Hey, there I'm Back. I know I haven't updated but I've been revising for my exams and this fic just came from somewhere and I wrote it to get the stress out. Don't in couple of weeks exams will be over so I will have loads of free time so you can expect updates and no I haven't abandoned any of them so get onto reading.

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Souls and Shinobi

Chapter 1: Fate?

The moon was full under the winter's night, the trees surrounding the mighty village of Konoha rustled and swayed ominously, however none took notice in the bustling streets, the nightlife alive and cheerful while one man and his wife were feeling the tension of what should have been a joyous occasion.

"NARUTO!" Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze screamed as her minute old baby was held hostage with a kunai poised at his neck. Minato Namikaze stood defensively trying to work out the angle of this masked man.

"Yondaime Hokage, give me the jinchuuriki otherwise your son will die at the ripe old age of one minute.

The Kyuubi roared in his furious glory, his nine magnificent tails swishing from side to side, bringing destruction to the village that had denied him his freedom for years. Homes and business destroyed, shinobis and civilians alike crushed from the flying debris of the fearsome beast.

The Kyuubi, one of the nine beasts of legend, only known to have been subdued by two of the most revered and feared shinobi in history, Madara Uchiha and the Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Tales of the Kyuubi's power were all being fully showcased on this night, all knew of the stories of the force of nature, able to create earthquakes and tsunamis and level the mountains with one of it's nine tails.

Opposite it stood a huge toad, not to the size of the Kyuubi but still comparable, the toad carried a smoking pipe in it's mount and a tanto at it's side, this was Gamabunta, the boss summon of the toad clan and everyone in Konoha knew, their saviour was here, the Yondaime Hokage had arrived on the battlefield. The shinobi fought with a renewed vigour. Jutsu, kunai, shuriken were all launched toward the beast showing the determination of the shinobi of the mighty village of Konoha.

Minato stood atop Gamabunta's head with his Hiraishin kunai in one hand and a bundle in the other. If one looked closer you would see tears pouring down the blonde's face, knowing what he was about to do to his son, Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze.

"Bunta, I'm gonna do it get ready" he whispered but loud enough for the proud toad to hear.

"So you're gonna do it then huh, this tadpole is gonna have a hard time you know, are sure there's no way to do anything different." Gamabunta spoke in his usual gruff voice to his summoner.

"Yeah, I know he'll have a hard time but Kushina will be there with him so I know he'll turn out just fine" Minato replied heartbroken at leaving his son and wife like this.

"Ok, then lets do this" Bunta replied.

Just then though it seemed fate had another path lined up for the Hokage because just as Minato was about to throw the kunai, the Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared in his full war armour with his renowned summon, the monkey king Enma in his bo-staff form.

"Minato, give me Naruto I will do the sealing, you need to be here for Kushina and him, I will no allow you to throw your life away in such a manner." He said sternly to his successor. Here in front of Minato stood not the kind old man known as The Professor but the Kami no Shinobi in all his might ready to protect his home to his dying breath.

Minato was about to argue and commence with the sealing but the Kami no Shinobi had other ideas and had already knocked out the younger man. "Forgive me for this Naruto, Minato but it must be I to complete this task."

"Fuin Style: Shiki Fuujin Hakke Fuin" He roared as he summoned the Shinigami to seal the fox lord into his successor's son.

"Fuin" and with that the mighty Sandaime Hokage, the man who had lived and fought through three world wars died saving his beloved village, following his sensei's style who had given his life to fight the Kinkaku Force on his own, died.

The Kyuubi roared at having been sealed once again into a human but with all his struggles he couldn't stop the Shinigami.

But with a flash of light, the child, Naruto who had just become the third jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi disappeared in front his father's face, who had just woken up to witness the sealing.

"NO! NARUTO!" He screamed in agony at losing his son just after he'd been born.

In his office, the sou-taicho, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto sat completing the day's paperwork, but then two massive reiatsu levels bore down upon the entirety of Soul Society, one which was oceans times larger than the other felt malevolent and positively evil, however the smaller one felt pure and calming. The smaller one was able to compare to one of the Gotei's taichos while the other dwarfed even the likes of Yamamoto and Kenpachi Zaraki.

