Disclaimer: Naruto progressively gets more badass though the story
They were staring over the village for what seemed like hours, though it had been only minutes. All was quiet, and that's when Naruto saw it. Next to a fountain near the middle of the village. A man with spiky hair and piercing eyes. The man nodded to Naruto and sunk into the water, never leaving a ripple.
Naruto took off towards the fountain. He didn't know who that was, but if he lived here, he probably knew his way around the ruins.
Naruto jumped into the fountain, only to be shocked when he saw a giant bubble holding the water back over a cavern. Inside the bubble was the same man as before, standing just far enough into the cavern to show only his eyes and outline. He stared at Naruto with a tilted head and an appraising eye, seemingly judging the blonde haired boy. After what felt like hours the figure turned and walked down the cavern, the only thing lighting the tunnel was the eerie glow coming from the mystery man's eyes. Naruto followed the man through the tunnel, finding that even when he tried, he couldn't speak. He physically couldn't talk! Not even grunt. Not only that, he couldn't stop moving, his body was on autopilot.
Zabuza was starting to get freaked out, and coming from the man that killed an entire graduating class when he wasn't even enrolled in the academy, that was saying something. The young blonde was just fine until they crossed the threshold of the ruins. Then he completely zoned out, sprinted into the center of the town, dove into a water fountain, swam to the bottom, starred at the bottom for a couple minutes, swam THROUGH the bottom of the fountain basin, and now they were walking through a pitch black tunnel. The only way Zabuza could track Naruto was to use his silent killing and go off of sound.
After about 10 minutes of walking the two Leaf nin came into what looked like an old, strangely lit, tomb. There was no light source and no shadows, everything was bathed in the same amount of light. 4 graves sat in the middle of the room. Each had some sort of plaque-like tombstone. At the foot of every casket was some sort of scroll. On the back wall there was another plaque, though this one looked to be some odd,forgotten language.
Naruto felt drawn to the coffin on the far right. The name on the tombstone? "Arashi Uzumaki, son of the Great One, Father of Asanta, age of death, 107"
Naruto moved to the next tombstone "Asanta Uzumaki, daughter of Arashi, mother of Tumaki Uzumaki, age of death, 92"
The next seemed even more familiar than the last two. "Tumaki Uzumaki, son of Asanta Uzumaki, father of Jin Uzumaki, age of death, 103"
The next one shocked Naruto to his very core. "Jin Uzumaki, son of Tumaki Uzumaki, father of Kushina Uzumaki, age of death, 47"
"K-Kushina? Mom?" asked Naruto out loud. Is this the same Kushina as his mother? Was he related to the Great one? If so, why did his grandpa die so young compared to everyone else? Naruto knew that full blooded Uzumaki's could reach one hundred and still be in fighting shape.
"Look at the dates" Naruto spun around only to see Zabuza standing there with eyes full of questions. "The Year Jin died was the year the village was destroyed."
"That would explain why he died so young, but it's kinda weird that my mom and even myself could have been next in line..." stated Naruto with a visible shiver
"Hey kid, what are these scrolls? I don't feel right touching these, essentially because your most likely the direct descendent of these people." stated Zabuza, pointing at the scroll at the base of Arashi's grave.
Naruto walked over and examined the scroll, it seemed to be either a jutsu or storage scroll. Naruto made a clone and had it pick it up the scroll. Nothing happened... The clone opened the scroll, only to find the same language as on the tablet in the back of the room. Naruto looked over the scroll again and managed a couple of words, "only the eyes can read"
Naruto shrugged and activated his eyes, he found that the scroll became clear and easy to read. "Only the leader of the village can handle this scroll. If there is no leader of the village, only my offspring can handle it. This scroll is to be passed down to the next of Kin. In this scroll is my signature jutsu, the Uzumaki blast shield, a huge amount of chakra forced out of the palm in a single, well timed burst that can deflect almost any attack or be used to throw smaller opponents away."
