The Dishonored Raven, the Fox that Never Was, & the Man that Wept
By Pyro Yuki
Author's Note- Please read if you have not!
8/30/15 - Please read Author's Notes, you may find out answers there. I've kinda forgotten some things over this past year so I'm trying my best to catch up again. Been kinda making like 5 other fanfics I haven't even put up yet…
Let's begin the story! ENJOY~~~ ~~ ~~
… Tends to mean a tiny time skip
Italics are thoughts (Or writing in this one case). "." Are words.
(Comments from me)
All original characters and story belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I don't own Naruto.
Author's NoteEND- Please read ABOVE kinda important
Prologue Obito's Mistake (Part 2)
Silence echoed throughout the whole Ninja World. The world hadn't seen such silence since before the first animals roamed it. The silence lasted forever until one by one, every animal and human woke up with the sun setting. All but Minato.
Kushina opened her eyes the same time as the person responsible for all of this. She pulled her aching body up onto her feet. She looked to her husband as she did. She grew scared as he didn't wake up, but something else caught her attention. Minato had three whisker-like lines on each side of his face that had NOT been there before. She was shocked, but she had to forget about that at the moment.
She glared at the man who climbed to his feet. "He's the one who attacked the village with the Nine Tails!" She shouted out, glancing at her fellow shinobi. They were on their feet too. The bloodlust coming from them was choking. One by one, the more bold ninja made hand signs to attack him.
"Water Style! Raging Waves!" A man cried.
"Earth Style! Earth Landslide!" Cried another.
"Fire Style! Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
The man in the orange spiral mask tensed to avoid the fury of jutsus when…nothing happened. No raging water, no hurled up earth, and certainly no fireballs. Both ninja of the Leaf and the intruder looked dumb-struck. Only they didn't know it because of his mask.
In a quick movement, he formed hand signs and stood there, waiting for the jutsu to happen. But whatever he tried to do never came.
Silence filled the area until Kushina whispered out loud what everyone was beginning to realize. "No one can use jutsu. It's gone."
Realization dawned on everyone. HOW could this have happened?! One minute, everyone was fighting for their lives with all the jutsu they knew but the next, it was gone?!
Then the panic came before anyone could say anything. The younger and less experienced shinobi freaked out. Shouts and scared crying. Only sharp commands seemed to get them to stop.
"Are you mice, or ninja?! So what we don't have ninjutsu? We have Taijutsu! If we've had no chakra at all, we'd be DEAD. Didn't you ever learn that in the Academy?" A commander snarled out.
The younger shinobi lowered their eyes in shame for their actions.
"Besides, as a Terrorist, we still have to capture this man." The same man growled. Kushina recognized him as Ibiki.
With that said, all the shinobi took a step towards the terrorist, who took a step back. Obito was beginning to think he should retreat when he saw something fall from the sky heading towards his head. Instinctively, he caught it and looked at it.
It was a ball. It fit perfectly in the palm of his hand.
What on earth is a ball doing- He caught himself with realization. It was no ball. It was a blue-ish black orb like that ancient sages carried. But what really pulled his attention from attempting to escape certain death was that the second his fingers touched it, he felt power. Real power. The orb came alive at his touch. Inside the orb was condensed but whirling chakra. How he knew, he had seen the whirling blue lights when Minato attacked him with his Rasengan. Obito felt his own chakra return to him ten-fold.
But something else came in waves too. Imagines. Flashes of imagines like memories poured into him as he held it. Obito recognized NONE of those memories as his own, but he knew some of the people.
He saw Kakashi with three children he had never seen even with his close eye on the village. How could he not know small info like that? But Kakashi had seemed older and more mature; slightly different from the 16 year old adult today. He heard names and words from that imagery too.
"Naruto, quit glaring at Sasuke. It's our second day together. Whatever happened to good first impressions, hm?" The white haired man told a small boy with spikey blond hair that reminded Obito of Minato. He even had blue eyes, but he had three whiskers on each cheek. The boy was scowling and glaring at a raven haired boy, who in return, glared back smugly with black eyes.
"Naruto can't help but be annoying, Sensei. It helps just to ignore him like everyone else." A long pink haired kunoichi with sparkling green eyes gave the boy an irritated glare.
"Ouch, Sakura. You didn't have to say that." The rowdy boy looked hurt at her comment.
"Then stop annoying Sasuke! He'll beat you at everything like he always does!" She snapped over protectively, just like Rin had on more than one occasion with him when he dissed Kakashi.
