A/N: Well, here we go again with yet another new story because it is a necessary process in the writing of my other stories. I can't help it, I read a story and an idea will come to me and I can't focus on my other stories until I write it down and get it out my head, so forgive me if you don't like it. Anyways, I noticed that Naruto is read as Naruto U. so in a sense, this is a perfectly logical thing. Also, because I still haven't found a way to 'properly' translate jutsu, I'm still writing them in English, sorry. On another note, shout-out to the person that pointed out my flaw with the honorifics, ototo is little brother, while Aniki is big brother, thank you for your help.
-Old Tenants-
The village of Konoha was currently in an uproar, well, three people were, the rest of the village was cowering, well the civilians were. These three people happened to be Mikoto, Sasuke, and Itachi Uchiha, who were on a self-imposed rampaged through the civilian sector searching for the ones responsible for 'murdering' their Sochi, Nii-san, and Ototo, respectively.
When the Hokage had called a council meeting in to announce that one of the young Uchiha's had been murdered, many were quick to call for blood, especially when word got out that he was found in the area that Naruko had been cornered in. As such, many fingers were pointed at her until it got that a mob had assembled to 'punish' the 'demon brat' last night and had killed an anonymous person that had stood up for Naruko.
Suddenly, the cries for blood were cries for help as Mikoto took to the streets to remind the village why she was regarded as such a powerful kunoichi in her youth. The current death counter was nearing 150 civilians, and the casualty counter was nearing 230 with second and third degree burns being the most prevalent cause.
Itachi and Sasuke had turned the whole thing into a training excursion with Itachi testing out his new blade and Sasuke practicing his speed exercises. Sasuke would run passed the crowds and herd them like sheep to a slaughter towards Itachi who was always ready to cut up more killers.
-(With Naruto)-
Naruto was still asleep however, completely unaware of the mayhem outside, but why would he need to wake up when he had orchestrated the whole thing, not that anyone other than he and his mother and two siblings knew. However, Naruto was still currently faced with his own predicament. The redhead girl that had adopted him as her new bed was also still asleep on his chest. He had tried to shift her off but she just clung on for dear life and anytime some part of her touched the floor she would frown and whimper n her sleep as if having a bed dream.
Closing his eyes to sleep some more, he felt a cold wind slice across him and a small dampness to make itself known on his back as he opened his eyes to view a grayish sky with white stuff falling down like rain. Realizing that the dampness was the cold stuff melting beneath his body heat, he jumped to his feet and taking in his surroundings. The white stuff blanketed the ground around him which wasn't far only about the size of an average training ground, however, what was really out of place was the house built off in the distance.
As he made a choice, he closed his eyes before activating his Sharingan and looking around to see if this was a Genjutsu. Admittedly, he knew very little about Genjutsu, other than they were perfect for making a getaway if last night was any indication. Seeing that it wasn't, he began running towards the house, the only sign of civilization and survival.
As he jumped over some rocks, one of his feet hit the ground, only to sink down to his knees in the white stuff, which was steadily growing colder. As he tried to pull himself free, he heard a voice on the wind as it brought it to his ears.
"You, you did this, and now you will pay!" The voice hollered as Naruto began to grow scared as he yelled back.
"Who are you, what do you want?" Naruto yelled as he struggled to pull his leg free from the frozen embrace.
"You don't remember me, you just saw me last night, or do you just forget everyone you do this to!?" The voice screamed as a body popped out of the white stuff and waded towards him as Naruto tried once again in vain to pull free from the embrace before the man reached him. As he neared him, Naruto could see his face, or what was left of it, it looked like a blowtorch had been used on his face, however, when the being pulled a decaying hand up, Naruto knew who it was. In the hand was a butcher's knife, clutched tightly as the figure trudged ever closer to Naruto.
"No, get away from me you killer!" Naruto screamed as tears began pouring out of his dark eye before freezing in the cold air.
"Killer, I'm the one who's dead, you're the killer not me!" The butcher said as he trudged ever closer, almost ten feet away now as Naruto continued struggling.
"Why are you haunting me, you're dead, now go to the Shinigami!" Naruto continued screaming, his voice almost hoarse in the cold air as the butcher raised his knife up to cut Naruto.
"Because you still care enough to remember the people you kill." An older voice answered before the butcher cried out as a fire enveloped him. The high intensity heat even melted the white stuff enough so that Naruto could pull his foot out of the hole.
Looking up, Naruto met a man that appeared to be, well an older version of him.
"What, you never seen snow before?" F. Naruto asked.
Seeing him nod, F. Naruto turned on his heel before walking off towards the house, Naruto behind him. As they walked in silence, Naruto looked at the older him's cloak, on the back were the kanji for forgotten and 7th along with the Uzumaki and Uchiha clan symbols.
Opening the door, F. Naruto motioned for Naruto to enter the house which he did warily. F. Naruto followed afterwards, locking the door before pocketing the key then following Naruto into the wide open room.
