Chapter 3: Broken promises, Death, New family
To answer some questions:
Mak-kun & Guest: Sorry but Naruto will not be joining Vali's team. If he were a criminal it will be too easy for the Konoha group to steal him away without consequences. Plus joining the Gremory group will help heal his mental wounds and give him political protection from Konoha.
Guest: I specifically said that the actual attacks are rare. Plus in canon it sort of implied that Naruto's treatment was worse than it actually showed due to the fact that Naruto himself stated that Gaara (during his Psychopathic phase) was what he could have ended up as and Gaara during his early years was attacked daily and had even tried to commit suicide. Hell it even stated that if it weren't for Iruka he would have ended up turning into a murderous psychopath.
insanemaelstorm & Amart11: This chapter explains why they started neglecting him.
Kreceir: He's still going to be quite feminine-looking don't worry (mostly for humour's sake).
fallout4: Actually it's Guren's theme.
Guest: Here's his death.
Hiroki: Here is Naruto's new family.
Guest: I never said anything about mobs.
Darklight-Dragon21: Yes & he's a Rook.
Bonkey1996: He isn't tortured... though the way he died isn't exactly any better.
Oblivion168 : His relationships will be meaningful don't worry.
Phantom Symbiote : He will have Six Paths Sage Mode
"Come on… almost… there…"
Naruto could be seen walking on water and was already close to reaching the other side of the pond.
Thanks to some advice from Hinata as well as a bit of training from Mikoto he was able to unlock his chakra and utilize it for his training.
He smiled a bit thinking about his first friend and the woman who was more of mother to him than his own birth mother ever was.
Though his life was bit better, hell he even made two more friends who happened to be orphans and knew the pains of loneliness like him, it still wasn't enough to get him out of depression. His so-called parents have continued to ignore him while spoiling his sisters rotten.
His sisters… were a different type of problem entirely.
Once upon a time the two adored him to the point of outright lashing out at any female that wasn't their mother who tried to get close to Naruto. However now was a different story.
Ever since the two have been receiving training from their parents, things have changed. They don't purposely ignore his existence like the villagers but they still do it anyway. Ever since their parents focused all their attention on them they've steadily grown apart from each other. Eventually it grew to the point that he could no longer call them his sisters and he could no longer call himself their brother.
"What are you doing?"
Startled, Naruto lost concentration and took an unwilling dive into the water.
Coming Naruto noticed that it was Mito & Narumi who interrupted his training.
Naruto, not wanting to be close to them swam to the other side.
Mito & Narumi were staring at him with an emotionless & in Mito's case uncaring look. However in the inside they were greatly surprised seeing Naruto doing the water-walking exercise and almost succeeded.
The two were fully aware about how bad the relations between them were. It has been like that ever since their parents decided to jumpstart on their training. However unlike Naruto they were aware of the true reason behind this.
Unlike the previous Jinchuuriki's before them, their seals were not meant to suppress the fox's chakra. Even though Hiruzen used the Shiki Fūjin to seal away the fox's chakra into the twins, Minato ended up using Hakke no Fūin Shiki to complete the sealing. The Hakke no Fūin Shiki is a seal that allows the chakra of the Biju to leak into the host's body so they could utilize its power. Therein lyes the problem; these type of seals were never meant to last as because of this leakage the seal will gradually weaken overtime until it will finally breaks. The Shiki Fūjin however prevents the Hakke no Fūin Shiki from actually breaking which means the twins were safe (though that didn't stop Kushina from beating the crap out of Minato when he first told her the type of seal he used to finish the job). Even if the seal wouldn't break it still presented a problem; it would not stop the kyuubi's chakra from influencing the girls. The Kyuubi is a being that's practically the physical manifestation of hate itself, a hatred so great that even its chakra was saturated with it which was why Mito & Kushina had top quality seals that completely & utterly suppressed the Kyuubi in its entirety. Neither Mito nor Narumi had those type of seals and they also have not inherited their mother's Kongō Fūsa which could suppress the chakra of a Biju. This of course greatly frightened Kushina & Minato (when he realized the mistake of using such a seal) and such they decided to kickstart on their training for chakra & emotional control so they could better utilize the Kyuubi's chakra without going berserk. Since Naruto only had the soul, there was nothing to weaken the seal or influence him.
Mito & Narumi accidentally heard all this one time by accident when Jiraiya the Toad Sage briefly came over for a visit to discuss something important with their parents. The two finally understood why their parents treated Naruto the way they did at least half of it. As such though they didn't like it they accepted their reasoning and put all their focus on their training so they wouldn't go out of control and possibly hurt their dear brother.
