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Chapter 1: A Fallen Spirit
"NARUTO!"
"SASUKE!"
In the middle of a rain drenched valley, two combatants prepared their final strike. One with black lightning crackling in his hand, the other a sphere of chaotic purple energy leapt from their sides of the battlefield and collided half way through.
The sound of the impact was deafening as a black orb of energy surrounded the two, a struggle of dominance raging within.
At the edge of a forest overlooking the valley, a man sat on a branch, one leg on the branch the other hanging over while he happily chewed on his dango. He wore white ninja sandals, with black shinobi trousers and a long, black, bell sleeve coat with a hood that was currently lowered.
"This is entertainment" the man said as he turned to his right to see an ashen wolf with blue eyes staring at the valley intently.
The wolf snorted.
"Heh, heh, You're right, but let's just see how this battle turns out. If he defeats the kid then fine, we'll follow them back and make contact later. If he fails, we intervene and take them both back to Konoha" the man said.
The wolf whined.
"I know, I know I said we were going to ignore this before, but I want to see just how strong this kid is. In spite of the fact that he is a Jinchuriki, there's...something about him that...draws me, calls out to me, but that doesn't matter. The fact that he is a Jinchuriki is reason enough to warrant contact, the Elders did tell us to find one and bring them back so we could purify their Biju, the fact that we have the Kyuubi Jinchuriki right in front of us, is an opportunity we cannot pass up. If we can purify the Kyuubi then that means that the procedure is a success and we can proceed with the remaining Biju. At least this way we can honour your brother's memory by saving his children" the man said, "And on a side note, why are you not talking to me?"
The wolf snorted in amusement, "A Biju must keep her retainer on his toes" the wolf said as she jumped off the branch, landing on her paws and shook herself, revealing ten ashen grey tails with black tips.
Suddenly the black sphere exploded, spreading destruction all over the valley.
"SHIT!" the man exclaimed as he jumped off the branch and began sprinting towards the valley, wolf in tow.
"Naruto" Sasuke said as he stared at the unconscious blond, "It is by my whim that I decided to fight you and it is by my whim I choose to let you live. I will not do what Itachi wants me to in order to gain power, I will not have him control me. Instead I will gain power my way, I will use my own strengths to kill Itachi and I will use Orochimaru to do it. Farewell my friend"
As Sasuke turned and leapt into the air, he suddenly felt something grab onto his ankle causing him to land face first onto the wet earth.
"You know, the last time I checked, it was frowned upon when a person shoves his hand through a 'friend's' chest" a voice said.
Sasuke turned around to see a man with medium length, spiky back hair, with two thick bangs framing his face, a pair of deep brown eyes and an ash grey wolf walking toward him then looked at his foot to see a strange black tentacle-like-object withdraw from his ankle.
"Who are you?" Sasuke growled.
"That is none of your concern" the man said, "Now if I remember correctly, there is a Hidden Village awaiting your return"
"Hn, there is no way I'm returning to that pathetic excuse of a village and if you stand in my way, I'll kill you" Sasuke said as he took out a kunai and charged the man.
The man smirked then disappeared. Sasuke was unable to react in time when an arm caught him around the neck causing his legs to flip up and his entire body to land on the ground, hard. Next a foot stamped itself in Sasuke's stomach causing the boy to cough up blood then slip into unconsciousness.
"Child, you never had a chance" the man said as a flash if lightning lit up the area letting the man get a look at the other boy causing his blood to run cold.
"M-Minato?" the man stuttered, "N-No"
The man rushed to the blond boy's side and looked upon the boy's paling form.
"SHIT!" the man exclaimed, "FUBUKI!" the wolf materialised next to him in a haze of dark frosty mist, "Collect the other boy and lets go, we need to get them to Konoha immediately, this boy need immediate medical attention"
"Hai!" the wolf said as she wrapped Sasuke in her tails and took off with the man, who had Naruto in his arms, toward Konoha as fast as possible.
While they ran, the man performed a few hand seal, with a bit of difficulty and called out, "Kage Shimo Bunshin no Jutsu" from next to the man, dark crystals of ice formed until they took the form of the man and began running alongside.
