The roar was deafening as the whole stadium went silent. The foul chakra sent chills down spines of every man, woman, child. A man screamed.
"K-KYUUBI!"
Minato's head snapped up, eyes in horror at the chakra seeping out of the barrier. The kyuubi! His heart settled at the bottom of his stomach as he couldn't help but feel the dread weigh on him like wet clothes. His heart was heavy and the chill that ran through his bones was hard to ignore. He would always have to remember the day he lost a son and the kyuubi took over Konoha a second time. (1)
Orochimaru watched in shock as the humanoid fox stood on its two hind feet, baring its claws and teeth at the snake. This isn't good, Orochimaru thought. The fox's figure bulged and contorted as if it was exploding on the inside. When the contorsion died down, the fox went on all fours and let out a deep growl, steam escaping from the heat of his skin. There was a slight twitch in the fox before Orochimaru suddenly felt his upper half torn away from his lower half. He looked down just in time to see another four tails right in front of him, tearing his body in half with one hand. Wha-?
He looked up to the other fox and watched as the fox far away slowly began to dissolve into the air. An...a-after image?! This...this isn't good at all...
Orochimaru opened his mouth wide and gagged as two hands reach out from his throat and pried his mouth wider. The sickening crack of his jaw dislocating allowed the hand to extend to the arm until another Orochimaru's entire upper half was protruding out of the wide mouth of Orochimaru. He took his time to look at the fox a safe distance away, watching as the fox was also analyzing him. It was unnerving at the blank yet menacing stare the four tails gave. It's hollowed out eyes showed so much yet was empty, nothing in it.
"Aren't you just a little fox, Namikaze-kun..."
Suddenly, the rest of his body shot out of the skin of the previous Orochimaru, revealing a snake-like bottom half. Orochimaru sped through, closing the distance just before lashing a snake out of his sleeve. The snake coiled around the fox but a sizzling sound made Orochimaru flinch. He let go of the snake and leaned back just in time to dodge a hand swipe from the fox. Orochimaru didn't see the second hand of chakra forming from the elbow. The next thing the sannin knew, he was launched into the barrier with his face ablaze. His body crashed into the barrier, causing little fissures and cracks all along the barrier. The four nin at the corners winced under the pressure of keeping the barrier up.
"It's not going to make it!" A redheaded girl shouted.
"Just try keep it up!" The girl looked over to the burly man and gritted her teeth.
Orochimaru slumped to the ground after his body went limp.
Where...am I, now?
Naruto opened his eyes to darkness, a small glow came from beneath him. He slowly got up and noticed he was floating in a pool of water, the bottom just as dark but a soft yellow glow at the surface. He slowly got up and noticed the shin deep water. It smelt of rotten fish and spoiled eggs.
Eww...
He moved his hand to cover his nose as he walked around the place. He kept walking forward to nowhere until he suddenly reached a wall. The concrete wall was cool and the stain of mold rode just above the level of the water that was constantly lapping against it. He turned and walked down the wall until he saw two lit torches far away. He began to make his way over until he was in front of a large gate with a decaying paper seal slapped on the center.
Hmm, it looks vaguely familiar...
Naruto noted the rusting bars that showed a yellow hue, signifying a once-golden- coat covered the enormous gate. It looked old and worn, like it's been abandoned for generations. He flinched when ashes fell on him. He looked up to see where the ashes were coming from and noticed the paper seal's edges were slightly ignited, browning and curling at an extremely slow pace.
That's odd...
He whirled around when he heard a low guttural growl.
What are you doing here...
Naruto squinted as a figure began to step into the light. He suddenly blurted out.
Where's the kyuubi?
Kyuubi? What was he talking about? Naruto was confused as to where that came from. What was a kyuubi? Why was he asking what a kyuubi was? Who was this person?
Kyuubi? Not here right now...My question is...why aren't you?
The figure stepped out of the light and Naruto flinched at the familiarity. A small blonde boy with no face stepped out. His black hollowed out eyes carried a sense of depravity in them.
