Naruto: The beginning of a legend
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, then he would be smart enough to invent a powerful bloodline, and catch Sakura's attention if ya know what I mean!
The votes for pairings are already getting big!
NaruSaku: 14
SakuNaruIno: 34
But don't fret everyone! The winning pairing will be announced next chapter so there's still plenty of time to vote!
Plus, I've decided on a surprise poll for Naruto's brother Dark Naruto!
Just vote for whoever you wanna see paired with Naruto's darker side!
For those of you who don't remember who Dark Naruto, or D.N. is, he is Naruto's inner self and looks the exact opposite of Naruto. Black hair, red eyes, pale skin, etc. Plus, he can also use light and dark chakra and has Dark instinct which is exactly like Naruto's bloodline eye but darker.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes, and smiled when he saw Sakura asleep beside him. He looked to his left and was surprised to find a certain blonde girl from the academy. "Ino"? Ino jumped, and turned around to a confused blond haired shinobi behind her.
Once Ino calmed down, she smiled at Naruto's concerned look. "Naruto-kun! You're awake! That takes a load off of my shoulders." Naruto smiled at the response and was going to get up, before he felt Ino gently push him back down. "That Orochi-whatever guy messed you up pretty bad Naruto. You need to rest."
Naruto nodded, and laid back down, when he suddenly thought of something. "Hey Ino"? This made the blond girl look at him questionly. "Why did you add the "kun" to my name just now? I don't remember you ever doing that..." Ino blushed several shades of red.
'I was hoping he wouldn't notice...' Ino thought embarrassingly. "Actually Naruto-kun, I have a confession to make..." she said truthfully. Naruto smiled at her, and urged her on. Ino sighed. "I've had athing foryou for a long time, but I never said anything because I saw that you and Sakura-chan already were falling for each other..."
Flashback four years...
An eight year old Yamanaka Ino walked into the academy for her first day of ninja school. Taking her seat beside her best friend, Sakura, Ino conversed with her for a moment before taking a moment to look at her classmates. She smiled when she saw Chouji eating chips, and Shikamaru sleeping, but her eyes widened when they rested on an eight year old boy with blond hair and the most captivating blue eyes she had ever seen her whole life. 'Who is that kid? He has the coolest eyes, and the whisker marks on his face are so cute!' Ino asked Sakura who that was, and Sakura smiled.
"That's Uzumaki Naruto, or as I call him, Naruto-kun. He's the cutest boy I've ever seen and we met when we were five. Plus, he has a heart of gold." Sakura said dreamily.
'Naruto-kun...' Ino thought. Both she and Sakura watched as he beat up some kids who were bullying a white eyed girl with lavender hair. 'His name sounds beautiful.' Both Ino and Sakura rested their chins in the palms of their hands and watched Naruto walk around. 'I think I'm in love...' Ino thought.
End flashback.
"It's been that way ever since. I guess you can say that it was love at first sight. But, ever since that day, the more I got to know you, the more I fell in love with you Naruto-kun." Ino said as a few tears slid down her face. Naruto was to say the least, very shocked.
'I have two girls after my heart then? I always knew that Sakura-chan is in love with me, but now Ino-chan'? Naruto was now confused. Then, a small smile appeared on his face and he softly drew Ino into a hug. Ino was shocked and blushing, before her eyes closed and she hugged him back. "I don't know if I can love two girls at the same time, Ino-chan. You and Sakura-chan have hearts of gold. But I don't know if I can keep the two of you happy..."
Ino smiled and silenced Naruto by kissing him on the cheek. "You don't have to give me an answer now, Naruto-kun. Think it over for now, and tell me your decision when our teams meet again at the tower." Smiling at Naruto, Ino spoke again. "We already have both the heaven and the earth scrolls, like you do. We're going to just cut through the forest until we reach the tower, and your team is more than welcome to join us since you have what you need as well." Ino smiled at Naruto again, and went to talk to Sakura, who was just waking up.
Naruto looked briefly looked around the area, and got up to talk to Shikamaru and Sasuke, when he barely noticed the mark on his shoulder. 'Huh? What's this'? He thought. Kyuubi spoke.
"It's a cursed mark, kit. But don't worry, I'm already in the process of erasing it, so you will be safe."
'What does it do'?
"It takes over a person when their will is weak. It gives them power in exchange for their humanity. Orochimaru used it in hopes that you will go to the hidden sound to seek more power. But like I said, you don't need to worry, I know for a fact that your will shall never break, and you have people here who need you." The nine tails said. Naruto nodded.
'I can already feel the seal weakening, but you know what, Kyuubi? I'm gonna make things interesting. I'm gonna pretend that I DO have the cursed mark, so I can find out what Orochimaru'splans are, and make his lackeys think I'll still go to him.' The Kyuubi agreed, and Naruto caught up to the guys.
