Madara's Will
Book 1: The Beginning
Chapter 3: Realizations
Month Later, Naruto
Naruto peeked out of an alleyway and looked left and right before he stepped out of it, preparing to cross the street quietly. It was early in the morning and all of the shops of Konoha were opening up, which meant that the food would be fresh in the bakeries, and breakfast would be delicious.
That is, if he was able to get away with stealing it.
With no money, no house to live in, no one to guide him, and no food, Naruto had taken to the path of stealing to live, as it was his only option. After all, eating out of the trash cans and dumpsters outside of restaurants was only so good until he either became sick or got caught, both which happened to him far too many times for him to make that same mistake again. It seemed that the owners of the restaurants thought that even their trash outside was too good for him, the Demon Thief, as they had begun to call him.
Stealing fresh food had been his only option. However, with that came fame, though it was a type that he didn't want. People began to recognize him on the spot and know that he was a demon thief, and he was occasionally beat up on the spot until he was bloodied up or sometimes unconscious. At times he wondered why they never followed through with their beatings and killed him…perhaps they didn't want to get in trouble. So if his death caused them to get in trouble, then that meant that he had to have some value, right? It meant that at least someone out there cared about his wellbeing! Or…that murder was illegal.
With poverty and the cruelness of life came intelligence for Naruto. Though he was young, he learnt many things the hard way; lessons that kids his age wouldn't learn for years to come. At four-years-old, he knew how to make a fire, as sometimes he would have to hunt down animals such as rabbits and roast them over the flame. He knew how to steal, where to steal from, and what time to steal it at. He knew how to make his way around Konoha and spot out important key points so that he would never be lost. Reading all those books in the Orphanage had really paid off, and he had no doubt that he would've died without the extra knowledge.
Naruto sighed deeply as the memory of the Orphanage came to his mind. While he hated the actual place, he also despised it at the same time, because that was where he met…her, Hinata Senju, his most hated person who he had ruined his life. He had no idea where she was…but one day he would find her, and he would grow strong, and he would kill her, and then he would run away …
Only if she wasn't so loved. The only thing that kept Naruto from jumping off the tops of buildings and ending it all was the precious thought that there was no one who could protect him.
He always thought about her, and wondered how she was doing. He also wondered if she did the same. He knew that she didn't know where he lived; though he was sure he didn't want her to know. After all, nobody knew where he lived, which was quite important. He had to make sure that he had a place to hide after he stole his food, and he needed a place to shelter him from the harsh weather or Konoha at night while he slept.
Several times he had successfully stolen food, only for him to sit down and eat it somewhere and be discovered shortly after. He understood, only after one month of being out here in this wonderful village they call Konoha, that he needed a place to himself that he could hide and shelter himself in.
That's where he was currently staying at. Inside an alleyway, hidden from the world. This, his new home, was his perfect home place. It wasn't just an alley; it led far back along the side of an abandoned building. At the end of this alley, however, there was a large hole, Naruto had no idea how it came to be, but it was large enough for him to easily walk into by ducking, and it led into a secret space that Naruto had discovered one day.
Upon walking into that hole, he had found that most of the large five-story building was caved in and destroyed, so he didn't have a whole lot of space in the actual building. But it was more than enough for him, and it was like his own personal cavern or cave. And because it was caved in from every other side but his alley hole, no one could enter there, even if they went through the main building entrance. It was incredible! He was protected from the rain and even the cold when he built a fire inside it with collected wood. He had his pillow in there, a stolen blanket, as well as several stolen books and other random objects aside the caved in blocks and fallen rubble.
Naruto was smart. He understood that should anyone follow him into the alleyway that this hole would be seen. So, thinking ahead, he stole a blanket off an outdoor hanger and draped it over the hole so that it didn't stick out as muck. He knew that he would have to do more to hide it, but until then, it would have to do.
Naruto had currently exited his hideout and walked to the end of his alleyway, making sure that no one knew that he was coming out of it. Nodding to himself, he dashed across and down the street, heading over to the bakery to steal some of the morning bread that was made.
"It's him! It's the Demon Thief! He stole my bread!"
Naruto had just made it out of the store by the time the owner called him out, shouting his alias as he dashed out of the door. He silently cursed to himself as he fully sprinted down the sidewalk, his sole purpose to make it to his hideout before anyone caught him. Swiftly evading people, Naruto weaved through the morning crowds of people, turning the corner to the next street successfully.
He could hear the shouts of 'which way did he go?' behind him, which only spurred him to run even faster. Luckily, his alleyway was nearby, and before anyone caught up to him or spotted him, he turned into the alley, running down it in a full sprint.
He reached his blanket on the wall, and checking to make sure no one was looking, he looked back down the alley. Nodding to himself, he ran through the blanket, going through the hidden hole in the wall to his secret hideout.
Breathing heavily, he sighed as he made sure the blanket stayed still. He could hear footsteps coming from outside in the alleyway, causing him to hold his breath, but they passed by without any problem, making him sigh again.
Turning around, he walked across the space of his dimly lit hideout, placing the bread down in front of the fireplace. He walked around, lighting several candles with a box a matches he had. Matches were a quite important item to him, as they helped him tremendously, letting him start fires the easy way. He made sure to steal dozens of boxes, as they were one of his most valuable items.
Noticing the smoke rise up to the air, he frowned, knowing that he needed to air out the place more, so that it wouldn't fill up with smoke. But, that was a job for another day. He went over to where he had placed the bread, and sat down, picking up the modest food of his. Taking a bite out of it, he smiled to himself, satisfied that he had found breakfast.
Amegakure no Sato
"Yahiko…kill me."
Fifteen-year-old Yahiko panted heavily through the greatly falling rain as he looked up to his best friend, Nagato, who was looking at him seriously. Yahiko looked back and forth between his red-haired friend and their other friend who was currently being held captive by their enemy, his hands which were clutching a kunai shaking madly.
"Don't do it!"
Yahiko's head snapped back forward to Konan, who was currently on top of the hill in front of them, on her knees, being held forcefully by Hanzo, the Leader of Ame who had betrayed them.
"Don't worry about me! You two get out of here!"
Yahiko was torn with indecision as the fate of his two friends suddenly was placed on his shoulders. Hanzo, thinking that he and his gang were a threat, tricked them at a rendezvous, and with the help of Danzo's Root, he and his gang were currently surrounded, with little chance for escape. The only way to protect the lives of his followers, Yahiko had to kill Nagato, the leader of the gang, and also his best friend.
"Yahiko!" Nagato shouted out at him, causing him to jolt out of his mind. "Do it!"
"NO! Don't do it!" Konan retaliated from on top of the hill, captive.
"You'd better hurry up, unless you want the girl to die!" Hanzo threatened from his position of power, looking down evilly at him.
Yahiko panted heavily, unable to choose whose life he would have to sacrifice. The choice was impossible! How could he do it?
