A/N: Now this one I've been thinking of doing ever since I thought up The Dragon's Secret. And I know these Naruto fics are all mpreg fics, but I just adore mpreg that much! This starts off when Sasuke is just an infant, from Night's POV. I'll have the POV's and time skips in here, so it shouldn't be too confusing. Enjoy~
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story, Night, & Shadow.
Heroes' Prophecy
Chapter 1
X*X(Night's POV)X*X
I was falling through nothingness, it felt like. My home realm had just been destroyed, and my twin brother and I had been separated during the chaos. I didn't know if I'd ever see him again, or any of our friends or family, for that matter. Suddenly, I could see a light ahead, and I was being guided towards it. Maybe I was dying, but I certainly hoped not. I had never just given up, and I wasn't about to start. Maybe that ancient prophecy where my human partner arrives will come true now that I have a new beginning. We'll see. The light exploded around me, and everything began to fade from my vision, becoming blurry. I heard voices, and then everything went dark again.
X*X*X*X*X*X*X
"Hey, are you all right?" a voice asked me as I struggled to regain consciousness. My eyelids fluttered open, and as my vision became less blurry and more focused, I took in my surroundings. I was in someone's home, in a bedroom, it appeared. Or rather, it seemed I was in a baby nursery. I groaned quietly, bringing attention to me, and realized my mouth was too dry to speak properly.
"Water…" I croaked, and then a bowl of water was set down in front of me. I lapped at it weakly, feeling better after finishing off every last drop. "Thank you," I said gratefully, finally looking at the people near me. There was an older human man with dark hair and eyes, a heavily pregnant woman with raven colored hair and onyx eyes, and a young boy with raven colored hair as well as black eyes.
"Where am I…?" I asked, blinking once as I became more alert.
"You're in our home in Konoha. We're the Uchihas. We found you passed out in the forest near the village," the man told me. I nodded in understanding as I slowly sat up. "What's your name, dragon?"
"I'm surprised you recognized me as a dragon. Humans normally would mistake me for a mere lizard," I chuckled. "My name is Night, and I'm the deputy of Diamond Clan of the Dragon Realms. Or rather, what used to be the Dragon Realms, before it was destroyed."
"But your armor is—" he started to say, but I cut him off, lowering my gaze.
"I know. I was born with silver armor instead of diamond like my twin brother, but it's still just as powerful," I murmured, and then looked up at the people who were helping me. "May I at least know the names of the people who have saved me?"
"My name is Fugaku Uchiha," the man introduced himself. "This is my wife, Mikoto, and my son, Itachi."
"It's nice to meet a real dragon at last," Mikoto smiled softly, rubbing her swollen abdomen soothingly. "Maybe the ancient prophecy of the human and dragon partners will come true at last." I gaped at her, shocked that humans of any kind would know of our prophecy.
"You know of our prophecy?" I gasped. "How?!"
"It's been passed down in the Uchiha clan for centuries," Mikoto answered, shocking me.
"What does your prophecy state?" I asked, genuinely curious to find out if it was exactly the same as the one from my old home.
"We actually have the scroll that's been passed down. Let me go and find it," Fugaku told me, and he got up and left. Once he was gone, I looked at young Itachi, who hadn't spoken a word.
"Are you afraid of me, Itachi?" I questioned, watching as he eyed me with a bit of doubt.
"Why should I believe you're a real dragon?" he shot back, making me laugh.
"This is why," I replied, flaring my wings wide and snorting a puff of fire from my nostrils. I chuckled softly as his eyes widened in shock, and then his face split into a wide grin.
"Mom! Maybe I'm the one mentioned in the prophecy!" he cried out excitedly to his mother.
"Sorry, Itachi, but the prophecy speaks of the dragon bonding to its partner at birth," Mikoto apologized to her son, and I realized that she might be thinking her child that she was carrying would be my future partner. Itachi pouted, but then brightened.
