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In this world, Naruto's origins are a mystery to the people of the Hidden Leaf. He was found after the Kyuubi attack and is presumed to be an orphan with unknown parents. He is not the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi. He will be a mix of canon and OC.
Shinobu Uzumaki is the daughter of Kushina and Minato and is the Kyuubi Jinchiriki in this world.
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The Reflection of Your Eyes
Chapter 1: A Kekkei What Now?
*Hidden Leaf Village Hospital*
"What exactly is the reason that you have called me here Doctor Isaka? I'm sure you are aware that I am quite busy." An older man wearing luxurious red and white robes and a matching diamond-shaped hat stated.
"I apologize Lord Hokage. I know you are very busy but… something strange has come up with a young patient that was brought in, and I really think you will want to see it." Said Doctor Isaka.
"Sigh… Very well. I have a council meeting to get to soon here so I would like to make this quick." Stated the Hokage.
"Of course. The patient's name is Naruto, somewhat odd of a name I'd say given its fish cake relation, but he is a six-year-old boy that lives in the orphanage on the west side of the village. There is no record of his parents, but from the tests we ran his chakra levels are actually quite high for someone his age so I would have to assume shinobi parents. He was found in the wreckage of the Kyuubi attack and presumably, his parents were killed by the Fox. He has somewhat spiky blonde hair and ocean blue eyes." Explained the Doctor.
"Alright alright, I don't need to know all of that, what has made you believe that I should be here to see this young boy?" Asked the Hokage, in his head urging Isaka to hurry up so that he could get back to fighting the never-ending enemy and bane of all Kage, paperwork, and deal with whatever garbage the council wanted to talk about now.
"Of course, my apologies Lord Hokage, this is the room we have him in right now, I suggest you take a look at his eyes." Stated Isaka.
Looking through the observation window the Hokage observed the boy, looking at the boy's eyes he saw brown eyes that looked odd with the rest of his coloring. Remembering the doctor's description of the boy he frowned. "Didn't you say that his eyes were light blue? They are brown." Asked the Hokage in confusion.
Continuing to observe the boy as the young orphan began to look around at the various hospital staff walking through the room taking notes and checking tests. His eyes grew narrowed when the boy suddenly grimaced and put his hands on the side of his head obviously in some sort of pain. His eyes grew wide when the boy's eyes changed from the brown that he had seen previously to a green that upon observation matched perfectly the eyes of the nurse that had walked up to the boy to run another test.
"What.." he asked, flabbergasted at the sight that just occurred in front of him. Never before in all his years had he seen something like this. A henge certainly could be used to change the color of the eye but it was just an illusion that could be detected and broken quite easily and he knew that the boy was too young to have received any training to possibly use the henge and there were no hand signs used.
"That is exactly why I thought you should meet him, Lord Hokage. I haven't seen anything like this and have found no record of anything like it either. And the appearance of his eyes is not the only thing going on." Stated Isako.
"Give me a report" Ordered the Hokage, now seeing why he was asked to come here.
"Of course. Orphan Matron Hitomu brought the boy to us originally stating that he claimed he was getting bad headaches and was feeling pain when around other people. We checked him out and at first believed the boy was faking it but then we saw him flinch in pain and the brain activity readers as well as chakra sensors detected something more going on in the boy. I will admit it took us a while to even pay attention to the boy's eyes but then we noticed the color change that was going on. From what we have been able to find out, the boy's chakra network is partially activated, not by his intentional doing but by what appears to be his body itself naturally reacting to his growing reserves. His eyes seem to be reacting to the people around him or people that he sees and perfectly matches or copies their eye color. Not only do his eyes change color but when it happens there is a pretty big spike of brain activity which we believe is what's causing the headaches and some of the pain. At the same time, something is going on with his chakra network, from what we have been able to tell each time his eyes change his chakra changes with it." Doctor Isaka reported.
"His chakra changes?" Asked the Third Hokage.
Doctor Isaka nodded. "Yes. We couldn't figure out what was happening at first so we tested his chakra nature. At first, it was fire and then when I entered the room to test it again his eyes changed to match mine. The chakra nature test came back and showed that he had a water nature like I do."
"So you mean to say his chakra nature changes to match the person whose eyes he currently is mimicking?" Questioned the Third while racking his brain for all of the possibilities this presented to the boy.
