Spectre: Hello everyone! My name is not important, and I go by my pen-name Spectre. As said in my profile I have great love for both Naruto and Mortal Kombat. I've been thinking numerous ways on how to blend the two and, so after constant thinking, I decided to give it a shot as the plot point that I have in mind may be a little bit imaginative. So if there are any mistakes to correct or suggestions at the first fic I am writing, PM me as such.

Summary: After his death at the hands of D'vorah, a certain Elder God gave Hasashi Hanzo another chance in life as he was discovered to be the someone who is destined to protect Earthrealm once more but in a different world, of the Shinobi. Will his new life bring change the world needed? Or will his rage consume him?

Pairings: Naruto (Scorpion)/Kitana, Kuai Liang/Jade

Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance

Rating: This is an M rating through and through

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Mortal Kombat nor do I own Naruto.

Note: This Chapter is being remastered.

Prologue: The Scorpion Returns

(Kharon's Ship)

"The new Shirai Ryu are worthy. It's heart. Not blood. That makes them warriors.", with those words, Hasashi Hanzo passed away, at the arms of his past self. To ordinary people, death is the most feared being. But to Hanzo, death finally freed him. With his mission complete, he gladly embraced it as he knew that he will finally be re-united with his fallen family and clan once more. And nothing else mattered to him anymore, he was finally free from the guilt and torment that scarred him after his family died.

"Harumi. Satoshi. 'l'll be there soon..."

Meanwhile, a man watches as Hanzo fade away. The man is had long, braided white hair and his eyes glowed silver white. The man wears a vest with black long pants and boots, and a pair of leather greaves. He also had bandages in different parts of his body and he is able to support himself in walking by using a crutch. The man was Fujin, one of the Elder Gods alongside Raiden. Having survived an attack from Frost though he was incapacitated, Fujin maintained a low profile to assist the Earthrealmers from the shadows. As he watches the younger Scorpion laid down the body of his future self before departing, Fujin went to Hanzo, who was at his last seconds. Placing a seal in his forehead, a bright light glowed and Hanzo's body disappeared from view.

"I can only hope, by doing this, Earthrealm will be protected by your hands once you are ready. I am sorry you cannot re-unite with your family yet, Scorpion. But for what is worth, this has to be done" Fujin said to Hanzo's sleeping soul as he began to search a worthy vessel in order to counter a new threat that will soon erupt in Earthrealm and that of a new realm.

In Another Realm

Naruto Uzumaki is a young boy from the Hidden Leaf, who wanted so much in the world, and was given so little because of the burden he had with the Kyuubi inside of him. All he wanted was to get stronger, to show everyone he was never a monster to begin with, and that there was a difference between a jail of a demon with that of the demon itself but unfortunately, at the moment, that was not the case and it has been like that ever since for him.

Now because of his so-called godfather Jiraiya, attempts of him tapping into the Kyuubi's chakra in an attempt to summon a giant Toad, Naruto was certainly now going to die after being pushed off into this ravine, and trying to save himself using the demon's power. Unfortunately, Naruto was too fearful right now to even do such a thing, and with so little of his own chakra being used up he had found there to be little chance of summoning a tadpole like last time.

'I have to do something otherwise it's the end of the line for me!' thought Naruto, as he reached out for the jagged edge of the cliff side with his right arm using what little chakra he had left to stick to it.

Unfortunately, all things with jagged edges tend to shred other things that try to cling to them, and this was no exception with Naruto's arm practically being mauled by the wall, and the young boy could only scream out in pain while trying to survive this immense fall that would lead to his inevitable death. While he did this, Naruto was hit with images of the past, and how the people of Konoha treated him because of his burden and the way his 'teammates' and 'sensei' treat him while remembering all that has happened.

Could this be the end for him and his dream? May as well. He doubted Sakura would even give a damn died here.

How would the old man explain his death? Or would everyone celebrate because of it?

Would anyone even miss him? Perhaps some people but not so many.

Unfortunately, it was at that time the ground hit him too, and landed him in a big crater that held his body imprinted from the fall knocking Naruto right into the depths of his mind.

(Naruto's Mindscape)

"You have finally arrived here. I was beginning to wonder when you would," said a smooth deep voice that could make even some the strongest of warrior's blood run cold with fear.

"Who are you? Where am I?" said Naruto, as he stood up in this dank sewer filled with leaky pipes, and a cage with the word "Seal" written on a piece of paper in the middle that kept the doors shut.

"In your mind, kit. Not very impressive since the way you have been treated by these miserable flesh rats has made your mind most unpleasant a place even I can't stand it," said a deep demonic voice from beyond the cage, and in that instant red chakra flared to reveal the giant Nine Tailed Fox known to all as the Kyuubi.

"And now we are here together, which is perfect since the fox present is what completes the circle, and the means for you to live, Naruto," said the figure with dark hair, wearing a yellow sleeveless vest, with black and yellow pants with armor platings on his shoulders and his boots.

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" said Naruto, as he knew about the fox, as it didn't take a genius to figure it out, but the guy in front of him has a familliar feeling as if he himself experienced it before. He couldn't figure out, and as far as Naruto knew...he only had one guest sealed inside of him.

"Perhaps I should. My name is Hasashi Hanzo. And I am you, from a long time ago. For short, I am you from another life." said Hanzo before looking at Kyuubi, who was now growling at him, and flaring his crimson chakra even more.

