The Kyuubi's Gift: Second Coming
Well, well, well, it seems a bout of inspiration hit me, and I was able to finish the first chapter of Second Coming pretty quickly, in fact, I hope you all like this chapter, and a few of the unanswered questions in this chapter will be answered in the next chapter! And those that aren't will be answered in a side-fic that I will be typing up that will tell about the things that go unanswered in this fic, and just general information that I don't go into depth about. Besides that, I don't have much to say, besides that I hope that those of you who decided to give the remake a try enjoy this version just as much, if not more then the original!
Chapter I
Second Coming
"Cocky, aren't we boy," Orochimaru's voice slithers out of Sasuke's mouth, and it sickens me.
Idiot, completely forgot that Orochimaru was still in that numbskull of his, and when we killed Itachi, he let his guard down, and he called me a baka, I think to myself, a little dark humor seeping into my thoughts.
"Cocky, aren't we Orochi-teme," I bait back, my kunai matching his Kusanagi.
"Well of course, boy, I have the Sharingan," He replies, a smug smirk on his face, making me want to rip it off.
"Shouldn't be, not that big of an advantage, not if you know what to do," I say, still not looking at his eyes, my training from Gai really paying off.
"We'll see, when I rip you to shreds," He calls, and I chuckle darkly, blocking Kusanagi again, and jumping back before pulling out a scroll and summoning a long katana.
"Wow, a big bad katana, I'm so afraid," Orochimaru mocks, and I just smirk again.
"Don't underestimate me, Orochimaru, you never know," I say, charging him as he matches my blow, and my smirk widens as I start to push him back.
"You may know more techniques then I do, Orochimaru, but you're not as strong as I am," I mock, breaking the lock, and slide the blade along his chest, making Orochimaru stumble backwards, holding his hand to his chest, and making him hiss.
"This is it!" I yell, charging him, and using shape manipulation, I form the Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere) around the blade, similar to what Sasuke used to do with the Chidori (One-Thousand Birds), and duck under Orochimaru's pathetic attempt to stop me, ramming the blade into his throat, a light spray of blood covering my face as he drops Kusanagi, and grabs at his throat. Sliding the blade out of his throat, I wipe the blood off my face as Orochimaru falls down to the ground, and I hear Sasuke's dying breath.
"Thank you…"
Throwing the blade to the ground, I look around the battlefield, which once was Konoha (Leaf). All I saw was fire and death, and a lone tear escapes my eye. Moving away from the field, I come to a lone, untouched hill, with fifteen tombstones.
"Well, Kakashi, Kurenai, Jiraiya, Tsunade Gai, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Sai, I did it, I finally killed Orochimaru, and ended the war, even though we lost," I say to no one in particular, and I sigh, before walking over a memorial.
"Well, I finally kept my promise, Sakura, I saved Sasuke, just like you wanted, and I hope you two are happy up there, I'll be following soon," I say, and flinch as the wound in my stomach, reopens from the choppy job I did on it. "I never was as good at chakra control as you," I say, a pained smile on my face, as I fall to my knees, grunting in pain.
Kit, come here, The Kyuubi says to me, as I try and crawl over to him, inside myself.
Hey Kyuubi, how are you doing? I ask with some humor, a smile reach my face.
I'm sorry to say, but for the Rokudaime, you look pretty pathetic right now, He says, and I can't help but chuckle.
Well, you're right about that, Kyu-kun, I agree, and I hear Kyuubi chuckle.
I like you kit, I think of you as my own, and that's why now, I offer you a chance to turn back the dial, and fix this, mess, He says, emphasizing on mess, and my head shots up to stare at him.
I thought we already talked about time travel, it is supposed to impossible, I say, for some reason finding the idea ridiculous.
Well, I've been thinking, as I have nothing better to do, and I think I've come up with a solution, but you must choose now, you have no time left.
Yes! Yes! If it's possible, then yes! I say urgently, and see hand seals start to flash through my mind, and I get the picture as I start to use allof my as Kyuubi quickly feeds his own into me as well. At the end of the hundred chain seal, I feel dizzy, and all of a sudden, I'm in something of a black hole.
This, Kit, is the time-continuum, here you may choose where to go, and a few other things, He explains, and I get curious.
Other things?
Yes, you have the option of giving three people; only three, their memories, but you must give them their memory, and no more then three.
Well, you of course, and then Ojii-sama (Grandfather), and…
I'd suggest going with Shikamaru, he is very bright, and will definitely be able to help you, also, you won't have to give me my memories, as I should have them as soon as I'm out, but you'll have to develop a technique to transfer the memories to the other two, and you'll have all of their memories until then, He explains, and I memorize all of it.
That it?
Yes, all you need to do now is choose what time.
That's easy…
And a moment later, I was in the Fourth's arms.
