changes of the past
The forest was silent and cold in the early morning, the wildlife would go on it's marry way, the birds would fly like normal, the deers or smaller animals would look for food, that is… until a sudden explosion was heard, making the animals scurry away in fear and surprise while along a large dirt road where a young girl with crimson red hair and surprised expression at the sight of a tree flying upward, making her blink in surprise before tiredly walking towards the source, listening intently for an ambush before she came to a clearing where she could see a boy her age lying on his back in odd clothing in her opinion since it was a black shirt with long white sleeve's, black pants that felt like the rough tone of soft wood (Jeans, in one of my friends opinion, Weird right) and oddly designed footwear, Oh and his skin was charred like he was hit full force by a Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu, making the girl look around in worry until she heard the boy groan in silent agony.
"Hold on, I'll see what I can do to help" said the red head before her hands glowed a pale green as she applied her touch to his chest, making him gasp in relief as his skin began to regrow, making the girl smile before his eye's shot open, making her jump back as he flew onto his feet, holding his face in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HOT, VERY, VERY HOT, WHERE'S THE FUCKING WATER AT!?" yelled the boy in pain and surprise, making the girl sweatdrop as he ran around before tripping over a undergrowth, making the girl stifle a laugh before noticing something on the boy's head.
"Are those wolf ears?" questioned the girl, making the boy rub his cheeks that were healing at a miraculous rate.
"Uh, Yeah why?" said the boy before he was hugged from the back while the girl was playing with his ears yelling "KAWAII".
"I had to answer didn't I?" Growled the boy before grabbing the girl's hands softly.
"Now, before I ask where I am, I'm going to ask you what you're name is okay?" said the boy as he seemingly lifted the girl like she was paper, making her blush as he held her upside down in front of him.
"My names Uzumaki Kushina, what's you're name?" questioned the Girl with a smile, not noticing the shocked look until he cleared his throat.
"Um, my names… well you can call me Mōshin (Leap of faith), but my name is Kuro inferuno, and most of my friends call me Kolbe, but you can choose between the first two" said the boy before he heard giggling from Kushina, making him look annoyed before dropping her on her back, making her yelp as he lifted her onto her feet and dust her off with an apologetic look.
"Sorry, so where're you headed, Kushina?" questioned Kolbe with a smile.
"I'll just call you Kuro since it sound's cool, and my destination before helping you I was on my way to Konohagakure so I can enroll into the academy, dattebane"
"Mind if I accompany you?" questioned Kuro with a smile, making Kushina blush before nodding hesitantly.
"Don't worry, if anyone tries to bad mouth you, I'll break they're legs and make them crawl home" said Kuro with a smile, making Kushina giggle before they began they're journey to the village, not knowing that future events will be changed.
An hour later
The two despite they're disagreements with few topics mostly ramen actually got along just fine, Fine enough that Kuro offered to carry Kushina the rest of the way while she rested, not noticing a faint blush on her cheeks after hours of walking did Kuro sigh in annoyance as Kushina snored lightly while hugging his neck.
"Why me, of all people why do I have to appear in the Naruto universe in the past?" grumbled Kuro before he summoned a large ash cloud that flowed around the two children before solidifying into a wolf the size of a horse, howling before Kuro leaped onto its back and put Kushina on its back, jumping onto its neck and scratch its ears.
"Can you carry us the rest of the way to Konoha?" questioned Kuro with a smile, getting a nod from the wolf before it began to slowly trod forward, allowing Kuro to sit down and assess the situation at hand, for example he was de-aged like his time in Remnant… Again, he still possessed his wolf ears, oddly enough, and the fact he met The Kushina Uzumaki at childhood.
"My life just got more difficult here" muttered Kolbe before Kushina hugged him in her sleep, making the "boy" sigh as Kushina put her head on his lap while snoring continuously.
"Definitely more difficult" he muttered before falling asleep himself.
The next day at the gates of Konohagakure.
"Say, is it safe to say we have a break from guard duty?" questioned one of the guards as he sat on a chair, making the other guard who was a female Jōnin, glare tiredly at him before they both noticed the ground shake, making them take defensive stances before a large grey wolf burst from the tree's and landed before the gate growling and snorting before a figure jumped off its back with a red haired girl on his back.
"Finally, we're here" said the boy as he carried the sleeping girl on his back before he was approached by the two men after the wolf vanished in a cloud of ash.
"Uh, excuse me young man but, we have to ask you to state you're reason for being here?"
