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A Shadow's Path
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by Kwan Tran
Copyrighted © 2004
-note-
—I do not own any of the original Naruto names
—For the translation I got for Naruto, instead of "shinobi", it was "ninja" instead so I will be using "ninja" for this story.
—Like the show, names will be LAST FIRST, instead of the American FIRST LAST.
—In chapter 5, the ending is totally different from the others. Something new that I added.
—and please review (and please add your suggestions and stuff. Do not write a review saying how horrible it is, but write what I need to improve on)!
— Fortuately, I have a great friend, temjinxzarron, who went through my story and told me how to fix it, so I fixed it by adding things that are happening to our wonderful character, Naruto, and the evil psycho, Gaara. Hope this makes it better!
-end note-
-brief explanation-
This is basically the Naruto series re-written by me. The difference is that there is a new country (besides Sound) when entering the Chuuin exam. All is this will be focused around the characters of the new country not around Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke as in the episode. Eventually they meet up and some stuff happens. Well…enjoy reading!
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Chapter 1: A Shadow is Born
Years before there was even a trace of human existence, creatures lived on the world, demons, neutral creatures, and goodly creatures. They lived on the land as if humans would. The demons and goodly creatures occasionally battled each other while the neutral watches and joins the winning side.
Among the demons were Kurohyou (means Black Panther) and Kyuubi, the strongest of the demons. Both of them were very good allies. The alliance eventually became friendship. The duo became incredible.
They went through the world conquering and showing their power. The demons could only obey to the strength. Thus, this was the only time where the demons were united, but under one common thing, fear of Kurohyou and Kyuubi.
The goodly creatures saw the growing evil and were forced to act. They fought and attempted to break the demons, but they could not. The demons were too great.
One day, the goodly creatures were able to capture a demon; a deal was made. In exchange for the life of the demon, it would cooperate. An ambush occurred.
Kurohyou and Kyuubi were ambushed by the traitorous demon and the goodly creatures. Kyuubi was killed and his spirit sealed away (only to come back again), but Kurohyou escaped with a horrible wound. He fled.
He fled far away, into lands no other creature has ever ventured to. There, he stopped and died. His body, Chakra, and spirit was left buried into the earth, but his black blood flowed through the area, creating an eternal darkness to the land.
The demons disbanded and there was balance once again. Eventually, all of the creatures disappeared leaving only the land. These creatures are the summons of today's summoning techniques.
Years passed with no actual intelligent being in the world. Then, humans appeared. Time passed again as the humans grew and evolved, and ninjas were born.
These humans began to form groups which grew into nations. A few years before the Ninja Wars, a group of people ventured into the far distant unknown land, the land of darkness.
There, the ventures stopped and began to settle. They grew into a country of their own, the Country of Darkness. Ninjas also grew and became powerful. The ninjas were formed at the Hidden Village Shadou.
The darkness was the foundation of the country. The darkness became a tool for the ninjas and most techniques were based on the darkness. Even the Chakra of the country was black, like the Chakra of Kurohyou.
It was peaceful. No one knew of their existence; the country never became involved with the Ninja Wars. But the peace was eventually stopped for a brief moment.
The spirit of Kurohyou began to arise. It arose to a normal sized panther with enormous power. The ninjas could barely defend themselves. Kurohyou was then captured once again by the country's strongest ninja known as the Shadow Master. His name was Noburu. The spirit had to be sealed into a newborn child immediately. It was a full moon.
A boy was chosen. He was born the night before to the noble family of Shadou, the Shadow Clan. The sealer had to give his life to seal the demon. Only the Shadow Master was strong enough to even complete the seal. He gave his life.
The demon was sealed and Noburu died. His body and spirit turned into a black shadow and enveloped around the baby and then disappeared. The spirit of the Shadow Master will forever protect the boy from danger at the spirit's will (the boy can still be hurt if the spirit chooses not to protect the boy).
The baby gave a yawn and fell asleep with his mother cradling him in her arms and the father watching and holding his wife. The boy's name is Shadow Kwan.
-Meanwhile in the SandVillage-
A little baby was born. It wailed like any baby would. His father stood by and began to complete a set of seals and a layer of sand circled around the baby.
The mother watched as her son became something she did not wish. She gave his name and then died.
The boy fell asleep not knowing his dark future that lay ahead of him.
-Meanwhile in Konoha-
A little baby was crying in a basket surrounded by a few ninjas. There was only candles to light the area.
A man walked over and completed a set of seals and then thrust his hand at the baby's stomach. Red chakra enveloped the boy and then disappeared. The man then fell over, dead. A spiral mark was left on the baby's stomach.
The boy fell asleep, not knowing what great fate that lay ahead of him.
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end of chapter 1! Please review! I know it doesn't explain a lot, but the story will develop as I make more chapters!