Rise of the Jinchūriki
By: bigo4190
Disclaimer: I do not own this, Masashi Kishimoto does. All original characters and locations are mine, with the exception of Kagegakure no Sato, its ninjas, and Koneko Sora, which belong to Araknia the Storyspinner. All translations and Jutsu will be listed at the bottom
Speaking: "Blah"
Thinking: 'Blah'
Jutsu: Blah
Demon Speaking: BLAH
Demon Thinking: BLAH
Empowered Humans (Demon-influenced, Curse Seal, etc.): "Blah"
Chapter 1
Konohagakure – Day before the Genin Exams
It is a peaceful morning in Konohagakure no Sato, but one thing was out of place. The grand Hokage Monument that looks out across the village has been defaced. The culprit being none other than –
"Hey, Naruto!!!"
"Kuso! What are you doing here Iruka-sensei?" 'How did he figure it out?'
At the Ninja Academy – 5 minutes earlier
Iruka is looking around the class, deciding who he should tort- I mean make answer the next question. He spots Naruto's head down on the desk, and throws an eraser. It passes right through him. "Alright, Denkoushi, Kyoukimaru, if you don't tell me which one did that, you'll both be helping with fixing whatever he's done.
They quickly turn and point to the other and scream, "He did it!!!" They then glare at the other, "What do you mean I did it, you did it!?!"
Back to Naruto
Glaring imperiously down at Naruto, Iruka points at him and responds, "What are you doing during class." After this he quickly binds Naruto in ropes and drags him back to the Academy.
Even the amazing spectacle of Naruto bound head to toe in ropes no longer amazes the class as they had seen it, at last count, 347 times. Still they couldn't help their angry muttering when Iruka declared a review session on Henge no Jutsu. When Naruto went up to show the skill, he had a prankster-like glint in his eye.
"Alright Naruto, show us your best." Said Iruka in a kindly tone. The boy may be a troublemaker, but he was still a good boy.
"Hai." He brings his hands into the Ram Seal, and takes a deep breath. The gleam in his eye increases intensity, and then, "Behold!!!" In a puff of smoke, Naruto is obscured, but as it clears the class does no see a perfect replica of Iruka as was the assignment, but…, instead, a very sexy, and completely nude teen girl, and the remnants of smoke just barely covering her most important parts.
"Gah!" With a immense blast of blood shooting from his nose, Iruka is propelled backwards and knocked unconscious.
In another puff of smoke, Naruto returns to his normal form and turns to the class. "That was myOiroke no Jutsu. The ultimate anti-pervert technique." He fails to notice the newly reawakened Iruka behind him, now with two cotton wads stuffed up his nose to stop the bleeding.
"You Baka!!! Don't invent such stupid techniques!" Iruka is in perfect angry teacher form, mostly to cover for the fact that he was affected by such a perverted technique. However, Naruto wasn't the only laughing at Iruka's reaction. Denkoushi and Kyoukimaru who were both laughing openly at Iruka's predicament. Koneko Sora, and Inuzuka Kiba were both hiding their reactions very well. "Naruto, Denkoushi, Kyoukimaru, I would say, you're all going to be cleaning the monument, but since Kyoukimaru's father came during lunch telling me he would need him after school, so he got lucky. As for the rest of you, if you dare make one peep about what just happened, I will force you to help them."
Hokage Monument – Later that Afternoon
"Kuso! Kuso!" Naruto is quite anger at being forced to clean the giant stone faces of the Hogake by hand. But at least he wasn't alone. No, it seems that Denkoushi at least, could not keep quiet at Iruka's hilarious reaction. Admittedly, he knew what was coming, since he shared an apartment with Naruto, and had helped him create the Jutsu. But still, Naruto was by far the most vocal one of the two.
"Quiet, Naruto. I won't be letting either of you go home until its all the paint is gone." Iruka was sitting higher up on the faces, and watched as the two boys scrubbed at the large stone faces. He just wished that the two would focus more on class work than on pranks. But, seeing them so dejected like this, Iruka just couldn't keep up the hard teacher act. "Alright boys, when you've finished with this, I'll take you both out for some Ramen, sound good?"
"YATTA!!! We'll do our best then." With this indescribably loud shout of joy, the two quickly began scrubbing the monument with renewed vigor. In a while they had completed their task, and quickly dragged Iruka to their favorite place in town, Ichiraku Ramen stand.
