Deadlast

Hello, friends. So I still got two reviews last time and a lot of favorites and followers. Why do you insist on following the story and not giving advice. I'm fine with who reviewed. Those who do will be hearing from me. As I always promise, I make stories for the reviews that make my day. Like this one. Well, here's the beginning of a powerful Naruto and he brother Pein.

Also, I've changed up pairings. I wanted to try something different for Naruto instead of the same old same old. You'll all see in due time. Slow can go, my friends. Slow can go.

Naruto frowned while panting rapidly in his backyard. What he found out today broke his heart.

He wasn't good enough.

And that broke him.

While the boy knew everything he needed to about the world, Naruto was unable to actually mold and bring out his chakra. Something was blocking his flow.

While he was originally supposed to be trained by Hatake Kakashi, Sarutobi Asuma, and Maito Gai, he could only be trained by the last man due to his advanced Taijutsu.

Kakashi and Asuma told his father that Naruto would have to train harder-maybe for another year- before they could train him.

Hence the reason the child remained in his backyard, training all day.

And still nothing was working.

"You're not getting anywhere moping around." Naruto whipped his head around, finding Pein standing there with his arms crossed.

Pein was always the rational one and as the oldest, he was someone Naruto really looked up to. While the other boys usually teased him and fought with him, Pein was the ultimate older brother. He looked out for Naruto and taught him everything, gave him hints on anything. He was Naruto's idol; his teacher in everything.

So when Pein scolded him, which was unusual, the blond felt ashamed. Naruto stood straighter. "I know." he mumbled.

Pein sighed and walked closer. "What's the problem?"

"This morning, I wasn't able to finish the tree walking exercise and Kakashi and Asuma assumed that I wasn't able to manipulate it. They told me Gai-sensei would only train me."

Pein's fist tightened unconsciously. "They brushed you off?" He asked in a tense tone.

"I think so." Naruto mumbled, growing weary to his brother's infuriated rinnegan. "But, then again, I understand...I mean….I can't even use my chakra like they do."

"No" Pein said sharply. "Naruto, you must never degrade yourself because of the opinions of others. It was Asuma and Kakashi who didn't try hard enough."

Naruto stared in awe as his brother continued. ""I was bad when I first began too."

Mismatched orbs widened. "Really, Pein?" He didn't believe it, Pein was the strongest of anyone.

The nine year old nodded. "Yeah. My chakra control was so horrible that I didn't balance it until the second week. Deidara and Nagato until the third. You could surpass us.

I'll give you a hint. As half Uzumaki's, we have too much chakra. In order to complete a balance exercise, you'd have to use the smallest amount of chakra."

"Why, nii-san?" Naruto was practically leaning on the table. Pein was the oldest and coolest to Naruto.

"A small amount of our chakra is like the mid amount for those who have average amounts. You have so much more. You remember the stories of the Rabbit Goddess, well you have more chakra."

"Wow."

Pein pointed to a tree. "Gather a very small amount of chakra to your feet and run up that tree. So small that you won't be able to feel it."

Naruto nodded as they walked closer to the tree. Emitting chakra to his feet, a small amount too, Naruto ran up the tree. He was really doing it until he flew off.

The blond plunged into the air and closed his eyes, ready to fall into the hard surface.

"Universal Pull." Pein called with his hand out. Naruto was sprung into his older brother's hand and the nine year old let him down.

"Thanks, Aniki."

"You're doing it wrong, otouto. Don't think in terms of my chakra or anyone else's. Think in terms of yours. Do it again."

Half an hour and many 'agains' later, Naruto grew frustrated. Pein grew weary. And as he fell from the tree for a fortieth time, the blond was unaware of his appearance and his brother's widened eyes.

Had he been, he would have saw what Pein saw:

Naruto arose from the ground without a jump and he glew a bright yellow. His Ichibi eye was the same, but his normal eye had turned a pure red with a black crack in it. Two horns arised from his head.

"I can't do this." The five year spoke and it had been the calmest tone ever. To express his aggravation, the blond balled his fist and threw them to his sides in a whiney manner.

In that moment, five trees around them sprang up and a large shockwave, in gold color, flew in all directions. It was so powerful that Pein covered his eyes and some of the ground turned up.

This shockwave went around the world and dizzied everyone. They would later explain it as something surreal and too powerful. In this single moment, Naruto Namikaze's small amount of power had become uncertain fear that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had been revived.

Oh, how unaware they were of the true being behind it; a small five year old prophecy child so unaware of his own power.

