Well, here is the revised version of chapter 2. I made a few minor changes that I felt would benefit the story in small ways, such as making it less lame.
Also, I've received a lot of flack for saying that the Rin'negan is an evolution of the Sharingan. Well, I had a discussion with one of my roommates, and he explained the biological functions regarding genetic coding and such, and has changed my point of view. The Rin'negan will not be considered an evolution of the Sharingan. I will now regard it as simply a more badass doujutsu than the Sharingan.
If you still don't agree with me, feel free to message me or leave a review either stating why you think I'm wrong and stupid for changing my point of view, you think I'm just stupid and dumb, you wanna flame, or whatever it is you want to write. If you really wish, you can also stop reading if that's what you want. If you message me stating why you think I'm wrong, I'll be more than happy to either respond, or post a note at the beginning of the next posted chapter.
Also, I've stated that some things are subject to change depending on the manga. Well, I think a lot of people think that I am referring to the plot. This is not the case. The Naruto in my story is still going to follow the same plot, blah blah blah. The things I am referring to are things like the Juubi. We don't know what kind of powers the Juubi possessed. Perhaps it had all of the abilities of the nine Bijuu, or perhaps it didn't. Maybe it had the abilities of the Rin'negan, or maybe it didn't. That will be the kind of thing that changes, more history based items and such.
~ In this chappy, Naruto has an encounter with everyone's favourite bundle of fluff, and he learns that fluffy isn't quite as... vicious as many believe. Also, Naruto shows a little bit of his genius. ~
Disclaimer: Brick wall, waterfall, D.N. thinks he owns Naruto but he don't, Kishi' does, so there goes his hopes and dreams.
"Speech"
'Thought'
'Kyuubi's speech'
'Kyuubi's thought'
"Summon's speech"
'Summon's thought'
Broken Pieces
Cerulean eyes opened, only to be welcomed by the sight of an eerie tunnel. Naruto peered up at the cracked ceiling, along which multiple ragged pipes criss-crossed. He absently noted that there were two different kinds of pipes running all over the place; calm blue ones and tempestuous red ones. He knew that the blue ones had to represent his chakra, for they had the same feel, but the red ones...
...he could only assume they belonged to the Kyuubi.
Deciding to seek some answers in regards to just what was going on, he lifted himself up into a standing position, marvelling at the fact that the thin layer of water he was laying in did not leave him wet at all. Pushing that discovery to the back of his mind, he glanced around, and it dawned on him. A sewer. He was in a sewer, of all places. Before he could take a step, he paused and realized that he really had no idea where he was, and there were multiple different directions he could go. So, he turned left and went down the tunnel in front of him with the thought that if he had no clue where he was, then it really made no difference which route he took.
After what felt like hours of walking, but may have just been minutes - days? - Naruto concluded that this place was creepy. With the eerie glow from the dual-coloured pipes, the incessant drip drip drip, and the overbearing darkness, it greatly reminded him of a dungeon. The worst part was that the scarier he thought it was, the worse it got.
Just a little while later, he noticed an ambient red glow to everything. Not moments after this little discovery, Naruto picked up a sound that closely resembled growling.
Despite the danger warnings that flew through his head, Naruto picked up his pace so he could unearth just what was going on here. Eventually he came across a path with no separate branches, leaving only one direction for him to go; forward.
After a few minutes, he stumbled through the exit of the tunnel, coming to a halting stop in the middle of a massive room. The room itself had no definite borders, only the walls attached to the exit behind him, and even then he couldn't see the end of them. Finally, directly in front of him stood a cage, the bars easily as thick as the trees surrounding Konoha; reaching up into oblivion. Immediately in the center, two bars were held together by a thin piece of metal, upon which rested a single piece of paper. A Seal.
Naruto craned his neck, looking behind the bars, to see only an endless expanse of darkness.
Until two massive red eyes opened right in front of him.
Naruto, being the four-year old he is, fell on his butt and scrambled back, awe making itself visible on his face. Whatever the hell those eyes belonged to, it was huge. Easily fifty stories tall, and it was crouched down, so perhaps when standing it would be even bigger.
"W-who the h-hell are you?" Naruto cried, now rooted to his spot.
The two eyes stared at him for a few moments, unblinking, until a gust of wind blew from the cage onto Naruto, bringing with it a musky smell. A deep rumbling sound filled the room, shaking Naruto out of his stupor.
"Oi, are you laughing at me, you bastard?" came Naruto's shout, standing up and shaking his fist at the monstrosity. With that as a queue, the rumbling increased, blowing the four-year old blonde back a few feet. Eventually the noise died down.
"Child, you intrigue me."
Bewildered, the be-whiskered boy picked himself up, then plopped down into a cross legged position, and looked up at the great beast.
"What do you mean?"
At that, another bout of laughter was heard from the monstrosity.
"Never before has any mortal as young as you shown such impudence to me. In answer to your first question, I am the Kyuubi no Youko."
