A/N This a story that runs parallel to the story of Naruto, but I will be taking a few events out. First, I will not have the Uchiha massacre happen. Sasuke and Itachi convinced their father not to go with the coup. Itachi will be part of ANBU but also he and Shisui will be Jonin sensei for my OC and a friend's OC. Please give your humble opinions on how I should shape the story and tell me how you like my OC and his unique quirks that make him fun to write as a character.
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The tale of Kuro Shiba
Third person pov
Kuro Shiba is your average heir to the head of the clan except he's not arrogant spoiled and not handed everything on a silver platter. His clan's specialty is genjustu, but he can't even use genjustu. So his clan thinks of him as trash and his only redeeming quality that has been his saving grace is that he can dispel any genjustu that is placed on him within milliseconds of the technique taking effect. At the academy, Kuro hung out with his three childhood friends Sasuke Uchiha, Haruna Namikaze, and Naruto Uzumaki. Kuro hung out with Naruto, despite most of the village his clan included hated him for some reason. Kuro and Haruna graduated a year ahead of Sasuke and Naruto. Kuro and Haruna were assigned the jōnin sensei Shisui Uchiha, Sasuke's older brother Itachi's best friend. Despite knowing the guy the survival test that all graduates have to take to become genin was grueling. The other guy who was part of the squad that Haruna and Kuro was on would not stop hitting on Haruna.
Shisui told him to focus and get ready, but as soon as Shisui said, "Start!" Shisui put a genjutsu on all of them. It only worked on the "flirt." Kuro and Haruna immediately dispelled the justu and hid to see Shisui assessment of them.
"Not bad for the two who graduated a year ahead of their class. I can see why you were picked and why they chose me to be your sensei," Shisui said, "Now Shinobi battle skills part 2 has been covered. Genjustu is the art of illusions. Both of you saw through the genjustu I put on you and immediately dispelled it. I can't say I'm not impressed, but I can't say I was trying either. Now Shinobi battle skill part 1: taijustu, the physical art. Now come at me with everything you got. Show me what made you so special to graduate a whole year ahead of your classmates."
The phrase "so special "set Kuro off and though against his better judgment, he jumped out his hiding spot. It was his second choice of hiding spots because he knew he couldn't hide forever. He then jumped 10 meters to the right and then 20 meters left, throwing shuriken as he pivoted to the right. Then he body flickered over to where Shisui still was and grabbed a bell, then flickered again out of sight. Shisui was impressed with Kuro's fast movement. He clearly wasn't at Shisui's level, but he was beyond the level of genin should be able to move. Once Kuro had secured his bell and put it a safe hiding spot, he came at Shisui with his weapon of choice in a fight, his tekko takagi, in both hands which he called Kurokumamaru. He slashed at Shisui, which Shisui just barely dodged. Haruna came in, grabbed a bell, and jumped, doing a couple backflips Shisui unsheathed his tanto and attacked with his Uchiha Style: Flaming Halo Slashes of Flames. Haruna was fast enough to dodge most of the flaming arcs of fire, but the last one was going to hit her until Kuro intervened.
"Water Style: Water Wall Justu". He said calmly as a wall of water appeared from the small stream and offset the arc of fire.
"Well done. You two accomplished the mission and showed great individual skill and team work you two pass. Kuro could you dispel the genjustu on the flirt as you head out? I'm going to put in team 9 roster." Shisui requested as he turned to leave.
Kuro just poked the guy in the forehead and said "release. " dispelling the justu. The flirt responded by trying to kiss Haruna, which got him kicked in the groin, then sky uppercut back to the village. When he landed, he cried out "My balls", then passed out. All the passerby laughed at him. Naruto and Sasuke felt sorry for the poor guy. He must did something wrong and ended up on the wrong side of Haruna's fist.
They both cringed as they went to their designated meeting point with Haruna and Kuro. The meeting place was Ichiraku ramen. They decided to celebrate Kuro and Haruna becoming genin. Akari wanted to come along but her mother and father said to let her brother Sasuke celebrate with his friends. They all ordered, and the old man who runs the ramen shop told them the first bowls were on the house because it's not every day you become a genin. They were good patrons for the shop, especially Naruto. A chunin came by tell Haruna that Lord Third would like to speak with her after she's done with her celebrating. The chunin smiled at Haruna then gave Naruto the coldest look that anyone besides Naruto and Kuro had ever seen.
