Kaida- Hey, everybody! Yes, I'm back from the unknown. Sorry for not updating quickly. I've been reading and re-reading this chapter over and over just to make sure it's good enough. And still I'm not so sure. Now I will warn you now, this chapter will contain a lot explaining. I'm not good at being subtle so I just made a special someone*wink* to come and explain everything that's going on. Who is that special someone, you ask? Well, read the story to find out. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the disclaimer! *Random applause*
Lee- Yes, it is I! Konoha's green beast! I am so honored to be chosen to announce this wonderful disclaimer of youth! I only wish Gai-sensei was here to participate in this! *Starts crying into his arm*
Kaida- *cough*
Lee- This magnificent person doesn't own the fantastic series of Naruto! But, oh, how I wish she did for I'm sure she would put more discussion about youth in the show. Oh, the burning flame that is set in all of us will-
Kaida- And thank you, Lee. I appreciate all the compliments. So, why don't you just take your leave? Oh, and Gai is waiting out there to congratulate you.
Lee- GAI-SENSEI *runs out the door*
Kaida- Okay, now that that is over. Hugs and Kisses to everyone who Favorited, Reviewed or Story Alerted my story. Please, if you want, continue to the story. Oh, and if you see the words He's, Him, or His in italics that means Naruto's other side. Now I'm not going to put italics on every possessive pronoun concerning him but I'll throw it in once in awhile just to remind you who they're talking about. Now, you may continue.
"Bow down before the Almighty Kaida!"- Talking
'Bow down before the Almighty Kaida!'- Thinking
"Bow down before the Almighty Kaida!"- Kyuubi talking
'Bow down before the Almighty Kaida!'- Kyuubi Thinking
Chapter 6: History
Naruto blinked his eyes once, twice, three times and finally sat up. He gasped as pain shot through his now bandaged arm. He looked around to find that he was in a hospital room.
'Hospital? I would never go to a hospital. Unless… unless someone had taken me here.' Naruto grimaced as he remembered what had happened. Naruto shifted his look out the open window. Orange light streamed in, basking Naruto in its glow. Naruto's muscles relaxed as he took in the warm feeling from the rising sun.
'Mom would love to see this light… MOM!' Naruto instantly sat up in the winced as his feet hit the cold floor. Quietly, Naruto stuck his head out of the door of his room. Down each end of the hall were Anbu guards. Naruto shuffled back inside the room, hoping that they hadn't seen him. He glanced around the room again, spotting the window. Naruto looked out and saw more guards sitting on the building ledge, keeping lookout. The young boy sighed, 'We're going to have to do this the hard way, huh?' Naruto stepped over to the wall in front of his bed.
'Okay Naruto, these are experienced guards who will probably sense my chakra the minute I use it. If I'm not mistaken, I have about five to ten seconds before they burst in here to detain me. And I haven't been working on this technique for that long. But that's okay, none of that matters.'
Naruto's reassuring didn't take much effect. Looking up, Naruto searched the ceiling for any loose tiles. He spotted one off to the left near the door. Standing right under the tile, Naruto squatted and, swiftly, built up a lot chakra in his feet. Then he let it go all at once, making the chakra blast out of his feet and propel him off the ground.
His aim was very accurate for he hit the tile straight on without much of a sound. Naruto soon found himself near a vent in the ceiling. He replaced the tile and, sure enough, heard Anbu search the place. Not wanting to stick around, Naruto found an opening and carefully climbed into it, checking if the vent could hold his weight. When he was sure he could fit, he crawled into it. The only problem was that Naruto didn't know where they had stationed his mom or if she's even in the hospital. He, soon, abandoned all thoughts as he came to an open vent.
Peering out, Naruto could see Tsunade standing in front of a bed, obstructing his view. But he could hear his mother clearly through the vent. 'They put my mom so close to me? Was it on purpose or accident? No, these people are too careful to do that.'
"So, you don't really know where he came from?" Tsunade questioned.
"No, I took him in when I rescued him in a fire of an abandoned building." Soroka replied.
"Abandoned, are you sure?"
"I remember some people were having a party there and I guess it got out of control."
"And when did you discover his…?"