Who are you?
The figure remained silent as Naruto watched him carefully.
I should be outside fighting Orochimaru, where am I and who are you!
Naruto was beginning to get frustrated at the boy's silence and out of confusion. Where was he getting these names? He called out.
Kurama!
Naruto's eyebrows furrowed. Kurama?
He lurched forward and coughed up blood. He grasped the side of his ribs and felt something damp and warm underneath his jounin jacket. He held his hand out to the light, revealing a brownish color under the fire light.
Blood?
Orochimaru's head launched out of the ground as a Kusanagi blade pierced the fox in the side at an alarming speed. The fox shook it off as it let the blade extend, dragging it through the tiles. It suddenly latched on the sword and swiped it to the side, eliciting a crack from the Sannin's extended neck. The blade crashed into the barrier, causing the cracks to grow bigger.
Another orochimaru sprouted out of the ground. He stood up straight and watched as the fox snapped and growled.
"If only you could see yourself, Namikaze. What a monster, you've become."
The fox growled and suddenly, the tails whipped together and another tail came out. Five tails swished around the fox before each planting itself into the ground.
What are you planning?, Orochimaru thought. He quickly dodged to the side as a tail shot out of the ground he was standing on before. He continued his acrobatics as he nimbly dodged the red tails sprouting out of the ground. He soon melted into mud as a tail shot through his center from behind. The fox yanked its tails out before running forward. It rammed itself into the barrier, causing the whole stand to shake underneath the pressure.
Naruto suddenly fell to his knees as the whole place began to shake in a steady beat, like someone banging on his head with a hammer. His head pounded and throbbed as he clutched it tightly under the pain. He winced but kept his unfocused gaze on the boy in front of him. He could almost tell the boy would be smirking if it had a mouth.
What...what is happening?
Naruto clutched his head and let out a yell in pain.
Orochimaru watched from the side as the five tails let out a howl, arching its back before returning to smashing the barrier. The cracks were more prominent now, the cackling sound of the fuuin failing only showing the barrier giving way.
Minato somehow felt thankful towards the kyuubi as he felt it ram itself against the prison. It took a lot of power to break this kind of barrier down; power he didn't have. But all those feelings were drowned away with fear that the kyuubi was trying to get out of the one thing that prevented it from wreaking havoc on Konoha. Sure, the bijuu was nice to Naruto, but there was no telling how the bijuu would react to others; others who had lost families to the beast. The only thing keeping his people safe was the large cage Orochimaru created. Minato snapped out of his thoughts as the barrier finally gave way a little. A small hole appeared at the center of the web if cracks, big enough to wedge a pinky finger in. It was a small opening, but it was the opening he needed.
Naruto clenched his teeth a the hammer in his head was set off. The boy across him chuckled darkly as he slowly began to approach.
Naruto's vision began to blur and distort as his peripheral vision began to widen yet narrow at the same time. The tunnel vision began to make his eyes ache as the small sharpness appeared in certain splotches. He let out a growl a his hands shifted to clutch his eyes.
The burning sensation wouldn't stop as Naruto felt his cornea felt like they were ripped apart and put back together only to be ripped apart again.
When he opened his eyes, he couldn't see.
Minato flipped through the hand seals and jumped over to the crack. He slammed his hand over the hole and waited as the fuuin ink spread into its seal form. He jumped back down and sat cross legged on the roof, concentrating on the morphing seal. The seal began to shrink its way into the crack, inverting itself on the other side. When the seal finished moving, the barrier started warp towards the seal until a growth formed. It started to take shape of a human before a coloration occurred. A second Minato appeared on the other side of the barrier, his blue eyes were now a golden burned amber, glowing yellow. (2)
"Just...just this once..."
Naruto's breath quickened as his heart beat sped up. His eyes, his vision, he couldn't see! He turned around to see blackness too. A giggle snapped his head back front, wherever front was.
