Meguru
廻る
Full Summary: Sequel to Monokuro. The Kyuubi was determined; this time, Naruto would be happy. At least, as happy as he could while waiting for death. But Fate always has other plans. And our Jinchuuriki has lost all hope. Given a second chance to save himself and the Uchihas, Naruto used a last resort. But the problem was, he was tired, and he doesn't ever want to experience this again. He just wants the vicious cycle of hatred to end.
Pairings:
Sasuke x Naruto, Itachi x Naruto, one-sided Madara x Naruto (err, nothing bad I SWEAR! *runs*), Ino x Sakura, Kiba x Hinata and some others…
Rating: T at first, M later (because the cursing and the hormones… *shakes head*)
Warning: Shounen-ai, Shoujo-ai, future yaoi, threesome, spoilers, swearing, adult situations, OCs, OOC-ness, future character death. (Again, and sort of right off too, because I killed Kushina again in this chapter.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. I do not own the God/Goddesses mentioned in this story either. But I DO own Kurogetsu Kaoru, Fate and Destiny.
Beta: My darling critique (whether in my fanart or fanfics :S) and real life friend, who refuses to be named. You will never find her on FF though. XD;; Although she does read fics that I recommend. :D.
Note: Well, first things first. It might be good for you to read "Monokuro" first, although I suppose if you don't want to, here's the thing: Sasuke and Naruto died fighting Madara, but Madara is not dead yet. Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi get reborn in this story, and well… just READ! There are going to be a few more OCs in this story, because I need them, but they are not going to be in much contact with Naruto and the others. Only Kaoru would be doing that.
Timeline: Yes, this chapter continues from a while after Naruto and Sasuke's death. Before the epilogue in "Monokuro", it shows a bit of Kyuubi and Kaoru's side of Monokuro before the epilogue happened.
But this part of the story in general is held three years after Sakura saw Sasuke and Naruto in the epilogue. Which makes Naruto and Sasuke 13 (once again), Itachi 19, and Sakura and co around 39-40.
Do read the A/N below, thank you :)
Chapter One: Rebirth ~Atarashii Hajimari~
"子どもの様に 泣いてばかりいた
昨日を脱ぎ捨てて
生まれ変わる 光をまとった
新しい自分へと"
~初音ミク, インかネエション
"I did nothing but to cry like a child,
but now I'll throw away yesterday.
To be reborn, bathed in light,
towards the new me."
~Hatsune Miku, Incarnation
The Kyuubi was a demon individual who was usually calm and composed, but whenever the name "Uchiha Madara" was mentioned, it would lose all chains that bind it to sanity, not that it had much from the start, but still… …
Uchihas are manipulative bastards, especially Madara with that god-damn Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan of his. The demon had seen several different types of people during its reign, and Uchiha Madara is definitely most hated by it, the worst, followed by Senjuu Hashirama and his wife, Uzumaki Mito. Namikaze Minato was another, but it didn't find him as revolting as the Senjuu and the Uchiha, he didn't force the Kyuubi out of greed or perhaps peace, or just maybe Kyuubi was just softened by Naruto's influence again.
Well, the kid might have seen it in a different light, with him being so smitten with the last two Uchihas and all…
But now, in its opinion, Uchiha Sasuke is just the same as Madara, just without the "controlling Kyuubi" part, which proves the Kyuubi's theory about Uchihas being bastards and assholes.
Perhaps, it is because of that fact that Kyuubi is in Madara's hands now, all because of Naruto's moment of weakness for that Uchiha… and because of the fact that the Uchiha left for power (power of ALL things, and Kyuubi was the one saying it, how ironic) so long ago in order to kill Uchiha Itachi, only to find that he had been directing his hate at the wrong person; not that the Kyuubi minded to be rid of one more Uchiha and one annoyance in the council that wants its power…
But still, if it knew that it would end up in Uchiha –fucking- Madara's hands today, it would've stopped Uchiha Sasuke from carrying out both revenges even to the point of killing him with Naruto's body. Damn.