"Oh, just bringing Uzumaki Kushina to a Mito Uzumaki" said Kuro with a smile before Kushina was taken along with him to the Hokage tower with Kolbe being left outside a room while Kushina was at od know's where, plus ignoring the cooing from the girl's who saw his wolf ears, making him annoyed until he felt his shoulder tapped, making him turn to see an old woman with her hair in two buns at the side of her head, making Kuro gulp nervously until the woman smiled.
"I have to thank you for bringing Kushina here, I don't know what could have happened if she fell into the wrong hands, may I know you're name?" said the elderly woman, making Kuro/Kolbe smile softly before a man panting heavily with a look of worry.
"Mito-sama, I'm sorry, but I seem to have lost Kushina-san" said the man with a look of worry until he noticed Kuro and Mito look at him in confusion.
"Uh, Kushina-san actually got here before you" said Mito with a smile, making the man sigh before falling unconscious much to Kuro's amusement, making Mito smile.
"I'll just go on my marry way, Tell Kushina I said hello when you see-"
"Would you like to join the villages ninja academy?" questioned Mito with a smile, making Kuro/Kolbe stop in his tracks and turn around with a thinking look.
'Might as well, I could change a few things for the future like take the fall for Tobi, and save Rin from being killed'. "Sure, why not". Was his answer after contemplating his options, shrugging casually.
"Well, I'll speak to Hiruzen-san to see if he will allow it, take care" said Mito as she began to walk down a hall while Kuro seemed to walk casually to the doors, looking at the location before leaping to the rooftop, ignoring the shocked awe's from the villagers while scanning the buildings before sitting down.
"Why is it always me to end up in stupid situations!" grumbled Kolbe while holding his head in frustration.
The next day… on the same rooftop.
"Are you sure this is Kuro Inferuno?" questioned a female voice, getting a sigh from a male before Kolbe squinted his eyes open to see two Jōnin looking down at him, while also showing the morning sky above them.
"Damn, Did I sleep on a roof again?" yawned Kuro/Kolbe, scratching his wolf ears before being tackled into an excited hug from the female Jōnin.
"He's so cute!" squealed the woman, making Kuro blink before vanishing into ash, making the woman yelp as the ash floated to the man like a snake, rising upward before reforming into Kuro who cracked his neck.
"What's up?" greeted Kuro with a salute, making the Jonin look at him like he grew a second head.
"What?" questioned Kuro.
"Are you Kuro Inferuno, the third Hokage wishes to speak with you" said the male ninja, while also the first to get over the shock.
"Sure why not, Wait I'm gonna make a guess… is it to ask for me to join the Academy?" said Kuro, making the ninja sigh in annoyance while nodding, making him shrug.
"Lead the-" began Kuro before the ninja held his shoulders, making the world swirl before it was replaced by a council like area, making Kolbe hold his mouth before dashing to a bin, choking on near surfacing fluids until they relaxed much to his relief, Trust me Vomiting is not funny *Shivers*.
"Is he the one Kushina mentioned?" questioned a recognizable voice, making Kuro turn to see a young Sarutobi Hiruzen, making him kneel down.
"Sorry, not used to moving fast when I'm not doing it myself" said Kuro nervously, making Sarutobi smile happily with a chuckle.
"Don't worry about it, I've been told of you by Mito Uzumaki, she say's you brought Kushina here after Kushina found you literally a charred corpse, but all I see is a young healthy boy, so I'm going to ask one question, Do you have a Kekkei Genkai?" questioned Hiruzen, literally staring at Kuro's twitching ears, making Kuro shrug.
"I guess, I can demonstrate it if you want?" said Kuro, inwardly panicking until Hiruzen smiled.
"if you'd will" said the Hokage, making Kuro/Kolbe close his eyes to focus before his body was shrouded by Ash, making everyone gasp as the shroud began to solidify into stone armor, making Hiruzen blink as the ash burnt away at the top of the head which showed a stone version of Kolbe's face.
"I don't really know a name for my other abilities but I'll give this one Stone release: Ishi no Hada" said Kuro, crossing his arms while his size increased until his head barely touched the ceiling.
"By any chance do you know the expansion Jutsu?" questioned Hiruzen, making Kuro shake his head while shrinking.
"I know nothing of the clans techniques" came a voice from behind him, making him turn around to see Kuro casually sitting against the wall.
"Must you really show off?" questioned the stone Giant, making Kuro chuckle evilly before the stone crumbled into ash that flowed into Kuro's sleeves.
"Does that answer you're question?" said Kuro with a smile, making Hiruzen scan him with keen eyes until he smiled.