The man in question gave them a helpless look, obviously thinking along the same lines, while the boy just stood up with arrogance.
"Let's go. We have a mission to complete, don't we?" An annoyed but cool voice from the good looking boy broke the fight between the girl and the blond.
"Your so right, Sasuke! Maybe we can finish our mission before lunch time." She giggled, holding her cupped hands to her chest. Her voice was sickeningly high and hopeful. Like she was going to corner him into having lunch with her if they did finish the mission early.
The memory faded away before he could grab it and another took his place.
A snake-like man fighting the Third Hokage. That's impossible! The Third just died!
A sand raccoon, or the One Tail, was fighting a giant red toad.
A group of kids fighting through a forest, looking for a bug but also tailed by enemy ninja.
A battle of puppets taking place between a red-haired man and an old woman.
The same snake-man fighting a tiny…Four tailed beast that looked eerily like the Nine Tails. If the Nine Tails ever looked somewhat like a human.
Almost swallowed up by the intensity, Obito dropped the sphere at his feet. The chakra faded away. His head almost splitting in two from all that memory alone.
But just what was all that? Sarutobi is dead, there's children I've never seen, battles I've never heard of. He tried to calm himself down, noticing that he was drenched in a sweat. Obito looked at all the ninja's faces and he realized all that happened in a matter of five seconds. He felt like he had been pulled life-times away!
The ninja facing him were on him in a second, kunai ready to strike him down without mercy.
In instinct, he used his Mangekyo Sharingan and warped himself away to one of the trees, safe from harm.
"What?!" Everyone gasped. How could someone still be about to use jutsu? Kushina bit her lip.
It just has to be because of his Sharingan…God, I hope that's the only reason or we're all screwed.
As if to test his own theory, Obito formed hand signs and a giant fire ball jutsu erupted in front of his mask. Shinobi ran away from the flames as fast as they could, but others were still burnt.
"Well isn't this interesting?" He purred, vanishing again and appearing back to where he first was. He ripped a piece of his cloak off and wrapped it carefully around the orb. Whatever was going on seemed to be because of this orb. It somehow gave him back his chakra. He wasn't going to leave THAT lying around. He placed the orb in his cloak pocket.
"Well now, it seems I'm the only one who can use jutsu." He turned his attention back to the horrified ninja. Kushina held Naruto to her heart.
"And your Hokage is still out cold." He took a few steps forward; the ninja drew back in fear. Even Ibiki.
"Conquering the Leaf just became easy. I no longer need the Nine Tails." He glared the ninja down. One by one, they fell to their knees, knowing that they couldn't defend themselves at all against the man now. Only Kushina stood with Naruto in her arms. But even she was shaking. There was nothing…nothing she could do now. Kneel and beg or stand and fight, he could kill her with no defense to go through.
But she would protect Naruto, even if it was all hopeless in the end. She looked at Minato's sleeping face for the longest time. What would you do? She silently asked him. She looked again and Obito's orange spiral mask was but an inch from her face.
"I have no use of you or your son. I could kill you and your son, and Minato wouldn't be able to do a thing about it. However, I do need some leverage if my rule is to stay. Your lives are spared but I shall be taking him." He reached forward and grabbed the Fourth Hokage by the collar.
"NO! Please don't kill him!" Kushina cried. She felt so HELPLESS! If she had even just ONE jutsu then she'd fight him. She'd give her baby to an ANBU and fight with all the strength that gave her the title: Red Hot-Blooded Tomato, though it was still unflattering.
"I have something worse in mind." He turned away from all of them, walking a few paces with the Hokage over his shoulder.
"Oh and, if any of you try to run away, your Hokage, as well as your entire bloodline, shall be wiped out. The Hidden Leaf Village is now under MY control."
"W…Who are you?" Kushina cried, having not even seen this horrible man's face.
The man smiled under his mask before he reached up and with a click the mask fell onto the ruined ground. "Obito Uchiha." He answered with a smirk. Everyone stared in horror at his face, some deeply wishing that he'd put the mask back on.
Obito Uchiha was a young man, whose face on the right side was completely slack and wrinkled. It was like he couldn't move that side of his face very well. While that side held a Sharingan eye, the unscarred part of his face was completely covered with a black eye patch over his eye. His hair was short and spiky like that of any Uchiha, but it was more like he didn't care about it.
He vanished before anyone else could say anything. Kushina collapsed on the ground when he was gone, holding Naruto more tightly than ever. The other ninja caught her before she hit the ground.
