FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: I do not claim ownership of naruto or the characters I use whatsoever.
Alright here's one of my stories that I have been working one recently,
just to clear up, this isn't a reincarnation fic so this will not start at Naruto's birth and such so yeah.
whoever reads this, I hope you enjoy or offer any improvements.
and yeah without that out of the way, let us begin.
chapter 1: a unknown path.
'Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.'
-mike ditka
A boy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes wearing a eye hurting jumpsuit walks into the hospital, finding his teammate who was recently treated due to the curse mark. Checking on the aftermath of the preliminaries of the chunin exams.
Despite starting on the wrong foot, they both were friends during the final days of the academy, acting as a friendly rivalry despite the broading attitude. However due to the constant praise that comes with being the "last uchiha", it forever clouded his judgment despite the past mistakes he made during his shinobi runs.
Yet that didn't stop the mission success rate.
As the blonde boy was about to enter the room, he saw his teacher standing outside of the door, a man wearing a standard jonin outfit but with a mask covering half his face with gravity defining silver hair reading a small orange book with his right hand.
"ah, naruto." The man said with a eye smile. "I'm assuming your here to check up on sasuke?" He said to which the boy named naruto nodded and grinned.
"You bet kakashi-sensei, so how is he?" Naruto asked.
"He's doing alright. The medics say that he'll make a fast recovery." He said relieving naruto of some tension.
"That's great kakashi, so are we going to begin training throughout the month?" Asked naruto, hoping to get some good gains throughout the month.
"I'm sorry naruto, but I must focus all my time on sasuke in order for him to stand a chance against gaara." The cyclops said, shocking the blonde knucklehead.
"What?" He asked dumbfoundedly, "but why? We're both on the same team, we both are in the finals, why can't I learn from you and most importantly, who's going to teach me if your not able to?" Asked naruto abit taken aback when this was the same teacher who preached about by abandoning comrades yet choosing one student over another.
"That's why I'm here." Said a voice, naruto turned and immediately frowned, staring at at none other than ebisu.
"Really?" Naruto ask dumbfounded. "You could have got me ANY other person capable of teaching me yet you chose him? I probably should ask your rival if he's taking in any trainees." Suggested naruto, making kakashi wide eyed. "No offense ebisu."
"None taken, I was actually wondering that myself why kakashi didn't train you. I would tell you my answer but you wouldn't like it." Said the jonin instructor with disappointment, but not towards the blonde, making naruto sigh.
"I'm assuming it's along the lines of 'i need to learn the basics first.' Or 'im not ready to move on to the next steps just yet' am I close?" Asked naruto rhetorically.
"Pretty much." Said the elite ninja instructor. "Nevertheless, I'm willing to train you up, if you wish naruto. I'm not forcing you nor am I doubting your skill. So how about it?" He said genuinely, recalling the explanation he received from the blonde when it came to the topic of konohamaru. Taking his training seriously while enjoying his childhood, showing significant results.
"I'm alright ebisu, although I would suggest training Sakura-chan up, she's been lacking a lot of it lately, don't take no for an answer from her." He said, ebisu nodded at that.
"Goodbye then naruto, and goodluck on the finals." He said, to which both walked off, leaving kakashi standing there, dumbstruck at what he just heard.
"Am I really that bad of a sensei?" He asked himself, contemplating on his recent decisions in life.
'Probably just naruto's false logic, nothing special.' He concluded, preparing the roadmap on how to properly train his star student up, believing he's honoring Obito's legacy.
(With naruto.)
Naruto can be seen in one of the more lesser dangerous parts of the forest of death, due to years of hiding from the constant mobs that would try to beat him through his whole life, it would be reasonable to adapt by going into a place that no one would dare step foot in,
Unless your a sexy purple haired kunoichi who has a love for dango.
Naruto could be seen traveling through the forest, trying to find a perfect place to train in terms of danger and excitement, to further develop his overall abilities.
What he didn't expect was to spot a cave made of some type of metallic ore, one that looked old yet new. As if it appeared from thin air thanks to kami's will.
'Odd, don't think anyone has ever marked this place before.' Thought naruto as he examined the entrance.
Despite everybody's views on the blonde for being a knucklehead dead last of the academy, he showed a very great deal of intellectual and creative thinking thanks to hiruzen's tutoring to ensure his surrogate grandchild would make it into the shinobi world without issue.
Despite the copycat's claims of naruto being a nuisance on every mission for being a Loud mouth goofball, the third hokage knew better and gave the blonde boy a look that gave a hidden meaning, a meaning only naruto understood and nodded,
After all, hiruzen did train naruto during his free time.
His thoughts were on hold as his curiousity got the better of him and went inside the cave, seeing the torches that were lit, indicating somebody was still occupying the location, causing naruto to tense up.
As he kept on going, he sees portraits of people unfamiliar to him. Group photos of people who wear white haori overcoats with black kimono sets with different kanjis on them, not to mention the supposed swords they carry.
Others wore a all black uniform with different katana colorings matching there personally and appearance.
As naruto went into the end of the cave, he saw some items that appears to be in perfect condition.
He sees two katanas.
One had a black saya with grip of black wrapping with some yellow underneath, a square handguard, the blade that looked to have been through constant battles throughout millennia yet still maintains its perfect condition due to some kami like elements.
