Author Notes:
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Obviously.
Notes/Warning: This is an AU. Characters will be OOC, Characters will die, History will be inaccurate. Certain characters will be way more powerful while others may be weaker. Characters that don't know one another or have brief talks may be friends or more.
I'll try not to get too bogged down in irrelevant history in the story, but I'm open to questions about my view of the world.
This fic will also mostly be written in Japnenglish which means Japanese jutsu names and titles but English dialogue and description. If there is a lapse in this and a title is written in English instead (i.e Lord fourth instead of Yondaime-Sama) I apologise.
Pairings will be… undecided for now but I do know that just because characters are together or get together doesn't mean they'll stay together. I'll list the notable differences below: Spoilers if you haven't finished the series obviously.
There is No Zetsu or Kaguya resurrection plot, they'll be mentioned as will the Sage of Six paths but not as major plot drivers, The Ōtsutsuki clan will be mentioned and may even show up but only if I decide later on.
Hashirama killed Madara at the Valley of the End. This means Obito died in that cave.
The Kyuubi will have escaped during Naruto's birth, the full details will be revealed.
The Fourth shinobi war is basically Suna, Kumo, Taki, Oto, Iwa and Kiri against Konoha. Which is why the fic will start.
The younger generation will not know about the Kyuubi or Naruto has he won't have grown up with them. In this fic there is no civilian council, just the Hokage – his three advisors (Danzo, Homura and Koharu) and the clan heads. (Hyuuga, Uchiha, Senju, Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Sarutobi, Kurama Inzuka, Aburame. Though in the end of everything the Hokage has the final say. That being said sometimes a leader bending to the will of the people is necessary as you'll see in the fic.
Sasuke will be a good little leaf shinobi, Itachi will be dead as will some of his clan, not all. This means Sasuke will not be leaving the village in this fic, the reason being he is never pushed by Naruto and never grows jealous, in this fic he will be Kakashi's apprentice and a loyal ninja, which means Karin, Juugo and Suigetsu will remain with Orochimaru in Oto. He will have beaten Itachi in a mission and have taken his eyes after he was told the truth of the massacre, in this story, Sasuke will have the EMS from the start and will be Konoha's flagship for the next generation.
Other characters will be also be alive or have lived longer than Canon, Hizashi Hyuuga will have lived longer in this story for example.
Tsunade will be Hokage at the start of the fiction but there will be flashbacks. The leaders of each village will be:
Suna and Taki: Gaara
Kumo: Ay
Iwa: Onoki
Kiri: Yagura
There is no Evil Akatsuki. Characters in the group may show up but not to take all the Bjuu. Whether that means Pain exists I haven't decided yet.
Power Ratios for certain characters will be changed, Mainly the Bjuu. The biggest example being that the Kyuubi will by far be the most powerful. Granted it's like that in the anime given that Naruto laid the smackdown on Two to Seven tails with only half of the Kyuubi inside him. Keep in mind it doesn't mean Naruto will win every fight and it doesn't mean a C rank opponent cant take on an A rank, it depends on their fight style and for Jinchurki their control (Yugito could beat Fuu since she has mastery over her Bjuu Chakra). The Kage will be stronger too, as will Kakashi and the Jonin Sensei, because I've never really liked the development behind characters like Asuma and Kurenai. Same for back ground characters like Yugao, Hayate, Genma ect.
Naruto will not be friends with Kurama, they'll be partners and he'll be a powerful ninja without that chakra, Naruto isn't evil, but he certainly isn't good. He was raised as the perfect weapon. So obviously without his influence, characters will be different, Sasuke and Hinata being the most obvious examples though you will see early on that other characters have entirely different fates.
Naruto will have five chakra natures and full control over Kurama's chakra (Both Yin and Yang, this is my way of balancing out the lack of Kenkei Genkai like Son Goku or Saiken offers their Jinchuriki) , though his transformation will be more like Killer B's instead of the Chakra mode he has in the anime. He will still have the Kage Bunshin and Rasengan but he will use them in conjunction with multiple jutsu's and kenjutsu. His appearance will be more rugged and his personality a little hard and rougher.