Of course what no one realized was that it was forever impossible for the girls to ever gain control of the chakra of the Kyuubi. There were only three ways to gain complete and utter control of its chakra: They must have hatred in their hearts that's either equal to or greater than the fox's; they must have the full cooperation of the fox; or they must enter the seal to fight the fox and usurp its chakra to make it their own. Unless they were Uchiha it would be impossible for them to gain hatred of that intensity; the second option was unavailable because they only had the chakra of the beast so there was no one they could cooperate with, and the third option was unavailable for a similar reason as they never usurped the chakra and they couldn't do it without the soul.
No one actually knew this and by the time they did it would already be too late…
Anyway the sisters were watching Naruto with hidden amusement seeing him sink like that before swimming to the other side and shaking off the water like some dog.
Though the positive mood quickly disappeared and was replaced with sadness & guilt. Reason being the way he looked at them was not that of a loving brother but a person who sees them as nothing more than strangers and even… a possible threat.
Before they could say anything, he ran off not even looking back at their hurt expressions.
"N-nee-chan we…"
"I know Narumi, I know. But when we finally get to the academy everything will go back to the way it used to be."
Narumi looked hopeful as well as relieved from hearing that. Mito also believed in this however what she didn't know was that she was simply lying to herself a lie that will never come true…
Today's the day; the day that the Yondaime's children were born as well as the day that the Kyuubi was defeated. As such, despite the losses they suffered it was a day of joy & celebration.
Currently Kushina was at home preparing her children's birthday. She was humming quite happily thinking about how this birthday was going to be better than the last one; her musings were cut short when she heard a song playing. It was wonderful, sad and also somehow nostalgic; she wanted to hear more of it. She went outside to follow the song wanting to find the origin of it, only to be surprised that it was coming from Naruto playing it on a leaf while sitting between Mikoto Uchiha and Hinata Hyuuga.
She chose to hide so she could observe them for reasons unknown to her.
She couldn't help but feel jealousy seeing how close her best friend was to her son though she didn't know why, she also couldn't help but wondered how he became friends with the Hyuuga heiress.
She wanted to go there and say something however she couldn't bring herself to do it. The jealousy & the curiosity made her question how Naruto knew those two… now that she thinks about it, when was the last time she talked to him?
Questions started to pile up in her head and her face slowly grew from confusion, bafflement, realization than horror when she came to a final conclusion: other than his appearance, age & name she knew absolutely NOTHING about her son.
'H-how? Why?!'
She asked herself.
She desperately sought any memory that involved her spending time with her only son but to her horror she could not find one memory.
In all honesty due to the fact that she was an active Kunoichi and because of the damages the Kyuubi had done to the village she spent A LOT of her time on high ranking missions in order to earn money to help repair the damages done to Konoha, and when she was free from missions she had spent her freedom on focusing her attention on her daughters due to the ever growing threat of them giving in to the Kyuubi's chakra.
With all of that it was actually no surprise that she had ended up neglecting her only son, she just never thought it was to this extreme.
Eventually Naruto finished his song causing Hinata and Mikoto to applaud him, along with a few bystanders who were listening in and had nothing against the poor boy. Kushina wanted to clap as well but something told her that it would greatly insult him.
The bystanders left while the three decided to make small talk. Kushina wasn't able to make out what they were saying but she was able to hear them make mention of Birthday.
Just as Hinata & Mikoto were about to leave, Mikoto stiffened a bit and look at Kushina's direction. She glared while unknowingly activating her Sharingan which caught Kushina by surprise. Though there was no hatred there was deep rage in them and it lacked the sisterly love that she was so used to seeing from her.
Both Hinata & Naruto looked at Mikoto in concern and asked her what's wrong. She deactivated her Sharingan and smiled at the children telling them everything was fine.
Eventually Hinata & Mikoto left, leaving Naruto alone for now. Just as he was about to leave, Kushina made her presence known.
A large naive part of her thought that Naruto would be happy to see her and have love practically envelop his eyes. Except she was wrong… so wrong…
There was no love or familiarity, only fear & anger. He was looking at her like a stranger who would not even hesitate to harm him in anyway which hurt her dearly.
Before he could leave Kushina stopped him.
"Naruto wait!"
He stopped in surprise and look at her in shock and wariness.
'Have we really interacted that little?'
She already knew the answer to that.
"S-Naruto…" She almost called him sochi however her danger senses told her that would be a TERRIBLE idea. "… since I'm free for most of the day and the party doesn't start till 8… Do you perhaps want to hang out at the festival this afternoon, just the two of us?"
To say that Naruto was shocked would the understatement of the century. Never had any of his family EVER wanted to hang out with him since he was 5.
He was extremely conflicted. On one hand he couldn't forgive them for the neglect & for turning a blind eye on the villagers' hatred of him yet… he was still only a child who so desperately wanted the acceptance of his family, of his mother.
