Konoha - Hokage tower
Minato Namikaze has done a lot of things in his life, he, like all other shinobis had killed. He made all of his dreams into reality. But there are also, the things that he regrets more than anything. For example, there is his firstborn son, Naruto.
He has no doubts that his son must hate him, he remembers clearly his treatment toward him. At the time he wasn't paying attention but he was losing himself in his job, he was more aggressive, something that he wasn't by nature. He was a pacifist, a kind man. But even he has his limit. At the time it wasn't long the third shinobi war ended and took the position of the Sandaime as the Yondaime Hokage, because of that he had a lot of work to do, all five Hidden villages had suffered from the war, a lot of innocents and shinobis had lost their life, Konoha was weak, so he worked until falling unconscious.
He also remembers that he started drinking a lot more after Naruto was born. Maybe it was for the stress. It doesn't matter anyway, the point is the same. Naruto left Konoha and will not come back on its own. He failed has a father, he had also failed as a husband.
When Naruto ran away, his wife who found the latter that he left in his room, was devastated. She had fallen into depression for a couple of months, if it wasn't for her friends Mikoto Uchiha and Tsume Inuzuka, it would have taken more time for her to overcome it.
For a time Kushina didn't talk to him, she even started to resent him a little bit. But luck was on his side. Because thanks to the help of Tsunade and Jiraiya, she forgave him. The moment he found out his son left Konoha he sent every team of Anbu that was available at the time. But they never found his location.
That was 6 years ago. Now he and Kushina have one son and daughter. He was sure that kushina was happy to have their son and daughter because it makes her forget even if it was for a moment, that her older son wasn't coming back.
His son Menma was the oldest of them. He has red spike short hair, blue eyes like him, and three marks on each cheek, giving him a fox-looking look, and has slightly tanned skin. He was a go-lucky-kid, he wasn't the smart one but he made it up for his abilities and stubbornness. He was always able to see the best side of everything and everyone, and he's also energetic.
His daughter Natsuki was a carbon copy of him but different gender. She has long blonde hair that she has tied in a ponytail, and like her mother, she also possesses pale skin color. She on the contrary to her brother Menma was smart and very astute. She was just like her brother but the difference was that she was a little much more realistic than her brother, and she doesn't spend most of her time running around and being scandalous.
But there is more. 6 years ago, when Kushina has just finished giving birth to their son and daughter, a masked man appeared from nowhere and was able to pull him apart from his wife by throwing his infant son Menma in the air while throwing kunai at him. After leaving Menma and Natsuki to a safe house outside of Konoha with his Hiraishin. He went back to Konoha and was surprised to see the Kyuubi no Yoko attacking it, fear gripped his heart in thinking about what might have happened to his wife.
But after a brief fight with the masked man who had appeared in thin air, he was able to defeat him, not before the man called himself Madara Uchiha. After a short but hard fight, he was able to defeat him, but the man was able to escape before he could finish him. After reassuming his course, he found kushina who was weak from the extraction of the tailed beast from her and for the birth of their son and daughter. Having no other option, with the help of his Boss summon Gamabunta, he was able to guide the Kyuubi outside of the walls of Konoha and in the forest where he was able to seal the yin and yang chakra inside of Menma and Natsuki, with a Fuinjustu of the Uzumaki clan.
After that tragic night in which a lot of civilians and ninjas have died, he decided to make Menma and Natsuki being Jinchurikis an S-rank secret.
He was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of his office door opening and closing. Looking up he gives a small smile to his wife, the years had been kind to her, she hasn't changed or aged one-bit thanks to her genes of Uzumaki.
" What are you doing here, I thought you were going to stay at home with the kids?" Asked Minato to Kushina who answers "I brought you some food, it's lunchtime Minato." said Kushina with a kind and angelical voice.
