Hey guys, what's up? I've gotten rather bored with my other fanfictions, so I figured why not make a new one? Besides, it's not like anyone is waiting in anticipation for my other's to be updated. Well… maybe.
Anyway, the plotline of this is very simple. It's a rewrite/AU in which Madara actually dies at the end of his battle with Hashirama. He doesn't escape, he doesn't live; he dies. So, how would that affect… everything?
Find out!
This chapter is also going to have a very timeline-y feel as it will just be an explanation of what all happened in Konoha during the time of Madara's death.
Hn.
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"Hashirama… you…" Madara said as the wood clone fell to pieces in front of him.
"I'm sorry, old friend, but I must choose protecting my people over giving you the death you deserve. You threatened those I love, and those I vowed to defend."
Madara shook his head as Hashirama's katana slid out of his back.
"I suppose I cannot fault you, you were always like this after all," Madara replied as he coughed up blood. "My only request is that you end me now, and give me a proper burial."
Hashirama took one step back and raised his sword.
"Goodbye, brother."
Hashirama carried his friend's body the whole way back to Konoha, all the way to the front door of the Uchiha Clan Head's home.
"Lord First, what can I do… Oh my. You've caught him then?"
"Yes, and I decided that after all his wrong doing, he still deserves to be forgiven. Without Madara, this village wouldn't even exist."
The two men decided to give a village wide hero's burial for him. However, before that, Tobirama made one request of his brother.
"Let me examine his body, and his chakra. He's one of the strongest beings there was, atleast you can give me this?"
Hashirama accepted, and together the two performed an autopsy. What they discovered was shocking… Madara's eyes had morphed into the Rinnegan upon his death. The eyes were removed, and the body was buried as promised.
Hashirama called a council meeting a few days later, as well as a meeting with the Uzukage from the Village Hidden in the Whirlpools.
"I have called you all here to discuss something of utmost importance, and the Uzukage was invited because of a certain amount of information he may or may not possess," Hashirama began as the council was gathered.
"Yes, get on with it Hashi, we've got Stone ninja on our borders and I must get back as soon as I can."
Hashirama then began to explain the origins of shinobi, and the tale of the Sage of Six Paths. He told of the Sage's two sons, Indra and Asura, and of their reincarnates.
"Two of these reincarnates were Madara and myself, which is why Madara unlocked the Rinnegan upon his final breaths. I am certain that, in my final moments, I will also awaken one of these powers. But, my request of you is, that you grant myself and my brother the permissions to implant one of the Rinnegan into each of our eyes."
The council's response was a mix of shock and confusion, but with two knowing looks among them. The first was from the Uzukage. Because the Uzumaki clan were distant cousins to the Senju, they were also descendants of the Sage, and understood that only one of the Senju or Uzumaki blood could wield a Rinnegan. The second look was from the Nara clan head, who had deduced the same thing through sheer intellect.
"I will begin the vote now," the First Hokage commanded as he stood up from his chair.
The results were unanimous, every clan head and Kage agreed that these two were among some of the only ninja who could be trusted with the massive power of the Rinnegan.
13 Years later.
The Hokage had captured all nine Tailed Beasts, and had just distributed them to the other Hidden Villages. In doing so, he hoped that all the villages would be hesitant to attack each other because of the threat of one of those tailed beasts being released. The Hidden Stone, however, had heard that the First Hokage's wife (as well as the Nine Tails Jinchurikii) was giving birth. He intended to attack the Leaf head on and take control of not only the Nine Tails, but also kill off the strongest Ninja in the world.
The first Tsuchikage himself led his forces straight into the heart of Fire country, only to be met by a force of the same strength led by the Senju brothers.
"Lord Tsuchikage, I will give you one warning. Turn back now, take your troops home, and you will be forgiven. Take one step forward and you will be defeated," the elder brother called as his hands began to slip between many seals.
"You're not forceful enough, Hashirama," the younger brother commented under his breath as he also began the seals for a jutsu.