Eventually the child side of him won out.
"When and where?"
Kushina couldn't stop the smile of happiness from forming on her face. She suddenly grabbed Naruto and hugged him tightly, causing Naruto to freeze up in shock.
"We'll meet at Ichiraku's Ramen at 4pm; you won't regret this Naruto-chan. I promise."
She kissed him in the forehead and quickly ran off back to the house to finish up preparations for the party.
Naruto was left starring into space not knowing what to make, however for the first time ever he felt hope & happiness.
What neither of the two knew was this would be the last time they would see each other as true family…
"Kushina-sama, the Hokage wants to see you."
An anbu appeared in front of her.
"About what?"
Kushina was done with the preparations and was getting ready to meet up with Naruto.
"The Hokage has an emergency mission for you."
"WHAT?! But I'm about to meet up with my son in a few minutes! Isn't there anyone else that could take the mission?"
"I'm sorry Kushina-sama, but there are no available Shinobi/Kunoichi with high enough skills for this mission."
Kushina was conflicted. On one hand she wanted to desperately get to Naruto and reconnect with him yet on the other hand this could very well jeopardize Konoha's safety if she refused this mission.
'Maybe… maybe if I do this quickly I can meet up with Naruto before he leaves!'
Even though the mission was seemingly high ranked, it was thanks to all those missions that she took to repair the village her skills had not deteriorate in the slightest. In fact she was even better than she was before becoming a Jinchuuriki due to the fact that most of her power was no longer maintaining the seal. So all in all she is the best of the best and there isn't anyone in the Elemental Nations, Kage or Jinchuuriki, that actually possess a threat to her.
"Alright let's go."
The two left in a Shunshin, Kushina's final thoughts being that of her son.
'Just hold on sochi, I'll be back as soon as possible.'
In her rush to get it over with, she forgot to send someone to tell Naruto that she'll be late for their meeting.
If she had known what would have happened, she would have outright refused but it was too late now. Now that she made her choice, she can never be Naruto's mother ever again…
It was 4pm, Naruto was at Ichiraku's Ramen waiting for Kushina to arrive.
"Well hello there! What can I get for you Naruto?"
Ichiraku Teuchi, one of the few civilians along with her daughter who did not hate Naruto, hell he and his daughter practically treat him as if he was part of the family.
"No thank you, Teuchi-san… I'm just waiting for Kaa-san."
As such to pass the time he started a conversation with Teuchi which later Ayame, Teuchi's daughter, ended up joining.
Time was passing by and slowly but surely Naruto's excitement, hope, & happiness slowly drained away.
It was now 8 and when Ayame came out she saw Naruto now crying silently.
"Naruto, honey… I don't think she's coming…"
The tears seemingly increased despite the fact he made no sound.
Just as Ayame was going to comfort him Naruto got off his seat and started walking away.
Teuchi & Ayame could only watch with sadness knowing that the child was now completely and utterly broken…
'I… I should have… known…'
Naruto was back to the compound; though he was no longer crying, his eyes now held a completely empty look to them.
Though he was thinking about heading home, he was just walking aimlessly not really caring which direction he was heading.
So deep into his depression that he had not realized that he ended up taking the long way to the compound.
Time went by and the festivities had ended with everyone heading home for sleep. Yet despite how late it is, it seems that none of his family noticed that he was missing which just made the whole thing worse.
Eventually Naruto managed to make it to the compound and saw that the lights were off.
Naruto sighed and reached for the gate however there was a sudden large surge of chakra that violently caused Naruto's arm to explode and throw him violently away and into a nearby wall, spraying blood everywhere before landing on the ground almost silently.
He was too shock and too much in pain to let out a sound and his tears had long dried out. He didn't understand how and why this happened. Never before had the compound rejected him so why now?
He then figured out that his parents must have turned on the security seals which then caused him to reach a realization… they have truly and utterly forgotten him…
"H-help…. somebody… a-anybody… help…"
No one heard his cries for help…
He layed for about a minute; ribs broken, leg fractures, & losing an unhealthy amount of blood from his stump to the point that it created a puddle around him. He knew that he was dying yet he didn't want to die here near the place of his torment, so with the last bit of his strength he stood up and slowly walked away leaving a trail of blood for any who wish to follow him.
After some time Naruto managed to make it to the park where he first met Hinata and started hanging out with her along with Mikoto.
Thinking about those two caused him drown further into depression.
'I'm sorry Hinata… Mikoto… looks like we won't be hanging out anymore.'
Eventually he lost all feeling on his legs and collapsed on the ground; using his remaining arm he crawled towards the tree that he, Mikoto & Hinata usually hung out; eventually his arm gave out and he couldn't even reach the closest branch.
