Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its related properties. All of it is owned by Kishimoto. Inspired by DomYang's "A Son Forgotten".
"Speech"
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"Biju/Summon Speech"
'Biju/Summon Thought'
Naruto: Rise of a Legend
Chapter 1
Seven Years After the Kyubi Attack
Namikaze Uzumaki Estate
In a private training ground of the Namikaze Uzumaki Estate two adults watched as three children practised their Taijutsu forms.
The two adults were Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze.
The first child is Mito Uzumaki Namikaze. She was red haired girl tied into a pony tail with navy blue eyes. The second child is Menma Uzumaki Namikaze who had shaggy blond hair and cerulean blue eyes and the third child was Natsuki Uzumaki Namikaze with blond hair tied into twin pony tails having light violet eyes.
A decision had been made by Minato and Kushina to train three of their four children to get them ready for the time when that masked man would resurface from the shadows to get the Kyubi as well as prepare them for the prophecy since one of them would be the chosen one.
"Alright, That's enough for now." Minato said and continued, "Natsuki while your attacks have a lot of strength, you need to work on your speed."
"Mito while you have good control over your strikes as well as having good speed, you need to work on your strength." Kushina continued
"And Menma while you have good speed and strength, you need to work on your control." Minato concluded
"Now we will work on these aspects after lunch." Kushina said as the three children got excited on the prospect of future training as well as their mother delicious cooking.
A child watched this scene unfold from his bedroom's window. This child was Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. He had blond hair while having dark violet eyes. The reason he was in his bedroom and not training with his parents and siblings as explained by his parents last year when there training started was because Mito, Menma and Natsuki needed special training to control special chakra which was sealed inside of them.
Naruto was saddened by this but understood as he loved his siblings and wanted them to be safe. But as the year progressed his parents along with his siblings and their god-parents started to ignore him. It got so worse that for the past month Naruto had to make his own meals. His parents also had the tendency to forget about him whenever they went out. He also had to face ridicule from his siblings since they joined the academy three months ago. While his siblings had the advantage of training from their parents and God-parents, Naruto had the foundation of civilian born child. Menma and Natsuki mocked him for being weak even though he was the oldest of them as well as convincing the other children to ignore him while Mito acted as if he was a stranger to her.
Naruto then left the house to roam around the village knowing neither his parents nor his siblings would miss him.
As Naruto walked through the village, he saw a large crowd of people forming around him.
"There he is" one of the people from the crowd said
"Ugh, just look at him"
"Disgrace to his family"
"How dare he call himself Lord Fourth's son"
"Demon"
Naruto took off running from there not being able to listen to the villagers anymore.
'The villagers always do this; they always treat me like this from as long as I can remember' Naruto thinks as he is running.
Soon Naruto was on the top of the Hokage Mountain and came across the largest oak tree he had ever seen. He then decided to climb it and soon reached as high as he could and sat upon a massive trunk where branches, thicker than the length of him, shot off skyward. Peering through the branches to catch a view of the village from this height, Naruto felt something where he was siting. Standing up, he ran his hand where he was siting a moment ago and felt something. Upon further inspection, he found out that it was a Konoha symbol, yet the weird thing was that it wasn't carved into the tree rather it seemed to be growing out of the tree like the knots at the trunk.
As Naruto was inspecting the symbol, thunder flashed across the sky, scarring him and making him unconsciously channel his chakra into the symbol. Next thing he knew, he was falling downward into a black abyss.
"Ughhh… what happened?" said a disoriented Naruto said as he regained consciousness. Naruto took a look around his surrounding and found out that he was in a dark room. Glancing upwards, he noticed a dark tunnel of some sorts that led straight upwards.
'That's probably where I fell from' Naruto thought as he stood up, intent on exploring the new place he found himself in.
Just as he took the first step forward, several lanterns on the ceiling lit up, bathing the room in a warm, white glow.
"Wow" Naruto muttered in awe. The room he found himself in was bigger than his room back home.
The walls were wooden and adorned with intricate designs and carvings. On one wall there were two large symbols etched on it; one he recognized as the Uchiha clan symbol, the other he had recognized as the Senju clan symbol. There were several large and comfortable sofas off to the side and a small wooden table with several scrolls and books on it. He walked over to the table and picked up what appeared to be several loose papers bound together by a leather cord running through a hole in the top left-hand corner. Whoever wrote on it had really neat handwriting as it seemed to Naruto to look like the calligraphy that his parents practiced. He began to read the contents of the first page.
One of the first things Madara and I intend to do is open up an academy where our children may learn the shinobi arts. It is imperative that they learn to defend themselves as the various clans have grown incredibly hostile at the pact made between the Uchiha and Senju. We both fervently pray that our children do not have to live through the horrendous wars that we have yet, we know that things will continue to remain unstable for years to come.
Here, I have written down several chakra control exercises here that were meant to be used in said academy however, Madara quickly tore up my original draft with some unsavoury words. To quote, "Hashirama-baka! How the hell do you expect our children to do these exercises? They may be fine for chakra monsters like you and me but mere kids will end up with chakra exhaustion doing these! We're trying to nurture our children, not kill them!"