"Then I'll help my brother to become an awesome warrior with Night!" he grinned. I smiled lightly, faintly reminded of my nephew when he was much younger. Fugaku returned then, holding a scroll. He handed it to me, and I scanned over it, realizing some details were left out. Major ones that I didn't want to tell the family who had saved me. After all, I highly doubted they want to find out they would have to be dead for the missing details to take place. I noticed it mentioned twin dragons, so I knew my brother had to be somewhere in this world. I didn't know where, but I knew I would find him eventually. I just had to have patience, which I have plenty of, mercifully.
"It's exactly the same," I lied, knowing they wouldn't be able to tell. I was an amazing liar when I needed to be, thankfully. Mikoto's expression brightened, as did Fugaku's. Itachi became excited, cheering that he would be the older brother of a partner with a dragon. I chuckled softly, but my curiosity was piqued when I watched Mikoto rubbing her stomach again.
"When is your son due?" I asked her with a soft expression.
"He's due any day now," she murmured happily. I nodded in satisfaction, and then asked quietly if I could feel. I knew that human infants kicked while in the womb, but since dragons come from eggs, I'd never had the opportunity to feel a baby move in the womb. She nodded, and guided my clawed hands to press gently against her abdomen where the baby and possible future partner was. I felt movement from beneath her skin, and was shocked to feel the fluttering beneath my claws.
"He likes you," she told me, and I smiled, relieved that even though he wasn't born yet, the child seemed to like me. Hopefully Mikoto's labor would go smoothly, but she was a strong woman, so I had a feeling she would be just fine.
X*X(18 Years Later)X*X
X*X(Naruto's POV)X*X
"Naruto, are you ready?" my partner since my birth asked me. I had lived a life secluded from others, all for my own protection so I wouldn't accidentally run into the other pair in the ancient prophecy handed down in my family for generations. I still wandered the village at nighttime with Shadow, but he protected me from view and from anyone who happened to see me. When I was growing up, he helped defend me from people who were cruel to me or tried to hurt me, whether it was physically or emotionally.
"Yeah, I'm ready," I nodded. We were going to finally meet the other pair, and I was honestly excited yet nervous. I didn't know what to expect of them, and neither did Shadow. He had literally no clue, though he'd mentioned he was hoping it was his twin brother. The small black dragon crawled onto my shoulder as we made our way to the Hokage's tower, where Tsunade was waiting for us. The last Hokage had sacrificed his life to defend the village from a man named Orochimaru, but had failed to kill the bastard in the process. Jiraiya, my mentor, and I managed to get the stubborn woman to come to Konoha to be the next Hokage, and it was thanks to Shadow and my stubbornness that we managed to convince her to take the position.
We arrived at the tower, where we were escorted to Tsunade's office. When the door opened, we were greeted by the sight of a raven-haired teen my age and a silver dragon that looked exactly like Shadow, the exception being the color of his armor.
"Night?!" Shadow gasped.
X*X(Shortly Before Naruto & Shadow's Arrival)X*X
X*X(Sasuke's POV)X*X
"Let's go, Night," I murmured, tapping my shoulder. The silver dragon was quick to hop on, and we walked through the town, heading to the Hokage's tower, where we were to finally meet the other fated pair mentioned in Night's prophecy and my family's. When I was younger, my brother had killed my clan, and Night comforted me, trying to keep my gentle spirit of me alive, but he barely succeeded. I'm not exactly the kindest person around, but I have my soft side for my best friend. I had sworn to kill Itachi as revenge for him slaughtering our clan, and Night backed me up completely. After all, he had known Itachi as a bright and happy kid before I was born, and he was extremely disappointed in and angry with my brother.
We made it to the Hokage's tower first, escorted there by my mentor, Kakashi, where we waited in the Hokage's office. Suddenly, Night perked up right before the doors opened, revealing Jiraiya and a blonde teen my age with a black dragon on his shoulder that resembled Night, despite his black plated armor.
"Night?!" the black dragon gasped.
"I had a feeling I'd see my dearest brother at some point, Shadow," Night smirked, and looked to me for permission to approach. I nodded minutely, and he quickly went to his brother, hopping down from my shoulder and greeting his brother on the floor with a light head nudge.
"I never even sensed you!" Shadow told him, still sounding as though he was in disbelief.
