AN: This is a new story so tell me if you like it and if I should continue. I'm still debating on whether to make Naruto a hollow or a shinigami so tell me what you guys think. Reviews and comments are appreciated. Pairings are undecided at this point but if I do start adding some romance, this will most likely not be a harem.
AN2: I know that some parts are really confusing so if you don't get a part, just message me or write it in a review and I'll explain it.
Crossover: Naruto and Bleach
Summary so far: The Kyuubi attacks Konoha and the Sandaime sacrifices his life to seal it into Yondaime's newborn twins. The civilians are not informed of the sealing so both children live fairly good lives. That is until circumstances made it so that one of them is chosen to become the next Hokage and kills his brother in an attempt to keep his secret.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Bleach but it would be cool if I did. Then I would be filthy rich...
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Jutsu/Kido attacks
"Zanpakuto/Hollow/Biju speaking"
'Zanpakuto/Holow/Biju thinking'
Have you ever wondered what happens after you die? Are you judged before God and sent to Heaven or Hell? Are you reincarnated with your past lives sealed forever? Or, do you go into an eternal sleep and just cease to exist? Will death really lead to the next great adventure? Will it hurt in my final moments?
Well, I guess I'm about to find out soon anyways.
On that thought, what will happen to my body? Will they bury me in the family grave next to father? But seeing my luck, they'll most likely deny my right and claim that I was never apart of the family in the first place. I can see them parading my body around the village, telling people that the Demon is finally dead. They would probably celebrate fir weeks to come; maybe even making this day a festival day like the Kyuubi Festival on our birthday.
I wonder what my life would have been like if I was born into a different family. Would I have had real friends who played with me? Trustable teachers who guided me? A family who loved me? I would have probably lived past the age of 15. If I do reincarnate, I hope my next life is different than this one.
Why is it that I have to die? I was trying to be nice back then. But now, it seems that my niceness has come back to bite me. Why is life so unfair?
Oh well, it's all going to end soon. No point in crying over spilt milk I guess.
-Secret meeting room, Konoha-
BANG
BANG
BANG
I lazily opened my eyes and stared at the man before me. His cold blue eyes glowered into my own dull ones, looking at me as if I were some unworthy specimen. He sat on an ornate throne-like chair, banging his gavel on the sturdy table in front of him like a judge before the condemned.
But, he wasn't a judge and I shouldn't have been condemned. And yet, here we were.
Ignoring the drabble that came out of the man's mouth, I looked around the room for the first time since this I was brought in. The room was lit up by the lanterns that surrounded it and from what I could see, there was nothing special about the room itself. No paintings to brighten the atmosphere and no windows to let in fresh air. It had almost no furniture, save for the two pieces the man in front of me was using. The room was filled with people standing on either side of me, each one adopting a cold face. They were all members of the Shinobi force; all people who I knew in some way.
My eyes continued to scan the room, taking in the stoic faces of the people that I could actually see. I saw the faces of my family and my supposed friends, people who so quickly turned their backs on me for their convenience. But, it didn't really bother me right now. After all, I knew this was going to happen. They thought me ignorant and daft, but I saw through their pathetic lies and false facades.
Only an idiot wouldn't notice how they befriended me only for the status of my family and the power I had.
"Uzumaki Kenta, it has been determined by the esteem council that you are a threat to the village. Because of the high chance that the Kyuubi will take over your body and the many crimes that I have listed before, it is ruled that you will be executed." I heard him say at the end of his long speech. I wanted to yell bullsh*t so badly. What crimes have I commited?
By this point, my head was down. Many would have assumed it was because of shame, but it wasn't. I was trying to hide the anger that was sure to be in my eyes. How dare he take away my last name like that?
"Do you have any last words?" he asked with a voice deeper than my own, breaking the heavy silence. Everyone in the room seemed to focus on me once again. They were probably wondering what kind of words a dead man had to say. There were many things I was tempted to say, things that would have no doubt angered the people here. But, I chose to be semi-civilized in my last moments.
I brought my head back up and stared again at the man's face; one that looked so much like my own.
"Please" I rasped out, my throat scratchy from lack of water and use. Before I could continue, the man cut in.
"Do not even try to beg for your life. It is no use. Stop being a disgrace." The man held a disgusted look on his face, and I didn't even have to look to see that everyone else held the same.
