Sinful Tendencies
Prologue: Sinful Seeds
A/N: This is an idea I have been kicking around for a long time. I have always enjoyed stories where Naruto leaves the village. Don't be afraid to let me know what you think of this story at all! Read and Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor any Anime/Manga that may make an appearance in the following piece of fanfiction. This work is strictly for my enjoyment, no attempts at making a financial gain from this story will be made. This is the only chapter I will put the disclaimer in.
Naruto laid there on the ground panting, covered in sweat. Near his feet lay a large scroll with a large amount of writing on it. He groaned as he sat up and looked around. "Man, Mizuki-sensei said he would be here by now." He said to himself. He looked at the scroll. "Maybe I could learn another awesome technique before he gets here." He unrolled it some more and saw a two strange seals, one was labeled a and the other was labeled b. The kanji above it read, 'Eien no Fuin'. Naruto looked for the description but there was none, just instructions to do it. "Draw seal A on object, place seal A over seal B and apply chakra."
Naruto pulled out a small pad of paper and a pen. "That doesn't sound to difficult. I wonder what this does." Naruto took the next couple of minutes tracing the seal on his paper. Satisfied with his work he pulled out a small box; opening he pulled out a small ink-well and a brush. Dipping the brush in the ink he applied it to the drawing and followed the design precisely. Once he was done he placed the palm of his hand on the seal and looked as the ink quickly dried. He compared the seal on his hand with the seal on the paper and nodded his head in satisfaction. "Not too shabby Naruto." He placed his hand on top of seal B and took a deep breath. "Here's to getting another awesome technique!" He cheered to himself as he applied chakra to the seal. He looked confused as nothing happened. "This jutsu must be broken." Naruto tried to pull his hand back but found it stuck. "What?" His question was answered as his arm was engulfed in a burning sensation. He closed his eyes and screamed, not noticing the scroll disappear in a cloud of smoke. The boy fell back and grasped his wrist looking at his palm; the seal on his hand was glowing bright red.
-(Unknown)-
"Quickly, send your men to retrieve the boy. He is going to ruin the whole operation." One man said to another. The other figure spoke in a whisper to a group of people behind them and they disappeared.
"You better hope this boy hasn't ruined this." The other man said as he walked away. "If that scroll is lost on a boy like him, this all falls on your head."
"Silence, I know what I am doing. A pathetic boy like him won't know what to do with the scroll anyways. No matter whether he is the child of a hokage or not. Especially because you will break him and get that scroll back." He walked after the man who had stopped.
"And why would I do something like that?" The first man kept walking.
"Because you will follow my orders as your leader." He looked back as he kept walking. "We have a situation to control, let's go Danzou." The man bowed mockingly behind the man.
"As you wish, Hokage-sama."
-(With Naruto)-
"Naruto!" A voice yelled. Naruto looked up as Iruka landed in the clearing. "Are you stupid?" He snapped at the boy.
"Hey Iruka-sensei!" Naruto managed to cheer. "I learned a technique from the scroll, that means I get to be a ninja right?" He asked.
"What are you talking about?" Iruka looked around the clearing. "Where is the scroll Naruto?"
"I don't know." He replied." I did this seal and my arm started burning. Next thing I know the scroll is gone!"
"What was the seal called?"
"It said something like Eien no Fuin." Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows what that means." Iruka smacked the boy on the back of the head.
"It means Eternal Seal you idiot!" He yelled. "You did a seal without knowing what it means or does? Why did you do that?"
"It looked cool!" He replied. "And I did it so I could become a ninja."
"Why would stealing the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing, leaving to the middle of nowhere, and learning a technique mean you get to become a ninja?"
"That's what Mizuki-sensei told me to do."
"Mizuki?" Iruka said. "Why would-" The question died in his throat as his head snapped towards the treeline. "Get down Naruto!" Iruka yelled as he shoved the boy to the ground. He crossed his arms in front of himself as a wave of shuriken hit him pushing him back slightly. A man's laughing came from the trees as Mizuki walked into the clearing.
"My oh my, lovely reflexes Iruka-san." He said clapping slowly. "You should have just let me kill the demon. I would have let you have some of the glory." He looked at Naruto. "You seem to have lost the scroll whelp. Where is it?"
