My New Life in Konoha

by dathyppie

What would I do if I was transported into the world of Naruto of which I am a major fan. simple answer obliterate canon with extreme prejudice. this is the first Self-Insert story I've ever done and I wanted to give it a try after reading some really good ones on here. read, review and try to enjoy the ride

4. Chapter 4

AN: so maybe i should have made this clearer from the beginning but the songs in this story are not going to stop. They are there because each and everyone of these songs have helped me through incredibly dark times in my life, the reason i write out the entire lyrics is because it was my intention for people to look up the songs i had listed, and some of them have screaming in them so the lyrics were there in my story so that people know what the songs themselves are about. So sorry Stylo1 i will not quit putting the songs in my story because they serve a purpose. If you or anyone else don't like that then i'm sorry my story isn't for you, i do not mind if you would rather read something else. I'm not offended that you don't like my story, I expected that most people wouldn't like this story.

Sorry for that up there and also too all of you who waited so patiently for this chapter i am so sorry it took me so long to find the will to type again, life wasn't easy recently but i'm back and i promise i will continue to write my stories but i don't know how often they'll be updated or even which ones i'll write. Got so many ideas flying around in my head trying to keep it all sorted is a pain in the ass.

this is kurama speaking

'this is me thinking'

"this is me or others talking"

this is me singing

"THIS IS OTHERS SCREAMING/TECHNIQUES"

"THIS IS ME SCREAMING/TECHNIQUES"

AND BEGIN-

I really should have seen this shit coming, i mean school has always sucked, even back in my original life school had been tantamount to torture. I don't think anything could have prepared me for the absolute boredom inducing lectures that Iruka-sensei just goes off on. I did the best I could to stay awake these past couple years, at least there are some days where we go out and get our hands dirty but they are few and far between.

On the upside, I was able to convince the old man to finally teach me that damn shadow clone jutsu on my 8th birthday. The downside was that no matter what I did I couldn't stop the uchiha massacre. After it happened Sasuke just went into a violent self-destructive phase, it took me, Shikamaru, and Choji roughly 2 weeks to get him out of his house, and even longer to convince him that blind rage at Itachi wasn't the right course of action. We convinced him that when we all graduated academy we would help him hunt down Itachi and bring him back to Konoha too answer for his crimes, and then justice would be delivered by Sasuke's hands.

That all happened roughly a year ago, since then we've all grown closer and stronger. Jiraiya stops by every now and then and helps us all in the areas we suck at as he puts it. Also Shika and Choji's dads help us out where they can, and my training with Jiji hasn't stopped. Though now Sasuke does join us and even some days Jiji trains all of us, though those days are mostly philosophical debates on what a shinobi should be, and that kinda crap hurts my head.

But not today, today we are training on our own. Shika and I developed a training method that improves all of us, shika, choji, and sasuke are tasked with defending and keeping hold of a specific item. It's my job to try and take it from them using any means in my arsenal but mainly shadow clones. This is to improve my mastery of the jutsu and also to increase my already massive reserves while continuing to improve my chakra control. After a slight break in the action i look up and notice it's late evening, and while Sasuke and i don't have a curfew Shika and Choji sure did.

"Alright guys, I think that does it for today. It's about time to head home and get some chow on." I say with a huge grin on my face. "My vote is for ramen or barbeque, what are you feeling like Sasuke?"

"You know I don't really care where we go Naruto, just pick one and lets go." My best friend here, says with a slight impatient look on his face.

"Cool ramen it is then, it's been a while since we dropped in on Teuchi and Ayame. Later guys, come on Sasuke, the last one there is covering the tab." I ran off before I even finished talking.

"Like hell i'm paying for you, i'm not made of money asshole." he screams out behind me as my laughter fills the village. Not wanting to get left behind he darts after me and we end up racing to ichiraku's ramen. Like always we tie and decide to split the tab.

We eat but i can't help but not have my usual gusto, i'm hoping Sasuke doesn't notice but who the hell am I kidding a blind man can tell when i'm upset or thinking too hard on something. I sigh as I lay my chopsticks down beside my bowl of ramen, "hey Sasuke. You know you're my best friend right? There is some stuff I wanna tell you but i don't know if you'll believe me."