Asshole
Any ways, I've put too much time and work into this to simply discontinue it. Who knows? We might just have a kid come along with chakra levels equivalent to ours and in need of unorthodox training methods. So, without further ado, I present to you:
Chakra Control for Monsters
By: Hashirama Senju
Naruto put the booklet back down on the table.
'Hmm…sounds interesting. I should tell father about this place but, first I gotta find a way out.'
He walked away and headed towards an archway that led into a long hallway. Naruto headed down it and saw that there were several more archways along the hall and that it ended in a dead end. Peering through the first archway he came across he gasped at what he saw. A massive chamber with a ceiling so high that Naruto couldn't see anything except a black expanse. He noticed on the wall adjacent to the entrance that there several weapons lined across. Knives, kunai, katanas, nodachi, bastard swords and several other weapons that he could not identify.
However, what caught his eyes was a certain section of the wall that was cleared of weapons save for three. One was a gunbai with three tomoe on it. The second was an oversized sword that was easily bigger than Naruto. The last was the most unique of the three. It was a katana without a guard and shone mercurial silver. Managing to take his eyes off the weapon, Naruto slowly took in the gargantuan room.
'It's a training room.'
Realizing the function of the room and deciding there was nothing else to gleam from it, he left and went back into the hallway. Looking down the hall he went to the next archway and stopped before entering. It was filled with rows and rows of scrolls and books. The library was not even half the size of the training room but, it was still impressive. Deciding that it would be better to explore the rest of the compound rather than lose himself in curiosity, Naruto turned around and looked at the last two archways. These actually had doors, instead of just being openings in the walls. Opening the first door he found that it was a rather sizable bathroom complete with a stone shower and an indoor hot spring.
Whoever lived here must really have liked their comforts. It's like a luxury hotel here for shinobi.
Turning on his heels, Naruto went down to the last room and pried the wooden the doors open. This room was distinctively smaller than the other three and was rather empty for the most part. The only noticeable furniture were two simple beds on opposite sides of the room. Naruto noticed however, that between the two beds, the wall was covered in pictures. The largest of which depicted two men with their arms draped over each other's shoulders and smiling widely. One of the men had long straight black hair and tanned skin. Naruto recognized this man as the Shodaime Hokage because he had seen a picture of him in his father's office. The other man also had long black hair, except that his was wild and dishevelled. He had a pale complexion that made Naruto think about the Uchiha police force that would always follow him to make sure he did not get onto trouble.
Naruto looked at some of the other pictures. One of them was of the Shodaime standing next to a beautiful woman with red-hair. There was another of the Shodai holding a small blonde-haired girl in his arms. Then there was a picture of the other man standing next to someone who looked nearly identical to him; although; the man with wild hair looked much younger in this picture. There was a really funny picture with the Shodaime, the wild haired man and another man who Naruto recognized as the Nidaime Hokage. The Shodaime stood in between the two men and smiled widely while the Nidaime and other man openly glared at one another. Several other pictures adorned the wall but, Naruto simply glanced over to them and made his way to the bed on the right.
There was a book, similar to the one he had picked up in the entrance room, laying on the bed. He picked it up and read the title.
The Art of Seduction
By: Madara Uchiha
Seduction in itself is a form of Genjutsu. It is a hidden compulsion that, when mastered, can hone the mind and perfect psychological warfare. The theory behind it is to capture the heart, with the mind and body falling in tow soon afterwards. A subtle movement of the head, a slight shift in weight, they can inspire thoughts of grace and power. The throwing of a kunai should be done in a way that it exemplifies the beauty of ease and show experience and mind set of battle. All these serve to instil yourself in the hearts of both enemies and allies, regardless of sex.
Naruto put the book down and began thinking to himself.
'I see so that other man next to the Shodaime must be this Madara person. Makes sense. He looks 100% Uchiha to me.'
As interesting as the book was, Naruto was more concerned about leaving the hidden compound. Naruto decided to head back to the library as it was the only room he had not actually explored. Re-entering the room, Naruto felt a strange feeling wash over him.
Walking between rows of scrolls and books, he reached the centre of the room that had a large wooden table littered with papers and a rather large scroll. The scroll immediately piqued his interest. He knew that several Jutsu were often recorded in such scrolls and were used to teach the higher-level ninja.
'Maybe I can learn a super cool Jutsu and surprise mom and dad with it! I can't wait to see the look on their face when I show them.'
Naruto placed the scroll on the ground and unwound it, sending the scroll rolling all the way to the end of the wall.
'Wow it's really big'
Examining the scroll, Naruto realized that he could not make heads or tails of it. It was covered in strange symbols and patterns that were entirely foreign to him. He walked along the long piece of parchment, hoping to find something that he could understand. Once he reached the center of the scroll, he found that there was a large empty circle drawn there. He sat down in front of it, contemplating the function of the scroll and what he should do with it.