"You can read that?" asked Zabuza. This was getting too weird to him. He knew the Uzumaki could do some amazing things with seals, but to find out they had there own language?
"Yea, but I can only do it with my doujutsu" stated Naruto as he pocketed the scroll and picked up the next one.
"Only the leader of the village can handle this scroll. If there is no leader of the village, only my offspring can handle it. This scroll is to be passed down to the next of Kin. This jutsu is my prized technique, the Uzumaki elemental dragon, a dragon made out of any element. Much stronger than the normal elemental dragons, uses much more chakra, but much faster and more powerful, uses same principles as a clone technique to give the dragon a simple but effective mind. Hand signs are Cross, Boar, Dog, Dragon and then the elemental handsigns."
The next scroll was along the same lines, though was much more to Naruto's taste "Only the leader of the village can handle this scroll. If there is no leader of the village, only my offspring can handle it. This scroll is to be passed down to the next of Kin. My signature technique the Uzumaki meteor punch, uses normal or lightning chakra to trigger the muscles of the shoulder, upper arm, lower arm and wrist in perfect timing to multiply the power behind any punch. Used in conjunction with coating the fist in earth, wind, fire, lightning or water chakra for colossal damage and to protect the hand from injury. Once proficient enough, the user can blast chakra out of the fist to double or even triple the power behind the punch."
"Wow, right up your alley gaki!" stated Zabuza while looking around, he didn't know why, but there was something familiar about this place, like someone familiar was there with him, or that they were in the presence of a very caring and kind person.
"Only the leader of the village can handle this scroll. If there is no leader of the village, only my offspring can handle it. This scroll is to be passed down to the next of Kin. This is my signature taijutsu move, the Uzumaki style, power bomb. Launches the opponent into the air with a kick or punch to the jaw. While in the air, grab hips of opponent and slam them into the ground on their upper back or head, if strong enough, pick opponent back up and slam repeatedly. Use in conjunction with the muscle enhancements of the Meteor Punch for and instant win" Naruto whistled "Grandpa Jin didn't mess around, I'd love to be able to talk to these people."
"Hey kid, Can you read this one?" asked Zabuza while motioning to the plaque on the back wall. "It's the same gibberish as that scroll"
"Huh, yea I can" stated Naruto with a smile on his face "The Maelstrom eye, Is that what its called? t
That's a badass name!" yelled Naruto in excitement "Each level unlocked is a curse, each level mastered is a blessing. The levels unlocked depend on the need of the wielder. There are 4 main abilities and one that is different for every wielder. The four abilities are Slowed time, increased chakra reserves and control, increased reaction time, and an increase in strength and speed. When unlocked, the ability will drain the wielders chakra regardless of chakra control. To master a level, one must train for one hundred days. Only the chosen of the chosen can unlock the the final level"
"So does any of that make sense to you? Cuz it sure as fuck didn't to me!" yelled Zabuza.
"Yea, it explains my eyes, and all of it made sense. I don't understand, why did he lead us here? How did he know I was looking for this?" Naruto asked
"What are you talking about kid? There isn't anyone here? We've been alone this whole time? What I want to know is how you found this place?" asked Zabuza
"What do you mean? You didn't see that tall guy with spiky hair and the glowing eyes?" asked Naruto
"No, I just followed you? I figured you had researched this or something?" stated a confused Zabuza
"Yea I did research, but I didn't know about this place. I just followed-" Zabuza saw it now. The kid would freeze up and his pupils would dilate, he was being controlled.
Naruto started moving on autopilot again, this time, toward out of the tomb. Naruto had already pocketed all the scrolls and was now at the strange bubble that held the water back from the cavern. Naruto looked at the bubble before nodding and leaving the cavern. Naruto then swam over and then got out of the fountain.
Zabuza was just following the blonde at this point. He had tried multiple times to talk to him, but it was like he was in a trance, completely oblivious to the world around him. Naruto walked to the opposite end of the village from where they entered. There he walked into a large, nearly collapsed building. They walked up to the top floor of the building on surprisingly strong stairs, and into a room that reminded Naruto of the Hokage's office.
