Bloodline: Radiance
A/n: Thank you all for the reviews keep them up. I'm planning on having Naruto keep the sunglasses because they look cool. I don't know what the pairing is, at this point I'm just writing the story, but I do have a seen planned with the Kyuubi and Naruto much later. Whether that becomes the pairing I don't know but even so please read as it won't be for a while. Oh and to one of my reviewers who pointed this out, I had no idea all my stories started with 'b' that is just how it turned out and to tell you the truth it kind of scares me.
Chapter 2
Naruto and Lee were currently hanging on the side of the Hokage monument with water buckets and rags in hand. "See Lee didn't I tell you it was worth it." said Naruto.
"Naruto-kun I never doubted your genius." said Lee looking at the paint they still had to wash off laughing. "I've never had so much fun."
Naruto smiled. "Well I'm going to clean the paint that's over here." said Naruto swinging from the rope that attached him and Lee to the monument.
Lee stared at his friend as he swung away.
"I am a reminder of something terrible something that causes people pain, I want to stop that I want to make their pain go away to make them feel safe."
"You will Naruto I know you will." said Lee to himself. He then put on a goofy grin and ran across the wall scrubbing even faster.
The two made their way through the streets of Konoha smiling brightly. Naruto was walking at a tremendous slow pace and looked exhausted, Lee had already learned from Naruto that he had advanced weights on. Naruto had his dark sunglasses on completely covering his eyes and had his hands behind his head walking.
"Let's get something to eat." said Naruto as he and Lee made their way into the ramen bar. "Hey old man, give me ten bowls of miso ramen and uhh."
"The same!" shouted out Lee enthusiastically. Naruto looked at him a little surprised but smiled. The old man had tears of joy running down his face that he now had two bottomless pit customers. As the old chef was fixing the ramen he couldn't help but smile slightly at the boys behind him. The little boy Naruto had always come there depressed and was only cheered up by the ramen, but now he had a friend that was making him just as happy.
The two ate as fast as they could almost racing each other. When they finished they received a pleasant surprise when the old man told them that today it was on the house.
They ran out; or in Naruto's case dragged himself with all his strength to move two feet, of the stand full speed towards the training ground. Both Lee and Naruto were practicing with one another now. Naruto didn't know any tiajutsu, the old man had only shown him seals, and how to get his body stronger but he had never used taijutsu before. Lee knew some taijutsu but he was far away from being a genius in it so they were basically at the same point in there training.
"Hey Lee, I think we should stop and run laps around Konoha." said Naruto.
"What why? Are you even sure you can do that." said Lee skeptically. "Not that I have a problem with it just that I think I'm finally getting better." Said Lee with a smile.
"Well I can ask the Hokage if he can show us some taijutsu tomorrow." said Naruto. "Because right now its not improving."
"Very well Naruto-kun then we shall race." said Lee taking the starting position. Naruto just chuckled as he got in a similar position. "Ready set go." And they took off.
Lee shot ahead of Naruto, the small blonde was doing all he could with his weights. Lee slowed it down to a slow jog to stay with Naruto but still kept himself far ahead. Naruto paused for a while and looked to his side. Lee noticed this and stopped to.
"Naruto-kun what are you looking at?" asked Lee. Naruto pointed in front of him.
"Jeez Chouji why do you always make us lose." shouted out a random kid to a slightly chunky one.
"Yeah every team your on ends up losing." said another. The boy known as Chouji turned around and ran off upset.
Chouji sat on a stone stool sobbing. "Why does everyone have to be so mean." said Chouji to himself. He continued to cry silently when a sound caught his attention when he looked over he saw a kid wearing sunglasses with his hands in his pocket sitting next to him. He looked to his other side and saw someone else with the strangest eyebrows he'd ever seen.
"A-are you here to make fun of me to?" asked Chouji. Naruto laughed.
"Really do you think someone who looks like me has any right to make fun of you." said Lee pointing at his eyebrows. Chouji laughed at this.
"Don't listen to what those kids say, they don't know what there talking about." said Naruto. Chouji looked up at him curiously.
"But they're right, I'm the reason they keep losing its because I'm so big." said Chouji.
