Naruto: Overlord of The Ashes
Disclaimer: This will be a Naruto fanfiction with elements borrowed from Overlord, Diablo, Warhammer and maybe Dragon Age and Dragon Quest. This fanfiction is the idea and creation of Raja-Ulat and for all the people who were waiting for this, I'm so sorry for the long wait, this one kept rewriting for so long because I kept getting off topic and would have to restart. Anyways, I will try to follow cannon and the author's wishes to the best of my writing capabilities. Word to the wise, Naruto will be darker than normal and he will be Konoha's antagonist, so don't nag me, because I won't stand for it. Repeat, this Naruto will be DARKER so don't bitch at me, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
One week after the biased banishment of Naruto, Tsunade Senju, the fifth Hokage of Konoha and one of the few people that cared for the boy who almost went on a mad rampage through the village when she realized that the council had gone behind her back and banished Naruto against her wished or that of the ninja clans. Quickly she sent out all the ninjas she could afford to dispatch to find Naruto, but her hopes were dashed when she realized that Naruto couldn't be found no matter where they searched within the Land of Fire, not even with the help of the endangered Bokouchuu, a type of beetle which remembers the first scent it smells and would be instinctively drawn to it no matter how faint it is. Along with the fact she cannot undo the banishment order due to the council's political manipulation only made her hatred for them burn brighter. The boy she considered a little brother ever since the Third Ninja World War was no longer in her grasp, with that wide, infectious grin of his, never to be seen again, would bring Tsunade into tears.
Her resentment was so strong was that she staunchly refused to treat their 'precious' Uchiha's admittedly horrific injury, which so rightly deserved, unless they undo Naruto's banishment, thus forcing the council to rely on less skillful doctors to treat his mutilated right leg. They did try to threaten her into fixing Sasuke's leg by having the recently exiled Naruto be labelled a missing-nin or a rogue ninja, but Tsunade countered that with labeling Sasuke a traitor that indirectly almost caused the deaths of heirs of at least two major ninja clans and demand his immediate execution regardless of how the cursed seal he received from Orochimaru may have affected his thinking. Combined with Kakashi's testimony that Sasuke cared for nothing else other than power and his revenge against his brother. The council couldn't stop Tsunade from having a seal placed on Sasuke to ensure that leaving the village or using the cursed seal will hurt him terribly before finally killing him. Ever since that incident, the council realized that Tsunade is far more willing to be 'tyrannically oppressive' in defending Naruto than Hiruzen was and that the only reason why they even succeeded in banishing Naruto in the first place was because she had to save Chouji and Neji from dying.
For the remaining members of Team 7, Sakura continued to hate Naruto for what he did to Sasuke and was glad he was gone. She soon found out that her negative opinion of Naruto was not shared by everyone the hard way when Tsunade almost strangled her to death with one hand and called her a traitor-loving scum sucker. Her former sensei, Kakashi disbanded Team Seven after making it clear that Naruto was the glue that held the team together in the first place. Speaking of the silver-haired man with a slanted forehead protector was among the first to desperately search for Naruto, but failed to find him despite using all the ninja-dogs he was able to to find him. Ashamed of his own mistakes, the man quit being a jounin instructor and he could no longer bring himself to look at the memorial stone which bore the names of his lost loved ones as he was sure they were just as ashamed of him if not more so, as already so many of his colleagues are disappointed or ashamed of him.
Shikamaru, one of Naruto's former classmates and chunin leader of the team that retrieved Sasuke and was ashamed he almost got three of his teammates killed and caused Naruto's banishment. Had it not been for his father's wisdom, his mother's almost-uncharacteristic show of motherly kindness, his best friend's encouragement and the moral support of a certain blonde Suna-nin, the lazy-looking boy would have resigned from his position as chunin. Moving forward, towards Chouji, a husky boy with brown hair with swirls on his cheeks felt bad about Naruto's banishment and vowed to become stronger so he and Shikamaru can find Naruto someday and apologize for not being strong or smart enough to prevent his unfair banishment. Unfortunately for their team, they had Ino, a pale blonde with blue eyes who was resentful towards Naruto for crippling Sasuke and her friendship with the two other boys withered as a result. Asuma, who knew a bit about the boy from his father, Sarutobi Hiruzen was deeply ashamed with his own village, the same village he died protecting for banishing the boy.
