Shin Naruto

Prologue

Naruto walked down moonlit the street with his stomach rumbling as usual and like all injustices he faced in the world he endured it. He was going to participate in his third graduation trial at the Ninja academy soon and he secretly hoped that from then on, his life would change for the better. After aimlessly walking he found him outside what appeared to be abandoned or destroyed temple. What struck him the most was the symbol at the entrance.

It was a giant replica of the symbol he had seen on the backs of Konoha Shinobi uniforms. A whirlpool that to his eyes seemed to go on forever. This was something he had asked one of the Shinobi but was met with contempt and discouragement. The question had not been from an inquisitive mind but from a mind that had been surrounded by the symbol ever since he had moved out of the orphanage. A red background with a spiral that culminated in a central point like whirlpool. To others it seemed static but to him it seemed infinite, it would not stop swirling. This was limited to the ones in his small apartment and to one or two of the elite Jonin he did not know.

With nothing to lose he stepped into the run-down temple and a brilliant white light flashed before his eyes.

"Welcome Uzumaki Naruto, I am Otsutsuki Shibai" a neutral voice said. He opened his eyes expecting to be inside the temple, but he was instead in a white void.

"Where am I? Naruto asked in alarm.

"The wrong question child but I will answer it. You have stepped into a Holy place but not a holy place to wanderers and passersby. A Holy Place to those with the power to change Destiny."

Naruto couldn't fully what was being said so he decided to stay quiet.

"Good, good" the voice said. "At such a young age you have learned silence, something not even the wisest sages have done." The voice. "This place is Holy to you Naruto, none can enter or leave your."

Naruto remained silent for he sensed there was more to be said by the voice.

"This place exists outside of reality, in fact it is a part of me that none in the countless millennia have been able to access, until today."

"Did you stop them or were they unable to enter?" he asked, feeling that the distinction was important.

"I did nothing for they were not worthy. Some could perceive, some could even touch, but none until you could enter. This marks you as the most important being in the universe" after a pause it added "well next to me that is."

Shibai continued "You see Naruto I was able to create this space using Shinjutsu, after my many rebirths. I used it to store all the things that I started collecting in my lives that seemed to be worth great value."

"Many Rebirths?" Naruto asked bewildered.

"I have existed in various forms and places for a long time, and you would be unable to comprehend the number even if I tried to tell you?" Shibai replied.

"Before you continue can I ask a question?" Naruto said growing more bolder.

"You can but I can also chose not to answer."

"You said Shinjutsu, of all the types of shinobi styles I have never heard of that. Can you tell me what it is?"

The voice was silent for an. "Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, these three you have surely heard of. Kekkai Genkai, Doujutsu rarely so. What connects them all together is the first awakening of Shinjutsu. I created Shinjutsu among my race the Otsutsuki, along with many other tools and techniques." Shibai's voice continued.

"Yes, the first three are common and trained and performed by many ninjas. The others as you said are rare, belonging to clans and even bloodlines within those clans." The voice paused for a moment and then continued. "You continually surprise me child. For being labelled a failure and a dunce you ask questions and see to the true heart of matters. I am one hundred percent sure that you are the one."

"Shinjutsu literally translated means Divine Techniques. My Clan, The Otsutsuki was unable to perform them and slowly began creating inferior forms of them but do not be fooled by their creations, the word inferior, was in context to my Shinjutsu they were indeed incredibly powerful and allowed us to conquer entire planets and rule as gods."

"What did you rule as?" Naruto asked, wondering what such a powerful being as a ruler of gods. "I am an orphan and I know the pain of not having anyone, so I believe it must be lonely to be a god who created a whole civilization, spread it among the stars and had no one to truly understand him."

In that moment a figure appeared in from of Naruto. He was a slim man with long flowing hair reaching his lower back and wore black tattered robes. He had horns on his head that curved upward like a crown and his facial features were shrouded black. The only parts that stood out were three see, one pure white, another was purple with concentric rings around it and a final eye he could not discern.

"In our brief time I have witnessed the history of this world and the circumstances that have led to this point. I am truly perplexed that I could be moved by another's pain. You Uzumaki Naruto are an existence that not only can grasp Shinjutsu but also the feelings of the heart. Something with my limitless power I could not. I guess you could then say it is not limitless" a mocking smile came to his face.

As alien as he seemed Naruto could understand that.

"Naruto I am going to give you all my power but not as an exchange, rather as a challenge. If you can master, change the destiny of this world, face and ultimately destroy me I will have succeeded."

"You said it yourself, the pain of being alone is unbearable". "Do not despair this is not an elaborate attempt at erasing my existence. Rather it is an opportunity for a new universe to be created with a start and a beginning. You are not an Otsutsuki, but you share my Bloodline and the path your family has taken has been building up to this moment. Those pure blue eyes will change, and you will see the Pure World. Even I cannot see what will come of this, but I believe it will change the universe".

"Wait, wait, wait, aren't you going to tell me how to use it, what to do and what not to do?" Naruto screamed in despair.

"No child I will not" he approached Naruto and held out his hand in the shape of a fist. "The knowledge has always been within you. Take it Naruto it is yours."

He had no reason to trust this strange looking man, the things that he had been told did not make sense but what he could not deny was that this was meant to be. A part of him had been missing and he knew deep down that this was it.

Slowly Uzumaki Naruto, a third-year academy student raised his arm in a similar manner. When they touched only darkness remained.

AN: An old fan fic writer dusting off his keyboard. I hope you like it. SKJ.