Nothing but a Memory

by SmallBasilisk28

They planned to lie keeping him in the dark but it failed. They threw him away hoping to forget about him only to hunt the teen when word of his power reached the ears of other villages but he refused them all. He didn't need them anymore or the family that left him behind but now that they won't him back will the boy forced to grow up before his time ever return to Konoha. {Yaoi!}

1. Chapter 1

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{SmallBasilisk28 here! -Watching CaRtOoNz up in my room while ignoring the world outside- Another story from a very strange idea but I have to do a disclaimer again! I own nothing except the OC things I think up.}

{Warning this version of Naruto will be gay so you have your warning that there will be some Yaoi in certain chapters. I repeat any future pairings will be with a male character/s.}

{Warning a slightly older, and very, very powerful glass cannon type of Naruto along with an OC clone/son. Only Naruto and Kabuto are having their ages altered, everyone else is the same as they were in Shippuden. Warning an overly powerful Shadow Broker like Kabuto doing things for himself. Warning Minato and Kushina are still alive.}

{Warning updates are random and flamers can go jump off a cliff if they don't like the idea I came up with!}

"English!"

'Thoughts, Dreams!'

-Other-

Chapter 1

The moon could be seen high in the sky above Konoha as the elderly form of the retired Sandaime Hokage sat staring out the window in his study. With a tired sigh he took a sip of his drink simply remembering how things started falling apart nine years ago when his grandson in all but blood discovered the growing number of secrets being kept from him thanks to a spy he still couldn't find among Konoha's ranks.

That day was one of the worst in the boy's life second to the day he had to dig the Ichiraku's graves by himself miles outside of the village since no one in Konoha would allow him access to the local graveyard. Only a single older Genin Naruto made friends with during his frequent visits to the hospital appeared after the child cried his heart out leaning down to whisper comforting words but to the rest of the village it was the start of something terrible.

He yelled and screamed the day after their funerals calling him out on everything, demanding to know the truth for once in his life after those files appeared in his home. Glancing over towards the pictures lining the wall his eyes landed on Minato Namikaze smiling without a care in the world and the elderly Kage couldn't help the anger he felt towards the couple for leaving like they did all those years ago.

'God I can still remember the look on Naruto's face when he stood before that same picture.' Sarutobi thought remembering every word he said that day and the broken look in the blonde's eyes after learning the truth.

{Flashback}

"It'll be alright Naruto but they just released you from the hospital so please calm down. Just wait a little longer until you graduate from the Academy then you can get the answers you're looking for." Sarutobi tried placating his grandson only for a very familiar file filled with dozens of letters to be slammed down on top of his desk.

"Alright! Alright! I've waited years to find out if I had a family or those dreams I've been having weren't imaginary and you tell me to wait even longer." The nine-year old yelled trying his best not to break down crying even though the evidence was right in front of him. Naruto wanted to scream because he knew the older boy was telling the truth like usual when Sarutobi refused to meet his gaze. He wanted to break something and would have if the pain in his chest didn't start acting up again.

"I know you're upset but your parents did what they thought best at the time. Now please just tell me who gave you the file and we can talk about this later when you've calmed down some." That was the wrong thing to say when Naruto suddenly grew oddly quiet just standing there coughing into his hand before a strangled sob escaped his lips between coughs.

"H-he told m-me it wouldn't do any g-good coming h-here." He was crying now tears rolling down his face that the child tried wiping away. "He said you'd t-try using e-evasion t-tactics to find out more about him t-than answering me."

"Naruto you-." "J-just look at me!" Pulling his shirt up Sarutobi's words died in his throat seeing scars no child his age should have. He knew who gave his grandson each scar and it pained him that they were never punished because they claimed to be drunk at the time or had an ironclad alibi, but Konoha needed their military power more than one child deserved justice. "Look at every one of them and tell me you weren't lying to my face every time I asked who my parents were!"

"There isn't much I can say right now that would make things right. They chose your younger siblings over you and I don't know why other than the fact they hold something you don't." Staring into those hate filled eyes he saw it for only a brief second but they flashed a blood-colored crimson causing a few of the Anbu hidden nearby to tense since Naruto shouldn't be able to use any type of chakra because of his illness. It could have been a trick of the lights or any number of things but those crimson eyes with the words 'NO FUTURE' glowing inside of them scared the Kage for some unknown reason.

