Disclaimer: This is a fan work based on Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto. There will also be some elements from JK Rowling's Harry Potter. There is no money being made from this, it is merely a work meant for the entertainment of myself and the other fans of the original work. This is merely for fun, and not profit. I repeat: I am not making any money out of writing this.
Warning: OCs OOCs Sues, and some crack. You have been warned.
Note 1: AU (of an AU...sort of).
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Complicated Reincarnation
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chapter five
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Due to the Hokage having to deal with the rumors of the zombie apocalypse, and Naruto having to construct measure to keep people out of his property, as well as his monsters in, Naruto was unable to make it to his first Genin Graduation Exam, which, while not on his birthday, had been moved to a later date, and no one had told him, not that anyone at the academy knew where he lived.
Naruto didn't mind even though he had signed up for the advancement exam two years early. He waited for this year, but something happened during his eleventh birthday which made sure that his time during the exam would be spent not in the exam. The first door had once again spat out something. This time instead of powers, it was some more knowledge.
The things he learned, and had to master, memorize, and whatever, were about chemistry, poisons, cooking ,and potions, the magical kind that could regrow bones over night while tasting worse than regular medicine.
He had been enjoying his birthday ramen, delivered to him personally by Ayame, Teuchi's daughter, who didn't really mind all the horror monster around her when she delivered the ramen, since she had seen them so many times. Though her first time she had screamed, the kind of scream that made the people who lived closest to the district, to decide to sell their homes, and move farther from the district, which was how Naruto gained some more land, and properties, which he rented to the shinobi populace, just as his apartment building was rented out. Only those that didn't see him as his former prisoner were allowed to live in his properties.
He had stumbled upon the knowledge as he was wondering what made ramen taste so good, and instead of suddenly knowing, he suddenly gained access to ways he could find out. This caused him to spend more time at home than in school than in any other year of his education, lacking as it should have been.
Since something always seemed to happen on Naruto's birthday, the Hokage made it a point to bring with him the same protection detail every year, as they were fiercely loyal to the Hokage, as well as were somewhat able to tolerate the things Naruto lived with.
The Hokage decided to visit Naruto at night, since he doubted that Naruto would want to have him go through cardiac arrest, as people could be scared more easily at night, than during the day. So he knocked on the gate, and waited for the gate guard to let them in. Instead of finding Naruto or one of his things on the other side, he found himself face to face with Ichiraku Ayame, with her delivery box.
"Ayame-chan, what are you still doing here?" he asked her.
"I kind of got lost, and only found the gate now," she admitted, "I insisted that I could find my way out..."
"Oh, is he expecting me?" he asked.
"I don't think so," she said, "Last I saw of him, he was consulting with some visible spirits about the pros and cons of studying chemistry, and some other things."
"Oh...I'll be going in now," the Hokage said, and entered throug the still open gate, followed by his guards.
He insisted that he didn't need a guide, suffice to say it was one really bad decision, for without a guide he didn't know of the security upgrades of the property, like the one that made someone without a guide get lost for a few hours.
They walked for hours, and hours, and hours, they managed to actually lose track of time. They were unaware of the fact that they had actually come close to the center of the place several times. But since they had insisted that they knew the way to the house, they got lost.
When they finally reached the house, they thought that they had been under one of Naruto's special illusions, but when they found him, it was revealed that they were sorely mistaken.
"You mean belated, right?" Naruto asked, while half of his body was in a cauldron.
"But its October ten," the Sandaime said.
"Let me guess," Naruto said, "You came here without a guide, didn't you."
"Yes...why?" Hiruzen said, while the Anbu wondered what Naruto was doing.
"Its been two days since my birthday, and the only reason you're not starving or thirsty is thanks to some of the illusions," Naruto said, "So you might want to head on over to the kitchen, Miko might still have some left over from dinner."
"Ok," the Hokage then led the Anbu to the kitchen where Miko was along with her brood of zombie children.
"Oh, you finally arrived," Miko said, "We saw you yesterday."
"You did? But we didn't see you," the Hokage said.
"Its part of the illusions, you actually passed by the clearing several times," she said, "Dinner?"
"Yes please," he said, then he and his guard took up positions around the table.
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It just wasn't normal for the Hokage to disappear without informing anyone. The village council was at its wits end looking for him, some thinking the worst, some who knew that he visited Naruto on the boy's birthday thought that he had been eaten by the Kyuubi. While there were those that thought that he had to personally go on some covert operation. There were even those, a number of chunin, that believed he had run away due to the strain of the paperwork, which they had to do in his absence, save for the really sensitive stuff.
When he strolled into the Hokage Tower like nothing was wrong, some people, namely Danzo, began to worry. He asked his rival if he was alright, the Hokage replied that he was and that he had just gotten lost, which explained why he went missing for a few days.
Danzo didn't know where Naruto lived exactly, but he did know that the former Kyuubi container lived near the Haunted District. While he himself didn't believe in such things, he decided to go look for the Kyuubi brat since he was the reason why the village had entered into a chaotic state.
