An's at bottem I don't own Naruto or any references I may make in the fic.
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A six year old Naruto was running though the Uchiha compound. It had been three years since the Kumo incident and his subsequent adoption into the Uchiha clan.
After crying tears of joy he asked why the Uchiha clan had decided to adopt him. His new mom, Uchiha Mikoto, told him that they were close to his parents. Even though he wanted to ask about his parents that odd burning in the back of his head told him not to.
When he was first brought back he immediately butted heads with Uchiha Sasuke, his elder by a few months even though he got along well with his other older brother Uchiha Itachi.
Naruto had come out of his shell the last couple years around people he knew due to his new family's love and affection. Mikoto practically showered him in it and while he and Sasuke butted heads, Sasuke still acknowledged him as part of the family calling him otouto, not just to annoy Naruto. Itachi did care it was just hidden under the stoicism. Fugaku was at first stoic like Itachi but over the years he adopted Naruto's approach to people and smiled more with his family. Though for some odd reason Mikoto would always tell him to try to stay in the Uchiha compound. When he asked why she would just say it was because she wanted to be close to her baby, and then proceed to smother him in her cleavage until he passed out.
Itachi was for lack of a better term near-emotionless, just like his father so you would think Naruto and Itachi wouldn't get along very well. It wasn't until he met Itachi's best friend, Uchiha Shisui, that he understood why.
After Naruto had opened up to Shisui, Shisui and Naruto hit it off immediately and only weeks after meeting him began to call him Shisui-oniisan. The rest as they say is history. With Shisui's love of using his hypnotic-Genjutsu to screw with the members of his clan and Naruto's new-found penchant for pranks the two began terrorizing the Uchiha clan and Konoha in general.
Speaking of pranks he had just pulled off one of his best pranks yet. He had snuck into the houses of each Uchiha who was in the Uchiha Police Force over the night and hide the Uchiha Police Forces spare uniforms, cloths and under garments, leaving only one uniform available for each of them to go out in…
"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BRAT."
…That was covered in bright pink paint with orange accents.
Chuckling to himself Naruto jumped off the roof of the house he was on. Forming a chakra chain he used it to hook himself onto a tree branch and swung into the forest.
It was around a year ago Naruto had discovered his ability to form solid objects out of chakra. He had finally worked up the courage to ask about his clan and his mother. The voice in the back of his head (He didn't tell anyone about it. They would think he was crazy!) told him not to ask about his father just yet but, since Mikoto had said she and his mother were very close he decided to ask her about his clan and his mom.
Apparently he was part of this clan that was very good at Fuinjutsu and had a bloodline that had at least one of three traits.
The first of these traits was increased longevity and larger chakra reserves. Everyone born with Uzumaki blood in their veins had these. An Uzumaki who was 40 years old would look 20. In fact the longest any recorded Uzumaki had lived was almost 300 years.
The second was the ability to sense the people around them and their chakra levels. This was called Mind's Eye of the Kagura and Naruto had been passively using this trait in his early years to avoid other people.
The last and rarest trait was the ability to shape their chakra into physical forms for combat or just convent uses. Mito, the Shodai's wife, and Kushina Uzumaki had this trait; Mito's taking the form of a dragon, while Kushina's taking the form of chains. When Naruto tried to do this with his chakra he found he could shape his chakra into just about any form, but the strength and stability depended on his focus and how much chakra he put into the construct.
When he had gotten into an argument with Sasuke about which of their blood lines would let them be a more awesome Shinobi (Even though Sasuke hadn't unlocked his Sharingan yet.) Itachi had simply bonked both of them on the head and told them it wasn't the quality of the tools that determined a Shinobi's worth but the Shinobi himself.
After finding out about his clan Naruto immediately began training to unlock his chakra. It took him several weeks but he had eventually unlocked it and had begun practicing making shapes out of his chakra. When he would get tired from practicing with his bloodline he would read books about Fuinjutsu.
Soon enough Mikoto had found out and expressly forbidden him from practicing seals even though she was more than happy to let him read about them. She had even given him a book about sealing but for some reason she was adamant about him reading about a section that described Jinchuriki.
Jinchuriki were people who had these things called Biju sealed inside of them and were able to access the power of previously mentioned Biju.
Apparently a Biju attacked Konoha six years ago but the Yondaime Hokage used a Jutsu to defeat it at the cost of his life but Naruto wasn't sure exactly how one was supposed to kill a sentient mass of chakra.
Dropping into a clearing in the forest with a roll Naruto stopped for a second to focus his Mind's Eye of the Kagura. Sensing that the Police Force had apparently given up and gone back to look for their hidden cloths Naruto laid down eagle spread on the soft grass and closed his eyes to think about the thing that had been bugging him for the last week.
The Kyubi attack. There were so many inconsistencies in the stories the adults told the children it was like some bad plot in a shonen manga.
For one the Kyubi just appeared in the center of Konoha for no reason. If it had some from somewhere then Konoha would have been able to see it ahead of time and prepare but no, the Kyubi just popped up in the center of Konoha and began killing people. That made no sense. The only way for the Kyubi to just appear inside of Konoha was if someone summoned it there, something he highly doubted with the amount of hate Konoha had towards the Kyubi itself. Also since after the battle of Uchiha Madara vs Senju Hashirama the Kyubi was sealed inside Uzumaki Mito… now that he actually thought about it his mother's last name was Uzumaki… and when Mito died, since there was no report of the Kyubi rampaging so that meant it was probably sealed inside another Jinchuriki who was kept secret, probably so that people wouldn't try to assassinate that person.
