A bond by a legacy
- a Naruto fanfic
I don't own Naruto, do I?
Old legends, new bodies
10th October – Uchiha Compound
Sasuke was a young boy in the age of 8. He thought it was a normal day like the days before. The academy, later training on a field and at the evening he got out of the compound to watch the lake near his home. It was really strange, because today one boy missed the class. Normally the blond never missed the academy, he may sleep in the lesson, or pranked Iruka, but he never missed one.
When he thought about this boy, the blond was a strange one. He had no actually friend there, he had no clan, heck, he was a totally nobody, an orphan, but when the young Uchiha saw him… he was a kind of special. Like, without him, something terrible would come over the village hidden in the leaves.
When you speak about the devil… He heard the sound of footfalls and turned around. Maybe his aniki came and would take him home. But it was the blonde boy with these pained ocean-blue eyes.
Sasuke could say that the smile, that the boy gave him, was truly a fake one. It was a mask to hide his pain and hate, but the youth couldn't understand, why the spiked-blond haired boy let only see his mask to the world.
His aniki once told him something about this boy. He said, sometimes, the hokage ordered the ANBU to look after him. But the boy isn't dump. His grades may tell something totally different but the blond was a survivor. He lived in the streets from nearly rotten food and got beatings every day and don't complain. Itachi asked the boy, why he never complained about cold nights and rotten food. He simply told him: "Some others have it worse." The young ANBU captain was stunned. And every time, when Sasuke complained about their father, he told him, "some others have it worse."
Then the youth looked in the sky. The blue sky left the world and stars showed themselves. It was pretty late and his mother maybe was worried about where he was. He had to leave. Sasuke ran to his compound to find… deadly silence. It never was so silent. Where was everybody?
"Hey!" he shouted. No response. The little Uchiha walked home. But suddenly, he fell dead in his tracks. Some liquor splashed under his feet. Under the night-sky it was black, but when he smelled the air, it smelled like metal. Like when he bit his tongue and the flavor of blood in his mouth.
And then he ran. As fast as his small legs could carry him, he ran. He pushed his parent's home door open and jumped inside, only to find his brother above his mom and dad.
"Aniki? What does this mean?" he asked trembling. Itachi turned around and showed his mangekyo sharingan.
"I had to prove myself, foolish little brother." The older one responded. He reminded emotionless and his strange sharingan spun like crazy.
"Why?!" shouted the younger Uchiha, anger and betrayal in his voice. Why did his brother something terrible like this? His always calm, friendly and logical brother! Dammit. And Itachi showed him. He showed him, how he killed their parents to gain the next level sharingan.
And left his young brother crying in the blood of their parents.
"Become strong, young one. One day, we meet again and we have to fight on equal terms. Gain the same strength in your eyes like I have." Itachi said cryptically and left Konoha without any tracks.
And Sasuke reminded in a world of death and hatred. He would avenge his family.
10th October – Red light district street
Naruto was 8 years old. His life was not pretty and he was jealous for the clan kids in his class.
All he had was a dirty apartment next to a whorehouse and some cups of Instant Ramen. He liked the food, but he knew, his growth and health didn't agree with him. He was the midget in the class.
"Happy birthday to me…happy birthday to… that's total bullshit." He thought.
The sluts greeted him like an old lover, but it was more kind of motherly. He never complained about living in the red light district, he learned some cheap tricks here and there from thieves and other criminals. He picked money pockets like no other, because without it, he wouldn't survive one single day. His orphan allowance always got lost and he was tired about asking, where it went.
He greeted some other street kids, some boys double his age who didn't went to the academy or dropped out. They greeted back. Pack helped pack. That was street law. And he may be disliked by the wealthy civilians in Konoha for some reasons, but the outsiders helped each other. They had their own graveyard for the homeless who died in cold nights, their own bosses in criminal bands and some house which is the official orphanage. But all kids over 3 years left it and only came back for free food. But normally it was second class food and always a little bit rotten.
Naruto opened his door. He had no lock which was a huge problem sometimes. Angry villagers tended to destroy his bed, or his table, and they smeared every time in big red letters "DEMON" on his walls. Why? He had no clue. The hokage always lied to him. He knew that the old man knew who his parents where, he knew, why everyone hated him. And everyone who had some brain in their head could see, that some blond hero whose head was on the freaking mountain in the uptown village. But he didn't say anything because, who would believe the villages pariah?