"Welcome to Konoha Academy Kuro-san" said the man, making Kuro smile happily before he was escorted to the academy by the female Jōnin, the walk was quiet most of the way, with the female populace of Konoha talking about Kuro's or more specifically Kolbe's ears, ignoring them urgently before they finally made it into the academy.
"Thank god they shut up!" growled Kuro, making the ninja roll her eyes happily before guiding him into a room which the woman opened, allowing Kolbe in with a nervous look, scanning the other students until a familiar red head got his attention.
"Kuro-san!" cheered Kushina, moving in a flash before Kuro was put in a choking hug, making the students sweat drop until Kuro popped into a cloud of ash, flying to an empty seat next to Kushina and a blonde boy, getting looks of shock from them as Kuro replaced the ash with his arms crossed.
"Uh, aren't you going to introduce yourself mister?" questioned the teacher, making Kuro sigh.
"I go by the name Kuro Inferuno but you can call me Mōshin or Kolbe, a pleasure to meet you all" said Kuro with a raised eyebrow, making the female majority of the class besides Kushina to blush.
Moving on with the class until Kuro's left ear twitched.
"What's with the wolf ears, are they a bloodline?"
"How should I know all I'm curious about is that technique he used, I wonder what its called"
"Yeah, well it looked cool"
"I can hear you two, you do know that right?" said Kolbe with an annoyed voice, making an Inuzuka and a Hyūga flinch as they turned, sweating nervously as Kuro's eyes seemed to glow gold.
"How can wolf ears be a bloodline, it would be useless" said the Uchiha of the class, making Kuro look at him in annoyance
"At least I don't have stupid eyes!" growled Kuro, sending KI at the kid with his arms crossed as the class went on, hours before Kolbe felt his right shoulder nudged, making him open his eyes to see a blonde boy.
"Hey, I'm Minato, nice comeback to Fugaku" said the blonde with a grin, making Kuro raise an eyebrow and smirk.
"I have a thing against Uchiha's" said Kuro with a shrug, getting one from Minato as well until they were told to have lunch by the teacher, allowing Kuro to stand up and leave the classroom and sit alone while the other children spoke to each other while some ate their food, some of the girls sneaking glances towards him before he spotted Kushina sitting by herself while eating a sandwich, making him frown in her direction before everything froze, leaving Kuro to look around with his eyes glowing purple until he caught the life force of three ANBU in a tree above Kushina, making Kuro stand up and casually walk towards her, looking at the frozen scenery until he stood before Kushina, blinking with his eys going back to their chocolate brown thus letting the scenery resume at normal speeds with Kushina looking around until flinching as Kuro stood before her with a smile.
"When did you get there, Kuro-san?" questioned a nervous Kushina, making Kuro shrug while placing both hands into his pockets.
"I have my secrets" said Kuro while looking up to the tree branches, seeing an ANBU who froze as they made eye contact before Kuro looked back down to Kushina with a smile.
"Mind if I sit with you?" questioned Kuro, making Kushina smile and shrug, mimicking his motion
"Why not, I have a spare sandwich if you want one" said Kushina, holding the sandwich out to Kuro, getting a shrug from the wolf boy who took it gently and sit down beside her with his legs crossed, sniffing the bread with his ears twitching until he took a bite.
"Hmm, Ham" commented Kuro, chewing the food before looking to the left and see the Uchiha laughing beside a girl who had a blush on her cheeks, making Kuro sigh until he realized Kushina also sighed with a crestfallen face until Kuro lightly nudged her shoulder, making her look up and see golden eyes that entranced her for minutes until she diverted her eyes with a blush.
"You're eyes are pretty" stated Kushina shyly, which caused Kuro to blink with his cheeks slowly reddening until Minato fell and hung upside down before the two, startling Kushina as he smiled.
"Hey guys, what's up?" said Minato cheerfully, making Kushina look at him with her left eyebrow twitching.
"You obviously" Kuro said with Minato laughing while Kushina giggled, letting the trio sit against the tree for minutes afterwards before being called back to class much to Kuro's disappointment but following the classmates in silence, taking a seat at the far back in silence.
"Okay, since now it is our last class for today, we will be asking what you're dreams of the future are" said the Jōnin before Kushina stood up defiantly with a smile.
"I'm gonna be the first female Hokage!" declared Kushina happily, making the class silent before laughing, making Kushina angry until she noticed Kuro clapping with a smile beside Minato, also baring a smile.
