Uzumaki Tech: Chapter 1
Things were finally looking up for one Uzumaki Naruto.
You see he'd managed to complete his 'make up' genin test, that being the theft of the Kinjutsu (Forbidden Techniques) scroll from the Hokage's office with an ease that no one would've expected him to.
Apparently pranking and successfully evading the ANBU for the best part of four years is pretty good stealth training. Especially considering he did so whilst wearing bright neon orange.
Currently however he was rifling through the scroll, looking for an 'Awesome jutsu' to learn.
It was then that the phrase 'Uzumaki-Tech' caught his eye and made him pause for a moment.
'That's weird... Why would this seal have my name on it..?' he thought in confusion.
Deciding to do what his did best and stop thinking Naruto proceeded to bite his thumb and swipe some blood on the seal as he poured chakra into it. The blond knew a blood seal when he saw one.
In a poof of smoke a foot long, six inch diameter, glass cylinder with a greyish metallic liquid inside and the word 'Uzu-Nano' in label form on the side of it appeared atop the scroll.
Curiosity overriding reason, Naruto picked up the cylinder and found the end that unscrewed to let the liquid out.
It was then that all hell broke loose.
Suddenly the liquid sprang to life and engulfed the surprised blond whose muffled cries of apprehension and fear quickly died out as the liquid absorbed itself into his body.
XXXXX_(Some time later)_XXXXX
Umino Iruka had finally found his wayward student. Unconscious on the ground with an open scroll of seals next to him.
"You have a lot of explaining to do Naruto!" Iruka called out to his student, intending to startle him awake.
It didn't work.
There was no response from the boy and as Iruka neared him he had just enough time to say "Naruto are yo..." before being cut off by the shuriken that had embedded themselves in his legs and back.
Stumbling forward to keep his feet Iruka turned to face his attacker... and came face to face with his assistant sensei from the academy, Mizuki.
"M-Mizuki?! W-what're you doing?!" he asked confusion and apprehension colouring his voice.
"What do you think I'm doing Iruka! I'm stealing the scroll and killing the DEMON!" Mizuki yelled, an arrogant smirk on his face.
"You're crazy Mizuki. I won't let you hurt my student!" Iruka yelled back, ignoring the pain of his wounds.
"Stop lying to yourself Iruka. The fox killed your parents and that thing is the KYUUBI NO YOKO! (Nine Tailed Demon Fox)"
Iruka was about to yell back but was interrupted by a familiar but somewhat more monotone voice.
"Threat detected. Activating self preservation protocol Alpha." came the monotone voice of a glassy eyed Naruto.
Slowly Naruto looked from Iruka to Mizuki, before focusing on Mizuki.
"Threat identified. Target Acquired. Engaging protocol Alpha: Nano Sphere."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a seemingly living wave of greyish metallic liquid poured out of Naruto before rushing towards a startled Mizuki. Mizuki tried to jump away but the cloud/ swarm/ liquid followed him, speeding up and engulfing him completely.
"Target Neutralised. Assimilating useful knowledge. . . Knowledge acquired, disposing of threat."
Those were the last words Mizuki heard before he was reduced to his constituent atoms.
XXXXX_(Naruto's Mindscape)_XXXXX
Naruto sat up slowly and took in his apparently new surroundings.
He wasn't sure what happened after the 'grey stuff' had attacked him but apparently he'd ended up in a sewer... A very strange sewer with red and blue pipes overhead and an ankle deep layer of water on the floor that was eerily still.
"Where the hell am I?" Naruto mumbled as he saw only two directions he could head in.
He then froze as he heard feminine giggling coming from straight ahead of him... Seeing no other option he followed the giggling.
After what felt like hours, but was probably a lot less he found the source of the giggling.
It was a girl, about 14 or 15 at a guess, with long crimson hair that flowed down to the small of her back like silk. She was wearing a white kimono with cherry-blossom patterns and she was giggling at something... Giggling which became full blown laughter when she caught sight of him.
Ignoring the fact that she was behind enormous golden bars joined together in the middle by a piece of paper with the kanji for 'seal' on it, he marched in the direction of the girl and was about to question her. But he fell down clutching his head as a metallic but strangely soothing voice echoed throughout the 'sewer'.
"Knowledge Restriction, Chakra Disruption and Muscle Atrophication Seals detected... Purging."
Suddenly everything went quiet and dark for Naruto.
The next thing he knew everything he'd learned at the academy made perfect sense. Though some things seemed a little over simplified and he resolved himself to look further into it at a later date... and he was suddenly using words like 'resolve' and 'simplified' that previously would've confused him.
He also just plain felt great!
As if his body hadn't been his until just now and now he was in complete control. He also felt far calmer than he ever had before, despite the strange feeling of ecstasy running through him currently, as if his usually unstable and boundless energy that was always trying to escape his body was now peaceful and content to stay where it was until told to do otherwise.
Of course he still felt as though he had just as much energy, it was just more... mellow.
Just as suddenly as everything went quiet and dark, light and sound exploded back into his senses.
Looking around he noted several distinct changes, that if he were honest with himself he probably wouldn't have noticed before.
The first was that the walls of the 'sewer' -which he now pieced together was most likely his mind- had become cleaner.
Where once there was decrepit fading concrete, there was now clean milky white tiling.
Where once there were pipes of various shapes and sizes with a mixture of blue and red liquid flowing through them, there was now clean pipes of uniform size with blue and red flowing in separate pipes for the most part, though there were still a few where the two mixed.
The most notable change, however, was that there was no longer a constant ankle deep layer of water on the floor, which he could now see was strangely covered in grass... Weird.