'Maybe I should try to put some chakra into it. I remember father sometimes put his finger on a piece of paper and an ANBU popping up out of nowhere.'
Recalling how the academy taught him to channel chakra a while back, Naruto made the ram symbol with his hands and concentrated until he felt that tugging sensation from his gut. He then placed his hands on the scroll and did his best to send out as much chakra he could. The effect was instantaneous. All the symbols began to glow a faint green and Naruto stared in wonder as the circle in the center turned into an eye.
A deep crimson eye that glowed with power. A small black pupil formed in the center, circled by three black tomoe. Naruto was officially freaked when the eye began to move, shifting, looking around, until its gaze fell on him. The moment it saw him, it bulged and he couldn't help but stare at it. The tomoe began to spin and Naruto followed their cycle with his own eyes. Faster and faster, they swirled, capturing him in their hypnotic dance until all he saw was a black expanse that quickly swallowed him.
Naruto stood dazed, his mind a complete blank as he stared off into the black abyss. His face was completely impassive and his brilliant blue eyes were glazed over. In that moment no thought passed through his mind, no emotion fluttered in his heart. He simply was.
"Have you come seeking power?"
At the sound of the voice, Naruto was brought out of his trance and he whirled around to find the owner of the voice. He found a tall young man staring down at him, arms crossed. He was dressed in red armor reminiscent of a samurai. Underneath the armor, he wore a full black sleeve shirt and had his hands covered with gloves. Dark leather boots laced over black pants made out of the same material as his shirt. On his back was the war fan that Naruto had seen in the training room. The young man had pale white skin and thick, wild disheveled black hair. His eyes were the same as the strange eye that he last remembered seeing.
Wide eyed, Naruto breathed, "Madara Uchiha…"
"Indeed, little one. And who might you be?"
Madara's voice was sharp and strong, one that was used to giving out commands.
"U-uhm…I'm N-Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze s-sir," Naruto gulped.
Madara's eyes narrowed and he studied Naruto up and down. "Interesting. So, my first pupil possesses neither my eyes nor his body, rather his chakra," Madara mused.
As Naruto put on a confused expression, the Uchiha legend quickly snapped a question, "Tell me young one, you found a scroll and channeled your chakra into it and then found yourself here did you not?"
Naruto simply nodded dumbly.
"That scroll is a training method Hashirama Senju and I developed so that we may train future generations without having to pull capable soldiers from the front lines to fill teaching positions. It is a work of genius on our part truthfully. Jutsu may be sealed away to be used on the battle field without the expenditure of chakra or time-consuming hand seals but, what we did was far more complex. An intricate system of several seals coupled with a reverse matrix allows for the absorption of chakra and the casting of an indefinite space-time Jutsu within a Genjutsu."
Madara said all this very smugly but Naruto had no idea what he was talking about. He just continued to stare at the man, still attempting to process the fact one of Konoha's founders was standing in front of him. Upon realizing that Naruto had not understood a word he said, Madara simplified it for him.
"Scroll takes your chakra and coverts it into mine than casts a Genjutsu on you."
"Oh…"
Madara resisted the urge to shake his head. "Still, I'm surprised you activated it. It takes a large amount of chakra for the Genjutsu to be cast. It is why Hashirama and I never utilized it. It is impractical for training young children."
"Hey, does this mean you're going to train me?" Naruto asked excitedly. The idea of being trained by a legend was too good to be true.
Madara stared at the young Uzumaki for a while. Taking in his bright smile and studying his child-like persona. Madara was not fooled. He could see past the mask that the boy put on. There was a deep grief hidden in those eyes. The glacial ice creeping into violet eyes had not gone unnoticed by him. Curious, he decided to test the child.
"Hold out your hand. I will ascertain your worth."
"Using my hand? How does that work?"
Madara's eyed narrowed and Naruto's hand quickly shot out and he muttered an apology. This was not a man who you question, Naruto realized, because at that moment he became very frightened. He decided that it would be best to simply obey and shut up. Madara took hold of the boy's hand and closed his eyes in concentration. They stood in this position for several minutes until Madara dropped Naruto's hand and opened his eyes. Naruto couldn't help but notice that his eyes were filled with bitterness and also held an undercurrent of sadness.
The Uchiha himself was sorting through the memories he had just viewed in Naruto's mind and suffice it to say, he was pissed.
'It seems we failed old friend. According to this boy's memories, your clan is practically extinct while mine seem to have become isolated from the village while growing arrogant without the ability to back up their arrogance and Konoha has degraded into the bigotry and ignorance, praising three brats who did nothing more than contain Kyubi's chakra all the while ostracizing the one who is actually saving them from the wrath of the beast. The very thing you and I fought so hard against.'