"Why the hell wouldn't I believe you? You have never lied before as far as i can remember." he looks over at me, "but your serious about this huh, alright we can talk at my house when you finish eating." then he just goes back to eating like nothing is wrong, like what i want to tell him won't shatter his world. Fuck me, but i have to tell him, if someone else figures it out and lets it slip at a worse time then he'll go all murder boner like in the original manga.

"Ok in that case let's eat, this is an important discussion so we shouldn't postpone it." I dive into my ramen with the pure intent of explaining my life to Sasuke… all of it. Finishing as quickly as possible we pay Teuchi and head out on our way. The walk to Sasuke's house was silent but not the uncomfortable kind. I was too busy trying to figure out where I would start and he was just giving me time to process or so it seems.

'Kurama can we even do this, use our chakra to pull him into our mindscape?' I silently communicate with my oldest friend. Yes but it will require time, and it will be difficult. My chakra was not meant to be used by humans. In theory it would work like how we biju communicate when we are near each other. With your help I can pull Sasuke into a shared mindscape. Though he could just do it if he had access to his Sharingan. I nod as she speaks and we approach the front door.

"Sasuke you trust me right?" he looks confused but still nods. "Ok then i need you to promise that no matter what you see you won't freak out." I sit down on the floor focusing my mind inward. Entering my mind has become like second nature for me, this time instead of being in the tree house i show up right in front of Kurama. "Let's do this Sensei, I trust you." I walk forward into the den she is laying in, turning around so i am facing the entrance with my back directly in front of her snout.

If she wanted too she could end me, escape and live a free life, and i couldn't blame her if that is what she wanted. I feel her chakra begin to wrap around me before like smoke I breath it in, swirling and mixing it with my own as I release my breath and exhale my chakra out to her. So the process repeats until my eyes snap open and my left iris has bled to a crimson slit, while my right remains it's normal blue.

"Sasuke look in my eyes." my voice comes out almost like a snarl but oddly soft. He hesitates before walking forward, as soon as he is close enough i feel Kurama's chakra leap out and suddenly we are back in the forest and i am sitting directly in front of the most powerful being in this world, Sasuke stands shell shocked by the entrance to the den.

"What… where are we Naruto?" he looks around before his eyes land on Kurama, "Naruto is that?" I smile sadly, before looking back at Kurama, "thanks Kurama, now I'm gonna go take Sasuke and explain everything." she puffs out some air as a response before she goes back to sleep. I stand and walk out of the den, waving at Sasuke to follow me.

"Well to answer your questions this is my mind, and yes that was the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Her name is Kurama though, I brought you here in part to tell you about her as well as my parents but also how I got here." making my mental representation filter into my original body was easy, "I am the naruto you've known your whole life, but I didn't start out as him. In another world, in another life, I was born Jasyn Lee. In that world there was no ninjutsu or chakra, but war was still prominent, we fought with weapons unlike you have seen. But it will be easier for me to show you than tell you."

We stop and stand beneath the tree house, pointing up "The answers to everything i know lie in there, it's my center if you will. Are you ready?" I look over at him and I really look closely. He is hurt that i am not who i said i am, but he seems to be rationalizing that i am the Naruto he knows, good canon Sasuke couldn't have done that. He nods with a set determined scowl on his face. Placing my hand on his shoulder we leap straight up past the part where chakra would have failed and we would have plummeted, but like magic we keep going. When we set foot back on solid 'ground' i let go of his shoulder and walk inside up to a huge television screen.

"What I am about to show you is my life Sasuke, it isn't pretty and I don't like talking about it. But you deserve to know, just press the screen to begin the whole thing, i'll be outside. I don't want to relive all of that, I already see it everytime i close my eyes." I fall out of the tree and look out to the rest of my forest, i am not sure how much time passes while i think back on my life and those I'll never see again, but eventually a hand lands on my shoulder, "Do I really become like that?" turning around I see Sasuke with his Sharingan active, one tomoe in his right eye and two in his left.