"Well that was weird..." Naruto said to no one in particular.
"Not really."
Naruto turned to face the strangely familiar crimsonette behind the bars whom he distinctly remembered was laughing at him... though to be fair, he would've laughed at him to. I mean who in their right mind doesn't know when they're right in their mind?
"Fair point." he replied sheepishly "Anyway... I take it you're Kyuubi?" he asked, though it was clear to the girl that it wasn't a question.
"Yes, I am." she replied contritely.
"Do you have a name, or is it just 'Kyuubi'?" he asked a curious glint in his eyes.
"Yes I do. My name is Hitomi..." she replied "Not that anyone usually asks." she added under her breath with an annoyed pout.
"O~kay... Well it's nice to finally meet you Hitomi-chan." he said as he walked over to the bars and held out his hand to her through them.
After a brief moment of surprise she tentatively took his hand and shook it. All the while looking rather uncomfortable.
"So..." he started "What exactly just happened?"
"Well, apparently those weird nano-things found a bunch of seals that were restricting everything about you, your mind, your body, hell even your chakra..." she explained "I'm surprised I didn't notice sooner..." she added, looking away from him in embarrassment, a light flush colouring her cheeks.
Naruto hummed at this as he thought back on his life, on the abuse that had been levelled at him, how it all made sense now, how it was patently obvious that he was Kyu- Hitomi's prison and that everything they'd learned at the academy about the kyuubi attack was most likely a fabrication to some extent.
He then decided that he was done being Konoha's punching bag. I mean really, how stupid do you have to be to throw bricks at a prison to try and hurt the prisoner inside... If anything you'll probably break the prison and set the... prisoner... free... shit...
People are idiots.
"I have completed the restoration process and uploaded the data gathered from your former sensei to your data banks Uzumaki-sama. Is there anything else you need?"
Naruto looked up, having realised he'd been staring at the flo- grass for a while now, and turned to face the origin of the metallic, yet somehow simultaneously silky smooth feminine voice, and saw what looked to be a woman made entirely out of porcelain white liquid metal.
She had short shoulder length blue hair, or at least a facsimile there of, and blue eyes that had a slight glow to them. She was also naked... or at least he thought she was... It was hard to tell due to the lack of nipples or discernible womanhood... but he was probably over thinking it... hopefully.
Deciding not to question it he asked the most eloquent and well thought out question his semi-aroused mind could come up with.
"Who the fuck are you?"
"I do not have a name as my creator did not give me one. So until such a time as you see fit to name me you may refer to me as 'Uzu' Uzumaki-sama." the now identified -sort of- Uzu replied, seemingly unfazed by the wording of his question.
"O~kay... Well then what are you, Uzu?" he asked. Hitomi now paying attention to the two as she was also curious.
"I am an A.I. An 'Artificial Intelligence' that represents the collective mind of the Nanites inside your body Uzumaki-sama. The Nanites themselves are tiny machines as small as an atom that perform various functions, such as repairing your body and clothes among other things Uzumaki-sama."
"Alright then. So how do I control/ command/ use the Nanites, assuming I can?"
"I am already uploading the relevant information to your data banks Uzumaki-sama. I have also taken the liberty of restoring your muscles by converting most of your baby fat and have enhanced your nervous system to increase your reactions and give you better control of your body Uzumaki-sama."
"Wow... I'm not really sure what to say to that, other than thanks Uzu." he replied "Anyway, I take it I'm unconscious?"
"Hai."
"How long have I been out?"
"Roughly a week." Hitomi butted in. Earning a deadpan look from Naruto.
"I should probably be waking up then."
"Yea, you probably should..." Hitomi trailed off with a sweat drop.
XXXXX_(Konoha Hospital: room 209)_XXXXX
Slowly Naruto opened his eyes, letting his eyes grow accustomed to the light. He took a deep breath full of the overly sterile scent all hospitals have as he glanced around the room, seeing what would pass as a standard hospital room... Aside from the fact that Sarutobi Hiruzen the Sandiame Hokage himself was sitting at his bedside.
"Ah, Naruto-kun, you're awake! Iruka told me about Mizuki and asked me to give you this when you woke up." Hiruzen said as he held out a hitai-ate to Naruto. Who took it after sitting up.
"So what exactly did Iruka-sensei tell you?" Naruto questioned groggily.
"Don't worry Naruto-kun. I already know about the Nanites." Hiruzen reassured.
"Really?!" the blond replied, surprise evident in his voice.
"They were meant to be a gift for you when you became a chuunin, amongst other things..." the aged kage replied sheepishly.
"Oh... Well sorry about that Hokage-Jiji." Naruto replied. It was his turn to be sheepish.
"Anyway, if you're feeling well enough, you should probably head to the academy for team assignments."
"Yea. The council didn't give you too much trouble over that, did they?"
"No, no. I just reminded them that both who becomes a shinobi of konoha and who is on which teams is solely up to the Hokage." Hiruzen replied mirthfully.
"Alright then." Naruto replied as he got up dressed himself in the orange monstrosity that was his tracksuit... before getting an idea.
'Oi Uzu, could you alter my clothes to look the way I'm thinking right now?'
'Of course Uzumaki-sama.' she replied in his mind before he was surrounded by a swarm of Nanites.
Once the Nanites were done they returned to his body and he took off his jacket, tying it around his waist so that it hung down and covered his left thigh, and turned to the Hokage.
"Ja ne Jiji." he said before leaving via the open window. Leaving a pleasantly surprised Hiruzen in his wake.
'That boy... Always so full of surprises...' the old man chuckled to himself mentally.