Haruna went to see Lord Third after all of them decided to call it a night. Kuro walked Naruto home to make sure he wasn't ambushed by a villager picking a fight with him. They dropped Sasuke off at the Uchiha district, then the remainder of the group split off into two. Haruna headed to hokage tower while Kuro and Naruto headed to the outskirts of the village where the Namikaze/Uzumaki compound was at and where Kuro's new residence is at. The Shiba clan maintained a mansion of sorts that neighbored the Namikaze/Uzumaki compound. Haruna made it there promptly just before the lanterns were lit.
"Lord Third you wanted to see me?" Haruna asked in a polite voice
"Yes. I see you passed Shisui's test and now are a genin. As such, I now have to enact part of your father and mother's will." He said.
"What do you mean, Lord Third?" Haruna asked curiously.
"As you know, your father and mother died during the Kyubi incident 11 years ago. As for the reason called here tonight, it was to release the items pertained in their will. First, your father's kunai armory. Here's the key to it. Also, here is the key to Kushina's huge wardrobe. They should fit you well and your mother would be proud that you're turning into such a beautiful young lady." Lord Third said with a smile.
Haruna blushed and smiled.
"Thank you and good night Lord Third." Haruna said.
"Oh by the way, you have a twin brother. I'll let you figure out who your brother is." Lord Third said
Haruna walked home, pondering the news that she just received. She has a twin brother that she never knew existed until now. Why tell her now, and who is her brother? Haruna went to the armory and opened it up. It seemed that the lock mechanism worked with the key and chakra of certain individuals who are of the same bloodline. She grabbed five of her father's kunai and went home, pondering her thoughts. She slept soundly that night.
The first D-Rank mission that team 9 went on was to find a cat that ran away. Shisui observed as both Haruna and Kuro pursued the cat. They were thinking to trap it, but decided to catch it instead. Kuro caught it then the cat pounced off his chest and Haruna caught the cat.
"The cat tried to scratch me." She said with great disgust over the radio, "Can't we get a better mission than this? I hate cats."
They returned the cat to its owner and waited for the next mission. They did several D-Rank assignments after and Kuro looked at each other then said in unison, "Lord Third, we would like to request a low level c rank mission."
The old man smiled at the two genin who asked him for a c rank mission.
"Well c rank missions are normally reserved for chunin level ninja, not genin, but genin are allowed to try their hand at c rank missions. I believe you have filled the d rank quota, so you can try your hand at c rank mission. It's a mission from a Martial arts dojo named Ryuzanpaku. They are requesting a couple of sparring partners. Normally we'd have Might Guy and his team take on this mission, but they are on another mission. It should take you about a day to reach the dojo. I wish you luck, and may you return to us stronger than you were before." Lord Third said.
The Genin left to pack their stuff as Iruka gave a progress report on his current academy class. He noted that Naruto is struggling with the clone justu. He just couldn't give so little chakra to the clone to not overwhelm the clone and suggested that he be put under the tutelage of a jōnin that can perform the shadow clone and its variant The multi- shadow clone justu. So he may be ready to graduate next fall. Otherwise he'll have to steal the scroll of sealing if he wants to pass as badly as he does. Naruto is envious of his classmates Kuro Shiba and Haruna Namikaze for graduating and becoming genin early.
"I see what you mean Iruka. I'll have a jōnin tutor Naruto in the shadow clone justu, even though it's normally a forbidden skill but Being the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi, though, I think it's best he does learn the shadow clone jutsu." Lord Third said.
Naruto got called back to the academy for some special supplementary lessons. When he got into the classroom, he saw a tall man with silver spiked hair who was wearing a mask over his face with his leaf forehead protector over his left eye.
"I'm Kakashi Hatake, and I'll be your sensei for your special supplementary lessons." Kakashi said.
Naruto smiled at the sensei. Something just told him that he was going to have some fun training with this tutor. Kakashi smirked at the boy in front of him. The boy strongly resembled his father, the late Fourth Hokage and Kakashi's former sensei, and it was funny how fate put him in ironic situations.
"Okay Naruto. I want you to try to perform the clone justu." Kakashi requested.
Naruto summoned a massive amount of chakra and tried to activate the justu.
"Clone justu!" He shouted. The justu worked so to speak, but the clone was overwhelmed by the massive amount of chakra it had, so it fell over and was as pale as an albino.
"Hmm I see why you been given permission to be taught this technique, because normal clones can't handle the enormous amounts of chakra you have." Kakashi said.