… wait… seals… Jinchuriki… people who had Biju sealed inside them… Uzumaki Mito the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi… his mother Kushina… Uzumaki Kushina… the Uzumaki bloodline of more powerful chakra… the date of the Kyubi attack… October 10th… his birthday… the Yondaime was a seal master…
And everything fell into place.
The glares, the hatred, why people treated him even worse on the Kyubi festival, why Mikoto wanted him to stay inside the Uchiha compound. It all made sense.
When Mito had died the Kyubi was sealed inside his mother Uzumaki Kushina. At some point Kushina had gotten pregnant with him. During childbirth she must have died causing the Kyubi to break free.
The Yondaime had come to seal the Kyubi but he couldn't just seal the Kyubi into anyone. The Kyubi's Chakra was extremely powerful and whoever he sealed the Kyubi into would have been roasted alive by the seal due to the Kyubi's potent Chakra, unless their Chakra was powerful enough to counteract it.
Powerful like the Chakra of those from the Uzumaki clan.
Wait.
If he was the Kyubi's Jinchuriki then the Sandaime would have told him right? His family would have told him right? They wouldn't have kept him in the dark about something this big.
'That's right!' Thought Naruto as he panicked and lifted his shirt to see if there was a seal and channeled Chakra. 'Tou-san and Kaa-chan would have told me when I asked them why people were always mean to me! Itachi-nii and Shisui-nii would have told me when I asked them what happened to the Kyubi! Sarutobi-jiji would have told me when I asked why I always had to hide during my birthdays so the mobs wouldn't hurt me! They wouldn't have lied to-'
All thoughts were derailed as a spiral seal surrounded by 8 prongs appeared on his stomach.
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-Hyuga compound;
Hyuga Hinata was someone considered a failure by her clan. Even though Hizashi-ojisan and Neji-niisan always encouraged her to do her best she still never matched up to the standards her Otou-sama let for her. Sighing, she thought of that red haired boy that she had met four years ago during the Kumo-incident, Uzumaki Naruto… or rather Uchiha Uzumaki Naruto. After the incident he had been adopted into the Uchiha clan. Hinata wanted to see him again, seeing as how if it wasn't for him she would have been kidnapped by that Kumo-nin but whenever she asked her Otou-sama would just say 'We don't associate with Uchiha's.' He had become especially cold to her after her Kaa-san had died. Maybe she would see Naruto in the academy next year…
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-Forest Clearing;
Naruto didn't know how long he sat there in the forest clearing all he knew was that he wanted to be alone.
Jinchuriki: The power of human sacrifice.
He had been lied to his whole life.
The reason everyone at the orphanage was always mean to him.
The reason he was always glared at outside of the Uchiha compound.
They all knew but never told him.
The most powerful weapon of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
He didn't know what to think anymore. In the book he read it said that Jinchuriki were often related to the Kage to ensure loyalty to the village. There was no way the Sandaime was his father, Grandfather maybe, but father no. But that wouldn't explain where he got his blue eyes from. Was that the only reason his family was kind to him? To ensure he was loyal to the village?
Due to Naruto being caught up in his angst spiral he didn't notice the person approaching him from the woods.
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Uchiha Shisui was always considered an oddball within his clan. Where most of his clan was stoic and expressionless he was more outspoken and when not on duty, wore his emotions on his sleeves. Sure he was a bit of a pervert but every man is.
These traits caused him to bond with Naruto once he had finally met the boy a few months after he joined the clan. While initially Naruto was distant to him, as he was with everyone he wasn't familiar with, Naruto gradually warmed up to Shisui and the two gained an unbreakable bond. When Shisui had introduced Naruto to pranks (it had originally been a ploy to get the kid to steal some girl's underwear) he had taken to it like a fish to water and the two terrorized Konoha on a daily basis even though Naruto seemed to have something on his mind lately…
While Shisui was walking through the woods he spotted a head of spikey red hair in a clearing in the woods
Speaking of the devil and he shall appear…
Looking at the sun he noticed it was getting pretty late. Mikoto would throw a fit if Naruto wasn't home by curfew so he decided it would be a good idea to get Naruto home.
"Hey there little guy hows it goin." Shisui said as he walked into the forest clearing with a grin
" Mfine." Was Naruto's answer, blue eyes hidden under his spiky bangs.
That set of warning bells in Shisui's head. When he first met Naruto the kid was damn near mute always trying to make himself appear as unnoticeable as possible. Naruto had warmed up to Shisui and over the years he had learned that Naruto was very vocal about his emotions to people he cared about. If he was upset about something then he would be bouncing all-over the place and in general raising hell. That he wasn't doing that and instead trying to bottle his emotions up meant that it was something big.
Sitting down next to Naruto, Shisui waited until Naruto was ready to talk. Being a Genjutsu specialist, even though Shisui was known for his Shunshin, he had a decent idea of how the mind works. Trying to pressure Naruto to tell him what happened would just alienate him. He had to wait until Naruto was ready to talk.
