Brothers Uzumaki

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto; however I do own the address for Kimimaro's Acupuncture clinic! With new acupuncturist Haku!

A moonless night. The only sound was a slight breeze in the air. Twin figures slipped silently into the white building.

"Oi, Raku, are you sure about this?"

"Come on Ruto, its good practice; the hospital has better security than the academy and there just might be a few jutsu we can use in here"

"I don't see how med jutsu can make us stronger"

"Just leave the thinking to me, okay? This'll pay off, just you wait"

The Uzumaki twins, Naruto the elder and Naraku the younger. Together they hold the fearsome Kyubi no Youko prisoner, and are shunned by almost everyone in their village for it. But they do have each other. And a penchant for breaking and entering with the intent of gathering jutsu, training methods or anything they could use to become better ninja. They sought anything that they could copy down in a scroll; they never take the original item, if they did that they could be caught. The brothers Uzumaki perform Henge, a jutsu they were not supposed to know at their age of 8. They had learned it from the materials the accumulated from previous exploits to the Ninja Academy. This night they had transformed into small beetles the crawled under the doors and into an office. They released their jutsu and began to look around.

"I don't see anything! This was a waste of time!"

"No so loud the guards migh-"

The door knob turned; instantly the two held up concealing shrouds, rendering them invisible. The night guard opened the door and gave it the once over.

'Weird. I thought I heard voices'

Satisfied that the room was indeed secure, the guard left. Naraku was incensed at his brother for almost getting them caught. He relented from saying much, the quick hiding they did let him stumble on a map showing an interesting location.

"Oi, Ruto. The room at the end of the last hallway. The library used for training new med nin"

"About time you found something"

As the pair stole their way to the library the guards were ignorant of the whole affair. Once inside they immediately began opening scroll, books and the like; searching for new skills they could acquire. They left the hospital that night with many advanced chakra control exercises as well as two jutsu and a wealth of knowledge about poisons. The returned everything to its original location and by the next day no one had any idea they were there in the first place.

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"So what'd we get?"

"Some really good stuff Ruto. The Doku Kiri and Doku Tsukurite jutsu will be excellent additions to our arsenal"

Browsing over the copied scrolls Naruto makes a discovery he didn't like.

"Are you nuts? I can't use these! They have too much chakra control needed!"

"Alright fine. I'LL use these and in a few days we'll pay a visit to the Hokage tower for some jutsu both of us can use. Deal?"

"Deal"

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Two years later a non-descript shinobi walked into the Nameless Blacksmith. The mildly entertaining story behind the name and why the owners' clan did not have a last name was that many years ago they were under the employ of a corrupt feudal lord and the only way they could leave his service was to abandon their family name, which ironically has been lost to the ravages of time. Nowadays the clan was still made of respected weapon smiths and weapon specialists. As the aforementioned non-descript shinobi entered he cast his glance around observing the different styles of sword, pole arm and projectile. He eventually settled his gaze on a nodachi. He smiled. That was what he desired. He called out for the blacksmith and from the direction of the forge the smith and his daughter emerged.

"Ho there! See something that caught your eye?"

"Yes in fact. That nodachi on the wall. I'd like one made out of chakra reactive metal, if at all possible"

"Well. Not a typical order. That's gonna cost you an arm and a leg…hmmm"

The smith, a retired chunin, noticed something off about his customer. He thought about it for a bit and then realized: a henge!

"I'll give you a full price estimate-after you show me who you really are!"

'Kuso. He knows. Think fast Naraku, how do you get out of this?'

Releasing his henge Naraku put on a confident smirk.

"So you found me out. Doesn't change anything. I still want a nodachi of chakra reactive metal"

"And just why should I listen to you? Get out of my shop you little bakemono!"

"I don't think so"

Naraku then turned brown and splattered on the floor.

'TsuchiBushin?!'

"Doton: Deido Shibari no jutsu"

Tenten suddenly found herself encased in solidified earth from the neck down. Her father cursed. He narrowed his eyes at Uzumaki Naraku, who was holding a kunai to his daughter's neck.

"Even if you're good enough to notice my henge you can't move fast enough to keep me from killing her, should I so choose"

"What do you want you bastard?!"

"I already said it twice. A nodachi made of chakra reactive metal. Can you do it?"