He taught Naruto the hand signs of the justu and in a couple hours, the boy was able to use the Shadow Clone Justu like he had been using it his entire life. Kakashi was impressed with how hard working his late teacher's son is. Naruto learned by doing what he supposed to be taught by lecture instead of using trial and error. Naruto's chakra control was one of his weaknesses as a shinobi. Kakashi taught Naruto how to climb trees without using his hands. It was a hard for Naruto to concentrate his chakra at his feet, but he got the hang of it eventually.
Meanwhile, Kuro and Haruna were traveling through the Land of Fire to get to the dojo Ryuzanpaku. They made it to the dojo in a day. Kuro was excited because it wasn't his first time going to this particular dojo. While he and his father were at the Temple of Fire, Kuro wandered off into the Ryuzanpaku dojo. The martial art senseis that lived there had him watch as they did their training. The young boy mimicked their movements and started to master each of the techniques that the senseis were polishing. The elder laughed as the young boy was slowly learning each of the senseis' different martial art. The martial art they each mastered goes as follows; Karate, Kenpo, Jujitsu, Maui Tai, swords and other various weapons, and mix martial art that is unique by combining all the other martial arts into one. Kuro bowed at the assembled people at the gate of the dojo.
"It is fate that you be our sparring partner for this mission," The elder said, "I hope you're ready, Kuro. We are not ones to hold back, even when sparring."
Kuro smiled.
"Don't I know it? It took me weeks just to get used to the training method without you poking and prodding me into the right direction. So who's first?" He asked.
"That would be me" Said a man with a disturbing aura about him.
The man wore a surgical mask and wore a black cloak with red clouds on it.
"I'm Kakuzu and I'm here for the bounty on your head, boy." said Kakuzu.
Kuro wasn't surprised in the least that he had a bounty on his head. His clan hated his guts and wanted him dead because they thought he was a disgrace to the clan. That being said, Kuro had 11 trillion ryo bounty on his head. No bounty hunter would ever attack the village hidden in the leaves just for 11 trillion. So they waited until their quarry wonders out of the village to try to collect money as the bounty applied to a black market bounty office.
"I wondered if the bounty hunters would try to take me on before or after my mission was complete. I see you're a former ninja from the Village Hidden in a Waterfall. Guess I can't take it easy if you're aiming to take my life. That being said I'll fight you at full strength right from the get-go." Kuro said, making some quick hand signs then said, "Shiba style: twin symmetric seal release."
Kuro was soon surrounded by chakra. Kakuzu laughed maniacally as he jumped towards the chakra-enhanced eleven-year-old. Kuro threw two punches simultaneously, one at Kakuzu's face and the other at his gut. Both hit the bounty hunter and knocked him back a good hundred meters.
Kakuzu smiled as he ripped his surgical mask off, then spit some blood out.
"You are one hell of kid to be able to pull off a simple taijustu technique that bashes though my Earth Style: Earth Spear." Kakuzu said.
"Hmmm you have five hearts. That's interesting. Wait, scratch that: you had five hearts. Now you have three." said Kuro with a serious look on his face.
"How did Kuro do that?" asked Haruna.
One of the sensei's, named Akisame, answered, "He used two martial art principles: the art of penetration and the art of deception. The deception is the simultaneous punches the penetration is the punches themselves. They had so much raw power it's not hard to imagine Kuro stopping two of his opponents hearts with this one technique." The sensei explained.
"When did he learn that technique?" Haruna asked.
"When he was five" Akisame answered.
Kakuzu jumped back
"You're not worth the risk kid, but I'll come back to settle the score with you." He said.
Kakuzu retreated. Kuro sealed back the twin seal, then passed out from exhaustion. When Kuro woke up, he saw Haruna sparring with Sakaki and Shisui sparing with Akisame.
Kensei said, "Welcome back. It seems you over extended yourself when you took on that s-rank shinobi Kakuzu in single combat. I hope you brushed up on your Kenpo or you're going to lose."
"Fat chance that I'll let my guard down against a master ranked martial artist." Kuro said smiling as they sparred.
Kuro and Haruna finished their first c rank mission then got home and slept for a few days. Then they were back on d rank missions until the next batch of genin came along.
A/N I'll end this part of the fanfic here. it all to set up for chapter one enter Naruto Uzumaki and Team 7. it will be some character development for team 7 plus i'm planning to jump into the land of waves arc. so stay tuned you will see different side of the emo avenger we all love and hate. if he didn't have a reason to be emo or an avenger.
