A Brother's Return

Prologue

Speaking: normal.

Thoughts and notes: italicized

Jutsus, summons, demons, etc…: bold

Summons's and demon's thoughts: bold italicized

Disclaimer: I do not Naruto. If I did, Madara would burn at the stake.

It was just another day in Konoha when we find one Naruto Uzumaki running for his life. The villagers that were chasing him had gotten themselves drunk and decided that they would enjoy themselves by tormenting Naruto. As he ran around the corner, he realized that he hit a dead end.

The mob soon found him and closed off his only exit. The leader of the mob glared at Naruto and said, "There's nowhere for you to run now, you demon spawn."

Before he could even react, the man stabbed him in the shoulder with a knife. The moment the knife cut him, however, he found himself in what looked to be a sewer…

Mindscape…

As he looked around, he heard a voice saying, "Come to me, young one. Come and awaken your true self."

Naruto looked around the area and found no one there. "Okay," he thought, "there's a voice in my head that wants me to follow it. I feel like I'm in some crazy fan fiction or something."

Naruto decided that things couldn't get any worse than they were, and followed the voice down a long corridor. When the hallway ended, he found a door with six locks on it.

The mysterious voice said, "Inside this room lays a power and a life that was taken away from you. Open the door if you wish to reclaim what is yours by right."

Naruto then thought, "My life has been nothing but a nightmare. If whatever is behind this door can help me, I'll gladly accept."

With a renewed resolve, Naruto undid the locks to the room and entered. Upon entry to the room, the first thing he noticed was a bed. When he walked over to the bed, he saw that someone was asleep.

After closer observation, he noticed that the person in the bed was none other than himself. He then thought to no one, "Am I going crazy, or is this akage bunshin?"

The voice came back and said to him, "This is nokage bunshin, and you are not crazy. This is the part of you that has been locked away for seven years. All that needs doing is for you to wake him up."

Naruto looked at the figure again and noticed that his hair reached to the bottom of his shoulder blades, he was at least 5'7, and his whisker marks were slightly darker. Naruto then sighed to himself and said, "I've got nothing else to lose, so I might as well wake him up. Hell, he might even be a decent conversationalist."

As he placed his hand on the sleeping Naruto, his eyes suddenly widened. The Naruto on the bed had vanished while he has being bombarded with memories of his younger years.

When the memories stopped, he realized that he remembered everything. He remembered all of the jutsu that he had learned, being taught how to fight by people with white eyes, learning how to hunt and fish from people who used dogs as their partners in battle, being protected from mobs by people in animal masks, and being dragged away by a man with one arm and bandages on his face.

The one memory that stood out the most, however, was one of a boy telling him to run. As his face became clear in Naruto's mind, a single tear fell from his eye as all he could say was, "Cairo nii-san."

The voice once again appeared saying, "Now that you have unlocked your true self, Naruto, what will you do?"

Naruto looked to the ceiling and said, "I'm going to live, protect those I care about, find my brother, and become Hokage."

The voice then said, "Activate your eyes and return to the real world. An hour may have passed in here, but only a second has gone by outside of this place."

Naruto then looked in a mirror that he summoned and saw that his eyes had changed. Instead of their normal blue, they were now a grayish purple with six rings in each eye.

The voice then said, "The name of those eyes is the Rinnegan. It was the dojutsu of the Rikudo Sennin. He passed this bloodline down to your clan, the Uzumaki Clan. It is now time for you to wake up. When you go, remember the words 'shinra tensei'."

Naruto looked around and saw that the alleyway had become clear again. Before he could do anything else, his world faded back into reality…

Alleyway…

The man still had his knife in Naruto's shoulder, when he noticed that the boy had changed. Naruto now stood at a height of 5'7, with spiky, golden blonde hair that stopped just below his shoulder blades, and whisker marks that were slightly darker.

As he opened his eyes to look at his attacker he said in an apathetic tone, "Shinra tensei." The man was instantly blasted away from him, and landed at the feet of one Kakashi Hatake. Kakashi looked down at the man then looked back up at the alleyway where Naruto was.

Upon seeing the mob of villagers, he quickly rushed over and shouted, "What in the hell do think you're doing to my student?"

One of the crazier villagers said, "We're finishing what the Yondaime started by ridding the village of this demon!"

Kakashi just looked at the man like he had lost his senses. He then said, "I'm in a good mood today so I'll give you all to the count of ten to run for your lives."

