Namikaze of Lightning: Rise of the Storm

Aaaaaaaaaaaand… Welcome to the reboot of my Namikaze of Lightning story! I know it's been a while since I put up that message telling you guys about this and I have to say that I'm really sorry for the wait. But I thank you guys for your patience and I hope that you like the rewrite! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Naruto because they belong to Masashi Kishimoto. However, I have a plan to change this. I shall transplant the Sharingan into my eyes and use a Genjutsu to trick Kishimoto into giving the rights to me! It's brilliant! Wait… I can't do that? What do you mean the Sharingan doesn't exist outside of Naruto?! Great… just fucking great. Years of planning ruined.

Chapter One: Farewell

The full moon was shining brightly in the night sky, radiating a luminescent glow over the village of Konoha. Surrounding it were tiny specks of white that riddled a blanket of darkness. It was a lovely sight to see, if anyone were awake to see it. Luckily, there was one such person that was able to as he stood in front of the two gigantic green doors that were the main gate that led anyone into the village.

His cerulean blue eyes glinted from the glow of the moon, partially obscured from the bangs of his spiky blonde hair. There were also three black, whisker-like marks on each of his cheeks, giving him a sort of feral appearance. He was garbed in an orange and blue jumpsuit that covered the whole of his body. To match it, the blonde was wearing a pair of blue shinobi sandals on his feet. On his back, he had on a medium sized backpack that contained all of his belongings. Or at least, everything he knew that he would need for when he left Konoha.

All he had to do was take one step in order to do so, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Konoha was the only place that he had called home and leaving would not be an easy thing. He had many memories during his life inside the largest shinobi village in the Nation. They were mixed between good and bad, with the latter making up most of his childhood. It wasn't until he became a shinobi did he really start to have good ones. And it was because of those very memories that made him want to stay. He wanted to continue to make more memories inside the village. So many that they would eventually drown the bad ones. There were still a lot of things that he wanted to accomplish as well, so many dreams and goals that he'd set for himself ever since he was a kid.

Needless to say, Uzumaki Naruto didn't want to go…

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything he could do about that. The Council had made that very clear earlier today. They had been trying to get him out of the village for years, not wanting to have a 'demon' such as him to be allowed to remain in a place they all resided as well. And, after all of these years, they finally succeeded. Naruto had been worried about that when he was still considered a civilian, but he thought that he was out of their jurisdiction once he passed the Academy and was a fully recognized Genin of Konoha's shinobi ranks.

But no one was expecting them to go behind Tsunade's back like that. It was a smart move on their part, Naruto conceded. As the Hokage, she would never allow them to cast Naruto out of the village. So they took a note from one of the shinobi practices of subterfuge and were able to achieve their goal. Then they went to Tsunade, surely with smug expressions on their wrinkly old faces, and told her that she was to have him exiled by order of the Daimyo. She tried to refute it but it was completely genuine. It also came with a threat of shortening the village's funding if the order wasn't carried out immediately.

With her hands tied like this, Tsunade had summoned Naruto to her office and do something she knew she would regret for the rest of her life…

(Five Hours Earlier- Hokage's Office)

"Sit down, Naruto," Tsunade told him when he entered the room, her voice in a barely audible whisper.

Naruto felt a cold chill go down his spine when he heard the way she spoke. In all of the time he'd known the busty blonde Hokage, he'd never heard her talk like that. It was why he felt extremely nervous as he went to take a chair in front of her desk. Along the way, Naruto noticed that his mentor, Jiraiya, was also in the room. The tall, silver-haired Sannin's face was like stone, revealing no sign of emotion from him as he stood next to Tsunade with his arms crossed over his chest. It was a little unsettling to see these two the way they were right now. Completely different demeanors from the people he considered to be very close to him.

No words were uttered even after Naruto had taken a seat in one of the chairs in front of Tsunade's desk. The pupils in his eyes darted back and forth between the two Sannin, waiting for one of them to say something. A few more moments passed before Naruto decided to end the silence himself, since they didn't look like they were going to do that any time soon. "What's going on, Baa-chan?" He asked his fellow blonde, mentally frowning at the lack of reaction to the nickname that he'd given her.

Jiraiya and Tsunade both looked at each other and then back to Naruto, the former sighing before saying, "Something's happened, Naruto," He said to his student. "Something very bad. And I'm not going to be able to take you on that training trip because of it."