Inwardly I scoffed. He should know by now that I don't beg, ever. Was he using this as a last effort to shame me? Make me look like a coward who begs for my life even as my blood is spilled? I cleared my throat and started again. "Actually, I was going to say please don't interrupt me before I finish. But like always, you jumped the gun." It felt good to have some fun, even in a situation such as this.
Almost immediately, I doubled over in pain. The rope bounding my hands behind my back prevented my reflex to clutch my stomach. I tried to bring my breathing back to normal while wondering what in the world hit me.
"How dare you speak to the Hokage that way! Watch your tongue or I'll cut it off for your insolence!" a penetrating girly voice shouted above me.
Ah, there she was. The queen of banshees herself. I was wondering when she was going to show up and taunt me. She's had it out for me since day one and I still don't even know why. Back then, the man and i were still considered equals. But, that woman really had a pair of lungs on her. I wouldn't be surprised if her shrieks alone were declared an S-ranked weapon.
I could see it now, a bunch of enemy nins holding onto their bleeding ears after she launches her Haruno Screech Jutsu. Maybe she would defect to Otogakure. Hack, she might even manage to annoy them to death and save Konoha any future trouble.
I tilted my head upwards to meet the gaze of my attacker. There she stood, in all her pink haired glory. How one could have such a horrendously intense hair color and still live in our line of work was beyond me. With her dangerously bright red clothes that practically made her a painted target, I'm surprised she hasn't been at least maimed yet.
It could be that she's too weak to go on any really dangerous missions and she always had her teammates to protect her. I snorted as she turned from my kneeled form and started to speak with the man.
"Naruto-sama, I apologize for acting out of turn, but I couldn't stand to hear this vermin insult you." she said with a sickly sweet voice. Good gods! Her voice really grated on the nerves.
"All is forgiven, Haruno-san. Just make sure that it doesn't happen again." he replied with a fake smile of his own.
The pink eyesore gave a slight curtsey, "Of course, Naruto-sama."
I rolled my eyes at her behavior. Honestly, when was the last time a Kunoichi actually curtsied? They were warriors first and women second. They shouldn't even be wearing a skirt, much less a dress to a Shinobi meeting. "I see that you've tamed the beast, brother. Tell me, how did you manage to get her to blindly worship and follow you like this? Did you promise her fame and fortune, since she obviously fails as a warrior?"
The Haruno girl apparently was as stupid as she was ugly because she didn't even realize that I just insulted her.
"Don't call me brother, and Haruno-san is a well-respected member of the Shinobi force. Don't insult her."
I watch with fascination as the banshee realized that she had been insulted. Really, how slow can a person be? Her face contorted with a myriad of emotions. Confusion, understanding, embarrassment, and anger were at the foremost.
"If I'm weak, then you must be weaker than me if my attack caused you to hurt so much." she said with a smug look on her face.
"I'm pretty sure than anyone who's been starved and tortured for weeks will be weak. So I wouldn't be too proud of your kick just now." I drawled out, every bit intent on insulting her. "It was like an insect bite, too weak to do anything. If you hadn't hit a previous wound, I would have felt nothing. Maybe you should start training more instead of stalking my brother?"
"Enough!" the man said with a firm voice, "Don't let him riddle you with his lies. We all know that a fox is known for its trickiness."
I narrowed my eyes. "Do not presume to judge me brother!" I spat out. "Not when you were the one who deceived the most! Did you tell them? Your oh so loyal supporters? Or are you too afraid that they'll turn on you just as quickly as mine turned on me!"
"SILENCE! You will not waste the time of this council with your useless words. And you will do well to remember that I am not your brother!" he yelled with contempt. "Now then, do you have something else to say, or shall we carry on with the sentence?"
I was quiet for a few seconds, trying to gather my bearings. "You broke the promise, brother. The one we made when we were small, before we even started training." I said with a steady voice. My last few words on this earth will not be weak.
"Oh? And what promise is this?" he asked slightly amused, "I remember making no promises, especially with those who are beneath me."
"You forget brother; you were not always above me. But, that is not the point. Since your memory seems to be faulty, I shall enlighten you." I said as I watched the banshee twitch at my insult. "10 years ago, we as brothers swore to each other. We swore to always stand by each other. To always protect each other. To make sure that a day like today, where one of us dies by the hand of the other, would never come."
