Hi, me again. Welcome to chapter two of Rebirth of the Shinigame.
Naruto: All right! Time to kick some ass, believe it
Ichigo: Oh hell no! As my reincarnation I will not allow you to use that god awful catchphrase
Naruto: Aw, come on I can't help it, believe it
Ichigo: *Gives Naruto a dark look*Then I'll make you. *gets out Zangetsu* BANKAI! *goes into bankai state* Tensa Zangetsu.
Naruto: *gets pail* C Can we talk about this, believe it
Ichigo: *Puts right hand on face and summons hollow mask* No. *charges at Naruto*
Naruto: Ahhhhhhhhhh. *runs away like a little bitch avoiding multiple Getsuga Tenshō's*the carrot toped strawberry is after my soul, ow that hurt, Believe it, yeowch
*Off to the side Firebird and Hinata watch*
Hinata: Ano, you do realize you could just wright it that Naruto-kun doesn't say that phrase?
Firebird: I know, but what fun would that be? *laughs manically while eating popcorn*
Hinata: *Shoots Firebird a death glare*
Firebird: If you do the disclaimer for me, I'll let you be Naruto's nurse *Lets out perverted giggle*
Hinata: *Looses glare, but gains blush* Ano, Firebird don't own Naruto or Bleach. But I own a few of Naruto-kun's shirts, lock of his hair, a few old ramen cups he ate out of…
Firebird: Ok, we get it all ready!
Ch. 2 Truths revealed, Naruto awakens
After showing the dead ninja the jutsu he learned he heads to the academy for the graduation exams are today. When he got to the classroom he immediately got to his seat in the back right next to his best friend Sasuke; blue short sleeve shirt, white shorts, standard ninja sandals, permanent scowl on his face and black hair style modeled after a ducks ass," Yo teme," Naruto greeted.
"Hn, dobe," Sasuke greets back in his usual way, but notice that his friend is in an unusually happy mood and smirked, "What's got you in a good mood, did you finally ask Hinata out on a date."
Naruto's face gets red at the comment, "Shut up teme and for your information I finally found a way around my clone problem."
Sasuke perks up at this, "Really, so you can finally pass and we'll be one step closer to seeking retribution for what my brother did."
Naruto's expression softens,"Yea that we are teme, then you can revive your clan, and by the amount of fan girls you have it'll be a breeze."
"Hn, dobe," was his only reply.
After their little daily back and forth Naruto steals a glance at his secret crush Hinata; heavy coat with fur lining, blue shorts, sandals, dark blue hair in a hime cut, and an angelic face with a cute blush. When she starts to turn to look at him, he quickly looks away with a blush.
A few minutes pass and Iruka and Mizuki enters the classroom; both wearing the standard Konoha shinobi uniform, the former has brown skin with a horizontal scar above his nose and brown hair in a ponytail that makes his head look like a pineapple, the other has ivory skin, short pail light blue hair and wears his headband like a bandana. Iruka does his Demon Head no Jutsu to get the kids to quiet down so they can start the test.
Naruto finds himself in a separate room with Iruka and Mizuki siting behind a desk with Konoha headbands laying there. Iruka then spoke, "Ok Naruto, all you have to do is the Bushin no Jutsu and you pass."
Naruto just nodes at this while Mizuki was thinking, 'There is no way the demon brat can do this, once he fails I'll give him false hope saying something like there's a makeup exam that involves stealing the forbidden scroll, he gives it to me, I kill him, and give it to Orochimaru-sama, I not only get more power but I'm held a hero for slaying Kyūbi. In the end I win either way.'
Mizuki is then interrupted by said "demon brat", "Ano, Iruka-sensei, as long as I make three clones I pass right?"
They are taken aback by the sudden question but Iruka smiled, "That's right, all you need is to produce at least three clones and you pass."
While he said that, Mizuki was sweating, 'What's he up to? Kuso, if he passes then I might have to go to plain B, and that's a little too risky for my taste.'