Shikamaru was the first to see him. "There you are, Naruto. I take it Ino already told you what the plan is"? Naruto nodded. "Good. As she said, we both have the scrolls we're looking for, so there's no reason for us to fight. We'll team up, and head to the tower. Once there, we complete the second exam by walking inside with our scrolls, got it"? Naruto nodded again. Shikamaru huffed. "Great. We take off once Ino and Sakura get here." Exactly five seconds after he said that, the girls caught up, and teams seven and ten took off.
Three hours later...
Naruto looked around the area they were currently in. "we've been here before." Everyone nodded, and Chouji spoke.
"I think we're in some kind of genjutsu designed to make us go in circles."
"You're right, Chouji." Sasuke said. His sharingan activated, and he looked around. When he noticed a path, and pointed at it. "That way." The group took off again, not noticing the silver haired glasses wearing ninja watching them.
"Target sighted, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto said speaking to the person right behind him. Orochimaru smirked.
"Good. Are they headed for the tower"? Kabuto nodded. "Good. Send the sound team after them. I want to see how much my cursed seal affected Naruto-kun."
"Very good, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto said, and left in search of the said team.
Thirty minutes later...
"I'm so tired...and hungry!" Chouji complained as he sat down at a tree to enjoy another bag of chips. Ino rolled her eyes at him, and sat by Naruto and Sakura. Shikamaru and Sasuke were going over which path they were going to take. Suddenly, Shikamaru's eyes saw something a few meters from where they were, and told everyone to hide themselves.
A team with the sound symbol engraved on their forehead protectors arrived. One, who seemed to be the leader, was almost completely wrapped in bandages and had a device on one arm. Another had straight up black hair that leaned to the side and had insane-looking eyes. Another, who seemed to be the only female member of the team, had long dark hair, and dressed in a gray outfit.
The leader, Dosu, looked around. "Strange. I thought they were here a minute ago..." The crazy one, Zaku, laughed.
"You're nuts, Dosu! Of course they're here! They're just hiding from us!"
The female, Kin, scowled. "Be quiet, Zaku! We have to be silent if we're going to find the Uzumaki." Zaku growled, but nodded.
Thanks to a bunch of very big bushes, teams seven and ten hid from the three, but were shocked to find that they were after Naruto. Sakura and Ino growled silently.
'I won't let them take Naruto-kun!' They thought simultaneously, but hid otherwise. Shikamaru, Chouji, and Sasuke were preparing to attack the three when they turned their attention to Naruto who just cast the energy line.
The energy line is a very useful technique. It doesn't use very much chakra, and is stronger than chakra strings, and you can make it as long as you wanted as well as the fact that it could connect to anything! Wood, rocks, metal, even human skin! Plus, it needed no hand signs at all. All you have to do to use it is thrust your index and middle finger out, which creates a small beam of light, and to retract it, you just have to jerk your hand back.
Naruto silently launched the energy line, and managed to connect it to the sound ninjas' feet. With a quick jerk and a cry of surprise from the sound team, the two Konoha teams jumped out of hiding. Naruto grinned. "Gotcha..."
Zaku was furious. "So YOU'RE the one our master is interested in!"
Dosu nodded while glaring at the blonde. "You just caught us off guard however, boy. Don't underestimate us." Suddenly, Dosu activated the device on his arm. Everyone was confused, before they dropped to the ground, covering their ears. The energy line retracted into Naruto's hand. Zaku smirked.
Pointing his arms at the leaf genin, he shouted "Zankhuura no jutsu!" Huge air blasts came out, and knocked the genin back. Naruto growled as he got back up. Kin took her turn and disappeared, only to reappear behind Sakura and pinned her down, holding a kunai to her neck.
Naruto was just about to attack Zaku when he heard Sakura scream. Panicking, Naruto looked behind him and saw Kin holding Sakura by her hair and pointing a kunai at her neck. Naruto's eyes widened. "Sakura-chan!" He noticed that the others were shocked, and couldn't move. 'Great. Now what? Wait...I got it!' "I bet you won't be able to hurt her." He said glaring at her. Kin laughed.
"You think I won't? Then just try to save your pink haired girlfriend, blondie." She stopped laughing when she realized that she was no longer in possession of the pink haired girl.
Naruto stood right where he was, with Sakura in his arms. Naruto chucled. "I love it when I use speed. the whole time you were blabbering, I used my speed to grab Sakura-chan and get her to safety. Sorry, you lose."
Kin frowned. 'I had her! How could he run so fast that not even I could catch him'? Suddenly, Naruto gasped in pain and dropped Sakura. He fell to his knees, clutching his left shoulder.
