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Night had just settled in Konoha and a light breeze went through the village. It was an ideal night for anyone, there was hardly any noise, the temperature was even a nice warm 80 degrees. It was a nice night especially for one Uzumaki Naruto.
He'd pulled off a clean heist the night before and now he was sitting on his apartment roof thinking about everything he'd managed to get. A new sword, new shuriken, new kunai, all of which were made with chakra conductive metal, and a new flak jacket.
The Uzumaki was on the up and up in life, he just needed to learn how to use all his new equipment and better his chakra control. The control had gotten better over the year but he probably only had control of a genin.
Well he did have the control of a genin as the exercises he used were for genin. Over the last few days, Naruto had adopted sleeveless wear be they tank tops or sleeveless hoodies. Currently he was wearing a sleeveless hoodie.
The smoke user flexed his arms and two long smoke clouds came out. Both turned horizontal and went into his lap before materializing. If Naruto was honest, he'd never really studied the old katana he kept in his arm. He sure as hell hadn't studied the newer one either.
Deciding that it was overdue, he grabbed the old one and stared at it. Starting at the top of the scabbard, he moved down and noticed that there was no detail on the thing. It was a simple black scabbard and that was that.
Moving to the tsuba(guard), he looked at the solid black circle with disinterest until the moonlight caught onto a fire pattern moving around the circle. Naruto blinked at the coincidence before moving to the handle.
The Ito(wrapping) was a standard black and the Same (under cloth or rayskin) was a blood red color. The Kashira(pommel) was the same black as the tsuba. Naruto turned the sword vertically and held the Kashira to the moonlight to check for any hidden engravings.
The boy saw something glinting in the light but the pommel was too dirty for him to distinguish it. After spitting on it and wiping it on his hoodie, he still couldn't see it so he gave up. Placing the old sword down, he grabbed his new one.
It had the same plain black scabbard and the tsuba was the same black circle but with the wave engraving. The Ito was the same black and the Same was changed for a dark blue. The Kashira was the exact same as well. When holding the sword vertically, he noticed something glinting on it's Kashira as well.
"It's like these two swords are in a set." Naruto said before something clicked. Securing both blades, he jumped down from the roof and walked into his apartment. After placing both swords on his desk and turning on the light, he moved to the kitchen for a can of polish he used on the metal fridge.
Once finding it, he returned with a cloth to clean the Kashira. After wiping both down pretty well, he turned them both vertical. After getting his eyes to focus, he noticed a pattern on both Kashira.
"No….It couldn't be." Naruto said, looking at the two swirls. "In the book it said that Uzumaki swords always have two swirls located on them." Naruto recited to himself while yanking the scabbard off both.
When they were placed side by side on the desk, Naruto noticed something. The old katana wasn't it's normal black blade, It was a blood red blade. "The swords are seal enhanced. They're connected somehow." Kyuubi said from Naruto's mind.
The Uzumaki was shocked that Kyuubi was interested in something for once. He quickly got out his shock and flipped both swords to where the edge pointed at him. He cursed himself for his earlier blindness as the two swirls were quite present on the Habaki(blade collar).
As he looked at the two blades, the redhead noticed that they were beginning to deepen in color. Their colored blades were getting darker and moving towards a purple. Right before they reached the color purple, they flashed white.
"Grab onto them both now!" Kyuubi shouted. Naruto, figuring they were gonna disappear or something, grabbed them both by the hilt. When he did, he was pulled somewhere within his mind.
*Unknown*
Naruto opened his eyes and looked around him. He was in what seemed to be a throne room if the giant throne said anything. Suddenly, a man appeared on the throne. He was an elderly man, who had long, white hair, a moustache, and a squared-off goatee. He also wore bluish armor.
Under this, he wore a long-sleeved, black outfit, the shoulders of which bore the crest of Uzushiogakure. On his back, were what appears to be the curved handles of two swords. He also wore a forehead protector with the Uzumaki swirl.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked while noticing that both of his hands were still wrapped around the two swords. "My name is Uzumaki Ashina. I was the clan head of the Uzumaki during the creation of Konoha. Your name would be appreciated." The man said.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Where are we? Did you use some kind of fuinjutsu to seal your soul in these swords?" The white haired man simply smiled at that. "Indeed I did. I was to be brought out whenever both swords were wielded by a direct descendant. Do tell me, who is the clan head these days?" Ashina asked, slightly curious. "No one, the Uzumaki clan was wiped out years ago. I'm one of the few that remain." Naruto answered.
"Did those Konoha bastards finally betray us? I knew I shouldn't have given them my Mito-chan as a gift." The old man cursed. "No, Kumo, Suna, and Iwa banded together to lay siege to Uzushio. From what I was told, it took them weeks to finally break through. This was over 20 years ago now."
Ashina nodded proudly at how long it took them to break through. "Where are you then? Kiri? We always had a good relationship with them." Naruto shook his head. "I'm currently in Konoha. I've been training to escape so I can go to my only relative in Kiri."
