A/N: Hey everyone! Here is the second chapter! Enjoy. I would also like to thank all of my reviewers, I thank you for all of your wonderful reviews, and I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last.
I also thought to explain what has happened in Naruto up to now. This story is set 15 years AFTER Shippuuden. From about Chapter 310 in the manga or something like that. Orochimaru is dead; Sasuke fought Itachi and lost, again. Akatsuki went to ground and disappeared, and Sasuke came back, having realised his mistake. Since then, All of the Konoha Eleven and Sasuke are all in the higher ranks of the ninja, and are biding their time for when Akatsuki come out once more.
Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru, Neji and Sai are all ANBU. Sakura, Kiba, Shino, Hinata and Lee are all Jounin. TenTen and Chouji are both Special Jounin. More information on them all shall be told within this chapter. Enjoy. Please review too!
Summary: Uchiha Haru died a thousand years ago. Or did he? As events from the past catch up on both Naruto and Sasuke, can they all stop the oncoming evil, in the form of Uchiha Itachi and Madara. Along with the hordes of evil souls which come along with them. HPNarutoxover
Uchiha Haru
Chapter II: Blood upon the Air
By The Morrigu
'We are told to remember the idea,
Not the man, because a man can fail.
He can be caught; he can be killed and forgotten,
But 400 years later, an idea can still change the world.
I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas,
I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them...
But you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it...
Ideas do not bleed,
They do not feel pain, they do not love...
And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man...
A man that made me remember the fifth of November…
a man that I will never forget.' - Evey Hammond – V for Vendetta
Uchiha Haru stared at himself in the mirror; his green eyes appeared to be boring into himself. Four hundred years had passed, since he had last walked among the humans. The bitter feeling which had usually accompanied him not being human no more had gone now. Odd. The girl, Cho, who had awoken him, had offered him some food and other such things, but he had graciously declined. After thanking her for waking him, and making her promise not to tell anyone, he disappeared from the cave, clothed and freshened up. He now walked across the countryside, wearing a dark green pair of pants, black long jacket and top. On his back he carried a rucksack, like any other traveler, and began to make his way south, where he could smell familiar blood upon the air. His blood.
On the way, he met other travelers as well, and subtly took their blood from them, in order to catch up on the four hundred years that he had missed. The closer he got to their destination, the more interesting the information got. He discovered Hidden Villages, occupied with Clan Ninja, Civilian's and Normal Ninja. He found this concept odd, as before the only ninja around had operated in clans. But the idea wasn't so different than the muggleborn and pureblood ideals.
It was at a town, not far from his destination, when he encountered his first ninja. A ninja from a Hidden Village, otherwise known as Konohagakure. Which, as it turned out, was his destination. From this ninja, he discovered why he could smell his blood upon the air. He discovered the Uchiha Massacre, which occurred twenty-two years before. Where there was only one survivor. Uchiha Sasuke.
"This seems like history is repeating itself." Murmured Haru, as he saw the gates of Konoha not that far ahead of him. It had taken him nearly a week for him to get here, but he was. Now that he was here, he intended to live in the shadows, waiting for the moment he would be needed. As it appeared to him that it would be here where he would be needed most.
Upon reaching the gates, two ninja asked for some form of identity, to which he handed them a piece of paper. Blank, mind you, but bewitched to look like actual documents. No matter how good ninja got, they could never detect magic. As magic and charka were two very different things. He was allowed into the city, and directed towards the Administration Offices, so he could be inducted as a civilian and checked to make sure that he wasn't a spy.
As he walked through the village, his senses searched the area for any possible threats. They do so naturally, without thought. Instead, his senses picked up something peculiar. A familiar scent. A familiar smell. A familiar presence. All coming from a blond haired man, who had just made his way into a restaurant.
'Things will be getting interesting.'
"So Naruto, what has the Hokage decided?" asked Shikamaru, as the old Rookie Nine and Team Gai gathered in a restaurant for their monthly get together. Naruto shot his friend a look as all ten of their comrades paused in their movements, waiting for his response.
"She decided that I was to be taken off duty for a while." Replied Naruto, nonchalantly.
"And do what?" asked Sakura, staring at her friend in shock. Naruto couldn't be off duty, it was impossible, and something the ANBU couldn't do.
"Become a sensei."
Both Kiba and Chouji shocked on their food when he said this, while Ino stared at him, disturbed.
"You become a sensei?" asked Sasuke, leaning back in his chair, staring at his friend from across the table. His eyes calculating. "Why?"
