Chapter 2: Life without you
Uzumaki-Namikaze compound 4 years after Naruto disappears
I'm the Uzumaki-Namikaze compound a place where there would usually be smiles and laughter coming from due to it being Mito's birthday had an air of heavy depression why you may ask is because 4 years ago on this day the eldest child of the Uzumaki-Namikaze family up and vanished during the attack of the Black ten winged dragon
After the party once after Naruto left (not that anyone noticed) the ANBU arrived to tell them that a ten winged dragon arrived panicking thinking that it was the Juubi leaving Mito with some ANBU Minato, Kushina and Jiraiya go off to confront whilst Kakashi goes to retrieve Erza to have it sealed in her all thing considered the fight was easy compared to the Kyuubi battle, but all was not alright for when the adults got back to the mansion they find a panicking Mito saying how Naruto is gone after gearing this Minato instantly sent an ANBU squad to search for him. Coming back two days later the family had no choice but to pronounce him dead.
Minato took the news hard because he knew it was his fault Naruto left that night due to being neglected and no matter his many times he played it in his head that he needed to pay more attention to Mito more because of the Kyuubi's charka it didn't make him feel any less guilty and he absolutely hated himself for it, and because of that he spent a lot of his free time searching for Naruto's body at least thinking he could have been killed by the Juubi (It wasn't actually the Juubi but they don't know that so that's what I'm going to refer to it as until it is revealed to them otherwise)
Kushina didn't take it any better because as an Uzumaki she was supposed to put family before anything else and when she figured out he probably left and got killed by the Juubi because she neglected him so she worked hard to spread her attention evenly between both her daughters
Mito took the news even worse that her beloved brother died/disappeared on that day because she thought it was all her fault because she took all their parents attention and even his birth right and never even gave anything back in return so because of this she never celebrates her birthday anymore
Erza on the other hand was sad and disappointed with her parents and sister when she learnt about her brother and what happens to him but wasn't overly sad because she never met him so she couldn't be very emotionally attached to him as the others.
Back to the story we see the Uzumaki-Namikaze family sitting at the table eating breakfast but everyone had sad expressions on their faces whilst Kushina and Minato haven't changed Mito and Erza definitely have
Standing at 5" 9' the same height as her mother Mito has developed well for a sixteen year old. Since graduating 4 years ago she has moved up the ranks to jounin and is currently considering joining the ANBU, she wears black pants, black top under her jounin vest, black shinobi sand led and her headband around her fore head
Standing at 3" Erza is four years old and will be starting the academy in two years, she wears a red shirt white skirt and blue shinobi sandals
Getting up Minato says "alright I have to get to the office so I will see you later" heading out the door he stops and says "and I will get out early so we can go visit Naruto"
With the family nodding in acknowledgement he disappears in a yellow flash. Sighing to herself and getting up to clean the dishes Kushina says to her daughters "you are free to do what you want today just be back before dinner" with that she walks off to do other chores around the house
Knowing her sister will want you be left alone today Erza gets up and excuses herself for a walk with Mito nodding in acknowledgement now you may be wondering where a four year old could possibly go by herself well that would be the training grounds not many people know this but Erza is a once in a lifetime prodigy that absorbs knowledge like a sponge whilst she can't do any proper training yet that doesn't mean she can't read up on it
Getting to the training grounds and making herself comfortable Erza pulls out a book on funjutsu and begins reading it but unknown to her there are a group of people with Iwa headbands watching her
Whilst reading about sealing scrolls Erza hears rustling in the trees Turing around she finds shuriken being thrown at her, jumping out of the way she accidentally bumps into a person looking up she sees its a Iwa nin whilst tying to run away she gets hit in the leg with a kunai making her fall looking up she sees the grinding faces of the Iwa shinobi thinking then the youngest of the Uzumaki-Namikaze family hears them say whilst grinning "we were sent after the yellow flash but looks like we got one of his brats instead"
Starting to pass out from blood loss the last thing the blonde sees is black and blue energy exploding out around her
Earlier at the Uzumaki-Namikaze compound
Waiting for Erza to get back Kushina and Mito are in the living room drinking tea and discussing things when Minato bursts through the door, panting the blonde says "O have found out that Iwa shinobi have got in the village so please tell me Erza is still in the house
Panicking Kushina starts to hyperventilate thinking she's going to lose another one of her children Mito says "no she left earlier and said she was going on a walk around the village"
Panicking as well now "any idea on where she may have gone?" Asks Minato
After calming down Kushina answers she will most likely be at-" but was cut off when there was a powerful blast of charka that was to be felt across the village and there is only one thing going through the family's mind 'that was the Juubi's charka'
Taking charge Minato orders "get to where that charkas coming from immediately!" With the other two nodding they speed off through the village to the charkas location and what they find is not a pleasant sight all around the training ground are the mutilated bodies if the Iwa shinobi and in the centre is a four year old blonde sleeping peacefully
Coming out of her stupor first Kushina rushes down to check on the seal and most importantly her daughters' wellbeing seeing that the seal and daughter are fine she nods to Minato and Mito so they rush home to put Erza to bed.
Erza's Mindscape
Waking up on something wet Erza looks around to see herself in a giant sewer. Having nothing else to do she wanders around hoping to find a way out but what what she didn't expect to find was a giant cage with a piece of paper with the word seal on it and a pair of glowing pupil less white eyes staring back at her
"So my jailor finally comes to meet me does she?" Asked a deep voice coming from the cage
Stepping back a little "who are you and where am I?" Asks a terrific Erza.