The other was a white saya with some illustrations of black waves at the top of the sheath where the handguard resides. Having a white cloth for the grip with black coloring underneath, a kanji for flame on the handguard on the blade. Despite the katana that appeared to be made for the forces of good, it emanates a burning aura. A burning flaming aura that test the user's will and spirit, as if it was possessed by a demon in human skin.
Naruto contemplated on himself should he wield these, since he has no experience of kenjutsu, however his thinking was cut off when a voice from his head spoke.
'Claim them.' Said the voice as is sounded old and wise, like if it has seen and experienced the worst of hardships.
A ghostly figure emerged beside the set, a old man with Greg hair tied in a long ponytail and a squarish shaped head, he wore a white kimono with hakama pants wielding only a cane.
"I am the one who guards the katanas that are displayed, I was known only by one name that was feared, loved, and respected throughout time. I have picked up many tricks and skills that I have accumulated throughout worlds that I have not even seen of, resulting in my endless amounts of experience and unbreakable spirit.
I created this cave during my last moments in the world of the living, making it my final resting place and passing on the torch to whoever needs it.
However do not expect it to be simple, once you unsheathed these weapons, you shall undergo a judgement, a trial should you be worth of wielding both katanas. The gods who were involved in forging both weapons will determine your life.
To whoever wields the weapons shall received the memories and battle experiences from them, as well as the souls that are sealed in said weapon and undergo a very painful process on physical and capabilities.
one of which appears to be in relation to the world of the shinobi.
Whoever happens to be my future successor, know that we walk a path of our choosing,
For better or worse.
Farewell and sincerely yours,
jack: the timeless samurai."
As the man now known as jack faded from the cave, naruto was shocked to know that these weapons were known to wield tremendous power, however he doubted himself on rather he should be worthy of holding these sacred weapons at his disposal,
However he knew he already had a death wish since most of the populace has a deep hatred towards himself, and if they really want to see him dead, then so be it,
'If I somehow survive this, then it will make me one step closer to become a hokage.' Thought the blonde hero in determination.
He steeled himself and he grabbed both weapons and unsheathed them, examined the fine work of the blade, sharp and no signs of damage or wearing out. However the first katana blade was black for some odd reason.
He thought about the pain that was promised, but then a surge of electricity mixed with Black flames surged through his arms, despite his attempts to let go, his nerves betrayed him as he gripped the swords tighter, resulting in him letting out a primal roar of pain.
When he thought the pain would subside for just one moment were quickly went to the gutter his the lighting and flames surged through his body, causing his body to now develop at a rapid rate, resulting in more screams of pain.
He felt his muscles tore and heal, bone cracking and hardening, his brain feeling like it was about to overload was subsiding, his limbs, arms, legs, anything that naruto still had some form of control was on fire.
His body breaking and repairing back into peak condition, only for the process to repeat, amplifying the damage even further.
However he was so caught up in the surge of pain, than he did not notice his seal begin glowing, occupying a certain furball with nine tails in it.
(In the mindscape)
The Kyubbi No kitsune, the strongest tailed beast in all of the elemental nation, was currently sleeping due to his jail or not making any form of contact to his jailor as of late, however his time of sleep was interrupted when the surges of fire and lighting began entering the seal, and breaking the elemental seal that was placed by a certain snake Sannin, Spreading the presence further.
Naturally the Kyubbi thought this was some kind of shroud, thinking he'll shrug it off and go about his sleeping days, however the stream of black fire and red flames begin to form into a being,
Said being was a all black figure with green lips, his hair being made up of red fires and 2 sets of antler like horns.
"Well, after so many years, I'm finally free somewhat." Stated the being, making kurama narrow his eyes.
"Who are you who now shares my prison you filth?" Asked the tailed beast In hostility, making the dark being smirk in amusement.
"Me? Filth?" Said the being, resulting in a low chuckle, slowly turning into a loud and imposing laughter.
Kurama was now irritated that he would be disrespected by some pathetic novice in his eyes. However those emotions were brushed aside when the being himself grew in side, surpassing the size of the fox itself, his claws now showing, but what made the fox keep is mouth shut was the dominant wave of killer intent leaking entity's body.
"Pathetic fox, you dare disrespect me? Perhaps I shall give a introduction worthy of someone of my stature." He said as he properly introduce himself.
"I am the master of masters, I am the deliverer of darkness, I am the shogan of sorrow," he said as began to build up a dramatic statement.
"I. AM. AKU!" Exclaimed the being known as aku, his demonic voice booms throughout the mindscape.
"But since i have no use in taking over this universe, I'll keep this blunt, this boy not only has the experiences and techniques of those who are sealed in those katanas; meaning he also had there intellect and creative thinking, myself included. But his body has undergo a physical change in order to perform such skills."stated the former tyrant of the universe.
"And you say your some kind of 'ruler of the universe', what made you not want to rule again?" Asked the Kyubbi No kitsune, in curiosity and abit of fear.
"Simple: I have been moved by a man who was destined to kill me, I was sealed inside that sword and gave me no choice to see the life of the man named samurai jack." He said feeling remorse knowing that his enemy turned friend was now gone.
Before anymore talking could be spoken, both aku and kurama turned to see naruto now waking up in his mindscape, making aku grin.
"Child." Said the demonic ruler. "We have much to discuss." He said letting out a demonic laughter that made both naruto and the Kyubbi shiver.