Kiba, who realized what had happened to Naruto was sorely tempted to charge into the council room and call out the stupid retards who banished his friend and rival who had done nothing wrong and Sasuke was the real traitor to both the village and Team Seven, not Naruto. But, the only reason he hadn't was because of his mother, Tsume Inuzuka had already made the same statement. Shino who was unavailable for the mission at the time agreed with Kiba and regretted that he was unable to help with the mission. They both then swore to become stronger, like Shikamaru and Chouji, but their third teammate Hinata was heartbroken and would have fallen to suicide if not for her teammates, jounin instructor and her elder cousin who encouraged her to become strong so she could tell the boy she admired her feelings. Determined to find Naruto she dedicated herself to training, in ways that Rock Lee and Mighty Guy found impressive, Kurenai who knew about Hinata's crush on the sunshine blonde and not that one with a working pair of eyes other than Naruto didn't know, was willing to help her become stronger and better as trackers to they find Naruto, wherever he may be.
Speaking of Team Guy, Neji was also determined to find Naruto and thank him for changing his views on fate and Lee who's ninja career had been saved thanks to Naruto who brought back Tsunade, the legendary medic was equally determined to find Naruto and thank him for restoring his flames of youth. Tenten, while not directly involved with Naruto liked the others, was still willing to help them, even if Neji didn't want it at the time. Guy who was grateful to Naruto for helping Neji let go of his obsession with fate and Lee recover from a ninja-ending crippling injury was all too happy to train anyone who wanted to help Naruto in any way they can despite the situation.
As for Jiraiya, the white-haired toad sage of Konoha, he quickly tried to locate Naruto using the Toad Summoning contract he shared with him, but horrifically realized that the boy, while alive somehow broke his contract with the toads, making him unable to find out or why the boy did so, Jiraiya knew that he failed his disciple but was hellbent on finding him.
It was also during that period was when the people that Naruto had helped over his sadly short career as a genin of Konoha came to know about the banishment and many were displeased about it, to say the least. The Land of Waves, a land which was under the thumb of the tyrannical Gato Cooperation until Team Seven helped Tazuna created the great Naruto Bridge, wanted to cut ties with Konoha for banishing their hero and had it not been for Tazuna lying about the ranking of the mission as well as the need for trade to pay off the resulting debt and recover their economy, they would axed it to pieces. Takigakure another village that Team Seven helped, was shocked that they banished a loyal ninja just because he crippled a traitor. Shibuki, the current leader of the village quickly tried to find out why someone as brave as Naruto as unfairly punished. The Land of Tea and the Wasabi family and their champion runner, Morino Idate, were also shocked that Naruto was banished. Angered by the banishment, Idate would have hated ninjas like the time before he met Team Seven had it not been for his friend Naruto, a rather unorthodox one to say the least. The Land of Spring, which was once known as the Land of Snow would have cut ties with Konoha, but Kazahana Koyuki, the land's daimyo would not cut ties with them without sufficient proof that her people were well off without the village as their ally. The village of the Hidden Sands, could not cut ties with Konoha as they needed the alliance due to their currently weakened state and the fact that Suna was guilty of betraying them during the chunin exams which aided in the death of the Third Hokage did not give them any moral high ground.
A month had passed since Naruto's banishment when a book was published, starting from the Lands of Wave, Spring, Tea and Wind, the book was titled the Unmasking of Konohagakure, written by the Broken Ashes.
To describe the novel short, it was a story of Naruto's difficult childhood followed by his time in the academy, his short career as a genin to his unfair banishment. Although the book did not state what happened to Naruto after his banishment, it did clearly imply that the boy's life story did not end there and he was able to move on with his life finding new purpose which would be revealed in its 'sequel'. While those that cared for Naruto were glad he is likely to be alive, many were hurt, horrified, angered and disgusted by what he had to go through because of his status as the container for the Nine-tails, along with his less than stellar relationship he had with his teammates and teachers, including Kakashi and Jiraiya.
Despised by almost all of the adults in Konoha, the book was banned from the village thus denying anyone from reading it within the week of its discovery. Of course, Tsunade refused their demands of punishing anyone found reading the book and only 'confiscated' their books at the worst. For reasons and methods unknown to the current Hokage, the books were somehow smuggled into every home in the village, despite the ban in place. Those that hated Naruto immediately destroyed them, but those who cared or at least respected and sympathized with his tragedy treasured the books and it was not surprising that those that cared or sympathized with Naruto treasured them, including Kakashi who actually favored his copy over his beloved Icha Icha books, not that anyone knew until weeks later that he disguised it as an Icha Icha book, the book had more fans in the village than expected, especially among the younger population.
