First warning, this will probably not be canon in almost any sense. I'm not even sure where to begin with this honestly, I was thinking about making a dark Narutoa fanfic, where instead of succeeding against his darkness as a kid. He soon gives into the darkness. I normally try and keep the fanfictions I write as light but still action packed as possible. Though this will be a good test of my skills as a writer. Fair warning though, this will be a darker/ indifferent/strong Naruto fanfic, so if you don't like those type of fanfics, please leave. He may or may not hate the leaf village, that is left up to my discretion as I reach that bridge.
Naruto sits in the orphanage bed that is designated as his, it is in shambles, his pillow is nothing more than a part of his blanket torn off and rolled into a pillow like shape. 'Why me..?!' He thinks with a pained expression to himself, as it is his birthday again, but as a kid, he should be happy it's his birthday. Celebrating with the rest of the orphanage. This happened for as long as he could remember, he didn't care that no one really celebrated his birthday with him, but to completely ignore him was getting to him this year.
This was not the case for Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, he was an orphan, and unknowingly the container of the Kyuubi No Kitsune, or 9 tailed fox. Since it was his birthday, the other patrons of the orphanage had told the other children to avoid contact at all costs. While the head matron, who had inherited the orphanage from her recently passed mother had tried to encourage them to talk to the boy.
The head matron of the orphanage came in with a tray of food, avoiding looking at the boy, but couldn't help but notice his normally rather upbeat attitude was nonexistent today. She was on of the few that were at least indifferent to the boy. "Naruto?" She called out gently.
Naruto looked up, and saw one of the people who had not tried to hurt him, and gave a faint smile to her. "Hi okaa-san. Happy birthday to me right?" Naruto asked with a tired, and defeated tone to his voice.
This shocked the woman to her core, she had always seen him so upbeat, and happy to be alive even when life tried to force his face into the dirt. "Yeah it is your birthday isn't it? How about I go make you some of your favorite ramen instead of this?" She asked with a kind smile on her face.
Naruto's eyes widened at this, and a genuinely happy grin was plastered on his face. "Really!? Can we go to Ichiraku's!? I haven't seen my nee-chan in a while! I bet she will be happy to see me!" Naruto exclaimed, hopping up from his bed, and getting dressed in normal civilian clothes.
The woman's breath hitched a bit, and she thought for a few moments, she remembered it was the day of the 'Kyuubi festival' as well for the villagers. Really all it was an excuse to look for Naruto, and try to beat him within an inch of his life. None had been successful as of yet, because of his anbu detail given to him by the third Hokage. "Sure, I don't see why we can't do that." She said with a soft smile, thinking that they wouldn't dare attack him in the company of someone as respected as her around the village.
Naruto walked up to her, and wrapped his arms around her, giving her the biggest hug he could possibly give. This was the best birthday present that anyone had given him, albeit it was the only birthday present that anyone had given him. "Thank you kaa-san, you're the best." he said softly, causing the young womans heart to melt at the heart warming sight before her.
She smiled softly, walking over to the dresser, careful to hide the kunai she had tucked into pocket just in case from the elated blonde in her care. "Let's get going shall we? We want to get there and eat as much ramen as possible right?" She asked lightly, taking Naruto's hand in hers, and started walking for the door. The real reason she wanted to get in and out as fast as possible is so that she could avoid the drunken mob later.
Naruto nodded, giving her hand a soft squeeze, he could feel the tense aura around his duly appointed mother figure, but couldn't quite put his finger on why. So he shrugged it off, along with the feelings from earlier which steadily tried to drag down his good mood.
A little bit later, outside of the Ichiraku ramen stand...
Ayame came up to the counter, and an ear to ear grin was now on her face. "How is my little bro today? The usual?" She said with a cheery tone, she was genuinely happy to see him, the little blonde always seemed to be able to brighten her day, no matter how long it had been.
Naruto smiled back, looking slightly annoyed as Ayame reached over the counter, and ruffled his hair. "I'm good, what about you nee-chan?" Naruto asked, his trademark grin never leaving his face, it widened even further if that was possible as the bowl of steaming hot ramen came up to him courtesy of Teuchi.
"Well if it isn't the #1 knucklehead customer of mine." He said with a smile gracing his elderly looks.
