Cybernetic Ninja
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Metroid, Stargate, or any other anime, manga, game book, or anything else that might make an appearance in this fic... I own nothing but OCs that will appear later, as well as original techniques, are mine so you can't have them :D
Arc 1 – Origin
Chapter 3: Change
"Normal talking"
'Normal thinking'
"Demon / Alien / Jutsu"
'Demon or Alien thinking'
"[Synthesized voice] / [AI]"
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
(Location: Konoha: Shinobi-Academy, Date: NA(Ninja Age) 10-12-1012, 8:30am)
Iruka Umino trudged into the Konohagakure Shinobi-Academy, however the normally chipper school teacher looked like hell. The Sandaime had briefed him on the fate of one Naruto Uzumaki the night before, and now he would have to announce the death of the blond-haired Jinchuriki to his classmates. 'And what's worse is that we don't know who did it…' Iruka added mentally as there was any number of Shinobi Villages that would jump at the chance to take out a Jinchuriki. However the problem was figuring out which village had had this information, as even though it was well known in Konoha, the Sandaime had made it a priority to protect that information from those who were outside of the village.
There was another possibility one that Iruka sick to his stomach and wish that wasn't possible… but he knew that the blond killer was likely from this very village.
Sighing tiredly, Iruka palmed his face lightly while making his way into the classroom, twitching when he heard the ruckus that the students were making. Resisting the urge to swear loudly, the schoolteacher walked over to his desk and slumped into his seat. Letting out a breath, the man then looked to his class and saw them all staring at him strangely. He supposed that wasn't too unusual given how he normally wasn't this tired when he came into class, but he had at least thought they knew he was human. Letting out a breath through his nose Iruka then say forward and closed his eyes, trying to think of how he'd break the news to his class.
"Attention everyone…" He started and then twitched upon realizing they were all ignoring him and thus slammed his hands down and uses his infamous "Demon-Head-No-Jutsu". "QUIET DOWN ALREADY!" He shouted loudly and the class was all but instantly silent, the daily ritual complete and a semi-feeling of normalcy returned the Schoolteacher then let out a tired sigh. "I… it seems…" Iruka started to say only to stop as he tried to come up with the right words for the situation. It was at this time that one Sakura Haruno looked to the side and noticed that someone was missing.
"Iruka-Sensei, is Naruto out sick today? Or is he on out doing one of his silly pranks again?" Sakura questioned of the teacher and Iruka reached up and rubbed his face tiredly. 'I only wish he were out pulling a prank on us…' Iruka thought to himself before fidgeting for a moment more and letting out a sigh.
"No Sakura, he's not pulling a prank, and he's not out sick." Iruka stated bluntly and then took a deep breath before continuing. "Class, it seems that the night before last an unknown assailant … attacked Naruto." Iruka explained and Sasuke Uchiha frowned before leaning forward.
"Why would someone attack the dobe?" The dark haired youth questioned and Iruka shook his head with a slight shrug.
"As of yet, there has been no motives found for why he was attacked… however, what is known as that Naruto put up some kind of fight, and that, he was killed by the assailant. The investigations are still going on to see how and why, but thus far, it seems he was caught in the building that caught on fire and his assailant was either caught with him, or somehow managed to escape the scene." The brown haired man explained before leaning back in his seat, the students oddly silent as the man then took a deep breath through his nose and exhaled.
"Sensei?" Sakura asked seeing tears welling in the man's eyes as he then looked back at his students
"Finally, the Hokage himself will be funding and hosting a funeral for Naruto this weekend." The brown haired man explained to the class and then turned his seat so he could grieve for a moment longer. "That is all… converse amongst yourselves for a moment, class will begin as usual after a brief recess." Iruka then said while letting out a breath and trying to calm himself down a little, though he somewhat doubted he'd be able too while the students started to speak to one another about the disturbing news. Among all of them, the most shocked seemed to be Sakura herself, while Sasuke was scowling deeply and narrowing his eyes.