"Isn't he a beautiful boy, Minato?" I hear a weak voice call, and crane my neck, as I am now a baby, and look to see one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. Long, red hair, and a face kinder then that of Ojii-sama's, she seemed tired, and weak. Giving into the urge, I try to reach out and grab her, and she smiles softly, and I feel a tear splash on my cheek.
"Look, Kushina, he recognizes his mom," I hear the Fourth says, and look up to see him crying, and grinning sadly.
"Go, Minato, you don't have a lot of time," She says, and the Fourth bends over and kisses her, tears traveling down his face as she reaches up and caresses his face, before her hand falls limp at her side, and a soft sob escapes his throat as he pulls back, and jumps out the window.
"Goodbye, Kushina," He whispers to himself, and then it all clicks in my head. Kushina was my mother, and the Fourth, Minato, was my father, if only for a few more minutes, and I let out a soft gurgle in my current body.
"Hey buddy, it's sad you won't remember any of this, but I'm glad you got to see your mother, and your father, before we both die," He says, wiping away his own tears and grinning down at me.
I feel completely useless as he continues on his trek towards death. But I couldn't stop him, and even if I could, I wouldn't. This is what is supposed to happen, and I can't change that, but I can make the future my father sacrificed himself for come to fruition, if not only for his sake.
"You know, you've got to be one of the quietest babies I've ever had the chance of meeting, it's like you know what's going on around you," He says, and I look up to see him looking at me in contemplation.
"That often means, Minato, that he will grow up to be very smart," I hear Ojii-sama, and I gurgle happily as Minato grins at him.
"Hey Sarutobi, how are you doing?" He asks jovially, and I hear Ojii-sama sigh.
"Good, besides the fact that I'll have to take up the position of Hokage (Fire Shadow) again, when you die," He says, and Minato chuckles.
"Well, that's the price you have to pay for saving Konoha, we all have to at one point," He says, and I see Sarutobi nod.
"Sadly, your words ring true, I'll miss you, friend," He says as he stops when we reach a clearing, and Minato starts to flip through seals for a Kuchiyose (Summoning).
"As I'll miss you Sarutobi, farewell," He says as we appear on Gamabunta, and we jump off towards the Kyuubi.
Seeing the giant fur ball, I can't help but giggle a little.
"Hm, that's the Kyuubi, Naruto, and I'm sorry for doing this," He says as he starts to flip through different hand seals.
You shouldn't be sorry, it's not your fault, and its not Kyuubi's either. Anyway, I enjoy the fur ball's company, fun to tease, I think to myself, and giggle again.
Not feeling up to watching my father sacrifice himself, I enter the recesses of my mind, and surprisingly enough, I have the body of twenty-one year-old me, and replicas of the Fourth's clothes. Hey, I might not have know he was my father, but I liked the way he dressed, even though everybody said I looked like him, I never figured it out, shows how stupid I am!
Leaning back, I create a mat on the ground as I watch the bars appear, followed by the piece of paper, and then the Kyuubi.
Hey Fur-ball, I greet him as he shakes his disoriented head.
Hey Kit, He responds, and I grin.
Good, you do remember! I thought maybe I'd have to make a technique for you too!
That's right, I didn't explain that too well, but just to give the short and sweet version, I'm in your body, where you were playing host to my future spirit, which then melded with me when I entered your body, you'll need to make a technique to transfer Sarutobi's, and Shikamaru's future spirits into them, He explains, and I quirk an eyebrow.
That was short and sweet?
Yes, that was short and sweet, but know I think you should take a look outside, He says, before forcing me out of my mind as I come to a scene which I didn't expect, I could see the Shinigami and my father conversing, and if I remembered correctly, only those invoking the Shinigami, or about to die, should see him, so I was thoroughly confused.
"Well, well, what do we have here, little Naruto can see me," I hear Shinigami speak, his voice having that echoing effect.
"What?!" I hear Minato ask in alarm as he looks down at me, and I look straight at Shinigami. "That shouldn't be possibl…" He trails off as he looks at my eyes.
"Do you see it, Minato? It would appear your child has a Kekkei Genkai (Blood Inheritance Limit), one that I have never seen before…" He trails off, leaving me confused. Kekkei Genkai? Yeah, right.
"I nor Kushina had a Kekkei Genkai, so how does he…" He asks, and inside I'm thinking the same thing.
"There could be many causes, a dormant trait that has only awoken now, my presence along with the Kyuubi's has mutated his blood, or it could just be that your boy there is the one Maejirase was talking about…"He trails off, and my dad stiffens a little.
"Maejirase? As in the Kami of Premonition?"
"Yes, my son, he has talked about the coming of a child, one prophesized for many generations, to bring an end, or a new beginning, but enough talk, we must get going," He says, and waves Minato over. He nods his head before handing me to Sarutobi, and walking towards him.
"One last question, Shinigami-sama," Minato asks boldly, getting a nod from him, "Is this the Rinnegan (Samsara Eye)?"
He chuckles darkly, even scaring me a little, "No, but that was a good question, don't worry though, I'll guess, as I gift to you, I'll keep you in the loop about yours son," He says, before disappearing, with my father right after.