"Chouji the way I see it being big is a good thing." said Naruto. "For me it would mean I would be able to eat even more ramen." You could see a twinkle behind his sunglasses as he said that. Chouuji laughed at this. "Listen soon you won't have to worry about people making fun of you."
Chouji looked at him curiously. "What do you mean?" asked Chouji. As that was said a lazy looking kid with a pineapple shaped hair cut walked up to them. Naruto turned and left before anyone could say anything and Lee followed.
"Hey your Akimichi Chouji right." said the boy.
"Yes, and who are you?" asked Chouji.
"I'm Nara Shikimaru our dads used to be teammates." He said. Chouji looked at him then smiled. "Do mind if I sit up here with you and watch the clouds…"
"Naruto-kun that was super cool of you the way you were all like 'soon you won't have to worry about people making fun of you' and stuff!" said Lee trying to imitate Naruto.
Naruto laughed so loudly at this that he fell over, he tried to get up but couldn't and sighed. "Damn these things are so heavy I can't get up." said Naruto.
"Are you sure about that I mean when I help you up its not hard at all." said Lee.
"That's because of these baby's." said Naruto pointing to the black jewel crusted bands. "To everyone else its like I'm being affected normally."
"Oh I see." said Lee. "Say Naruto tomorrow is the last day of the academy before the break, and then the new semester. You'll be joining the academy then right." Said Lee with a cheerful smile. Naruto shook his head no.
"The Hokage said that I will join later maybe a couple of years after." said Naruto. Lee frowned immensely at this. "But don't worry I'll will train with you every morning and whenever you have free time."
In an instant Lee was up wearing a huge grin. "So we will still be friends excellent!" shouted out Lee. Naruto was brought out of his friends ranting when he heard something.
He followed the source of the noise to a group of bullies. They appeared to all be gathered around something and making fun of it. That something appeared to have pink hair.
"Look at that large forehead." said one bully as he smacked the top of the now apparent girls head. This caused her to cry a little. "Awww, is the big headed baby gonna cry."
That caused even more tears to escape from the girls closed eyes. Naruto looked on at the seen and noticed a girl with blonde hair looking confused at it from the swings. The girl looked torn between what to do. Naruto decided he wasn't going to wait as he walked over.
The bullies were taken aback by when a small blonde haired boy walked in front of the girl they were picking on. He didn't say anything as he stood in front of her.
"Hey get out of our way." said one bully as he threw a punch at Naruto. Naruto knowing that with his weights on he wouldn't be able to block it took the blow to the face. Surprisingly he didn't move at all. He barley felt the weak punch do to his training. The boy kept hitting him in different spots, but each time Naruto just stood there unaffected.
"Your weird, lets go guys this isn't fun anymore." said the leader of the group. As they left Naruto turned around and looked at the girl. He smiled slightly.
"Are you alright?" he asked kindly. The girl's eyes widened as she stared mesmerized by something. Naruto wondered why she was staring until he noticed his sunglasses had fallen forward on his nose a little revealing his glowing blue eyes. He adjusted his glasses and the girl seemed out of her trance.
"Thank you." she said quietly as she got up. She stared at the ground and then bowed slightly.
Naruto looked at her thoughtfully when he saw an older women with the same pink hair walking at a slightly hurried pace towards them. Naruto instantly knew what was going to happen so he nodded to the girl and walked away.
"Sakura are you all right that 'demon' didn't hurt you did he?" asked the older Haruno. She glared daggers at the boys retreating back.
"No..mom he saved me…from some bully's." said Sakura shyly. Her mother was surprised by this and looked at the boy who was walking towards a young blonde. Being a former Jounin Mrs. Haruno focused her hearing on the boy as he began to speak with the girl on the swings.
"I saw you thinking of helping her." said Naruto. "Next time please do, I think she could use a friend." The blonde girl that was on the swings shook her head yes as if it was an order she would happily fulfill.
Mrs. Haruno stopped listening in and stared at the back of the boy shocked and surprised at his words. Sakura tugged at her sleeves.
"Mommy is every thing okay?" asked Sakura in her small voice. Mrs. Haruno didn't know how to respond at the time so she went to her old instincts towards the boy.
