Disclaimer: As always, this story nor any of its original characters belong to me but rather belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Light and Darkness: The Two Narutos
Chapter 2: Growth
"So Sasuke, how was your first day of school?" Uchiha Mikoto, Sasuke's mother, asked as she saw her sons entering the house after a day in the academy.
"Was great mom! I learned a lot from all of the jounin teachers and especially from big brother. Kakashi-sensei even taught us about the different elements and made us take a paper test in order to find our element and I found out that I was lightning and fire element." Sasuke answered with a grin as he took off his shoes and dropped his bag on the ground.
"Wait, you're a teacher now Itachi?" Fugaku, their father and the appointed council representative for the Uchiha Clan, asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes I am. Hokage-sama appointed me to teach the students about the different types of dojutsu." Itachi replied as he and Sasuke sat down around the table, waiting for dinner.
"Hey big brother, could you teach how to use shuriken ninjutsu?" Sasuke asked
"Of course I can and in fact, we can get started on it right now if you liked." Itachi replied with a smile.
Everyone gasped what Itachi but then Sasuke's face quickly lit up at the prospect of his brother teaching him ninjutsu
"Really?" Sasuke asked, just to make sure he was not dreaming
"Yep little brother." Itachi said with a grin.
"But Itachi, don't you have missions to get ready for?" Mikoto asked as she got out of her shocked state.
"I don't have any missions to get ready since Hokage-sama decided to take me off ANBU and put me back as jounin." Itachi replied
"He what?" Mikoto and Fugaku both exclaimed at the same time, shocked at the news.
"Yes, he did so that I have less stress on me and to be honest, I don't mind at all. It allows me to spend more time with Sasuke and the whole family and besides, I don't mind teaching the students at the academy." Itachi said. He then turned back to Sasuke and then said, "So, wanna train now?" Itachi asked.
"Sure!" Sasuke replied with a grin of enthusiasm.
He then ran outside, followed by his brother who was smiling as the two brothers headed for training.
"I don't see why Hokage-sama would take Itachi out of the ANBU Black Ops." Fugaku said, fuming.
"I can kind of see why. For the first time in a long time, I saw a genuine smile on Itachi's face." Mikoto said with a smile.
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" A man bellowed in front of the Hokage as he slammed his hands on the desk of the Hokage.
The man who was doing the commotion was Jiraiya, the legendary Toad Sannin. He had the news that a new Godaime Hokage was elected but what made him furious was the fact that this Hokage was named Namikaze Shiki and was said to be Minato's cousin.
"There's no way you could be Minato's cousin! Minato never had any family!" Jiraiya added on with rage on his face.
Yami looked up at Jiraiya with an annoyed look on his face and asked, "Are you finished shouting?" Yami asked.
"Answer me now or I will bust your face into the wall, regardless if you're the Hokage!" Jiraiya growled.
"His name is Yami Naruto, the darkness in Naruto that became free when the orb of soul broke apart." Kyuubi, in all her demonic glory, answered as she appeared mysteriously in the room.
"K…Kyuubi?" Jiraiya asked, his mouth gaping at what he was seeing.
"Yes it's me. The orb of soul's destruction gave me a human form and then sealed my real form inside of me thus limiting my powers." Kyuubi said with a smirk as she showed Minato's seal on her stomach.
"The orb of soul…So it is real and this young man is the Yami side of Naruto." Jiraiya said as realization started to dawn on him, "So I guess the villagers never respected Minato's wish, beating the boy until the point where the orb of soul went unstable." Jiraiya said with a frown as he looked at Yami.
"Yes that's true. But thanks to the effort of Sarutobi and this identity, I was able to take over as Hokage. By the way, I apologize if my fake identity caused such a stir in you." Yami said, apologizing to the sannin.
"No need to apologize, I should have kept my cool." Jiraiya replied
"But one question though? If you are the Yami Naruto, where's the Hikari Naruto." Jiraiya asked.