Naruto takes a deep breath, "Ok, here it goes, Kage Bushin no Jutsu," he performed the jutsu and three exact replicas of Naruto appeared in puffs of smoke, and they didn't look dead.
Iruka is impressed that Naruto could finally create clones, even more that they were solid copies, at the moment he's swelling with pride.
Mizuki on the other hand is more verbal of his opinion, "Iruka, that's not the Bushin no Jutsu, he had to preform that technique to pass so he fails,"
But before Iruka could speak Naruto cut him off, "If I remember correctly, Iruka said if I can create at least three clones, I pass. While it wasn't the clone that was taught in the academy, it was still a clone, so I pass, right Iruka-sensei,"
Iruka couldn't help but to agree, "Naruto's right Mizuki, I did say three clones but I didn't specify the type of clone," he grabs a Konoha head band and motions Naruto to come forward, "Congratulations Naruto, you pass," finishing off with a warm smile.
Naruto takes the headband with pride, and wrapped it around his forehead, "Thanks Iruka-sensei," then he left the room.
As he left the room Mizuki is scheming, 'Kuso, well plain B it is,' and he left to catch a particular graduate.
Outside of the academy all the children that passed are meeting with their parents or guardians to show that they are now ninjas, except three.
Naruto, because he has no parent or guardian and he doesn't care if he gets praise or not, he doesn't even give two shits what people think, that's just how he is.
Sasuke, because his whole family (save his brother who carried out the deed) was killed during his first year in the academy, so he didn't want to brag about it to the whole village when he could use that time to train.
And Hinata, she wants to stay away from her clan as much as possible to avoid the disapproving glares of her clan's men, her father's harsh training sessions, her cousin Neji's talk about fate and how weak she is. It's almost enough to want one to commit suicide. The only thing's stopping her is her sister Hanabi, the only person in her clan that loves and looks up to, and her crush Naruto, the one who inspired her to endure the ridicule and hate from the Hyūga clan for her sisters sake.
Hinata is now depressed, why? She may have passed, but thanks to her training session scheduled by the elders of the clan the day before, she could barely stay awake to take the exam resulting in getting the lowest marks in the class giving her the title of the dead last. If her father hears about this, he'll beat her, brand her with the cadge bird seal and right after use it on her to set an example to the other branch members. She's now on the verge of tears and about to collapse till someone broke her out of her sad thoughts, "You ok Hinata."
She looked to find Mizuki standing next to her, "M-Mizuki-sensei, w-what are you doing here?" she says whipping away her tears.
"I just heard sobbing and found you here, now tell me what's wrong, it might make you feel better," Mizuki said in a calm comforting voice.
"W-well *sniff* I'm, I'm *sniff sniff* I'm the dead last in the class, *sob* and *sob* if my *sob* father finds *sniff* out he'll *sniff* he'll punish me!" she finishes crying hysterically while Mizuki holds her awkwardly.
"Well, their maybe a way for me to give extra credit, maybe I shouldn't," he trailed off to fill the girl hope.
She perks up at hearing extra credit, "*Sniff* what is it *sniff*, I'll do anything if it means I don't slander the Hyūga name!" she's begging to her sensei to save her from the inevitable pain her father would give her.
At that he gives, "Ok, just cause you're my favorite student. All you have to do is steal the forbidden scroll in the Hokage's library and meet me outside of the village at a worn out shack and I'll bump up your grade enough to make you the top kunoichi once I see you have the scroll. And if you're caught by anyone you fail immediately, got it?" he got an hai from Hinata and he gives her a map of the Hokage tower and the rotations of the gate guards to help her out just because he's such a "nice guy".
Unnoticed by any of them a ninja with black hair, black eyes standers Konoha gear and a chain attached to his chest hears everything, 'Naruto's not going to like this,' he thinks and runs to warn the mentioned person.