'Why would someone sneak into the village, kill the Dobe, and then leave? It doesn't make any sense… something is going on here.' Sasuke mentally decided while lacing his fingers together and contemplating the possibilities of what was going on. Meanwhile Sakura merely gaped and stared towards where Iruka was sitting, a disbelieving look on her face.
'Naruto's… dead?' She mentally questioned and then rapidly shook her head while looking to the empty seat in class. 'But, he was just here a few days ago, how can he be gone?' The pink haired girl wondered to herself while looking to the empty seat and Yamanaka Ino slipped from her seat and touched the girl's shoulder. "Sakura?" She questioned and the pinkette yelped before looking to her and blushing embarrassedly. "Are you okay?" Ino questioned of her worriedly and Sakura quickly shook her head and shrugged the other girl's hand from her shoulder.
"Of course, why wouldn't I be okay Ino-Pig?" Sakura retorted and looked away while Ino looked at her for a moment. "I mean, it's just annoying old Naruto… who cares if he's gone." Sakura then said with a shrug, seemingly unaware of the crack in her voice and the tears forming in her eyes… "Just means I don't have to worry about him asking me out or bugging me all the time anymore." She then stated with a slight crack and Ino merely looked at her for a moment before mentally sighing.
"Yeah, whatever you say Sakura… whatever you say." Ino responded while returning to her seat, then grimaced upon seeing a strange look on one Hinata's face. 'Sakura's taking it bad, Hinata is far, far worse…' Ino thought to herself and then saw the scowl on Sasuke's face and wondered what the dark haired boy was thinking about that was making him so angry…
-(Location: Unknown, Date: Unknown)-
Naruto groaned as he woke up and open his eye, his body felt like it had been throw off a cliff and put back together, looking up he had to stop himself from screaming as he saw azure's semitransparent from floating a few feet from him.
"Ghost!" Yelling the first thing that came to him as he tried to get away, unfortunately for him, his body was still under the influence of the anesthesia, and so flung himself off the bad and sell face first on the floor. Azure stared at him blankly as he moan and tried to get up, new waves of pain stabbing him like knifes "You shouldn't be moving so much after you just woke up from surgery, my Master."
"Surgery… Master?" He repeated confusedly and it was only when he looked down and saw his metallic right arm, did he remember the attack. After a moment of silences Naruto looked up at her and said in a voice swirling with emotions.
"Why…"
Why? There were many possibilities as to what he was asking and what the answer could be. Why did they attack me? Why did you save me? Why don't I have any family? But as she looked down into the lone, blue eye of the child before her, Azure knew that the question he was asking was 'Why do they hate me?' and she knew that he was not ready for the truth. Azure could not lie to her master but 'Why' has many possibilities and she was going to tell him what he needed to know.
"Your father was Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage"
Azure stop to let it sink in, she saw the emotions play across child's face, joy and awe at finding out who is father was, sorrow at the fact that he is dead, and confusion was to why everybody hated him when his dad was a hero.
"The kyuubi attacked the night you were born," Azure continue "it was sudden and without warning… the Kyuubi is a biju, a creature of pure chakra that cannot be kill by weapons and jutsu. Your father had to seal it away in order to stop it, a normal object could not be used without preparation, and it had to be a person, a young child. So your father had to use a child, and would not ask another for theirs… and would not trust any other with such a burden… he believed in you."
Naruto looked down as tears leak from his eyes, he felt embarrassed about crying in front of this pretty lady. After several moments in which Naruto use to get control over himself and wipe away his tears, the blond looked up with a determination burning brightly in his eyes.
"What do we do now?" The new cybernetic ninja ask fiercely.
"Rehabilitation" and thought Azure said it in an emotionless tone Naruto felt a shiver of dread.
