him !" Minato pleaded ducking over another punch and hopping to avoid a leg sweep.
" forget the village what about our family what about our future " Kushina returned a bit of sadness etching its way into her voice .
"honey, I made a commitment to the village to protect it at all costs " Minato said pointing to the headband he wore proudly.
"the orphanage has plenty of young kids that haven't developed chakra coils!" she fired back heatedly.
"Kushina...you know as well as I that only someone with a naturally strong body and undeveloped chakra coils can ever hope to contain a beast that powerful" he said seriously .
Kushina grimaced she knew he was right but her baby a jinchuuriki ? she didn't want that life for him the sadness the solitude it was too much for a growing kid . she didn't want that for Naruto her precious little Naruto.
"fine" she finally settled latching onto him with Naruto in her hands. "but i'm coming with you" she said crossing her arms.
Minato's face began to lace with worry "it's way too dangerous out there Kushina if you get hurt anymore there'll be no coming back." he said unsure of his wife's decision, after all if she died what would Naruto have?
"i'm coming and that's final!" she said a demonic aura beginning to resonate off her-her hair coming up writhing violently .
"y-yes dear" Minato said activating the seal and teleporting them back to the location of the altar .
putting his arms out Minato let Kushina put baby Naruto in his hands , taking him and putting him on the altar before poofing away.
Xxwith the real MinatoxX
it was a struggle of two giant will's one as old as time, the other just beginning Minato could barely keep up with Madara, the man had lived for ages how he was alive he didn't know but the red armor and black undersuit was quite the indicator that this was the real Madara.
their battle raged on Minato teleporting around the clearing they had made and slashing at Madara to keep him from using anything wide scale but even then with the power that the man had unlocked anything that he himself could throw at him would be useless.
He needed Gamabunta.
Teleporting back Minato bit his thumb and slammed it on the ground an array of seals covering the ground before a large plume of smoke erupted the toad boss clad in an open blue haori with white lining and two symbols on the upper chest region, around his waist rested a tightly tied obi sash.
'I can at least lead the fox to the altar if I distract it with Gamabunta' Minato thought a plan slowly beginning to form .
"Gamabunta give me a bit of time to so I can prepare something to get the fox , and please…keep the ride semi-manageable" Minato pleaded.
"You're asking for a lot here Minato especially against something like the nine tails " Gamabunta said in an annoyed tone
" I know but I need your help on this one it's life or death in case you haven't noticed" Minato said placing his hands in the ram seal.
" you owe me one" the summon said gruffly .
"I don't know if i'll be around to repay you this time" Minato said seriously.
Gamabunta didn't respond choosing instead to occupy his time with taking care of the ninetails. The beast charged at Gamabunta swiping its claw down as Madara jumped onto the head of the beast as though it was a mere summon.
"Go nine tails eviscerate them and leave nothing but dust~" Madara moving his hand in a swiping motion the beast mimicking his actions forcing Gamabunta to block with his blade drawing it in quick succession.
Gamabunta slid back clearing out part of konoha's forest, as he did so Minato struggled collecting chakra because he also had to keep himself somewhat stable.
Minato quickly began to go into handsigns one after another in quick succession reaching levels that rivaled Sarutobi Hiruzen himself. Before jumping off of Gamabunta down to the altar .
Minato continued to go through handsigns on his way down, before he landed next to Kushina concentration plain as the danger that they were in. Madara grinned seeing the two of them together as a chance to end two SSS rank ninja at the same time severely weakening konoha in the process.
Madara pulled his arm back and extended one finger before hurling his hand forward the ninetails copying the movement, which in turn sent a massive claw heading right for Minato.
Minato seeing the danger hurried landing on the last seal, feeling the massive drain on his chakra. Soon the shinigami revealed itself to them garbed in a white kimono , with a knife in it's mouth .
"Shinigami-sama in return for my soul won't you seal the nine tails into me and my newborn son...Naruto" minato pleaded a tone of utmost respect replacing his strained voice.
