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Sup, guys! I want to REALLY thank you, for so many reviews favorites and follows this story got in just a single chapter. Never thought that much was possible! I'll try to update as fast as I can, but considering I'm 16 year old with, um, not-so-great performance in school due to my extreme laziness and a bit... stern, parents, I don't really have all that much time, but I'm doing my best while balancing writing, some free time and tiny bit of trying to not fail tests.
As I once said, no worries, only first few chapters might be similar to other fictions you've read, but then it'll change.
Suggestions:
On contrary on what some may think, I do read every single review. And one of the reviewers, 'dragzxx' was his/her name, suggested using Dragon Blade. While it will not suit Naruto while used normally, I might equip his Susanoo with it just like how Itachi equipped his with Sword of Totsuka and Yata Mirror. Though I said might, it doesn't mean I will, so consider it undecided.
Also, since I've never played Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles, I won't be introducing any of characters from there, and if Naruto does get Dragon Blade, which I had looked up on Naruto Wikia, it might be with different means.
Though if it does happen, It will happen only later on in Shippuden.
"What?" - Person talking.
'What?' - Person thinking.
"What?" - Bijuu/Large creature talking.
"What?" - Bijuu/Large creature thinking.
Rasengan - Mentioning a technique or some kind of name for a thing such as genin or emphasizing a word.
"Rasengan!" - loudly exclaiming a technique.
"Rasengan" - calmly saying a technique's name.
'Rasengan' - calmly thinking a technique's name while performing it.
'Rasengan!' - excitedly exclaming technique's name while performing it.
Crimson Eyed Uzumaki
Chapter Two - A Kekkei Genkai?!
Timeskip - 1 Year Later (7 Years After Kyuubi Incident)
Naruto yawned as he woke up. Getting up, he went to bathroom to complete the usual morning rituals.
He has greatly grown up in past year, from all kinds of teachings of Shisui-sensei, ranging from meditation to difficult physical exercises, chakra control. He already started learning nature transformation, leaving 'academy three' techniques for academy.
~~~FLASHBACK START~~~
1 Month Ago
Shisui arrived to his students personal training ground. Well, personal because it was rarely used, considering it's small size, and so far Naruto was only one who trained here.
He was very proud of his student. Naruto was smart, talented, determined.
He never complained on any task he has given him, save for little bit of pouting on meditation lessons, of course. No matter how had or painful the task, Naruto always did his best to complete it, and if need be, would train to unconsciousness. Of course, he was just a kid and Shisui wouldn't push him this far, but he knew Naruto good enough to know that he would work to his limit and then some if he was ordered to.
He didn't regret taking a student one bit. Of course Shisui talked with Minato and Kushina about taking Naruto as a student, but both assured him that it was alright, thinking it wouldn't sadden Naruto as much now that he had his own sensei, just like Kasumi.
Stopping his musings, shisui came out of trees' cover and announced his presence.
"Hey, Naruto!". Turning his head, Naruto saw his favorite teacher and best friend and smiled. In just a year, he and young Uchiha had grown together so much that he considered him an older brother. "I might not have great relationship with my family, but at least I have Shisui" would be his answer if you would have asked him.
"Hello, Sensei!".
"Naruto, I think it would be good for you to start basic nature transformation exercises, so I brought this" he finished, taking out a rectangle-shaped piece of paper.
"Cool! But how will that paper help me?" asked the ever-curious Naruto.
"This, here is the chakra paper. All you have to do it channel bit of chakra into it and it will show you your natural affinty".
"Cool! Give me!". As Naruto channeled chakra into the paper, it cleanly split in two.
"Eh? Did I do something wrong, Sensei?" he asked. Shisui chuckled and shook his head.
"No, Naruto. In fact, I'm quite surprised that you have wind affinty, it is quite rare here in Konoha". Upon Naruto's questioning look, he elaborated.
"That paper is made out of special trees that are fed chakra. When you channel chakra into it, there are five things that might happen: It might burn, meaning that user has fire affinity, or wrinkle, meaning the lightning affinity, crumple, meaning earth affinity, or dampen, meaning water affinity, or get cut - meaning wind affinity, such as yours".