There was a flash of light and the spiritual pressure lifted from the Soul Society and in it's place sat a bundle on the floor of Yamamoto's office with a baby in it. Yamamoto's eyes had widened to see that the intense levels of reiatsu had all come from a baby. He got up and strided towards the baby, only to be shocked further.

Naruto's face had a partial fox mask on his left cheek going all the way up to his eye and covering his eye while on the other he had three dark whisker like mark on his face making him look feral. in the centre of his chest was a hollow hole and on his stomach was the Shiki Fuujin seal that pulsed red but held stable, successfully holding the power of the Kyuubi within Naruto.

"What and who are you then?" Yamamoto asked rhetorically to the baby as he lifted him noticing the tag on the bundle and hearing the clatter of small sword obviously made to fit the hand of toddler.

"Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, what shall I do with you then." He sighed before picking up the sword getting a closer look at it.

It was meant to be a O-Katana, obviously sized down. It had a crimson red handle, and the hilt had been designed with whirlpools and fox more specifically nine tailed ones adorned it. The blade was in perfect condition with the word Beast engraved onto it.

Naruto who had been sleeping, had just woken up to see an unfamiliar face and none were the face his natural instinct wanted to see, his mother and so he cried.

The other taichos assembled into the meeting hall of the first division, they were all waiting for the sou-taicho to appear so they could discuss the matter of the incredible reiatsu levels that had recently appeared

The sou-taicho had arrived but not without his cargo which was still crying much to the shock and confusion at seeing a baby in the sou-taicho's arms and why it was here at a taicho's meeting. "Good you are all here, the massive reiatsu levels we all felt all came from this baby, his name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze."

The taichos looked shocked that a baby had put out such high levels until one taicho, Komamura Sajin, the towering giant of the seventh division tilted his helmet covered head toward the Sou-taicho. "Sou-taicho how is it possible that one soul has two entirely different reiatsu signatures, because they are polar opposites to each other." He asked in confusion.

"Yes, about that the pure signature is coming from the baby but the secondary, more hollow like signature is coming from some sort of seal in the child's stomach and is connected to the boy's soul." He stated showing them Naruto.

The taichos were stumped seeing a baby with features found on a hollow. "Sou-taicho what are we to do with the child" Soi-Fon the taicho from the second division asked not knowing whether to squeal and hug the Naruto as he yawned cutely.

"Even though he has hollow features, it seems the purer signature is his original and is the dominant so I will put it to a vote to what to do with him but if he lives I and if some volunteer we will train him in the way of the Shinigami."

"I vote live" said Soi-Fon.

"I vote live" said Ichimaru Gin, taicho of the third and his already massive grin seemed to only get bigger.

"I vote live" said Unohana Retsu, the gentle taicho of the fourth.

"I vote live" said Aizen Sosuke, the polite taicho of the fifth division however inside gears were turning on how to use Naruto to his advantage in killing the Soul King.

"I vote live" said Kuchiki Byakuya, the ever stoic man was head of the most influential clan in the entire Soul Society.

"I vote death" said Komamura Sajin.

"I vote live" said the laid back, perverted taicho of the eighth, Kyoraku Shunsui, as always dressed in his flamboyant clothing.

"I vote death" said Tosen Kaname, the blind man of the ninth was never one for words.

"I vote live" said Hitsugaya Toshiro, the diminutive taicho of the tenth.

"I vote live" said the hulking fearsome giant of the eleventh, Zaraki Kenpachi with his trademark grin.

"I vote death" said the twelfth Kurotsuchi Mayuri.

"I vote live" coughed the thirteenth's taicho Ukitake Juushiro.

"Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze is now a ward of the Gotei 13 and will be treated with the same respect as any other Shinigami, I will say this once discrimination will not be tolerated with this boy because of his looks, the punishment will be severe if I find this orders has been disobeyed. That is all you may leave". With that everyone left except Unohana.