"Akatsuki." Replied Naruto, casually.
"Surely, Naruto-kun, Akatsuki shouldn't be a problem! Our flames of youth destroyed there's years ago!" said Lee.
"This is why you fainted." Announced Neji, from between TenTen and Hinata.
"Kyuubi." Murmured Shino.
"Has been acting up. Can sense something is going to happen." Said Naruto.
"Yosh! So you will be a sensei with me and Hinata-chan!" proclaimed Lee.
"Yes." Said Naruto, as he set his ramen bowl down.
"What is the graduating class like this year?" asked Kiba.
"Like us." Said Sakura. "I heard Tsunade-sama talking about it the other day. They haven't had a set of promising academy students since us. Not like this."
"I should hope not." Said Sasuke. "Not with Leiko and Kira in that class."
"They are graduating this year?" asked Naruto, shocked. The Uchiha Twins, were ten years old. Naruto was like an uncle to the pair of them. Most of the others were too.
"Hai." Said Sakura, smiling slightly. She was proud of her children, as any mother would be. She also respected their ninja abilities, like any ninja would to an academy student.
An hour or so later, Naruto smiled as he made his way out of the restaurant, and towards the Hokage Monument.
"Naruto-kun!" called Hinata, as she caught up with him. Her black-blue hair getting in her eyes as she ran. "I wanted to talk to you."
"About the other night?" asked Naruto, as the two of them made their way through the village.
"Yes." Murmured Hinata, blushing slightly.
Naruto paused in his steps, and turned to face her. "What about it?"
"I-I..er…I meant to say that I enjoyed myself and wouldn't mind it if we did that again."
"Sure Hinata-chan. Tell me whenever you are free." He suddenly looked at his watch, before cursing. "Ja Ne Hinata." He disappeared in a puff of smoke.
From the shadows, a civilian watched him go with curious eyes, eyes that glowed green in the dark.
Haru sighed as he lounged in his workshop. He had heard nothing about event happening over the week he had spent in Konoha. Nothing of the abomination he sought to rid the world of. Sighing once more, he made his way out of the door before vanishing through the shadows. He walked through the Ghost Town within Konoha. An empty district, devoid of any life. All except one house.
The Ancient being stalked along the street, his senses picking up on the blood which had been spilt upon the streets. His mind recalled the memories of people who had been brutally murdered 22 years before. He watched memory after memory of people, whose lives had all disappeared in the space of a few minutes. The likeness between Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Madara was astonishing. The vampire side of Uchiha Itachi seemed to be far larger than it should be. Same with Uchiha Sasuke, though his was far more controlled.
This was obviously caused by interbreeding within the clan, when they realized that their power to use the sharingan was waning, so in order to keep it as powerful as possible, the had to interbreed. Thus, a combination between two people, who must have had strong vampire sides. This created two children who had dominant vampire sides. Sides, which were dangerous and hard to control. It was more than likely this ability, which allowed them to receive Mangekou Sharingan.
Haru paused, crouching in the shadows watching the family within the house opposite. A pink haired woman and a dark haired man were taking three children, a pair of twins and a younger boy, to bed.
'Uchiha Sasuke.' His mind answered his own question. 'I will be watching you.'
Naruto looked through the list of potential new teams, before rolling his eyes. He got the feeling that Tsunade found it amusing. He itched his new Jounin jacket, uncomfortable in it. He was used to being unknown in his mask, no it was quite the opposite, as he made his way to the Academy. As he arrived, he saw Hinata there.
"Who did you get?" asked Naruto.
"Team 10." Replied Hinata, as the two of them walked through the corridors. "You?"
"Team 5."
They stopped outside the classroom, and opened the door. There was about half of the teams remaining, as the two Jounin stepped in. Naruto nodded his head towards Iruka, who smiled at him. The old Chuunin teacher was still as he ever was.
"Team 10." Called Hinata.
"Team 5." Announced Naruto.
Six people walked down the steps, two of which were easily identified. The Uchiha Twins.
'Great. If they don't get through, I somehow get the feeling that Sasuke will come after me…'
Naruto flopped down on his bed. Today had been tiring. Team 5 had passed the bell test. Just. Having a Hyuuga and an Uchiha on the same team, both unwilling to work with one another seriously messed around with their teamwork abilities. But they worked through it by the end of the test. So now he had a series of D ranked missions to get through. It was bad enough the first time, now he had to do it again. It wasn't something that he was about to enjoy. Naruto felt his eyelids drooping as sleep encompassed him.