"Sakura, be careful around that boy, if you ever see him again just try to ignore him." said the older Haruno. "You'll be safe then, if you stay out of his way he'll stay out of yours."
Sakura looked extremely confused and slightly heartbroken. "Is he bad?" she asked.
Mrs. Haruno looked down confused as well. "I…I'm not sure, just be careful if you see him again." she said.
"Once again you were super cool Naruto-kun!" shouted out Lee pointing his fist in the air.
Naruto smiled but then frowned slightly. "Lee…do you understand that by being my friend you may not be able to have any others?" asked Naruto looking down. Lee instantly became serious.
"You are looked down upon for reasons I don't know, you seem to get cold glares wherever you go and yet…" Lee trailed off. "you are kind, you excepted me and want to protect others. You are truly a great person Naruto and I am proud to call you my first friend, even if you are my only friend because…you are the closest thing I have to a brother."
Naruto looked at him, his eyes wide from behind his sunglasses. "Thank's Lee….Now how about some ramen." said Naruto taking on a goofy pose.
"What again we just had some." said Lee taking on an equally goofy pose.
"What! already sick of ramen, then you clearly don't have the passion for it I do." said Naruto adjusting his glasses instantly feeling better. And then the two headed towards their favorite ramen stand.
Naruto and Lee both stood in front of the Hokage with a determined look on their faces. "So can you help teach us taijutsu?" asked Naruto. The Hokage smiled and snapped his fingers. A man with a bowl shaped haircut and eyebrows as large as Lee's appeared. He wore a green spandex outfit and was grinning like a mad man, which he probably was.
"From here on Gai will teach you taijutsu every morning starting at 4 a.m." said the Hokage. Both Naruto and Lee nodded with excitement not minding the time. Something their new sensei felt the need to approve of.
"Wonderful your youthful spirits allow you to train without complaint!" shouted out Gai. Naruto and Lee both smiled, sure the guy seemed a little eccentric but both of them could tell they were gonna like him. Naruto stared up at the man's eyebrows and then looked over at Lee.
"I thought you said you were an orphan." said Naruto. Lee understanding what he meant just shrugged.
"Coincidence." said Lee.
"Good now let us begin today!" shouted out Gai grabbing both Lee and Naruto. He jumped out of the building with them in hand and ran towards the training ground like lightning. They were there in a matter of seconds.
Gai put both the boys down and took on a calm serious face. "I've seen you two train constantly." said Gai with a far away look in his eyes. "It is truly great, that you have such youthful passion…I will train you to the point of breaking, and make you strong."
Naruto and Lee looked at their new sensei with a little respect.
"Trust me when I say…you will be strong." said Gai. A smile played on both Naruto's and Lee's lips. "Now Naruto I understand that you already have special weights on, so I will only give these to Lee."
Gai took two large ankle weights out from behind his back and strapped them around Lee's legs.
"Now give me ten laps around Konoha both of you." said Gai. Both Naruto and Lee took off at a slightly slow pace both of them even. Gai was in front of them running back wards. "As we run I will teach you the principles of Gouken (Iron fist style).
Surprisingly even though they were running both Lee and Naruto got a good grasp of the style. After they had finished their laps they were both severely out of breath. Gai looked like he was about to call it quit's when his students step forward.
"You said you wouldn't hold anything back." said Naruto.
"That's right, keep going." said Lee
Gai smiled widely. "Very well." he said. Even though Naruto and Lee were near dead from exhaustion from their weight, they still practiced all the stances without any less enthusiasm that they would normally give.
Naruto stood at the center of the training field. Five swords were stuck in the ground around him as he lifted a fairly decent sized one. He spun it around his head with grace and as he lunged it forward the blade split open down the middle making the blade wider, it appeared to have a solid core in between the two pieces of blade with holes in it.
The blade he was wielding was actually part of the large sword the old man had bought for him. He was currently wielding the main blade, it split down the middle and had a solid red handle; it was the core of the larger sword that all the swords could form. To his side was the hollow blade; it was a sword that didn't have a core instead it was a sheet of metal folded over into a 'V' shape. It could easily slip into the main blade forming an outer shell.
