Well, I'm back with a new story but there's a difference. This is my first story that's Naruto. Originally this was going to be a digimon story but I changed my mind since I felt that it would be a bit more suitable for the Naruto section. Also, I have only done stories that are digimon and I felt it was time to try something different.
This story is a bit of an alternative timeline to the series but it shouldn't be nothing that major to mess up the story that much. You'll better understand what I mean as you read. I hope that you enjoy the first chapter and as for the disclaimer, I don't Naruto or any of it's characters.
One and the Same
Chapter 1:
Surprise
A Century Ago…
There is a story about when a village was being invaded by a great evil. It was in the form of a giant demon fox with nine tails and a tremendous degree of intent for killing that could be felt from miles away. The people of the village did everything that it could protect their home but it was all for not as many of them fell against the fox's horrendous power.
With the hope of the people fading and village near ruin it seemed as though nothing would stop the nine-tailed fox. That all changed though when the strongest person was able to defeat the fox and save his village from devastation. Not longer after the man who became their savior disappeared and was never seen again.
Surprisingly, shortly after that dark incident something strange occurred. Most of the survivors of those who were there during the defeat of the nine-tailed fox had acquired unusual abilities. Those abilities that would be known as bloodline limits, were diverse from each other and they would continue to go on through the families' future generations. The reason as to how these abilities came to be is unknown and continues to be a mystery to this very day.
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Present Day…
He was running. That was what the boy, who looked as though he was in his mid teens, was doing as he ran through what appeared to large forest that had a blanket of fog covering it. Despite running as fast as his legs would take him he could still hear the sounds of the things that were casing him. Even though he was on the verge of exhaustion the boy continued on as he didn't want to meet up with what was chasing after him.
He continued to run until his foot got hook on a root of a tree that caused him to crash to the floor. Trying to regain the breath that was knocked out of him from the fall he looked over his shoulder and spotted what he was running from. The boy inched himself away in a attempt to get away but no matter how much he tried he couldn't create enough distance between him and his pursuer.
Standing face to face with the boy was a bulky green skinned creature with razor sharp claws and teeth. But what struck him more were its eyes. Those blood red eyes that seem to stare straight into him, to his very soul. Even at that moment it appeared as though he was prepared to deal with the boy, and I mean permanently.
"Why are you chasing after me? I haven't done anything to you." Despite the fear that the boy was experiencing he tried to keep a brave front but it was obvious that it was nothing more than a façade.
"You know perfectly well why this is happening." spoke the creature in a somewhat gurgling voice. "Besides, I'm just following orders and those orders are to eliminate you."
Raising his arms to the air the creature was readied to deliver fatal blow with a swipe of his claws. "I don't know what's so special about you but I'm not about to start to go against my orders. So, say goodbye kid." Everything suddenly became black as the creature brought his claws down onto the boy.
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"Nnnnnoooooo!" The screaming continued until two grown ups came running in.
"Naruto, wake up. Come on kid, snap out of it." Coming to his scenes the boy now identified as Naruto breathed heavily as he stopped his screaming as he realize that he was not in any forest. In all actuality he was in his room. "You were having a nightmare son. Are you all right?" questioned a white haired old man who appeared to be in his fifties.
Regaining his composure Naruto looked towards her with an expressionless look. Not wanting to worry the man about what he just went through, Naruto decided to keep it to himself. "I'm fine Jiraiya. It was just a bad dream, that's all." Even though he appeared to be all right it was obvious to the man known as Jiraiya was that he was simply trying keep him from worrying. Not wanting to push the subject, he left the room so they could allow Naruto the chance to get ready for school.
Almost a half an hour Naruto finally emerged from his room wearing a black shirt with an orange unbutton shirt over it and blue jeans. Sitting down at the table he quietly ate his breakfast with Jiraiya watching on. "Are you sure you want to go to school today Naruto?" asked the white haired man. "I mean, we can call the office and tell them that you're not feeling that well."