"There are two chakra signatures coming towards us. Intercept and Question, if they are from Konoha, explain the situation and help them catch up to us, otherwise dispel" the man said.
The clone grunted an acknowledgement and with a salute started to move away from the group.
Meanwhile, Kakashi and his nin-ken, Pakkun, were trying to get to where Sasuke and Naruto were, when they felt an ice cold blast of wind rushed by causing them to stop and shield their faces. When they lowered their hands/paws, they both saw a man wearing a long black bell sleeve coat with the hood covering his face.
"Who are you?" Kakashi said, as he went on guard.
"I mean you no harm" the clone said as he lifted his hood and raised his hands in surrender, "My master sent me to intercept and question that is all"
"Move out of our way, you are currently disrupting a mission of great importance" Kakashi said.
"If you answer my questions truthfully, it may make your mission much easier" the clone said.
Kakashi relaxed a little then said, "What is your question?"
"Are you from Konoha?" the clone asked.
"Yes"
"Does your mission involve the two boys at the Valley of the End?"
"That is confidential information"
"Answer me or I shall restrain you and leave"
"Yes, I was sent by our Hokage to retrieve them and/or stop them from killing the other" Kakashi said.
"I am afraid you may be too late for the latter, as for the former, my master is already en route to Konohagakure, my orders are to assist in rendezvousing as both boys require intense medical attention, one more so than the other" the clone said.
Kakashi felt an immense feeling of dread over come him as both he, and Pakkun turned to follow the stranger.
Half an hour later, Kakashi and Pakkun finally caught up.
"Took you long enough" the man carrying Naruto said flatly.
"Forgive me Master, the ninja proved to be less...agile than what would have been appreciated" the clone said.
Kakashi frowned.
"No matter" the man said, "You!" he addressed Kakashi, "Take hold of the black haired one and get on top of the wolf, the blond requires intense medical treatment. If we do not get to Konoha immediately, he will die"
Kakashi felt more dread wash over him as she did he was told and grabbed hold of Sasuke from the wolf's tails then mounted the wolf. Kakashi flinched as the wolf wrapped a tail around his midsection, holding him in place.
"Hold on, we're going to kick this up an notch" the man said before a great spike in chakra was felt from both the man and the wolf as the kicked off, hard, on the next branch adding an incredible burst of speed to their pace.
After an hour, the quartet dashed through the gates of Konoha, surprising much of the guard on duty as all they saw was blurs of black and grey.
Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief; it had been a daunting couple of hours but they had finally gotten the cellular degeneration in the Akimichi to stop and the Hyuuga boy had finally stabilised. As she entered the waiting room where the two boys friends and the three Sand Siblings were, the sounds of doors being thrown open was heard followed by a roaring voice that said, "SOMEONE GET ME A MEDIC-NIN AND AN OPERATING ROOM NOW! I HAVE A CRITICALLY INJURED PATIENT IN DIRE NEED OF TREATMENT!"
The receptionist quickly went to lend aid but stopped when she saw a mop of blond hair, "I'm sorry sir, this is a hospital for humans not demons" the woman said with a sneer.
The sneer was wiped of her face by a swift and powerful roundhouse that sent her flying head first into a wall causing her to slump to the ground, unconscious.
"Let's try this again" the man said in a tone of voice that spelled a painful death to the next person to act up, "Someone bring be a medic-nin and an operating room now, or I will bust down every single door, tear through every single room until I find one and I will not be gentle"
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? THIS IS A HOSPITAL DAMMIT!" Tsunade yelled as she stomped into the reception area.
"Hokage-sama!" Kakashi exclaimed.
"Finally! A voice of reason!" the man exclaimed and unfurled Naruto from his arms, "This boy has suffered massive damage to the chest area, it's by my chakra and his tenant's that he is still alive"
"Oh dear God!" Tsunade gasped out as she took notice of Naruto's deathly pale complexion then at Sasuke's form in Kakashi's arms.
