Chapter 1.
The Beginning.
Deep in an old brick sewer system in a large room with a large cage. it large doors where busted and twisted open only being supported by a twisted hinge. Purplish water with swirls of deep red and crystalline blue had already half way filled up the room. The tunnels where broken and collapsed in some places. Floating in the water was a boy around 11 years old in a ripped old neon orange jumpsuit. Blonde hair was weighed down by the water out of his face. Whisker like marks where on his cheeks below his closed eyes. Slowly sky blue eyes opened in confusion. With each tired blink voice and visions would rise up.
(Flash.)
"Now listen here Naru-chan." A familiar voice called out to him. "I can not tell you about your father just now."
"Why." A younger. No, his younger voice whined out. He was around seven and he was able to pass a test. It was by the skin of his teeth but he did it much to the teacher's anger.
"Your father is very well known and had enemies both in this village as well as outside. If you slip they will try to manipulate you to get to your father's wealth and knowledge. Your mother was from the Uzumaki clan, a larger and more prominent clan than your father's. As you should know the First Hokage's wife was an Uzumaki."
"Really?"
"Yes the Uzumaki clan is from the Whirlpool islands. They where the ruling clan as well as a majority of the Uzukages." The old voice sounded older than most times he heard him.
(End flash.)
He listened to the man tell him about his mother, her home village and the clan. He went on to explain the spiraling tattoo on his right arm was a storage seal that holds the knowledge of the clan. It transfers from parent to child upon their death, unless the kid kills them. It was the first time he read a letter from his mother. She left him a letter for every birthday starting from his seventh birthday. He knew then that the one on his left was from his father.
(Flash.)
"You are NOT Mizuki-sensei." He screamed glaring at the man.
"Oh and how did you figure that out? You're the idiot; the class clown; the dead last." The fake Mizuki smirked at him. Only to get confused as both Iruka and Himself smirk.
"Because I am you asshole." A fist connected to the fake's face. Sitting up his eyes widened at the sight of Mizuki dressed in anbu styled clothes.
"How did you get free?"
"You never where that observant were you Mei?" The sneering figure vanished to reveal a woman with light brown hair and dull green eyes. "I never hated the kid, but I was threatened by that Haruno bitch of the Civilian Council." He rolled his eyes, "but you know her, she is your sister in law after all." Before she could do anything more, she was shoved face down in the dirt and her hands were pulled behind her.
"You bastard, let me go. You can't do this."
"You told a SS-rank secret." Iruka hissed from where he sat on her back. "Now would you kindly shut up." He slammed her head into the ground. "You are giving me a headache." Iruka felt small hands touch his back. With a smile. "That my dear student is why you need to learn a clone Jutsu."
"But I did learn one before you got here." Iruka squawked at him, as Mizuki laughed his ass off.
(End Flash.)
The hokage and a squad of Anbu arrived to take the woman away. Mizuki's name had not been made clear to the public so it would not get out to the snake what had happened, but every ninja knew. He just stepped back into his Anbu rank.
(Flash.)
"Naruto." A sad smile appeared on the feminine face of his enemy, Haku. He was asking for death by he couldn't bring himself to do it. He was being selfish, he knew it, for wanting Haku to live. He could feel the tears rolling down his face as Haku leaned forward. The whispered word cut in and out "Thank you for being my friend." Tears filled his eyes as the older boy pushed a scroll into his pocket as the address of Gato's hideout was located. "I'm sorry." Before he vanished in a burst of speed to meet his death.
(End Flash.)
Remembering that after the battle, with Kakashi out cold from chakra depletion once again, Sasuke worn out form the near death experience and Sakura refusing to leave Sasuke, made it was easy to sneak out with Tazuna to meet several men from the village. He lead them to the hideout. Where they released any prisoners/slaves they found, and he sealed tons of food that had been stolen. A cut of money that would be given to the Hokage was placed in a separate scroll than the money that was to be returned. The vault had many rare treasures any clan scroll he claimed especially ones from his clan.
Any intel the Hokage might find interesting was kept and weapons that were split between the two groups. By the end of the night he watched as a safety feature activated blowing up the hideout. The villagers had been a good distance away when it happened.
(Flash.)
He watched his team left after burying Zabuza and Haku on the coast. With a roll of his eyes he walked over to a large rock that was by the bank. Digging his fingers into the stone he gave a sharp pull. Revealing that it was really a stiff cloak and a burial boat. The metal coated bottom would make sure that it was done before it would sink. He had to remove the top layer of dry wood to reveal the hollow inside. Whipping the swat from his face he offered a prayer and asked forgiveness before he began to dig through the rocks to the reveal the dead. When he transferred Zabuza over he made sure the sword was in his hands and Haku was placed beside him with a bracelet he made of herbs that they looked for at their first meeting."
