Disclaimer: I'm not the owner of Naruto, "Popular Monster", or "The Sound of Silence." I wish though, just must stick being a fan sadly.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Biju yelling/pissed off ninja's/ Naruto sing"
'Biju thinking'
(Songs titles)
It's a just a normal night on October 10th and many civilians sleep peacefully within the walls of Konohagakure. A cave system nearby hidden in the Forest of Death the Fourth Hokage was pacing around will five ANBU watching. He's waiting for his first-born son of him and Kushina Uzumaki. "Everything will be ok Minato." Minato turns to Orochimaru whop stands extra guard over his friend/rival for Hokage. Jiraiya just laughs at his fellow Sannin. "I know that, but can't a father worry just a bit?" Before he could respond a roar pierces the night. 'I hope that's not the Kyubi no Yoko.' Everyone thinks the same thing as a masked man comes sprinting out. "Well shit…" As those words left the shinobi's mouth did the bundle in his arms cry. " . .BASTARD." An enraged Kushina charges after him but gets close lined by Biwako. Hiruzen Sarutobi looks deadpanned at his wife who just KO one of the deadliest kunoichi that was at his command. "Troublesome." "I thought that word was copyrighted claimed by the Nara sensei?" 'Madara' laughs at the antics of his opponents. "I'm just going to take this child now if you don't mind." He turns to leave but gets blocked by not just the ANBU but also Orochimaru and Minato. "Give me my son back and you'll be a load to live." A dark laugh comes out from behind the white and black mask. "Try and stop me Hokage-sama." One of the ANBU throws a kunai which just fazes right through. "Told yo..." His taunt gets cuts off by Jiraiya grabbing his leg and throwing him into a wall. He slowly gets out of the man-size dent only to be greeted by the Monkey king Enma who slaps him out of the cave and into a tree. 'This wasn't part of the plan' 'Madara' thinks to himself before Minato appears in front of him, swiping the clothed child. "You may have stopped this part of my plan but how are going to stop the Kyubi!" A another roar much loader and further away from them awakens the village. "Hiruzen, Jiraiya take the ANBU and stall the Kyubi from causing too much damage while I prepare to seal ii into my son." They all nod as 'Madara' disappears in a Kamui. "Dame you Minato-sensei! This village will burn someday even if it's in a thousand years after my death!" He screams as Minato Leaps through the trees running to a secluded area away from the village.
Shinobi and kunoichi throw jutus, kunai, and shuriken at the Nine-Tails attacking their home with horrible results. "We can't stop it!" Someone screams out before a claw swipe ends him and several nearby comrades. Orochimaru prays to Kami for forgiveness for what he's about to do. "Edo Tensei: Summoning Impure World Resurrection!" Two stone coffins rise out of the ground and the First and Second Hokages walk out as the lid falls. "Who summed us brother?" Hashirama Senju asks Tobirama Senju. "I did lord Fist and Second. We require your assistants in fighting off the Kyubi no Yoko." Ororchimaru tells the winded from the chakra used in the jutus. "And we will. Come brother the village needs us once more." Tobirama nods as he and his brother charge into battle against the Kyubi. "No one will stop me for ending this village's light!" "Mokuten: Smothering Binding Technique!" The Kyubi turned to voice as multiply trees, branches, vines, and roots wrap around its body, legs and mouth trapping it. "NO! ANYONE BUT HIM! CURSE YOU TO THE DEEPEST PITS OF SENJU!" Tobirama gathers many of the injured shinobis and kunoichis that are nearby and uses his Hiraishin to get them away from the battle. 'No slaughter is a better word.' He thinks as the last ninja is safely moved from the field. "Lord Forth! Begin the sealing. We will back you up with extra seals." Minato turns from the array of seals and sees three young Uzumakis sprinting towards him with more sealing supplies. "Thank you, my cousins." They smile as they lay down their own sealing arrays to reinforce the Shiki Fujin with the two overlapping Eight Trigrams Sealing and a seal that Minato doesn't recognizes. "What seal is that Uzumaki-san?" Said Uzumaki looks up at the Fourth with a smile. "This is a personal seal from my father. I won't tell you the name, but the seal is supposed to help with chakra control once the child turns 12 years old even with the Kyubi in him." Minato looks at the seal with newfound respect for his cousins. Hashirama just smiles at the Kyubi who is now sweating more and more. "You will never harm this village again you monster." He turns to the fourth. "Finish this Minato-san!" Minato nods and starts the hand seals with the Uzumaki's standing ready to halt the Kyubi from striking down Minato or the child. Sadly, there was nothing Hashirama or the Uzumaki's could as the Kyubi breaks a claw free and not only stabs through all three Uzumakis but also Kushina and Minato. "NOO!" Hiruzen yells out in anguish at the sight of seeing his greatest friends and even greater shinobi. Hashirama yells out. "Mokuten: Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees!" Forcing the Kyubi further down on the ground fully trapped by the Forest of Death. Minato looks at his son blood dripping slowly from his mouth. "Shiki Fujin. Lord Shinigami please seal the whole of the Kyubi into my first-born son." The god of Death nods as the Kyubi roars out in pain at being forceably sealed into a newborn child. "It's finished. May you. .PEACE." Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the two Senju's watch as the souls of the brave five heroes walk hand in hand with the Shinigami. "Now to rebuild ey Sarutobi-baka?" Tobirama laughs before falling apart into ash as the Edo Tensei ends. With a single tic mark. "Yes Tobirama-sensei." The village of Konohagakure sends out messengers to all her allies for support. This was eleven years ago.