Without responding, Naruto got up and after putting his plate into the sink grabbed his book bag. "Don't bother uncle. I think it would be better if I go to school. It'll allow me to have something that'd keep my mind off of…other things."
With that he left his uncle alone. "The time has come for us to tell him the truth." Jiraiya muttered to himself. "It's time that he knew the truth about himself."
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Taking his time, Naruto headed towards his school. As he was walking the images of the nightmare resurface. In an attempt to shake those thoughts away he began to think about anything else that would distract him.
It had been close to seventeen years since his parents had passed away. With no other living relatives he went to live with his late father's former teacher, Jiraiya. While he was younger it wasn't all that bad but now that he was older he couldn't help but notice that his 'uncle' had some distasteful tendencies. The main one being that he was a big pervert and he came to discover that when he discovered that his uncle was the man who had been writing the perverted book series entitled, Icha Icha. After that discovery the two of them came to an agreement. The agreement being that Jiraiya could continue with the writing of his series as long as he didn't get Naruto involved with it.
He was now in his junior year of high school which was somewhat of a miracle since his grades weren't all that impressive as they were just good enough to allow him to pass. Hopefully things would change as Naruto felt as though that this year would be different. Luckily it appeared as though Naruto's thinking distracted him so much that he didn't realize that he had walked passed the school and would've continued if someone called out to him from the school's front entrance.
"Hey, Naruto. Where are you going?" Finally snapping out his thoughts, Naruto turned around and saw that the person who called out to him was a brown hair kid that was tied into a bushy ponytail. What he had on was a basic green t-shirt and light black shorts. He wasn't the only one there as standing beside the boy was horizontally bigger than they were. The outfit that he had on was a yellow shirt with a green unbutton shirt over it and tan colored shorts that went down to his knees.
When Naruto got closer, his friend became concern when he saw look on his face. "Are you all right? You look a little pale."
"I'm fine Shikamaru. I just didn't get that much sleep." Naruto quickly established. He didn't want to worry his friends for something that could practically be nothing. "It would only be more bad than good if I told them about the dream."
That seemed to be a good enough Shikamaru as he let the topic drop. With that out of the way he looked over to the third member of their group who was munching on a bag of potato chips. "Choji, don't you think that it's a little early to start with that? School hasn't even started."
In response, Choji merely grunted as he finished up the bag. "Oh, come on. It's just something to tie me over until lunchtime. Besides, it was a small bag, not my usual super size ones." Not bothering to start an argument that would what Shikamaru usually consider as 'troublesome' both of them dropped it.
The three of them would continue to talk until Naruto managed to catch a glimpse of someone hiding behind one of the gateposts. Already having a good idea on who that somebody was he quietly went over to the person. When he got close enough Naruto was able to confirm his suspicion. Still unaware of his presence was a girl with blue hair that went down to her shoulders and lavender colored eyes that surprisingly had no pupils. She was wearing a baggy light purple hooded sweatshirt that was over a light gray shirt and bluish purple pants. "Hey there Hinata. What are you doing here?"
Realizing that she was discovered, the girl identified as Hinata backed away. "Oh, uh, N-N-Naruto. T-There was n-n-no reason." she timidly responded as she had her head bowed forward and poking her index fingers together. "I just didn't want to…bother you."
"Is that all?" Reaching over, Naruto place his hands on her shoulders. "We've talked about this before. You've never been a bother to me and you never will. So you don't have to hesitate in joining us."
Naruto's words had an instant reaction as Hinata snapped her head up and looked at him in shock. Along with it a light blush came over her cheeks that weren't notice by her blonde haired friend. "Thank you, Naruto." Hinata quietly thanked. In response her friend gave her a big smile while rubbing the back of his head. The moment between the two would be broken when the sound of two people bickering could be heard. There identities would be discovered as two girls came towards the school.