"That's not what I wanted to hear and you know it! Now talk Hokage!" Waving off the Anbu appearing out of the shadows after his grandson pulled out a rusted looking kunai and pointed it at him Sarutobi did nothing but sigh seeing how much that file hurt the child they left behind.

In a blur of speed that surprised everyone in the room the kunai was in his hand leaving Naruto with nothing but his glare to use but even that was already breaking apart. "You might know who they are now but I can't reveal the information you want." 'Because I don't even want to think about their reasons for living you behind like this.'

"You, you're just like them aren't you. This is why they get to do whatever they want to me because you don't care, just like my parents. You're just like them." The last part was nothing but a whisper but he still heard it feeling his grandson's words hurt him more than any jutsu ever could. "You could have told everyone who my parents were but you didn't. You didn't and I get to keep on playing the village orphan everybody treats like trash because of these stupid whisker marks. "What am I supposed to do be a good little punching bag for the village drunks until the Namikazes decide to come back and be a fucking family again all the while ignoring the fact they left me in a damn orphanage with a block on my memories!"

"Stop this now Naruto." Crow spoke up from his spot near the door causing Naruto to snarl like a cornered animal rounding on the masked teen standing there. "You need to calm down." The Anbu's words rang throughout the nine-year old's mind like thunder but he was to far gone to listen to anyone right now.

"No. No I won't be quiet because guess what Crow. You know the person robbing all the different places and hurting all those civilians around the village well that's me." He was almost hysterical with a mad look in his eyes as the nine-year old told them everything. "I liked hurting them! I loved hearing them beg god for help as they watched their homes burning to the ground or found the family pet the next day dead cut to pieces!" Naruto was laughing now an insane laughter that reminded him of one other person except this laughter held a darker madness to it. "I loved every second of their pain because it finally made them notice me! They didn't know who did it but I always did when you came back from those meetings where they talked about me and it made my every week knowing I wouldn't be forgotten if they carried around the scars as proof!"

Falling to his knees still laughing and crying from the pain of everything sinking in he kept going seeing no reason to hide anything now. "You could have told them. You could have done something, anything besides asking me to be the better person and forgive them."

"Naru-." "How many times did I come to you begging for help? How many times did I get thrown out onto the streets or refused aid when injured unless Crow forced them to treat me and the only thing you said was forgive them?" Sarutobi said nothing standing alone in his office after sending everyone outside during his grandson's breakdown.

"Please, please just tell me why they don't love me?" The Kage still said nothing when Naruto fell to his knees holding a hand over his mouth coughing up blood.

"I'm sorry for everything my boy."

{Flashback End}

'If I had only seen it sooner than maybe I could have helped him before everything got out of hand.' Sarutobi thought remembering the dead look in his eyes that day when Crow took his grandson back to the hospital after he was forced to call in Shikaku along with a few others to cover everything up. 'Then I had to go through most of the doctors at the hospital to find one who wouldn't try anything underhanded while treating him and had to assign a Genin of all people to treat his disease.'

A strange almost crippling disease Naruto had to deal with growing up that flared up from time to time attacking his lungs even though Tsunade could have easily cured it by now. That's if she wasn't currently working as the Namikaze family's doctor taking care of their health problems in exchange for a good amount of gold to pay her debts off.

'I should have done something the second I saw the look in his eyes but I was just so tired whenever he stopped by for a visit in the afternoon that it slipped my mind.' Sighing the old man placed a now cold cup of tea down on the desk before rubbing his eyes still hearing the child pleading for an answer all those years ago. 'I should have assigned an Anbu to follow Naruto home when he didn't shout or do anything when Inoichi entered his mind and even the Kyuubi didn't try anything.' Opening the bottom drawer where his stash of sake was hidden next to the latest copy of Icha Icha Sarutobi pulled out an aged leather-bound journal he got Naruto for his birthday so long ago. Since the day the Anbu found it hidden under a loose floorboard after the council in all their 'wisdom' sent him to Hozuki Castle without any form of a trail he kept the journal around as a constant reminder of what they could have done differently.

