Naruto Arrancar
I don't own Naruto or bleach (and technically this fic belongs to drakohalo117).
Key: "Yo" talking
'Yo' thinking
"Yo" Kyuubi talking (fox form)
'Yo' Kyuubi thinking (fox form)
"Yo" Arrancar talking
'Yo' Arrancar thinking
(AN: This will be a slight bleach crossover)
Chapter 1: A Family at Last
Souske Aizen stood in Hueco Mundo a deep frown upon his face. He was still recalling his defeat in the winter war from 28 years ago. He had lost all of his forces and had just barely managed to escape with his life intact. He cursed the day he let Ichigo Kurosaki obtain enough strength to challenge him. He felt as if he should have just ordered Ulquiorra to kill him.
But he knew there was nothing he could do about it now. He stood with the bodies of several of his former Espada. He shouldn't have killed them off when they proved to be weaker than him. They would have at least made nice distractions. However he had plans to restart the winter war, and he had the tool to do it.
He had discovered that the Hogyoku could revive a fallen Arrancar so long as there was even a piece of them. So he had gathered the pieces of his favorite Espada, Harribel Tia, Grimmjow Jaegerjquez, Ulquiorra Cifer, Coyote Stark with his other half Lilynette Gingerback, Nnoitra Jiruga, and Cirucci Thunderwitch. He began the ritual when an unexpected visitor showed up.
"Aizen I won't let you begin the war again" yelled Nelliel tu Oderschvank.
"You're too late" yelled Aizen, as the bodies reformed. All seven of them stood before Aizen in all their glory stronger than ever before.
"Damn, this isn't good" muttered Nelliel to herself. Before she could formulate a plan to stop Aizen and the newly resurrected Espada a vortex opened up behind them all.
"Now rise my Espada and serve me like you have before" yelled Aizen with a mad gleam in his eyes. Before any of them could say something the vortex created a vacuum that started pulling them in. All Aizen could hear was a single response from Stark.
"Suck my balls you rat bastard" he yelled just before the portal closed leaving Aizen alone.
"FUCK" he yelled in the empty expanse of desert, enraged that his plan had failed.
(On the other side of the vortex)
The eight Arrancar felt themselves shoot out of the vortex and saw a massive battle before them. Numerous different ningen were fighting a giant fox. They saw a single ningen riding on the head of a giant toad holding a bundle. The next thing they know they are being pulled along with the fox into the bundle where everything went black.
(At the hokage tower the next day)
"Hokage sama, what will we do with Naruto" asked a man who wore a grey cloak with a hood and a porcelain mask of a dog face.
"I don't know Inu, but he will be seen as a hero" said the hokage.
(10 years and 364 days later October 10th)
"Die demon, stop plaguing our home" came a yell from an angry mob as they brutally beat an 11 year old boy. Who was this poor soul? It is Naruto Uzumaki, and today is his 11th birthday. Why is he being beaten? He is the Kyuubi no jinchuriki (living sacrifice of the nine tails). He had no idea that all his suffering was because one tiny little misunderstanding of the villagers. Instead of seeing him as the scroll that holds the kunai, they saw the kunai. In other words they only saw the demon and not the innocent boy he truly was.
"Please stop, I didn't do anything" he yelled just before he blacked out. The villagers continued until they exhausted themselves.
"Hopefully you die this time demon" said one of the villages while he threw an empty wine bottle at Naruto as he walked away.
(In Narutos mindscape)
Naruto woke up with a start, looking around he saw that he was in some kind of old sewer. He curled up into the fetal position and began singing to himself.
"Happy birthday to me…Happy birthday to me…" was all he could get before he burst into sobs. They had finally broken him. After six years of never shedding a single tear, of enduring every last beating, every last insult, every last violation. He broke down and wept.
His crying attracted the attention of several beings nearby. All eight of the Arrancar woke up at the same moment to find themselves chained to a giant cage like structure.
"Who the fuck is making that racket" yelled Nnoitra his irritation evident. His yell attracted the attention of Naruto; however his reaction was one that not even they expected.
"NO PLEASE DON'T HURT ME…please don't hurt me…please don't hurt me…" he said repeating it quietly like a mantra to himself.
"We're not going to hurt you, now tell us what's wrong" said Nelliel in a kind voice. She got no reaction sans Naruto curling up into an even tighter ball.
