Chaos is something Naruto is familiar with. His life is full of it, even his mind is full of Chaos.He knows and understands chaos and he even started loving it because only in chaos did Naruto find his peace.

His mind has always been a place of dark Whispers so Naruto always tried to make sure that he isn't free enough to listen to those whispers. Maybe that's the real reason he played those pranks against the villagers. They always provided him with distraction and satisfaction.

But Naruto only understood real chaos after that fateful night. He understood what grief is, what hurt is and especially what anger and hatred is. His anger and the hatred that he now feels frightens him and how could it not when you have everything stripped away from you even before you know the meanings of these words.

All of his life Naruto had only seen hatred in the eyes of Konoha but never did he felt it so raw and real. The demon in his mind claims to be hatred incarnate but Naruto knows it couldn't even be compared to the hatred that now Naruto felt towards everything.

All of his life Naruto only wanted something to recognise him. Something that claims him and gives him an identity. Something that proved that he belonged somewhere or to someone and now that he has that it was too taken away from him before he could even feel that.

His life is built on lies. Everything he was told by everyone was just a lie and finally he has someone to tell him the truth even if the truth is harsh and cruel but at least now he knows what he is and where he belonged.

Maybe he is still too young and naive to understand things so complicated but Naruto knows if didn't deal with the anger bubbling inside of him then he would go insane and that would result in him releasing a calamity onto Konoha resulting in its end but Naruto doesn't want that. He wants to achieve something and show these people what he truly is and he will show them.

They enjoy his misery, laugh on his failures and treats him with cruelty thinking that they are the almighty but one day he will show them their true colours but right know he needs much more important things to deal with such as how to control his chakra and as he sticks upside down in his apartment wearing his favourite mask he thinks of that fateful night that changed everything.


FLASHBACK

He thought he was going to die. The moment he wore that mask everything seemed to get sucked inside it including him and he never wants to experience that again. The walls of the shrine all lit up automatically and he could clearly see everything. Symbols that adorned the walls , different kinds of weapons and scrolls and especially masks, so many masks and Naruto is not touching any of them again.

He should remove the one he is wearing too shouldn't he but it feels warm now instead of giving that cold feeling it gave earlier and maybe is a little insane but the atmosphere around is so cold that he wants to keep all the warmth he can get so he didn't touch the mask.

"Hello, young Uzumaki. It's so good to finally meet you. I have been waiting for you for so long."

Now he knows that he is a little insane but not so much that he will start hearing voices in his mind because there is no one aside from him here. He gets a little uncomfortable thinking that there might be a ghost here. Well it certainly looked like a place where ghosts could live freely but not him.

"You could say I am a ghost but I am not here to hurt you little prince. I just want to talk to the boy I was waiting for."

This time he was sure he didn't hear wrong or that it was just his illusion. Someone was talking to him and it was a ghost . Now Naruto isn't afraid of anything but ghosts are something that frightens him and so the only logical thing to do in this situation was to run and that's what he did.

He got up and ran but the moment he reached outside the shrine his feet stopped. He recognised immediately that he was not in Konoha. All around him was a forest and ruins.

He could hear waves of water and the breeze was cold but not scary cold but just normal cold.

His heart panicked. What the hell happened to him? Where was he? . Again he started running and he ran and ran as fast as he could in what he assumed was the direction of Konoha hoping to find the village somehow and all he reached was sand and sea.

As far as his eyes could see there was water and waves. The moonlight lighting the blue water in his silver colour and the glass present in the sand shining like diamonds and it was the most beautiful and breathtaking view he has ever seen.

"This is Uzushio little prince"

A hand was on his shoulder and he looked behind to see probably the most beautiful woman ever. Her long red hair flowing like a river, her eyes look like something that shouldn't belong in this world. Everything about her was perfect but instead of being enchanted by her beauty he panicked because he didn't know what was going on.

He tried to take a step back but she stopped him with her firm grip and Naruto's heart was beating. He was going to die by the hand of this beautiful ghost in this beautiful place or maybe he was already dead and right now was in the afterlife and this is the angel sent to take him to his place and that made the most sense otherwise how else could you explain all the things that are happening.

"You are not dead, Naruto," the ghost said while smiling. " And I am not here to harm you so there is no need for you to be afraid of me".

Although she is a ghost, somehow Naruto knew instinctively that he could trust her. He doesn't know why but somehow he feels like he already knows her so against his better judgement he calmed his nerves by taking some long breaths and asked the most important question.