A few tears escape my eyes, along with Sarutobi's, and I reach up to wipe them away.
"You are kind, it is obvious, even for your age," Sarutobi says lightly, and I giggle, "You shall be powerful ninja, and an even better Hokage…"
(Four Years Later…)
"I really wish they'd just leave me the hell alone, it's not like I ever do anything to piss them off," I mutter to myself as I practice in a field, beating the shit out of a log.
Hm, I'm sorry it's not easy, but you knew you'd have to face these hardships again to save everyone, Kyuubi lectures and I sigh.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, hm, think it's about time to switch training regime?" I ask, and I hear Kyu-kun grunt in agreement.
Halting my beating of the log, I close my eyes, pushing a little chakra into them, feeling the slight buzz.
"Zekkougan (Perfect Eye)!"
I could see in an almost three-sixty degree angel, and the birds and animals here and there seemed to move in slow motion, before I see another human in the trees, inspecting me.
Turning towards the intruder, I take on a sarcastic attitude, "If you're here to beat me too, you're a little late, and I'm not in the mood," I say, and see the person rear his head back in surprise.
"No, I'm not here to beat you, I was here to train, but it seems you had taken this as your own little training ground," Kakashi says as he jumps down, in his Jounin (High Ninja) outfit, meaning he had already left the ANBU.
"Eh, Kakashi?" I ask, and realize my mistake as he raises his eyebrow.
"Yes, how did you know?"
Thinking of a quick excuse, I lie expertly be smiling sheepishly, "Well, I sometimes hide in Ojii-sama's room, and I think I saw you once and heard your name!"
He looks at me oddly, but nods his head, "Then that would mean you're Naruto."
"Yes, now, what is the famous Copy-Nin doing? I hardly remember you ever training," I say, and berate myself as something slips again, and I'm about ready to beat the shit out of myself.
"I train daily, what makes you think otherwise?"
"Nothing, nothing, just something I heard in the grapevine," I sigh out, and then he takes notice of my eyes.
"Those are unique, what kind of Kekkei Genkai is that? You were able to detect me with them, so they must be good," He inquires, and I sigh.
"I call them the Zekkougan, since they didn't have an official name, but yes, they are good," I say, turning around and picking up a large handful of grass, and hold out my hand to him, "Mind if I borrow a kunai?" I ask, and he shakes his head before giving me one.
"What are you doing?"
"Giving a demonstration," I say, before throwing the grass in the air, as the ball of grass falls apart and the single strands go in different directions. Taking the kunai, I start to spin, and slash, and sort of dance as I cut every single blade of grass right in half, although it took a lot out of me.
Clapping rings in the clearing as Kakashi stares on, impressed, "It seems, from what I can deduce, that it combines the effects of the Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye), which is the ability to predict and read movement, and the clarity and field of vision of the Byakugan (White Eye), but, it still seems far from completion, even though you have three tomoe, and two tomoe," He says, and I nod.
"Correct, four tomoe is the max, but I don't know if there's anything beyond that, but it has more then just those abilities, although I don't have any clue as to what they are," I say, and see him nod.
"I should get going, it's almost time for lunch, and Teuchi always gives me a free bowl of ramen," I say, canceling the Zekkougan and walking off.
"See you later, Kakashi-sensei," I say, smirking as he just quirks an eyebrow at me before shrugging and going on to train.
A few minutes later of glaring, threats, and name-calling, I'm at Ichiraku Ramen, announcing my arrival, "Oi (Hey), guess who's here?" I say, grinning as Teuchi's head pops out from the back of the little shop.
"Hey Naruto, nice to see my favorite customer is here for his free daily ramen," He says chuckling as he goes to work making my usual.
Hoping on a stool with grace unlike a normal four-year-old, I grin, "Of course! And don't worry! I can pay for the rest!"
"How, may I ask, does a four-year-old pay for a couple of bowls for ramen," I hear a voice behind me, and turn around to see Itachi about to take a seat.
"Uchiha Itachi?" I ask, and I see him look at me in surprise at know his name.
"Yes, and you are?" He asks, and I shrug.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you're the Uchiha prodigy, right?" I ask, and turn back to Teuchi as he places his bowl in front of me, and Itachi orders his.
"Correct, but you didn't answer my question," He says, and I chuckle as I slurp down some noodles.
"I get a monthly salary from the Hokage because of my living conditions," I say, Itachi receiving his order.
"Hm, and you seem well mannered for someone who does not belong to a prestigious clan, why is that?" He asks, and I couldn't help but be surprised by this behavior. Even before he killed his clan, I had heard he was kind of cold, yet here was, talking to me, of all people, and he was the one continuing the conversation!
"Hm, maybe I can tell you later, but I need to get going," I say, jumping down from the stool and waving to Teuchi, "See you tomorrow, Teuchi, and see you some other time, Itachi-san," I say before jumping onto the roof with a little difficulty, seeing as my four-year-old body wasn't supposed to be able to do that.