"Is this some last attempt to make me feel guilty? Such foolish promises mean nothing to me. Promises will not make the village prosper. But, action will. That is why you will die today; for the betterment of the village, you will perish. That is the will of Konoha."
"No, for I know that you no longer feel guilt. I just wanted to say that if I were in your place, I would not be doing this to you. I would have kept my promises. I would have left the village with you if it meant that you had to die." I watched for any response on his face. Deep down I knew; I knew that the boy who I once called brother no longer existed. This man before me was too wrapped in the fox's words. "So now Naruto, do what you must, for I no longer call you brother. I no longer care."
I watched as he gave a signal with his hand. I didn't flinch and just stared at him, my eyes boring into his own. I didn't bother looking at anyone else. Not a second later, my world became dark and I embraced the silence.
Namikaze Naruto died that day with both of his names taken away and no one wept.
-Unknown place-
The Soul King watched as the young man died before his time. The Sandaime Hokage had summoned him 15 years ago to deal with the Kyuubi threat. The Soul King hadn't seen a mortal who was willing to sacrifice his own life to save others in a long time. Impressed by this Shinobi, the King decided to keep a closer eye on the elemental nations and the twin Jinchurikis he helped make.
Now normally, people from the elemental nations didn't go to Soul Society or become Hollows. Instead, they skipped right to the reincarnation phase. But, the Soul King was powerful enough to change that.
Being the Soul King becomes a boring job after the first few centuries. So occasionally, he would chang some things about a person's life to make it more interesting. Then, he would watch that person's life play out. It was literally reality TV.
Seeing the young Namikaze die way before his time, he decided that a change was in order. Every few centuries, there would be some young upstart who tried to steal the Soul King's throne and he had a feeling that it was almost time for someone to try again. He was sure that Naruto would lead an interesing afterlife and make this attempt more exciting to watch. Now, all he had to do was decide whether the yong man should move on to Soul Society or go to Hueco Mundo.
They were twins at birth, only 2 minutes apart. One sealed with 7 tails of chakra from the Kyuubi no Yoko and the other sealed with its soul and the remaining 2 tails, giving both of them 3 whisker marks on each cheek. No one being could contain an entity as massive and malicious as the Kyuubi. So their father, in his infinite wisdom, decided that if not one than two. Give both some chakra so one wouldn't be jealous of the other and flip a coin to see who gets the soul.
They were so alike in both looks and personality during their first few years of life; so much so that even their parents couldn't tell them apart. Both had spikey blond hair and mischievous blue eyes. They used to play this game where they would switch places just to confuse people.
They were sheltered. Being the children of the Hokage had some disadvantages, the premier being the many enemies their father made during the Great Shinobi Wars. Iwa, especially, would have paid half their village treasury just to kill one of them. So, for the first few years of their lives, no one knew they existed save for a few prominent members of the village. They were pretty much each other's best friend, doing almost everything together.
Back then, they didn't know of their separate burdens. They, like all others in their generation, believed that the Sandaime sacrificed his life to kill the Kyuubi.
When they entered the Academy, they went by the name Uzumaki instead of Namikaze so that no one would know of their heritage. They trained, made friends, and learned of their burdens. Even though they weren't told who had which burden, they were stilled trained in the use of the Kyuubi's chakra. As they got older, they slowly began to learn their family's techniques.
But it seems that because of the use of the biju's chakra, the Kyuubi himself woke up from its slumber. It began to talk to its container, filling his head with sugary words and lies, unbeknownst to anyone else. Its container didn't listen at first, refusing to believe the scenarios the biju played out in his mind. Nevertheless the biju was persistent, constantly talking in his head, and the boy soon caved in.
And then when they were 10, their father died and the village was at a lost. No one was good enough to replace him as Hokage. People were nominated and ultimately refused when discussed by the council. Kakashi was rejected for his perverted nature. Jiraiya for his spy network that would keep him out of the village. Tsunade for her drinking and gambling habits. Danzo for his old age.
The list went on until in the end someone foolishly said "Hey, why don't we nominate the son of the Yondaime?"
The council was at a standstill with the civilian half outright supporting the idea and the Shinobi half undecided. Sure, the boy would make a good Hokage when he grew up but the village needed a leader now, not 10 years later.