" What is happening to me? Where am i? What is this place? and Who are you? "

She smiled and sat down on the sand. She motioned for him to do the same and for some minutes they both sat silently on the sand watching the sea. Naruto felt a calmness he never felt before. It was something he should get used to. The breeze was soothing and the sound of sea waves provided a comfort he didn't know even existed.

In Konoha he never felt so calm. There was always a form of chaos surrounding his life when everything was silent, when there was peace all Naruto felt was loneliness and misery even his dreams were full of them so he always surrounded himself in mayhem because he didn't want to give himself the time to be at ease but here it was different. The thoughts that normally plagued his mind didn't bother him here. He finally felt like this was the place where he belonged.

"I know you have many questions, little prince and I will tell you everything about who you are? Who am I?. You don't have to be afraid of me or of this place. All we both want is for you to understand us and yourself so you can finally understand who you really are" The lady told him in an almost angelic voice. If naruto ever thought of angels this would be how they looked and talked. It was calming listening to her. He didn't feel agitated like he does in konoha so he nodded his head in acceptance, motioning her to continue while he listened to her beautiful voice in this beautiful place.

"First of all My name is Devi Uzumaki. I am the daughter of the sage of six paths and founder of the Uzumaki clan and Uzushio. I am here to tell the story of the beginning and fall of our home Naruto. And it all started when….."

Naruto listened intently, not focusing on anything other than her. She told him about Lord Aizen , the sage of six paths, the tailed beasts and about his clan. He had a clan. A clan which was destroyed by people who were afraid of them like the people of Konoha are afraid of him.

Naruto knows what hatred and fear could do to a person and now he understood why he was hated the way konoha hates him. It is because of what he carries inside him, The Nine tails fox. Devi told him about what happened to the tailed beasts after she died and how they were once free and Shinobi enslaved them only for power. She told him about his mother and how she died while fighting to save her son.

She told him about the fall of Uzushio and that there are still Uzumaki people scattered around the world hoping to come back to their home but too scared of the world that rejects their very existence. She told him how he was the son that was promised by the gods to rebuild Uzushio and bring their clan back together. She told him about what it means to be a jinchuriki in this world and what the tailed beasts really are. She told him about herself and he was able to meet her.

All this information was too much for Naruto. He went from just an orphan hated by everyone in konoha to the jinchuriki of the nine tails fox and the prince of Uzushio in mere moments and it was too much. It overwhelmed him in a way he never felt before. The feeling of all those people he lost, their sadness and cries filled him. The rage that Konoha hated him even after he was used to save their lives was too hot to control . The burden of knowing that it was his duty to rebuild and regroup his clan and make sure that they are safe this time around against anyone who tries to harm them was too much for him bear at the moment and Naruto just couldn't take it all at once and for the second time in a day he passed out.

Devi took Naruto into her lap after he passed out. She knew it was too much for the boy but there was no other way. He had to know all the truths that had been hidden away from. He must know the burden that he carries everyday and he must also know the duties he has to perform as the prince of Uzushio.

When Naruto woke up he was in the same place as before. The only difference was now he was sleeping in the lap of Devi. He immediately got up after regaining his conscience.

Devi didn't react to his sudden movements. She was sitting as though he wasn't moving at all. There was no change in her expressions, she just sat there looking at the sea.

"I know it is too much for you to bear but this can not be avoided. You must know who you are for it has been hidden far long from you. This sea , this island it all belongs to you and you belong to them little prince. A tree cannot harbour whirlpools , it only belongs to the ocean. Now when you know everything you must decide what you should do. Whether to fulfil your destiny and bring the clan back together or remain in konoha and try to prove that you are more than what they think of you. No matter what path you take, the storms and whirlpools will always be there for you.

They are yours to command and they will accept you every decision. I am leaving for now because I know you need some time alone to think things through but remember whatever decision you make I will always support you Naruto."

And just like that he was again inside that shrine wearing the tengu mask. Naruto thought it was all a bad dream and he just woke up from it but the sensations inside his body were telling him something else. He knew it was all real, it cannot be false. Naruto knows what he needs to do. He didn't need to think this through for as long as Naruto remembered he always tried to be part of this great tree called Konoha, to become one of its leaves like everyone else.