"Maybe, just maybe, there is hope for him…" I whisper to myself, jumping into my apartment, and brace myself as I hear the banging on the door, customary sign of my next beating.
I sigh, before smiling masochistically, "Bring it on."
You've gone mad…
No, I just like to think of this as pain resistance training…I respond, chuckling.
No, you've gone mad, and that's that…
Well, maybe just a little…
(Two Years Later)
I couldn't get to sleep, it was like the first time, I was too excited to go to school, which was simply strange.
How long have we been friends, Kyu-kun? I ask out of no where, and I hear him chuckle.
Since you were about eighteen, so three years before the time-travel, and a year before you became Rokudaime, He answers, and I nod, shaking my head.
I need to do something… I think to myself, before flipping off my bed and heading out to train.
As I walk through the empty streets of Konoha, the silence makes me smile at the tranquility.
So different from the war…
It slips into my head, and I shake the bad memory away, before remembering the last two years.
One of the more memorable things in the past two years I've done is save Hizashi, and Hinata. They don't know I did it, but it was surprisingly easy to trap the Jounin in a high rank Genjutsu (Illusion Technique), and take Hinata from him before he was found by the Hyuuga guards, and drop her back off in her bed, convincing her it was all just a bad dream.
But, one of the most surprising things is that Itachi visited Ichiraku ramen at the same time, every day, as if waiting for me, and I had little choice but to befriend him, and surprisingly, he was kinder then I thought. He paid attention to Sasuke's progress, and said he was proud and surprised, as well as saying that he loved his family, but was ashamed that they paid no attention to Sasuke. It was all quite surprising, and I couldn't believe that it was him that supposedly massacred his entire clan, which, I hope to stop in this next year if at all possible.
Stopping in front of a random store, I look at the glass, before activating the Zekkougan. I was still marveled at its beauty, and power. They iris was split into eight sections, alternating colors from light red to light blue, my pupil becoming sliver, and a ring hovering just around it, also silver, and the tomoe looked like teardrops.
But I was still dumbfounded by its most prominent ability. As I was walking through the village one day, a rogue Kaguya was struggling against his arrest, when he used the Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse), firing a few fingertips at a nearby Jounin, although a few flew in my direction and I had to activate my Zekkougan to dodge, although one still scratched me, and he was instantly detained. When he used the Teshi Sendan (Finger Bullet Drill) though, I felt a slight stinging in my eyes, but I ignored it. Although, the next day, when I woke up, I felt a little sore, and tired, and when I was training, Iaccidentally used the Teshi Sendan. I knew that should've been impossible, so I was quick on question Kyu-kun, when he told me that my Zekkougan had altered my genes when it witnessed the Kekkei Genkai, and when the fingertip scratched me. Ever since then, I've had the ability to use Shikotsumyaku, which I have trained with ever since, as well. The strangest thing was, I had basic knowledge of the Shikotsumyaku, which was even more surprising then even having it.
Hey, Kyu-kun, have you found out why I lived through the Kekkei Genkai Souseiki (Blood Inheritance Limit Genesis), because you said it takes massive amounts of chakra, enough to even wind you, and I don't have that much chakra in this body, I inquire, and hear Kyu-kun, grunt, as I probably woke him up.
Hm, actually, I have, but I've been hesitating on telling, He says, and that gets my attention.
Hesitant on telling me? What for?
Because, I don't want you using it too much, it reminds me of someone that I don't really like, He says, and I can't help but be curious.
Really? Someone that you don't like besides Madara? Who? I ask.
None of your business, but I think it about time I told you anyways, He sighs as I make my way to the training grounds. When I was feeding my chakra into you when you needed it for the time-travel technique, I wasn't exactly feeding my chakra into you, I was fusing my chakra with you and in result, and we created a new chakra.
Created a new chakra? As in a I have a chakra storage of this new chakra? I ask, quite curious as to why Kyu-kun would want to hide this information.
Yes, you could say that, but it's vast, even with my near limitless chakra, it still is larger, because, from what I've deduced, we're both feeding chakra to it constantly, and its just getting bigger and bigger, but you can't use it! First off, this small body couldn't handle this much chakra right now, and, it seems tainted, not evil, exactly, but not good either, He explains, and I nod my head, even though he can't see.
But, what about Kekkei Genkai Souseiki? I didn't mean to use the onnen chakra (Malice Chakra), but the Zekkougan took from it.
That, you don't have to worry about, the Zekkougan took from the onnen chakra because it is the largest storage of chakra, and it would be less harmful if taken from there, and as long as its only the Zekkougan taking from there, I don't care, just as long as you don't willingly use this onnen chakra, He warns, voice grave and serious, Oh, and nice name by the way, He says out of no where, and I chuckle.
Hey, might this be the reason that the Zekkougan awakened in this life time, and not the last? I ask, and hear the Kyuubi hum in interest.