"SHIZUNE! GET ME TWO BEDS AND PREPARE OPERATING ROOM 1 AND 2, WE HAVE INCOMING HEAVY TO MEDIUM TRAUMA!" Tsunade bellowed.
"Hai! Tsunade-sama!" Shizune squeaked then rushed off to make the preparations.
"Please, give him to me" Tsunade said almost pleadingly.
"Please, help him" the man said as he handed the blond over.
"I will do my very best" Tsunade said then looked at Kakashi and nudged her head as if saying to follow her.
Once Naruto and Sasuke were taken into the operating theatre, the man and Kakashi took a seat outside the theatre doors.
An hour passed and the two boys were still in surgery, Kakashi was leaning against a wall, arms folded, while the man had a very tense expression, he was leaning forward in his seat while his fingers were laced together, resting under his nose and his elbows resting on his legs.
"You seem unusually tense" Kakashi said, startling the man from his reverie.
The man leaned back in his seat and placed his hands behind his head then with a sigh said, "And you seem insultingly calm"
"Actually that posture is the Kakashi equivalent of a wide scale freak-out" a voice said as a man with a bowl hair cut, thick eyebrows and wearing vibrant green spandex made himself known.
"I see you have a rather 'Bold' fashion sense. I must applaud it just screams 'Fear Me'" the man said causing the newcomer to grin in pride and Kakashi to snort at the double meaning.
"What are you doing here, Gai?" Kakashi said.
"Well other than visiting my student, I came to see how my Eternal Rival is holding up and to relay a message that the others wish to wait alongside their friend's sensei" Gai said.
"I don't see any problem in that" the man said, "Do you?"
Kakashi simply grunted.
"I'll take that as a yes" Gai said then promptly left and returned a few moments later with several young Genin.
"Who are you?" a teen in a Black cat-like suit and purple marking on his face asked the man.
"That depends" the man said as a smirk crept across his face, "Who do you want me to be?"
"Okay...That wasn't creepy at all" a boy wearing a fur-rimmed coat and red fang markings on his cheeks said.
The man gave a hearty laugh.
"What is your name?" a boy with black hair, reminiscent of a pineapple asked.
"Now that is the proper question" the man said, "My name is Sanzai Daichi and as for who am I? ... I am but a humble blacksmith"
Kakashi snorted, "Yeah right, I have never met a blacksmith that could run faster than Gai jacked up on coffee let alone perform that strange Bunshin"
"Very well, you caught me. I am but a humble blacksmith, well versed in the ways of the world" Daichi said with a smirk.
"Just how fast was he?" Gai asked.
"We made it from the Valley of the End to Konoha in just over an hour and a half"
"WHAT!" everyone exclaimed.
"Yes well time was of the essence and I would have gone faster if I didn't want the two injured boys suffering more damage" Daichi said nonchalantly, "Now that I have told you a bit about me, I hope you will grant me the same honour"
The Genin looked at each other for a few moments then introduced themselves.
"Thank you, now what about the two boys I found apparently trying to kill each other?" Daichi asked.
"The boy with blond hair and an orange fetish is Uzumaki Naruto" Kiba said with a smirk.
"And the both with the anger management problem?" Daichi said with a smirk causing a few to suppress chuckles which quickly turned to looks of hate.
"His name is Uchiha Sasuke" Shikamaru said darkly.
Daichi raised an eyebrow, "It seems there is little love for this Sasuke"
"The bastards a traitor who doesn't deserve another second's worth of life" Kiba spat out.
"My, my, that's a rather dark statement, mind filling me in?" Daichi asked.
"Hold it" Kakashi said, "Why are you so interested in this?"
"If by interested you mean 'What do I hope to gain?' then nothing, I could care less over a petty school yard squabble. I am merely curious"
"Schoolyard squabble" Shikamaru said, "MY FRIENDS NEARLY DIED OUT THERE AND YOU'RE CALLING THIS A SCHOOLYARD SQUABBLE?"
"Such is the life of a ninja, but your concern over your comrades is admirable, do not forget it" Daichi said.
Suddenly the doors to the operating room burst open as several unconscious medic-nin were wheeled out on beds.