One of them had pink hair that reached pass her shoulder blades and green eyes. She had on a light red shirt underneath a darker colored vest that was halfway zipped up and semi tight black shorts that went just pass her knees. The other was a blonde that had her hair tied in a ponytail as well as some of the hair going over the right side of her face and one of her blue green eyes. Her outfit comprised of a purple blouse that partially exposed her stomach and a matching skirt that went to mid thigh which had a slit on the sides. The two rushed pass everyone and didn't stop until they came across the school entrance.
"Ha, I beat you, forehead." boasted the blonde.
"Not a chance, pig." retorted the pink haired girl. "I had you beat by an entire foot." The exchange between the two would become even more heated as they literally were butting heads and giving one another heated stares.
"There they go again." muttered Shikamaru who was one of the people who was witnessing the whole thing. "They do this almost every week. It's really becoming very troublesome." After saying that he immediately ducked behind Choji as both of the girls turned their sights onto him.
Seeing the trouble that his friend was in, Naruto came to his rescue. "Hey, isn't that Sasuke coming this way?" The response was instant as the anger that the girls exhibited vanish as they turned to where Naruto had pointed, only to see no one. "Ha, I knew that would've work. You two are so predictable."
Whatever joking that Naruto planned on doing was stopped when the girls' anger returned and then some as it was directed towards him. Unable to prevent what was to come, Naruto moved away from Hinata just as he was on the receiving end of a beating from the enrage females. The beating continued until someone decided to put an end to it.
"Shadow Possession." Instantly a shadow stretch out and once it made contact with the shadows of the girls their beating came to an abrupt end. "I think that the two of you have done enough." establish the one who stopped the beating.
"Damn you, Shikamaru." informed the blonde girl who like her female companion couldn't move at all due to the shadow technique. "I hate it when you do this."
Unaffected by those words, Shikamaru maintained his hold. "You didn't leave me with much of a choice Ino. I mean, you and Sakura were beating my friend to a pulp." By his tone it was clear that he wasn't pleased by what they did.
"Don't take it personal Shikamaru." advised Naruto as he sat there on the ground. Even with the scraps and bruises that he had sustained from the two girls he didn't seem the lease bit affected. "I somewhat deserved it after that little joke that I played on them. Besides, it's not like they did any permanent damage." To prove his point, all of the injuries that he had started to heal themselves right before everyone's' eyes. "After all, what's the point of having quick healing if you can't use it at moments such as this?"
Seeing the somewhat logic in his friend's words, Shikamaru released his shadow hold on the girls. "Sometimes Naruto you're too forgiving."
Naruto merely shrugged his shoulders. "I just don't see the point in holding a grudge from something so pointless." Getting up he wiped away the dust from his clothes and thanks to a handkerchief that Hinata gave him any of the stray blood. "It shouldn't come as much as a surprise. Seeing as I somewhat offended the self-proclaimed amazing Sasuke Uchiha." Once again the two girls' anger was directed towards him but to a lesser extent.
"Take that back." demanded Sakura. "Sasuke's the best there is. He's the top rated student in our grade since he does excellent in every test and no can't beat him. You have no right to say anything bad about him."
"I don't see why I have to." replied Naruto. "Given the opportunity I think I could give him a run for his money."
"So saids someone who has the lowest standings in our entire grade." commented Ino. "You're really in no position to say anything."
"That doesn't really prove anything. From what I know Hinata is usually upper half of the tests and Sakura, more times that not you do better on the exams than anyone else in the class." Unable to help themselves, both girls couldn't help but lightly blush from the praise. "Also, look at Shikamaru. He's barely above me in the class standings but if he was to put effort during the tests he would probably be at the top." In his defense, Shikamaru simply grunted that neither denied nor support his friend's statement.
Before the back and forth of words could go any further, the attention of both Ino and Sakura was adverted by the appearance of a person that was connected with their conversation. Walking to the school was a boy their age with black eyes and hair that was spiky in the back. He was wearing a blue shirt that had a small red and white fan symbol on both sleeves and tan colored shorts that went to his knees.