(Timeskip- day of the finals.)
Konohagakure No sato had a bustling state due to the finals. So much so that lots of people began betting on who would most likely win,
Naturally the villagers in the hidden leaf placed bets on the defeat on the "demon of the leaf" as they call him, while others who are visiting decided to follow the trend not for hate but to gain a large fortune.
Sakura and the rest of the rookie 9 could be seen in the balcony above, along with the other teams from the sound and suna shinobi.
"Where is naruto? He should be here by now." Asked a worried Sakura since she was grateful for having a very effective sensei to atleast better herself in being a proud kunoichi like her mother, but still wants to impress her crush in the form of the uchiha heir with both looks and skill.
"I don't know forehead, but I highly doubt it will make a difference, but then again he isnt the unpredictable ninja for nothing." Said ino with a encouraging tone.
"I doubt he'll be able to match up to my teammate." A brunette girl spoke who was accompanied by lee.
"Tenten right?" The pink haired kunoichi asked to which the girl named tenten nodded.
"Yes. But like I said beforehand, my teammate was last year's rookie of the year. A year of missions from guy-sensei, there's no way your teammate will win this match." She stated, not wanting to believe in fairy tails.
"I agree." A blonde suna kunoichi with 4 pig tails wielding a battle fan. "Luck cannot save the blondie, and even if I am affiliated with suna, I do have to acknowledge the advantages of the hyuga's dojutsu. Making it a near impossible to fight 1 on 1." The girl being identified as temari said.
"Say what you want, but I have faith in naruto and sasuke-kun that they'll pull through." Sakura stated, keeping her posture firm.
"A lot of talk coming from the same girl who focuses more on her hair and not on her training." Everyone turned to see the oto genin known as tsuchi kin.
"Not you too." Sakura said abit agitated that more females are joining in the bandwagon of criticizing naruto.
"What? Can I not say my opinion, especially to you yamanaka. You two have to be a complete downgrade to what kunoichi should be. I bet if naruto would grow a pair of balls then he'll definitely beat you both without his shadow clones." The oto kunoichi stated, shocking everyone at the unexpected statement.
"And why out of all the people in the chunin exams do I find you complimenting my teammate?" Asked Sakura in disbelief.
"Shinobi and kunoichi alike don't normally live long in this cruel world. so in my opinion, I say be open because you never know when you'll be in a life threatening situation. Besides I'll give the squirt some credit, he did win his match, unlike you." Kin smirked as that got the desired effect on Sakura as she sheath in anger.
"I agree kin-san, he does seem appealing to a certain extent, however I prefer those who don't rely on pure luck alone, regardless rather that luck won him that match." Said the suna wind user. Shocking the uchiha fan club but she continued.
"although that doesn't mean I'm going to cheer him on in a losing battle, he might as well forfeit to save us the trouble." She said her arms folded in slight irritation.
"for once I agree temari-san." Tenten said as she turned to the pinkette kunoichi. "I suggest you convince your teammate to think with his head for once and tell him to forfeit, he won't stand a chance." The panda haired kunoichi said.
"You know what, if you all really want to downgrade naruto like if he's a piece of trash with the exception of you tsuchi-san." Sakura added, making kin smirk.
"Then I propose a bet. if naruto wins, then you three will have to bare his every word, become his property. I really don't care about how you manage it, you just do." Sakura said out of anger while also using this as a opportunity to atleast help naruto in getting some girls so he can no longer be an obstacle for perusing her true love.
"really, you expect us to just say 'oh hey, your teammate made a bet with the three of us if you win, so now were magically in love with you now.' That's not how this work pinky." Tenten said as she insulted her 'comrade'.
betting in the shinobi world is a fool's game.
"you really have the nerve to bet, especially when people's lives are on the life
"And if he loses?" Asked kin with interest for this bet.
"Then I'll gladly give up being a kunoichi and go out on a date with kiba." She said, not afraid of taking on any task. Kiba perked up and grinned, hoping naruto would lose, but then become aggravated by the winnings.
"either way; im going to rely his kindness one way or another, im in." Kin said without a second thought, wanting to show gratitude to the boy.
"I'm not afraid of some silly bet girly, I'm in." Temari said.
"At first you have my curiousity, but now you have my full attention, I'm in but there's no way that's going to happen." Tenten said with a determined but relaxed tone, thinking this match will be easy as sharpening her own kunai.
Hinata who was sitting next to kurenai was hearing this, giving the shy hyuga a silent rage that nobody, not even her father could see, angered that the pink banshee in her eyes had the audacity to place her naruto into a gamble just to prove some kind of point. Despite her injuries, she is ready to lay waist to anyone who dare claim ownership of her love of her life.
"Now wait a damn minute." Kiba decided to make his presence known . "Why not date me? A certified alpha male I might add." Stated kiba with a bit of arrogance, Annoying everyone.
"Because it's naruto's match. Plus I don't like somebody who smells like dog breath and saliva. Your pup is the exception." Temari stated, to which akamaru barked in appreciation, angering kiba in the process.
"And that orphan has a better chance than me!? A heir to the inuzuka clan at that." Stated kiba in anger, making everyone now annoyed at such arrogant attitude, almost resembling that of a certain uchiha.
"A heir who lost to the dead last? Sure, like I would date somebody like you." Temari quipped. Causing everyone to laugh but continued.
