A Twist of Fate

by A3G15

In a strange twist of fate, Naruto's life took an incredibly different turn than we're used to, and it left the boy with a variety of abilities. With those abilities, however, came a much different person with a drastically altered way of thinking. I wonder...how that kind of Naruto would live life. Strong, Rinnegan/Sage Naruto. Hope you enjoy it!

1. Author's Note

Right so,

I've been thinking about this for a while now. I was on and off about the fate of my two incomplete pieces, One of a Kind, and I Am Number Four, for so long, until I finally decided that I would just throw caution to the wind and try to continue them. Well uh, that didn't go very well. The main problem I had with it was that I didn't even know where the past-me had wanted to go with them. It'd been so long since I'd even thought about the future of those pieces that when time came to actually do something with them again, I was completely stumped. So uh, that's a done deal. I can't really bring myself to continue them because I feel like I'll just end up butchering the whole thing, or putting out some second rate garbage. That isn't fair to you guys, and it's not fair to me. But I've been getting so many people who want to see me keep working on it, that I can't help but get super hype over it. Seriously, I got so many pms over it that it actually made me really happy. Happy to see that I managed to start something that so many other people were interested in. It felt nice. But like I said, I don't think I can just keep on from where I left off. So my only option is to start over! So I'm gonna be working on a new version of this. It'll have some aspects of both pieces, combined into one. I have a lot of ideas for it in my mind, already. I just wanted to let you guys know what's going on with this. You can probably expect the first chapter within a week. Things will definitely be much different.

Expect things to be different though.

Here are some of the differences you can expect:

1. Personality: I felt like I made Naruto a little too dark and edgy. At the time, I thought that shit was kind've cool, and so I was all about the edge-ruto. Now though, I can't really find any particular interest in brood-lord Naruto. He'll be a lot different. I don't want him anything like cannon Naruto, who I thought was pretty much just generic anime character number 1. So he'll be a lot more comedic, but in a darker tone. Expect a lot of dark humor here, and for him to generally just be a troll to the other characters.

2. Abilities: This is a rinnegan fic. Well, actually, there is a lot of shit that Naruto will have. However, I'm under the firm belief that you simply cannot make a character really strong without making the enemies really strong too. So expect pretty much every major character to be pretty damn strong. Naruto will not just be going around killing S-rank ninjas like it was going out of style. He will struggle, and from time to time, he will get his ass beat. Ass beatings build character. So here's a taste of what I intend to give him

Rinnegan/Sharingan: Yes, he will have one of these. And it will be strong. You can expect him to utilize all of the paths, and I intend to add a lot of powerful abilities to these paths in order to compliment his style. My hopes are that I can truly show off all of the paths as really powerful weapons, instead of just one or two like canon did [deva path and outer path hax]

Senjutsu: This one is a bit weird. He'll be using it, but later on. Just like the Rinnegan will increase in strength as time progresses, his ability to use senjutsu will be a work in progress

Kurama's Chakra: I'm actually on the fence about this. I don't think this will actually have a role up until much later on. Naruto will meet him, and all, but they will not just suddenly become all buddy-buddy. Their relationship will be pretty strained, at best, so don't expect that for a long time.

Mokuton: On the fence about this too. I think I'll include it, but his verison will be much different from Hashirama's.

So in short, I'm running with a rather overpowered combination, and I'm looking to make the enemies a lot more formidable in order to challenge and push him. I'm still kind've on the fence about it all, and I'm pretty much just throwing around ideas for me to work on. Go ahead and let me know what you'd like to see. What you think might be interesting. I'd like to try my hand at making an interesting story out of something like this though. Sorry, I'm rambling. Let me know what you guys think. I'm starting the first draft as this submits itself.