Ayame whacked him upside the back of the head with her open palm. "Hey! He is one of our best customers, and my little adopted bro! Don't call him that! Anyway I have been good Naruto, working hard as usual though..." She trailed lightly to no one in particular, but regained her light grin soon after.
The matron smiled softly at the exchange before her, then a shiver went down her spine as she felt someone glaring needles into the back of her and Naruto's head. The latter seemingly completely oblivious to said man's actions. "I'll be right back, I saw a friend I haven't talked to in a while." She said with as cheery of a tone as possible to not alert the exuberant blonde as to what was happening.
Ayame recognized the man who constantly harassed them for even thinking of selling or associating with the 'Kyuubi incarnate' or so he said. 'That bastard had to come by today... Well at least she seems to be able to handle the situation, I've already dented enough pans on his head too.' She thought with a chuckle at the memory of chasing him off with a frying pan down the streets of Konoha.
Once the two had gotten out of eyesight and earshot of the restaurant, she slammed the man into a nearby wall, holding the blade to his throat, drawing a bit of blood. "Look you sleazy little bastard! If you or any of your friends interrupt my Naruto-kun's birthday, I will end you then and there!" She exclaimed through clenched teeth, being an ex kunoichi, she had killed before, and would if the need ever arose.
The man's breath hitched a bit as the blade broke the skin, he knew he could easily overpower the athletic woman, but could he before the blade slit his throat? He wasn't taking that chance. "O-Ok! I'll leave you guys alone!" He exclaimed in fear for his life, holding his arms out to the side in surrender.
Her eyes closed for a moment or two as she let out a slow breath to compose herself, letting the village idiot go. "If I catch even a single whiff of you near us again..." She dragged out the words to make her point as the point of her kunai came dangerously close to his family jewels. "We may have another kunoichi in this village." She said with an evil grin, giving his cheek a light smack before sending him on his way.
As he walked away he was silently plotting how he was going to get revenge on the bitch who had threatened him, and the 'demon' that was in her care.
Back at the ramen shop...
Ayame was keeping Naruto distracted as they waited for his caretaker to return. "So, do you plan on being a ninja when you're old enough?" She asked curiously, leaning against the counter, intently listening to the blonde's answer.
Naruto slurped up his ramen, using his sleeve to clean off the broth from his chin. "You bet! I'm going to get strong in order to protect you and all the villagers Ayame-nee-chan!"
The last statement caught her by a bit of a surprise, which was a given considering how a lot of the villagers had treated Naruto as if he didn't exist, or with hate. "Oh really now? How do you plan on that? You can't even beat me at doing the dishes." She said with a smirk, knowing his competitive nature would get the better of him when issued a challenge that he thought he could win at.
Teuchi facepalmed lightly at his daughter, yes it had gotten the boy fired up about a competition, but it was partly because she didn't want to do all the dishes. "Alright, alright... I shall be the judge of this competition, Naruto come on in." He said lightly, lifting the divider of the bar up, and opening the door to let him in.
Naruto hopped to his feet, and followed the retreating Ayame to the area where they kept the dirty dishes after a customer used them. "Oh yeah!? Well I shall beat you at this, and you will give me one present that I get to choose!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, setting his terms for this competition. He realized he was going to be doing the dishes, but a little chore to have fun with his nee-chan? The pro's outweighed the cons in this case.
The matron ruffled his hair a little as she followed them into the back, she trusted the ramen vendors, but she wanted to see this competition unfold.
"Don't overwork yourself ok?"
Naruto turned around and flashed her a bright grin. "It's ok Shina-kaa-san, that just means I will sleep a lot better tonight right?" Shina couldn't fault the 10 year olds logic, he was right.
Teuchi and Ayame nodded, smiling softly at their little friends logic. "Alright, but if I win, you must visit me and help me with the dishes until I say otherwise ok?" She asked, causing Naruto to face fault at the prospect of having to be made to do dishes every day for free, though he could sense an ulterior motive.
She had really just set her conditions down so she could see the little blonde more often, so he was sort of fine with the terms, and they shook hands on it. "It's official, I am going to win!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, proclaiming his motivation to win towards his self proclaimed small family.