Hinata is now outside Konoha near the shack Mizuki told her to go with the scroll on her back breathing heavily due to running out of the village unnoticed. But she did it, she completed the extra credit, she won't be the dead last, she won't have the cadge bird seal put on her, her father will leave her alone, and most importantly she can protect her little sister.
She was suddenly broken from her mussing by a rustle from the bushes, and appearing from the bush is none other than Iruka, "Ah ha Naruto, I found…" he starts to yell thinking it was the orange menace but was surprised when he spotted the last person he would expect with the scroll on her back, "Hinata, why?" was all he could choke out.
Hinata, thinking he was here to fill in for Mizuki reminded him of the situation, "Ano, a-are you here to grade me on my extra credit that Mizuki told me about?"
This just made Iruka even more confused, "Mizuki, now why would," before he could finish he heard a slight whistling in the air and now is on full alert, "Get down!" He pushes her out of the way of several Kunai and shuriken hitting him instead.
Suddenly a figure appears on a branch to the nearest tree, revealing himself as Mizuki but in has a pair of oversized shuriken tied on his back, "Kuso, I missed," he mumbles so the genin doesn't hear him.
Too bad Iruka heard and put the pieces together, "So that's how it is!"
Mizuki just ignores the down academy instructor and faces Hinata, "Give me the scroll."
Realizing what he's after yells, "No, it was all a trick; whatever you do don't give him the scroll!"
Hinata, not knowing what's going on asks in fear, "W-what's going on?"
Iruka gives her the harsh truth, "Mizuki is betraying Konoha, he used you to get the forbidden scroll to use its secrets against us, and there was never extra credit in the first place," he then starts pulling the metal projectiles that are pinning him down to the shack.
Hinata is now shaking like a leaf in fear and all she could do is ask, "W-w-wh-wh-wh-why?"
Mizuki starts laughing as she just told the biggest joke of the century. Once he starts calming down he gets his voice, "Why, because I hate Konoha, everything about Konoha. The Hokage is too soft, the shinobi are too weak, and they let that thing freely roam the streets," he spits the word thing like it's venom, "and once I get the scroll to my master, he will give me the power I," before he could finish a black and orange blur kicked him off the branch crashing hard to the ground.
"Shut the fuck up, no one wants to hear you talk," the blur revealed to be Naruto holding a rusty Katana in his right hand. He turns to the other two, "You guys alright?"
Hinata in her shock and aw just says, "Naruto-kun," barely in a whisper.
The other shaking out of his shock of the display, "Yeah, were fine, but Naruto, how did you know where to find us?"
Naruto jumps down to the ground and answers cryptically, "I have eyes and ears all over the village, I also know Mizuki-teme is betraying us for the snake pedo, probably wants to be his next boy toy or something," At that last comment Iruka sweat drops while Hinata blushes hard at what her crush has said.
At this time Mizuki gets himself out of the ground and he's steaming mad that he heard that last jab, "Orochimaru-sama is not a pedophile you demon!"
"Well, you haven't denied wanting to be his next boy toy," Naruto finishes with a smirk.
That was the last straw for Mizuki, "I'm going to kill you, but before I do tell me, do you know why you're hated and feared?"
Iruka gets pail at the realization of what the traitor is talking about, but before he could say anything he's cut off by Naruto, "No, I don't know," Mizuki smirks thinking he's got him, but it disappears soon after what he says next, "But I don't give a shit either! It doesn't matter whether if I'm human, a demon or a monster, I'll protect this village and the people I care about regardless of who or what I am!"
Both Iruka and Hinata were moved by the speech he made about protecting everyone despite what the people do and call him, 'Naruto, you have made this academy instructor and your village proud.'
Mizuki's plain is going up in smoke, till he spots how Hinata is looking at Naruto and how protected he is of her, then he gets a sick grin on his face, "Well, you may not care. But she might, and once she knows she'll hate you just like all the other villagers," now Naruto starts to stiffen and looks back at his love fearing for the worst, "Hinata, wonder why Naruto's hated?"
Before she could answer, Iruka yelled, "No Mizuki, you know that's forbidden!"