"Also you must not have a very good history class if you don't know about the uzumaki clan." Temari said hiding her shame for being associated with a nation was involved in the extermination of one clan out of jealousy.
"What's the uzumaki clan?" Asked Sakura, thinking that it was just a name.
Before anyone could say anything, they were interrupted by the proctor.
"Alright everyone, may I ha-*cough*ve neji hyuga and naruto uzumaki into the field?" Asked the proctor to which neji jumped down to the field and awaited for his opponent.
Not even a moment past and already the villagers began demanding for naruto to be disqualified for not arriving, making the tourists and the future clientele uncomfortable because they wish to see the skills of any shinobi regardless of Luck or skills.
"Hokage-dono, is this how your own people treat your own shinobi?" Asked the kazekage in interest, finding it ironic that those who hate the boy who is the lifeline of the village due to his jinchuriki status.
"No kazekage-dono, it's just complicated." Said hiruzen in a saddened tone, knowing very well that he should have token precautionary measures had it not been for the civilian council meddling in shinobi affairs.
Before anymore uproars could be spoken by the hate filled villagers, a explosion of thunder burst from the sky, a surge of lightning hit the ground opposite to where neji was standing at.
Out came the smoke was naruto with his hair growing out slightly, his face looking much more defined and more masculine, resembling that of the yodaime hokage. wearing a black sleeveless robe with a black short sleeve shirt underneath. Had a red obi sash holding his two katanas, black shinobi pants and green sandals, revealing a now toned and muscular physique.
Those in the stands stood silent, shocked at the change of appearance yet were sheathing at how he got such new attire. The Female populace were eating there own words as they had full blown blushes, some kunoichi began to look with intrigue.
"Damn kid, you sure know how to make a entrance." The Procter said to which naruto simply nodded as moved into a taijutsu stance, not bothering to use his new weapons.
"So the dead last faces me at last? We'll get ready to lose." Neji set himself into his juken stance. "Those swords won't save you, faith has already deemed me the victor."
"words are meaningless if you don't back them up." The blonde uzumaki said as he maintained his stance.
"Ready?" Asked the proctor as they both nodded.
"HAJIME!" He exclaimed as they began to fight.
(song: stirring(preparing for action) by T's music from Ōkamiden(DS game).)
Neji not wanting to drag anything decided to rush at him with a quick juken strike to one of the vital chakra pathways, thinking that this would be a easy win.
However he was shocked when naruto redirected and grabbed his arm and slammed his whole body to the ground so hard, that it made a small earthquake, shocking everyone present.
Neji quickly got up, and made some space to activate his byakugan, however he was once again shocked when naruto rushed at him this with high speeds, landing a devastating punch to his gut, spitting saliva and launched flying into one of the trees, letting out a thud, indicating his back made impact with the bark.
Naruto still with his fist raised from the punch, grabbed from his pouch and launched a couple explosive shurikens and threw them at the hyuga prodigy's direction, resulting in a massive explosion once the shurikens made contact to neji's skin.
Naruto sensing an incoming hit, dodged his head right, avoiding a juken strike from a bruised but still battle ready neji, using a substitution behind naruto with a kunai he left to catch the dead last off guard.
Both were now locked in a taijutsu clash. Naruto dodging and redirecting juken strikes while neji would analyze his opponent's fighting style, using his byakugan to find some hidden weaknesses to his style.
However each strike he would launch would easily be blocked with precision and with grace, infuriating the hyuga prodigy to a certain degree.
the blonde uzumaki decided to make him work for it, as he went into a grasshopper stance and proceeded to let out a volley of punches, striking the chest to avoid getting too cocky for the head.
neji was too preoccupied in dodging those strikes, so much so that he couldn't predict any outcomes despite his eyesight. He was too busy trying to find an opening until he was struck in the face by a devastating blow, following it up with a grab from behind as naruto did a German suplex, following up with a reverse rolling kick to the downed hyuga.
this impressed the crowd for the blonde genin's technicality, using a combination of grapple moves for added unpredictability.
as neji got up on his feet, wiping off the blood from his lips, he continued to use his juken strikes to analyze further, trying hard to pinpoint a opening, while dodging Naruto's attempted at striking.
Naruto seeing this capitalized on it, remembering the few souls absorbed into himself.
(flashback)
"Slade Wilson?" Naruto asked as he was being trained in one of Aku's dimensions with a different time period, making a month long training look like years despite not aging up naruto in the process.
only his physical gains.
"Yes, also known as deathstroke, one of a handful of souls that have been absorbed into you. he was one of the deadliest mercenaries known in his world, so deadly that he was even hired by gods at one point." Said Aku as he and kurama were sipping on a cup of tea while naruto was fighting against aku's duplicates.
"Somehow you manage to end up getting the soul of a interesting person by the name of Albert wesker, a man with very high and very interesting abilities for someone of his stature, and some ego he has, thank kami I got a hold of that and purged all of the negatives of that soul otherwise you would've been a arrogant copy of the uchiha." Aku said as he and kurama chuckled as they went through the memories of the emo kid known as sasuke.
"Don't remind me Aku-sensei." Naruto managed to say as he was punched by the Aku clones taking the shape of both deathstroke and wesker. Both of which continued there relentless assault with a flurry of calculated Punches, kicks, and the occasional show of acrobatic moves, dealing pain to the blond for a simple 'sparring' session.