Sighing, Madara took in the sight of the boy in front of him, so filled with hope and innocence. A profound sadness washed through him at the realization at what the very village he worked so hard to create did to this child, treating him like a plague, even worse his own family neglecting him. He couldn't help but remember raising Izuna, who had that same smile. It was disturbing what the young Uzumaki went through. It was just as bad, if not worse than his own childhood of constant war and bloodshed. No, it was definitely worse. Madara had been raised in war, this child had been abused in peace and false safety.
"I have gone through your memories young one and I've made a startling discovery."
Naruto's smile faltered. "Did I fail?"
"Tell me Naruto, do you know what the Biju are?"
"Biju," the young boy asked innocently. "You mean like the nine-tails?"
"Indeed, the Kyubi, is amongst the Biju. They are beasts of unimaginable power. During my time, Hashirama and myself were the only ones capable of subduing one."
Naruto smiled up at the Uchiha and said, "Yeah but, my father managed to kill the Kyubi."
"No. He did not."
"Huh?"
"The Biju are living masses of chakra. They do not possess a soul like other living creatures. Therefore, they cannot be killed. As embodiments of nature, they are truly immortal"
This was nothing like the story that Naruto had heard in the academy. "If my father didn't kill it then what happened?"
Madara, having made his decision, began laying the foundations of his recently formed plan. "They cannot be killed but, they can be sealed. However, a creature as powerful as the Kyubi can only be sealed in a human. More so, that human must be very young so that its flexible chakra coils can adjust to the Biju's chakra else they will die and release the Biju. Your father it seems had separated the chakra of Kyubi from his soul. He sealed the chakra into your sibling while " Madara never got to finish his explanation
"You mean to tell me that my own father…," Naruto never finished his sentence as realization dawned on him. The curses, the hate, the way he was always called demon. Then there was how his birthday perfectly coincided with the day of the Kyubi attack.
Naruto couldn't say anything. He was ostracised and verbally abused by the villagers his whole life and the people who he had actually trusted, he own family, had lied and betrayed him. Tears formed in his eyes but, before they could spill out, a harsh voice entrapped him.
"Naruto Uzumaki," Madara's eyes glowed crimson and he crossed his arms. He stood tall and proud; his face etched in a grim mask. "I have seen men five times your age and veterans of many battles who would have ended their own life if they were forced to go through what you have. You have an unyielding will and a very noble bloodline to back it up. I will offer you a deal."
"A-a deal," Naruto sniffed as he wiped away unshed tears.
"Yes. The scroll has converted enough of your chakra into my own to allow me to perform Ningen no Umarekawari no Jutsu."**
"W-what does that do?"
"It allows me to send all of the chakra I have into your body, modifying it into my own," Madara had to suppress a chuckle at Naruto's look of horror. "Do not worry, you will not turn into me, but, rather, it will be as if parts your physiology will change to resemble my own. Almost as if you were my child who inherited my genes. The change will not happen all at once but, gradually over a period of few months. You will inherit my knowledge as well as my powers, which coupled with your Uzumaki and Senju blood, will make you stronger than I ever was."
Naruto mulled it over in his head. He could gain the powers of one of the most powerful shinobi to have ever lived, in exchange for some changes in his body that were bound to change anyway due to human growth.
"What do I have to do in exchange? You did say deal."
Madara smirked. 'Smart child'
"In exchange for my power I want you to destroy Konoha and rebuild it as the way it was meant to be."
Naruto looked thoroughly shocked at what Madara had said. "What do you mean destroy Konoha?"
Madara simply shrugged. "The means will be up to you but, I have seen Konoha in your memories and it is not the one that I worked so hard to strive for. Hashirama and I gave up a lot for the village and in no way did we mean for it to turn out like this. My terms are this; realize the dream of the Uchiha and Senju clans by making Konoha the most powerful village. Make it so it longer has to suffer the loss and tragedy of war. If an enemy does emerge, our power must be so great that simply by turning our gaze on them they will falter in despair."
Naruto crossed his arms and tilted his head as he thought about. In all honesty, Madara was pretty much asking him to become Hokage, which was already his dream.
Looking up at the legendary Uchiha Naruto nodded and said, "Deal".
"Perfect", Madara smiled as his Sharingan began to spin madly.
Three Years Later
It had been three years since Naruto had made the deal with Madara Uchiha. Three years since Madara had poured his chakra into him and given him access to the ancient Uchiha's power and Abilities. Since then, he regularly visited the compound he had found to train to become the most powerful shinobi this world would ever see.
He had spent the first two years after Madara had performed the Ningen no Umarekawari no Jutsu doing nothing but chakra control exercises and physical training. With Madara's massive Jutsu repertoire at his command, he really didn't need to learn any additional Jutsu.
The hindrance to his training came to him in the form of his physical training. Due to the Jutsu performed by Madara, his body was growing at an unnatural pace for the first eight months. With growing taller and his limbs getting longer at a rapid pace, it became extremely difficult to keep up with his Taijutsu and Kenjutsu training regime. He became uncoordinated and sloppy in his movements.
It was ridiculous to have mastered several katas and styles to only become disordered in a couple of months because he overreached or struck too wide.