"Yes, we ran the test a few more times with various other hospital staff members, and every time his chakra nature changed to match theirs." Stated Isaka nodding in confirmation.
"Incredible. What of the headaches and pain he is experiencing?" Questioned the Hokage, knowing that if this was some type of never before seen Kekkei Genkai that was just mutating and emerging that it could have some harsh drawbacks.
"From what we can tell the pain is simply because of his chakra nature changing when he has not fully accessed his chakra network, we recommend that he be taught to activate it soon. As far as the headaches go it seems that the extra brain activity that is triggered by the change causes the headaches and worsens them. Naruto has stated that when the headaches appear or his eyes change it feels like he has just studied a large amount of information. I don't know exactly if what he thinks is accurate but the tests have shown abnormal brain activity to happen in the sections of the brain that deals with memories. In fact, some of the scans look quite similar to those of shinobi who have been brought in for treatment of information overload, typically the overzealous chunin or jonin who attempt to use jutsu such as Kage Bunshin or some of the Yamanaka mind techniques that deal with information extraction and absorption." Stated Doctor Isaka looking over his charts.
"So he seems to get some type of memory feedback when it happens but for some reason, he can't understand or access whatever memories these brain activities are triggering?" Asked the Hokage as he became more intrigued by the case of the changing eyes.
"Yes, he doesn't know what is happening. It is possible that he simply does not have the experience to access whatever is going on in his brain yet." Finished the doctor.
The Hokage believed he had a potential idea of what was going on but needed to know more information. "Do you have any idea what is causing this?"
Doctor Isaka looked up from his charts to look the aging Hokage directly in the eye with as much seriousness as he could muster. "Hokage-Sama from all of the tests that we have run and most likely assumptions that we can make based off of the tests….. I believe what we are seeing in young Naruto is the birth of a brand new Kekkei Genkai."
The Hokage adjusted his visage to remain serious but on the inside, he was quite happy for the young boy. Orphaned children especially those whose birth parents were unknown often were unfortunately seen by many of the village as lower class and often did not become as skilled as others who either grew up in clans or at least had family jutsu or techniques that they received from their parents' wills. Because of that alongside their status as orphans in the village, they often lived poorer lives compared to others, even those adopted usually did not become as successful or even as happy in their lives as non-orphans, with exceptions such as Minato Namikaze or his traitorous student Orochimaru of course.
His thoughts went to another young orphan who the council and many of the villagers were trying to make miserable. He knew that young Shinobu could succeed and become a great kunoichi because of her heritage and the Kyuubi sealed inside of her as an extra boon, but like any other orphan, she would struggle. To see a boy possibly just slightly older than Shinobu potentially awaken a never before seen bloodline that could help him make his mark on the shinobi nations gave him hope that Shinobu too could use what her ancestor's blood gave her to succeed.
However, if all of the potential theories that he could come up with in his head for the abilities of this bloodline were even half as incredible as he was thinking of the boy would also be in incredible danger with those that would try to steal his bloodline for themselves, like the Hidden Cloud Village which had many times over the years such as the attempted kidnapping of Kushina and more recently the young Hyuuga heiress Hinata, tried to steal and breed bloodlines for themselves or his own former student Orochimaru.
This would have to be handled delicately or no matter how much he hated excessively early training of young children, especially in times of peace, Naruto might have to be trained early. "I see. How many of your staff are aware of this?"
"Just the ones you see in the room right now and myself. The orphanage matron might realize something but doesn't understand what is happening and is quite concerned for the boy. Apparently, she has taken quite the liking to him as he has taken to helping her around the orphanage with everything he can." Stated Isaka.
The Hokage stroked his chin and facial hair for a moment. "Hmmn very well. Ensure that the staff knows to remain quiet in this situation. Now if you don't mind I would like to meet the boy."
"Of course Hokage-Sama."
Doctor Isaka and the Hokage walked into the room as the hospital staff moved aside and bowed to the Hokage.
"Naruto we have brought a visitor that is interested in the situation that we now find ourselves in. I'm sure you know Lord Hokage." Said Doctor Isaka speaking to the young boy.
"*gasp* Hokage-Sama! Um Uh, it's an honor to meet you, sir!" Stuttered out the boy who was obviously nervous in the presence of the village leader.
"How are you doing young Naruto? I hear from Doctor Isaka here that you are having some issues with your eyes and headaches." Stated the Hokage speaking calmly to reassure the young child.