Pouring a few bottles of sake over the wood before pushing it out into the water. A single kunai with a fire seal later it was engulfed in hot flames. He bowed his head in silent prayers for a few moments. A chilling mist seemed to cling to him for a few moments before fading.
(End Flash.)
He used a seal to make it look like the sword was still there. After placing every stone back in the piles. It was dawn by the time he had left the stump he was seating, way after the boat had sunk in the distance. No one bothered to ask where he had been and that was fine with him. The scroll that he was given had the collective knowledge of the missing-nin group. Even the note of the demon brothers' poisons and toxins.
(Flash.)
"Hey, Old hag."
"What do you want runt." A woman growled while another giggled.
"Thanks for saving my life and here." He shaved a scroll at her. "The old man asked me to give that to the new Hokage."
"Why would he entrust this to a disrespectful brat like you?"
"He was my grandfather even if there was no blood between us like there is between you and I."
"So you know who your mother was?" a sharp nod he turned to Shizune.
"Nee-chan can you help me with mastering to poisons and toxins left to me by my clan."
"I," She start to say only to be interrupted.
"No. She is not an Uzumaki. I will help you instead." Tsunade said walking over to them. "What?" she snapped at there confused looks.
"Why?"
"You. Are. Family." She said while pushing her finger into his chest.
(End Flash.)
He learned a lot from them under Jiraiya nose as he was almost always in the brothels. Unknown to them he was often in them with out other's knowledge late at night. He leaned a lot from the women as they knew about him from a sister brothel in Konoha's Red Light district.
(Flash.)
"Sasuke was going to that snake bastard," he growled to himself as the team he was with moved forward. When he stopped dead.
"What are you doing?" Shikamaru looked confused.
"That man the that Sasuke is running to is the snake sannin that killed the third."
"I doubt he would show himself. After the wounds the third gave him."
"True, it is his four body guards that I am worried about. They made were estimated to be high anbu levels."
"But no village sends out their strongest to escort a deserting ninja of an enemy village." Kiba said with not his head tilted.
"Orochimaru wouldn't care. He attacked our village during the chuunin exams. A time that is about the peace between the different villages." Naruto growl. "Not to mention he attacked us in the forest." The others nodded. He pulled out several kunai and handed them out. "These are poisoned. One scratch is all that is needed. Then you just got to hold out until it kicks in. A few moments at most. It drains their chakra and weakens them." The others nodded as they took one.
(End flash.)
The ending fight between Sasuke and himself was why he was here. His ex-teammate broke his neck, but Kurama's chakra kept him going until the very end. That end came with a hand through his chest. Blue eyes were locked with black as Sasuke's chakra faltered to a low level.
(Flashback.)
Naruto stumbled back pulling a out a scroll. With a bloody smile he unrolled it as his legs gave out. He pushed his bloody hand into a circle of kanji. It bubbled before blood chains shot up with an eerie rattle. Sasuke just looked confused for a moment before they shot forward to wrap around his body.
"What the hell." Sasuke struggled as he was dragged to the scroll.
"You may have killed me," blood bubbled from his lips as he felt Kurama's chakra withdraw as he had reached his limit. "The poison that runs through your system is an Uzumaki special and was used on prisoners. It limits your chakra production." His blue eyes were glazed over as he glared.
"Dobe, let me go."
"Do you really think I would let you go to that snake bastard? He attacked our home, almost killed us in the Forbidden Forest, and killed our people, our Hokage. My grandfather." After yelling he slumped forward, only to be braced by a slab of rock that just appeared. Gamakichi hopped up beside him with a scroll in his hands. "I'll see you in hell." In a short intense glow Sasuke disappeared and the scroll was rolled up with chains around it.
"You ok?"
"No, give this to the old hag." With his anger gone, so was his energy. His head fell forward as numbness settled through out his body. He barely could see the blood dripping from his mouth onto the ground. Everything faded to blackness as fire erupted from his body with Kurama's roar.
(End flash.)
Now completely submerged he was fading even in this world, but Kurama was free. He was free. With a small smile the world went black.
With a gasp he woke to the sound of crying his eyes swung around. Confused by the sight of giants. It took a moment to realize that they were doctors and that the baby crying was him. With a whimper he was handed to a red haired woman. He knew her face as he had seen pictures of her, Kushina Uzumaki. She cooed as he was fed and drifted to sleep.
When he woke up he was laying in the nursery. A silver haired man was leaning over him with a bright smile. A pair of fox ears on his head and he was in a black kimono. "Hello little one, I am Inari." He cooed, "welcome back to the land of the living. You are now in a brand new world. A brand new world to explore and thrive in." He picked up the boy. "Kurama left you a special gift to us in this next great adventure. Use it well, grow strong and remember the important lessons you learn along the way." Inari kissed his forehead , before putting back down in the hospital crib and vanished.