'You were supposed to be such a simple gift to help Naruto remember things like when to take his medicine or what certain signs meant. I just wished I never ordered them to search his old apartment for clues. I never wanted to learn he was so damaged after everything that happened. I didn't see the broken mask he always hide behind but I blame myself for not seeing through it all sooner.' Opening the journal to the first page his eyes filled with tears seeing the warning signs as clear as day even if none of it made any sense to him or anyone else. Scribbles. Desperate, clawing scribbles, like a toddler would draw only to the Hokage it felt more like a knife to the heart than anything else. Flipping to the next page it was even worse than the first showing crude drawings of creatures or maybe things would fit them better standing out amongst what looked like static.

'Or maybe a desert.' The very thought alone had red flags blaring inside his mind screaming something wasn't right while a knot formed alongside a feeling of dread. Every page after that only grew more gruesome in detail adding more and more of these things slowly filling up each piece of paper with strange words and pictures. Sarutobi could make out a few of them if he looked close enough guessing what they might be from a strange demonic woman made of spiders to dozens of mutated creatures that had oddly shaped spheres where their hearts should be.

Flipping to the last page even though he knew what was there by now glowing crimson eyes stared back at him from the openings of a sphere covered up by a strange mask. The small broken sphere is a dark orange in color held in one place with crimson chains but it looked kind of like Naruto with his spiky hair and glasses. The glaring fox like mask covering it in a protective shell looked the same as the day he first saw it glaring up at him with features almost identical to the Bijuu sealed inside of his younger siblings. Written behind the drawing though were Naruto's broken apologies begging for forgiveness or for the pain to go away along with strange kanji written in the Uzumaki clan's long forgotten code.

'Something Naruto shouldn't even know how to write since his parent's kept their compound locked away behind multiple barriers. And even if he did manage to get through everything Minato never mentioned anything missing when they finally returned to the village.' That thought alone troubled him but it also had Danzo scheming something even if he didn't know what his plans were yet. 'It's doomed to fail since every squad sent after Naruto behind Minato's back never returns.'

Looking back down at the journal every single word written in an overlapping style on top of each other until they lines were nothing but blurred out letters but the elderly Kage knew one thing. He let to many things slide when it came to Naruto's life only now it was to late to fix things.

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Hours later and several continents away from the Elemental Nations a train speeds along the tracks with passengers going about their day like normal except for three figures in the furthest part of the train hidden among its private compartments. The oldest of their little group focuses on the rattle of the tracks his eyes glued to the scenery that passed them by as the train hurried towards its next stop. They were going fast but not fast enough and it had him itching to take a 'shortcut' if the youngest among them hadn't begged to try out a train at least once instead of using their normal method to travel around.

The eighteen almost nineteen year old leaned his head back against the seat they were in adjusting the younger pre-teen resting in his lap drifting in and out of consciousness when the ten year old wiggled closer. Being the oldest of their little group he could be considered handsome with his fair skin and spiky blonde hair that fell across the back of his neck having grown it out slightly over the years. But It was his eyes that showed how little he cared for anything or anyone besides the two people he traveled with. Those cold, blue eyes darker than any sapphire took in everything in the room with a single glance and it scared more than a few people who saw them because those eyes hidden behind a simple pair of glasses showed no pupil or iris, instead they had a sapphire colored magical array that glowed crimson whenever the teenager's rage hit a boiling point.

Other than his eyes though the teen looked normal for the most part wearing heavy clothing from a simple orange sleeveless hoodie underneath a black jacket left unzipped, to the orange gloves that covered his hands. His black baggy jeans hid dozens of pockets, and black/orange civilian styled sneakers but all of the clothes he wore were weighted down with seals. "Do, do you think we could stay in this town for a little bit Naruto?" The blond in question tilted his head slightly in a way that showed he was at least willing to hear his companion out. "At least long enough to look around some."

"We don't have anywhere to go." Naruto informed him not seeing the harm in staying in one place for now. "Besides It normally takes them months to find us again since they can't spread themselves to far outside of the Elemental Nations so a week or two should be fine."

Glancing at the reflection in the window his eyes locked with the grey of the second oldest member of their little group nervously smiling at him from the opposite seat. Unlike Naruto who only grew it out a little he had his jet-black hair pulled back into a ponytail. The seventeen year old had on a white over-shirt with the sleeves rolled up above his elbow. Underneath, he wore an aqua colored shirt to go with a simple pair of jeans and sneakers with white laces and a logo of the shinigami skull inside a circle on the sides.