But he knew better, even if she says that she forgives him, he knew that she still resents him and herself. Ignoring the sad and depressing thoughts, he answers back by saying " Oh, I didn't know..there is just too much paperwork that I don't even sense the time." said Minato after opening the small box that Kushina brought him, seeing that she made some ramen and sushi he decide to eat some, asking if she wants some, kushina replied by "No thanks Minato, but I already eat at home with the kids. I have already talked with Tsume if she can watch them this Friday, while I'm busy with the mission from Sunagakure ".
One of the things that happened in these six years is that kushina decide to return to active duty again and start taking missions, every time that she leaves, she always makes sure that Menma and Natsuki are with some of her friends taking care of them. Because of his job as the Hokage, he can't be 18 hours at the house watching the kids.
"I see... Kushi-chan, you know that-" " Yes I know Minato..but I won't stop to look for him, not now and never will I stop looking for my son." Interrupted kushina to her husband. Another reason why she once again started taking missions outside of the village was to look for their son Naruto...looking at her eyes, Minato knew that there's isn't much he can do so he decided to change the topic. " Alright, so are you ready for the mission-" or that was until someone has decided it was the right time to walk in.
Or better-saying jump through the window and landing inside the office. Yes, ladies and gentlemen. It was Jiraiya, the Toad Sannin who had just jumped in through the window behind Minato, with a big pervert grin, He shouted." Hello brat, kushina-chan, did ya miss me ?" Asked Jiraya moving his hands up in the air.
" Did you say something Ero-Sennin?" Ask kushina with an innocent face and smile. While Jiraiya fell face-first on the floor. Chuckling at his sensei misfortune, Minato just pats his shoulder trying not to laugh. " Sensei what do we owe this visit? " At the question, Jiraya made a 360 change of attitude and stands up faster than the light and dropped his joyful facade.
Knowing that this was serious Minato put aside the food while Kushina decides to sit on the chair in front of her husband's desk. Seeing that he has their attention, Jiraya started to explain.
"... I have found some disturbing information. First is that I have found some news of Naruto and-" At this Kushina stands up and grabbed his shoulders with a face full of worry and hope, she questioned " Where is he Jiraya! Please tell me, is he alright?!" Kushina almost shout. Grabbing her shoulders and softly pushing her away from him to create some space between them and tell her to calm down Jiraiya continued.
"And he's not alone. I heard rumors, of a boy of 11 years old wearing a black cloak that reaches to his knees with black clothes and a grey cloth hood that covers his head except for his face, which is covered by a black triangular mask. Leaving only a pair of sclerotic Bordeaux with pupil-less light blue eyes.
The kid is a hunter-nin and mercenary. He is also in company with a man that I'm sure he takes orders from. The kid's name is apparently Naruto and in a battle with a missing-nin in a small village in water country he lost his cloth cover hood and the civilians who were at the place were able to notice his long blonde hair."
Dead silence plagued the Hokage office." What are the possibilities he's the same Naruto that we're looking for." Asked a hopeful and desperate kushina to Jiraiya and Minato. Who was looking at his sensei for the same answer.
"There are no other better leads that I have found in all these 6 years, add the fact that his appearance is the same as Naruto apart from his eyes, and from the descriptions that I have heard from the town's people, he has the same appearance and age that Naruto should be in right now. " Responds Jiraya.
"Do you know where they are right now?" Asks Minato in a serious voice. Looking sadly at his student Jiraiya answered." Unfortunately no... this information is old for at least 5 to 4 months ago and was close to water country. " "I see " was the only answer of Minato. Seeing there was nothing she can do, Kushina decides to leave.
After she left Jiraiya turned to Minato. " Don't worry, I keep looking for him. You should go home and pass some more time with your family, I will leave the first hour in the morning tomorrow." Said Jiraya and left quietly.
After he was left alone Minato turns his chair and look outside of the window at his village.
'Naruto... I'm sorry, please come back.' Thinks Minato with a tear falling from his right eye.
At the border of the lightning country.
We can see a tall man of 6'0 tall. With a long cloak that hung around his body, falling to his knees, wearing black pants and sandals. Having a sort of grey hood cloth cover, which hides all his head and hair minus his face which was hidden by a triangular black mask, it only leaves his eyes visible, which were uncommon. a pair of sclerotic Bordeaux with iris and pupilless light green eyes.
