Yeah, another new story. Was watching Naruto episodes again to get a feel for how my son of time story should proceed and this popped into my head. On that note, my other stories are pretty much ready to be updated so you won't have to wait too long
Chapter 1: A change in the winds
Lord Voldemort was Triumphant as he ascended the stairs of Godric's Hollow, leaving the corpse of James Potter behind. His faithful spy Wormtail had informed him of the location of the Potters and now he would remove a threat to his power and end a resistance before it could be begun. The elder Potters had already stood in his way far too many times. But it was the son he was here for. The son that was born as the seventh month died. As he reached the landing, he heard the mother desperately trying to escape. He wouldn't let her. He blasted the door off its hinges and stepped forwards. A quick Killing Curse robbed the mudblood of her life. He stepped forward and looked at the infant with a sneer.
"How could they believe you could stop me? A child. In truth there is nothing special about you is there? Just an unknowing pawn of a senile old man. In truth this is a mercy. Avada Kedavra" As the green spell left his wand and flew at the infant; something happened that he had never happened before. The spell encountered some resistance. He frowned and pushed as much power into it as he could. This caused the resistance to gain a form. An almost ethereal shield hung in place.
Suddenly it exploded.
As the smoke from the explosion faded, there was nothing to be seen. The explosion had levelled the entire village. There were no bodies, no rubble, nothing. A single stick of wood had survived the blast, thirteen and a half inches, made of yew with a single feather of a phoenix. As it lay there, it had no way of knowing that it's master would never hold it again, had no way of knowing that the force of the blast had travelled throughout the miniature connections that led to his Soul anchors. Had no way of knowing that Lord Voldemort was truly dead. Even the and was fading as the magical blast caught up to it.
A few hours later, Sirius Black arrived in the scarred land that remained. He stared at the destruction in disbelieving horror before falling to his knees and weeping. He was still there when Rubeus Hagrid arrived. Hagrid consoled him as best he could before taking him to Hogwarts, where the once great Albus Dumbledore shed a few tears for the loss of his students. None had any knowledge of Harry Potter's whereabouts, indeed they believed he had perished in the blast. Even had they known of his survival, he was far beyond their reach. As was the last remaining portion of Voldemort's knowledge and skill.
Far across realities in a world inhabited by ninjas, demons and mortal God's, there was a man in a village. His name was Han, and he was a weapon for his village Iwagagakure, more commonly known as Iwa which roughly meant 'The Village hidden in the Rock'. Han was an unhappy man. He hated humanity, for the burden they had forced upon him, and the scorn and distaste they treated him with for holding that burden. Han was the Jinchuriki (which meant 'power of human sacrifice') of the 'Gobi no Houkou' or 'Five-Tailed Dog'. The Gobi was a demon lord. One of nine that wandered the nations causing chaos and destruction in its wake. No-one could kill them or reason with them and the only way to even hold them back was to seal them away, usually inside a human child. Most of the time, they were sealed in infants, whose umbilical cords had yet to be cut, but they could be sealed in any human as long as their Chakra coils had yet to settle. This usually meant about two years old or less.
He had decided that he had had enough. That he didn't care about the populace of the village. Let them burn for all he cared. And with that final thought, he drove the Kunai he was holding into his heart, killing himself and setting the beast free.
A mile away, a pair of Chunin who were on patrol froze as they heard a cry nearby. They raced over and saw a young infant lying there in the middle of the road. They cautiously approached and picked him up. He opened his green eyes and laughed looking at them. He has a small tuft of black hair on his head and a small scar on his forehead. They glanced at each other and nodded. They'd take him to Onoki, the Sandaime Tsuchikage (Third Earth Shadow) and see what he wanted to do with the child.
They heard it before they saw it. Screaming and roaring. As they got closer to the village, they saw the demonic dog causing chaos and destruction. It was using its powers to great effect. Some districts were burning whilst others were drowning; still more were being crushed by the stone around the landscape. They rushed through the chaos to where the Tsuchikage was directing the battle. As they landed, his eyes snapped to them, before falling on the bundle in their arms.