Once they had received their meals, and Denkoushi was still in mid swallow, Iruka turns to Naruto and asks what he has been wondering for most of the day. "Naruto, why did do that to the Monument, don't you know who the Hokages are?"
Naruto looks up from his ramen and responds, "Of course, the Hokages have been recognized as the strongest ninjas in the village. Among them is the Yondaime, who they say saved the village from a Youko by sacrificing his life. And before you ask Iruka-sensei, the reason I did it is because one day I will receive the Hokage title… and then I'm going to surpass ALL of them!!! …Tokorode, Sensei…"
"Naruto, please don't ask him that. I've told you at least 50 times what his answer is going to be." Denkoushi looks over at Naruto at this point and tries to stop his foolish almost brother from embarrassing himself.
"If it's another bowl you want, then it's no Naruto, that goes for you too Denkoushi." 'I can barely afford to feed both of you this one bowl anyway.'
"Oh, its not that Sensei, but, can I try on your hitai-ite, pleeeeeeease!?!" Naruto is quite literally groveling at Iruka's feet.
"Oh, this? Sorry Naruto, but this is a sign that you are a full fledged ninja of Konohagakure no Sato. You'll get yours after the test tomorrow."
"See, Aniki? I told you he would say that. How come you're the older one, but I'm the mature one." Denkoushi couldn't help picking on his brother.
"Meanies. If that's the way you two are going to be, I WANT ANOTHER BOWL!!!"
Ninja Academy – Next Morning
"Class, we will now begin the final exam. When your name is called, please go to the classroom next door. This test will be on the Bunshin no Jutsu." Iruka stood at the front of the class, looking down at his list of names, making sure everyone was their.
"Naze? That's the one technique that I've tried and never mastered!" Naruto is moaning to himself under his breath and does not notice Iruka leaving the classroom, until the voice of the classroom aid left in charge calls out the first name.
Neighboring Classroom – A Few Minutes Later
'It doesn't matter, I will do it anyway.' Naruto now stands in front of Iruka, and the assistant sensei, Mizuki. Calming himself, he draws his hand in to the Hitsuji Fūin, he gathers his Chakra, and attempts the technique. "Bunshin no Jutsu," With his shout, the area around him is obscured by smoke, and when it clears…, a single clone, sickly and pale, lies on the ground next to him.
Iruka's eyebrow is twitching dangerously, before he snaps and shouts, "YOU FAIL!!!"
Mizuki, on the otherhand, looked over at Iruka and expressed his differing opinion. "Iruka-sensei, he did replicate, and he showed good stamina, we could let him pass."
"No Mizuki-sensei, he only managed to produce one clone, and sickly at that, while everyone else produced 3. We cannot let him pass." On the inside Iruka felt very bad, since he had been much like Naruto when he was younger.
Outside the Ninja Academy – Later that Afternoon
Naruto is sitting on the swing outside the ninja academy, and watches sadly as the other students are congratulated by their parents for passing. A few throw him cold glares and looks of disgust, but he ignores those, he and his brother get them all the time, and have learned to ignore them. Mizuki comes to Naruto, and the two of them go off to talk.
On the Rooftops not far from the Ninja Academy
"Iruka is very serious, his parents were killed when he was young and he he has has had to do everything himself." Mizuki is sitting next to Naruto, and slightly behind him, so that Naruto can't see his face.
"But why does he pick on me so much?" Naruto is whining, he has had his hopes crushed for the 3rd year in a row, by failing the graduation exam again.
"He sees himself in you I think. He just wants you to become strong, and this is the best way he can think of. Try to understand his feelings, since you too have no parents. But, I don't agree with him on this matter, so I will tell you of a secret test for graduating the academy." Mizuki's face is shadowed, so that even though Naruto is looking directly at him, he cannot see the sinister grin on his teachers face.
Hokage Tower – That Night
"Naruto-kun, what are you doing in my home at this time of night." The elderly Sandaime Hokage ask kindly of the boy he sees as a second grandson.
"Oiroke no Jutsu" Naruto performs his signature prank technique out of reflex when he is caught. He is rewarded with the sight of the Sandaime being thrown across the hallway from the geyser of blood shooting out of his nose. "Huh, I guess ojiisan is a pervert too. Oh, well, that makes this easier. Now, if I were a giant scroll, where would I be. Ah, there it is." After knocking out the Hokage, Naruto quickly finds the Forbidden Scroll that Mizuki had told him of, and escaped with it through the window.
