Chapter 1: The Gifts Awaken

Word Count: 2800-2900 Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

I hear two separate voices as I begin to gain consciousness... both male I hear the words A Ra... then later I hear Kitsuchi and Chunin... I wake up my eyes flaring up Sharingan already active. I notice the white walls and I let out a sigh and look around me I notice my Sensei is in the next bed over sitting up as well as my teammate just sitting on the bed next to that I look forward and notice Hokage-Sama and they're all staring at me and I say, "Yes?"

Sakumo-Sensei and Hokage-Sama look at each other for a second then Sakumo-Sensei says, "I'm sorry... I just went catatonic after I saw her..." looking to him I say "A 7-year-old genin shouldn't have to deal with an A-Rank Shinobi who counters their elements. Not only that if they didn't know about the "Uchiha Prodigy" before they do know they saw my 3 tomoe Sharingan and Scorch Release!"

Hokage-Sama interrupts and says perhaps a mission report would be prudent?" I huff and begin to report, "We were all spread out into the forest the plan was for us three students to sneak into three of the tents and assassinate the bandits in there, afterwards I would walk out making a distraction. I sent a Great Fireball that immediately killed two bandits I look over my shoulder and sent a Sharingan : Sleep at one then immediately threw a Kunai. The next one that approached I killed with my Ninja-to at this point I drew a kunai and coated it with wind chakra and killed the next two the final one I sent a Sharingan : Sleep and he fell to the ground I looked around for my teammates I noticed Yamanaka-San was finished I looked at sensei and I noticed he began to run towards Hyuga-Chan I looked at her and noticed a shinobi fighting her seeing the headband gleaming Immediately began to run towards but as I saw her get stabbed through the heart and I began running through hand signs and let loose a Great Fire Dragon burning him to ashes. After that I was angry sad and so many other emotions... I noticed a chakra signature... a powerful one at that approaching I tried to get Sakumo-Sensei and he wouldn't respond I noticed Yamanaka-San was pale and going into shock from seeing his dead companion so in my range I turned around drawing my gunbai into my left and my Ninja-to into my right. I let

loose a hand sealless Fireball and empowered it with a Gunbai Wind... He used an Earth Wall and while it barely managed to hold I was already throwing my Ninja-to in the air rushing through one-handed signs letting lose a Great Fireball combined with another Gunbai Fanned Wind at this point he just made an even huger wall and this one held to... I realized he was holding out with Ninjutsu at this point and rushed forward Ninja-to blazing with Fire Chakra and Gunbai singing in Wind... I noticed at this point while he was certainly good he was nowhere near Sakumo-Sensei or any other High A-Rank or S Rank Shinobi with a bit more speed and experience he would have been dead. He was barely dodging barely reflecting my strikes with kunai then he managed to break my guard for a split second and I immediately used Replacement with a nearby wooden box then jumped backwards I stabbed my Ninja-to in the ground and began running through hand seals I knew I could one day do but never managed to do and bellowed out a Scorch Release : Scorching Fireball combining wind and fire to make pure destruction inside of my body I noticed it work and then the last thing I saw was Sakumo-Sensei.'s white hair finally getting out of his catatonic state.

The Hokage throughout the story seems to be getting more and more impressed as you tell it his eyebrow keeps raising and raising the stronger of Jutsu and better elemental manipulation when you mention Scorch release you notice his eyes widen a fraction and his eyebrows raise even father you have to hide a smirk at the fact that you surprised your Hokage you look over at Sakumo-Sensei and you see that look of dread as he realized how close you where to die trying to defeat that A-Rank ninja.

Hokage-Sama looks up and says... "... Thank.. You for that" you don't know what 'that' is but he continues, "From what I know Kindra-chan" you lowly harumph for that, "and Sakumo-kun you should be able to leave today... The funeral for Niri-chan is in three days..."

At this you nod and say, "Our team it's... incomplete what will happen now?" he nods his head in understanding and with a small smirk he says, "There is a genin that is very talented than you graduated with that currently needs a team... Within a few weeks of training with him, you should all be combat ready as a team again...". Nodding my head I lay it back down on my pillow I sigh and say, "Thank you Hokage-Sama" as I drift off to sleep.