Suddenly, Nagato dashed forward at him, a look of intensity in his eyes. With Yahiko's special eyes, he could tell what Nagato was planning to do…
But his friend was too fast. Appearing in front of him, Nagato grabbed his arm and thrust it forward into his own gut, forcing Yahiko to kill him.
Yahiko's eyes widened as he felt his hand, which was holding the kunai, slam into his best friend in a vital spot which would surely kill him. His breathing stopped as he felt his friend's weak breathing on his neck, tears swelling up in his eyes.
"You and Konan," Nagato told him quietly and calmly, "you've gotta stay alive somehow. You are the messiah! I know you are! With your eyes, you can really change this world! You…can…really…"
With that, Nagato's body went limp and he fell lifelessly to the ground, blood dripping from his mouth.
"NAGATO!" Konan shrieked out in tears from the hill, her eyes showing her what she was praying not to see.
Yahiko allowed tears to spill from his spiral eyes, the same ones that had given him and his friends the hope to rid this world from the war which inhabited it. Nagato…Nagato was the one who deserved these eyes, not him! Why? Why did this have to happen? He only wanted to protect his friends!
If the war is going to continue, then I will become the God of this world!
The words of his friend echoed in his mind as tears continued to fall from his eyes which were now reflecting pure anger.
Suddenly, hundreds of kunai began to rain down from the hill to them, Hanzo ordering his men as well as Root to execute the entire gang.
I will become God!
Right before they could reach him, Yahiko held up his hand, causing a massive and powerful force wave to erupt from it, easily repelling all of the kunai in multiple directions.
"He repelled them?" Hanzo thought out loud in wonder, never before seeing something like that done in that way. "How?"
Hanzo wasn't able to say anymore as Nagato suddenly appeared in front of him, kneeling down to snatch Konan while Hanzo jumped backwards. But before he could do anything else, exploding tags began coming from the ground beneath him, quickly wrapping around their bodies as they began igniting.
BOOM!
A colossal explosion filled the air as the entire area was filled with fire, destroying everything within its radius, including a lot of Yahiko's gang and even some of his own men who were unable to escape the blast.
Hanzo's eyes squinted from behind as he tried to find out whether or not the blast had killed them.
"Did I get them?" he wondered, waiting patiently for the smoke to clear.
When the cloud of ash finally did disappear, it revealed a generally safe Yahiko and Konan, who were somehow standing behind from the spot.
"Yahiko!" Konan shouted up to her friend who had saved her, noticing that he was injured.
"Stay here and protect Nagato's body," Yahiko commanded to the whimpering Konan, who nodded weakly. With that, he walked forward slowly to Hanzo, his eyes glaring with intense hatred, enough so to started the powerful leader of the Village Hidden in Rain.
"Not bad, kid!" Hanzo complimented, seeing as how his opponent was still alive. "I'm surprised you managed to escape my exploding attack! Those eyes of yours…the Rinnegan…they truly live up to what the legends tell of them!"
Looking back at all of the Root members and his own forces, he threw his hand down, pointing at Yahiko, Konan, and their remaining gang members.
"Kill them all!"
Fifteen-year-old Konan walked into the cave of their secret hideout, pleased that she was able to step out of the continuous rain that poured heavily outside. She dispersed her paper-made umbrella, and walked farther into the cave, looking for her only good friend, Yahiko.
It only took her a minute before she ran into her orange-headed friend, sitting on the ground with his legs crossed and his back to the entrance.
"Report."
Konan sighed, putting her hands behind her back and looking aside nervously, even though Yahiko wasn't even facing her. "They…died, all of them. H-Hanzo must have known that they were coming, b-because…"
She stopped speaking, as she suddenly felt the room begin o shake, as if there were an earthquake. However, she knew better, as she could sense the powerful flow of chakra that was radiating from her seated friend.
Yahiko took a deep breath, and the shaking stopped. He stood up slowly, turning around to show Konan his tear-filled orange tinted Rinnegan eyes.
"Then…that's it," he said dryly, walking over to her. "First our families, then our followers, then Nagato, and now everyone who stood with us is dead! Even…even Jiraiya-sensei has abandoned us."
Konan shook her head shakily, hating the look of hopelessness that she was seeing in his pain-filled eyes.
"No!" she shouted at him, grabbing onto his shirt with her hands. "Don't you give up hope on me! You're all I have left now; all we have is each other! We can still…we can still change the world, together, you and I!"
Yahiko couldn't help but smile as he looked down into the deep dark blue eyes of his best friend.
"I…I haven't given up hope. I made a promise to Nagato…that we would change the world, and if that means that I have to become a god, then so be it. Someday…someday, we'll break this curse of war that covers the land! If there's such a thing as peace, then I'll find it!"
Konan smiled as well, wiping her tears away on Yahiko as she looked up to him.
"It starts with Hanzo. I'll become stronger…strong enough to kill him! And then I will become the Leader of Rain! And from there, I'll have the village under my hand, and I'll go beyond that! In order to stop wars, I'll create another gang…a smaller one, with stronger and more reliable members. I'll search the nations for them, picking out the strongest people from each village!"
The two teenagers, who had faced such hardships that no one their age should've had to face, sat down and held each other for warmth as they silently stared out the cave together, watching the everlasting heavy rain pour down, setting an eerie mood to the scene.
"I will become God," Yahiko stated in a happier tone, placing his arm around Konan and holding her close. "I'll use my…my gift, and I'll be able to do whatever my mind can think of. I'll be able to protect you at all times, see everything at once, I'll be able to be anywhere in the blink of an eye…"
Konan giggled, snuggling into him further.
"Maybe you can do all of that, but will you be able to stop all this rain from falling, if you're God?" she playfully asked, looking up to him with her glowing orbs.
Yahiko smiled as well, looking up into the dark skies as lightning flashed across the horizon.
"Yes…I'll even be able to stop this cursed rain. And when that happens, we'll finally be able to see the glorious red dawn that has forever eluded us…yes, the daybreak…I like the sound of that."
Naruto
"Dinnertime!"
Five-year-old Naruto called out this seemingly happy phrase to no one in particular, dressed in a black t-shirt with an orange spiral in it and tan shorts. Standing up from his mattress, he sighed appreciatively as he looked around his room, inhaling the wonderful aroma of cooking deer on the fireplace.
It had been over half a year since he had been kicked out of the orphanage. He truly had changed, both physically and mentally. Physically, he had longer blonde hair than before, and he had grown a little taller. He had also grown some muscle tone, though it wasn't anything impressive. Believe or not, his food intake was probably better than what he got from the Orphanage. He had to hunt down animals, which was a good intake of protein for muscle, and he stole nutritious foods that he had studied and knew would make him stronger and taller.
