Naruto had led a hard life. He hadn't had a great childhood, being ignored largely by the entirety of the village, and had been somewhat abused when he wasn't. He hadn't been trained well, irregardless of his prodigal growth when he was trained.
Now, now he was gonna die. In the chunin exams, failing his team. All because Orochimaru was willing to take him seriously. All because of his burden. The Kyuubi. All because he wasn't strong enough to push past his burden. As the Kusanagi pierced his heart, and the life fled from his body, he felt something. Something deep within, far past the Kyuubi. It felt like power, like life. It felt strong, as if nothing could defeat it. Figuring it couldn't be worse than death, he reached for it, and pulled on it. He was flooded with a sense of power, a sense of self and purpose he had never known.
In the back of his head, he heard a voice whisper. 'The Mirror of Idelis'. He felt power flow through his veins, and slowly opened his eyes. He stood slowly, not noticing that his very veins were glowing a bright gold. Looking to Orochimaru, whom had moved away from Naruto after running his sword through him, he noticed the sannin freeze for the briefest of seconds. He couldn't see it, but his eyes glowed a bright gold. Suddenly, he simply knew. He knew what Orochimaru planned, what he could do, and how to do it himself.
He knew how to utterly destroy Orochimaru. He knew what Orochimaru dreamed of, desired above all else. He knew who, and what, Orochimaru was, on a fundamental level. He smirked. He knew himself as well. As Orochimaru flew toward him, ready to pierce him again, he moved. He appeared before Orochimaru in flash of gold, fist extended into Orochimaru's gut. To his eyes, Orochimaru had been moving at a snails pace.
Orochimaru was sent flying, crashing through several trees. He moved back quickly, recovering form the staggering blow with ease. Before entering the clearing however, he made several clones. He let them distract the suddenly dangerous blond, and placed his curse seal on Sasuke. The clones didn't last a second, but it was more than enough for the sannin to make his escape. Sasuke was left on the ground in sheer agony, only awakening long enough to scream when the curse mark was placed on him.
Naruto noted that he had escaped with ease. Analyzing the mark on Sasuke, he noted how the seal was made. That was certainly what the mark was, a seal. He noted that it seemed to be made of darker form of the energy that was ambient across the world, what Orochimaru had come to know as Sage Chakra. He also noted the Soul of Orochimaru in it, corrupting Sasuke slowly. That was easy enough to note when the memories of Orochimaru were present in the seal.
Naruto noted how to make the seal for later uses, without a soul fragment within it. He eased Sasuke's Pain by flaring his chakra through him, causing the nature energy of the seal to latch onto his chakra instead. He used his chakra to carry it back into the seal, locking it away in the seal. He also noted cursory thoughts within Sasuke's mind. Instinct caused him to note that his chakra seemed to have taken a portion of Sasuke's, and broken it down.
Naruto somehow knew he had developed a Sharingan, but did not how or why. He would study it later, and instead took both unconscious team mates and moved to a hidden alcove. The alcove was little more than a hollowed out tree. He placed Sakura higher up than Sasuke, more near the center of the tree. There was more privacy there. Sasuke was left on the bottom of the tree, with Naruto. He watched his surroundings closely.
After several hours, he noted the three shadows within the trees. He decided to wait on them. After a while, one of them walked out, a cocky smirk on his face. It did not take his mind reading abilities to know that this person thought himself greater than he actually was. He quickly brushed the minds of the others within the trees. He noted the male seemed to be older, more experienced. He also seemed gruffer, and had rather dark plans in mind for his female team mate. Looking quickly at his memories, he learned of the abuse they had inflicted upon her. Browsing her mind revealed that the abuse had indeed happened. It also revealed that she would be capable of redemption, and would likely be grateful for the opportunity to leave oto.
Naruto briefly recalled a law that would be useful later. A law that would allow him leeway to act, without the council or the Hokage being able to interfere. He also noted that since his awakening, he was a lot more alert of others. He could see them better, see what they hid and what they kept locked away behind focused gestures.
"Give us Sasuke Uchiha and we'll spare your lives!" Yelled the cocky one. Naruto had almost forgotten about him. He quickly browsed his mind as well, noting that he had also inflicted abuse on his female team mate and wanted to kill Sasuke solely because he thought he could. Naruto decided the end that line of thought then and there, via punching his head off.
While the result was gruesome, and bloody, he knew he had made his point. This instant death had caused his two team mates to come out of hiding. Both, were trembling in fear. The bandaged one decided to cut his losses.
"We'll give you our scroll if you spare us!" Naruto signaled him to hand the scroll to Kin, and had her walk over to him with it. This had two points, it moved Kin away from Dosu, and moved her closer to him.
"I'll be keeping your team mate as a spoil of war, feel free to leave." This made Kin lock up in shock, and fear. It also made Dosu leave. "Don't worry. The title is merely for show, and to keep annoying pests of our back. It gets you out of Oto, and away from your abusive team mates. I scanned your minds, learning of the intentions, and recent memories, of all of you. You won't have to worry about that from me." As Kin calmed down, slowly, she kept a wary eye on Naruto. "I'll be putting the necessary seal on you later, so get some rest for now." As she started moving to the tree to obey however, Sasuke intercepted her. He was covered in flame like markings. He moved to punch her, but found his fist caught in Naruto's palm instead. The glare he was receiving unnerved him a little.
"Attack my property Uchiha, and it will mean a blood war between the Uzumaki clan and the Uchiha clan." This though, made Sasuke truly freeze. Having come from a clan, Sasuke knew exactly what a blood war meant. It meant that neither clan would stop until the other was wiped out. While Sasuke doubted Naruto could take him, he didn't know what other Uzumaki were left alive. He didn't know their strengths, but knew that even if he killed Naruto here, the rest of the clan, no matter where they were, would know of the feud. He also had a small notion in his mind that Itachi may not be leave him alive if he found out that Sasuke had started one. He knew that even though Itachi was an exile of Konoha, by clan law, he was still clan head.
He also knew of what the Uzumaki clan had been, and was terrified to bring even a fraction of that power down upon him. He decided, wisely, to back down. He stepped away from Naruto, giving him a nod to show that he had indeed backed down, before heading back into the tree to get some rest. He found that the seal Orochimaru had placed on him hurt when used, and seemed to resist going back. He could tell that Naruto's chakra was at play, countering it's resistance and nullifying some of the pain. As he lied down to sleep, he noted that Kin was cuddled up next to Naruto as he also fell asleep. He had a coming realization that soon, things would change. His team mate, already had. And he knew, deep down, that his brother within Naruto would indeed live up to his name sake. A maelstrom was coming. He could only wonder how much would change.
And thus Ends the first Chapter of Naruto, the Reborn. In time, I will explain how Naruto came to be such a powerhouse, and what exactly happened. And yes, Naruto is indeed a powerhouse. By no means is he invincible, no one is, but he will be very hard for anyone to defeat. One last note for this chapter, the author named Chilord gets credit for the 'spoil of war' around kin, as I had gotten the idea from reading his story NBH. I highly recommend the story, and will be adding it to my favorites soon enough so people can find it.