Ch1

Kay so i suck at submitting new chapters just so ya know. I will continue with this one cuz i like it but the chapters will probably be slow in coming. I have this set to during the four shinobi war. Time line will stay pretty true to the original the only difference will be that naruto doesn't know who his parents are. And he's not quite as ... Narutoish...so ya he'll probably be a little Oc but i'll try not to go crazy with it.

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Ch 1

The sudden burst of chakra that flared wildly for half a second was all the warning that Team 7 would receive before their lives were to be thrown into a swirling vortex of 'What the Fuck'.

The sheer amount and power of the signal had been enough to even make their teacher's hands shake with dread at the thought of facing the energy's owner. For what kind of being could possess such a large amount of raw chakra that had no doubt overshadowed any amount any Kage had ever achieved.

Startling cerulean eyes gazed guardedly towards the direction the chakra had flared. It had been far to close for comfort and as much as the man was unwilling, he knew it was his duty to identify this terrifying foreign chakra that had vanished just as suddenly as it had appeared.

His gaze swept over his young students who had fallen to the ground when the flash of power had blanketed the land. Their faces were pale, eyes wide in horror as they stared towards the east in terror. Even the most emotionless of the three was visibly sweating, a slight tremor shaking his frame.

"Calm down, you three." The man whispered warmly in an attempt to sooth his students. They relaxed ever so slightly but remained on the ground not trusting their limbs to hold them just yet.

"This is no time to be fearful, we must warn the Hokage at once. Obito, head to the village and inform the Sandaime as well as Jiraiya immediately. Rin and Kakashi, you two will follow m…"

"You can't be serious, sensei! Did you even feel that! " The black haired boy popped up from his crotch on the ground, waving his hands around frantically before pointing animatedly in the direction of the 'flash' with a trembling hand. "There is no way you should even go a foot in that direction."

"Don't be stupid moron. It's our duty as ninja to investigate this potential t-threat." The sliver haired boy hissed as he rose as gracefully as he could despite his shaky knees.

Obito opened his mouth to argue but was cut off by the serious tone of his commander.

"Enough! Both of you! This isn't up for discussion! Obito. Go. Now."

With a reluctant 'sir' on his student's part, the black haired boy turned and after one more glance at his team, sped off towards the quint village to inform their leader who had no doubt felt the blast himself. Hell anyone within a thousand mile radius had to have felt it.

The blonde haired teacher turned his gaze back to his remaining team waiting as Rin rose before motioning them to follow with a quick flick of his head. In a sudden burst of speed the man blurred into a yellow streak as he headed for the east, the two thirteen year olds trailing behind him, struggling to keep pace with the legendary man.

The blonde crossed hundreds of feet in seconds, being mindful to stay just within his students' sight as he sped towards what could very well be the death of them all.

Kohona, the Village Hidden in the Leaves, was one of the largest and most powerful shinobi village in the nation. Located in the center of the Land of Fire, the land dipped down to form a large valley of sorts, its rocky walls protecting the village's back while its front opened up to a large forest of trees.

A black blur quickly dashed through the panic stricken streets, ignoring the bustle of anxious civilians who had felt the tension in the air. Obito dashed from roof to roof, his gaze locked on the large tower at the center as he pushed his legs to go faster.

He had never been all that fast and in fact was one of the slowest on their four man team which was a cause for worry at the moment. What if he didn't get their fast enough? His team's lives were on the line at the moment and his teacher had picked the slowest of the group to get backup!

He cursed inwardly, wishing Minato-sensei had picked Kakashi to be the one to inform the Hokage but he knew he was the best choice. As much as it pained Obito to admit, he would be the least helpful when it came to a fight. Kakashi, being the prodigy that he was would give the group a small edge while Rin could heal any injuries they might acquire and what could he do? Throw a fire ball or two…..

…..damn! He felt so useless right now.

The boy frowned, inwardly cursing his speed and abilities and ignoring everything around him as he dealt with his inner turmoil. He was forcibly brought back to reality, however as he slammed into the steel like chest of a man he knew quite well. Blinking owlishly up at his teacher's teacher, the black haired boy gave a nervous chuckle.