Naruto nodded as he digested the information.
"You said that wind is rare. Is it good or bad?".
"Good question. It doesn't mean anything, really, if you can get the information about training said element and techniques, and no element is the strongest, all have weaknesses and advantages. For example, wind is strong against lightning but weak against fire, fire is weak against water, water is weak against earth, earth is weak against lightning. Everyone has an affinity towards an element, but it doesn't mean they can't use other elements. For example, other elements will be more taxing and weaker than wind techniques for you. Usually, jonins start learning to master second element after mastering their affinity, in order to compensate for their weakness".
"Now, Naruto I want to tell you something first. Elemental training is something that ninjas usually being to practice after reaching rank of chunin, as it is very difficult and dangerous. I have faith in you and honestly believe that you can do this, but always be careful and don't try anything without asking me first, okay?
Naruto grinned and nodded "Of course, Shisui-sensei! I'll learn this elemental training in no time and won't disappoint you!".
Shisui smiled and then said "Good. Now, I want you to take a leaf and try to cut it with your chakra. I am fire element user, and as such, I can't tell you much right now, but I'll ask for some tips around the village and tell you when I find anything".
Naruto nodded and taking a leaf, started training.
~~~FLASHBACK END~~~
Putting those thoughts aside, Naruto went down to kitchen. Family was already seated at table, waiting for him to start eating.
Nodding a greeting, he sat down and after quick "Itadakimasu" they started eating.
"Has anything interesting happened today, Minato?" asked Kushina.
"Hmm, dunno. Why ask?".
"When you came home yesterday, you were kinda of a giddy".
"Oh, that. Kumo has sent a messenger to sign a peace treaty. Another step closer to peace, I suppose". Kushina just smiled. Her husband's devotion towards creating and maintaining peace was admirable, but she did miss him a lot, with him cooped up in his office, doing the god-forsaken paperwork all the time.
Minato decided to carry on the conversation to their kids.
"So, kids, excited about going to Hyugas?".
Today was birthday of Hyuga Hinata, and since she was heiress of major clan, a lot of people were invited, including Hokage's family.
Kasumi's eyes brightened up on mention of one of her close friend's name, though Naruto didn't share her enthusiasm.
"I still I don't understand why I have to go..." he grumbled.
Kushina sighed "Because, Naruto, it would be rude to not go on someone's birthday once you're invited. And she and your sister are close friends, another reason for you to go".
"Yeah, right. It would be rude to not go on birthday of someone you've only seen once, barely know her name, and she couldn't even utter one word after seeing me". Complained Naruto with sarcasm almost literally dripping from his voice.
"Naruto, this is final! Stop complaining and eat". He pouted, but did as ordered. After all, he knew better than to piss off his mom. He still shuddered when he remembered how she almost drowned him in the bathtub when he adamantly refused to bath. I happened few years ago, but served as a good reminder of how vicious his Habanero of a mother could be.
Hyuga Compound, 30 Minutes Later:
Naruto sighed. It was so booring. All clan heads and their families have been invited, as well as some important figures of the village such as 3rd Hokage.
Hinata and her 'girly' friends as Naruto called them, were playing quietly in the corner, while he sat with his above-acquaintances almost-friends, which were Shikamaru and Choji. He stayed with them since Shikamaru was just as bored as him, being quiet and not bothering anyone, while Choji just sat by, eating chips as usual.
Speaking of Choji, he finally got tired of uncomfortable silence. Well, uncomfortable for him, Shikamaru was more than satisfied with it.
"So guys, are you excited about starting academy next week?".
Hmm, now that he thought about it, Naruto was quite excited. It would bring him one step closer to being a ninja.
"Yeah, I am looking forward to it. I'm definitely gonna become best ninja ever!". Well, Naruto may have been smart and mature for his age, but he still was 7 year old, and sometimes such sudden exclamations were allowed, dammit!
"Troublesome. I don't wanna go, but I don't think I have a choice. Who knows, perhaps teacher will just keep quite and let me sleep...". Both Naruto and Choji sweatdropped at his incredibly insane laziness.
