Naruto: The Uzumaki Heir

Naruto pulled himself out of the water. The now rusty colored water was freezing, and Naruto could easily feel the warm blood coming from his chest. Sasuke stood above him, the chidori attack still active in his hand. Sasuke looked at him in disgust. Their fight in the middle of the valley of the end had just finished. Sasuke, with the added power of the curse seal, had beaten Naruto, and had broken through the initial jinchuriki chakra cloak. (When the red chakra surrounds him, but no tails.) Naruto crawled over to the Uchiha, and grabbed his leg.

"Sasuke...why?" Naruto asked. The Uchiha laughed at the nine tails holder. "We...could have...gone back...together." Naruto said, struggling to get the words out.

The raven haired boy kicked Naruto sharply in the side, forcing him to let go. "You would have just kept following me, and I cant let that happen. But-" Sasuke knelt down next to Naruto. He grabbed him around the neck, practically choking him, and pulled Naruto up so they were eye to eye. "-I also really enjoyed it." Sasuke said with a sickening smile on his face. Sasuke let go of Naruto's neck, allowing him to take in a breath. "Have fun bleeding out, Naruto." Sasuke said, turning away. Naruto reached his hand out, but his hand only grabbed at air. Sasuke was gone, and Naruto was dying.

'No… I-i cant die here. I...need to get back to the village. I'll find the others.' Naruto thought. 'But...what if they died too? Choji...Kiba...Shino...shikamaru...' Naruto thought. They all could have died. What if he was the last one left. Naruto needed to know.

Naruto could feel his body being repaired, but the pain he was feling caused him to black out. When Naruto awoke, it had gone from mid-day to late in the evening. Naruto struggled to stand up, and when he did, he quickly tried to grab his bearings. He was lost. The blonde boy stood and started walking toward the edge of the valley, and after climbing out, he started running. He had to find the village.

Naruto ran for a long time, so long that night rolled along, but he just kept walking. He needed to get to the village. Finally, after several hours of walking, until he reached a large number of mountains that stood like the walls of Konoha. Naruto couldn't see a way around them, so he started to scale them. Eventually, he reached the top, and found himself looking over a large village. The houses stood on top of pillars, and their was a large river right through the middle. Several large bridges crossed over it.

Naruto started sprinting down the mountain, a feeling in his chest screaming at him to run towards the village. He fell, and stumbled down the mountain, but he finally reached the bottom. He watched as people with red hair walked through the streets of the village. Naruto called out to them, trying to get their attention, but it was like he was invisible.

Naruto decided to follow some of them, and he was guided into a large plaza, where a lady stood talking to the citizens. She looked elegant, with her red hair put up in buns, and a golden tiara adorned on her head. She wore white robes, and stood like a princess. Naruto couldn't help but marvel at her.

Suddenly, she pointed to Naruto. "Come here." She said simply. Naruto looked behind himself, making sure she was referring to him. Naruto pointed to himself questionably. "Yes, I am talking to you, Naruto." She said.

Naruto walked through the crowd, who now seemed to notice him, and just like he had marveled the lady, they marveled him. Naruto then stood before her. She turned him around so that he was looking at the people, and the village. "People of Uzushio, our heir has arrived!" She exclaimed. Suddenly the crowd erupted, cheering with tears in their eyes. "There are few of us still on this earth, so me must guide him." She said.

Naruto stood, confused. He was lost. He had heard about Uzushio in school before. It had recently been destroyed, and everyone had died. Naruto was about to voice this, when the lady turned him back to her. "Naruto, your mother left the village right before it was destroyed. She was one of the last survivors. Everyone you see before you-" She motioned back to where the people were standing. Naruto looked and saw that everyone was gone. "-they all died in Iwa's attack. Iwa destroyed the village, attacking with a jinchuriki named Han. He held the five tails, Kukuo. I held the same beast you do, the nine tails, Kurama. I, however had already died, and the beast was given to your mother, and it was then given to you." She said.

Naruto had many questions, but he wasn't given the chance to ask them. She pointed back to the village, and Naruto watched as the beautiful, bright city was transformed into a ruin. Naruto watched as the pillars that held houses crumbled, and the bridges burn, he saw ninja fighting each other, and he saw the red haired one's easily beaten as a man wearing a red straw hat, and a red mask tore through them, a red cloak of chakra covering him. He watched as the river was turned red with the blood of both sides. He watched as Iwa stood above the fallen Uzushio, and as they laughed.