Jiraiya of the Sannin. The great Toad Sage and one of three of the most powerful shinobi Kohona had produced in some time. He was an intimidating man with a powerful build and a head full of long spiky white hair pulled back in a pony tail. His face was pulled down in a scowl, his eyes flashing with worry and impatience as Obito blubbered out a hasty apology.

"Enough of that brat, where's Minato." The white haired man gruffed out urgently as a figure joined the two on the roof.

"Obito Uchiha, where is Namikaze." The new arrival barked out worriedly as the boy snapped to attention in the presence of the village's leader, Sarutobi Hiruzen the Third Hokage.

"Sir, Team 7 was near training ground 25 when the foreign chakra flared. Minato-Sensei, accompanied by Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara, set off towards the east were the chakra had originated from."

The moment the last word left his lips, both men took off towards the east, causing the startled Uchiha to dash after them frantically as they all but left him in the dust.

The trio moved at an urgent pace, bypassing training ground 25 in minutes as the two moved forward with Obito trailing behind them a good thirty feet. By the time the poor boy had caught up with the two, he was greeted by the sight of his team (alive, thank god) standing on the edge of a deep ominous crater.

The Sandaime and the Toad Sage had joined his blonde sensei and team at the edge of the crater, staring intently at its core. Obito approached cautiously, sliding up next to his brown haired female teammate as he looked at the figure below.

"Is it dead?" Obito's voice rang through the deadly silent group causing some to give a small jump in surprise.

"Shut up, idiot!" Rin hissed quietly as she shot a glare at her moron of a friend.

Minato sighed wearily as he glanced over at the two before promptly choosing to ignore their whispered squabble.

"It hasn't moved since we got here, hell I can't even tell if it's even alive. What would you like to do, Lord Hokage." He addressed the balding old man to his left.

To be honest the Third was quite confused. When he had felt that divesting flare of power he had expected to find many things at its source. This was not one of them.

"We must proceed with caution but lets have a look see at our visitor shall we?" The elderly man asked as he gracefully made his way down the slanted walls of the crater towards its center. The group hesitated for only a moment before following cautiously.

As The Third approached, he examined the body with a critical eye making sure to note all he saw.

For a moment, the Third was unsure if the figure was still alive as Obito had asked. The size of the body indicated that it was a teen, the lanky form having yet to properly fill out. Its clothes were in tatters and possibly orange once upon a time but

other than that, it was hard to tell seeing as the majority of the figure was covered in blood and burns.

"Rin." Minato commanded and the girl quickly but cautiously walked forward to crotch by the bloody teen.

With practiced ease she quickly searched for a pulse with tense hands, gliding her fingers over the raw flesh until she located the faint throb of a weakening pulse.

"There's a pulse but it's faint," She reported as she cleaned her fingers with a rag.

"and the blood's still warm. Whatever happened to this person happened recently."

With a grave nod, the blonde haired man turned to his superior.

"Lord Hokage?" Minato asked.

With all eyes on him, the old man took a deep drag from his pipe before giving a slight nod. "Take 'em to Kohona."

"…ama…..he….been out…..two..ays…alm..t….com..tley…recovered. I've..ver seen anything like it."

It was like I was submerged under water. There was a slight pressure in my skull right behind my eyes and the voice of the man talking sounded muffled and far away. Feigning sleep, I laid perfectly still as I allowed my senses time to focus while I listened to the conversation going on next to me.

"I see. Whatever strange healing abilities the boy possesses are troubling. Do you perhaps think it is a Kekkai Genkai?" The voice was raspy, the vocal cords worn from years of smoking as well as old age. The man had a slight note of worry in his disturbingly familiar voice.

"No, Hokage-sama."

It took every once of control I had to not react and blow my cover. Tuning the rest of the conversation out, I forced myself to focus on my steady breaths, slowing my heart back down so I did not give myself away.

I had to think rationally. I mean after all there was no way that was Jiji. The dead didn't simply come back to life. There had to be a reasonable explanation for this like maybe a genjutsu or something.

"Genjutus do not work on us, kit." A voice snorted amusedly in the back of my head.