One of the fans was Kurama Yakumo, a girl with brown eyes and hair who found a smuggled copy in her room one day and as a member of the Kurama clan, a clan known for their ability to create genjutsu so powerful it can actually harm their victims, however, Yakumo was born with a weak body and unable to become a ninja. Although she was tutored by Kurenai, Konoha's foremost expert on genjutsu she still could not become a ninja as Kurenai felt that she was unfit and was forced to seal her powers away by the order of the third Hokage. Due the misunderstanding which involved the deaths of her parents after sealing her powers, the third decided she should be executed should her powers be uncontrollable and made her grow a deep resentment towards the village. Reading the book only made her resentment grow, but made her realize that becoming obsessed with revenge like the Uchiha would make her no better than the very people she grew to hate. So, instead of attacking Konoha as she intended, she decided to leave the village and find her place elsewhere, however her change of heart provoked her Ido, a dark entity created from her Id, attempted to take over her body so she can carry out her original plan, but she succeeded in overcoming it with the help of Kurenai and her genin team, who admitted she did care for her. But, despite these events she still wanted to find her destiny elsewhere and left the village thanks to her advanced genjutsu skills, as she was never a ninja in the first place she was not labeled a missing nin, but that still did not stop Konoha, her clansmen from trying to find her.
Like everyone else, Sakura and Ino received their copies of the book, but instead of destroying them like some expected they read the books first. Ino, after reading the book and receiving confirmation from her father, she became deeply remorseful and had to work hard to regain the trust of those who cared for Naruto and took her resentment towards him unfavorably. Sakura, on the other hand, believed that Naruto was lying and destroyed it soon after reading it. While some believed she did it out of continued spite and angst against Naruto, Ino felt that Sakura was doing it out of a desperate desire to deny her guilt, which would have led to extreme self-loathing had she allowed to consume her. Regardless, Sakura was despised by everyone that cared for Naruto with the exception of Ino.
Ever since the publishing of the book, alliances between Konoha and several villages bearing the names of Waves, Spring, and Tea were strained more than before, most to mock 'scum worse than trash,' which they openly promoted the books despite most of Konoha citizen protesting them, However, with the support of the people that cared for Naruto including Tsunade and Jiraiya, they were able to promote the books and made it a new bestseller on the level of Jiraiya's Icha Icha book series and in their chief rivals, Kumo, and Iwa, were the biggest buyers of the book. To them, the comical pranks that Naruto played against the likes the Hyuuga clan, the Konoha's ABNU and the Third Hokage was a gut-busting comedy. The book was famous in Kiri as the book featured the final moments of Momochi Zabuza, one of the seven swordsmen of the Mist who became a missing-nin for starting a coup against the ruling Mizukage at the time, Yagura.
After finding out about Naruto's difficult life from the book, the people of Suna made it clear to Konoha that they were no better them and actually they were worse, because even though most of the people Konoha had hated Naruto, a boy didn't even tap into his demonic powers until his third failure of the genin exam unlike Gaara, who was the holder of the One Tail Raccoon Dog, who used his powers to hurt and kill people before he even started the academy. The second part was that the people of Konoha had, like the previous Kazekage betrayed Konoha and Gaara, his own son, betrayed a loyal ninja who played a clear role in stopping Shukaku's rampage during the invasion as well as preventing Sasuke from defecting to Orochimaru, the one responsible for killing the Kazekage and the Third, not even counting that they ignored the dying wishes of the Fourth, a man that was hero worshiped by the entire village.
Unknown to Team 7, during their mission to Taki, the hidden village also had a jinchuuriki of the Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle, the Biju's container name was Fuu, who was mistreated to the point that she lived outside the village in semi-exile and after the people realizing their error in treating Fuu the way they did, the more sympathetic villagers, including Shibuki wanted to make amends, but by the time they decided to act on it, Fuu had already left as she was somehow able to read the book and decided that she would be better off proving her worth to people that actually cared for her, even if it wasn't Taki. Shibuki unable to brand her a missing nin, due to finding out that Naruto was hunted like one not long after his unjust banishment, he placed her as a wandering ninja, much like Tsunade.
