Summary: Their meetings, their fates, draw them all together and ultimately lead to silence.
Warning: This is yaoi and there will eventually be M/M stuff. Violence will be a major part of this story and cursing and stuff. We'll see what else as the story plays out.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I swear I'm working on being able to at least rent Naruto and Itachi.
Don't really know what pairings it's going to be yet, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be mainly ItaNaru.
Author's Note: From here on, the story and action will be pretty slow, but I need these few chapters to eventually transition into the actual storyline. Please bear with me and I promise I'll do my best for you guys.
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Chapter 04: Return…
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Six months later…
Nineteen figures stood at the top of a hill overlooking Konohagakure. They were wrapped tightly in black cloaks and the hoods were up, shading their faces. Two figures stood slightly apart and in front of the whole group, their postures making it obvious that they were the ones in charge. One of the two was just as enveloped in a cloak as the others, but his or her figure was extremely petite, making it seem as if a mere gust of wind could blow the figure away.
Long golden hair covered a good portion of the person's face, making it so that anyone looking on would be unable to identify any telling traits. Only that bright hair would be remembered. Suddenly, a gale of wind blew into the faces of the group. The blonde hair flew back from the face and for a second, revealed clear sapphire eyes and an elfin face.
"Seems we're back in the dungeon, eh?" The other figure that seemed to be almost as important as the small figure snickered softly.
The blonde replied softly through a mindlink in a voice that rolled with unidentifiable undertones. 'It's been three years, huh?'
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The air within Konoha thrummed with energy, but no one could identify what was causing it. There was an air of something coming but they couldn't tell if it was foreboding.
Inuzuka Kiba could smell the tension in the air and Akamaru more than agreed with him. Something was definitely coming and they had no way of telling what it was.
Hyuuga Neji was at the walls of Konoha, along with many of the Hyuuga members and Inuzuka. The Hokage had ordered most Hyuuga members with the Byakugan to patrol the walls and immediately report if something was sensed. The rest were patrolling the streets of Konoha, along with the rest of the Inuzuka family and their nin-dogs.
The Aburame family was also working with their chakra sensing bugs while the Nara family was watching from the shadows, ready to attack as soon as the enemy appeared.
Members from the Yamanaka family were already stationed at Torture and Interrogation with Morino Ibiki and were prepared to interrogate any captured enemies.
It was bordering on preparation for war.
All was silent; there was nothing out of place – nothing but the uneasy thrum of anticipation in the air. Everyone was almost desperately scanning the area outside of Konoha for any sign that something was coming. All eyes were turned outwards, until screams resounded from the center of the village.
Immediately, most forces that were patrolling the city rushed towards the area around the Hokage Tower. Civilians were rushing away, running in the opposite direction. Some shinobi still stayed at the walls of Konoha, unwilling to take the chance that the screams were merely for a diversion. But how had they gotten in?
Hyuuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, Yamanaka Ino, Haruno Sakura, Rock Lee, Kakashi Hatake, and many others – even Hokage Senju Tsunade rushed into the area around the Hokage Tower to defend against the intruders.
Nineteen cloaked figures were standing in the middle of the square in varying positions, but were all relaxed. The hoods shaded their faces, and even though they strained their eyes to see, they could not identify any distinctive features on them.
"Who the hell are you?" One of the jounin in the loose circle surrounding the figures lost his patience. "What the fuck do you think you're doing here?" All eyes went towards the figures, trying to search them for a response.
They all realized that there were two figures standing slightly in front of the other seventeen, meaning that they held more power than the others. One of the cloaked figures in the larger group made to respond, but the smaller of the two in front held up a hand, effectively silencing the other.
The figure that held such a commanding presence even among the group that was clearly strong – much stronger than most of those in the square – but the frame of that person was so slender and petite that the Konoha shinobi had much incentive to say it was a girl.
The jounin that had first shouted out had finally thrown away all of his patience and he pulled out a kunai before lunging towards the small figure that was the most in front. He swung the kunai in his hands as he grabbed a few shruiken with his left hand and threw them fiercely at the other.
"Shruiken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The four shruiken that had been thrown turned into a mass of four thousand that rained upon the petite figure.
The small figure didn't move at all until the jounin was a mere two yards away from him (too tired of saying him/her and figure) before he raised one slender hand that moved free of the cloak. He made a hand gun with his right hand and mimed shooting the jounin in the chest.
