(Opening) AN: This is my first fanfic. If you do not support me recreating the origins of Uzumaki Naruto, please turn back now.
I want to note that a character in this story will have an origin story that will be very similar to that of Hatake Kakashi's, so please do not pelt me with negative comments about "how I copied it". Hopefully I won't get any if people are smart enough to read this note, because I am aware that a lot of people don't read things and proceed to state things that go against exactly what a note or instruction has stated earlier.
The main story, disregarding the events of the following prologue, takes place after the non-canon ending of NS:UNS3 (Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3).
Thanks for reading, and enjoy.
DISCLAIMER: Naruto does not belong to me. Naruto is the property of creator Masashi Kishimoto. No profit is being made off of this work. This is being made purely for the readers' entertainment.
Text Indications:
"Speech"
Thought
"Flashback Dialogue" (ONLY if grouped together with a flashback paragraph.)
"Emphasis" (Not to be confused with a thought; is written in caps if emphasized in a thought or inner response.)
[Not Implemented in the Prologue] "Inner Speaking" (Can mean either Kurama or Inner Sakura.)
[Not Implemented in the Prologue] "Inner Response" (Means Naruto is responding to Kurama/Sakura is responding to Inner Sakura.)
[Not Implemented in the Prologue] Flashback (When written in paragraphs.)
Naruto: Visual Vengeance
PROLOGUE
Everyone who's heard of him knows the story of Uzumaki Naruto.
He's the jinchūriki host of the Kyuubi (Nine Tails), who has now been named Kurama, is the son of the (now deceased) Yondaime Hokage and the current hero of Konohagakure (the Village Hidden in the Leaves).
He is a strong-willed shinobi who fights for the good of his village, and more importantly, his friends.
But... what if the story began differently?
What if Naruto had a younger brother whose hatred would grow to burn more than that of an Uchiha's?
12 YEARS AFTER THE NINE TAILS ATTACK ON KONOHAGAKURE
"Damn it! It's almost as if you saw through my every move!"
A laugh followed up with that statement.
"I did see through your every move. You seem to forget that I'm an Uchiha. Not to brag about it or anything..."
Naruto's 11 year old younger brother Uzumaki Kureigu was currently training with his best friend Uchiha Īsan in Īsan's backyard. The two had known each other for several years now and they had become very close, almost like brothers.
Naruto and Īsan's older brother Uchiha Akuseru decided to do the same thing as their younger brothers, except they were training over at Naruto's house.
"I never really did know or understand. What is it that makes the Uchiha so special?" Kureigu asked as his sparring partner helped him up from the ground.
Īsan gestured to his eyes, which glowed a pale shade of red in the sunlight. Two symbols that resembled commas were situated on either the top or bottom of the eyes, with a small black pupil in the center.
"The sharingan," Īsan explained. "They're a special type of eyes that we gain when we experience anything emotional. They give us Uchiha a multitude of different abilities that we can use at our disposal, such as being able to see another person's chakra flow, or place an opponent under a mind controlled hallucination. But like I said, we only gain these once we're put through something very emotional. We don't get these the day we're born."
Kureigu pondered this in amazement for a moment. However, he wasn't given too much time to continue wondering about the sharingan as Īsan suddenly remembered there was still more to discuss about the eyes.
"There's that, and, our sharingan actually need to mature when we get them the first time. I mean, mine's not even fully matured. It's only in its second stage out of three."
"What do you mean?" Kureigu asked.
Īsan sighed. "It works something like this."
Over at Naruto's house in his backyard, Naruto and Akuseru stood on either end of the area, panting hard and waiting for the right moment to strike. They'd been fighting for a while now and their prolonged use of chakra had made them extremely exhausted. The two studied each other carefully, attempting to expose a weakness and use it to their advantage.
Naruto knew that while Akuseru had a chance to move in and deliver the finishing blow, he couldn't do the same seeing that Akuseru's sharingan would detect his attack immediately and give Akuseru a chance to counter it. Naruto decided that he needed a diversion in order to distract Akuseru's eyes from him.
Naruto formed a seal with two of his fingers on either hand, putting them together in the shape of a T, and yelled, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
A puff of smoke erupted around Naruto, and Akuseru squinted to try and see through the smoke. The next thing he saw was 3 clones of Naruto dashing out of the smoke and towards him.
Clones... this should be easy to deal with, Akuseru thought as he shifted his right foot behind him.
As the first clone advanced toward him with a jump, his sharingan detected movement in the clone's left leg and was immediately able to counter a midair kick. Akuseru shifted to the left and grabbed hold of the clone's leg, throwing him against a nearby fence closing off the backyard from the streets outside. Upon impact, the clone disappeared with a "poof".