Iruka's Apartment – Same time as Naruto is Stealing the Scroll
Knock. Knock. "Ano, Iruka-sensei?"
"What is it Denkoushi, shouldn't you be home, with Naruto?"
"That's why I came here Iruka-sensei, he hasn't come home yet. I was wondering if you could help me find him."
"Well come in first, I'll make some tea to help you calm down, and then—"
"Iruka, quickly, Naruto has just stolen the Forbidden Scroll. Hokage-sama has ordered all jonin and chūnin to search for him." Mizuki stuck his head in and told Iruka this quickly, without seeing Denkoushi, who as soon as he hears the news, rushes out the door to look for his brother.
"Mizuki you fool, pay more attention to who's in a room." Iruka snaps at him, before quickly rushing after Denkoushi.
'Hn. So it will work out even better than I planned. Not only will that foolish Iruka lead me to that demon brat, but the other will be there as well. Now, how do I make all of this look like the Youko's fault.'
Rooftops in the Middle of Town – A Few Minutes Later
"Denkoushi, stop please!" Iruka has been searching for Denkoushi for the last few minutes, and had finally found him, but something was different. "And what exactly do you think you are going to do with those swords, and for that matter, where did they come from."
"They're mine Iruka-sensei, and I don't think that Naruto-niisan would just do that. So I plan to use these to figure out what actually happened. And before you ask, I've been training with these for a few years now, but Hayate-sensei wouldn't let me carry them in public until I graduated."
"Alright. And I suppose it's to much to ask you to just go home now isn't it." Not even waiting for a response, Iruka continues, "I suppose we should figure out where he went, and I have one idea. That old shack in the woods, it's a good place to be alone and think, and to practice jutsu as well, if that's what Naruto is going to do with the scroll."
Unknown to either of them, Mizuki was not that far away and listening, and begins to sneak away in hopes of finding Naruto first. 'Soon, I will have killed the demon brats, and the Forbidden Scroll will be mine for the taking.'
Rundown Shack in the Forest around Konoha – Same time
Naruto is sitting on the ground, panting heavily. The Forbidden Scroll is strapped across his back, and judging by his rather disheveled appearance, he had been training hard for the last several hours. Looking up, he see's Iruka and Denkoushi, "Sheesh, looks like you guys found me. I only had time to learn one technique, but if I show you one of these awesome techniques I can graduate, right Iruka-sensei."
Iruka is shocked, where could Naruto possibly have gotten that idea, and how did he even know about the Forbidden Scroll. "Ne, Naruto, who told you that?"
"Mizuki-sensei told me that it was a secret way to graduate." Naruto yells this with his usual rambunctious attitude, but it dies away looking upon the shocked look on Iruka's face. "That is true isn't it? Mizuki told me about this scroll, and said I should find a quiet place to learn a technique."
Suddenly, Iruka hears the sound a large number of Kunai being thrown, and shoves Naruto and Denkoushi to the ground behind himself. Iruka is hit many times, and driven back against the shack from the force behind the throws.
"I'm surprised you got here first Iruka." Mizuki states coldly, standing in the trees, the origin of the kunai barrage.
"So that's how it is Mizuki?" Iruka said, with a sad tone.
"Hn. Naruto, give me the scroll now." Mizuki states quite calmly.
"What is going on? Why are you attacking us, Mizuki-sensei?"
"Naruto, don't let him get the scroll. Denkoushi, help him make sure of that." Iruka states, while trying to pull some of the kunai from the points where they had buried themselves into his body. "That scroll contains KinJutsu, and Mizuki used you to get it Naruto."
"Naruto, Iruka is just afraid of you possessing that. In fact, let me tell you the truth as to why." Mizuki begins, with a malicious sense of enjoyment becoming evident in his words.
"Mizuki, what are you saying? Naruto, don't listen to him." Iruka is beginning to panic, he knows what Mizuki is going to say.
"Quiet, Iruka. Now as I was saying, it all begins 12 years ago, after the incident, when a law was created. A law forbidding you Naruto, from even knowing of the law, much less what it hides."
"What is this law, and what is it hiding from me?"
"Stop, Mizuki, it is forbidden, punishable by death!" Iruka is extremely nervous now.
"The law prevents you from knowing that you are…, the Kyūbi no Youko that attacked this village 12 years ago!!! In other words, it was you who killed Iruka's parents, and he hates you because of that. And lets not forget about your otouto, that bastard from lightning country, bringing another demon into the village, the Gobi no Inu."