Ashina snorted. "Let me guess, they don't want the Uzumaki genes to leave Konoha." Naruto shook his head again as he felt Kyuubi break in. "It's because of me." The giant fox said, appearing behind Naruto.
"I'm the third jinchuuriki of the furball here. They won't let their weapon leave that easily." Kyuubi moved to bite down onto Naruto as he turned to smoke and drifted away. Ashina seemed very surprised at this.
"So that's what your other half is. I would have never expected you to be an Iburi clan member as well." The old leader said. Naruto raised an eyebrow, asking for an explanation. "I knew you were a half blooded Uzumaki the moment you touched my swords. Your other half has to be Iburi as that's the only clan I know that can turn into smoke at will."
Right as Naruto was going to ask the old man more, Kyuubi spoke. "Get to the point old man. Why did you pull my container in here with your swords?" Ashina grinned at the old fox. "Those swords were supposed to be passed down from clan head to clan head. The seals in them summon me whenever a direct descendent touches them both so I can teach them how to use the swords."
The old man reached onto his back and retrieved two copies of Naruto's swords. "It's time to learn the Nin-Ken-Uzu. It is a sword style that combines ninjutsu with kenjutsu and whirlpool motions thrown in to suck the opponent in or to create a stronger chakra surge." He raised the blue sword and started spinning it in small circles with his wrist.
He stopped after a few spins and thrust it forward. A jet of water shot out and went through one of the pillars. "That is a beginner's move known as Mizu Funsha. There's also the Hi Funsha and Futton Funsha which are also beginner's moves. Anyways, we have to get this started. I will be giving you goals to reach before our next meeting. There will be a day or so between each session as the swords must regain chakra for me to use."
Naruto grew a grin along with the fox behind him, creating a terrifying image.
*2 years later*
Naruto looked at himself in his mirror. He had a black tank top on, a pair of dark blue shorts, and his normal blue sandals. His arm and leg warmers still sat in their place although with a higher weight. Today marked his first day in the academy and the first day that Ashina would start teaching him the Funsha.
The boy looked at himself in the mirror for a second longer before grabbing his backpack and leaving the apartment. One good thing about going to the academy was that he could waste the day away until nighttime.
The redhead reached the academy in a few minutes and walked in, ignoring all the parent's glares. Heading down the long hallway, he reached his classroom and walked in. He was surprised to find himself to be one of the first in there.
In the rafter style desks, a black haired boy sat in the front row and a certain lazy girl sat in the back. The Uzumaki decided to sit with the one he actually knew and plopped down into the seat beside his sleeping friend.
"If you're gonna fake sleep, at least try not to twitch every time someone moves." The redhead said, earning a grunt from the female. "I didn't know that you were so perceptive." Amaya said. "Yeah well I didn't know that you hide emotions either." Before she could question him, more students walked in with their instructor.
"Ohayo class, my name is Umino Iruka and I will be teaching you during your time at this academy. Our first lesson will be about the Hokage. Starting with our Shodaime, does anyone know his name?"
The boring class had just started and they'd have to suffer for 2 years before they could get into real shinobi training.
*Lunch time*
Unlike other schools, they ate lunch wherever they wanted, be it outside, on the roof, or in their classroom. Right now, Naruto was sitting at the back of the classroom while eating some ramen. Most of the class was eating in the room as well if the chatter told anything.
When Naruto reached for his drink, he had to move his hand to the side as a shadow rose from in front of it. Looking up, the male saw Amaya giving him a serious look. "I assume that's the mutation then." Naruto said to himself while standing.
"Go ahead and lead me to wherever." The two clan members left the room but not before a certain blonde loud mouth saw it. She decided to follow them and did so until they got to the roof.
Although she didn't notice, a small cloud of smoke flew into her open mouth. Once inside, it turned back to its true form of sleeping agent. The moment it went down her throat and into her system, she fell asleep.
When the two Kekkei Genkai holders got to the roof and stood across from each other, Naruto took the time to look at Amaya's outfit. The girl was wearing a light blue t-shirt,with the Nara symbol above the heart, a long black skirt, and some sandals.
"So what do you want?" Naruto asked, placing his hands behind his head and plastering a smile. "I want to know what you meant earlier by me hiding emotions." Naruto didn't move for a few seconds until his arms fell and so did his smile.
"I meant that you're hiding your true emotions, mostly rage and sadness but emotions nonetheless." Amaya kept a lazy face until he finished his sentence then it shifted to a small frown.
"I guess it's true that people with masks can detect other masks, huh?" The redhead nodded at her statement. "So is that it?" The female Nara glared at him slightly. "You plan to leave the village don't you?"
The confusion on Naruto's face was real. How the hell did she know that? "Where'd you get that idea from?" The Uzumaki asked. "The fact that you hide your abilities and emotions. Plus, I doubt you want to stay in the village that tormented you all these years." Naruto was just curious at this point.