He found himself in a field of flowers. Beautiful, red flowers. He couldn't tell what they were. He looked around, seeing that he stood in a clearing within these flowers. Then, he heard the distinct sounds of a violin playing. Whirling around, he came face to face with the woman from before. She was say on a log, playing a violin, the feeling of utter peace was on her face. Her eyes suddenly snapped open, causing him to stop, staring in those black-green depths, which shone with knowledge and of someone unhinged. She smirked at him, lowering the violin onto the floor, as it faded away. He could see the slight evidence of elongated canines.
"Naruto-kun." She hissed. Naruto felt his body involuntarily shiver. The words, which Tsunade spoke of came to mind. This woman before him was the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Although he had never had any fear for the fox, this woman unearthed something in him, made him fear her.
"Kyuubi." Replied Naruto.
She chuckled, the sound of it cutting through the air like a knife.
"Well done. It appears that ninja of today do have some brain cells." She stepped forwards, before appearing behind him, in less than a second. Even someone of Naruto's skill couldn't sense that. "Boo."
Naruto whirled around, his hand going to his hip, before realizing that there were no weapons there.
"Tut tut, don't even think about attacking me." She said, grinning. "I am helping you."
"Helping me? You are the reason why my life was hell for the first twelve years of my life."
"Do you believe in destiny, Naruto-kun?" a wistful look flittered across her face.
"Why?"
"There are events in motion, events beyond yours or mine control. There will be several things that shall come to pass, all of which cannot be stopped." She said. "Everything that ever happened, happened for a reason. I was locked away into you, not as a burden, but as a gift. A helping hand, from destiny, for what they knew was to happen."
"What is going to happen?" asked Naruto, softly.
"Blood upon the Air." Whispered the woman. "The first sign. The sign of danger, of an oncoming war of the likes which has never been seen in these parts."
"What is the second?" asked Naruto.
"The second of these signs, I will tell you in time."
Naruto felt himself waking up, as the form of the strange, ethereal and insane woman who inhabited his mind began to fade.
"Who are you?"
"I am you." Replied the woman. "But in another time, and another place, I was called Uchiha Matsumi."
Naruto sat bolt upright, and breathing harshly. From the still present clenching of his stomach, he could tell that what he had just been apart of, wasn't just a mere dream. It was a telling of things to come. Things, which it appeared the Kyuubi, or rather Uchiha Matsumi, knew about.
Looking out of his window, he saw a carrier bird flying towards the Hokage Tower. Sure, this wasn't unordinary. But the state of the bird, cause him to stare at it. It was splattered in blood, and looked extremely ruffled. Frowning, he put his Jounin uniform on, and set out towards the Hokage Tower, when he got there, he saw everyone rushing about. The frown on his face became more serious, as he realized that something major was going on.
As he made his way to the Hokage's office, no one stopped him. Disorganization was rampant throughout then tower, and when he made it to the office, he opened and closed the door, shutting out the rabble. Within the office, paper work had be hastily thrown on the floor, as Tsunade had her head lay on the desk, a bottle of sake next to her.
"Naruto." She said, without lifting her head up.
"What is going on?" asked Naruto, stepping forth.
"Akatsuki." Said Tsunade. "They have released the seven Bijuu under their control."
"What?" yelled Naruto.
Tsunade ignored his outburst. "The Bijuu are making their way east, destroying everything that they can."
"That means that they will be reaching Suna first."
Tsunade's face remained stoic.
"Suna has been destroyed, hasn't it?" whispered Naruto.
"Yes. The majority of the ninja Suna have, have all been killed. The Kazekage and Temari are still alive, but in critical condition. Kankouru save their lives, for his own. The civilians and the remaining ninja are on their way here, as quickly as possible. But I fear that they will not get here in time."
"You are sending ninja out to meet them, aren't you?" asked Naruto.
"Yes. The secrecies of the Hidden Villages should all be forgotten in events such as these." Replied Tsunade. "I want you to gather all of the Konoha Twelve, and make your way towards the refugees. As quickly as possible, time is of the essence."
"Hai." Said Naruto, who turned around and made his way towards the door.
"Oh, Naruto."
He turned around, to the blond woman, who for once looked her age.
"There is meant to be an army of monsters, with these Bijuu. Among them are the Akatsuki members. These monsters are said to be inhuman, as they move quicker than any ninja can hope to achieve, and are stronger than any ninja as well. Beware of them. Also beware of any attacks from other countries, who might attack the group as they are considerably weaker than normal."