"Same here, but I never gave up hope that we would meet again," Night replied, and then Tsunade cleared her throat, gaining everyone's attention.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we need to attend to business," she informed us. The blonde was urged forward by Jiraiya, and he stood by my side. "Time to introduce you boys to each other. Naruto and Shadow, this is Sasuke Uchiha and Night. Sasuke and Night, this is Naruto Uzumaki and Shadow. Now, I assume you all know of the prophecy handed down through your families through the centuries." We nodded. "Good. I assigned Jiraiya and Kakashi as your mentors to train you in your specific skill sets. Kakashi to Sasuke and Night because of Sasuke's sharingan, and Jiraiya to Naruto and Shadow because of Naruto's chakra levels. You four are to be sent out to find and eliminate Orochimaru, who wants to use you for his own personal gain. Knowing him, he'll more than likely test you in his own various ways along your journey to find out if you're worthy of him. Remember, never give in to him, and remain a team together. I'll have Kakashi and Jiraiya tag along for a day or two to see how you all fair, but after that, you're on your own. I already have packs set up for you with supplies for your journey, as well as some money for anything you need to buy. Understood?"
"Yes, Lady Tsunade," the four of us nodded in unison, and then she handed the packs to us.
"Do the village proud, boys," she smiled, and we saluted her before leaving to the gates. Night rode on my shoulder comfortably as Shadow sat on Naruto's shoulder, the black dragon chatting with his twin brother as we traveled down the path once a few miles out.
"So, how were you found when you got here?" Shadow asked.
"Sasuke's family found me in the forest on the east side of the village, knocked out cold. I was apparently out for two days before I woke up to them tending to me," my partner explained in his naturally soft voice I had come to recognize as calm. "You?"
"I was found by Naruto's parents way off west from the village, in the forest, and I was out cold, too. They told me I slept for four days before finally waking up," Shadow replied, making Night snort in amusement. "What's so funny?!"
"Ever since we were hatchlings, you always slept longer than I did," Night chuckled, and I smirked at the remark.
"HEY! Naruto sleeps longer than me these days!" Shadow snapped, and Naruto glared at him.
"Don't drag me into your sibling spat!" he whined, and I snickered quietly at him. "Got something to say, teme?"
"Hn, not really," I replied. "Not unless you think you can beat me in a practice session."
"I could totally kick your ass!" the blonde fumed. I heard Jiraiya sigh in exasperation and mutter something to Kakashi, who snorted.
"Oh gods, not this again," Shadow grumbled.
"You started it!" Naruto pointed out, tapping Shadow on the nose.
"Technically, I started it," Night chuckled.
"All the more reason to prove I can fight!" my new acquaintance grinned as the two dragons shook their heads in disbelief.
"All right, well, if you two are going to have a practice session, let's find somewhere away from the path where you can fight without hurting someone innocent," Kakashi pointed out. We nodded in understanding, and then made our way off the path to a large, open area near a river. Kakashi, Jiraiya, Night, and Shadow went off to the side, and then Naruto and I stood in the middle of the clearing, putting ourselves into our fighting stances. We stood in silence for a bit before the blonde whipped out a kunai and threw it at me swiftly. I was quick to dodge, allowing it to stick in the tree behind me before dashing at him, activating my sharingan. I was easily able to predict Naruto's movements as he tried to lash out, and countered with a swift blow to his chest, sending him flying into a tree's trunk and crashing through it.
'Sasuke. We've got company,' Night warned me via his telepathy, and I could sense his anger as he looked about, trying to detect where the source was. Using my sharingan, I searched with him as Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Shadow wondered what was going on.
"What's wrong, Night?" Shadow asked his twin.
"Enemies," the silver dragon growled, and then bristled angrily as they got closer. Shadow quickly went to Naruto, warning him of the situation, and then the blonde ran over to me, where we stood back-to-back as though it was completely natural.
"Here they come!" the dragon brothers yelled, and then we were surrounded by enemy ninjas. We couldn't recognize any of them, but we knew they weren't on our side, or from the village. My sharingan was still activated, and I could see every movement they made at the exact split second they made it. I threw several kunai from my belt without warning, striking a couple of them in their arms before they could move. Naruto summoned several Shadow Clones and unleashed them on the others while I used my Great Fireball technique in conjunction with Night's silver flames he unleashed from his gaping jaws.
