Naruto the secret soul reaper
disclaimer:i do not own naruto nor do i own bleach those anime/manga belong to masashi kishimoto, and tite kudo. I hope my work entertains you
Chapter 1:
mother of the spirit girl
Naruto uzumaki, walked casually down the streets of konoha the reconstruction of konoha was finally complete. After pein's attack naruto knew he would have to find a way to destroy hatred, only he wasn't sure how. He still couldn't believe the fourth hokage was his dad, his entire life he thought he was just some nobody who somehow got the fourth's jutsu, he decided there were more important things to worry about.
For example the raikage ordering sasuke's capture, he still had no idea what to do about him. He often wondered why he tried so hard for sasuke he never truely liked him, and in full honosty he only made that promise to sakura because he thought she would love him, but the fact is sakura is in love with sasuke, he knew that the day sakura asked him to bring him back, even after the mission he would still try to get sasuke back for sakura's affection, soon though just before he left with jiraiya he knew it would never be so since then he has let her go.
Apart from that everything was fine he recently started meditation to see if he had any hidden abilities, so far nothing, although two weeks ago he started to see what he thought were spirits of the dead, he saw that they were simply in pain so he conquered his fear of them, it really was sad stuck on earth unable to move on.
"Why am i only seeing these spirits now, i should have been able to a long time ago seeing as how frequently they show up".
It was very unusual naruto thought. That was not the only thing weird that was going on, while meditating his chakra seemed to be getting, heavier that's the only way naruto knew how to describe it.
"It's like heat waves that are dependent of humidity the more chakra i fuse the heavier it becomes".
That was odd, but the weirdest thing of all were these long ribbons naruto could see emminating from everybody mostly from the ninja, and for some reason everyone's ribbons were all the same color blue.
"Ever since i learned how to sense energy on mt. miyoboku and my own meditation i've been seeing them on everyone, it's all so mysterious, good thing i like mysteries".
He suddenly felt like a bowl of ramen, heading in the direction of ichiraku naruto spotted a few of his friends: Shikamaru,kiba,and sakura he hoped they wouldn't notice him, he really wasn't in the mood to talk, somehow even though he tried to duck sakura spotted him, and called out to him.
"Hey naruto over here it's been a while since we've talked".
"oh great" naruto whispered to himself soon as he walked over sakura smiled friendly and spoke.
"How are you naruto".
"Fine sakura just fine" he stated nonchalantly.
"what's up naruto haven't seen you much lately" said kiba.
"Yeah, i've been busy for a while helping with the reconstruction".
"I'll say but it was all worth it the village looks good as new and it's all because you defeated pein" said shikamaru.
"Yeah awsome job man" said kiba.
"No problem" responded naruto.
"Naruto let me guess you're going to ichiraku, aren't you" asked sakura amused.
"Uh yeah" replied naruto.
"Well why don't we come with you" asked shikamaru.
"Uh sorry i just remembered I actually have some stuff to do today".
"Oh well okay then bye" sakura said souding somewhat disappointed.
The three of them walked away then commented at naruto's declination.
"That was weird i though naruto would jump at the chance to hang out with sakura" said kiba.
"He probably just needs some time to himself" said shikamaru.
"That must be it he took down the leader of the akatsuki and had to help with the reconstruction, he's probably exhausted" said sakura.
"Yep even naruto has his limits" joked Shikamaru.
The three laughed to themselves at the notion of naruto being tired.
Naruto suddenly didn't feel hungry anymore. He had lost his appetite
"Guess i'll go meditate" said naruto.
Naruto went to his house and sat in the middle of his bedroom and began to meditate once again that feeling came to him his chakra began to pop ot of their vessels and completely fill his thought deeply about this while meditating.
"let's see chakra is the product of physical and mental energy but this dosen't feel like either, it's closer to mental energy but it's not, it feels like it's coming from my very soul...huh that's what this is, the reason this dosen't feel like chakra is because it isn't, this is my spirit energy".