"What's wrong...Naruto..."
Wha...what did you do?
"Just a little gift"
Naruto started to notice the boy's voice was getting clearer, sharper, closer.
S-Stay away.
"What are you talking about, Naruto? I haven't moved...it's...your eyes..."
W-what have you done...
Heeheehee- I told you, Naruto! I didn't do anything. But, you know what? It's a real shame that you'll never be able to see again.
The voice began to hum in an upbeat melody as it started to circle Naruto.
Imagine that. Namikaze Naruto, retired from the life of a Ninja at age 12 because he couldn't see.
No-
Your hopes, your dreams, crushed.
Stop it-
What would a blind Hokage do for the people?
STOP IT!
Just a hinderance. A nuisance. Look what you did to Reno...
SHUT UP!
You hurt him-
Naruto began to scream as he clenched his eyes shut and clutched his head.
I know, you will someday be an excellent Hokage.
Naruto's eyes snapped open and everything began to glow.
Orochimaru was smashed to the ground by the five tails, who had long given up on breaking the barrier. The five tails had found 'interest' in the snake and was currently entertaining itself with a game of smash the pinata. Orochimaru kept reconstructing himself from snakes and mud, watching as the fox was just idly waiting, waiting for something.
Minato crouched on the branch of Hashirama's tree and looked down to the clearing to see a red fox with five tails beating the sannin around. The fox was barely trying. It was so apparent that the fox had lost complete interest in what it was hitting, like it was just doing something to past time, like it was expecting something.
Orochimaru started to stand up again after the umpteenth time he constructed himself. Minato watched intently as the fox and the snake stared off. The fox was the first to go. It dashed forward, closing the distance, 20 meters, 15 meters, 12, meters, 10-
Minato snapped his arms up to block from the incoming debris as the fox suddenly exploded, sending twigs and rocks of multiple sizes outward. His eyes cracked open to see the area completely covered in dust. The clouds were dying down and Orochimaru shifted out of his defensive stance he had taken to block the debris. Minato followed suit and watched carefully for the fox. There was a slight hum in the air and the cloud of dust began to pick up in a vortex.
Minato's eyes widened at the familiar yellow glow that was emitted from the cloud.
The boy watched Naruto as he screamed in pain and clutched his eyes.
W-what have you done...
The boy tilted his head to the side and stepped forward.
Heeheehee- I told you, Naruto! I didn't do anything. But it's a real shame that you'll never be able to see again.
The boy giggled and began to hum, circling the boy like shark.
Imagine that. Namikaze Naruto, retired from the life of a Ninja at age 12 because he couldn't see.
No-
Your hopes, your dreams, crushed.
Stop it-
What would a blind Hokage do for the people?
STOP IT!
Just a hinderance. A nuisance. Look what you did to Reno...
SHUT UP!
You hurt him-
Naruto screamed but suddenly opened up and the air around him began to glow. The boy stepped back from the brightness, shielding away the light. He squinted a little and looked at Naruto who was now engulfed in a yellow tinted white light. The boy screamed and charged.
YOU SHOULD JUST DIE, ALREADY!
The white light started to expand and before the boy could run away, he started to dissolve under the white light.
Leave.
The boy's empty black eyes widened as he let out a scream.
Minato watched as the glow began to grow brighter until the cloud of dust was expelled, revealing Naruto. His wounds began to close up as the red chakra receded back to his stomach where the seal was before.
Good to have you back, kit.
Thanks for keeping my seat warm, Kurama. Naruto mocked.
Che- be grateful that these eyes expelled that little demon.
Aren't you a demon?
I'm not some low life that chases after lives. This one was a little pest that tried to take over. I was just keeping your sanity, a little.
Gee,Thanks.
Naruto's eyes snapped open, revealing a pair of amber colored eyes that glowed. Minato's eyes widened. Those-!
"That's quite the ability, those eyes. And it was after he died on top of it! The Namikaze sure are resilient."