So, Naruto waited for his growth to stabilize and rather than waste his time, he decided to practise his chakra control as well as perfect many of the Jutsu he had access to, now he was able to perform all of the C-rank as well many of the B-rank Jutsu in his repertoire with just a single hand-seal while greatly reducing the required Hand-seals for his more powerful Jutsu.
After finishing his physical training for the day and taking a bath, Naruto stood Infront of a mirror noticing the changes that had occurred in him over the years. His usual pale blond hair had grown and became wilder with deep black colour seeping into their roots. His features had become more angular and he even took on Madara's jawline.
He then challenged chakra to his eyes and watched impassively as his dark violet eyes changed to become the three tomoe stage of the Sharingan. Channelling even more chakra into his eyes, he watched as his eyes changed shape and the colours reversed themselves. The tomoe grew and turned into a vivid crimson, as a three-armed swirl, reminiscent of a galaxy of stars surrounded by the black void of space formed.
This was Naruto's personal Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. He believed that due to his Uzumaki and Senju DNA, it shifted from the one Madara had.
The sensation of activating his EMS was also different from Madara. While Madara described the feeling of activating his EMS as a burning one, all he felt was a cooling sensation. Not that it mattered since he had mastered his Three Tomoe Sharingan, while he would start to explore the abilities of his EMS from tomorrow.
After washing and hanging his training clothes to dry and changing into his civilian clothes, Naruto left and compound and sealed it behind him with a blood seal, which he had applies after a year to the compound so that no-one but him would have access to it.
Namikaze Uzumaki Estate
"Mom! Dad! Can't we learn anything better rather than practise chakra control exercise." Menma said while doing the tree climbing exercise
"Menma, you need to learn to practise chakra control if you wish to become a super cool ninja like mom and dad, right dad" Natsuki said
"Will you two shut up! Let me concentrate on this exercise." Mito said.
Minato and Kushina laughed watching the interaction between their children after which Kushina decided to lecture them on the importance of chakra control.
While Kushina lectured them, Minato's thoughts wandered to the chaotic events that had happened in the past three years.
First was the almost successful kidnapping of Hinata Hyuga which was only prevented because Minato encountered the Kumo-nin fleeing with the young heiress in a sack after dropping off his son Menma to the Inuzuka compound for a night with his friend Kiba. The interrogation of the Kidnapper after he was apprehended revealed that he belonged to a splinter group of Kumo that still believed in the late Third Raikage's policies of stealing bloodline shinobi from other villages and add them to his village.
Then there was the incident that happened in Orochimaru's lab. There had been reports coming in from Anbu commander that many of the orphans some of which belonged to the various clans of Konoha had been missing, upon further investigation all of the suspicion was towards Orochimaru. Having no doubts about his innocence, Orochimaru willing let himself be arrested by the Anbu as well as letting his best friend Jiraiya put chakra suppression seals on him. Once they reached Orochimaru's lab his expression turned into one of shock and horror.
Orochimaru's lab which he kept spotless and sterile, was covered in blood and gore, at first, he thought it was a Genjutsu and tried to release it but after several failed attempts, he let himself led to the Anbu HQ where he was interrogated by Ibiki. Once his interrogation by Ibiki was complete, Orochimaru asked for his memories of the past few hours to be reviewed by Inoichi Yamanaka to prove his innocence.
Minato and Jiraiya both apologised for their mistake after it was proven that Orochimaru was innocent but Orochimaru easily forgave them and brushed off their further apologies saying that he would have done the same in their place.
Further investigation which was personally led by Orochimaru revealed that these experiments were done by Kabuto, second apprentice of Orochimaru himself, upon orders of Hiruko who was once a teammate of the legendary Saanin. Hiruko had fled Konoha after his experiments on Human subject to transfer bloodline abilities have been discovered and was listed as a S-rank missing-nin of Konoha with kill on sight orders.
The one thing that boggled all of there mind was the fact that, how could Kabuto and Hiruko have the financial means to conduct their experiments. This led to the conclusion of a third-party involvement. Unfortunately for them, they were unable to uncover the identity of this third-party.
"Mom, Dad" Natsuki said breaking Minato from his thoughts
"When can Naruto start to train with us?" Natsuki asked once she had both of her parent's attention. She had recently realised how badly she had behaved with her eldest brother and wanted to make it up-to him.
Upon the mention of Naruto, a guilty and sad expression came upon both of the faces of Minato and Kushina. Both knew they had severly neglected Naruto for the last three years. They both wished to correct their mistake but didn't know how to approach the situation.
"Why do you wish to involve that loser in our training" Menma scoffed. Menma disliked his brother very much. Every time someone mentioned Naruto's name, his mood grows sour. His brother was weak, his performance was just average at the academy. As far as Menma was concerned, his brother was a disgrace to the family.
"Don't say such things about your brother Menma." Kushina scolded him, while Menma barely held of his scoff.
"May be this isn't such a bad idea, Natsuki" Minato said and continued, "Now all three of your go inside and rest."