Ayame gained a smirk on her face, and ruffled his hair a bit more. "Oh yeah gaki? We'll just see about that!" She said, diving into her part of the sink, and started doing dishes as quickly, but safely as possible.
Naruto's face dropped as he saw her get the jump on him, and rushed up to the counter as well, rapidly cleaning dishes, and drying them off. Tossing them back, causing a frantic Teuchi to start doing yoga poses in an attempt to catch all the finished dishes. 'Sorry jiji, but I gotta win! I really want what I asked!' He thought to himself, everything he did was calculated, and efficient, trying to waste as little time in cleaning the dishes as possible.
Shina chuckled softly at the antics of what was happening after coming back from closing the shop temporarily. "When he is determined to get something or win, watch out, cause you'll probably lose." She said lightly, but wasn't heard over the bustling, and frantic dish pit area as dishes flew as Ayame joined his cheap moves.
About thirty minutes later...
The entire kitchen and dish pit sparkled pristine clean, after they finished the dishes, it had ended in a draw, so they had gone to competing who could organize the cabinets the fastest. That was also a draw, so they just went all out on everything they could find. Finally ending in Naruto being declared the winner as Ayame landed on her butt, too tired to go on any further.
"Yata! I won!" He exclaimed lightly, celebrating his victory, but a shiver went down his spine as he felt an irate Teuchi behind him.
"Naruto..."
*KLONK!*
"Ite... Ite... Ite... I'm sorry for throwing your dishes jiji! Though I had to win! I knew you'd catch them cause you're awesome!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, causing the irate Teuchi to calm down rather quickly.
"This kid is smart... I like him..."
Naruto looked around at this, confusion apparent on his face. "Where is that voice coming from?" He asked, cocking his head to the side curiously, trying to find anyone hidden in the room aside from his anbu detail.
Ayame's eyebrows furrowed lightly at this, she understood where the proclaimed voice may have come from, but she was hoping she was wrong. She didn't want that damned demon having any kind of influence over Naruto. "What did the voice say Naruto?" She asked a bit concerned for Naruto.
The room became silent all eyes went to Naruto. "Well it said "This kid is smart... I like him..." then it just went silent, though I can't find anyone that could make a voice like that. It was hoarse, and heavy, like it had a lot of power behind it..." Naruto mused softly, causing everyone, including the veteran anbu hidden in the room to break into a cold sweat as their fears were confirmed, it was the Kyuubi that was speaking with him.
Shina took a breath to calm herself before speaking again. "Naruto, there is something I have to tell you later, but for now, tell us what you want as your reward, neh?" She said softly, cocking her head to the side.
Ayame and Teuchi both became quiet and started listening intently into what he was going to say.
Naruto thought for a moment or two, he had nearly forgotten about what he wanted if he won, but remembered it soon. "I want you guys to adopt me." He said bluntly, seeing the shocked expressions, his slightly self destructive personality kicked in and he started apologizing. "If you guys don't want to... It's fine, it's just I hear orphans get kicked out at the age of 13 or 14..." Naruto trailed sadly.
It took a moment before what Naruto had just said fully sunk into Ayame's head, when it did, she got upset with Naruto.
KLONK!
"Baka! Why wouldn't we adopt you!? We're going to the Hokage right now to have the papers finished!" She exclaimed lightly, a tick mark on her brow. She picked up the small eight year old, and threw him over her shoulder, taking off towards the Hokage tower, Hiruzen dreading something he didn't know about yet.
A few minutes later...
Teuchi, Naruto, Shina, and Ayame were standing in front of the Hokage, after barging in on a meeting about the blonde that they were there for, but it stopped as soon as the door was opened. "Hokage-sama... I know how you've curbed us in the past about adopting Naruto, but no is not an option this time." Ayame stated simply, stepping up to the desk of the arguably strongest man in their village.
Hiruzen sighed a bit at this, then reached into a drawer in his desk, pulling out a bottle of sake, ignoring the dish, and took a swig directly from the bottle. "Ayame..." He trailed, flinching almost invisibly as Ayame's fist slammed into the front of his desk, causing it to crack more than expected of a civilian.
Ayame's eyes narrowed dangerously, ki leaking off of her in waves towards the man in front of her.