Suddenly, Naruto noticed someone interesting in the party. Uchiha Sasuke. Small Uchiha wasn't going to play with little girls and there was no way he was gonna stay with Naruto. They had met few times, meetings arranged by Shisui and Itachi.
They sparred most of the time though, with Sasuke losing every single time, which led him to glare at Naruto every time they were together. 'Heh, perfect!'. Well, Naruto was bored, and teasing Sasuke was an easy way to to pass time.
"Be right back guys, just found a new source of entertainment!" he told Shikamaru and Choji before he stealthily sneaked up to Sasuke. Getting behind him, he whispered in Uchiha's ear.
"Bored, are we?". Sasuke whirled around with speed rivaling Flying Thunder God Technique, eyes widened, though they quickly set into their usual patented Uchiha Glare N3. Naruto smirked inwardly. Messing with lil' Sasu was so much fun, even though Sasuke was actually a month older than him.
"What do you want?" he demanded, hostility obvious in his voice. Naruto put a mock hurt face, pouting.
"Can I not check on what my friend is doing?" with same fake tone that made him look like his was on verge of crying. But Sasuke wasn't buying any of it.
"Bullshit-" he suddenly stopped mid-sentence when he felt hair on back of his neck stand up. Slowly turning around, he saw his ever-cute mother looking at him with a rather scary scowl, making him wince in fear.
"Language, young man".
"It's his failt! I swear!" he said, pointing behind him.
"Who's fault?" he mother asked, confused.
Sasuke blinked. How could an Uchiha, infamous for they eyes, not see a scarlet haired boy behind him.
"His-" he once again stopped mid-sentence to find place where Naruto was moments ago vacant. Tick mark developed on his forehead.
"That son of a- OOMPH!" and once again he was interrupted in form of his enraged mother punching his face into the floor.
'I'll get you for this, scarlet-haired devil!'.
Naruto had his hands firmly pushed against his mouth, doing best to not fall on floor, laughing, though snickers still escaped him. Nothing was more fun that messing with 'ever-cool' Sasuke. He kinda understood why Shisui loved to irritate Itachi.
But, he couldn't hold it in himself anymore, and quietly left the house, entering backyard, where girls and some boys where playing, his snickers escalating into suppressed chuckles. Well, no matter how much he took after his father, Kushina was his mother after all, and there was no way at least some of her prankster nature wasn't going to be passed on onto him.
But his chuckles soon stopped suddenly as he saw something strange. Back in the shadows, a guy was carrying large black sack.
Deciding to investigate, he followed stealthily, or as stealthily as he could.
Few Minute Before, With Hinata:
"Hey guys, I'll go to bathroom and be back soon" said Hinata timidly. Today was going okay so far. Even Kasumi's brother came, though it didn't take Byakugan to know that he wasn't all that excited about it. But she didn't let that destroy her mood. Playing with friends was quiet fun, when compared to usual quiet days at her home, seeing her father's disappointment towards her when losing in a spar.
Finishing business, she came out of bath, ready to return to her friends when the unexpected happened. She felt sharp pain in her neck and blacked out.
Kumo jonin ambassador sighed in relief. He knew that if he gave her time to even utter a small scream, he would be noticed away. And he did not want to be targeted with hostility in middle of powerful clan compound with every single clan head from Konoha, even the Yondaime Hokage himself.
Putting the Hyuga heiress into the bag and, after hefting her over shoulder, continued with his kidnap. 'Part 1, complete. Now part 2, to get the hell out of here'.
Back With Naruto, Present Time:
'Clouds? Isn't that Kumo's symbol?'. His father did say some guy from Kumo came to sign peace treaty, but while he didn't know what was inside that sack, he had a feeling that it had nothing to do with peace.
As they left the Hyuga compound, he decided that hiding was enough and using his element of surprise, launched an attack in form of several shuriken.
Though, looks like his 'element of surprise' didn't exist, considering Kumo ninja was a jonin, and it was easy to him to know that he was followed, especially when follower was 7 year old boy.
Cursing in his mind, Naruto jumped in front of the ninja. Said ninja raised eyebrow.