He was able to use the village's concern for the Kage to persuade the Hokage to part with the location of the Kyuubi container. After leaving the tower, Danzo gathered a good sized platoon of Ne Anbu, and made his way to Naruto's home. Trespassing was one of Danzo's worst ideas, while normally where he went it wasn't a problem. But this was Naruto's compound, the seat of his power, and also had the highest concentration of undead. Undead that didn't treat trespassers kindly, or with any manner of hospitality.
He personally didn't go in, he simply waited outside as his operatives made their way into and through the property in search of Naruto, once finding him they were to capture him and bring him back to Danzo.
Fifty more Ne Anbu fell that day, not from jumping over the wall, but from being hunted by the undead that were within. As soon as they made it over the wall, the undead instantly entered high alert mode. It was the first time that so many had dared enter, which meant an invasion by hostiles.
Such a scale of invasion of privacy did not sit well with Naruto, who ordered his creations to add the bodies to the factory as spare parts, but to leave at least one alive to tell the horrific tale of how his or her comrades perished in the Haunted District.
Undead man and beast alike stalked the trespassers, all of whom were caught up in the security illusions. Once the first man died, no death cry or scream, the rest tensed, and grew more weary of their surroundings, not that it helped them much. When the second one of their number lost his life, a number of them noticed something moving in the shadows, for the entire place was dark, thanks to the great tree that loomed overhead.
As soon as the group witnessed the third of their number suddenly dragged off by what looked like a wolf, they decided that it would be best if they split up, to cover more ground, and to be able to spot incoming opponents. But they would be no match for the things that lived in the compound. Even the trees were against them. Some actually shooting out vines or making their branches longer to stab into the trespassers, vines with thorns sucking out the blood of their master's enemies.
When each of the smaller groups were far away from each other, the undead struck with less stealth than when all the trespassers were all grouped together. They tore into their prey, literally tearing the people apart, eating their organs, and everything that they should have done to anyone else they came into contact with. Naruto made sure that when he made them, they did not have that unquenchable thirst and hunger for human blood and flesh, or any kind of such for that matter. But he made sure that when it came to protecting him and his, they could turn into vicious killers, even the children. Innocent looking as they were, the Ne that found them thought that Naruto had kidnapped them, and thought to bring them back to Danzo for retraining. When they were finally carrying the children, was when they realized their folly.
They were trained from very young not to display any form of emotion, or to feel any form of emotion for that matter. But in the situation that they found themselves in, they couldn't help but be afraid. Their numbers were thinning by the minute. Monster were lunging out of the shadows, claiming life after life. They had heard the stories, the tales, the rumors of this place, and they now realized that there was some truth to them. But he realization came far too late for most of them.
Only one of the Ne was able to avoid capture and subsequent death, she ran as fast as her feet could carry her, until she no longer had them, but even then she forced herself to run on her bloody stumps, anything was better than death by the things chasing her. She lost limbs as she made her escape, by the time she was able to hoist herself over the wall, she had lost almost all of her limbs, and had numerous wounds on her torso, and head. Her remaining limb was only until her elbow. Danzo managed to reel in his surprise at her state, and managed to catch her. Her state of being, was proof enough to claim that Naruto was dangerous, and instead of taking his subordinate to the hospital, he brought her with him to the Hokage's office.
"I thought, Ne no longer existed," the Hokage calmly said, "If it no longer exists, then that woman must be a nuke-nin and deserves her fate, and you will be charged for trespassing as well as sending an assassin to kill, capture, or kidnap one of our civilians."
"B-But I sent fifty Anbu to retrieve the reason you had gone missing, it must have done something to you, threatened you maybe," Danzo said, "It tore my Anbu to shreds!"
Danzo had thought that he had finally found a way to get the Kyuubi brat handed over to him, but alas, the Hokage knew about what had happened thanks to the woman sporting the tattoo that members of the undergrounds organization had on their persons. Danzo also failed to dismiss the fact that he still ran his Anbu extension.
"I do not remember granting you authority over my ninja force," the Hokage stated, "I could have you charged and killed for treason, but I won't seeing as you have already suffered enough. So remember to keep in mind that trespassing into the Haunted District is bad, and the next time you try and forcibly recruit Naruto, I will let his servants feast on your flesh."
"Y-you knew!?"
"Of course, I knew," the Hokage said, "What do you take me for, a fool?"
"So you can be ruthless...hmm...fine," Danzo said, "I will steer clear of that monster."
"You had better make certain that I hear no news that Ne has not been truly disbanded," the Hokage said, "I can think of a few monsters that would love to take your little projects apart. Piece by bloody piece."
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At the end of the day, Hiruzen returned to Naruto's home to inform him that there were rats living under the great tree that was Konoha, and he needed them to be exterminated. Naruto knew what the old man was talking about, but requested that even thought he still wasn't listed as a shinobi, that the task be put into his file as a mission, S-rank if possible due to what it entailed, along with payment. The Hokage could not really refuse Naruto's condition, since it really was a mission, one that the Hokage would not trust with anyone else.