And did he say he didn't know why everybody hated him? Scratch that! You cannot kill a freaking chakra beast like the Kyuubi. Fuck that, who announced this shit?! Well the bijuu was still alive, when you believed the huge seal on his gut. Well, shit. But the young one had a plan. It was not a plan like 'Fuck everything, let the Kyuubi go rampage'. No, he believed in the good of people. He believed in peace. But as a civilian, you can do nothing, and as a normal Chunin also. So he had to become hokage. His stupid mask would help him until he reached his goal. He hoped so.
'Well fuck, I have to repaint the wall. Stupid villagers, I am NOT the Kyuubi.' He sighed and walked to his futon which laid on the floor.
'Hey, they left my blankets. Lucky me.' He thought cynically.
"Knock, knock freak." A stranger announced himself.
'And here we are. Like every year.'
And Naruto ran…
He tricked the man and dashed away. But the stranger was a Shinobi. And again, Naruto cursed his luck. And the blasted mob on 'fox-hunt' became bigger and bigger.
They hunted him until he was in a corner or better, a mountain cliff. And this time, he feared his death. A cold shiver ran down his spine.
"Here you are demon." Someone yelled. Naruto looked down the cliff and prepared for his last seconds.
Then one hunter stepped forward and pushed the young blond boy.
And he fell.
'Well dad, mom, this is it. We might see each other in next life.'
Everything went black.
10th October - Hokage tower
Hiruzen was an old man and a powerful when it came down to his ninja-skills. But he made mistakes. He was not perfect. He hoped that today everything went well. He would visit Naruto at the next day and would ask why he didn't visit the academy these days. And he wouldn't respond to the youth's question. Poor boy. He should be a hero not an outsider. His father should be alive and held the hokage title, his mother should cuddle him to death and he… The old man sighed. At the end, it was his fault. And yesterday, he made another fault with the killing order for the Uchiha Clan.
How could he help young Sasuke?
The young boy would grieve for revenge.
But before he could smith a plan, an ANBU jumped in his office, breathless.
"Hawk? What's the matter?" he asked serious.
"Uchiha…dead. Uchiha Sasuke …only alive. In hospital." he breathed heavy. And another ANBU stormed in.
"Inu, please, no bad news…" pleaded the old kage.
"Uzumaki Naruto fell from the cliff. He was roughed up by a mob. He is near death, hokage-sama." Reported the ANBU with coldness in his voice. The hokage closed his eyes. Poor kids indeed. It was a miracle. No one else would survive this high.
"Inu, watch the hospital staff, they may kill him to bring the demon to an end. Report back, when his status is clear." The young ANBU snarled and vanished.
"Hawk, watch Sasuke. He is mental unstable. If necessary, bring Inoichi in." he ordered.
What have he done?
Naruto
Drip That sound.
Drop. Freaking sound. He was so tired.
Drip. "I am freaking dead! Shut it." He growled
"Where is the fun?" hummed a deep voice.
Naruto walked the long way to a place with a sixty-story high red gate closed by a little piece of fucking paper. Well, it was a man-high little piece of paper with the note for 'seal'.
"Who created this shit?" he ranted. A giggled growl came from behind the bars.
"Asshole hairless monkey of yours. Ya fuckin' dad." The huge beast laughed. He liked that little cynic kit. The blond sat down in the water.
"You are not dead, Ningen. Stand up or I'll eat ya."
"I prefer to lay her, fox. When I am not dead, my body is crippled. Ya know, now I'll be a helpless wreck. Hope this dammed villagers kill me right now. Better than not being able to walk on my own two legs." Suddenly someone approached the beast and its jailor. Naruto raised one eyebrow and jumped on his feet.
"Bloody hell, I see ghosts." He yelled.
"Where?!" the new figure screamed in panic and another stranger patted the black haired man on the shoulder.
"Go away Shodaime with your blasted Mokuton. Nobody needs you in this freaking sewer of a mind." The great Kyuubi yelled at the nearly 6 feet tall man with the dark eyes. The man smirked.
"Good to see you again, fox."
"Kurama. Shut it. I have a reason to bring him here. He and the boy are family. They are my part of the tree, so, be respectful." The other man said and got a snort from the kitsune.
He had short spiky brown hair and his intent was friendly.
"Let me introduce myself. I am Ashura Otsutsuki. Youngest son of the sage of six paths." the man said and bowed lightly.
"Hashirama Senju, Shodaime Hokage of the hidden leaf village." The legend smiled.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Jinchuuriki of the fluffy behind us." The boy snickered. "Can I ask something?"
"As you wish." Both elders said.