"We've avoided them up until thanks to all your 'shortcuts' since you don't want him to see how you fight but are you sure it's okay?" He had to ask again trying to make sure it was really okay. "After all we are partners so I could try to find something for us to do when we stop if you get bored looking around?"

"Is that all I am to you Muku?" The blond questioned turning back to the view outside a small grin pulling on his lips that the other teen didn't catch. "Do all you see in me is a Meister able wield your weapon form?" Even though he said it as a joke Naruto couldn't help but wonder the same thing from time to time after everything he did in the past before leaving the Elemental Nations behind him. Even if he had stayed Konoha's people proved more than once they didn't want him around after they tried locking him away in Hozuki Castle before the Namikazes return.

"You know that's not it?" Muku responded a sad, knowing look in his eyes. "I'm grateful for everything you did to help me back then but I stayed with you because I'm your partner." Even as he explained himself for what felt like the hundredth time since they started traveling together Muku spotted the same look from that day flashing across his partner's eyes.

"Dad?" A tired young voice called out gaining their attention as they looked down at the pre-teen in the blonde's lap staring up at them in confusion. The ten-year old was another in a long list of things the people from his past pulled in an attempt to screw him over or steal the powers he gained.

'God I was such a fool back then naively trusting everyone before teacher took an interest in me.' A smirk tugged at his lips knowing the fool who thought he could escape death by jumping bodies paid for trying to gain a copy of his ancestor's eyes. 'He's probably still cursing my name for the things I did to him.'

Because unlike most teenagers his age Naruto remembered everything Kabuto taught him whenever he ended up in the hospital. And the number one lesson was that when a scientist goes through the trouble of setting up a laboratory he always builds one place more sturdy and secure than any other. It isn't the room where the costly equipment for all the experiments are located or even the archive where all the files they spend countless nights writing down are stored away. No Kabuto who grew interested in seeing how far he could go if given a push in the right direction made sure Naruto remembered that a scientist always preserved more than anything a place where he keeps his most irreplaceable of items. The research materials they'd crawl over glass on their knees to obtain and the man made sure to let Naruto know where every single one of those buildings were located in exchange for a favor later on down the road.

'You should have kept a closer eye on your second in command Sannin. All it really took to get his attention was letting him study my illness and letting Kabuto have all the Uzumaki blood he could ever want before the bored little monster Root made started looking for prey outside of the Elemental Nations.' His eyes flashed crimson as he looked down into the caramel colored eyes of the Demon Weapon clinging to him.

With spiky red-orange hair the ten-year old he named Ashina Uzumaki along with dozens of other children were created from his and other long dead clan members DNA mixed with that of three different female Death Scythe's stolen Eggs. He still had no clue how Orochimaru's shadow partner even acquired the Eggs from Lord Death's personal weapons but the woman who talked through snakes hid herself in a number of ways making tracking her almost impossible.

From the little Kabuto could gather about the couple's brief partnership was that she approached the Snake Sannin through a proxy needing his help to try producing counters to their respective abilities. That all the other children born never even survived the first few hours of the accelerated growth formula the Snake Sannin exposed them to enraged Naruto but he made Orochimaru pay.

Because all of the children were dead except for his son who sleep content against Naruto's chest listening to his father's heartbeat unaware of the carnage he reaped on the Sannin's forces in order to shut the project down for good. Villages that swore their loyalty to Orochimaru were wiped off of the map for stealing from the blond who sought retribution for his clan when he learned the Sannin tried growing children using samples from him and long dead leaders from ages long past. He had no clue why the woman wanted Uzumaki blood mixed with that of a Death Scythe's but Orochimaru sought the eyes of his ancestors thinking it was a rare type of doujutsu lost to time with no idea the real truth behind their hidden origins but Naruto didn't care since their actions gifted him another family even if it made him a father at eighteen. Only this time he had the power needed to crush anyone who even thought of hurting them.

The pre-teen in question had a pair of shinigami skull headphones hanging loosely around his neck and wore a black sleeveless hoodie which looked a size to big for him over a matching shirt with a large, silver, zig-zag pattern in the front from the waist down, baggy black shorts that went down past his knees along with a pair of sneakers matching Muku's.