Minato's head whipped around to see next to him. A hooded figure crouched next to him, looking on at the clearing. Minato froze but quickly started to move. This guy! He didn't even sense him! He lashed a kunai out but his grip slackened when he looked down. The hooded man had already shot his hand through his chest before he could even move. Minato began to melt into a purple substance.
"Who-"
The clone had already melted before it could ask a question. The figure smirked under the hood as he watched Minato melt away. He looked back at the match in front of him and smirked.
"We got a little pest to take care of, don't we..."
Minato's eyes snapped open as he realized he was back outside. He looked up and noticed someone had repaired the barrier while he was out. His clone's memory began to flash through and he stiffened at the third party. Who was that man? He was probably kage level, if not higher. He turned to see Kushina landing next to him. Her face was streaked with tears.
"N-Naruto..."
"He's okay."
Kushina's head snapped up at the words. She covered her mouth and started to shake in disbelief then relief.
"He's..."
"Yeah. I saw it. But we may have a problem..."
"What is it?"
"There's someone else in there that managed to slip through. He's not on our side. He attacked my clone..."
"How? That clone is more advanced than any shadow clone! How could-"
"That was what I wanted to know. He managed to sneak up on a Hokage and move faster than him in order to kill him. I don't know how he managed..."
"This is a big problem..."
"Indeed..."
Naruto looked on to where Orochimaru was. The man was breathing heavily as he stood straight.
"What happened, Orochimaru? You look like you went through hell and back. I know, I sure have." He droned.
Orochimaru smirked.
"I was acquainting myself with your more...feral side. I have to say, he's a lot more interesting than you are..."
"I'm glad you like him. Though he kind of hates you...As do I. I think I have a favor to return to you..."
"Oh? And what kind of favor is that for?"
"For killing me..."
Naruto flashed in front of him and rammed a rasengan into Orochimaru's stomach. When the sannin was launched into the tree, Naruto smirked. This bastard's the real one.
Orochimaru slowly got up and began to approach Naruto. His wound from the rasengan began to slowly heal. Naruto's smirked dropped.
"My, aren't you just the strong one. You managed to escape a rasengan with not much damage. Perhaps, I should step it up..."
Naruto stretched his hand out and started to concentrate his wind chakra to his hand. But when he heard blade meet flesh, his chakra stopped, dispelling the ball, and his head snapped up to where Orochimaru was.
Orochimaru was impaled with a sword. Behind the sannin was a hooded man with a smirk. Naruto dropped into stance as the blood chilling voice rang into the air.
"One down..."
(1) He doesn't know what's in the barrier, all he knows is that the Kyuubi's chakra is out. So...
(2) The specifics will be specified later...in this summary...so just read on...
an:/ I hope I'm not making this story too depressing right now. I'm just introducing...an antagonist...and a kekkei genkai. Whoops! Thats right guys. This amber colored eye thing is a little doujutsu that I hailed upon the Namikaze family. You wanted development, you wanted something to spice up this canon like story, you got it! These last few chapters are probably the most important chapters in the entire story! I figured that so far, Naruto has been too strong so I kind of killed him. And since he's been too strong, people have been thinking that there is no room for him to improve. But wait a minute, didn't Kakashi get a rank of jounin at 12ish? I'm sure he improved when he grew older..so can Naruto. I gave Naruto a new found power...but that doesn't mean that he's god-like now..quite the contrary. I'll give you the specifics as to what this doujutsu does...in a later chapter. For now, enjoy the introduction to probably the most annoying character you will ever meet, second to probably Shippuden Sasuke and Kabuto...god those two are annoying. (I keep my opinions and respect yours. I personally don't like revenge bent sasuke and Kabuto is just annoying as hell. period.)
Now, tell me if there is any gaps in the storyline or something because, last thing I want is to reread this 40 chapters in and realize I've mentioned something in chapter 10 but never mentioned it after that...(I'm just throwing numbers here...don't go back to chapter 10 or anything...)
