Naruto fanfic

A blur of red-stained yellow hair bolted through the streets as Naruto Uzumaki ran through the streets of Konoha to avoid the mob that was chasing and hurtling objects at him. A bottle had crashed into his head earlier leaving him dazed and had greatly slowed down his speed but his instincts refused for him to stop. The mop of yellow hair stained crimson as blood and bits of glass trickled down his face and back. No matter how hard he pushed himself it felt like he couldn't shake the mob that was chasing him on his birthday.

He had seen another five year old have a party at the park and knew that other children didn't have to deal with "fox-chases" on their birthdays. His thoughts were shaken as a kunai grazed his cheek and he pushed himself as hard as his little legs could carry him. A pulse of chakra beckoned him and pulled his eyes to what looked like an abandoned building. He just had to make it there and find somewhere to hide for the night until it blew over or they tried to burn down the building with him inside; again.

The dilapidated Uzumaki temple stood proudly against the dark sky and loomed over the little boy that clambered onto its property as the mob that chased after the boy came to a halt outside the building. Killing the monster was one thing but desecrating a temple was another and only few with less scruples were willing to pursue the boy inside it.

Naruto scrambled inside the temple to find something, anything, he could use to fend off the man that followed him into the building. His blood smeared on a mask he threw at the man that towered over him, kunai drawn and ready. As soon as it made contact with the man's face it latched on and as the man struggled to yank it off of his face Naruto felt along the floor frantically for other items to throw at him. Of the items that flew through his hands a small kunai with a seal on it whipped through as one thought went through his head "please, please help. I don't want to die."

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Tobirama Senju sat sipping tea in the pure lands as he played shogi with Saluki Hatake. Picking the man's brain for the happenings in the village since his own death when he felt a pull. A pull in his gut that was hard to ignore before he heard the voice of a small child whisper "please, please help. I don't want to die." Determination filled his gaze as he grabbed onto the pull and allowed his soul to be yanked to wherever that voice was.

The thrashing assailant came to a stand still over Naruto with the kunai lodged deep in his shoulder as a golden light emanated from the mask and kunai simultaneously. The small pool of Naruto's blood was pulled from the floor and trailed up the legs of the man as Naruto's eyes were screwed shut.

Tobirama felt himself drawn into a body as the original soul was devoured by the Shinigami . The Shinigami's chartreuse eyes locked onto his as with its maw torn open it said " I honor the agreement between the Uzumaki and myself by taking this souls in exchange for you to be granted life again. Do not disappoint."

He blinked. Once, twice and then he looked down at the quivering child on the floor, covered in blood but no tears trailing down from his closed eyes. He looked almost resigned, as if accepting some terrible fate. He cleared his throat and the boy cracked open an eye to look at him " am I in Konohagakure?" Naruto nodded. "Are we currently at war?" Naruto shook his head. "Are you okay?" Naruto froze before shaking his head. "Can I see where you are injured?" Naruto backed away, shaking like a leaf as Tobirama reached out a hand towards him.

"Please, please don't kill me. I'll be good I swear!" Tobirama froze as he fully took in the sight before him. He was in an Uzumaki temple, the one in Konoha, and this small boy was the voice he had heard beckon him from the pure lands. He knelt down to the boys level and asked for his name. " I'm Naruto Uzumaki " he said as he looked up at the man dumbfounded.

"You're supposed to say your clan name before your given name, young Uzumaki." Naruto stared up at him in disbelief. The man wasn't trying to hurt him so far and he looked different than the man that had been there mere moments ago. He winced as he felt the glass shards that had been imbedded in his head pushing their way out and the man definitely noticed. "Can I please look at your wounds now? I want to make sure they aren't too serious." Naruto cautiously nodded and allowed the man to come closed but gripped a candlestick near him just in case the man tried anything after he lowered his guard.

The mob outside was setting up plans to burn down the temple with the boy inside as no noise had come out in the last five minutes since one of the Chunnin amongst them went in. The materials were sent for and being gathered as several ANBU took notice and turned a blind eye, bar Shisui Uchiha who sunshinned to the Hokage's location and gestured for him to look into his crystal ball for himself.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was outraged as he saw a mob gathered around the Uzumaki temple with shouts for burning it down and killing the demon brat echoing throughout the ball. He gathered his elite squad and made note of the ANBU nearby who were doing nothing to prevent the mob. He arrived with his staff raised just to see a white haired man backing out of the temple with a blood covered Naruto resting his head on the man's shoulder. People cheered as they thought the brat was dead and as the man turned to sneer at them Hiruzen saw the face of Tobirama Senju . Tobirama's eyes locked onto him as soon he stepped foot on the temple's grounds and staunch disapproval and disappointment filled that one look.

A tiny movement of Hiruzen's eyes to the left of him was all the warning needed for Tobirama's arm to shoot out and grab the man that was trying to sneak up on him. The Inu masked man was fully focused on Naruto as Tobirama grabbed him by the throat. Even as his hand constricted tighter the man continued to reach for Naruto and barely ghosted his shoulder before he was pushed back by Tobirama. The hand that wasn't holding Naruto to him rapidly went through one-handed seals as different water techniques shot out at the ANBU in front of him.

Naruto rubbed at his eyes as he heard the roar of the crowd and water flowing. A familiar chakra signature and smell was nearby "Nii-chan?" He asked groggily as he looked around before spotting the Inu masked man using multiple techniques to fend off the torrent of water jutsu that were blasting both him and the crowd around that were rooted to the spot. "Oi!?!? What are you doing to Inu-nii?" Naruto asked as he weakly hit against the back of the man holding him. Tobirama looked at him in surprise before stopping his assault.

"You know him?"

Naruto nodded before saying "Jiji has people in masks look after me sometimes. Inu-Nii usually watches me best! He summons puppies and let me pet one!" Naruto declared as he nodded to himself in satisfaction. Movement nearby caught his attention and he felt another person he knew come closer. He whipped around so fast that Tobirama had to secure him with both hands. "Hi Jiji! Are you here to make the people go away again?" Tobirama followed his gaze to Hiruzen who nodded once as he gestured for the ANBU and Military Police that had arrived to take the mob into custody.

" Notify Ibiki and Inoichi that they have some visitors coming. All shinobi involved are to be stripped of their rank and executed immediately after interrogation." His eyes never left Tobirama. "Now I don't know why you have taken on the guise of my old sensei but rest-assured this reprehensible degradation of his likeness will not be tolerated, neither will the attack of one of my ANBU in Konohagakure." He bent himself into a battle stance with his arm in front of him and his staff behind.