{A/N} i wasn't entirely sure how this story is going to play out. Now before we begin there IS going to be age changes. WARNING: LOTS of action, gore, awesomeness, appearance of Ethereal beings, jokes, humor, crude humor, Dark humor, evil sounding women and men, perverts getting owned, jutsu's Everywhere, and all around goodiness that encompasses the M-rating.
Now for the ages.
***AGES***
Naruto:13 Sakura:14
Sasuke:13 Ino:13
Hinata:14 Hanabi:12
Hitomi:34 Mikoto:35
Tenten:15 Temari:16
Neji:15 Lee:16
{More ages next chapter}
So Without further Hindrance
"I'll have none of this ignorance, Naruto-kun" - talking
"Kit, What is wrong with you?" - Tenant/Ethereal being/Summons/rage-influence Jinchuuriki.
'Whats wrong with this world' - thoughts
justu/techniques
Hello ladies and Gent's, Izalith here with a Brand new installment of everyones Favorite Ninja series. What does this one entail do you ask? Read on my friends. Read on.
-The Beginning of a Legend-
It was a quiet, yet hot, summer day in the village of Konohagakure. In the far back, just underneath the four hokage faces at the hokage mountain sat the villages' most proud and second largest building. Within this building, known as the Hokage Tower, all manners of government and ninja officials working in tandem to keep the village running at its best.
In the back of the lobby/receptional area was a staircase, and up this staircase was a short hallway that went all the way around- as well as up- the tower. At the top was the office of the most influential person of the village, the Hokage. A quaint, yet powerful old man sat behind the desk inside said room, he is known as Sarutobi Hiruzen Third hokage of Konohagakure. Yet why would he be here if there were in fact four hokage? The answer is simple.
*KIND OF SERIOUSLY LONG FLASHBACK TECHNIQUE*
It was hell. absolute. complete. hell. In his mind he just could not figure out 'Why tonight of all nights? Why would this happen NOW?' Minato Namikaze, Fourth Hokage of three months, was asking himself as he gazed down at the ghastly image of a newly drawn Fuinjustu seal Reaper Death Seal just as the sounds of an explosion reached his ears yet again.
For the life of him he just could not fathom as to the reason why the village's ancient protector, Kyuubi no Yoko, or Nine Tailed Fox-a demon of ancient origions-would attack said village. It hurt him greatly to know that the only way to stop it was laying innocently in front of him on his desk.
The reason for this being is that the Shiki Fuin was a special seal of the sealing technique arts. It was said to originate from ancient times in order to combat demonic threats, However, the price for it was severe, so severe in fact that it was labeled as an SSS-rank Kinjustu(Forbidden Techniques). This price was in fact, Death by soul consumption, thanks to its ability to summon the Death God in order to seal the assailent into a newborn or object of great holding power. Seeing as he did not have any objects OF said power he had to take the other option, one of which he did NOT like. He was going to have to use a newborn child, the only one of which was his very own son.
"Naruto..."silent tears ran down his cheeks as he pulled himself together before setting off to where his wife, Kushina Uzumaki, was currently hidden alongside his son.
Appearing in a yellow flash, Minato looked upon his soon to be family with a sad yet happy look, knowing that once the hour is over, there will be one less member of their small family.
"Kushina-chan..." Hearing her name she glanced up, gaining a happy appearance and a smile that faded the instant she saw how he was looking she immediately knew what he was thinking.
"No...no no no no, you cant do this, you can't do this to us...not to little Naru-chan" tears sprang up from her eyes as she shook her head in a negative manner.
"I do-...You know i don't want to, but there is no other way. If there was i would have found it. You know this..." his tear streaked face lowered as he glanced at the ground. Kushina, instinctively pulled Naruto closer to her body, perhaps by doing so would prevent the inevitable.
She glared at him "I will not allow you to do this to him Minato. I will not have him grow up without a father. You know the risks that would fall upon him should you do this. And I simply will not allow it." she glanced down at her beloved sleeping baby. "I just don't understand it, Why is Kyuubi-sama attacking us? What did we do to provoke her wrath?"