I sigh but nod, "You do, but you redeem yourself in the end. None of that has to happen now. You know the truth now, because I'm here and have already made different choices than the other Naruto that future might not become reality, know we are firing in the dark Sasuke. It's why I wanted to tell you everything so you could make your own future, and so you wouldn't kill someone that loved you until the end." I look up at the sky, the beautiful cascade of blue, Sasuke follows my line of sight and i hear an audible intake of breath, letting the colors swirl and swim around each other i wait till he begins to visibly relax and I place my hand on his shoulder, then lean him backwards. His weight carries him back and when he notices what happens it's right when his back touches the forest floor and he fades from my mindscape. "Bye Kurama, I gotta get going before he begins freaking out."

Letting my mind calm i fall backwards and wake up in Sasuke's living room. My eyes flutter open and the first thing I notice is that Sasuke and I are no longer alone, there is another chakra nearby. It isn't large so whoever it is they are either young, a civilian, or suppressing their chakra. "Were you expecting company Sasuke?" he looks over at me with a puzzled expression, "I'll take that as a no then." I dash to the door without making a sound and throw it open only to reveal… "Sakura? What the hell are you doing creeping around like that, i thought someone was after Sasuke. Jeez freaking fan girls." i turn around and walk back inside not bother to close the door, "dammit now i don't even remember what the hell we were talking about."

I drop down on the couch as Sasuke looks over at the open door, "well come in or leave, don't just stand there like a statue." my eyebrows go up before i remember he saw all my memories, oops even the perverted ones. He has seen what she grows up to look like also i guess knowing that another version of you fell in love with her would also make you a bit more willing to deal with her when she is annoying. She perks up at that and quickly dashes inside closing the door behind her.

"There are a couple things to clear out first, if you want to hang out around me you are going to have to get used to Naruto Shikamaru and Choji, they are my friends and i enjoy their company. Second, if you so much as start to fangirl over me I will leave. And lastly when we train you train, you want me to like you focus on being a kunoichi not a harlot." he says all this before walking into the kitchen and pouring a glass of orange juice. Damn that was cold even for me, but it will help in the long run i'm sure. Could you imagine the things Sakura could have done if she took shit serious from the start? SCARY SHIT MAN.

"This is the part where you agree to his terms Sakura, you aren't going to get a better deal than that. And he was being 100% serious about what he said." I look over at the shelled shocked young girl in front of me, her head turns to look at me as if she has never seen me before. Then she shakes her head vigorously and a look of determination covers her face. When she nods, more than likely not trusting her voice right now, Sasuke smirks.

"You aren't tired yet, right Naruto? We need to get Sakura up to our level. Come on we can use my backyard." I hop up as we head outside, an evil smirk forming on my face as I come up with a plan to see what Sakura can really do. Catching up to Sasuke was easy, I pull his head down and whisper in his ear my plan.

I turn around and look at Sakura, "Alright pay attention i won't repeat myself. Sasuke wants you up to our level so i guess i gotta help, so i will act as an enemy shinobi. I have Sasuke captive, you have been sent to rescue him, there is a rough estimate of 20 enemy shinobi in the location where Sasuke is being held, you have 2 hours to defeat them and free Sasuke, after that is achieved you will have to flee and defend Sasuke for 30 minutes during that time i will launch an all out assault in an attempt to recapture him as well as catching you. Is all of that understood?" She looks at me blandly for a minute before getting down in a ready stance.

"So all i have to do to prove i'm good enough is beat you 20 times, i can do that." she says with confidence until she sees the smile on my face. Moving my hands to my face I make a simple cross hand sign and flex my chakra making 20 clones, "No Sakura. I meant there will be 20 enemies, these aren't like the clones they teach in academy. They are solid and capable of thought as well as using their chakra for jutsu. Good luck your time starts now." As soon as I finished speaking she flew forward, going to pass by my clones. I guess she didn't believe me, one of my clones grabs a fist full of her hair before roughly yanking her backwards. She screamed and suddenly realization dawned on her face.

"Guess she didn't believe you boss, well i caught her does that mean she fails?" my clone asks me as i look at Sakura, i knew she would get out, if my clones thought about it they did too. Unless they were trying to get her to that's why he grabbed her hair… clever bastards. "I don't know minion, why don't we ask her? So Sakura ready to call it quits?" I almost couldn't keep the smile off my face as she reached for her kunai and slices clean through the hair my clone was holding.