"What's going on?" Daichi asked as he stood up.
A medic-nin stayed to answer, "The De-"
"Finish that word and I will strangle you with your own intestines" Daichi said darkly, "Now answer me"
"The Uzumaki boy's heart has started deteriorating, we can't stop it. The boy's bleeding into himself, plasma pills just aren't working and were completely out of Type-B Blood. At this rate the kid will die" the medic-nin said with a suppressed smirk.
"Keep up that smirk and it will be the last facial expression you ever make. Now move, I have a child to save" Daichi said as he removed his coat and tossed it onto the air where it disappeared in a haze of black mist then pushed past the medic-nin.
"Status Report!" Daichi called out as he entered the operating room.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE? THIS IS AN OPERATING ROOM FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!" Tsunade yelled.
"I am a trained medic-nin; I wish to lend my assistance. Now tell me what's going on?" Daichi said.
"His heart's breaking down for some reason; I can't get it to stop and were almost passed the point of it becoming irrecoverable. It's like he's burning from the inside out" Tsunade said.
"Then give him mine" Daichi said without hesitation.
"WHAT!" Tsunade exclaimed.
"I said to give him mine. Transplant my heart to save him" Daichi said.
"Are you mad! I am not going to kill you and take your heart" Tsunade said.
"You won't kill me" Daichi said.
Tsunade looked at Daichi like he was insane.
Daichi sighed and rolled his eyes then ran though a few hand signs. When his hands started glowing blue, Daichi slammed his hand onto his chest, just above his heart causing Tsunade's eyes to widen in horror. Next Daichi took out a kunai and stabbed himself at the top of his sternum and dragged it down and stopped just above his navel. Using his hands to pull his ribcage apart, Daichi reached in and pulled out a still beating heart.
"Use it" Daichi said. Several medic-nin fainted.
"H-How are you?" Shizune started but was cut off when a loud thump was heard followed by light sobs.
"Huh?" Shizune said as she turned around and saw Tsunade on the floor holding herself while she shook violently, "TSUNADE-SAMA!"
"What's wrong with her?" Daichi asked.
"She suffers from haemophobia, she's cured herself of it, but it sometimes acts up when there is a lot of blood" Shizune said.
"OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Slap some sense into her and go help the other boy, I'll handle things here" Daichi said.
Shizune nodded and helped a sobbing Tsunade to a chair.
"Honestly" Daichi said with a huff then turned his attention to three medic-nins, "You, you and you, help me with this procedure. You will do what I tell you, how I tell you and when I tell you. There will be no room for error and if any of you and I mean any of you do anything to compromise this boy's life, I will crucify you atop the Hokage Tower. Do I make myself clear?"
The three medic-nins nodded vigorously.
"Excellent" Daichi said before his pupils dilated, covering the entire expanse of his eyes in an abyss-like darkness, "Let us begin"
Several hours later, Daichi had completed the procedure and Naruto slept peacefully, a new heart granting his body life.
"Whew" Daichi said as he wiped his brow, suddenly his eyes widened as pain gripped his body causing him to buckle over slightly, "Argh! Shit I used up too much chakra!"
Daichi fell to his knees as the stress of not having a heart overcame his body, his face paled as his body started sweating profusely and blood began pouring out of his wound.
"SHIZUNE-SAMA!" one of the medic-nins cried out.
"What's happening?" Shizune asked then saw Daichi sitting in a growing puddle of his own blood.
"No heart...no blood. You do the math" Daichi rasped out with a weak chuckle.
"This is no time to be joking, you need help and I have no idea where to even begin" Shizune said through masked panic and hefted Daichi up and tried placing him on a chair.
"Wait!" Daichi said, "Back pocket...Blue Scroll...Unseal, hurry!"
Shizune did as she was told and looked confusingly at the bottles of blue liquid and what appeared to be nutrient bars in red wrapping.
"Feed...B-Bar...Help drink" Daichi muttered.
Shizune did just that and after two bottles and three bars were consumed, colour and clarity returned to Daichi.