With him was a kid of 11 years old, standing at the height of 5'1 with the same clothes as the man by his side. The only difference between these two people was the boy's eyes, which were sclerotic Bordeaux with iris and pupil-less light blue eyes instead of green.
Both were walking in silence, the cool and calm breeze moving the leaves of the trees in the area until the peaceful silence was broken by the younger male.
" How much longer until we are at the village Otou-san?" Asked the boy, his voice was cold and calculated but if one pays closer attention to it, one would be able to hear an unknown emotion in his tone.
" At noon, we are close anyway." That was the short response he got from the older man.
Six long years, It has been a long time since kakuzu found him in the forest of fire country. At first, Naruto thought that he was going to do some awesome things like save a small country and learn powerful jutsus. He has never been more ashamed of his past ignorance and naivety.
He learned quickly that the life of a shinobi, it's a life that is full of danger and full of death.
At first, kakuzu taught him the history of all five elemental countries, names of ninjas that have left a big mark in the world, and how to interact with money. The first year has passed by learning taijutsu. And boy he was sure that kakuzu was happy at that if the glee in his eyes and sadistic laugh was anything to go by.
Right now in taijutsu, he was low jounin level. Something that kakuzu had even told him he was impressed. Then the second year unlocking his chakra and kakuzu told him he has a lot of it.
It had taken at least 6 hours for him to unlock his chakra. After that, kakuzu explained to him elemental chakra, and he found out by a piece of paper, that his chakra nature was wind. After discovering his elemental chakra, Naruto learned how to shape his regular chakra in wind elemental chakra, thanks to some chakra control that Kakuzu has taught him. And kakuzu was again surprised by how fast naruto learned. He had learned at least 4 Jutsus and created at least 1 jutsu of wind, with all that, it took the most of the second year of training.
In the third year, he decided to learn kenjutsu. For that, they went to Iron Country for 5 months and after that, Naruto met Zabuza Momochi, an infamous missing-ninja of the mist, that kakuzu had hired to teach Naruto. For a type of sword, Naruto decided to have a chokuto. Made of the best durable and hard metal that can be found in Iron Country. The handle color is black just like the sword holster.
The fourth-year being was only composed of kakuzu teaching the art of hunting other shinobi, and him doing missions and hunting to gain experience.
The fifth-year had been... for a lack of a better term interesting. At some point, Kakuzu has decided to give something to Naruto that would make him stronger but also make him more similar to Kakuzu. In the past years that have passed before that, Naruto had become at first just as cold and calculating as kakuzu, after he started hunting, he also starts to have fun and sometimes even pleasure in killing his prey.
He even started to have a liking to money, more than what could be considered as healthy. After all, a young child, that had gone through something that only older people of the same profession would go through, and having no one else than kakuzu as a company in these 6 years, he was doomed to pick up some habits of Kakuzu. Not to mention that at some point he even started to call kakuzu otou-san.
After an explanation of not only his past but also what happened in the village hidden in the waterfall, Kakuzu decided to give him a Kinjutsu. One that the only people to ever use it was Kakuzu himself...the jiongu. A Kinjutsu composed of a large number of black threads that the moment they were free from their cage from the seal of the scroll, they got inside of his skin and entire body, the threads going around and covering all his organs and bones, while at some point in some places breaking bones into nothing. Never having felt that amount of pain before, it didn't take long for his screams to plague the room of the hotel they were at that night.
For 1 week he had to become accustomed to having a vast number of threads inside his body. Thanks to kakuzu who decided to teach and guide him on how to control the jiongu, but even with his help it took almost seven months to not only understand but even master it. The jiongu it's almost like a symbiote, that when the user is in great danger, they will take control for a small time-frame to save both the user's life and their existence, not only that but he could take the organs of other people in exchange of his damaged ones.