"Some brat? Here I thought I was in trouble. Step aside or I'll just go through you, squirt!" he declared arrogantly. Well, it seemed arrogant Naruto, but any adult would understand that a jonin had no reason to be wary of a small kid.
When Naruto didn't move, ninja scoffed and tried to jump over the boy. But said boy would have none of it, jumping up as well.
"Stubborn, are we?" he said as he kicked Naruto with speed that scarlet haired boy couldn't follow, getting thrown back and hitting a tree. Only reason he didn't turn into a colorful paint for a tree was that he used chakra to temporarily strengthen his body, just like his mother had taught him. 'Who knew, basics do actually help in real combat'.
Jonin just tsked and prepared to leave when he heard the boy mutter "W-wait!". Turning around, he saw boy getting up slowly. He sighed. While Konoha was enemy, he didn't actually enjoy hurting, much less killing children, but this one left him no choice. Taking out a kunai, he charged at Naruto, intending to kill him quickly.
Naruto's eyes widened, seeing as enemy shinobi approach quickly. He froze in fear. Was this it? Die to rescue something he had no idea what it even was? 'NO! I won't let it end like this, no way!'.
And then something happened. He didn't know what or why, but suddenly he could see better. Everything in so much detail, every dust particle, chakra in ninja's circulatory system. He was able to see enemy's muscles twitch slightly, able to determine exact trajectory of his weapon, which led to his heart. Movements he was unable to catch before were now much clearer.
Sidestepping and turning to right, he surprised jonin that he was able to dodge the attack, even if Kumo nin's speed was not even halfway close to his full speed, and surprising the enemy, channel chakra into sole of his right foot, sticking to surface, while channeling quite a bit of chakra into his left leg, reinforcing, empowering and speeding it up, driving it into ninja's gut.
'Not bad' thought Kumo nin as he felt the knee hit him. While not exactly strong enough to force the air out of him, for a 7 year old, it was quite strong. But he was still surprised that boy was able to dodge him. Granted, he charged slower that his kick before, but even some genin might have had some trouble dodging him.
Turning around to look at the boy, his eyes widened to size of saucers. 'SHARINGAN?!'. Amazing! Boy looked just 7, yet he already had awakened the eye. 'What a lucky day! Both Sharingan and Byakugan in one catch!'. This was gonna benefit his village greatly. Chargin at the boy, he swung his free left hand at boys head in form of haymaker, but boy dodged him. Lashing out with a kick, boy dodged it again. Granted, he was right-handed, with Hyuga heiress on his shoulder, slowing him down, -since she was a kid and he had to be careful to not snap her neck or back in a sudden movement-, and even then he didn't go as top speed he could right now, it was impressive for a kid to dodge.
Tired of having boy dodge him constantly, he lashed out with another kick, this time much faster than before, catching Naruto in face, throwing him back. Combined with hard kick and hitting back of his head on hard bark of tree, Naruto finally lost consciousness.
Kumo Jonin smirked triumphantly and went to pick up the boy as well when the terrifying demon in form of angry father Namikaze Minato arrived in a flash between him and young boy. Kumo shinobi paled. Having Yellow Flash as enemy meant you were dead. Having angry Yellow Flash as enemy, well, just thinking about it drove him to verge of shitting himself.
Needless to say, 'battle', if one-sided ass kicking could be called that, was over in less than a second.
'Ugh, what hit me' was Naruto's first thought as he woke up with small headache. Blinking his eyes groggily, he adjusted to the light.
Looking around, he noticed that he was in his room. Then, memories of what happened resurfaced. Fighting enemy, getting his ass kicked...
'Could it be?'. During the fight, when his vision improved, he had no idea why it happened, and honestly, during the heat of battle, he didn't care. But now...
Perhaps, it could be... Namikaze clan were related to Uchiha, even if very distantly. 'But it's been decades, if not centuries since it has been last awakened by a Namikaze...'.
But even if he did awaken Sharingan, how would he activate it?