He finally figured it out he had had an epiphany that was when it was all starting to make sense as he put it all together.
"The ribbons i've been seeing on everyone that's their spirit energy".
Then he decided to try something he called on his spirit energy which he found much easier to call upon now that he knew what it was, he didn't even have to close his eyes, then his theory was proved right as he looked around himself.
"I knew it these are my spirit ribbons, but wait why are mine red when everyone else has blue ones" he wondered.
Then he decided to try something else he tried to manifest his spirit energy into the real world, when he did he felt as if gravity were trying to push him down, soon though after several minutes of using it he got used to it and was even able to control it.
"This is awesome, but what should i call this it's obviously not gravity or everyone else would have trouble standing, it felt like a pressure was coming from my manifested spirit energy, so i'll call it..spiritual pressure, yeah that'll do".
Just then he heard crying on the street, he went downstairs and onto the street to see who was crying, then he discovered that it was a little girl crying but no one else could hear her and for a good reason, which was she was a spirit.
"What the heck" naruto said to himself and crossed the street to help the spirit.
"Hey are you okay?" he asked softly trying to soothe her.
The girl sobbed some more but then responded.
"No i don't know where my mother is i'm lost and I have nowhere to go now that i'm dead"
"It'll be okay" he assured her. Then somehow knowing he could touch her, patted her hair softly causing the little girl to look at him then her tears ceased and she began to laugh gently.
"My name is naruto uzumaki what's your name?" naruto asked her.
"Mikuru" she said softly.
"Oh that's a beautiful name" he complimented.
"Well mikuru let's find you're mom together" he said extending his hand downward which she happily excepted.
As they walked the village naruto had to admit she was a cute little girl probably no older than five, she had strawberry red hair, pariewinkle eyes, and was wearing a white schoolgirl uniform, with blue shoes, and her hair was shoulder lenght and completly undone.
"I can't believe such a young girl died" thought naruto.
The two traveled all over the village, naruto used his perception to see if there were any woman spirits who might be mikuru's mother. After half an hour of searching naruto asked mikuru if she remembered the last place she saw her mother.
"I don't remember, all I could see was the ground being opened and then a house being torn down".
"A house?, could that be where she lived" thought naruto.
"Mikuru, can you lead me to the house from your memory?".
"I think so".
Mikuru then took the lead with naruto following her. Then it occurred to naruto, he was following a ghost. It reminded him of that man kisuke he assisted when he was thirteen. This kind of stuff usually only happened in anime, but with his luck it was possible for something ike this to happen, that and he lived in a world where it was possible to summon an enormous talking; red toad. Naruto was also reminded of that mission where he was trapped in that haunted mansion and had to set the summoning animal confined there free. Even though nobody else could see mikuru, naruto couldn't help but feel as if it was conspicuous that he was following a spirit. Before long, mikuru led naruto; perhaps out of instinct, to an old worn down house deep within the unseen corners of konoha. It was burned and a portion of the celling was gone, mikuru soon stopped in front of what naruto assumed was her old home.
He and mikuru made there way to the house and there naruto heard moaning. Looking at the front of it naruto saw a woman who was the spinning image of mikuru, except older, but there was something off about her and it wasn't that she was a ghost it was she was moaning in agony and in the middle of her chest was a metal plate and attached to the plate was the longest chain he had ever seen it ran from the woman's position in the front yard and extended eight feet to the house, which the chain was completly wrapped around.
"Is that your mom?" asked naruto.
Mikuru smiled brightly then nodded. Mikuru ran to her mother with naruto following close behind.
"M'am is this your daughter?" asked naruto.
The chained woman looked up and smiled in happiness.
"Mikuru" the woman said in a silent sob.
"mother" mikuru ran up and embraced her mother.
"Thank you so much, I thought i'd never see her again" the woman said with gratitude.
"my daughter and i died during the village's destruction, then we got seperated and couldn't move on i've been chained to our old house ever since" explained the woman.
"Oh i understand" said naruto sadly but then smiled.
"It's okay now though you two are together once more".
