Hello all Storm here with part three of the prologue! Here we won't be seeing Naruko's training, instead we'll be seeing her learn about several secrets kept from her, along with an even more shocking reveal. Also this chapter takes place one year after the last one, so Naruko's now eleven, a year before the start of canon. So, without further ado.
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Looking at her Medallion in annoyance at the loss of the Bankai she stole before she even got a chance to try it out, and the fact that so far she's found no sign of Captain Doggy anywhere. Her annoyance only growing as she could sense some Shinigami on a rooftop before charging her Medallion with Reishi.
"What'd you think you're doing up there, huh?" She asked, tossing her Medallion behind her, not stopping her stride as it exploded.
"So who care if we lost the powers we stole? I've got a bigger problem. That doggy captain I was looking forward to fighting isn't even in the Seireitei!" She said, more annoyed she isn't getting the chance to fight Doggy than she is over losing the Bankai she stole from him.
Not like it matters anyway, since without the Bankai she's free to use her Vollständig with it gone.
"Dammit, if he wasn't gonna be here, somebody should've told me!" She said, not liking having her time wasted when she could be having fun cutting down or blowing up some Shinigami, or just blowing up the Soul Society.
"…Hey, are you girls even listening to me-" She said, turning to the others, feeling even more annoyed that they weren't responding.
Only to stop in disbelief, her annoyance now turning into anger when she didn't see any sign of the other girls behind her, or even anyone at all.
"Where the hell did everyone go?! Now you've got me looking like I'm out here talking to myself, ugh!" She shouted, stomping her foot in anger before looking around for any sign of them.
"Lil! Gigi! Meni! Candy! Quit hiding!" She yelled, growling in anger when none of them came out before she unleashed a large blast of her Reishi engulfing the entire area.
"Get out here right now!" She screamed, releasing a massive explosion, devastating the surrounding area while leaving nothing but rubble and destroyed buildings around her.
"I'll show you what happens when you embarrass your leader. I'll turn this whole area into a wasteland until I smoke you girls out!" She swore, now fully intending to reduce the all of the Seireitei to nothing but rubble.
"Stop!" Someone shouted before crashing own right in front of her much to her surprise, even more so when she recognized the uniform and large figure.
"Doggy? What're you wearing that bucket for?" She asked in confusion at seeing he's wearing a bucket on his head, before she smirked in amusement.
"Is it 'cause you're too scared to look me in the eyes?" She said, amused that he'd wear a bucket just so he didn't have to look at her.
"I don't have time to deal with you. My only concern is to fulfill my vow to avenge Master Genryūsai's death by taking Yhwach's head!" Sajin said, with her putting hand on her hip at hearing this.
"Oh, I get it. But because you're such a loyal doggy, you made a brief detour to come here and protect your buddies." She said, seeing the few Shinigami that managed to survive her explosion.
"But isn't it a little early for the hero to come riding to the rescue? You should've waited till there was like only one building left standing in the Seireitei. That would've been more dramatic, don't you think?" She asked, believing if he's going to act like a hero, then he should at least play the part right as the hero always arrives at the last minute.
"Maybe so." Someone said, surprising her someone managed to sneak up on her, before glancing behind her to see another Shinigami sitting on some rubble with his Zanpakutō, part of her somehow knowing his name's Shinji Hirako.
"But if that's the case, then I guess you'd have to say we're not very good heroes. We just don't have the patience to stand around and wait until the Seireitei is totally torn apart. I'm sorry." Shinji said with a mocking smirk, the sight angering her beyond all measure.
"Who are you?" She demanded, already intending to blow him into pieces just to wipe that smirk off his face.
"I got this Sajin. You can go." Said Shinji nodding to him.
"Thanks." Sajin replied before jumping away, much to her annoyance.
"Hey, I didn't say that the doggy could go-" She said, only to gasp as she felt a strange sensation wash over her.
"What's the matter? Feeling sick or something?" Shinji asked as her vision began distorting and spiraling, feeling herself stumbling like everything suddenly tilted around her.
"Wha-what is this?" She said, wondering what kind of Zanpakutō could do this.
"Sakanade, it's my Zanpakutō. Everything you see is suddenly reversed. Up is down and left is right. Makes it very difficult to fight. Feeling dizzy? Oh just wait. I've been practicing to have my words come out backwards, too." Explained Shinji, only sounding like he was much farther away and distorted.
"This won't stop me!" She said charging forward, only to stop in shock when Shinji was suddenly behind her and upside down, and she's now somehow standing on the sky.
"I told you it would be difficult." Shinji stated before all she heard was him speaking backwards, much to her annoyance.
