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Chapter 1

[Konohagakure, ?-?, ?]

'No matter what I tried it was never going to work out for me. The villagers hate me, I'm sold things overpriced are just flat out refused service based on some stupid excuse that I did something wrong.' Thunder boomed in the sky above him as an eight year old Naruto Uzumaki stared up at the night sky enjoying the gentle rain that was coming down. 'I know nothing about my family or even a thing about my clan's past except that it rained the day Uzu no Kuni was destroyed and on the day I was born.'

"Kami. Can't you see me here? Can't you see the tears of sorrow slowly running down my face with each passing day. Can't you hear my prayers when I call out to you? The songs of sadness that fills my soul louder and louder with each silent glare." Naruto spoke aloud unaware of the figure watching him from the shadows of the nearby trees. "Even when they drown this poor soul in darkness will you still not save me from myself. Hearts of lies, hardened with lies, are you satisfied with lies that slowly tear away my mind?" The figure started moving closer with a small sad smile on his face as the man tried to stop the blood flowing down the side of his chest knowing he didn't have much time left. "I'll learn what truth really is, I'll open the doors blocking my path and find my way through this rotten world!"

"I am the guardian with no souls to aid. The lonely savior without a nation to call my ho-. The soul to mold as the heavens see fit since I refuse to claim the role." Naruto jumped slightly hearing the voice coming from right behind him seconds before Shisui's body crashed into the ground beside him.

"S-Sensei!" Naruto rushed to his teacher's side seeing the blood covering his chest only for the man to look up at him with a weak smile. "Hang on please I'll try to find someone who'll help me."

"It's no use...little songbird...I wont last long anyway." Looking closer Naruto looked ill seeing his teacher's right eye was missing and was pulling on his red strands of hair trying to think of anything he could do to help.

"Please not you too, I can't lose the only person in this village that actually cares about me!" Naruto begged the dying Uchiha whose gaze softened while his left hand reached out to wipe the tears from his student's cheeks.

"My times...up songbird but listen...to what I...have to say before I'm forced to leave you like the others were." Shisui's every breath was more labored with every second that passed. "Live...smile...please, even if it's just a small one each day. Even if I'm not here anymore to guide you...Even if you someday come to hate me for what I'm about to do...Even if you forget my existence...I'll always be looking down wanting to see that smile of yours..." Reaching into his pocket Shisui pulled out a small scroll smeared with his blood.

"You will...right? You'll promise to keep smiling for your idiot of a teacher?" He slipped the scroll into Naruto's hand trying to save his chakra for what he was about to do next.

"I promise sensei, I promise I'll try my best." Naruto was still crying as he held onto his teacher's free hand never noticing Shisui's left eye changing.

"Don't worry...I'll always be with you...no matter happens." Looking up when Shisui made a pained gasp Naruto gazed into the lone blood-red eye before suddenly collapsing on the ground. Shisui forced his body to move knowing what he had in mind probably wasn't the best of ideas at the time but nobody ever accused a shinobi of being sane. Looking down at Naruto, Shisui couldn't help but remember the fire that used to burn behind those eyes when he first saw the kid shivering outside his apartment when the land lord locked him outside during winter or the first genuine smile when he agreed to teach him a few tricks in-between missions. He knew why he'd find Naruto here and what the idiots of the village have done. It made him sick knowing what they were putting a child through but after a few months spent training him Shisui knew his student better than anyone else along with the thoughts running through the child's mind.

"You've got it all...wrong...songbird...you were the lightning in...that rain. Unlike the rest of us...you can still...shine through the darkness...that surrounds you." Turning when he felt Itachi appearing in a swirl of leaves Shisui never noticed Naruto mouthing something before the genjutsu's effects forced him deeper into unconsciousness. The kin slayer smiled sadly though when his only friend finally passed on in peace knowing that even if a shinobi did die from his actions a hero would rise even greater than he's parents before him if everything went according to Shisui plan.

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Three days later after waking up back home in his small apartment and having a breakdown when he learned about the massacre Naruto stood amongst the shadows of the rooftops. Always the outsider Naruto had chosen to watch the ceremonial funeral taking place in the center of the village from a distance knowing what his presence would cause after hearing whispers about him cursing the fallen clan.