"I should have known you! You are Scorpion! The Hellfire Spectre of Quan Chi of the Netherrealm!" said Kyuubi snarling at Hasashi and the form of the said man turned to stare at the fox without fear. In fact, he could see Hasashi smirking at the giant fox withour fear or flinching.

"Apparently I was. As I said before, Naruto is me from another life. He and I are one person with a different persona and mind. He has the means to re-awaken my power again that has long been dormant for a very long time" said Hasashi, as he saw Kyuubi look at him, and then at Naruto in what looked like fear and confusion.

"As if the Yondaime sealing me up in his own kid is bad enough, but to find out it was inside the reincarnation of the hellfire Spectre is unexpected!" said Kyuubi, as he saw Naruto look at him in shock, and the fox never realized that his vessel was the Spectre's next life.

"My Father was...the Yondaime?" said Naruto, as he saw Kyuubi nod, and Hasashi as well to further confirm it.

"Yes. And that is when Fujin merged my soul to yours before your father sealed the fox inside you to protect the village" said Hasashi, as he saw Kyuubi growl at him, and then looked at a still shocked Naruto.

"It wasn't like I just woke up one morning to destroy this village of arrogant fools. I was summoned to this world by an Uchiha by using his cursed eyes to have me attack the Leaf," said Kyuubi, who had no love for the Uchiha Clan, and wished the man that summoned him along with the entire clan to die painful deaths.

"Still, that would explain why you did it, and not entire your fault. Not that it matters now since I'm about to die," said Naruto, as he looked depressed, and saw Kyuubi's eyes widen in shock.

"What?!" said Kyuubi, as he had no intention of dying, and having his soul taken to the Shinigami or worse, going back to that place.

"That perverted jerk, Jiraiya just pushed me off the ravine cliff side to activate your power so I could summon a large Toad. I couldn't do it because I was so afraid and I tried to grip the wall edge. It slowed me down, but it messed up my arm rally bad before I hit the ground, and now I'm most likely going to die without anyone even caring that I'm going to kick the big one," said Naruto, as he kicked some of the water on the ground, and had an angry look on his face.

Scorpion, in a very long time, felt sudden rage upon hearing this. Clearly, this Jiraiya is a pathetic man and was pretty obvious that he had no honour or decency, whatsoever. He knows just what to do and it would make Johnny Cage proud in a way. But he only needed Naruto's permission.

Relaxing his mood, Scorpion said, "At this rate, you are most likely to have certain death. But since you and I are one but with a different mind, there is another option we can do. But at a cost" said Scorpion, as he now walked towards Naruto, and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"What do you have in mind then, old me?" said Naruto, as he looked at his previous life, and saw the man smiled at him.

"You and I will become one person. But my persona will surpass yours. As such, it would sound like I am taking over your body but you have my memories, my skills, my power and my way of thinking. As such I will be reborn through you but in short, you and I will blend as another person and considering the facts of how this works, this is going to be technically my fourth life." said Hanzo and saw Naruto looked at him at surprise and shock.

"Wait. You lived three lives? How does that work?" Asked Naruto as it was technically impossible to have two more lives and then a fourth in his case.

"In my first life, I was a happy family man until I was murdered by my rival, Bi-Han for a dangerous artifact. My second life is when I was ressurected as a Hellfire Spectre by the evil sorcerer Quan-Chi, who manipulated my rage to do his bidding and I made plenty of grave decisions that threatened Earthrealm at times. Then, my third life is when the Elder God Raiden managed to restore my humanity and I managed to bring back the Shirai Ryu as a new order."

"If this is your fourth, then how did you die in the third?", Naruto asked innocently as be was becoming curious of his past self's life. Though he was a bit scared as that question may anger him.

"Would you believe me that I fought my past self, and was later murdered by a man-sized bug?" Hanzo asked in a deadpanned tone to which Naruto and Kyuubi sweatdropped at his declaration.

"Okay, back to topic. What should we do once we merged together?" Naruto asked

"We are going to monitor the Uchiha. And if he goes too far, we have no choice but to kill him if necessary.", Hanzo answered calmly while Naruto was cleary shocked as he saw Sasuke as a brother,

"But I can't kill Sasuke. He's a friend." Naruto answered as he face the two individuals in his mind. But both Hanzo and Kyuubi were not impressed.

"Naruto, I understand your reluctance, but your so called friend will destroy you without hesitation, and betray you for power as they tried to do so years ago just before that incident. Given their power, it is very dangerous and they could simply side with your enemies in promises for more power," said Hanzo as he saw Naruto look away in denial. Hanzo in his part, already dislike the Uchiha for their insolence and their lust of power that is only surpassed by the likes of Quan Chi and Shao Kahn. It reminded him of himself during his time as Quan Chi's bodyguard where his rage and thirst for vengeance blinded him, and he obeyed his orders without question and apparently disposing his honour as a warrior at that point.

"The Spectre is right kit. The Uchiha Clan is well known for only two things that they are quite proud of. Betraying others and copying the skills of those they betray. Trust me when I tell you that the Uchiha is not worthy of being your friend and he will betray you as all Uchiha do and do not let simple 'friendships' fool you," said Kyuubi, as he saw Naruto look at him, and then back at Hanzo before nodding.

"I understand then," said Naruto, as he let out a sigh, and readied himself for what needed to be done.