"What the hell are you saying?!" She demanded aiming her hand at him, before everything became distorted again and she fell to her knees unable to handle the dizziness of it all.
"I'm seriously not a fan of killing girls, but I hope you'll forgive me." Said Shinji from behind her, much to her anger that he thought she was the one who would die.
"Go to hell!" She shouted, releasing multiple blasts of Reishi around her triggering several explosions.
If everything is backwards and reversed, then she'll just blow up everything around her until she hits him!
"Damn you son of a-" She said, creating more Reishi orbs to fire at Shinji, only to end up firing them directing at her feet.
"Did you miss the part of everything being reversed? Maybe you should call your friends for help." Said Shinji, much to her anger as she glared at him.
"Oh, sorry. I can see you don't have any friends." Shinji said tauntingly, causing her anger to reach its boiling point.
"You're fucking dead Shinigami!" Naruko shouted, shooting up with her Chakra flaring around her.
Breathing heavily, Naruko scowled in anger when she noticed her surroundings, only to see she's no longer in her bed and instead what looked like a sewer.
"Whoever the hell you are, I hope you made your peace! Because when I get my hands on you, you're gonna be in pieces!" Said Naruko as she got to her feet, believing someone must've found her hideout and kidnapped her.
Looking down either end of the tunnel to see if there's any sign of where the exit could be down here, or even wherever here was. Naruko let out an annoyed grunt when she didn't see anything noteworthy, before she began walking down the tunnel. While she probably could've just blown her way out of here, she didn't want to risk bringing the tunnel down on top of her.
'I swear when I find who's behind this, I'm gonna shove a bomb up their ass! And make sure it doesn't instantly kill them!' Naruko thought, wanting to make sure whoever did this suffered.
Though it wasn't long before the whiskered blonde reached a large open chamber, frowning at the sight of the wall-sized cage opposite of where she walked in. With the bars being far enough apart for her to walk through them, while keeping the doors closed was a sealing tag with the kanji for "seal" on it.
"A little cliché don't you think?! A giant cage for your pet monster! Try something more original, asshole!" Naruko said, only to jump back when massive claws shot through the cage bars.
"I am no one's pet girl! Call me that again and I'll tear you to pieces!" Roared something in the cage, with Naruko's eyes widening as two equally massive blood red eyes with slit pupils opened up radiating red Chakra.
Before a large fang-filled mouth opened along with the eyes until soon the creature stepped into the light, much to Naruko's shock when she saw just what it was.
"Kyūbi…no Yōko…" Naruko said in disbelief at seeing the Kyūbi no Yōko in person, the same beast that attacked Konoha eleven years ago.
"That's right, and if not for this accursed seal I would have devoured you by now, Naruko." Said Kyūbi, making Naruko's eyes widen further.
"Seal? But…the Yondaime was meant to have…" Said Naruko, having read that the Yondaime had killed the Kyūbi at the cost of his own life.
"What? Kill me? The fact any of you humans believe something so foolish only shows how naïve you truly are. The Yondaime could only ever hope to seal me away again, I'm sure you can figure out the rest." Kyūbi said, as Naruko began putting the pieces together of what the fox was talking about.
"That…OLD BASTARD!" Naruko yelled, enraged at this knowledge, now seeing why everyone hated her and what the Sandaime had been keeping from her.
"He knew! He knew why everyone hated me, but never told me! I had every damn right to know that I had something sealed inside my body! And that's why he wanted me to be a Ninja so badly, because I'm fucking a Jinchūriki! A weapon for Konoha to use, that's all I ever was!" Said Naruko, feeling angrier than ever that something like this had been kept from her.
Along with now seeing all the times the Hokage was nice to her, showing her kindness, he wasn't being genuine, he only wanted to make sure the "weapon" stayed loyal to the village. Having learned about Jinchūriki from her reading and knew that's all they were to villages, weapons to be aimed at their enemies.
"They want a weapon so badly?! I'll turn their entire fucking village into the biggest weapon in the world before reducing it to nothing but a wasteland!" Naruko shouted, swearing she's going to enjoy watching Konoha disappear in the biggest explosion she'll create.
"As much as I'd love to see that worthless village be reduced to a smoking crater, we both know you're not strong enough to fight all of Konoha by yourself. Attacking it as you are now will only end in your death or capture so they can put a collar around your neck." Kyūbi said, making the Uzumaki glare at it.
"Mind your own damn business, fox! And how do I get you out of my body?!" Demanded Naruko, refusing to have anything sealed inside her.
"Tear that tag off and I'll happily be on my way. But keep in mind that if I leave, you won't survive." Replied Kyūbi, with Naruko stopping before she fully stepped towards the cage to remove the seal.