The Hokage watched as Naruto ordered his servants around like a general in a real authentic and government approved army. Technically speaking the undead was an army, but were all officially servants to their master and creator or resurrector. In the undead army, Naruto was the equivalent of a Kage, while his elites were his generals or commanders, and everything else was a soldier.
"Take them to the ravine, alive," Naruto ordered, "All of them, save for the bandage covered man named Danzo. Take everyone else but him. Now, GO!"
"Hai!" the sound of their voices echoed throughout the compound, before the Hokage watched as they all dived into the ground or sank into it. He didn't know it, but even the roots of the great tree lengthened and snaked their way to perform its master's bidding.
"What do you intend to do with them?" the Hokage asked Naruto once all the undead were gone.
"Give them a choice," Naruto said.
"That being?" the Hokage asked.
"Directly serve the Hokage and only the Hokage, willingly serve me," Naruto said, "Or serve me in undeath."
"And how will you make sure that they would not betray either of us?" the Hokage asked.
"I have a way," Naruto said, "I've been studying seals, I know a thing or two...much as I hate some of the applications..."
"I see, well I guess knowing your abilities such an art would come in handy," the Hokage said, "How soon should I expect the results of this mission?"
"You'll know as soon as Danzo barges into your office," Naruto said, "I'm sure he'll try to blame me for it, which is how you will know that he has betrayed Konoha."
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There were slightly more than two hundred undead traveling through the ground to their destination. For a living human being it would have been tiresome work, but for the undead it was nothing special. It was like they swam the way, instead of actually tunneling, they made it to their underground destination with minutes to spare.
They dropped down from the ceiling, made of earth, and sought out their prey. While they weren't allowed to harm them, they knew how to use fear, which was actually their greatest weapon.
The facility was lit by lamps hanging from the metal pipes and the like on the ceiling, with a quick raiton jutsu, the electricity running through the things shorted some of them, causing a kind of flicker in some of the bulbs.
The Ne Anbu didn't know what hit them until it was too late. Naruto's forces struck when their prey felt even a little bit of fear. Knocking men and women and even some children out. There was a literal mix of bloodline clans among the captured Ne operatives. Through it all Danzo was unaware that his forces were being transported to the ravine, where Naruto had gathered all of those that he did not include in the first phase of the operation.
When his elites informed him that they had scoured the entire facility, and found no more operatives, he sent some of his undead, mostly animals, to occupy the place, to ensure that it was not used unless either himself or that Hokage ordered its use.
Naruto asked his question, informing them of their three choices. The children chose to serve him, since he was the one that saved them from Ne, some of the teens chose to serve the Hokage, while half of the adults chose to try and escape, failing, and were brought to the factory for processing. Half of the remaining adults chose to serve the Hokage, while the remainder chose to serve Naruto since he seemed to be more powerful than Danzo, they believed it as fact since he had so much resources at his disposal.
Those that refused to chose a master, had been killed on the spot. Those that did not have a special ability that needed organs and the like, were turned into skeleton ninjas, while those that did need their bodies for their special techniques were turned into zombie ninjas.
The ones that chose to serve a master were given seals placed on their hearts, grafted there by the use of chakra strings, as well as some surgery, with the unseen presence of the Shinigami to make sure that it was all a success, Naruto forgot about his luck manipulation and banged his head against the wall when he remembered.
The seals placed on their tongues by Danzo had been rendered useless, which would permit them to inform the Hokage orally of all of the thing Danzo had them do.
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The Hokage was not as surprised as he should have been when Danzo barged into his office, it had been a week since he had asked Naruto to perform that one mission. Danzo did not look well, he looked like he had gotten into a fight with some of Naruto's undead and somehow lived to tell or complain about the experience.
"You! You had all my men killed!" Danzo raged, and even tried to attack the Hoakge but was stopped by a man in a mask, whose chakra was very familiar to Danzo. It was Yamanaka Fuu, one of Danzo's most loyal subordinates, apparently there were some sealed up memories that Naruto had uncovered, and since Fuu decided to serve the Hokage, originally to spy for Danzo, it was revealed that Danzo had sealed up some rather bad memories, things that made Fuu despise his former master.
"I told you to disband," the Hokage said, "I ordered you to do it, you disregarded that order, and now you come in here, blame me for those traitors' deaths, and try to kill me, all in one lifetime...tsk tsk...Fuu, you have my permission to eliminate the stain on Konoha's good name."
"Hai," Fuu said, making sure that Danzo remembered him, "Hokage-sama," a chakra covered fist went through the bandaged man's gut, and exited the other side complete with spine.
"The Danzo threat has been neutralized," the Hoakge said, "But at the same time...leaves me with one less adviser..."
"I suggest a temporary replacement," Fuu said, speaking freely for the very first time to a superior officer, "Danzo was an integral part of many of the schemes and plans and operations in the village hidden from your eyes and knowledge, some of which are and have been used to keep the village safe. While his methods were detestable, he really did love the village enough to protect it through any means."
"Then what are you proposing?" the Hokage asked.
"I'm sure that Naruto-sama may provide a solution," Fuu said.
