AN: This is not my first fanfic, but it is the only one I've uploaded thus far. This first chapter is an intro, but for gods' sakes don't skip it! You, as a reader, will be hopelessly confused if you do (Evil Laugh no Jutsu). Not really, but it does help. These events begin at the time of the Kyuubi attack. I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, they all belong to Kishimoto-san. Kuraito Eien and his abilities/techniques are mine. O tanoshimikudasai!
In the Land of Fire, many great clans have existed, the most well-known being the Uchiha, Senju, and Hyuuga clans. But one clan died off in a violent raid the night of the Kyuubi's attack on Konahagure. They did not live in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, but on the outskirts of the resident city of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
This clan was known as the Eien clan of Farseers. Their legendary kekkeigenkai, a doujutsu known as the Muraigan, allowed members of the clan to glimpse into the future. The things they saw could not be prevented immediately, as their short term memory could not hold the images in their minds. Instead, they would embed a subconscious "trigger" to allow them to real the "memory" and prevent disaster. Some members of the clan even prevented multiple assassination attempts but refused rewards to avoid attracting undue attention.
The night the Eien clan was killed was unusual. As most of the Farsight masters sought out ways to protect the Daimyo, assassins from an extremist group snuck into the compound. This group had made its own attempt on the Daimyo's life, but failed due to the interference of the Eien clan. These extremists had discovered the location of the clan's home and planned to kill them all. Their plan was executed flawlessly and would have succeeded if one clan guard hadn't been on watch.
His duty was to guard his wife and the doctors that were delivering his firstborn. This man was the head of the clan and a revered master of the sword. The child, a boy, was born with the clan's characteristic ice blue eyes, as well as his mother's clan's pale blonde hair. Unfortunately, his first sight in life was that of a sword erupting from his deliverer's chest.
The boy's father fought off the assassins as they tried to kill the last child of the clan. In his efforts, he killed all of the assassins, but was dealt a lethal blow. He made his way to his son and used his last breath to deliver the message of a father who wished to give his child a better life.
"Kuraito, my son, become a great man, defend the weak, save the people you love. Master your ability and honor our memory. I didn't want this for you; I never wanted any of this for you. I'm sorry, son." With that, the man died, leaving the last of the Eien alone and orphaned.
Were it not for a great twist of fate, the boy would have died there. But, as it was, a well-known sage was passing through and heard the screams of the newborn. He tracked the dead-awakening cacophony of screaming through the wreckage that was once the Eien clan compound. Upon reaching the source of the noise, he wondered at the shocking resemblance the child held to his old student. The only differences were both in his hair and eye color. Adding to the shock was the fact that upon the arrival of the sage, the boy's cries ceased, and he regarded this new man with his cold stare.
"Those are very odd eyes, and this is where the Eien clan is supposed to be…" Jiraiya of the Sannin muttered to himself. "It can't be…" Realization of the horrible truth hit the sage like a ton of bricks. He spotted a glint of silver under a piece of paper. The paper had the name "Kuraito" scrawled on its surface, and the silver came from the clan's symbol, a stylized "X" shaped like a tetra-bladed weapon of old.
"I guess the necklace and name are both yours, eh kid?" Jiraiya said to the now-sleeping child. At the same time, the last of the Uzumaki and Namikaze was sleeping in the arms of the Third Hokage.
Student and teacher sighed simultaneously from other sides of the land and said to no one in particular "This is going to be a challenge."