Kakashi was quick to use his Water Dragon Bullet Technique, utilizing the river to his advantage and striking several of the enemies with the water dragon. Shadow flew into the air with his wings spread wide, and then shot several orbs of lightning at them, electrocuting the same ones Kakashi had hit. Meanwhile, Night darted about, slashing and clawing almost all of them and avoiding the electric shots from his brother easily. He killed one of them that was about to attack me by crunching his jaws down on the ninja's chest, crushing his ribcage and piercing his heart and lungs in the process as blood gushed out around his fangs.
"Night! Night, calm down!" Shadow shouted desperately at my partner. He glided over to Night, panic on his features. "Stop it, Night! There's no more need to be so brutal! You can't keep doing this to yourself!"
"I'm fine, I'm defending Sasuke!" Night snarled back once he'd released his kill. "Don't try to control me, brother," he spat, his voice icy before he went back to fighting. I refocused my attention on fighting alongside Naruto, who had rejoined me, his chakra surprisingly barely affected by the amount he'd used. I noticed a large, strong-looking ninja who was about to attack, so, focusing my sharingan and preparing my chidori, I charged at the bastard as Naruto darted at another one that was similar to my opponent.
"Chidori!" I cried out.
"Rasengan!" Naruto screamed, and we struck them before they could manage to dodge. When the smoke cleared from our attacks, the enemy ninjas were all gone, even the dead bodies. I was careful to regain my composure, and Night scowled at his brother before rejoining me.
'I need to get away from him for a second. I'll be back soon,' Night thought to me, and then stormed off after he looked at me so I understood why. I knew he needed to be alone for a bit, which I could sympathize with. I'd had my moments where I wanted to be alone from everyone, even my partner, and Night could understand that, too.
"Night, where—" Shadow started to call after him, but I was quick to jump in and defend my best friend and partner.
"Leave him be. I know how he feels, and following him will make it worse," I murmured. Shadow looked upset, but nodded in understanding.
"Are you guys okay?" Jiraiya asked as he and Kakashi walked over.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Didn't think I'd have to use rasengan, but whatever," Naruto grinned as Shadow nodded.
"Hn," I uttered, feeling Night's anger through our connection. He was fuming about his brother, so I decided to go after him.
"I'm coming with. I don't care what you say, he's my brother," Shadow growled at me.
"We might as well all go with," Jiraiya reasoned. Kakashi shook his head, and held Jiraiya back as Naruto, Shadow, and I left to find the silver dragon.
"I just hope he doesn't lose it," Shadow muttered as we ran through the trees. I knew what he meant, but I had faith in my friend.
X*X(Night's POV)X*X
GODS DAMMIT! Why can't he just piss off and let me fight how I fight?! He seriously thought I was losing control earlier? I was trying to make sure Sasuke wasn't hurt or killed! He's too controlling at times, and just because he was the leader of our clan doesn't mean he's in control of me in this world, too!
"Night?" Sasuke's voice reached me, and I looked up from gazing into the river to see him, Naruto, and Shadow watching me as I brooded from where I sat.
"Night…" Shadow started to say, but I glowered at him, effectively silencing him.
"Just because I'm technically the younger twin and you were the leader of our clan back home, doesn't give you the right to control me here, Shadow," I growled. "Diamond Clan no longer exists, so I don't see why you fucking try and control me! I wasn't going to lose control, and I haven't since the war back home." I glared at the flowing water, bristling when I heard approaching footsteps, but then stopped when Sasuke picked me up.
"I'm sorry, Night. I just worry because you're my brother," Shadow murmured. "Ever since our home was destroyed, I worried that I would never find you, but kept my hope alive that I would, even without the prophecy." I deflated at his words, and then sighed heavily.
"You're forgiven, Shadow. Just don't freak out and think I'll ever lose control like that again, because that was a one time thing. Even our father had agreed to that," I reminded him. Shadow smiled warmly as I smirked, and our partners knew we had forgiven each other.
X*X(Sasuke's POV)X*X
When we got back to Kakashi and Jiraiya, Kakashi was reading one of his "adult books", as I called them, again while Jiraiya was watching for us.
