Chapter 1: Reunion
Uzumaki Naruto could not really understand what had happened that has led him to this ``point in life as he floated down stream the Valley of the End. He blinked his eyes as he could everything in perfect detail than he used to before. However that is not what has him in his current state of mind as he watched Sasuke's unconscious body lay on the ground near madara's foot or at least thats what he remembered. His body felt weak and strong at the same time after his battle against Sasuke as it took him to his physical limits and also unleashed something in him. Now he looked at the clearing sky as if everything he ever did meant nothing , a truth that is reality. Is that no matter what how much he would try or the people he cared for in his life, it was all for nothing. Because he was a jinchuuriki a human sacrifice that would always be seen as a creature below they're feet. But even with this one truth about how the people of Konoha were to him in his life. He would never accept that information as he knew that he was indeed a human being that can be like anyone else in the world or his name was not Uzumaki Naruto.
After getting this one thought into his mind he then used all the strength he had to get out of the water. Only to lose his balance once he reached the went ground that will slowly turn into mud in a matter of moments. However he was shocked to see that he did not make an impact on the ground like he was suppose to. But rather he felt the warmth of a human body against his whiskered cheek as he became a bit shocked at this turn up event. He then slowly looked up to see the eyes of a man he did not know at all. the person was none other than Uchiha Izuna who had his sharingan activated with a emotionless stare on his face. No, naruto" thought his eyes are different (picture izuna's sharingan with itachi's behind it with sasuke's reverse coloring) Naruto then cursed at his luck seeing that he was going to be either killed or captured by this unknown uchiha.
Timeskip: 2yrs later (cave at valley of the end)
Standing in a cave they'res a man looking out over a water fall " naruto another man calls out in the darkness you see two eyes open and what they are shall shock the whole shinobi nations! "they're staring out of the darkness was two glowing black and grey eyes (naruto's rinnegan is a really light color blue gray with black rings and if you looked closely in the centre pupil you could see three tomoes spinning) the Level 1
"izuna sempai" when are we leaving "Naruto i'm sorry; but prepare yourself and with that izuna attacked naruto.
30 minutes later standing on madara's statue staring out into the distance naruto was found sitting on madara's head with tears falling down his cheek.
why why why does everyone i know and trust die and leave me alone and with that naruto wiped his face and brought on a emotionless face so emotioneless it could make itachi uchiha flinch" never again shall i allow someone into my heart,; never again! and with that naruto activated his rinnegan lvl2 which he recently aquired under a stress full situation used his Kototensei and warped to a storage room.' hn was naruto's reply when he started gathering clothing and weapons
Timeskip: 1yr. later (Hokage's Office)
Senju Tsunade found herself to be drinking herself to ease the pain of one of her worse days in her life. It was on this day that her blond godson was taken from her by a boy that was given a clean slate in the village. Which she did not agree with at that time but was overruled by the council, mainly the civilian side. However she then got the last laugh on them when she sent a letter to the Fire Daimiyou telling what has happened in the village.
When the man showed up unannounced in the council room that is followed by Tsunade herself. Three elders could not help but narrow their eyes at the Hokage who was not bending to their wills like the civilians do. The Leader of Hi no Kuni was beyond furious at being informed by what the council has been doing behind his back. He then demanded why the these people did not follow Minato's dying wish. To which one member of the civilian side decided to make himself clean in stating the Naruto was a demon who tried kill the last Uchiha. Which resulted in the councilman to be killed by one of the Fire Lords samurai guard. However he did not stop there as he then stripped the elders of any power they had on the village and made the market members of the council to give most of their fortune in restoring the run down areas of the village. But he did not stop there as he then forbidden the use of the cage bird seal on the branch members of the Hyuuga Clan and ordered the removal of the seals. Which fell in the hands of jiraiya as he proposed to make a new seal that can activate on the person who had the seals will. To which the Daimiyou agreed with whole heartedly on the subject as he found the entire meaning of the seal pointless along with only marring arrangements which he eliminated, much to Hiashi's protest. But in his final act, he ordered jiraiya to put a similar seal to the Hyuuga clan on Sasuke along with sealing his sharingan away. Until he could prove his loyalty to Konoha is secure.