Sure enough after a couple minutes, "Why didn't anyone tell me about the Kyubi."
Putting an arm around Naruto, Shisui drew the boy into a one-armed hug so he was leaning on him.
"So you finally figured it out huh?" The Sandaime's law forbad people from talking about Naruto's status as a Jinchuriki but it didn't stop someone from comforting him once he finally found out.
"Well… there's a law that the Sandaime passed after the Kyubi attack that actually stops people from telling you under penalty of death."
"But still… why was it kept a secret from me when everyone else knew?" Naruto asked not understanding why the Sandaime passed that law.
"The same reason that Mikoto-obasan tried to keep you in the Uchiha district as much as possible. She and the Sandaime wanted you to have as close to a normal childhood as you could even with your burden. Don't think for a second any of us kept it from you out of spite. We just didn't want to see you grow up so fast." Shisui said as he rubbed Naruto's head.
"Oh… I guess I understand Shisui-niichan… that must be why Mikoto-kaasan wanted me to read that section about Jinchuriki in the Fuinjutsu book… so I wouldn't be confused and think I was the Kyubi." Naruto said as his eyelids drooped.
"That's right Naruto-chan… me, Fugaku-ojisan, Mikoto-obasan, Itachi… all of us, even though our first loyalty should be to the village and our clan, care more for you and Sasuke-chan more than anything in the world… never forget that." Shisui said with a gentle smile. When light snoring responded to him he lifted Naruto onto his back and set off for the Uchiha clan-head house.
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-Hokage tower;
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but smile as he watched his surrogate grandson bond with his self-appointed brother. 'Still' he mused 'the fact that he was able to figure out the events behind the Kyubi attack and deduce that he was its Jinchuriki when all the civilians are still in their own little fantasy worlds is astounding.'
The boy definitely had Minato's intelligence. Minato was a considered a once in a life-time prodigy for multiple reasons. One of the most unnerving reasons was how he had a way of obsessing about things until he figured them out, his Hiraishin had come from him trying to figure out the mechanics behind the Summoning Jutsu, and his amazing ability of seeing underneath the underneath. It was simply impossible to hide things from the former Yondaime. He had figured out Kushina was the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi only months after having known her. Granted it took a year for him to finally figure out she was a girl… and almost a decade to figure out she was in love with him… moving on.
Long story short it seemed Namikaze men were surprisingly observant when it came to things no one else would see but because of this when something was obvious it would go right over their head…
Sighing Sarutobi figured that Naruto if have to meet the Kyubi sooner or later it would better for it to be sooner if he wanted to.
With that in mind he told his secretary to call someone who he thought would be perfect for the job.
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Uchiha Itachi was a prodigy. This was something he was complimented about on almost a daily basis.
Graduating the top of his class at age 7.
Mastering the Sharingan at age 8.
Passing the Chunin exams at age 10 and enrolling in ANBU half a year later.
Many were already saying he was on his way to ANBU Captain.
Yet almost nobody truly understood him. That small list included his little brothers, his best friend Shisui, his mother and more recently his father. Itachi let out a small smile at the thought of his adopted younger brother Uchiha Uzumaki Naruto.
The boy had this odd ability to have people just… gravitate towards him.
Where once his father was cold, distant and almost ignored Sasuke after living with Naruto for a year he began to change. He became more emotional. Spent more time with his family and no longer ignored Sasuke or doted on Itachi.
Sasuke who was once filled with jealously towards Itachi for his status as a prodigy and how everyone would always focus on Itachi mellowed out. With a new younger brother to spend time with, he no longer felt as neglected.
Even Itachi had been changing slowly. While he was still as expressionless as a rock he now voiced his opinion more often. Naruto's constant pestering caused him to spend almost all his time not training or in missions with Sasuke and him and he found himself caring even more for his little brothers. There was nothing he valued more than Naruto and Sasuke's safety. Not even the village.
When he brought this up with his mother she told him that he had his father's charisma and his mother's ability to just pull people into his loop no matter how hard they tried to swim against the current.
A few months ago when he had entered ANBU he had been informed of Naruto's status as a Jinchuriki. When he confronted the Sandaime about why Naruto didn't know the wizened old man told him that it was kept from him so he would have some measure of a normal childhood and he would be informed once he entered the academy. While Naruto's parents may have turned him into a Jinchuriki Sarutobi knew they would want to personally destroy Konoha if Naruto had been turned into an emotionless weapon like Danzo wanted.
Itachi had long since figured out Naruto's parentage .Naruto's parentage was simply just one question to his mother away, due to how she, Fugaku and Itachi would always meet with Minato and Kushina.
Hearing that he had a summons from the Hokage Itachi idly wondered what kind of game he would play with Naruto and Sasuke tomorrow…
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-Hokage's tower;
Hearing a knock at the door Sarutobi beckoned for whoever it was to come in. The door opened to reveal the emotionless face of Uchiha Itachi.
"You called Hokage-sama?"
"Yes Itachi-kun, sit down." Taking his pipe from his desk he lit it with a small Katon Jutsu.
A few moments passed in awkward silence.
"I wanted to tell you Naruto has figured out his status as a Jinchuriki."