(One Week Later…)
It had been a week since the announcement of the "death" of Naruto Uzumaki, a full week of many adults celebrating his loss. Currently those who had known the blond best and a few of his classmates were leaving the graveyard, his modest funeral having only just ended. Not many had actually come, The Ichiraku's, The Sandaime, Iruka, a man with gravity defying silver hair, Tsume Inuzuka and her children, Shibi Aburame and his family, the Hinata Hyuuga and surprisingly her father, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno being the bulk of the group of few mourners.
Unsurprisingly, Hinata and her father were the only ones still there, a blank look on Hinata's face as looked down, while a scowl marred Hiashi's features, several dark clouds hovering in the sky, seemingly threatening the world as they hovered up above. Narrowing his eyes on the grave, Hiashi ignored Hinata as sorrow and angry swirl in him. 'Someone killed the son of the fourth Hokage, and everyone starts celebrating? Have we fallen so much?' Hiashi thought to himself before turning and walking out of the graveyard with a deep scowl across his face.
Hinata however just continued to stare for a few moments longer, soon shaking her head, the girl started to walk towards her home in something of a daze.
The effect of the blond's loss had hit those who knew him pretty hard, Hinata had seemed to retract even further into her shell, Iruka didn't seem to pay attention to class anymore, Sasuke seemed to brood more often, though that was normal, and the Ichiraku's didn't open up shop as often, not to mention charged more. The most significant change however was in The Sandaime, who had started to crack the whip in the village, and all in the village were sure that soon enough all would fear the wrath of their Kage again.
(Location: Konoha: Hyuuga-clan Compound, Date: NA 10-17-1012, 5:30pm)
Hinata paced around her room, she had done his since Naruto's death. She couldn't believe he was dead, maybe she was in denial or crazy. Hinata stopped paced and walked over to a small chest next to her bed but hesitated. Inside was a strange necklace, it was made of dozens of small stones of several different kinds. A few normal rocks, some were black or white marble, and even a few lesser gemstones like jade, amber, and garnet. Naruto had made it for her birthday, he had gone all over the village collecting each stone. They were all different shapes and sizes… it was one of her most treasured possession.
Hinata opened the small chest and took it out, it's most unique feature was an ornate glass disk the size of her palm with a black swirl engraved on it. It was the only part of the necklace that Naruto don't make himself, he had on to her father for help and the two of them had crafted it. It had two special seals on it, the first allow the glass disk to change color depending on a specific person's mood, the other seal allows a little needle on the disk to act as a compass and point to a specific person, both the seals were link to Naruto. He and her father and had made it back when the blond had been homeless and Hinata could never find he (Despite having several servants with the Byakugan helping her look for him)
Hinata look down that the necklace in her hand, wishing her could channel chakra into it and find Naruto alive and happy. Closing her eyes and sending chakra into the precious gift, she allow herself a moment of selfness, to believe that it will light up and show her the way to the hyperactive blond training or setting up one of his infamies pranks. After a far moments she opened her eyes and let out a gasp, the crystal swirl had lit up a fire orange color and the needle was pointing south.
Hinata set there for several minutes frozen between wonder, disbelieve, and hope before coming to her senses. The Hyuuga heiress gave herself a hard pinch on the arm to make sure she wasn't dreaming or under a genjutsu (you never know) and when nothing happen she was convinced that it was real.
Hinata looked back down at the necklace as several thought race through her mind 'how can he be alive of they found his arm… Maybe it was a cover up or a story made by the Hokage to get Naruto away from the villagers… but what if…' the pale-eyed girl started to pace back and forth, still clutching the stone chain as her thoughts turn to dread 'What if he's been kidnaped or… or escape from his attackers and is…and is lying in the dirt bleeding or…' Hinata froze, unwilling to think of the horrors that the blond might be in, instead she grape her backpack and started to fill it with thing she thought she might need, an extra change of clothes (if it took several days to find him), her savings (5000 yen, in case she had to buy thing on the way), and some other things from around her room. Realizing that she was going to need ninja tools made Hinata hesitate, the only place she knew were to give some was a small room near the dojo, and while she was allow to get equipment form it… if Neji or someone from the Main House found her stuffing her bag…
Shaking her head Hinata grape her backpack and slowly left the room, using her Byakugan to make sure she didn't meet anyone on the way. Once inside the storage room she collected what she needed, a set of kunal and shuriken, a med-kit scroll, a scroll of rations, a 50ft roll of ninja-ware, and lastly 10 explosive tags.