Sometimes the Kyuubi regretted that it ever became enchanted to Madara's Eternal Mangekyou that had promised destruction, killings, blood, and power back then. But desires had won over logic, and the pact between the Uchihas and the Kyuubi was sealed in blood. That, ironically, was why it could not escape from its current plight after Naruto's death: Captured and sealed into that goddamn statue.
Maybe it was because of Naruto's nature to be able to change the way people look at things, or maybe it's really going senile, it felt ironically guilty for Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi's fate. Because the Senjuus and the Uchihas have been fated enemies ever since the Rikudo Sennin's time, and it was also about then was Kyuubi and the other Bijyuus born, nine separate, dark, powerful, but harmonious chakras that would reform into the Jyuubi when combined.
Perhaps the three were just like them.
Itachi, Naruto and Sasuke, they are so alike, yet so different that they can be complete opposites sometimes, yet become so united in another. Perhaps, that's what makes them soul mates, in its opinion.
But, that also tore them apart, with the Senjuu blood and Kyuubi in Naruto, Uchiha blood in Sasuke and Itachi, a relationship filled with separation, anger, lust, despair, hate, was completely normal. And that was also the reason why they would be separated, even in the after life and rebirth, if they don't defeat Madara.
Kyuubi knew that this vicious cycle of hatred was far from ending.
But what surprised it, was when a very familiar silhouette entered into the darkness that it was currently trapped in.
"Kaoru." It muttered in whatever respect that it could gather at the moment while occupied with its silent fury at Madara. The silver-haired girl gave it a curtsy and grinned.
"Kyuubi," greeted Kaoru smoothly, "I have come to get you out of this," she grimaced, "darkness, and back to Naruto." The fox scoffed softly, "back to Naruto? How can I go back to him when he's already dead?" The Goddess opposite him clicked her tongue softly and shook her head, tsk-ing all the while. "Kyuubi, you know that I can join you back to him, you also know that without you, Naruto would never have enough power to defeat Madara in their next life." The demon growled, "as if the brat could, even with me!"
Kaoru shot it a look, "I know you don't mean it, and that you're only trying to put the blame on someone else. But Kyuubi, every single one of you is at fault. Whether be it Madara, Itachi, Sasuke, Naruto, you, or perhaps even Hashirama and Minato, every single one of your choices shaped your future into what it is today." She muttered calmly, "It's not just their fault, in a way, it was yours too." Kyuubi growled, Kaoru grimaced but took a step towards it and reaching out a hand to comfort the fox.
Kyuubi's growls lessened as he felt the silky fabric of the furisode that Kaoru was wearing touch it's soft, golden hairs.
"Kyuubi please, Naruto needs you…" muttered Kaoru softly and gently, the slight despair in her voice made Kyuubi wake up slightly, "… even if they are reborn, they'll still die in the next life even if they defeat Madara, right?" the fox muttered and Kaoru's hand stopped suddenly, before she withdrew her hand back slowly.
"… Why do you ask when you already know the answer?" Her voice turned bitter and Kyuubi couldn't help but to grimace, of course it knew, but it had wanted to hope that it was not the case, and that Naruto didn't have to die another time…
Fate seriously sucked, and if she or Destiny was here, Kyuubi would have ripped either, preferably both, of them into pieces.
"Kyuubi…"
"I don't remember saying that I wouldn't do it." The demon taunted at her and Kaoru blinked before glaring at it, with her red eyes gleaming in the dark, "you – you made me beg you for nothing!" The fox smirked and Kaoru shook her head in disbelief.
"Really, I can't believe I'm so out of shape just after ten millenniums…" the female muttered darkly and Kyuubi chuckled, "Oh yes, you were way sharper when you were – "
"Kyuubi." Said Kaoru curtly, cutting the Bijyuu off as she glared at it. The nine-tailed demon grinned at her, "still touchy about that?" Kaoru rolled her eyes.
"Whatever. Let's go." The fox trotted after her and disappeared into the light. The Bijyuu was wondering how Madara would react to its disappearance. It chuckled mentally.