You could practically feel the smugness that he was giving off as he entered the school grounds without giving any of them a second glance. As he walked off he wasn't exactly going alone as both Ino and Sakura were not that far behind.
"You've got to somewhat envy that Uchiha presence." said Choji. He along with his friends watched as the Uchiha was getting even more attention from the other students, especially from the females. "Without saying a word they can become the center of attention."
"But that doesn't mean that there aren't any less stuck up." added Naruto. "As I know the whole Uchiha family has acted as though they're the best thing around. They're just as bad as the Hyugas." Right after those words left his mouth he immediately regretted saying them. "Oh, I'm sorry Hinata. I wasn't thinking."
"It's okay Naruto. You don't need to apologize." Hinata reassured in the same timid way as before. "My family is old fashion. So no offense was taken."
"Still, I had no right to say such a thing. Just because there are issues between me and my family it doesn't mean I should bad mouth them. I mean, they can't be all that bad if they have someone like in it." Once again Naruto's words had an affect on Hinata as the blush returned to her face and like before he failed to recognize it.
Soon the bell rung that signaled that classes were about to begin. The four of them went to their individual first period classes after reuniting at lunch. With great reluctance Naruto headed for class which he wasn't looking forward in attending for various reasons. One being that it wasn't a class that he didn't really care for and that led to the other reason. Due to the class usually losing his interest he would let his mind and unfortunately Naruto had a feeling that if that were to happen today he would think back to the reoccurring dream that he has been having. "Perhaps I'm being too hasty. Maybe class won't be that boring."
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"Then again, I could be wrong." To Naruto's dismay his worries prove to be accurate as it was only ten minutes into the class and he was already bored senseless. For a moment he thought about striking up a conversation with one of the other classmates but thought better of it when he remembered who the students that were closest to him were.
On his left was Shino Aburame who hardly said more than a sentence or two to anyone. Most of his body was concealed as he wore baggy tan jacket with a hood over his head that was over a white shirt and black pants. You couldn't even see his eyes as he constantly wearing sunglasses.
Naruto had nothing against Shino as he considered him an okay guy in his own way. It was just that it sometimes took great effort to get him to say anything. Another thing that made it difficult for anyone to get close to him was his family's unique bloodline ability. That ability being the entire Aburame family being able to communicate with insects and have them do whatever they wanted. "Sometimes it seems as though he would rather talk with bugs than people."
With that opportunity being nonexistent, Naruto looked to the person on his right but quickly grimace. The person was Kiba Inuzuka, who had to be the most brash and cockiest guys around right after Sasuke. He was wearing a red shirt, black jeans and a long gray trench coat that had a big red paw print on the back.
You could practically see Kiba's wild personality as his brown hair while short stuck out in all directions. It was as though he was somewhat representing his and his entire family had with dogs. Much like with the Aburame family, the Inuzukas were able to communicate with dogs and vice versa When you see one the other was close by and Naruto's suspicions were correct because inside of Kiba's duffel bag was a small white dog named Akamaru. Like with Shinio there wasn't really any issues between him and Naruto with the exception was a bit too overconfident that it was similar to Sasuke but to a lesser extent.
"With these choices for conversation I think I would rather be alone with my thoughts." However while that sounded good it wasn't because soon his thoughts drifted to the dream that he had earlier. "No matter how hard I try to shake it off I can't get that dream out of my head." Naruto thought to himself. "What's worse is that I'm not sure that it was a dream but actually some kind of warning."
Suddenly, what sounded like an explosion was heard. Whatever the cause was it had to be a strong one as the entire building shook. It wouldn't be the only one as there was additional explosions occurred. The teacher tried to keep everyone calm but it was proving unsuccessful as the students started running about. There were some exceptions as Shino remained stoic as ever and the other being Naruto who was getting an uneasy feeling about what was going on.