Tsunade then walked out of the council room a happy woman for the first time in being Hokage as she had complete power over the village. But still she would look up at Minato's picture in the room as he seemed to be glaring at her. Though it was a feeling that hit her everytime the certain day came in the past 3 years after the success of the retrieval mission.
Konoha had gone through a great change after the Daimiyou's visit that it was not gloomy as one would think it would be. The members of the branch family were enjoying their freedom thanks to Jiraiya. The run down areas of the village was looking better than they were before as people who were once homeless. Now had a place to call home once more since the council did not really care for the area. But the in this time of good change there was also a bad one. As most of the villagers did not agree with their Last Uchiha being on a leash because he was the so called elite.
Tsunade then got the last of her paper work finished early as she poured some sake in a cup. Just as she was about to take a drink of her precious sake a voice came from her window. "Oi, do you mind if I can join you Tsunade-hime?"
"Can't you use the door like a normal person for once Jiraiya?" Yelled the blond as she spilled the drink on her upper chest which dripped down her shirt and made Jiraiya take mental notes.
"Bwahahahah..." He laughed at the busty kage. "But if I did that, then I would not be a ninja at all and well it is always fun to see you react. In different ways than a normal one like Sarutobi-sensei."
Tsunade then tried to throw her chair at the toad sage in a fit of anger for wasting her percious drink because of his antics. To which the white haired man jumped out of the way in the nick of time to see the chair fly out the window. She then took a few moments to calm down from throwing her chair as she sat down on the couch in her office. "I trust that you have a reason for coming into my office." She said as Jiraiya became serious.
"Akatsuki are going to be on the move once more and coming out in the open." He said in serious tone. "Now I know what you're going to say one this subject regarding them. But I have the solid proof that Naruto may still be alive somewhere out there."
Hearing this made the eyes of Tsuande fill with hope once more in having her godson back in her life. "Are you sure of this Jiraiya?" She asked when the man took out his toad contract.
"You know what happens when the person's name when the die after signing a summon contract, right." Said Jiraiya as he saw his teammate nod her head in understanding. "When the person dies, their blood turns into simple black ink like Minato's here." Tsunade saw Jiraiya's ink is still his blood, while Minato's is black with a reddish tint (which went unnoticed) ink. He then unscrolled the contract some more to see that Naruto's name is still in his blood.
The eyes of the blond kage widen at seeing Naruto's name still in blood. "So you mean that he's still ..."
"Yup!" replied Jiraiya with a grin on his face. "That brat is still alive out there."
"Find him and don't come back until he is home." Tsunade ordered.
But Jiraiya then shook his head before giving a stressful sigh. "That was the good news from me hime... The bad news."
"Aaah, why can't you ever just have any good news for once?" The blond complained which made Jiraiya smile a bit.
"For once I agree with you on that one." Said Jiraiya before turning serious again. "I got word from one of my top spies. He said that two members of Akatsuki are heading to Suna as we speak."
"WHAT!" Yelled Tsunade as she stood up. "This could be our chance to capture one of their members and interrogate him for any information they might have. Shizune get me team Kakashi and any other team that has reported in NOW!"
H-H-HAI!" Shizune responded before running out of the room.
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Timeskip: Extraction (Forest)
Deidara was trying to fend himself off from the team work power of Konoha new team Kakashi's members, Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Sasuke who were fighting with everything they had to take down the nuke-nin of Iwa. But the man proved to be a challenge, even with the loss of both his arms.
Sasuke had changed a lot in his second year of his sentence and it proved to be an awakening for him. As he then started to train harder than before to get the title of Rokudaime Hokage. Since the day after getting the cursed seal removed from his shoulder by the gama sennin himself. He no longer felt that hatred for Konoha's holding him back. Then everyday of his life he began to see the blood of his dead teammate on his hands every time he woke up. So he then decided to push himself to his own limitations to reach the blonds dream for him. He now wore a white wide sleeve shirt with the Uchiha fan on the back of it, black akatsuki pants that has a red outline.