Akuseru then focused his attention on the remaining two clones, who were closing in fast on either side. The clone on Akuseru's right side seemed to be faster and reached him first, the clone raising his fist to land a punch. Using his sharingan, Akuseru foresaw the attack and grabbed hold of the clone's arm, twisting it behind him and landing a harsh kick to his back. The other remaining clone vaulted over the one who was just hit by Akuseru and yelled with a seething determination to beat into him.
The clone threw several punches at Akuseru, all of which were either blocked or dodged. When the clone threw another punch, Akuseru grabbed hold of his fist and pushed it back, bending the clone's arm in the process. It only took a little more pressure before the clone disappeared with a cloud of smoke, and with that, Akuseru had taken care of all the clones Naruto had summoned a moment earlier.
Now, he thought, beginning to look around, where could the real Naruto be?
Suddenly, Akuseru felt something hard collide into his back, and he arched his back up in pain. Before he could turn around, a kunai was lightly pressed against the right side of his neck, rendering him unable to move without being cut.
"It's over, Akuseru," a voice from behind him said. "I win."
Akuseru glanced behind him to see Naruto smirking.
"Damn you..." Akuseru said with a smile as Naruto's kunai was withdrawn from his neck. "You were able to bypass my sharingan, then?"
"Yeah, using the clones as a distraction," Naruto replied. "However, it wasn't easy staying behind you all the time. It took up quite a bit of chakra at times."
Naruto followed up with a chuckle, impressed at his victory over an Uchiha.
Because Kureigu was so intrigued by the visual prowess of the sharingan, he and Īsan stopped battling and headed inside the house so Īsan could further explain the powers of the sharingan. He'd been doing so for a while now in his bedroom, and while Kureigu was still ready to listen, Īsan was getting increasingly weary of explaining the special pair of eyes. Not even he was fully understanding of them.
At one point, after much hesitation, Kureigu decided to come out with a question Īsan's sharingan.
"Um, Īsan..." Kureigu began, becoming increasingly hesitant.
"Yes... what is it?" Īsan mumbled, considering giving up on explaining the sharingan any further.
"... You know... um... about your sharingan..."
Īsan furrowed his brow in confusion as he waited for his friend to continue the sentence.
"Go on..." Īsan urged when he realized Kureigu was hesitating.
"How did you... you know... get them...?"
Īsan looked at Kureigu long and hard for a moment, realizing he had trouble asking the question. He knew that Kureigu knew that the question might be a painful reminder of the event for his friend, as he must have needed to go through a very emotionally shattering one in order to obtain his sharingan.
Īsan nodded at his friend and decided to tell him.
"I was out on a C-rank mission that didn't involve the rest of the team."
"So that would mean me and Jēn," Kureigu interrupted briefly.
"Yeah. Rather than our team, my older brother Akuseru was assigned to come with me on the mission."
"I remember him. He's in my older brother's class."
Despite that being Kureigu's second interruption, Īsan already became frustrated trying to explain.
"If you'll let me finish... We were escorting someone somewhere when we were attacked by some assassins. I was held hostage, my brother was defeated by them... and they threatened his life in front of me. I begged them not to hurt him... but they did. They beat him so badly... to the point where I lost all sense. So I found myself awakening my sharingan, and killing the assassin who held me hostage. I managed to beat the others badly, but I couldn't beat them because I was still a genin. I wasn't as skilled then. Because of my work, though... my brother was freed, and he was able to take down the other assassins."
Kureigu was quite shocked. He never imagined an Uchiha would have to be in a situation that serious in order to awaken the sharingan. He also never imagined that Īsan was so angered to the point where he killed someone. He had never seen his friend act that way, and he hoped that he'd never have to.
However, fate decided to be cruel one day, and he did.
(Closing) AN: I will continue to edit this along with future chapters should I spot any errors that I hadn't spotted before during my proofreads. I will not keep a log of them, though, as I will be editing this and future chapters as frequently as possible.
The next few chapters that follow will see the development of a NaruSaku pairing in the present day. In other words, four years after the events of the prologue you just read.
Now, I realize that Itachi Uchiha killed every member of his clan (except for Sasuke) before defecting from the Leaf Village. Let's just say that Īsan and his older brother Akuseru were able to escape from death at Itachi's hands by unknown means. (Yeah, I'm kind of lazy like that)
Involving the chapters, I don't have a lot of time on my hands. I will come out with more chapters, but they will not come as quickly as you might expect them to, and I apologize for that. Anyway, I hope you like the concept.