Hero of the Light: Prologue (Revised)

(Italics: Thoughts/Flashbacks/Dream sequence. Bold: Title and Kyubi's / Demon's / Inner Characters's Speech. Underline: Time Skips)

A Blond haired Shinobi grinned and gazed over his home village, fond memories and experiences flashing before his very eyes, the beautiful, golden sunlight illuminating the enormous landscape. A tall white haired man appeared by his side and placed his hand on the young, blond man's shoulder, a grin on the man's face as he said:

"Feeling happy to be back home Naruto?"

Naruto flashed his teacher his trademark fox-like grin and replied:

"I am, but Jiraiya-sensei do you think anyone will even recognize me? I mean I've changed so much..."

The young and over-impulsive Ninja had changed quite dramatically in the four years he had been away, the Jinchuuriki now stood six foot, four inches, and was dressed in a large white cloak with red flames running down the back, the Japanese symbols for Love, Wisdom, and Power embedded into the very fabric. Strapped to the young Shinobi's back was a large katana, gold decorating the black sheath, the handle was colored a brilliant gold while the blade was as black as night, a rune of some unknown language carved into the very blade. The hood of the cloak covered the top half of Naruto's face as his long, golden locks hid the rest.

The man referred to as Jiraiya-sensei frowned at the comment of his pupil made and replied:

"I know you've changed and matured from the hyperactive brat you once were but don't let that get you down, I'm sure many of your friends have changed as well, and I'm sure they'll be very happy to see you again."

Naruto's frown vanished and was replaced once again with his trademark smile as he replied to his Sensei:

"Thanks Jiraiya-sensei I really needed that…"

Jiraiya flashed his pupil a grin of his own as he said: "Now enough staring off into space we need to return to the village as soon as possible."

Naruto smiled as he gave his village one last gaze and proceeded down the mountain with his teacher.


Tsunade, also known as the Fifth Hokage, sat behind a large wooden desk, a pile of paper work to her left and a half finished bottle of Sake on her right. Tsunade gave a loud yawn and gazed out the window, as she did this she pulled out a folded piece of paper from her pocket and began to unfold the paper hastily. The paper read:

Dear Tsunade, me and Naruto have completed his basic training, in about three days time we will be returning to the village, during our travels I came across no word of the Akatsuki and the developments within their organization, which is rather fortunate in Naruto's case, but rather unfortunate in ours. Hope to share a drink with you soon for old time's sake.

Sincerely yours - Jiraiya The Great Toad Sage.

Tsunade grinned as she finished reading the letter and slipped it stealthily into one of her hidden pockets within her sleeves. It had been two days since the letter had arrived so the duo were due to arrive at the village the next day, Her smile suddenly faded and disappeared however as her gaze shifted at the monstrous pile of paper work on her desk. Her mind suddenly shifted to Naruto as she thought:

Hurry up and become Hokage Naruto, so this paper work nightmare will finally come to an end and I'm allowed to rest in peace...


Twelve hours Later...

Naruto and Jiraiya stood in front of the gates of Konoha, they both turned to one another, made eye contact, nodded, and proceeded to enter the village. The Gates of Konoha creaked open and Naruto and Jiraiya walked past the gate guard post. The eyes of the two guards widened in surprise as one of them said to the other: "Isn't that?" The other guard nodded and grinned as he replied: "It is!"

Naruto and Jiraiya walked through the streets of Konoha, he received curious looks from the many females occupying the village, but due to Naruto's carefree lifestyle he shrugged them off but as Naruto was walking something felt something strange about their stares and thought:

It's like the villager's stares but I don't sense any hatred or spite in their eyes... What's that about?

Naruto was snapped from his thoughts as his teacher nudged him in the side and said:

"I told you you shouldn't worry about your changes, the ladies seem to love it! Before you know all the ladies will be fighting over you!"

Naruto sighed in boredom and annoyance and kept walking as he said sarcastically in response:

"Yeah like that will ever happen..."


