Okay, so I'm thinking of a new kind of story, something that I actually haven't seen yet in all of my travels throughout the fan-fiction world
This story was inspired by the move: "I am Number Four", in which an alien is being hunted by other aliens for various reasons of which I never really cared about enough to remember; the point is, my new project is going to be like that, but based on the six paths: Naraka, Preta, Animal, Human, Deva, and Asura.
Before any of you bother asking, no, Naruto will not be the Deva path, but that's about all I'm going to be disclosing.
Each path will be a different person, some more benign than others, whereas one of them may be out to kill all of them, and take their power.
I've already gotten too into it, considering that I'm trying not to give out any spoilers.
Well, Let's get this show on the road!
I don't own Naruto; if I owned Naruto, I'd kill off Sakura and burn his jumpsuits...
It was a dark and stormy night, seemingly foreshadowing of the dreadful things to come.
A blonde man, in his twenties held his wife to him as they played with their two week old child. The adorable blonde baby gurgled playfully as his loving mother jostled him around on her knee, whispering loving, comforting words into his oblivious ears.
"My precious Naruto-chan" The woman whispered. She is Kushina Uzamaki, an ex-Anbu captain of the Hidden Leaf villiage, on vacation with her husband, and Hokage: Minato Namikaze to celebrate the birth of their baby boy: Naruto Uzamaki Namikaze.
From the time Kushina had been pregnant, the Great Toad Elder had predicted many great things from her child, and they were so happy to be able to see him grow up. How fortunate that a 40 story tall demon fox spirit hadn't appeared out of nowhere to crush the village that they loved so dearly.
The baby looked up at his parents with innocent, blue eyes that seemed to radiate mirth and appeal. He continued to bask in their unconditioned love when the door was suddenly blasted off its hinges, startling the two parents, and making Naruto cry softly.
A man in a black robe with red clouds stared at them for a moment, before looking at the child in their arms; his purple, rippled eyes narrowing at the child's happy face.
"Give me the boy." Was all he said, but that was all he needed. No other words would've elicited a better reaction. Minato immediately stood up, a kunai in his hand faster than most could blink.
"What do you want with my son?" He asked threateningly. There was no way he'd simply give this man his child.
The cloaked man glared at Minato, his eyes glowing with power. "I won't say it again: give me the boy, or die." He spoke coldly.
Minato rushed foward at speeds no normal man should be able to track, intent on ending things swiftly before anything could escalate, but was blasted away by some unknown force.
The father of the baby flew through the wall at insane speeds, smashing into the support beams that held the house up with a sickening crack of his shoulder blade, and the house came tumbling down on him. Kushina screamed, fearing for her husband's safety, but was also blasted away, out of the house and onto the cold, wet floor, Naruto still in her grasp.
"I warned you." Was all the man said before he rushed in at speeds equal to, if not greater than Minato's and lashing out with a black bar from his sleeve. The new mother barely evaded the first two strikes, and was forced to block the last one; her body suddenly stopped responding to her, and she found herself incapable of channeling chakra, or even moving much.
The man swung the sharpened bar again, intent on ending her life, but was blocked by none other than Minato, who's shoulder was bleeding and popped out of its socket, but otherwise fine. "Kushina, take Naruto and run." He said sternly.
She looked conflicted for a moment, but finally gave up. "Don't die." Was all she managed to croak out before she had forced herself to run away with a crying Naruto in her grasp.
Watching her go, Minato felt slightly comforted, and turned to face the unknown assailant. "I don't know who you are, or why you want my son, but none of that matters. What matters is that you're threatening the lives of my family...and I won't let you get away with that." he spoke evenly before flying at the mysterious man at incredible speeds, and engaging him in the most difficult battle of his life.
Kushina ran for all she was worth. Once she'd got Naruto to Konoha, she'd go back and help Minato fight off the assailant.
At least, that's what she would've thought if not for the blade sticking out of her chest. She coughed up blood, looking back to see the same mysterious man, his cloak torn and bleeding heavily, but still standing upright with no signs of exaustion. She felt tears well up in her eyes when she saw the body of Minato still in the man's grasp; his chest had been crushed by that same strange force, and his eyes were lifeless.
As she fell to the ground, holding her baby tightly to her for all she was worth, she heard the thump that came from Minato's corpse as it landed right next to her. The battle hadn't lasted long, as the killing blow was his only injury aside from his shoulder.
"He fought well." The man said to her, and she would've thrown herself at him in rage had she been able to feel her body at all. Using what strength she had left, she turned to Naruto -still in her grasp- and said "I love you." before she too died.
The baby cried out, noticing the lack of warmth that had once been there and looked to the murderer of his parents, tears staining his cheeks.
The man didn't bat an eyelash and simply turned away. The boy's eyes had yet to develop. The whole scuffle was a waste. Oh well; he had patience in spades.
As the man walked away from the now-sobbing baby, he muttered two words. "Know Pain."