This caused Naruto to widen his eyes in shock. "What?" He questioned in protest. "But what about Sasuke?! You promised to help me get stronger so that I could bring him back to the village!"

The Toad Sannin lowered his eyes in sadness, another sigh escaping from him. He turned his head to look toward his teammate. "Do you want to be the one to tell him, Tsunade-hime? Or shall I do it?"

She shook her head and broke the recent silence she'd been under. "No," Tsunade replied. "I'll do it." After that, she looked as if she were trying to steel herself. Naruto recognized this from one of the times he'd accompanied her while she went to hospital. She did that when she had some really bad news to give to a patient. And that was definitely not a good sign. "I'm sorry, Naruto-kun. You've been exiled from the village."

And just like that, Naruto froze. His pupils contracted and it felt like his heart had stopped beating. "W-what?" He stammered. He searched their eyes to see if this wasn't just some sort of prank to get revenge on him for all the times he called Tsunade old or that one time he got Jiraiya beaten up by a bunch of women he'd been spying on at the hot springs. Unfortunately, that hope was dashed away when he saw their unmoving expressions.

"As much as I don't want it to be," Jiraiya told him. "This is real, Naruto."

With it now confirmed, Naruto hung his head and stared at the floor in disbelief. Seeing what his student was going through, Jiraiya went over and put a consoling hand on the blonde's shoulder. It went unregistered, though, as Naruto's mind processed this. "Why…?" He was able to whisper out even while in such a state of flux.

Tsunade was able to hear it despite how low his tone was and answered. "It was the Council's doing," She told him.

Naruto snapped his head up to her when she mentioned them. That made a lot of sense. They'd been trying to get rid of him for as long as he could remember. A question popped into his head immediately upon learning this information. "How were they able to do this? The Council doesn't have power over the Hokage or the shinobi."

"That's true," Jiraiya stated. "They don't. That's why they went to someone who had even more power than the Hokage: The Daimyo of Hi no Kuni (Land of Fire) himself."

Following this, Tsunade nodded. "They've apparently been in correspondence with him for a while now," She started. "They sent letters at first; informing him of every time you would tap into the Kyuubi's chakra. Then they would tell him how I wasn't doing anything to keep you in control, which then led to them pleading to the Daimyo to do something about it. Knowing him, he probably didn't consider doing anything because of his indecisive nature."

A frown appeared on her face before she went on. "Seeing that they weren't going to get help from him by simply sending letters of complaint, a man named Shimura Danzou traveled to his mansion to have a personal meeting. I don't know what it was that he told the Daimyo, but he came back with this and explained there was nothing I could do." She grabbed a paper on her desk, stood up, and went over to Naruto to show him what was on it.

"What's this?" Naruto asked while his eyes skimmed over the paper.

"A Writ of Exile," Tsunade answered. "It's an order that can only be given out by the Daimyo if he believes it needs to be done. One of these hasn't been given out since the reign of the Shodai and is said to be even worse than being banished by the Hokage. If I were to do it, then I would've been able to limit the amount of time you could not come back to the village. With the Writ…" She pursed her lips, trying to keep herself composed and not begin crying. "I'm afraid that you won't be able to return to Konoha."

Naruto's heart sunk completely when she said this. He'll never see Konoha again. That fact made him clench his eyes shut, tears leaking out of the corners and streamed down his whiskered cheeks. All of the people he'd gotten to know over the course of his life, he wouldn't be seeing or talking to them ever again. He couldn't go to the Ichiraku Ramen stand and talk to Ayame and Teuchi while he ate his favorite dish. He'd never be able to train or go on missions with the friends he'd made when he became a shinobi. And worst of all, was that the promise he had made to Sakura about returning Sasuke to Konoha wouldn't be fulfilled.

All because the Council didn't want a 'demon' in the village…

Even after all he'd done for them, they were still convinced he was some sort of ticking time bomb that would go off with just the tiniest use of the Kyuubi's chakra. He thought that he'd proved himself when he saved the village from Gaara during the Chunin Exam invasion. Guess he was wrong about that. Their opinions of him would never change no matter what he did. They hated him because he was the one to be chosen to contain the demon fox known as the Kyuubi no Yoko. And there would be no changing their opinion of him because of this, even if he didn't have control over it.