"Good. Now brace yourself Naruto, as this will painful, and will blow your mind away. And remember, we are one. As always." said Hasashi, as he turned to the boy and he grasped his hand. As Hanzo felt pain during the process, he looked at the skies above. "I promise. I will make good use of this new life I will be given. For you, Harumi and Satoshi.", he mentally said to himself as the two of them braced.

As Hanzo began to merge with Naruto, visions of the man's memories flashed before him; his happy times with his family before the massacre, his death by the hands of elder Sub-Zero, Bi-Han, his ressurection by Quan Chi, him murdering Bi-Han after being deceived by Quan Chi after showing a false vision, Bi-Han's younger brother Kuai Liang, who took his older brother's mantle as Sub Zero, defeating him in battle at the Koliseum, his defeat at the hands of Sonya Blade before Raiden restored his humanity, him murdering Quan Chi where he finally avenged his fallen family, and then he and his rival Sub-Zero making peace and the two fought alongside one another against Kronika until his death by the hands of Kytiin, D'vorah. Naruto continued experiencing more visions until he felt his mind was now different as he and Hasashi Hanzo became one soul at last.

Naruto was going to be in for one hell of a ride when he gets back.

(Hokage Tower-At the Moment)

"What did you do?!" yelled the Hokage, as he had moved to pin the Sannin against the wall despite his old age.

"I tried to get him to use the Kyuubi's chakra by pushing him off a cliff and I thought it was the only way," said Jiraiya, as he tried to break the hold, and was then slammed back against the wall hard. The Sandaime was not this angry since Orochimaru betrayed the village and Jiraiya now is paying the price of what he had done.

"What could have possessed you do it in that way? It's already bad enough the boy is hated by these stupid people, but for you to do that to Minato's own son, and your godson no less is inexcusable!" said Hiruzen, as he threw Jiraiya away from him before stepping back until he reached his desk now fully crying as he had failed in everything regarding Naruto.

"I'm sorry! All right! I fully expect him to tap into the fox's power and summon a large enough Toad to save him. Why hasn't his training progressed like it was supposed too?" said Jiraiya, as he had hoped the old man would make Naruto strong enough to be able to summon Kyuubi's power at will but it turns out, it didn't as his basic controls from the Academy were rigged to fail.

"The Councils didn't want the boy to become powerful because of the Kyuubi and with Danzo pushing the boy to be a weapon of the village I had to make a choice on which side to support. I had hoped that Kakashi would be able to help Naruto with training when I setup the teams, but the man only trains the Uchiha because of what happened years ago, and has only taught Naruto tree walking chakra control. Had you been a proper godfather, the boy wouldn't be so crippled by the Councils decisions, and I could have done more for him," said the Hokage, as he let out more tears then he had ever before in his entire life, and felt the guilt of the past 12 years of not protecting Naruto properly eating away him.

That was when the two felt it.

The feeling a mysterious energy source on such a level it made them fall to their knees in fear.

In fact, everyone in Konoha did, and everyone had frozen in fear at the demonic power of the orange and yellow flames that rose high into the air. Then it suddenly disappeared.

'What was that? It was like the Kyuubi 12 years ago only...only worse!' thought the old Hokage, as he now struggled to his feet, and Jiraiya was doing the same.

"Sensei I..." said Jiraiya, but was silenced by a hand from the Hokage, and the old man looked at him now with cold hard eyes that held no love for the Toad Sannin after what he just did.

"No! Don't you try to apologize Jiraiya. I will announce Naruto's death after the Chuunin Exams are over and I want you to know I will hold you responsible for this when I reveal the boy's heritage to the village. That you just klled the Yondaime's son and it was you that neglected your duties to him for the sake of your godforsaken research!" said Hiruzen, as he gave the hand signal to tell Jiraiya to get out of his office, and sat down in his chair before crying again at his failure.

After few minutes, the old Hokage summoned his ANBU to him, and told them to check out the ravine that Jiraiya took Naruto to in order to search for anything that could be connected to the mysterious power felt by all. The ANBU obeyed without question and headed out though even they were silently afraid of whatever caused that demonic power to erupt.

'I'm sorry, Minato. I really am' Hiruzen thought sadly as he looked at Minato's picture as he continued to shed tears.

(At the Stadium)

It had finally come. The day of the Chuunin Exam Finals had come for everyone that had wanted to see the competitors fight for the glory and prestige of their village. Though for the Hokage, he watched the audience around him with a heavy heart, and wished to see only one of the competitors now among the line down in the arena floor and that was Naruto.

The ANBU the Sandaime sent never came back, as they had gone missing for several days before another team was sent out to find them, and they were found only they weren't dead like the old Hokage suspected.

They had been beaten so brutally, it was as if there was a monster on the loose. But for now with the finals going in full swing, he had to hope that some sort of miracle would happen.

"The first match of the Chuunin Exams will now begin. Will Hyuuga Neji and Uzumaki Naruto step forward while the other competitors go the fighters box to wait until it is your turn," said Genma, as he heard the crowd cheer, and the Jounin wondered if it was for the obvious reason that Naruto wasn't here.

'That coward. He says he'll make me pay, but in the end he's nothing, and will be nothing just like you Hinata!' thought Neji smirking at the empty space that was supposed to be where his opponent was supposed to stand and it increased when he came to the belief Naruto wasn't going to show up at all.

