Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Bleach, Shaman King, or any other anime that may appear in this fic. The story line is mine though.

Key:

"Normal"

'Thoughts'

"Spirits/ Naruto talking to spirits, humans can't hear"

'Spirit thoughts'

"Shinigami"

Part 2

Awakening of the Scion

A twelve-year-old Naruto awoke, as on most days, to find a horde of figures floating above his head. He sighed and dismissed all of them. All but one. "Arashi," he sighed; "couldn't keep them out of my room again?"

The specter chuckled; "No Naruto. You know how they get. They're just worried."

Naruto nodded. "Yes, I know. But they don't have to be so protective of me."

Arashi flinched; he knew why they were so protective. Some of them genuinely liked the boy; others only did it because the Shinigami had ordered it. Naruto did not know about any of it though. Arashi had told the boy that it was a bloodline limit, and the Hokage had backed it up.

Shortly after Naruto had learned about chakra from Arashi, he had learned that he could give the spirits a temporary physical form. That was how Sarutobi was able to talk to Arashi about what had happened the night of the Kyuubi attack. Since learning about this skill, he had been working even harder to get the village to accept Naruto, lest they all die when he eventually met the fox. He had already known that Naruto was Arashi's child, and that his real name was Kazama Naruto, but he hadn't known that he was next in line to Life and Death, and still didn't as Arashi was forbidden from telling any one.

Sarutobi had known for a long time that Naruto was able to see and talk with spirits. Ever since he had made a visit to the boy's apartment to find the six-year-old boy talking to thin air. He had been asking about different parts of being a ninja, and apparently getting answers. When he had asked Naruto who he was talking to, the boy had answered that he was talking to his guardian.

"But there's nobody there."

Naruto looked at his like he was crazy; "Yes there is. Arashi is so there!"

The Hokage froze; "Did you say his name is Arashi?"

"Yep, and he says that he was the Yondaime!" he said happily.

Sarutobi sat down. "Naruto, are there any other people that you can see that others can't?"

Naruto frowned; "Yes, lots of them. Whenever I talk to them people look at me like I'm crazy." But then he brightened; "But they keep me company, and somehow find ways to keep people from hurting me. Even though most of the time people just pass through them."

Sarutobi looked straight at the child; "Naruto, I believe that these people are spirits."

"Spirits, you mean like ghosts and dead people?"

"Yes exactly. Now before you ask, I believe that it is a bloodline ability, something unique to you." As young as Naruto was, he was probably going to go yelling it around the village and that would not be good. The boy began bouncing up and down, he had something special, but Sarutobi stopped him "Now Naruto, you mustn't go around and tell everyone about this. Try and keep it a secret ok?"

Naruto nodded and that was the end of that.

Arashi nudged Naruto; "Don't you think you should get going? You don't want to be late, today is genin graduation."

Naruto jumped and ran out the door as fast has he could, leaving his guardian to follow, shaking his head.

The blond boy made it to class five minutes early. As it was, only three people were there, Sasuke, Shino, and Hinata. Naruto didn't like Sasuke; he had too many dark spirits hanging around him. He didn't know Shino too well, so he decided to sit next to Hinata. He never told anyone, but he had a small crush on the white-eyed girl. She made him feel all warm inside. It helped that her family liked him as well, ever since he had saved her from some cloud kidnappers.

"Morning Hinata-chan." He said as he slipped into the seat beside her.

"G-good m-morning Naruto-kun." She stuttered while examining her secret crush. He was shorter than most of the boys in the class, but that didn't matter to her. He was kind and caring, it also helped that he was one of the strongest people in the class. The others didn't know that though. Naruto was good at hiding his strength. As it was, he was ranked dead last.

Naruto never considered any of his teachers as a sensei, except for Iruka. They always either ignored him, or taught him completely wrong, like the one time Mr. Atagashi told him that chakra came from bad gas. No, his real sensei was Arashi, who had taught him better than most of the kids in his class. Somehow, he had kept his secret, and only he and the Hokage knew about it.

The bell rang and a flood of students rushed in, followed by Iruka. "Ok class, today we are having the graduation exams, so when I call your name please come to the next room. First, Aburame Shino."