Naruto felt a strange sense of anger in himself, but then he felt the lady put a hand on his shoulder. When Naruto looked back at her, she had become an old woman. Her perfect skin had become wrinkled, yet she still stood with elegance. Her voice seemed forced, as if she was struggling to get her words out. "Do not be angry with them. They were being manipulated by a cruel leader who has long since gotten kinder, and older. He has leaned the value of life since then, and in his old age has been trying to right his wrongs. If I were still alive, I would like to have become friends with him. Maybe this all could have been avoided if we had talked to them..." She said.

Naruto finally spoke a question that had been on his mind. "Whats your name?" Naruto asked. The lady looked at him with a strange joy, and said, "My name, is Mito Uzumaki."

Several days later…

Naruto walked around the village with Mito by his side. She had told him a lot about his legacy, and about the might of Uzushio, and she had told him about his mother and father. About their might, and about the specialty of sealing jutsu that Uzushio had so admired. Naruto had found a crumbled house with a secret cellar that was full of dried meats and fruits that had not experienced the fall of the village. He also found a cot that was in good condition in the ruble, so he brought it down into the cellar.

Mito was guiding him somewhere, ready to give him something. She had asked him to stay in the village, and Naruto had agreed. He wasn't ready to go back to the village. He couldn't go back. Suddenly, Mito told Naruto to stop. "We're here. I want you to use the rasengan and hit the ground here." She said. Naurto noticed they were over a large concrete structure. "In there, you will find exactly what you will need to become the heir. Their are several scrolls with jutsu, treasured artifacts, and ninja gear. I am requiring you to change out of that dreadful outfit." She said jokingly.

Naruto sighed, and nodded. "Yes granny Mito." He said. Naruto made a shadow clone, and made the ball of chakra. He made sure it was big enough, and he broke through the concrete. A large hole formed, but he had just barely broken through the large layer of concrete. Naruto made a second one, and finally broke through the structure. He jumped down, and into the bunker, ready to take on his legacy.

He jumped down, and landed on his head.

"OW!" Naruto yelled from within the hole. Mito couldn't help but laugh, and thought to herself, 'I how a lot of work to do...'

A few bandages later…

Naruto sat in the corner, bandages wrapped around hit head. Mito was chuckling while looking for the things for Naruto. The room was mostly dark, but the early morning sun shined bright, and lit up the underground bunker.

Naruto took off the bandages after the bleeding had stopped, and he followed Mito. She led him down a corridor, instructing Naruto to light up the room with a basic fire jutsu she had taught him. When they reached the end of the corridor, they made their way to a new room. Inside were several things. Naruto realized that this had been a store room for the villages riches and artifacts, and treasures. Mito pointed to a glass case. "That will be your new attire." She said. Naruto walked over to it, and looked at the outfit in surprise. It looked almost like ANBU attire. Dark ninja sandals, black ANBU under clothes that went up to his neck and stopped at the shoulders, a white vest, yellow belts that looked like it would hold two kunai, another belt that went over the shoulder with a Katana in a sheath, black arm guards that went up to the elbows and stopped at his knuckles, and a blue cloak that went over a single shoulder. Naruto marveled at it. He pulled off the glass cover, and realized the clothes would be to big on him.[(1) Look down below for an image. I do not own the image. Will have a (1) next to a link.]

"Don't worry." Mito said. "It has seals on it, so it will expand and shrink to fit you. Try it on." She said. Naruto pulled off his tattered clothes and pulled on the new attire, and sure enough, it shrank to fit him perfectly. Naruto noticed several other empty sheaths on the outfit.

"Why is there an extra sheath?" Naruto asked. Mito pointed towards the end of the room. Naruto walked through piles of gold and treasure, and he made it to the end of the room and found a rack with a sword on it, without its sheath. Naruto could sense chakra coming from the blade.

"It contains multiple affinities of chakra in the blade, including yin and yang chakra. The one on your back isn't very special, but it was several seals on it with other stored weapons in it." Mito explained. Naruto grabbed the sword off the rack and put it in it's sheath. Mito gave him instructions on how to put things in seals, showing him the hand seals and in which seals to put things. She instructed him to seal the treasure, saying it was his name-sake anyway, so Naruto tried to store the vast amount of treasure in his sword, but only a small amount was stored before his chakra left him. Mito sighed. "Your control is horrible. I will train you, but If you cant seal up the rest of this after a month, then you must leave everything here, and leave. However, if you can, you will prove that you have a chance to become the chosen one. Are you ready to become a truly powerful ninja?" She asked.