"Since Uzumaki Naruto is not here, Hyuuga Neji is the...," said Genma, but was silenced when a vortex of flames suddenly appeared before them. When the flames dispersed, it showed a boy, or rather a man who is an foot and a half taller than Neji, with dirty blond hair, fiery blue eyes and was wearing a new garb along with a black leather made hood that was attached to the leather strapped sleeveless shirt that sat beneath a black vest that held a yellow colored tunic on top of it along with a hard yellow mask on his face. The figure also wore a pair of yellow greaves with silver platings around the wrists, the middle of the forearms and the top of the forearm of the gauntlet along with baggy black and yellow pants with red strapped belt around his waist with two sheathed katanas in his waist. But perhaps the most noticeable figure is his eyes that shifted from blue to white pupilless eyes and they do not hold the eyes of a young and happy boy, but that of a cold-hearted killer with vengeance to accomplish. (AN: Technically, he wears Scorpion's complete appearance in MK11)

"I believe Hyuuga Neji is my opponent. You may start the match," said the figure, as he looked into the Hyūga Prodigy's eyes, who seem to swear that he was looking at his very soul.

He will surely enjoy giving him a good beating for his lack of honor.

"I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid you are not Uzumaki Naruto, and I will have to-ACK!" said Genma, as he tried to put a hand on the boy's shoulder, and found his hand crushed and, he could swore, was being burned by the said boy in one swift second.

"I am Naruto. Now start the match so I can deal this delusional fool or you will find your good arm lying on the ground," said Naruto in a deeper and rougher voice under his mask, as he threw the Jounin away to mend his hand before turning his eyes to the Hokage now leaning over the railing to look down at him with hope in his eyes now filled with tears.

(At the Stands)

"That's Naruto?" Ino asked/shouted, as she saw the new, and well-improved version of the blonde knucklehead they all knew.

Sakura was staring too but was in denial. She was trying to convince herself that there was no one who could look better than her Sasuke. Choji was frozen in mid-chewing his food and was staring at Naruto. Kiba was proudly smirking. He had a feeling that the match with Neji was going to be extremely brutal while admitting Naruto looked cooler in his new appearance. Hinata was currently holding her nose to prevent the ever massive nosebleed that would have erupted when she saw Naruto's muscles under that yellow tunic. As for the Jounins, they wondered how the kid, or man rather, get himself in shape. Asuma was impressed on Naruto's new build, Might Gai was gawking about how Naruto ignited his 'Flames of Youth' while Kurenai was curious on his face that was covered by his yellow mask.

(At the Kage Booth)

'He's alive! Naruto's alive,' thought the Hokage, as he could finally makeup everything that happened to the boy, and do what should have been done from the start.

Jiraiya was looking down and saw the boy's eyes were filled with a cold fire in them that made a chill run up his spine, that says 'I'll deal with you later'. Honestly, Jiraiya knew he was the one who screwed up so whatever his godson plans to do to him, he will allow it to happen, provided he can still breath or walk right after he was done

"Hokage-sama, is that boy really Uzumaki Naruto?" said a Jounin walking up to the old Hokage and the Sandaime looked at the Jounin with fierce eyes filled with fire thought to be lost so long ago.

"Of course he is! Tell Genma to begin the match now!" said Sarutobi, as he was not about to deny the boy his fight, and hoped he would have a chance to apologize to the boy for everything he failed to do since the day he retook the Hokage position.

"I just received word that you are indeed Uzumaki Naruto so the match will begin...now!" said Genma, as he flexed his right hand involuntarily though it still stinged from the pain earlier, and brought his left hand down to start the match.

"It doesn't matter how much you changed over the course of this Month given to you to prepare Naruto-san. You are a loser and you will never defeat someone that is a Hyuuga Prodigy," said Neji, as he got into his Gentle Fist stance, and began to look into Naruto's eyes that betrayed nothing while saying everything but the dirty-blond haired male was not impressed, and his face showed disgust towards his opponent.

"Perhaps. But at least I am not a slave of my own delusions of fate or any way as well as a clear example of dishonour towards your clan and your father's name." Shot back Naruto as the audience stared in shock. In the booth, the members of the Rookies were shocked on the way Naruto spoke. Just a month ago, he was just a loud-mouthed idiot who kept ranting about beating Neji. But this Naruto is different, this one seemed wiser and smarter of what he had said to him and they can only wait what else he can do. And Neji was downright infuriated by his words

"Before I deal you Hyuuga Neji, will you answer me one question, and one question only?" said Naruto, as he still had his hands behind his back with his swords wrapped around his torso, and saw the confusion in the boy's eyes.

"You should be more worried about how to live after this match Naruto-san rather then me answering your question," said Neji, as he activated his Byakugan, and gasped at the sight of the orange energy readings that flowed through Naruto chakra network, signifying that there is something different about him.

"Humor me, 'prodigy'! Do you really think your father would be proud of you? That his son committed such dishonor to his name? I could perhaps tell he is rolling on his grave once he sees how truly pathetic his son truly is once I am finished with you" said Naruto, as he continued to mock Neji for his own anger to be at its boiling point. waited for Neji to attack, and knew the only way to do so was to attack the man's inner being. "Do you at least feel remorse of what you have done?"