"Oh well, it's not as if I'll never see him again."
*~*~*THIS IS A LINE*~*~*
It was a normal morning in Konohagakure and of course especially for Haruno Sakura. The kunoichi had woken up, did her hospital shift in the morning, and was heading to Tsunade's office (which was located beside Kakashi's just in case the copy-nin decided that Icha Icha were more important compared to paperwork) for lessons with the blonde sannin herself.
But what was different today was that there was a gentle looking raven haired woman and a stern-looking black haired man in her shishou's office. Sakura could see clearly that the female was pregnant, and most likely in her last trimester, and she had an aura of elegance around her. She reminded Sakura of a princess.
"Masami, it's been so long!" The female smiled at Tsunade and the two females exchanged a hug, "I've missed you too, Tsunade-san!" The blonde pulled away and smiled, "so, I know you have something to say to me, or else you won't be coming all the way from Kaze no Kuni." The raven haired woman's smile grew larger and she shifted her body slightly, "actually, Katou and I came here to settle down, because living in Suna had been getting kind of boring…"
Now that Sakura had a new angle of the woman, she couldn't help but to widen her eyes in surprise, the female looked just like Sasuke! Well, a female version of Sasuke, but still, Sasuke. (A/N: Think Uchiha Mikoto, (: I never said I'll be leaving she and Fugaku out in this story!)
"… I've talked to Rokudaime Hokage-sama, and he has given his approval, I don't mind taking the old Uchiha complex, in fact, unlike other people, I find that place interesting." The lady known as Masami finished and grinned at Tsunade, who looked deep in thought and nodded.
"Sure, I assume Kakashi has given you the key to the Uchiha Complex?" Masami nodded and Tsunade turned towards the door and Sakura. "Sakura, I know you're there, instead of eavesdropping, why not come in?" The pink haired woman blushed at having gotten caught and walked in hurriedly, her face a dark shade of red all the while.
"Sakura, this is Nishino Katou-san and Nishino Masami-san, as you've heard, they'll be staying at the Uchiha Complex from now on, could you please show them there?" Sakura nodded, vaguely wondering why someone would want to stay in the Uchiha Complex of all places. Although after Sasuke and Naruto's death, most of the complex had been torn down and rebuilt, the main mansion still remained, but barely anyone went there nowadays.
So who were these two people that wanted to stay there?
"Oh yes Masami," the trio paused to look at Tsunade and the sannin waved a hand dismissively, "you can renovate it in anyway you want, that place hadn't been touched for seven years ever since Uchiha Sasuke's rebellion." Sakura winced and looked down; it's just so hard to believe that seven years had passed since the separation of the Rookie Nine Team Seven, four years since her two teammates' deaths.
Despite everyone continuing on with their lives, Sakura knew that Sasuke and Naruto's death had affected them. Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, the Rookie Nine, Konohamaru's group, Teuchi-ojiisan and Ayame-san…
The list just goes on, and Sakura can't help but smile at how popular Naruto was. He started as an outcast, but everyone in the village grew to love him after the incident with Pein.
But just as the village was beginning to accept him, he was gone.
The pink-haired kunoichi pushed her thoughts aside and brought the two to the Uchiha Complex.
Sakura winced at the dust that had gathered over the years in the mansion, stepping aside for the older couple to enter. She watched as Masami looked around in slight fascination, Katou following silently behind her, while Sakura looked around the while mansion herself.
She hasn't really been here even when she was younger. Now that she really got a good look at where she childhood crush and ex-teammate lived when he was still in Konoha, 'Alive', her mind added bitterly, she can't help but to feel a little sad for Sasuke.
The whole place gave out a feel of loneliness, and the pink-haired female grimaced, this was where Sasuke had been staying for six years after the Uchiha massacre? How the hell had he survived?
"Sakura-chan?" The soft inquiry of Masami made her jerk right out of her thoughts, "yes Masami-san? I don't mean to be rude but this place…. are you sure…" she asked and Masami smiled at her.