Closing the door Hinata turn around and came face to face with a member of the main house, her heart stop for a moment before she realize who it was. Kikyo war several year older than Hinata and one of the few who stood up for the branch house, having once challenged an elder for using the Curse-seal on a branch house girl who spilled his tea.
"Good evening Hinata-san" Kikyo gave a bow, her eyes sweeping from the door to the backpack in the young girl's hands.
"Good evening Kikyo-san" Hinata said in what she hoped was a calm voice as she return the bow "is there something you need?"
Kikyo study her for a long moment before answering "Yes… Hiashi-sana has sent a message from the Hokage's tower… he will not be able to attend dinner tonight"
Hinata nodded, she wasn't surprise. He and the other clan heads have been having a lot of long meting for the past few days… "T-thank you, Kikyo-san… I-I'll be in my room for the rest of the day, please tell the others not to me"
Kikyo gave her a long searching look "Very well" She walked to the end of the hall before turning around "Be safe Hinata-chan" and disappeared around the corner.
Hinata stood there frozen for a few seconds before bolting to her bedroom, lock the door and barely dared to breath, but after ten minutes she started to calm down, then she double checking her supplies and equipment the indigo-hair heiress open the window and left. Sneaking pass the guards was easy (having lean how from Naruto years ago) and so she followed the seal for about 20 minutes before coming to a stop. Hinata had come to Konoha's red-light district, full of brothels, bars, and other shady and sinful places that even the Hokage seem to turn a blind eye too, and while the young Hyuuga had never gone inside she was familiar with the site (Naruto's apartment being just two blocks away).
Hinata made her way carefully through the alleyways and street, the red-light district had thugs, thieves, pickpockets, muggers, card sharps, thimble-riggers and assorted lowlife, not to mention the packs of greedy merchants who were the worst of the lot. However as she walked forward they drew back looking weary, perhaps they knew better than to mess with a Hyuuga. Getting the feeling that she should leave as so a possible the young heiress sped up, jumping over several garbage cans and barley noticing bumping into a scantily clad kunoichi as she ran toward the edge of the village.
Ten minutes later Hinata found herself looking through a 10ft high barbed-wire fence into the ominous forest that lay beyond. She had followed the tracker-seal through the red-light district and several small training grounds until she came to this…
Looking around for a few minutes Hinata came across a large, chain-shunt gate and a billboard telling her what this dreadful place was.
Training Ground: 44
(Someone had painted Forest of Death below that… and Anko's Playground below that
Foundedin NA-966 by the Second Hokage
Information: This training area is filled with a verity of dangerous plants and animals from all over the Land of Fire
Hinata swallowed nervously, she had heard of the Forest of Death form older shinobi of the dangers it held 'Oh Naruto, what happen to you… please be okay' with that though she gather all her courage and hopped on the billboard and over the fence, never looking back… and never noticing that she was being watch through narrow eyes…
(Location: Konoha's red-light district Date: NA 10-26-1012, 5:30pm)
Anko Mitarashi was in a good mood, having spent the morning making Iruka uncomfortable and embarrass with her flirting, and having had lunch with her friends Kureal and Hana, who had just got back from a mission in the Land of Grass. Stretching the purple-hair jonin gave a lazy yawn while thing of that she should do next 'Hmm… it's too late for a mission … but too early to go to the bar… hmm… I think I'll go visit the brat… yeah, if the knucklehead spent too much time alone with Azure he's likely to go insane.'