'Yeah well I don't hear you coming up with any theories!' I complained, ignoring the amused chuckle I received.

"That is because I know perfectly well what has happened." I rolled my eyes at the underlyingpride I could hear.

'Oh, really? Then perhaps you would be so kind as to enlighten me?' I growled out with heavy sarcasm.

"Hmph is that really the way to ask for something, kit? Perhaps I should just let you figure things out for your own. It would be much more interesting that way."

I mentally frowned as I could practically hear the smirk in the fuzzbutt's voice.

'Come on Ku, this is serious!'

A mental eye roll was my answer but before I could respond, the bastard cut the connection.

I frowned. 'Oh I see how it is.'

"Ah, I see you are awake."

I nearly jumped a mile at the statement directed at me from a source far to close. With a mental groan I realized I had been making faces during my conversation with my 'passenger', inadvertently giving myself away. With an inward sigh, I prepared myself mentally before opening my eyes.

Even though I had been half expecting it, it was still a shock to see the kind old face of my grandfather figure. He was standing next to the bed I was on, looking down at me with friendly but guarded eyes.

Deciding to ignore this impostor ( for what else could he be?) I opted for exploring my surrounding, taking in the standard white of a hospital room. I lifted my head up and looked down and saw that I was covered in bandages from head to toe without an inch of skin showing. My brow rose.

Over kill much?

Continuing my observation, I focused next on the doctor shifting nervously by the door. He was unfamiliar with plain features, glasses and short brown hair.

"Who are you?" I rasped with a dry throat causing him to jump a little in surprise at being addressed.

"Just a friendly doctor. He has been looking after you though from what he tells me you heal quite fine on your own." The Impostor chuckled as he cut in in an attempt to bring the conversation back to him. I made a non intelligent noise in the back of my throat as forced my eyes on the Impostor, Illusion or whatever the hell he was. He smiled down at me with what he assumed was reassurance but I could plainly see through it after having known the real Jiji all my life.

"Speaking of injuries, you were in pretty bad shape when we found you. Do you have any idea how you received such terrible wounds?"

"I got into a fight with a squirrel." I deadpanned with a blank face watching in amusement as his left eye twitched ever so slightly. The Imposter (illusion) forced a chuckle out, smile still plastered on as he struggled to control his ire. "I see. Perhaps we should let you rest a little longer. No doubt you are still a tad out of it. You were rather low on chakra and blood when we found you after all." With that he turned and headed for the door.

"I shall check back on you once you have gotten a bit more rest then perhaps we can chat a bit." And with another small fake smile, he and the doctor were gone.

I glared at the door before slumping with a sigh as my muscles relaxed. I hadn't noticed how tense I was until he left. I laid there for awhile contemplating my situation. No matter how I thought about it, I couldn't think of any other answer beside genjutsu. But Ku was right…Genjutsu don't work on us. And on top of that what could a person gain by making an illusion of someone I know to be dead?

The thought made me scowl.

How dare this..person, whoever he was, use such a technique to defile the Old man's memory! Well I'll just have to fix that!

I quickly sat up, flinching a little as my body protested, and brought my two hands together forming a familiar hand sign.

"KAI!"

I stared at the unchanged room, a slight chill going down my spin. That was supposed to have worked right? To dispel a genjutsu you have to flare out a large burst of chakra, right?

I bit my lip unsure. I had never had to dispel a Genjutsu before because they usually didn't work but if a chakra pulse didn't dispel it then…

My gaze snapped to the door where I could feel several chakra signatures approaching, no doubt Anbu coming to investigate my little outburst. Seems I would have to think about this later.

Without a second thought I jumped up, ripping out the catheter, breathing tub and all the needles in my arms with a wince. The machines went crazy and the sounds of alarms blared throughout the room as the heart monitor now detected the absence of life.

Ignoring my body's slight protest, I rushed towards the window, flinging it open just as the first Anbu flew into the room, kunai ready. I shot him my trade mark grin before leaping out the window, pushing off the ledge with a bit of Ku's power and ultimately leaving the Anbu in the dust.