Konoha is still able to get by even though they drawn the ire of the Fire Daimyo, the following months of Naruto's banishment and those who cared for Naruto became popular selections for clients outside of the Land of Fire, an example being Princess Haruna from the Land of Vegetables. She was once cold-hearted young lady, but after reading the book made her realize that there are other who had suffered much worse than her and after realizing how much Naruto has to suffer because of his unfair banishment, she did not want to become anything like the council of Konoha or Sasuke Uchiha, by being cruel and uncaring like them. Hinata, Chouji, and Shikamaru cemented her change into becoming a fine, but firm daimyo of the Land of Vegetables.
Haruna was not the only daimyo influenced by the books as Toki, a woman who was once obsessed with vengeance over the deaths of her father and brother, but gave up after realizing it could cost her, her very heart and soul. She still wanted justice and obtained it with the help of Team Guy and later became the daimyo of the Land of Birds. Her rise of becoming Daimyo was before Haruna's.
Along the Lands of Vegetables and Birds, the few ninjas that cared for Naruto also gained employment from other including the Land of Sea and Hoshirgakure.
Unknown to the ninjas of Konoha, in the Land of Sea, another person had suffered under unfair persecution just like Naruto had and her name was Isaribi. An unfortunate victim of a cruel experiment to create the ultimate underwater assassin. She was mutated to become a fish-like humanoid which the locals would dub as the Kaima. She was able to change form, but she still had scales so she had to wear bandages to hide them. She was somehow able to get access to the book and she became convinced that she would never be accepted by the local people even if Amachi, the man who made her into the Kaima in the first place, somehow cured her and decided to abandon him for a place that will accept her regardless of her physical appearance and her misguided misdeed in her desperate hope for a cure which he falsely offered. Without a test subject to create the ultimate aquatic assassin, Amachi was forced to kidnap more people which drew the attention of Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Anko, and Kurenai. Working together, they were able to put an end to Amachi's sickening experiments. As for the people who mistreated Isaribi, it is a tragic fact that many of them never thought about their own actions against her despite being fans of the book.
As for Hoshirgakure, Team Guy was able to stop Akahoshi from gaining control of the village and corrupting the people with the powers of a chakra-enhanced star. Despite losing their star which made their very village unique, the people of the village were determined to become a strong ninja village even without it, taking an example of Naruto when he was determined to become the Kage of his village even with the odds stacked against him. When asked why the people of Hoshigakure found inspiration when it was clear that Naruto failed in his dream, unless the council ends the banishment which would unfortunately never happen, Team Guy received was, "True, but the fact that he could still keep going despite it all he went through is nothing short of inspiring." Guy and Lee in reply of that wept with joy at the village's youthfulness.
The Ramen people, Ayame, and Teuchi decided to leave the village altogether after the second month of Naruto's banishment and settle down in the Land of Waves, the first place where Naruto was finally accepted as the hero he truly was. Unable to deny them, considering that their business had taken a major blow ever since they lost their best customer, Tsunade allowed them to leave. After settling down, the humble ramen stand became quickly renowned, that even the new Mizukage, Mei Terumi, drops in for a bowl of ramen, especially for their unique 'diet ramen'. However, despite being renowned, Teuchi and Ayame never forgot about Naruto and kept a humble outdoor stand which a seat was specially booked for their beloved blond customer.
A year has passed since Naruto's banishment when the ninjas of the elemental nations realized that something strange was going on. Granted, that they were already aware of the Akatsuki, a group consisting of only S-ranked ninjas and Orochimaru being the leader of Otogakure, but many of the strange incidents had nothing to do with them or are actually done against them.
One example of an incident was when the first few months of the 'Unmasking of Konohagakure' was published, is the disappearance of the Fuma clan from the Land of Rice Fields and it later discovered that the clan was controlled by Orochimaru until someone actually freed them. As to what happened to them after their freedom, not even Jiraiya's spy network can work out.
Another one is the troubling disappearance of a chamber known as the Chamber of Sealing, a chamber which contained the Stone of Gelel. A powerful substance, the blue-colored stone could be used to power an entire army capable of destroying an entire continent. Needless to say, that the people who sought the stone for its power were very unhappy to realize the chamber's disappearance which looked as though a small army had dug around and somehow ran off with it.
The third incident would be the disappearance of the sealed body of a certain demon known as the Mouryou. A powerful demon believed to be a rival or ally to the Juubi and its' body was separated from its spirit which is sealed in the Land of Demons. Without its body, the demon's spirit cannot revive itself and not even its devout followers could find it. This lead to a massive panic for the Yomi clan as they desperately sought for the missing body, but to no avail either. It would be found out later when a certain priestess named Shion realized who took it and why.