"Less talking, more training, and more beatdowns." Kurama said as he and Aku continued to monitor the progress of there legacy.
(End of flashback)
(Back to the fight)
Naruto decided to play the offensive by delivering some palm strikes to the hyuga prodigy, testing out the strength of his own. The strikes connected over neji's torso, dealing major damage, shocking the hyuga prodigy as he assumed that the dead last would lack any form of speed and power, yet this peasant in his eyes was surpassing him further.
His anger was boiling to the point it was affecting his flow with the gentle fist, instead of precise and pinpoint strikes, he now resorts to a more ferocious and wild strikes.
Naruto dodged an incoming juken strike and grabbed his arm by the hand.
"Hm, good technique." Naruto said in admiration, only to snap neji's arm in the opposite direction and throw him to the ground, causing the hyuga opponent to hiss in pain.
"What are you a snake? Stop hissing and fight me." Said naruto as he stood in fighting stance with his palm up and with left arm lowered with his hand balled up into a fist. Almost mimicking the juken stance but in reality is the fighting stance of Albert weslker.
Neji had the strength to snap his arm back into place, barely having the time to test it out as he immediately rushed into the fight once again, byakugan activated and glaring deep into naruto's soul. Trying hard to gain some momentum by hitting his chakra points, finding that one opening.
"hold still so I can hit you commoner." Said neji as he was at his breaking point Trying to hit his opponent, this in turn made naruto raise an eyebrow despite countlessly dodging like if it was nothing.
"That's a stupid ass thing to say you know, Coming from the former rookie of the year of all people." He said delivering a uppercut to the chin. Staggering the hyuga in the process.
"You really expect me to stand still? 'Oh hey, I'll need you to stand still so I can kill you without issue.' You sound just as arrogant as sasuke-teme." The blonde jinchuriki mocked as he dodged a another set of juken strikes, getting the desired results as he saw a now fuming neji.
"SHUT UP!" He exclaimed as he finally managed to land a juken to his leg, thinking he finally put him out of commission, he mustered enough strength to launch his attack.
"YOUR IN MY FIELD OF VISION!" He exclaimed as a symbol of the yin and Yang appeared below neji, forming the signature hyuga stance.
"Seven seconds." Naruto said in boredom, standing there with no regard for whatever comes. "Seven seconds is all I'm going to give you." He said placing his arms behind his back. Angering neji to the point that had enough of it.
"Jūkenhō: Hakke Rokujūyon Shō!" He said as he began to finally launch his assault.
"Two palms." He struck at his upper collar bone and his lower stomach.
"Four palms" he began his rapid struck as he hit the vital points of the limbs.
"Sixteen palms" he increased hitting all over his body with surpassed speed.
"SIXTY FOUR PALMS!" he exclaimed as he hit the last strike at his heart, wanting to prove that he is beneath those who challenged there betters, struck him with so much force he went flying backwards, making impact with the stadium walls.
(In the clan booth)
'To think my own nephew, a branch member would surpass that of the main family at such a young age.' Were the thoughts of hiashi, wanting to be with his brother so he could see the heights his son has surpassed.
'I wish you were here brother, same could be said for you minato.' He said as he looked at the carbon copy of the former yodaime hokage in the form of his own son.
(In the genin booth)
"Sorry to break it to you Sakura, but it looks like neji won this match, so might as well make preparations for tonight." Said ino, glad she wasn't Sakura at this moment.
"Tough luck girly." Said temari. "You should've stayed in the civilian life when you had the chance." She insulted the pinkette.
"You see what I mean when it comes to dying young? I should've atleast thank him for pushing me aside when your uchiha teammate tried to strike me down." Said kin, sounding almost sad.
'I'll admit naruto, you came farther than anyone else, but in the end it was futile.' Thought tenten with a bit of sadness as her own teammate would kill a comrade just to prove some kind of point, making her felt uneasy with a hint of disgust.
Sakura stood silently, not wanting to believe her teammate was dead, this is naruto uzumaki for kami's sake,
he doesn't give up.
'come on naruto, I may not have treated you well, but I atleast believe in you.' She thought in sadness, regretting those moments she herself treated him with distain and annoyance.
"Proctor, he is dead. Declare the victor immediately." Stated neji with satisfaction in his voice, thinking he has stomped a roach beneath his feet.
This comment caused the village to cheer, thinking the demon has finally been vanquished by someone of high authority.
this disgusted the tourists, seeing how vile the people of konoha treat a starting genin, hearing the badmouthing of this uzumaki naruto. Only to hear them calling him a demon in a insulting manner rather than a respectful manner.
the daimyos weren't any better, making sure to deviate missions away from the village that despises there own and settle for a new alternative, possibly suna since they seem to have a no tolerance policy for training future generations.
none were more furious than the fire daimyo for unknown reasons.
as for hiruzen, he was ashamed by his own people. All the efforts that he tried to make his life easier were burned away. Ashamed that he couldn't raise him himself, remembering he couldn't even raise asuma himself. The times that the clan heads wanted so badly to adopt him.
only to deny them because it could give that said clan an unfair advantage, possibly using naruto for there clan affairs, mainly the uchiha clan,
atleast thats what the civilian council says.
all he could do was hope things would work out.
as neji was bathing in the sudden praise, he was stopped by the proctor.