Three Shinobi dressed in all black raced across the landscape with utmost haste, various other dark cloaked figures shadowing their every move, one of the three Shinobi being followed looked over his shoulder and said:

"Shit! They're still on our trail! How can this be Kisame? I thought the organization Akatsuki were supposed to be invincible!"

Kisame smirked and said: "So much for that presumption huh?"

The figure that just spoke glared at Kisame and his gaze drifted to the other Shinobi of the group. His gaze narrowed and he said:

"You seem awfully unsurprised by this, Itachi!"

The moonlight illuminated the face of the Uchiha, his Sharingan activated, and at this moment a very odd occurrence happened in the Shinobi world, Itachi smiled.

Itachi gazed back at his comrade, as if watching something very amusing, just then Itachi felt his fellow Akatsuki member feel a high concentration of rage and spite toward him, just when he was about to express it Itachi began to laugh maniacally, as the unstable Uchiha's laughter died down countless Cloaked Assassins surrounded the group, they turned to Itachi and saw him retreat into the oncoming swarm of embodiments of death, his Sharingan remained focused on the leader of the group as Kisame joined Itachi by his side, after a few moments of deadly silence a dark, sinister, and malicious grin seemed to be forever embedded into the Uchiha's facial expression as he said:

"Pein you were merely a pawn in this global game of chess, the age of The Akatsuki and Shinobi has come to an end, now the age of Assassins and the resurrection of the Uchiha Clan will forever change history! And your life is the first of many sacrifices for our new world!"

With those words the swarm of Assassins advanced on their targets, screams and blood filled up the forest as the Organization known as Akatsuki were wiped from the very face of the earth, replaced by a more sinister organization with similar interests.

The Age of Shinobi had ended, and the Age of Assassins has begun...


Hero of the Light Ch. 1: The Results (Revised)

(Italics: Thoughts/Flashbacks/Dream sequence. Bold: Title and Kyubi's / Demon's / Inner Characters's Speech. Underline: Time Skips)

Naruto and Jiraiya walked down the busy streets of Konoha, heading toward the path that led up to the Hokage Tower. As they were walking a strangely familiar voice sounded from behind them:

"Naruto!"

At the call of his name Naruto turned around, coming face to face with his old teammate, Sakura Haruno. Naruto smiled and said:

"Hey Sakura what's up?"

Sakura smiled sweetly and took a good look at Naruto, her smile seemed to increase in size as she said:

"Hey Naruto you busy at all? I was hoping we could go out for some tea or something, you know catch up?"

Naruto smiled at his teammate's offer and replied:

"I'm sorry Sakura I just now got back to the village, and besides I have to turn in a mission report to Tsunade with Jiraiya-sensei, but maybe later okay?"

Naruto turned to face his teacher and said:

"Come on Jiraiya-sensei let's go."

Sakura smiled weakly and responded:

"Oh okay I guess I'll see you later then Naruto?"

Naruto flashed his trademark fox-like grin and gave her a thumbs up as he replied:

"Definately, believe it."

With those words Naruto and Jiraiya continued down their path to the Hokage Tower. As Sakura saw her teammate walk away she thought:

Did Naruto just turn me down on a date?

About halfway to the Hokage Tower Jiraiya said:

"You know that was quite the lie Naruto, you know as well as I do that I could have turned in the progress report myself, why did you turn her down? Sakura was asking you out of all people."

Naruto sighed as he was walking and replied:

"I once thought I was in love with her, but after your training and some soul searching I've realized I never loved her, I was merely infatuated with her because she was the girl I could never have, she was always in love with Sasuke and never gave me the time of day let alone gave me her attention, she only wants me now because Sasuke is gone..."

Jiraiya nodded in understanding and didn't push the subject any further as they arrived at the Hokage Tower, opening the large doorway and climbing the long spiral staircase, after a few minutes of travel the duo had arrived at Tsunade's Office.