Sniggering silently to herself at the thought of the blonde's slowly diminishing sanity, Anko made her way towards the training grounds, absently noticing the looks of disgust and loathing the villages were giving her. The short-temper kunoichi had grown so use to the looks people give her because of her former sensei, but sent the blond's apparent demise the civilian villagers have grown more bold of their dislike for her. Ironically it seem to have the opposite effect on the shinobi, who seem to be ashamed of how they were acting towards said suppose-to-be-dead blond.
Anko's thoughts of karma and guilty consciousness's was interrupted however when someone roughly bumped into her. The short-temper jonin first instinct was to give this person a few new holes, but stopped when she seen that not only was it a young girl but that it was a Hyuuga. The fact that a young Hyuuga girl was running around Konoha's red-light district without a guard or someone was so utterly bizarre as to awaken every ounce of curiosity that purple-hair kunoichi possessed, and so she followed.
Ten minutes later and mystery deepen, for Anko thought she knew who this girl was, she couldn't be sure (For all the Hyuuga look so damn it alike). She remembered Kureal intruding her to a shy, young girl who turn out to be the Hyuuga heiress, who was now in front of the last place on earth that anyone would believe, the Forest of Death.
Anko watch the girl hesitate by the gate (apparently the dreadful rumors of the Forest of Death frighten even the high and might Hyuuga clan) for a few moments before jumping over them and into the forbidden forest beyond. Anko followed the Hyuuga princess for a few hours as she made her way deeper into the deadly woods, finally after it become too dark to see were you were going safely (even with the Byakugan) did the girl stop and make camp. Watching her set up her tent, the snake summoner couldn't help but be impress by the young girl, she had set up her tent inside of a hollow space high up in one the giant trees, cover the entrance with a camouflage sheet, and set up a trap. The trap was a simple one using some ninja-wire and an explosive tag, it wouldn't work on anything above a genin but it was enough for any creature that might sniff her out.
Making a Shadow-clone to keep watch over the girl, Anko headed for the tower sure that Azure would want to know about the Hyuuga heiress sudden desire to go camping as the some bloodthirsty forest as… the… blond… Anko had to stop tree hopping for a moment as the answer hit her with the force of a rampaging pervert 'It's the blond… I should have known, kureal told me that the girl had a crush on the idiot… and now that think about it I remember seeing her stalking hi…'
Realizing the important and potential danger of this situation Anko shunshin straight to the tower's entrance, throw open the door and run down the stairs before stopping at the last floor. Pausing for a moment to catch her breath and slow her heart Anko look down the hallway, it was long and plane about 200ft long with no doors and a dead end. She walk down the hallway carefully with even steps, on the 65th step she turn abruptly to her right and without hesitation walked right through the apparently solid wall.
The wall shimmed and ripped like molten silver as she step through before returning to its normal appearance.
Anko suppress a shudder, she hated walking through the Nanowall, it made her skin crawl, looking around she had stepped into a small square room, empty and door less, and after a moment of waiting the unmistakable cool and calm voice of Azure filled the room [Good afternoon, Anko-san how may I assist you]
"Take me to the control room, Alpha-priority, we have a big problem" there was a pause before Azure replied [Yes assess granted, Trans-Rings activation in 10 seconds] Anko step swiftly to the center of the room as four massive rings raised up around her, and in a blinding flash was gone.
The purple-hair jonin reappeared moments later several hundred feet underground, around her were more than a few strange things not seen in the shinobi nations. First the wall on the right was cover in a dozen crystalline video screens, each one have a live video from a diffident part of Konoha, there was also several high-tech medical equipment. But the strangest thing in the room was the suppose-to-be-dead blond preteen, who was apparently too busy vomiting to notice the arrival of the purple hair woman. Anko on the other hand had notice the blond immediately and turn to the hologram of Azure, which had materialized on her left.