Or at least that was what it seemed to look like…as soon as the figure 'shot' at the attacking jounin, the jounin flew backwards as if he had received a heavy blow to the chest and he crashed into the side of a building, slamming through the wall and into the building. Several more booms followed before silence ensued.
All eyes that had been focused on the flying jounin snapped back to the small figure before they realized something. Where had the mass of shruiken from before gone? They all tensed as the small figure raised his hand once again before pointing towards the wall of the building that the jounin had flown through.
As they looked, only astonishment and fear could be seen. There on the wall, were the four thousand shruiken arranged neatly in fifty rows and eighty columns. There was also one senbon stuck neatly inside the wall next to each shruiken. When had the small figure done that?
Kakashi stepped forward slightly, his Sharingan spinning. He had managed to push up his hitai-ate in time but had barely been able to see anything even when his Sharingan had been on. He hadn't seen what had made the other jounin fly back like that and had barely managed to catch what had made the shruikens fly into the wall.
His mind replayed what he had seen just minutes before.
The figure raised both arms from his cloak and needles could be seen grasped tightly between the fingers of his hands. The needles were launched with terrifying accuracy as they hit each shruiken dead center, causing both the needles and the shruiken to embed their points within the wall.
What was the most terrifying of it all was that there had been absolutely no chakra use even though the movement had been so fast and contained no unnecessary movements that Kakashi had barely managed to keep up with the movement. Normal people without the Sharingan wouldn't have even seen the figure move.
A low, amused voice sounded from within the group of seventeen. "That was amazing, Naruto-sama." Light chuckles sounded from the group as they made noises of assent.
The figure turned and faced the group accompanying him. Though he responded, no one but the other eighteen in his group heard his voice. 'Great, you guys…you just gave me away…' No one could see his face, but those who heard his voice sensed that he was most likely wearing a very deadpan expression.
Everyone in the square stared at the petite figure. That was Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto, the dead last?
A few jounin began hurling insults at the figure. "How dare you attack us, you monster?" Their voices immediately died off as the small figure disappeared from view. "What…?"
Cries of alarms sounded as the cloaked figure appeared in front of the Hokage. The jounin and ANBU closest to the pair immediately launched themselves at the figure. They were too late however, as their fingers grazed his cloak as he launched himself forwards…
And he hugged Tsunade around the middle…
"Baa-chan!" Another petite figure next to the petite figure yelled happily as the first one squeezed the woman around the middle and the second glomped onto the woman too. A few minutes passed before the second figure looked around. "Ara? Why's it so quiet all of a sudden?"
The reason was that half the crowd had fallen to the floor in a face-plant while the other half had the bottom of the chins rubbing against the ground. As always, Uzumaki Naruto was the number one surprised ninja.
Tsunade couldn't help the snicker that escaped her before it escalated into full blown hysterics. The real Naruto stared up at her from his position in front of her with his arms wrapped around her. The clone next to him cocked his head to the side questioningly. "Baa-chan?"
Tsunade wrapped her arms around the figure before her and squeezed, hard. A strangle cry of pain escaped from the petite figure. The clone immediately began to tug on the arms latching onto the original. "You're hurting the original, Baa-chan!" The cry was bordering on tears and Tsunade relaxed her grip but still kept her arms around the boy she thought of as her own brother…definitely not son…
"Welcome back, Naruto." The first genuine smile in a year crossed her face as she looked down at the whole reason why she was Hokage for Konoha. Then she mock scowled before lightly slapping the cloaked figure on the head. "And don't call me that, gaki."
Naruto and the clone grinned at her, his face still shadowed by the hood of the cloak but his eyes were sparkling merrily. Their grins widened as he felt a presence come up behind him. They both released the woman from his embrace and whirled around happily as the clone chirped at the man behind him.
"Kyuu-tou, come say hi!" The clone's voice was excited as both the original and the clone swept off their hoods, revealing the same face and spiky blonde hair for the first time.
Kyuubi merely smirked at the blonde before commenting. "You should release that jutsu now, you know."
Naruto and the clone pouted before the second responded. "But I prefer my looks this way! ….even if I'm sorta small…" The last part was mumbled.