"Sou-taicho, if I may can I take young Naruto with me to my division as he needs the nutrients any newborn would need." She asked her superior, even though she, Ukitake and Kyoraku were among the oldest Shinigami they still respected Yamamoto.

"Yes, this is the best option I can see here, you may take Naruto here and see to it that he is treated properly." he replied in his gruff voice.

Over the years Naruto had been brought up by Unohana, Ukitake, Kyoraku, Yamamoto and surprisingly Soi-Fon, the 'hard-ass' taicho apparently had a strong bond with the lovable blonde and he had taken to calling her 'kaa-chan'. Some of the taichos and fuku-taichos got a kick out of the little blonde calling the usually stoic and cold taichio mother.

He was taught all of the Shinigami arts but he showed exceptional talent in Zanjutsu, Hoho and Hakuda but Zanjutsu topped them all, standing tall at 6' 5" and 20 years old in human years the half-masked blonde towered above most men and toned not to muscular figure intimidated many.

He was dressed in the standard Shinigami uniform with a fox head shoulder plate (Imagine Ikkaku's shoulder-plate just black metal) and his hollow hole was proudly shown to all, his mask and hole still resided where they were although his left eye that was covered by the mask was a yellow with black sclera (think Hollow Ichigo) while the left was a dark blue that would stare into the soul of any. His hair was a darker yellow with streaks of black in it and he had grew it out so that it reached the top of his back (think Kaien Shiba just with blonde hair).

He always looked at Ukitake as a father and Yamamoto as a grandfather. His relationship with Unohana was also one like a mother and son because between her and Soi-Fon they raised him into the man he was now.

Surprisingly, Naruto got along very well with Komamura after seeing what he looked like and finding out about his tenant. Their relationship was that Komamura was the wise older brother who always guided him. It was quite similar with Ichimaru, Renji, Ikkaku and Rangiku they were all friends and would play pranks on the others.

"AIZEN!" Naruto roared as he brandished his Zanpakuto in the remains of the fake Karakura, seeing his family cut down at the hands of the traitor nearly sent him into a bloodlusting rage, they all stood to protect Ichigo because he was the only one who had the advantage of not seeing Aizen's Shikai.

"Kit, calm down they aren't dead, they're alive but barely if that Orihime girl comes then their chances are much higher" Assured Kyuubi, over the years the two had become good friends and worked together with each other.

"Thanks Kyuubi, I needed that before I ended rushing in and getting killed." Naruto thanked preparing to fire a Cero at Aizen. "Ichigo when I fire this Cero use it as a diversion to fire your strongest Getsuga Tensho got it?"

"Yeah, I hear ya" Ichigo and Naruto had become fast friends after fighting each other on the Sokyoku hill before Aizen defected.

Again today Fate had a different path for the blonde Arrancar (I'm going to call him an arrancar because he's more hollow than Shinigami) as Ichigo fired his strongest Getsuga Tensho into the mixer at Aizen a rip tore through the dimension next to where Naruto stood and pulled him in before closing shut.

Minato Namikaze sat in his office doing his paperwork, on his desk was a picture of Kushina, him and their 11 year old daughter Kira Uzumaki-Namikaze, it had been thirteen years since Naruto had disappeared and both Minato and Kushina were heartbroken at the fact they had lost their son but then two years later Kira had come along and filled their hearts with joy again but there was always that part in their hearts that clinged onto the hope of Naruto returning to them.

The Kyuubi attack had been devastating on Konoha, economically and in power as well, losing one such as the Kami no Shinobi, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Konoha had taken a big hit in the attack and it didn't help that the civilian council and the elders were getting more ambitious in their attempts of gaining power but Minato stood strong laying down the fact that he was the Hokage and it was His Village.

Another massive hit had been the Uchiha massacre which had been ordered by Danzo behind Minato's back, the only survivors were Mikoto and Sasuke, Mikoto had been at Kushina's house while Itachi slaughtered the clan.

Mikoto tried to help Sasuke but the boy didn't want help from his mother in his lust for vengeance and pushed her aside and not to mention Sasuke being the 'last Uchiha' turned him from being a once happy and kind boy into an arrogant, cold fool who didn't care what he did until he got his revenge.