"So, I suppose we should get down to the first order of business which who I am." F. Naruto said as he fell backwards as a chair appeared underneath him, providing a seat as Naruto followed suit and a couch appeared to catch him.
"I am, in essence, you." F. Naruto said and alliterated when he saw Naruto's confused expression, the look as foreign on his face as lust on a Hyuuga's. "That is to say, that you will be me, as I was once you. I am from the future, the future you if you will and as such, you are me but I am not you." F. Naruto said, further confusing the young blonde.
"Ughh, this riddle speak is confusing me, can you try and make it any simpler?" Naruto said as he rubbed his head.
"I suppose I could. In the future, an event happened that sent me back in time where I was sealed into you, the details are beyond me. My point is that I am sealed into you and as such, I felt that it was high time we met. I remember how lost I was after my killing that butcher which is why I will try to help you with it." F. Naruto said as Naruto nodded.
"Okay, let's approach this from a question approach, I always liked that approach. If you hadn't killed the butcher, what would've happened?" F. Naruto asked as Naruto considered the answer.
"Well, he would've most likely left me for dead after further mutilating me before going after Naruko." Naruto answered as his eyes met and he nodded as a question to see if this was the correct answer.
"First, most likely, second, there is no right answer, that is why I like this approach. However, you answer the question is up to your own opinions, so I can't be blamed if you don't like the answer." F. Naruto said before standing and fiddling with a book in his hand which also appeared from nowhere as did the pen in his hand.
"Anyways, I figured that since we currently share a body then we should have a good relationship." F. Naruto said before continuing as he snapped his fingers causing a table with hot chocolate to appear.
"Now then, I used to be like you, in fact in the Academy, I was known as the slacker prodigy because of my care-not attitude. I had a saying at the time for that, 'A true prodigy…" F. Naruto started as Naruto took up the statement.
"A true prodigy doesn't need to prove that he is the best, showing your skill and knowing your skill are two different things. To show your skills is to doubt them, to know them is to only use them when they are needed. Shinobi thrive off of information and to tell my skills is to hand my enemies my weakness. If being the dead last is what it takes to conceal my skills, then…" Naruto said as he reached from the cup of hot chocolate.
"Then I'll wear the title proudly, Minato Namikaze, Jiriya of the Sannin, and Itachi Uchiha, these are the true prodigies!" F. Naruto finished the statement as Naruto flinched back from the scalding liquid.
"I was like you, until the war." F. Naruto exclaimed as he closed his eyes and traced the kanji for respect in his chest.
"War?" Naruto questioned as he tried to envision war only to see darkness.
"Yes, a war will come in your lifetime, but not soon. 12 years at least until the war begins, the war for Naruko and…" F. Naruto trailed off.
"And who?" Naruto asked, listening closely for any whispers.
"Spoilers." F. Naruto said causing Naruto to face fault before the vibration knocking the cup over, however, the liquid never left the cup as it seemed to freeze in mid-fall.
"Whoa, how did you do that?" Naruto exclaimed catching sight of the cup.
"How do you know that I did it, and some force of reality didn't do it?" F. Naruto asked closing his eyes as he stuck his tongue out and lapped up the liquid from a saucer.
"Because you are the one who conjured up the furniture and cups." Naruto answered before a small tinkling sound was heard as a cat entered the room. F. Naruto nodded in the affirmative as he set the saucer on the ground allowing the cat to lap at the liquid as well as it gave a soft, 'mrow' in return.
"That is correct, Naruto, because I do control this place, as do you. This is your mindscape, now usually this would be a reflection of your mental state, with memories, dreams and imagination. However, since I am you I can control this to a degree as you can tell. You don't know what that stuff outside is do you?" F. Naruto said as he snapped his fingers again and suddenly the house was gone by the white stuff stopped falling.
"This is snow, a somewhat solid state of water. I had a friend who worked with this kind of stuff, I miss her." F. Naruto said as the snow began melting in the air, turning into a freezing rain.
"Anyways, I will help you as you grow older with whatever you need, well in terms of information, I suppose I could teach and your girlfriend some jutsu at a later date, but mostly I'll help you with information on clans, villages and Kages, in a way, I'll be your own personal Bingo Book." F. Naruto said Naruto smiled before the landscape began to shake.
"Well, looks like it's time for you to go, but if you need anything, just think it and I'll answer as best I can, now get out of my home!" F. Naruto said as Naruto nodded and faded out as F. Naruto turned back to the house, yawning as he warmed up again after the cold outside, revealing two abnormally sharp canines.
"See that wasn't so bad was it Mata-chan?" F. Naruto asked as the kitten looked up before looking at him with half lidded eyes.
"No, in fact, I think he would make a wonderful summoner for the cats. Now then, come play with me!" The kitten yowled.
-(With Naruto)-
Naruto yawned before opening his eyes as they met a pair of violet eyes directly in front of him. "Hello, Naruko, can you get off of me now, so that I can fix breakfast?" Naruto asked as the redhead rolled off of him before rising herself as Naruto began cooking breakfast for the pair.