Aside from a slight widening of the eyes Itachi had no outward reaction.
"I see… but that is not the reason you called for me is it?"
Sighing wistfully the Sandaime let out a rueful chuckle as he made a signal for the ANBU in the room to leave and turned on the silencing seal.
"Aye… you truly are a prodigy Itachi-kun but first to understand this order you first know the truth of The Night of the Kyubi attack.
"The truth of The Night of the Kyubi attack?"
Turning around Sarutobi nodded with a serious look in his eyes. "Itachi… what I am about to tell you to is to be classified as a rank-SS secret. If it were not for your rising ranks within ANBU and how close Naruto holds you to his own heart you would not be hearing this. Do you understand? Do not betray my trust."
Nodding once Itachi focused and made sure to commit the following conversation to his memory.
"I'm sure you're aware of the battle between Madara and Hashirama. Where Madara tried to use the Kyubi to gain an edge but inevitably lost causing the Kyubi to be sealed into Uzumaki Mito?"
Itachi nodded. There was no Uchiha who didn't know about that battle.
"However something you don't know… is that the Kyubi requested to be sealed into Mito."
"What?"
"Indeed. Due to the Kyubi being controlled by Madara's Sharingan it requested to be sealed into Uzumaki Mito so it could not be controlled again. The Kyubi is actually quiet an intelligent creature."
"If that is the case then why did the Kyubi attack Konoha?"
"While the Kyubi did attack Konoha… it wasn't of its own will."
Eyes narrowing Itachi immediately reached a conclusion. "You believe an Uchiha to be the cause of the Kyubi attack." He stated.
"Hold on now Itachi-kun let me finish. The fact that the Kyubi can be controlled by a Sharingan is a fact now only known between 4 people now. You, me, the Kyubi and the perpetrator of the attack. However there have been rumors flying about along those lines. Konoha is starting to believe the Uchiha Clan as a whole to be responsible for the attack."
"That is absu-!" Itachi began to protest before he was cut off by the Sandaime.
"I know. Fugaku and Mikoto were very close to Minato and Kushina. I believe a lone Uchiha was responsible. I was simply telling you the general consensus around the village. Don't be so hasty Itachi-kun."
"My apologies Hokage-sama."
"It is fine; I would have reacted the same way. However I would ask you to keep an eye on your clan for me in case you may find out the identity of this mysterious Uchiha."
"Very well Hokage-sama… but how do you know it was an Uchiha?"
"I will get to that to Itachi-kun. Now when Mito died the Kyubi had to be sealed into a new host. That new host was Uzumaki Kushina."
"Naruto's mother..."
"Yes… now there is one time when a female Jinchuriki's seal weakens enough for their Biju to be released… during child birth."
"... And when Naruto was born the person attacked Kushina, ripped the Kyubi from the seal and used it to attack Konoha... if I may ask Hokage-sama?"
"Yes?"
"Why do you think it was an Uchiha behind the attack and not someone else?"
"... Before the Yondaime teleported the Kyubi to seal it away he had just enough time to hand me a scroll. On said the scroll he asked me to take care of Naruto and gave me a general idea of what happened but there was one word that stuck out… Sharingan." Finished Sarutobi as he let the word seemly hang in the air.
"I see… may I receive my orders now Hokage-sama?"
"Yes… I want you to use your Sharingan to enter Naruto's mindscape so he can meet with the Kyubi."
"… what?" That got a reaction out of Itachi. A slack-jawed eyes wide open reaction.
"Yes… The Kyubi's previous container Kushina was someone who it respected and the feeling was mutual. It wouldn't surprise me if Kushina and Minato had asked the Kyubi to look after Naruto before their deaths. If they did it would be better for Naruto to meet the Kyubi and establish a connection now." Sarutobi explained as he took a few puffs of his pipe.
"I understand Hokage-sama… but what if Naruto doesn't want to?" Asked Itachi, having regained his composure.
"Then try to explain to him that the Kyubi is an intelligent creature and the attack six years ago wasn't of its own will. If he still doesn't want to then don't force him but make sure he knows that he will eventually have to meet it."
"I understand Hokage-sama may I be excused?"
"Yes."
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-Uchiha Clan-head residence;
When Itachi got home it was about eleven at night.
"Ah Itachi-chan." That was the voice of Uchiha Mikoto a young woman with long black hair and the Uchiha trademark coal black eyes. "Have you seen Naruto? He's way past curfew."
A voice came from behind Itachi "Heh I got him right here." Turning around Itachi was met with the smiling face of Uchiha Shisui with a mop of red hair resting on his shoulder.
"Ah Naruto-chan! Thank you Shisui-kun, he knows he shouldn't stay out this late." Mikoto said taking Naruto to his bedroom.
"Kaa-san do you know where Tou-san is? I'd like to talk to the both of you. Shisui you should stay here to." Itachi asked.
"Fugaku-kun is at a clan meeting just let me finish tucking in Naruto-chan and I'll be right out." Mikoto's voice came from the hallway.
"So what's up Itachi?" Shisui asked as Mikoto came back from the hallway.
Deciding to be blunt Itachi just let it out there. "Naruto-kun knows about the Kyubi."