"May be this is the way we can began to repair our relationship with Naruto and start to make up to him for severely neglecting him." Minato said to Kushina once the children went inside.
"Yes of course, we can bring Naruto to the level of Menma, Natsuki and Mito, while Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru can take care of their training." Kushina said
While Kushina excitedly rambled about everything she would teach Naruto, Minato let his thoughts drift to the meeting he had with Fugaku when his family had come to dinner at their house.
Ever since the Kyubi attack, the Uchiha clan had been isolated and ostracised by the village populace due to many of the villagers and shinobi seeing the Sharingan eye in the eyes of Kyubi, even if for a moment. They were even forced to shift into a compound at the lateral boundary of the village on the pretence that they would be better able to operate the Konoha police force by having their compound built upon the organisation's HQ while the real reason was to have Anbu spy on them. They were even stripped of their position in the council while been given the reason that since the clan had an autonomous control over the police force, the position on the council would give them an undue advantage over the other clans. This had resulted in massive discontent in the Uchiha clan.
Itachi had reported to him that his father was facing an enormous pressure from all majority of the elders as well as clan members to enact a violent coup against the governing body of the village, while his father had tried to dissuade them, many of them were still persistent.
Minato had decided to invite Fugaku for a meeting under the pretence of the dinner to discuss the matter, while also mentally conceding that even he wouldn't have been able to live in a situation like this and couldn't even comprehend the pressure Fugaku was under.
Flashback to the meeting
"First of all, I apologize for all actions taken against to your clan and would like to stress that I was forced to take these actions by the shinobi advisor council." Minato said
Fugaku while upset that Minato wasn't taking full responsibility for the actions taken against his clan, knew it wasn't a matter worth bringing up, so just nodded.
"I am open to any reasonable demands your clan has and would like resolve this matter in a peaceful manner." Minato continued once it was clear that Fugaku wouldn't speak.
"First of all, I would like the transfer of my clan to our old compound at the south district of the village as well as the end of the surveillance of my clan." Fugaku put forth his first demand.
"Very well." Minato said seeing as it was a very reasonable demand.
"Second, I would like to demand the return of the seat at the council." Fugaku said
"I would love to give back the council seat but it would lead to your clan having an undue advantage over the other clans." Minato put up a hand stopping Fugaku's interruption.
"I already have a solution for this. I propose that in exchange for the council seat, the Uchiha clan give up the autonomous status over the Konoha Police Force and would act as another branch of the Konoha Military Force. You would also allow shinobi of other clans as well as various non-clan shinobi into the KPF." Minato said
"Very well, but I would like to have the Uchiha clan have control over the seven mines out of the ten as well as twelve of the twenty weapon production factories which are under the control of Konoha." Fugaku said after thinking over Minato's proposal.
"I have a counter-proposal. I suggest that you ally yourself along with the Sarutobi clan to own and operate the aforementioned mines and factories. I have two reasons for this, you alone with the Sarutobi clan are both famous for your member's affinity towards fire element. It will also lead to cleaning up your clan's image amongst the village populace since Sarutobi clan in one of the most respected clan in the village." Minato explained his counter proposal.
Fugaku after thinking the offer over accepted the proposal knowing he would be able to appease his clan with it since his clan always had good relations with the Sarutobi clan and the Uchiha clan-members wouldn't mind working with them, as well as avoid a violent as confrontation with the village.
Flashback Ended
Minato and Kushina were bought out of there thoughts by the sudden appearance of an Anbu member
"Lord Hokage, there has been a terrible incident. Shisui Uchiha has attacked his own clan and killed various members of the clan. Fugaku along with Itachi were able to make Shisui runaway but not before injuring the young twins of the clan head Sasuke and Naomi Uchiha. The situation as well as the overall damage are still being evaluated. There is more Lord Hokage, your eldest son too was found to be unconscious on the Senju Street, he too is believed to be attacked by Shisui Uchiha and is now in the hospital along with Sasuke and Naomi." The agent reported while on his knee
"You go to the hospital while I will go to the Uchiha clan compound." Minato said to Kushina after which both shunshined towards their respective destinations.
Senju Street
Flashback ( an hour ago)
Naruto was walking towards the Namikaze compound when he sensed another presence watching him.
"Whoever who you are, come out of your hiding spot" Naruto said
Suddenly a figure wearing a cloak as well an orange with black flame patterns on it appeared in front of him.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked as a kunai slipped into his hands.
"I am not surprised that you do not remember me, but I remember you." The masked man said not answering his question.
"I ask again, who are you?" Naruto asked again with slight impatience seeping into his voice.
"I am the ghost of Uchiha. The titled God of War, Madara Uchiha." The masked man said
Naruto slowly started to chuckle which turned into full blown laughter.
"Why do you laugh boy?" the masked man said with barely suppressed anger in his voice
"Because there is no way you are Madara Uchiha." Naruto said in an amused voice
"And why is that?"