Turning away after they called out a prayer for his teacher's clan Naruto climbed down from his rooftop intent on finding the location Shisui wrote down in the scroll left with him. Walking up the steps leading towards the Hokage monument then heading deeper into the forest Naruto followed the trail left for him hoping to find out why his head was still killing him after three days when normally anything wrong with him would be gone within the hour. The scroll told him about a few things most of it revolving around his mother and her clan which he was shocked about but a few things didn't make sense like why the Yondaime Hokage's grave would be reported as empty when everyone said he died defeating the Kyuubi in battle.

Naruto finally found the location written about in the scroll after walking for a good hour and as he made his way closer towards the ruins of the destroyed home the child couldn't help but feel sad for some unknown reason. Following the gut feeling he was having Naruto passed through the barrier covering the property never noticing the chain reaction it set off when eight years of safety measures finally fell into place hiding the last Uzumaki's chakra from anyone that would try looking. It took him hours of searching through rubble and the remains of the few rooms left standing before Naruto found the hidden library filled with scrolls littering the walls but he ignored them for now when his eyes landed on a small dust coated journal resting on the nearby desk.

Looking behind it as he walked closer the child could see a dented set of knives hanging in the back of the wall in a glass case next to what looked like torn pieces of a red body suit. Both were obviously made for fighting judging by the way the each knife still held together after years spent collecting dust. They seems worthless, rusted and dented from a hundred different battles but his blood still called out for him to take the set of knives up and use them once more. Whoever owned the items must have secured them for some reason since there's nothing else of value hanging in the other cases.

But that didn't matter at the moment instead he picked up the book in his hands wiping the dust off of the cover only to almost drop it in shock. Naruto swallowed the fear building in his chest reading then rereading the handwritten note that was written down in a hurry.

'To my son Naruto Uzumaki from your father Minato Namikaze.' Opening the journal with shaky hands Naruto read the second note scribbled down. 'If I didn't make it back from saving your mother there are a few things you'll need to know that I've only told Kushina and now you if I'm not by your side anymore. Most of what you'll uncover in the following pages will seem shocking and seem like one big joke but everything I've written down is one hundred percent true even if the first fifty pages are just my own personal thoughts when I remembered to write them down. The rest should help you though so do your old man a favor and just skip to page fifty-one. B.A.'

Naruto touches his father's journal, his expression... thoughtful at finally having something that belonged to his family. Naruto was worried what he might find written between the pages but forced down his fears hoping it wouldn't be another cruel joke. It still pained him when Naruto remembered all the other times people pretended to be his parents only to break his heart when he let them in. Shaking off his more darker thoughts he grips his father's journal with renewed purpose. Even if it was a cruel joke Naruto would move on and learn while he had access to all the knowledge contained inside this room. Opening the journal once again Naruto started reading wanting to soak up any knowledge he could get his hands on.

'pg, 3 - I'm in another place, dimension, timeline, I don't know which but this isn't my world and I know I'm not supposed to be a kid again. God Iris is going to kill me if I don't make it back soon but I'll find a way home even if it kills me. I know I shouldn't have gone that fast but the others were down and I was running out of ideas so I did the only thing I could think of and ran. Thankfully I've been researching the Speed Force when I had the time and with Jay's help we were able to figure out a few things. We've both come to the same conclusion that with an anchor in place acting as a type of beacon or something close a speedster could be able to find their way out if they were ever trapped inside of it.'

'pg, 9 - God I feel sick even thinking about another woman like I do Iris but it's been four years and I still haven't been able to go fast enough to find my way back. I know I shouldn't even be feeling this way towards her because of the technical age difference even if I'm de-aged. I can't even understand where my mind was at but when I found her missing I just couldn't sit still and rushed after Kushina's trail without thinking about anything else at the time besides finding her.'

'pg, 16 - Going through puberty twice sucks. I mean the first time it was horrible but going through it now and with a watered down version of super speed this time I can honestly say I've never been in a worse hell than I am now. It isn't helping me one bit when Kushina just comes up out of nowhere after classes let out and tells me we're going out on a date tonight and just walks off without even giving me a chance to respond.'

'pg, 23 - She still calls me girly-boy ever time someone starts talking about our days in the Academy and I can't help but grin like an idiot every time I get a look at her violet eyes. I'm a righteous man who follows the laws and I've kept my code till this day but if it was ever possible code someone explain why every time I close my eyes Kushina's standing there seven times out of ten instead of my wife. I still miss Iris and my heart aches just thinking about her and the others but it's been seven years already and even though I'm almost back to my normal speed I'm still not fast enough to enter the Speed Force.'