The shinigami looked upon the event even as the nine tails hurdled its appendage at minato, before it looked down to Naruto born from two world renowned Shinobi and with the power of the ninetails assisting him well he was sure he would make a name for himself .
The shinigami looked down to minato and nodded activating its power it held minato's soul in one hand and slowly began reaching for the nine tails.
Up on the beast Madara's eyes began to widen as the shinigami itself froze him in place , the hand of the shinigami made it's way too him and the nine tails and soon he would be sealed away along with this thing !
XbattlexfieldX
Aizen had never been confused in his life he was always a step ahead but when a boy he had looked after and cultivated to be the ultimate test for him it was all planned out step by step no margin for error, well at least at first.
When he went to hueco mundo some...complications arose he fought against ulquiorra in the canopy and it turned out far different than he had planned whatever he turned into it was a being of unimaginable power to take out a state unreached by every other espada as though it was child's play.
But even then the level he had reached would've trampled that. No no the real trouble came from the aspect he believed he didn't have to worry about , his zanpakuto zangetsu it allowed the user unmatched power in return for sacrificing everything they're powers and almost their lives.
Ichigo's sacrificial move he believed would've wiped him out completely nothing but dust, but he was wrong the final Getsuga tenshou has a set path the moment the user raises its arm so what does it do? It takes space it'll take up and distorts the space where the wave of destruction will go so as to avoid it totally cutting through the fabric of that plane.
Now if it were a wave attack like Ichigo's regular Getsuga and hollowfied Getsuga Aizen would have been destroyed but it was an instantaneous wave which to Aizen was a life saver.
Aizen just so happened to be in the path of it hmmm wonder why. But that's neither here nor there Aizen was flung just before the attack split him in half instead a bit of the attack was absorbed by the hogyoku dimming it a good amount a black and red swirl forming in it's usually clear features turning a clouded red and black.
Unknown to Aizen a small skull showed itself in the hogyoku just a flicker an after image almost but it was there nonetheless.
And now the super genius returned to his non fully hollowfied form was hurdling through a tunnel made out of who knows what .
That is… before he found himself about to drop on a large beast with nine tails the size of a small town… this was going to be interesting he mused.
Feeling himself being pulled Aizen turned to see the beast and a dark haired man being pulled along with him.
'Interesting indeed' Aizen thought as his surroundings changed once again, finding himself in a sewer with a large cage and very dim lighting.
Aizen walked to the cage only to take a step to the side dodging a claw that aimed to pierce him. Aizen analysed the beast and smiled slightly stepping into the cage.
"Hello construct~" Aizen said a smirk forming on his face such an immense energy free for the taking...how fun.
Aizen took out the hogyoku and stepped forward slowly side stepping any attempt the beast made to attack him it was almost pathetic how slow the beast moved.
Aizen approached the beast and soon stuck out his arm placing the hogyoku on its chest, watching as it dematerialized and began to turn into streams of orange energy flowing into the hogyoku making the clouded orb completely red a crimson color that shown brightly in the dim room.
Moments later a voice rang through the room "SHIT" Madara fumed punching the floor causing spider web cracks to form. It took a minute for him to calm down.
"Damn him " Madara began his plan already reforming in his mind how if the container died would he go with him , or would he be released ? he would have to establish that first though there aren't many ways to test aside from looking at the seal.
"Someone else met the same unfortunate fate as me?" Madara heard, he snapped his head towards the source to find a man in white robes with purple lining and long brown hair that reached all the way down to his shoulder blades.
Madara turned to face the man his arms crossed over his chest he looked over him eyes falling to the orb that rested in the man's hand. Madara looked him over one more time before he spoke "and who are you ?" he asked in a gruff tone.
"usually , one gives their name before they ask another's" Aizen responded a small smirk forming on his face.
"Usually one does not question their superiors" Madara responded heatedly.
Aizen smiled " yes, which is why i'm wondering , who it is you think you're talking to ?"
"An ant" Madara said a smirk forming on his features as well.
"Glad you can state your position" Aizen said his smirk still in place.,
It wasn't long before the tension increased to such an amount that the two spearheads clashed.