Kakashi still looked the same only looking a bit older than he was when he became a jounin-sensei. Though no one could really tell since the man has yet to be unmasked by anyone. He then saw the blond Akatsuki member get pushed back by large white lion chimera that came from above the trees. "Good work Sai... Sasuke now while we have the chance!" Called out Kakashi as Sasuke came out with a Chidori charged in his hands.
But unlike the times the jutsu was used as a death blow as it was original meant for. Sasuke opened his fist to a grab and palmed hit Deidara in his stomach as a surge of lightning went through his entire body. They watched to see the Akatsuki member fall to the ground unconscious only to see that his body become clay and unmolded on the floor.
"Dame it!" cursed Sasuke as the blond man got away somehow.
Sai then came out from his hiding spot in the bushes as he puts his ink away. "It must have been when my jutsu made contact on his body." Said Sai as he looked around the area. "We can look around the area to find him. Since he is injured he cannot have gone far."
"It sounds like a plan Sai." Sasuke said as he then turned his head to the side before giving a knowing smile. "But I think we should wait to see if the rest of our team to arrive."
"I suppose you are right Sasuke-san." Replied Sai as he gave one of his creepy smiles which made Sasuke uneasy at times but he eventually go used to it. "I hope that the Kazekage is safe."
Just then the third member of Team Kakashi had arrived with the elder of Suna Chiyo Baa-sama as they carried an unconscious Gaara with them. Sakura had grown a lot since her three year training under Tsuande, no longer was she the fangirl she once was. Her pink hair had grown long again along with a new outfit as she grew in the right place or that is what Jiraiya said before getting hit out the door. Her red shirt is still sleeveless, now it was like a strap that goes up her neck in a high collar. On her arms were fishnet arm warmers with finger-less gloved, she now wore a black skirt over her black tight shorts.
Elsewhere Deidara watched the members of Team Kakashi with a Gaara with his bijuu still being inside his body. He then mentally cursed at failing his mission with the sealing of the Ichibi Jinchuuriki. He was about to make his escape from the area to recover his ring along with much needed strength. Only to be cornered by the members of Team Gai who looked smirking at him. He then started to make a run for his life as he was now running from both Konoha teams. Deidara then looked around for any left of clay that may have fallen on the ground when he was making his own escape. It did not take him very long to locate the remains of his clay bird that laid on the ground without a head as he began to take three bites. Before looking back at those that were chasing him from the extraction cave to see the bijuu go back into it's vessel due to being interrupted.
Neji kept his Byakugan activated as he did not take his gaze off the former Iwa ninja as he sees the man's chakra compressing itself inside his body. He then gave the signal retreat from the area to which Deidara smirked at being too late to save themselves.
Not too far away from the scene was a blond haired with black strips his hair teen who is wearing an black trench coat with long wide sleeves which had the kanji for space and time on the sleeves and had grey swirls at the bottom and on the sleeves. He also has on a pair of black anbu style pants (like akatsuki's) with anbu shoes . He then gave a bored and emotionless expression as he watched the Copy-ninja suck the flames into another dimension. His blond and black hair looked very much untamed as it covered his eyes a little bit in front with a black highlights.
"So it looks like you got yourself some new skills this time around Kakashi." Said the blond as he locked eyes with the jounin. "hn dodge this..." (kotokirin). He quietly called out the jutsu as he waved his right hand a black warping dragon sped toward the said jounin. Who the blond knew that he would be able to dodge the incoming attack if he used the kamui . The blond then began to wait for the ninjas of Konoha to reach his location as he sat on a single tree branch with one leg dangling down as he held his knee.
Once the retrieval team cornered found the attacker they were shocked to see who it was. But it was Kakashi who was the first to come out of his stupor as the others had their eyes widen (If that is even possible for Lee). "N-Naruto..." Kakashi stuttered out as he saw the blond give him a bored facial expression before giving him a blank stare.