Naruto nodded stiffly, before making his way out of the doors.
'Why have Akatsuki done this now?' he thought, as he set about finding all of his fellow eleven ninja.
Making his way to the Uchiha house, he knocked on the door, which was answered by Sakura.
"Naruto! This is a surprise, what is wrong?" she asked.
"We all have a mission." Said Naruto, as she invited him in. He caught sight of Kira and Leiko sparring in the courtyard.
"Naruto-sensei!" called Leiko, as the ten nearly eleven year old made her way towards Naruto, Naruto offered her a smile.
"Where is Sasuke?"
"Gone to ANBU HQ." Replied Sakura.
"Can you help me round up all of the others. We will meet at the gates in fifteen minutes. Time is important."
"Naruto, what is going on?"
"The Old Lady wants us all to go to Suna. Akatsuki set the bijuu on it. It is destroyed. We are to find the refugees, and escort them back to Konoha."
Sakura's eyes widened, as she nodded her head in understanding. Naruto left, to the sound of Sakura telling the children to go to their grandparents for a few days.
Fifteen minutes later, all twelve of them stood around the gate, making sure that they had all of their things. Around them, various civilians and ninja were watching them leave. By now, word had got around the village of what had happened, and they were all preparing for the arrival of the refugees.
Kakashi walked forwards, his ANBU mask was off once more. Their old sensei had rejoined ANBU when they did, and was one of the higher ups, wearing a white cloak.
"Naruto." He called, as the blond looked towards the ANBU. "Be careful. If the Bijuu catch up to you, do not engage them. It will cause more harm than good."
Naruto nodded his head in all seriousness. Then, as one, all twelve of them ran at fully speed out of Konoha, their body's just mere blurs. By leaving so quickly, they failed to notice the figure of a pale skinned, dark haired and green-eyed man, who watched them leave solemnly. As he did, he too vanished, moving quicker than even the ninja, knowing that he would reach then group before the ninja did. He somehow had the inkling that by the time the ninja reached them, it would already be too late.
Hundreds of Years Before.
Haru walked the streets of London. He had returned to his homeland, a few hundred years before. On the trail of his way ward son. To his surprise, his son had made his way to the wizarding world, traveling around. Haru naturally followed, while curious about how the land had changed. There were several key changes. The first was that the muggle world was fully aware of the magical one. The muggles had become more advanced in technology, but it didn't interfere with the magic, and vice versa. The world had become some kind of utopian society, with both societies coexisting in peace.
Of course, like all societies, the lower life of both moved in the same circles. The crime bosses dealt with the vampire sires, and the brothels with the needy Veela. Although magical creatures like himself had better lives, and the original councils which had been present for thousands of years, now held a standing with both the wizards and muggles, there were some vampires who didn't like the life like this. These were generally newly turned ones, and were the ones that were at the bottom of the food chain. It was like this in every society and species. It was these kinds of people that Haru was trailing. He had heard that a vampire hybrid was after followers, and army of vampires and various other creatures. An army whose very essence was to commit murder.
He also knew that this 'vampire hybrid' was his son. Upon returning to then land, his mind had been assaulted by various different telepathic messages of annoyance from his fellow Ancients. An Ancient was a vampire over the age of 4000. He qualified for this. There were only a handful of these vampires left, as they were the ones with the largest bounty on their heads, which Bounty Hunters were always after. Not that they succeeding in killing many of them.
The Vampire Council itself was filled with vampires who were over 1000 years old. Roughly a hundred of them. Within the world, there were only fifteen or so Ancients left, and these had the last word over any matter concerning the vampires. Although he spent quite a lot of his time in the lands, traveling, he did follow the etiquette of a vampire Ancient. So, when he returned to the world, his fellow Ancients voiced their annoyance at him leaving, and having them have to take care of his duties. They also informed him of a new vampire hybrid, which appeared to have the blood of an Ancient running through their veins.
This was how he found out about his son. He also realized at some point, that Madara had realized the importance of the blood, which flowed through his veins, and how powerful his father really was. He only wished he had had a camera at that moment.
'Harrrry.' Came the voice of Lexiel, his friend, through his head. 'The Council is meeting. I think you should be there.'
Haru rolled his eyes, as his senses were trying to identify low-level vampires that he could interrogate.
'Where is it at?' asked Haru, as he found his prey.