Later that day sees me out of the hospital and my feet walk on their own my body reacting on its own walking me towards a place I feel pulled to when I lay my eyes on it I smiled sadly and just look at thinking but not thinking staring but not staring... The Memorial Stone. All those who died all those who died to protect the village...I stare just hoping that I'll never have to witness a death of a friend again... Then I think about Hyu - no Niri-Chan all the good times with her the trust I had of her... It doesn't matter what branch she was from no one had a right take a right... Then I remember she'll never see the sun never have strawberry ice cream again... She'll never say goodbye to her parents she'll never have children she'll never make Chunin or Jonin... I'll never see her again... She's dead... I'll never see her again... Never... Never... I then begin to shake and a tiny sob emits from my mouth tears begin to streak from my eyes one catches onto my mouth... It tastes like iron and I don't even notice it. I don't even notice the Blue and Pink skeletal creature around me with pure white eyes with a hint of violet... All I see is the stone and my anguish... I don't notice the embracing and someone telling me to calm down... I didn't even notice the Yellow Flash that came before it. I didn't even note my Red Fang vibrating as I fell asleep the last thing I see is a mop of yellow with bang framing his face.

Minato POV

I feel an enormous amount of chakra being released and I quickly rush over... I notice the Uchiha Prodigy shaking in front of the memorial stone I notice his eyes change... a triangle that has a circle inside of it the triangle at the end of each point having a hollow tomoe... the triangle is not only inside but outside of another circle... at every point around the triangle there is another tomoe... Outside of the circle on the far edges of the triangle next to that is another tomoe right beyond the tomoe that lay before it... I rush forward in a flash of yellow as his eyes change and they begin bleeding and a skeletal figure of Blue and Pink white beautiful eyes of a Hyuuga with a hint of violet... I notice what's wrong immediately as he's sobbing and staring at the stone seemingly in his own world he doesn't even react when I embrace him and tell him to calm down and it'll be okay...then he falls unconscious... I see his blade vibrates for a second but then stops and I pick him up and flash him away gently laying him on my bed sitting down and just thinking about what I've seen.

Mysterious Man POV

I chuckle and my eyes light up for the first time in a long while as I notice my grandchild's Susanoo to say it's beautiful is an understatement... To say it's powerful is like telling me the Uchiha are bad are fire style... An accidental skeletal Susanoo that can reach the height of 15 feet... And he's only 7... Kami help us all if the body in his height of power is angered... I notice the Namikaze spawn rushing in trying to calm him and I chuckle at the stupidity... No one can stop the emotions of an awakening Mangekyou... Nonetheless an Eternal! Pitiful. I turn away and say calmly, "Prepare for the injection when he's asleep. I want to do one good thing for this world... Zetsu."

I wake up to sitting in a pure white chair with my grandfather sitting across from me... I notice this time his left arm is paler than the last time and he seems dare I say... Happy. He opens his mouth and says, "While the time for you may be mourning, it should also be time for celebration... While I do not know as much as the real me as I'm simply chakra from over 40 years ago... While her death is important especially to you... You have awakened your Mangekyo and your brother's gift... Use it well young one..." As you begin to fade you hear three words whispered in your ear, "Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, and Susanoo..."

I begin to feel consciousness gnawing at my door as I hear a light snoring I open my eyes and even through the grief I smile at the sleeping blonde and look around... And proceed to blush as I notice I'm in his room. I take deep calming breaths and proceed to slowly sit up and I notice a deep aching in my ear and I mutter "Mangekyo..." the man's snoring stops and he mutters a "huh..." in that sleepy voice of his. I proceed to chuckle when people think 7 years look cute (I am not cute dammit!) I think a 20 something-year-old man drooling while asleep is cute.

I smirk and smugness begins to radiate off of me as I say, "Minato-Sama I believe nap time is over... For the both of us."

He groans again and says, "Maybe..." In that sleepy voice that is just so husky... I feel a shiver and proceed to ignore it. "Minato-Sama you're drooling you really should wake up". At this, he bolts up and proceeds to wipe at his mouth with his sleeve and I smirk. "Minato-Sama might I inquire why I'm sleeping your bed alone? People might think the wrong thing about you!" My smirk turns into a devilish grin upon saying this, he sputters for a second and says "You see... well... You were shaking... Big skeletal thing! And you know... Crying... Blood... You passed out... Didn't think you needed to go to the hospital... Yeah! That's it!"