"From what I read and heard about Madara, he was a proud shinobi, and there is no way that he would hide behind a mask."
"Maybe I changed my ways."
"No, a proud warrior like Madara would never hide his face. In-fact, Madara would make sure that people knew it was him if he attacked someone."
"It seems you would not survive this night brat." The masked man said
Before he could make a move, Naruto threw his kunai towards him while he held a ram hand-sign
"Kunai Shadow Clone Technique" Naruto said as his single Kunai turned into fifty.
Naruto was shocked when his Kunai passed through the man as if he was a ghost.
After which Naruto decided to attack him with Taijutsu but the same thing happened as he passed through the man.
The masked man then decided to counter attack, punching him in the stomach then in the face before grabbing him by the collar and again punching him in the stomach which sent him skidding away.
The masked man was upon him in an instant and was about to kick him but was blocked by Naruto. After which he tried to attack him but again passed through him.
'It seems this man is using some type of an advanced space-time Ninjutsu which allows him to become intangible, and it seems this ability is given to him by his Mangekyo Sharingan.' Naruto thought as he assessed this man's ability but was stopped from further thinking as a fire ball came towards him.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall" Naruto said as he made a dog sign while he spits a water stream from his mouth which circled him and created a wall around him.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique" Naruto said as the water around him took a shape of a dragon which he directed towards the masked man. But just as before the dragon too passed through him.
'Taijutsu, Ninjutsu nor Elemental Ninjutsu, everything just passes through him' Naruto thought
"You are quite talented boy. Join me in my pursuit of bringing peace to these cursed land" The masked man said
"And just how exactly would you bring peace?" Naruto asked
"Join me and Find out."
"You are clearly insane if you think I would join you after you attacked me."
"Then you wouldn't be allowed to survive to become a threat to me."
Before the masked man could do something, Naruto decided to attack him.
"Shadow Clone Technique" Naruto said as four clones of him came into existence.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet Technique"
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique"
"Wind Release: Wind Orb Barrage"
"Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder"
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet Technique"
Naruto along with his four of his clones released all of these techniques but just as before all the attacks just passed through him.
"You know these techniques wouldn't be able to harm me boy." The masked man said as he saw Naruto panted on his knees while his clones dispersed.
"Who said they were for you?" Naruto asked with a smirk as he sensed four Anbu agent closing in on their location
"You damn brat" The masked man shouted as he trapped Naruto into a Genjutsu while he escaped as just before the Anbu closed on their location.
Flashback End
Konoha Hospital
Kushina was just outside Naruto's room while Tsunade assessed his health.
"Tsunade, how is he?" Kushina asked as soon as she saw Tsunade come out the room
"Fractured ribs and internal damage to the stomach, but the most concerning fact is the psychological trauma that I sensed after examining his brain activity." Tsunade reported
"I am sure he will be able to heal and I personally will help you to help him overcome his trauma." Tsunade said as she consoled a crying Kushina.
Naruto's Room
Naruto was been held unconscious as to aid in his healing, but what no-one knew was that he was having one of his life's most important conversation
Naruto's Mindscape
As Naruto regained his consciousness, looked around and found himself to be in a sewer. He didn't know how he got here, the last thing he remembered was breaking the Genjutsu that the masked man put on him.
Naruto then heard snoring from the north direction and started walking towards there to see if there was anyone who could explain his condition.
Soon he came across a big cage, and couldn't see what was inside of it so he turned on his Sharingan. Naruto gasped as soon as he turned on the Sharingan, due to the fact that his eyes were showing him a fox with nine-tails having immense chakra, larger than anyone Naruto has seeing anyone having.
Naruto decided to poke the beast literary in this case as he picked up a stone, not thinking about where it came from and threw it at the being.
"Who dares to disturb my sleep" Kyubi boomed in a powerful voice as he slowly opened his eyes and looked to see a blond-haired child, who must be his warden.
"I do" Naruto said in an emotionless voice as he crossed his arms in front of him.
"So, my warden finally graces me in my prison" Kyubi said
"Believe me, it wasn't my decision to come here. And if it is your prison then this must be my mindscape, which to be honest is a bit disappointing if it turned out to be a sweer."
"It is only a sewer if you will it to be. I know you have questions, so ask them and I will do my best to answer."
"Why would you want to answer my question? I assumed you hated me, not only because I am your warden but also because I know possess all the abilities and knowledge of the man who controlled you to attack Konoha, from what I have read."
"Smart child. I wish to make a deal with you, if I answer all your question to my best of knowledge then I wish for you to do somethings in return."
"Very well, but I will only do the things you want if they are reasonable."
"How do you have your chakra? From what I know, my father sealed your chakra into my siblings while sealing your soul and body inside of me."
"Not going to ask how you got here child."
"No, because I already know the answer, since it's obvious that I came here, in my mindscape when someone else rendered me unconscious. Now answer my question."