"Yes and it's thanks to you, thank you for reuniting me with my daughter".
"It was nothing" said naruto modestly.
"Alright then let's get you free of that chain so you two can move on" said naruto.
Naruto then proceeded to try and use his kunai to cut the long chain, but quickly found it was no use as the kunai passed right through the chain, then he tried using his wind, which had no effect either. Naruto didn't know how he could severe that chain. Everything he tried simply phased through it. Naruto then decided to try a different approach.
"I'm sorry i can't break this chain'' said naruto sadly.
"No it's not true" said the woman as she started to scream in agony and the chain started to tug at her chest.
"Mother, what's happening" said mikuru frightened.
The longer it went on the louder she screamed ,until finally the chain broke and the woman screamed louder then began to take on a what seemed like metamorphasis, her body turned completely black, except for her face, she seemed to grow extra arms and legs; her mid section grew wide and divided into three parts, and finally a white fluid leaked from her eyes and mouth which formed into a sort of mask. When it was over she looked like a giant spider creature with a black body and white face with a hole in her chest.
"AAAAAAH" mikuru screamed.
"What the heck just happened to her, I just thought she would break the chain on her own" said naruto.
Then the creature charged at the two moaning viciously.
"So hungry" said the creature, naruto took mikuru and ran as fast as he could but the creature was fast despite it's size.
"Mikuru we'll be together my dear" said the creature.
"M-Mother, s-stop, don't" mikuru begged.
"I have to do something", said naruto.
"Naruto then charged up his spiritual pressure which stopped the creature in it's tracks, naruto got mikuru out of range so she wouldn't be effected, but he knew this wouldn't be enough, he subconciously drew his spirit energy into his hands, he felt a new ability in him which he somehow knew the name of and called it out.
"Bakudo #1 sai" as naruto said that all the creature's limbs were bound by an invisable spell, temporarily stopping it, even so naruto knew he needed a way to kill the creature.
Once again he felt a new ability come to the surface,he concentrated his energy into his finger tips lightning emminating from them he locked on his target and called the attack.
"Hado #4 byakurai".
A stream of lightning shot out of his fingers and into the creature's head, it seemed to be working so naruto got closer to maximize it's effects, soon the lightning shot a hole in the creature's head and it disintegrated into black ash-like energy and faded away.
"It's over", naruto sighed in relief
Then he turned to see mikuru crying.
"My mother is dead" she sobbed.
"It's okay mikuru, your mother isn't dead" he assured her with a soft voice.
"I saw her turn into ash".
Mikuru continued to sob until naruto embraced her.
"No she's just in a better place, just now she moved on and she's waiting for you there" he said smiling.
She sniffled a bit more and then breathed, finally she stopped sobbing, looked up at naruto and smiled.
"Really?" she asked.
"You bet and I know you will see her again really soon" said naruto.
Mikuru smiled happily.
"Thank you for everything you did for me today naruto, now i feel good, I haven't felt that way since I died, but thanks to you I finally have closer and maybe now I can can move on".
just as she said that she started to fade away. seemingly having fulfilled her attachment to this world. Before she passed on she had to thank naruto as her her final words.
"You're my best friend naruto" she then disappeared into the sunset.
Just as she passed on, night had set in, naruto gazed at the night sky and a small smile appeared on him.
On his way home he thought about his situation.
"I solved one mystery but now a thousand more have appeared, what did that woman turn into, why would she attack her daughter, and where did those new moves come from, oh well looks like i'll have some pretty exciting times ahead".
Green notes from the author
This is my first every strory and my debut as an author. The way naruto becomes a soul reaper and his personality in this story i feel are very original,no spoilers or anything but he has to keep his new powers a secret, his personality is very ooc he's much more quiet, and as you could probably tell by his vocabulary he's a lot more academic but don't let his personality ruin the story for you there will be plenty of action further on see you soon, if you're wondering why the woman was a spider hollow it's because sometimes spiders eat their children, oh and don't forget to review, see you next time, may the darkness be with you all.