Channeling his chakra into his eyes, nothing happened. He sighed, perhaps it was just sweet thinking. Doing it one last time, just for the kicks of it, his eyes widened as vision improved just like it did during the fight. Jumping out of the bed, ignoring slight aches in his body, he ran into bathroom and looked into the mirror.
'A-amazing! I can't believe i-it! THE SHARINGAN!'.
Quickly getting dressed, he ran down the stairs.
"Naruto? Is that you? Are you okay? You shouldn't be running like that!" barely hearing his mother, he replied quickly, slowing down.
"I'm fine Kaa-san, as good as new! I gotta go now, be soon back!" tuning out his Kushina, even if he did lie, considering he still had headache and slight aches all over the body as well, he ran out of building towards Uchiha compound, where he knew his sensei resided.
Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, wanting to get there quickly, he barely greeted Uchiha guards, who already knew him since he visited Shisui before, ran into Shisui's house.
"Hey, Shisui!" he greeted hastily. Said Uchiha looked up from coffee he was drinking, it was morning after all, and he had a day off from his ANBU duties.
"Hi, Naruto. What brings you here?" he said with a raised eyebrow and small grin. He didn't really mind Naruto's presence, in fact, he enjoyed it great deal.
"There's something amazing I wanna show you! and without even waiting for a reply, he closed his eyes, and opening them, showed his blood red eyes.
'I-s th-that, Sh-sh-shar-sharingan?!' Shisui spit out his coffee, gaping like a fish and eyes widening as he gazed into Naruto's Sharingan, with 1 tomoe in left eye, while 2 tomoe in his right.
Meanwhile In Kumo, Raikage's Office
"Raikage-sama, there is a letter addressed directily to you frm Konoha" said A's busty assistant, Mabui. Raising his eyebrow, he told her to give him the letter.
"Message from Yellow Flash?". Why would that cursed blonde send him a message?
Letter was written concerning attempted kidnap of Hyuga heiress and son of Minato.
After reading the letter, even Raikage's face was red, though was it from rage or the colorful words used in the message was unknown. Mabui thought he was blushing. He had read letter out loud, and she herself was tomato red.
Well, Minato considered himself generous. If it was Kushina who decided to make a response, Kumogakure no Sato would be missing few mountains.
POLL:
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Pairings:
Naruto x Ryuzetsu - 8 (Wow quite a lot voted for this one. Not that I'm against it. If I were to vote, I'd choose this one as well.)
Naruto x Shion - 5
Naruto x Sara - 3
Naruto x OC - 2
Fem!Sasuke and Fem!Haku were suggested, but I'm afraid I must refuse. I myself can't really turn Sasuke into a female, and female Haku never did seem attractive.
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Teams:
While there is still time, I want you to begin rating the Naruto teams. Since Naru-Sai-Yakumo was selected in "The Overlooked Prodigy", it will NOT happen, here, because, as I stated before, while stories may be similar, it won't be a rip off.
I've had thought up few ideas:
Naruto(The Rookie of the Year) & Kasumi(Kunoichi of the Year) & OC(Deadlast)
OR
I could simply remove Rookie of the Year, Kunoichi of the Year and deadlast teams and put custom ones like:
Naruto & Sasuke & someone(NOT Kasumi, that would be a tad too OP)
OR
Naruto & OC & OC
Feel free to suggest your own ones, and while rating will play great role, top voted one may not mean chosen one in this vote.
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Other:
Another thing I want to ask you about.
1. Do you want Sasuke to go to Orochimaru or not?
Sasuke will be branded with Curse Seal of Heaven, but whether he resists it's temptations or not is entirely up to you. I WILL have him branded with the seal, because if I had Naruto stop Orochimaru from doing it then that would make him just wayyy too OP. And I want to make this more realistic, and having Minato interfere in the Chunin Exams because he somehow 'sensed' something would happen is bullshit.
2. Should I leave other OC Uchiha's alive other than Sasuke?
It won't be hard to live some other children alive from Uchiha Massacre other than just Sasuke, but I don't want to look like I copy everything from other stories so I want to make a vote and let you decide what will happen.
Vote and tell me what should I do!
Feel free to leave your suggestions and I hope you liked the story!
RATE & REVIEW!