"Don't answer him Naruto, Mizuki is a traitor to Konohagakure. He tricked you into stealing the scroll and meeting him. An act of a true coward; manipulating an innocent boys dreams and ambitions for your own gain." A loud laugh erupted from Mizuki.
"Innocent boy? You believe this…creature is an innocent boy?" Mizuki looked his old accomplice in the eyes. "Even after what it did to your family fifteen years ago?"
"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"Ah, so the beast wants to know the truth?"
"Don't do it Mizuki. You know it's against the law." Iruka said.
"I'm already breaking laws, what's one more matter?" Mizuki snarled at the man. "Fifteen years ago, our beloved Fourth Hokage, sacrificed himself to defeat the demon known as the Kyuubi. Oh but our history books lie to you, filling the children's minds with sweet fairytales, masking the horrible truth. A demon as strong as the Kyuubi can't be killed, there is only one way to defeat it."
"Stop Mizuki!" Iruka yelled.
"How is that?" Naruto asked quietly.
"You seal it into a child." Mizuki smiled sinisterly at the boy. "Have you ever wondered why your birthday coincides with the day the Kyuubi was defeated? Or why everyone calls you demon?" Naruto took a step away from the man. "It's because you were the child the demon was sealed into. You are the Kyuubi!" Tears came to Naruto's eyes as he ran from the clearing. Mizuki went to chase after him but was stopped by a fist impacting with his jaw. He was sent rolling and quickly came to his feet looking at Iruka. "You defend the creature?" Naruto listened from within a large cluster of trees and bushes on the outskirts of the clears. "After the demon killed you parents, killed your sister, and even killed your lover; you defend it?"
"You're right, the demon killed my parents. The demon killed my sister Hiroki, and it even killed my one true love, Kiga. I have been filled with such hatred and anger towards Naruto, just like the rest of the villagers." More tears came to the boys eyes as he was listening to the man's words. "Fifteen years ago my life was torn to shreds by the demon's attack, but that's not Naruto's fault." The boy looked up from the bushes at the man. "Naruto was dealt a terrible hand, he was given an unimaginable burden. He was tasked with protecting Konohagakure and the rest of the world from a demon of unimaginable power. It took me too long to realize that Naruto is not the Kyuubi; he is a member of Konohagakure and a regular boy. So you ask if I defend the demon, my answer is no. I defend Uzumaki Naruto, my student and a person I hold dear to my heart." Mizuki snarled at the man again.
"You disgust me Iruka." Mizuki said as he pulled out a kunai. "I wasn't planning on killing you, but now I feel I must." Iruka responded by pulling out a kunai of his own.
"Mizuki, for your traitorous actions towards the great village of Konohagakure and the attempted murder of a Chuunin and a civilian, you are under arrest. Any attempts to resist will be met with lethal force." Iruka's response was a smirk as Mizuki rushed the man.
Iruka ducked under a slash aimed for his eyes. Iruka drove his elbow into Mizuki's stomach than swung upwards with his kunai. Mizuki evaded the attack by kicking the man in the chest and away from him. He threw another handful of shuriken at Iruka who rolled out of the way. When he came to his feet a knee impacted with his nose with turned into a torrent of blood. Iruka responded by driving his kunai underneath Mizuki's kneecap as he was falling back. Mizuki crumpled to the ground holding his leg. "Mother fucker!" He yelled out. He grimaced as he pulled the kunai out of his leg. He slowly pulled himself up onto one leg and tried putting pressure onto the other. He let out a growl of pain as he glared at the man in front of him and started running through hand seals. "You should have left it alone Iruka. Katon: Honō no bāsuto!" A small ball of fire shot from Mizuki's mouth and hit the Chuunin in the chest. On impact it exploded in dramatic fashion. Mizuki's smile disappeared as pieces of a charred log hit the ground and a sound of crackling electricity was heard from behind him.
"I never turn my back on comrades. Raiton: Dendō bōru!" Iruka yelled as he slammed a ball of electricity between Mizuki's shoulder blades. The man's screams died in his throat as his eyes glazed over and his corpse fell to the floor. Iruka stumbled and fell on his backside as he gripped his nose. "Son of a bitch, that hurt." An orange blur burst out of the foliage and tackled the teacher. "Naruto?!" He yelled in surprise. "Are you okay?"