"Hey Naruto." Naruko said as she looked at the picture once again.
"Yeah, Naruko?" Naruto answered as he sighed as the milk was out of date.
"Since you have a picture of my mom, do you know my father?" Naruko asked hopefully as she grasped the picture tightly.
"Yep, but I can't tell you about him. It's not that I don't want to, the Hokage has ordered that, until you are a Chunnin or 21, he can't tell you; he warned me that should I tell you, that the consequence is death, and I would prefer not to die just yet. Then again, I do tend to do what I want, so tell you what. Race you to the store and if you win, then I'll tell you." Naruto said as he slid his shoes on, and opened the door for his roommate and now-adopted sister.
Naruko didn't wait for Naruto to lock the door as she took off towards the nearest store as Naruto took his sweet time, making a point to stop at the Building Manager's office and grabbing the appropriate amount for milk even with the horrible prices they tended to give Naruko.
Chuckling, he counted to ten before taking off after Naruko in high speed pursuit as the pair rushed to the store where they purchased the milk and Naruko begged Naruto to tell her before he smirked and ran off with Naruko huffing and giving chase across half the village before she finally caught up to him.
Once she caught him, she didn't slow down, before tackling him to the ground and getting him in a chokehold which he could've easily broke but liked the soft feel of her hands. He vaguely noted that they felt like the hands of the innocent, and not a murderer, like his before he made a decision.
"I suppose you want to know your father now?" Naruto said and at her nodding, he pointed down at the stone under the pair.
"What, you better tell me, you promised!" Naruko cried as tears formed in her eyes as she pouted.
"Naruto just chuckled as he continued pointing down until Naruko decided to humor the blonde even if he would most likely run off now that she wasn't holding him down. Looking down, she saw that she had chased him to the Hokage Head Monument. She also noted that they were on top of the Fourth's head before realization dawned on her and she turned to Naruto with hope on her face.
"Thank you, Nii-chan!" Naruko cried loudly as she wrapped her arms around the larger boy.
"Oh, is that what I am now? Your Nii-chan?" Naruto said as Naruko reached up and kissed the blonde again on the cheek causing the boy to blush as red as Naruko's hair.
"Yep, you're my Nii-chan now, and I'm your Nee-chan! So you had better take responsibility." Naruko said as she felt Naruto tense up as he walked to the edge and stood on the railing.
"Naruko, that butcher last night, I killed him. I'm a murderer, I don't know if I'm what you want as a Nii-chan, and a sweet girl like you could never be related to someone who kills without hesitation. They call you a murderer, but I've felt your hands, their too soft for murder, not like mine, mine are already stained with blood of many people." Naruto whispered as the wind took his words and carried them over the village.
"But, if you will have me, I promise now, on day, that I will never hesitate to kill those that threaten my precious people, from this day forward, I will devote my life to your well-being, and the well-being of anyone else that joins us." Naruto continued as he somehow turned around to face Naruko.
Naruko's head was bowed with her hair covering her eyes which Naruto took for disdain.
"I suppose I was right, you would never want a murderer for a brother." Naruto said as he began leaning back over the railing. However, just as he felt weightless, something grasped his wrist holding him from falling.
"*sniff* Naruto, you were my first friend, I'm not letting you go that easily. *sniffle* If you're a murderer, then I'll be a demon. You kill to protect me, then you worry about the killed, that's not a murderer. If this is supposed to be your penance, then I have a different idea, train me to be a noble person like you that won't hesitate to kill to protect my precious people, JUST LIKE YOU!" Naruko screamed as she gripped his wrist tighter.
"Naruko, let me go or you're going to go over with me, and I can't let that happen to you yet, you have to live to help this village, to change their opinions of you, prove that you are a demon for me!" Naruto yelled as he twisted his wrist around he pulled free from Naruko's grip as he began falling towards the ground..
Naruko screamed before she did something unthinkable as she dove over the edge after her brother and friend. Naruto noticed her falling after him and their eyes locked for a split second, before her's closed and turned crimson as a tail appeared behind her and reached down to grab him effortlessly as her nails lengthened into claws which dug into the cliff wall, holding the pair up before Naruko managed to pull Naruto into an indention.
"Haha, I suppose this would be a good time to mention that, I have the Nine-Tails Fox sealed into me." Naruko said as first Naruto began to laugh then Naruko as the pair of killers related on a new level.
A/N: So, this is it, the beginning of the next box set, or actually, I think I'll just upload this one on its own, now then, I kind of like the box set thing, but do you guys? Also, just wow on the favs and follows, a give you a weekend and you go above and beyond, I mean I feel like I don't deserve all this. Now then, this chapter might seem a little out there but I would like to establish that Naruko truly trusts Naruto, and just how much Naruto is determined to protect his new sister. Anyways, have a good day, night, life, whatever.