"Yeah but you look exactly the same as you did two years ago. It's sort of creepy. Now change back or I'll smack you." Kyuubi smirked again as he waited for the reaction that would occur when Naruto revealed his true looks.
Naruto screwed up his face slightly, his brow furrowing as his lips puckered. He really didn't want to show his new appearance since the reaction to it was always annoying. But he supposed that it was creepy that he looked the same as over three years ago. His emotions were shown clearly on his face as he warred between his decisions. What to do…what to do… WHAT TO DOOOOO?!
Kyuubi knew he had won the argument as defeat crossed the blonde's face. Smirking at his victory, he turned to the Hokage, pulling back his hood and revealing his crimson hair and golden eyes. He held his hand out for Tsunade to shake, but instead grabbed the woman's hand and brushed a kiss over the back.
He stepped backwards to avoid the swing of her fist, smirking even more. He bowed to her merrily before speaking. "Nice to meet you, Tsunade-hime. I do believe this is the first time we've met face to face. The name's Kyuubi."
Naruto and the clone sighed at their father's antics, both turning to the man and scowling. "Couldn't you have phrased that in a better way, Kyuu-tou?" The clone questioned. The real Naruto turned to a frozen Tsunade before grinning sheepishly at her as the clone chirped, "We'll talk about it later, neh Baa-chan?" A shaky nod was his response.
A light poke on the side of the original's head brought his attention back to Kyuubi. The infuriating man was grinning at him in anticipation. "Come on, kit," he cooed slightly. "Time to release the jutsu."
Naruto glared at the demon lord for putting him in this predicament before he sighed and mentally braced himself for what was to come. He crossed his fingers together in a '+' with the index and middle fingers of both hands straight and the others down.
"Jutsu KAI." The words were mouthed before there was a poof of smoke surrounding Naruto and his clone and it lingered, almost as if it didn't want to go.
"Come on, kit; stop keeping the crowd waiting. Can't you see they're brimming in anticipation?" Kyuubi called out towards the cloud and smirked smugly.
"Fuck you, Kyuu-tou." A harmonic voice yelled back at Kyuubi. Cursing in that voice still sounded like pure music. The cloud still stayed, causing Kyuubi's left eye to twitch impatiently.
"You made me do this, kit." He muttered before forming some seals. He took a deep breath a released a burst of air that blew away the cloud of smoke and into the crowd's eyes, causing most people to close their eyes.
"Fuuton: Reppushou."
When they opened their eyes, the crowd stared…and stared….and stared…
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手裏剣影分身の術
"Shruiken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu"
Shruiken Shadow Clone Technique
風遁:烈風掌
"Fuuton: Reppushou"
Wind Release: Wind Gale
Kai – release
Baa-chan – auntie/middle aged woman/sometimes even grandma
Itei – it hurts
Gaki – kid/brat
Sharingan – Mirror Wheel Eye
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A/N: I'm so sorry this is so short! I promise the next chapter will be longer! Thanks for reading and I hope you'll enjoy my description of the new Naruto in the next chapter. Please review and tell me what you think; I really need some constructive criticism.
EXPLANATION HERE IF YOU ARE CONFUSED!
By the way, Naruto – the original – still can't speak.
And, I think it's sort of confusing here, so let me explain. Naruto left on the training trip with Jiraiya when he was twelve and came back at fifteen. Before he came back, he passed the chuunin exam held elsewhere…say Suna…and he passed the jounin exam as soon as he came back to the village and then passed the ANBU about six to seven months later before leaving Konoha for a three-year S-rank mission of 'information and contact gathering' with the added plus of training on the way! So now, he's twentyish and Itachi is twenty-five. (I found out that Itachi is only five years older than Naruto.)
Also, Kyuubi separated from Naruto and Naruto became a demon too right after he left on the ANBU mission thing…
*** I NEED A BETA! HEEEELP! ***
****** I'm listing a few CHOICES for the NAME for the GROUP with NARUTO and the OTO-NIN ******
Choices:
-Yūyami, Dusk (1)
-Heikō, Equilibrium (0)
-Sōjō Sayō, Synergy (0)
-Akuma Kitsune, Demon Fox (soooo original) (0)
-Jikoku Mamoru, Time Guardians (1)
-Heiwa/Heian, Peace (0)
-other recommendations if you like something else!
PLEASE VOTE, I REALLY NEED YOUR OPINION!
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