"Remorse? Of course I feel remorse. I feel remorse in the fact I couldn't deliver the final blow because of the Jounin senseis that interfered on her behalf!" said Neji, as he smirked at that memory, and saw Naruto's cold blue eyes narrow at him.

In the stands, Hinata held her hands to her chest, and was on the verge of crying while her sensei sat beside her comforting her over that memory before glaring down at Neji. Neji's teammate Tenten felt sick in her stomach knowing that she helped train the Hyuuga boy for this moment and felt the need to apologize to someone though she didn't know who.

"I see. Thank you for telling me this, as I will feel no remorse of what I am going to do to you" said Naruto, as he took the Shirai Ryu stance.

"It is fate that I win this day Naruto-san. Perhaps you have gotten stronger since last time, but I am by far the strongest of the Leaf Genin competing here today. Kneel before your better and surrender to me before I kill you," said Neji, as he found Naruto's calm behavior completely the opposite of what he saw in the Preliminaries, and wondered what had changed the dirty-blond haired ninja.

"I don't really give a damn if you were the prodigy of the Hyuga Clan or even the Hokage of Konoha, because the person in front of me, is a delusional idiot whose ego made him the one of the strongest examples of arrogant pricks. And once I am done, you will be the one begging for death. I don't care if the entire Hyuga clan will take revenge because of the death of their so-called prodigy! Because I wouldn't hesitate to make a larger example whenever rage consumed me" Declared Naruto as he was done speaking that left the stadium in shock. The Kyuubi brat, as they knew of him, made a threat against the prestigious Hyūga Clan. Doing so is signified as a death wish as they are one of the most powerful clans residing in Konoha. Hyuga Hiashi, who was watching the whole scene, flared his Byakugan to Naruto, and was shocked of what he saw.

'His chakra is bizarre! I see the flow of the ordinary blue signatures but his entire body is covered by an orange source that I couldn't even recognize. I can only hope, Neji goes through with this. I cannot afford to lose another family member.' Thought Hiashi as he continued to observed the boy, and has already a vague feeling that this boy can carry out his threat if angered enough.

"And besides, fate has no power over me this day. Do you know why? Because I have the will to change mine as I please while you surrender to Fate's veil like the weak Hyuuga Branch piece of trash you are," said Naruto smirkng at a shocked Neji, who had become infuriated by Naruto's words, and rushed forward to teach the commoner before him his place to show that Fate was on his side today but unfortunately this was not the case

Neji charged at him with multiple strikes aimed at the yellow-clad ninja but Naruto, with the speed he had obtained during his time as a Hellfire Spectre, almost easily dodged Neji's attacks. Naruto then spun after dodging his attacks before he summoned a chain from his hand with a kunai attached to it, to which he launched them at Neji.

"GET OVER HERE!", Naruto called out in a demonic voice as the kunai stabbed Neji in the stomach before Naruto aggressively brought Neji before him in chains as he kneed the Hyuga prodigy's jaw before he again vanished in a burst of hellfire where he again launched a Hellfire uppercut before punching him down to the ground. Neji picked himself up as he tried to strike Naruto's chakra points, but Naruto disappeared in a burst of flames and he landed a heat-covered fist on Neji, incapacitating him at the moment. Naruto then teleported on the other side of Neji where he landed a powerful fist on Neji's cheek, where they can hear his skull or cheek cracking, knocking the prodigy to the ground before Naruto delivered a strong stomp on Neji's chest where another cracking sound was heard, and the crowd in the stadium swore they hear Neji's ribs broke as a result. (AN: Scorpion's X-Ray at MK9)

"Give up, Hyūga. Fighting you is beneath me Because I'm only giving you one chance to surrender out of respect to Hinata" said Naruto as he stood before the beaten, bruised and burned prodigy of the Hyuga clan.

(Fighter's Booth)

"Sweet Kami" Ino gasped in shock on how Naruto brutally beat up Neji to a bloody pulp.

"Yosh! Naruto's flames of Youth had finally ignited to new heights!" declared Might Gai as he watched his 'unyouthful' student getting beat up. Though he generally felt bad, it was poetic justice for him for all the times the Hyūga had belittled him and his student, Lee.

"I think I'm going to lose my lunch", Choji said as he began to feel his stomach feeling funny from the bloody sensation. And pretty much, many of the audiences felt the same way.

"Naruto-kun…Neji-niisan" whimpered a teary eyed Hinata as she had discovered that Naruto intended to kill Neji for what he did at the Preliminaries while still recovering. And that was happening because of her. She silently prayed to Kami that Naruto change his mind on his quest on his vendetta against Neji.

"Wow! I think I might just ask him out!" yelled an aroused Anko as her reaction is the total opposite of what most of the stadium felt. If there was anyone who loved brutal and sadistic things, that would be Anko and she kept looking at the yellow-clad ninja with predatory eyes.

"Neji-aniki? " muttered a horrified Hanabi as he witnessed their Prodigy being brutalized by supposed dead-last.

"No." whispered Hiashi as he looked at Hizashi's son, who struggled on picking himself up and still trying win the fight.

(At the Stadium Floor)

'My god!' thought Genma, as he was trying to decide wether to end the fight or things would get worse. From the looks it, Neji was inches away at death's door at every second of the fight.