When the trees finally fell, Naruto, who had taken his original appearance, dropped to the ground on his feet and he and Pein stared wide eyed at each other. Hearing feet within the house and many murmurs from their neighbors, Pein pointed scoldingly at his brother. "Don't say a word." He whispered.

Naruto, so caught up in this new power, and his aniki's serious voice, nodded slowly.

Just as he did, his mother rushed out with Mikoto Uchiha by her side and Gaara in her hand. Mikoto looked light-headed and Gaara was whimpering.

"What happened? Are you guys safe? Where'd it come from?" their mother asked.

Pein smiled a bit and pretended to be exhausted. "I'm sorry, kaa-san. I had no idea my almighty push would be that powerful. I used most of my chakra to show Naruto and it got to me."

Kushina looked at Naruto, who nodded quickly in agreement. "That was powerful. Just be careful then. Your brother is out here."

Pein reassured her and the women walked inside. Naruto watched as his brother breathed out. "Naruto, because of what you just did, you can never get angry again. At least not until you control this new power."

"But can't I tell Kakashi and Asuma so they can train-"

"No." By the dejected look on his brother's face, Pein realized he had said it too harshly. Thus, he crouched down to the blond's level, and said in a softer tone "You must never tell anyone about your abilities, Naruto. At least not until you get older and you can defend yourself."

"Why?" Naruto asked, already engaging in this secret.

"Because people may be afraid of you and try to use you as something you are not."

Naruto didn't understand that part, but he idolized Pein; whatever his aniki said went. And he would keep this a secret.

"From now on. Only I will train you. Only you and I will know about this. I've read some books on this power that you have. Tell no one, Naruto; not father, mother, Gai, not even Sasuke. Understand?"

"Understood." Naruto stated.

Pein moved back and crossed his arms. "Run up the tree again and again until you get it right."

And so the five year did. He did it again and again until finally, he was able to stick upside down on a tree branch. Even so, Pein made him do it again and again. This way, he really knew how to balance it.

Naruto smiled down at his brother. 'Look, Aniki, I'm doing it."

Pein smiled. "Good. It seems Kakashi and Asuma were wrong. They never knew how to train you properly. Only family does. Now get down here, so we can see what elements you have."

Naruto flipped down and landed in a crouch position before his brother, who already had paper out. "This is how you're going to find out what jutsu you will use and how I will teach you."

"What do I do with it?"

"Hold it and emit some of your chakra into it." Pein commanded.

Naruto did as told and they waited for a moment. Nothing happened. "Huh, seems li-"

The paper split into three sections: wind. One section crumbled while another dampened: lightning and water. The last section was a Kekkei Genkai; it shined a bright yellow and burst into debris: light.

While Pein held no surprise, Naruto was absolutely amazed at his own elements. "Light because of the Namikaze. The other three- wind, water, and lighting- are pretty normal to have even though wind and lightning are rare in fire country."

"Wow." Naruto said. "You will teach me these, big brother?"

"You know I will." Pein smiled.

"Yay." Naruto hugged Pein around his waist. "You're the best big brother ever." He whispered and Naruto didn't know why he wanted to cry so badly. Maybe because Pein chose to be his teacher or because the older boy never gave up on him.

He just wanted to hold onto Pein and never let go.

After a moment, Pein rubbed his brother's hair. "Don't cry." He said softly. "Why are you crying?"

"Because I want you to be my older brother forever. Mommy said that when we die, we go to the sun. But, I don't want to go. I want you and me to live forever so we can stay together."

It was unexpected, but it showed how much Naruto cared for Pein. To Naruto, no matter what others said, Pein was his God.

"Naruto. I have to tell you that you and me are connected in a way that no one else is. I don't know why, but we are. With my rinnegan, I noticed that I have a chakra thread to you."

"What does that mean, big brother?" Naruto questioned, wiping his eyes.

"It means that we will always be connected, no matter what." They were quiet for a moment until Pein squeezed his otouto's nose. "You still breathing, kid?"

Naruto inhaled and exhaled deeply and then nodded with a smile.

"Then that means you're alive." It was their simple way of affection, which could be translated to 'I'm glad you're here with me because I love you with my life.'

"What do you say I teach you some jutsu? First, we have to get you to divide that chakra."

Naruto sighed. How the hell would that happen? Chakra stayed in one place, the inner core. But, he was a Namikaze. He could mold it anywhere in his body.

"Kit, you should definitely try molding you chakra into different parts of your body. That way, you'll know where to focus it when you want to use one instead of the others."