As stated previously, some of the incidents that occurred were done against Orochimaru and Akatsuki which included attacks on Orochimaru's many hidden lairs and attack on the Rain Village's ninja who were affiliated with the Akatsuki. What was troubling was the stories of the few survivors spoke of as they told of dragon-like beasts which have scales hard enough to repel not only normal ninja weapons but even low-tier ninjutsu attacks. There were incidents involving both Mount Koryuu, a mountain which the mysterious effect of negating a ninja's chakra abilities, and the Land of Sky, a land which possesses the means of being travel through flight, though theses are not discovered until much later.
No one knows who caused theses incidents or why they happened, but it is generally agreed that whoever did it must have an ulterior motive, not unlike that of Orochimaru and Akatsuki. As time passed, the attacked against those two only grew and many were convinced that they were better off letting the mysterious antagonist deal with the two known threats, not that they didn't bother at least trying to find out who was responsible for them...
Two years have passed since Naruto's banishment.
Suna has somehow become more prosperous than expected in Konoha's rise of infamy, considering that their failed attempt to betray and destroy Konoha. As for Wave, they managed to pay off their debt to Konoha and quickly made work to make trade agreements with other nations that were on Naruto's side to lessen trading ties with Konoha. After making trade agreements with the Lands of Wind, Tea, Vegetables, Birds, and Spring, the Land of Waves was no longer dependent on Konoha. The increased trade with the Land of Wave and its allies was what allowed Suna to prosper more and despite the loss of trade and its infamy, they still managed to recover somewhat from Orochimaru's failed invasion during the chunin exams. Having Suna supply the necessary trade as an apology or being involved with the invasion certainly helped the village to recover.
Sasuke who had his leg healed by the second year of Naruto's banishment, courtesy of Sakura who trained day and night as a medic-nin to help heal him despite being hated by Tsunade, the Uchiha did nothing to thank her and instead brushed her aside as nothing more than a necessary annoyance to achieve his ambition. Cold irony aside, Sakura finally snapped at Sasuke's cold dismissal of her and punched him for the first time in her life, with a chakra-enhanced fist that she had been meaning to use on Naruto whom she was sure was lying about his tragedy and is the reason behind her two years of suffering. Finally waking up from her delusional daydreams of a lovable Sasuke, who had been nothing but ignore or mistreat her after spending two years by his side to heal his leg, a fact that is impressive enough considering that Tsunade refused to train her, she was forced to swallow the giant, foul-tasted pill named Reality. Sakura was forced to realize that the only person who actually gave her any sincere encouragement, other than Ino, who she'd broken a close relationship with was Naruto.
She was once again forced to face that practically wasted her life and broken lasting friendships with almost everyone worth befriending over the 'ungrateful Uchiha bastard' was very unpleasant and finally getting over her infatuation with him, her situation only got worse considering that she was rejected not only by the people who supported Sasuke and took her assault on him unkindly, including her own parents but, the people who supported Naruto and couldn't forgive her for hurting Naruto, especially her former classmates and Tsunade. Had it not been for Ino's support, along with Kakashi's which was surprise, but once he was convinced that she truly got over her deluded infatuation with Sasuke, Sakura would have taken her own life, a suicidal desire that only grew stronger as her conscience finally accepted the truth that Naruto suffered horribly and she had done nothing, but add on to that pain.
As for the Uchiha, being bedridden for two years only made his hatred for Naruto grow to the point where he hated him just as much as Itachi. While given the copy of the 'Unmasking of Konohagakure' like everyone else, Sasuke felt nothing but indifference toward's Naruto's suffering as he was convinced that the blonde boy would never understand his pain or his 'need' for vengeance. After recovering from the injury Sakura gave him, he immediately started training again despite knowing that the new seals on his body will forbid from either leaving the village or using the curse seal. Not surprisingly, those that supported him or desired his power immediately gave him their services, not that he cared for any of them other than the fact that they would help him achieve his goals.
And so let's move on to the next chapter of this adventure, shall we?
Ending it! Finally! Sorry for the long wait, I finally got around to this, I may just merge this one with the first chapter, but I'll think about it. Anyways, just like the previous author states in his, this Naruto will be an antagonist to Konoha and details are for later. Plus, he will have a harem, depending what the author states when I contact him again. Also, I want this to be said, No Sakura pairings! I hate that bitch! Anyways, moving on to the next chapter, you will find...well, wait and see. Laters.
~Kourtney Uzu Yato.