'This cannot be! Fate was suppose to be on my side. How can this commoner defeat me so easily?!' thought Neji, as he looked into Naruto's white irisless eyes and how they just judged him like a spider looking down at a helpless fly. Upon hearing Naruto's ultimatum for him to give up, Neji quickly regained his composure and managed to get up.

"N-never, dead-last! F-fate is on my side and 'cough' 'cough' I will 'cough' not let broken ribs fail me here!" Neji weakly stated as he struggled to get up before resuming his Gentle Fist Stance.

"Don't say I did not warn you. " said Naruto as he pulled up a handsign and three more clones that bursted from flames appeared with him. "You may take your overheated ego to hell now". Finished Naruto as he and his three clones pulled up handsigns that they did not recognize "Kaeton: Mōkaen no Jutsu! (Inferno Release: Netherflame Jutsu!)". The crowd gasped in shock as Neji's inevitable doom appear before him and four pillars of flames were surrounding Neji.

"Eight-Trigrams Rotation!" cried out Neji as he spun in a circle and a large dome of chakra, deflecting the fires by the last second, leaving the crowd in shock as they witnessed a Branch member performing a Main house technique.

'Is this how far you went Neji? You went to become something that me and your father couldn't achieve at your age. I am sorry for what has happened over the years, I can only hope you can hear my words after this' Hiashi thought sadly with a sense of pride as he saw what normal Branch members would be unable to do.

"Impressive Neji. To last this long, I should commend you for your determination. Unfortunately for you, this ends here." said Naruto as his clones dispersed and teleported in front of Neji, where he gave a hard-jab on his already-broken ribs and held him by the throat.

"You have two options Neji. One, you can now die here, with me cutting your throat in one quick slice. Or I take away your precious eyes. Slowly and painfully!" asked Naruto with a demonic voice as he continued to choke Neji.

"Kill me as you wish……I have nothing to fight for anymore without my eyes….'cough' cough' if you have to do it, do it now…" muttered Neji as he finally accepts the fact that he was going to be killed by the dead-last of the academy.

"You know Neji, I could end your life right here, right now in front of all these people, and I could away with it just like you tried to do in the Preliminaries against her and tines where you looked below clanless people. I could rip out your spine or burn you alive right here, right now. Or I should simply destroy your precious eyes of yours just for you to see and feel how it is to be weak." said Naruto, as he pressed his hand further into Neji's neck until it was just a simple muscle movement away from breaking his neck and ending his life.

"Are you?" said Neji, as he found himself between pain in his back he received from the kunai wound there, and the kunai Naruto was wielding that was currently touching his neck just below the jugular and he could feel the heat emmitting from the said weapon.

"I would have wanted to. But I won't because then Hinata would cry even more. I don't want to her to cry over the death of someone who looks up tocyou as an older brother since she wants to free your arrogant and hateful side of that seal on your forehead," said Naruto, as he took his kunai away from Neji's neck, and flicked the boy's headband off his head to reveal his Cage Bird Seal.

"Listen well, Neji. The true potential of the clan lies not on fate or the blood that you have. You and Hinata may be of different destinies. But together, you can reform the Hyūga Clan as a better place. It's heart. Not blood. That makes them warriors. Just as your father had done to you. Not as a mere servant, but as family who used his heart to define a true warrior that not all fathers or uncles would be willing to do for their family" said Naruto as he laid down Neji who was enlightened by his words. This dead-last not only proved him wrong but gave a stunning realization to his life. "And I think, Hinata would want your help to fullfill her dream of unity."

"She wants to what?"

"You heard me, she wanted the Clan to be together. Not bound by fate. But by bonds that defines a true clan and family. I want you to reflect on what I have told you Neji, as you heal from your wound, and know that I am patient at situations like this. And should you cross that line again, you know what happens," said Naruto, as he put away his chained-kunai and walked away to the fighters box while ignoring the shocked crowed who was impressed by his words. Hiashi was enlightened by this, and he concluded to make changes after this.

"I will. And thank you Naruto-sama," said Neji, as he was being carried away by the medics, and looked into the sky to see birds flying freely in the air.

"Winner of the first match: Uzumaki Naruto!" Genma yelled while still finding it hard to believe this kid who nearly broke his hand and walking away from the fight was Uzumaki Naruto. And the audience had a feeling of both shock and disbelief from what just happened

"My name may be Naruto. But I rather be called Hasashi, Hasashi Namikaze" said Naruto now having renamed himself Hasashi and revealed his heritage to the audience.

As the medic-Nin came out to retrieve Neji, they were shocked as they saw Hasashi pick him up by the shoulder, and laid him down over to the stretcher where the medics were before he bowed down in respect towards his defeated enemy.

"You have fought for your honor, Neji and for that, I give you my respect. May what I told you may be taught by you in the future." said Naruto as the medics took him towards the medical room. This one act of selflessness and respect snapped the crowd out of their silence, as he slowly received asomehow reluctant applause from those born in Konoha, those that hated him as well before it burst into a thunderous roar of clapping, and finally the cheering from the people in the stadium overall for his actions.

In the stands, Hinata was shedding tears of joy by not only Naruto sparing Neji, but by the act of kindness from the Naruto she knew as did Hanabi. Hiashi let out a genuine smile at the Namikaze for giving a wise lecture not only on Neji, but to the rest of the Hyūga Clan as well and it motivated him to make changes as soon as possible. Kiba was proud of Hasashi for his deed, as did the rest of the Rookies.