"It's alright Sakura-chan, I do know about what happened here. Like I've said, I do love places where people tend to avoid." Masami grinned at her and Sakura blinked at the woman's weirdness, her mind immediately forming an image of Sasuke behaving like this. Weird.
"O…kay… I understand Masami-san. If there's anything you may ask Hokage-sama, Tsunade-shishou or I, I'll be going now." Sakura waved lightly and shunshin-ed away, deciding to just not ponder on it anymore.
Of course, she would have never predicted what would happen with them here in Konohagakure; because two months later, Nishino Itachi was born (A/N: I get a weird feeling every time I write this surname, but I can't revive the Uchiha name can I? XD;)
The sheer physical resemblance of that Itachi to Uchiha Itachi was just shocking. Sakura didn't know what to think of it at first, but his birth brought out a small light of hope for the Kunoichi.
If Itachi was given a second chance what about Naruto and Sasuke? She knew that it might not be possible, but one could wish and hope, couldn't she?
And that was exactly what Sakura did.
*~*~*THIS IS A LINE *~*~*
Kaoru knew that she was playing a dangerous bet with Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi's lives when she did this, but she wasn't about to sit there and let the dark history repeat itself. Sure she knew, it might bring more hurt for all three of them in this life if she meddled with their business, but in the long run, the hurt and the negative things that their cursed cycle could cause would lessen, perhaps even disappear completely if she played her cards right this time.
"Unlike the mistake I made a long time ago…" she grimaced at the remembrance.
Convincing Kyuubi had been easy, well, easier if the damned fox didn't wanted to get some dark sense of accomplishment in making her feel frustrated, but in overall, it had been good.
Now it was the hard part, getting the Kyuubi and Naruto's soul to merge again. She played with her hair in annoyance, it is doable, but it's going to take up a lot of her power, and it would definitely alert Fate and Destiny that she was meddling with something she obviously shouldn't. (If it were a long time ago, she would have had the right to, but now…) Something big and that if she made even a single mistake, she would get expelled from Heaven.
Ahh, screw the consequences! Living as a human didn't seem bad at all to her, after all the time she has spend in the mortal world, it doesn't make much of a difference to her any longer.
"You know, rather than contemplating what you are going to do if you do get kicked out of Heaven, why not start merging me with the kid's soul?" taunted the fox demon in front of her and she snorted, flicking silver strands out of her eyes and glared.
"I was just getting to it, Kyuubi. Look, after I re-merge you with Naruto and after he is reborn, do not and I mean do not do anything that might attract attention to you or him. Madara might just catch wind of it and if my work goes down the drain I will kill you, get it?" Snapped Kaoru as she stepped into the ritual circle, now it was the Kyuubi's turn to snort and it nodded.
"Okay, I don't exactly want kit to go near Madara anyways. By the way, has he gotten Hachibi yet?" Kaoru shook her head, "seems like after I took you away, he has gone into hiding once again." A small smirk slid onto her features, "Although he did get his original body back, thanks to Yakushi Kabuto's Edo Tensei." Snarled the silver-haired Goddess as she prepared the last of the ritual and gesturing Kyuubi to go into the circle. Kyuubi did not reply to her last statement, knowing that the girl might lash out if it did.
The ritual itself was painless, much to Kyuubi's surprise; A while later, the Demon Fox found itself floating into the middle of no where, in the darkness.
Then there was a bright light.
*~*~* THIS IS A LINE *~*~*
Kaoru sighed and stood up, brushing the dust away from her white kimono. Sighing in accomplishment, she looked at the circle where the Kyuubi had been, her lips curved up into a small smile.
"I never thought you'd of all people would be the one meddling in my business, Kaoru." The Goddess turned to the female leaning against one of the many pillars of the currently warm ritual room. The soft light from the flames of the white candles illuminated the newcomer's features. Her straight, soft, light blue hair was in a bob hairstyle. Her fringe covered her right eye and an amused smirk was placed on her heart shaped face. She wore clothes that are considered as modern, however Kaoru was not surprised; the other did spend most of the time in the mortal world after all. The short, black, gothic lolita dress and black leather boots gave her a generally elegant and mysterious feel.