"It's fine, just go back to sleep Ashina." Naruto told him with a small smile running a hand through the pre-teen's hair in a motion that served to calm both of them down before turning to face Muku.

"Do you think we should try it? I mean the shinobi system back in the Elemental Nations did nothing for people like us but would the DWMA be any better considering what we are." He hadn't stopped thinking about it since the day a letter from Lord Death himself appeared in their hotel room a few months ago inviting the three of them to join his Academy instead of constantly traveling from one town to the next avoiding the groups sent after them. "Even though he was made through their twisted experiments I don't want to risk walking into a trap where they might use Ashina against me."

"We're partners Naruto. I swore an oath the day you saved me to stay by your side forever so we'll figure something out if the DWMA is planning to double-cross us." Muku reminded the older teen having to repeat himself countless times that Naruto could trust him because he had no one else besides his Meister. Hozuki Castle was nothing more than a horrible memory now with the box in the hands of a hooded figure and since that day three years ago when they left the Elemental Nations behind them Muku wanted to experience everything.

It might not have meant much to Naruto at the time since he wasn't even there for a full month before breaking out but it helped in more ways than the blond would ever know. For just being there, for stopping him when everyone else died trying or ran away he'd follow his Meister into hell if Naruto decided to reap the devil's soul.

{Flashback}

"... What a waste. She goes through all that trouble to save you and yet you're still going to die of blood loss." The area around them was awash in fire but the blond ignored it as he chewed on a piece of pocky in his mouth staring down at the younger teen bleeding to death on the ground a few feet in front of him.

"You... You talk like I've had an actual life before today stranger." Muku gasped taking in a pain filled breath of air, his vision going blurry with each passing second but he could still hear the screams of people burning alive all around them. Staring up at the cloudless night sky, completely stripped of the energy to move he couldn't find it in himself to care that he'd die in a few minutes. A broken thing like him held no value after being left to rot away inside of the Box of Ultimate Bliss by his own father. Turning his attention back to the strange blond standing there watching everything going on around them without a care in the world Muku didn't know what to think when the boy took a seat on the ground next to him.

"Either way I think I'll keep you company until my teacher returns from a little errand." The strange boy spoke still chewing on his stick of pocky. "Nobody deserves to die alone and I've got nowhere else to be right now."

"I... I... I thank you for at least saying that much to someone like me. I'm... I'm glad the... monster is finally gone." Muku watched an almost amused smirk appear on the boy's face after hearing what he said.

"It seems shinobi are still idiots no matter where I go. I've never even humored the thought of being one after I grew out of being Hokage but it didn't really matter since Konoha still tried taking everything from me. Yet you lay here happy to die after finally being set free." Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a glowing sphere holding it up to where Muku could see. The sphere like thing appeared to be mainly a dark orange in color with the tail appearing to be a little but lighter and brighter almost like something white stained. Straining his eyes he noticed the middle of the strange sphere was grey and surrounded by octagonal plates. "As for your little monster being gone well, that's only partially true since I'm holding it's soul."

"Isn't that a cruel way to view the world Naruto-kun?" A cloaked figure asked towering over the blond and even dying Muku knew he wasn't there a few seconds ago.

"Cruel?" Naruto actually sounded amused with the figures question sparing his teacher a sharp glance knowing he only came to collect the bodies of the prisoners they kept locked away in the lower levels. "Once a person graduates from their village's Academy and becomes a shinobi, their lives hold no meaning anymore. They are tools with no other purpose beyond what they are ordered to do and when they can't even follow orders anymore they're nothing but broken tools that need to be disposed of. Where do you see cruelty in me finding another purpose for a broken tool a master doesn't even want around anymore. Surely the true act of cruelty would be the honeyed words they were told in order to convince them that shinobi could do whatever they wanted as long as it was for the greater good of their village."

"What do you say." Even as his vision faded Muku couldn't look away from the blonde's crimson eyes and the words 'NO FUTURE' that appeared in them when Naruto grinned. "Your soul has a little something extra not seen very often on this side of the veil if teacher is telling the truth and with that Ryuzatsu girl bringing you back to life I want to find a purpose for it more than ever so care to make a deal with an Uzumaki."

"What... what kind of deal?" Muku didn't want to die after finally getting out of that damn box but at the same time he didn't want to replace one prison for another.