"Perfect! So I'm stuck having to share my body now?!" Naruko said, not believing she's never even had her own body to herself, having had to unknowingly share it her entire life.
"Unfortunately. But perhaps you should be thankful I'm here, after all I can answer the questions you've wanted answered for so long. I might be sealed inside you, but everything you've seen, everything you've heard, I've seen all of it from the first moment I was put inside you." Kyūbi said, only for the whiskered blonde to scoff.
"If you know everything I've seen and heard, then you also know I sure as hell don't trust anyone. Why the hell would I even consider trusting you?" Said Naruko, having refused to let herself be used, lied to, or manipulated again, and anyone that tries won't live to regret crossing her.
"Because I'm not an idiot. And unlike humans, I have no reason to waste my time telling lies or half-truths." Retorted Kyūbi, along with knowing if it had any chance to regaining its freedom then it would give the whiskered blonde any answer she wanted.
"Then prove it." Naruko challenged while crossing her arms, the Bijū merely grinned darkly.
"Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki." Kyūbi revealed, causing Naruko to freeze at the names.
"…Those…" Muttered Naruko at hearing those names and what it meant, already having an idea on the latter.
"Your parents, the Yondaime Hokage and the man who sealed me into you is your father. And your mother is one of the last surviving members of the Uzumaki Clan, having been brought to Konoha from the home of her clan Uzushiogakure, all for the purpose of becoming my second Jinchūriki." Said Kyūbi, with Naruko stumbling slightly at this revelation.
'So he did know…he knew who my parents were…my own father succeeded him! And he still kept this from me…I shouldn't even be surprised at another lie.' Naruko thought bitterly, not even surprised the Sandaime had kept this from her too.
Before she tensed at the other information the Kyūbi revealed, that her mother was one of the last surviving members of the Uzumaki Clan, that she came from a clan! A clan that also had their own village!
"What's the Uzumaki Clan?!" Naruko demanded, having never found any information about them in all the books she's read.
"A clan distantly related to the Senju Clan, with both clans having kept close ties throughout the years. Along with marrying each other throughout the years, Hashirama Senju even married an Uzumaki, Mito, my first Jinchūriki. The Uzumaki were known for their bright red hair, possessing powerful life-force and Chakra, along with their prowess in Fūinjutsu, having more knowledge in the art than any other clan or village, which they provided to Konoha when the village was created. And that swirl Konoha Ninja wear so proudly on their flak jackets, it's the Uzumaki Clan's emblem. But it's because of their skill in Fūinjutsu they were respected and feared throughout the world, leading to them all but being wiped out not long after Kushina was brought to Konoha to become my next host. Having been destroyed by those who believed the Uzumaki were too powerful to continue existing." Kyūbi explained, making Naruko grit her teeth as she fell to her hands and knees, punching the ground in anger.
'Power…it's always because of power! Those damn Shinigami hunted us to near extinction, just because we did a better job than them at dealing with Hollows! Now these Ninja Villages did the same, because they were scared of our skill in Fūinjutsu?! They're the real monsters, all of them!' Naruko thought, not even realizing what she was thinking, only feeling rage that her kind were hunted and wiped out again.
"If Konoha is supposed to have allied with the Uzumaki Clan, why isn't there any information about them?!" Naruko said, wanting to know why there's no information about the Uzumaki Clan, even back in the Academy before she left there was never any mention of them.
"I'm sure you can guess why." Stated Kyūbi, which only angered the whiskered blonde further, that someone had been suppressing and hiding any information regarding the Uzumaki Clan.
"What happened the night you attacked?!" Demanded Naruko, glaring at the Bijū.
"It was the night you were born, when a female Jinchūriki gives birth their seal weakens giving the Bijū a chance to escape and I wasn't going to miss my chance. But Namikaze, he was there to keep the seal intact and kept me imprisoned long enough for Kushina to give birth. Only for a Masked Man, an Uchiha, showed up and took you hostage after killing the guards and Medic-Nin. Namikaze got you to safety which gave the Masked Man a chance to grab Kushina and extract me from her, before using his infernal Sharingan to control me into attacking Konoha. I only remember when I was released from his control, likely from Namikaze using a Contract Seal to break the connection, and I fully intended to pay Konoha back for all the times it's humiliated me. But Namikaze teleported me away, bringing you and Kushina with him, intending to seal half my Chakra into himself and the other half into you, using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and Eight Trigrams Seal. And Kushina, she used what strength she had left to use her Adamantine Sealing Chains to hold me down so Namikaze could perform the sealing." Explained Kyūbi, with Naruko glaring at it.
"What else?!" Naruko said, doubting that's everything.