"Good thinking" he said as he held out his arms for the child, making the duo realise what he meant. "The one way to hold a Biju back. Perfect timing". As he took the child, the pair leapt off to assist in the defence, long enough for their Kage to prepare the seal. As the seal was completed he leapt up to the front of the battle and yelled out "FUIN!" as loud as he could, pushing as much chakra as he was able through the seal. The Gobi flickered, and vanished as he was sealed away, leaving only a light breeze in the air.
Sakura was walking back through wave village with Tazuna when ahead she saw a boy a few years older than her stopped by a pair of thugs.
"Get out of the way" he said, his voice cold, sending chills down her spine. The thugs were either very brave or very stupid as they disregarded his warning and each drew a Katana from a sheath at their waist. "Very well" the voice had a hint of amusement in it now. Chakra formed around him and it seemed as if two tails sprung up behind him. One of lightning and one of fire, they sped forward and embedded themselves deep within the thug's bodies. As the corpses hit the floor, the boy walked straight past them without sparing them the slightest glance.
Naruto groaned as he kept running at the trees. He would climb them, he knew he would. He had to prove he was as good as Sasuke was. Failure was not an option. As he kept running up the tree, he felt the bark break and knew he was about to be thrown off.
"Damn it" he yelled "Why is this so hard?" he jumped up and rushed at the tree again, only to freeze when he heard laughter nearby. A figure came out through the early morning mist. A boy, a few years older than him by the looks of things, with raven hair and emerald green eyes that seemed to shine with an unnatural light.
"Your using far too much chakra to be successful" The boy said "In fact your using more than you have any right to have, more than most Chunin have" Naruto's eyes widened at this. Maybe this boy was a ninja; maybe he could help him get stronger.
"How do you know?" Naruto asked eagerly.
"You practically broadcasting it across the entire forest, I'm surprised you haven't dropped dead yet, an old… mentor of mine had the same problem, though that was because he was a Jinchuriki" the boy replied in that cold voice of his. Naruto looked confused.
"A what?" this caused the strange boy to chuckle
"A Jinchuriki is a human who had one of the nine tailed beasts sealed inside them when they were young". His eyes flashed as Naruto's widened and he subconsciously took a step back. "I see the concept is not unfamiliar to you. Judging by your headband and your age I would guess you contain the Nine-Tailed Fox." At this Naruto drew a kunai and held it in front of him
"What do you want?" He demanded, scared that his greatest secret was so easily discovered and nervous about how the boy would respond.
"As I said, my old mentor was like you, though he held the Four-Tailed Ape, so you might say, I'm repaying a debt by helping you out here." The boy explained. For the rest of the Morning, he taught Naruto how to climb the tree and how to gather his chakra properly. As the sun reached its peak, he turned to go. "You're a lot worse off than I expected. Most villages train their Jinchuriki from birth to be effective soldiers, but the leaf has always been the 'nice' village of Assassins. I'll see you around Naruto" he said before leaping away. Naruto, exhausted but happy collapsed against a tree feeling a lot more confident about the upcoming battle with Zabuza and the masked ninja. As he closed his eyes to rest, he realised he never got the other boys name. A few minutes after he dozed off, a very feminine boy arrived in the clearing to gather herbs.
Kakashi sped towards Zabuza with his Chidori activated. He would end this battle here and now. As he approached the jonin level opponent, two things happened. Firstly, Zabuza's accomplice Haku leapt in the way of his Jutsu and secondly, a strong gust of wind blew him off course. The Chidori hit Haku but due to the wind, the wound was not a fatal one. The wind had also blown the mist away, revealing a short man along with a couple of hundred thugs at the end of the bridge.
"So the great demon of the hidden mist is beaten by a bunch of kids" the small man, he assumed it was Gato said. "Good thing I never intended to pay you if your skills are this shoddy. Boys take them out." As the thugs ran forwards, drawing weapons to attack, a blur appeared midway between Tazuna and the army.
"Do you mind?" The blur now revealed to be a boy asked. "I was enjoying the fight, lots of powerful Jutsu being thrown around, along with a heaping of drama; it was like watching one of the Princess Gale movies." Kakashi didn't know whether to be angry at that or embarrassed that it was probably true, he decided to settle for curiosity
"Who are you?" he asked. The boy looked back and flashed a small smile that chilled Kakashi to the bone, something few people he had met could do.