"You won't get anything from him. Not with the life he has lived" said a deep guttural voice behind them. They all turned to see the giant fox from before sitting there calmly.
"Who are you and what do you mean" asked Harribel crossing her arms under her well endowed chest. They all raised an eyebrow in agreement.
"I am the Kyuubi no kitsune, and I like you have been sealed in this ningen from the day of his birth. Now as for what I was talking about, on the other side of the room there is a glass orb called a sfora. Grasp it and you can see anything from his past, but be warned it's not for those with weak stomachs" said Kyuubi. The eight Arrancar walked over to the sfora and grabbed onto it. Suddenly a rush of images ran by their eyes.
FLASHBACK
Naruto at two months old was laying in his crib crying. He was hungry and hadn't been fed in weeks. The matron of the orphanage came in with a bottle filled with a thick brown substance.
"Here demon eat" she said darkly forcefully slamming the bottle into his face. He greedily drank the horrible tasting substance, ignoring the taste to fill his empty belly. Half way through the bottle he began choking, and hacking. The matron just ignored it and kept the bottle there until it was empty. The second she removed it the baby Naruto began hacking up bloody gobs while crying at the pain.
"Feel the pain you damn demon. I hope you like the poison laced mud" cackled the matron coldly while walking away.
FASTFORWARD THREE MONTHS
Naruto at five months sat up in his crib completely still and silent. He knew that if he made even a single sound he would be beaten again. Suddenly the window opened and in jumped a shinobi with his hitaite slanted to cover his left eye and a mask covering the lower half of his face.
"What the hokage doesn't know won't hurt me. Without him around I can drop that damn mask. This is for my sensei you demon" said the shinobi drawing a kunai and ramming the blunt end into the chest of the baby. Naruto immediately cried out in pain, drawing angry yells from the matron. The shinobi quickly removed his kunai and jumped out the window closing it behind him. The matron and several burly villagers then burst into the room looks of rage on their faces. Naruto began quivering in fear as the villagers pulled out clubs, flails, and numerous other blunt objects. They strode up to him and began ruthlessly beating him with their weapons. When they were done he had at least a dozen broken ribs, a broken femur, a broken wrist, and numerous broken fingers. His left eye was swollen shut and he had copious amounts of blood dripping from above his right eye. His jaw was dislocated and he was bruised all over.
FASTFORWARD TWO YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS
Naruto now three years old was awoken from his light sleep by the banging of his room door. His room, if you could even call it that, was a cupboard that was 3x3 with nothing for a bed, no light, a lock on the outside of the door only, and a ratty moth eaten blanket that couldn't even cover half of his malnourished body. The matron barged in and picked Naruto up by his hair and began dragging him to the front door.
"Your old enough to take care of yourself now demon, get the fuck out of my orphanage" she yelled throwing him out into the stormy muddy village. Naruto just wiped the mud off his face and started walking. After a few minutes he heard a yell.
"Look it's the demon let's teach him a lesson" yelled a random villager. Soon a mob of over fifty villagers started to give chase. Naruto ran from them for a good hour and a half before his luck ran out and his body gave out on him from lack of nourishment. The mob beat him for a good thirty minutes before an ANBU with a bear mask dropped from the roof tops. Naruto barely conscious smiled in hope only to have it crushed by the ANBUs words.
"You folks want some help" he said. The villagers cheered and began beating him anew with the ANBU joining in. They left after another half hour smiles on their faces sure that they had just ended the demons life. Not even ten minutes later another villager picks him up and drags him to a pit. In the pit are three ravenous dogs, the villager just smirks and throws Naruto in. He wakes up from the jolt only to start screaming in pain as the dogs began tearing at his flesh ripping huge chunks out and swallowing them whole. The villager walks away smiling brightly at causing the young boy pain. After another five minutes of the dogs ripping him apart they had their fill and climbed out of the pit.
Naruto tried to climb out in the opposite direction but couldn't because too much of his body was missing. He just curled up as best he could and began crying while quietly singing something.
"Happy birthday to me (sniff)…happy birthday to me (sob)…happy birthday dear me…happy birthday to me" he sang before bursting into tears and succumbing to blissful unconsciousness.