"Kurama says it will be easier for me to mold my chakra to six different parts of my body, one staying at my core."

Pein nodded in approval. "Kurama seems extremely smart. It would be wise if Shukaku was too." He teased.

The tailed beasts within Naruto had chosen to respect Pein since he was the only other person that called them by their real names and respected them for who they were.

"Kage Bunshin!" four other Naruto's appeared and waited for orders. "I saw tou-san perform these hand seals when he was doing paperwork."

Turning to the clones, Naruto said "Okay, these are the orders Kurama is giving me, and I'm giving you. You!" he pointed to a clone. "I want you to let go of every part of you body except your left arm. Push your chakra into that. You get the left leg, you will take the right arm, and you take the head. I will focus some on the core. Got that!"

"Ttebayo!" They yelled at the same time, and soon began. After twenty minutes of staying limp and each clone yelling 'got it,' Naruto nodded.

"Alright now, I have pushed my different affinities into each of you, making each chosen part remain in that body part. For example, my left leg will only need to be focused on for using water. So on a count of three, you will all disperse into destined nature alright. Keep concentrating."

Naruto began to count. "1...2…..3!" Nothing happened. The left leg (water) clone stood up straight and smiled mischievously at Pein. "Well I guess we aren't a prodigy after al-"

His sentence was not finished since he burst into water. Next the head clone turned to small piece of debris, his remains blending with the ground.

The clone that focused mainly on his right arm turned to leaves and blew in different directions. The final clone, the left arm, took some time, but gained all attention. How would a fatal blow of light look if Naruto ever used it against someone?

The clone closed his eye as a ray of sunlight gleamed upon him. He grimaced and his body began to crack. After cracking, pieces of the body began to fall off, showing light within his body, until he burst into orange flames. Even Naruto was awwed. "Fucking wow." he whispered.

A finger hit the back of his head. "Your mouth, otouto."

"Sorry. I'll watch it."

"I think it would be best for you to begin with water and wind-based jutsus this year. But first, I'm going to be teaching you Namikaze Taijutsu. Now that we know your affinity is light, Gai won't need to be teaching you."

He then proceeded to hand the child four bracelets.

"These are weight bracelets. Put one around both your ankles and wrists. I want you to run around this field twice. By timing you, I can see what weights are for you." Pein lifted Naruto's small legs and placed the weights.

"These bracelets are 2.5 pounds each, thus adding ten pounds onto your body. There you are. Two laps, soldier. Up and at 'em." Just as the blond started, the orange haired boy stopped him.

"And, Naruto. You are not allowed to push chakra into your feet." Determination filled the boy's eyes, a challenge accepted, and he took off. His brother smiled triumphantly, knowing how to make the 'God's' training worthwhile. After a whole minute and twenty seconds, Naruto returned, having gone around twice. He was hardly panting.

Pein eyes narrowed teasingly and he put four 6-pound bracelets on the blond, giving the boy 24 extra pounds. If it is a challenge he wants, it it a challenge he will get. After exactly two minutes, Naruto was done.

"Does your body heart?" A sweaty, panting Namikaze wearily nodded. "Good. This will make you faster. Let's move on to Taijutsu."

Pein put a fist before his jaw and another right below his nose. "This is the Namikaze fighting stance. It may look vulnerable, but it is a sign of misdirection. It can only be used for someone who has light release."

"Really?"

"Hai, Naruto. Look in our library and you will find all kinds of scrolls. However, you must have an advanced level of Fuinjutsu to go in or have Namikaze or Uzumaki blood. Try this stance."

The prophecy child complied and when he did, Pein explained more. "When I try hit you, I want you to form an x with you fist and forearms."

Pein reached his fist forward softly, Because he knew his younger brother wouldn't block. Naruto held his lip. "That hurt."

"Life's greatest lessons are learned through pain, otouto. Again!"

Naruto did it again until finally, he was able to make an X with his fists. As soon as he succeeded, a yellow light glew around him.

Pein smiled. "That is your light release barrier, Naruto. It blocks out taijutsu and short ranged attacks. However, it does not work for mid and long range jutsu's."

"Wow."

Naruto and his brother sparred for about 2 hours. There was nothing short of amazing. The older Namikaze stopped, not panting at all. "Enough. Your taijutsu is high chunin level. By the end of this year, you should be faster than tou-san and you will have great sparring skills. Let's move on to wind and water based attacks."