"What's wrong with the brat? He looks like he just seen Might Guy naked"
The blue-haired hologram shook her head [Master is suffering detoxification from his diet of large quantities of high sodium enriched noodles]
Anko face was blank for a few seconds before her brain translated his into something that made sense "Whahahaha… you mean to tell me that that brat is going through ramen withdrawal"
She doubled over in laughter.
Naruto stop puking and wiped off his face, giving the snake-summoner a look of deepest loathing while Azure continue like nothing was going on.
[As you can see he is having trouble keeping down the nutrient supplement the I have prepare for him] She gesture to a tall glass of greenish liquid that look like the contents of a salad that someone tried to blend. Out of curiosity Anko put her finger in green slurry and gave it a try, only to gag from the flavor of cabbage, grass, and tomato all rolled in one.
Azure waited for the nearly nude kunoichi to stop retching before continuing [You have something imported to tell us? You used an Alpha-priority command]
Anko took a deep breath and straighten up "We have an intruder in sector S-12, it the Hyuuga heiress…" at this Naruto sat up and look around "…I found her in the red-light area and followed her, she walked through in almost a straight line… she also moved through the forest in a straight line… and seems to be following a compass on some kind of jeweled necklace"
Silence follow these words as they thought of what they should do, finally Azure spoke up [Anko in the morning try to frighten her off, if she put resistant try using genjatsu or tr-]
"NO!"
The two female turn to Naruto, who was embarrass "Hrr… I mean I trust Hinata, we been friends for years… I know she would want to help me with my plan if I ask"
"And what is your plan" the purple-hair kunoichi ask curiously, in the two weeks the young Jinchuriki have been here he has been very quiet. Anko, who had caped an eye on him over the years knew this was not normal.
Naruto didn't answer her, he had thought about what he was going to do, thinking of his past and potently futures, and who the villages had scorn his life and celebrated his (supposed) death. He didn't know if it was from Azure neuro-training or from the fact that he real could do anything else at the moment, but he had able to focus and concentrate on one thing at a time, and he had a lot of time to think about what he should do.
After a long moment Azure ask [Master what do exactly you plan to disclose to Hinata Hyuuga]
Naruto frown, he wasn't sure of what he should reveal to her, but he was certain that he wasn't going to tell her everything… at least not yet. The preteen knew that the entire Kyuubi, Aliens, Chosen-One thing would be too much for the pale-eyed girl, he knew she was prone to fainting if surprise of frighten.
Looking up at Azure and Anko the recovering blond let out a deep breath "I'm not sure of what to tell her… I really don't what to tell her about the whole Kyuubi, Jinchuuriki thingy…"
And so for the next few hours the three of them talked and argue over what to tell the Hyuuga princess, what not to tell her, and how to tell her.
(Location: Konoha: Hokage's Tower, Date: NA 10-27-1612, 1:15am)
Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a tired sigh as the council meeting ended, glancing at the clock above the door showed him that it was a quarter pass one in the morning. His stiff muscles and old bones groan in protest as he got up from his chair and made his way to his office to clean up before heading off for some much needed sleep. As the old Kage put away scrolls and stray papers his mind went over the meeting, it had lasted so long because of an argument over the new requirement for the academy students to have to know Kenjutsu or another weapon skill to become a genin.
While some didn't care one way or another (Inoichi) or found it too troublesome to care (Shikaku) Shibi and Choza were all for it. On the other hand Tsume was against it, the Inuzuka argue that her clan's claws and fangs were just as good as any weapon and they had their Ninken, and while Hiashi himself had no problems, he said that the Hyuuga Elders were fuming, stubbornly said that the Gently Fist made weapon skills useless.
The Hokage shook his head, the Hyuuga Elders pride would be their down fall one day, than this thoughts moved to something much more concerning. Hana Inuzuka had return from a mission in the Land of Grass and reports that the county was quickly becoming unstable, which confirm the information he got from Jiraiya.