"So you remember me Kakashi..." Naruto said as he saw the man notice the lack of "sensei" to his name by the blond. "I was afraid that you would have forgotten me after being declared dead for three years. Since you always did like to play favorites back when I used to be a member of Team 7." He said as he saw the man flinch at the words. "How did you like my jutsu?"
"What?" Thought Kakashi. "i had to use kamui just to contain it and release it in another dimension
"By the look on your face I can tell that you are shocked by what I said." Naruto spoke as he saw Sasuke activate his Sharingan at him before looking at a new boy who had a blank face. "I see you have found a replacement ffor me' hn pathetic."
"We could never replace you." Spoke Sakura as she looked to be on the verge of tears. "Don't you know how much we missed you' i missed you since I thought you were dead."
Naruto just stared at her and then frowned at what Sakura said to him about being missed by the village. "Please spare me the water works Sakura i have things to do." Said the blond as he did care about her, only not like how he used to. "We all know that if I did manage to come back with Sasuke three years ago from our battle at The Valley of the End. I would be hated more so than I already was by the villagers of Konoha for hurting their golden boy. Along with that council would find the moment to go behind Tsunade's back to execute me for hurting their precious Uchiha." He finished as he saw a few ninjas look away from his words along with Sakura. "But I will tell you that I did not run away from the village unlike a certain someone tried to three years ago."
Hearing this made the Konoha team raise their heads as they wanted to know what happened to him. "If you had not run away from the village then why did you not come back?" Asked Tenten as she became very curious while fighting down a blush at seeing the blond stare a t her.
Naruto then looked at the weapon loving chuunin. "When my battle with Sasuke ended with our colliding jutsus, I was thrown back by the blast." He answered as he went on. "But I was blown into the water with my body being too weak to swim to land for so many minutes as I drifted down stream. But once the water calmed down to let me stay a float, I regain a little bit of strength to get out of the water. However I was found by someone I thought did not think I would ever see in my shinobi career and from there I began my training with that person." He finished his story as he did not want them to know too much as he took out one of his two scrolls that is strapped under the obi. "Since you know that I am alive and I refuse to go back to the village, I am going to make sure I am not caught. So I am going to show you the advantages of being a master of space and time techniques as well as the koto rinnegan."
"Cut it out Naruto and what do u mean koto rinnegan." Said Sasuke as he looked at the blond who did not look like he was going to back down or tell him. "I have the damn seal removed from my body for three years and now my mind is clearer than it was then and I don't want to hurt you."
Naruto then looked the chuunin who he once called his brother. "Seeing you here Sasuke uchiha, I can tell that the council had some hand in you still being alive." Naruto stated rather than said or asked which made the Uchiha flinch. you really think i care about u ! well heres a news flash i don't '' i could careless whether you die'.
"Naruto stop it, please!" Pleaded Sakura as she too did not want to harm her blond teammate "not that she or any of them could". But saw that her words were falling upon deaf ears on his part. "We trained hard to get rid of Akatsuki as they were the ones to be threatening your life and everyone here has gotten strong and i'm sure sasuke neji and lee have gotten almost if not stronger than you. You inspired us that through hard work, we could achieve our dreams."
"What Sakura-san says is true Naruto-kun." Spoke Lee as he walked in front of the team. "If it were not for you being in our lives with your flames of youth that has never stopped burning. None of us would have come this far in defeating enemies that were not possible to beat."
"It was you who taught each and everyone of us that our destines are in our hands to mold." Spoke Neji as he stood along side of Lee as he took off his hita-ate to reveal his Caged Bird Seal was removed. "Now the members of the former Branch Family is debt to you. Because if it had not been for you to just be in our lives. Then nothing would have changed and future members of the Hyuuga clan would be live a life of a slave."
i told you all that to help yourselves" Said Naruto as he closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. "However that is only the illusion for those that live a cursed life like my own."
"But you have also showed Lee and I that we did not need a clan to stand out or learn from." Spoke Tenten as she was getting her scroll ready in case the blond did not want to be taken peacefully.
"I cannot argue with you on that one Tenten." Naruto replied. "However I am enjoying my freedom on the open road which is something Konoha does not allow me to have. Now I'm done talking, so prepare yourself!"
