This is the story of a young ninja named Nightshade, a ninja whose great tale was long unknown... until now.
Nightshade's existence was at first, quite a lonely one. Everyone shunned the strange boy, with the dark, spiked hair and those red and inhuman eyes, and never really went outside all that much. This may sound like a ninja we all well know. However the child we are speaking of now, unlike Naruto, knows very well the reason why. Who wouldn't shun the horrible Ten-Tailed shadow-like demon wolf, now sealed inside the young male. This boy goes by the name of Nightshade, the other demon of the Hidden Leaf Village.
One lonely day, or any other regular day for Nightshade, Our hero of this tale decided to take a walk. Of course the villagers all turned away as he walked by. However, when passing by the Leaf ninja academy which he longed so deeply to attend, he noticed out of the corner of his eye a young, blonde-haired male, roughly the same age as Nightshade himself, sitting lonely on a swing. Separated from all the other graduating students.
"H-hello," Nightshade spoke as he approached nervously.
"What do you want?" Naruto spoke coldly, "Are you here to pick on me? At least you have the decency to say something instead of ignoring me like everyone else!"
Nightshade began to tear up at being spoken to so harshly for seemingly no reason.
"Whoa, don't cry kid. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, it's just-" Naruto began.
Nightshade, calming down a bit, continued Naruto's sentence, "That everyone just ignores you no matter what as if you were some kind of monster?"
"Yeah..." Naruto said, somewhat confused by the statement the kid before him had made, "How'd you know?"
"Well, It's sort of the same story with me. Say do you go to the Leaf Ninja academy?"
"Yeah," Naruto looked back down again, being drawn back to the harsh reality of not graduating for the 2nd time.
"Wow!" Nightshade said amazed, "That's so cool, but how come you aren't wearing a headband and talking with all the other graduates?"
"Look kid, I don't wanna talk about it okay!"
Nightshade, realizing he struck a nerve, tried to draw away from the subject, "My name's Nightshade! Nice to meet you!" Nightshade said smiling as he put out his hand.
"I'm Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki, an I'm gonna become the Hokage one day! Believe it!" Naruto said excitedly as he returned Nightshade's gesture of friendship by shaking his hand.
Nightshade suddenly got to thinking and said, "Hey, Naruto. Do you think you could enroll me in the Ninja Academy?" Nightshade said to Naruto, his eyes full of hope.
"Uhh, yeah sure ki- I mean Nighstshade. Why haven't you done that yourself already?" Naruto asked his new-found friend.
"Well, I kinda don't even have a place to live. I doubt the Hokage even knows I exist."
"Everyone else seems to," Naruto said, feebly trying to reassure Nightshade.
"Wait a sec," Nightshade began as his face lighted up, "How about we become brothers!? I could be Nightshade Uzumaki!"
"Heheh, I like you're enthusiasm. Sure, we could be the Uzumaki bros. Now let's go get you enrolled and the ninja academy and then go get us some ramen!"
"Thanks Naruto, you're the best!"
And the two walked off together, not becoming the best of friend, but as two newly formed brothers starting the beginning of an epic journey.
Thank you for reading and stick around for more of the epic tale of Nightshade. The idea for the character is one that's been in my head for many years but finally it's breaking out and hopefully widely accepted. Thanks for reading!