What caught me by surprise though was she didn't attack the clone that had a hold of her, instead she dashed to the side while dropping a smoke bomb. As the cloud of smoke rolled away i looked around and smiled, she hides well even though i knew where she was my clones aren't as accurate sensors as i was. But then again I had a major unfair advantage in that I could sense emotions as well as chakra thanks to Kurama. "Well minions fan out and search for her, set up a standard guard rotation we have to keep this up for 2 hours or she wins. Get going." At my shout my clones dash off through the empty district, setting up patrol routes. I look back over at Sasuke, "Well let's hope now she'll take this all seriously, who knows maybe she wouldn't mind training with the rest of us when this is all over."

He nods as he stands up and he and I walk back into his house, to sit down on the couch, "Are you going easy on her?" He asks as he plops down beside me. I laugh a little before I get myself under control. "Not really, i mean i'm not attacking her with the same level as i go after you and the guys but i don't really bother holding back and my clones took after me in that regard. If she gets hit it's gonna hurt but i mainly just want to see if she can through my clones. If she can make it to us here then i say we let her hang with us, if not then we let her stew and in her own time she'll either decide to get better or not." I lean back into the sofa and close my eyes, focusing my sensor abilities to their limit. I find her at the edge of the district.

Her chakra pool isn't much but we are still children that can easily be fixed by serious training, what caught my interest is that she was already on the move. She is smart so she probably noticed my clones patrolling so she should have a plan in motion. I smirk as I speak out loud, "No plan survives first contact with the enemy. Your future wife is already on the move Sasuke, i wonder what she'll do first." Noticing my clones moving around within my sensor range I realize they are just as much an asshole as I am, their patrol patterns were the exact same as MGS's first level, Shadow moses island. I couldn't keep the smirk off my face, ah a classic.

As i begin to pull my focus back into myself two of my clones get forcefully dispelled. Shifting through the memories was simple, and I couldn't help but be amused. She had snuck up just outside their range and made a light whistle sound, when they went to investigate they only found a squirrel. They thought nothing of it but when they turned around they were met by the heel of a ticked off Sakura. "Well 2 down 18 to go. Who knew Sakura could be this good with a little incentive?" I hear a snort next to me on the couch, "Well not counting us Sasuke."

I open my eyes and wait, this should be interesting. I am a smart guy in some aspects so my clones have a decent level of intelligence but i was nowhere near as smart as Sakura or hell even Sasuke. I make a clone in front of me, "do not react to the memories of dispelled clones, that is too much of an unfair advantage." I say before I dispel the clone letting the others learn what i told it. Leaning back once again i smile as i realize in the time i was distracted she had taken down 2 more and just finished dispelling one that was most likely distracted by my instructions.

I chuckle lightly to myself, she already got rid of 5, this Sakura is clearly a bit more serious than canon but i should expect these things by now. Well at the very least she won't be dead weight in the beginning but if she takes training seriously enough we can get her up beyond the level she ever reached in the manga. My god imagine if she knew the Eight Inner Gates with her healing knowledge, I'm gonna stop thinking about such terrifying things now. Yesh, shaking that thought from my mind i blink when another two of my clones go down. Filing through their memories I see that she is getting sloppy. The last two takedowns were rushed, they still worked in the end but she left herself open if this was the real world she would be captured or worse by now.

I sigh and resign myself to having to bestow a difficult lesson to her when this hits the fan, "Hey Sasuke i'm gonna need you to do something. She is progressing here nicely but she is leaving too many openings, three of my clones actively decided against capitalizing on them. We need to give her a sharp dose of reality before she gets too comfortable doing things this way." He looks over at me and hums in agreement.

"What did you have in mind?" I look over at him and raise an eyebrow.

"Genjutsu, you are better at them than me, so when she rescues you and takes you to a relatively defensible position I need you to employ a simple genjutsu just enough to alter her perception of where you are. When that's done i'll engage her in a simple taijutsu spar, then right before the time limit is up… well i guess since you'll be in control of the genjutsu you can make it as awful or as simple as you want. It just has to involve something bad happening to you, are you ok with that? If you don't want to do it I can just step up my speed a bit, enough to let her know she is outclassed."