"Ok, did you see him that time? Because he looked... Right at..." Naruto was looking at Zabuza until something behind the swordsman caught his attention.
Behind Zabuza, there were 4 picture frames, each had a different spiky haired man with eyes that seemed to glow. The names under the pictures also shocked him. "Arashi Uzumaki, Asanta Uzumaki, Tumaki Uzumaki, Jin Uzumaki"
"That's him!" yelled Naruto as he pointed at the picture of Jin. "That's the guy I saw! It was... My grandpa... This is so weird!"
"You're telling me? I never saw anyone but you. The only thing I can think of is that he was somehow controlling you to lead you here and to the tomb." stated Zabuza rubbing his chin.
Naruto walked over to the pictures to get a closer look, but when he got there he realized something. They were all looking in the same direction, at the corner of the room, where a large scroll laid in a broken glass case. Naruto walked over and picked up the large scroll, brought it over to the desk and opened it.
The scroll had several seals in it along with a description of what each one did. There was a resistance seal, used for physical training. A counter seal, used to undo any and all seals. A "Bodily containment" seal, which somehow allowed someone to use their own skin, basically as a storage scroll. A "Chakra storage" seal, basically the same as a containment seal, only it would store any extra chakra produced by the body and was able to re release it into the body if one's chakra level dipped below a certain point. There were several other seals on the large scroll, but Naruto decided to at least wait until he was back in Konoha to look at anymore. He wanted to use some of these seals, but knew how bad he sucked at fuuinjutsu and didn't want to risk anything without Kakashi, Sarutobi or Jiraiya with him.
"Zabuza, I think it's time we leave. I got what I came for and I even got to meet my grandpa...kind of... I want to use the next 3 weeks to prepare for the chunin exams. Maybe if I do good enough I can get promoted to jonin!" stated a happy Naruto.
"Not going to argue with you there kid. This place gives me the creeps. Let's get the fuck out of here and get back to your training. You may be able to beat my clone in a sword fight, but they are at max, a tenth of my total strength. We need to get you a lot better. Plus you still need to learn the three water jutsu I want to teach you"
-One week later-
The two had made it back 3 days ago and after meeting with the Hokage, it was nonstop training, to the point that even Naruto was running low on energy.
"Nice work today Gaki! You learned the water encasement wall and you're getting better with your swords. Get some rest. Because tomorrow I want to see if my water dragon bullet can stand up to that Dragon technique that you got from your ancestors" stated Zabuza with a yawn
"I think I'm going to go talk with my team, even though we don't like each other, it would help to learn what they learned so far." stated Naruto as both ninja went their own way.
-Dango stand-
Naruto had found Sakura at one of her favorite spots, the dango stand. Or as everyone he knew called it, the gossip stand. Sitting in the back of the stand was none other than Sakura and Ino. Even though they had a rivalry for Sasuke, they really were still friends.
"So how's Sasuke doing? I heard around town that he's the strongest genin in the village?" asked Ino after taking a small sip of tea.
"He's getting real strong! But he's not the strongest genin in the village." stated Sakura
"Hey Sakura, I see you're busy, so I'll talk to you another time, do you know where Sasuke is? I need to ask him a couple of questions." stated Naruto as he walked over to the girls table.
"Oh hey you're back! Umm, if I had to say... He's probably at the training grounds with Kakashi sensei, they've been training almost non stop since you left" stated Sakura with a thoughtful look on her face.
Meanwhile, Ino was wondering who this super hunk was and how Sakura knew him. He was incredibly handsome, his blonde shoulder length hair was to die for, he was carrying two very heavy looking swords, he had the tattoo that her father had told her only ANBU captains have and his god-like body was almost ripping itself out of the muscle shirt he was wearing.
"Hey, can I get 2 large orders of dango over here please?" called Naruto over to the cook, who gave him a thumbs up. Naruto dropped the money on the table and turned to leave. "Thanks Sakura. And eat up you two, you're both skin and bones. Not that you care, but I like Women with a little muscle on em" then he winked at Ino and left in a swirl of wind.