We now see a rebuilt and stronger village hidden in the leaves. A blond, navy-blue eyed boy run from chunin and jonin chasing him for painting the Hokage Monument. "Get back here you brat!" Said brat just laughs and leaps further away from them. A few ANBU join the great chase to redeem their honor as the day before the brat somehow found their quarters and turned the rooms upside down. "You'll pay for that prank Naruto!" yelled out Chameleon. "Not if you can't catch me!" Naruto says with a grin plastered on his sun-kissed skin. Everyone gains another tic mark over their foreheads at the thought of losing to the Prankster King of Konoha. Soon a few chunin get trapped in a web of fishing line, gum, and…catnip. Soon the most feared cat in all of Konoha appears. "Please Tora-dono ...don't hurt us…NOT THE BALLS!" All the untrapped males cringe in fear and sympathize for their fallen comrade. By the time they turn around to continue the chase Naruto is gone. "Dame you!" Eagle yells out shaking his fist in the air.
With Naruto who escaped once again from his pursuers. Or so he thought. "What did you do this time Naruto-san?!" He freezes in fear at the voice. "Cat-sama…please don't hurt me…NOT THE FACE." Cat just grabs his ear and drags him back to the Academy. "I got him Iruka-sensei." As the ANBU agent tosses Naruto back into the classroom earning laughter from all his classmates. "Thank you." Iruka tells the ANBU as she leaves the room. Mizuki turns to Saskue with a twisted smile. "Now class what have we learned?" "Not to skip class under fear of ANBU." Everyone answers expect Naruto who seats down behind his desk with a look of sadness and defeat. Nobody sees the single tear falling down his skin on the slit flicker of a henge. As the lecture continues with both teachers ignoring answers from Naruto which only Shino noticing this. 'Why? Logic says that his answers are correct. What is going on here. I must speak with Naruto-san after class.' He thinks as the lunch bell rings. Students file out of the room and head towards the playground/ lunchroom expect for Naruto whom Iruka told him to stay behind for breaking one of the rules. And again, only Shino wonders about the discrimination. Just before Iruka leaves the room he yells out. "Wake up Shikamaru!" The Nara in question snaps awake and sees that it's time for lunch. "Sorry Iruka-sensei for sleeping through another lecture." He follows Iruka out of the classroom not noticing Naruto sitting behind his desk. Or that Shino stayed in the classroom to keep Naruto company. Now with the classroom empty of sound does Shino hear Naruto singing.
(Popular Monster by Falling In Reverse)
"Yeah
I wake up every morning with my head up in a daze
I'm not sure if I should say this, fuck, I'll say it anyway
Everybody tries to tell me that I'm going through a phase
I don't know if it's a phase, I just wanna feel okay, yeah
I battle with depression, but the question still remains
Is this post-traumatic stressin' or am I suppressing rage?