"Nani?!?" Both Naruto and Denkoushi are shocked by this news, they take one glance at Iruka, then each other, then one back at Mizuki.
Before the two can continue reacting, Mizuki continues, "No one will ever accept you Naruto, and even if only the high level ninjas know about your otouto, it doesn't matter, since he is close to you, they won't accept him either. Now both of you, DIE!!!" With that, Mizuki takes one of the giant shuriken on his back, twirls it quickly and trows it at Naruto.
"Naruto, get down!!!" With this cry, Iruka jumps over Naruto, using his body as a shield, and lets Mizuki's shuriken drive itself into his back.
"N-naze, Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asks with tears in his eyes, as he looks up at the form of his teacher, bleeding freely from the wounds he had received.
"Beacsue you're the same as me, Naruto. After my parents died, I started doing anything I could to get attention. I played the fool, just like you, but the loneliness hurts, doesn't it Naruto, at least you have, a brother."
"Don't make me laugh. Iruka has hated you since you killed his parents, he just wants to get the scroll back." Mizuki yells down coldly from the tree. Naruto, confused by everything that has happened in the last few minutes, runs into the woods. And before anyone can stop him, Denkoushi follows. "Well, it looks like the demon brats are going to take revenge on this village for what it has done to them."
"Naruto wouldn't do that, and neither would Denkoushi." With a grunt Iruka pulls the shuriken from his back and throws it back at Mizuki. However, Mizuki merely teps out of the path of the weapon.
"You are a fool. I will kill the demons and take the scroll for myself, then I will be unstoppable. And I'll come back for you later, you aren't worth my time right now." With that, Mizuki also takes off into the trees in the same direction as Naruto and Denkoushi.
'No, I will stop you Mizuki.' And with that, Iruka also chases after the others.
Deeper in the Woods – a few Minutes later
'Found him.' "Naruto, what Mizuki said was all a lie, calm down, and give me the scroll. It's what Mizuki is after." With that Iruka comes up along side Naruto, who in turn, tackles him out of the trees that they were running through. "What? Why, Naruto? How could you tell…" In a clound of smoke, the Henge falls revealing Mizuki, "…that I wasn't Iruka."
"HeHeHe, because…" Another puff of smoke, this time from Naruto, "…I'm Iruka."
"What point is there in protecting the monster that killed your parents, or that monster otouto, another monster in its own right."
"Because, I won't let a baka like you get the Forbidden Scroll."
"You're the baka, Iruka. Naruto is the same as me. There is no way that the Kyūbi no Youko won't use the power of the scroll. And he could even give it to the Gobi." Mizuki continues his rant strongly.
Unnoticed by either Chūnin, Naruto and Denkoushi sat on opposite sides of the clearing, able to hear every word.
"You're right, Mizuki. The Kyūbi no Youko would do that, and so would the Gobi…"
'I knew it, Iruka doesn't recognize me on the inside.' The thought goes through the minds of both Naruto and Denkoushi, who are both chrushed by the lack of faith their teacher has in them.
"…IF they were the demons that is. But those two are different. They may not be the best, and they may not always work the hardest, and they may play a few too many pranks, but they are some of my best students. And something more, they are Uzumaki Naruto and Tenkoumare Denkoushi of the Village Hidden by Leasves!"
"What a baka." With that, Mizuki begins to pulls the other shuriken from his back. "I said I would save you for last, but you've annoyed me enough. Now DIE!!!"
"Don't touch Iruka-sensei, or WE'LL KILL YOU!!!" With this yell, Naruto and Denkoushi have jumped into the clearing, and knocked Mizuki out of position, causing the shuriken to impact harmlessly into a tree. Naruto stands in front, placing the Forbidden Scroll onto the ground behind him, where Denkoushi stands guard over the injured Iruka, swords drawn.
"Shut up you little punks, I'll kill you both with a single shot." Mizuki screams now enraged beyond reason.
"Just try it, Mizuki-teme, I'll return the pain a thousand fold." Naruto says this while bringing his hand into an unfamiliar Fūin.
"Just try it you Demon brat."
"Don't say I didn't warn you. Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." With this yell, the clearing is filled with what must be a thousand Naruto clones, all of them quite solid and able to cause pain.
'What an amazing technique. Is that what Naruto spent all afternoon learning.' Were Denkoushi's thoughts. 'Those clones look solid. This'll be fun to watch. Now I just need to stay calm and protect Iruka-sensei.'