"The names Hari, now if you don't mind, I saw some interesting techniques in that fight and I'm dying to try a few out." With that he turned back to the army of thugs who had frozen at his appearance. His chakra suddenly flared sending five tails out behind him, each imbued with one of the five main elements. Two of them, water and wind swung together in front of him. Forming hand seals quickly, the boy yelled out "Hyouton: Kouri Senbon [Ice Release: Ice Needles]". The water around the bridge lifted up into the air and froze into ice needles, which then shot towards the army, killing a good quarter of them and knocking another eighth out. "Not bad but too easy to miss any fatality spots. Your good to invent these techniques boy, but I suspect you've never learned any of the other techniques, some of which can be quite devastating. Allow me to demonstrate: Hyouton: Koori-Mizu Tsuin Atama no Haidora [Ice Release: Ice-Water Twin Headed Hydra]" Two dragons materialised around him. One made of water and one made of Ice. They combined to make a dragon with two heads which then launched itself at the enemy. As it made contact with them, the ice head exploded, sending shards of ice through the bodies of many of the thugs, killing them instantly. Those that survived were hit by the water head which crushed them with all the stored pressure. Team Seven along with Zabuza and Haku were silent. They had just watched a single man slaughter an army with just two Jutsu's
"Hey it's you" Naruto yelled, having recognised the guy who had helped him out with his training earlier in the week. Sakura and Tazuna also recognised the guy who had killed a pair of thugs when they were coming back from the bridge. At that moment, Inari and an army of villagers arrived with whatever weapons they could find only to see a large amount of dead bodies and one cowering Gato begging for his life
"He's all yours" Hari said to them gesturing to Gato. The villagers cheered and raced forwards intend on punishing the man who's Tyranny they ha lived under for far too long.
Later, at Tazuna's house, Hari was introducing himself to Team seven and a restrained Zabuza and Haku.
"My name's Hari Potter. I am the Jinchuriki of the Five-Tailed Dog and am a retired Iwa ninja. Since I retired, I've been travelling around amongst the different countries, learning all I could. I'm on rather good terms with my Biju and am therefore checking on the rest of my kind to see if they're… stable for lack of a better term. As far as I've been able to tell from my travels, only the One-tailed Tanuki and the Three-tailed Turtle's containers show any sign of Insanity, though the Eight-Tailed Bull's Jinchuriki tends to rap every word he says." Here he looked meaningfully at Kakashi "Do you mind if you ask your team to leave for a few minutes. There are some things that they we need to discuss that it's probably best if they don't know" Kakashi readily agreed and sent them out of the room.
"So you know about Naruto's tenant". It was not a question, though it made Zabuza's head turn sharply as his meaning was revealed.
"I do, and I have to say that I am horrified by the lack of training he has received, both in handling the Kyuubi's chakra and in the ninja arts themselves."
"Oh and how was he supposed to learn? The last two Jinchuriki are long since dead and we saw no reason to alert any other villages to the fact that Naruto has the beast in him"
"Then I'll have to teach him myself, if your Hokage will accept me for the time being. I won't be joining your village permanently, only until I fell Naruto's skills have reached a point where he both safely use the fox's chakra and that he can keep it safe from those who would use it to their own ends"
"It certainly won't hurt to ask, what about these two" Kakashi asked gesturing at Zabuza and Haku.
"We let them go. If they're serious about taking down Yagura, I would suggest that they join up with the bloodline rebels in Kiri. They are working towards a similar goal and you'll need all the help you can get. Yagura is the holder of the Three-tailed Turtle and as I mentioned earlier, he is insane."
A few days later, the bridge was finished. Hari had informed the trio of genin that he would be returning with them to Konoha for a while and Haku and Zabuza had left in the middle of the night in the direction of Kiri. Team Seven started back to the village with Hari in turn and as they got out of sight, Hari heard Inari announce it should be called 'The Great Naruto Bridge' and couldn't help but smile. It seemed a new chapter in his life was about to unfold and it promised to be interesting.