"Let my daughter go yo-"

"Look I know you hate my guts like every other adult in this thrice damned village but threats aren't going to set her free. Answers will"

"It'd take time. A nodachi is many times harder to forge than a katana and the metal alone is very expensive"

"How much?"

"40 million ryou"

"Damn. It'll take me forever to get that much. Oh well. Guess I'll see you once I have enough for a down payment. Sorry about the whole hostage thing"

Naraku turned to leave, the mud bind around Tenten crumbling away. She was quite upset at being used as a hostage and before her father could stop her launched two handfuls of shurikan into Naraku's back. Once again he dissolved into mud.

"He got away! Tou-san! Shouldn't we go tell someone about this?"

"No, it wouldn't do any good. He and his brother have the Hokage's ear; besides the only thing he left here was some dirt"

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Iruka was at his wit's end. The three record holders for lowest academy grade ever were all in his class. Nara Shikamaru was a case study in sloth, Naruto was too easily distracted, and Naraku, well he just didn't care. One time Iruka had given him and his brother detention for skipping class and each one had to write an essay on why it was important to attend regularly. When he saw them writing he thought he had finally gotten through to them. As it turned out Naruto had put up a genjutsu that only made it look like he was writing, even though he failed his genjutsu tests and Naraku had the nerve to write an essay on why it was important TO skip class. Oddly enough even though the Uzumaki brothers and Shikamaru were academic underachievers they were three of the more promising students. The Uzumaki brothers knew and could perform all the academy jutsu before they were introduced in class and Shikamaru, after being tricked into taking it, scored well above 200 on an IQ test. Iruka wondered if they knew how the genin team selections were decided and wanted to be placed with top students under the pretense of creating balanced teams. It was strange though. There should have been no way for them to learn that. The bell rung and Iruka went to his classroom and took role call. Once again the Uzumaki brothers were absent. Now he had to go look for them and punish them.

'Sometimes I really hate this job'

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At that point in time said brothers were in pursuit of a low level bounty. Only 5000 for his head. This cat burglar was no match for the twins and was soon captured. The twins made use of their henge no jutsu to look like adults to inquire about where they could go to get the bounty. They found themselves at the bounty claim office; sequestered away in a hidden room at a rundown hotel. By unspoken accent Naruto was letting Naraku do all the talking. He also didn't feel right taking bounties like this. But Naraku on the other hand thought nothing of capturing or killing outlaws and criminals and turning their bodies in for cash. They were welcomed inside, where two burly guys stood on opposite sides of the room. At the far end was a desk with a weasel-like appearance.

"Nice work boys. But I'm afraid we need to see just who you are"

"So you noticed it too? I really must work on my henge then"

Naraku and Naruto released their jutsu. Naruto was getting slightly worried but Naraku had that infuriating grin on his face: the 'I'm gonna kill you and have fun doing it' kind of smile.

"I'm terribly sorry. We don't do business with minors"

"I'm afraid I must insist you do. I wouldn't want to have to… convince you otherwise"

The weasel-looking man snapped his fingers and twenty swordsmen rushed in the room. Naruto wanted to get the hell outta dodge but Naraku started chuckling.

"So, not leaving?"

"Is this supposed to scare me off? Ridiculous"

"Grrr. Get them!"

The swordsmen rushed the pair. It was the last thing they ever did.

"Doton: Tsuchi Gosunkugi no jutsu"

Naruto nearly lost his lunch as everyone in the room other then himself and his brother were impaled on spikes erupting from the floor.

"Never underestimate your opponent. You do and you're dead"

"You went too far Naraku!"

Naraku looked forlornly at his elder brother. He only rarely called him by his whole name.

"Nii-san, we're ninja. Killing is in the job description. Besides there were too many for us to disable them all without dieing ourselves"

"W-well yeah but-"

"In battle it is kill or be killed. I couldn't let them attack and possibly hurt you. What would Hinata-san think of me if that were to happen?"

Blushing just at the mention of her name Naruto shook it off. Naraku had a laugh at his brother's expense.

"Don't bring her into this!"