While Mikoto's eyes widened with a visible expression of shock on her face Shisui showed no outward reaction.
"Shisui?" Itachi asked confused as to why Shisui hadn't reacted.
"I know already. When I came across Naruto-chan on my way back here he was still anchored to the spot depressed because he felt that no one trusted him enough to tell him. When I talked to him about it, he was really panicking. He accepted my explanation and forgave you guys for it. He's got a really big heart." Shisui said with a smile on his face.
"How did he find out?" Mikoto asked planning on talking to Naruto in the morning when he woke up.
"Heh the brat might have Kushina-obasan's red hair and bloodline, but he has Minato-ojisama's looks and smarts. He managed to figure it out all by himself. It's a good thing you gave him that book on seals baa-san because he said otherwise he might have thought he was the Kyubi himself." Shisui said with a smirk.
Mikoto smiled at that. "I was worried that might have happened. While Kushina-chan didn't have that problem she told me that she was really scared about becoming its Jinchuriki. I had hoped that if Naruto understood that the demon was sealed inside the person it would make it easier for him once he found out when he and Sasuke entered the academy."
"So how is the… unrest in the clan?" Itachi asked broaching a topic no one wanted to ask.
"It's been getting worse. Some of the clan members are even saying we should release the Kyubi on Konoha." Mikoto said with a frown.
"No! I'd personally massacre them all before I let them harm Naruto!" Itachi sneered with an unusual display of emotion. ANBU or not he was still a 12 year old kid.
"Calm down Itachi-chan. There is no way Fukgaki-kun and I will let it go that far but we may have to go to the Hokage soon." Mikoto said
"We can't let the Uchiha Clan stage a coup-de-ta." Shisui elaborated. "Konoha is already weakened from the Kyubi attack. If the Uchiha clan were to rebel it would be the killing stroke. Even if the Uchiha succeeded, Konoha wouldn't be able to defend herself from her enemies. The rest of the Major Nations would fall on us like a pack of wolves and it would start the 4th Great Shinobi World War."
Silence filled the halls for a few moments before Itachi spoke up. "We should all get some sleep. I'll make sure to talk to Naruto tomorrow in the afternoon."
And with that the three Uchiha went to bed.
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-Naruto's Mindscape;
Opening his eyes Naruto glanced around… where ever he was. It looked like he was in a giant sewer –way and there was water up to his ankles but oddly enough it didn't feel wet.
Closer inspection of the walls showed that there were really big pipes that had this odd dark-blue glow and that there where smaller pipes connecting to the big pipes with an angry red glow.
Looking around he noticed that there were only two ways to go forward or back. Since Naruto had no idea where he was he decided to just put one foot in front of another.
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-A few minutes later;
Eventually Naruto came to a giant prison with a Sealing tag in the middle.
"Hmm… this must be where the Kyubi is… that means I'm in my mindscape… why is inside my head a sewer?"
"Maybe because you have a dirty little mind?" boomed a voice from behind the bars.
"HEY I'M NOT A PERVERT." Naruto shouted indignantly at the voice.
"Give yourself a few years. When puberty hits it hits hard." Was the voice's sarcastic reply.
"… so you're the Kyubi… I expected you to be more… you know? Evil and all 'RELEASE ME FROM MY PRISON WHELP!'" said Naruto feeling odd for having a conversation with what he read was a sentient mass of hate.
"And I expected you to be taller Chibi-kun."
"OY I JUST HAVEN'T HIT MY GROWTH SPURT YET!" Naruto shouted. His height was always a sore point with him. While he wasn't exactly short per-say, due to Mikoto making sure he ate more than just ramen, he was still a few inches shorter then Sasuke so whenever someone commented on his height he always lost his temper.
"Well… I found my new nickname for you."
"… so how did I get in here and how do I get out?" Naruto grumbled looking around. It kind of sucked to be stuck in your own mind when your mind was a sewer.
"You in here because I called you here and to get out you just… well I guess thinking yourself out would be the best way to describe it."
"Oh… so why did you call me down here?" Naruto asked. Even though the Kyubi was supposed to be evil it seemed as though the giant fox… man… chakra… thing was somewhat civil.
Even though Naruto couldn't see past the darkness he had the distinct impression that the Kyubi's eye was twitching.
"I take offence to being called a giant fox-man-chakra-thing you know."
"Eh! How did-"
"We are in your mind. How do you think?"
"Oooh…"
"… anyway the reason I called you here is I wanted to get a look at my god-son."
"WHAT! You're my god-father?!" Naruto yelled with wide eyes.
"Technically I'm your God-Mother. Your God-Father is the white-haired pervert who gave you your frog wallet for your 6th birthday."
"You mean Ero-jiji is my godfather!"
Ero-jiji was the name Naruto gave Jiraiya. While he couldn't visit, due to maintaining his spy network, Naruto was much as he would have liked he made sure to show-up on his birthdays. He and Sasuke would usually spend time with the man at hot springs even though neither of them understood why he was always looking through that hole and giggling until they took a look themselves. Since that day whatever title Naruto and Sasuke gave Jiraiya always had an ero- in front of it.
"Wait if he's my godfather how come I only see him a few times each year?" Naruto asked with a frown.