"I'm alright Iruka-sensei. The better question is, are you okay?" Iruka smiled at the boy.
"Yeah I'm okay, nothing I can't handle." Naruto returned the smile. The smiles of the two disappeared as they were surrounded by four figures wearing masks. "What is this?"
"Six months." A voice said from the tree line. "A six month investigation, ruined in fifteen minutes by a lousy chuunin and a brat." Two elderly men walked into the clearing.
"Jiji-san!" Naruto yelled to the man. He tried to run towards the man but was backhanded by one of the figures.
"And now, the scroll containing the strongest techniques in all the lands, is bound to a useless demon container." The Hokage said. Naruto and Iruka's eyes widened.
"If you had given him to me in the first place we wouldn't be stuck in this situation Hiruzen." The other person said. Hiruzen glared at the man.
"What have I told you about questioning me Danzou?" Danzou scoffed and looked away. Hiruzen looked at Naruto and Iruka as they stood up. "For six months we were working an investigation involving Mizuki. He was going to lead us to the traitor Orochimaru."
"Hokage-sama, I am very sorry." Iruka replied. "He attempted to kill Naruto and myself, I was merely defending myself."
"The damage has already been done." Hiruzen told the man. "Danzou." Danzou signaled with his good arm and Naruto was grabbed by one of the figures. "You get your wish, Naruto is yours now." Danzou smirked at this.
"I will turn him into the greatest weapon the shinobi world has ever known."
"You can't do that Hokage-sama." Iruka said. "I will bring this before the council." Iruka was grabbed by two of the remaining figures.
"You should have never gotten involved Iruka-san." Iruka was forced to his knees as the last figure walked around to the front of him. "You were an exceptional teacher and your loyalty to the village knew no bounds." The figure withdrew a sword and he rested it on Iruka's neck. "You will be placed on the memorial stone, a victim of murder by the traitorous ninja, Mizuki." The figure raised the sword above his head and Iruka looked at Naruto with tears in his eyes.
"Run Naruto, run and never look back." Tears came to Naruto's eyes as the figure counted to three. "I'm proud of you Otōto." The sword was brought down swiftly separating Iruka's head from the rest of his body. Naruto looked on in shock as they dropped his mentors body.
"Otōto, how cute." Danzou said mockingly. "Now, let's see about getting you that scroll back Hiruzen." The man nodded and looked at Naruto.
"Just remember not to kill him. If he dies the scroll is lost forever. You will go with Danzou and learn under him." He told the boy. Naruto looked at the Hokage for a long time.
"No." He replied.
"You dare disobey me boy?" He snarled at the boy.
"For so long, I looked up to you like a grandfather. A man I strived to be like and wish to make proud." Naruto said. "I wanted to protect this village and the virtues it stood for." Chakra started swirling around the boy. "Now…well now I just want to watch the village and the lies it was built on burn to the ground. Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" With an eruption of chakra thousands of Naruto clones appeared. The force of the chakra separated Naruto and the figure. "Scatter!" All the clones yelled. Within seconds all of the clones had vacated the area.
"This is all your fault Sarutobi." Danzou scowled. "Now we have made an enemy of the Jinchūriki to the strongest demon in all the nations." Hiruzen sent a large pulse of chakra and within seconds dozens of ANBU arrived in the clearing.
"My dear ANBU, two of our chuunin have been murdered and the culprit has escaped. You are to find and catch the suspect alive so that he may face trial. Bring me Uzumaki Naruto." No words were said as the shinobi left the clearing just as swiftly as they arrived. "We will break him Danzou, and Konohagakure will rule as the other nations kneel." Danzou looked at the figures.
"Get the rest of ROOT and go after Uzumaki." They nodded and disappeared quickly. "Now I need to help clean up your mess." The two men left the clearing and the bodies of the two chuunin in silence.
-(With Naruto)-
Naruto ran like his life depended on it, which it did. He was gasping for breath and looked behind him as he saw a group of three people chasing after him, wearing masks similar to the ones from the people who killed Iruka. He shook the tears out of his eyes as he kept moving. 'No use in those kinds of thoughts right now. You have to survive.' He told himself. He landed in a clearing and made a cross seal with his hands. Before he could initiate the jutsu the three people landed in front of him. One of the figures removed his masks revealing a covered eye and silver hair.