Possibly, but all I know is that you have the Zekkougan now, and the onnen chakra, and its up to you how you use them, He says, before breaking off the mental connection as I land in the training grounds.
Sighing, I feel like holding nothing back, as I create a strange hand-seal, "Adobansudo Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Advanced Shadow Clone Technique)," I say, and I'm leaning on my knees a moment later, a near perfect clone in front of me.
Getting into my stance, I see it do the same, as it activates the Zekkougan, before we charge each other. The point behind this exercise was to find all the weak points in my defense and offense, by the clone using the Zekkougan, it can see and take advantage of all my weak spots, and then in turn I can find a way to improve my style. I have almost perfected my taijutsu (Body Technique), granted there were still some spot here and there that needed fixing.
We continue this for about three hours, the lights of dawn seeping over the horizon. I have an audience of about four ANBU by now as I grab my clones shoulder as its about the throw a punch and flip over him before kicking it in the back and making him lurch forward, before, he turns around and sweeps with his foot, which I back flip to avoid, before he charges from his position, keeping me on my toes, and breaking through my guard as he jumps, and kicks, making me grab his foot, but he was already in the motion of bringing his fist down on my head as I am sent to the ground, and my clone is still standing. Getting up quickly, I can see we're both badly bruised, beating on each other for hours and this being the result. Sighing, I dismiss the clone, and get a load of information as I lean against the tree, all the blind spots and openings the clone found being transferred to me.
"You can come out if you want, I know you're there," I say, and the four ANBU jump out of the trees, one with a dog mask, an elephant mask, a cat mask, and a bird mask.
"That was impressive, Naruto, especially for someone who hasn't even started the academy yet," Says the one with the bird mask, and I nod, panting.
"Well, it's not nice to spy on your own ninja," I say, and he chuckles, along with the rest.
"True, but you should get going, the academy starts in half an hour, even though you don't need it, apparently," He says, before they spread out across the village to keep the peace. Resting there for a bit longer, I start dashing through the trees to school.
Once I reach the main road, I jump down from the trees, and happen to come upon a lone Sakura.
She quickly hides behind a nearby pole, and hesitantly asks a question, "W-who are you? A-another b-bully?"
I blanch at her, but remember that Ino will help her out in the future, so I shouldn't interfere, but decide that I could help her today.
"No, I think we're both going to the academy though, so if you don't mind, I'll join you?" I ask, and she gives me a once over, before nodding hesitantly, and continuing on cautiously. Eventually, I had to take the lead, because she didn't seem to know where to go, but she followed me.
When we get to the school, I realize that everybody was still outside, and that the parents were there, and realize that I forgot that it was normally a custom for the parent to attend the first day of the academy with their child, which made me curious.
"Where are your parents?" I ask, and she looks at me before looking down at the ground.
"I-I got lost, and couldn't find mommy," She confesses, looking up and at the parents, probably searching for her own, "Where are yours?" She asks, and I chuckle, and see her look at me oddly.
"Don't have any," I say nonchalantly, and I see her face, and she's completely shocked, "Thanks for walking to the academy with me, see you," I say, before walking towards the group, and seeing Sakura's mother appear, looking worried.
"Wait, what's your name?" She asks, and I give her a grin.
"Uzumaki Naruto and you?" I ask.
"Haruno Sakura," She says, and I smile again.
"We probably won't talk like this again, so thanks," I say, before walking to the back of the group, and she's about to ask a question when her mom comes and hugs her, before she sees me, and she turns to Sakura, her face cold as she tells her not to talk to me, or not to trust me, just like all the other parents.
Typical…
To my surprise, instead of seeing Fugaku and Mikoto, I see Itachi and Sasuke, both of their parents probably busy. Debating wither I should go over and say hi, Itachi makes it for me as he walks towards me, Sasuke on his heels.
"Hey Itachi, where's Fugaku-sama and Mikoto-san?" I ask, and see him chuckle as Sasuke looks at me oddly.
"Okaasan and otousan are busy today, and the asked me to come in place of them, although I'm sorry to see that you have no one to come along with you," He says, and I chuckle.
"Your concern is appreciated, Itachi, but I'm used to it by now, sad as that is," I say, before noticing a young Iruka walk out of the academy, "Looks like class is about to begin," I comment, before walking with the rest of the group into the building as Iruka waved us in, Itachi on my heels.
I couldn't help but sigh. Through out the entire time, I've been stared at by EVERYONE, except Itachi, and it was starting to get on my nerves. Right now was something like free time or recess, the parents were allowed to mingle, and the kids could go outside if they wanted. I decided to stay in just because I wanted to hear what the parents would talk about, although I already knew well enough what their subject of conversation would be.
I go on my guard when Sakura's mother stomps over towards me, "What did you do to my daughter, demon," She demands, and I sigh at her arrogance.
"What makes you think I did anything to Sakura-san?" I ask, deciding against using chan, as it might upset her.