The same idiot civilian said, "You're just one person. What can you do to all of us?"

Kakashi decided to answer the man's question by jamming a lightning covered fist into the man's heart. "I think I can do something like that," was his response.

He then looked at the rest of the crowd and said, "If I ever catch any of you attempting to harm Naruto again, this is the fate that awaits you."

Most of the crowd started to dissipate after that, but one decided to try his luck again. Sadly for him, the moment he tried to attack, he found a sword sticking out of his lung. Naruto then pulled his newfound katana out of the man's body and flicked the blood off with one swipe.

He then looked at Kakashi and said, "Thank you for that, Kakashi. It feels good knowing that you don't hate me."

Kakashi looked at Naruto's new self and said, "You look different. Do you want to tell me what happened? And where'd you get the sword?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Sure, but let's go someplace else to talk. This is gonna take a while and I'm getting hungry."

Ichiraku Ramen Shop…

As the two shinobi entered the ramen shop, they were greeted by the owner's daughter, Ayame. She looked at Naruto and asked, "Is that you, Naruto-kun? You haven't looked like that since you were six years old."

Naruto let out a chuckle and retold his story to Kakashi and Ayame. When he was finished, Kakashi said, "I'm glad you've decided to find your brother. Knowing Cairo like I do, he's spent the years getting stronger just so he could try to find you like you're about to do."

After eating a total of twenty bowls, Naruto and Kakashi parted ways to prepare for the next day. Ayame, however, walked to the back of the shop where a small bat was sitting on a table. It looked up at her and said, "Has there been any change?"

Ayame handed the bat a scroll and said, "The seal has been broken. He has regained his memories of those lost years."

The bat looked at her with glee and replied, "My master will be pleased to hear this. Is there anything else I should know?"

She then thought back to the conversation and said, "He has a mission, tomorrow. If you come back then, I should be able to tell you where he is headed. That is all for now, Limos."

The bat then nodded and vanished in a puff of smoke. Ayame could only smile as she said, "The wheel of fortune is finally turning in your favor, Naruto-kun."

Bar in Sunagakure…

Things were very noisy in the Dusty Bowl. It was almost hard to hear anything with the many people talking over each other. In the back of the bar, there were three people sitting around a single table.

One was a slightly tanned blond woman whose loose hair stopped below her waist. She wore an Anbu style uniform and had a Kumo headband around her neck. If you looked her in the eyes, you would see that she has heterochromatic eyes. The left one being neon blue and the right one being silver.

The second person and the oldest in the group was a dark-skinned male with black, shoulder length spiky hair with green tips. He wore an Anbu uniform, but had no headband. Attached to his hips was a pair of Falcon's Talons that he used in combat. Closer observation would show that the bladed gloves were covered in blood while the actual blades were clean.

The third person and the youngest in the group was a tanned male with blue eyes and blond hair that was kept in a braided ponytail which stopped six inches below his knees. He wore an Anbu uniform and black trench coat that stopped at his ankles. He also wore a hitai-ate that had a full moon surrounded by clouds upon his forehead.

If anyone were to get in close enough, they would see that the blonde boy was three whisker-like marks on each cheek like a certain Konoha shinobi. The boy was about to order another drink when a small bat appeared and handed him a scroll.

He looked at the scroll and nodded to the bat, which vanished in another puff of smoke. He then looked up and said, "Nyiome, Shiroso, suit up. We're heading out."

Nyiome looked at him and said, "Where are we headed to this time, Cairo?"

Cairo Uzumaki looked at the scroll again and said, "We'll be heading to the forests outside of Konoha. That way we'll be able to keep a closer eye on the situation."

Shiroso stood up from his chair and said, "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's get moving."

The three of them then left some money for their drinks and quickly exited the bar…

Village gates…

After a few moments of walking, they left through the gates. The moment they were outside, however, Nyiome looked at him and asked, "Are you ready for this, Cairo? After all, it's been a while since you've seen him."

He then activated his Rinnegan and said, "I've been looking forward to this day for seven years. Nothing is going to stop me, now. You guys go on ahead. I'll be with you shortly."

Nyiome nodded, and both she and Shiroso vanished in a puff of smoke. The last thing Cairo thought was, "Get ready, world. I'm about to give Konoha a rude awakening. Naruto-nii, I'm coming for you."

That was the last thought he had before vanishing in a flash of yellow light…