X8 years laterX
Naruto a boy who was brutally beaten constantly over and over driven to the edge of insanity and back time and time again, all because of beast that had ceased to exist for 8 years.
'Demon' 'monster' 'devil' some of the many names they taunted and tormented him with . he was left alone during the day receiving only glares and whispers of hatred.
Villagers that blamed their losses on him all of them believed him to be the demon in disguise and that only fermented itself when they slit his throat and he lived after words.
...they got creative in their attempts to end him.
They kidnapped him tied him to a wheel and took their turns throwing kunai at him they hit him with them everywhere even to go so far as to attempt to castrate him if not for what was inside him and his genetics he would never have grown back what he'd lost.
They cut his ears off, gouged his eyes out cut off his tongue all in one sitting while carving in the words demon and monster even one person to go so far as to carve out the number nine just above his heart.
But even then Naruto refused to be broken his will far outclassed all that tried to impede him and he would continue to go down the path that he believed was right.
Naruto had grown quite the pain tolerance though nothing would ever truly hurt again after what they had done to him...nothing.
Naruto didn't keep smiling though, his childhood innocence was gone now forever to be remembered by a select few who were there to experience it with him.
ji-ji , the Ichiraku',Aizen, and Madara not that he knew about them, and Shikamaru and Choji. They had watched it all through his eyes felt what he felt experienced what he experienced, they were there watching.
It had been a while until Aizen and Madara to patch things up after their fights it took seeing and feeling something neither of them had experienced to set their eyes on one goal and one goal only.
Xflash backX
A loud cling sounded out in the seal of one Naruto Uzumaki followed by multiple others the sound of metal grinding against metal filling the air, and a shower of sparks filling the eyes of all who witnessed the battle of titans.
They were somewhat evenly matched both of them had yet to reveal their trump cards , by the looks of it the battle could've gone on forever until both of them suddenly dropped to their knees.
A vision filling their eyes and senses overriding their own .
The world was spinning . around and around Naruto thought to himself a childish humor filling his thoughts a couple of the villagers finally talked to him today they were really nice.
They asked him if he wanted to play a game he being who he was responded yes and strode off with them none the wiser, they said it was a game called whirligoround it was when one of them got up on a wheel and were spun around while others cheered them on.
Naruto was hesitant at first afraid of getting dizzy at least he was until one the villagers said they would show him he got on the wheel and instantly started laughing all of the villagers there joining in.
And soon Naruto began laughing too all worries dashed away and only a child like glee remained. after the first villager was done they asked him if he wanted to give it a go telling him that they didn't usually let newcomers get on the wheel the first day but they'd make an exception for him.
Naruto was thrilled.
He hopped up on the wheel letting them strap him in and was quickly spun around, it was not like he thought it would be everything felt like it was going so fast and it made him queasy so he asked them if he could get off.
He received only snicker as a response.
A dread filled his stomach as he realised what was going on, this was no least not for him.
The villagers all pulled out bladed weapons, some of them kunai some serrated kitchen knives banged up against another blade to get the desired effect.
They tore into him cutting at his arms his legs his chest his throat, carving in words that would later become scars , scars that would never go away and remind him of this day far further into the future .
Naruto's screams ripped through the air , Madara and Aizen's roars of pain echoed in the sewer that night and continued on for the days Naruto was strapped to that wheel getting ripped open and apart countless times.
It had been months until Sarutobi's search had turned up anything about Naruto, but by the time he had found him three minds had already changed never to be the same or whole again.
A light entered the darkness and he heard voices, gasps, shrieks of terror the whole nine yards. By now the floor had been covered with his blood coating it like paint.
He heard sloshing sounds as people moved through the crimson liquid and he suddenly felt hands on him he numbly fell limp to imitate unconsciousness . he heard a whimper.
A sound that was full of despair and fear, fear of failure, fear of hate. All of those things and more were exactly what Sarutobi was feeling at this moment.
"Naruto…" a shuddering voice called out taking him up in arms. The warmth of kind human contact had been lost on him for the last couple of weeks warmth was scarce in the cold room they kept him in. this felt like a godsend to him .