"His Kekkei Genkai, I presume?"
"Yes, I have never seen anything like it."
"Well, it's called the Ita-"An Anbu guard suddenly burst into the room.
"Lady Hokage, the boy, Naruto, has escaped!" Tsunade frowned.
"What, how?"
"We really don't know. He may have teleported himself. All we know is that he let out a burst of chakra." '
Tsunade glanced at Soroka then back at the Anbu guard.
"We'll finish this later," Tsunade said as she headed out the door. Only then, when Naruto heard the click of the door closing and retreating steps, did he come out. Naruto pushed against the vent opening and wiggled out of the vent. Naruto hit the floor with a quiet slap.
"Mom…" Naruto called, stepping towards her. Soroka sat up straighter in her bed when she saw Naruto.
"Akachan, they're searching for you. Don't you think you should go back to your room? We don't want to get into any more trouble." Soroka smiled lightly. Naruto was about to reply when he noticed the several bandaged parts of his mother's body. Naruto lowered his head in shame.
"I'm sorry," Naruto whispered.
"What? This wasn't your fault. You can't control that… that thing."
"No! That's not it! I can almost control it, it's just that… sometimes… it just feels right to let it free."
"But… but that thing is a murderer, It-"
"Stop calling him it! He's… he's a part of me. He's been telling me that he's the real me, how I actually feel about the world. And I'm starting to believe him." Naruto stood there breathing hard, his hands curled into fists. His eyes were wide with fear of what he had realized. He was falling into His trap.
"I was told before we left the village that we would find answers if we came to Konoha. But I guess you've already came up with your own answer." Soroka got up from her bed and walked over to Naruto.
"But your answer is wrong. He's filling your head with all these temptations. The Naruto I know is not like that. You learned about your other side and continued fight him off. You refused to believe that this was you. You decided to make your OWN path and not play into fate's hands. Have you already given in? Have you already lost?" Before Naruto could answer, the door slammed open. Tsunade stood there, grinning.
"You really think we wouldn't be able to track your chakra down. You've underestimated us." Naruto grimaced but otherwise didn't say anything.
"Take him for interrogation," Tsunade ordered. Two shinobi entered and quickly restrained Naruto, taking him out of the room. Tsunade ignored Soroka's frantic pleas and headed out the door.
Later That Afternoon:
A sharp rapping was heard on Tsunade's door causing said woman to look up.
"Come in." Morino Ibiki walked in through the doorway. The scars on his face made his expression sullen.
"Yes?" Tsunade asked. Her eyebrows rose in expectation.
"We weren't able to get him to crack. For a seven year old, this boy sure is resistant. I didn't use full force of my torture methods but what I did utilize could've made a grown man cry." Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed.
"So you didn't find out anything?"
"Oh, we found out a lot. We had Yamanaka Inoichi probe his mind. We've obtained many memories and even discovered what his Kekkei Genkai is but…"
Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed even more, she didn't like where this was going.
"When Inoichi searched deep into the kid's mind, he says he saw a pair of deep red eyes. After seeing that, he was thrown straight out of the psyche. Yamanaka says he sensed three presences other than his own." Tsunade sat back and thought hard about Ibiki's news then looked up to him.
"What about Kyuubi?" Ibiki frowned, more than he already was.
"That's the peculiar part. We were able to detect chakra that matched Kyuubi no Kitsune but there was not any proof that the demon could be sealed inside this kid." Ibiki replied. Tsunade nodded slowly, her thoughts everywhere.
"And about the Kekkei Genkai, it has been revealed that this boy's lineage seems goes back into the beginning days. We did not obtain what family it was but, back then, there was a family whose Kekkei Genkai could not emerge unless the person had a very dark and powerful presence inside their mind or body."
"And how did you find this out?"
"His memories, apparently he already knew or someone told him about his ancestry."
"What is this Kekkei Genkai called?"
"The Itamigan." Tsunade looked confused.
"The Torture Eye, I've never heard of it. Did you find any of its uses?"
"No, we couldn't go that far." Tsunade was silent, going over things in her head.
"Thank you, Ibiki. You may go."
"Should I question the woman?"