"Why now?" Naruto queried, looking up at Tsunade. "If all they had to do was go to the Daimyo, why didn't the Council just get this sooner? Why did they wait until now to have me banished?" A sudden realization hit him, causing his eyes to widen. "It's because I failed to bring Sasuke back, isn't it?"

"It seems that way, kid," Jiraiya answered, straightening back up and leaning against the desk so that he stood right beside Tsunade. "Until then, the reasons they had weren't substantial enough to warrant a Writ of Exile to be issued. But added together with Sasuke's defection… it was enough to convince the Daimyo that you needed to be forced out of the village. They probably muddied the details to their advantage as well."

"They must've really wanted me out," Naruto lowered his head with a grimace. "Considering it's only been a week since he left…" The memories of what happened on that mission flashed inside his mind. Nearly everyone on the mission had been severely injured, with him included, and Sasuke had been able to cross the border and join up with Orochimaru. Yet, he was the only one being blamed for the mission's failure. That was so typical of the Council to use something like this against him.

The whiskered blonde was silent for the next few minutes. Jiraiya and Tsunade shared worried glances as they saw him just sitting in the chair with his head lowered, staring at the floor with a defeated expression on his face. Naruto slowly raised his head back up, his cerulean blue orbs shimmering as he looked at the two Sannin. "Where am I supposed to go?" The question struck them to their core. "Konoha has been the only home I've ever known. I don't have anywhere else…"

Tsunade instantly dropped to his level and pulled him into a hug, unable to take seeing one of her most beloved people like this any longer. She placed his head on her left shoulder and held it there as tears were now streaming down his cheeks. The sorrow-filled substance soon fell off of his face and landed on her green haori, wetting it. She turned her head to her right, looking over her shoulder so that she could give Jiraiya a resolute expression, tears of her own flooding out of her eyes. "We're telling him."

Jiraiya knew what she was talking about. He had widened his eyes for a couple of seconds out of surprise but then he simply smiled down at her. "It's about time!" His voice was much cheerier since he was happy to get to tell Naruto about who his parents were.

After Naruto had calmed down, Tsunade separated herself from him and stood back up. He was wiping the tears off his face with the long sleeves of his jacket. "What are you talking about?" He asked sniffling between his words. "Tell me what?"

"Your parents," Tsunade told him with a smile.

Naruto's eyes pointed upward at the two Sannin, widened in shock. He'd always wanted to know more about them. The Sandaime didn't tell him much about his parents. Only that they were very skilled shinobi that were killed during the Kyuubi's attack on the village the night he was born. "Who were they?" He asked eagerly. "And why haven't you told me about them if you knew who they were?"

Jiraiya frowned before he spoke. "It's not that we didn't want to tell you, Naruto," He said glancing at Tsunade. "But your parents had a lot of enemies when they were alive. If they found out you were their son, they would've come after you. And trust me… you're not ready to fight the people they would send to kill you."

"That being said," Tsunade added. "We're only telling you now because I'll be damned if I let you go without telling you about them. So you're going to have to make a choice after we tell you, Naruto-kun." Her face slowly morphed into a solemn expression. "We're not going to be around anymore to be able to judge your skill level. It's going to be up to you whether to keep your parent's identity a secret or not. You can make your decision after we tell you, okay?"

Naruto nodded at her, not saying anything so as to allow the two Sannin to continue. His hands were trembling as they gripped his knees. The suspension was starting to get to him and he was becoming anxious to finally find out who his parents were. One of the things he'd always wanted to know.

"We'll start with your father," Jiraiya said after a few moments. "His name was Namikaze Minato... the Yondaime Hokage."

The whiskered blonde was immediately stunned when he heard this. His mouth hung agape and his cerulean blue eyes were prominently showing from how wide they were right now. "The man who sealed the Kyuubi inside me… is my father?" Naruto asked them, unconsciously placing a hand over his stomach.

"That's right," Tsunade replied.

Now it all made sense to Naruto. Ever since he found out he was the container to the Kyuubi, he wondered why the Yondaime had chosen him. From what he knew about the Yondaime, he didn't seem like the type of person that would put such a burden on some random orphan. And he wouldn't ask anyone else for their child to be used either. He would, however, trust in his own son to contain the mighty demon fox.

"I… see." Naruto said succinctly.

He took that much better than I thought he would, Tsunade thought while blinking her eyes a couple of times. Jiraiya mirrored the gesture but was much more surprised because it wasn't the reaction he was expecting from the whiskered blonde.