But he always knew deep inside that he didn't belong here that there was something calling for his something, his own something he can call home and now he knows all the truths and all the lies the this tree has hidden from him and he has made his choice perhaps looking back he will regret this moment but Naruto only knows to move forward. Once he has made up his mind to do something he will do it no matter what. Lookout world the Uzumaki are coming back.

Naruto got up from the shrine and took the tengu mask with him back to his apartment. The rain had stopped and it was nearly morning. He took a long sleep, not even going to the academy that day. Well he was tired as hell so anyone will forgive one day of not going to the academy. Once night came again he went back outside of Konoha but it was not as easy as he thought.

Apparently the third Hokage couldn't find him after he played that prank so he send out some of his best Shinobi and even they couldn't find him so when he made his way out of the apartment he was immediately brought in front of the hokage who had many questions for which Naruto has no answers. If the third has kept many secrets from him then he will also keep his secrets to himself.

He was asked about last night, which replied he spent inside his apartment, apparently none of the Shinobi thought to check his apartment while searching for him and Naruto just got lucky no one saw him coming back to his apartment. The third looked like he knew he was lying but didn't say anything just that he can go and take care of things.

Naruto doesn't think he should spend much time with the third otherwise he will do and say something that will ruin everything that Naruto has thought of and after that he avoided the third as much as possible and with time the third only visited once a month to give him his monthly stipend.

Naruto went to the shrine everyday after that and he started wearing the tengu mask whenever he wasn't sleeping, eating or bathing. Apparently according to Devi who was the founder of his clan he can only talk to her while he was wearing that mask because her soul is trapped in it and it will be trapped for as long as the mask remains. Naruto asked if he could just destroy the mask and free her and she just smiled and told him that only the elder gods can free her. Now Naruto has two missions, first to rebuild Uzushio and restore the glory of his clan and second to free Devi.

He likes Devi a lot more than he thought possible. She always answers all of his questions. She is super duper intelligent and somehow knows everything. She helps him study and even trains him. Naruto is learning all about his clan, their history, their techniques and fighting style from Devi but according to her Naruto is different from all the other Uzumaki and it has nothing to do with Kurama.

Ah he forgot about Kurama. So he met the nine tails fox with Devi by his side who apparently somehow appeared in the seal. She was also the little sister of the fox and fixed his relationship with the fox before it could be even more damaging than it already was. Kurama told him his real name when Naruto introduced himself which no other living human knows and that like make Naruto feel a lot more special because Kurama trusted him with his name and Naruto promised that he will also free Kurama from this seal and make sure no one ever again seals him again which made him smile and that made both Naruto and Devi smile.

Kurama also trains Naruto about history and chakra. He knows so much about chakra and this world. Kurama also lived in Uzushio with Devi but after she died he left the island and lived in secret until Madara came to control him.

Now Naruto knows about his parents, what happened when he was born and that the masked Uchiha is still out there somewhere and Naruto has to protect both himself and Kurama from him. He knows about his clan and his burden as a Jinchuriki. He should thank the third Hokage for not turning him into a weapon of mass destruction like Kurama explained.

Now that Naruto has a family (Devi who treats him like a mother will treat his son, full of love and affection and Kurama who is like a big brother, stern but sometimes a little naughty and Naruto is slowly and slowly winning all of Kurama's affection) he no longer felt the need to play pranks or go out of his way to gain attention in fact he tries to avoid other people as much as possible.

Thanks to Devi and Kurama his scores in the academy has gotten way better than he previously thought. His Taijutsu, chakra control, academics and overall all his performance have advanced at an impossible rate. He is now one of the top students in the academy and that's all thanks to Devi and Kurama.

His advancement in the academy and his sudden change in behaviour and the tengu mask that he keeps with himself has freaked most people out while some of them have become very receptive to him.

Like Sasuke no longer treats him like a nuisance and in fact he sometimes gives him tips to better his Taijutsu and they even train together after the academy. Iruka sensei never gets angry with him and he always makes sure to ask him if he has any problem understanding anything.

All in all Naruto's life couldn't be better but this is not enough. Nothing will be enough until he has achieved his dream of bringing his clan together and now that he knows the truth he has a way to get them all back to where he belongs. He has a way to find them all and he will face anything on his way to find his family. His resolve and will is strong and it reflects as the mark on his hand pulse with the Uzumaki Power.


Author's Note

Sorry this took too much time to write.

I already did the whole flashback with Karin so I skipped it today.

just a hint Naruto's powers will be a different just a little .

Devi is cool .

see you next time.

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