Ignoring Iruka's pleas he continued, "Ever hear of the story of how Kyūbi attacked the village twelve years ago, but the Yondaime killed it at the cost of his own life?" she nodes her head still shaking, "Well it was all a lie, the Yondaime didn't kill it as he couldn't. Instead he chose a baby that was born and sealed it in the newborn, than after that was done a law was made to forbid anyone to talk about it, even mention who the baby was. Now who was that baby you ask? It's none other than the very boy you love; you are in love with Kyūbi!"
Naruto is now shaken up by the revelation, but he's not worried about the fact he holds the most powerful Bijū in the shinobi world, but the fact that the girl he has feelings for might hate him, 'Please, I couldn't handle it if you hate me.'
What happened next completely surprised everyone, "Even if he's Kyūbi, I still love him as he wasn't the Kyūbi twelve years ago you sad delusional man."
Naruto's eyes are now leaking with tears of joy and Iruka smiles at the scene in front of him. But Mizuki frowns as even the demon brat gets more attention than him; he grabs his giant shrunken and spins it ready to throw it, "If that's the way you want it. Then die demon whore!" and it spins towards Hinata.
But before it could get to her Naruto moves in front of her and deflects it with his rusty katana destroying it in the process, but that's what Mizuki wants as he heard a sickening thud fallowing by pain, he looks at the area he feels pain and finds a kunai sticking almost all the way in Naruto's chest. He falls to his knees on the verge of death and he hears a feminine cry, "NARUTO-KUN!"
But what happens next will be remembered forever by the ones witnessing. Naruto suddenly releases an explosion of heavy blue energy as a white substance that's coming out of his eyes, nose and mouth is covering his face. Then out of the ground bandages wrap around him making him look like a mummy, and finally chains follow reinforcing the bandages on him then the energy stops leaking as if the new bindings are preventing them from spilling to the outside.
Iruka is now scared of what is happening to his former student, 'Is this chakra? No it's too heavy and dense to be that, could it be the Kyūbi has broken free? No then it would be red and would feel evil, this feels more hollow that anything,'
Mizuki is now shitting his pants, 'Kyūbi is going to kill us all,'
Hinata was also scared, but for a different reason, 'Naruto-kun, please don't die.'
Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto awakens and finds himself at what looks like a futuristic city with buildings made of steel and glass reaching the sky, the really weird part is that gravity is pushing on the side of the building he was on, but for some reason he feels a bit nostalgic being here, "Ok, now were am I?" he asked himself not expecting an answer.
But to his surprise he got one, "You're in your subconscious Ichigo, or is it Naruto now?"
Naruto jumps in surprise and turns to the voice to find a tall, lean-built, and middle-aged man. He has pale skin with a long face and pronounced cheekbones, unkempt facial hair, and long ragged black hair. He dresses in a tattered white undershirt with high collars, black pants, grey boots, narrow sunglasses, and a long flowing black overcoat with a red hue that flares out into ragged ends.
He calms down a little due to the scare, "Sorry, wasn't expecting an answer, but who are you old man, I feel like I know you from somewhere and why did you just call me Ichigo?"
The old man as Naruto refers to him chuckles, "I would hope you would still remember me, anyway it's about time you awaken the part of you that's been dormant inside the deep reaches of your soul."
Naruto is now confused, "What are you talking about old man," then he pails in fear, "A-are you Kyūbi?"
The man now laughs even harder and shakes his head negatively, "No Naruto I'm not, and I have been with you ever since your last life." Naruto repeats those last two words as if asking a question, "Yes Naruto, everyone gets reincarnated at one point or another, but we were brought back for a purpose,"
"What purpose?" he asks curiously.