Review Responses~!
xdevil-childx: Hahaha, I'm trying to work on my cliffhanger skills..and from the reviews I'm getting, I think my skills are kinda good ;)
Battle neurosis: Awwwww...noooo
BlueEyedBabyy: Thank you! I was worried that I wasn't making the parents...parenty enough. Because in the series, every time Naruto get's into a near death state, his parents aren't there to console or worry! So I had to base everything off of...well, my creativity. I'm glad it worked out in the end!
Tachibana Natsu: Thank you! Keep on reading!
Zatheko: Ahh, I feel like I didn't display too much of Kyuubi's power here...but I guess I gave some little perks here...like uber fast speeds :D
Perhea II: Quite a list that I hope I checked off each and every one of them...Tons of awesomeness, I hope...
THE 7TH DEMON OF RAZGRIZ: Awww yiss. *jumps up and catches cookie in mouth*...IS THIS A CHALLENGE I SEE? I'm totes the most evil! Please! Bijuus become fluffy and sweet at the twist of my words! I kill off characters like I kill ants (MUAHAHAHAHAA)! I create the most foul antagonists (^The hooded guy) with a couple taps on a keyboard...I AM THE KINGGGGGGGGG...alright, I'm done with my ego soaring spree...haha, jk jk
Damon Furey: Sorry! I just didn't want people to be freaking out! And my little moment of sadism in reading people's cries of distress was over too quickly so I became nice again and updated fast. No worries! You got this chapter! So it's all gooodddd :D
SakuraFairy1990: Oh his ass totally get handed here...like several times...till of course...well...he dies but I mean, that's not the point is it? I hope I didn't let you down...that would be sad TT TT
EmilyLovesbooks: haha, surprises are what I strive for! Thank you for reading my story!
Foxxel: Yup, I looked on the internet (oh the abundance of information) then asked my friend who was taking anatomy, she said it was roughly 2 minutes, so I just left it at that...*nervously* p-put the knife away...I didn't mean too O.O Hahaha, kyuubi is of course to the rescue...like he always is...
TertiusArmada: Wow! Fast reader! Thanks for reading it, and in one go at that! I'm glad you're liking it and I hope you'll enjoy the rest of it!
The Keeper of Worlds: Ehm, correction, Five-tail vengeance, teehee! haha yes, four onto five...and Orochimaru...has served his purpose
Eryn Michaels: Oh dear, that's quite a lot of characters you killed...do you need help to hide the bodies? I think I have a little bit of space left in my author's closet...Sorry for the wait! Don't fall off your seat,though! I don't think this chapter has the same suspense so relax and enjoy the show...er, story...
Dynamoster: Noooooyyyyessssss Hahaha, Me and my cliffhangers...it's what I live for.
roselie0601: Hahaha, I think he got the cowards way out...Kushina will just have to use Minato for a punching bag afterward...that's what a Minato is for...right? Shit did go down on Orochimaru...hard...bah we'll just see how it plays out ;)
Ben Vilhaven: He...didn't think of it...or rather, I made Naruto not think about it...I always thought that Minato (and Naruto here) would take his Kunai back after a battle so people could decipher the hiraishin tag...but since my story is for a kekkei genkai, Ehh...naruto just never thought about it...Perhaps the barrier didn't allow teleportation without a medium on either sides...either way, Naruto died for real...and I guess the Kyuubi was back by himself until Naruto took care of the...thing in his head.
Erasels: He's the same height as the little'uns. I hope you reach this chapter in time to read my response! It's never too late to review! Reviews are always welcome!
ExoticAngel97: MUAHAHAHAHAA RELEASE THE KRAK- wait..erhmm, I mean...RELEASE THE KYUUBIIIIII
Alright, Thanks for review everyone! I'm actually starting to be able to type some of your pen names without looking! (I'm getting used to it!) So thanks for your constant support! Clearly, I don't know how lucky I am to have you guys as my readers. Alright, till next time! Jaa ne!