Then there were two twin sets of swords. The first two were serrated swords, they had a sharp blade on one side but the other side of the sword was jagged and serrated like a saw. Then the next two swords were large switchblades, they were long enough to be swords but gears that connected the blade and the handle allowed them to fold up by the handle like a switchblade.
Naruto continually spun the main blade above his head and slashed at invisible enemies. Even though the blade was considerably smaller and less heavy then the full one, it was still two feet taller then Naruto. However even with the height problem he showed remarkable skill for a beginner. He constantly trained with the blade every day, and it showed in his handling of it.
It was the start of the new academy semester so Lee was currently at the academy. Every morning they would get up and train with Gai until Lee had to go to school. Then Naruto would train with his sword, and some times he would go flying. He did that far away from the village. Both of them had improved greatly in the short time of training with Gai. They were probably at Genin level with their taijutsu, which was great given that Naruto was seven years old and Lee was eight.
Like the Hokage had said Naruto wasn't attending the academy he was learning and training constantly sadly not learning any history or certain other things they taught at the academy. But for Naruto those things weren't important.
He pulled the swords that surrounded him out of the ground and attached them together. He took out some cloth like bandages and raped them around the blade. He hefted the large sword over his back and went on his way.
Naruto was making his way out of the training ground when he stopped. He looked over by a tree where a small girl with bluish-black hair sat. She had her arms over her eyes and appeared to be sobbing. Naruto seemed to have a lot of luck when it came to finding upset people. He silently walked over to her.
"Hey are you all right?" asked Naruto. The girl looked up and on the side of her face it looked like she had been hit. She had pale pupil less eyes.
"Wh-who a-a-are y-you?" she managed to stutter out. She was still crying badly and he needed to calm her down. He smiled at the girl and removed his glasses, he had discovered sometime ago that their appearance could be soothing, but if he got angry they could be intimidating. She looked into his eyes and seemed to be calmed down slightly.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto what's your name?" he asked kindly. The girl smiled slightly.
"I-I'm Hy-hyuuga Hinata." she said. Naruto nodded and sat beside her.
"Well tell me Hinata, why are you here crying? You look old enough to be at the academy, shouldn't you be there right now?." said Naruto.
"Y-you se-see normally I wo-would be at the a-ac-academy tod-day, but my father kept me ho-home to train." she managed. Hinata then looked down at the ground and some tears managed to fall out. "I did-n't do so-so g-good and well he hit m-me and-and called me we-weak."
Naruto looked at her as if deciding something. "Hinata will you come have some ramen with me I want to here more." said Naruto. Hinata looked surprised but nodded, the two of them made their way to Naruto's favorite place in the world Ichirika ramen(sp?).
Even with her stuttering Naruto managed to learn a great deal about all the things that had happened in Hinata's life. About how she was kidnapped at four but rescued, and about her mother dieing giving birth to her sister who was now two years old. She even stopped stuttering as much, but she still did.
"You see I-I'm weak." said Hinata.
"Hinata…is their something you want to protect?" asked Naruto. Hinata looked at him unsure of what he meant. "Is their something important to you that you want to stop anything bad from happening to them?"
Hinata didn't take long to think about it before she responded. "My sister." she said. "I thin-think about what my dad wi-will put her through sense I-I'm not strong enough; she's only two ri-right now. Th-that usually gives me strength bu-but my fa-father gives me such a co-cold gaze that I lose that strength."
Naruto seemed to consider her words for a bit. "Hinata..does your father scare you?" asked Naruto. Hinata nodded. "Does he look scary?" asked Naruto. Once again Hinata nodded.
"Do you have a picture of him?" questioned the blonde. Hinata dug through a pocket before pulling out a small wallet sized frame with a picture in it. In the picture Naruto saw three people the first one was Hinata looking much smaller, the second was a tall women who resembled her greatly, and the third one was her father.
He had what Naruto could only assume was a smile on his face. Naruto removed a piece of paper from his pocket and took out a crayon that the ramen stand had on the counter for little kids to draw with while they wait. He then started drawing something.
"Hinata whenever your father starts to scare you picture him looking like this." said Naruto holding up the picture. Hinata instantly giggled and it started to escalate into a laughter. Naruto could tell that it had the affect he wanted, as she looked happy.