Minato had been wondering the same, and knowing Kushina would not agree, steeled his resolve, then took matters into his own hands. Flashing to his wife, a quick chop to the back of her neck rendered her unconscious, then he moved her to the bed in the room before picking up his son.
"I wish there was some other way...I really do." he ran one of his fingers across his sleeping son's face. "Naruto-kun, Become a strong ninja. Stronger than me, stronger than your mother. Show this world not to mess with the Namikaze-Uzumaki's. Hopefully Kyubi-sama will come to her senses, who know's she may even help you." chuckling at hisself for some unknown reason he flashed himself and his son unto the battlefield.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was NOT having a good day, first his son leaves to the fire capitol to join its defense group, saying he wants to be as far from here as possible(not related to the attack btw) then his wife is bedridden for unknown reasons, now Kyuubi-Freakin-Yoko was attacking the village it(he does not know of her gender) has protected for centuries. He was a mess of emotions and dealing with an attack on top of it was not his idea of a time of retirement. On that note, he glances up at the villages' massive opponent.
"I'm too old for this, i thought my days of grandour and battle were at its end" with a huff and a quick hand sign, he slams his hand on the ground yelling "Summoning: Monkey King: Enma!" With a burst of smoke, a broad shouldered seven foot tall Monkey appeared next to Hiruzen.
"Hiruzen wha-" The monkey pauses as his senses snap into focus upon the situation around them, he turns feeling an incredibly ominous chakra behind him, and noticing the giant fox wreaking havoc upon the village says. "Oh you have Got to be kidding me." "Im afraid not my old friend, im going to need assistance with this, so if you would mind?" Hiruzen said with urgency as he stood beside him.
"it would seem time is of the essence here, you do realize this is not a battle we are going to win, Do you not?" The monkey was covered in a cloud of smoke, revealing a long Bo staff as tall as Hiruzen.
"My friend, as a Hokage, I have fought many 'Losing' battles. This one shall be no different, yet, should i fall here today, at least I fall defending all of those this village holds. As my duty to my land, my family, my friends, and my precious people. I. WILL. NOT. FALL. SO. EASILY." Wielding the Enma-Bo staff, he Rears back yelling "Expansion Technique!" the staff quickly expands to the size of a support beam that would fit inside of the sixty foot wall around the village, Jumps at Kyuubi.
Anger. Dispair. Hurt. Confusion. All these things clouded her mind as she laid waste to the lands around her. Kyuubi couldn't stop now, not after the betrayal that she has gained from the ones she has protected since her younger years. She had been sleeping peacefully within her den when she was suddenly assaulted by several ninja's. When she asked them as to why they would come to her with hostile intentions one of them spoke out in disgust "You will die today demon. You are too much of a threat to continue living". She rose the her full height, much much larger than the six humans in front of her might i add, and with a single swipe of her tail ended the lot of them rather quickly. Spying a glint in the dirt, she notices a bloodied headband-one with the symbol of a leaf on it-and growls in anger "HOW DARE THEY ATTACK ME! THEIR PROTECTOR! THEY WILL PAY FOR THIS!" During her rage she fails to notice a single ninja sitting in front of her, opening his eyes, it shows they are red with three tomoe's. Catching her gaze he simply says "Destroy them." and disappears.
"GRRRAAAAAAAWWWRRR" Releasing a massive roar that shattered trees, plants, buildings, and throwing very sharp very deadly objects around at insane speeds. Kyuubi slammed a paw into a group of ninja, most of which barely dodged, some however now helped give the forest a new color. Wiping a tail around, it collided with the ground, throwing trees and shinobi alike around like they were not but dust on the wind. This continued for several moments before a rather large staff impacts upon her side, sending her sliding, she growls and looks to where the staff originates she see's an old man standing upon a building with several ANBU units around him.
"You Insolent arrogant worms, I've protected this land for years, HOW DARE YOU!" With this she rushes towards the confused monkey bearer and swipes a paw at him, crushing the building he was standing on. Noticing he had moved out of the way she launched a tail at his position. Seeing the inbound appendage Hiruzen swings enma around and parries the tail away from him.
