The sun had risen as its light passed through the small passages between the leaves and branches of the trees in the lush green Forest between the land of fire and land of tea as two figures jumped through the trees at blinding speed.
Shisui launched himself forward, to the next branch he turned to look at his red haired companion and a smile formed on his face. during this eight months training with the boy he had grown fond of the boy and his loud brother since they welcomed him into their little family warmly, treating him like their older brother. he had never thought he would form such a bond with non Uchiha.
"we will arrive at degarashi port by the end of the day." Ayato simply nobbed in understanding. He was wearing a black long sleeve t-shirt under a maroon and gray shorts-sleeved shirt with a high collar, the shirt was red from the middle downwards and the sleeves while the top part was gray. with the Uzumaki symbol on its back, black pants with black sandals.
these past months Ayato had improved rapidly. in just eight months he could use the (shinshun) body flicker and (Zanzō Bunshin)Afterimage Clone to an impressive degree but still he wasn't near as good as shisui was with those techniques.
but that wasn't on his mind now, now he was wondering if what he had chosen was a wise choice. Was choosing not to know about his mother wise?.
flashback.
Ayato was walking through the Uchiha compound looking for Shisui, he had been notified by an Anbu that the Hokage asked for their presence.
Surprisingly the Uchiha didn't glare or hold that much resentment towards him as the villagers. he had speculated that this was caused by the Uchiha not suffering heavy casualties during the kyūbi attack thus their behavior toward him, and this made him enjoy coming to the compound.
He knocked on the house that he had visited a lot these past months, Itachi's home aka Shisui's second home.
Mikoto opened the door and exchanged greetings before allowing him to enter the house.
"what brings you here Ayato-san?? did you come to visit little old me??" Mikoto asked with the kindest and beautiful smile on her face as they sat down. She had come to enjoy their small chats whenever Ayato came around even though Sasuke didn't like it one bit.
"I wish it was that Mikoto-san besides you don't look old at all." the boy said with sheepish grin as he rubbed the back of his head.
"aww.. aren't you a charmer." Mikoto said with a wink and watched as the boy coloured red from embarrassment.
"I was looking for shisui. the Hokage asked for us." he said after regaining his composure.
"ohh.. he left with Itachi an hour ago, they should be coming back around now."
"I see." he said ending the conversation. dooming the two to silence.
Mikoto decided to speak. "hey.. Ayato-san what do you know about your parents??"
Ayato looked at her, his calm, warm demeanor dampening. "nothing.. I just know that between the two of them one had red hair and you knew him/her."
"ohh.. how did you know? "
"you told me I remind you of a friend and as far as I know I am the only red head in the leaf. hehe" he said calmly with a small empty chuckle.
"why.. why didn't to ask me about her then?" she asked as she looked at her hands.
"so it was my mother..." he said in a whisperer that she heard as he looked at his own hands he added. "because it would've not matter. they're dead."
Mikoto's head shot up as he looked at the calm warm hearted boy with shock on her face. she felt that venom from those words. 'does he hate them?' she thought.
"knowing about the dead does bring them back to life it only makes you feel like you could have known them. it makes you want to meet them but unfortunately you can't." he added.
"I- I see.. but.. that doesn't change the fact that she loved you more than anything in the world." she said with sad smile as she stood up to tender to the dishes. Ayato clenched his fist so hard that his knuckles turned white.
" but yet she left us all alone." he whispered to himself
Itachi and Shisui entered the house. "ohh.. Ayato what are you doing here? " Shisui asked.
ayato turned towards them with his usual bright grin with her eyes closed scratching the back of his head. "Hokage-sama asks for us. I came to pick you up."
"Oh-kay.. let's go." shisui said ignoring the fake mask Ayato just put on if the boy wanted to talk he will initiate the topic.
and with that the duo went to the Hokage's home 8n complete silence. where they would get their mission.
flashback end.
Ayato jumped to the next branch pushing his thoughts to the back of his mind he had a mission to finish.
The sun was setting coloring the sky orange as it slowly submerged under the mountains. the duo had finally reached degarashi port after a couple of stops on the way to rest.
they came across three man waiting at the gates of Degarashi port. A big man with grey shaggy hair and light black-coloured eyes walked towards them his two companions not far off.