Kaoru's lips pressed into a thin line and she rolled her eyes, "Fate," she sneered. Fate had at least the decency to mock gasp, "Kaoru! What's with your tone of voice? I feel so insulted." The shorter girl rolled her eyes and Fate gave her a grin, "just kidding, but seriously, what were you thinking?" hissed Fate softly.
"Nothing much, thinking of bringing three parts of a whole together." Grinned Kaoru and Fate shook her head slightly in annoyance, "If you meddle and things get worse, and if Madara succeeds in the Tsuki no Me no Keikaku (Moon's Eye Plan), you are so going to get kicked out of here you know." The silver eyed girl shook her head sadly, "that would not happen, I believe in the three of them. Plus, I can't bear to see the three so separated ever again. Especially because of a mistake that I made very long ago…" She whispered softly and Fate snorted.
"Good luck with that, Madara's too stubborn and bent on hatred to give up. Destiny and I were just worried, which was why I came to check up on you. Just…" she halted, "don't do anything silly, alright?"
Kaoru gave her a grin, "does cross-dressing and henge-ing into a shinobi and joining Sasuke, Naruto and Itachi's genin team to make sure my plan succeed counts?"
"…" Fate stared at her, "You are crazy."
"Thank you."
*~*~* THIS IS A LINE *~*~*
White. That was what Kyuubi saw as it awoke; the white dimension that it was currently in. It narrowed its red eyes; this was the spirit dimension, where souls come to be reborn. That was where Kaoru had sent it.
Now it just had to find Naruto. That was easier said than done.
As it wandered around the aimless souls, it wondered just how many years has passed since it has been in here. Time passes by differently in this dimension after all… wait, what was that golden spark?
Then a familiar feeling rushed over it, Naruto…?
As it neared the golden light, it confirmed that the soul is Naruto's, but what baffled it was the absence of one soul as there were only two souls merged. The other one felt deathly familiar too, Uchiha Sasuke, which meant the one that was missing was Uchiha Itachi.
Naruto's soul felt it coming and there was a red chain that immediately appeared, joining the Kyuubi with Naruto. Kyuubi narrowed its eyes and once again allowed itself to be absorbed into Naruto's soul. It grimaced as the sadness and love overwhelmed it, no wonder Kaoru was so bitchy about bringing the three together, the Kit's soul could not survive without either of the other two.
'Which is why,' the Kyuubi thought sadly but determinedly as it once again settled in its cage, 'You will be happy this time, Naruto. I promise.'
*~*~* THIS IS A LINE *~*~*
Six years passed, and Itachi grew up quickly. He also matured very quickly in Haruno Sakura's opinion, by the age of five he was already known as a prodigy, and that lone thought made Sakura shiver.
Because this Itachi is just so much like the Uchiha in his past life, even Kakashi was surprised.
A little while after his fifth birthday, Sakura found out that Nishino Masami was pregnant again. The pink haired woman had taken over the hospital after Tsunade passed away three years after Itachi's birth, and the report that she had gotten from her head nurse really shocked her.
It was a boy.
Now that she remembered, Sasuke was six years younger than Itachi was he not?
When the second pregnancy of Masami-san spread through Konoha, the villagers really started to gossip about the reincarnations of Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi. Even though it was not confirmed or was it definite, Sakura thought that this was not just a "too good to be true" coincidence.
It was Fate, she believed, but Ino had not really believed her.
Well, not until Sasuke's birth (the similarity was just too scary and shocking) and Kobashi Shiokaze's appearance in Konoha a month later in late August, the Harvest month.
Shiokaze-san reminded her of Naruto, not appearance wise mind you. She had long, red and silky hair that reached all the way until her ankles, and uniquely light violet coloured irises. It was her bright, bubbly, hyperactive, positive and prankster personality even when she was pregnant that led Sakura to believe that she could have been Naruto's mother in his past life.