END FLASHBACK
The Arrancar stopped watching his life after that. Not a single one of them didn't have tears streaming down their faces. They couldn't even form a sentence they were so stunned and appalled by their actions. The first one to regain their voice was Harribel and what she yelled surprised the rest of them out of their stupor.
"WHERE THE FUCK ARE THOSE NINGEN? WHEN I FIND THEM THEY WILL BE PUT THROUGH A HELL THAT MAKES WHAT THEY DID TO THIS BOY LOOK LIKE A RELIEF".
"For once I agree with a woman. I say we bust out of here and hunt down each and every last one of those bastards and make them suffer" said Nnoitra.
All the Arrancar agreed with his and Harribels' suggestions only to be stopped by Kyuubi.
"Sure go ahead if you want to kill the kid" he said stopping all of them dead.
"What do you mean" asked Ulquiorra with rage dripping in his voice.
"What I mean is, you are all attached to the seal holding me to the kid. You break out you break the seal and set me free. You set me free and my demonic chakra floods the kid killing him and all of us in the process" explained Kyuubi.
"Than what the fuck can we do to help him" asked Cirucci tears still running down her face.
"Lend him your power. Train him, but above all become his family. You only watched three years of his life, and let me tell you what you saw was light compared to some of the things they did to hurt him. Even I vomited a few times. The kid was damn lucky I can heal all those wounds, but then again my presence has caused those wounds in the first place" said Kyuubi sadly. Nelliel decided to take this to heart and start right then and there. She walked up the now rocking and bawling Naruto and wrapped him in a comforting hug. However he just started crying harder and thrashing to get away. Nelliel just held on tighter and held back a scream of pain when Naruto bit into her arm drawing blood. Thinking quickly began singing, hoping to calm him down.
"Hast du etwas Zeit für mich 99 Luftballons 99 Düsenjäger 99 Kriegsminister - 99 Jahre Krieg
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst du vielleicht g'rad an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass so was von so was kommt
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so wär
Dabei war'n da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons
Jeder war ein großer Krieger
Hielten sich für Captain Kirk
Das gab ein großes Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fühlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons
Streichholz und Benzinkanister -
Hielten sich für schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer hätte das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons
Ließen keinen Platz für Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr
Und auch keine Düsenflieger
Heute zieh' ich meine Runden
Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen
Hab' 'nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen"
"Please don't hurt me" he said a few tears still streaming down his face.
"Shhh, we're not going to hurt you little one. We're going to help you. You have been through too much pain already" said Nelliel in a motherly fashion. All the Arrancar nodded their heads when Naruto turned to look at them.
"How can you help me" he asked confused.
"You never had a family before, now you do. We will be your family, from now on" said Grimmjow in a surprisingly kind voice. All the Arrancar walked over to him with wide smiles on their faces as they all gave him a group hug.
"Thank you, all of you" said Naruto as tears of happiness ran down his face.
"Ok enough of this sappy bullshit" said Nnoitra and Grimmjow at the same time as they leapt back as if electrocuted.
"Naruto we can do much more than just be your family though. Each of us can teach you something and lend you our power" said Cirucci.
"How" asked Naruto enjoying the comfort of his surrogate family.
"They can partially merge with you" said Kyuubi from behind them. Naruto took one look at him screamed and hid behind Harribel.
"Who are you" he asked peeking out from behind her back.
"Kyuubi, and just so you know I didn't want to attack this damned village. At least not when I originally came here, damn misunderstandings" grumbled Kyuubi.
"What do you mean" he asked coming out a bit further.
"I'll explain at a later date. Now how about the rest of you introduce yourselves to the boy and what you will teach him. I have to get to work healing his body so he can get ready for the academy in less than a month" said Kyuubi as he sunk further into his cage.
"The fuzz ball is right, I'll start. I am Nnoitra Jiruga, and I will teach you how to be ruthless to your enemies" said Nnoitra with his whale like smile.
"I am Harribel Tia, and I will teach you strategy" said Harribel folding her arms again under her breasts.
"I am Coyote Stark, and she is my other half Lilynette Gingerback, we will teach you the power of unity" said Stark pointing at Lilynette as he spoke.
"I am Grimmjow Jaegerjquez, and I will teach you how to properly follow your instincts" said Grimmjow smiling sadistically.