"I am jirōchō Wasabi, the leader of the Wasabi clan. I am the one who requested your help." the plum man said proudly as he offered his hand
"I am Shisui Uchiha and this is Ayato Uzumaki we are Shinobi of the leaf." he said shaking the man's hand.
"We shall take the secret route to our compound, the streets here have eyes and ears." Jirōchō said leading the way.
"As you already know from the letter I sent your kage, my clansman have been disappearing and I am certain that it is Kyūroku Wagarashi of the Wagarashi clan although they deny any involvement in the disappearance of my clansman."
"why do you say that Jirōchō-san." Shisui asked.
" we have been warring with the Wagarashi clan for decades over degarashi port we even suggested we divide the port but those bastards were not willing to listen and through out the decades they have always planned something devious to overrule us and this is nothing more then their next plot. " He said as he turned to shisui. "but I don't think their are working alone this time. I need you to find prouf of their involvement and save my clansman or bringback what ever is left of them for a proper burial." He added as he tightened his fist looking down.
Shisui nobbed in understanding. they had reached the compound and were introduced to their chambers.
the duo settled in to their rooms, they had told the clan head that they will start to investigate tomorrow, but that wasn't the case. Ayato made a familiar hand seal. "(Kage bunshin no jutsu) Shadow clone technique" and with that 10 shadow clones puffed into existence as Ayato sighed 10 clones drained a lot of chakra.
With a nod the clones body flicked out of the room to investigate.
Shisui and Ayato dined with jirōchō and after that went to their chambers to rest.
it was just passed midnight as Ayato's eyes shot open, one of his clones just dispelled. he turned to alert Shisui but he was already up.
"what's up."
"one of jirōchō's guards is a spy. my clone caught him meeting with someone with short black hair, and small dark eyes with a small wart over the left. He also has a black moustache he called him Kyūroku." Ayato said as he put on his sandals.
"go get him and bring him here. " Shisui said as he stood up.
"so kidnap him?" Ayato asked.
"kidnap him." shisui confirm as Ayato nobbed with a smile.
the boy was a weird one.
The man was walking back to his house constantly looking back, unaware of a figure silently walking through the trees and with blinding fast chop at the base of the head he fell on to Ayato's shoulders and with a body flicker they were gone without a sign of ever being there.
the man slowly opened his eyes looking around at the unfamiliar room his eyes meet red eyes.
"wh-who are you?" he asked shakingly. the figure walked Foward into light revealing Shisui.
"y-you're th-the ninja?! "
"what were you talking to Kyūroku about? " Shisui asked.
"wh-what are you tal-.." without any warning shisui stabbed him with a sword on his thigh, sending it though it.
the man hauled in pain. as shisui repeated the question. the man said nothing and shisui took out another sword and sent it though his gut.
the man cried out in pain. "fine!! fine!! I'll tell you." the man said though his clenched teeth his eyes closed shut.
He opened his eyes to shisui looking at him this time ayato was next to him. he looked for his wounds that seemed to disappeared.
"talk."
"fine.. I was informing him of your arrival. he said to inform him of every that was going on and my family stays safe." he said as he looked down in shame. jirōchō walked towards the light revealing himself with a pained expression on his face.
"s-sorry Jirōchō-sama!! I'm sorry for betraying you! " he said crying.
"it's okay Shiro, you were doing it for your family. do you know where he took our people or who is working with him." Jirōchō asked.
"no.. he never told me."
Shisui looked at Ayato. "see.. Genjutsu never Fails." Ayato simply continued sulking.
"good cop, bad cop could have worked as well." he said in a whisper.
"we will do that next time, alright? " he said Petting his head.
"really?? and I'm the bad cop, right!?!" he asked with stars in his eyes as shisui simply smiled at the boy.
He might be smarter and mature then people his age but he was still a boy at heart.
ayato because serious all of a sudden. his clones were dispelling fast.
"found the Hideout and apparently Kumo shinobi are there." he said as he turned to Shisui.
"what's the plan Shisui-sensei?"
"you rescue the prisoners I'll handle the Kumo Shinobi. let's Go." with that said the duo vanished into thin air.
The duo appeared on the tree line surrounding the busy Hideout as the Wagarashi clan members tried to clear it up.