Hiruzen gulped a bit, hell hath no fury like a pissed woman. "Let me finish... I figured that it was about time for your monthly visit, so I've finally decided to let you adopt Naruto..." He trailed a bit as he took another swig from the bottle, letting a breath that he didn't realize he was holding go. "The reason I didn't let you adopt him before is because I didn't think you could keep him safe until he could join the academy. Though as long as I keep my security detail on him, it shouldn't be a problem right?" He asked simply, everyone nodded.
Naruto's grin was as wide as the cheshire cat's right now, not only had he one upped his onee-chan, but he was also going to get to live with her. "Thank you JiJi!" He said, bolting over to the man in question, giving him a big hug, and with a chuckle, Hiruzen happily returned the hug.
Teuchi smiled at this, he hadn't been able to get a word in, but he wouldn't have rebuttled his daughter, as he wanted to adopt Naruto. "Welcome to the family Naruto Teuchi-Uzumaki." He said with a wide smile.
Everyone gained a light smile on their face, but Shina was slightly sad at this. 'I'm happy to see him get a family, but that means I won't be able to see him that often...' She thought to herself, but cheered up soon after, because this was a great day for Naruto, it was a wonderful day in general for them all.
Leaving the Hokage tower after signing the adoption papers...
"Yata! I get to eat Ayame-chan's delicious ramen every day!" Naruto excitedly exclaimed, only for his hopes to be dashed about his everyday ramen binge by the person in question.
"I hate to break it to you, but you will be eating healthy or there will never be ramen again for you, got it?" She asked, gaining a more adult like tone, even though she herself was only 15.
Shina giggled lightly at his slightly downtrodden expression, but whispered something in his ear. 'Hey, don't listen to her, I'll make you some ramen if you come by every now and then.' She whispered with a smile.
Naruto instantly became happy again, grabbing Ayame's hand as they walked, the sun started going down, so they went down an alleyway to get home faster. As they reached the middle of the alleyway, a mob started to cover the exists. "Nee-chan... What's this?" Naruto asked, hiding behind Teuchi, whose eyes narrowed, drawing a knife that he always kept hidden on him for situations similar to this..
Shina's eyes narrowed and she stepped forward as well as she saw the man she threatened earlier. "What are you doing here? I thought I warned you already you idiot..." She almost growled out at the man who stood smugly at the front of the growing more irate by the moment mob.
"Well you see, that thing you have hiding over there... Needs to die, so if you step aside we might let you live..." He cockily said, with a smug look on his face, confident in his numbers would be able to subdue a retired nin. "If not... Well I cannot say what the rest of the mob may do to you." As he said this, a few of the creeper men in the crowd let out cat calls, and wolf whistles towards the females of Naruto's group.
Teuchi got into a defensive stance, but before he could take any action, with a quick flick of the wrist, a kunai was sent sailing with deadly accuracy and speed, piercing the man right between the eyes. "Naruto, Ayame, hide somewhere until we say the coast is clear..." Teuchi said, his voice hardening like steel.
Ayame, and Naruto did as commanded, finding a place where they would be safe for the moment.
Shina disappeared in a blur of speed, recovering the kunai from the man's forehead then jumped back a few feet from the crowd. "I wished I didn't have to take another life, but it seems I will have to teach you little civilians what an ex shinobi is capable of... Leave now, and never bother Naruto again, you shall be spared... If not, well... As he so eloquently put, I cannot guarantee your safety..." She trailed coldly, letting ki leak out.
At this, a 1/3 hadn't expected any resistance, split and ran as fast as they could from either side, dwindling the crowds numbers rather significantly. "She killed him! We have to kill her too!" At this, seals that were left in various strategic places in the alleyway to absorb sound, and ki were activated by the few nin in the crowd.
"Too bad..."
Shina disappeared in a blur of speed, appearing in the middle of the crowd, before some of the civilians could realize what happened, three of them were dispatched with haste. "You're out of your league..." She said coldly, blocking a few strikes of fists and kicks that came from the nearby civilians.
"Gotcha!"
A ninja from above called as he jumped above her and went for a downward strike with his wakizashi, but his eyes widened as her Kunai was lodged in his chest, a precise hit right to his heart. Causing him to hit the ground with a sickening thud as the life left his eyes.