"Oh." was the eloquent response. Naruto looked confused for a moment, his face scrunched up cutely in thought, before voicing it. "I thought you would be scarier." The Kyuubi peered down at his jailer, deep in thought. Unbidden, a massive grin broke out across its maw, sending a shiver down Naruto's spine.
"Come closer, Kanshu"
"Why?" was Naruto's rebuttal, a frown settling on his features. He angled his head up to stare at the monstrosity in the eyes, no trace of fear visible. The Kyuubi's eyes closed, as if deep in thought, trying to come up with a valid reason as to why a human child should venture near the greatest of the nine bijuu.
Naruto adjusted his position in a bid to get some comfort, the water rising up to his waist. The moment he settled, Kyuubi's eyes snapped open, this time eliciting no response from the child.
The beast lowered its massive head to stare Naruto in the eyes.
"Because, child, I have – " and just like that, whatever the demon was about to say was cut short by a widening of its eyes. The silence stretched on for minutes, neither of them making a sound. Naruto would have said something were it not for the amount of shock, fear, and... happiness that shone from Kyuubi's eyes.
"Child, your eyes..."
Naruto's face transformed into one of childish curiosity, the very kind that killed the proverbial cat.
"What's wrong with my eyes?"
The Kyuubi's mouth curved up into a decidedly vulpine grin, pure joy alight in its eyes.
"Nothing is wrong with your eyes, child" The fox's body quivered in excitement, its fur bristling, "No, I am pleased with your eyes. Very pleased indeed."
Naruto's face gained a hint of confusion, prompting the Kyuubi to explain.
"Child, you are the one, the one who will unite us; the one who will Make US WHOLE AGAIN!" The final words reached an unprecedented volume, coming out as a roar, pure and simple, lifting the water and smashing it against the back wall. The demon lowered its head, pressing its nose into the metal that held the seal keeping it locked away. "Look into the water below you, child, and you will see what I mean."
Naruto obeyed, albeit slightly reluctantly, and looked down. What he saw made him gasp in fear and awe, eyes widening at their reflection in the water, and had he not been sitting he most assuredly would have fallen over in shock.
His eyes were now a silvery-blue with three black rings extending from the pupil... and on the very outermost ring sat a single comma; a tomoe.
"Wh-what the hell h-happened to my eyes!" he spoke, voice quivering in fear. The Kyuubi only chuckled in response, the noise reverberating in the room.
"Your eyes are the fabled Rin'negan, the Transmigration Eye, or the Eye of Samsara. They are the eyes that will bring about peace, or absolute destruction, depending on your actions, child." The demons grin widened. "Either way, they are the eyes of creation."
Naruto's head snapped up to meet the gaze of the fox, confusion making its way across his face. That seemed to be happening a lot lately.
"What do you mean, creation? You just said peace or destruction. How is destroying something creating something?"
At this, the Kyuubi frowned.
"Foolish ningen, use that puny brain of yours, like I know you have before. If you destroyed the world, would you not have created a whole new world?"
Naruto blinked, realizing that yes, he would have created an entirely new world. Albeit, there would be nothing there, but it would be new as in 'never been there before'. Then he thought of how odd it was that he could so casually think about destroying the world.
"However, that is neither here nor there, child. Only one man has ever wielded eyes like yours before, minus the tomoe." The voice snapped Naruto out of his thoughts. "That man was the Rikudou Sennin; the Sage of Six Paths."
His thoughts broken, Naruto jumped in here, hoping for some clarification.
"Who's that?"
"He is the most powerful mortal to have ever lived. He was the founder of your race's modern ninjustu, and the creator of the clan wars. He is also the one responsible for our... state."
"Your state? Do you mean you being sealed inside me?" Naruto grilled the fox for an answer, leaning forward in his eagerness. The Kyuubi however, merely growled in anger.
"No, that was the complete fault of your damnable Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen. Although, I suppose had it not been for Rikudou, you and I would not have been around to have me sealed within you."
Naruto leaned back, taking a thinking position. How could he not have been around? How could they not be around? It didn't make sense. The Kyuubi had always existed, hadn't it? Sure, it had to come from somewhere, just like the other bijuu, but had it not been around since the beginning? But before it had said he would reunite them. So maybe that meant him and the other bijuu. So that meant that the nine bijuu would have once been a single being. This would kinda make sense, because that would explain where they came from. That thought sent him reeling in surprise and awe. If the nine bijuu had once been a single being, the kind of power that it must have possessed would have been legendary! And if the Rikudou Sennin had defeated it, thus separating it into the nine bijuu, which would explain why they were separate now, the Sage must have been insanely powerful as well. And he, the little child that everyone hated, had the same eyes as him! The possibilities!
The Kyuubi watched the child think in amusement. Never before had it seen such a young mortal deduct things the way this one did, and without such clouded naiveté even! And the boy had so much potential, being the child of the bastard who had created the very technique to seal him away! Beyond that, there was something else that the bijuu noticed, and that was the very essence of the boy. Everything about the child screamed determination, guts, and drive. The boy was, without a doubt, the perfect container. If properly trained, he would never lose, no matter who he fought. The fox smiled. The boy would definitely surpass even the Rikudou Sennin.