Before the Tsuchikage could finish his step forward, a Water Dragon the size of a tailed beast slammed into his forces, followed closely by a larger dragon made of wood. The Stone ninja fired back with a volley of rocks that could flatten a village through sheer numbers, but it wasn't enough. Hashirama floated into the air and called out, "All Mighty Push!"
The rocks were blasted back towards their owners as the Rinnegan's power was put into full effect.
The only Stone ninja who was not physically harmed that day was the Tsuchikage, for Tobirama had ripped his soul from his body using his own Rinnegan. Two ninja had just obliterated over four thousand without losing a single soldier themselves.
Twenty years later.
"Today is a great day for the village. In light of my old age, as well as my interest in training our Shinobi, I name my student Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village!"
Tobirama was in the interest of personally training the newly created Anbu Black Ops, something he would not be able to do while leading the Leaf Village. To accomplish this, he had to elect a new Hokage in the form of Hiruzen. Of his four students, only two had what it took to be Hokage. Danzo was much like himself, one who would do anything to protect the village. However, in times of peace, that was not what the village needed. He chose Hiruzen for his kindness, and willingness to keep the world as peaceful as possible.
Danzo was unhappy at first, but an offer to become the personal apprentice of the Second Hokage ended that attitude immediately. Under his personal tutelage, Danzo had a little more light in his life.
During the Third Hokage's rule, two ninja rose to infamy among all the elemental nations. The first was one of the Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru. Given the title by Hanzo of the Salamander during the Second Ninja World War, the Snake Sannin was one of the most cunning and powerful shinobi of his generation.
The second, and much younger, ninja was Minato Namikaze. A genin at 10, and a student of Jiraiya of the Sannin, Minato was a prodigy of which the likes had never been seen. His intelligence level rivaled that of the Second Hokage, and his speed as well. Tobirama had set the boy onto the path of basic Sealing Arts, and within five years Minato had reverse engineered and redesigned the Flying Raijin jutsu. Using it in combination with his speed and intelligent had earned him the title of "Konoha's Yellow Flash" before his 18th birthday.
During the Third Ninja World War, Kakashi Hatake becomes the youngest ninja to graduate the academy, become a chunin, and the youngest to reach the age of Jonin. Under Minato's tutelage, he becomes one of the most feared youths in the Ninja world. Initially thought to be a "follow the rules, heartless bastard," Kakashi broke that moniker by saving both of his teammates in a clash with four of Stone's elite Jonin before being saved by his sensei. In the end, everyone got out unharmed.
Also during the war, Minato became the first ninja since the Senju brothers to be given a "Flee on Sight" order. While his students were supposed to be destroying Kanabi bridge, he single handedly killed one thousand stone shinobi. On the way back to the Leaf village, Minato encountered the feared "Brotherly Duo" from Kumo, the Fourth Raikage Ai, and his brother the Jinchurikii, Bi. After defeating them and proving that even the two together couldn't stop Minato, they were forced to retreat before signing a peace treaty with Konoha.
It was only a few years later that Minato was named the Fourth Hokage over Orochimaru, and the snake attempted to flee the village. Danzo, the student of Tobirama, killed Orochimaru before he could escape and cut the head off of the snake (so to speak).
The son of a good friend of Minato's, Itachi Uchiha, also became somewhat famous in Konoha for nearly breaking Kakashi's record of graduation/promotion during Minato's reign, graduating at 7, becoming Chunin at 10, and Jounin at 14.
A little over a year after his becoming the Hokage, Minato and his wife Kushina Uzumaki birthed a child named Naruto. To protect him from Minato's enemies, the boy was given the Uzumaki name and told that his father was killed on duty. Minato acted as a step-father to the boy, and raised him as best he could. Though, as he was busy being Hokage, the boy was raised to act more like his mother….
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I skipped over a lot of relationship development between people like Sasuke/Naruto or Naruto/anyone because I want it to be a bit of a surprise. Also, if you didn't deduce this from my lack of mentioning it, the Uchiha massacre never happened because the Uchiha were never blamed/distrusted. Basically, because he had given Madara a hero's burial, Hashirama convinced the village that the Uchiha were to be trusted, and Tobirama had no reason to force them into a secluded compound.