"You might want to check again." Said Procter, knowing that this isn't over, earning a glare from neji.
"What do you me-" he was interrupted when he received a sharp pain from his back, causing his eyes to widen as he saw two blades pierce his stomach area.
Neji slowly turned to see it was naruto, looking as he never had a scratch since the entire fight.
This shocked everyone thinking that the blonde boy was dead, just when they were about to protest, the naruto that flew to the wall poofed into smoke, indicating it was a shadow clone. Thus angering most since he wasn't dead, but the other side cheered more, shocking the angered crowd.
"playtime is over hyuga." naruto said as he pulled back of the still stabbed hyuga as he kicked him in the back, causing him to flying in the air. naruto then threw three kunais towards the hyuga, the moment the kunais were about to make contact, they invented into Naruto shadow clones, gripping the handles of thetwo blades.
Both grabbing the hyuga prodigy's shoulder and kicking his chest mid air, both clones were not done yet as one grabbed his legs and placed them on his shoulders in a power bomb position causing him to fall down while the other shadow clone was rapidly punching the hyuga prodigy in the face.
"Kage bushin: Daburu Pawā Bakudan" the naruto shadow clones exclaimed as the used the momentum to speed up the fall. Using what looks to be a ligar bomb from the yodaime raikage with the lack of lightning and addition of shadow clones.
'double? Where's the other kunai' thought the shinobi since they saw three kunais being thrown.
before neji would even thing about the a way to use his kaiten to place much space once he hit contact with the ground, he saw a surge of electricity emanating from the sky. As he looked closer, his eyes widen in shock and disbelief.
a shadow clone was falling from the ground, his fists raised down to make contact with the body of the hyuga prodigy, that wasn't the worst part,
having a blue dragon made of lighting is the worst part.
"lighting style: raiden's fist!" The shadow clone exclaimed as the dragon roared and increased his speed, launching straight and drove the fists into the hyuga body, increasing the speed of the powerbomb.
Neji never had time to think of anything as his body met with the ground, earning a vicious slam, causing a large tremor and a large amount of smoke and thunder from the debris as of result.
The smoke dissipated as it showed neji laying inside a crater, beaten and bruised what looks to be beyond repair for any normal means. His spine broken, face having bruises due to the rapid punches but alive due to the constant breaths of air he desperately needed.
The real Naruto was simply standing there amused with his arms folded, wondering how neji couldn't tell the difference between shadow clones and the user.
he raised his sayas up as the swords fell into the sheaths, placing them back into his sash and began walking into the crater.
naruto was looking at neji like a predator stalking his prey, slowly approaching the hyuga with uncaring eyes. What neji saw was the shinigami approaching for his soul, to finally be rid of this burden.
Naruto simply grabbed neji's neck and lifted him up, causing everyone to gasp in anticipation and added drama, awaiting to see what happens.
"Remember this day hyuga." Said naruto in a cold and uncaring tone that demands authority. "Remember that it wasn't fate that saved you from meeting the shinigami, it was one person that saved you." He said, referring to the one person that never gave up despite the odds.
"And that person is the same one you called weak, so if I see you denouncing the person I care for, you better pray that I don't get a hold on a caged bird seal because I WILL make your fate more worse than death." Said naruto as he dropped neji to the ground walking off to the Procter, giving him a nod and tossing him what looks to be a green bean.
"Make sure he eats this after you call it." Said naruto as he stood for a moment.
"Winner: uzumaki naruto" said the Procter as he lifted naruto's hand in victory.
Naruto then looked at the stadium and spiked a very large dose of killer intent to the citizens of konoha. Giving everyone a clear message that he is there punching bag no longer. Spreading fear to the civilian populace since he is now aware of his surroundings and status as a shinobi.
The tourists simply cheered in fascination, seeing high hopes for the boy who display extraordinary skill and power, eager to assign him with missions best suited to complete, none were more pleased then the future clients, especially the daimyo of the neighboring nations.
'Such a determined fellow.' Thought the fire daimyo, knowing he will be a key role in future endeavors. and what better way to show his support by personally promoting him to chunin.
Especially since he is aware of his heritage but not without a cost, a truth that he should've found out sooner rather than later.
A truth that WILL be addressed since he discovered it now of all days.
unlike the snakes he calls the citizens of konoha, he is not blinded by such absurd emotions of grief or hatred, no doubt he will have to enforce his authority on a village that is slowly rotting in its greatness.
he will have a long chat with every governing body in konoha until he gets what he wants,
answers.
He is a daimyo, not a civilian.
same could be said for the clients, seeing the effective use of techniques for diversionary means could prove beneficial for missions.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we shall be taking a little intermission, please wait patiently for the upcoming matches." Said the proctor as everyone groaned but accepted.
As naruto began walking to the stands he saw his friends staring at him with concern and curiosity, others who were not in the preliminaries were also staring at him with curiosity.
"Troublesome blonde." Shikamaru stated with irritation. "The moment I thought I figured you out, you completely flip the table of theories with your sudden change in demeanor, must you always cause trouble?" Asked the Nara heir in annoyance.
"Always." Was all naruto said with a small smile. He then turned to tenten who was gleaming with stars once she saw the swords she carried with.