'pg, 29 - Bat's would be having an aneurysm if he was stuck here instead of me. It scared the hell out of me at first after I learned about it but this dimension is like the dumping ground for every type of meta the JL could dream up. I mean people with the ability to see through walls and long distances, the power to rip apart someone's mind like paper or grow to the size of skyscrapers. Then there's the freaky sounding ones I heard about like the guys able to control their bones or the smoke people. Still it has its charm and a few of them don't have sticks up their asses thinking themselves untouchable like most of the larger clans do.'

'pg, 34 - Wow I just learned I've been dating a princess of a ruined nation so today has been full of surprises for the both of us. I told her my secret about my life before this and about Iris and surprisingly she didn't care either way as long as there was a chance they could share me. I only learned later after looking up a few things that her clan were basically a more modern version of the Amazons back home with less man hating tendencies if they had the stamina to keep up with their women.'

'pg, 41 - I'm an idiot the world's biggest idiot for not even thinking about protection when we finally did have sex. I don't know whether to be disgusted with myself for cheating on Iris like that or scared that I'm going to be a father in a few months. My student thinks it's just shock but I'm worried about what might happen when our child is born and the thing that has me getting less and less sleep is if I even want to go home at this point in time. I've lived another life here. I have people who look towards me of all people for guidance, a student that needs me, a family counting on me, and a village that needs a guiding hand to keep it from drowning into civil war with the different clans constantly at each others throats. It's just that every time I try to move on I'm always thinking about my true home and all the people waiting for me to come back.'

The last page was written down in a hurry leaving Naruto to squint his eyes looking at each word from a different angle before he could figure it out.

'pg, 50 - A man claiming to be Madara attacked the village and even as I'm writing this I can hear the Kyubi attacking near the outskirts. Naruto if your reading this then know that I'm truly sorry and no matter what happens we always loved you.'

'pg, 51 - The last will testament of the deceased Minato Namikaze. In the event of my death I hereby decree that all my worldly possessions pass to my only son Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze.'

'Naruto I only ask that you honor our families legacy and commit yourself to the path I once walked if you do decide to follow through with the knowledge contained within the pages of this journal. Please be strong if neither me or your mother are there to guide you through your life. God I know you must be confused and I can't blame you for that after everything that must have been kept a secret from you growing up but if that perverted godfather of yours is with you or one of our family friends then you can turn to them for the few answers this journal can't give you. With all the knowledge and money we've earned over our years in service to the village I hope you'll use it to help the less fortunate but if your anything like me when you first see how much it is you'll probably go out partying for a couple of months until you drop from exhaustion. Your mother would probably kill me for even putting this in here but if I was in your place I'd hit up a couple of places in Tetsu no Kuni but that's just me. But whatever you do just don't blow all of it living a fast paced life style like your old man once did no matter how tempting it sounds and give some of it back to the people who helped you if we weren't there. It's funny but as I'm writing this I can't help but remember all the enemies I've faced and all the situations I almost never walked away from and the only thing I'll ever regret is not seeing you grow into the man who'll someday surpass my legacy. I hope I get the chance to burn this and write a new one but I don't see myself coming back from this fight.'

Turning to the next page in the journal Naruto didn't really know what to think but as he took in the detailed writing of his father's time spent using a really strange-sounding name. The first fifty pages along with details about every experiment Minato did to gain his strange powers only made his headache worse so after rubbing his eyes for a bit until the pain faded away Naruto did the only thing he could think of and turned towards the walls of scrolls. "It's going to be awhile before I even understand a fraction of this stuff." The child muttered pulling the first scroll off the shelf with a spark in his eyes that anyone of Minato's colleagues would immediately understand as an unspoken challenge that made his child want to prove himself better. After all if both parents were geniuses in their respective fields then there was little chance their child wouldn't become a prodigy if given the right incentive to learn.

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Three years it took him three years of studying and hiding among the ruins of his families old home before Naruto was able to figure out even a fraction of what his parents left him. And even now as the eleven year old rushes to set up the experiment he couldn't help but smile hearing the roar of thunder as the thunderstorm only grew stronger overhead. "It should work, it has to work and even if it doesn't whose going to miss me if I'm gone." Naruto mumbled to himself as he finished setting the fifth and final lightning rod in place.