Mizuki is stunned, and more then a little afraid. He trips and falls backwards onto the ground, looking up at all the Naruto clones surrounding him. "What's the matter teme, afraid? I though you were coming after me? If you're not…then I'll come to you." With this collective shout from all the Naruto clones, Mizuki only has time to scream before being pummeled ruthlessly by a thousand Narutos.
Naruto now stands over the bruised and bloody body of Mizuki, and is just about to dispel the clones, when someone else enters the clearing. It's his somewhat friend, the slightly insane Kyoukimaru, who appears to be sleepwalking. His eyes are shut, but he seems to be able to tell all that is going on around him. His head moves as if dazedly scanning the clearing, before turning and walking off again. As he passes by Iruka and Denkoushi, they hear him mutter, "A thousand Narutos. If only Hinata-san had seen that, she would have died and gone to heaven." Naruto himself however, is unable to hear what Kyoukimaru said, is puzzled when Iruka and Denkoushi break into deep laughter.
With a nervous chuckle, Naruto dispels his clones, "Maybe I went a little overboard on him, but the teme deserved it."
Denkoushi comes nearer, sheathing his swords along the way. "Wow, Naruto-niisan, you really showed him!"
"Naruto, come over here would you." Say Iruka, who still is weak from the wounds he received, and resting against the base of a tree. 'I have something to give you. And close your eyes, okay."
Naruto does as he was asked, and after closing his eyes, feels his customary goggles being moved, and then something else taking their place on his forehead. "Can I open my eyes now, Iruka-sensei." Naruto asks impatiently.
"Yes, yes, Naruto. Go ahead and open your eyes."
Naruto slowly opens his eyes, trying to adjust to the light, as the sun is just beginning to rise. He also hears snickering behind him, like his brother is trying to keep from laughing. As his eyes come into focus, so does Iruka, but something is different. No longer does the Konoha Hitai-ite rest upon his head. Ever so slowly, Naruto reaches up, and feels the metal plate of the hitai-ite that has just been placed on his head.
Iruka smiles gently, shaking the goggles in his hand at Naruto. "Congratulations on graduating."
A big smile breaks out on Naruto's face and he captures Iruka in a giant bear hug. Behind them, Denkoushi can no longer stand it, and burst out laughing at the enthusiasm shown by his brother. 'Naruto, Denkoushi, I was going to lecture you both on how much harder it is going to be from here on out. But that can wait, and you show great promise.' "Alright, I'm taking you both out for a bowl of ramen, how does that sound."
Translations:
Konohagakure no Sato – Village Hidden by Tree Leaves, the Major Ninja village located in the Land of Fire
Hokage – Literally Fire Shadow, the ruler of the Village Hidden by Tree Leaves
Baka – Idiot
Kuso – Damn it
Henge no Jutsu – Transformation Technique, makes the user appear as something else
Hai – Yes, Alright, I understand, etc.
Oiroke no Jutsu – Sexy Technique, an adaptation of the Transformation Technique which make the user appear as a sexy, naked teenage girl.
Yatta – Yes, Wahoo, Yippee, etc.
Yondaime – Fourth, in this case referring to the Fourth Fire Shadow
Youko – Demon Fox
Tokorode – By the way
Sensei - Teacher
Aniki – Older brother
Bunshin no Jutsu – Clone technique, makes insubstantial clones of the user to confuse the enemy
Naze – Why?
Hitsuji Fūin – Ram Seal, one of the twelve Hand-seals used to perform NinJutsu.
-kun – A familiar ending placed on a boys name
Sandaime – Third, in this case the Third Fire Shadow
Ojiisan – Grandfather, what Naruto calls most old men, but especially the Third, and the owner of Ichiraku ramen.
Ano – Um, uh, er, etc.
-sama – A ending denoting great respect, usually used for powerful leaders.
-niisan – An ending placed on an older brother's name by a younger sibling, can also be used on anyone you consider in the same light.
KinJutsu – Forbidden Techniques
Kyūbi no Youko – Nine-tailed Demon Fox, strongest of the Nine Demon Lords
Gobi no Inu – Five-tailed Dog, mid ranked of the Nine Demon Lords
Otouto – Little Brother
teme – Bastard
Fūin – Seal, meaning anything from a complex one holding something, to a simple handseal
Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – Mass Shadow Clone Technique, creates a large number of solid clones, all capable of taking one hit, and using chakra.