Iruka left the room followed closely by Shino. When they had left, the class burst into conversation. Naruto just set his head down on the desk. He could feel the glares of a few of the spirits in the room, but they were quickly shoved away by the other spirits that, for some reason or another, always wanted to be close to him. There were three particular types of spirits that were particularly protective of him; Kitsune, Gama, and Sprites. He had asked them why, but they told him that he would understand eventually.

After some time, Iruka called his name and he ran into the next room, despite how tired he felt. 'Why do I feel so tired? I just woke up an hour ago!'

Iruka smiled at him when he got there. "Ok Naruto, all you have to do is create three bunshins and you pass."

Mizuki beside him smirked as he held his hands in a seal beneath the table. He had discovered a chakra draining technique a while ago and decided to use it on the Kyuubi brat to make sure he failed the exam. Then he could put his plan in motion. He chuckled evilly inside his mind; 'Tonight you die Kyuubi. I'll be made a hero, maybe even Hokage! That senile old fool has no idea what he is doing, letting the demon live this long.'

Naruto focused what chakra he could, the tell tale bands appearing around his wrists, but they were hidden by his sleeves. As his chakra expanded, a few of the sprites around him became semi-visible, freaking out Mizuki, and making Iruka smile behind his hand. "Bushin no Jutsu!" Naruto called out.

There was a puff of smoke, beside him appeared one clone, albeit a dead one. Naruto, along with Iruka frowned when they saw it. Both of them knew that he could do better. Mizuki was as happy as could be with the situation, even though the things he saw floating around the room had scared him a little. 'Demon probably did it on purpose.'

"I'm sorry Naruto, but you fail." Said Iruka.

Naruto just nodded, still to stunned that it didn't work. "What went wrong Arashi?"

"It's that bastard Mizuki. He was draining your chakra making it impossible for you to pass."

Naruto shook his head, 'What do these people have against me.' He sighed and walked out of the room, ignoring everything around him as he made his way into the forest. Once there, he found a large tree and jumped into one of the top branches. That was another thing that he had unknowingly gotten from the spirits. His body was much lighter and almost seemed to float when he was in the air.

He leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes. He liked it up there, with the wind blowing everywhere.

Arashi quickly cleared the area of all spirits, letting his child rest undisturbed. 'Maybe they will actually stay away until he summons them this time.'

Suddenly there was a swirl of wind as Mizuki showed up in front of him. Naruto inwardly snorted at the man's face, he actually looked sorry that he had failed. "Hey Naruto, don't take it hard. Iruka just wants what's best for you. To tell the truth, he sees himself in you. He lost his parents when he was young. So you should be able to understand it as you also have no parents."

Naruto rolled his eyes. He had never told him, but he considered Arashi as a father. Plus he had tons of other guardians. But he could still understand Iruka, he had actually met his parents at one point, they were really nice.

Mizuki looked off into space; "Well then, let me tell you a secret. There's another way to become a genin." He leaned close to the boy; "All you have to do is…"

That night, Naruto could be seen ghosting through the Hokage tower; that is if anyone had been looking. He sent Arashi ahead of him to scout out any traps, and to guide him through them.

Sarutobi watched him through his crystal ball, amazed that he was making it through so easily; that was until he remembered Naruto's skill. But even then it was still hard to believe what the boy could do. He sighed; 'Arashi must be leading him through. But still, I'm impressed that he's made it this far. But what is he doing here in the first place?' thought the Hokage before sneaking down behind Naruto. He tapped him on the shoulder, making the boy jump; "Naruto, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Naruto spun around with one though; 'Oh shit!' His hands quickly made a seal, unique to him; "Shinzui Jutsu: Ero Yume!" ((Spirit Technique: Perverted Dream!)) Suddenly fifty female spirits rushed towards Sarutobi and began to do all kinds of stuff that could be found in the newest book by a certain sennin. The Hokage passes out seconds later due to blood loss. Naruto continued off down the hall after thanking the girls for their help. They simply giggled and floated off, hardly being able to wait until their chibi friend was no longer a chibi. Naruto could still hear their perverted giggling long after they left. Inwardly he was dancing at his genius; 'That worked so much better than my last one. Maybe I should upgrade Oiroke to something better? I'll ask Arashi when he gets back, it was his idea after all.'