The man puts a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "To protect the world from a future enemy that threatens the very existents of both the living and the dead, It was threatened before a few hundred years ago, but the last Shinigami, or as you know him as the Rikudō Sennin sealed up Hueco Mundo, hell and the Soul Society so no more hollows would come to the human world to jeopardize its safety ever again, and he also put a powerful sealing spell so pluses, or spirits can move on without the help of a Shinigami, the only hollow left was so powerful it had to be sealed in the sennin himself, before he died he separated it into nine lesser hollows or as you call them Bijū. But we saved reality thousands of years before that."
As he continued on his explanation, Naruto starts getting a splitting headache along with flashbacks of another life, about pluses, hollows, shinigami and there zanpakutō spirit's, all of his friends that helped him in need, the two women that he fell in love with, and all of the adventures in the soul society and Hueco Mundo. When it was over he got a good look of the old man and said, "Hey old man, can you tell me your name? I want to see if I can still hear it."
The old man smiled getting the message, "Of course, it's…"
Real world
The energy Naruto's producing is now seeping out of the bandages encasing the area in a bright blue light, but before they were blinded they heard a muffled cry, "Zangetsu" and everyone lost their sight for five seconds. When the light died down a figure looking like Naruto wearing a black kimono over white undergarments tied by a white sash at the waist, white tabi socks and straw sandals, a red rosary-like strap across his chest holding a sword that looks like an oversized elegant cleaver that has no tsuba and no proper hilt, it is about as tall as the owner, it has a cloth wrapping on the tang is also wrapped around the blade in an impromptu sheath. And he wears a boney mask that looks like some skull, of what is anybody's guess, it looks as it stairs right into your soul and sucks it in. while everyone was silent till Hinata broke the uncomfortable silence, "N-Naruto-kun?"
As to respond he takes out his sword, the cloth unwrapping itself and shrinking to a manageable size to reveal a black blade with a silver edge, then slams the buttcap of the blade on his mask shattering it revealing Naruto's whisker marked face getting a sigh out of Iruka and Hinata, "You guys alright," the two nod their heads yes, once he got the conformation he turned to the horrified Mizuki, "Then I'll finish this quickly."
Mizuki is now too scared to come up with any comeback, 'He's going to kill me, oh my Kami he's going to kill me.'
Naruto brings his blade up while it gathered that same energy as before, "I couldn't give a damn what you called me or what you do to me, and I could forgive you if you betrayed the village. But I'll never forgive you for using and almost killing the one girl I love!" at that declaration Hinata was in tears because she was happy the boy she admires loves her back. "Getsuga Tenshō!" then he swung his blade in a downward ark releasing the energy that is heading for Mizuki.
All he thought before it hit his was, 'Fuck me,' then the area he laid is engulfed in the destructive blue energy incinerating everything in its path. When it was over all that was left was a clear path, no trees, no bushes, not even grass was spared.
All Iruka could think is, 'Holy shit, did that just happen?' he's going to need a lot to drink before this nights over.
Naruto put the blade back on his back having the white cloth covering it as if he willed it to, walks over to Hinata and gives her the most passionate kiss he could muster. At first she was shocked, but got into it as well as all her troubles with her clan melt away. Five minutes passed and they separated much to their dismay held each other like their life depended on it. The first one to break the comfortable silence is Hinata, "Please, let me stay with you, take me and my sister away from my father and my clan, if I come back, then *sniff* then *sniff* they'll kill me and my sister will be alone. I have to be there for my sister to protect her, because that's what big sisters are for, right?" she finishes sobbing uncontrollably on Naruto's chest while he comforts her easing her emotional pain.
"I'll talk to gramps to see what we can do, if that doesn't work I'll storm in the Hyūga compound myself and get your sister out of there and protect you from everyone that wants to hurt you, I promise," he kisses her on the forehead, "Let's go see gramps, ok," Hinata let out a small "ok" and they headed to the Hokage tower with the forbidden scroll hand in hand.
A few minutes pass and Iruka finally recovers from his shock, "As the Nara's would say, troublesome," and he walks away to see the Hokage to act as the witness of this crazy night.
Chapter two done, please let me know how I'm doing and don't be afraid to ask questions when you review.