Naruto then activated his Tensei( which allows him to move throug space nd time using seals located on his body) he gained a hazy images almost like after images around him . Before he went on the attack as he saw Lee charged at him to deliver a right kick to the blond. Only for Naruto to flicker out of sight and warp above him coming down on his leg with a spin kick. With enough strength to hear something crackle after the blow, as it broke Lee's leg. Naruto then warped to a tree only to stand there as the kunai that was thrown by Tenten went though him shocking everyone else. He then gave the girl a bored look as it her way of fighting battles did not entirely impress him that much if at all. At the point the blond then unlatched his leg guards only for them to form chains he saw Tenten threw two shurikens that are followed by two kunai's with exploding tags on them. Naruto then ran towards her at incredible speed only caught a little bit by kakashi and sasuke and warped to the two kunais she threw only to grab them in mid air shocking everyone else spinning around and tossing them away with the flick of his wrist. While he ran toward her he warped in front of her Only for her eyes to widen in surprise as she tried to jump away only for him to grab her wrist and she was suddenly felt the experience of being sucked into a vortex.
"You should really learn not to rely on just weapons alone Tenten." Said Naruto in a monotone voice as he eyes looked coldly at her. "Because one day it might lead to your death." as he dropped her off a konoha's gate using his version of hiraishin no jutsu and madara's body migration called Tensei "Thats two down and seven two go... But I think I can fix the odds
." He said.
"Oh and just how is it you're going to do that?" Asked Kakashi as he knew that Naruto had more stamina and chakra compared to them.
Naruto then smirked lightly at his former team before jumping as they saw the lightning infused body coming back down. naruto proceeded to raise is hand to the sky and called out " Raijin" and immediatly a large yellow figure came from the sky and immediatlly attacked kakashi shooting lightning bolts at him Kakashi then charged his Raikiri as he held his hand out to cancel out the jutsu. Which he did with great success as the blond gave the jounin an impressed whistle.
"impressive as alwaya Kakashi." Said Naruto as he clapped his hands. "However the rest of the team does not look so lucky though."
Kakashi then looked around to see the rest of the retrieval team is unconscious from the Raiton attack. That he was along against the blond ninja who is standing in front of him as he picked up one scroll unlocking it to pull out two chain guards. "Well I can't stay the same all the time." Said the jounin as he looked at his former student. "Like the others of your age group, I to I have trained to fight Akatsuki. Though I have to admit that you along with Sasuke and Sakura are nearing the levels of surpassing me."
Naruto did not give the jounin a reply at once as he stared into the man's Sharingan. "Somehow I doubt that would have happened with me Kakashi-san." Said Naruto in a voice that reminded the jounin of Itachi. "But I will not deny you the fact that I have grown stronger in these three years as I learned not to rely ones one bloodline and i have long since surpassed you."
Kakashi then looked at his former student with shock as he mentioned a bloodline as the said blond closed his eyes. "W-What do you mean bloodline?" Asked Kakashi as he did not take his gaze of the Naruto.
The said blond kept his eyes closed as he did not say anything for a moment or two before finally opening them to reveal a full rinnegan, which made the Copy-ninja gasp. "I have proved that I do not need my bloodline to defeat your team." Spoke Naruto as the rings spun around his pupil. "Nor did I need the village to be on its knees to give me what I wanted and as I did copy a few jutsus in my travels. I spent a lot of time working on the skills with hard work to make them stronger than they're users could ever dream. So now I will take my leave of you Hatake Kakashi-san, so go report to your council to let them know of what they lost." With that said Naruto left in a swirl of air.
Timeskip: konoha
Tsunade was seen pacing through her office waiting on team 7 and 9
Hokage's office
WHATTT! was heard through out konoha
Timeskip orochimaru's hideout
As Naruto fought his opponents, (who had surrounded him), he charged his lightning chakra into the ground and sent a powerful burst of Lightning into the ground causing a massive explosion around him that blasted Orochimaru, Kabuto and the revived sound four away from him.