"Finally a shinobi that uses his head?" Placing the sphere in his hands he could see a strange look flashing across those eyes when Naruto leaned down whispering in his ear. "All you have to do is devour the soul of the monster your people called Satori and become my Demon Weapon."

{Flashback End}

"Muku?" Hearing the worried tone in his Meister voice had him blushing embarrassed at daydreaming while they talked only for his face to turn crimson when he looked down to see Naruto holding his hand in a comforting gesture.

"It's nothing." Seeing him raise an eyebrow in disbelief he couldn't help but quietly chuckle knowing that even if he had his moments Naruto still cared. That despite everything in his past he could still hold her hand and smile even with the clowns from the Elemental Nations trying to hunt them down

Because no matter what the council did they couldn't make him be a shinobi yet he was still hauled in front of them and treated like a criminal. His grandfather tried being more subtle about controlling his actions but Naruto wouldn't forgive them or try to earn their acceptance anymore since they simply weren't worth the effort of dealing with after he gained enough power to put them in the ground where they belonged. As for his parents they might have been praised as heroes but to Naruto, Minato and Kushina were idiots for believing he'd welcome them back with open arms after being left in an orphanage then living on the street for years no matter what kind of excuse they might have.

No Naruto never became their little puppet because of a bargain struck between a Witch and a Death Scythe long before he was even born. Hearing a sharp whistle of the train blowing as they slowly came to a stop Naruto pushed those memories down for another time since they needed to find a place to sleep for the night. "We need to get going." Handing a still sleeping Ashina to Muku he grabbed a large scroll resting on the ground between them slinging it over his back before pulling their bags down from the racks above the seats well aware of the group watching them from a nearby rooftop.

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A few hours later with only the giant bright and yellow moon being there only source of light the group jumped across the town's rooftops nearing the hotel their target was staying at for the night. "The fucking moon looks creepy as hell." One of the figures commented glancing up at every once in awhile. They had been following the three of them for weeks trying to find an opening to exploit but no matter what the time, the Moon is always in a crescent shape. It appeared to be like a face looking to the side, with a long curved pointed nose and an ever-present large toothy grin. A single large crater with a big googly eyeball seen in the darkness of the crater serves as its eye but the creepy part was that it almost always snickered to itself.

"Lets just capture the demon's brat and get back home where everything makes sense!" The squad's leader growled out annoyed that they had to chase three teenagers around because the council wanted the demon's dojutsu in the village. That and everything about this mission was off the books since their Kage would kill them for going after his 'grandchild' since the council figuratively and literally got cut down to less than half after he learned what they did to his oldest child.

"You really don't want to be doing that buddy." A third voice spoke up when they landed on the rooftop across from the hotel causing the squad leader to turn around only to find himself staring dazedly at his own headless body seconds before dying.

The squad scattered drawing their weapons as they hurried to surround the figures of Naruto and Muku standing back to back. "Because like I told the last group they sent after me and the ones before them I'd go mad without Ashina around."

"Uzumaki Naruto by order of the council you are to come with us for crimes against Konoha and relinquish the child known as Ashina into our custody for integration into its forces." One of the Anbu ordered thinking they could win with their numbers only for Naruto to smirk tugging off his black jacket while Muku started glowing a dark red his form covering the blond before they vanished right in front of their eyes.

There were no signs of chakra, no blur to help them track the demon's movements just nothing. Like he was never really there to begin with and they paid for underestimating him when Naruto reappeared a few steps behind them along with dozens of glowing short swords sticking out of them in odd angles.

"But then again your all idiots for even thinking I'd ever hand him over to anyone." Made of a black metal-like material Muku took on the appearance of a hellish backpack coated in a dark aura due to the soul of his Meister. "Though I do have to thank the council for at least tossing so many idiots my way." Shaped like a streamlined skull with large glowing grey eyes that stare at them in fury with a pair of metallic like projections protruding from the skull's forehead, Muku's form gave him a semblance of having folded wings.

"Y-you d-de-emon." One of the squad weakly growled slipping into shock from the pain of having dozens of swords sticking out of him.

"No, I'm no demon just an Uzumaki." Snapping his fingers the swords glowed for a split second before exploding outward leaving nothing behind but a very large stain on the roof for somebody to clean up and dozens of souls floating in the air. Except they weren't normal human souls glowing in a blue hue because they were all corrupted in some way like every other shinobi that tried coming after them in the past having turned red with small bits of a shell already forming.