Mentally, he had become sharper than the stolen kunai which he had used to skin the deer he killed. In just half a year, he had nearly memorized every route in Konoha; he knew the village like the back of his hand. He knew what foods to steal, and when and where to steal them. He knew how to evade even Chunin ranked ninja when he did steal them. And for that matter, he had studied up on the ninja system. He knew that ranks of ninja, and what there general jobs were and their power levels. The Chunin where the middle-aged and young adults who weren't really that talented, and he was usually able to outrun them, regardless that he was only five. Next up was Jonin, who were the talented ones, and who he wasn't able to outrun. In order to escape them, which he did on several occasions, he would have to trick them with something extremely sneaky, or dash around alleyway places that only he could squeeze through.
Anbu, or in some cases the Uchiha Police Force, were the highest up on the ninja list, aside from the leader of the village. When he did something really bad, or stole something really important, those guys would come after him. They had only chased him down three times, and out of those three, he had actually managed to elude them one time, which for him was incredible. The most recent time they had come after him, which was when he had stolen a large (very large) box of explosive tags and in order to escape the Jonin, he had rigged an alley way with them, detonating all of them and injuring a Jonin as well as several Chunin. By hurting one of the Chunin, they had called for several Anbu backup who were patrolling nearby and the chase had begun again. Naruto had literally gone through the sewers, several buildings, and ended up hiding in some sort of secret room he found in the Hokage monument.
That's where he currently was. His previous hideout was abandoned, merely used as an escape route if he ever needed one. On top of the monument, hidden from view, Naruto had found a trap door in a large rock behind a tree which led down secret tunnel, which led Naruto to right behind the Hokage's monument. This place was incredible!
The actual room behind the monument was gigantic! It was a large space, big enough to cover the space of the four faces, which was basically was big as the top of the mountain. Naruto had nearly fallen over in shock when he discovered it. He had an idea that there was some sort of room back here, but he had no idea that it would be so big.
The first time he had been caught by the Chunin, he had been taken to some man titled the Hokage, who lectured Naruto and made him to community service, (which is what he had to do every time he got caught, until he became a Genin, which was the lowest form a ninja, and then he would be sent to prison if he stole a lot again). Naruto was curious as to who the man was, so he snuck into the library and looked up several scrolls of the Hokage, which he found out were the men with the faces carved into the large mountain. From there he studied the history of the monument, and he found out it was carved by a team of earth style masters from Konoha. However, the part that interested was that there was one small line that said that they carved behind the mountain as well so that it would be easier to be detailed.
Naruto walked up to the monument, using the stairs that he had used so long ago. There he found another more hidden set of stars which led to the side of the mountain, right next to the First Hokage's face. There was a door there, hidden from view of anyone because it was almost behind the Hokage's head, and Naruto attempted to open it, excited. To his disappointment however, it was locked. It wasn't until Naruto was chased by Anbu that he discovered a secret back entrance that led down into the mountain.
Anyways, this was the best place which Naruto could imagine living in outside of an actual house. He had stuffed the place with everything he had stolen and more, and because it was so big it could fit all of his stuff with so much more space to spare. He even had a specific area where he could practice 'taijutsu' from a stolen scroll. Yes, this place even had ventilation so that he could light fires in it and the smoke would funnel out from holes, which even allowed light to fill up the place.
Naruto sighed again, thankful that he had found this hidden place. Another interesting quirk about it was that there were multiple exits from inside the cave that Naruto would have never expected. There were tunnels that led underground and into the sewers, and others that led to the bottom of the mountain, and still others that led outside of Konoha in the woods! He walked over to the deer, as it was finally ready, and he began to prepare to eat it.
Naruto sat on top of the Hokage monument, looking below at the entire village below him. He noticed the children that were being led home by their parents, and the late evening restraints flowing with people…every person was under his watchful eye. Every person possibly, with the exception of Hinata.
No matter how many times he scanned the people below with his sharp eyes, he would never find the one person who he was looking for. Each night he wondered what happened to her; where she had gone, what she was doing, if she even remembered him. Realistically, and he was sharp enough to know this, she had forgotten about in him in the luxurious life of whatever rich Clan had adopted her.
Good.
Thinking of that made him angry. He hated the world as it was; full of irrational judgment and hatred and killing. He had little reason to have a smile on his face anymore, and the only times he ever did was when he had done something miraculous, or when he thought of a quivering Hinata. She was the only thing; his only goal, to kill her. Deep inside…under his skin, in his heart, he could feel an evil, flourishing from within, pushing him to enact justice. He could swear that on several occasions he heard a voice inside his mind whisper to him…telling him to turn right when running away, or check this rock (where he found the monument entrance), and sometimes the voice, not even a voice, but a strong thought that he knew wasn't his, would push him to do the unthinkable and…kill.
But he would never kill…he hoped, unless it was to protect his life. He was sure that he would kill to protect anyone that was precious to him, no one. He just hoped that one day, he would meet her. He knew that he most likely wouldn't see her again, unless he became a ninja.
But in order for him to join, he had to become strong. Would they even let him in if he wasn't strong? He wasn't sure, which was why he had been spending all of his extra time to train from whatever scroll he could get his hands on. He would become powerful, whatever it took so that he could become a ninja with his friend.
Chakra was the main element for being a ninja. The stronger the chakra, the stronger the ninja. The general idea of chakra sounded confusing to Naruto, and when he read about it in scrolls, it became even more confusing. Apparently, chakra was energy inside the body that was divided into two parts; spiritual energy and physical energy. He had no idea what that really meant, or what kekkei genkai, a bloodline limit was. Chakra was a source of power, and some people were born with special chakra. And because chakra was divided into two, they either had a special 'boost' in spiritual chakra, which would form a 'doujutsu', an eye technique or something, or they would have a boost in physical chakra, which would give them cool different jutsu and stuff.
Naruto had wondered if he had anything like that, ever since he began to think deeply about himself. He healed faster than most other people for one. When other kids fell and scraped their knees, it took them days for it to heal, while it took him minutes. When kids in the playground fell the same thing happened and they wouldn't be able to heal for days. Also, he could swear that his eyes were different…special, in a way. He would always catch things that no one else would catch, and see things better than others. He had no idea if this was even a kekkei genkai, and when he researched, the scroll said that it was dependent upon the person's last name. Naruto had looked up Uzumaki, but there were no kekkei genkai listed under that surname.
However, Naruto did remember Hinata's last name; Senju. He was greatly surprised when he looked up that name; it was said to be one of the greatest and most powerful Clans ever! They even founded Konoha, with another Clan! They were said to have the ultimate kekkei genkai in physical chakra, which meant that they had the most powerful chakra of every clan in regards to physical charka. Naruto wondered why Hinata would ever be in an orphanage if they were such a great clan, but he had found out that they were scattered off or killed somehow and left Konoha. No wonder why Hinata was so important!
The Uchiha, however, which was the other clan which founded Konoha, had the greatest spiritual chakra possible, which gave them a doujutsu that was the strongest. The Sharingan was what it was called…it gave them the best vision, and it allowed them to see chakra and track movements of others and copy jutsu in an instant…it was incredible! He wondered how much better his vision would be if he had eyes like that instead.