Without thinking he hurried out of the classroom and only stop when someone called out to him. "Where do you think you're going Uzumaki?" At the doorway of the classroom was Kiba and standing behind him was Shino.
"I'm going to go find my friends." he answered with his back still towards them. "I have to make sure that they're okay. Don't you even try to stop me or you'll regret it." Expecting to get a response of some sort, Naruto was surprise when both of them stood on either side of him.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" questioned Kiba. "You want to find your friends and it'll take you forever to do so then by yourself." In response, Akamaru barked and began to sniff around to find any familiar scents.
"What I think our simple minded friend is trying to say is that it'll be easier to complete the search with some assistance." established Shino in a calm voice. For his part, Kiba gave the bug user an intense glare which didn't affect Shino whatsoever.
While Naruto didn't have the best of friendship with either one of them he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. "If you're going to follow me then so be it. Just don't get in my way." Not even looking back, Naruto headed off but knowing that the two voluntaries were not far behind.
They continued to run for a few minutes until they arrived to where the hallway divided in three separate directions. "Damn it! I forgot that my friends' classes are on different ends of the school." Looking back he was somewhat surprise to see that both Kiba and Shino were waiting for some instructions.
"We need to separate here. Shino, if you go down the left hallway it'll lead you to where Choji is. Use your bugs if you have to. Kiba, take the right and you should meet up with Shikamaru and if not then have Akamaru help you find him. I'll take the middle and go get Hinata. If they're still in the building get them to safety. Does that sound good?" His two comrades simply nodded their heads in confirmation. "Good. Then let's get going."
That was all that was needed to be said as all three went down their designated hallway. Unknowing on how Kiba and Shino were doing, Naruto realized that things were going to be harder than originally thought. Apparently his class wasn't the only one that was affected by the explosions as many of the other students were running frantically throughout the halls. Add that to the fallen debris that was the result of the explosions it made it difficult for him to maneuver about. It took some effort but Naruto finally reached his destination. However, while he try to prepare himself for whatever was to come he still found it hard to see what he saw.
Inside of the classroom that Hinata had usually at that time were three green skinned creatures that judging by their appearance they were extremely strong. On closer examination Naruto could see that amongst the creatures were some students and there were two particular people that his sights focus on as it was none other than Hinata Hyuga and Sakura Haruno.
Not wanting to allow whatever those creatures were the chance to hurt anyone, Naruto looked for something that he could fight with. He found it when he spotted a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall. Grabbing it, he ran straight towards one of the creatures and when he was close enough Naruto literally tossed it at the nearest creature, which collided on the back of its head. Hoping that shot would cause at least some sort of damage, Naruto became disappointed as it appeared as though it didn't even faze the creature.
Turning around they set their sight on Naruto. Seeing that his plan didn't work, he decided to go with the next one that came to him. "That's right. I threw it. What are you going to do about it?" Reaching down he picked up someone's dropped binder and with the best as he could threw it at one of the creatures and much like what happened with the fire extinguisher, it didn't do any type of damage.
"Come on, you want me, come and get me. That's if of course you guys are too scared to come after one tiny human." Those remarks cause all the creatures to become furious as they went after him.
"Run Daisuke." screamed Hinata. The girl was worried about his friend. "Forget about us and save yourself."
"Listen to her you idiot." added Sakura. While she loved to he saved from whatever the things that was holding them hostage he didn't want anyone to die because of it.
"That's not going to happen." Naruto quickly argued. "Get everyone to safety while I deal with these oversize blockheads." That was the last thing that he said as he ran around the corner with the creatures following close behind.
Running as fast as his legs would allow him; Naruto ran out of the school and even was able to stay ahead of his opposition for over a block. Unfortunately for him, he took the wrong turn as he ran into a one way alley. Realizing his mistake, the blonde attempted to turn around but before he had the chance the creatures had blocked his only exit. Knowing that the likelihood of running through them to escape was unlikely, he grabbed a rebar that was lying nearby and held it up, ready to use it if necessary.