A few more of the crowds flight instincts kicked in and ran away from the ex ninja, the rest of the crowd's fight instincts kicked in, taking swings at her.
She dodged with practiced grace, flipping into a back handspring, kicking two would be assailants down to the ground, she grabbed the wakizashi as she sprung backwards, quickly dispatching the two. "It's been awhile since I've had this much fun, so thank you." She said, flying through hand seals. "Doton! Doryūheki!" She exclaimed, slamming her hands into the ground. As she did, a wall of solid stone came out of the ground at either ends of the alleyway in front of the civilians, curving out enough to prevent climbing by normal means.
Naruto's eyes widened as he felt the earth shake a bit as the jutsu finished, protecting them from the rest of the civilians, who began banging on the wall. 'Wow... My Kaa-san is amazing!' He thought to himself as his eyes widened more if that was possible as the two remaining nin jumped over the top of the wall.
Teuchi snuck up on one that glared at Shina, waiting for her guard to drop even a little to pounce, as Teuchi pounced, the ninja let loose a kunai, right into Shina's achilles tendon. 'Damn it..! I wasn't fast enough!' Teuchi thought frantically to himself as he dug his knife further into the in questions ninja's back.
The other ninja saw the perfect opportunity as Shina dropped to her knee, rushing her, slashing her across her solar plexus. "You should have just left... I hate to do this to a worthy foe..." He trailed, aiming his sword downwards towards her chest as Shina layed on her back, breathing haggard, but a smile on her face.
"Well you won't survive long after the Hokage finds out what you tried to do..." She trailed, and a godly amount of ki came from the direction of the Hokage tower, causing Shina to chuckle a bit, then cough up a bit of blood. "Seems he's enroute now... So I win either way..." She said with a cocky smirk, this pissed the nin off.
As he tried to drive his sword into her chest, right before he succeeded, an ancient, and malevolent youkai laced chakra slammed him against the wall. "What the hell!? It has to be that demon brat!"
The blonde in question was on all fours, as a deep red chakra leaked out of every pore of his body, surrounding him, becoming more feral as moments passed. "Die!" Is all he exclaimed, the ki absorbing seals that were in place were barely able to contain the malevolent ki coming off Naruto. He disappeared in a blur of speed, surprising the nin, who's eyes widened as Naruto appeared in front of him.
"A civilian should not be capable of thos-!" Is all he got out as he a clawed hand was now jutting out of his chest, right where his heart was. Naruto had remembered were his kaa-san had struck earlier, ending the man much faster than he had ever deserved, but now wasn't the time for hesitation.
Naruto's cloak receded as he felt he was no longer in danger. "Kaa-san!" He called out, his own breath now a bit ragged from not being used to such high speeds or using the Kyuubi's chakra. Though with all the speed he could muster, bolted over to his downed mother figure. "Please hang in there Kaa-san! JiJi is coming, and he can fix you right up!" He exclaimed, dropping to his knees next to the profusely bleeding woman.
A sad smile came across her face as she raised a weak, and shaking hand towards Naruto's cheek, stroking it softly with the back of her hand. "Please don't be sad, I had to protect the one I cared about, so if I die from this, at least I will know you're safe..." Shina trailed a bit, from as light headed as she was, she could tell she didn't have long, but she pulled Naruto closely anyway, soaking his black shirt with her blood.
Naruto didn't care his favorite shirt was being dirtied, he hugged her gently, sobbing into her shoulder. "Please don't leave me Kaa-san..! I need you!" He exclaimed, pounding the ground with the side of his fist once.
Shina chuckled a bit wistfully at this, and kissed his cheek with what little strength she had left. "No Naruto, see it is I who needed you, after my mother's passing, I didn't think I could care about anyone else like the way I care for you... You showed me I was wrong, and I am glad I got to take care of you..." She said softly. "Just promise me one thing Naruto... You will become a strong man, who will protect all that he can..."
Naruto pulled back, his eyes steeling in determination as he sniffled a bit, wiping away the tears that continued to fall no matter what he did. "I promise Kaa-san..." he hated to admit it, but he knew that Hiruzen wasn't going to make it in time with as fast as his kaa-san was fading, he hated not being able to do anything about it.
One last smile graced her lips as the words left her mouth. "I love you my son..." As the words left, her hand dropped from his cheek, falling limply to the ground as the last breath she would take left her mortal frame.