"Why in kamis sake are you two here! The fluffball said I am NOT dead." The Shodai looked rather puzzled. He obviously didn't know the answer.
"Young one, great things are going to be happen. And I'll once again face my brother with your help. But this time, the circle of hatred and anger between our families must be closed. I brought your ancestor, because you need training in your skills and abilities and with him here, you have access to the Mokuton. With me, you'll be able to be in peace with the so called fluffy. Kurama may be sometimes a cunning fox, but he is a good guy. Don't ya agree Ku, do you?"
A growl was everything they got.
"I am happy to help in this timeline, but who do we face? Who is your brother in this world?"
"Freakin' ancestor of red eyes Uchiha." Ashura sighed.
"Madara!" Hashirama barked in surprise.
"Dunno. Could be everyone from that blasted clan. I don't like them. They were always the first, who attacked me. Fuck them." Naruto snapped.
"Stop that, Kiddo. Uchihas are not bad." Hashirama disagreed.
"Tree hugger." Growled the young one and the hokage smiled. "Maybe, maybe not"
Ashura shook his head. Kids these days.
Sasuke
Well shit. He had a mental shutdown. And now he laid in the middle of his empty mind.
The young Uchiha jumped as he heard someone approached him. He would kill Itachi if he showed up. But it was someone else. Fear ran down his spine and the young Uchiha fought with himself to stay where he was.
"Hello Sasuke." A dark voice greeted him. Sasuke looked at the stranger. He clearly was an Uchiha. And the other person too.
"Hn." He grunted. He saw ghosts.
"Nope, we are real in your mind. I am Indora, forefather of the Uchiha clan. And you should know that badass." The man joked.
"Is he an idiot?" Sasuke asked Madara who smirked.
"He could be a Senju but hey, he is our forefather."
"My brother's kin are always the fools. I don't see what our father saw in him. But after all my brother was wiser than I. You cannot fight every enemy without help and my brother had a lot of people who followed him."
"Sounds like Hashirama. Everybody followed him but he wasn't the brightest person out there. It was his character which leaded people to follow him."
"So, why are you here? Why should I bother with you when I have some other things to do?" Sasuke grunted and got a hard look from Madara.
"Watch your mouth, Uchiha." Madara growled and Sasuke glared at the old clan head.
"I'll explain it young one, great things are going to be happen and I'll once again face my brother with your help. But this time, the circle of hatred and anger between our families must be closed. I brought your ancestor, because you need training in your skills and abilities."
"So?" Sasuke and Madara said and glared at each other.
"Watch and wait." Indora sighed. 'Kids these days'
Time skip
Nearly 2 weeks after the fatal night of 10th of October, Sasuke and Naruto laid in the hospital with no signs of live. Only the monitors showed that they were still there.
The first who would awake was the last Uchiha. He stirred and slowly opened his eyes. His body fell strange and pretty weak.
'Before you scream like a girl, that you avenge our clan, stop right now. The clan was a bunch of betrayers. Your brother had done something good, and we can start it completely new.' Madaras voice boomed in his head. Sasuke clenched his fists, but nodded slightly.
'That fool Senju is here.' the old clan head sneered 'Good to know, I have someone I can actually talk to.' Sasuke looked puzzled. Where was a Senju? Every Senju beside Tsunade Senju died long time ago!
'My friend got his own reincarnation, his chakra is here. Somewhere near.' The old Uchiha explained and Sasuke perked up. What the hell?! Someone else got another legends spirit? And here he thought he was someone unique. But Indora told him.
'Stop brooding and get your ass out of that bed, Uchiha.' Madara commanded. Sasuke sighed and threw the blanket away. His clothes laid on a chair beside him and he put the traditional Uchiha clothes on. The dark blue colours with the red and white Uchiha fan on his back.
Sasuke looked out of the window in his room and it looked like every bright colour left this place. The tree outside looked … dull.
'We should pay my old friend a visit. The last time the trees looked dull, something bad happened.'
Sasuke nodded again and wandered in the hospital until his ancestor stopped him in front of a door. But the ANBU next to the door stared at him, like he was crazy.
"Can't ya read brat? No visitors! Go home!" the Shinobi with a bird mask growled.
"Why?" Sasuke demanded to know.
"Go ask the hokage. I dunno. He got hurt badly. That's all I know." the man sneered.
Sasuke sneered back and went away.
'Well, that was really useless. No information, only that the other one is hurt.' The young Uchiha thought.
