AN: Hello, Firebird here to tell you that I finally uploaded my first story.

Ichigo: About fuckin time, what took you?

Firebird: well I have so many ideas I just couldn't choose the one I wanted to do.

Ichigo: Basically you procrastinated.

Firebird: Pretty much.

Ichigo: *mumbles* Lazy bastard

Firebird: Anyway, could you do the disclaimer for me, I'm kind of busy now

Ichigo: *mumbles* Busy my ass. Firebird doesn't own Naruto or Bleach. If he did, Mandara wouldn't of freed himself from the Edo Tenshi's and Orochimaru would still be dead.

Firebird: I mean seriously WTF

Ch.1 Destiny of the Chosen One

White. All one Ichigo Kurosaki could see was white; he looked in all directions and discovers he's not in a room, but an empty plain of existence, where there's no left or right, no up or down, or no ground or no sky. He just floats there thinking about how he got here.

He last remembered facing off ageist Sosuke Aizen one on one in his new form. He surprisingly dominating the ex-taicho of squad five. In the end he merges with his zanpakutō Zangetsu to unleash the final Getsuga Tensho at the cost of his abilities but what he didn't count on was if he didn't go back to his body, which was too far away, his soul would grow unstable and collapse among itself. Before he disappeared into nothing he said good bye to all his friends and fellow shinigame. After all his affairs are over and done with he's spiritual body broke apart into reishi and scattered into the wind, all with a smile on his face knowing his friends and loved ones are safe.

And now he finds himself here, where ever here is.

'So this is what awaits a shinigami after death, man this sucks,' He thought. With no other reason to be conscious he closes his eyes to rest, 'Well, I got nothing better to do.'

But before he closes his eyes to the welcoming darkness he hears a booming voice, "Even if you defeated a threat to reality and saved it, doesn't mean it stays safe. But worry not for when it's in jeopardy you will awaken once again."

An untold amount of time has passed since then, infect so much time has passed that the modern world is replaced by a new age that looks a lot like Feudal Japan but they have appliances like stoves, microwaves, T.V's, exc. And the only footwear they have are either sandals (both wooden and leather) or boots. Not only that but the people discovered a way to use their natural energy which they call chakra to fell techniques called jutsus, which can range up to walking up vertical surfaces or through water, casting illusions, making duplicates of oneself, and even controlling the elements themselves. The ones who master this energy call themselves shinobi or ninjas appropriately.

But enough of the history lesson, let's get on track here.

We find ourselves in Konohagakure, or The Village Hidden in the Leaves, one of the five major hidden villages in the Land of Fire. A rather large village protected like a fortress, then again that's to be expected of a village that's run by the shinobi of the village.

In a training ground we find our protagonist Naruto Uzumaki, 12 years old, blond spikey hair, blue eyes, three whisker birth marks on each check, lightly tan skin, a little on the short side, black shirt, orange pants, blue sandals, stomping on some guy's head on the ground.

Wait what?!

That's right, we find Naruto Uzumaki at training ground three, kicking the ever living shit out of some random guy while his two companions lay defeated on the side, and he doesn't look happy.

He stops his beating of the supposed leader, kneels down eye level and glairs, "Now I want you to apologies."

"F-for w-w-wh-what, we were just practicing our taijutsu," Guy #1 says in a smug, but scared tone with his lackeys nodding fiercely in agreement.

"See that," he points to the memorial stone were a knocked over glass vase is.

Guy #1 looks and scoffs, "It's just a plant, what's the big deal anyway?"

Wrong thing to say.

Naruto calmly gets up then slammed his foot so hard on the offender that it went into the earth ever deeper, "Just a plant. JUST A PLANT! If it's just a plant then why is it by the memorial stone? I'll tell you why, because it was put up for one of the ninja that died for this village, meaning someone left it there for said ninja, and what you did by "accidently knocking it over" then leaving it without setting it back up is very disrespectful and something that I will not stand for," he takes his foot off of Guy #1 ,"Get the fuck out of my sight," and the trio leaves in a hurry as if the Shinigami was after them.

How ironic.

When they were out of the training ground he turned to the stone and in seconds his personality did a 180 by scratching the back of his head in a nervous jester, "Sorry about that ninja-san, I'll get another one for you if you'd like,"

Out of the bush came out a man dressed as a ninja of Konoha, blue long sleeved shirt, blue pants wrapped with bandages at the ankles, green flak jacket, blue sandals and the oh so important head band with a metal plate with the Konoha symbol engraved on it, but what was strange was the chain attached to his chest, "It's quite alright Naruto, anyway it wasn't you that nocked it over in the first place, now was it?" he said in a calm voice.