"He is an important man to Konoha Chibi-kun. I'm pretty sure that while I was sealed in your mother I only saw him around three or four times a year and even then it was Kushina going to meet him and your father."
"… so any other questions? After this I would like to form a mental link. It will hurt like crazy but you won't have to come into your mind to talk to me anymore."
"…Why did you attack Konoha and who is my father?"
"Ah yes the million dollar questions… I can't tell you who your father is just yet. He had a lot of enemies and people finding out you were his son is a bad idea… but I can tell you the events of October 10th."
Some shifting was heard from behind the darkness. Naruto assumed that since the Kyubi was getting comfortable it was going to be a long story so he just sat down on the floor.
"… long story short an Uchiha attacked your mother while she was giving birth to you, took control of me, used me to attack Konoha and then I was sealed inside you."
Naruto somehow face-fell while he was sitting but then one part stuck out to him.
"Wait you said an Uchiha was the one who attacked you and my mom?"
"Yes but do not take one's actions as an action of the group. There is a reason why I am just now contacting you and haven't told you to be wary of your family."
Naruto would swear he heard the Biju mutter something about 'insane tanuki's' but he couldn't be sure.
"Wait what happened to my dad?"
"I can't tell you exactly how but he loved you and died to protect you." It was technically true. Minato did love Naruto and he died to give Naruto the power to protect himself in the future.
Even though Naruto didn't know who his father was it still made him feel warm inside to know that his father loved him. "Ok… so is there anything else?"
"No I'll talk to you tomorrow Chibi-kun. Now get ready for me to forge the link."
Mumbling "not a chibi." Naruto closed his eyes as a burning sensation appeared in the back of his head and intensified until he lost conscious.
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-The Next Morning;
Yawning as he opened his eyes, Naruto sat up and stretched. Looking around he noticed that he was back in his room in the Uchiha Clan-head house.
'Shisui-niisan must have brought me back last night.' Naruto mused as he put on a bathrobe.
'What an odd dream I had last night… I guess finding out I was the Kyubi's Jinchuriki affected me more than I thought.'
"That was no dream Chibi-kun."
'So I'm guessing the link is connected?' Naruto said as he stepped into the bathroom and began brushing his teeth.
"Yep. You now have a voice in your head. Congratulations your officially crazy."
'… meh'
"Really? Just a meh?"
'Yeh I mean it's only one voice and it's pretty cool to be able to talk to someone who is supposed to be thousands of years old you know.' Naruto replied to the Kyubi as he turned on the shower.
"I… suppose that's true… 'Minato, Kushina, forgive me. You son has become weird.' …but most people would be freaked out by having a voice in their head."
'It's not really that bad. It sort of reminds me that you'll always be there for me in a way and I know your real so it's not like I have an imaginary friend or something.'
"Mmm yes I suppose the fact that I am real would made you feel less insane."
Turning off the shower Naruto dried himself off, got dressed and headed to the dining room for breakfast.
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-Dining room;
Mikoto was lost in her thoughts as she prepared breakfast for her family. When Fugaku got home last night he told her that the unrest was getting really bad and they would have a rebellion on their hands in a year, maybe even less. The elder council members were already trying to pressure Fugaku to let them use Naruto as a bargaining chip, something he absolutely refused to do.
Sighing she let her thoughts drift to what would happen if the council refused to back down and the Hokage caught wind of what they were trying to do. While Hiruzen might try to find a peaceful solution at first he was the Hokage and had to do what was necessary for the village. The Uchiha clan would have to be wiped out completely. There could be no witnesses, no way to link it back to the village, it would have to be a complete slaughter. Otherwise the other clans would fear being wiped out and rebel.
When Fugaku got back last night and she told him Naruto knew of the Kyubi the look her husband had on his face was absolutely murderous. When he demanded she tell him who told Naruto she simply smiled, shook her head and said that "Naruto-chan is truly his father's son.". Understanding that Naruto found out on his own, Fugaku couldn't help but let a prideful smile show on his face. While Naruto might not have been Fugaku's son biologically he loved him just ask much as he loved Sasuke and Itachi. A huge contrast to the man three years ago, who only focused on grooming Itachi to be the perfect clan head and ignored Sasuke.
Over the last three years Naruto had truly changed their family for the better bringing them all closer together.
A glance over at Fugaku, who was sitting at the dining table waiting for Naruto to finish showering, as Sasuke was still asleep, showed that Fugaku's face showed no nervousness. Even though Shisui had told her that Naruto had understood why they kept the knowledge of the Kyubi from him, Mikoto still felt that she should apologize.
Even though Fugaku had only responded with the trademark Uchiha 'Hn' she knew he felt the same on the inside.
As Naruto came into the dining room, spikey red hair bouncing Mikoto finished setting the table and ushered him over. Sasuke was still sleeping and Itachi was out buying Pocky so now was the perfect time for their talk.
"Hey Naruto-chan can we talk about… you know it?"
"You mean the Kyubi?" Said Naruto with all the subtly of a sledgehammer.
"Eh… Well yes your father and I just want to say we are sorry and we hope you understand why we kept it from you." Mikoto said gesturing at Fugaku who just grunted even though he did look sorry.
"It's ok Kaa-san Tou-san I understand! Shisui-niisan explained it to me" Naruto said with a big smile before he went back to eating.