Three months ago the daimyo of the Land of Grass died under mysterious circumstances, but the real problem was that the daimyo had twin sons' kaichu and Hiru, and hadn't named an heir. Kaichu had seize control and had his brother exile, however Hire had a lot of friends in and out of the grass county and started gathering more support
Jiraiya's spies had informed that a full out civil-war was likely in the next eight to ten months, this could be both a good and bad thing for Konoha. The leaf village was likely to get more missions, when the land of water began its civil-war Konoha mission's increases by 30%, whoever the Land of Grass was the largest exporter of herbs and medicine, including several rare plants that can be found on were else.
Hiruzen let out another tired sigh as he sealed the last shelf before heading off for bed, and as he laid down his mind drift to Naruto and for the hundredth time he wonder what he could had done "I swear to you, I will make the right chooses and not just the easy ones…"
The third Hokage closed his eyes.
(Location: Konoha: Hyuuga-clan Compound, Date: NA 10-27-1612, 1:30am)
Hiashi walk through the Hyuuga Compound, despite the late hour and the tiring meeting he had to endure, nether his body nor his face betray the fatigue he felt. The Hyuuga were masters of reading body language and he couldn't afford to look weak at any time… you never knew how was watching.
Hiashi made his way to his room while avoiding the elders, who obvious wanted to know all about the meet and the Hokage's choose, quickly stepping inside he turned and lock the door and activated the special seal the prevented the Byakugan from seeing through the walls. It was the same seal that all members the main house had over their rooms, just one more thing to hold over the branch house heads.
As the Hyuuga head turn around he saw his younger daughter curled up asleep next to his desk, and his expression soften a bit. Hiashi was as cold and heartless as most people believe, he had fought against his father and the other elders for most of his life, first for his brother being branded with the Curse Seal and then for his wife, Hitomi.
Hiashi close his eyes, just thinking about her cause him pain, which was why he try not to look at his daughter, Hinata was so much like her mother in looks and personality. Hitomi had been quiet and shy, never specking unless she was certain and choosing her words carefully, but she also had a hidden strength and an iron will, with the skills in gentle Fist that rivaled that of any Main House member. He had often called her "The Silk Sheathed Sword" a name that that stuck to her.
His wife had been born in the branch house, he had fought with the elders for several years before they were allowed to get marry. The next few years were wonderful, the Third Shinobi War ended, Minato was named the Fourth Hokage and got marry, his brother had a son that he named Neji, and he found out that his wife was pregnant and that the other Clan Heads were was also having heirs.
Then the Kyuubi attacked.
In that one night Hiashi lost so much, his mother who had supported him against the elders, his brother lost his wife, and Minato and his wife died. The Hyuuga head was devastated, he had been friends with the blond genius for yours, having gone through the chunin Exam with him, and fought beside him in the war. The two of them had plan to renounce the Curse Seal with the help of Kushina, a member of the now-nearly-extinct clan. Now that dream was gone, dead before it could be born.
In that darkest hour a light appeared, Hitomi gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, they named her "Hinat" because she was their sunny place in that dark time.
Than disaster struck once again.
At first it seemed as if things were improving Kumo, who had continue to fight with Konoha after the end of the third Shinobi war had finally called for a truce. It's was a trick, the Head Ninja of Kumo who had come to sign the treaty tried to kidnap Hinata, he had acted on instinct, Killing the man before he could escape.
This began what is now called the Hyuuga Instudent.
Konoha was furious, they wanted an explanation and payment for breaking the treaty. Kumo denied knowing anything about the kidnapping and demanded compensation for the death of their head-ninja, they wanted the dead body of the man who killed him.
The wanted Hiashi Hyuuga.
Of course Konoha rejected what was obvious another attempt to try to get the Byakugan, and so the fighting continue.
Only fiercer and bloodier than before, at first Hiashi was all for it. He sent member from both houses and he and his bother fought in the front lines. But after six months it became all too clear to him that more fighting would accomplish nothing but more bloodshed and pain, and so he prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Hizashi and the Elders had other plans.