Sensing the uneasiness, some of the members in the council proposed a plan. They would groom the child to become the perfect Hokage and have a proxy until he reached the age of 15. That would give him 5 years to be made into a great leader. The best people in each field would tutor the boy so that he would become strong. They didn't want the other nations looking down on them for having a weak Hokage.
In the end, they chose to do it. Making the son of the Yondaime the next Hokage would give the citizens hope. But they had to choose wisely which son to pick. It was then that their mother informed them of the children's burdens. Almost unanimously, they chose the first born: Namikaze Naruto, container of 7 tails of chakra from the Kyuubi. Without its soul sealed into him, he would have immeasurable power with no chance of corruption.
The talks continued and things began to escalate. Civilians started to call for the head of the brother, thinking him to be the Kyuubi reincarnate. They weren't as knowledgeable in the sealing arts as the Yondaime was so they couldn't tell that a container and its prisoner were not the same thing. Even after 10 years, wounds were still sore. They demanded Namikaze Kenta's death.
But their mother stubbornly refused; and, as the wife of the Yondaime as well as a respectable Jounin in her own rights, she got her way. She trusted the seals her husband made and loved both of the children equally.
No one told the two about the decision at first, but it seemed like everyone from the older generation knew. Whenever they saw one of them, they would act nice and tell their children to befriend them. It wasn't until they told them their names that things became different.
Naruto was always treated with kindness while Kenta with scorn. It didn't take long for Kenta to realize this. With the Kyuubi's urging, Kenta began to pretend that he was Naruto, thereby escaping the insults and occasional beating. Naruto, who also noticed the citizens' behaviors, didn't correct them when his brother lied to them. He remembered his father telling him about the duties of an older brother. In order to protect his brother, Naruto sometimes even claimed to be Kenta.
Then, the twins noticed something going on with their friends. People who used to hang out with the two of them would refuse to even stand close to Kenta. Children who never wanted to be their friends before would warm up to Naruto. Even the teachers started to treat them both differently.
Again at Kyuubi's urging, Kenta started to wear clothes that didn't stand out. Naruto, seeing this, decided to wear orange to attract more attention to himself. Soon everyone, even their mother, assumed that the one wearing bright colors was Kenta and the other was Naruto.
Naruto took this in stride, thinking it as a way to protect his younger brother. He figured that when they became older, and subsequently strong enough to protect themselves, they would come clean. By that time, he would be the Namikaze Clan Head and would have enough influence to persuade people to stop bothering his brother. But until then, he would be a good big brother and keep the citizen's ire away from Kenta.
Kenta took advantage of his brother's kindness and didn't feel a thing about it. In his mind, he blamed his brother for being born first. He blamed him for his treatment at the hands of the citizens. He blamed him for not having the Kyuubi's soul sealed in him. He was steadily becoming corrupted by the Kyuubi's influence.
Kenta loved it when he saw his brother insulted or hurt in his place. He started to view his brother as weak and undeserving of the position of clan heir. He loved the feeling of pretending to be Naruto and getting special treatment from people.
It was when Kenta started to recieve special training that Naruto knew something was wrong. Why would they train only one brother? People started to treat Naruto worse and worse. And, the sad part was that no one was doing anything about it, not even their mother. It wasn't until they were both 12 when Naruto finally had enough. He went straight to his mother and asked her what was going on.
His mother didn't want to tell him at first, but his persistent nagging finally got her to cave in. He learned that the council had decided on who would be the next Hokage and about the different burderns he and his brother carried. Naruto finally pieced everything together at that point. His own brother was pretending to be him so that he could become the Hokage. That really pissed him off.
When he explained to his mother that he was actually the real Naruto, something unexpected happened. His mother, who was still depressed at the death of her husband and stressed becasue she was the acting Namikaze Head, slapped him. She called him a jealous liar and told him she was disapointed that he would stoop so low.
Naruto was shocked. His mother hadn't believed him because he had been playing the part of Kenta for so long. And if his own mother didn't believe him, no one else would. When he confronted his brother about this, Kenta sneered at him and claimed him an idiot. He told Naruto that he was never going to change his name back so he better get used to being Kenta for the rest of his life.
Naruto didn't think things could get any worse, but he was wrong. Apparantly, someone had heard him and Kenta arguing about the names. That person spread a rumor saying that Naruto was jealous of his brother and was about to attack him. The citizens, thinking that it's the fox showing his face, began to treat him even worse. They would insult him for tryiing to usurp his brother's position.