Mikoto smiled and shared a look with Fugaku. That was just like Naruto. He never let anything get him down and always bounced back after he got an explanation.
A little while later Sasuke came in with his duck-ass hairdo messy followed by Itachi with a big bag of Pocky and the rest of breakfast was in comfortable silence.
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-Naruto and Sasuke's training grounds;
The sounds of two small children fighting echoed throughout the training grounds.
Even though they would enter the academy next year Naruto and Sasuke still liked to train and fight with each other.
Of course they made sure not to hurt each other too badly.
Most of the time.
Jumping over a sweep kick Sasuke jumped into a snap kick that hit Naruto in the jaw. Using the momentum from that Naruto spun and landed a kick into Sasuke's gut and knocked him back into a tree.
" Hah! It's my win this time Sasuke." Naruto said while he nursed his jaw.
"Hn. That's only because you've been training in your clan's Taijutsu longer then I have."
The Uzumaki Taijutsu style, the Swirling Fists, was a style that made use of grappling, so that the Uzumaki clan members using it could apply seals, and spinning attacks that use the momentum of your opponent against them.
"You know Tou-chan and Onii-chan wouldn't teach the Interceptor Fist until I unlocked my Sharingan. If I had my Sharingan I would have won." Sasuke mumbled wiping some spit from his chit. Naruto hit really hard.
"No I would have still won." Naruto stated in a matter-of-fact tone." The only reason I don't use my bloodline is because you don't have yours yet and since I've had more experience with my bloodline I would win." Naruto said sticking his tongue out at Sasuke.
Growling Sasuke stood up and tackled Naruto to the ground where they began their fight again.
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Itachi let a smile cross his face as he watched his two younger brothers spar. Even though Naruto liked to say he always won, Sasuke actually won about half the time. Naruto just liked to gloat.
Naruto had really taken the news of the Kyubi in stride after Shisui had sat him down and explained everything to him, though Itachi did wonder how Naruto would react to meeting the Kyubi.
Chuckling as he saw Naruto tie Sasuke against a tree with his chakra chains, Itachi decided he would do anything to protect those innocents.
After-all these peaceful days were numbered.
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After Sasuke had gotten Naruto to unchain him from the tree and the two had decided to take a break, we found our future protagonists lounging about eating the lunch Mikoto made for them.
"Hey Sasuke…"
"Hn?"
"I'm the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi." Naruto said. Subtly was never his strong suit.
"Cool. Can I have your tomatoes?" Sasuke said without batting an eyelash.
"Uhh… sure…" Naruto said in a daze as he handed Sasuke his portion of the tomatoes Mikoto prepared for them.
"Wait! I tell you I have the monster that almost destroyed Konoha six years ago sealed in my gut and all you have to say is cool?!" Naruto shouted in disbelief.
"Now you know how I felt by your lack of reaction to me."
'Quiet fuzzball! I'm talking to my brother here!'
"Yeah. What do you expect me to say?" Sasuke said with a perfectly straight face.
"I don't know! Be more surprised or something!" Naruto said clutching his head.
"… I stopped being surprised by you when you somehow laced Itachi's Pocky with laxatives and got away with it." Deadpanned Saskue.
"But sti- wait how did you know it was me."
"Who else has the balls to touch Itachi's Pocky? When Shisui tried that one time Itachi almost castrated him." Sasuke said with a shiver.
Nobody knew why but Itachi loved Pocky more than Naruto loved Ramen. He went through six boxes daily and protected it with the fervor of a dying man. It was once said that when Itachi was still a Genin he had wiped out an entire bandit camp just because they made him spill his Pocky onto the ground.
Naruto sat there for a few moments in silence, only broken by the sound of Sasuke eating his bento.
"You should eat your bento before it spoils." Sasuke said as he finished his and began stretching.
Naruto began mechanically eating his bento. "…why aren't you surprised. Why don't you care?"
Slowly Sasuke turned his eyes until they met his adopted little brother's. "Because it doesn't matter."
"What?"
"So what if you hold the Kyubi? That doesn't change the fact that for the last three years you lived with me. It doesn't change the fact that we trained together on a daily basis. It doesn't change the fact that we grew up together. It doesn't change the fact that me Onii-chan, Tou-san, Kaa-san and Shisui-niichan all care about you and consider you part of our family. Do you want to know what it changes? Nothing. It changes nothing Naruto." Sasuke said with conviction in his voice as he finished his stretching and began some chakra control exercises.
"If anything I'm only sad that you didn't feel you could tell me this earlier."
"Heh to be honest I only found out yesterday myself." Naruto said with a smile in contrast to the tears streaming down his face.
"You always were a little dense." Sasuke said with a smirk.
There were no words exchanged until they had arrived home later that day.
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-Later that day, Uchiha Clan-head house dinnertime;
"So how was everyone's day?"
"Hn."
"Hn."
"Hn."
"It was fun! Me and Sasuke went out training again."
"Oh did you two like the bento's I made for you?"
"Hn."
"Yeah Kaa-san they were great!"
Another riveting conversation at the Uchiha dinner table.
As they were finishing their meal Itachi told Naruto that he wanted to talk to him in his room.