"You are an idiot child just like your parents. I hope you know that right." Naruto didn't even bother to respond to the small black fox kit sitting on top of the nearby bag of supplies. "I mean your parents at least had a backup plan to get you to safety when they fought me. You, your just going to strap yourself to a chair while filled with a cocktail of strange drugs and get us both killed on the off-chance your idiot of a father is still alive in another dimension somewhere with his real wife." Naruto shot the stupid fox a cold glare for bringing that particular sore subject up almost daily ever since he got released from the seal in that form before creating a shadow clone.

"At least I'm not a walking dishrag." Naruto shot back while the clone got to work tightening the restraints binding him to the chair. "I mean I might die but you'll be coming with me either way so why should you care you'll reform anyw-AaaaaAAAaahhhhhHHHHH!" Naruto never got to finish what he was about to say when lightning struck one of the lightning rods placed around him.

Kurama watched on with an amused smirk as he kept an eye on the child screaming his head off for the first few seconds before gritting his teeth and fighting through the pain showing off the same spark his parents once had. With a small twitch of his ears the fox glanced over his shoulder listening for a moment before laughing slightly. 'I figured those stupid seals wouldn't be able to block out all the screaming going on.' "You'd better hurry up and prove me wrong brat or the both us are as good as caught." Kurama muttered watching as the drugs hanging off the side of the chair started bubbling not even looking bothered when he felt someone breaking through the failing seals keeping the squad sent to investigate the screaming out.

"Looks like will be having some company in five, four, three, two, one." As soon as Kurama finished his little count down an electrical explosion ripped through the area causing him to yip in annoyance seconds before the pair were gone leaving only a harsh wind that slammed the white haired leader into a nearby tree.

Seconds later and miles away Kurama was puking his dinner all over the ground before glaring up at the scarred eleven-year-old covered in burns that were steaming as the rain hit his exposed flesh. "Told you I could do it fuzzball." Naruto told him grinning before spitting a small puddle of blood on the ground.

"Yea right you're almost dead on your feet from that last stunt brat!" Kurama snapped back before his body started breaking down into chakra. "So it'll be in my best interest if I'm inside that blasted seal for the next part of your little suicide plan. That's if you'll even be able to pull it off without your puny body breaking apart at the speeds you'll be trying to achieve."

"Even if I fail you'll still reform in a few years so just hang on for the ride fuzzy." Taking a deep breath while trying to ignore the constant pain his body was in Naruto got into a runner's stance. 'Try to stay alive long enough for me to say I told you so.' After hearing those words of 'encouragement' from his only friend Naruto shot off tearing up the ground as he ran trying to gain as much momentum as possible to try entering the Speed Force.

'Faster brat!' Naruto pushed himself harder not wanting to die. 'Faster!' He pushed himself even harder ignoring the screaming pain his body was in as the burnt flesh healed. 'Faster are you'll die without seeing your idiot of a father!' Sparks were appearing in the air around him but Naruto still kept going pushing himself even further when he felt the demonic chakra pulsing throughout his body. "Harden, strengthen, accelerate, multiply." Naruto repeated the four words found in a few of the Uzumaki clan scrolls as lines blurred into colors then shapes melting together becoming streaks of light. 'Ulysses. Come my friend. Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off and sitting well in order, smite the sounding furrows for my purpose holds, To sail beyond the sunset and the baths of all the western stars until I die.' The newest speedster blinked trying to wrap his head around why Kurama was reciting Ulysses and without noticing it the child of prophecy vanished in a loud crack slipping into the Speed Force. With a lone poem he remembered from the back of the journal as his only comfort to help guide him and a demon now singing karaoke in the back of his head to pass the time Naruto raced on searching for the anchor that might led him to his father dimension.

Author's Notes -

I know I already have two other Young Justice x Naruto crossovers up but have you ever had that one thought that just wouldn't quit bugging you until you did something about it? Well if you have this would be the something I'm doing here. Even if Anteiku's Return is getting taken down soon so I could rewrite it and fix a few things that were pointed out I still wanted to get this out-of-the-way because it was bugging me while I was trying to work on my other stories.

I've had this idea and about eleven others for different stories but after reading [Naruto S Strange the sorcerer supreme by jhonb666] the pieces just fell together for this idea. It'll basically be another version of Naruto becoming a speedster with either cryokinesis and or electrokinesis mixed in for the fun of it.

So right now this is just an idea I threw together to see if it could work out and if it doesn't then it'll just go into my failed pile. If any of you want to see it live on past this chapter or if you just have an idea to help make this story are even Anteiku's Return better than ever leave me a review/PM to let me hear your idea.

Response - (Thanks for your reviews.)