"Thou art I" Persona speech

"Thou art I" persona thought

[Suiton: suiryudan] jutsu release

"Persona!" normal speak

"What?" thought/mind speak

"Maragi!" demon/Shadow

Chapter 1: Who is my true self?

What do you think is your true self? Is it the you every day? Or the you only other people know? Or is it the you that only that you know? The one that's beneath all the acts and masks you have or ever done. These were the thoughts not many would have in their minds, but these questions are what this one asks the most.

No one knows this better than Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and this is how his story begins..

"who am I really"

Why am I hearing the ocean?

I remember falling asleep in my bed so maybe it's a dream.

I blearily open my eyes and look around. I was on a boat, that much I could tell from the rocking and the sound of the sea. All around the boat was a really thick fog that I couldn't see through. I looked at the boat to see it looked like one that an extremely wealthy person would own. I look up to see a night sky with more stars than I have ever seen with a full moon in the center. I could make out the constellations of stars that lay before me up above, Corvus, Lyra, and even Cepheus.

I look in front of me to see a short man in a suit with a long nose sitting in a chair. A girl that looked around 15 was standing next to him wearing a dark blue short dress with chin length pale blond hair, a bang covering one of her golden eyes. The man opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room"

Velvet Room? What is that? Am I still dreaming?

The man must have seen my panic and held up a hand.

"Do not be alarmed. You are still in your bed, sleeping. We are speaking through your dreams. Now, what is your name?"

It took a moment to register what he asks of me before I answered.

"Naruto Nam- "

I was going to say Namikaze but I decided not to. The old man was waiting for me to finished

"…Uzumaki. Naruto Uzumaki"

The man grinned "What a marvelous name. My name is Igor. I am here to help you on your coming quest"

"Quest? What do you mean?" I asked, curious of what he means.

"Where you are…. a great threat will appear, a threat that no one else will see but a select few. You will be the one who guides them to resolving this threat. It will be… intriguing to watch" Igor explained.

"What is the threat?" I questioned.

"It is a threat that has come multiple times. There were those that rose and stopped them, yet the world is unaware. Now, it is your turn. But do not worry, you will meet others with the power to stop it"

Igor then gestured to the girl "I seem to have forgotten to introduce my assistant, Mary"

Mary nodded slightly "Pleasure to make your acquaintance" he nodded at her before returning his gaze back to Igor

"Tell me young Naruto, do you believe in fortune-telling?" Igor asked as the two finished their friendly handshake and laced his fingers back together.

"I guess…"

"It just so happens to be a specialty of mine," Igor told the boy before he placed his hand in the middle of the glass table. The strange man then swung his arm out and there were several cards all face down before Naruto. "All my fortune-telling is done using the same cards. And yet, the results are always different," Igor explained. "Life works very much the same way, no? Now then, pick out one of these cards to reveal," he asked of his guest.

Naruto thoughtfully eyed the cards in front of him. With a hesitant hand, he flipped over one of the cards to reveal a stylized picture of a tower being destroyed.

"Ah, the Tower Arcana, this card represents the immediate future and foretells of a great catastrophe," the fortuneteller explained. "Now, please select another card."

Like last time, Naruto was a bit hesitant but flipped over another card. This card was a golden moon with an emerald green background.

"Hmmm… The Moon, this card is crossroads, and mystery," Igor said sounding very intrigued by the cards Naruto has chosen. "I see, in the near future you will encounter a disaster that will impose our mystery upon you, and the choices you make in trying to solve this mystery will greatly affect the lives of those around you. Very interesting." Igor closed his eyes to ponder for a moment what all of this could mean. Naruto was left feeling confused. "Well, there is only one more question we need answered as of tonight, Naruto, please choose another card," Igor asked once again of the young man.

Naruto's eyes turned back to the cards in front of him and thought for a moment which cards he should choose, but before he knew it his hand was already on one of said cards, he turned it over and revealed a picture of a strange and confused looking man with a small dog behind him, and bag over his shoulder.

"Interesting… So that is the form your power has taken…" Igor said it gently rubbing his chin.

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Naruto asked curiosly.

"Your power, which currently lies dormant within you, has chosen to follow the path of the fool, to draw power from the number zero," Igor explained.

"What does that mean?"

" It means that your power is like the number zero, empty, and yet holds infinite possibilities," Igor further explained to the confused looking young Naruto.

The world around him started to fade.

"It would seem that you are waking up. We will meet again once you have unlocked your power. Until next time Naruto Uzumaki"

Igor nodded and everything disappeared.

At that moment Naruto woke up in his own bed. The sunlight shine through his blinds, he opens his curtains to see the sun shining upon the hokage monument. He looked upon the faces carved into the monument until he stopped at the fourth. It was a face similar to his own, it was the face of the fourth hokage Minato Namikaze, his father.

Naruto sighs, it was another day, an another day of his family ignoring his existence. Not that he cared anymore.

He stopped trying two years ago.

Alright that's the start of my new story! Sorry if you guys wanted more of Aquaos but I wanted to get this one up and running. To be honest this one was stuck in my head, so well here it is. From what your all expecting Naruto is the fool in the beginning of his journey.

so here is where I'm placing his social links. You can either vote for a naruto character or maybe make a oc. Your decision, just letting you know if you choose to make a oc. I'm only taking 3 ocs.

Naruto Uzumaki

Magician - ?

Priestess - ?

Empress - ?

Emperor - ?

Hierophant - ?

Lover - ? ?

Chariot - ?

Justice - ?

Hermit - ?

Fortune - ?

Strength - ?

Hangman - ?

Death - ?

Temperance - ?

Devil - ?

Tower - ?

Star - ?

Moon - ?