"Hikari assumed the identity of Uzumaki Naruto to keep any suspicion of the boy's whereabouts under wraps. Besides, he looks like the original the most so it was easy for him to portray him." Yami explained.
"Jiraiya? You're here?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked as he entered the room.
"It's been a long time old man, and don't worry, they told me everything." Jiraiya said as he greeted the ex-Hokage and his sensei.
"By the way Yami, I came here because I wanted to tell you that the council has approved of your new Genin Exam format and I also came here to teach you something." Sarutobi said.
"And what would that be, Sarutobi-san?" Yami asked with a particular intrigue.
"The art of Kage negotiations." Sarutobi said with a grin.
"Kage Negotiations?" The Godaime asked.
"You see, you will have to meet with the other Kages and learn to deal with all of them. All of them have distinct personalities like the Raikage's short-tempered attitude, the Mizukage's quiet and somber disposition, or the Tsuchikage's proud and boasting nature. If you are unable to deal with them then they will swallow you whole." Sarutobi explained as he described the different Kages.
"Swallow me whole?" Yami repeated. He then began to laugh, startling everyone, before he then glared at the window, "The only ones that will be swallowed will be them. Besides, I have the advantage considering I am new and therefore a wild card. Thus, they are the ones who are going to need to learn how to deal and negotiate with me, not the other way around." Yami added on.
'He's truly confident in his abilities even though he was just the psyche of a 8 year-old boy just a few days ago.' Kyuubi thought as she smirked.
"It looks like you were truly ready to become Hokage then Yami." Sarutobi said, impressed by the young man's wisdom and calculative thinking. The old man then turned to his student and said, "So Jiraiya, have you finished it yet?" He asked with somewhat of a perverted grin.
"Oh yes I did and in fact, I have a first edition right in my pockets." Jiraiya giggled as he took out an orange book.
"What is that book?" Yami asked, intrigued by how the former sensei and student were acting
"Probably a perverted book judging by their reactions." The Kyuubi answered.
"It's not perverted, it's art!" Jiraiya exclaimed. He then looked up and down at Kyuubi's figure and then with a perverted look asked, "Kyuubi, would you mind if I draw you for my next novel?"
"Piss off." Kyuubi replied sharply, growling at the perverted sannin, which caused the said sannin to back away.
'Great, so I am surrounded by perverts and a demon huh? What luck.' Yami thought sarcastically as all he could do was roll his eyes as the events happening in his office.
Meanwhile on the side of Konoha was Hikari, who was walking in the streets. As he was walking, he saw people nodding at him and smiling at him, completely different from when he was in the orb back in the original Naruto. Back then people would have glared, gossiped behind his back or even spit at him. The stores would even charge higher for him or throw him out. But now, everything was so different and for the first time, Hikari felt like he was being treated as a human being.
He arrived at his destination, training field #7. He took out the Heat Phantom scroll he had received in class and also took a couple of wind ninjutsu scrolls that he got from the library, and he got it for free since the librarian gave him a pass as he was the nephew of the Hokage even though before that, she would have kicked him out.
'Hypocrites.' Hikari thought as he settled down the scrolls on the floor.
He then unwrapped one of the scrolls and began to read out loud,
"This scroll contains the techniques that make up the taijutsu known as Heat Phantom. This fighting style relies solely on high-speed movement and attacks, overwhelming the opponent with immense offensive pressure and combinations." Hikari said as he read off the first paragraph of the scroll, and then continued to read it, "In order to get a hang of this fighting art, you must first practice these katas." The scroll read.
Hikari then looked at all of the katas and then began to go through them, kicking and punching at the air itself as he tried to get a hang of this fighting style.
This went on for about an hour before Hikari stopped as he heard someone crying.
'I wonder who that could be?' Hikari thought as he heard the person crying.