"I'm so sorry" he began tears leaking onto Naruto "so so sorry" he continued bringing him closer to his chest.
Naruto had received no nourishment in the last month but even then he tried to reach out to his jiji a hoarse voice crawling from the depths of his throat.
"I-its...i-its ok ji...ji i-it wasn't y-your fault." he tried to say, even now battered but not broken he tried to comfort his surrogate grandfather.
More tears were his response.
"Let's go Naruto, let's go home"
In the mindscape Aizen and Madara slowly began to rise shudders running throughout their bodies. The two of their eyes met and an understanding set in both of them exchanged nods before sitting down to rest they had gotten little to no sleep along with Naruto.
It was time to rest.
Xflashback endX
After that event Naruto had stayed with Sarutobi he was nursed back to health within the confines of Sarutobi clan home he met konohamaru the hokage's grandson though they didn't get along too well because Naruto didn't respect him just because he was the hokage's grandson.
Naruto had recovered physically but mentally he had drawn in, anybody he didn't know well he treated distantly , he didn't treat them with disrespect mind you but he wasn't open to them. Not like before.
"Naruto " Sarutobi called out knocking on his guests door. It was a moment before Naruto opened the door hugging his jiji and saying" good morning jiji" to him.
Sarutobi couldn't help but smile down and ruffle the boy's hair. "Are you ready Naruto? Today's the day you get to set out on your new adventure!" Hiruzen continued a proud tone in his voice.
" I can't wait to finally become a ninja !" Naruto exclaimed looking up at the third hokage a mentor that was always present throughout his life.
"good " Sarutobi said before stepping back and giving Naruto a once over, he had said that Naruto was free to pick out whatever he wanted from the clans storage and he had to say he picked he did not expect him to pick anything so fancy.
Naruto dressed himself in black leather pants held up by two black leather buckles just above his waist the ends of the pants were tucked into a pair of black calf high boots also strapped on by two black belts on both legs. For his shirt he wore a white dress shirt accompanied by a black vest with a red handkerchief and a red and black striped bowtie.
Overall he looked like was going out ballroom dancing and not a ninja academy. But Sarutobi knew better than to judge immediately he looked over again noticing the little spaces in every joint allowing free movement the clothes weren't tight around areas that needed to move but they weren't baggy so you wouldn't hear him as he walked.
"Well what do you think jiji ?" Naruto asked brushing off his vest and looking up to him.
"Well if I didn't know any better i'd say you were off to impress a girl" Sarutobi responded with a sly smirk.
A blush immediately lit up across Naruto's cheeks his nature wasn't completely lost on him , he refused completely in a stutter "n-no no no n-not at all jiji i-i was just trying to look more sophisticated" Naruto said trying to justify his attire.
"Of course you are" Hiruzen responded his smirk never leaving his face.
Naruto sighed , he wasn't going to be able to dissuade his jiji's thoughts so he reluctantly followed his jiji down the streets of konoha. Many people turned their heads eyes widening at the change in Naruto he hadn't been seen at all since that day a few months ago and now he seemed completely different.
He was icy, he walked with a grace that he hadn't had before and instead of bumbling around pointlessly he walked with purpose a goal set in mind to get from point a to point b.
Jiji instantly noticed the change and if it was possible frowned and smiled at the same time, while he was glad Naruto had gotten more serious and more focused on what he needed to do he was sad that it had happened the way it did.
Naruto seemed to notice his feeling and sent a quick smile up to him before refocusing to the task at hand. This was all that he needed and quickly dashed away those thoughts that was in the past for now he would help Naruto reach his future.
When they arrived Hiruzen got on one knee and gave Naruto his lunch for the day."when you get home we'll start your training we can't let everybody get ahead right off the bat now can we?" he asked with a smile.
Naruto returned the smile a light entering his eyes at the thought of training with his jiji. "Of course not i'm going to become the strongest after all!" Naruto returned giving a smooth thumbs up.
Popping the lunch into the seal his jiji gave him Naruto turned and walked into the academy his face freezing over once again.