"I am Cirucci Thunderwitch, and I will teach you about both battlefield geography and topography" said Cirucci happily.
"I am Ulquiorra Cifer and I will teach you patience" said Ulquiorra with his hands in his pockets.
"And I am Nelliel tu Oderschvank, I will teach you restraint. You can call each of us with a ni or nee if you want. In fact you can just call me Nel neechan" said Nell with a smile and her hands folded behind her back. The other Arrancar nodded their assent, with a smile (not all of them happy smiles (Nnoitra and Grimmjow)).
"Ok, so when do we begin" asked Naruto happily.
"I will start" said Ulquiorra, stepping forward and looking straight at Naruto. He stayed like that for five minutes until Naruto said something.
"Um…when are we going to start" he asked.
"We already have" he replied. At Narutos' confused look he decided to elaborate.
"Not everything will be fast paced and fun. You must learn to calm yourself, and wait for the appropriate time. For example; there is an enemy that is several times more powerful than yourself, but you must kill him to complete a mission. Do you rush in head first and get yourself killed? Or do you wait until he has let his guard down to the point where he can be killed in a single blow? You must learn to be patient, and watch for every last detail so you can find the perfect time to strike" said Ulquiorra returning to silence. Naruto nodded and took a deep breath to calm himself. He sat down in a simple cross-legged pose trying to keep his attention on everything around him. Both stayed like that for hours, Naruto occasionally slipping into a stupor to which he was whacked on the head with Ulquiorras' sheathed sword.
"You have done fairly well for a beginner, but you would have died several times for your lack of attention. We must work on that another time, for now however we must part ways. You are waking up from the beating you took. We will see you the next time you sleep, farewell otouto" said Ulquiorra.
"Bye Ulquiorra nisan, Nel neechan, Grimm nisan, Harribel neechan, Nnoitra nisan, Stark nisan, Lilynette neechan, Cirucci neechan. I'll see you guys later" came Narutos' reply. They all waved at him happy to see a genuine smile on his face.
(Hospital one day after Narutos' beating)
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat t the bedside of Naruto a look of worry written all over his face. Naruto had been unconscious for nearly 21 hours and Sarutobi was beginning to think he might have drifted into a coma. Naruto had never been out for this long and it put him into a near catatonic state at the thought of his surrogate grandson being in a coma. Just as he was about to leave Naruto began to stir.
"Naruto are you alright" asked Sarutobi as soon as he saw Naruto waking.
"Yeah I am, thanks to my family" said Naruto happily.
"What do you mean Naruto" asked Sarutobi confused.
"You'll have to wait about…11 years to learn that old man" said Naruto with no sarcasm in his voice and a very serious look on his face.
"Why 11 years" asked Sarutobi confused.
"Because that's how long you kept me in the dark about Kyuubi" said Naruto with a glare. Sarutobi paled wondering how Naruto found out. He decided to play dumb, just to see how much he really knew.
"What are you talking about Naruto? The yondaime killed Kyuubi 11 years ago" said Sarutobi.
"Look old man you can't pull the wool over my eyes any longer. I met the Kyuubi personally, so I know he's alive and sealed in me. So stop playing dumb and come clean, or else you'll find my new family to be very destructive towards the village" said Naruto. Sarutobi paled even further at that, wondering just how strong this 'family' of Narutos' was. He decided right then and there it wasn't worth the risk and just came completely clean. He told Naruto everything except for his heritage.
"You have a whole lot of shit to make up for old man. Telling me was a start but you are nowhere near clean. Once you finally make it up to me, maybe I'll tell you about my family, but until then you see how fun it is being in the dark about something extremely important" said Naruto as he got off the bed and walked away, leaving a crying Sarutobi behind.
'Minato, I really fucked up. I just hope your son can find it in his heart to forgive me' thought Sarutobi as he got up to return to the tower and complete his paperwork.
Hey thymistacles here. I hope you all had a good thanksgiving break, and enjoyed the turkey. To everybody out there though it may be late happy turkey assassination day (Thanksgiving (I got that from my friend)). Well not much else to say except drakohalo117 is responsible for the idea of this fic. He allowed me to write it on his behalf, and I am honored that he put that much faith in me. I will try my best to not let him down, so please help me out and review or flame, ja ne.