Naruto noticed their faces and rubbed the back of his neck and let out a small chuckle. "I didn't really blame him," He told them. They blinked again. "Against something like the Kyuubi, there wouldn't be much he could do against it. I just always wanted to know why it was me that was chosen to be its container. So it makes sense now that I know he's my father. Who else could he have trusted to seal the Kyuubi within other than his own son, right?"

"Huh," Jiraiya said. "That's… an oddly mature answer coming from you."

The smile faltered on Naruto's face and a tick mark appeared on his forehead. "What's that supposed to mean you perverted hermit?" His eyebrows twitched.

Jiraiya held his hands up in a placating gesture but the feigning expression he had on his face certainly didn't convince the blonde. "Nothing, nothing," He responded. Naruto just glared at his teacher, wishing his hair would be set ablaze or something similar.

Fortunately, that's when Tsunade came in and bopped the silver-haired Sannin on the head. She was clearly annoyed if the twitching eyebrow and the frown forming from her lips was anything to go by. "That's enough," She said. "You two can bicker like children after we're done." Tsunade then turned to Naruto. "I'm glad that you don't hold a grudge against him though, Naruto-kun."

"I'd have to be a real ass if I did," Naruto replied. "I don't know what I would've done if I were in his position." He looked back up at Tsunade and Jiraiya, who was nursing the bump that had rapidly grown from his head. "What… what was he like?"

Jiraiya hissed in pain but was still able to give Naruto a proud grin. "Minato was a very talented and very strong shinobi," He started. "Even before I trained him he was seen as a prodigy. He was also very kind and barely anyone had a bad thing to say about him. Though, there were a few who were jealous of his skill. Both he and your mother were very happy when they discovered she was pregnant with you. He always talked about the things he wanted to teach you so that he could help you become a very strong shinobi." His grin turned into a sad smile. "It was way too early for him to die."

Tsunade had listened to this with a smile of her own, remembering Minato back when he first became Jiraiya's apprentice and how many times she had to heal him from whatever injuries he sustained during training. They were good times…

"I'm glad…" Naruto spoke softly. His face then looked like it was both excited and questioning at the same time. "What about my mother? Who was she and what was she like?"

"Her name was Uzumaki Kushina," Tsunade answered this time, thinking it was only fair for her to tell him about his other parent. "And I'm pretty sure you take after her from how eerily similar you two are." This definitely got Naruto's attention from the very interested look in his eyes. "She was always so fearless and headstrong, and her stubbornness would put your streak to shame." She joked to Naruto, who scratched the back of his head and laughed with a wide grin. "I was honestly surprised when she told me that she and Minato became a couple. They were complete opposites! But… they really complimented each other. Minato helped her calm down a bit and become much more pragmatic while she helped him be a little more outgoing and to have fun every once in a while instead of training."

Jiraiya crossed his arms over his chest and grunted, speaking with a petulant tone. "You didn't want to get her mad though. Can't count how many times she beat the hell out of me."

"Well, you did deserve it," Tsunade retorted. "After how many times you tried to peep on her whenever she went to the hot springs..."

Naruto immediately sprang to his feet, jumped into the air and slammed a fist down onto Jiraiya's head. His eyes were comically white to show his anger.

The Sannin grasped his head with both hands, groaning in pain. He had another noticeable bump on the spot where Naruto had hit him. "What the hell was that for ya little brat?!" Jiraiya shouted at Naruto.

"Peeping on my mother!" Naruto yelled back while pointing a finger at the Sage.

"That was years ago! And it was research! Research!" Jiraiya emphasized but it never convinced anyone no matter how much he tried. Naruto was no exception.

"On my mother?!" Naruto shouted indignantly. "I'm going to kick your ass you damn pervert!"

Jiraiya held a fist up at his student. "Go ahead and try! You're a million years too early before you can best me!"

Before either of them could react, Tsunade hammered her fists down onto each of their heads, sending their faces into the floor. Jiraiya now had three bumps on his head while Naruto only had one. Smoke was languidly floating from the bumps, showing just how fast and hard she had struck them. "Quiet! Both of you!" She yelled, clearly irritated. The only female Sannin then huffed before she crossed her arms under her breasts. "Jeez, that's another thing you got from her, Naruto-kun, her quick temper. She calmed down when she was married to Minato but that temper of hers never went away."

Naruto and Jiraiya scraped themselves from off the floor, rubbing their heads lightly to alleviate the pain. "Did you have to hit so hard, Baa-chan?" The whiskered blonde asked.