"No that won't show her how cruel our world can be, she needs her eyes opened. I'll do the genjutsu, I think i know something that may work, i just hope she won't hate me for this." Now it's my turn to raise my eyebrows. What was he planning, and why would she hate him… why would he care? To many questions and she just took down another 3 clones bringing the total down to 10 she should be here in time then, unless she burns herself out completely. Nothing to do but wait.

Time left: 1 hour 30 min… clones left: 7

Time left: 1 hour 14 min… clones left: 6.

Time left: 1 hour… clones left: 4.

Time left: 45 min… clones left: 2.

Time left: 30 min… clones left:0.

"Well there goes the last of my clones, she'll be here any minute. Come here I'm going to tie your hand to your ankle to simulate an injury." He raises an eyebrow but walks over to me like i asked and doesn't even complain as i secure his left wrist to his right ankle. "There that should add some reality to the scenario. Ah there she is, Sakura stop creeping around the window. You have 10 min to get Sasuke to a defensible location before i come looking for you, when that 10 min is up you have to guard Sasuke for a half hour. Sasuke has received injury due to torture from the enemy, that is why he is bound like this. If you understand don't even bother replying just go."

As soon as I finished speaking Sakura slings Sasuke's free arm over her shoulders and leaps away to hide, I wonder where she'll take him. I won't actively search for them even with my sensing ability until after the 10 min are up. I sit down in the middle of the road in the Uchiha district that had been turned into a makeshift training field, humming an old song to myself one of my actual favorites growing up. It wasn't too heavy, just simply emotional, or at least it always was for me. Closing my eyes and losing myself in the moment i allow all else to fade away for just a moment i can pretend i'm back in my house listening to music my dog laying at my feet as i play my playstation, for a moment i can pretend i'm home.

Circle by Slipknot

Give me the dust of my father
Stand on the face of the ancients
Bare the secret flesh of time itself

Follow me (follow me)
I've come so far i'm behind again
Follow me (follow me)
Wish so hard i'm there again
Follow me (follow me)
Follow me (follow me)

All that i wanted the dreams i had before
All that i needed i've never needed more
All my questions are answers to my sins
All of my endings waiting to begin

I know the way that i falter
Can't be afraid of my patience
There's a sacred place where Razel keeps safe

Follow me (follow me)
I've seen so much i'm behind again
Follow mw (follow me)
I feel so bad i'm in love again
Follow me (follow me)

All that i wanted the dreams i had before
All that i needed i've never needed more
All of my questions are answers to my sins
All of my endings waiting to begin

My eyes snap open not because of the ending of the song or even because the time is up because it wasn't. Someone just came into the district, and they were heading for Sasuke and Sakura fast, throwing caution to the wind i summon as many clones as i could, just under 300, and charge in their direction. Neither of them are sensors, bursting through the clearing i slide a kunai through the ninja wire holding Sasuke in such a vulnerable state, "Were you expecting company today Sasuke, it ain't nice to not inform your guests who all is coming over. Change of plans, thus could very well be a hostile or maybe it's an anbu too fetch you for Jiji but i doubt that. Formation Alpha sound good to you?"

"Those formations were made with teamwork between me, Shikamaru and Choji in mind Naruto, i don't know if they will work the same if they aren't around." he says with his sharingan coming out full force, in that split moment i release a breath i hadn't known i held in, there was none of his chakra present within Sakura, he must not have begun the genjutsu then.

"It's simple really, Sakura will stand in for Shika, she is almost as smart as him anyway… well maybe not but she is smarter than the two of us and has good aim so that will have to do. While I will stand in for Choji, up close combat is kinda my speciality remember Sasuke. Just watch my back and we'll get through this, ready cause they are here?" just as i finish speaking a man drops down in front of us and just then i recognize the chakra signature, "Goddammit you blasted pervert what have i told you about sneaking up on me while suppressing your chakra, we could have attacked you, and then we all would have been hospitalized is that what gets your jollies off beating up kids huh?"

