Naruto: Overlord of The Ashes
Disclaimer: This will be a Naruto fanfiction with elements borrowed from Overlord, Diablo, Warhammer and maybe Dragon Age and Dragon Quest. This fanfiction is the idea and creation of Raja-Ulat and for all the people who were waiting for this, I'm so sorry for the long wait, this one kept rewriting for so long because I kept getting off topic and would have to restart. Anyways, I will try to follow cannon and the author's wishes to the best of my writing capabilities. Word to the wise, Naruto will be darker than normal and he will be Konoha's antagonist, so don't nag me, because I won't stand for it. Repeat, this Naruto will be DARKER so don't bitch at me, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
:0: The Endless War & The Broken Leaf :0:
Before the time of Ninjas, there was an Endless War.
No one knows exactly how the Endless War started, some claim the world was already at war, others say that it was a period of peace and prosperity before the Endless War ruined that peace. However, what is known that the end of Endless War involved the Juubi, the Ten-Tailed Demon which wield a power so vast and foul, that its very presence can cause despair and destruction. The Ten Tails was actually Kaguya Otsutsuki, named the Rabbit Goddess who consumed the fruit of the God Tree and became the first being who wield of chakra on Earth, along with fusing with the God Tree and became the Juubi. The Ten Tails would have destroyed the world, if not for being defeated by her own sons, Hagoromo and Hamura Otsutsuki. She was then sealed away by her sons into her eldest, Hagoromo who became known as the Sage of The Six Paths, the Savior of The World who later became known as the God of Shinobi by wielding chakra which the fusion of both physical and spiritual energies she wanted back when she was driven mad with her own power.
Later on, not even those who known about the Sage of The Six Paths, including all his great feats, his legendary treasures and the conflict between his two sons due to the jealously of the oldest son, knew what exactly entailed during the Endless War itself, but it did not require a genius to know what that in times of war there would be tools and weapons, along with weapons of mass destruction which could have even been the Juubi itself. Therefore, all relics of this time period were hidden, never to be seen again and even before the Age of Ninja, could all those relics still be... alive..?
Naruto Uzumaki, a boy that has been through so much at a young age. For as long as he could remember he has been hated by the majority of the adults and the children who followed their example in his home village. If you could even call it a home for him if they kick you out into the streets, giving ridiculous prices over rotten food or driving him out of their stores, destroying his home, kicking him out of his lessons for no apparent reason, glaring, insulting and ignoring him. Along with even went to physical abuse and those that tried to kill him, although those attempts were few in number. It was not until it was after the third failure to be promoted into a genin, that he learned about the reason for village's hatred against him.
On the day of his birth, a demon was known by the moniker of the Kyuubi no Yoko attacked the village and had killed many people, civilian and ninja alike before the village leader, the Fourth Hokage sealed the demon into a newborn baby which so happened to be Naruto. After sealing the demon away, a dead which was completed with the end of his life, the Fourth made a dying wish for Naruto to be seen as a hero, than the demon he contained. His predecessor, the Third Hokage who took back the mantle after the death of his successor, informed the population of the Fourth's wish along with making a rule which forbid the villagers who saw the attack from ever revealing Naruto's status as the vessel of the demon fox to the younger generation. However, instead of respecting that wish, many of those people still overcome with grief and despair over the loss of their loved ones decided to do everything in their power to make Naruto's life as miserable as possible.
Naruto, however was not alone as the Third Hokage treated Naruto like a grandson who was unfortunately was not able to do more for the boy due to his busy schedule as leader of Konoha as well as political limitations. Then, there were Teuchi and his daughter, Ayame, the father and daughter who run the Ichiraku Ramen, which Naruto considers the best in the world. Lastly is Iruka Umino, who is Naruto's favorite chunin sensei who cared for the boy and had actually taken a fatal blow for Naruto and then Naruto returned the favor by rescuing him from a traitor that tried to kill him. After that Iruka gave him his own headband and acknowledged him as both a person and ninja, giving him what he wanted after his third failure to pass as a genin.
The people in his own age group who graduated along with him, Naruto could consider himself a friend or at least a friendly acquaintance with Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akamichi. That being said, Kiba did consider Naruto as a rival can be a bit hard-headed and arrogant prick at times, but his loyalty was to his friends and especially towards his nin-dog companion, Akamaru. Then there was Aburame Shino, a quiet boy who Naruto never really got to know before their graduation. As far as girls go, he knew Ino Yamanaka, who he was never really close to and Hinata Hyuuga, a strange girl who always stuttered and seemed ready to faint whenever he sees her, but a nice person he later found out after his graduation. Upon graduating, they were assigned their own teams with Kiba, Shino and Hinata led by Kurenai Yuuhei, Shikamaru, Chouji and Ino led by Asuma Sarutobi, the son of the Third and then finally his own team, with Sasuke Uchiha his rival and Sakura his crush being led by their sensei Kakashi Hatake, a man who is late to everything with a love for Icha Icha books who placed special emphasis on the importance of teamwork. However, Naruto's hope did not come to fruition as the team was broken apart which later led to Naruto's banishment.
It all began during the chunin exams when Naruto's team attended the exam in hope of become a middle-ranked or chunin ninja and there would be other teams, team composed of low-ranked ninjas, including those from other villages. While fighting and even deaths are not unnatural in these exams, facing legendary ninjas during the second part of the exam was not part of standard procedure as Team Seven fought against Orochimaru, the traitor of Konoha. He bite into Sasuke's shoulder which caused a type of seal which effected Sasuke's thinking, along with giving him enhanced strength and made him incredibly aggressive. He soon then left the village to join Orochimaru in his pursuit of power in order to have his revenge against Itachi Uchiha, who was responsible for the slaughter of his family and the rest of his clan. Naruto, desperate to stop his former teammate from joining the same traitor who was responsible for killing their Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had set off with a team led by his former classmate, Shikamaru to capture him.