"someone is stalking us." Ayato mimed shisui gave him a nob before signaling him to go.
they both disappeared simultaneously. Shisui appeared behind the Kumo ninja his sharingan blazing, the Kumo ninja turned around slowing his eyes meet shisui's and with that he fell unconscious.
"two chunin and a Jōnin missing nin from kumo." Shisui said to himself. "and knowing kumo they already sent someone to drag their corpse back." he added with a sigh.
with Ayato.
he had already rescued the prisoners, most of the Wagarashi clan members had retreated while the rest were easily over powered by him and his clones.
he swiftly moved out of the way of a hammer aimed at him before countering with a kick planted between the man's jaw and neck, knocking him unconscious.
in an instant everything blew up, from the tents to the cages as a man wearing Kumo headband landed before Ayato.
"so your the brat who has been spying on us?" the man said with a smirk.
Ayato signaled his clone to guide the people back safely before turned to the man before him.
" and you are the bastard that dispelled my clones." Ayato retorted with a smirk of his own.
"aren't you a smug brat." the man said changing with a Kunai in hand. Ayato quickly took out his kunai and the two clashes ayato took out another aiming to slice the man's midsection.
the man jumped back but was followed by a Kunai Ayato threw. landing for a split second the man jumped up this time, evading the Kunai.
Ayato appeared behind him but the chūnin was well prepared as he turned around with a Kunai only for his hand to faze through Ayato. 'afterimage.' he thought as Ayato delivered a kick to his back rocketing him to the ground.
but the man quickly maneuvered himself in the air landing on his feet. ayato appeared in front of him with a kick he blocked it and counted with a fist yet again he pass through him.
appeared behind him before body flicking to the next place leaving an exact replica of himself. he continued a couple of times body flicking from one after image to the other making it harder for the man to tell where he is.
he appeared in front of the shocked and very pissed man kicking him up before body flicking behind him. with his fist encased by a stone. "(Doton: Kengan no Jutsu)Earth Style: Stone Fist Jutsu" he said punching the man into a tree, knocking him out cold.
Ayato landed gracefully and stared at the man laying under the tree then it happened he senses something behind him. it had monstrous chakra. out of reflex he threw shurikens where it was and a figure jumped out.
he had dark skin and a muscular build, as well as white blonde hair and a goatee. On his right shoulder, he has a tattoo of the kanji for "iron" (鉄, tetsu),and on his left cheek, he has a tattoo of a bull's horn.
he wore oval-shaped sunglasses and a white-coloured forehead protector. He also has his village's standard one-strap-over-one-shoulder flak jacket, and a long, red rope belt tied around his waist, the standard Kumo hand and shin guards, shinobi sandals, and a white scarf around his neck. He carried seven swords on his back.
Ayato now really cursed his sensory ability now. he could still sense that chakra in side the man, two different chakra signatures in one body. he was just like Naruto but unlike Naruto this other alien chakra was overwhelmingly present. 'i-is.. i-is he a jinchuri-ki? " he asked himself.
"you are quite skilled in the ninja arts, taking down fools with your ninja styles, but throw stars at the mighty bee might get stung by the famous killer bee! fool ya fool!!" the man rapped. Ayato simply sweet dropped. 'this dude can't be the jinchuriki.'
"one pray down, two to go. to the the east we go, wee!! " he took the man before bursting off to the east in blinding speeds.
Ayato exhaled heavily 'idiot rhymed go with go'
"oh shit!! he is heading to shisui." he said as in a panic as he rushed to shisui.
With shisui.
the man he went after wasn't much of a fight the moment he saw shisui he coward in fear and pleaded for his life before shisui knocked him out, which shisui was ok with.
He didn't like killing even though he had the necessary means to do it he didn't always go for the kill he prefered to scare his Aponents or knock them out.
the man from before appeared before shisui.
"Shisui of the body flicker a formidable foe but I ain't here to fight rather I'm here to collect with my infamous flow!! yeah! "
Shisui ignored the rapping as he choose to be professional. " I presume you mean the missing ninja, right." he said as the man calling himself killer bee nobbed.
Shisui jumped away from the unconscious bodies allowing bee to pick the bodies up.
Ayato arrived landing next to shisui with a kunai in hand.
"he is a jinchuriki."