"…I drove my claw through them after they threw themselves in front of it to save you." Kyubi admitted, not regretting attempting to kill Naruko if it meant not being sealed again.
"You…you killed them?!" Growled Naruko, glaring at the Bijū with a pair of red eyes with two tomoe spinning in them.
This causing the Kyūbi to momentarily flinch in shock and even a bit of fear at the sight of its Jinchūriki, who the Bijū knew for certain wasn't an Uchiha nor a descendant of that clan, possessing a natural Sharingan. Before masking it behind a growl, while channeling its rage at this newfound predicament to aide in the endeavor.
"They were dead, anyway! Kushina would've lasted an hour at best after I was extracted from her, and Namikaze forfeited his life the moment he used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal! The Masked Man is the one responsible for what happened that night, he's the reason they're dead! Namikaze is the one who made you a Jinchūriki, not me! Maybe if he was as smart as people claimed he was, he would've sealed me or my Yin-half back into Kushina and she might still be alive, but he only cared about keeping the precious balance between the villages by giving Konoha their new weapon! The Sandaime is no different, he wanted to keep you alone, easy to manipulate and make you dependent on him, so you'd never even think of abandoning Konoha!" Retorted Kyūbi, making Naruko grit her teeth as her Dōjutsu deactivated.
"What're you talking about now?!" Naruko said, wondering what the fox meant by that.
"You didn't think your parents wouldn't leave you in someone's care if they died? You had a Godmother, another accursed Uchiha named Mikoto, who was friends with them both. She even intended to take you in after that night but the Sandaime and the rest of Konoha's leadership refused her request, refusing to let the Uchiha Clan get the village's weapon, even keeping her from so much as interacting with you. You also have a Godfather, Namikaze's own sensei, Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannin. Along with a distant relative in the form of Tsunade Senju of the Sannin, Mito Uzumaki's granddaughter. But they weren't kept from raising you, they just didn't care to even try and meet you." Kyūbi revealed, while Naruko breathed heavily feeling her body shaking with how angry she was.
"How do I know any of this is true?! Since so far all I've heard are more reasons to hate Konoha than I already do! How do I know you aren't just manipulating me into attacking so I end up killed, then you get to go free!" Said Naruko glaring at the Kyūbi.
As no matter how angry she was, Naruko wasn't dumb enough to let her anger blind her and that all of this could just be some elaborate lie the Bijū made up as a means to manipulate her. It could just be using all the information she already knows and creating a convincing enough lie she doesn't think and rushed straight to her own death after making her angry enough.
"I don't care if you believe me!" Kyūbi roared glaring murderously at the whiskered blonde that she'd dare accuse it of lying.
"I already said, I don't need to lie like you humans when the truth is far more damning than any lie! If you don't believe me then just look at that new hideout you found, those kunai hanging on the walls belonged to Namikaze! All the Fūinjutsu books and scrolls, those were his and Kushina's too! If that's not enough then just go the Hokage's Office and find your own proof to see who the real liar is!" Challenged Kyūbi before backing away into the shadows, having no interest to continue this conversation.
Its words only worsening Naruko's mood, before she was engulfed in shadows and left her mindscape.
*Real World*
Opening her eyes, Naruko shot up from her bed panting heavily, whether it was from the experience or her own rage, she didn't know. Only that she needed to get out of here before she ended up destroying the building and the entire forest.
Acting quickly, Naruko's shadow rose up and formed a black, smoky portal which she immediately jumped through.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we see Naruko having another dream, once again seeing the doggy captain along with another called Shinji, fighting him and his Zanpakutō Sakanade, until she wakes up in her mindscape, leading to her meeting the Kyūbi and learning she's a Jinchūriki. Much to her anger at now seeing why the Hokage wanted her to be a Ninja, that she's meant to be Konoha's weapon.
With her only getting angrier as the Kyūbi reveals the identity of her parents, the Uzumaki Clan and Konoha's ties to it, her godparents and distant relative, along with what happened the night she was born. All of it angering Naruko much more, while unaware her eyes have changed to the Sharingan shocking the Kyūbi at the sight, along with fear of being controlled again. As for how Naruko has them, no she's not descended from an Uchiha nor does she or her parents have Uchiha blood in anyway, for how Naruko has it will be revealed, but it's certainly a unique way.
Finally the Kyūbi challenges Naruko to find out the truth herself after she accuses it of lying, with Naruko soon waking up and teleporting away, needing to calm down before explodes, literally. So, for those that like the story, thanks for your support. For those that don't or at least don't like the direction taken, you're more than welcomed to drop the story. But thanks for giving the story a chance anyway.
Storm out