"Okay, quiet down so we can move on…" said the Jōnin teacher with a smile, allowing Kuro to sleep through the class until it was his turn, which was the signal to Minato shoving his shoulders lightly, making him look up with tired eyes that stared towards the teacher.
"Care to share your dreams, Inferuno-san?" questioned the teacher, making Kuro think with his eyes going blank.
"Well, I've always wanted to grow up with no pain…" said Kuro, making Kushina and Minato look at him sadly before he sported a grin of mischief.
"But my friends already have that covered" added Kuro, making Minato snicker and Kushina giggle, making him grin like a wolf before the day resumed, with Kuro silently falling asleep with his wolf ears twitching at the teachers words, making Minato lightly flick the ears with a smirk.
Several hours later in the Konoha Library
It was quiet as Kuro sat alone, with many scrolls containing chakra control lessons, some being easy while others were hidden clan jutsus, which Kuro/Kolbe were assured were copied by a third grader judging by the writing, though he was impressed of the information, looking up in thought for seconds before reading them quickly.
"Hmmm Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning, sounds interesting" said Kuro, examining the technique until his eyes shot towards a small beetle on his left shoulder, freezing as if it knew it was caught, making Kuro narrow his eyes before a Huntsmen manifested on his head and crawled down slowly to the bug, making it back away until the arachnid popped into ash with Kuro grinning as he held a finger for it to climb.
"You little Aburume bugs are actually cool up close, kind of gives me an idea with spiders" said Kuro, making the beetle seemingly flinch if it could at the word spider, especially with the idea of using them as a hive.
"Well, little one go home to whoever sent you" said Kuro, holding the bug up into the air before flying away, leaving Kuro alone with his reading until the librarian kindly asked him to leave, making Kuro zoom to the shelves he got the scrolls from and returned to the awed woman, seeing him salute and zoom off again towards the gate of the forest, making him smile before moving to a tree and begin digging under the small pieces of tree bark until he saw a huntsman and a tarantula, both of which crawled onto his hands with no resistance, seemingly relaxed as he placed them onto each shoulder, making his way to the village with a smirk.
Several months
Everyone was in mourning at the news of Mito Uzumaki passing, some worse to the news like Kushina who locked herself in an apartment which Minato and Kuro were making there way to.
"How can you stand having two spiders on you, they could bite at any moment" said Minato as the duo walked through the street, some of the villagers looking at Kuro with paled looks at the spiders crawled up and down his arms, not at all annoyed as he walked.
"Hey, Spiders are awesome, right guys?" said Kuro before lifting his hands to show the spiders raising their front legs and move them back and forth.
"How you taught them English I will never know" said Minato, making Kuro sigh.
"Your lucky, some guy named Danzo came to me offering a place in his so called ROOT program, the guy just screams power hungry" said Kuro, making hand gestures before they stopped in front of an apartment, which was locked.
"You wait here, I'll find a way in" said Kuro, making Minato shrug as Kuro began climbing up the wall with his spiders sitting still until he came to a window that showed Kushina hugging her knees against her chest, not noticing Kuro until he tapped on the window, making her flinch and look at him to show red eyes, obviously from the crying.
"You gonna open the front door or not?"
"Hold on" was the silent reply from Kushina as she crawled off her bed and make her way to the stairs, making Kuro look worried as he dropped down beside Minato who jumped before regaining himself as the door opened to show Kushina rubbing her eyes, stepping aside for Minato to walk by, making Kuro hold her hand softly over the door handle, making her look up to see a genuine smile from Kuro, making her eyes water as she hugged him, surprising him as he gently hugged back.
"Please, don't go" whispered Kushina, which Kuro heard due to his ears, making the spiders chatter before Kushina jumped back at their presence.
"Why do you have spiders on your shoulders!?" squealed Kushina, making Kuro blink with a shrug.
"The Aburume have bugs, why not spiders?"
"He's got you there" stated Minato happily before the two entered the apartment, with Kushina sitting back on her bed and hug her legs again this time with a wolf plushy and a fox one, hugging the wolf one tighter.
"Why did she have to die?" questioned Kushina solemnly, making Minato look down.
"Because it was her time, her time to reunite with her husband, their in a better place, so you wont need to worry" said Minato, making Kuro smile sadly as Kushina sniffed and looked up to smile gratefully.
"Come here you two" said Kushina, making the two smile before they were embraced into a rib crushing hug with Kushina resting her head on Kuro's shoulder.
"Don't leave me" whispered Kushina before the hug became tighter, with Kuro blinking in confusion.
I wont"
Thank you reading I hope you enjoy future chapters to come so have a nice day