The Massacre had been an eye-opener for Mikoto and Kushina, they had got back into their training, they retained their S-rank status and lived up to their titles 'Aka no Shi' and 'Mikoto no Kawarimi'.

The day had been a normal one in the village, people were going about their business and getting work done, Konoha had prospered just as much as it had before the Kyuubi attack, for one Kira Uzumaki-Namikaze, the day had been boring and she twirled her crimson red hair that she had inherited from her mother along with her face shape and skin tone but she had inherited her father's piercing blue eyes.

"Hey, tomato! you're sitting in my place, move!" one of the boys in the class shouted at her, she gritted her teeth to keep her temper down, but she hated it when people insulted her and her mother's hair.

"Do you want me to kick your ass like last week, huh Ko?" she threatened the civilian boy who thought he was better than her because his family had been in Konoha for generations in one of the many businesses in the prospering village.

Just then though an ungodly pressure bore upon the entire village, making nearly everyone struggle to breathe, for Kira even though she had massive chakra reserves like both her mother and father, hers was far denser than others because of her Uzumaki heritage and was able to use her mothers chakra chains.

There was a massive cracking sound and then the pressure disappeared if one looked outside of the academy windows where Kira's classroom was then you would have seen the figure of a man in the cloud of dust that had been kicked up. Kira and her classmates were already outside in the yard waiting for what was in the cloud of dust to come out.

The cloud was dispersed as Shinobi Shunshined into the academy yard among them was Kira's mother and father standing there ready for battle. They saw the figure of a man but he was dressed like a samurai and his face was what scared people, upon it was a half a mask that looked similar to the ANBU's but his looked scarier and his face looked contorted into an uncontrollable rage.

Minato took a step forward to address the intruder. "Who are you and what is your purpose here"

The man stepped out of what was left of the dust cloud and people gasped seeing the hole in his chest and the man still standing when he should be dead, also what made people fear him was the mask and his left eye which was a glowing yellow and his intimidating figure.

"My name, My name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze." Naruto introduced himself to the crowd of funnily dressed people who had surrounded him, when he spoke his name gasps were heard from the crowd. his eyes locked onto a beautiful redheaded woman who was staring at him.

"No it can't be, thats Kushina, if she's here then that means were back" Kyuubi spoke in a subdued tone that sounded sorrowful.

"What do you mean Kyuubi, who is this Kushina woman and what do you mean were back?"

"Kit this woman is your-Sochi!" Kyuubi was cut of by the fact Naruto had been tackled to the ground by the woman and locked into back-breaking hug.

Naruto's eyes widened into saucers at hearing this woman calling him her son. "Excuse me could you get off me and why are you calling me your son?"

The redhead looked at him with a bit of hurt in her eyes but she quickly got rid of it. "Thats' because you are" she said excitedly.

"Is she telling the truth Kyuubi?" Naruto asked his long time friend.

"Yes, she is your mother" He replied in quiet manner but Naruto knew something was wrong because his friend never spoke in this manner.

"What's wrong, is there something wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing, I'll tell you later" and with that he cut the connection between them.

The crowd looked shocked and the Yondaime stood stock still his eyes wide, he dropped his tri-pronged kunai knife and walked towards Kushina and Naruto with tears in his eyes. Naruto saw him coming and adopted a defensive Hakuda stance taught by his aunt Yoruichi, Minato saw the unfamiliar stance but kept walking and grabbed his son into a hug.

Kira was absolutely dumbfounded, she knew she had an older brother who had gone missing on the day he was born, her parents told her this when she had turned eight and she had always wanted to meet him but here he was standing there and she didn't know what to do.

So Kira did the only thing that was natural. "ONI-SAN" she screamed as she raced across the yard and tackled her brother, father and mother.

Naruto was as confused humanly possible considering the fact that he had ended up in a world where he was supposedly born in and his partner wasn't telling him anything. The giant furry fox in his mind had decided to leave him hanging dry but right now he had to focus and use the diplomatic skills that had been drilled into him by Unohana.

