A/N: PLEEEAAAAASE REEEEAAAAD! Hey there, this is my first story! This first chapter is abysmally short, but please remember that it's simply an introduction to the whole story! I'll crank out nice and long chapters in due time, but for now this is all I have. Feel free to give me tips on improving my writing, and don't forget to leave a review! I hope you stick with me and read the rest of my story as it comes out! Thanks! :)
UPDATE: I would like to inform anybody reading this that the story is going to be very long (around 100 chapters by the time it's done, I'm pretty much going from the main character's childhood all the way to his early adulthood, and he will change A LOT overtime), and that I already have major events planned out. I would also like to state that you might just come across a few familiar individuals from time to time (I won't say who, you'll have to see for yourself). Also, if you couldn't figure it out from the story title alone, the byakugan will be involved. The byakugan WILL GET UPGRADES in this story, and it will get haxx powers much like the sharingan and rinnegan. However, that's WAY down the road, so you'll just have to stick with the story to find out how the byakugan gets upgrades and what they are! With all that said, PLEASE FAVORITE/FOLLOW IF YOU LIKE THE STORY! Thanks, and enjoy! :)
MORE UPDATES: Thanks to a fantastic reviewer by the name of Zerojackson, I will be improving my writing style starting from chapter 12. I looked back at these older chapters, and the seemed kind of 'bleh' to me, so I'll be going through them over time and updating them so they fit my new standards. However, those who bear through the first few chapters until then and manage to make it past the 12th will win ONE FREE COOKIE! I hope you all stick with this story as watch as Jiyuu grows into one of the world's finest shinobi! :)
JEEEEEEZUS MORE UPDATES?!: YES, MOAR UPDATES! As of late, I've been on and off writing this story while juggling college and work. I've planned this story out to the bone, and planned to explore things that were never touched upon. I never expected there to be a continuation of the series, nor did I expect for a certain endgame pairing to actually be confirmed (though I called it since day one). That said, my plans have kinda been thrown for a loop, but I'll simply replan and continue on with what I had in mind to begin with, just slightly modified. This story is obviously taking place AFTER the 700th chapter of Shippuden, though it will largely be AU because there's no doubt in my mind that when the Next Generation rolls around, it'll be far different from this tale. SO, I hope you enjoy this simply for the sake of a good story, regardless of what may come. As I've said a million times already, I hope you enjoy. :)
Prologue: The Day of Tomorrow
The continuous flow of time introduces countless changes to the world, some grand and others miniscule. All these changes eventually shape the world into the way we know it. However, there is the occasional revolutionary who wishes to bring about a change so grand and so malicious that even time itself would not be able to repair the damage that it forces upon civilization.
Obito Uchiha was one such revolutionary, a man who planned to bring peace to the world via means of an eternal illusion. Although the shinobi world desired peace, a world full of fake peace was just as bad as a world plagued by war and death. This schism between Obito and the shinobi world was the catalyst for the Fourth Great Ninja War, and would push the Five Great Nations to their very limits.
However, on the side of the Shinobi Allied Forces was another revolutionary. A young man who also sought a world of peace, a world free of war and hatred. The difference between this young man and Obito, however, was that this young man was willing to bear all the hatred and sorrow that this world felt in order for true peace to take place. This young man, a jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi and the child of prophecy, was Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto, a boy born to shoulder a burden that would curse his childhood, was determined to prove to the world that even someone as unloved and unpopular as him could become something as great as the Hokage. This was his dream, his very reason to be a shinobi: to prove himself to the world. When the time finally came for him and Obito to decide which direction fate would turn to, he proved to the world that even if you start as nothing, you can always mold yourself into something spectacular. Naruto Uzumaki defeated Obito Uchiha on the field of battle, bringing an end to the Fourth Great Ninja War, and thus ushering in a new wave of peace into the shinobi world. Had it not been for him, we would be here to share this story today.
However...this tale, which I am about to share with you, my good friend, is not about Naruto...
No...in fact, this tale begins ten years afterwards, and in saving the world, Naruto had ensured not only that his wildest dreams would see the light of day, but that his name would be engraved into history along with his team, the Legendary Squad 7 of the Hidden Leaf Village. His tales of bravery were to touch every soul of the next generation to come. He is now a legend, a legend that shall never fade from existence. However, when a new legend is introduced to the world, the effect is quite similar to throwing a stone into a pond. Such an impact on the world causes a ripple, affecting all those who float aimlessly among the waters. One such person is a young boy from the Hidden Mist Village, a boy named Jiyuu Tamashi.
Jiyuu, like many other children from the all around the new shinobi world, had heard countless tales of the legendary Naruto Uzumaki. What makes Jiyuu different from the common rabble, however, is the fact that he does not care about the hero who saved the shinobi world. He certainly acknowledges Naruto as someone great, but does not feel as amazed as others when hearing about what he has done. To Jiyuu, Naruto is merely a symbol, a figurehead. Most children that he knew wished to be just like Naruto Uzumaki. Jiyuu wishes only to become as strong a shinobi as he can possibly be, and simply maintain the peace that the hero had introduced to the world.
Tomorrow would be the first day for Jiyuu at the Ninja Academy in the Hidden Mist Village. Tomorrow would be the day that he had been looking forward to ever since he first heard about what a ninja was. Tomorrow would be the day he took his first step into the world of shinobi.
...and tomorrow would be the first day when the wheels of fate would begin to turn once more.