But for now…he needed to make sure that he had food for breakfast tomorrow. He decided that he would rather steal the food now than in the morning, so he began walking down the mountain stairs, pondering on what shop he would steal from.
Naruto woke up with the sun and had his already prepared early breakfast in a fast pace, exited for the day. Each morning for him was like an adventure where he would explore Konoha and find something new, or he would steal something interesting and have a fun chase and then learn something cool. Chakra was always his favorite subject to study as it defined how powerful a ninja could be. With chakra, he didn't have to be physically stronger than his opponent, which made fighting wonderful if he was facing older opponents. He didn't really know any jutsu as of now, because he hadn't perfected any sort of flow of chakra to hand-seals, but he knew enough to activate explosive tags and rig other various traps with chakra.
At times he wondered if he would rather be in Hinata's place and be adopted into a big and fancy Clan, or have adventures of his own every day. In his opinion, he preferred the action.
She's so lucky.
Inside the monument, he walked to one of the tunnel entrances and entered it, walking along the narrow circular path, not before taking several kunai and shuriken with him in a pouch of course, as well as several exploding tags and ninja wires, along with multiple other weapons. He weekly visited the weapons shop to resupply his ammunition for his various needs. His hideout had many hidden tunnels leading to it that showed up in random spots in Konoha, and he had taken to it to see where each of them would lead. He had marked down above each tunnel where it led so that he would be confused by carving it into the wall with a kunai. The tunnel he had walked into had the kanji underground above it, because it led to the underground water pipes of Konoha.
After walking down the tunnel for several minutes, Naruto reached a circular hole at the end with a ladder leading down to the large sewer like underground water system of Konoha. Regular water was flowing across a large path, and if would split into so many other different directions that went to all the houses and buildings in Konoha. Because Konoha was built on a flat surface, there was a large water system below the ground that could have different pipes and such go up to the buildings which each had water purifying systems. On a different level, farther below the water sewers where Naruto was now, were the actual sewers, which Naruto preferred not to travel through unless he had to because of the strong smell.
Walking along the underground sidewalk Naruto whistled happily until he reached a ladder, thinking back to make sure this was the right one. Down here in the water caverns Naruto would take his baths to clean himself every other day, which made him chuckle. He wondered what the villagers would think if they knew they were bathing in water that he bathed in first, or that they drank that same water.
Eh, it's not like they would know. The water went through different cleansing and purifying systems afterwards anyways, because there were also storm drains that flooded into here.
Climbing up the ladder took Naruto about twenty seconds, and when he reached the top, he slowly pushed the sewer lid up just enough to see if the alleyway was empty, and it was. Nodding to himself, he pushed it all the way to the side and climbed up out of the hole. He dusted himself off and pushed the lid back in place.
He had arrived in the same alleyway where he had originally had his first hideout. This was extremely convenient as his old hideout was still intact, and if he ever needed to elude someone, he could run past the blanket and into the hidden building.
He walked down the alleyway and out into the street, not worried about being seen. After all, the Chunin and store owners weren't allowed to punish him unless they caught him doing something bad, and even if the citizens did beat him up, he could now fight back confidently with his self taught skills. He brushed his hands together as he walked down to a different alleyway, weaving through the crowd to get there.
Konoha was like his own personal playground. Over the year, he had rigged the entire place with traps and various hideouts, supplying weapons to each hideout. When he said that he knew the place like the back of his hand, he wasn't joking. He didn't know why he could remember every place so well or think of cool ideas, but he could. Maybe it had something to do with his self-claimed good eyesight.
He pulled out his ninja wire, explosive tags, kunai and all his other tools as he prepared to rig this specific alley. One day, he would have every part of Konoha as a trap, so that he could escape anywhere. It also took time to re-rig alleys that he had used to recently evade ninja with. He planned to steal from the library again today, as well as a weapons shop, which the Chunin hated, and he needed to have a perfect escape as he knew that it was a large possibility that Jonin would go on the chase as well.
Meanwhile, Later
Shisui Uchiha was talented; one of the most talented Uchiha in the Clan, even at the young age of twelve. He had graduated the Academy at the age of six years old, and he had become a Chunin at the age of ten, two years ago. And now, he had recently become a member of the Konoha Black Ops as well as the Uchiha Military Police. All of this, at the young age of twelve. He would be classified as the top genius of the entire Clan, if there was not one other boy who was just as good as him.
Itachi Uchiha, ironically his best friend, was just as talented as him and they had accomplished the same things together. Itachi, for his general brilliance and skills in genjutsu, and him for his general brilliance and skills in speed and taijutsu. They graduated the Academy at the same age, and they became Chunin at the same age and same Exam. Hell, they had even tied their final battle at Chunin Finals, facing each other. The Clan had high hopes for them, and it was possible that together they would strengthen the bond between Konoha and the Uchiha even further.
They had been admitted into the Anbu just weeks ago, and Shisui had been assigned to his first real mission, so to say, which would specialize in his speed and stealth. Well, he had thought it was a real mission, but it turns out the person he was spying on…was just a kid.
Naruto Uzumaki, the Jinchuuriki of Konoha. Why would he need to be spied on?
Shisui had a pretty good idea why, and he didn't have to be told. Everyone old enough in the village knew that Naruto had the Kyuubi sealed inside of him, ever since the fateful night that the Yondaime had sacrificed himself. However, the Uchiha Clan, with the sharpest of eyes, knew something more than everyone else.
The night of the attack, people recognized that there was a man standing on top of the Kyuubi while he attacked, and then man had even faced the Yondaime equally in battle for a short period of time. Who could possibly tame the Nine-Tailed beast and fight on an equal level with the Yondaime, hailed to be the strongest in the world?
The Uchiha Clan had a strong guess. The only people to ever be known to control the Kyuubi were on a very small list, including the First Hokage, as well as Madara Uchiha, who up to this point was assumed dead. Hashirama controlled the Bijuu with his Senju kekkei genkai, the strongest form of physical chakra, combining chakras together to create advanced elements, such as wood. Madara, on the other hand, used the Uchiha kekkei genkai, the strongest form of spiritual chakra, using his doujutsu to control the beast.
This still didn't explain who was controlling the Kyuubi that night; no one could recognize the man from afar…unless you take into account the black flames which began to spread to Konoha and didn't extinguish until the man and the Kyuubi vanished. To any other ninja, that could have been any special jutsu, but to the Uchiha, it was much, much more.
It was Amaterasu, one of the abilities of a Mangekyou Sharingan.
Only an Uchiha could use this power, and adding their thoughts together, Fugaku, the Head of the Clan, concluded that it was Madara who led the attack against Konoha once more.
That was the end of the mystery…or was it? Fugaku, after revealing this to the Clan, went over how the Kyuubi had died…it was sealed into Naruto. So then what had happened to Madara?