That, and Kakashi's reaction to seeing her; the copy-nin had gaped (not that Sakura could see it, but she could feel his shock) silently and only managed to give one-worded replies and nods to Kobashi-san's questions.
But when Sakura left the office to escort Shiokaze-san to Masami-san, she swore she heard Kakashi mutter: "Kushina-san."
Then, when Shiokaze-san told Masami-san about her husband's death recently and her pregnancy, Sakura heard that she was due in two months.
That was in October.
The kunoichi had been so shocked that the first thing she did when she got home was to hug Ino tightly and muttered, "they're coming back they're coming back THEY ARE COMING BACK INO-KOI!"
Almost ten minutes later, the whole Konoha knew about that little tidbit of information; courtesy of Ino and Sakura of course.
And when Naruto was born, Sakura could not help but to gape at the baby, oh it was Naruto alright, complete the whiskers on each cheeks and the sunny blond hair.
Sakura felt tears gathering in her eyes, however that was until one of the nurses alerted her then she snapped out of the daydream.
"Sakura-sama! Kobashi-san is losing blood!"
That brought Sakura back to her senses and she turned, indeed, the bed sheets were stained a vibrant red and the usually happy-go-lucky woman was pale and sweating profusely on the bed.
Naruto lost his mother in his past life; and Sakura was not going to let her best friend lose his mother again! The pink haired kunoichi quickly handed the baby to one of her nurses and attended to the redhead, biting her lips in concentration the whole while.
But it seems that while Fate has given back Naruto, it still took away his mother.
Kobashi Shiokaze had passed away an hour later from blood loss.
A/N: I AM DONE~~ But I failed in something. I made Sakura know about Naruto's birth when she acted like she does not know it in Monokuro! But she knows actually, just that she doesn't know that this Naruto and Sasuke interacted so much like their past life counterparts. (Am I making ANY sense?)
By the way, forgive my lack of biological description (the last part), I hate biology you see… The images make me feel faint. Ugh.
Q&A:
My beta asked how the hell I came up with the surname "Nishino", actually the surname doesn't matter at all. I just needed a surname that is not part of the canon story… And I was listening to Nishino Kana's song… Damn.
And then she asked me why they get to keep their original names, since there's no way Masami/Mikoto would be that oblivious. Well… I can't say anything at this point because it would be considered as spoilers. So sorry :P.
How did Masami meet Tsunade? That will be explained later on as well. (Or, at least I hope… If I forget, feel free to PM me)
And then she asked: how long will this whole story be? You want an answer? Honestly I have no idea because the planning for the second part is not done yet. However there will be gradual build ups (whether in character or in relationships), lots of them. So you're gonna have to bear with me. Sorry :C Then there's the sequel...
Ahh yes, I have a question (or job, depending on how you look at it) for you guys. As the story goes along, try to figure out who Kaoru really is, (I don't mean as a Goddess, XD) and by the time you do, do tell me. I'd like to see if I did a good job in hiding Kaoru's identity because I'm trying to make it as vague as possible until the time to reveal it comes. (My beta just searched for mistakes in this chapter because we're both busy with exams :/ She didn't exactly read this chapter either -_-;)
I know I said that this would be up later. However I'm feeling VERY VERY saddened right now. So I'm posting this in a futile attempt to cheer myself up. (I didn't finish my literature paper and it totally crushed my spirit because I think my answers are totally irrelevant. Damn stomachache -_-, and tomorrow is Maths, I might as well go jump off a building right now. My house should be high enough; it is on the 36th floor.)
But anyway! The next update on FF would be around… oh, a month later since I got this up early… (And I'm not done with the third chapter yet, so wait!) but the next update would be on my LiveJournal first (a week before I post if on FF), because I want to be more active on LJ. But if you do want to review on LJ, please do so.
So until next time, toodles!
Please review! Please? (I'm very easily discouraged, reviews makes me happier! No flames though :/ Also it would make my already shitty day better. )