We'll as calm as you can be when you're dead.

You see, as far as Naruto could remember he can see ghost, spirits, and exe. At first when there dead they see him like how the other villagers do, a monster, but after watching him they see him as what he realy is, a good kid. They keep him company when he needs it, and when they have all there affairs in order (with the help of Naruto) they leave in a flash of light meaning they passed on.

He also gets flashbacks that are not his own, his personality developed more emo like, even developing skills out of the blue, like his taijutsu for instants, which focuses on counter attacks and grappling, and he also developed kenjutsu on par with Hayate Gekkō, he insist on calling it zanjutsu, despite knowing it's not called that.

About all these skills and abilities he has, no one knows how he can suddenly learn a taijutsu form overnight, let alone how he talks to the dead. Even the Sandaime Hokage, or as he calls him, jiji doesn't know and he's the closest to the shinobi in training. If questioned by anyone about his skills he just says "Just came naturally," and if encountered by a certain Uchiha, he would agree to a friendly spar to improve one other and became friendly rivals, even though they still call each other dobe and teme.

He's even fallen for the Hyūga heiress, Hinata but has kept his distains as to protect her from the civilians that would hurt her to hurt him emotionally. So instead he watches over her, at first it was a request to her mother's ghost to keep her safe so she can move on. Later at the beginning of the academy days he was allured by her kind demeanor, angelic face that looked cute especially when she blushed, pearl like eyes and most of all her midnight blue hair, shame it wasn't longer but that didn't matter to him, she was and still is his world. After that day whenever he wasn't training, he watched her not only to keep her mom's promise but to also to admire her beauty and strength, little did he know she does the same to him when he trains. The only person that knows of his affection is Sasuke as he caught him starring at her with a clouded over expression during class, he kept his secret but that doesn't mean he couldn't tease him once in a wile about it.

Well it was almost time for the Genin graduation exams. This is his third attempt; he failed the other two thanks to one technic he could never get, clones or the bushin no jutsu. He discovered after the second attempt that no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get the clone down 'cause he had so much chakra that he would always put in too much therefor screw it up. But this time he will pass as he has an ace up his sleeve.

"True," Naruto replied, and then he remembered something, "Oh! Ninja-san I learned the jutsu you taught me."

The ninja quirked up an eyebrow in question, "Oh, really, Well why don't you show me?" he asked.

All Naruto did is put his hands in a modified boar sign with bolth of his pointer and middle fingers on both hands crossed and said "Tajū Kage Bushin no Jutsu" and smoke erupted from all over the training ground, once it all cleared the whole training ground was filled with hundreds of Naruto's.

The dead ninja stood there jaw hanging and eyes large as Naruto sized ramen bowls in a stupefied expression of utter disbelief sputtering, " Ho-ho-ho-how?" and thinking, 'He had only a day and he's already mastered the technique. Hell, he can make even more clones then Hokage-sama. Man this kids something else, maybe Konoha is in good hands with this kid as a ninja in its ranks?' After recovering from his shock he faces the original, "Congratulations kid, you not only just mastered a B-rank kinjutsu, but also created the S-rank variation of it and you don't even look winded."

After dispelling the sea of clones Naruto scratches the back of his neck blushing not used to the praise, "Thanks ninja-san that means a lot."

The ninja looks hurt to hear that knowing the boys past, but quickly shakes himself out of those depressing thoughts, "Now tell me, what's different about these clones opposed to the regular clone the academy teaches you?"

Naruto thought about that for a moment then explained, "While the Bushin no Jutsu is just an illusion that uses very little chakra but requires a lot of control which I will never have, the Kage Bushin no Jutsu is solid with its own chakra system therefore uses a lot more chakra, hence why it's a B-rank kinjutsu. And when I dispelled them I remember seeing myself in different angles leading me to believe that when a clone dispels, I get all their memories, making it ideal for espionage and in my case training as for some reason I have chakra reserves bigger than all five Kage's combined."

"Very good Naruto that's exactly right, now you can pass and finally achieve your dream," the ninja said

Naruto smiles a real smile and replies, "Yes, to protect everyone."

That's the first chapter of my first story. Tell me what you think.