Enma, the monkey king turned bo staff winced as this happens and speaks out "Agh, Hiruzen, you musn't do that many more times, i fear that much more attacks like that and i would need to return to my realm."
"I am truely sorry Enma, i will do the best i can to avoid them, as you can see this is not going well." the old hokage then looks around as if searching "Where is Minato? Where is the fourth? He should be here!"
Feeling a massive build up in energy, Hiruzen turns towards the kyuubi, and upon seeing the really REALLY large ball in front of its mouth, couldnt help but feel a great deal of fear. "Oh that can NOT be good...the energy building up there is incredible."
Kyuubi Finally stops charging the orb, Suddenly launching it towards the village and its occupants.
A sudden yellow flash next to him revealed a golden haired man with a cloak that had the kanji for "Fourth" down the back of it, to stand next to him. In his arms a small child was crying openly for the world to hear. Looking up, Minato saw what Kyuubi was doing, and quickly thinking, ran through several one handed seals ending in a Tora he yells out "Uzumaki Time and Space Technique: Time Distortion!" A large Seal array appears in between the flying orb and the village.
Upon impacting the seal array both it and the orb suddenly disappear. Hundreds of miles away the orb impacts into the ground causing a massive explosion scarring the lands for no doubt decades to come. Cheers erupt from several ninja's before they are all were reminded of the very real threat still standing in front of them. But then, suddenly there is a massive plume of smoke and a large toad is in front of it. On top of said toad, the fourth stood holding his son close.
"Gamabunta-sama, I need you to hold her off for a few minutes! i'm going to seal her into Naruto and i need every single ounce of concentration i can afford!"
The now named Toad looked upon his opponent and pulling his blade into a ready position "Minato...What is going on? Why are you facing Kyuubi-sama?"
"Sorry boss, no time to explain, Distract her as much as possible!" with that he started on a long string of hand seals whilst holding onto Gamabunta with chakra. Said toad jumped towards kyuubi swinging his tanto forward as he did so. Seeing the blade she pushes Yoki into her claw and swings it forward, blocking the blade and pushing the toad back several yards.
"Toad You have no business being here, BEGONE NOW OR FACE MY WRATH AS WELL!" Gamabunta meerly shook his head and spoke " My most truest apologize Kyuubi-sama, however I cant allow you to attack this place any longer, so Please fall back!"
She Growled upon hearing this and swipes at him with two of her tails succeeding in knocking his blade aside she quickly swipes down with her claw, creating a gash upon the large toads left eye. "AARRGGHH" he yells out as he jumps back, bringing a webbed hand up to his eye he grinds out "Minato, Whatever your going to do Now is the time to do it! I cant stay here much longer!" Whether his words were heard or not would not matter as a sudden shout of "SECRET ARTS: FLASHBANG TECHNIQUE" And with a bright flash the Kyuubi suddenly freezes "ARGH! Why do you continue to attack me?What is going on that you would betray me!?" she gazes down the the blond man in front of her "You...Fourth...Why did you have your servants attack me in my den?"
Shocked at the question he momentarily pauses staring at her for a minute the returning to the seals, not noticing he made a Severe mistake and used a few wrong seals. "Attack you?! What are you talking about? YOU attacked US! I am only acting in the defense of this village! AS YOU SHOULD BE!" with that he finishes the hand seals and yells out REAPER DEATH SEAL!"
However instead of the Death god as he expected, a bright light appears and when it fades a tall illustrious woman seemingly hovers before him. With a Goddess(hint) like body, long-flowing black hair, a gown woven of what appeared to be the finest white silk and purest gold and an aura far more powerfull than Kyuubi, She takes several moments to look around before looking to her summoner "...You are an Idiot Mortal."