"I apologize for my actions against your teammate, tenten was it?" Asked naruto to which the weapons kunoichi knocked out of her googling eyeing and nodded.
"Apologies aren't necessary naruto-san. It is I who should be apologizing to you. For thinking your just a knucklehead who is naive in the shinobi world." She said apologeticly, Not realizing that it was some kind of facade from the beginning.
Only to receive a friendly bow.
"That makes two of us, for me being a knucklehead to begin with." He said as he was about to walk away until he saw the weapon's mistress blushing like a mad storm.
"are you alright tenten-san?" Ask naruto to which the girl shook her head vigorously.
"I'm fine naruto-kun." Was all the weapons mistress said, scolding herself into using that suffix, causing the blonde jinchuriki to raise and eyebrow but decided to no push it further.
"I'll be sure to help you out on that fever tenten-san, but for now i got somewhere to be." He said calmly but with a small smile as he walked pass team guy, leaving behind a panda head who was covering her face in embarrassment.
He then was walking towards his intended destination until he was stopped by one of the suna genins.
"Temari right?" Ask naruto to which the suna genin in question nodded. "May I ask why your making your way to speak to me?" He added with curiosity.
"I'll be blunt and honest with you; when I first saw you, I thought you were going to be the first one to die in the forest of death, especially with that hideous jumpsuit of yours." She said bluntly, not wanting to beat the bush for nothing. Earning a small chuckle from the sun kissed blond.
"Your not wrong, I was brash for my own good." Naruto added, making temari sigh in exhaustion.
"But after your performance, I'm kinda wrong on this now." The wind user from suna wrapped naruto into a tight hug. Earning a raised eyebrow since they never had a conversation before,
minus the introduction.
"i apologize for the assumptions i made just by appearance, And I'll do my best to make it up to you by going out on a date if that's what your into." She offered, readying herself for an impossible task.
"temari." Asked naruto, temari raised an eyebrow thinking that her suggestion would sound reasonable, but naruto elaborated.
"while I am appreciative of you acknowledging your wrongs, we are still pretty new to each other. Besides to me your just a stranger in my eyes, if you harbor some form of attachment for me, you have to have a reason to like me besides looks. If anything, your probably going to use me as much as the villagers that badmouth my name." Said the blond jinchuriki, earning a understanding questioned face.
"you'll learn soon enough." Naruto said as he broke away from the awkward his in his eyes and bowed respectfully as he walked pass the embarrassed wind user.
he made it to his destination as he walked over to kurenai's team. Much to the irritation of kiba who let out a growl.
"You got some nerves winning like if it was some kind of piece of cake you orphan." Kiba snarled in anger. "You think just because you beat neji means you can go up against me? In your Dre-" he was cut off from the killer intent he felt from naruto who carried a expression of hatred and anger through his eyes.
"killing or humiliating you will not bring make me feel any better than you, then again you had incapacitated just by a fart." The uzumaki halfbreed stated in a cold and chilling tone that shut the inuzuka heir up for good.
Naruto seized his killer intent as he walked over to hinata. And gave her a small cup of tea different colorings mixed together.
"Drink this hinata-san." Said naruto, shocking the hyuga heiress. "You gave me something after my match, now it's my turn to return the favor." Said naruto with a warm smile.
Hinata blushed at the statement she said in a soft spoken tone that would make her feel like mush, but she nodded as she sipped the cup of tea. Once the liquid hit her tastebuds, she instantly felt the effects that occurred once she finished the drink, letting out a sigh of satisfaction due to the taste of the tea.
However she noticed the sudden changes of the warm liquid that entered her mouth, as if her body itself healed instantly. The moment she felt her body was at her peek, she slowly moved her limbs, much to the shock of her sensei.
"Hinata, don't move your still injured." Kurenai said in a almost motherly tone. Yet she saw her student move without any form of issue, shocking her even more and her students.
"How did you-"
"It's a blended mix of jasmine and macheta tea, added pinch of senzu fluid to act as a rejuvenator for the body." Said naruto as he continued to speak "it also calms the nerves, preventing from a person from experiencing any form unexpected faints or fevers." He said letting out a chuckle as he began to walk back into his area. unaware of the unexpected side effect that his hyuga friend was about to occur.
(In hinata's little mindscape.)
Time slowed for hinata as if something from insider pulled her into a small space looking at a reflection of herself.
"It's time." Said a seductive yet confident voice. Shocking hinata in the process and looked around the dark and dim lighted room.
"W-who a-are yo-u?" Asked hinata in slight fear and confusion. Slowly approaching the mirror, raising her hand, touching the mirror in slight curiosity.
The scenery forever changed the hyuga heiress as the mirror shattered, a hand grabbed her, pulling her inside a room with a red light glowing brightly.
Hinata saw herself in a much more seductive demeanor that would me comparable to a mini version of anko mitarashi, the hinata lookalike had blue shorts, a fishnet sports bra and she had eye lining and red lipstick on, giving the vibes of a seductive girl.
"It's time we merge hina-chan." said the anko lookalike with a smile. "I'm the thing you deny the most, I'm the thought you constantly creeps up in your mind whenyou think of him~." Ero-hinata said with lust.
Before hinata could speak in denial, she was grabbed by ero-hinata and pushed her to a construct of a current replica of her long time crush, instantly causing the full blown blush, irritating ero-hinata.