The Hidden Leaf Village will never be the same again. That promise hung in the air but was left unspoken.
…
The Hyuga Clan Head, Hiashi, ran towards the safe house of the Hyuga family deep in the woods. He had sent all the children of the Main and Branch families there with their mothers for safety. Not many in the Leaf Village even knew where it was. As usual, it was a Family secret.
The reason he was in a hurry was to see if his wife and baby girl had made it safely there. He was the father of a month old girl with strange blackish blue hair. He wondered why she had that hair since the Clan was made up of brunettes or black haired members.
He didn't care about her hair honestly, but some of the elders did. It was always something with them.
But he was more focused on that light that everyone saw. It made everyone in the village pass out where they stood. Another reason he wanted to see his wife and baby.
"You were rather hard to find, Hyuga Clan Head." A cold voice came from behind and Hiashi threw a kunai out. How could he be so reckless?!
As the man stopped running to face his opponent, he was greeted by a young man with terrible facial scarring. One black eye patch covered the unscarred side of his face, while the other eye remained black.
"Who are you?" He narrowed his eyes, and lifted his hands into a Family fighting position.
"Put your hands away, Hyuga-san. I have no intention of fighting a man who can't even use his Kekkei Genkai," the stranger told him.
"What do you mean? My eyes work just fine." He growled back.
"Prove it." The scarred man demanded, much to Hiashi's fury. He activated his Byakugan but let out a startled intake. His vision wasn't accurate like normal! He couldn't see anything more than a faded out outline of this man's chakra network for more than a second before it faded back out into solid vision and back again. It made his eyes and head hurt.
"What did you do to me?!" He snarled with suspicion, tensing to strike him down.
"Before you think about attacking me with half-baked skill, I think you should see this." The man opened his eye and reviewed a Sharingan in one eye like Kakashi's. He was sucked into a warp hole before he could react.
He kneeled to the ground and vomited when he appeared again. Something twisted horribly like a virus in his stomach when they had warped out of the forest. It was a disgraceful display he prayed no one ever saw.
"Get a hold of yourself, Hyuga-san, and look." The man pointed in front of them.
The Clan Head opened his pearl-like eyes and let out a gasp. He was hidden by the splintered trees, but got a full view of what was happening feet away. He was watching events happen as they did. He watched as the same man beside him took the Fourth on his shoulder like a bag and told every ninja around that the Leaf Village was his.
He felt a hard hand grab his shoulder, warping them out of there again and back into the forest.
Shaken and disgusted by what he had seen and felt again, he threw up once more. He let out a cough, catching his breath.
"W-What do…you want with me?" He tried his best to make his voice strong even in those conditions.
"What I want, Hyuga-san, is your Clans' complete servitude. To my leadership." The man told him, sitting causally on a boulder like they were discussing what to get their kids for their next birthday.
"Servitude?" The older man stood up, hoping to save his pride. But it wouldn't matter in a few minutes.
"Yes. I need a Clan that is powerful but would follow my order; any order. I've chosen your clan to become my puppets and my enforcers."
"Why not just use your own Clan?" He frowned, knowing full well already that this man was an Uchiha. He had even heard his whole name from the shadows. Obito Uchiha.
"I had the entire Uchiha Clan wiped out last night." Obito told him like that was that, waving a hand leisurely.
"What use would the Hyuga Clan be if we can't even use our Kekkei Genkai like you said earlier? We are now no more powerful than the shinobi back there." He pointed in the Village's direction.
Obito smirked. "True, but if I gave you BACK your chakra and enable you to use your Clan's Kekkei Genkai, then that would be another story." He put his hand in his pocket as the Hyuga lifted an eyebrow.
Before he could ask how, Obito had pulled out a orb wrapped in cloth.
"What is that?" He asked in contempt.
"The beginning of a pact, my Hyuga friend. Touch this, and you'll get all your chakra back ten-fold." He withdrew the orb as the Clan Head took a step towards it.
"ONLY if you agree to my whole terms."
"What are they?" He growled in spite.
"First, I want you as my adviser. You've got a better head on your shoulders than I sometimes do. Second, your Clan will follow all my orders without question. Whatever they might be. Third, it's your personal job to make sure the people of the Leaf aren't plotting against me in any way. You are to kill those people on sight and without hesitation." He held up three fingers. "Think you can do that?"
"You truly wish to turn us Hyuga, into a Clan of dogs? If you wanted that, you should be talking to the Inuzuka Clan, though the Head would bite your throat out." He growled, glaring at the man with much hate.