Minato could do nothing but look slackjawed at the woman and spoke jibberish while his mind tried to wrap around the fact that not only did his justu malfunction, but it resulted in him summoning someone he had no knowledge of. "Who...Who..are you?" Suddenly an immense pressure slams him into the ground, looking at the lady he notices her crystal like eyes bore into his own with such an intense focus that he swore he could feel his entire life lain out before him for the world to be seen. After what felt like years but was only just a moment she look from him to the oddly quiet battleground, then to Kyuubi, Who had up until now stayed quiet bowed her head as low as possible.
"Kami-sama... Ple-" "Hush Child. You are not at fault here...However there is something i need you to do."
"Of course, What is it you require of me?" "I am going to pair you with this child, and you will teach him as he grows, alongside any others who do so. Do you understand girl?" After several moments, she had no option other than to agree, and with a mumble did just that.
The goddess then turns to Minato and looking into his arms, see's a bright blue eyed baby looking at her with something akin to interest. She moves to stand just in front of the man and speaks once more "I know of your intentions, and I have the utmost faith within this child. There will come a time when he will need assistance, and when that time comes little Kyu-chan will be there to help him."
Then in a bright flash of light the mighty Kyuubi was gone. Only catching the part that the goddess said to Minato, several chuckles around the clearing could be heard as the woman refered to the mighty Kyuubi as "little kyu-chan" but suddenly stopped as Minato fell to his knees coughing up blood. Several ninja's as well as Hiruzen rushed to his aid.
'Damn, i forgot about the sealing...its still in effect...ughh" he clenches his chest as the intense pain starts to spread within him, slowing claiming his life in a irreversable process. He hands Naruto to the lady "Please..." is all that is said before Minato Namikaze, Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure and Yellow Flash of the Land of Fire...falls to his back and breaths his last...
Looking down at the now fatherless boy, Kami finds him reaching up to her face, trying his best to reach it for some unknown reason only babies would know. So she indulged him, deciding that this intriguing boy was a cute little one, but was shocked when he touched her cheek, not from the touch, but from what happened. You see, upon contact with the black haired goddess some of her power seeped into Naruto, thus fusing with his small form. Sighing she hands the boy to the old Monkey
"Child, care for this boy as if he was your very own, he is incredibly special...something odd has happened and I shall be around to see just what. I've grown complacent over these past few era. Listen closely for i shall only say this once. There will come a time when a Child of Prophecy shall come of age. He has the capabilities to bring the world to the peace it has saught, or End it all as you know it to be. Now i cant tell you who it would be, as that is part of the job of my sister, Fate. But i do place my faith within Naruto-kun. As i mentioned, he is incredibly special, and shall one day come to know of the power he holds. When that time comes, You are to tell him of this day, And i do mean everything. Is that understood Hiruzen?"
Too shell-shocked at witnessing his Successor die in front of him he answered, "Yes...Kami-sama..." With a joy-like small smile she once again looks down at the child, caressing his cheek one last time before fading in a brilliant light. Hiruzen looks down at Naruto for just a second then freezes "KUSHINA! Where is she! ANBU! Find her NOW!"
With a fury of leaves and wind all anbu except the Hokage's personal guard leave the area.
After hours of waiting, Hiruzen, now back in office after reclaiming title of Hokage looks up to see several ANBU appear with a swirl of leaves. But what caught his eye is what or rather Who Cat was holding.
"Hokage-sama...im sorry...we were too late..."
'Oh kami-sama...no...not her too...they are both gone? how?' Speaking up his eyes portrait his pure sadness "Tell me what you found. Now." with such a steel like voice the ANBU started to sweat greatly under his ever so powerful gaze.
"hai hokage-sama" said the lead member of the squad in such a subdued voice, one would have to lean closely to hear it
*FLASHBACK WITHIN A FLASHBACK TECHNIQUE*
Through the tree's if one looked hard enough, several blurs could be seen rushing around as if searching.