Hours later, in a location known as the Valley of the End, Naruto was holding onto the gash on his chest as he looked down upon his traitorous teammate, during their struggle Sasuke, a boy with dark hair and eyes used the cursed seal that the Snake Sage gave him to turn him into a grey-skinned winged humanoid while Naruto, tapped into the demonic power of the Kyuubi and gained a fox-shaped cloak of crimson-red chakra. Naruto would have held back and lost his battle against Sasuke, but Naruto used the cloak's ability to extend itself and drove the rasengan directly into Sasuke's right knee. The technique known for its destructive power, it completely shattered the bones in Sasuke's right leg as well as pulverizing its muscles sending the Uchiha spinning to Naruto's side of the river, which led his own technique, the chidori to swipe over Naruto's chest instead piercing his chest as intended.
By having his right leg completely broken and agony that came with it, Sasuke was unable to continue fighting as he screamed in pain and rage at Naruto, "What have you done to me, usuratonkachi?"
Looking into Sasuke's eyes which currently have the Sharingan, Naruto replied, "Well I did say I would being you back even if I have to break your arms and legs, didn't I? Besides, our mission was to stop you from going to Orochimaru."
"And this is your idea of stopping me? Look at me, my right leg is completely useless thanks to you!" Getting on his left knee, he continued, "How the hell am I supposed to ever have my revenge on Itachi for killing my entire clan with my right leg as it is? You took away my ambition!"
Still miffed at how Sasuke would still willingly join forces with the same man that invaded Konoha and killed Hiruzen, Naruto shouted back, "Then what the hell was I supposed to do then you bastard! Let you go and have the snake-bastard take over your body? He only wants your eyes and you know it!"
"What right do you have to stop me? I chose to join him because he can give me what I want.. no, what I need the most!"
"What about your other ambition, to rebuild your clan? What about the village that you left behind, your teammates? Don't tell me any of those things, those bonds don't matter to you!"
Glaring at Naruto with all the hatred he could muster, Sasuke growled out, "You're right, they don't not if they hold me back from my true objectives." Naruto was stunned silenced as he continued, "A nameless, deadlast orphaned idiot like you..will never understand what it feels like to lose everything you have cared for, to be betrayed by those you trusted the most!"
With cruel, blood-curdling irony, Sasuke's hateful words foreshadowed the tragic reality that of the future that could not be undone.
"Naruto Uzumaki, on the behalf of this village and the Hokage who is unable to attend this emergency council meeting due to immediate medical emergencies involving the rest of your team and the last Uchiha, you are sentence to banishment!"
*Smack!*
Naruto fell to the ground and looked up into the hateful eyes of his crush and she yelled, "How could you do this to Sasuke-kun, you...you monster!"
It was after that painful encounter with Sakura that Naruto decided to run away rather than stay any longer in the village that scorned him in hopes of saying goodbye to the people that at least cared for him. However, it wouldn't have made much of a difference if he was still in the walls of Konohagakure by sundown.
However as he left the 'safety' of the village walls, he was being trailed by plain white-masked ABNU and Naruto always being quick on his feet jumped out of the way where several kunai, shuriken and senbon pierced his last position.
He started to pick up the pace when the group of white-masked ABNU started to hunt him down like he was a rabid animal. Tears welled up in his eyes as he put more chakra into his legs to keep moving as he asked himself, "Why? What did I ever do to deserve this..?"
Naruto pushed back the horrible events which led to his banishment from his mind as he continued to run as he avoided the thrown projectiles and making a well-known handseal, he summoned over a hundred shadow clones, which is an S-ranked kinjutsu which can interactive with its environment, but has no need for an elemental substance. He scattered his clones in all directions and some even turning around to face their attackers head on.
Realizing what their target has done, the pursuing masked ninjas knew that they would not be able to catch him easily as the clones would deny and misdirect the while the real one makes his escape. Forced to hunt down every shadow clone until they encountered the real one they would be unable to find him anytime soon so one of them quickly retreated to report the situation and request for reinforcements while the rest continued with their hunt.
He kept running and spamming his shadow clones along his way to derail and confuse his pursuers, Naruto didn't stop until he reached a mountainside and found a cave to shelter in for the night and not wanting to risk detection he staggered deeper into the cave, his chakra almost completely drained due to running for almost an entire day non-stop. Naruto didn't dare light a fire to light his way as the light and smoke will give away his location, but as he stumbled into the cave he let his tears fall down his cheeks and touched his right cheek where a bruise courtesy of Sakura he wondered, "Why..why does everything I do never seem right to you..or to anyone in the village?"
Too worn from fatigue and grief, Naruto fell down and assumed a fetal position as he continued to weep, he was too exhausted that he didn't notice the ground beneath him give away or even cried out in surprise when he fell into the abyss below.
Ending it! Next chapter! All rights go to the author Raja-Ulat for creating this story, I just asked him if I could continue it. It's been too long, I've made them wait for almost a year, shame on myself. Oh well, better to start now then later. Next chapter. Konoha's get their ass kicked from the top spot as top village. See in the next chapter!
~Kourtney Uzu Yato.