"Report." It was surprising how one word could hold so much authority. The elderly man was leaning forward, elbows planted firmly on the large mahogany desk before him. His hands were clasped in front of his face, half covering the grim down turn of his lips.

This couldn't be good.

Before the elderly man stood one of the two Anbu's he had assigned to watch over their strange guest and the fact that he was here and not at his post….

"Hokage, Sir, the 'Unknown' fled the hospital approximately one hour ago and has yet to be tracked though my partner Crow is still hunting his trail."

No, not good at all.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as he leaned back, eyes closed.

"Explain." He demanded causing the Anbu to shift slightly in discomfort.

"A spike of chakra alerted our attention to the room moments before the alarms from the heart monitor attached to the 'Unknown' blared. I arrived just in time to see him jump from the window and kick off the side of the building and then he was just…gone. It reminded me a little of the 'Flying Thunder God'."

Sarutobi furrowed his brows in agitated confusion. The whole situation was ridiculous, from the insane amount of power to the bloody body found at its source. Not to mention that the boy was still miraculously alive and then a day later not only does the boy wake up but he manages use his (supposed to be drained) chakra to outrun his Anbu.

The entire event was unbelievable.

"Continue the search. We must find and detain this person post haste." The Hokage ordered with a frown. With a quick salute the Anbu was gone.

The old man sighed with worry at having an unknown entity running around his village.

"Perhaps I should bring in some extra ammunition hmm."

"You wanted to see us Lord Hokage?"

Sarutobi looked up at the new comers, a smile playing on his lips.

"Yes, Minato. I have a important task for you and your team." The elderly man addressed the tall blonde, watching with amusement as two of his charges light up with excitement.

"Really! We get a mission!" The black haired boy babbled excitedly earning himself a soft glare from his female teammate.

"Obito! Your in front of the Hokage! Control yourself." Rin berated in a not-so-quite whisper causing Minato to sigh and the silver haired boy beside him to roll his eyes.

"Obito, Rin." He warned and the two quickly straightened, flashing twin apologetic smiles.

Sarutobi chuckled at the display before sombering up. He fixed the four man team with a grave expression.

"As you know the Unknown found outside of training ground 25 was in grave condition." He started, noting the slight stiffening of shoulders at the mention of the bloody boy the team had found. "His chakra coils were shot and so completely depleted that it was amazing he was still alive. He had lost a good 45 percent of his blood and had multiple fractures and brakes on his legs, arms and torso as well as a punctured lung among other injuries. It was uncertain when or if he would even wake."

As the Hokage continued, Rin and Obito grew paler and paler at the horrid news of the unfortunate boy they had found. It was sad that at such a young age his fate was practically already sealed.

The Hokage nodded his head in agreement with the youngsters sympathetic looks before continuing. "Imagine my surprise when I went to visit him earlier today for a check up on his condition. I was shocked to say the least when the Doctor informed me that the majority of the brakes and fractures, scraps and abrasions had healed save for the more sever of the boys injuries."

The air in the room tensed as Minato furrowed his brows. Rin and obito exchanged looks as they glanced from their silver haired teammate to their sensei, noting the alertness in their stances.

The two genin were confused. The teen was going to live, wasn't that a good thing?

"Apparently our guest has a miraculous healing ability and when I went to look into it myself, he was awake." The group grew wide eyed at the statement, some with relief and the other with worry.

"So, he's okay?" Rin asked with a slightly hopeful tone.

"So to speak. He would hardly talk to me when I asked him a few questions and after I left, my Andu informed me that he escaped." And just like that the air became heavy as the team straightened further, a sort of battle like sense settling over them.

"Your mission is to find and capture our guest. Beware that even though he is injured he is capable of using his chakra, though I doubt his reserves are completely full. He is also extremely fast and is able to use a technique that my Anbu compared to your 'Thunder God', Minato." This caused the blond to tense, eyes going wide in alarm.

"Proceed with caution. The boy has blue eyes and gold hair and is wrapped in bandages from head to toe but do not assume he will continue to look this way. Search every inch of the village and find him."

"Yes Hokage!" The group echoed before vanishing in a puff of smoke.