"Well come on. You have me back into a corner. So why don't you get over here and finish it?" For a moment the creatures were taken by surprise by the lack of fear that he was demonstrating. That feeling would soon pass as one of them came towards him. With all the strength that he could muster, Naruto swung the rebar at the creature only for it to break when it made contact with the creature's body. "Oh, crap." Naruto didn't have the opportunity to get over the failed attempt as he was grabbed by the throat and was lifted off of his feet.
"Pathetic human." remarked the creature that had the blonde in his grasp. "You're a stupid human in trying to defy us." To show his annoyance, Naruto's captor tossed him through the air and into the brick wall. When Naruto hit the ground his eyes were still open but it was obvious that no one was home. "It serves you right. You're on the verge of death so it would be pointless of personally removing you from the land of the living."
Turning around they started to leave their resent prey, not realizing that something was happening. Within the body of the battered body of Naruto, deep thumping sound was coming from inside him. The sound slowly started to come out quicker, to the point that it actually cause his body to convulse slightly. Suddenly a bright light surrounded him. This caught the attention the creatures as the turned around to see what was going on.
All of a sudden, the bright light seemingly exploded outward, which blinded everyone close by. Gradually the light began to diminish but still no one could see what was going on at the focal point of it all. Nothing was happening as those who were viewing on the outside were waiting for whatever was going to happen next. They got their answer when a blur went flying out of the light and in a blink of an eye punched right through the closes creature. The result of the maneuver was instant as the creature fell to the ground dead.
While the remaining creatures were trying to recover from the sudden death of their comrade, they got a look at the person who caused the death. He had long fiery orange hair that reached the middle of his back and red eyes with the pupils were silted. His body was muscular but not over the top, each of his fingers had clawed like nails and another thing that stuck out from the already peculiar individual was that on the upper part of his mouth there were two teeth that resembled fangs.
Finally recovering from their shock, the three remaining creatures charged forward in the attempt to settling of score against the person who killed their comrade. Showing absolutely no concern, the newcomer ducked the first creature and actually jumped over the second one, where he then used his claws to stab the third one in the neck, which caused his to die.
Removing his blood soaked hand from his latest victim he turned his attention to the two remaining opponents. Realizing that going one on one against him wouldn't work, they went after him at the same time. Despite being outnumbered, the newcomer didn't seem to mind as he went after them without abandon. Blocking a punch from the closes creature he swung him around and when he did that, the fist went into the face of the other creature, knocking him down.
Now having it one on one, the newcomer grabbed the creature by the back of the head and began to repeatedly smash it into the wall until a bone crushing crunch was heard. Once he was satisfied with the damage that was done he allowed the lifeless body to crumble to the ground. Turning his attention to the last remaining creature he saw that it was running away for his dear life. He was about to go after him until it looked as though the newcomer was coming out of some trance.
"Where am I?" asked the newcomer in a voice that belonged to none other than Naruto Uzumaki. Coming out of whatever type of daze that he was in he saw all of the destruction that was around him and the blood that stained his now claw like hands. "A better question is, what the hell have I done?"
I bet that none of you expected that did you? You probably have already figured it out that Naruto doesn't act completely like he is in the actual series and there is a reason for it. Remember, in the series he practically grew up without many people caring about him while in this story he's been taken cared of by his guardian, Jiraiya and living a somewhat normal life. You're see more of the differences between his character as well as the other characters that'll be in this story.
Speaking of the characters, I'm hoping to having all of them appearing in the story sometime in this story and not being just a background characters. Case in point, I want the character TenTen to have a more active role then she somewhat has in the series.
That's pretty much it and I'll do my best in having the next chapter on in the very near future and it you have any questions just leave them in your review and I'll try my best to answer them. Until then, see ya.