The only possibly outcome was that Madara was sealed into Naruto as well.
This was a gigantic revelation for the Clan, kept an S-Class secret. There was a ninja in the village that contained both the strongest Bijuu in the world as well as Madara Uchiha inside of him, and that ninja was still young enough to be molded into whatever any Clan wanted from him. The Uchiha had to have him!
Still, Fugaku was cautious, and he wanted to make sure that what he thought was true. That's why he gave Shisui the mission to spy on Naruto for the week and see if his noticed anything…out of the ordinary, even for a Jinchuuriki. Now that he thought about it, Shisui guessed that this was a very important mission after all, as it would determine the future of the Uchiha Clan. Perhaps this child would grow to be as strong as Madara and lead the Uchiha further once more…wow!
That was the reason why Fugaku had originally allowed the Hyuga to take control over Hinata. The Hyuga Clan was the only other prestigious Clan influential enough to equally debate over who gets to adopt an important child. So, should Fugaku's beliefs stand true and Naruto really did hold Madara, the Uchiha would be able to adopt him without question.
Each time a child is adopted into a major Clan, there is a meeting about it with the council who must agree. Had the Hyuga found out about the truth during that meeting and decided they wanted Naruto as well, and the Uchiha had been given possession over Hinata, then they would be given Naruto. Sure, a Senju was important to the Village, and the Uchiha would love to have one, but a child with the Kyuubi and Madara was much, much more important. Now that the Hyuga had possession over Hinata, the Uchiha would be given possession over Naruto; it was unfair that one Clan could adopt two powerful children in a row. And, there was no other Clan influential enough to convince the council to give them Naruto. Checkmate.
But that wasn't to say that spying on this 'kid' was going to be an easy job, even for Shisui the Teleporter. It had taken him quite some time to actually find the boy, but eventually he did, though it was only because someone had shouted out:
"Demon thief!"
Shisui had immediately arrived at the scene to find his blonde target running out of Konoha's library stuffing several scrolls in his side ninja pouch. Directly behind him, three Chunin level ninja came running out of the library as well, cursing and threatening Naruto. He smiled to himself; he had finally found the kid! Not only that, but apparently he actually did steal and cause as much trouble as rumors told of him! That would make his job so much more fun! After all, Shisui was not exactly considered a 'black sheep' to the Clan, like his friend Obito had been, but he had a nearly identical sense of humor, much unlike his best friend Itachi who was exactly the opposite. People did wonder how the two could ever be friends, let alone best friends.
Still smiling, he jumped from roof to roof as he watched Naruto, with his Sharingan catching his every move, weave through the crowd with the Chunin falling shortly behind. Man, this kid was fast! Especially since he wasn't using chakra to run faster! Not only that, but he had the advantage that he couldn't be seen in a crowd and he could run through them faster.
Eventually, Naruto ran down an alley, and the Chunin came shortly after.
Poof!
Suddenly, the entire alleyway erupted in a massive cloud of smoke from multiple smoke bombs, enough to cause the entire nearby street of people to look in wonder and for Shisui to momentarily lose vision of Naruto.
Not waiting for the smoke to clear, Shisui shunshined (teleported/high speed movement) to the building, just in time to see Naruto climb on top of the roof with a ladder. Surprisingly, the blonde boy jumped across several rooftops with just enough space for him to make it without using chakra, which impressed Shisui. He could easily assume that the boy had practiced going along this route before.
"Ninja Art: Camouflage Technique!" he thought to himself, disappearing from sight so that Naruto wouldn't see him or the other Chunin guards.
Eventually, the Chunin ran up the side of the buildings to get to Naruto but by then it was too late; Naruto had dropped down into another alleyway and disappeared from sight to everyone but Shisui, who saw that he had immersed himself in the crowd once more.
Shisui had to restrain himself from laughing out loud as he dropped his technique and continued to silently follow Naruto, clearly amused with what he saw. This boy was talented! And he was only five! He had no doubt that if he was raised in a major Clan like the Uchiha he would've graduated the Academy by now, a year ahead of him and Itachi! He had even dropped his stolen goods off in some sort of abandoned building in the mix, which made Shisui respect him even more. This was really fun!
After several minutes of his legendary eyes tracking Naruto through the crowd, he noticed that Naruto had walked into a clothing shop. Grinning madly, he waited on the opposite rooftop to see what was going to happen.
Naruto swiftly entered the clothes shop, heading over to the children's section which would have clothes his size. He had two pairs of each required clothing already, but he wanted more. He needed them because if he changed clothing more often, it would be harder for store owners to spot him out so quickly. He had originally been wearing a bright orange shirt, but while he really liked the color, it made him stick out like a demon in a crowd…eh, that was a bad analogy for him. Anyways, he needed a different shirt, a larger ninja pouch, and it probably wouldn't hurt for him to by a beanie hat to cover his identity. Now, if he could only get away with stealing all of this and not getting caught…
Discreetly, he picked up a beanie hat and threw it over his head to cover his revealing blonde hair. Just as he did that, an assistant worker of the store walked by him, saying nothing.
Perfect.
He quickly headed over to the shirt section; picking up a large ninja pouch as he went by…He immediately froze as he stared up into the face of a Jonin ninja with a long toothpick sticking out of his mouth. For a moment, they stared at each other, until Naruto dived under and through his legs, pulling a shirt of the shelf and running as hard as he could out the store.
"Hey, it's you again!" Genma shouted at Naruto, running after him. This wasn't the first time he had met Naruto, and the two weren't on kind terms with each other.
"Get him!"
Shisui's head snapped up as Naruto ran out the side entrance of the shop, closely followed by…was that Genma? Hm…as well as several other Chunin. Boy, this kid sure knew how to pull off some moves! Naruto ran fast and weaved through the crowd, but Genma was able to keep up with him, as well as Shisui from the tops of the roofs, who was chuckling constantly.
"Oh boy, don't go into the alley," he commented happily to himself, watching as the scene played out. "You know what happens when you follow him into an alley!"
Swish!
Shisui laughed out loud as there were multiple sounds of kunai and shuriken flying around, some even coming out into the street. Looking in the alley, he was surprised to find one Chunin ninja surprisingly tied up in ninja wire, which caused him to laugh again.
Following Naruto, who now was wearing his new gear in order to run faster, he watched gleefully as Naruto ran into the side of another abandoned building, which was about five stories tall. He waited patiently for about three minutes, and finally he saw Naruto come out the top of the building, running to the edge. Moments later, only Genma came out the top, and he dashed over to grab Naruto, but it was too late; using a zip line that had been previously set up, Naruto zipped down it and onto the street ground, running through the crowd. Genma was able to jump down, using chakra, and he chased after Naruto again, falling behind rapidly.
Naruto, to Shisui's astonishment, ran into a dead-end alley and instead of going through various traps, he dived in a dumpster, closing the lid just in time so that Genma didn't see him do it.