"What do you think, Izumo?" Kotetsu asked his companion, who was very impressed on the supposed dead-last's performance.

"I think Neji at least deserves a promotion for being able to stand and fight taking such a brutal beating. As for Naruto or Hasashi as he called himself, we might as well just hand him his Chuunin vest right now." Izumo answered.

"Chuunin? That man just dominated a fight against a prodigy from Konoha's strongest clan, add that to the fact that he graduated as the dead last and has only been a Genin for a year? They might as well give this kid his own Jounin vest right now!" said Asuma, who was listening in on their conversation, and knew this kid was obviously beyond the rank of Chuunin.

The two nodded to each other they had to admit that even though Naruto had only done a few things that they were all in fact rather impressive or noteworthy. They decided then that Naruto would be one of the ones who would be promoted to Chuunin. Now they couldn't wait to see what this kid could to during the Jounin exam now that was something that they were really looking forward to.

Meanwhile on the Kage Booth, Sarutobi, Jiraiya and the 'Kazekage' were shocked of the recent revelation from earlier.

'He knows? How?' thought the Hokage, as he looked to Jiraiya, who shook his head to indicate he never told the boy, and also wondered how he knew. With his heritage revealed, people from Iwa and Kumo would probably be making preparations to assassinate the boy because of his father's actions during the Third War.

'Could the Kyuubi have told the boy? And even so, how would the demon fox even know that?' thought Jiraiya, as he sensed the demonic aura around Naru-Hasashi, and wondered if the Kyuubi had taken control of the boy before altering him to its own specifications, something of which Jiraiya would have to deal with later.

The boy once known as Naruto cared not for these thoughts since he couldn't read minds and even if he did he still wouldn't care what they thought. In his previous lives, Scorpion only lived to fight for his own hatred but relented after realizing his own mistakes. For now he would join the others in the fighters box that were all staring at him like he had grown two heads, as was the audience itself, and it made the now Namikaze smirk at them.

"I presume that you have several questions," said Hasashi calmly, as he looked at the now empty arena floor, and waited for the next match to start.

"What happened to you?" said Shikamaru, as he got straight to the point, and saw Naruto look at him with an expression that would make a certain clan look like a joke.

Hell, even the Aburame Clan seemed to look more emotional compared to the Namikaze right now, and that was saying something.

"You could simply say that I found my inner self Shikamaru, perhaps you could too," said Naruto, as he turned to the look at the Hokage, who was whispering something to a nearby Jounin, and within a few seconds the Jounin appeared next to him in a "poof" of smoke.

"The Hokage would like to speak with you," said the Jounin, who seemed hesitant to put his hand on the boy since Genma was an example of what happens to those that try to invade the young Genin's personal space, and pay for it heavily.

"As I have expected," said Naruto, as he vanished from sight, in a burst of flames and was instantly in front of the Hokage now shocked that the boy could do that.

He is technically a man at this point.

"Naruto," said the Sandaime, as he saw the boy standing in front of him on the railing of the Kage Booth before the dirty blond-haired youth stepped off of it, and looked at the old man walking towards him now with tears in his eyes.

"Hello, Hokage-sama. Call me Hasashi from now on but Naruto is still all right with me. Did anything happen in the month I was gone?" said Hasashi as he gave the old man a smile, and the Sandaime hugged the boy tightly to see if the one in front of him was real.

'Strange, he doesn't call me 'jiji' as usual', Sarutobi thought."Forgive me, my boy. I failed you in so many ways for the past 12 years of your life," said the Hokage, as he felt the boy hug him back, and pat him on the shoulder.

"You had your hands tied behind your back, Hokage-sama. I understand. I only ask of you to don't take anything from the Councils anymore, let me do as I needed, and we'll call it even and my loyalty in the village remains. Just so you know, I took the liberty of taking over the Namikaze Estates, and spent the whole month there learning a lot with the help from the Shadow Clone Jutsu," said Hasashi, as he saw Jiraiya and the Hokage's eyes widen.

'This kid is only using a fraction at best of his skills! How powerful could Naru-uh Hasashi really be?' thought Jiraiya, as he saw the boy let go of the Hokage, and then look directly at him with ice cold blue eyes that were very similar to Minato's back in the day then shifted to irisless white that almost looked like the boy was looking at him at his very core.

'May Kami have mercy on your soul, Jiraiya', Sarutobi thought as he looked at his student sweating bullets towards the yellow-clad ninja.

"Hello, my supposed godfather! I'm afraid I am going to have a little word with you." said Hasashi with a demonic voice as he had his right hand off his katanas, and turned the hand into a fist that pulsed with hellfire energy. Jiraiya was downright afraid of the boy and was about to piss himself and the fact that Hasashi now learned that he was his godfather who left him to his peril in the village.

"Um...I know what I did and I wanted to say I'm sorry for-AAAAAHHHHH!" said Jiraiya, as he let out a loud scream after Hasashi kicked the poor old man right in the crotch that sent the student of the Sandaime some 20 feet into the air before Hasashi roundhouse kicked him into a nearby wall.