"And what abilities are these? As far as I know I haven't even unlocked my chakra yet." The female smirked at him. "I remember you turning to smoke a few years ago, I believe it was at the time of a robbery as well. Also, you did something to knock Ino out just now."
Naruto chuckled slightly. "I guess that was my first robbery, I couldn't properly sense back then." Amaya sat down onto the roof. "Could you explain how your smoke abilities work? I believe they're a lot like my shadows."
Naruto sat down across from her. "I can obviously turn my body into smoke but I can also turn other objects into smoke and store them in my body." At this point he sent out a shuriken in smoke form that turned back to normal in Amaya's hand.
"I've also found out that I have complete control over any smoke that comes from cigarettes, fires, or smoke bombs. I think there's a certain chemical that I control but I don't know it." The Nara nodded at him.
"Seems a lot like my Shadows. I can completely control shadows the way you control smoke, I didn't think about trying to store things in my body's shadow though." She said while giving him a shadow shuriken.
"Do they stay solid after a while?" Naruto asked while holding the shuriken between two fingers. "They have to be reattached to a shadow or I have to put more chakra into them within 30 minutes of forming. It's gonna save me a lot of money in the long run." The ravenette said.
"So, what are you going to do with this information?" Naruto asked, flinging the shadow shuriken in the air and catching it. "Join you." Naruto was so surprised, he forgot to grab the shuriken and it stuck into his thigh.
"Son of a bitch." Naruto cursed, quickly pulling the projectile out his shorts. "I just got these too." He said, glaring at the small blood stain on them. "You mean you just stole them?" Amaya asked, earning the brunt of his glare.
"What do you mean by joining me?" He asked while rubbing at the wound. "I mean joining you while leaving the village. I have to leave or I'll be turned into a breeding stock by my clan. My 13th birthday marks the day that I'll be taken to start."
The redhead across from her grimaced before shaking his head. "That isn't right in any way." Silence hung between the two for a little. "I'll let you join me but you'll have to train with me. We won't be able to escape Konoha at our current level since they'll most likely send ANBU.
Speaking of ANBU, my detail never showed up today." Naruto said, reaching his senses out. He quietly thanked Kami because he'd completely forgotten them when showing Amaya his smoke.
"Anyways, I'll go ahead and start planning this out. Tonight once your parents are asleep, get dressed and meet me on Akari's roof. We're gonna need to steal you some gear." Naruto said, clapping his hands together.
The boy stood up and a cloud of smoke floated out his hand into the air. "What're you doing?" Amaya asked. "I have to go back to my house and change my shorts. I'm checking to see how strong the wind is since if the wind is too strong then I'll be blown away and die. Oh, when you get home, try and see if you can store things in your shadows." The redhead said before dispersing into smoke.
As the boy floated away, Amaya sighed and walked back into the building. When she got into the stairwell, the Nara noticed the unconscious Yamanaka. "She deserves that for being so nosy." Amaya said, walking down to the classroom.
*That night*
It was around 11 and Amaya sat atop Akari's shop. She'd been waiting for a few minutes at most whenever the cloud of smoke drifted in. It formed into a shirtless Naruto causing her to look at him like he was crazy.
"You do know it's at least 50 out here right?" She asked while hugging in her sweater. "I don't get cold. Plus I need to be shirtless so I can access all my stuff." The boy said, earning an eye roll.
"Alrighty then. So, I can store things in my shadows but the size is limited, I can't fit anything bigger than a desk in there." Naruto nodded at her while looking across the street. Whenever Amaya joined him, she saw what she guessed the target to be.
"You want to rob them? You know there's two retired jounin in there right?" She asked. Naruto just waved her off. "Neither of them are sensors, one's a medic ninja and the other is a ninjutsu specialist. We'll be fine as long as we don't make noise."
"We got a shopping list?" The girl asked, her usual lazy tone back in place. "Yep. We need to find you a kunai set, a shuriken set, a backpack, some weights, some arm/ leg warmers, and anything else that catches your eye. Just follow my lead and we'll be perfectly fine." The Uzumaki pulled on a mask and threw one at the Nara to wear.
After she put it on, he turned to smoke and drifted to the front door. The boy solidified his hand and slightly pushed at the glass over the door. It was a small window that they used for better ventilation. Once the window was open, he drifted in and changed back to human form.
Out of his shadow, Amaya appeared. "You grab whatever you want and a backpack, I got the rest of the list." Naruto said, moving towards the main counter while pulling out his backpack. It only took him a few minutes to get everything so he went to go see what Amaya was doing.
He saw her on the book side of the store, stuffing many of them into her bag. Once she was done there, she moved to the clothing section. It only took her a few more minutes to grab what she wanted.
They both met up at the door and escaped using their respective Kekkei Genkai.