"Oh, don't check the dumpster!" Shisui commented again as he saw Genma walk into the alleyways, looking up and down the walls to see where Naruto could've gone in this dead end. This was just like watching a movie, and for some reason, Shisui wanted to watch Naruto escape and trick the more experienced ninja.
To his disappointment, Genma eventually walked up to the dumpster and threw it open, looking around to see if anyone was in there. Shisui sighed; at least it was fun watching Naruto up to this point.
However, to his great surprise, Genma threw the dumpster shut after looking through it for thirty seconds, shaking his head in disappointment and mouthing out several curse words Shisui could read with his Sharingan.
The little guy had escaped! But how?
From an aerial view, Shisui watched in wonder as he saw movement from the other side of the building, on the parallel alley, and he saw Naruto get out of another dumpster, which was on the OTHER side of the building! He had made a hole in the first dumpster and crawled through the abandoned building and got out through a previously made hole in another dumpster, on the other side of the large building. This kid was genius!
He continued to laugh as he watched Naruto immerse himself in the crowd again, walking across the street and entering the nearby weapons shop…so this kid had planned that all out all along? He knew that he wouldn't lose Genma until the dumpster which was right by the weapons shop?
He would have to get Itachi to watch Naruto with him when he had the time. This was just too good.
Naruto entered the weapons shop, feeling relieved that his plan had worked and he had escaped Genma in time. If not, he would've had to go into the giant underground water pipe system and have to elude him there, but that would take him farther away from the weapons shop.
Anyways, because he had his hat on as well as new clothes, he was able to walk around the shop without anyone noticing who he was. Looking around, he grabbed a large empty box and began filling it with a lot of extra tools, such as kunai, shuriken, smoke bombs, exploding tags, ninja wire and more. By the time he filled it up to the top, one of the workers behind him, standing behind him, causing him to turn around in surprise.
"Hiya!" she greeted, looking at all the stuff in the box with surprise. "That's a lot of stuff you got there! You must have a lot of money! Are you ready to buy? I can ring up everything for you! My daddy owns this shop and he's teaching me how to run the place!"
Naruto looked at the girl up and down like she was stupid. She looked like she was his age, and she had her hair put into two buns on the top of her head. He had thought he was a goner, but luckily this inexperienced girl had found him!
"Um, my mom's outside with the money," Naruto lied, pretending act like the kid he was supposed to be for his age. "I'll go run there and tell her it's time to come in and pay! Be right back!"
The girl nodded, smiling happily at him. "Great! I'll be waiting at the cash register when you come back!"
Naruto nodded slowly, surprised that his quick plan had worked. Hey, it wasn't his problem this girl was gullible! With that, he turned and walked out the door, leaving the waiting girl behind him. Of course, he wouldn't come back anytime soon, so she would have to wait for a long time.
Shisui shook his head in wonder as he saw Naruto walk out of the store after tricking that one girl he was talking to. He had just escaped with a large box of stolen items…this kid was golden. This was going to be one hell of a week watching Naruto. Itachi would definitely have to come and spy with him.
Suddenly, to his surprise, Naruto ran into someone on the street, dropping his box and causing several items to fall out on the ground. Hastily, Naruto scooped up everything and put it back in as quickly as he could. Shisui's eyes widened as he saw who exactly Naruto had run into.
Nineteen-year-old Kakashi Hatake frowned under his mask as he looked down from his book to see the small child in front of him picking up a lot of items that had just fallen from the ground. His one eye widened for a split second before returning to its normal lazy glaze when he realized who it was. Funny running into him here…
"That's a lot of stuff you have there," he commented as Naruto stuffed it back into the box. Naruto gave a quick fake average kid smile up for a moment while he continued to pack the box.
"Yeah, there was a sale today and my mommy bought all of this for me so I can grow up to be a big strong ninja like daddy someday," he lied, playing his part perfectly. Man, adults always underestimated him.
Kakashi nodded thoughtfully as he looked back at his book. He wasn't going to let Naruto's innocent act get to him; when he was five-years-old he had graduated the Academy and become a Chunin at six. There was no way that he would underestimate a kid.
"Yes, that would make sense, if the store actually did have a sale today and you actually did have parents," he eye-smiled back at the wide-eyed Naruto, who had just finished packing everything.
Unfortunately for the one-eyed Kakashi, eye-smiling wasn't as easy as it looked; when he closed his one eye, he was temporarily blind. So when Naruto ran up to him and cocked back his foot and nailed him in his 'private' area, he had no idea it was coming.
Shisui toppled over laughing as the renowned Copy-Ninja of Konoha dropped to the ground in shock and blinding pain as Naruto quickly ran by him, carrying his box of stolen goods. Shisui was barely able to catch that Naruto had jumped into one of the alley water sewer systems, disappearing from sight because he was laughing so hard.
Oh boy, did he have a story to tell Itachi when he got back! He was going to have a fun time spying on Naruto for the rest of the week!
"Ah, there he is!"
Shisui jumped across several buildings in seconds until he landed on one, standing on the edge. "He's right down there, coming out of the sewer!"
"Is this really going to be worth my break?" twelve-years-old Itachi asked, landing next to his best friend, also looking down. He focused his sharp eyes to see a young boy with a black shirt on and tan shorts climb out of the sewer.
"So this is all you wanted to show me?" Itachi asked Shisui in a bored manner, hidden from a distance. Shisui sighed, shrugging his shoulders in defeat.
"I'm telling you, you just came on a bad day! Usually he does all these super-funny things and tricks all these ninja…"
Itachi shrugged, standing up and about to leave. "Not sure. Maybe he…"
Shisui turned up to Itachi after he had suddenly stopped talking the middle of the sentence, and he was surprised to see that Itachi had his Sharingan activated and he was staring off into the distance with a serious look on his face.
"What is it?" Shisui asked quietly, greatly concerned with the look on Itachi's face.
After a moment of silence, Itachi responded in a whisper,
"I can see someone…no, several ninja, hiding in the trees over there," he said, pointing to where he was looking.
Shisui nodded, and in a second he activated his own Sharingan, now looking where Itachi had pointed. True to his friend's words, he could see the powerful chakra signatures of several ninja, hiding in the trees. With chakra as powerful as them, they had to be at least Jonin level ninja!
"There not from around here," Shisui commented, getting worried. "I've never seen them before!"
Itachi nodded as well, though in a much calmer matter. "They must be here to capture Naruto."
Shisui stood up, pulling out a kunai of his. "Then let's go over there and get them before they can-"
Shisui stopped, surprised when Itachi forcefully pulled him back down to the ground, motioning for him to be quiet.
"What are you doing?" Shisui whispered to him, clearly frustrated. "We have to save him!"
Itachi shook his head, his eyes never leaving the hidden ninja. "No. We need to know why they are here. Foolish villains tend to reveal their plans in monologue before they attack, and these might do the same. We need to know if they are after Naruto…and more importantly…
"We need to know what Naruto will do in defense."