"No, Ibiki. Well, at least not right now."
Ibiki nodded and left the room. Tsunade rubbed her temples, deep in thought. 'So, a boy comes to Konoha who looks exactly like Naruto. His birthday is the same as Naruto and so is the attitude. Moreover, there is a chance that Kyuubi no Kitsune is him. Ugh, this would be so much easier if he'd just talk.'
Naruto was exhausted. He was strapped to a chair in a small room guarded by Nins on the inside. Going through torment and pain is not how a seven year old expects to spend his day. 'Stupid Konoha Nins, I could see why they had tortured me but probing my mind was a bad idea.' Naruto thought, wincing.
When that man had gone through his mind, he not only had succeeded in taking some of his memories, he had also agitated Him. Soft growling echoed in Naruto's head, pleading to be set free. It was taking all of Naruto's concentration to hold off the feeling and the excruciating pain in his head. The throbbing sound in his head sounded like a heartbeat, each thump louder than the preceding. Just when he thought his ears would pop, a deep voice boomed in his mind.
'Let me take over.' Naruto frowned.
'But I don't want to be stuck in there with Him.'
'I need to straighten this whole thing out. It won't be for that long.' Naruto silently nodded and closed his eyes. The next time he opened them, his eyes were dark crimson. Naruto released a small amount of red chakra, which burned the straps that bound his hands and feet. Of course, the Konoha ninjas had sensed this and were already bursting through the door only to find that Naruto had disappeared.
Tsunade had an ominous shiver. Now, usually something like that would have told her that something was wrong but she had just shrugged it off. However, a few minutes later, when Tsunade reached for her favorite cup, it had shattered before she could touch it. Now, Tsunade knew something was wrong by then. So, just in case, she had sent someone to check on Naruto only for them to report that he was gone. And this time he masked his chakra. Then, before she could even assemble a team, this happens.
She stared into the cold, red, unblinking eyes, silence filling the room. A sharp knock at the door broke the hush.
"Come in," Tsunade called out, her eyes glancing towards the door as the person shrank back into the shadows. Sakura and Sasuke shuffled in through the door. Tsunade sighed as the door closed behind them.
"Sakura and Sasuke, I have decided to trust you to not tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. Usually I would keep this to myself, even if it involves you two, but I will need your help on this." Sasuke caught the glance that Tsunade sent over to the shadows and looked over there as well.
A figure slowly stepped forward, a grim look on his face. Sasuke whipped his head back towards Tsunade who only nodded in reply. The raven shifted his now narrowed eyes to the person. Sasuke examined him, seeing the same old blond hair, the same old childish face but something was wrong. His eyes… his eyes were…
"Are you Naruto?" Sasuke questioned. Kyuubi smirked, eyes blazing red.
"Uchiha's are supposed to be smart, right? Figure it out for yourself."
"What the hell?" Sasuke hissed, "How are you even here?"
"Magic," Kyuubi said, rolling his eyes. Sasuke growled in response, getting impatient.
"How did you come back?"
"Why would I tell you, so you can kill us again?"
"I didn't want to!" Sasuke protested.
"Yea, you sure made that obvious. With the "I'm going to cut off all my bonds" raving. Yep, all those times you two got into fights, you tried not to kill him? Sure."
"Don't act like you've never tried to hurt him!"
"Quiet," Tsunade yelled, "I'm sure everyone has a lot of questions but-"
"Hold on," Sakura interrupted, "You said us, didn't you? So does that mean that Naruto- our Naruto- is with you?" Kyuubi frowned for a moment, surprised by her question.
"Well, yes but-"
"Bring him out. Let us speak to him, please." Sakura begged, rushing over to him.
"Look, Haruno, I can't do that unless you want this kid's brain to pop." Kyuubi sighed when he saw the confused looks, excluding Tsunade.
"Let me explain. My theory is that someone was there when Naruto was fighting Sasuke and had cast some kind of jutsu over Naruto's body. Just before we died, I felt some kind of tugging on my mind. This jutsu must have removed our minds from Naruto's body and placed it in a new one."
"If someone had used a jutsu at that time, I would have sensed it. A technique like that sounds like it would be giving off large amounts of chakra."