He walked up to the source of the cries and saw a young girl crying by the river. She had short lavender hair, clear eyes, white smooth skin, and wore a black Hyuuga gi with black pants and blue sandals.
"Hey, you're Hyuuga Hinata aren't you?" Hikari asked as he walked up to the girl.
The girl in question looked at Hikari and blushed before saying, "You're Uzumaki Naruto."
"Yep that's me. Anyway, why are you crying?" Hikari asked the Hyuuga girl.
"It's…it's nothing." Hinata replied as she dried her tears.
"C'mon now you can tell me. I am your classmate you know." Hikari told the girl with a grin.
"It's my father. He…He said that I was a failure, that I was too weak as an heiress to the clan." Hinata explained to the blonde.
She then was startled when she felt the blonde's hands on her shoulder as he looked at her, causing her to blush as he then said, "If that's the case, then you'll just have to get stronger and I know just the way!" Hikari said.
Hikari then walked back about a couple of meters and then got into his fighting stance (Ken's fighting stance from 3rd strike)
"W…what are you doing Naruto-san?" Hinata asked, confused by what the blonde was doing.
"What do you think? I'm getting ready to spar with you." Hikari answered with a chuckle.
"S…Spar? But I'm not that good." Hinata said before looking down at the ground.
She then felt Hikari's hand cup her chin blushed as she locked eyes with him,
"Listen Hinata, you'll never be able to become stronger with that attitude. You've to be more confident in you, okay?" Hikari told the girl sternly.
"O…Okay." The clear-eyed girl said with a smile as she nodded.
"Now let's do this!" The blonde said as he got back into his fighting stance.
Hinata also got into her fighting stance, the Jyuuken stance, as the two stared each other down. The two then rushed at each other and began to exchange punches, kicks, and throws as the two young academy students sparred until sunset. By the time they were done sparring, they were covered in bruises and sweating, but they were also smiling at the same time.
"Wow Hinata, that was great." Hikari said as he out of breath.
"I…I know." Was all Hinata could say as she too was out of breath.
"I told you all you needed was confidence." The blonde added on with a grin.
"You were right, thanks Naruto." The Hyuuga heiress said nodding.
She was about to move when she suddenly lost her balance and landed in the hands of Hikari. The two locked eyes, blushing at each other
"Get your hands off Hinata-sama!" Said a voice.
The two genins then saw a long-haired Hyuuga member dressed in a beige shirt, black shorts, and blue sandals head toward them with a glare on his face.
"I don't care if you're the nephew of the Hokage, but I will not allow you to touch Hinata-sama like that!" The Hyuuga said.
"I didn't know you had a sister Hinata!" Hikari said to the Hyuuga heiress, causing her to be startled by what he said.
The unknown Hyuuga's face reddened in anger as he yelled, "I'm a boy you jackass!"
"Huh? You are? But your hair was so long that I assumed you were a girl." Hikari said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head while laughing.
"Why you!" The boy growled as he then rushed toward Hikari.
"Wait Neji-nisan!" Hinata said as she moved to stop the boy. What happened next was very shocking.
As she moved to stop Neji, she grabbed the hand he was going to use to attack and then flipped him in the air, causing the boy to land on the ground back first. This was then followed by a long silence as everyone was shocked by what just happened.
"I'm so sorry Neji-nisan, I don't know what took over me." Hinata finally said as she broke the tension
"No, it's my fault Hinata-sama. I shouldn't have acted so rashly toward one of your classmates." Neji said as he dusted himself off and stood up.
"Well, thank you for sparring with me Naruto-kun and see you in class tomorrow." Hinata said.
"Hopefully we can do this more often." Hikari said.
Hinata simply nodded with a light blush as she and Neji then headed back to the Hyuuga Mansion.
Later at night in the Hyuuga Mansion, Neji was in a room alone with the head of the Hyuuga clan, Hyuuga Hiashi
"So she did that huh? And she trained with the young Uzumaki as well?" Hiashi asked as Neji told him what happened earlier this afternoon.