Shisui looked at Itachi like his was crazy, not following his plan. "What do you mean, what Naruto will do in defense?"
Itachi sighed, still not taking his eyes off the ninja. "If I'm not incorrect, I believe that you were on a mission to spy on Naruto not for the fun of it, but to see whether or not Madara lives inside of him. This…this is our chance!"
Shisui's eyes widened as the idea came to him. If the situation called of it, Naruto might draw on Madara's power, and then they would be able to see into Naruto's chakra system and see if Madara's presence was there at all!
"Just wait for now."
Naruto sat in front of the waterfall, spend the last few minutes enjoying the view and ambience of the waterfall. Today probably had been the best day he ever had…everything had gone perfectly for him!
Eventually, Naruto stood up, "It's probably time for you to go home now," he regretfully said.
Naruto was about to walk away, when something caught his attention behind her. A quick motion, but it was enough for his eyes to catch on.
"Now, what is this," a voice sounded out from nowhere, causing Naruto to snap around. Suddenly, three ninja jumped into the clearing, staring at him. Naruto understood immediately that they weren't from Konoha, as he was able to catch the strange symbol that they wore on their forehead protectors that he had never seen before.
"Who are you?" Naruto shouted out to them.
The main ninja who was standing in front walked further forward, smirking confidently.
"I would have assumed that someone as important as a Jinchūriki, would be guarded all the time…the Raikage sent three of us in order to fight off anyone guarding you, but I see you only have one guardian…yourself! Not even old enough to be an Academy student!"
Naruto grinded his together, pulling out a kunai slowly. This was not good. They had just said that they had been sent by the Raikage, the leader of Cloud, to fight off anyone guarding him
Which was no one.
…that meant that they either wanted him dead, or they wanted to capture him!
"What do you want me for?" he shouted back again, his mind spinning at what he could do. These guys were sent on an important mission, and they would be strong enough to fight off anyone guarding me-
No one.
so he knew that they had to either be Jonin or Anbu. He thought of telling to run off while he held them off, but he guessed that he wouldn't stand a chance and she wouldn't make it past five steps.
The main ninja chuckled, amused for some reason. "That's an obvious one; you're a Jinchūriki! With the power of the Kyūbi, then we would be so much stronger! We could have our own trio of Biju, controlled by Cloud!"
Naruto cursed, not knowing what to do. His only option was to catch one of them off guard... If only he had set traps out here!
Not wasting a second, he pulled out several more kunai in a flash, hurling them at the group as hard as he could.
Unfortunately, they were able to bat them away without even blinking an eye.
"Ah, a feisty one you are!" the ninja commented, happily. Suddenly, his face dropped to a completely serious one, his eyes narrowing. "Don't kid yourself. Take him out!" he shouted, throwing his hand forward.
In a second, the two standing beside him dashed towards Naruto, who was sweating in fear. His sight was restricted to mere tunnel vision as they neared him. This was it; the life or death of him was in his hands. He needed…he needed to be strong!
Thinking quickly, he threw several smoke bombs out in front of where they were running. He would have to use what he had correctly!
As soon as the cloud of smoke erupted, Naruto dashed off to the side, sprinting as fast as their legs would carry them. But, just like he expected, the ninja had jumped up out of the smoke and given chase to him. Having thought ahead, Naruto took out several kunai with explosive tags wrapped around them, and threw them at the attackers. Just like before, a large explosion filled the air, though this one was much more violent.
As they continued to run, Naruto's eyes fell on the image of the village which was off in the distance. There was no way that they would be able to make it back to the village safely…
Suddenly, the main ninja appeared in front of him in a flash and punted Naruto back with a strong kick to the chest.
Naruto gasped for breath as he got up from off the ground. Looking around, he saw that the three ninja had now surrounded him, and were closing in slowly, confident of their success. Quickly, Naruto dug his hand into his ninja pouch, looking for what he had left…
Several shuriken and one more exploding tag. Damn! He had used up all of his weapons setting up traps around the village…well what good would they be if he wasn't alive to use them?
Slowly, breathing heavily, he pulled out a kunai and an exploding tag, wrapping the tag around the holder of the short blade. The three oncoming ninja stopped as they saw him pull out the weapon, being cautious just in case.
"Oh, you think that using the same attack will get us this time?" the head ninja mocked, clearly amused at his tactics. "That's the difference between a ninja…and a little brat like yourself; you don't use your brain! Do your worse and hurry up with it so that we can take you little monster, or I'll kill you before you can waste any more of my time!"
Naruto felt his insides turn at the sick look of confidence he saw written on the man's face. Looking back and forth between the man and his exploding tag, he reached his decision. He may not live, but whatever it took to ensure the man died…
Before any of them could react, he took his explosive kunai and hurled it as high into the air as he possibly could, throwing as hard as his arm would allow. The three attackers looked on in confusion as the kunai soared upwards, harmlessly away from anyone. When the kunai reached the peak of its throw, it exploded, creating a large and visible blast and flare, filling the air with sound.
While the other ninja laughed at Naruto, the main one's eyes hardened as he looked at the smirking Naruto with annoyance.
"I may not be able to defeat you three," Naruto commented with a smirk over the laughter of the other ninja, "but the Anbu who are heading over now to investigate the explosion will!"
The laughter immediately stopped when everyone understood what Naruto had done. It hadn't been an attack; it was a message to village for help!
"Why, you little brat!" the ninja hissed out, his eyes narrowing. "I don't like killing children, but I'll make an exception just for you!" With that, he disappeared from sight, only to reappear in front of Naruto, once more kicking him in the chest, sending him flying back.
However, unlike before, the ninja followed the attack and right when Naruto got up he grabbed him by the neck, lifting him into the air with one powerful hand movement. With his other free hand, he pulled out a kunai, smiling menacingly.
"This is it for you kid," he said, smiling evilly, watching Naruto struggle for breath. "You're going to die for causing us problems!"
Naruto wasn't even paying attention to what the man was saying as his eyes traveled beyond him. The two other ninja had stayed back, watching.
Naruto's attention was brought to the man who was choking him, about to strike him dead. He felt a deep and burning…anger come from inside him when he focused on the man's eyes. He had been having a perfect day with until he threatened it! Now, he was going to be captured, and he…and he…
Suddenly, Naruto's world began to fade from the lack of oxygen. The last thing he saw was the man laughing at him from the outside before his faded to black and he fell unconscious.
Naruto's Subconscious
"Are you going to let him die, just like that?"
A tall man with long, spiky black hair stood in front of a giant cage, speaking powerfully into the dark depths. The man wore red armor over a dark blue outfit, and he carried a large kusarigama on his back.
After a small moment of silence, two giant orbs opened and two crimson fox eyes glared down angrily at the man. An even larger set of fangs revealed themselves as the Kyuubi, the legendary Nine-Tailed Fox, growled out at him.