"Ahhhh!" Naruto yelled as dark purple energy began radiating from his body. Suddenly, he stopped yelling, and stood back up, instinct activated. The flame was red, and two quarter curve marks appeared in his eyes. Naruto growled animalisticaly, and disappeared, only to reappear behind Zaku. Naruto tripped him and grabbed his neck, making Zaku yell out in pain. "It seems that you're not afraid of much, are you? Well, allow me to show you your greatest nightmare." Naruto placed his hand on Zaku's head. "Chaos nightmare."
Zaku suddenly found himself surrounded by darkness, until he saw Naruto appear a few feet away. "I know your greatest fear, Zaku. Now, you will be trapped here with nothing but that fear until you die." Naruto disappeared and Zaku prepared himself for whatever was going to happen. His eyes widened when he saw blood begin pouring from everywhere.
'No! I'm afraid of blood!' "No! Let me out, please!" Zaku said as he cowered. His eyes widened even more when he saw figures resembling humans coming before him. "Nononono!" Zaku cried as he fell to his knees. "I'd rather die than be trapped here!" With that said, Zaku pulled out a kunai and committed suicide.
Back in the real world, everyone except Naruto watched in horror as Zaku cried and screamed "I'd rather die than be trapped here!" and killed himself. Naruto was busy making sure Sakura was okay until he heard Zaku say that, and watched Zaku take out the kunai and stab himself with it, before dropping to the ground, dead. Naruto sighed.
"I hate using that already." Sakura was as scared as the others, but knew that Naruto was only trying to protect his team. The other two sound genin were horrified, and ran off in fear that Naruto was use the same attack against them.
"What was that genjutsu, Naruto"? Ino asked. Shikamaru, Chouji, and Sasuke were silent but wanted to know too. Naruto sighed sadly.
"It's a technique I created just now thanks to my bloodline eye, instinct. It's called the Chaos nightmare and it's a genjutsu that brings out a person's greatest fear, and traps them in a world I created and all they see is that fear. It's a devastating attack, as you already saw, and was only accessed when I unlocked the second level of instinct." He saw that everyone was confused, and began to explain about his new bloodline. "Instinct is a powerful dojutsu. There are four levels, and since I created it, I can tell what you get with each level unlocked."
Everyone nodded, and Naruto continued. "the first level is an upgrade to your speed and strength only. It triples those two attributes instantly. The second level unlocks the Chaos Nightmare and since I already told you guys about that, I don't have to explain again. the third levels gives you the ability to copy other bloodlines, and improves them. For example, if I see an Uchiha activate the Sharingan, and I'm using the third level, I can copy the sharingan and improve it any way I please. The fourth level unlocks what I like to call the Chaos mode. All of your attributes increase two fold. Strength, speed, stamina, intelligence, as well as your chakra level. You become almost like a being a light, and have the ability to perform two very strong ninjutsu. One light, and one dark. The light one is called Spirit force and takes light chakra, and turns it into a ball, similar to the Yondaime's Rasengan, but is the improved form of it. You can use to obliterate the enemy by blowing them to pieces. It can make nearly half a forest disintegrate into nothing. The dark one, Shadow blast, is like spirit force, but concentrates dark chakra into both of your hands, which you can fire a powerful beam of dark chakra." Everyone nodded, surprised that Naruto developed such a powerful bloodline. "But for now, I'm only level 2, so I only have the upgrade, and Chaos nightmare. Oh, and each level propels you five seconds into the future, so when you activate the final level, you can see twenty seconds into the future."
Everyone stared at Naruto in shock, and respected him even more. Shikamaru suddenly muttered a "troublesome" and took off to the tower, having recovered from the shock quickly. The others followed him.
Ten minutes later...
The two teams smiled when they reached the door to the tower. Sasuke opened it, and they walked inside. Sakura suddenly grabbed Naruto and led him to a corner of the room they entered. He sat down beside her curious as to what she was going to talk to him about. Ino noticed this, but stayed silent, and Naruto noticed a hopeful expression on her face. Sakura brought his attention back to her. "Naruto-kun. The reason I brought you back here is because I want to ask you something." Sakura paused for a moment. "Do you like Ino-chan"? Naruto was surprised.
"Well Sakura-chan, now that I think about it. Since I first met you two I've kinda had a thing for the both of your and no matter what I did, I couldn't like you over her, or her over you. I know for a fact that my heart still wants to be with you, but Ino-chan..."
And that's where I leave off for now. Sorry about the cliffhanger folks, and if the chapter's a little short. Now, we know Naruto expressed his feelings for Sakura, but what about Ino? That is up to you people to vote on. Your votings decide Naruto's choice next chapter! So make it count! NaruSaku, or InoNaruSaku?
By the by, to definitely know what Naruto's bloodline eye, instinct looks like, you have to have played Zelda: Ocarina of time and gotten the forest medallion. You remember that symbol on it? That's Natuto's bloodline looks fully complete, with a fire behind it. If you haven't played Ocarina of time, then ask someone who has, and ask them what the forest medallion looks like. That's all for now! R&R!