Son of the Suns
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own the works of Rick Riordan or Kishimoto-sensei.
This story is inspired by SoulReaperCrewe's crossovers in this category.
It was the night of the Kyuubi Festival in Konohagakure. There was no moon in the sky that night, but the Shinobi and civilians did not let that detract from their festivities, for this was the celebration that honored the defeat of the Kyuubi no Kitsune at the hands of the Yondaime Hokage. Every year, the villagers threw a grand festival and partied long into the night, but despite all of this, there was one Shinobi that never enjoyed the festivities.
In the shadows of an alleyway, a blond teen was hiding inside a dumpster, trying to keep quiet so that the villagers would not find him. Why was he hiding from the villagers you ask? Well he was not a criminal or a troublemaker…well sometimes that last one, but the villagers always tormented him on the night of this festival. The reason for this, was because of a great burden he had been tasked with bearing since the day of his birth, which happened to be the same day of the festival.
You see, the Kyuubi was a massive being of powerful chakra, and such a being could not be killed or contained by normal means, so the Yondaime used a powerful seal to imprison the beast with in an infant child. That child was Naruto. Because of this, the villagers would add an extra event to the Festival, which they dubbed, the Fox Hunt.
As the name implied, it involved the villagers chasing down the young Naruto, trying to 'finish the Yondaime's work.'
"Crap," muttered Naruto as he huddled in the dumpster, "why does this always happen?"
His breath caught in throat as several Kunai pierced through the dumpster with paper-bombs attached to them, forcing the blond Shinobi to make a hand seal and leap from the dumpster as it erupted in flames.
"There he is!" yelled the Chunin that had thrown the Kunai, "After him!"
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" yelled Naruto as he created a dozen copies in an attempt to slow down the mob so he could escape.
Things were looking dark for Naruto that night, but one must always remember, the night will always end, and the Sun will rise to dispel the darkness with its light.
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Apollo, Greek god of the Sun, sat on the stone head of the Yondaime Hokage looking out at the village with a nostalgic smile. The Greek god had been to the Elemental Nations many years before, but back then, he had not been the person he was now.
It had began when Apollo had, in an act of arrogance, cast madness upon the Giant hunter Orion, causing his death at the hands of a scorpion sent by Gaia. To teach his son a lesson, Zeus had cast Apollo out of Olympus and into the Elemental Nations with his powers bound, leaving him in the form of a human child.
Taking the name, Minato Namikaze, Apollo made a life for himself in this new land, becoming a Shinobi of Konoha and eventually falling in love with a fiery redheaded Kunoichi named Kushina Uzumaki. In this new world, Apollo had found love that he had not felt since he had met the naiad Daphne, and, after a while, Kushina began to return his affections, leading them to conceive a child. He even regained some of his old powers, thanks to Kushina's skill with her clan's Fūinjutsu, allowing him to gain the title of Yellow Flash, due to the application of those skills.
Unfortunately, this happy life was not to last, as Minato had been elected to replace Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Yondaime Hokage, and on the night of his son's birth, the Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked the Hidden Village that had become his second home. Minato knew he had to seal the Kyuubi in an infant child, and, having learned humility and compassion during his time here, he knew that he could never ask another family to sacrifice their own child, so he called upon the Shinigami of this world to take his soul in exchange for sealing the Kyuubi into his son, Naruto.
Upon the completion of the seal, Minato expected to find himself in the stomach of the so called "death god" but instead opened his eyes and found himself in the throne room of Olympus, a god once more. Zeus explained to the bewildered god that, upon committing a selfless act of sacrifice for the village, the binding placed upon his powers was gone and he had become a god again. Apollo begged Zeus to send him back so he could save his wife, but the Lord of Olympus informed him that the passageway between the worlds would not open again for many years.
And so, the Sun god waited, waiting for the chance to return and find his family.
"I'm back," said Apollo before feeling a familiar presence and vanishing in a flash of light.
The god of the Sun appeared in between the mob and an injured Naruto in a blinding flash, causing the mob to screech to a halt, lest they ram into the man.
"Who the hell are you?" asked one man as he brandished a cleaver.
The Olympian ignored the civilian in favor of examining the wounded boy that the mob had been pursuing. Immediately he recognized who he was, after all, he had his looks and, surprisingly enough, the aura of a Greek demigod mixed with something he had only felt from Kushina when they were together. Seeing all the injuries on his son caused anger to burn through him like the sun itself. Turning to the mob, Apollo's eyes blazed with the solar fire as he glared at them, his fury emanating off him in waves, leaving the pavement dry and cracked.
"Just what the Hades have you done to this boy?" growled Apollo, pure anger lacing his every word.
"What's it to you?" laughed a random Jonin that had joined in on the 'hunt,' "He's just the demon brat! We're just finishing what the Yondaime started."
"What the Yondaime started…" muttered Apollo before his form was shrouded in light, transforming his appearance to that which he had all those years ago.
"What in all the Hells makes you think this is what I wanted?!" snarled Minato Namikaze as he faced the villagers.
"Yondaime-sama!" exclaimed the Shinobi, but he was silenced when Minato shoved a glowing hand through his chest, leaving a cauterized hole where the man's heart would have been.
"I'll ask again," said Minato, "what made you think that trying to KILL MY SON is what I WANTED?!"
"Your son!?" exclaimed the mob in shock and horror, but before they could react further, several masked ANBU jumped down and restrained them, before a busty blond woman wearing a green robe walked up with a man with long white hair and another with grey hair and a mask that covered the lower half of his face.
"Sensei!" exclaimed the man with the mask.
"Kakashi-san, Jiraiya," said Minato as he addressed the two men, "maybe you can explain what has happened here."
"Minato-kun," said Jiraiya in shock, the white haired man, before he collected himself, "I'm afraid that, after your death and against the Sandaime's best wishes, the village did not see your son as the hero you intended him to be. Instead, they saw him as the Fox in human skin and tried to end him."
"And what happened to the Sandaime?" asked Minato, "He would never stand for this!"
The women then stepped forward with a somber look, "He was killed by his former student, Orochimaru. The council elected me to take his place as Godaime."
Minato nodded, recognizing the woman as Tsunade Senju of the Sannin, one of Hiruzen's, the Sandaime's, old students. Known as the greatest Shinobi of her generation alongside her teammates, Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
"I am disappointed in you all," said Apollo as he shifted to his normal form and picked up his son, allowing his light to heal the boy's wounds, "you should have protected him. He was the hero that has kept you all safe, not me. Naruto will be leaving with me tonight, and neither of us will be returning."
Before anyone could react, the god disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the Shinobi feeling like they just fucked up something big. The next day, the sun did not rise over Konoha, nor did it any day following. As the Shinobi faced the eternal darkness, they realized that they had made a terrible mistake, and it was too late for them to fix it.
xXsceneXx
It was late in the night at Camp Half Blood when a bright flash signaled Apollo's arrival in front of the Big House. Chiron and Mr. D hurried outside and were greeted by the Sun god as he handed the child in his arms to them.
"This is my son, Naruto Uzumaki," said Apollo, "I want him looked after and cared for here."
Chiron nodded, knowing not to go against the wishes of the Sun god, "It will be done."
And thus began a new chapter in a story yet to be told. Where it will go, well, you'll have to keep reading…