"Thanks, I'm good" Daichi said.
"No you're not, you just tore your own heart out and yet you are still alive, how is that possible?" Shizune asked.
"I'll explain later" Daichi said, "As for the heart" he pulled his ribcage apart to show dense black chakra regulating his blood flow and acting like an artificial heart, "I have a temporary replacement, the heart itself will regenerate in about twenty four hours"
"H-How?" Shizune said incredulously.
"Like I said, I'll explain later" Daichi said then smirked, "Now do you mind, it's a bit chilly and my lungs are horribly sensitive"
Shizune blushed and stepped back then watched as Daichi closed up his ribcage and black tendrils stitched the wound shut.
Suddenly alarms went off and everyone in the room checked over Naruto's monitors but there was nothing out of the ordinary, which could only mean one thing.
"SHIZUNE GET YOUR ASS IN HERE NOW!" Tsunade yelled out.
"Oh for the love of chocolate" Daichi said in annoyance and followed Shizune to the next operating room though a set of side doors after he left a Kage Bunshin to guard Naruto.
"Now what?" Daichi said and saw Sasuke's body undergoing intense convulsions.
"HELP ME!" Tsunade shouted and she tried to restrain the boy.
Daichi frowned then performed two quick hand signs before several black tendrils wrapped themselves around Sasuke's arms legs and body.
"What happened?" Shizune asked.
"I don't know. I just finished putting his stomach back together and went to fix the whiplash trauma on his neck, he suddenly started seizing" Tsunade said.
"Um, sorry about the stomach and the neck, that was my fault" Daichi said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"You burst his stomach" Tsunade said.
"Oops" Daichi said, "Guess I over did it on the self defence"
"Clearly" Tsunade said, "Now help me find out what's wrong with him before he ends up with brain damage"
Daichi frowned again then sent chakra to his eyes and said, "Mukogan!" before his pupils dilated to black orbs.
"There is a seal on his neck that's releasing some strange enzyme into his body. From the looks of things it probably broke down into a toxic substance when you tried to heal his neck" Daichi said then took out a red scroll and unsealed the contents to reveal a bottle of ink, a brush and several thin strips of paper.
"Hold him down while I remove the seal" Daichi said and used a kunai to cut the boy's shirt open.
Next he inscribed thin lines of seals in a vertical and horizontal pattern until a three by four square grid was formed and within each square the names of the Chinese Zodiac was inscribed.
After the seals were inscribed, Daichi performed several strange hand seals and called out what appeared to be the name for each seal, "Rin! Pyou! Tou! Shah! Kai! Jin! Retsu! Zai! Zen!"
The grid on Sasuke's stomach started glowing a soft blue as the tomoe marks on Sasuke's shoulder rotated until the tips joined at the centre and merged to form a single black circle. Next Daichi placed a strip of paper over the circle and wrote several symbols before pumping some chakra into it. The seals flashed blue for a moment causing Daichi to smile and peel away the paper showing bare skin and the black circle on the side of the paper that was in contact with Sasuke's skin. Finally Daichi blew a small puff of fire at the paper, burning it to ashes.
"How did you do that?" Shizune said with awe.
Daichi smirked, "Now that is a secret" then left to check on Naruto.
Half an hour later, Daichi stepped out of the operating room to tell those who were waiting what had happened, while Tsunade and Shizune wrapped up their treatment of Naruto and Sasuke.
"How are they?" Kakashi asked.
"Naruto's surgery was a success but he's not out of the woods yet. I need to stay with him and help regulate his chakra so that his body can adapt to his new heart and not reject it" Daichi said.
"New heart? What happened to his old one?" Kiba asked.
"It was damaged beyond repair, but we were able to get a replacement" Daichi said.
"Replacement? Then that means... that...Sasuke..." Shikamaru trailed off.
"Huh? Oh he's fine there was a minor incident when this weird seal on his neck started poisoning him, but that was easily fixed when I removed it" Daichi said with a smile.
No one expressed any sign of relief.
"Wait, you removed the cursed seal?" Kakashi asked with disbelief.