Naruto, still on one knee, nodded. Mito smiled. "Good." She said. "Then get up, we're starting now." Naruto nodded, and struggled to his feet. He was in for a hard month.

A week later…

Naruto knelt down once again after another failed attempt. In just one short week, his control had gotten a lot better, but he was still only able to store around half of the gold. Mito stood above him and instructed him to unseal it and try again. Unsealing took very little chakra, but it was still taxing on someone like Naruto, who had barely any control over his chakra. Naruto stood up once again, and unsealed the treasures. Naruto gave himself a minute to restore some chakra, and tried once again, trying to use only a sliver of his chakra on the piles, but after the first few, his chakra gates exploded, letting out large amounts of chakra. Naruto fell to his knees. He looked at the remaining treasure. He had gotten a little more than last time, but he still had a long way to go.

Mito sighed. "Alright, lets go work on some jutsu for now. Come with me." She said. Naruto dropped the sword and followed her out of the concrete structure. They made their way to a slightly damaged training field, and Mito instructed him, showing him hand seals, and showing him where to find scrolls full of jutsu. She made him study, and study, and study. He felt like his brain was going to explode. She wouldn't even let him use the jutsu until he got everything down perfectly, and he felt like he was going insane, but he knew it would make him stronger, so he kept reading, and studying. He had to get stronger. Once he was strong enough, he would go back to Konoha, and take responsibility for everyone who had died on their mission to get Sasuke back.

Three weeks later…

Naruto stood before the large pile of treasure. His chakra had been recharged, and he was focused on his chakra control. He was as ready as he could be. Granny Mito gave him the signal, and Naruto made the hand seals, and the room filled with smoke. Naruto noticed that he still maintained most of his chakra, and when the smoke cleared, the rooms treasures were gone. He had done it. Naruto smiled and turned to Mito. She looked happy. Naruto noticed something though. She was fading.

"Looks like my time is up. I gave you this deadline because my chakra was slowly running out, and now I don't even have enough chakra to keep this form anymore." She said.

Naruto's face went from joy to fear. "But granny Mito..." She put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry child. I will always be with you. I've sealed away part of my chakra into you. When you need me the most, just go visit Kurama. I'm sure he'll help you get to me. Also, try to be nice to him. He is a part of you, and we are a part of him. We must live together in harmony, or fall apart dead." She said, her image getting more and more faded. Naruto wiped the tears out of his eyes and smiled.

"I love you, granny Mito." Naruto said.

"I love you too, Naruto." She said, as she faded away. Naruto now stood, once again alone in the ruins of his mother's village. Naruto smiled. He had to train and get stronger so that he could become a strong ninja capable of bringing his friends together, and bringing the world together. He sheathed the sword, and made his way out of the bunker. He had work to do.

2 years later

Kiba stood at the gates of the village. He had just finished his nap that he always took in the middle of guard duty, and was ready to do something. Nothing ever happened at the gate. The village never really had problems after the attack during the chunin exams, so he never had to stop anybody. All he did was train and watch the gates, or if he was lucky, go on a mission every once in a while. Akamaru had gotten huge, and was just as bored as him. The other rookies all still went on missions, but there seemed to be less and less lately. Many of the rookies were exited to participate in the chunin exams that were coming up, but Sakura could no longer participate after her team left, and some of the other rookies didn't even want to participate anymore.

Shortly after the mission to get Sasuke back, a search party went out, and everyone but Naruto was brought back. The new Hokage told everyone the truth about Naruto, and how he was the son of the fourth hokage and held a tailed beast within himself. Several search parties went out to find him, but they all came back empty handed. He was pronounced dead when a search party found Naruto's blood along with his torn jacket on the side of the river. There was a funeral, and everyone had seemed to forget about him.

Except for the rookies.

Kiba sighed. He didn't like to think about Naruto. It always made him sad. He sat back up when he heard footsteps. He pulled out his clipboard and stood up. He heard the footsteps stop in front of him. He asked, "Name and village affiliation?"

There was a brief pause, and then a familiar voice asked, "Come on Kiba, don't tell me you already forgot about me?"

Kiba's eyes shot up. In front of him stood a familiar blond ninja. "Naruto?" Kiba asked.

Naruto grinned. "Can I come in?"

And I'm done. Sorry I haven't written on my other story, but trust me, the wait is well worth it. I don't really have much else to say, so bye!

(1) Naruto's attire, and what he looks like towards the end of the chapter. I do not own the image. If I did, I'd be writing my own manga. Please don't sue! www. pinterest/pin/492792384196989446/