"Ok spill it Forehead, how do you know that hot ass ANBU captain!" demanded Ino, the blush on her face still there from the little flirt from the hot stranger.
"How did you know he was in ANBU! And did you really not recognize him?" asked Sakura
"My dad told me that there are 3 tattoos in ANBU, the one everyone gets, the one that Captains get, which he had! And the one commanders get. And no, I didn't recognize him, should I have? Is he a Yamanaka?" asked Ino, still blushing that there could possibly be someone that hot in her clan.
"Oh this is priceless! You have a thing for Naruto! Oh wait till I tell Sasuke about this!" laughed Sakura
"What are you talking about? I don't like Naruto! I asked who that guy was!" demanded Ino
"That was Naruto"
-Three weeks later, one day to Chunin exams-
Naruto was finally having a day of rest. He had been working nonstop for the last 3 weeks, learning from the four scrolls left from his ancestors, which thanks to shadow clones, he had a working knowledge of all four. He and been working on his water and lightning affinities with Zabuza and Kakashi, Working on his sword style, and building up his strength and speed. He had decided that he wasn't going to worry about his doujutsu for now, seeing as he was basically a jonin in everything but rank and the strongest opponent he would face would most likely be mid chunin.
Right now he was walking to his favorite ramen stand, but something was wrong, he was being followed. "Konohamaru! Rocks aren't rectangles!"
All of the sudden, there was a rather large explosion and a plume of smoke. "So, you saw through my disguise huh, nothing I didn't expect from my rival!" yelled Konohamaru
"Hey Naruto! Did you see what that explosion was? I saw it from 2 blocks away!" yelled Sakura as she walked up to the blonde.
"Yea, it was Konohamaru and his friends" said Naruto as he pointed at the children.
"Hey boss! Is she your girlfriend?" asked Konohamaru while holding up his pinky finger
"Hell no! She's just my teammate" stated Naruto
"That's good, she's ugly and flat chested!" yelled the young Sarutobi
"Run"
"Huh?" asked Konohamaru
"Run!" yelled Naruto while pointing at his raging teammate.
The two groups took off running, Sakura to pound the kid into the dirt, the kid to save his life.
Naruto just followed at a leisurely pace, which to him was keeping up with the group. He was just about to catch up when Konohamaru rounded a corner and a loud 'THUD' was heard.
"You little brat! That hurt! I'm going to beat the shit out of you for that!" yelled a make up wearing kid with his version of the catwoman suit.
"Kankuro! Put the kid down! We don't have time for this!" yelled an attractive blonde with the same village symbol as the cat man.
"Shut up Temari! This kid insulted me and I won't lose my reputation and just let him walk away!" yelled back the cat man, then his eyes widened, at his throat, we're two very large and sharp looking swords.
"You'll lose your head before you can even think of harming him. Now put the boy down softly, or I'll kill you where you stand" said the unimaginably cold voice holding the swords. Kankuro did the smart thing and let the boy down. "Good, now while you're at it..."
'Hey kid! There's a Jinchuuriki behind you! I can smell him, I think it's that idiotic one tail.' stated Kyuubi.
"...Get your teammate over here" stated Naruto with authority.
"Umm, Temari?" asked Kankuro, using every ounce of willpower he had not to piss himself.
"No, not the smoking hot girl, the demon container behind me, the short one in the tree" stated Naruto with his blades still at the boy's throat. Both of the sand ninja were sweating, only the strongest ninja could sense Gaara, and how did the kid know he was a jinchuuriki?
There was a swirl of sand in front of Naruto, revealing a short redhead with bags under his eyes. Naruto let go of his captive and stared into his fellow Jinchuuriki eyes.
"I hold 9, what about you?" asked Naruto with a very inviting smile.
"Mother says she is one" stated the redhead after a short pause.
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours?" asked Naruto as he reached for his waistband. Gaara nodded and reached for his own waistband.