"Well as fun as this conversation is, I have a bounty office to clean out. Hmm. Wonder if those swords are worth anything"

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On the trip back to Konohagakure no Sato Naraku was astounded at his luck. The weapons, armor and the few scattered valuables he found brought a hefty price at the pawn shops he went to. The money from that plus the 45 million ryou he found in the coffers of that particular underground bounty office was more than enough to pay for his nodachi. Naruto could have the rest. Naraku did keep one sword; it belonged to one of the people in there, he couldn't remember which. It was from a rather well known and talented sword smith. Perhaps he could offer it along with the ryou to get the smith in Konoha to take his order. Things were definitely looking up. Though he had a strange sense that a writer's convenience had just helped him greatly.

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Another two years pass. By this time Naraku had mastered his new weapon and Naruto had chakra control on par with any given chunin. Coupled with his extreme stamina he could now throw out jutsu after jutsu for what seemed like hours on end without tiring. Hinata, though still shy joined them often for their training sessions. She took well to the training and had better control than either brother. She refused to learn any of the jutsu the boys had available to them, citing the fact that as a Hyuga taijutsu alone would be enough. She was still not in the top on the class which disappointed her father, but once she told her father about the rule regarding the choosing of teams, that lowest and highest were always grouped together, he relented. She would rather be on a well balanced team made of three average students than on a team made of extremes. He was surprised and pleased with her reasoning and the fact she stood up to him.

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Hiashi was content. His eldest daughter was shaping up to be a fine kunoichi. Just the other day she managed to defeat her little sister Hanabi. With graduation naught but a scant few weeks away it would seem Hinata was about to enter the world of shinobi fully prepared and able to carry the Hyuga name with pride. Shame she would start with D-rank missions. A sudden noise alerted him to an unknown presence. Turning to the source of the noise he saw none other than Uzumaki Naraku. Spiky blond hair almost identical to that of the Yondaime; both of Uzumaki twins bore an uncanny resemblance to the Yondaime however Naraku always had longer hair than his brother. Black pants with an orange stripe down the sides, black sleeveless shirt and a sleeveless jacket over it, just as the Yondaime had done. Also Hiashi knew on the back of that jacket was the symbol for hell, Jigoku. Naruto had nearly the same except he had the orange and black reversed and had the symbol for leaf, Konoha, on his back. Appearances aside, him being here meant only one thing. The guards couldn't stop him. The younger brother while not as strong as Naruto more than made up for it with cunning. Together they were known to be notorious for breaking and entering, oddly never taking anything or getting caught.

"And what are you doing in my house?"

"I was hoping to talk to you about some things. Namely Nii-san and Hinata-san"

Hiashi narrowed his eyes at the intruder.

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Hinata and Naruto were enjoying a pleasing snack consisting of onigiri. Hinata's face was bright red, a sure sign that Naruto had complemented her cooking again. They had just finished training and were deciding what to do next.

"Ano sa ano sa, lets review the jutsu from yesterday"

"Okay Naruto-kun. It would be good practice"

The pair went back to their training. After a few hours they began to get worried. Naraku had left around noon and had yet to come back. Normally he was never one to be hung up with anything. Their worries were unfounded when he came into their training area with a big smile on his face. In a sing-song voice he acknowledged them.

"I know something you don't know"

"What the hell have you been up to for so long! Hinata-chan and I were worried you baka!"

"Naruto-kun I'm sure there is a good reason"

"There better be! Now fess up Raku!"

Looking them over Naraku sighed. Subtlety and Naruto mixed as well as oil and water. That made this difficult.

'I don't want to do it. So I'll pass the buck'

Later at the Hyuga compound the big secret was unveiled, causing Hinata to faint dead to the world and Naruto to explode.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE BETROTHED???!?!?!?!?"

Jutsu used/learned:

Doku Kiri Poison mist; large cloud of toxic gas to incapacitate enemy by poison (duh) or by obstructing view as the cloud is very thick. C class

Doku Tsukurite Poison maker; lets user make new poisons based on desired effects, more complex the toxins used the more chakra needed. B class

Doton: Deido Shibari no jutsu Mud bind; covers victim with a thick coat of mud preventing any movement from the neck down. C class

Doton: Tsuchi bushin no jutsu Earth clone; uses mud to form the object used in a Kawarimi (replacement) jutsu. C class

Doton: Tsuchi Gosunkugi no jutsu Earth spike; multiple spears or rock erupt from ground impaling anything in area around or just in front of user. C class