"So you're denying you did anything?" She questions, and I see her anger rise, and decide to humor her.
"All I did is meet her, answer her questions, follow her around, before I realized she was lost, and then led her back to the academy, I didn't do anything wrong to her, or you," I say, and she just doesn't seem to get it as she looks about ready to punch me.
"I would believe him if I were you, Naruto isn't one to lie, and I bet I could find a few ANBU to vouch for him," Says Itachi as he comes up behind her, and she turns around, staring him down, but I laugh when he just stares right back at her. She leaves after a minute, mumbling something about 'damned Uchiha.'
"Thanks for backing me up, I swear she was about to kill me," I joke, and see Itachi's face say apathetic.
"She probably would've, Naruto, its not a laughing matter," He says in complete seriousness, and I sigh.
"If she was going to try and kill me, I would've run, and you know that I'm elusive," I say, and see him nod, before he takes a seat next to me.
"I've been offered a position as an ANBU Captain," He says out of no where, and I look at him, a smile on my face.
"Well, that's good, isn't it? I mean, ANBU Captain at the age of, what, thirteen, twelve, is a feat in and of itself," I say in a jovial tone, and he smirks a little.
"Yes, but that would mean less time with you and Sasuke," He says, and I realize his dilemma.
"Oh, so that's it, well, if your worried about me, you shouldn't be, I can take care of myself, and your bound to be assigned to guard me a night or two, and as for Sasuke, I can try and become friends with him, but he has kids his own age around him, he should be fine, now," I say, and see Itachi nod and sigh, with a slightly amused smile.
"I guess that means your forcing me to become an ANBU Captain?" He asks, and I chuckle, while nodding.
I hum a bit, before shaking the thought from my head. If I confront him now about the massacre, he might still run, or worse, do it early, so it's best if I just wait…
Looking outside the window to all the kids having fun, I could only smile slightly.
It's hard to imagine that they all become so serious and deadly in the future, I think to myself, before chuckling again, I sound like an old man! I'm only twenty seven for Kami's sake!
Yes, but you've always been wiser for your age, even when you were just a 'failure.'
True, true, but still…
You still refuse to accept that Itachi killed his entire clan, even though it's true?
He hasn't killed his entire clan, not yet, not this time, and I plan to keep it that way…
Just then, the bell rings, and the kids flood back in, and as usual I move to the back, putting my head down and letting my eyes droop.
I bring my head up fast enough that it pops, and wince a little as the bell rings and everybody else starts to leave. Getting up, I stretch before I see Iruka staring at me.
"What?" I ask, and I see him shake his head before asking.
"Did you sleep throughout the entire lecture on the Ninja Caste System?" He asks, and I chuckle as I start to walk down the stares.
"Gennin (Low Ninja), Chuunin (Middle Ninja), Tokubetsu Jounin (Special High Ninja), Jounin, ANBU, Sannin (Three Ninja), and Kage (Shadow)," I say, before looking over my shoulder and smirking at Iruka's surprised face.
"See ya, Iruka-sensei!"
(Night of the Uchiha Massacre)
I sigh as I camp out in a tree in the Uchiha Compound. I was going to stop Itachi, by force or reason I didn't know yet, but I was worried when I heard Shisui was killed.
Okay, so far so good, no sign of Itachi yet, I think to myself, concentrating on sensing chakra alone, my range approximately two miles. I had been working on chakra control a LOT!
That is, until I sense a foreign chakra, but not all together unfamiliar.
"Madara…" I whisper, before jumping full speed across the roof tops towards his destination. He was heading straight for an Uchiha. Wincing as I jump, I pull out of my shoulder a blade made from my upper arms, increasing the density of the bone to make it harder then steel. I come in sight of the on the ground and injured Uchiha as Madara posing as Itachi comes closer.
Jumping down, I block the katana Itachi was swinging down, struggling with his force.
"What the-," He starts, but I ignore him and turn my head towards the Uchiha.
"Get out of here now! Go find an ANBU!" I yell, before turning my attention to Madara again.
I could see his anger in his eyes as he glares at the running Uchiha, quickly taking out a kunai and launching it at his receding back. Reacting on instinct, I thrust my hand up, feeling the cold steel pierce my skin and go all the way through. Flinching, I feel the pressure in my stomach before I'm sent back.
"Well, well, who do we have here? A little hero?" He asks in a mocking tone.
Looking up, and standing with a little difficulty, I see his surprise, "You could say that, but I like to think of myself as a good citizen," I respond, smirking at his surprise.
"How are you still standing? That should've broken your ribs…" He asks, and I smirk again, flipping the bone-sword in my hand.
"It's called the Shikotsumyaku, baka," I say, before charging him, remembering to use the Tsubaki no Mai (Dance of the Camellia), being more effective then just swinging the sword. I could see he was having a little trouble dodging, and accepting the fact that a six year old was putting him on his toes.