When he entered the room he just realized he was late not by much but just enough that everyone else had arrived and thus all eyes were on him some widening some seemed uncaring but most were surprised by his appearance.
Shikamaru and Choji instantly paled , something wasn't right this wasn't the Naruto they played ninja with no something had happened he had a distant look to him.
And he wasn't that bundle of sunshine anymore it was like the sun had burned out and all it had left was a cold shell.
"Naruto..." Shikamaru began his voice barely a whisper but it carried . Naruto looked up to Shikamaru and a small upward twitch of his lips gave Shikamaru everything that he needed to know, he looked over to Choji and nodded .
They scooted apart enough to let Naruto sit down between them and Naruto walked up the set of stairs moving between them he swung his feet over the long bench and rested his forearms on the table ignoring the stares of his classmates, choosing to instead talk with Shikamaru and Choji.
Choji started first " so what happened? Where were you I thought we were gonna play ninja till we went to the academy? You stopped coming" Choji asked munching on his bag of chips.
Naruto's eyes darkened for a moment before he felt a hand on his back Shikamaru looked at him with a look that said you aren't alone...and he wasn't not since that day.
Xflash backX
Naruto sat alone swinging on the 'demon's' swing under the tree that shaded him he watched like he did every day. He watched the kids play ninja right in front of him .
Loneliness.
A dreadful human emotion that affected him far more than it should especially for a child his age, he was alone most of the time he saw jiji rarely he was practically getting crushed with paper work with the chunin exams out in suna.
The life of a hokage was hard Naruto understood that.
It was a while before Naruto actually began to take interest in ninja when two kids showed up that were new to that group and could actually do jutsu, the pineapple headed one could use shadows and the fat one could make himself expand.
All Naruto could think of to say was " so cool!" his eyes brightened and opened too near ridiculous proportions.
Some of the kids heard him and gave him a dirty look, Naruto knew that he couldn't play with them and if he did they'd pretend he was the villain
Some of his few joys were watching this, dreaming of becoming a ninja was what he relied on to keep him going on. He wanted to be looked up to not shunned .
So he stayed slowly swinging and looking on at the spectacle the shadows twisting around the villain who gave a yell of defeat before laughing as the shadows tickled him, it wasn't long before the round was over and Shikamaru and Choji were standing back to back with their thumbs up.
They all had huge smiles.
But two dropped, it took a while for Naruto to notice but the two with the cool powers were looking at him but they weren't dirty looks .
No they seemed to be confused, confused as to why he was just sitting there perhaps? Naruto didn't know but he found himself almost uncomfortable at how different the looks were.
The two of them started to walk over before being stopped by one of the boys they were playing with, they exchanged a few words before the pineapple haired one scowled and the large one frowned.
Naruto's heart dropped another light taken away just like that.
The two of them brushed past the boy and walked up to Naruto, the group of boys behind them running off.
The one with the pineapple hair looked down at him before talking " hey you wanna play ninja with us?" he asked putting his hand out.
Naruto hesitated for a moment then responded "w-wait you want m-me to play with y-you?!" Naruto asked eyes wide.
Shikamaru frowned "yea you coming?" he asked shaking his hand out .
"But why?" Naruto asked looking at the hand.
"Look man I don't know what their deal was but I don't have any problems with you, now are you gonna come or not i'm quite the lazy person you see and my arm's getting tired." he said back.
Naruto couldn't help but let out a chuckle taking the hand and getting up from the swing. He Shikamaru and Choji walked away from the swing set off to play ninja .
Xend flashbackX
"Look I can't tell you right now " Naruto said turning pulling his collar down to show some of the scars.
Choji instantly dropped his bag of chips any hunger he had before erased. They both nodded turning back to the front and settling into a comfortable silence.
Iruka finally being able to settle down the class addressed the late Naruto, he had missed introductions and it'd be best to get that out of the way now.
"Naruto would you like to introduce yourself to the class?" Iruka asked,
Naruto stood up and began speaking " I am Naruto Uzumaki, I hope that I will be able to acquaint myself with you all in the hopefully near future." Naruto said entering into a bow.