The elders didn't want to give into Kumo demands or put the Curse Seal on him and have it fail (The seal had a high chance of failing if it is put on someone after a certain age) so his father Hokori talked Hizashi into giving up his life for the greater good. Hiashi's brother said that it was his choose and their father wasn't forcing him, that he was happy to die to protect one of this precious people.
The only thing he ask was that Hiashi give his son a letter that he had written to him at the right time.
Hiashi was brought back to the present when someone knocked on his door cautiously he open the door, on the other side was Kikyo, which made him warier. The Hyuuga leader always felt wary around her, like she was watching his every move and not like the elder watch or other maid house members watch him. Hiashi just couldn't figure her out, she didn't want to control him like the elders nor use him like the other maid house. She was a complete mystery, even her fighting style was strange, she use two ornate daggers with wind-chakra, it even earn her the name 'The Wind Knife"
The Hyuuga head had mix feelings about her, she had helped and care for Neji after his father's death and did the same for Hinata, and for that he was grateful. But Hiashi was a ninja, and as such his senses were screaming at him that young lady in front of him was very dangerous.
Kikyo gave him a faint smile "I've come to tell you that the elders wish to have a meeting with you"
Hiashi's eye only twitch slightly "Tell them that I will schedule a meeting with them tomorrow afternoon"
The pale eye woman nodded and turn to leave but stopped short "Hinata-san did not eat with the main house tonight, she is not feeling well and I don't think she will wish to be disturb tomorrow"
Hiashi couldn't completely suppress a wince as Kikyo left, he could endure the elders threats and insults but her worlds seem to cut right through him just as easy as her knifes.
(Location: Konoha: Underground Compound, Date: NA 10-27-1612, 2:10am)
Danzo Shimura walk through the underground maze beneath Konoha with easy in spite of its complex and dimly lit passage ways, as he rounded a corner two shadows move on either side of him. The old warhawk nerved slowed or pause despite the ruthless assassins following him, he knew that it was Fuu Yamanaka and Torune Aburame his most loyal ninja.
As Danzo stepped into his camber and sat down behind a simple desk he thought about the blows that Konoha had taken recently, first was the loss of the Uchiha Clan, the Root leader know that it would take years to recover the military strength. Next was the lost Itachi Uchiha, who had ruthlessly slaughter his clan and fled branded has a traitor, but the truth was that he was order to do it to stop the Uchiha from starting a war. And lastly was the loss of Naruto Uzumaki, the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko, the only good thing to come out of this was that the boy's death seem to fire back in to Hiruzen, who was now the strong figure that Konoha needed in its weaken state.
Danzo frowned has he thought about his old rival, he knew that there were things that the Third would not do, he would have to send out root members to search for and seal the Kyuubi as soon as it reforms, if another village get a hold of it… a specially Iwa or Kumo, than the balance of power could shift greatly against Konoha. He would also need so one to watch Itachi's younger bother to see if the boy fallow in his father's footsteps…
The old warhawk thought silently for several moments before turning to Fuu "how is my grandson's training"
Fuu bowed "Sai as finish is his basic training and is ready for is final test"
Danzo nodded, the final test was when two root trainee battle to the death, it was to purge what was left of their emotions, but he had a new mission for is young grandson and it will be better if he had them… for now.
Turning to the other root ninja "Torune, tell my grandson that he will not be taking the test and that I have a mission for him"
Torune bow and shunshin away, Danzo sighed heavily as he started to go through the files of his root ninjas, he would have to find the best suited for long term missions in Iwa and Kumo…
And it done… I'm sooo sorry for not Updateding but a lot as happen to me… my computer broke, I lost my job, been homeless, and everything. I still don't have a computer so no updates any time soon, but I will keep writing when I can.
I would like your thoughts on what Naruto's planet should be called, here are a couple of ideas
Sekai (World)
Konoyo (this world)
Edo (?)
Gaia
Or if you have your own idea, and I do prefer Japanese