And my doctor tries to tell me that I'm going through a phase
Yeah, it's not a fucking phase, I just wanna feel okay, okay
Yeah, I struggle with this bullshit everyday
And it's probably 'cause my demons simultaneously rage
It obliterates me, disintegrates me, annihilates me
'Cause I'm about to break down, searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular monster
I think I'm going nowhere like a rat trapped in a maze
Every wall that I knock down is just a wall that I replace
I'm in a race against myself I try to keep a steady pace
How the fuck will I escape if I never close my case?
Oh my God, I keep on stressin', every second that I waste
Is another second sooner to a blessing I won't take
But my therapist will tell me that I'm going through a stage
Yeah, it's not a fucking stage, I just wanna feel okay, okay
Motherfucker, now you got my attention
I need to change a couple things 'cause something is missin'
And what if I were to lie, tell you everything is fine?
Every single fucking day I get closer to the grave
I am terrified, I fell asleep at the wheel again
Crashed my car just to feel again
It obliterates me, disintegrates me, annihilates me
'Cause I'm about to break down, searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular fucking monster
Yeah, here we go again, motherfucker, oh
We're sick and tired of wondering
Praying to a God that you don't believe
We're searching for the truth in the lost and found
So the question I ask is, oh, where the fuck is your god now?
'Cause I'm about to break down, searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular monster
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster"
Shino stands there in shock at what he just heard. The only other person who heard Naruto is a ANBU agent wearing the Akuma mask. "That was beautiful Naruto-san." Naruto turns to face his one and only in the whole village. "Thanks. Shino-san. Want to go eat something?" Shino nods and they both leave the ANBU thinking about his view on Naruto "Maybe he's not the Kyubi after all." Said agent mumbles to himself as he takes of his mask to look at it. "Are we the true demons?" Soon he places his mask back on before going back to his dorm for rest. Sakura, Ino and the other clan heirs watch as Shino sits down with Naruto to eat lunch. "Why do you sit with the omega Shino when you could sit with the alpha's?" Kiba yells across the ground to them earning laughs from everyone. "Come eat with your fellow heirs Aburame. That dobe going to hold you back!" Sasuke tells Shino who is starting to feel anger. "Just go Shino. It's fine. I'll be fine." Naruto says in a near whisper to him somberly. "But Naruto-san we're friends. Why should I leave you? Logic says to stay with you. Why? Because we are friends." "I don't want you to be hurt because of Shino-san. Please." Shino just nods and goes to sit with his fellow heirs/ "betters". Shikamaru notices the buzzing coming off of Shino. 'Troublesome. Why does Shino care about Naruto so much? He's a nobody unlike the Namikaze twins.' Said Namikazes' are sitting at the head of their table. Iori and Imari Namikaze look at the blond with hatred and content. "Glad you would see reason Aburame-san." Shino looks at Choji with no emotion. "Logic tells me not to say anything. I'm not going to talk bad about my friend. Now let me eat in peace please." Everyone just nods and returns to their meals. Naruto just snacks on the only good food from his lunch. A single piece of white bread without any mold. The rest of his lunch is either rotten fruit, moldy bread, or poisoned. With a sigh Naruto just sits and waits for lunch to be over. Iruka and Mizuki both watch Naruto wondering why he wasn't eating. "Get the class ready for taijutsu practice Mizuki. I'll see what's wrong." Mizuki nods and starts doing so as Iruka walks over to where Naruto is sitting. "Why aren't you eating anything Naruto-baka?" He asks as Naruto looks up. "Because Iruka-sensei…I already ate the only thing that was edible." He show's Iruka his lunch box which causes Iruka to pale at the sight of what his lunch looks like. "How did your food get to looking so bad? We were only out here for half an hour." "I bought it this way…expect for the bread that I paid double the price for." Naruto tells him with shame and sadness. Iruka just nods, horrified that a 11-year-old is wasting away because of the greed of the food salesmen. "Come on. We have to get to taijutsu practice." He turns around to leave not seeing the tears falling to ground. "Right Iruka-sensei." Naruto follows him to where Mizuki has started teaching everyone the basic katas to the Academy style. "Let's get to the spars now that Iruka and Naruto are here." "Hai sensei!" The matches go as what Naruto thought. He was always paired against Kiba, Saskue, Iori, Imari, and finally Mizuki at the end of the "training". 