"Yes, I did. Why, was it important?" Daichi asked.
"No, no, I'm just glad it was finally removed. It was placed on Sasuke by an enemy of Konoha in an attempt to lure him with power and it probably would have worked if you had not stepped in" Kakashi said.
"Glad I could be of service. Now if you don't mind, I have a blond boy to keep alive. I suggest you go home and get some sleep. You can come visit him in the morning, he won't have woken up yet, but I can give you an update on how he's doing" Daichi said.
Just then the doors to the operating room opened and everyone saw Naruto and Sasuke being wheeled out by Tsunade and Shizune.
All the Genins looked upon Naruto's sleeping figure with happiness and relief; no one looked at Sasuke which didn't go unnoticed by Kakashi, Gai and Daichi.
"Well I'm going to go check up on Lee. What about you Kakashi?" Gai said as he placed a hand on the silver haired Jounin's shoulder.
"I'm going to go keep an eye on Naruto" Kakashi said then looked at Daichi, "I hope you don't take offence"
"Not at all, in fact I'd be more offended if you didn't. Besides I'd prefer if someone close to the boy was present as a third party since I need to place several temporary seals that will make it easier for his body to accept his new heart" Daichi said.
"Very well then, I shall see you in the morning" Gai said and left.
"Shall we?" Daichi asked and led Kakashi to Naruto's room.
When they entered Naruto's room, Kakashi and Daichi saw that Tsunade and Shizune were waiting for them.
"We need to talk" Tsunade said in a tone that left no room for argument.
"Would you settle for a clone? I really need to get started on Naruto's treatment, the longer we wait the likelihood of tissue rejection increases" Daichi said.
"Very well" Tsunade said.
Daichi performed two quick hand seals and said, "Kage Shimo Bunshin no Jutsu"
Immediately dark frost began forming next to Daichi and crept upwards until it formed the figure of a man until it faded to reveal a clone of Daichi next to him.
The audience that were currently conscious raised an eyebrow at the nature of the clone before the clone nodded to Tsunade and gestured towards the door.
"The clone is similar to a Kage Bunshin, so anything you discuss, I will gain the memories of later" Daichi said.
"Thank you" Tsunade said and left with Shizune and the clone in tow.
Once they left, Daichi pulled up a chair next to Naruto's bed and positioned it such that it was facing the wall then sat down.
"What are you doing?" Kakashi asked in a somewhat questioning, somewhat threatening tone.
"I am placing seal on myself and Naruto so that I can monitor his body" Daichi said as he unsealed his ink bottle and brush and began to write seals on his left arm before doing the same to Naruto's, "It will give me detailed information that will make it easier to regulate his chakra and speed up the body's acceptance of the heart"
After the seals were inscribed, Daichi held Naruto's hand in a hand shake and moulded chakra to activate the seals. The large symbol on the back of Daichi's hand flashed orange for a second before it morphed several times over the course of a minute then picked up speed and continued morphing in a repeating pattern at an almost untraceable rate.
After twenty minutes Daichi felt his clone dispel and frowned at the information. Shortly after Tsunade and Shizune re-entered the room.
"Kakashi, go get Jiraiya NOW!" Tsunade said.
"Can't we do this when Naruto's awake, it will save us all the hassle" Daichi said as he tilted his head as far back as he could in order to look Tsunade in the eye.
"No, we do this now" Tsunade said then glared at Kakashi who quickly jumped out the window.
"Fine" Daichi sighed in defeat, "Could we at least change the position of Naruto's bed so it doesn't look like I'm talking to a wall or have to strain my neck until it stays like that?"
"Fine" Tsunade said as both she and Shizune helped Daichi rotate the bed such that Daichi could now stay by Naruto's side and still see most of the room.
"While we're waiting, would you mind telling me who this Jiraiya is? I know I've heard his name somewhere before, but I can't seem to place my finger on it" Daichi said with a thoughtful look.
"Ha, ha, the man's an old pervert that taught the Yondaime Hokage everything he knew about Sealing" Tsunade said with a bit of pride.