"Cat do you sense her?" said one of the blurs into a headset. "Negative Dog-Taicho, i cant sense anything..Kyuubi's Chakra interfers far too greatly.. i am sorry"
The now named Dog mearly shook his head with a heavy sigh "It's fine Cat. Boar, Eagle, Dragon Whats your status? find anything?" "Dog-Taicho, this is Dragon. come to my position immediately...your not going to like this." Hearing the distress in his voice all members of the squad converged upon his position. and what they found, shocked them beyond belief, or was it the Lack thereof that was more shocked, for what layed in front of them was a crater MILES wide and several hundred feet deep. and that was when they noticed just what Dragon was talking about. There just inside the outer edge of the crater, was the ruins of a building and there upon a destroyed bed With Several spikes through her body, was Kushina Uzumaki.
Dog fell to the ground "NO! NO NO NO NO NO! NOT HER TOO! PLEASE KAMI-SAMA NOT HER TOO!" and ripped his mask off, revealing his face to show one Kakashi Hatake, the student of the now Late Fourth Hokage. Behind him the members of his squad stood a silent vigil watch, while Cat had her hand on Hatake's shoulder as a sign of comfort..
*FLASHBACK WITHIN A FLASHBACK END*
"-at we retrieved Kushina-sama's body and came here. End report"
looking down it was all Hiruzen could do to hold back his tears, he knew what Dog was going through, seeing as she was like a mother to the boy. He couldn't fault him for acting the way he did. So with a heavy breath and a shaky voice "Alright..you five have deserved quite some time off. so i want you all to go home, rest, and dont bother showing up to ANBU HQ for at least a week. Clear?" "Hai Hokage-sama" and with that the other four ANBU dispersed leaving Hiruzen and Kakashi alone in the office. after several moments of dreadful silence Kakashi finally spoke
"Hokage-sama...Why did he do it? Out of all the places...why THERE?" Hiruzen's eyebrow rose as he studied the man in front of him. after a yet another moment of silence Hiruzen finally answered him "What are you talking about Kakashi, Do you know something of this?" half waving his hand around "If you do you had Best tell me. i am NOT in the mood for any of this."
Kakashi slowly looked up and met the Sarutobi's gaze, but when he did the hokage saw alot of withheld rage behind those eyes of his. "The orb Hiruzen...THE ORB. Thats what did this to Kushina-Sama. Minato-sensei must not have been thinking when he sent the orb away. The explosion..it was at her position. however i dont understand Why she didnt move in any way defensively..the only way she could have died this way would be that she...was...Unconscious.. Oh sensei.. You are such a fool. you unknowingly denied Naruto of the little family he had left."
*SLIGHTLY LONG FLASHBACK TECHNIQUE END* {A/N} wooo XD
Hiruzen sighed as memories of That day came up. he had wished things would be different, but apparently not. Now he was stuck yet again as Hokage, not that he minded of course, it was just the damned paperwork...so much paperwork...
However his thoughts were interrupted by the sudden entrance of the occupant of his previous thoughts. a bright blonde haired 13 year old boy came barging in the office while next to him a dog sized fox followed him in.
"Jiji! I Passed! I Passed! I Passed! You promised when i passed the Genin exam that we would go out for Ramen! So lets gooo!" Chuckling at the boys unique ways, he glances as the boy.
Naruto stood in front of him at a surprisingly tall height(for his age group) of 5 ft 4in. He wore a Dark blue short sleeved shirt with a mesh-linked chain vest over that and a black with red flame trimmed half cloak to top that off. for Pants he wore ANBU-combat grade pants with plenty of pockets for Kami knows what as well as light-weight steel-toed boots. on his hands he had a pair of fingerless Iron plated gloves that he had gotten as a birthday present from Hiruzen just last year.
"Ho Ho, Very well Naruto-kun. As promised we shall go." Hiruzen said with a bit more enthusiasm than one should have. Apparently paperwork does that to a person.
AND END! slight, not so Cliffhanger for you all XD
Thank you VERY much ladies and gent's. but PLEASE NOTE This first chapter is a test run. Should it start to show promise i shall continue this series. if not EXPECT NEW AND IMPROVED STORIES...eventually *Cough* anyways.
Izalith OUT!
{ Character Info usually will go here. Like rank and stats. Expect to see them show up here!}