'More like sanction beatings.' He thinks to himself after his spar with Imari who forced a ring out. "Five-minute break before the next spar between Naruto and Mizuki." Iruka says to the class as Shino helps Naruto to a log near the ring to await the nurse. "Don't both waiting for her Shino. She won't heal the demon brat." Naruto tells him sadly as Shikamaru looks at him with confusion. 'Why is Naruto hated by everyone so much? I get his pranks are disruptive but that can't be the only reason.' He sits in his thinking pose as the practice continues around him. "Alright. Final spar of the day. Naruto verses Mizuki." Mizuki stands in the calked ring looking at Naruto with a grin on his face. Naruto sighs as he stands up wincing in pain from the kicks he received from the previous spars. "Hajima!" As soon as Iruka stand that did Mizuki attack. Kicks and punches are blocked or deflected with skill that Naruto has never showed. "How are you doing this gaki!" Mizuki yells at Naruto before a drop kick lands on his exposed chest, almost knocking him out of the ring. "I'm done being your punching bag!" Naruto screams before landing a punch right on the jawline of Mizuki knocking him out cold. Iruka starts counting to ten as the rest of the class looks at Naruto with a mixture of hatred, shock, and awe. "Ten! Winner by knockout Naruto Uzumaki." Some applause from a few of his class, Naruto leaves the ring. "Good job Naruto-san." Naruto turns to Iruka with a smile. "Thanks, Iruka-sensei." Shino hears different whispers from classmates ranging from "How is the dobe that good?" "Is he truly the demon like my parents tell me?" "I hope Naruto is ok?" "Yeah those other spars looked painful." He looks shock that a few other class members actually care about Naruto. "Hey Shino. Dinner at your place tonight. Correct?" Shino nods as they both turn to leave the Academy grounds for today.
They arrive at the Aburame clan grounds. The guards bow to the heir and his friend. "Welcome home Shino-sama and hello again Naruto-san." Naruto bows with a grunt to the clan guards in respect. 'I wonder who else cares for Naruto-san like I and my clan?' Shino thinks before giving a nod to his clan members before reaching his home within the tree filled clan grounds. "Ah. Shino-kun and Naruto-san. How was the Academy?" asks Shibi with a raised eyebrow upon seeing the bruises on Naruto's arms and legs. "It was better than expected Shibi-sama." Naruto tells him before bowing to the clan head. "There's no need to bow to me Naruto-san. Why? You are my one of my son's friend." Naruto nods before sitting down at the dinner table. As the three eat the meal placed before then by other clan members, they talk about how live has been with Naruto lying about most of what he has said. Shibi can tell that Naruto is lying about his live away from his two safer spots in the village. 'Why do you lie to us Naruto-kun? Just tell us what's wrong?' Shibi thinks to himself with a smile being hidden by the collar of his jacket. Shino not being able to tell that Naruto is lying just nods to a few things Naruto says about how many of the villagers verbally assault him. "Thank you for the meal Shibi-sama. I'll see you tomorrow for Graduation Shino-san." Shino nods as Naruto leaves for his apartment which he rents thanks to the Orphan/Homeless Stipend Act created by the Yondaime after the Third Great Ninja War. "So, when are you going to tell him Shino-chan?" Shibi asks his 'son' who now hides a blush hidden by the collar of her jacket. Shinsato turns to her father, "I heard Naruto-kun sing to today and he has such a beautiful voice." Shibi just smiles, "Go get ready for bed." Shinsato nods and heads to her room.
Across the village we find Naruto sitting on the roof of his apartment building with a guitar. After a bit of him tuning his instrument he sings.
("The Sound of Silence." By Disturbed)
"Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night and touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls" and whispered in the sound of silence"
As he finished sing did Akuma and Cat start clapping from the shadows. "You should sing more often Naruto-kun." Cat tells him with a small blush under her mask. Akuma nods in agreement with his fellow ANBU agent. "Thanks you guys. Maybe tomorrow I'll sing something else. Goodnight." He leaves the roof through the door heading back to his room. "I wish he could live a normal life." Akuma mumbles load enough for Cat to hear him. "I do as well Akuma-san." They both return to their posts as Naruto climbs into bed with a thoughts of on graduation, Shinto, and sing in front of his parents.
AN: Alright. I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of Fates Changed. Yes, Shino is a girl in this story. If you don't like, then don't read on. I'll be working on chapter two: Graduation, Team 7. Review, favorite, or follow. Ja ne!