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-Itachi's room;
"Naruto the Sandaime wants me to help you contact the Kyubi."
"It's ok. I already talked to it last night!"
"I understand if you don- wait what?"
"Yeah the night after I figured out I was the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi, it pulled me into my mindscape so it could meet me face to face and form a mental link."
"… I see… do you mind if I go into your mindscape just to inspect the seal?"
"Sure, but I'm going to go ahead and warn you. It's a sewer for some reason."
"… … … Naruto if Shisui ever asks you to steal some girl's underwear again say no ok?"
AN: AND DONE. Whew this chapter sure was huge compared to the last two. Anyway on Friday, around the middle of the day I plan to take the poll down so vote while you can! (really? only three people voted so far (TT_TT). Anyway whatever wins the poll is actually going to affect the way I do the next chapter and the way I portray Naruto. Any Naruto with Rinnegan is going to have a bit of Pein's personality where he thinks the reason people fight is because they don't understand what it means to truly be hurt and will try to bring about world peace (happy/cross over end). Whereas Naruto with only Sharingan or no Dojutsu Naruto is going be a Naruto that is a little bit like Kiritsugu from the Fate franchise. He will do some bad things for the greater good (saving the most lives) but he draws the line at harming those he cares about (good/true end). Naruto with Rinnegan and Sharingan will be a cross of the two. His final goal will be world peace, and will be willing to do anything to anyone but draws the line at those he cares about(sad/crossover end). Naruto won't be like this immediately, rather is personality will change over the course of the story Also I will be posting another poll after the one i have up right now closes. Basically if Sharingan+Rinnegan Naruto wins then it will be whether Naruto has a Obito thing going where its Sharingan in one eye and Rinnegan in the other, or like Madara where he has it in both eyes but he can switch them on the fly. Also it will apply to only-Sharingan Naruto where he has it only in one eye or both eyes. Next chapter is Uchiha Massacre and then canon. Anyway heres an omake that I planned to put in the story but it seemed a bit too goofy so I edited it out and added an ending. No it is not canon for my story. Review plz!
Edit1 Ok I really need you guys to vote on the poll cause I have bunch of scenarios in my head about how the Uchiha massacre could go down. I'll post a snippets from the choice that have the most votes when I wake up on Thursday so you guys have a decent idea of where the fic is going. You all will still have until Friday for me to lock in my choice though. I elaborated more on what the plot would bring.
Edit2 changed only Rinnegan to happy/crossover end. Cause we don't need two sad/crossover ends
Edit3 sorry i edit so much guys. This is my first story. I decided I won't put up the second poll and that I'm just going to do Madara style. Also I will be giving Naruto the potential to use ALL of the Mangekyou techinques but there will be drawbacks. As for why I'm doing this is because Naruto won''t be shadow-clone spam training so he won't just master everything super quick. No 72 hour Tsukuyomi's no instant Amateratsu's none of that shit. I have an explanation for the shadow clone thing (I won't tell you until I post it in the chapter) and as for the Mangekyou Techinques the same but its pretty lengthy and I can't explain it in a chapter without making it seem awkward so I'll put it in the next post which will be the top-two poll choice's snippets
Omake: The real reason Itachi killed Shisui
-Itachi's room after dinner;
Itachi's room was as expressionless as he was. There were only two pictures on his bedside. His walls were a uniform white and everything else was as bland as could be. Except for the Pocky Bank.
Withdrawing some strawberry Pocky from the Pocky Bank Itachi began munching on the Pocky. Naruto knew whatever it was Itachi was nervous to be talking about it. Itachi only ate strawberry Pocky when he was nervous.
After a few minutes of awkward silence Naruto decided to fish around to see what had Itachi so nervous.
"I forgive you for not telling me about the Kyubi?"
"Hn."
Nope. Wasn't that. It was something else.
"Maybe he wants to give you the talk about the birds and the bees?"
'What are the birds and the bees?'
"Heh why don't you ask Itachi?"
"Itachi-niisan… what are the birds and the bees?"
"… who told you about that?" asked Itachi with an intense gaze.
"Um… Er… Shisui-niisan told me to ask you about it!" Naruto said feeling no shame from painting a target on the elder Uchiha's back.
Eyes narrowing Itachi replied "I… see."
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Suddenly Uchiha Shisui felt a cold hand grip his spine.
"Whoa! What was that?" Shisui said looking around. Not sensing anything weird he kept walking.
'That was odd… you know I haven't felt that since Sasuke accidently found my H-collection, asked Itachi about it and Itachi had to give him the talk afterwards...'
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-Itachi's room after an explanation to what the birds and the bees were;
Naruto sat there with an extremely deep flush on his face. Itachi was also sitting there, having finished his Pocky during his explanation, with his usual stoic expression but you could see a slight twitch in his left eye.
"S-so this." Naruto said pointing to his privates.
"Hn."
Blush going down to his neck Naruto continued. "G-goes into a girls-"
"Hn."
"a-and when a guy-" Naruto said, the blush going down to his arms and making him look like a nice tomato.
"Hn."
"i-i-inside a girl's-"
"Hn."
"a-and t-t-that's where ba-b-babies come from?"
"Hn."
"What if a girl and a girl-"
Three days later Shisui's body was found drowned in the Naka River.