"I know.. a perfect one." shisui said not taking his eyes from Bee.
Killer bee nobbed carrying two bodies on his shoulders with one on his tentacles. before body flicking away.
"he was here to pick up his comrades. shouldn't we have done something? " ayato asked putting his Kunai away.
"no.. they were missing ninja and even if we faught we would have been heavily out matched. Kumo doesn't let their jinchuriki travel alone so he had back up somewhere plus he has total control over the Hachibi." shisui answered.
"wow.. total control.."
'that is why the Hachibi chakra was not restricted like Naruto and the kyūbi.' he thought.
"welp we best get back" shisui said ruffling his hair.
"what happened to your sharingan? I could have sworn it was different a moment back. " Ayato asked.
"are you sure?? thats weird?" shisui played dumb. ayato simply shrugged before following the retreating figure of shisui.
"I guess our job here is done you wanna stay a little longer??"
"nah.. I just need to get a souvenir. " Ayato said as he thought of Naruto.
.
days later.
the duo finally reached the Hidden leaf village their mission was finished even though they couldn't find any information of Wakarusa clan head's involvement, they did free the kidnapped.
they gave their report to the Hokage before splitting up. Shisui was escorted by an anbu he said something about Danzo asking for his presence. Ayato heard it but didn't think much of it, it wasn't the first time Danzo asked for him after all.
he headed to where Naruto normally trained with him and sometimes Sasuke would join him. while they lacked teamwork and coordination they shared a similar goal surpassing Ayato thus they tolerated each other for this.
Ayato landed near by as he spied at the boys glaring at each other. he simply sighed as he walked through the trees.
"oi.."
"Ayato!! you are back!! how was your mission?? did you get me a souvenir? " Naruto asked excitedly as he charged at his brother.
"yeah." Ayato said with a grin as he opened his arms expecting naruto's hug. he had missed his blond, loud brother.
"your back early, your mission must have been lame and easy unlike the missions my brother goes to. " he said Arrogantly.
"nice to see you to duckbutt." Ayato said with an eye roll as Naruto laughed at the name and the irritation on the young Uchiha's face.
"let's go get Ichiraku ramen I'll tell you about my mission." Ayato said to Naruto who simply smiled at the offer.
"see ya teme! " Naruto said only to get a scoff from Sasuke.
the duo spent the rest of the afternoon at Ichiraku's as Ayato told the tale of his journey.
the next day.
A knock rang across the familiar apartment and unfortunately for Ayato he was the one who heard it since Naruto was such a heavy sleeper.
"what is it?" the boy asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"Sandaime-sama asks for you." the anbu said before disappearing.
"what is it this time??I'm pretty sure it's my day off today. " he said before closing the door in irritation.
a couple minutes later.
Ayato entered the Office and the Hokage was not alone. he was joined by Itachi and Fugaku Uchiha.
and the atmosphere was down, a little depressing with Itachi and the Hokage's sad eyes Looking at him as he entered.
with a little bow he greeted. "Sandaime-sama, Fugaku-dono, Itachi-san. " they only nobbed to him before the Hokage spoke.
"we have some bad news to Share Ayato-kun." he said as he took a pull of his Pipe. "I am sorry to inform you but..but Shisui-kun is dead."
Ayato's eyes shot open, his ears rang, his heart beat increased but it felt like no air was going through his lungs, he felt dizzy all of a sudden. what felt like hours it was only mere seconds as he mumbled
"w-what?."
~end~
p.s: I do think I rushed this chapter pls hit me up with your thoughts and stuff on that. and please bear with me with the fighting scenes.. I'll tty to get better.
thor94 although I plan to make Naruto stronger than his canon self I am still going to keep his goofy, hard headed personality as for the chakra chains and fuinjutsu..well..the boy is already has a giant fox of chakra he will be too over powered with those and besides I plan to give Ayato those abilities maybe even more to keep up with the likes of Itachi, Sasuke and Naruto in the future but Naruto will learn more jutsu than Rasengan, shadow clones and summoning jutsu, and he won't be relying on kurama that much. thanks for your support.
p.p.s : I'm planning on introducing Ayato's future love interest who should it be.
a) ino yamanaka
b) Oc ( Tsubaki Akame) check her out on google or Pinterest.