Twelve Years Later, Graduation Day!
Three students were sitting in the back of the room, watching as Iruka-sensei began calling students down to receive their written exams for the Graduation Ceremony.
"So, Naruto, you think you can beat me? I've got you in Shuriken Jutsu and Book Knowledge; you'll need to get atleast ten bonus points to take Rookie of the Year, dobe."
Sasuke grinned as his best friends face turned red with rage. "Listen here, teme, I did a lot of studying these past couple weeks, don't count me out yet!"
"Naruto, we all know that you would have to study for a month straight just to pass this exam," Shikamaru replied next to him, his head buried in his arm-pillow.
"That's what they think!" Naruto thought as he received his test. The boys began their tests, Shikamaru finishing first with an obvious perfect score before going back to sleep. The second one finished was Sasuke who flipped his test over with a smirk.
"Beat that Dobe" he thought as Naruto finished his test as well.
They turned them in to Iruka who began to grade them.
"There's no point checking mine, Iruka-sensei! I aced it!"
The whole class laughed, thinking it was a joke from Konoha's #1 Prankster, but they couldn't be more wrong.
"There were three perfect scores on the written exam! So far, tied for first place is Sakura Haruno, Shikamaru Nara, and… Naruto Uzumaki! Please go outside with Mizuki-sensei for your shuriken test."
Everyone stared dumbfounded at the blonde troublemaker.
"What? I had my clones up every night this past week rewriting all of our textbooks. I can recite the entire thing word for word if I wanted to…" he said as he scratched his head sheepishly.
The shuriken test was aced by Sasuke, followed closely by Naruto. They both hit the bull's-eye on all twenty projectiles, but Sasuke's were closer to the center so he was given bonus points. The score was even, and with Ninjutsu coming up last Sasuke was sure that he would win the title. It wasn't really about the title so much as beating his best friend.
"Alright, we'll call you into the room for your test, so be patient."
It wasn't long before three people were left in the room. Sasuke, Naruto, and Ino were patiently awaiting their turn at the ninjutsu portion, and all three were sure that they would win top marks on this exam and beat their rivals.
"Sasuke Uchiha? You're next…"
Sasuke entered the room with a smirk.
He quickly formed a basic clone, replaced himself with Mizuki while performing a flawless transformation into the same instructor. He then launched a small fireball at his teacher, chuckling as the chunin's blue hair caught fire.
Before the instructor could react, he replaced himself with the doorstop on the other side of the room. The door slammed close, dumping a bucket that was placed on the doorhinge all over Mizuki, dousing the fire and the chunin alike.
"Sorry, Mizuki-sensei. I really want to beat Naruto…"
Sasuke was handed his headband and dismissed from the room as a genin.
"Next, Naruto Uzumaki. Get in here, kid."
Naruto had to hold in his laughter when he saw Mizuki, but he did throw in a "Looking good, sensei!" when he entered the room.
Naruto performed the transformation into his father, replaced himself with a plant, and then created a shadow clone.
"Now for my original jutsu…"
In one hand, Naruto palmed a kunai with three tips. In the other, a swirl of chakra began to form.
Naruto tossed the Kunai into the ceiling above the instructor's desk, transported himself to it, and slammed his mini-rasengan into the desk. The furniture shattered, the chunin were shocked, and Naruto had a camera in his hand with which he was snapping pictures of his fish-faced sensei.
"Y-You just… How did… Uhhh…" Iruka tried to say before he just handed Naruto a headband.
As he left the room, he called to Ino. "Sorry, Ino, but they're gonna be a little addled for a few minutes!"
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There's my prologue chapter! It's not horrible IMO, but it's also very rushed and boring. I had to do it, because I couldn't just create a story like this without giving backstory. If you have any questions about what happened and whether something changed, DM me!