From there Naruto continued to the scroll room; "So… which one is it?" Not getting an answer he grumbled before proceeding to search the entire room. That was until one scroll caught his eye. He grabbed it and quickly jumped out of the window and sped off into the forest.

Naruto knew what Mizuki wanted, and had no intention of giving it to him, so he went to a place that only he knew of. He went deeper and deeper into the forest, the trees began to grow closer together, and most had vines connecting them. Just at the place where most people would have to turn away, there was a small break, just big enough for him to fit through. Inside was a clearing at least seventy feet across. A spring bubbled up and made a small stream through the area. Glowing flowers lined the edge of the stream, sometimes shedding their petals into the water, making it glow as well. This was Naruto's special place. He always came here on his birthday or when the villagers became too much. This is where he would study the scroll.

He calmly walked to the centre of the clearing and sat down, placing the scroll in front of him. He broke the seal, and the scroll quickly rolled all the way to the end, skipping all of the other techniques, and would not stop for anything, almost as if it wanted him to see this technique first.

What he saw was a large seal, one that took up the entire width of the paper of at least a yard. In the centre of it all was a spiral made of the kanji for life and death. Naruto's eyes began to glow softly as he entered a trance like state. Be bit his thumb and swiped his blood across the spiral which began to expand across the ground before flipping up into the air. Naruto stood in front of the floating seal, the bands on his wrists came off his skin and revolved around where they had originally came from.

A voice came from the seal; "Young one, twelve years have I waited for this. The time has come for me to awaken the gifts that you were given upon your birth, as well as bestow upon thee a gift of my own." A pulse of violet light streaked along the spiral. When it got to the centre, it shot out in a thin beam, hitting Naruto on the forehead.

Naruto fell to the ground and screamed, he felt like his skin was being pealed off layer by layer. Ibiki had nothing on what he felt. He screamed for what felt like days, but was really only a few minutes. When it stopped, he staggered up, and three eyes glared at the seal, the third was in his forehead where the beam struck. It's violet iris, and slitted pupil focused on the spiral. "What the hell was that?" he yelled.

There was a chuckle; "That was my gift, the Jagan Eye. ((Evil Eye)) With it, you can see through almost anything ((walls, people, metal, ect…)), read people's minds, as well as communicate with people telepathically. It slows down time, allowing you time to counter attack. It can see chakra and the pathways through which it flows. You can plant thoughts in people's minds, and cast any genjutsu without hand seals. And lastly, it enhances your normal vision ten fold. It is almost like the sharingan that Uchiha clan in your village is so proud of except it can't copy jutsu." A white strip of cloth appeared in front of him. "Use this to cover it. Not many people have three eyes. Now, to unlock the powers that were given to you at birth." At Naruto's flinch it laughed; "Don't worry, this one won't hurt at all."

This time, two separate lights passed along the spiral, black and white. When they both hit the centre, the whole seal exploded as a beam of white light and black flames engulfed Naruto.

The floating seal disintegrated, leaving two scrolls, and a very confused Naruto behind. This Naruto, however, looked far different than he had moments ago. He was the same size, and had the same eye colour, but now his hair was spiky black with a small ring of white in the front. His cloth's had changed as well. He was now wearing a blue tunic with gold lining that went down past his knees. Underneath of that he wore black baggy pants, and a light blue, long sleeve shirt. Around his neck was what looked like a scarf, but it could only be seen on the right side of his body. Bandages were wrapped around his foot going to just under his knees, and he now wore black shoes that fit his feet perfectly. ((He looks like Hiei, except he has blue eyes ((besides the Jagan)) and the whisker marks))

Naruto walked over to the stream while placing the white cloth across his Jagan, and took a look at himself and had only one thought; 'I look sweet!' He jumped up and down for a second ((This is still Naruto remember. Acting like Hiei may come later)) before running over to the scrolls. One was the Scroll of Seals; the other was addressed to him. He opened it, and all that it said was: The powers awakened will choose their time to make themselves known. You already know them, and yet you do not. Trust your instincts, they will not lead you wrong. But the first ability is given to you now. There was a flash of white light. Spirit Fusion. The abilities of spirits can now become yours for as long as your Mana lasts. Mana is half of chakra, and has already been separated from your Chi for your use. Mana is the spiritual half of Chakra, while Chi is the physical half. Mana is used when you use a spirit in any form, besides making them visible, to make them tangible use Mana. Chi is use to increase physical speed and strength. You already know how to merge with spirits, use these abilities well.