'Moscow.'
'I'll be there. Midnight?'
'As always.'
Haru made his way towards a young woman, who stood at a bar, eying up the delicacies. He rolled his eyes. Could they be any more obvious? Putting on his best idiot look, he made his way to the girl vampire, whose eyes lit up at the sight of him. It didn't take much, but in a matter of minutes, they were both in the back, acting like a pair of teenagers.
'How degrading' thought Haru, and he forcefully through the young vampire off of him, as he sensed her about to bite him. She growled low in her throat, but it turned into a squeak, as Haru threw her against the wall, hard.
"I am way out of your league, little vampire. Don't even try to play with me. You are trying to dance steps which I can do with my eyes closed." He hissed, right by her ear, he back away, letting his eyes glow bright green, and his lips take on a red colour, and his cheeks turned chalk white. His fang elongated, showing his age as they extended further than any normal vampires could. He could taste the girls fear upon the air.
"My Lord, I-,"
"Silence." Shot Haru, his voice barely a whisper. "I would like you to tell me some information, about the vampire hybrid. In return for your life."
The girl became stony, obviously weighing up her options. It didn't take her a long time to do so.
"He is called Madara. He appeared out of nowhere a few years back. He is said to be the blood son of one of you Ancients. He is after vampires to fight his cause, to aid him."
"What does he want?" asked Haru, harshly.
"He wants a fox. Something called the 'Kyuubi'. He wants her for himself."
Present
Haru made it to the refugees well before the ninja. They were making their way across the desert quickly. But it was still too slow. In the distance, Haru could make out several distinct shapes on the horizon. Monstrous shapes. The Bijuu. Growling, he ran past the refugees, set on stopping the Bijuu in their steps. As he got closer, he could make out the numerous shapes beneath the bijuu. The vampires. Madara's army. An army, which the council had done, all they could to prevent.
Calling up his magic, he sent it up into the sky, causing the sky to turn cloudy, and lightning flitter across the sky. Behind him, the refugees had got out of the desert, so he let the rain drop, enhancing it all with magic. Magic of various sorts, which would stop this army for some time. Disappearing once more, he began to run back to Konoha. He couldn't stop to help out the refugees. He was here to stop his son. That is it.
He passed the ninja, who would meet up with them in an hour or two. That would give them enough time in which to make sure that everyone was alright.
The group, which they saw, was definitely smaller than the population of the sand village. About a quarter of the population of the sand village was there. The others were most likely dead. The twelve of them set about helping the refugee's speed up. Naruto went to find Gaara, with Shikamaru on his heels. The two of them found the siblings in the back of a cart.
"They are alive." Said Sakura, as she examined both of them. "Just have various major injuries. Broken bones and the likes. We need to get to Konoha as soon as possible, but so long as they do not move, they're injuries shouldn't get worse."
Naruto nodded his head in relief, and he could see Shikamaru mimic his action. Naruto's eyes flicked around, staring at the civilians and the remaining ninja of suna, all of which looked severely defeated. There was no hope or life in their eyes. They knew that nothing could stop the bijuu, and that they were all doomed. Naruto, who carried the strongest out of all of the bijuu knew that he didn't stand a chance against them. They were just too powerful. His eyes drifted around, as he saw Sakura move from person to person, Ino and Hinata doing the same. The blood, which was coming from these people, and now coated the three medical nin, was too much. It got everywhere, the skin, the clothes and the surroundings. Even in the air.
Naruto's eyes widened.
"Blood upon the Air." Whispered the woman. "The first sign. The sign of danger, of an oncoming war of the likes which has never been seen in these parts."
The Kyuubi's voice echoed through his head, and then Tsunade's did the same.
"There is meant to be an army of monsters, with these Bijuu. Among them are the Akatsuki members. These monsters are said to be inhuman, as they move quicker than any ninja can hope to achieve, and are stronger than any ninja as well. Beware of them."
The sudden sense of hopelessness filled him as well. They needed a miracle to get through this. Deep in his mind, he heard the harsh laughter of the woman in his head, accompanied by the morose sounds of a violin.
This is chapter two. I hope you all enjoyed it. There will be several different overlapping plots in this story, and I hope you enjoy them all. Needless to say, I was quite surprised when I logged onto my msn account, and saw my inbox had lots of review alerts in. Especially when some of the reviews are from my favorite authors. So I felt quite happy and thought you all deserved me updating this story. Now, this chapter hasn't been betaed, thought you would all want it.
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