'So this is how I die… alone… abandoned… as it has… always been…'
A leaf fell and landed on his lips; knowing that this was his last night decided to do what he truly enjoyed to do… to play the leaf whistle.
He blew on the leaf, being careful not to blow it away, and it played a soft yet despairing melody.
Despite how quiet it seemingly was the song somehow carried out to the entire Konoha allowing everyone, awake & asleep, to hear its sad melody.
Hokage's office
Currently doing some late night paperwork, as well as waiting for his wife, was the Yondaime Hokage himself Minato Namikaze.
He sighed a bit in tiredness due to the birthday party and how his daughters were disappointed that neither Jiraiya nor Kushina were able to make it to the party but they were still able to enjoy it all the same due the presents as well as their friends arriving. However he was confused that the Hyuuga heir & the Uchiha Matriarch had spent the remainder of the party seemingly looking for someone while occasionally sending him glares. There was also this nagging feeling at the back of his mind that told him he was forgetting something important yet couldn't figure out what it was.
Just as he was about to finish the last of his paperwork, he then heard a sad melody. Curious he was wondering where it was coming from until he felt something on his cheek; he rubbed it away and realized that it was a tear.
'A tear? Why am I crying? And what's this feeling?'
For a reason he couldn't fathom he was feeling deep regret and loss…
Namikaze-Uzumaki Compound
Despite sleeping, the song still managed to penetrate the consciousness of Mito & Narumi which caused them to squirm as nightmares of their brother dying a horrible death, all alone and looking at them with nothing but hatred.
No matter how much they squirm, no matter how much they cry out for their brother, all they could do was sleep and cry.
Uchiha Compound
Mikoto couldn't sleep as the leaf whistle kept her up. She couldn't help but wonder why Naruto was playing his melody this late while drinking a glass of warm milk.
"Kaa-san are you alright?"
Mikoto looked at her eldest son Itachi who was looking at her with great concern.
"I'm fine Itachi-kun, why do you ask?"
"… Because you are crying."
"…Eh?"
She rubbed her cheeks and was shock to see that she was indeed crying.
'Why? Why am I crying?'
Naruto had played sadder songs than this and it had never brought her to tears before, so why did this one?
She suddenly felt very worried for Naruto and made a note to visit the compound as soon as possible.
Hyuuga Compound
Hinata Hyuuga, like the Uzumaki-Namikaze siblings had her conscious invaded by Naruto's song yet though there were tears, she did not have any nightmares, rather they were dreams of her & Naruto growing up together, training together, going on missions together, reaching adulthood, getting married, having kids, becoming old, becoming grandparents before finally dying peacefully together.
She was dreaming a life together with her love, and crying for the life that was denied by broken promises…
Outskirts of Fire Country
Kushina could be seen running as fast as she can while covered in blood (though none of it hers) all while cursing Kumo for sending a small force of Shinobi to scout Konoha illegally, cursing her husband for wasting her time on this easy mission (well easy for her), and essentially cursing herself for accepting this mission and essentially missing the Birthday of her children.
So here she was running as fast as possible hoping beyond hope that she could at least make it in time to at least say Happy Birthday to them before they go to sleep, though she knew that was just wishful thinking.
"Mito, Narumi, Naruto, I hope you three can forgive me…'
She then stopped as her ears were invaded by a melody coming from…
"A leaf whistle?"
She looked around the area trying to find the source, all the while keeping her guard up in case it was a trap, though it was seemingly coming from everywhere. Suddenly she felt great despair, regret, and loss as if something precious was taken away from her, and she will never get it back.
'Why? Why am I feeling these horrible emotions?'
Kushina ran as fast as she can, suddenly terrified that something bad had happened, all the while the melody continued to play its sad tune while tears escaped her eyes without her notice.
Park
Naruto continued playing his melody. Blood continued to leak out of his stump, and his skin was unhealthily pale as the colour was quite literally drained from him. His eyes were getting paler as the life was slowly dimming away. Eventually the song got quieter and quieter, his eyes growing dimmer while tears leaked out of his eyes.
'Huh… so I still had tears left after all…'
Life finally left him, the night grew quiet and despite the death that happened there was no one & no thing to mourn for him.
Daybreak had arrived and Kushina finally made it back though right now she was in a bad mood and it didn't help that she didn't get any sleep and was still covered in blood which had dried by now. As such the gate guards decided to make the right decision and just let her in without interference.
With her foul mood as well as being covered in dry up blood she ended up scaring the crap out of many villagers, which forced her to use one of the public baths to get rid of all the blood (thankfully she also packed another pair of clothes just in case).