"Apology accepted, Jiraiya. Your track record as my godfather is very poor. And I ABSOLUTELY despise men with lecherous taste, and with no sense of decency, and so,this beating is going to be one of many, as I expect you to train with me whenever I ask, and should you say no or commit any type of stupidity, I will not hesitate to toss your soul into the Netherrealm" said Hasashi in a demonic voice as he turned to face the Hokage, and saw the man look like he had actually regained some of his lost age. And was smiling at him with pride. Wether or not, this 'Netherrealm' was real or fake, Jiraiya would rather not stick around and find out.

"Hokage-sama, the Uchiha has not arrived yet, and the next match he has with Sabaku no Gaara is supposed to at this moment. Should we postpone the match?" said the Jounin that had spoken to Hasashi briefly and saw the Hokage thinking before Hasashi decide to speak his mind.

"The Uchiha had his chance to compete today, but he wasted it by not showing up, and therefore should not get a free pass because of his clan name since he is not like his other family members and greatness does not reflect on his name. Clients will expect the Shinobi they hire to be on time and if we excuse Sasuke because of his clan, then we are telling them that we don't care about them, and it will cause problems for us all. We tell them that they should have to wait for an uncertain and unknown amount of time because of spoiled brats ike him," said Hasashi, as he looked down at Sabaku no Gaara waiting now in the arena floor for his competition, and the crowd wishing for a fight. Hasashi could sense the fear within Shukaku inside Gaara and he mentally smirked because of it.

"Hasashi-san is indeed correct, as the Uchiha is not here, and we cannot have all of our clients' think we favor the Shinobi that are from the clans here in Konoha. Uchiha Sasuke shall be disqualified from his match and we will proceed with the next one effective immediatley," said the Hokage, as he knew the Councils would blow out their vocal cords to yell at him, but Sarutobi didn't care, and wasn't going to care what they said. After all, he was the Hokage and he can use his ANBU to silence them and to remind them that this was never a democracy. Hasashi smirked as he would like to land a blow to the Uchiha's ego.

Besides, have an Uchiha fight when a Namikaze could do so much better? And much more brutal to be said.

The Jounin nodded in regards to the Hokage's words and informed Genma to make the announcement that got many people in Konoha booing the decision. Hasashi nodded before he disappeared again in a burst of flames but reappeared in the stands right next to Hinata's row, and the girl was now blushing from his presence once more.

"How are you feeling Hinata?" said Naruto, as he saw the girl looking at him with shock, and her face turned even redder.

"I-I'm doing well N-Naruto-kun," said Hinata, as she rose to meet him and Hasashi smiled before removing his mask and lowering his hood, revealing a dirty-blonde teen with a handsome face. Perhaps the most noticeable part is his lack of whiskers that made him recognizable but his eyes said otherwise. And the said girl was seconds away from passing out.

"It heartens me to hear that from you. I must apologize though for what I did to your cousin. Hopefully, the pain I inflicted on him, though it was a bit too much, and my revelation will help Neji understand that Fate can be altered as we see fit. Oh, and I go by the name Hasashi now, but feel free to call me Naruto if you wish" said Hasashi, as he saw the girl nodded.

"Dude! You were awesome back there! Even though it's too much, your shunshins and taijutsu were just...wow!" Exclaimed Kiba as he witnessed his fight with Neji. Though he also made a silent vow to never piss off Hasashi otherwise it would spell doom to him.

"Appreciate the praise Kiba, perhaps one day, all of us can reach our inner selves that chose to reveal themselves and not us trying to find it. Would you mind giving me some water?" Asked Hasashi to which Kiba nodded. Giving him the water bottle, Hasashi drank the contents before he showered himself some of the water to cool his head. All the girls were marveled as if it were in slow motion, due to the blond adonis they are looking at. Hinata was on the verge on fainting while Anko licked her lips seductively.

'Wow, his moves were hot as hell. But I did not expect he would be such a hotshot!' Anko thought to herself and she began to think of ideas on how to get close to him.

"What in the world happened to you?" said Kurenai, as she saw her student lying in her lap blushing red with a smile on her face, and then looked up at Naruto now named Hasashi seeing the young Genin giving her a warm smile from his new appearance.

"I simply found my inner self," said Hasashi as he sat down and drank the rest of his water bottle to watch the upcoming matches.

'This may be fun. But I have to consult with Fujin on why he brought me back once I see him again', Hasashi mentally said to himself as he looked up in the sky, thinking about his next move.

Unknown Location

"So, he lives after all", said a pale-skinned man wearing black and silver armor. His skin noticeably had small cracks and he had long black hair with a red headband on his forehead and his eyes flared with a crimson-orange color. Next to him were two figures, one is wearing a black metal strawhat or Kasa, and black and red armor. The man held a staff as he stood beside him with red lightning emitting from it, same goes for his eyes. The other figure is a bald man and wears a black outfit. He also has white skin with tattoos on his forehead and his hand held what it seems to be a green flaming skull.

"Indeed. It seems Scorpion found a way to be reborn as a new being. And I have a vague feeling he will become a threat in the future. Should we make our move?" asked the second man but the first man shook his head while smiling.

"Not yet. For now, we need to find a way to enter that realm as soon as possible with the pieces we have for now" said the man as he continue watch over the prisoners execution by being devoured by hideous, deformed creatures.

And cut! As Johnny Cage would say, it took me a long time to do the Prologue. Okay in here, Naruto is practically Scorpion himself who was reborn with Fujin possibly having a hand in it. The rest of the events will mostly follow the same format though there would be a lot of differences in the future. Please like and review! This is my first fanfic!