"Yes sir." Neji replied.
"Thank you Neji, that will be all. You may leave." The Hyuuga head said to the young Branch member.
After Neji left, Hiashi began to ponder on the implications of the events that transpired today,
'So it seems that my daughter is becoming strong and on top of that is getting close with the young Uzumaki. If she could become more than friends then this will be the perfect opportunity for the Hyuuga clan to grow even more prosperous.' Hiashi thought.
Meanwhile on the other side of Konoha, Yami was entering the Namikaze mansion, the mansion where his father used to live, as he was finally done with work today. He walked upstairs and went to check up on Hikari, who was snoring in his bed comfortably.
'It looks like he's sleeping well. Then again, it's been a long time since either he or I have been able to sleep in an actual bed.' Yami thought with a smile. Back in the orphanage, they were forced to sleep on the floor but now, they didn't have to worry about that.
Yami closed the door of Hikari's room and then walked up a few more doors to the left before opening the last one, his room. But upon opening it, he saw Kyuubi lying on the bed in a seductive pose as she wore a pink see-through negligee, showing off her body for anyone to see. This caused Yami to nosebleed.
"Welcome home, husband." Kyuubi said, adding a very sexual tone when she said the word husband.
"What…what are you wearing?" Yami asked as he covered up his nose with his left hand.
"Oh, do you like it? I thought it would off my figure." Kyuubi said with a smirk.
"No I don't and besides, why are you in my room?" Yami yelled back.
"I'm in your bed because you're my husband and I'm your wife and you might say that you don't like but little Yami disagrees." Kyuubi answered, smiling as she saw the large tent in Yami's pants.
Yami growled at her, blushing in embarrassment. He then regained his cool and glared at her,
"Look! I'm only your husband because of circumstances, nothing else." Yami replied.
"Is that so? Well sorry but I don't like to be treated like an object." Kyuubi barked back with a frown.
Before he knew it, Yami was grabbed by Kyuubi and thrown onto the bed, with her landing on top of him. She then began to roam her hands on his chest, prowling and staring at him like a predator would to its prey,
"Let go of me!" Yami ordered the vixen as he struggled to get free but to no avail.
Kyuubi simply laughed haughtily before she said, "Oh stop it. The innocent one is supposed to be Hikari, not you Yami. You are the darkness one, the darkness that was in Naruto's heart back when you two were in the original body, and thus the one with fewer restrictions. Besides I can see the lust in your eyes every time you look at me, you want to devour every inch of my body, make me moan like a hot bitch in heat. I can see it in you, in fact I saw it in you the moment you laid eyes on me back at the hospital. So stop denying your true self Yami-kun, and embrace it." She said in a near hypnotic tone, like a siren speaking to a sailor lost at sea.
'She is right. Who am I kidding? I am the darkness that was in the original Naruto, the same darkness that wanted to slaughter every villager for the pain they caused. I wasn't like Hikari and I will never be like Hikari because I am Yami, the darkness.' Yami thought as he then stopped struggling under the Kyuubi.
"You're right, I do want you. However…" Yami said before trailing off. He then grinned and then flipped both of them causing him to be on top of Kyuubi this time. "Don't underestimate me." He added before kissing her passionately.
Soon, the two were enveloped in their own lusts, as they would be for the rest of the night.
Morning then came and Yami stumbled out of his room, looking extremely exhausted (AN: Geez, I wonder why?). He was dressed in an orange bathrobe as he walked downstairs and onto the kitchen, where he saw Hikari getting his lunch ready.
"What's up with you Yami?" Hikari asked, completely oblivious.
"Shut up." Yami barked back as he was in no mood for morning conversations with his counterpart.
"Whatever. Anyway, I'm heading off so see ya." Hikari said as he packed his lunch into a beige paper bag and then left the mansion.
Yami then slumped onto a chair and let his head hit the table,
"I swear that woman is insatiable." Yami said.
