Naruto: The Atma Chronicles

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Prologue: The beginning

The World, Gaia Quatra, a world filled with infinite conflict. No, not because of the physical, but because of the ethereal and cosmically spiritual. Before the world came to be, Two great forces were in constant struggle with each other. On one side of the spectrum were the powers of order and calm, whilst on the other the powers of chaos and destruction ran rampant. This was not of their own accord, mind you.

No, you see, It was the Eternal one who created these forces. And yet, he saw their struggle and despaired. For, he was a god of balance and could not create only one entity but a mirror entity as well. So, In order for these Powers to coexist, He gave them form and name.

For Chaos, The ruler of Chaos was Desarius. Despite him being Chaotic in nature he was compassionate and kind. With him in Chaos there were four other beings. There was Susano'o, the god of storms, Kodoki, the god of fools, Macert, god of war, and Jesuin, goddess of the free arts. For Order, The ruler of Order was Illumina. She was Beautiful and loving. With her were four other beings. There was Rimalia, goddess of the calm, Zelda, goddess of the wise, Hilda, goddess of victory, and Rahknam, god of Logic.

Not knowing as to why they were made, they each turned to the eternal one. The Eternal the said unto them, "Take heart my children for behold I made you, gave you form end the clash of powers you behold. And behold I give you middle ground with which to be in balance." And with a wave of his hand Gaia Quatra was made. "On this ground," He said, "creatures of my design exist. And yet they are empty. I leave them to you. Bless them and protect them." And so he left the ten gods to his work.

"This world seems to still," said Susano'o. "I shall give it nature and the elements, for a storm can happen in any element." And he breathed over the world and was made and elements existed. Rimalia looked on the creatures of the world and said, "They are lifeless so I shall give them peace and warmth." And she breathed on the world and the creatures came alive calm and warm. Kodoki, with a grin said, "It would do well for them to be curious and have emotion." He stretched his hand on the world and the creatures began to feel and wonder. Zelda looked on the world and said, "I will give them morals and values to know right from wrong." She stretched hand over the world and the creatures began to know, just know good and bad. Macert said, "Order can only exist as long chaos is pushed back and the reverse is also true. I must give them conflict and weapons." And lo he took a dagger from his belt and put it on the earth. And the creatures drew lines in the sand with it. Hilda looked at them and said, "Violence only goes so far so I give them diplomacy and compromise." She took a pen from her satchel and put it on the earth. And the first treaty was signed with it. Jesuin looked at the world and said, "In order to be responsible for their actions they must have a will of their own." And so she sprinkled some water on the earth and the creatures began to think for themselves. Rhaknam began to ponder, "Is it right that all creatures think and speak the same. Lest they become of one mind I give them prejudice and evolution unto some." He sprinkled his water on the earth and some creatures began to advance faster than others and look down on those that were considered inferior.

Desarius and Illumina had yet to give their blessing. They looked at one another. Then Desarius said, "They must understand their own value and have a way of leaving the world lest it collapse from overpopulation. I give them time, death, and age." And suddenly all creatures began age and die. "I also make my own creation, and I shall call it Demon." And behold he made a being of flesh stronger than any other creature came into being. "If the balance shall shift towards Order ever so much, he shall rain destruction and restore balance."

Illumina looked upon the world and said, "Behold, they walk in darkness yet see but cannot notice. I give light by day and night and I shall call the lights the Sun, The Moon, And the Stars." And behold the lights shined bright in the sky and creation could see its world for the first time. "And now, I make my own creation, and call him Dragon." In her palm a being of flesh appeared awesome in stature, and great in power. " Should the balance shift toward Chaos, he shall face it and restore balance."

The Eternal one looked upon all that they had done and was pleased. "This is your world now. I go now to create more. Be mindful though. Should this world collapse your powers will clash once more. Take care of it." The gods gave their word.

Suddenly a loud noise could be heard…

"YAAWWWWWNNN!" A six year old boy looked up from the book in front of him and checked his clock. His alarm had sounded at seven in the morning. He shot up from his bed surprised. 'I've been reading all night!' he thought in a frenzy as he dashed around his room picking up what he could. Today was to be a very special day for him. Today, was the day that he would be entering the Konoha Ninja Academy. He had remembered setting his alarm to two hours before it opened so that he could get there on time. After all, he had been taught that eagerness, punctuality, and a smile were a way to a good first impression.

Quickly, he ran into his bathroom and turned on the light. He a minute to look at himself in the mirror to see what he needed to do. He was a small boy with sunkissed hair that spiked naturally around his head. His eyes were a deep blue that, though so full of life, held within them an even deeper pain, as well as sadness, and above all a determination to be as great as he could possibly be. The most distinguishing part of his countenance though, was the six whisker-like marks that adorned his cheeks with three on each side. He didn't know why he had them, and the answer always was denied when he asked for their origin. And suddenly realizing that he put himself on a time limit, he stepped away from the mirror and began to take of his clothes so he could shower.

He emerged from the bathroom twenty minutes later after showering, brushing his teeth, and trying (and failing to) brush his hair. He rushed back to his bedroom to put on some clean, as well as appropriate clothing. Yet, all he could find that was clean was a pair of orange pants a t-shirt with a red spiral on it. Putting it on, he quickly looked around his room to ensure nothing was missing from the ensemble. He then noticed his kunai and shuriken holsters lying on the bedside table. But he knew he couldn't bring them because students under third year were not allowed weapons, which in his opinion sucked because they had been a gift from the Hokage and were the best training set that money could buy. Sighing to himself he went over to his bed and decided to make it before he left his room.

He looked down at the book he was reading earlier, a curious tome called Tales of Ages, and picked up off the mattress to put it in his hiding place for all his more valuable treasures. He walked over to his closet, opened the door, and knelt down. Then, with his fingernails, he felt around for a particular loose board which he found and pulled it up revealing a tiny cubby in the cramped space. Inside it were things that he valued very much like the little silver gimel coin which had a sheriff star on the side for heads and a sword and gun crossing on the other. Along with it was a perfectly spherical crystal with the kanji for storm in it which was given to him by a traveler when he was four, as well as a little knife that a samurai from the Land of Iron had given him when he was three. Ever so gently, he placed the book in his hiding spot before, just as gently, replacing the floorboard. With that task completed, he rose from his place and rushed from his bedroom into the main room of his small apartment.

He went to the kitchen and made himself a small breakfast because he did not have much food in stock and could hardly go out to get more. For some reason unknown to him, no shop would allow him to buy from them, as he would only be met with scorn or in some cases, violence. So, the old Hokage would get one of his ANBU, the specially trained assassination/hunter squad, to buy the child's groceries once a month. Having finished his meager meal the child went his front door, picked up his back pack full of his new books, note books, and various utensils, put on his sandals and walked out the door.

Once outside, he looked out onto the horizon to stare at the monument resting on the side of the mountain overshadowing the leaf village and said to himself, "Look out Konoha. The next Hokage Uzamaki Naruto is on his way to greatness."

R&R

Naruto will be a little smarter in this as well as stronger as well. There will characters of my own design in this and he will notice Hinata a lot earlier than in the manga. This is going to be epic. Expect an update every two weeks at most barring circumstances beyond my and by extension your control. I promise you if I have to hike the three miles to the Public library and spend an unusual amount of time there to type the next chapter I will. Peace out.