She eventually manage to get to the Hokage's office where she proceeded to beat the crap out of Minato (much to his dismay) before giving her report.
After that the two left for home not realizing that they would meet a nasty surprise that would haunt there dreams to come…
Hinata was currently walking towards the Namikaze-Uzumaki compound, all the while humming that song that played last night while thinking about that dream she had about Naruto.
She instantly blushed when she remembered certain scenes that led to her becoming a mother in that dream.
Hell right now she was close to fainting until her thoughts were interrupted.
"Hinata?"
Hinata saw Mikoto surprised to see her this soon.
Ever since the two befriended Naruto they ended up becoming friends with each other themselves, due to the fact that the two have quite a lot in common.
"Mikoto-san what are you doing here?"
"I was going to ask you the same question, however I believe we both know the answer to that."
Last night with that sad song DID NOT help calm their nerves at all, as it simply caused them to worry more about the red-haired boy that they gained strong feelings for.
Deciding to walk together the two conversed to distract themselves from this growing pit in their hearts. When they got to the compound they both activated their respective dōjutsu when they noticed a strange surge of chakra around the gates; their eyes telling them that the security seals were still active meaning that Minato & Kushina were still out and they couldn't get in to check up on Naruto.
Mikoto sighed in annoyance.
"M-Mikoto-san…"
"Hinata what is… it…"
She trailed off when she too noticed it: a crater formed on the wall with all the cracks filled with blood as well as a large puddle of blood on the ground.
So surprised by the sight that they didn't even notice Minato & Kushina's presence despite their dōjutsu still being active.
"Hey Mikoto what are you doing here?"
Mikoto seemingly did not hear them as she, along with Hinata, were still staring at the blood.
Both finally noticed it causing Kushina to gasp and Minato's eyes to harden thinking that an attack had happened near their home.
Mikoto finally noticed their presence.
"Hinata go back home for the day."
"Mikoto-san?"
Hinata met eyes with Mikoto and knew that she had no choice in the matter. Plus some deep emotion inside her told her that she did not want to see the conclusion
Running off back home, Mikoto then turned her attention back to Minato & Kushina.
She approached them and decided to first ask Kushina.
"Where is Naruto, Kushina?"
"Naruto? He's inside the compound like he should be… I think."
She looked uncertain and turned toward Minato for confirmation which made him panic because, now that he thinks about it, he didn't remember seeing Naruto at the party at all despite the fact that it was his birthday (which caused him to feel shame for the fact that he forgot about his son).
"You think? Weren't you with him at the festival last night?"
She swore to Kami that if she had ditch him, either because of forgetfulness or for something downright stupid, she was going to MURDER her.
"N-no I wasn't." She looked ashamed. "I wanted to, however Minato ended up giving me an S-rank mission at the last minute so I couldn't even make it my children's Birthday party."
At the last bit she sent Minato a withering glare which caused him to wince in guilt. However, much to Mikoto's confusion, his eyes widen and she saw a look of realization before turning into panic.
"Kushina dear… did you ever tell Naruto that you weren't going to make it? Or at the very least send someone to tell him you wouldn't be able to make it?"
Mikoto froze when she realized what conclusion Minato came to.
Kushina was about to answer but stopped when she thought closely about it. Her expression grew to one of horror.
"N-no… I didn't… I-I thought that I could finish it quickly…"
That just confirmed their suspicions. Most likely Naruto fell into depression and arrived home after he activated the security seals.
"Shit! Kushina, Mikoto, I want you two to search around the village around the village for Naruto. I'll check the compound for any clues of his whereabouts."
He deactivated the seals and rushed inside hoping to find some clues, and possibly see if Naruto was in his room after all (although he knew the chances of him being home were EXTREMELY low).
Mikoto was about to go until she noticed a trail of blood.
"Kushina…"
She noticed that her former best friend was still racked with guilt.
"Kushina!"
Kushina snapped out it.
"Mikoto I…"
"Look as much as I want to slap you for what you done, now is not the time. Right now we need to find Naruto's whereabouts as soon as possible. For all we know he could be hurt badly!"
"Y-you're right Mikoto."
"Good now follow me."
Mikoto quickly started following the blood trail with Kushina following close behind. They followed the trail and they soon noticed that the blood was waning almost as if… whoever was spilling blood was running out.
"Naruto please be alright.''
Mikoto & Kushina thought.
Eventually the trail led them to the park that Naruto, Hinata & Mikoto enjoyed going. The trail ended and Mikoto & Kushina were met with a sight that will forever haunt their minds (even more so for Mikoto since her Sharingan was still active).
"N-Naruto…?"
There, laying in a pool of blood near the tree, was the corpse of Naruto reaching out with his one remaining arm.