"I could easily annihilate your Clan just as I did my own, Hiashi-san." The younger man warned. The Hyuga stiffened and straighten his back.
Not if I can help it…I'm sorry Fourth Hokage, for what about I'm about to do.
"I'll agree to those terms if we have a Binding Promise Seal in place." He answered him. Obito blinked, letting show the only surprise on his face.
Hiashi gave him a smirk. "Surprised? I won't let my Clan die this year or the next or even after I'm in the ground, Uchiha. My loyalty is deeper than that."
"I see. But just what is this Binding Promise Seal, Hiashi?" The man grew tense.
"It is a secret sealing jutsu passing through the Heads of the Hyuga Clans for this exact reason now." He told him. "It's a binding that you can't walk away from. It's a double edged sword, but it makes sure the Clan isn't double crossed."
"How does it work?"
"Two scrolls are needed and a few hand signs. On those scrolls, each person has to ink down the promise to the other in their own blood. They make the hand signs I will show you and place them on the ground as in Summoning. When that is done, place one scroll across the other, and the two people's palms have to touch. Then the seal activated and the Binding Promise seal is complete."
"When you said double-edged sword, what did you mean? What happens if the promises aren't kept?"
"You die."
Obito stared at him, wondering if he was joking or not. But that made sense. If he could corner the Hyuga Clan into this deal, they'd HAVE to obey him or they'll pay with their life without him having to order their murder. He'd have their loyalty without ever questioning it. But why would the Hyuga have a jutsu like that?
"What do you want?" Obito growled, realizing the catch.
"I want complete protection for my Clan. EVERY member- Branch or Main, is to have the safety in knowing that you won't be able to kill them in their beds. If someone is claimed as a Hyuga, they can't be touched by any of your jutsus, weapons, or lackeys. You can't send someone else to do your job in any way either." He answered back.
Damn you, Hyuga! Damn you, and all your predecessors! I can't kill you off now, no matter if I wanted to!
"I'll agree. Show me how this jutsu is done." He told him with a stone-like voice. The Hyuga nodded and took out two scrolls and a sharp needle from his jacket. They both began to write in their own blood:
Complete protection for anyone under the Hyuga clan name Obito wrote out, while Haiashi had to write more.
I will serve Obito as his adviser, his executioner of traitors and spies, and command my Clan to follow all orders given by him.
Hiashi looked over what he wrote and mentally nodded to himself. This jutsu was VERY strict on what someone wrote so he had to be careful. He consciously wrote out that he would COMMAND his Clan, but carrying out Obito's orders would be THEIR choice. It was a small wedge in the door for any Hyuga to pry open. He prayed Obito didn't see the loop-hole he had made. It was bad enough that he couldn't help out any future traitors, but had to kill them on sight if he found them out. He'd have to hint this all out to the other Clan Heads as well as those allies outside the village when he got the chance. He wasn't going to let the village believe that he was the Head of a Clan of dogs. There was another Clan for that.
"It's good." Obito approved, looking over Hiashi's shoulder.
"Alright, since you're the only one who can do the hand signs, copy mine." Hiashi ordered him, slowly making the hand signs while the Sharingan in the man's eye scanned the signs.
He copied the signs and placed his hand on the ground. Seals shot out from both sides of his hand and encircled the area by a yard while Hiashi placed the scrolls one across the other. The older man stood up as the younger man did and both walked towards each other. They stopped an inch from each other.
"Having second thoughts, Hyuga-san?" Obito asked with a smirk. The older man's cold eyes steeled. "No." He retorted, holding up his palm flat out while Obito did the same. When the palms touched, a searing pain burned both palms but they couldn't pull away until a wisp of smoke came from between their palms.
Obitio took off his right gloved hand while Hiashi looked at his left hand. Both had a burn mark in the middle of their palms. It was the mark of the Bird Cage seal, encircled by a seal, but blackened like charcoal. The perfect color of impending death for anyone foolish enough to break the seal. Hiashi hid his hand back into his white sleeve and did something he had never done willingly before in his life. He bowed to Obito Uchiha.
The man smiled, replacing the black glove again. "It's a deal, Lord Hyuga."
End Prologue! :D I had actually made this two days ago, but I was in a studying phase, which is over now. I passed my CPR class so you MIGHT see some of it used in my stories, lol. Also, I have decided to use the Akatsuki in all their glory after all. I found that the plot wouldn't run smoothly without them- you'll see.