Unluckily, he finds an opening, and knees me in the chest, knocking me back as I grunt a little, before he heel drops the back of my head.
"I have to admit, pretty strong for a fuckin' six year old, but not good enough," He says, before he brings the katana on the back of my Kage Bunshin's (Shadow Clone's) head, and I chuckle from atop a roof nearby.
"And I'd say you're a little cocky," I say, before jumping down with grace, and forming another hand seal, creating six other clones. Nodding my head to one side, they all go in different directions.
"I'm sending them off to get the real Itachi, and some back up," I say, seeing Madara look surprised and confused.
"And what makes you think I'm not Itachi," He asks, and I just glare.
"What's my name?" I ask, and see Madara look confused.
"How should I know?" He says, before realizing that it was a mistake.
"My name's Uzumaki Naruto, and Itachi, is one of my best friends," I say, before charging him again, this time ditching the bone-sword, and going for the other technique I remember from Kimimaro's repertoire, the Yanagi no Mai (Dance of the Willow). I could see the surprise as he sees sharpened bones grow from my knees, elbows, shoulders, and palms. Using acrobatics I have practiced for a couple of years, I start to flip and dance around Madara, cutting him up and giving him a hard time to catch me.
"How is such a little kid giving me such a hard time?!" He asks himself, irritated with me as I smirk. He kicks me in the chest, but his eyes grow wide, and my smirk deepens.
"Karamatsu no Mai (Dance of the Larch)," I answer his unasked question, and take a palm blade and stab him in the stomach, seeing him lurch back.
"Being careless is getting you beat by a little kid, Madara," I address him by his real name, and see him stare at me, "And unless you get out of here, I'll have more then enough ANBU supporting me to take you down."
I could see the anger growing behind his eyes, and harden my own face as I activate the Zekkougan, see his anger be doused by surprise, but only for a moment.
"I say, you take this seriously, or everyone will know that Uchiha Madara, the founder of the Uchiha, was beaten by a six year old kid," I say, seeing right through his disguise with the Zekkougan. It was quite powerful, enough for him to withstand damage without it falling, but still not as strong as Tsunade's.
I knew egging him on wasn't the best idea, but I didn't want to be taken TOO lightly, but I knew I was screwed when he activated the Mangekyou Sharingan (Kaleidoscope Copy Wheel Eye). I only had three tomoe in each of my eyes, and if I lived through this, I was bound to have four in at least one.
"Your mistake was mentioning my name," He says, before I feel his hand in my gut, my Zekkougan seeing, but my body to slow, before I smile as best I can.
"Your mistake is underestimating me," I say, before a Kage Bunshin hits him in the back of the head, being released for a second, spinning around and flipping through a few hand seals, already feeling the drain on my chakra.
"Fuuton: Yaiba no Mai (Wind Release: Dance of Blades)," I say, a gust of wind faster then the Sharingan could hitting Madara and sending him back and into a house, cuts appearing all over his body. He gets up like nothing happened, all his wounds healing, and I just chuckle, coughing up a little blood.
"Don't you get it yet, I'm immortal, you cannot defeat me," He says, walking towards me slowly.
"But even you can't resist over thirty ANBU, they'd get you in custody eventually, and then you'd be stuck in Konoha," I say, and he scowls.
He picks me up by the neck; as I was severely weaken by that last technique, it being S-rank, which for a six year old should be impossible.
"Give me one reason to not kill you," He says, tightening his grasp on my neck. I try and chuckle, before pointing over his shoulder to the large group of ANBU, with Gai and Kakashi there as well.
"Itachi, put Naruto down," Orders one of the ANBU, and I see Madara frown in annoyance. A moment later, he has his arm around my neck and a kunai to my temple.
"Stay back or I will kill him," He says, and a smirk, adjusting my elbow so that it was close to his heart, before extending my elbow bone to jam it in his chest, weakening it at the point of contact, and hardening the part inside of him, before breaking the bone at the weak point. I also harden my skull, as he only just cuts my temple, and doesn't pierce it, before he drops me, grabbing at the bone inside of him, which was undeniably painful. Turning around, I bring my finger up to his gut, and call out a magic word.
"Kai," And the genjutsu Madara had on breaks like glass, revealing his true self, as I bring my hand back, before shoving it in his gut, with a Rasengan in hand. Everyone watches in astonishment as Madara is sent flying back words, and I stumble forward a bit, all this exercise and fighting draining almost all my chakra.
Turning around, and limping towards the group, I look around, Itachi not in my sight, "Where is Itachi?" I ask, and everybody just looks at me, before I turn my head to the right because I hear a noise, and smile as I fall to the ground unconscious, knowing Itachi could clear things up.
"Oh, what a headache…" I mutter to myself as I sit up, knowing I'm in a hospital by the smell of alcohol and blood in the air.
Popping an eye open, I see Fugaku, Mikoto and Itachi at the foot of my bed, and I sigh. They either wanted an explanation, or to thank me, I was going for the former.