The picture resembled Hinata's father but his head was bigger and his lower jaw was twice as big as it should be. His eyes were huge and he somewhat now resembled a frog. He had what could only be described as a scowl on his face, but with it as big as it was it looked funny instead of intimidating. And for added affect he drew steam coming out of his ears.
The Kyuubi sat in her cage looking out at the real world with mild interest. "What is the brat doing wasting his time with a pathetic girl like that." Said the Kyuubi. However when she saw the picture she quickly had to cover her mouth to stop the giggle and looked away. "Pointless." The Kyuubi turned a slight shade of red from embarrassment even though no one saw it.
Hinata just continued to laugh at the picture. "Hinata, use this to get stronger…I don't want you to slack off now that your father doesn't scare you." said Naruto. Hinata stopped laughing and nodded. "Protect your sister."
Naruto got up and left the girl to do what she had to do. Naruto had gone home and changed his clothing so no one would recognize him as he went to the Hokages office. He had heard several people complain and try to stop him from going there. He now wore a full dark robe and complete black underneath. It had silver lining on the edge of the zippered up front creating some extravagant design. He pulled the hood over his face completely concealing him. (A/n: For a real visual, it's the cloak of Organization 13 from Kingdom Hearts 2)
He then strapped his large blade to his back and removed his sunglasses. He found that it gave him an eerie look with glowing eyes but you couldn't see the face. And because of all the slight changes he had made which he normally kept hidden no one would even come close to guessing it was him.
Naruto walked up to the guards positioned at the front of the Hokages doors. "Excuse me the Hokage is expecting me could you let me in." said Naruto.
"May we ask who you are?" said the guard.
"Just tell him some guy is here with a black hood he'll no who I am." said Naruto. The guard looked a little suspicious but disappeared to get the Hokage. He poofed back no more then fifteen seconds later and gave the nod to let him in.
The old man sat behind his desk waiting patiently for him to sit down. Naruto walked up to the seat and did just that.
"Hello old man." said Naruto with a smile. The Hokage smiled back, he loved that when Naruto was in a good mood he would call him that and drop any sort of endearment like Hokage-sama.
"So Naruto what brings you here." said the Hokage.
"I was just wondering how long until you let me into the academy, I am confident that I could pass it now." said Naruto.
"And you probably could…but I would rather you stay with your age group, not to mention that I want you training." said the old man. "Listen Naruto you probably won't be entered into the academy until near the final year."
Naruto looked slightly upset but got over it quickly. "Fine." said Naruto not to upset.
"There are reasons for this Naruto." said the Hokage. "Not to mention I have several things I want you to do with this time."
Naruto looked at him quizzically. "What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"Allow me to explain something Naruto." said the old Hokage. "Many people learn many jutsu but they never really master any of them, what I am about to do is teach you a few jutsu and over the next few years master every aspect of them. I want you to know why they do what they do how to use them effectively, and even improve upon them in your style."
Naruto was a little shocked at his task but at the same time excited. He had mastered the art of hand seals to a degree and had fairly good control over his chakra. So far all the Hokage had Naruto do was master using his sword and training his body. Now he had jutsu to work with.
The Hokage threw him a scroll. "Now the first three are basic academy jutsu, I just want you to learn those. However the next four are considered advanced Naruto, I want you to learn everything about them and use them in mastery at least by the time you take the chuunin exam."
Naruto looked down at the scroll and read the advanced one's. Kage bunshin no jutsu, Doryuudan no jutsu (Earth Dragon missile), Doroudomo Doten Kekkai (Earth barrier clay prison).
Naruto was excited he then looked at the last jutsu and noticed it was a sword technique. Mikazuki no mai (Dance of the Crescent moon).
"Now Naruto before you go I have a small favor to ask." said the Hokage. Naruto looked over at him. "Could you please bring this to the Uchiha compound you don't have to show who you are just give it to them saying its from the Hokage."
Naruto smiled and grabbed the scroll that was meant for the Uchiha's. He then jumped out of the Hokages window and landed on a nearby rooftop. He then headed in the direction he was sure the Uchiha compound was in. Naruto jumped and ran as hard as he could it was considerably hard given his gravity seals, but he was still moving at a decent pace. When Naruto saw the sign that read Uchiha district he didn't give a thought to anything. However once he entered he knew something was wrong.