"You guys work everything out without fighting?" the older man asked, and the twin dragons nodded. "All right, I think Kakashi and I will head back to the village from here. We feel you're all four ready to learn on your own from here."
"We'll be fine, Jiraiya! Don't worry, we'll protect each other," Naruto grinned.
"Can you at least try to work as a team with them, Sasuke?" Kakashi sighed while watching my expression.
"I'll try and work with the dobe as best as I can, Kakashi-sensei," I smirked, making Naruto glare at me.
"Shut it, teme!" he snapped, but flinched as Shadow flicked him in the back of the head with his tail.
"Knock it off. We've had enough fighting for one day," the black dragon warned.
"Behave, all of you, and learn to work as a team," Jiraiya ordered, and then waved farewell as he and Kakashi left. Once they were gone, I looked around, realizing it was dusk.
"Let's set up camp," I suggested, earning nods from the other three. Night and I set up camp while Naruto and Shadow went to catch something to eat.
"So, what do you think of my brother?" Night asked after he lit the fire.
"He's definitely different from you," I replied after a few seconds.
"You got that right!" Night barked a laugh. He poked at the embers with his tail before speaking again. "We've been different our whole lives. I was always the quieter of us, while Shadow was always the loud and obnoxious one. As we aged, I became cold and indifferent because of the cruelty of my clan mates, and allowed my brother to become leader. I ended up putting all of my efforts into training so I could prove to everyone I wasn't useless or a bane, and I became the strongest dragon in the clan, even stronger than Shadow." I gazed at my friend, wondering why he was telling me this.
"And I'm sharing this with you so you're not too confused later on if Shadow mentions it, seeing as I've never really told you about my past," the silver dragon smirked, pretty much reading my mind as usual. "What do you think of Naruto?"
"He'll be a good partner to take out Orochimaru," I muttered.
"You know, Sasuke, he's as alone in this world as you are, despite Shadow. Try and get to know him tomorrow, or even a bit tonight," my friend told me in a soft voice, and I nodded, not really promising anything. That's when the aforementioned pair returned, each carrying two decent-sized fish.
"Gods I'm starving!" Naruto complained as he set the fish down and began to prepare them for cooking.
"I'm sure we all are," Shadow chuckled, beginning to eat his fish. Night followed his example.
"Not fair! You guys get to eat first!" the blonde complained, spearing the two fish he had and sticking them in the ground, positioned so the fish themselves were in the fire.
"We can eat raw meat, unlike you," his partner reminded him.
"Just be patient, would you?" I muttered.
"Aren't you hungry, too, though, teme?" Naruto taunted me with a smirk. 'Not biting…' I thought to myself.
"Hn," was all I said, closing my eyes as I leaned back against the tree trunk I was sitting in front of. After a few minutes, I felt like I was being watched, so I opened my eyes to see Naruto staring at me. "What?"
"It's nothing," he mumbled, quickly looking away. I decided to shift my gaze to the crackling flames from the fire, when I felt Night's telepathic connection with me.
'I think he likes you,' my partner thought to me smugly.
'We'll see about that,' I thought back with a mental scoff.
'Don't doubt him or yourself, baka. Shadow's shared what everything about Naruto with me,' the silver dragon warned with a slight growl.
'Is there anything vital I should know?' I asked, quirking a brow.
'It's not my place to say,' was all he replied back with before breaking the connection. I sighed quietly, and then thanked the blonde dobe as he handed me a stick with a cooked fish speared on it. After we were all finished eating, Shadow offered to take the first half of the night watch, and then Night said he would take the second half of the night. Naruto and I then went to sleep in our own sleeping bags, and the last thought that drifted through my mind before I went to sleep was, 'Why was the dobe staring at me like that earlier?'
A/N: Happy early AkuRoku Day! Just in case I don't have the next chapter of this uploaded by then. I don't have any actual AkuRoku stuff I'll be able to post in time, so this will have to suffice. Anyhoo, let me know if there's any gaps I need to fill in for you guys! Remember, this is sort of A/U, but still part of the Naruto anime universe. And I apologize in advance if I fuck something up as far as details go, I haven't watched the anime in years… R&R, peeps!