Teuchi's heart broke at the site of Naruto's only mother figure passing, he placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder, showing Naruto that he was still here for him as Ayame did the same on the other shoulder. "She was a great woman Naruto... I just hate it had to come to this... Damn narrow minded villagers." He spat out, glaring at the fallen corpse of a villager that layed nearby, mangled and marred from Shina's attacks.
Ayame crouched down, pulling Naruto into a caring hug, saying nothing as he wailed his heart out, they were slightly thankful that the seals were still running, it may have attracted unwanted attention.
A few moments later Hiruzen and his security detail appeared on the scene, Hiruzen's adamantine staff drawn, ready to end someone who would dare harm his grandson. "Damn it... I was too late... Crow!" He called out, his voice intoned with power and respect many nin sought after.
A moment later a man appeared with a crow shaped anbu mask, the man who was supposed to be part of Naruto's detail squad. "I'm sorry Hokage-sama... It happened so fa-..." Is all the man could get out as Hiruzen's hand was around his throat, hoisting him up into the air.
"That is a lie, you helped plan this... I can tell when I'm being lied to..." He said coldly, crushing the man's throat with a quick squeeze of his hand, dropping his soon lifeless body to the ground. "Inu... Round up the remaining civilians right outside the perimeter, take them to ibiki, and have their memories wiped of tonight's events and any mention of the kyuubi killing their loved ones..." Hiruzen trailed sadly, his expression softening as he looked upon the sad scene of his adopted grandson cradling the one he called his mother.
A man with silver gravity defying hair in the shadows nodded, disappearing in a blur of speed, and the crowd that was around them soon became quiet.
Hiruzen then let out a sigh of relief as he felt the danger had passed for the time being, he looked down to his grandson who was clutching Shina's body close to his chest. Silently sobbing as he rocked back and forth, silently vowing one day he would be strong enough to protect anyone and everyone. "Naruto... I know my words may not mean much to you right now... But I know she loved you dearly, even when all the other caretakers at the orphanage were begging her to kick you out, or they leave. She kept you, and just hired new people." Hiruzen said with a half hearted chuckle, the joke seemed to have no effect on the current Naruto.
Naruto looked up with his thanks apparent in his eyes. "I know JiJi, I pay attention to more than everyone gives me credit for." Naruto said, his voice monotone, but if you payed close enough attention you could hear a hint of sarcasm gracing his tone, "As a wise man once said, if you can't even make a joke, you already have one foot in the grave." or so the saying goes.
Hiruzen gave a soft smile at this, and patted Naruto on his shoulder. "Hey, I know you love all things ninja, and ninja related, how about I let you into the academy a year early?" He asked with a grin.
Naruto's eyes flickered with some emotion as he turned back to his grandfather figure. "Really? You think I'm ready?" Naruto asked, insecurity lacing his tone, but he knew he had to get stronger, this was a good way. He looked down at Shina, whose lifeless head was on his lap right now, with a serene smile on her face.
Hiruzen ruffled his hair, then went to pick up Shina, only to be stopped by Naruto.
"Let me Carry her Hiruzen, she was my Kaa-san after all." He said with a faint smile, standing up, carrying her in the bridal carry style, grunting a bit, because his small frame wasn't used to such a load, but he adjusted.
Hiruzen nodded "We will have a funeral later today, as contrary to what the weather says, it's still a young day." He said with a light smile, trying to lighten the air, but to no avail.
Naruto silently thanked Hiruzen for trying to keep things as normal as possible given the circumstances, given who he was, the last thing he wanted was to be patronized by constant condolences from people who don't care or only half care. Hiruzen was different though, even without him having to say it, Naruto was absolutely sure that he was mourning with Naruto, and that's what he wanted. As they left the alleyway, Hiruzen covered the alleyway with a genjutsu, it was a rarely traveled alleyway but better than letting the village stick this to Naruto. Later an anbu cleaner team would return the area back to it's original state.
Later that day...
Naruto stood at the edge his mother figures casket as they slowly lowered her into the ground, his eyes hardened as he was deep in thought as he let go of the last rose onto her casket. Silently fairing her well in the next world. 'This isn't goodbye... Just see you later...' He thought solemnly to himself as his mood fell. The turnout to his mother's funeral had been surprisingly large, all ill conceived past transgressions that the villagers thought Naruto had done, had been forgiven in the time of grieving.