Everyone else had the same thought going through their head 'Are they going to whip it out in the middle of the street?'. Both Sakura and Temari had a deep blush thinking about the blondes "Package". Temari was still blushing from the 'smoking hot' comment.
Both demon containers lifted their shirts and showed their seals. Both were shocked at each others seal, Naruto because of the obvious infectivity of Gaara's, Gaara at the complexity of Naruto's.
"You will prove my existence" stated Gaara in a monotone voice while he had a manic smile on his face. Before anyone could even understand what was happening, Naruto appeared in front of Gaara and wrapped him up in a hug. "What are you doing! Put me down!"
"I just proved your existence. If you didn't exist, I couldn't hug you! Plus us containers have to stick together, we both know what it's like to be alone, and I know that I could always use another friend" stated Naruto in a happy, warm and caring voice.
Gaara was confused, his existence was just proven without him killing anyone and there was someone out there that wanted to be his friend? Could he even have a friend? "Y-You want to be my friend? You're not afraid of me? You don't fear me?"
"No, you're the same as me, why would I fear you? It's not your fault you're like this, you didn't choose to have it sealed in you" stated Naruto with a smile
Gaara looked at the mysterious blond like he had just grown another head. Then he looked at his sister and brother, both we're looking at him with kind eyes "Would you two be my friends too?"
"Of course we would, we're family Gaara. We have always been here for you." stated Temari, Kankuro just nodded and smiled warmly.
"Let's get going, we need to see Baki. Until next time... Friend" and with that, both Gaara and Kankuro left, leaving only Temari.
Temari ran over to the blonde and kiss him on the cheek. Naruto wasn't ready for the kiss and just sat there dumbly. "Thank you for giving me my little brother back! Thank you for helping Gaara!" she yelled as she hugged him and continued to thank him.
It took a minute, but Naruto finally recovered. "It's the least I could do, he's just like me, I couldn't let him live his life in the dark"
"You're a good man... Do you have a girlfriend?" asked the Female blonde wind user
"Temari! If you're done with your boyfriend, we need to go find Baki sensei now!" yelled Kankuro from the end of the street.
Temari and Naruto both blushed. "I guess this will have to wait, until next time." she left to follow her brothers.
'What do you think Kyuubi? Did I do good or what?' thought the Blonde happily.
'Yes you did kid, she would make a fine mate, she had nice wide birthing hips and a rather impressive ass' stated the perverted fox.
Naruto just sputtered out a 'That's not what I meant Ero-Kitsune!'
"What was that all about Dobe? How did you get a hot chick like that?" asked Sasuke as he jumped down from a tree.
"What? Haku not enough for you?" asked the blonde, getting a blush from his raven haired teammate.
"Naruto, what was that thing on both of you stomachs? And what did you mean by demon container?" asked Sakura
-end of chapter-
(Just clearing some things up that didn't make it into the chapter, Zabuza is the Team 7 assistant Sensei, meaning that he can (and will) be around them in the chunin exams.
(Naruto is technically royalty in konoha from his mothers side alone, and his father and Naruto is basically a prince.)
(Naruto is not uber stronger than Gai, Kakashi, or Zabuza! He beat Kakashi in a Taijutsu match, Kakashi is a Ninjutsu user. he lost to Gai when Gai DIDNT have the gates open. he can beat Zabuzas clones! something Sasuke did in the Canon Wave arc. Naruto is GOOD at almost everything, making him level out at around mid jonin, but if he were to fight any REAL jonin right now he probably would not win, as you will all see when he fights Orochimaru in the forest of death)
(The pairing has Not been finalized for Naruto, so keep voting! The pairing will most likely be announced after the prelims.)
(Naruto is going to still be a short to mid range fighter in this story, but with some twists)
(Ino knows about the ANBU tattoos because Inoichi is part of ANBU)
(Jin Uzumaki will make another appearance in the story, but where and why? you will have to find out when we get there)
(As always, review! its basically the only reason i write at the pace i do)