"Um yeah, it's annoying! I even missed out on the ice cream day at the orphanage because Fuka-Obaasan was worried that I was getting sick." The blonde boy pouted in a childlike manner.
The Hokage smiled and laughed at the boy's frustration over missing out on the orphanage's ice cream day, reminding him of Shinobu and her disappointment whenever he missed out on treating her to ramen. "Oh? That is a shame that you missed out on some ice cream. But it is good to know that Fuka-san is taking good care of the orphanage. Now have the doctors told you what they have found out about the cause of your headaches and eyes changing color?" Asked the Hokage.
The boy got a confused look on his face and appeared to be contemplating something. "Um well, they told me about my chakra nature thing changing and maybe something else going on with my headaches and brain stuff. But they said it might be some type of Keki Genka thingy. But they said that those are passed from parents to children and stuff yet if it was wouldn't there be some kind of history or documentation or something about it." Naruto said wondering how he could have some type of cool power thing yet no one knew anything about it. Maybe his parents hid it or weren't from the village or something? But if they had a Keki thingy wouldn't they be from a clan and wouldn't that clan find him and take him out of the orphanage?
"Yes you are right most Kekkei Genkai are well known and we have plenty of information on them. However, what you might have has never been seen or heard of before. From what the doctors have been able to tell this could be a whole new bloodline that you have been blessed with. I have heard that you get worse and worse headaches every time your eyes change but I would like to see something for myself if you could. Could you please check your chakra nature again for me and then afterward try to copy my eye color and test it again for me to see firsthand some of the capabilities that your new bloodline might have?" Requested the Third while holding out a piece of chakra paper for him to take.
"Oh yeah, sure I can do that!" Said Naruto nervous but eager to do what the Hokage asked. Taking the paper and channeling the little bit of chakra that he had access to at the moment since he still didn't have all of his chakra unlocked, he watched as the paper began to tear up and slice into small pieces.
"Hmmn so it appears that you have a natural wind affinity, interesting. Alright now please try to make your eyes copy mine." Stated the Hokage interested in seeing what could happen.
The young boy looked up at the Hokage and the occupants of the room watched as the boy's eyes changed from blue to the black of the Hokage's. Wincing a little bit due to the headache building up again he took the next sheet of chakra paper and began channeling chakra through it.
The paper reacted differently this time, splitting with a sharp cut into four sections, one burning to ash, another getting soggy wet, another crinkling to a ball, and the last crumbling into dirt. The hospital staff watched wide-eyed as the chakra paper showed a reaction to all five of the elements of Wind, Fire, Water, Lightning, and Earth.
"What how?" "All five natures! Incredible!" "...". Mumbles rang throughout the room as the audience was astonished never before seeing such a reaction to chakra paper.
"So it is as I thought. It appears that whenever young Naruto's eyes change to match someone else's, his chakra also changes to match their natures as well." Stated the Hokage, also flabbergasted, due to a young boy of six years old displaying a connection to all five chakra natures that took him decades of hard work to build up himself.
"Lord Hokage, you have all five chakra natures? I thought that was impossible.." Questioned a chunin medical assistant.
"Not naturally I don't. Originally I was also just a fire nature type but over the years I have trained extensively in nature manipulation and have built up an affinity for all five nature types." Stated the Hokage while good-naturedly mumbling under his breath about how unfair life can be that he had to go through so much work to achieve all five natures while a young boy with a new bloodline could through his Kekkei Genkai access all five natures and possibly even other bloodlines as well.
The Hokages eyes suddenly widened to massive proportions when he thought about that. "What about other Dojutsu….. If this new bloodline copies the eyes of others, could it copy the Sharingan and Byakugan as well…." He began to rub his temples as he realized that just these initial untrained aspects of the boy's bloodline could potentially cause a massive uproar among the village, especially the clans, something would have to be done to ensure that actions weren't taken to harm or punish Naruto for something that at the moment he couldn't very well control. He could just imagine an uptight Uchiha seeing him with the Sharingan and believing him a bloodline thief and killing him on the spot, or the Hyuuga attempting to brand him with the Caged Bird seal. He would have to take measures to protect Naruto at this point and would have to bring this up to the council so that the clans knew to behave themselves, even if he knew the council would be in an uproar most likely wanting the boy trained early.
"Ugh… This is going to cause such a headache and so much paperwork… I'm too old for this shit."
6/12/2023