Jiraiya just raises an eyebrow at us and then promptly flicks my forehead sending me flying away from the others, "disrespectful twirp, ah well he is lovable in his own way. Anywho i was coming by to let you know that i am going on mission i'll be out of the land of fire for quite a while so i'm not going to be here for your birthday brat, now get up and come over here so i can give you your present. I didn't hit you that hard stop being so dramatic." he quickly catches my fist before it could even come close to his face, he wasn't even straining from the fact i was empowering myself with Kurama's chakra. Cutting off the chakra flow as he tosses me backwards, "you're getting better with that brat, who knows maybe you'll have it mastered by the time i get back. Catch." he tosses me a book, unlike any i've seen it was huge.

"What is this?" I ask as i struggle to catch the damn thing, i look in and immediately regret it for the most part, it just made my head hurt.

"That notebook was your parents, it has everything they know of Fuinjutsu within. I've added some things that I've figured out since they passed but I would say that 90% of that book well that's just your parent's kiddo. I'll see you when I get back kid, keep training and if you need me for anything go to sensei he knows how to get in contact with me." He gets down on one knee and hugs me before he smiles at Sasuke and ruffles his hair, then he stands and disappears like he was never there.

Now i had been taught the slightest bit of Fuinjutsu by Jiraiya already mostly because of how useful it would prove to be in the future but also and more importantly because that was my best friends Dillon's favorite aspect of Naruto.I mean don't get me wrong he liked all the other stuff too but the idea that Fuinjutsu could do damn near anything given you don't fuck up the formula and well he kinda went off the deep end researching the lore behind it and shit. Since i was here i might as well learn something that is damn near busted, even if it never made much sense to my mind, it was my weird way of honoring Dillon.

"That was Jiraiya of the Sannin, how do you know one of the Sannin?" I turn around and see Sakura in what could only be described as pure shock. 'Ah crap now I gotta explain shit… I hate explanations.'

"Why don't you use that brain of yours and figure this one out, he gave me a birthday present and spoke about my parents a lot. Clue you in yet?" I speak while sliding my new book away in one of my jacket's pockets. Looking back up at her I see a thoughtful look on her face, her eyes half lidded like she was nearly asleep.

"Is he a relative of yours? No everyone in the village would know if that were the case. A family friend then, but that doesn't explain him coming to see you before leaving." I grin at how close she came to the truth right there.

"He is my godfather Sakura, and what do you mean the whole village would know if we were related. Only a couple people in the village know who my parents are outside of the Hokage and I." I smirk as her face scrunches up it's kinda adorable, in like a kid sister way.

"Well your parents probably weren't as well known as Jiraiya of the Sannin. Not like it really matters who important could they be?" Oh i guess i made her mad after i disproved her thoughts.

Before i could say anything laughter to my left cut me off, "If you only knew then you would never think again that Jiraiya is better known. Are you gonna tell her Naruto?" I look over at Sasuke but what i was gonna say gets cut off when i see the look in his eyes. He was asking if i would tell her the whole truth, giving my head a near imperceptible shake, before looking at Sakura with a rueful smile.

"Follow me Sakura, you may not believe me but what i'm going to tell you is the truth. My Parents had a lot of enemies because of their actions and their fame, that's why my connection to them is an S ranked secret. Which only myself and the Hokage have clearance to tell people. What that means is not only well no one believe you if you repeat what I say, but you'll also be imprisoned for treason. So don't tell anyone ok?" With all that I walk away heading for a nearby training field, one that Kakashi frequented, Training ground 7. But more importantly the memorial stone located there.

"Thus stone has the names of heroes who sacrificed their lives for the leaf village. My parents died the night the Kyuubi attacked, the night i was born." My fingers trace over their names, "Kushina Uzumaki, my mother had been the previous jinchuuriki of the nine tails. The seal weakened during her labor and the Kyuubi escaped, my dad, Minato Namikaze defeated the nine tails by sealing it away in a new jinchuuriki… Me, so still think Jiraiya is better known than The Yellow Flash and The Red Hot Habanero?" I smirk at the dumbfounded look on Sakura's face, like she can't believe it.

"What is a jinchuuriki?"

AAAAAAAAAND CUT!

AN: sorry this took so long guys i know i promised to get one out in October and here it is February of the new year, i'm so sorry. But here's hoping that 2020 is a better year for me mentally and creatively, anyway i hope all of you enjoyed and if you have any questions know that you can PM me but i won't give away any spoilers. Well i'll catch you all later DATHYPPIE IS OUT PEACE.