I laugh at his rapid response and say, "It's okay Minato-Sama. However, I do believe we both have to get up..." I point at the window where the sun is rising, "Might I ask where my Ninja-to and Gunbai are?" He stands up and stretches and says, "Give me a second I'll get them". A simple head nod is all he gets as I stand up begin to crack my joints I inhale as I do so and decide it's a bad choice to do when I smell jasmine and peppermint and my face flushes slightly. I turn my head as I notice him walking back towards me and smile in thanks and in appreciation as he hands me my Gunbai then my Ninja-to however that turns to a slight frown as I notice my Ninja-to is humming softly when both of our hands are on it at the same time. I mutter an "Interesting..." Then look at Minato, "Was this humming when you were carrying me?" He nods and looks thoughtful, however, my frown turns into a grin and I look at a sword and just nod my head at it, "The Red Fang has many properties many unknown by me and some known it's powers go from the elements itself to even the soul. Only those with a certain amount of chakra... The Rinnegan... And chakra from both halves of the sage can properly use it and even then IT still decides it's master... Very interesting for it to hum while you touch it while it's declared me it's master... Very interesting indeed." Throughout your speech, Minato seems lost at the meaning of it but understanding at least on the basic levels of what the words mean. "So if I get this right... The sword probably wants something from me..." I simply nod my head and holster it and the gunbai disappears into a storage seal on my wrist. "I believe I should be going now before the "Uchiha Prodigy that will save the clan and raise it to levels higher than ever" becomes missing and people begin to panic." He nods his head turning around and begins to walk you out you notice a bathroom another room presumably a guest room? You notice a kitchen dining room and even a living room as you walk towards the exist with him and as he opens the door for you, you mutter a "Thanks and Goodbye" then you proceed to disappear in a flash of fire.

As I reappear in a torrent of flame in training ground 3 I chuckle moving my hands in a dismissing notion as all the dirt grimes and.. smell goes away thanks to wind release I only need to wait for about 5 minutes as Sakumo-Sense and a Chibi version of him come walking in I look up at them eyes of the regular Sharingan and I say, "Morning Sakumo-Sensei and Chibi Sakumo-Sensei!" Sakumo-Sensei smiles and lets out a chuckle as the Chibi him a 5-year-old nonetheless with a forehead protect... The boy pouts! A shinobi doesn't pout... But then again I'm pretty sure I did in Minato-Sama's bed... Nope not thinking about that.

I think for a second and say, "Chibi-chan your name is Kakashi right?" He nods his and says, "Yes Uchiha-san." I sigh and say "The name is Kindra get it right Kakashi-Chan." Sensei at this smile happily that his child and child in all but blood are fine together... A few minutes later introductions of each other again and the training commences... I begin to mechanically dress in all black and I begin to walk towards where the funeral will take place Ninja-to on my hip flowers and gunbai in a storage seal... As I walk I don't even notice my Mangekyou turning on or everyone moving away and the whisperings I don't even notice a tree wilting from my emotions or flowers dying... I swiftly make it up to the site and stare at the casket all throughout the next hour when it's my turn to put up flowers my body moves on its own and I place the flowers from my storage seal down and get back to my place. The sky crying for her loss or from my sadness I'll never know nor do I remember people trying to talk to me as I left and headed for Area 44 for some "relaxation" the next month is a blur of 4 days of training with my team and 3 days of relaxation time... Which is training. For my personal training at first, I decided to just sneak around in a ninja village because my stealth is piss poor... However, through those 3 days, I picked up a few handy techniques two of them being Shadow Clones and Mass Shadow Clones... Though the Jonin that used those was probably doing it on purpose... However, learning the secret to those techniques really helped me on the way to elemental mastery scorch release mastery while I trained my body and my eyes...I don't think I've ever trained so hard as I did that month ever. Whether it's from wanting to beat that man that I lost to or from me trying to suppress the death of my best friend I don't know. It could also be because I sparred with Minato-Sama once I realized how far I have to go... Either way, when I go back out onto the field I won't be Chunin level... I've embraced the Uchiha Prodigy title. I've embraced my heritage and most of all I've embraced the gifts I've been given by my mother... From Niri-chan and I've embraced the look of being able to train with Sakumo Hatake and once or twice with Minato Namikaze... Though I don't think anyone else could have made the progress I've had... Techniques... Speed... Power... Skill... Chakra Reserves... Control of Fire Wind Earth and Scorch... Everything has improved... I will be ready for anything and everything and I won't allow another teammate to die.