"NARUTO!"
Mikoto quickly went over to him and cradled his corpse.
She let out a gasp seeing just how badly damaged his body was, as well as letting tears out when she saw the stump where his former arm used to be, no longer bleeding due to the fact that there was no longer any blood in his body.
She finally cried when she saw the last expression he had before he died: Hopelessness, despair, betrayal, and finally… acceptance.
"My Baby! I'm so sorry!"
Mikoto cried, holding onto Naruto tightly while telling how sorry she is for not being there at his time of need.
Kushina meanwhile collapsed on the ground due to horror and shock. Though she was silent, a great amount of tears poured out of her eyes that were just as much if not more so than Mikoto's.
'I… I did this… I killed… my little baby boy…'
"M-Mikoto we need to get s-sochi-!"
Mikoto instantly turned and slapped Kushina hard in the face. If Kushina had paid attention then she would noticed that Mikoto's Sharingan had changed: Instead of the three commas common in a Sharingan there was a circle that resembled two serpents devouring each others' tails and inside the circle was something that resembled a shuriken with nine sharp points.
"You don't get to call him that! You don't get to call him your son! You are no mother of his just as I am no friend of yours!"
Mikoto quickly left in a Shunsin, hoping beyond hope that there was a chance the Head Medic Tsunade can save him, while leaving a heartbroken Kushina on her knees knowing this was her fault.
At a field full of life there was a man. Long crimson hair, violet eyes glowing with power, two cat ears were on top of his head, nine long cat tails flowing behind him, his entire body seemingly enveloped by white flames, and what skin was exposed was covered in black markings… the markings of a Sage. He was brimming with power, yet this power was warm, comforting, and filling the area with life.
All too soon the vision end and was replaced by another.
The same man yet completely different.
His skin was as black as the void of space, his hair as white as volcanic ash, sporting only two tails rather than nine, his eyes being crimson surrounded by black pools filled with hatred, and his entire body filled with glowing crimson markings that spoke of wrongness… of an abomination. He was filled with power yet this power was filled with carnage and destruction; he was a demon in both body and soul…
An elder toad woke up from his nap. Those visions he saw… greatly disturbed him, made all the more worse since he knew that this was a sign that the current Great Prophecy had changed completely.
"This… is a problem…"
"Naruto… wake up."
Naruto's eyes fluttered open. He slowly got up, groaning a bit due to his body being sore.
'Wait… sore? Shouldn't I be dead?'
He examined his body and noted, with embarrassment, that he was as naked as a newborn baby as well as noticing, with shock, that both his arms were fully intact and that his body lacked any other injuries from his death.
"I don't understand. How am I still alive?"
"You are not."
Startled, Naruto shot up to his feet, vaguely noting that he was in some king of grey void, and spotted the person who spoke to him.
The person was definitely female with the looks of a goddess, the largest breasts he's ever seen, and large alluring curves she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen that made Tsunade, Mikoto & Kushina look plain in comparison. Although she had some inhuman features that scared him a bit which were the purple skin, the red horns, and the golden eyes with black sclera (though somehow that just made her more beautiful).
"Who are you? Where am I?"
"Me? Well I am known by many names and titles: The Grim Reaper, The Horned God, Keres, Erinyes, Lady, Mistress, The Pale Rider, Shinigami… though I much prefer the name Death."
She was surprised when she saw that instead of being frightened he simply looked at her calmly.
"So if you're Death, then it means I am dead and that this is the afterlife."
"Yes you are, though we are at the edge of the afterlife if you want specifics."
Naruto was quiet for a bit as he processed everything she said.
"What now?"
"Under normal circumstances I would take you to Tengoku, however there is a problem. Tell me have you ever heard of the Great Prophecy?"
He rose an eyebrow in confusion but nodded his head all the same. He had heard of it before when Jiraiya came home one day and somehow got into a drinking contest with Tsunade; he ended up blurting out a lot of things with the prophecy being one of them. It got pretty funny until he later confessed that he used to spy on Kushina when she used the public baths and used her image for some of his books.
Needless to say Jiraiya swore never to drink again…
"Yes well no one knows this but you are the Child of Prophecy, the one who shall either bring salvation or destruction to the Shinobi world."
"Wait me?!"
Naruto pointed at himself. Honestly if anyone was going to be the Child of Prophecy he expected it to be one of his sisters.
"Yes which presents a problem. Under normal circumstances I would just resurrect you however in order to do that we would need to form a pact in which if you died before fulfilling your duties as the chosen one you will automatically be sent to Naraka."
Naruto winced at that.
"Considering how neglectful your parents are as well as the fact you live in a world where someone is killed every 24 hours a day that would make a poor choice."