Quickly Naruto then used his Tensei (Heavens distortion) to disappear in a swirl and then reappear in front of Kabuto as he flew in midair, and was too surprised by Naruto's sudden appearance to try and avoid or block Naruto's on-coming attack. Upon appearing in front of Kabuto, Naruto then kneed him in the gut and then sent him flying into a nearby wall, causing a large dent in it to appear.
Naruto quickly then disappeared and reappeared behind Orochimaru, who was on his knees and had just stopped skidding on the ground and was regaining his footing, where he then caught a glimmer of light from the corner of his eye. When he turned his head around slightly, Orochimaru saw Naruto about to capture him. But before Naruto could complete his swing a powerful Water justu from the kidomaru was fired from his right hand side, which didnt stop naruto but did get orochimaru a chance to move.
As soon as Naruto reappeared in his new location, Naruto then reappeared to where he had dropped the scroll, where he then picked it up and quickly twirled around, as he sensed kidomaru and tayuya coming up behind him, to try and slash his back with his Mizu no Ken. When Naruto twirled around to face them he quickly activated the tensei warping to them kidomaru backed away but tayuya who had stopped tried to shunshin away but as she was starting to bend the chakra away, naruto reached out and as soon as he grabbed her wrist she was sucked into a vortex in his left eye " ha to slow" naruto said , and not soon after kidomaru who had attacked him with his sword, allowing iit to try and hit naruto only for it to phase through him and immediatly using kawarami to appear behind naruto, " but he didnt notice naruto's chains coming at him so fast to where he was trapped and not a half second later he to was sucked away
the revived jirobi quickly tried a side hit with his staff, but Naruto quickly ducked under it, where he then stabbed Tengu (i'll explain what that is in a later chapter) onto jirobi's right foot stopping him from moving, after which he then had Tengu send Lightning into jirobi's body electrifying him. Naruto then quickly charged up his leg with Lightning Chakra to enhance his strength and speed, where he then delivered a powerful kick to jirobi, sending him flying sideways, and ripping off his leg, which turned to ash when separated from his body.
After dealing with the jirobi, Naruto then took Tengu out of the ground, but as soon as he did, several long sharp pointed bone spikes sprung from the ground and tried to impale Naruto.
Naruto although was able to avoid the attack by using his tensei, seeing this the kaguya began to look around for Naruto, but couldn't see him until he heard Naruto cry out "Raiko ken (lightning cutter!". After hearing this, the kaguya quickly looked up to see Naruto floating up in the air and trusting Tengu forward where a massive blast of Lightning erupted from Tengu along with an ear splitting screech. The attack quickly sped towards the kaguya at incredible speed, giving him no chance of escape. When the blast ended there was a another large crater, with the kaguya in it, with most of his body vaporised leaving only his right arm, torso and head, which were badly burned.
But upon after hitting the kaguya with his attack, several snakes rapped themselves around Naruto's arms and neck, when Naruto looked down below, he saw Orochimaru looking up at him smirking, before he pulled Naruto down to the ground hard.
Once Naruto hit the ground, Kabuto quickly appeared and tried to it sever his arteries from around his heart and kill him. Quickly though Naruto activated his Raiton no Yoroi (Lightning Release Armour) which he recreated after seeing the raikage use it to block Kabuto's attack, shocking him and forcing him back several feet. After which, Naruto quickly sent his Lightning Chakra into the snakes shocking both them and Orochimaru, forcing them to let go.
Once Orochimaru had let him go, Naruto quickly got back on his feet, although once he did, Naruto found himself surrounded again by Orochimaru, Kabuto and the sound four, who's bodies had regenerated, after which they all attacked.
Seeing that they're all attacking at once from all sides Naruto quickly started to spin around clockwise at high speeds with tengu, while at the same time releasing a large amount of Lightning Chakra, while crying out "Raisenpū sho (Lightning Twister lvl2)! (A)". After which a massive twister made out of Lightning formed around Naruto and blasted Orochimaru and the others back, when they came into contact with it.
after orochimaru and kabuto recovered they decided it would be best to make a tactical retreat.