The day the twins graduated from the Academy was a memorable one. Kenta was quickly apprenticed to Jiraiya, the legendary Toad Sannin. Naruto was put into a team that by all rights shouldn't have passed their secondary Genin test. It was only due to the unexpected skill Naruto showed that the team managed to pass. Their sensei was a no name Nara who was always too lazy to actually teach anything.
In the next year where Kenta had been allowed to participate in the Chunin exams and pass, Naruto was stuck doing only D-rank missions. His sensei repeatedly stated that C-ranks were too troublesome and that they were not quite ready for one yet.
The day after the twin's 15 birthday, Kenta was inaugurated as the Godaime Hokage in front of the whole village. Everyone was estatic except Naruto, who somehow just knew his life was going to really suck. He immersed himself in his training, vowing to at least be stronger than his twin if he didn't have the same influence. With the help of his Kage Bunshins who spied on his brother's many one on one training sessions, he managed to catch up to Kenta. Since Kenta had to perform his Kage duties, that meant that Naruto had more time.
But it didn't take long for Kenta to notice that his brother was steadily getting stronger. Kenta was no fool. He knew that Naruto would eventually become stronger than him given enough time because Naruto had 7 tails worth of chakra while he only had 2. Then when he gets strong enough, there is a big chance that Naruto might challenge his position. Kenta didn't want that. He had finally found a way to live a good life out of his brother's shadow. He needed a way to get rid of Naruto so that he could continue to claim his name without trouble.
Kenta soon found the perfect way to secure his position. The villagers still hated the Kyuubi even after all these years. Many of them thought that the seals the Yondaime created, which were reinforced by the Soul King himself, were too weak to protect the container from the Kyuubi's influence. They thought that the biju would eventually break out and wreak havok once again.
So, Kenta's devious mind concocted a plan with the help of the Kyuubi. He would claim that his brother commited crimes that showed the Kyuubi was attempting to break out. Then, he would tell the villagers that the only way to keep Konoha safe would be to execute the container, which would take the Kyuubi's soul to the afterlife. This would kill two birds with one stone: get rid of his brother and make him more popular in the eyes of the villagers.
Suprisingly, no one objected to the plan. Not even Kushina, the twins' mother, had anything to say. She was convinced that this was for the best. For the village that her husband and favorite son loved so much, such a sacrifice was okay. She didn't even bat an eyelash as she watched her son condemn his twin, thinking all the while that this was exactly what her husband would have wanted to be done.
-Character Profiles-
Name: Namikaze Naruto
Age: 15
Family: Namikaze Kenta (brother), Namikaze Kyoko (sister), Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina (mother), Namikaze Minato (father, deceased)
Hobbies: Eating ramen (because it wouldn't be Naruto if he didn't love ramen), training, and creating jutsus.
Possible Bloodlines: Rinnegan (through Uzumaki line), Storm release (through Namikaze line)
Status: Deceased
Village: Konoha
Rank: Genin
Chakra amount: High Kage level
Taijutsu: High Chunin level, specializes in the Fist of the 5 Elements
Genjutsu: Low Genin level, adept at the dispelling of high level Genjutsus
Ninjutsu: Low Jounin level, affinity for wind and lightning
Kenjutsu: High Genin level, in process of creating own style
Kinjutsu: Master of Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Kage Shuriken no Jutsu
Fuinjutsu: Mid Chunin level, good enough to create own storage and gravity seals among others
Name: Namikaze Kenta
Age: 15
Family: Namikaze Naruto (brother, deceased), Namikaze Kyoko (sister), Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina (mother), Namikaze Minato (father, deceased)
Hobbies: Training, politics, insulting his brother, and eating yakiniku
Possible Bloodlines: Rinnegan (through Uzumaki line), Storm release (through Namikaze line)
Status: Alive
Village: Konoha
Rank: Hokage
Chakra amount: Low Jounin level
Taijutsu: Low Chunin level, specializes in Shito-ryu style
Genjutsu: Mid Chunin level, has created own Genjutsus
Ninjutsu: Low Jounin level, affinity for water
Kenjutsu: Low Genin level, basic style
Kinjutsu: User of Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
Fuinjutsu: High Genin level, good enough to create simple storage seals