"Oh Yami-kun, I'm hungry." Said the voice of a particular demonic vixen, as she added sexual innuendo to the word hungry.
"Not now! I need to get ready anyway!" Yami replied.
But it seems that it was not meant to be as he was suddenly grabbed by one of the Kyuubi's many tails, wrapping itself around his neck before dragging him back upstairs.
"NOT AGAIN!" Was all Yami could say.
It was there that the legend of the near-dead Hokage would come from as every morning, Yami would be in his office nearly half-dead, leading others to wonder what could make their Hokage look so exhausted in the morning.
Meanwhile, Hikari was running toward the academy when he suddenly collided into someone, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Hey watch where you're going!" Said the person Hikari bumped into and that person was none other than Uchiha Sasuke.
"Look who's talking, you're the idiot who bumped into me!" Hikari yelled back as he stood up.
"What did you call me?" Sasuke asked angrily.
"What are you doing Sasuke?" asked Uchiha Itachi as he arrived onto the scene.
"He bumped into me first and then called me an idiot big brother!" Sasuke told his older brother as he pointed the finger at Hikari.
"Nah huh, you're the one who bumped into me first!" Hikari barked back.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
The shouting match went on for awhile until they were both bonked on the head by the older Uchiha's fists, causing huge bumps to grow on their head.
"Stop it you idiots." Itachi said sternly. He then sighed, "It doesn't matter who started it, I want you two to apologize to each other now." Itachi ordered the two boys.
The boys glared at each other for a little while before grinning and shaking each other's hands,
"Sorry for being such a jerk Naruto." Sasuke said.
"And I'm sorry as well Sasuke." Hikari said.
"Good. Now let's head to school." Itachi said, and he then began to walk toward the academy, followed by the two boys.
"By the way Naruto, what's the name of your taijutsu scroll that Gai-sensei gave you the other day?" Sasuke asked.
"It's called Heat Phantom and it was created by Ken Masters. What about yours?" Hikari then asked after he answered Sasuke's question.
"Mine is the Rising Dragon and it was created by Ryu Hoshi." Sasuke answered.
"Apparently according to legends, Ryu and Ken were not only best friends but also powerful rivals. So if the legend is true then you'll two might become best friends and rivals too." Itachi said as he recalled the legend that Gai told him.
"I like the sound of that." The younger Uchiha said with a grin as he looked at the Uzumaki
"Me too." Hikari replied with a grin as well.
4 years later…
4 years had passed and today was the day for the Genin Exam. All of the instructors were in the Hokage Office as he had called a meeting in order to discuss the Genin Exam.
"So, are we clear on what the exam is going to be about?" Yami asked his chunnin and jounin.
"Yes sir." They all said.
"If that is the case then I will list off the teams and their instructors and after I am done, I want you Iruka to tell the students their team number and teammates and give them their scroll, understood?" Yami asked the brown-skinned chunnin.
"Yes Hokage-sama." Iruka said.
"Alright then let's begin. Team 6 will be Hyuuga Neji, Ten-Ten Xiang, Rock Lee, and their instructor will be Maito Gai. Team 7 will be composed of Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura and will be led by Hatake Kakashi. Team 8 will be made up of Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. Their squad leader will be Yuuhi Kurenai. And finally we will have this generation's Ino-Shika-Cho trio with Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji. Their squad leader will be Sarutobi Asuma, who I am sure will not smoke in front of them." Yami said as he glared at the jounin, reprimanding him for his smoking habits, which caused a few chuckle from his fellow jounin
"Since this is all I have for you, you all are dismissed." Yami said and all of the ninjas in his office soon vanished.
"I wonder what the exam is going to be about." Said a blonde named Hikari or to the public, Uzumaki Naruto. He had changed over the past four years, growing into a 5'8, 175 lbs build. He also wore a red shirt with a white jacket and hood that had the Uzumaki swirl symbol in the back, black shorts, black shoes, and black fingerless gloves with the Uzumaki swirl.