"And what might bring the prestigious head of the Uchiha clan here, Fugaku-sama?" I ask, rubbing my temples.
"First off, I'd like to thank you for probably saving the Uchiha clan, although I don't know how," He says, bowing slightly, and I respond as best I can in the bed, "And I'd also like to know how you knew it wasn't Itachi, and how you even fended him off."
I chuckle a little bit, and it surprises Fugaku, "I saw through his genjutsu with my Kekkei Genkai," I answer, and see the three fault a little as they receive the information. Surprised I didn't tell Itachi? I couldn't, otherwise he could've come up with a way to beat me, and that would have put a dent in my plans.
"Kekkei Genkai? Why didn't you tell me Naruto?" Itachi asks, and Fugaku and Mikoto look at him strangely.
"Because, I can't tell you every, Itachi," I say, looking at Fugaku and Mikoto's reaction.
"You've met this boy before?" They ask, and I'm a little surprised.
"Yes, I have lunch with him almost everyday," Itachi says like it was a common fact, but I could tell it wasn't.
"Lets just put it this way, Fugaku-sama, he keeps me company at lunch by giving me someone to talk to, since no one else will, considering my tenant isn't favored," I explain, and Mikoto glances at me with surprise.
"So, you know about the Kyuubi," Sarutobi says as he walks in, and the other three bow while I grin.
"Oi, Ojii-sama! How's it goin'?" I ask, and see the old man chuckle as the three start to leave.
"Don't leave just yet, you may finish your conversation, I just want some time alone with Naruto afterwards," He says, and the three stop, before returning to their spots as Sarutobi goes and sits in a corner.
"Well, since there's nothing much more to ask then this, what is your Kekkei Genkai?" Fugaku asks.
Shrugging, I activate them and see Mikoto gasp, and Fugaku and Itachi stare on in surprise, "I call them the Zekkougan, since this is the first time they've surfaced in my family, and I'll write scroll for you later," I say, looking in the mirror to see if I had any more tomoe, and I smirk as I see four in one eye.
Thought so… I think, as the three exit the room and Sarutobi comes up and sits on the bed, drawing my attention as I deactivate my eyes.
"So, Naruto, how long have you known about the Kyuubi," He demands, in a kind tone, of course, Sarutobi wasn't one to be cruel.
"Since Mizuki told me while he was trying to take the Scroll of Sealing from me which I stole because he told me to," I say fast enough to confuse him, but not enough for him to miss it.
"Okay, first of all, there is no Mizuki in this village, I know, I've memorized everyone in the villages name, second, the Scroll of Sealing is in my office, I know because I was just examining it, and you've been in here the entire time," He says, and I sigh, before flipping through hand seals.
"Okay, how about I just show you?" I ask, before finishing with the tiger seal, "Reitensou no Jutsu (Spirit Transmission Technique)." I whisper, holding my wrist and placing my palm on Sarutobi's forehead as his eyes role into the back of his head, and I feel Sarutobi's spirit leave my body, and sigh when I take my hand away, and Sarutobi closes his eyes.
"Naruto," He rasps with a dry voice, "What was that?" He asks, and I chuckle and lean back.
"Those were your memories," I say, and see him open his eyes and stare at me.
"So, what I just saw, it's all true?" He asks, and I nod.
"Not pleasant, right? I've had to experience your memories for the past six years, so I know how you feel right now," I say, and see Sarutobi sigh.
"If all this is true, then that means you've been changing lots of things," He says, and I nod, "Be careful Naruto, you don't know how much you could've changed, the future might not be the same anymore."
"Exactly," I answer immediately, not at all fazed by his warning.
"I considered that when I made the choice to come back in time. I'm not an idiot, I was the Rokudaime for a reason," I say, and I see Sarutobi nod.
"You transferred some of your memories as well on purpose, didn't you?" He asks, and I nod, before he gets up and dusts off his robes. "I will be seeing you as soon as you get out of the hospital, we need to talk about your training," He says, shutting the door right after before I could even ask a question.
"Training," I ask to an empty room, leaning back on the wall.
"I can only imagine…"
Review if you please!
I hope those of you who liked my God-Naruto last time aren't mad at me, but I did realize that Naruto was a little strong, eh, slash that, WAY stronger then he should have been, he'll be powerful in this, just, not GODLY! Besides that, I'm only making a few changes to the whole thing.
Also, as I said in the beginning, I will be writing a spin off fic of this explaining some things, and the scroll from Naruto to Fugaku will be the first chapter, and it will go in depth about this Zekkougan and its abilities, for those of you who are interested!
Once again, I'd like to say thanks for those that review in advance, and for those of you who are thinking of flaming, go somewhere else, or else your feeling will be returned in kind. And for those planning on giving constructive criticism, thank you for taking enough time from whatever it is you do, and trying to help me along my way! As well, thank you who decide to read, but not review, for giving my fic a try!
Lol, until next time!