"As much as this is interesting, I would much rather speak in a much private place as you can see?" He said politely as he indicated to the crowd of shinobi that had surrounded the yard.

Minato looked at his son and then looked around at the curious looking faces of his subordinates. "Yes, yes lets take this into my office" he said grabbing onto the three of them and using his Hiraishin Jutsu (Flying Thunder God) to teleport into the Hokage's office leaving the rest of the shinobi to wonder what to do now.

The family of formerly three now four landed in the Hokage's office. It was a large semi-circular office that had a panorama style set of windows along the back overlooking the village. To the side there was a couch and on the wall opposite sat the images of the past Hokages starting from the left with the Shodai all the way to the current Hokage, Minato.

Kushina and Kira claimed the couch while Minato activated the privacy seals in the room before he sat at his chair and looked at Naruto. "Now before you ask how we know who you are Naruto, I will tell you, now when we fought the Kyuubi-"Naruto's eyes widened both the hollow and blue one "-It's chakra left a distinct feel and Kushina-chan, your mother held the Kyuubi before you and we can sense his energy within you even if it feels different." At this point Naruto's eyes had widened to gigantic proportions.

However he composed himself before he spoke. "Now I'm not even going to ask how you know my dear friend Kyuubi (Cue family's eyes widening in alarm) and what do you mean by sealed?" He asked his supposed father.

Minato looked alarmed at what his son had said. "Yes sealed, on the night of your birth a man attacked me and Kushina-chan while holding you captive, the man managed to free Kyuubi from it's seal with Kushina-chan where it proceeded to attack the village. I fought off the masked man but it was already too late, the damage had been done. He finished solemnly.

"Is this true Kyuubi? have you been keeping all these truths from me?" Naruto asked his longtime partner and friend quietly.

"Yes" was the simple reply from the massive powerhouse of pure destruction.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, if you were so bad then you would have tried to kill me at every chance you got and besides you are part of my soul therefore we are one and that is where our true strength lies in our bond of brotherhood am I wrong you loveable plushy?" Naruto ended teasingly

The fox was truly shocked never in his entire life and pseudo-death had anyone aside from Naruto tried to understand him and he had hidden everything about Naruto's origins from him and Naruto had forgiven him, although he growled at the remark about plushies'.

"It seems you were right Sennin-jiji, there would always be someone out there who would treat us like you did and I'm glad it was Naruto and not some ridiculous retard decked out in orange screaming about being Hokage" He shivered at the thought at such hideousness that he could have been subjected to.

"-And then the Sandaime summoned the Shinigami-" Minato was cut off by Naruto " What do you mean the Shinigami, who was it?, Did he or she say anything, how do you re-summon them" He questioned rapidly firing one after the other not noticing the looks of confusion.

"Naruto what do you mean 'who was it' do you know the Shinigami?" Minato asked after getting over his momentary confusion.

Naruto gave him a weird look before answering "Well due I know Shinigami, I am one myself well part one" he finished proudly, puffing his chest out shoving his Hollow hole out into everyone's attention.

Minato's eyes bugged out at hearing his son's declaration of being well part Shinigami, the very idea seemed laughable and would get you locked away into a madhouse. "What are you talking about Naruto, there is only one Shinigami and why do have a hole in your chest and that mask on your face?"

Naruto laughed loudly, even Kyuubi was laughing at that single statement. "Oh, that is a good one man, there isn't only one Shinigami there's thousands and the hole and mask represent my other half" he finished offhandedly.

Minato looked blankly at Naruto, he didn't know what to make of him, his son was telling him there was thousands of Shinigami and that he was partly one too and the hole and mask were representations of his other half, what did he mean by other half.

Naruto saw the blank look on the man's face and sighed knowing he would have to explain the concept of Shinigami and Hollows but it seemed odd that no-one had appeared at the arrival of his reiatsu in the area, there should have been hollows converging on his point left right and centre but none came but then he felt a weird sensation almost tingling around his chest more specifically his hollow hole. He looked down and nearly screamed there was small hand going through his hole before he looked behind him and saw the little red-haired girl Kira feeling his hole with the curiosity and awe burning through her large blue eyes that were a shade lighter than his own single blue eye.