They knew the two were close
Yes... Give into the darkness... Accept it as a normality in your world...
Naruto's eyes narrowed for a moment as they glazed over, allowing himself to be pulled into his mindscape by the dark entity taunting him. Everyone didn't think anything of him spacing out, and not answering condolences as deep in the grieving process, slowly filing out of the cemetery themselves. "Who are you?" Naruto asked out loud into the dark room as he couldn't even see two feet in front of him.
Who am I? Hmm... Who do you think I am?
Naruto pondered this question for a moment of two, and his jaw clenched as he realized that there was only two possibilities, and given the lack of seals that he had seen. It couldn't be the first one he had thought it had been. "You're me, moreover you're the emotions I sealed up personified I gather."
Ha ha ha... You're quite the attentive one, you're correct... I am you, but better... I am all you ever could hope to be, all powerful, isn't that what you want?
Naruto's eyes narrowed as a form became clear in front of him, it was him, only at the same time it wasn't. This Naruto had black hair, and blood red iris', he was also ferrall, his fangs elongated, hair down to the middle of his back, his claws were well kept though, just sharpened tips on his fingers. "Yes I want power, but not if that means I have to sell my soul to the devil to get it..." He said coldly, gritting his teeth a bit.
Ha ha ha... You think you have a choice in this? I'm part of you, as much as you fight me, you will never beat me, because you cannot defeat yourself!
Naruto sighed and his gaze relaxed a bit "Well if I can't beat you, that won't matter, as long as I can keep you locked away." Naruto stated with finality, yellow Uzumaki chains launching out of his back towards the Yami Naruto, wrapping around him, dragging him closer to the original.
As I got out last time, I will be back...
Naruto took in a deep breath, calming himself "And I will be ready..." Naruto simply said as an evil laugh remained for a few more seconds in the air as the Yami Naruto was sealed into Naruto's right shoulder. Where he was sealed formed a symbol like a mix of the uzumaki whirlpool crest, and Shisui Uchiha's mangekyou. It was about the size of a bit bigger than a golf ball, but it wouldn't be seen except when he was shirtless.
Back in the normal world
Naruto sighed, he had ended up laying on the cold ground somehow, but his head was comfortable. 'Why is my head comfortable, but the rest of me sore from the cold, unforgiving ground?' Naruto thought to himself, as he opened one eye, he looked up to see what he thought was an angel.
"Tenshi?"
The woman in question blushed a bit but smiled a bit, adding more to Naruto's conclusion she was an angel as the air shined through her hair, giving the famed 'golden hair halo.' "Close, but you're very much alive, I'll take that as payment for you using my lap as a pillow. I was wondering if you were going to wake up." She said softly, slightly disappointed when Naruto got up, she liked running her hand through his hair.
Naruto smiled softly, then rolled his shoulders and neck, getting the stiffness out of it. "Well thank you for that, I'm Uzumaki-Ichiraku Naruto, and you are?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
The woman gave a light smile to Naruto before standing up and dusting her skirt off. "I am Haruno Sakura, nice to meet you Naruto-kun." She said softly, causing Naruto to blush faintly at her using 'kun' with his name before she looked up at the sky as it was darkening. "It's getting late, meet me at the Konoha park tomorrow?" She asked curiously, and Naruto nodded, his smile getting a bit bigger.
"It's a deal, see you then!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, letting his enthusiasm get the better of him for a moment. Sakura giggled a bit more at this, and walked off in the direction to head home.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head, and looked up at the sky.
'Hey Kaa-san, look over me for a bit more will ya?'
As his question seemingly went unanswered he headed home, the heavens smiled upon him.
Well, what do you guys think of the first chapter? Yeah it was a bit sad, but I tried to add a bit of happiness to counter all the darkness that is the setup for this fanfiction. Anyway did you expect who the dark entity was? Foreshadowing is also fun as an author, well also I may pair him with Sakura, cause my original fanfiction with them two kinda tanked after I let the idea turn into a harem. So I am going to give it another try with them, though nothing is 100% yet.