'That explains the missing colours.' Madara explained with a frown. 'Now, where to go? That's easy. Go back to the compound. It should be cleaned by now. You stayed 2 weeks in that hospital.'
But before Sasuke could leave the hospital a nurse stopped him.
"Young man, you should stay in your bed. We need some check-ups, Uchiha-sama."
"No." he replied coldly and left. The nurse sighed. She sent a report to the hokage, that the young Uchiha heir left the hospital.
Sasuke walked to his home. He never fell so lonely. The silence in his compound didn't help.
'You can hope that the Senju boy might help us. Hashirama was foolish, but a good friend.'
'Why did you fight him in the Valley of End? History classes don't give that much of information. They only say you went nuts, summoned the Kyuubi and fought the Shodai.' Sasuke asked.
'Careful with your words! You know how it feels when family betrays you! The curse of the Uchiha is the hatred. The madness came with my brother's mangekyo sharingan and my hate for the clan feed my anger. My path was sealed. It was my fault, that I nearly became blind and took my brother's eyes without knowing the risks. And my friend had to stop me. I would like to apologize to him.' Madara ranted. Fools, everywhere fools.
Sasuke, satisfied with his ancestor's answer, walked to the training field and started once again with the katas for the Uchiha Taijutsu style. But this time, he had someone who helped him.
Naruto
'Wake up, brat. I healed your weak body completely. Be happy that I cannot kill ya because of that blasted seal.'
'Now, now Kurama. Who taught you that fools language? I know you love your freedom but our father wouldn't accept how you treat your vessel. Did you see what these villagers had done to him, because of you?' Ashura asked sternly.
The last days Hashirama and himself watched the boy's memories. Hashirama went rampage somewhere in the boy's mind where he couldn't destroy too much and the youngest son of the Sage grieved in front of the cage. The blond boy slept peacefully.
'I sit in this sewer because of your brother's kin. These foolish hairless apes you call humans are the reason for my hatred. They attacked me simply because they didn't know what I am, and now I am held in a weak body to become a weapon? These aren't pretty sights, Ashura.' The fox snorted.
'Than help this boy to become great! His wishes and goals are pure. He is more like our father than myself. He might free you, when his days end, but before we all have to endure his burden. I decided to help him alongside with one of my kin, and now I ask you, to help him. Kurama, test him, you'll see, he is a good one.'
'He forgives to fast. He smiles, even if he is hurt badly, he fools himself.'
Ashura shook his head. The great beast wouldn't understand before he saw the greatness and potential of Naruto. The son of the Sage stood up and went to the boy, to send him back to his world.
Naruto didn't know what happened, when he blinked.
Cold white walls greeted him.
And something was in his mouth. The noises around him irritated him but slowly he began to understand. The monitor beeped faster and announced his awakening to someone behind the closed door. He strangely could sense the man, who vanished the next moment.
The next thing was the ventilator. Well, that would explain the tube in his throat. He fell sore and cold, but slowly he regained his own warm back.
The next thing was his hair. It has grown over the days he laid in the hospital and fell over his eyes. He wanted to push it back, but some IVs hindered the blue-eyed boy.
But a doctor came in and saw what discomforted the young boy and helped him.
"Hello Naruto-kun. How are you?" The young doctor asked. Naruto sighed. He could glare and send him some 'are-you-kidding-me' glares, but he let it go.
"You are a lucky one, Naruto. You survived a fall from the Hokage Mountain and recovered in 3 weeks. That's some record." The doctor told him and smiled friendly. The blond nodded slowly not sure if that was something good or bad.
"You are stable, young one, so we could remove the IVs and the ventilator today when you agree. They don't feel good, do they? Are you thirsty?"
Well, that was some doctor. He treated him nicely. Naruto nodded and the man left smiling and later that day, they removed the IVs and the ventilator. And now he sipped on a class of water.
And then the hokage visited him with an ANBU guard. It was time for some answers, and Naruto thought it was a good time to tell the old man, that he know.
"Hello Naruto-kun." The old hokage greeted him with a smile but the boy didn't smiled back like he always did.
"Hello hokage-sama." He greeted coldly back and the old man flinched. The guard was on edge, Naruto could tell that.
"Naruto, do you remember, what happened, before you awakened in the hospital?" Sarutobi asked seriously.
"A mob hunted after me and at the end a Chunin pushed me from the mountain."
Naruto could feel the spikes in their chakra and the controlled killer intent.
"They hunted me because of the Kyuubi, didn't they?" he asked innocently. The old hokage stepped back as he saw the knowledge of the boy. Poor kid.