She rolled her eyes at the question. "I barely tapped you," Tsunade replied. As they tended to their "wounds", Tsunade let out a sigh, her face becoming somber. She stayed like this for a few seconds before she spoke. "I'm going to miss this…"

Getting back onto his feet, Naruto matched her expression. "Me too," He admitted. His eyes met with Tsunade's, looking as if he was trying to speak but was having a hard time getting his words out right now. Luckily, he was able to after a few tries. Even if it was a question he really didn't want to ask. "Did… did the Council mention when I would have to leave the village?"

Tsunade nodded slowly. "They said you have to be out by dawn tomorrow," Her tone heavy with sadness. "If you're not by then… they will demand your execution."

"That soon, huh…" Naruto observed. "I'm going to have to start packing soon then. I'll need to leave as quickly as I can."

The recovered Jiraiya stared at Naruto in surprise. "What?"

Nodding, Naruto continued. "By now, the Council must have spread the news about me being exiled. And they would've told the villagers what time I would be leaving as well. They would try to give me their own farewell even if it is really early in the morning. I don't want to give them that chance."

Jiraiya and Tsunade both knew that he was right. The Council probably thought that he would want to spend as much time in the village as possible before he had to leave so they thought that he would stay until the allotted time was up. And neither of them would put it past some of the more… violent civilians to try something to get a last shot in at Naruto.

"Where do you plan on going?" The Toad Sage asked his student. The blonde merely shook his head and shrugged to tell that he had no idea. So Jiraiya decided to make a suggestion. "Well, you could always try going to Kumogakure."

Naruto scrunched his face in confusion. "Why there?"

"Right, sorry," Jiraiya apologized while scratching his cheek. "I almost forgot to tell you. Minato wasn't originally from Konoha." This definitely astounded the young container. "He moved here after his clan, the Namikaze, had been eradicated by Iwagakure during the Second Shinobi World War. Your father was the only survivor from the attack. Kumo had wanted to retaliate against Iwa but their military strength had dropped significantly with the loss of their most prominent clan, so they didn't risk entering the war."

He paused for a few seconds before he went on. "As a way to try and improve relations with Kumo, Sarutobi-sensei offered Minato asylum in Konoha. The Raikage of that time agreed since he didn't want the Namikaze to die out completely. So Minato came here and eventually thought of Konoha as his own home. He became a very loyal and powerful shinobi and would eventually go on to become the Hokage of the village."

Naruto contemplated on what he was just told, his expression thoughtful. "I could try to see if they would let me stay there," He said. "But that would mean that I would have to be public about who my father is. Would it be a good idea to do that?"

"In the end," Tsunade spoke. "That's up to you, Naruto-kun. However, I know that if you do decide to tell them you're a Namikaze, they will do their best to protect you. The Namikaze Clan was their most prominent clan at the time and was respected greatly for how powerful their members were. I'm sure they would put you through all kinds of training so that you'd be able to protect yourself from whatever is thrown at you."

"Hmm…" Naruto hummed. "What about my mother? I don't remember an Uzumaki Clan being mentioned at the Academy. Did she move here too?"

The two Sannin's faces fell solemn. "She did," Tsunade answered. "But Kushina's village was destroyed during that same war. They had been long-time allies of Konoha and were feared, as well as respected, for their aptitude in Fuinjutsu, or Sealing Techniques. A few enemy villages joined forces to destroy Uzushiogakure and most of the Uzumaki Clan. There were a few members that survived but they scattered across the Nation to seek refuge, some of them settling in Konoha. I'm sorry, but you wouldn't be able to return to the homeland of the Uzumaki since it no longer exists."

This saddened Naruto greatly. Both of his parents had been the last of their clan and now it was up to him to keep both of those lines going. He wanted to revive both the Uzumaki and the Namikaze but it seemed that it would take a very long time before the former could be accomplished. Kumo was the best option he had right now. With enough time, maybe he would be able to bring the Uzumaki Clan back to its former glory. Until then, he would take on the mantle of a Namikaze and see to it that his father's clan was brought back.

"I'm going to go to Kumo," Naruto stated, his mind made up. "I'll tell the Raikage who my father is and I'll do my best to revive the Namikaze Clan. And once I'm able to, the Uzumaki will be the next to come back!"