"You think I care about the human?" he snarled down, the mere bass of his voice loud and powerful enough to send ripples throughout the shallow waters on the floor.
Uchiha Madara, the man who fearlessly addressed the Kyuubi, scoffed in front of the massive demon, crossing his arms in impatience.
"You and I both know that if he dies, we die as well. Don't feign ignorance of the matter, oh mighty Lord of the Foxes," he spoke out in annoyance.
The way he said the last part apparently ticked off the Bijuu as it seemingly stood up in its cage, growling dangerously, his aura sending stronger ripples out in the water.
"Be careful with the way you address me!" the Kyuubi spat out, his giant fangs moving up and down as he talked. "You forget the power that I have, the power of the Kyuubi! I am not human like you! I do not bleed like you! My chakra is strong enough to heal wounds other Bijuu have attacked me with...this small wound in his head is nothing to me!"
Madara sighed, annoyed with the pride of the demon fox. "And you, fox, forget who is behind bars, kept within a cage like a misbehaved animal."
BOOM!
The Kyuubi roared, sending tidal waves of water out of the cage as well as dangerous crimson chakra, pouring out and soaring past Madara. However, even through the blast of wind, Madara remained completely still, with the exception of his hair, which flew backwards.
Scarlet chakra began to leak out of the cage, circling around Madara, bubbling dangerously like lava.
"Don't assume that these bars won't stop me from killing you, Uchiha!" he roared back at Madara, the chakra building up around Madara.
Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, ignoring the bubbling death around him which caused the infinite water on the ground to sizzle and evaporate into steam.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes sharply, and his iris turned into a darker crimson, with a black circular ring with three holes in it, and three black bars stretching out from the circle. The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
"You couldn't kill me out in the real world," he said, his voice booming loud with chakra, "and you won't be able to kill me in here either!"
With that, the red chakra bubbling around him burst into black flames, roaring as they burned, causing even the Kyuubi to take a step back in caution. Eventually, the flames died down to a small ring of black fire, and Madara turned around, walking away.
"I see you don't want to cooperate with me. Very well; I will tell you what your job is. This vessel of ours, Namikaze Naruto, is not strong enough to support both of our massive chakras. So we will divide our powers among him; I will take control of his conscious, his body, and his eyes, and you protect his body with your chakra from the inside; heal him when he is wounded and protect him from attack. Together, he will become invincible…and so will we."
The Kyuubi snarled, but nonetheless didn't argue with Madara. As much as the beast hated the ninja, he understood that what he had said was logical; trying to flood Naruto with both of their chakras would kill them all. So instead, Madara would take control of Naruto's body and the Kyuubi would use his powers to heal him when needed.
"Bring…bring me a snack."
Madara chuckled evilly, and when reached the end of the walkway, he shimmered out of sight, disappearing from the realm of Naruto's subconscious.
The head ninja pulled his hand back, preparing lift up the unconscious boy in his hand when suddenly the boy's eyes shot open. But instead of the sharp blue ones which had been there seconds ago, he stared in surprise into crimson eyes with a strange black pattern in them. Was this…the Sharingan? Was that even possible? He had never seen a Sharingan that looked like this one before him!
Unexpectedly, before he could even bring his hand forward, he felt the eyes in front of him pulse with chakra, and his own world began to fade into red.
He instantly dropped the boy from his grip and he fell to the ground, clutching his head, screaming as loud as he could. The pain…the most pain he had ever imagined before was pulsing through his body and his mind, not ceasing in the least. His mind was blanking out with the incredible pain, but it wouldn't allow him to pass out from the pain. The image of the evil eyes he had seen before burned into his mind, and it glared down at him even when he shut his eyes tight. His hand reached out to the kunai he had dropped as well, and he tried to grab it and end his incredible suffering…
When child's sandal stepped on his forearm, and with incredible force, it completely crushed it, his sandal pushing through the arm and cracking the bones and destroying all of the tissue and muscle. The head ninja continued to scream as even more pain flooded into his body. Why…why wouldn't he die?
Now, it was Naruto's turn to pick up the man with his hand and hold him as high as his small arms would allow, glaring at him with his Mangekyou.
"You won't die…not just yet. I almost pity you for what you are about to go through," Naruto commented in a low, powerful and chakra laced voice that certainly didn't belong to him.
Just then, the man's screaming stopped and his eyes rolled back into his head as he fell over, completely still. The two ninja from behind dropped Hinata as they looked in horror and confusion at what was going on in front of them.
The Kyuubi chuckled happily as a man appeared before him inside of the cage, looking around in confusion.
"Where am I? What's going on?" The Kyuubi leaned forward, opening up his mouth as he prepared to strip the human of his flesh, and savor each and every drop of blood that he had been deprived of for many years.
"What did you do to him, you brat?" one of them shouted out, shocked as to why their leader had just started screaming and then fell over silent and dead.
Naruto's crimson eyes shot up to the one who spoke out, causing him to freeze in place from the massive killer intent that the ninja had never before even imagined was possible.
"W-W-What a-are you-d-doing t-to-"
The ninja's stuttering stopped when Naruto's eyes suddenly pulsed with chakra, and a barely visible shimmer flew through the air, before the ninja's head was sliced cleanly off, flying far into air behind him, the body falling limp down seconds after.
The last ninja looked on in absolute horror as his companion had just been beheaded by the kid merely looking at him, just after their leader had fallen over dead after looking into the boy's eyes.
He fell onto his knees, dropping the kunai out of his hands as he pleaded to the boy for his dear life.
"Please, spare me!" he shouted, instantly recognizing that he was outmatched. If he looked closely, he could swear he could see a faint glow of red covering the boy's body.
Naruto looked at the man curious for a moment, almost as if he was considering the option.
"Hm…no."
A second later, the man suddenly burst into black flames, screaming as he fell over, rolling on the ground, trying to do anything to put out the flames. However, after several moments of his screams, he fell deathly silent, lying still in the grass as the flames continued to burn on him.
Naruto walked up to the scene, watching amusedly as the man continued to burn. He clicked his fingers, and just as quickly, the famed 'inextinguishable' flames of Amaterasu disappeared as quickly as they had appeared. He needed to make sure that the Anbu and Police Force were able to identify all of the bodies, after all.
He sighed as he could sense multiple ninja approaching him from far away, as well as two young ninja who were hiding in the bushes far away. He turned his head to look at the bushes where the two were hiding, and they instantly jumped out into the clearing, holding kunai in their hands.
Upon seeing them, Naruto chuckled, amused. They were Uchiha!
He thought about saying something to them, but he decided against it. He had done enough already. Letting go of control of Naruto's body, he receded back into the boy's subconscious, causing the boys eyes to return to a normal blue. However, just before Naruto fell unconscious, his blue eyes paled out until they were dull, before they rolled to the back of his head when he fell down to the ground.