The smell of blood and death lingered in the air. Once Naruto rounded a corner he knew why, bodies littered the streets. Everyone there appeared to have been murdered in cold blood. Naruto ran through the complex looking for survivors it only got worse as he went on. But then he felt it a faint chakra signature, he immediately took off to it. He ended up running through a large mansion. The chakra signature that was faint at first was pulsing strongly from the other side of the doors. Naruto opened them without a second's hesitation.
What he saw surprised him. A boy only in his teens stood over a dead man. He was currently in front of a woman who was on her knees with tears in her eyes. As the man rose his sword to strike down the woman Naruto reacted instantly. He grabbed some kunai and lunged them at the man. He turned and blocked them instantly.
Naruto ran as fast as could towards them throwing more projectiles which the man was deflecting not giving him the chance to kill the women. Finally Naruto got close, the man not paying him to much mind tried to bring his sword down to kill the women again. Naruto was in front of him and blocked the blow with his huge blade. Even though he blocked it, it created a small wind blade and cut open Naruto's shoulder. Naruto didn't even flinch, as he was no stranger to pain. He used all the strength he possessed to throw the man back.
"Itachi! What's going on!" shouted out a boy with raven black hair from the door of the room.
"Sasuke run! Itachi killed the whole clan." shouted the women from behind Naruto.
"mom…" said Sasuke in shock at her bloodied state.
"It's true Sasuke." said the man known as Itachi. "I killed them all."
"Why?" said Sasuke in an unbelieving tone.
"To test myself…to see what I was capable of." said Itachi in a cold tone. "And you." He looked over at the shrouded form of Naruto. All he could see was his glowing blue eyes. "I don't know who you are but you are in my way…Tsukiyomi"
Naruto felt a slight tingle but then his glowing white-blue chakra swept around him and his eyes glowed with even more intensity. Itachi took a step back.
"Im-impossible, there is no way to escape the world of Tsukiyomi." said Itachi shocked. He then smirked. "Fine it looks like you all get to live today…as I must go."
The man who would be known as the traitor of the Uchiha clan left. Naruto felt completely drained and he didn't want to be there he decided to leave to get the Hokage.
"Mom!" shouted out Sasuke as he ran towards her and hugged her on the verge of tears. Naruto was so tired that he dragged his sword on the ground as he left.
"Wait!" shouted out Sasukes mother. Naruto turned around and both of them were taken aback by his eyes. The female Uchiha's eyes wondered to Naruto wounded shoulder. She didn't know that it had healed up after the chakra swept around him but the bloody portion of his clothing still made one worry. "Thank you." she said bowing on the ground. Naruto nodded and ran out of there as fast as he could.
The next day the word was out, almost the entire Uchiha clan was dead. Word had spread how a mysterious stranger had saved little Sasuke and his mother.
"Are you sure you don't want anyone to know it was you." said Sarutobi beside Naruto. Naruto nodded.
"Look at them." said Naruto at villagers as they referred to the stranger as a hero. "They lost an important clan some even lost friends, the only thing they have to be happy about is that a hero saved some. But if they learned that, that hero was me they might take it wrong, and any happiness they might have…will be gone."
Sartuobi stared at Naruto a silent tear fell down the old mans cheek. "You may become the greatest hero this town will never know."
A/N: Yes I meant for it to say never at the end. Thank you all for reviewing that is the most I have ever received for a first chapter in a long time. Naruto will not be godly strong but in all his fights he will be impressive, and defiantly stronger than any Genin period. As for pairings I don't know, I am keeping it open for a while unsure. I basically wanted to give the majority of Naruto's friends a memory of him before he meets them in the academy. That is why I had him meet Hinata, Sakura, Ino, and Choji and Shikimaru to an extent without becoming their friends. He is basically going to be someone who helps them out greatly without expecting anything in return. And no one but Lee will be friends with him until he graduates. Also what is Sasuke's and Sakura's mothers names I forgot. But even so I saw this AMV with Sasukes mom in it and it made me think one thing….I have to save her. Anyway read and review and enjoy.