Naruto smiled, there were thousands of spirits out there that would love to help him. This was excellent! He rolled the scroll up and hid it inside his cloths before strapping the Scroll of Seals to his back. He glanced up at the sky, and saw that the moon was halfway across the sky. 'Time to meet Mizuki. But first…' He made a seal; "Henge!" there was a poof of smoke, and there stood the old Naruto. He scratched the back of his head. "Ack! This itches!" With that he dashed out of the clearing and into the surrounding forest.

Meanwhile, Iruka was laying in his bed remembering the day that the Kyuubi attacked and his parents died. A knock sounded at the door to which he sighed before answering. It was Mizuki.

"Iruka," he panted out; "Naruto has stolen the Scroll of Seals and disappeared! The Hokage has requested that all available shinobi meet him at the Tower immediately!"

At the tower a massive group of ninja stood, shouting for the death of the Kyuubi vessel. Sarutobi, however, refused them once more. "Yes, that scroll is extremely dangerous and was sealed away by the fourth Hokage. It was taken half a day ago. Find Naruto, and bring him back alive! Now go!" At that, the shinobi scattered.

Both Iruka and Mizuki both took off towards the woods. Mizuki was a little bit behind Iruka, who didn't know that Mizuki was also searching that same forest.

Naruto arrived at the shack where he was supposed to meet the traitorous teacher. He had only been there for a few minutes when Iruka dropped down from the trees in front of him. "I've found you Naruto!" gasped out the winded teacher.

Naruto smiled up at him; "So you have. Too bad, I only had time to look at one technique."

Iruka then took the time to look at the boy; he certainly did look tired. "So you came out here to train. But why did you steal that scroll?"

"Mizuki-sensei told me that if I could learn one technique from this scroll you would let me graduate!"

'Mizuki! That traitor!' just then he sensed something coming towards them and shoved Naruto out of the way, only to be knocked back by a flurry of shuriken.

Naruto looked on in horror, but he somehow knew that his teacher wouldn't die.

Mizuki was crouched on a tree branch far above them. He gazed down upon Iruka with an irritated look. "Good job on finding the brat, Iruka." He then glared at Naruto. "Now give me the scroll."

Iruka yelled; "No! Never give him the scroll, even if you die! Naruto, he used you to get his hands on it! That is a dangerous scroll with forbidden jutsus sealed within."

Naruto jumped up and prepared to run. He knew he could out run anybody. He had noticed on his way here that he was moving at near light speed. He decided it had something to do with his new form.

"Naruto, there's no point in you having that scroll. Let me tell you a secret." Iruka began yelling for him to be quite, but he continued on. "You know about the demon fox being sealed right? Since then a rule was passed, one that you were to never know about…" Naruto's mind began spinning, trying to find out what he was getting at. "The rule was that no one was allowed to talk about the fact that you are actually the fox. You are the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" Mizuki began laughing insanely. "You are the one who destroyed Iruka's family, you destroyed the village!"

Through the whole thing Iruka had kept yelling for him to stop, but he ceased now that Mizuki had finished. He now looked sadly over at Naruto. The poor boy was apparently frozen in shock.

Naruto was indeed frozen, but for a different reason. Now everything made sense to him, the murder attempts, the cold eyes, high prices, being ignored, it all made sense to him now. The only thing that didn't was the spirits and their kindness towards him. He looked up at the Yondaime's sadly floating form. 'Is it true, am I the Kyuubi?"

"No, no matter what everyone else thinks, you are not the Kyuubi."

'Why did you seal it in me then.'

At that, Arashi looked ever sadder; "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you. Maybe some day, but not now." Naruto nodded, and a moment later, he was gone from sight.