"You have two choices. You either cement your love for naruto~kun, or your going to let these stupid whores take him for themselves. The choice is yours and it's time to PICK!" Ero-hinata yelled out in quick succession, shocking hinata in a standstill.
"B-but what if he likes them? W-what I-if he h-has eyes for-." Hinata has her head pulled by ero-hinata with a angry expression.
"Then it's our job to see if they are worthy for our naruto~kun, and it's our job to break them to see if they are even worthy of producing an army for our favorite blonde." Said the seductive hyuga counterpart but regained her focus.
"So if your going to be with him, make it fast. Your window is closing NOW!" Ero-hinata yelled out as she pushed the shy hyuga into a slowly disappearing naruto.
Shy hinata despite being timid and overall shy to do any such simple things involving the blonde boy, resolved herself and for once in her life. tough it out by boldly stepping towards the silhouette of her crush, bravely grabbing his hands and proceed to lunge her lips at her crush, the moment there lips touched; the effects were instant, resulting in a explosion of glowing light, trails of the divine like auras absorbing into hinata, Thus ending in a boom.
(Back in the real world.)
hinata went back into the world of the living, looking at her hands to see if she was in some kind of trance, she then turned to naruto who sat next to choji and shikamaru, conversing with one another.
we'll mostly the Nara heir trying to ask questions to naruto about the sudden glow up while choji ate a bag of chips.
naruto simply grinned and pointed his katanas, while also adjusting the holster by placing the storm of Sakai to his hip while adjusting the other weapon to his back for the time being.
hinata began to walk towards the group, to prove that she will claim the love that she desperately needed in her life, the light that shined her darkest moments.
however that was cut off when something unexpected happened.
"ladies and gentlemen, it has come to my attention that everyone has been told of some information lies." The fire daimyo spoke as his voice boomed the stadium.
This questioned everyone since they haven't been lied from anyone.
"and it has everything to do with uzumaki naruto." The feudal lord said as everyone was shocked, possibly glad that somebody of his authority to finally put this demon to his execution for his crimes.
"daimyo-dono, please do-." Hiruzen was cut off by man himself.
"the people of konoha need to learn from there mistakes hiruzen." Spoke the feudal lord in a authoritative tone, shocking everyone since this isn't directed to the boy.
"people of konoha, you believe that naruto uzumaki is the Kyubbi reincarnated, you all believe that this boy is responsible for all the deaths that had transpired in the day that gave birth to the Kyubbi festival." He said as everyone listened inventively. "Well I'm here to ease the 'rumors' once and for all." The daimyo spoke as everyone was hoping that there truths would be a reality.
"that uzumaki naruto being the Kyubbi," people's breath hitched, ready to celebrate this moment.
"is a lie." Said the fire daimyo with a voice of a hardened leader.
those three words shocked the people of konoha, since they were and still are under the impression that the brat is the reincarnation of the Kyubbi,
just look at his whisker marks.
"you see, konoha isn't the only one who has informants. And it isn't hard to deduce the fact that he isn't the Kyubbi or know about his heritage." People listened hard, if the uzumaki beat isn't the Kyubbi in human skin, then who is he?
"naruto uzumaki, would you step forward?" Said the fire daimyo as he was shushined on the staduim floor to which naruto jumped off the rails and met the important man.
"naruto uzumaki, due to your skills in the match I have just witnessed, it's clear that you earned your rank of chunin. Along with a secret that was kept hidden until now, so congratulations young one." Spoke the voice of the lord of the fire country to which naruto bowed respectfully.
"I am honored daimyo-dono." Naruto said, showing a display of professionalism that nobody has seen, not even hiruzen.
"I will keep this short since I have no need in delaying the inevitable." He said as he too wanted to get this over with as he turned to the populace.
"naruto uzumaki namikaze, is the son of the legendary yellow flash; namikaze minato, And the legendary red death; uzumaki kushina. These are his parents, he is the heir of two clans, but most importantly but not least." The fire daimyo said as he went next to a now shocked naruto as he was standing in front of the now shocked crowd.
the daimyo put his hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"you are my grandson."
(end of chapter 1)
(Author's note)
alright ladies and gentlemen, this is basically one of those 'you must be worthy to receive its gifts',
I'm testing the waters on this one and hope things go well, if nobody is interested then awell.
basically pulling Mjölnir but with the sword of samurai jack.
THIS IS NOT A REINCARNATION FIC CONSIDERING I HAVEN'T STARTED OFF FROM THE BEGINING.
this also doesn't mean naruto has soul absorption, that would probably make naruto OP if I really gave him that ability, all he has to do is go to the konoha gravesite and absorb the souls of minato and Kushina,
and don't get me started on heading to uzushirogakure.
Here are the people that are currently within naruto in terms of adding to Naruto's skill set and abilities.
aku(the shogan of sorrow), samurai jack, slade 'deathstroke' Wilson, Albert wesker, Jin 'ghost of Tsushima' sakai.
raiden: the god of thunder(mortal kombat X version)
possible picks:
date masamune(nioh)
Minamoto yoshitsune (nioh 2 version)
miyamoto musashi.
oda nobunaga.
if anyone has any individuals who would be worthy of being apart in Naruto's skill arsenal, then by all means, share your thoughts.
also the reincarnation fic will be a LONG one, so best to take Heath.
other than that, goodbye for now.