"And who was the Yondaime Hokage? Forgive my ignorance, but I come from a very distant country so news from this part of the world doesn't reach us very often" Daichi said with a slightly embarrassed smile.
"Not a problem, the Yondaime Hokage was a man by the name of Namikaze Minato" Tsunade said.
"HE TAUGHT MINATO-NII-CHAN!" Daichi said with a slightly louder voice than necessary and wide eyes.
"Nii-chan!" Tsunade and Shizune exclaimed.
"Oh sorry, sorry" Daichi said as he realised his slip of the tongue, "An old habit, you see my father and I visited Konohagakure some fifteen years ago and stayed here for about six months. During that time, my father befriended Minato and I developed a habit of calling him Nii-chan. He would captivate to no end when he would show me all these tricks he could do with sealing techniques and actually gave me my first book on Fuin Jutsu that eventually led me to becoming the Seal Master I am today"
"Well you clearly displayed your skills in the operating room" Shizune said.
"Why thank you" Daichi said with a light bow of the head then showed a more sombre expression, "But if you don't mind me asking, what happened to him?"
"He sacrificed himself around thirteen years ago in order to protect this village" Tsunade said in a saddened tone of voice.
"Does this have anything with Naruto being the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune?" Daichi said with a more serious tone.
"How di-" Tsunade started but was cut off when Daichi raised his palm to stop her then said, "I know because I could sense it and as to why I could, I will explain when Kakashi-san and this Jiraiya person arrive"
Just then Kakashi came through the window.
"Ah, speak of the devil and he shall appear" Daichi said with an amused smirk.
Following Kakashi, a man with long white hair came through the window and asked, "Who said something about a 'Sexy Devil'?"
"Cram it Jiraiya, now is not the time" Tsunade said with a growl while Daichi chuckled.
"It never is with you, Tsunade-hime" Jiraiya said as she ducked a punch from the Slug Sannin.
"So what's the reason you called me Tsunade-hime and why is there an unknown person holding Naruto's hand? Is there something I'm not privy to?" the toad sage said with a lecherous grin.
Daichi started laughing, "Fear not Jiraiya-san, this boy's innocence is intact. Holding his hand merely helps me monitor his vitals while his body get used to his new heart"
"New heart! What the hell happened out there!" Jiraiya said with repressed indignation.
"I'll bring you up to speed later, but for now this man has a lot of explaining to do" Tsunade said while gesturing to Daichi.
"Well I guess there is only so much you can do in order to stall for time" Daichi said as he sat up straight and crossed one leg over the other giving off an air of importance, "My name is Sanzai Daichi, Nanadaime Jigokukage of Jigokugakure no Sato and the Jinchuriki of the Juubi no Kage Shimo Okami"
Author's Notes
Yay welcome to the inauguration for my new story Jigokugakure no Sato. Now before you decide to flame me (and I know some of you will) please hold your opinions until after I release chapter two as that will properly explain EVERYTHING. I plan to make this a Pseudo-Crossover FF with majority of the more permanent characters coming from Bleach with minor appearances made by characters from other animes and games. So let me know what you think and please kind. If you want to chew me out, please do it after you read chapter two. At least then you will have a proper overview of the story and will be able to make a more informed opinion.
Jutsu-Jutsu no Jutsu
Kage Shimo Bunshin - Shadow Frost Clone, shares similar properties to Kage Bunshins such as the transfer of experience after being dispelled.
Mukogan - Void Eyes, I decided to give my OC this ability from my other FF 'Naruto of Whirlpool' and will probably write it off as a Kekkei Genkai instead of a borrowed ability.
The grid that was painted on Sasuke as well as the seals and syllables used is part of a style of divination called Onmyodo. Search for Kuji-in on Wikipedia to get an idea of what the hand seals look like. The addition of the Chinese Zodiac Symbols was an improvisation on my part. The main OC will use several styles of sealing and combat found outside the Naruto Universe and will be explained in later chapters.
Jigokugakure no Sato - Village Hidden in Hell, sounds nice doesn't it.
Juubi no Kage Shimo Okami - Ten-tailed Shadow Frost Wolf
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