All the fox needed to do was get the child to bring the nine together again, and they would once again reign supreme over the world. And if it had to help the one with the same eyes as Rikudou to do so, then so be it. While the fox respected the power that the Rikudou had commanded, it was decidedly not pleased with being reduced to such a state. If it was given the chance, it would, with a great amount of pleasure, rip the Sage into a thousand tiny pieces!
However, now was not the time for such thoughts. The child was almost done thinking, and he would probably have figured out where the bijuu had come from, and the true strength that the demons had once wielded.
Sure enough, conscience returned to the boy within a matter of moments.
"So, I have these eyes, but what do they do? I mean, they gotta be useful for something, right?"
Useful? Who did the child think he was, questioning the power of the man that was able to defeat him at his prime? The fox frowned.
"Boy, who do you think you are? Those eyes are capable of a great many powers." At this Naruto leaned in again, the fox continuing with its tirade. "You can change gravity at a whim, you can drain others of their chakra with just a touch. You can also rip their souls out, or even bring the dead back to life! And those are but a few abilities you now possess. Nothing is outside the powers of those eyes!" Naruto's eyes were wide at the end of the explanation, anticipation and excitement clearly visible.
The fox then continued at a more sedate pace.
"However, even Rikudou did not have that tomoe in his eyes. My only guess is that it is there because of my presence since your birth. Following that logic, for every bijuu you seal inside yourself, you will gain another tomoe, until you possess nine in total. Who knows what kind of power you will gain then."
That last part was true. The Juubi had had the tomoe in its eye, but it also had the rings and it could not use the powers of the Rin'negan, so the demon truly had no idea what would happen when the child gained all nine. That was assuming the child gained anything at all. The only reason the fox knew that the boy could wield the Rin'negan was because he had been pushing away the fire before he had lost consciousness. The beast's train of thought was interrupted by Naruto.
"What do you mean by 'for every bijuu I seal inside myself'? Why would I seal them in me if I'm going to die. For that matter, why would I seal them in me in the first place?"
Ah, the wondrous curiosity of children. How annoying it can be.
"As I said before, child, you will be the one to bring us bijuu back to our former glory. To do so, you must collect them, and seal them all within yourself. After all, not every sealing technique requires a human sacrifice. When you have done so, we will once again become the most powerful being in existence, even if we remain sealed inside you. We will once again become the Juubi!" The Kyuubi looked elated at that, pleased at the prospect of more power no doubt. "And you, boy..."
"I will gain all nine tomoe, and unlock powers not seen since the Rikudou Sennin's time, right?"
The Kyuubi chuckled.
"Most probably, yes."
"So then, where would I find the others, if I agreed?"
The massive beast looked at the boy. This mere mortal thought it had a choice in the matter? Preposterous. Laughable at best!
'Although, perhaps it would serve best to play along for now.'
With that thought, Kyuubi launched into an explanation. "I cannot tell you for sure where they all are, but I can give you a general idea of what direction they are in. The Ichibi will be in Kaze no Kuni, due to the amount of sand. The Nibi and Hachibi are somewhere North-East, while the Sanbi and Rokubi are directly East. The Yonbi is currently South-West, while the Gobi is North-West. The Schichibi will be North-West as well."
Naruto was silent, mulling over his thoughts. Would it be a good idea to do this?
'I would need to leave Konoha and travel, but would that really be such a bad thing? I mean, nobody here really cares, so it's not like I'll be missed or anything. But I don't think I'm strong enough. There are a lot of really strong ninja out there.'
With that parting thought, Naruto asked the Kyuubi a question.
"I'd need to get stronger before I could leave to collect them. How can I do that?"
This prompted the fox to laughter.
"Boy, I may not be as strong as I used to be, but your Sandaime Hokage could only beat me by sealing me away. I am not weak. I will train you to be the best, stronger than any mortal alive, and any that has ever lived! None shall stand before you, for all shall fall!" The fox looked pleased at the sound of that. "Besides, the greatest demon should only have the greatest human as its container, ne?"
Naruto thought about this. He could have power of such magnitude, and he would use it to do what no one else could. He would be the one thing that this world needed. His mind flashed back to the woman in the alley. His resolve hardened and his eyes steeled, he asked the final question.
"When do I start?"
He had decided. Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto would become a god.
To be Continued
A.N. – So, what do you think. Again, I'm open to all forms of criticism. I hope you all enjoyed this, and I apologize for taking so long. Basically, we see a little bit more of Naruto's mind, and I hope I did a good job of making him seem smarter. I kinda liked the idea of a Kyuubi that wants to be rebuilt into the Juubi. It made sense to me, because he was originally a part of the Juubi, so I figured it would work. There's not really any action in this chapter, just some talking, sorry to disappoint any who hoped otherwise. Stay tuned for the next instalment!
~ DaDrivebyNinja signing out ~