After three hours of scrolls and lectures, Naruto had learned the hand signs of 6 wind attacks and 4 water. Even then, Pein commanded him to keep practicing.

"Aniki, my fingers hurt." Naruto stated Although he had practiced his jutsu countless times, the boy had lost no vital amount of chakra. Nor did Pein from showing him. Still, the blond's fingers really hurt.

Pein smiled. "As long as you're still breathing, I'm fine with that."

Naruto smiled, but as he heard yelling from within the Namikaze mansion-probably Nagato and Deidara fighting- his face became confused.

"Big brother Pein? Why can't I tell anyone about my ability?"

It was a serious question and Naruto really wanted to understand. He had never seen what he saw today.

The orange haired child sat on the ground. "Come here, Ky." When Naruto sat next to him, the older boy reached out and place his younger brother on his lap. "I have a story."

"But you always tell me the stories." Naruto stated, whining a bit.

"But this time it's a true story. So true, the wind is afraid of it."

"Oh. What's it about, big brother?"

"It's about lies and demons. How they are within the best of us. It begins with demons. Once upon a time….there was humanity. Now what did I tell you about humans?"

"We are never satisfied, aniki. We constantly fight for our own enjoyment and because of our own disagreements."

"Very good. Another thing about humanity is that it is based on lies. Lies have been a human's companion since birth."

"What does this have to do with me not telling anyone, but you, Aniki?"

"Patience. But, since it is nearing night, I can tell you that people pretend to love you, but when they see you for who you are, they will become jealous, weary, they will fear you, and destroy. So please, Naruto, do not reveal anything until I deem you powerful enough to protect yourself. You're my little brother, I take care of you."

Naruto thought for a moment. He really wanted to tell everyone because he really wanted to be trained by Kakashi and Asuma. But he supposed Pein was better. "Okay. But, what does this have to do with demons?"

"Do you remember the stories of our great great grandmother?"

"Yes. Hikari Namikaze was the first Namikaze and the only to be sent from the sun gods. She was raised by the sage of six paths and her surrogate brothers were Indra and Ashura. Grandma Hikari spent five hundred years of her life travelling and helping the world. By her five hundredth year, the sun people sent a man from the sun to rebirth with her. Together, they raised their son, who is actually Tou-san's grandfather. Hikari risked her life for the Namikaze clan when she was nearly a millennia old."

Naruto recited the lessons as if he were in school and Pein nodded. "Correct. Do you remember the stories of our grandfather? Do you remember why most of the people in this village may fear you?"

"Because not only does he look like me, but he has my personality. He was jealous of grandma Hikari, so he used a seal to destroy the whole clan. He was powerful, but she had killed him and herself."

"Yes, Naruto. No matter what they say, these people will fear you, Naruto. Only I can understand you."

"But, kaa-san and tou-san love me a lot. They don't fear me." Naruto argued softly.

"Naruto. I have something to te-" Pein cut himself off and looked toward the trees surrounding their backyard. "It may seem we have an audience."

Out of the bushes, walked Sasuke Uchiha, twiddling with his thumbs and a small blush on his face. "Sorry." He whispered indignant;y. "I came to play with Naruto, but I see that he's training...with you."

Pein smiled and stood. "Nonsense. It's always nice for my otouto to play around as well as train. It's better to have friends."

"But if people fear me, do I really need friends, aniki?" Naruto questioned, eyeing Sasuke wearily. He had taken Pein's word to heart.

"It's nice to have a single friend, that you can trust. Because when the world scorns you, a true friend will stay by your side."

"Oh. But, I still can't tell him?" The blond whispered. Pein simply nodded.

"When you're ready. I should go now. Tou-san and the others are giving me an unexpected test that will tell me if I graduate early or not. Bye, Otouto. Love you. It was nice seeing you, Sasuke."

As Pein walked away, Naruto smiled brightly and waved. "Love you too!"

Sasuke walked up to him. "I felt this huge shockwave so I came over to make sure you were alright."

Naruto crossed his arms. "Why would you be worried about me? I can take care of myself."

Sasuke shook his head. "You need someone to worry about you. It's the way of life."

"Did your brother tell you that?" Naruto asked. Because if he did, Naruto could understand his belief. Pein was right in everything with him too.

Sasuke nodded. "You have to rely on some people to give you strength when you have none left."

"Well sometimes you can't trust everything. Even salt looks like sugar." Naruto argued.

Sasuke frowned. "Can we not fight like shinobi? I came here because you're my only friend."

Naruto sighed, frustrated. "There are plenty of kids in the village. My tou-san says you're an Uchiha so everyone will like you."