"The question just goes to show how little you know of us Biju. My soul and body are the embodiment of my chakra. What your father did is just take away the chakra that I possessed at that moment and separated and sealed it into your siblings. This process resulted in them being the containers of Three-tails of my chakra which will develop a conscience, having all of my memories but would be unable to regain the lost chakra without the body."
"So basically, they would be like the container of Sanbi."
"Don't you dare compare my chakra with that water-loving, silent bastard turtle". Kyubi said before calming himself down and continued, "My chakra is exponentially more powerful than any of the other Biju. The chakra inside of your siblings is somewhere between the chakra of Yonbi and Gobi without having the advantages that the Jinchuriki of Yonbi or Gobi normally get."
"Why are you co-operating so freely with me?"
"Because if I don't, you will just use those cursed eyes you have to control me and get all of your answers."
"Who were your previous containers?"
"Your mother and Mito Uzumaki, wife of that tree hugging monkey named Hashirama."
"Very well then, what is your real name?"
"Not going to assume that Kyubi is my real name?"
"No, Kyubi means Nine Tails, and it sounds more like a title rather than a name"
"My name was given to me by the only human I respected, I will tell you my name if you manage to gain my respect"
"Very well then, what are you demands?"
"Not going to ask anymore questions?" Kyubi asked and continued when he received a shrug in response
"First, change your mindscape from being a sewer and remove the cage, before you panic the cage is only a physical representation of the seal, a forest with a river would be preferable."
Naruto nodded and then concentrated while changing his mindscape to the forest surrounding the village with a river and even a waterfall while he was unable to change the physical representation of the seal which remained a cage.
"Sorry, it seems I am unable to change the cage"
"Thank you and not a problem. This is more than any of my previous containers did for me. Next promise to never used your cursed eyes to control me."
"I will promise that as long as you don't do anything that will be threat to me and aid me with your chakra in any battle, I might need it in."
"Very well. I can agree to those terms, but my chakra will remain in a corrosive form as well harm your body unless you are able to find the key to this seal and synchronize your chakra with mine."
"A key?"
"Yes, the seal used on you has a key which will from what I assume would remove this cage while still keeping me contained into you."
"The location of this key would only be known to my mother or father. Is there any way I could make the key?"
"Yes, if you are able to understand all of the complexity and design of the seal, you should be able to create the key. But I warn you, this seal is the most complex seal I have seen to be used to contain me and my previous containers were two Uzumaki clan seal mistress."
"Not a problem."
"Give me access to your senses, it gets boring around here without being able to do anything. And before you ask, yes, you would be able to turn off that access whenever you want. And to give me access, just think about it and it will happen once you are conscious."
"I will, any more demands?"
"No, but for being such a good warden, I will give you the answer to the question you desperately want."
"And how would know about the question?"
"I have seen your memories kid, I know what you wish to know, why did your parents neglect you"
"And you have the answer" Naruto said with a little desperation seeping into his voice.
"Yes. But I will tell you know, you will not like the answer."
"Doesn't matter"
"Very well, as you wish."
After saying that the Kyubi showed him the meeting Minato had with the Saanin. Once the memory was complete, Naruto couldn't control himself and unleashed all of his chakra within his mindscape at once.
'Dammit, it's like feeling both Asura and Indra unleashing their chakra together. Could it be?'
"Naruto calm yourself down, at the rate you are unleashing your chakra, I won't be able to stop it much longer from manifesting in the real world and everyone would know of your true strength."
Naruto slowly calmed himself down after listening to those words. As soon as he calmed down, Naruto dropped to his knees.
"They neglected me just because of a prophecy." Naruto said as he tried to stop his tears, "Tell me is the prophecy true?" Naruto asked the Kyubi in a shaky voice with unshed tears in his eyes. Because if the prophecy was true, then he might be able to forgive them.
"No" Kyubi wanted to lie to his container but knew he couldn't as it would destroy any trust, they had built between them.
"And how would you know?"
"Because, if such things as prophecy were true than, that would mean the future is already written and they would be no free will in the world. And I can tell you one thing for sure Naruto that every living being with a conscience has free will."
Naruto just started crying after that while Kyubi sent a tail towards him and bought Naruto to him, wrapping him around in his tails which he hoped provided him with comfort.
"Are you going to confront your parents about this now?" Kyubi asked once Naruto has calmed down and was standing outside his cage with his emotionless mask firmly in place.
"No, since it would raise questions, I am not willing to answer. But I will tell you one thing Kyubi, I will only start to forgive them and develop a relationship with them, if they admit that they neglected me just for a stupid prophecy. And that they made a mistake by doing that and are wiling to show me true remorse." Naruto said in a voice of someone who has made up his/her mind and wouldn't change it for the world.
Author Note: Hello, everyone, this is my first story, hope you all like it. As you can see it is inspired by 'A son forgotten' by DomYang.
Also, the part where Naruto meets Madara is adopted from the story "Founder's Legacy" by ChaosEmperorNex with his permission. Make sure to check out his story.
I will also be setting up a poll for Naruto's summon so make sure to vote in it
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