"Naruto-kun, it is not the…"
"I understand, Jiji, I understand why my father sealed the nine-tails in his own son. He was a proud man and now I suffer, but I understand."
The hokage blinked and the ANBU guard jumped in surprise.
'Hey kiddo, Hashirama here, ask ol' Saru for the travel rights. Every Jinchuuriki has travel rights to stop the tension in the villages against their own family because of their burden.' Hashirama said. He created the law with the other kages to help the Jinchuuriki.
And Naruto asked. Sarutobi was sad, that Naruto wished to leave. "But Naruto-kun, you are no Shinobi. How do you think you survive outside the village?" he asked.
"I survived Konohas anger, Jiji. I am an orphan and thieve. Everything I need is some space and time to think. I promise to come back and take the genin exam and later on the hat of yours!" Naruto smiled. The old hokage sighed.
"Until that time, I'll find a way to gain you access to your parent's home. And you shall carry on your father's name. When do you wish to leave?"
"As soon as possible." Naruto said lowly. The old hokage wished him welfare and said he could leave. The council would go rampage. But first he had to stop a crow and let him know what happened. Maybe Naruto could find a friend in crow.
Sasuke
Another week came and left and Sasuke visited the academy once again. Madara didn't like the low education and ranted how low the village fell but Sasuke ignored him.
As the last Uchiha, flocks of fangirls swarmed over him and he hated them. He was no prize to gain! Not only that problem annoyed him but the one who carried the spirits of the Senju and the brother of Indora wouldn't show up. He started to brood around like every Uchiha before him.
'Now I know why Tobirama hated me. That brooding is really annoying.' Madara sighed. In his youth something boring like the academy didn't exist. War kept them going.
'The blond kid is missing again.' Sasuke thought. He kind of missed his brash ways and Irukas yells at that boy. It was the only entertaining thing in the lessons of the Chunin.
'That reminds me of the Senjus way to fool around. He may be the chosen one.' Madara commented.
Sasuke asked his ancestor if he could sense the spirit of his old friend and Madara wondered what the fool did at the gates. Sasuke ran there only to be yelled by Madara, why the Senju left his precious village. "Stop!" Sasuke yelled and the blond boy looked behind to the gates. He only had a small backpack.
"Why do you leave?" he asked.
The blond boy reminded silent like he had a hard time to answer the question.
"I don't belong here anymore." The blue-eyed boy said sadly.
'I got hurt really bad.'
"I don't think so!" Sasuke yelled.
'What happened?'
"The fall is coming." The other said cryptically. "When spring is coming, I'll shall come back."
'My own ideals were wronged and the Hi no Ishi (Will of Fire) nearly left this place. I need some time for myself before I can come back.' Madara translated. He knew, his friend helped the boy and was sad about his own village.
"Then I will wait until you are back. I look forward to become your friend!" Sasuke shouted after the boy. The only thing he didn't saw was the smile that belonged to said boy.
'I'll look forward, too.' Naruto thought and vanished into the forest.
Crow
Crow was badly hurt in his emotions. He betrayed his family for his village but he didn't belong anymore to said village and he also was tied to it. He was in a dilemma. And his track would take him to a place much more evil than his own family. He didn't know if he was ready for playing the evil for the good. He cursed his luck but stayed emotionless like a professional.
The cry of a hawk shook him awake from his thoughts and he held his arm up. The hawk landed on his arm and cried lowly. Crow patted the animal and took the letter from the beautiful bird.
"Fly." He whispered and the hawk flapped his wings to leave the place.
Crow sat down on a tree branch and started to read the letter.
Crow,
please stop before you do something you'll regret one day.
A kitsune got hurt and limped his path away from his save home. The kitsune knows about his package to carry and I am afraid someone will hunt him for his fur. The kit may needs a crow to lead him and become a true kitsune.
You remember the yellow flash that once crashed in our tree?
Look after his kit.
Monkey.
Letter to ANBU captain Itachi Uchiha, codename CROW ID 012110
Itachi's eyes widened in surprise. The young boy he looked after was his mother's best friend's son and the son of the legendary Kirii Senko of Konoha. He sighed and turned around to find said boy. The poor blond shouldn't become a villain to Konoha because nobody would stand a chance against him and the nine-tails. And if the boy needed a leader, he would help him.
AN
Hey there! Welcome to my fanfic. I have to say I am not a narrativ english speaker but I wanted to start something new :)
-9Tails