"Erm, could you mind not doing that, it sort of feels funny" He finished embarrassedly, scratching the back of his head looking sheepish.

Kira blushed red and also scratched her head sheepishly both her and Naruto blinked at the action before scratching again, they blinked at each other again before pointing to each other and shouted "STOP COPYING ME-TTEBANE!" at the same time while Minato and Kushina looked amused at the siblings and their traits that they had picked up from Kushina while she blushed red at the fact both of her children had somehow inherited her accursed verbal-tic.

Both siblings cursed themselves at using that damn verbal-tic and grumbled when their parents laughed at them, both crossing their arms and 'hnnd' at each other in such a way that would have made an Uchiha cry.

"Alright, thats enough laughing now we need to get onto more serious matters again, Naruto-chan if you don't mind me asking what did you mean by other half?" Kushina asked after she had stopped laughing.

Naruto's eye twitched at the honorific while Kira snickered at her older brother's misfortune, he sighed at took a deep breath before launching into an explanation about Shinigami, Hollow, Soul Society and the Gotei.

(2 Hours Later)

Minato, Kushina and Kira had all been on the edge of their seats as they listened to Naruto's tale of the land of the dead and the war before he had ended up in Konoha. They seemed shocked at the fact that there son was what was known as an 'Arrancar' and that he was half of a fallen soul that lived by consuming the soul of the other.

Kushina was even more upset at the fact that she hadn't even been able to watch as her son grew up and called another woman his mother and not her but she made a note to thank whoever did for raising him well.

Kira, by the end of the tale had stars in her eyes about how cool her brother was and how strong he was. She had found a new idol because she vowed that one day she would surpass her older brother and they would look at each other as equals but for now she was content for him to be the one who she looked up to and inspired her to get strong.

Minato was overjoyed at the fact that his lost son had returned and had the strength and potential for him to hang the hat and pass on the title of Hokage to him however he was disappointed at the fact that his son had been introduced to so much bloodshed at such a young age.

An ANBU knocked at the door ending the reunion of the newly-found family member. "Forgive me for disturbing you Hokage-sama but the council has ordered you and your family's presence for a meeting."

Minato narrowed his eyes at the ANBU. "The council think they can order me, 'I' am the Hokage and this is 'MY' village, since when did you follow the orders of anyone aside from me, the ANBU and Jonin commander, you will turn in your mask tomorrow at the HQ do you understand me soldier?" He asked sternly.

The ANBU's face paled at the sight of the Hokage looking at him sternly, he gulped before answering "Hai Hokage-sama, once again forgive me for interrupting" he said before hastily body flickering out of the office.

Minato looked angry at the fact that HIS soldiers were being ordered around by jumped up civilians who thought they could run a village. "Come on let's see what these fools have got cooked up now." He sighed.

The family entered the council chambers to see the faces of the civilian council and the Shinobi council made up of the clan heads and the ANBU commander and ever present his favourite old wind bags the elders, Koharu, Homura and Danzo.

Minato looked sternly at civilian council knowing full well it was them who had sent the ANBU to his office, he loosened the hold on his KI (Killing Intent for those who don't know) and aimed it at the civilians. They all sweated at the feeling of dread and death hanging above them ready to slice their throats send them to their deaths.

"Let me get one thing clear before we start, YOU do not order ME around, this is my village and I will not stand for you using my ANBU as messenger boys, am I clear?" he ended threateningly.

They all nodded while the Shinobi council looked happy at the little scumbags being put in their place by their esteemed Hokage. "Now what is it that you have called this meeting for"

END

Since this chapter only came into mind recently I haven't thought about any pairings so I'm willing to let you guys pick on your reviews just tell me but NO HINATA or SAKURA and before anyone asks NO YAOI. Personally I don't have anything against homosexuality but I just don't have it in me to write it so sorry about that to you who enjoy it.

Oh well that's enough from me wish me luck on my Chemistry exam tomorrow! bye