Disclaimer: I claim no ownership of any character, title, setting, concept, etc. belonging to the Naruto franchise. All rights and ownership belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Warning: The following story is rated M for scenes of child neglect, graphic violence, nudity, language and sexual situations.
Legend:
"Speech"
'Thinking'
"Demonic/Furious Speech"
'Demonic/Furious Thinking'
Flashbacks
Full Summary:
Naruto is sick of the glares, the hatred and the neglect; sick of pandering to the village with a mask of happiness. Seeing this, Kyuubi decides to take advantage and mold a weapon. From the ashes of innocence, a new Naruto will rise. One that is dark, one that is ruthless and one that will never stop. Will he forever be lost in darkness, or will someone come to calm the raging storm. Older!Naruto, Dark with eventual Grey!Naruto, Naruto/FemHaku
Author Notes:
I want to give a shout-out to Noodlehammer and his story, Reaching for a Dream. It is my number two story on this website. In it, he introduced a different concept that I had not seen before. Being, Naruto not being able to use normal ninjutsu due to having too much chakra. I rather like the idea and decided to try my own spin on it. In addition to this, I am also making him older than in cannon, being a year younger than Itachi and age 15 at the start of Canon time. Also, many have messaged me about my first story, Trials of Ice and Fire, but to be honest, after a couple semesters of college classes, I don't really like the way it is anymore and would sooner rewrite it than continue on.
Next, you may see some similarities to Star Wars in this story. That is because I've been reading a lot of Star Wars lately and decided to try and adapt and recreate some concepts in a way that would make sense in the Naruto universe. No Naruto will not be having crazy force powers that allow him to dominate everything. The only thing I will explain is that these concepts will be tied in to his elemental training, elements which will consist of fire and lightning and maybe a bit of his outfit.
Also, this story will be updated as I have time. There will be no fixed schedule because I honestly don't have one. So please don't send me messages or reviews asking when I'm going to update, as I will not answer them. As of my return right now I'm tentatively trying to release one chapter a week.
Finally, I want to make things clear about this story. I'm trying to avoid most of the common clichés in Naruto fanfiction. The most common is the villagers beating Naruto and the inclusion of a village council. While I personally don't mind it, as long as it's not taken to some ridiculous extent that some stories (my previous one included) do, there are plenty out there that don't like the whole beating and Village Council thing.
So here is what I'm doing: There will be glares, hatred, neglect and much negativity on the part of the villagers, but they will not be forming mobs and chasing Naruto in the streets. It's been done many times and it is starting to get old.
In addition, there is still a council, but it has no executive power, it only consists of four people and is advisory only. Representing the military, there is Danzo and the current ANBU commander. Then representing the civilians, the elders Homura and Koharu. They both meet with the Hokage and bring to him any important issues that need discussions and at which point the Hokage takes them under advisement. There is no voting on an issue as the village is a dictatorship where the Hokage's word is law. So yes, the elders and Danzo can sputter and protest all they like but the Hokage has the final word.
That is all the important issues I can think of. So now, read and enjoy the story! Be sure to review so I know what you think about it.
EDIT 1/19/2017: I've finally decided to try and put my butt in gear and make a little bit of progress on this story again. I don't know how long I'll be able to motivate myself into doing it, but here it goes anyway. Each of the following three chapters will have been revised and I advise you to read from the beginning.