Both Mizuki and Iruka stared at the spot where Naruto had been; all that was left was a small stream of dust floating in the air. Mizuki laughed again; "Did you see that Iruka? The demon is off to finish what it started. He plans to use that scroll to take his revenge."

"No, Naruto isn't like that."

Mizuki grunted; "It doesn't matter anyway. I'll kill Naruto, take the scroll, and take care of you later." He jumped off into the woods in the direction in which he believed Naruto had gone in. Iruka hurried after him.

((Ok, you all already know what happens here, so I'll get on to the good part.))

/BN: I do not condone Taggerungs attempt at being lazy, flame him at your own risk./

Mizuki glared at Iruka; "Well, I said I would take care of you last, but it seems like you won't let me. Now die!" he yelled as he dashed toward the downed Iruka, his giant shuriken spinning madly in his hand. He was almost there, when a burr of orange struck him, knocking him back. He glared at Naruto's back; "You shouldn't have done that."

Naruto returned the glare; "Touch Iruka-sensei and die."

"Idiot!" Iruka yelled. "You should have stayed away!"

Mizuki smirked at Naruto; "Shut up! I can kill punks like you in one shot!"

Naruto smiled; "I'd like to see you try."

Mizuki dashed forwards intent on killing the demon vessel and becoming a hero.

Naruto's smile grew; "Time to test that jutsu. Arashi you ready?"

Iruka looked up fast at the name, wondering who the boy was talking to, only knowing one person with that name, and he was long dead. Mizuki didn't care, the punk was probable hallucinating.

In response, a mass of energy formed a silhouette behind the boy, the shadows forming a human out line. Naruto held one hand above his head; "Arashi, Spirit form!" the shadow disappeared into blue flames which collected above the palm of Naruto's hand. "Hyoi Fusion!" ((Spirit Unity!)) He brought his hand down and pushed the ball of flames into his chest.

Iruka's eyes were wide as plates at this point; he had never eve heard of a jutsu like this. Mizuki just continued his attack; there was nothing that the boy could do to him now!

Mizuki struck at Naruto, but it was stopped by a spinning ball of chakra. When Naruto spoke, his voice was doubled. The first was his, but the second was that of Arashi, the Yondaime. "I will not allow you to harm my charge, traitor of the leaf!" Naruto then opened his eyes and both Chuunin noticed that they glowed slightly. Naruto/Arashi glanced at Iruka; "Thank you for believing in him." All Iruka could do was nod. "Now for you, Mizuki was it?" he pumped more chakra into the spinning orb. "Take this! Rasengan!" the orb broke through Mizuki's weapon and hit him dead in the stomach.

Mizuki had the breath driven from him as the Rasengan drilled into him, picked him up into the air, and shot him into a tree where he finally fell unconscious.

The flames once again surrounded Naruto as Arashi resumed his place next to him. He then turned and walked back to Iruka to make sure he was ok. "You ok Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka smiled and nodded; 'Yes I'm fine Naruto, thanks to you. What was that by the way?"

Naruto grinned; "Something like a bloodline. With it, Arashi was able to help me fight Mizuki-teme."

"Arashi, you mean the Yondaime?"

"Yep."

Iruka grinned; "Come here, I have something to give you. Close your eyes." Naruto did as he was told.

Back in the village, all who had not been able to find the boy had returned to the Hokage tower and were voicing their complaints to the Hokage who had just come out.

"Silence!" yelled Sarutobi. "There's nothing to worry about." He smiled; "He'll be back soon." He had been watching the whole thing through his crystal ball. 'Naruto, you certainly are full of surprises.'

When Naruto opened his eyes, Iruka was sitting before him, but something was missing. His teacher's hitai-ate was gone. His eyes widened as realization dawned on him. He lunged at Iruka, giving him the biggest hug of his life. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!"

Iruka laughed and hugged him back. "You earned it, graduate. To celebrate, why don't I take you out for ramen." He immediately regretted saying that as Naruto hugged him even harder.

"Yes!"

Iruka had planned on lecturing Naruto that the hard part was just beginning, but he decided that the boy already knew. After all, he had the Yondaime watching over him.

Arashi watched the two and smiled. 'This is just the beginning of what I hope will be a very interesting life for him.'