"Naruto, come with us back to the village. Don't do this to yourself please." The man pleaded to the boy.
"Kakashi-san, I can't go with you." Naruto said looking back. "I appreciate you looking out for me all those years, it meant a lot, but I can't go back after what Ji-, I mean the Hokage has done to me." Kakashi looked confused. "Kage Bunshin!" Fifteen clones appeared in a mass around Naruto and without a word they all left the clearing. Kakashi slammed his mask on the ground shattering it and pulling up the headband off of his eye.
"Let's go." He ordered as the two figures behind him followed as they chased after what Kakashi hoped was the son of his teacher. For hours Naruto ran from the ANBU. He escaped close calls through the use of his massive chakra pool and his Kage Bunshin. After all the running he finally collapses against a tree.
"I…can't…keep going." He gasped out to himself. He looked up grimly as eight figures quickly surrounded him.
"Halt, by order of the Sandaime Hokage, you are here-by under arrest for the murders of Hyōjun Mizuki and Umino Iruka." Naruto let out a sad laugh at the information. "Comply and come back with us…demon." Before Naruto could respond a sinister laugh came from all around them. "Who goes there?" The person demanded.
"You call a boy like that a demon?" The voice responded. A heavy mist slowly started to roll into the area. "Allow me to show you what a real demon is like." The mist fully engulfed everyone and Naruto curled up into a ball as the screams started. Only thirty seconds passed, but it felt like a life time to the boy. The blood curdling screams, grown men crying, others begging for their lives. Eventually all that stopped and there was silence. Naruto opened his eyes and the mist was still there. There was a faint sound of footsteps walking towards him. The boy scampered backwards until his back hit the tree. The steps grew louder as the person got closer and an outline of a large man appeared in the mist. He stopped in front of Naruto and the mist started to dissipate. Naruto's eyes widened as a large man holding a sword as large as himself stood there covered in blood. "It's been a while since I last had fun." He said from behind the bandages around his mouth. He looked at the boy with a raised eyebrow. "Now, why would two squads of ANBU be after a mere boy?" Naruto shivered in fear at the man. "Answer me boy." He ordered.
Naruto gulped before speaking. "I stole the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing from Konoha." The man's other eyebrow joined its brother in being raised. Naruto let out a scream as the man slammed his sword into the tree next to the boy and he was grabbed by the collar of his orange jumpsuit.
"Give me the scroll boy, and I will let you leave with your life." He demanded.
"That's the thing, I can't give it to you." Naruto stuttered out.
"And why not?"
"There was this cool looking seal in the scroll and I copied it. Well, it for some reason bound the scroll to me for life. If I die the scroll is destroyed also." The man growled at him before dropping him. He picked up his sword and turned to walk away. "Wait!" Naruto shouted out. The man stopped and looked at the boy. "How about we work out a trade?"
"What do you mean?" Naruto ran to the man.
"Take me with you and train me for a while. I can tell you're an awesome ninja, and I'm out here all by myself." The man laughed at Naruto.
"And why would I train a runt like yourself?"
"I'll give you access to the scroll so you can learn whatever you want from it." He stopped and thought for a while.
"I accept." Before Naruto could cheer the man stopped him. "But I am altering the deal." Naruto pouted and crossed his arms. "I will evaluate and slightly train you for a week. If at the end of the week I decide not to continue training you, you will be sent on your way. The week of training you will receive from me should be enough to keep you alive for a while."
"Deal!" Naruto cheered extending his hand to the man.
"And at the end of the week, whether I continue training you or not, I get one jutsu from that scroll of yours." He replied shaking Naruto's hand. "When I am training you, you will do everything I instruct you to do. No objections, no stupid questions. Just follow my instructions.
"You got it sensei." Naruto said.
"Don't call me that runt, the name's Zabuza."
-(10 P.M. In Konoha)-
Hiruzen stood on the balcony of the Hokage Tower as his shinobi forces gathered around him. The village council stood behind him as he addressed the village. "My friends, today is a dark day in the history of Konohagakure. Today…two of our exceptional Chuunin were murdered by a student who went rogue. They perished in their valiant effort to stop and capture the student after they stole the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing." The crowd of shinobi gasped out loud as villagers started to trickle into the group.