The class sweatdropped at the entirely formal introduction .
Iruka smiled awkwardly "t-thank you Naruto you may take your seat" the scarred chunin said sitting down in a chair of his own.
Naruto nodded and took his seat once more between Shikamaru and Choji .
The lessons were absolutely useless the only thing useful was history class which helped him make sure he didn't repeat past mistakes but even that he could learn at home.
It was a disappointment to say the least.
After the classes for the day Naruto brought Shikamaru and Choji down the village and into the slums.
"So where are we going Naruto?" Choji asked keeping pace with him on his right side.
Naruto's eyes darkened for a moment a shudder running down his spine. Shikamaru grimaced this was not going to be good.
"I'm going to show you guys what happened." Naruto said rounding the corner to what had to be the most secluded spots in the village.
When they rounded the corner they came upon a rusty metal building orange stains littered the outside walls, looking back he wondered how he didn't see it as suspicious.
Naruto laid a hand on the door and looked back to Shikamaru and Choji he gave them a look once more "are you sure you wanna go through with this ?" Naruto asked looking back at them.
Shikamaru and Choji nodded without hesitation. A silence settled over them as Naruto opened the door.
When the door was opened the stench of rotting flesh and blood overwhelmed their senses. Stepping in Shikamaru and Choji instantly noticed they were ankle deep in red liquid they stiffened as Naruto flipped a switch and a dim light shone over the inside of the cellar like building.
The floor was covered in blood and limbs legs arms patches of skin and patches of bloodstained yellow hair. Shikamaru and Choji instantly emptied the contents of their stomachs at the sight of their friends countless amounts of severed limbs .
They heard rustling behind them and turned to see Naruto slowly unbuttoning his shirt.
Choji and Shikamaru clenched their fists the shadows in the rooms writhing in unbridled anger, Choji began to emit a blue aura his hair slowly beginning to lift.
Naruto was covered in foul words carved into his body with brutal tools, images of the fox scarred his form demonic inscriptions lining his body.
"Who…!" they began the shadows rising and the aura around Choji increasing "who did this to you!" they yelled their chakra signatures spiking to levels an academy student shouldn't have.
Naruto closed his eyes buttoning his shirt back up, "i don't know who it was, but they were a group of civilians that changed every so often there are so many that I can't begin to know who exactly it was that orchestrated the event or even those who took part." Naruto said
"All I know is that I can never see the village in the same light as before" Naruto said tears beginning to form in his eyes "i don't even know what to do from here on being the hokage doesn't look so appealing anymore!" Naruto continued a drop of despair beginning to enter his tone .
Shikamaru frowned he was mad yes but his friend needed some comfort, the shadows slowly began to settle changing from rigid writhing blades to outlines of the shapes in the room.
The aura around Choji slowly but surely dissipated his hair lowering back to normal. Shikamaru and Choji approached Naruto enveloping him in a hug as the young Uzumaki cried his eyes out.
He had not known the warmth of friends truly until he had met Shikamaru and Choji.
Now he knew.
After what to him seemed like hours but was truly only a couple minutes Naruto's sobs slowly stopped his tears drying up. He pulled back and smiled at them wiping his eyes.
"Thank you both" Naruto said shutting off the light as they headed out.
Shikamaru smiled weakly what he just saw would stick with him forever he was sure Choji felt the same way.
Having showed them what they needed to see Naruto headed back to the Sarutobi clan compound Shikamaru and Choji heading back to the Nara and Akimichi compounds respectively.
When Naruto got home he found Sarutobi sitting down on the wooden floor that led out to the clearing looking up to the sky as he smoked on his curved pipe.
Naruto walked up behind him before he was thrown out of the room and into the clearing.
"Come now Naruto are you going to let an old man throw you around like this?" he asked with a small chuckle.
Sarutobi threw off his robes off and revealed his battle armor "come on Naruto your training begins now!" Sarutobi yelled out.
Naruto got up and charged him the two of them charging towards each other, Naruto jumping up and attempting to kick Sarutobi.
"Let's go old man !"