Tsunade sighed and took a deep drink from her bottle of Sake, she had a long day and she needed a drink damn it! After feeling the alcohol's effects settle in she put the bottle away, she was suddenly snapped back into reality from her daze however as a loud, audible knock sounded from the outside of her office door, she quickly sealed her bottle of Sake into a scroll, stashing it within a hidden pocket among her sleeves as she cleared her throat and called out:

"Come in!"

The office door was suddenly swung open as two Shinobi emerged from the doorway, each dressed in traveling cloaks. The Shinobi to her left had spiky white hair and a perverted grin on his face. Her gaze shifted to the Shinobi on her left, after a few moments of observation a smile appeared on Tsunade's facial expression as she said:

"Jiraiya, Naruto it's good to see you again."

Naruto grinned and said: "Didn't recognize me huh?"

Tsunade merely smiled and said: "Don't think of it as a bad thing, but yes it did take me a moment."

Jiraiya grinned and said: "He's worried his friends will react strangely to his changes."

Tsunade smiled and said:

"Is that so? Well you have nothing to worry about Naruto, I just hope your appearance isn't the only dramatic change."

Naruto grinned and slid his Katana from it's sheath, holding the blade up in an offensive stance as he said with a dark and confident grin:

"This sword isn't just for show you know..."

Tsunade couldn't help but grin, the young hyperactive knucklehead she had met four years ago had grown up so much.

Jiraiya must have done one hell of a job with him...

Tsunade thought to herself as she eyed her favorite blond up and down. Naruto slid his blade skillfully in it's respective sheath as Tsunade said:

"Anyone can hold a sword... But let's see you use it... How about a test of your skill?"

Naruto grinned darkly and asked: "What exactly did you have in mind?"


One Hour Later...

Naruto had his eyes shut in concentration as he held his blade in front of him in a defensive stance, trying to sense enemy movements by emitting waves of his chakra. Naruto's sight was gone but his chakra wave technique gave him an overwhelming over-awareness that would normally cause enormous paranoia when attempted by an untrained Shinobi.

Naruto sensed the sonar movements of three Kunai coming from three separate angles. Naruto's eyes snapped open as Naruto thought:

Now!

With one swift, graceful movement of his wrist, Naruto's blade acted as an extension of himself as he effortlessly deflected the three Kunai back at the very Shinobi who threw them.

Three Shinobi appeared next to Naruto and unsheathed their blades, Naruto merely smiled and put his hands together in his signature cross symbol and said:

"The more the merrier!"

And with those words Naruto's form split into three, the two new forms of Naruto holding their blades up in synchronization with the original form. The six shinobi seemed to vanish, the sound of clashing metal filling the air.

The six Shinobi's battle became slowed down slightly and the three Shinobi quickly destroyed Naruto's clones as they stabbed forward with all of their might, expecting the Jinchuuriki to give up before the blade pierced his flesh.

But they were wrong and he unfortunately did not give up, the final form of Naruto screamed in agony as blood spilt everywhere, after his screaming had died down a dark grin appeared on his face and he said:

"Just kidding."

And with those words the form of Naruto vanished in a cloud of smoke along with the blood, three forms of Naruto appearing behind his attackers, each of their blades pressed against their necks.

There was a loud clapping and Tsunade came out into view, as soon as he came into view Naruto released his opponent and dismissed his clones in a cloud of smoke. Tsunade stopped a few feet from Naruto, looked him right in the eye, grinned and said:

"Very well done Naruto, I see using a sword isn't your only area of expertise."

Naruto grinned and replied: "They say deception is a Shinobi's greatest weapon."

Tsunade grinned and said:

"Very well said, now come Naruto let us talk about your promotion..."


A/N: Well that's the prologue and Chapter 1 of my latest story, I'm using a balance of different traits of the Naruto's from my other stories and combining them if you will, he will be highly skilled in deception tactics and mastery of a blade, and at the same time a mastery of Ninjutsu. Well not a mastery yet but pretty damn skilled and powerful, anyway he won't be the strongest character in my story at the beginning but I will let you in on a little secret, once he unlocks his bloodline... The Light will shine through the shadows in the darkest hour... Please REVIEW if you care!

Peace! - DemonicLove555