After acquiring a Suiton user heart of a missing-nin from Kirigakure, and a Doton user heart of a Chunnin from Iwagakure by accident. Naruto was forced to learn chakra control of both chakra natures. And it had to take four months full of shadow clone jutsu, a clone technique that kakuzu learned by a jounin from Konoha some years ago by some tortu- light talk... yeah..some light and fun talk, let's not go in that direction.
The sixth-year had been passed the same by acquiring a fire and lightning heart and learning how to use them, which lasted at least 7 months. In the course of this and fifth year, he had received some death injuries and had died at least one time as a demonstration from kakuzu to show him what death feels like and what to expect. His torso and arms were riddled with stitches that stretched over his shoulders and down his back. Said back sported four animal masks stolen from ANBU he'd killed with the help of kakuzu in the past.
One of the things that he learned from kakuzu about the jiongu is that he's able to create bodies of black threads for his hearts so that they can attack multiple enemies. His fire heart, a fox of 5'9 height with a fox mask with red designs at the base of the mouth. His water heart has the mask of a shark with blue designs around it while having a humanoid form of a being of black threads, and 7'2 of height.
While he moved his original heart to his back with the earth's heart taking its place, his heart has a mix between a hawk and humanoid form as its body of black threads at the height of 5'7, the wind heart mask is of a hawk with green designs around it and at the back, it has wings that make it capable to take flight. His last heart of Lightning is a gorilla-like being of black threads with the same animal as the mask with yellow designs at the edges.
He also started wearing a black backless shirt under the cloak. A normal shirt will only get in the way of his heart. Those were the same words that kakuzu give him the first time he acquired his first heart.
At the current time, they were walking to a small village at the border between grass and wind country. They need to restore their food and water and some supplies to go near the edges of Takigakure. Something that kakuzu had been very quiet about. For some reason, kakuzu had started to act strange, the statement he said three days ago, didn't put his mind at ease, there wasn't a lot of things that could make kakuzu act strange. So he doesn't know what to expect. But he was sure about something else.
" Otou-san we should walk faster..time is money which I don't like to lose, something that you wouldn't want either." Said Naruto with boredom in his voice. His statement makes kakuzu release a small chuckle at his apprentice and son in all but blood. Of course, that is something that he will never admit in front of him.
" Sure, sure Naruto...remember the first thing I taught you... time is money, never forget that."
" I know." Was the answer of Naruto moving his right hand in a sign of boredom.
After having yet another small memory lane of a beautiful woman, Naruto starts thinking while glancing up toward the blue sky.
'Seems like I can't forget you... Akai Ōjo, I hope we see each other again.'
These were the last thoughts of Naruto before he kept walking with Kakuzu by his side.
Somewhere in the night of Amegakure-
An orange hair man of 5'6 height with a black cloak and red clouds that reach his knees, and unique purple-ringed eyes. Both eyes are full of power that only one with knowledge of those mythical eyes could ever hope to understand.
He was walking until he was on top of a platform outside of a tower, showing a view over the city with the only company as the rain.
The silence was all that plagued the platform along with the sound of rain hitting metal, Until...
" We were unable to find him...yet, it's only a matter of time before we find him, last lead we have is that he was close of the border of -...fire country and wind country."
The person who just spoke was...fascinating in a strange and dark way. His height is 5'6, has green hair, and wearing the same cloak as the orange-haired man. The difference is that half of his face is pale white and black as the night, with light yellow eyes and a type of carnivorous plant jaws open on the sides with the man's chest and head being in the middle.
His voice changes every time the two half talk separately.
"...I see...it's better that you find him Zetsu, we need the funds and kakuzu is the best person for this type of job, not to mention with his abilities he will be a fine member of Akatsuki." The man's monotone voice was his response to the now known Zetsu. Truth be told Zetsu was afraid of this man and he has good reason to be.
" I understand-...Pain-Sama, we will find him." Was his short reply before he starts sinking into the floor and disappearing.
Alone, the man's words were for only his and the silence ears. " Soon...very soon, the hunt of the tailed beasts will start, and then...Peace will be in all the elemental countries." These were his last words before the man disappeared in the darkness of the night.