Naruto winced once more knowing that was true.
"Which leaves another option: reincarnating into a different world without going to Naraka when you die, though your soul will belong to me."
She snapped her finger and two doorways appeared: one showing him currently in the hospital with Tsunade doing everything she can to revive him despite it being too late, and the other showed a white-haired woman (whose looks easily surpassed that of Konoha's Three Beauties) about to give birth.
"The choice is all yours' Naruto."
Naruto was so tempted to pick door number 1 except… he was afraid. For years he had been neglected, ignored, and treated as an outcast. When his mother finally noticed him, he gave her a chance only for her throw it away. He was afraid and his trust in his family was completely and utterly broken. Even though he wanted to see Mikoto and Hinata again the risk of being heartbroken by his family was too much, plus the Shinigami was right that every single day someone gets killed and with his pathetic skills he was too easy a target.
'I'm sorry Hinata… Mikoto… I can't go back to that life.'
"Where will I go when I reincarnate?"
For a brief second he swore he saw her smile before it disappeared.
She placed a finger on his forehead and his mind was suddenly assaulted with images. Demons, Angels, Youkais, Dragons, Gods, and Heroes; powers that made jutsus look like a joke, weapons that can practically destroy the world itself.
He shook his head and looked at Death in amazement.
"A world where fantasy is real and where there is no limit to what you can do."
He felt nervous seeing all those powerful beings that make even the Biju look like a joke, however he already made his choice.
He started walking towards door number 2.
"Will I remember anything from my former life?"
"Only as brief flashes though if you will truly remember it I cannot say."
Naruto nodded his head in acceptance before heading towards his new home and new family.
Death watched him go before holding up a red orb.
"Now it is your turn… Kyuubi."
Hospital
Currently Minato, Kushina, and Mikoto were outside the operation room. Kushina was crying her eyes out while Minato did everything to comfort her though he was barely holding it in himself. Mikoto was simply glaring at them hatefully.
Suddenly a ghosty/demonic-looking woman appeared out of nowhere, shocking the three. She started walking towards the operation room.
"Hey you stop!"
Minato attempted to stop her.
Death looked unimpressed and grabbed his arm.
Much to everyone's horror his arm started to age rapidly which later turned to rot.
"I honestly thought you would have more sense than try and get in my Minato, however considering the treatment of your son I guess it faded away a long time ago."
Minato ignored the feeling of guilt.
"Who are you?"
"You do not recognize me? For shame Minato, after all I did to help you and the Third Hokage with a certain problem all those years ago."
Minato was confused, until he REALLY got a good look of this deadly woman. Purple skin, red horns, white hair & golden eyes there was really only one being with features like those.
"Shinigami…"
Minato said in fear while Kushina & Mikoto were now terrified.
"You know I honestly thought sparing your life and restoring your wife's life-force was a good choice to make. Obviously I made a mistake."
Both Minato & Kushina were terrified, thinking that their lives were about to end and leave Mito & Narumi orphans.
"However lucky for you I am not here to reap your lives."
She let go of his arm causing its life to be restored.
She started walking towards the operation room once more, making everyone realize just who she was after.
"NO!"
Kushina appeared in front of Death.
"Please! Please don't take my Sochi! Take my life instead!"
"Strange that you act like this, when for the entirety of his life you left him to his darkness and it was your broken promise that caused his death."
Kushina let out a sob at the reminder. Unimpressed she waved her hand and Kushina was sent flying to a wall.
"Kushina!"
Minato quickly went to his wife's side to make sure she was alright.
She continued on her way but was once again stopped, only this time by Mikoto.
"Please… please don't take Naruto away from me… I'll do anything for his return."
Death looked at Mikoto expressionlessly.
"It no longer matters if I decide to humour your request."
"W-what do you mean?"
Mikoto was afraid of the answer.
"I gave Naruto a choice: to be revived and continue in this world or reincarnate into a different world altogether… he chose the latter."
"Why? Why didn't he want to come back?"
Minato asked while supporting Kushina.
"Is it not obvious? He did not want to experience the pain once more."
Minato & Kushina flinched in guilt. Mikoto understood, she didn't like the decision he made but she understoodod and if she was in his shoes she would make the same decision.
"For years the two of have neglected Naruto for your daughters in order for them to control the beast's chakra and allowed the village to vent their hatred on the poor boy."
"Vent their hatred? What do you mean?!"
With a snap of her fingers she showed them Naruto's feelings and allowed them to feel what he felt. As well she added information to them about Jinchuuriki & Biju to show them how they had essentially wasted all their efforts for nothing.
The two collapsed on the ground overcomes by rage, despair and guilt.
"Please don't take him from us, we promised that we will change, that we'll be the family that he craves for, the family that he needs!"