"The fight caused an orb to form, remember? The orb was made of chakra and besides chakra was already flying everywhere."
"But if the orb was made of chakra, how did the jutsu break through?"
"This person only cast the jutsu over Naruto. They possibly only had to open a small amount space. Either way, to be able to open even a small hole in an orb full of demonic chakra means that this person is very skilled." Kyuubi waited to see if there were any more questions. When he was sure he would not be interrupted, he continued.
"When the jutsu was cast, I could feel myself slipping into exhaustion. The next time I woke up, I was in a young boy's body. By that time, Soroka had found me already and explained how she rescued me in a burning building. The good thing was that Naruto's mind was with me inside the new body, the bad thing was… so were two others. And, instinctively, the boy's mind sealed away Naruto in the deep recesses of the brain because it decided that Naruto was the biggest threat."
"But your chakra is more demonic then Naruto's so shouldn't you have been seen as a threat?" Sakura questioned.
"Naruto has had a lot of life experiences which turns into numerous memories. With all of Naruto's memories and four minds, this boy would have gone insane and his mind would have very well disappeared."
"There were four minds? What's the fourth?"
"Well, that is mostly my fault. This young boy is from an ancient and diminished clan and could be the last member. I am not surprised if you have not heard of it. Their Kekkei Genkai, the Itamigan, needs to be awakened at a young age or else it would lie asleep in their souls forever. The difficult part is that the Itamigan can only surface if the user has an immensely demonic presence inside their body. Because of this, only four people out of the entire clan, including Fujisaki, was able to use the Itamigan. So, when I entered a new body, my demonic pressure influenced the boy's mind and caused him to create a new presence that could think and act on its own."
"Does that apply for how Naruto Fujisaki looks like Naruto Uzumaki?" Sasuke asked. Kyuubi nodded.
"Naruto influenced the boy's body which is why he looks similar to Naruto. But the real problem is that Naruto's memories are slipping out. And because of that Fujisaki is experiencing headaches. It's a sign that tells that the space is quickly filling up and to make space, his mind is erasing parts of itself. This will continue unless we get rid of another mind. I've already decided that it should be the boy's dark side but I don't have the power to destroy him since he's part of Fujisaki's mind. Right now, I have to wait for Naruto to break free of the seal. When he does, we'll combine our chakra to somehow destroy the dark side without destroying Fujisaki. That's why I've come to Konoha. I need your help to completely break Naruto's seal."Kyuubi fixed his eyes onto Sakura and Sasuke.
"If we do not get Naruto's memories out in time, Fujisaki's dark side will overpower him and take full control of the body. Not only that, he will also try to absorb me and Naruto to become even stronger. With all that chakra, coupled with the Itamigan, Fujisaki will become unstoppable. And if he achieves the last level of the Itamigan then, let's just say that no one will survive." He turned to Tsunade.
"This is why I insist that Fujisaki should enter the academy. I have to free all his memories and the time Fujisaki spends at the academy may help. I have given you all the information I know so I see no need for you to question me or Soroka Fujisaki again. But if it's required then go ahead. I have to go for now, He's getting agitated." Kyuubi's eyes slowly faded to blue as he traded places with Naruto. When his eyes were fully blue, Naruto's body went limp. Sasuke smoothly caught him and held him up in his arms.
"Take him to his the hospital and tell them to put him with his mother. Inform them that they are to tell his mother that in a few weeks Naruto will be going to the academy but only for a limited time." Sasuke nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sakura stood there, patiently waiting to be dismissed when she noticed the pained look on Tsunade's face.
"Lady Tsunade?"
"I'm fine, just go ahead and leave." Sakura bowed and disappeared, just as Sasuke had. 'Things have just gotten a whole lot more difficult.' Tsunade thought as she pulled out a slender bottle of sake.
Kaida- I really hope that cleared up anyone's questions. If you're even more confused, tell me and I'll try to explain it in a simpler way. If you have any problems with the explanation, tell me or keep it to yourself. Because I am sticking with it! I hope you enjoyed. Please review, it gives me strength!! Bye, for now!!