"Why are you being so mean?" The raven snarled.

Naruto grew quiet. To be honest with himself, he didn't know why. It just came. It was like he was influenced by something. Is this what it meant to have his great great grandfather's tormented, twisted personality? Wanting to be nice one moment, and then wanting to destroy everything that he wanted to like.

The blond put his head down. "Sorry. I don't know."

"That's okay." Sasuke smiled. "Do you want to spar?"

"I know nothing but Taijutsu so far."

"That's okay." Sasuke repeated. "We can have a hand to hand combat session."

Naruto nodded and got into the Namikaze stance, smiling as Sasuke gave him a determined look.

"Hey, Ruto, I'm going to teach you as well. Just like Pein and you can teach me too."

Naruto snorted. "And just what will we honor each other with?"

Sasuke glared, thinking it was too soon to play nice. "Pain Endurance, loser. If you want to be a strong ninja, you're going to have to learn how to take a few cuts and bruises, right?"

Naruto nodded in interest. "So we have to have a big spar?"

The boy in question shook his head. "No, I'm going to only be hitting you. For a whole year. You can hit me too. That way, we'll both know how to take a hit."

To say the blond prodigy was baffled was an understatement. "You just want an excuse to pummel me." His eyes narrowed.

"No. you have to trust me. You want to be a great ninja, but you have to take a few jabs and stabs here and there."

Naruto nodded. "Okay, do your worst." Sasuke walked up to him. BAM! It stung for a moment, but after a few curses to Kami, Naruto blinked the pain away. "My turn."

Naruto punched Sasuke, and the boy had the same reaction. "Our moms are going to kill us." But, it didn't feel right hitting Sasuke. He looked precious; vulnerable.

"Yeah."

Naruto took Sasuke home, and went to have dinner with his family. Minato stood with a paper in his hand.

"May I have everyone's attention, please?"

Pein bumped Naruto's shoulder. "This is gonna be good." Their father did this each time after all of their first days of training. He would announce their progress and celebrate it.

"It seems that we have another prodigy. By Pein's report, Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto is by far the most prestigious child ever. While it takes most prodigies a week to balance chakra, Naruto-chan has taken an hour.

Naruto has four affinities at just five years old, and not the regular affinities either."

He paused and Deidara clapped a bit. Kushina looked happy. "He has wind, lightning, water. Oh and you guys will love this. Naruto is the first born Namikaze in millennia to actually have the light release. The only other wielder being Hikari herself."

Everyone cheered. "Thank you everyone." Naruto blushed. "But, I am still going to work harder and be the greatest hokage ever. Even better then you, tou-san."

Minato laughed. "Very well, Naruto-kun."

"Here that, Gaara." The fox said to his younger brother. "You big brother's a prodigy like everyone else."

At night, when Pein tucked him in, Naruto smiled when the boy squeezed his nose.

"Did you pass your test, aniki?"

"Well...I should tell you that I am a certified Jounin, Naruto. The youngest ever in Konoha history." Pein smiled softly. "But the best thing that happened today was getting to train you."

"We'll always be together, right?" Naruto asked, his Shukaku eye glowing more than his blue one.

Pein fist bumped his little brother. "Always. Goodnight love you."

"Night. Love you too." Pein walked out of the Blond's room, both young children with different thoughts.

'Goodnight Kyuubi. Goodnight, Shukaku. I love you guys.'

"Love you too, kit." Kyuubi grumbled back. "Love you too" Shukaku hummed out.

Pein was happy he chose to train Naruto. This way he could keep the boy safe. He had read something like this before. Naruto's small amount of power was on the same scale with that of the Rabbit Goddess'. His full power would be something far more tremendous. He felt sorry for Kakashi and Asuma for not wanting to train his little brother.

They had missed out on a God.

While Pein and Naruto knew they were close to a great extent, none of them understood why.

What they didn't understand was that Naruto, while having the gruesome personality of his grandfather, was the reincarnation of Hikari Namikaze, and Pein was the reincarnation of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the man who raised her.

I assume that last bit we all saw coming, right? Naruto's power is magnificent. I wanted something a bit different on his part. Don't worry, he is still the same Naruto. So, the enemy of the story is not Madara or Tobi. The enemy is a powerful Namikaze himself; one that looks and acts like Naruto. This is why the village fears Naruto. Pein and Naruto have a close bond, but that bond will soon be on the verge of breaking. Slow can go, friends. It will all make sense in due time.