Kabuto had a few theories to explain why only a small number of people were born with the Weapon Gene inside of the veil. He even looked into the reasons behind Kishin never appearing too but outside of the Elemental Nations the shinobi lost whatever protection guarded their already corrupted souls after spending so many years selling themselves as tools for the right amount of money.

"Save a few for Ashina to eat for breakfast." Turning back to normal in a brief flash of light Muku walked forward grabbing the closest soul within reach while Naruto just looked off to the side watching a shadow disappear but let him go. Anyone from Konoha wasn't worth the trouble of chasing and he honestly couldn't find it in himself to care about him as long as he left the town tonight.

"Okay." Hearing no response he swallowed it never noticing the blond walking closer. "Do you think we should move again Naruto?" Turning around his Meister stood only a few feet behind him an odd look in his eyes. "Naruto?"

He swallowed a light blush spreading across his cheeks when Naruto leaned in closer almost towering over him. "Hey, close your eyes for a second." Closing his eyes he couldn't help but wonder what his Meister was up to when Muku went still feeling a pair of lips brush against his own.

"Naruto!" Snapping his eyes open only to find him already gone Muku looks around furious spotting Naruto on the other side of the roof slipping his jacket back on.

"What?" He asked sounding honestly confused but the playful glint in his eyes gave him away. "It wasn't me. I only wanted the five bucks you owed me." Holding up his wallet a crimson faced Muku wanted to curse when he snapped his fingers using one of the many 'shortcuts' his eyes let him see to seemingly vanish.

"Naruto!"

Author's Notes -

And done. Another random idea I'm throwing out there to see if anyone likes it. I had time to iron out a few details so I'm kind of glad it turned out okay from my side of things at least.

Three stories I read in the past gave birth to the main idea for this thought so read either of them if you haven't already done so. {Like Me by KonohasBlackReaper, Fate He Defied, Fate He Revived by .Light and Shinobi's lament by youngmark.} The first one isn't that long but I liked them since they helped me come up with this strange idea.

The basic idea is Naruto has more than a few screws missing or loose after he first started showing signs of having problems that they figured a few visits from Inoichi could fix. Only now they get forced back into place causing more than a few problems are going to start showing up because of it.

There is a reason behind Minato and Kushina leaving like they did but it won't come into the light for a few more chapters. All I'm going to say is there is more than one way to mess around with someone's memories and that his siblings get to deal with all that prophecy stuff while Naruto just does his own thing even when they try to bring him back to Konoha. Though Naruto having a kitsune shaped soul covering his own will be explained since he isn't a Jinchuuriki or at least not a normal kind because he wasn't involved in any shape or form when Kurama got split into his younger siblings. All I'll really say on it now is that it involves the bargain his Witch ancestor {Mito} struck.

As for Naruto himself you might have a few thoughts already but I liked the powers I thought up for him and the two Demon Weapons I'm using . It just seemed like an interesting idea to using Muku with his weapon form being Lucifer from Devil May Cry so I ran with it and will go into greater detail as the story goes on.

Don't know if anybody reading this has seen or played Undertale but Naruto will be like the Sans of this world minus the puns so he'll be a very, very powerful glass cannon for a good chunk of the story until a certain event happens that leads to him getting better.

Naruto's 'son' Ashina will be explained in more detail as the story continues. I'm not going into greater detail right now but cloning and stealing Kekkei genkais is a real thing in the Elemental Nations and Ashina being a Demon Weapon himself is able to calm an enraged Naruto using his Healing Wavelength. But at the same time you can guess what's going to happen when he isn't there.

It'll be explained in more detail later if the story lives on past this chapter but there will be more info in the next chapter and Naruto will be going back and forth between both areas instead of just sticking with Soul Eater's part of the planet because villains will be teaming up and or taking each other out. Which will also lead to Kabuto who has more on his mind than kissing the Snake Sannin's ass and has his own plans in motion since he's the one who gave Naruto the pushes he needed.

Please leave a review if you liked the story because I don't really give it my all when I think nobody likes what we're doing.

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Re-written on 10/13/16 after a few errors were brought to my attention.