X6 hours laterX
'Holy crap jiji is strong ' Naruto thought between ragged breaths he laid there sprawled out on the floor,chest heaving.
Sarutobi walked over to Naruto and squatted down next to him. " not bad for your first day of training"Sarutobi said dusting off Naruto and helping him up.
"Now what do you say we grab something to eat the Sarutobi chefs are the best." Sarutobi continued .
"Did you mean for that to rhyme ?" Naruto asked walking back into house .
"maybe "
Xthat nightX
After Naruto had sorely eaten the food laid out before him had tried to go to sleep but he wasn't tired before now he had always just hit the bed and passed out.
But he couldn't sleep it's not that he was troubled or anything it just felt like he had all the energy he could ever need he couldn't see himself sleeping right now so he went out to the courtyard.
Five steps in he suddenly felt himself ejected from reality , the world suddenly became dark and his body impacted the ground leaving him in quite the comical position.
XmindscapeX
Naruto awoke in a labyrinth a maze filled with knee deep water, above him was the night sky a full moon-possibly the largest he had seen sat there in the sky, a sky filled with stars that twinkled with an almost unreal amount of sway.
To say the least it was mesmerizing.
But aside from the sky Naruto was put on edge by the fact that he had woken up in a strange place had he been knocked out on his way to the courtyard? would he have to endure that torture once again? Naruto's stomach filled with dread and twisted leaving a sick feeling in his stomach.
Fuck.
He had to get out of here.
Naruto took off into a dead sprint twisting and turning in whatever way his instincts told him was right, he didn't doubt his instincts they were what let him live to this point.
And he would survive this . no matter what.
Naruto ran and ran until he had come upon a stairway that was ridiculously high he literally could not see the top.
"How fun more physical labor, like I haven't done enough of that today." Naruto complained getting on all fours and running up the stairs at high speeds.
Soon enough a panting Naruto pulled himself over the tops stair sweat trickling down his forehead.
"Craaaaaap" Naruto wheezed out.
It was then.
Naruto realized how high he had climbed.
It was then.
Naruto realized what he was standing on.
"This has to be a dream" he muttered to himself, eyes wide in disbelief.
"No, not a dream but rather a manifestation of another world." a voice called out from behind him.
Naruto turned to see a man with long brown hair , dressed in white robes with purple lining , his sclera was black and his irises were white it would have been scary if it didn't seem so natural on him.
"A manifestation of what?" Naruto asked as the man continued his slow trek towards him.
"This place " the man gestured to the world around them" is your mind however I and another had changed it from its...previous state." he said with a frown.
"You messed with my head!" Naruto yelled the ice forming around him. Naruto stood up putting one hand in his pocket and slouched it almost didn't fit what with the sophisticated get up he was in.
"No no no I simply changed the environment that I had to... continue in I have not changed your mental state at all." the man assured.
"Why should I believe anything you say?!" Naruto snarled eyes hardening as the man closed the distance between them.
Aizen stopped three feet away from Naruto " because if I wanted to hurt you don't you think I would have already?" he asked an exasperated expression on his face.
Naruto blanched at the man that was highly over used during his lifetime. But he'd indulge him.
For now.
"Ok if you're not here to hurt me , then why are you here you can't be living in my mind right and what about the other person you spoke of" Naruto asked.
In a second a man wearing a black undersuit and red armor appeared out of nowhere. And instantly Naruto took a step back a feeling of fear and dread pooled within him.
"M-Madara Uchiha" Naruto stuttered fear and disbelief etched into his voice.
Aizen and Madara grimaced the feeling Naruto felt entering their minds as well.
It was...unpleasant to say the least.
"Calm down" Madara said sounding much more threatening than he intended.
"Rigghhttt" Naruto said backing down the steps slowly.
Madara sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
Naruto had made it halfway down the steps when he started sprinting down them.
Holy.
Fuck.
He had Madara motherfucking Uchiha in his head.
And that's all for this chapter folks I do so hope you enjoyed this first chapter and hope you look forward to the many that are sure to come and if not well eat a clock.