The Hokage sagged back against his chair, pulling his pipe out from a drawer in his desk. He light it before taking a long drag, his eyes fixed on the view of the village outside his window.

After dividing up the village between my students and giving them a quick overview of what to do in the case they find the 'Unknown', I dismissed them, watching as they dispersed before beginning my own hunt.

I pushed aside the anxiety I felt at having my team search on their own and focused on finding our guest. Naturally I started at the hospital, searching the boy's room for any kind of trail he might have.

The room hadn't been touched since the boy had fled. The covers on the bed were hastily thrown to the side, a slightly dent still in the mattress from where the boy had laid. Tubs and IVs were stern on the floor leaking their fluids onto the bleached tiles. Other than that there was nothing not even a loose hair lying on the pillow.

The room still had a hint of chakra floating about that only grew the closer you got to the window. I hopped threw it, sticking to the wall as i tried to pick up a trail to follow but It was as if he had just disappeared.

I scowled. Only my 'Flying Thunder God' technique could literally transport a person like that… or at least that was what I had believed until now. With an irritated sigh I left the Hospital, jumping from roof to roof as I and headed towards the main center of the village. It was an ideal spot to hide, to blend into the crowd with a good henge.

I scoured the area for hours without a sign of anyone under henge or anyone looking injured for that matter. Hell I didn't even see any blondes with bright gold hair not that I believed the Intruder would keep his normal appearance.

Finally, I sighed. The sky had begun to grow dark and it was time to regroup with my team so feeling discouraged I left my hunt to join up with the others.

As I approached the Ichiraku ramen stand, I could already see my two genin and one chunnin waiting.

Obito had a sulky pout on his lips as he kept shooting an obsidian glare towards Kakashi who was ignoring him as usual. Rin was berating Obito about fighting, completely oblivious to the fact that neither of her teammates were listening.

I smiled at the slight unable to hold back the slight chuckle at their childish antics. The group turned towards me at the sound, Obito and Rin's faces lighting up as I approached.

"Any luck, sensei?" Obito asked excitedly, his smile deflating as I shook my head.

"None." I sighed as I lead them into the small restaurant. "In all honestly I don't even think he's still.." My words cut off as my eyes zeroed in on a girl sitting at the ramen bar, diving into her noodles with obvious hunger. As if she hadn't eaten in days…..

From the back I couldn't see much but the thing that drew my eye was her hair. Blonde hair, A bright sunny gold to be exact.

In all honesty I hadn't thought about gender. I had been looking for a man through and through which I now realized was a stupid rookie mistake.

"..here." I finished my sentence before too much time had passed as I lead my team towards the ramen bar. I took my seat being mindful to have myself as close to the girl as possible without appearing suspicious as I subtly observed her.

She had an attractive face to say the least with a small nose and a hint of baby fat still around her cheeks. The most unusual thing though was the three thin horizontal scar like marks that started towards her nose before fanning out across her cheeks towards her ears and lower jaw line.

"Hey there Minato! What can I get ya'll?" Ichiraku asked cheerfully and I flashed him a smile before ordering my usual being mindful to keep an eye on the girl beside me.

The second my name had left Ichiraku's mouth the girl froze in her eating, eyes popping open to reveal a pure crystal blue. My eyes narrowed as she continued to eat her muscles tense and her movements nervous.

Suddenly she hopped up, grabbed the bowl of ramen, and in a rather unladylike profession, slurped the remains of her meal and flashed a blinding smile at Ichiraku. "Thanks for the meal old man." She chirped in a tone that was slightly too high as she placed some money on the counter and made a sharp turn to leave. The second she twisted her body a yelp left her mouth and she crashed to the ground with gritted teeth. Smoke enveloped her body as she lost her concentration and her transformation canceled.

I moved within seconds, sure this was my target and desperate to capture 'her' before she could pull a fast one. I reached into the smoke with lightning speed and feeling fabric underneath my hand, I grabbed and pulled, forcing the 'girl' out into the open.

A boy stumbled out clad in a pair of green shorts and a black shirt he'd most likely stolen but that was not what made my eyes widen.

Cerulean eyes blazed up at me from a face I looked at each morning in the mirror.