"I don't know and to be honest I don't care. I'm going to pass any way." Said a boy with duck-butt style black hair that went by the name of Uchiha Sasuke. The boy had also grown as he was now 5'9, 165 lbs, and he wore a dark blue karate gi with the Uchiha symbol on the back, followed by dark blue karate pants, and black shoes.
"Cocky aren't we?" Hikari asked his friend with a grin.
"It's not being cocky, it's being confident. Besides, you're the last person in the world who should reprimand me about being cocky." Sasuke replied, scoffing at his friend's question.
"True." Hikari said as he could not disagree with the notion that he was the cockiest boy in school and even the whole village.
"Hello everyone. Today is the day you all have been waiting for, the Genin Exam. Now the exam will be drastically different than any other year as our Hokage has made it an imperative to make sure that the exam will test all of your skills." Iruka said as he entered the classroom.
'Figures it wouldn't be easy with Yami in charge.' Hikari thought with a bored expression.
"Now this exam needs to be done in teams of three and therefore I will go through all your names and tell you which team you're on. Then I will you hand a scroll that will let you know what the exam is." Iruka explained.
"Team 6 will be Hyuuga Neji, Ten-Ten Xiang, and Rock Lee. Team 7 will be Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke. Team 8 will be Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. And finally Team 10 will be composed of Nara Shikamaru, Yamanka Ino, and Akimichi Chouji. Now, I will hand a member of each team the scroll in order for your team to read. Good luck to you all." Iruka said. He then gave a scroll to a member of the team like he said, and gave Team 7's scroll to Hikari.
"So what does the scroll say Naruto?" Sasuke asked, as he wanted to know.
"Hold up, let me open it first." Hikari told his friend.
Hikari opened the scroll and inside it read:
Tonight, four men in black will steal scrolls from the Hokage Tower. It will be your job to capture them before they escape.
"I see, so this is like a mock mission of something. It probably wants to test our teamwork skills and they probably didn't tell us the time in order to make it more difficult." Hikari said.
"If that's the case then why don't I invite you all to my house? My parents would love to have you over." Sasuke offered.
"Sure." Said the reclusive and soft voice of a pink-haired girl that went by the name of Haruno Sakura. Because she was the target of bullies thanks to her forehead, she became very withdrawn, introverted and reserved, which helped her get good grades in school but little friends. She wore a red shirt with pink shorts, and black shoes.
'We'll definitely need to work on that attitude of hers.' Both rivals thought as they looked at their pink-haired teammate.
It was evening and all of Team 7 was eating at Sasuke's household, along with his family.
"So all three of you are in a team huh? Not bad." Fugaku said with a smirk as he drank tea.
"I did find it weird for the Hokage to put the strongest boys in class and one of the strongest girls in class together in one team." Itachi said.
"Sakura, is it? How does it feel to be the first ninja in your family?" Mikoto asked the young girl.
"Okay." The pink-haired girl simply replied with before she continued to eat her food.
"Geez Sakura! Can't you act a bit more lively and say more than three words?" Hikari asked as he was a bit annoyed by the girl's attitude.
"Sorry." Sakura simply responded with.
"Arghhh!" Hikari yelled as the girl was frustrating him.
"It's no use Naruto, that's just the way she is dude." Sasuke said shrugging.
"It's not that I don't like saying more than three words but it's just that I am focused on passing this exam, Naruto and Sasuke-san." Sakura then said.
'So she can say more than three words after all.' Sasuke thought with a smirk.
"Well if that is the case Sakura-chan, then you won't have to wait any longer because my clone just dispersed itself which means only one thing." Hikari said.
He then stood up and looked at his teammates with a grin before he said,
"It's showtime."
To Be Continued…
AN: Next chapter is the Genin Exam and we will see if team 7 can pass. As always, read and review.