Looking straight at her the voice says "for where we are this is your mindscape" rumbling is heated from inside the cage and looking up Erza sees a giant Ten winged dragon "as for who I am, my name is Acnologia the ten winged dragon!"
Absolutely terrified now Erza takes a step back even though she knows the dragon can't hurt her and asks "if it's not too much trouble can i ask why you attacked the village Four years ago?"
Sighing to himself the dragon answers " I wasn't in control of my actions back then my body back then for i was going under a transformation causing my body to lose control and attack the nearest civilisation that would be Konoha"
Starting to get angry Erza glares at the dragon and shouts "why should I believe anything you say when you're the one who killed my big brother making Mommy, Daddy and Mito sad!"
Surprised at this sudden change in attitude acnologia looks at the blonde and explains calmly "I didn't kill your brother in fact looking through my memory's I didn't kill anyone that day although now that I really think I saw a older Male version of you leaving the village when I came and attacked"
Hearing this Erza couldn't help but cry help but cry tears of happiness see this the dragon sighs "hey hatch-ling I have a deal for you if you rip off a tiny bit of the seal and change the mindscape to something nicer I will willingly give you power and even train you myself in how to use It"
Looking at the dragon Erza thinks over the pros and cons of this deal, on the one hand it could be a great way to get stronger and less hassle to get his power later and she will know all the ways to use is on the other hand he could be tricking her into escaping and finishing of Konoha making her decision she exclaims "okay I accept your training and I will become the next Hokage Believe It!" looking embarrassed that her verbal tick slipped out she looks at the ground only to hear laughing looking up she see acnologia holding is sides and laughing turning away "so what exactly do i get from your power?"
Getting serious acnologia explains "because you will have my power you will become my dragon slayer which means you will have dragon like abilities and later on something like your sisters Bijuu cloak called the Dragon Force making you more Dragon like in appearance and power"
Looking up in awe Erza Says "okay last two questions how much of the seal do I remove and how do I change the mindscape
answering her question the not so old dragon says "you only need to remove a piece about the size of your thumb" looking to see her reaching up and removing it he smiles and says "now to change the mindscape just think about it and it will happen" seeing her close her eyes and concentrate he was about to give her tips when the sewer changed to a beautiful forest with a big cave full of treasure to sleep on smiling at her he says "good job and when you wake up don't freak out when i start speaking to you because that is a side effect of removing the seal and one last thing you will feel a lot of pain and wake up right about know" suddenly Erza grabs her head whilst screaming and disappears
acnologia sighs to himself and transforming back to his human form revealing Naruto but he is about 6"4' has black streaks in his hair and blue tattoo like markings all over his body leading up to his ten wings. He wears no shirt ANBU style pants with a white sash and to finish it off he has a black cloak covering his body. He thinks to himself in surprise 'so they actually care I'm gone from their lives that is a surprise, at least I can effectively protect my sister now and see what is happening out their' laughing to himself 'things are going to be interesting'.
Outside world
Waking up Erza gets up and feels her entire body aching getting up she walks past a mirror she screams at seeing her reflection because in the mirror there is a new person growing to 3"4' she has now lost most of her baby fat only to be replaced by muscle her hair has changed so it now has a red outline giving it a fiery appearance with black streaks in it.
hearing her scream Minato, Kushina and Mito bust down the door to see if she is okay only to stare dumbly at the changes that had happened to Erza scratching the back of her head and laughing awkwardly "Uh Hey" breaking the out of their stupor
"What the hell happened to you" Yells Minato whilst Kushina and Mito nod at his question
sighing to herself Erza says "before I explain can you promise me not to interrupt" looking around and seeing them nod "well after those Iwa shinobi attacked me I went into my mindscape and met my prisoner Acnologia the Ten winged dragon after some conversations he gave me a deal and said if I change my mindscape and removed a small piece of the seal then he would willingly give me his power even train me how to use it" seeing her family worried she continues "and there's no need to worry about him I trust him, also he told me when he came to the village four years ago he saw Naruto leaving the village so that means he could still be alive" seeing her family start to cry tears of joy she says do you mind leaving now I want to sleep.
Minato nods and says "of course sweet dreams" getting similar replies from her mother and sister she goes to bed.
Unable to sleep she thinks 'Acnologia are you there?"
Getting the reply of "of course what do you need"
'Why did my appearance change so much?'
after a slight pause and a bit of hesitation in his voice he finally answers "since you removed the seal my charka did more to you than i first though not only did it give you power but it also slightly changed you genetic structure making you my daughter as much as Kushina's and Minatos"
After five mins of waiting the only reply Acnologia got was 'What the FUUUUUUU.
End chapter 2
Authors note
so another chapter is up thank you for your support and suggestions from the last two chapters and after taking them into consideration I have decided that I will most likely have Naruto released in some way during the Chunin exams, also next chapter will signal the start of the cannon of the series yes the Kyuubi attack is earlier than expected but it's my FanFic so my rules. Thanks again for reading and send any suggestions to improve my writing for the future and anything else you might want for the story BTW if am going to do a pairing then it would be between Erza and someone Naruto most likely won't have anyone at the moment.
Until next time Goodbye