"Who were these brave shinobi?" A voice called from the group.
"The two shinobi were none other than Hyōjun Mizuki and Umino Iruka, two of the very teachers that trained the boy." Hiruzen replied.
"Who is the scoundrel that committed this heinous crime?" Another voice asked.
"It was a boy we are all familiar with. It was Uzumaki Naruto!" Hiruzen said. The entire crowd gasped and there were immediately angry calls for the boys head. Hiruzen outstretched his hands and hushed the crowd. "We have already dispatch our ANBU forces to retrieve the boy. We have also issued an order to place him in the Bingo Book. While he was not officially a shinobi, his skills have deemed it necessary. I ask you all to go home and rest easy, your village will protect you and stop him before he can unnecessarily harm anyone else." The crowd in front of the tower started leaving the area whispering to one another. Hiruzen turned around and walked into the tower signaling for the council to follow him. Once everyone had taken their seats Hyuuga Hiashi stood up and asked the question on everyone's mind.
"Sarutobi, what exactly is going on?" Hiruzen rubbed his temples from his seat.
"It is as I have said. Naruto has stolen the Forbidden Scroll and killed two Chuunin during his escape."
"How could this be?" Hiashi asked. "Isn't the scroll under the strictest surveillance out of the entire village?"
"It appears that he chose his moment to infiltrate very carefully. He snuck in and out within the three minutes it takes ANBU to switch squads." He replied.
"That would take exceptional planning." Nara Shikaku spoke up. "You don't suspect he had…inside help do you?"
"The seal has shown no signs of damage or weakness." Sarutobi said. "He seems to have acted completely on his own." Nara frowned at the explanation as he glanced at his two friends. "That is not the most troubling news though."
"What would the troubling news be?" Inuzuka Tsume asked.
"He now views the village as an enemy and he wishes to destroy it." The council room erupted into chaos. He allowed this to go on for a couple minutes before he silenced the group. "As I said out there, we have already dispatch our best ANBU squads after the boy. He will be returned and sent to a rehabilitation project. While he is just a boy, his status as a Jinchūriki is important to the village. Until the time he is brought in, he has simply been labeled a Genin with a C-class bounty on his head in the bingo book." Hiruzen stood up from his chair. "I called this meeting merely to inform you of this latest event. It's late, any questions you have will be addressed tomorrow morning." With that the council was dismissed and everyone left. Danzou appeared out of the shadows behind Hiruzen and his advisors.
"A ROOT squad has returned with strange news."
"Report." Hiruzen demanded.
"Two squads of ANBU were found dead south of here."
"How did a boy manage to kill two ANBU squads?"
"It appears they were killed by a large bladed weapon." Hiruzen looked confused at this information. "The squads were found a couple hours away from the border of Kirigakure." Recognition dawned on Hiruzen's face.
"Let's hope this is a random occurrence and he has no affiliation with Naruto. Getting Naruto out of the care of a man like Zabuza could prove troublesome. Especially if Zabuza finds out Naruto has the scroll."
"Let's hope you're correct Hiruzen." Danzou said as he walked away. "I will keep you informed of any updates that come in."
Hiruzen left his advisors and went to his office. He stood there looking at pictures of the past Hokage's before pausing on one of a blonde haired man. "You had to put me back in this position didn't you Minato?" He said to no one. "And now you're spawn is raising hell." He shook his head and turned away from the picture. "You should have listened to me and used a random orphan that we could control." With that said Hiruzen cut the lights to the room.
Original Jutsu:
Honō no bāsuto- Burst of Flame
Eien no Fuin- Eternal Seal
Dendō bōru- Electirc Ball
A/N: And there is the prologue to a new story I'm working on! There's not much but also a whole lot going on in this chapter I believe. Well I hope you enjoyed the read, let me know what you think of this in a review if you like! And if anyone is curious as to the progress of my other story, XNinja, I have chapters written, they just need to be gone over. So a new chapter will be coming out within the next couple of weeks. But as usual, review if you wish! I am always grateful for some constructive criticism and ideas people have!