Kushina was on her knees and begged Death.
She simply looked impassively.
"It is too late Kushina, Naruto has already moved on to the next world. All that is left is to sever his connection to this world so his soul will not be trapped in Limbo."
The parents cried realizing now that they have truly and utterly lost their son.
Death snaps her fingers and suddenly their heads were filled with information on a specific seal… a seal that involves dimension hopping.
"Why did…?"
"Do not mistake this as kindness Yondaime. Naruto has a destiny with this world and this would prove as a test for him and your family. If I were you I would get started on it right a way as it will take some time to finish."
She then turned her attention to Mikoto.
"Naruto apologizes for leaving you & Hinata behind."
Mikoto smiled though her eyes were filled with sadness.
Death then entered the operation room, Tsunade not stopping her due to hearing everything, and with one look at the body she plunged her scythe into his heart…
DxD World
Underworld
"Kuroka…"
A voice called out tiredly, while the cries of a baby could be heard.
A 4 year old girl peaked out the door, before entering the room.
She was a cute little girl with short black hair & hazel-gold eyes with slits for pupils. Oddly enough she had cat ears and a cat tail.
She was approaching a woman who was practically an older voluptuous duplicate of Kuroka only with white hair, ears, and a tail instead.
This was Fujimai the mother of Kuroka, and she had just recently gave birth to twins.
"Come meet your new siblings musume."
Kuroka excitedly ran towards her mother, eager to meet the new additions to the family.
She peered at the bundles.
They were twins, one a girl and the other a boy though it was extremely difficult to tell considering they looked identical save for the boy having whisker marks, black hair, ears & tail like Kuroka while also sporting… a certain appendage.
"Oh they're so cute! Especially this one right here!"
She started tickling her newborn baby brother, causing him to giggle, and her to smile. She would have continued her fun if it weren't for the tiny hands that grabbed her finger.
"Hm?"
She saw her newborn baby sister holding tightly to her finger, while giving her the evil eye despite her eyes being closed, brought her finger to her mouth and started to "chew" on it aggressively.
Kuroka laughed while Fujimai gigged in amusement.
"My, she was born just a few seconds ago and already she wants to keep her brother all to herself."
The two just continued to stare at her in amusement as she continued her "attack" on Kuroka's finger.
"So what names do you plan on giving them kaa-san?"
"Well I was planning on letting you name one of them."
"Eh? Really?"
Kuroka look excitedly at her mother who simply nodded.
Her eyes then shifted back and forth between the twins before settling on her younger sister.
"I think I'll call this one… Shirone!"
'White Sound? Really?'
Fujimai couldn't help but deadpan at her though was still amused.
"What are you going to name this one kaa-san?"
Fujimai looked at her first-born son in thought.
Suddenly a name came to mind, one that was at first can be considered odd, yet it strangely suited him.
"I think I'll name this one… Naruto…"
And thus started Naruto's new life with his new family.
Power ranks:
1. Low-Class Devils, Genin
2. Middle-Class Devils, Chunin
3. High-Class Devils, Jonin, Anbu
4. Kage, Sannin, Reibi
5. Ultimate-Class Devils, 8-10 winged Angels, Biju (1-6), Satori, Rōen
6. Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Biju (7-8)
7. Satan-Class Devils, Seraph, Low-Tier Gods, Kyuubi (half of its power)
8. Mid-Tier Gods
9. High-Tier Gods, Dragon Kings, Genryū
10. Fenrir, Tiamat,
11. Evil Dragons
12. Kyuubi (full power), Three-Headed Guardian Beast
13. Asura & Indra Ōtsutsuki
14. Hagoromo & Hamura Ōtsutsuki, Asura Six Paths Sage Mode Naruto, Indra Rinnegan Sasuke
15. Juubei, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki
16. Juubei Jinchuuriki Madara, Tamamo no Mae, Super Devils, Light Genryū
17. Heavenly Dragons, Aži Dahāka, Apophis
18. Crom Cruach
19. Biblical God, Shiva
20. Ophis, Harihara, Shinigami
21. Great Red, Trihexa
As you can see the DxD inhabitants trump the inhabitants of the Narutoverse. Just so you know I'm not being biased, I did my research, read the manga & light novels, as well as watch the anime. I'm being as fair as possible (though if you have any complaints or feel like I'm missing something than just PM me). Just so you know this is a generalization so there are bound to be exceptions to this.
Author's Notes
Well here's the third chapter. Sorry it took so long just had to deal with a lot of stuff lately. Also sorry if this seems half-assed. Hope this chapter answers some questions. Now we get to Naruto's early life in the DxD world!
Anyway Merry Christmas everybody!