"So you're going to make the information public after all?" Tsunade asked. Her lips were curled up into a smile, having guessed that Naruto was going to do this.

He gave her a firm nod as an answer. "I know you said that my father had enemies but I'm not going to let that stop me. I'll just train as hard as I can so that whoever comes after me will know not to mess with the last Namikaze!" He grinned widely as he held up a determined fist in the air.

Jiraiya gave his student a similar grin and nodded approvingly. "Glad to hear it!" He looked over his right shoulder and took out a couple of scrolls that he had apparently been carrying in his pockets. He had storage seals on all of his pockets that allowed him to put many more things in them. The amount didn't come close to what a storage scroll could contain but it was still damn useful. One of the scrolls was colored red and had the kanji for "Uzumaki" inscribed onto the surface of the scroll. The other was similar except it was colored bright gold and had "Namikaze".

"Here," Jiraiya said while holding them out to Naruto. "These contain all the techniques, training methods, and fighting styles that Minato and Kushina developed over the course of their life. There should be a lot of Fuinjutsu in Kushina's and Minato's will have any clan techniques he knew in his. They're blood-locked so you're the only that can open them. Just smear some of your blood on the kanji and you'll be good to go."

Taking them from the Toad Sage, Naruto held them in his hands with a tight grip. These were from his parents. All of the knowledge they gained as shinobi were inscribed within these scrolls. He didn't know how long it would take, but he planned on learning everything that his parents had written down on them. He put the scrolls in his pockets before he looked back up to the two Sannin. "Thank you," He told them. "For everything."

Tsunade smiled softly at him before she spoke. "You're going to be leaving now aren't you?" When she saw him nod his head slowly, she kneeled down and gave him a deep hug. Jiraiya put a hand on his shoulder since he wasn't exactly the hugging type. At least not to people he shared the same gender with. A few tears leaked out of Tsunade's eyes as she whispered into Naruto's ear. "I'm sorry this had to happen, Naruto-kun. But I know that you'll make us proud no matter where you go."

"I will…" Naruto replied, making sure to hug her back as well.

Jiraiya squeezed his hand on the whiskered blonde's shoulder. "You're a tough kid, Naruto, but I want you to do this old Sage a favor. Don't die, okay? Tsunade and I have lost too many people that are dear to us and I don't want to see you be one of them. Got it?"

Naruto was able to grin at the silver-haired man, a trail of tears streaming down his cheeks as he did so. "Got it," He said. "You know me, Ero-Sennin. I'm too stubborn to die."

"I know you are…" Jiraiya chuckled, shaking his head. "Good luck, kid. We're all going to miss you around here."

"I'm going to miss all of you as well," Naruto replied, gritting his teeth and closing his eyes as the flow of his tears increased. Then he began to cry openly while hugging Tsunade tighter, the thought of not being able to see his precious people ever again being too much for the young blonde to bear.

Naruto gave the village he'd come to love and cherish over the years one last look. When his eyes started to shimmer after a few moments, he forced himself to turn away, lest his emotions overcome him once more. He'd done enough crying for one day. And even though he was going to miss his home dearly, he needed to focus on his journey to Kumo. Before he left, though, he wanted to do one last thing.

Reaching into one of his jacket pockets, Naruto pulled his hand out, his headband clutched firmly in his fingers. The metal plate reflected the light of the moon while the blue cloth it was attached to gently swayed along with the small breeze of wind that was blowing at the moment. It held a lot of sentimental value with him, ever since it was given to him by Iruka-sensei on the night he became a Genin. The young blonde folded the cloth behind the metal plate and placed it neatly on the cobblestone ground that surrounded the gate.

He stood back up and looked directly in front of him, at the long road he would be travelling along for possibly the next few days. Naruto exhaled sharply out his nose to steady his resolve. "Goodbye, Konoha…" He said and then began to walk away, the drifting sound of his footsteps being the only thing that could be heard in the silence of the night.

First chapter officially done! I hope you guys liked. You have no idea how many versions I've gone through until I was satisfied with this angle. It's much different from the original and has a more believable reason as to how he finds out about his parents and, I think, an original idea for him to be banished.

Anyway, if you guys could do me a favor and leave a review on what you may have liked or not liked about it, I'd appreciate it! Constructive criticism always helps me out and I always look forward to reading the feedback from you!

Thank you all for reading and I hope you stay tuned for the next chapter in Namikaze of Lightning: Rise of the Storm!