Alright so I had this idea about having my own Naruto Senju story and I kind of based it off of jCOOLn's story Combination. I messaged this writer and talked it over a bit and I got a go ahead to write this story so thank you jCOOLn.

Also jCOOLn's work is amazing, he has a lot of good stories on his page and they are all very original and well-written and I would suggest that you go and read them.

"Kyuubi talking"

'Kyuubi Thinking'

"Regular Talking"

'Regular Thinking'

I Do Not Own Naruto

Naruto Senju: The God of War

'It is an extremely hard time for this world we live in.' Hashirama Senju thought as he looked around the small village of the Senju Clan with sadness. It was a war of every clan for themselves in their time and he just wanted to protect his family. Two clans stood above all and they were the Senju and their bitter rivals the Uchiha. The Uzumaki clan was also well known but they were credited as the greatest fuinjutsu users ever and were left alone due to little knowledge of how dangerous the art could be.

The Uchiha were fiercely territorial and would defend their land as much as they possibly could. The only problem with them was that they held the most land off all and kept taking more. They were also a bit arrogant due to their Sharingan abilities as they saw themselves as the best ninjas around. They were strict and forceful people to others but they did value family as the most important thing.

But even they couldn't beat Hashirama Senju's Wood Release. It was an oddity in the Senju clan as he was the only one to utilize such a strong ability. His clan was known as the Senju of 1000 skills, however, and it seemed like anything was possible for them. Some could use their elemental jutsu to a masterful level that many would be hard pressed to beat, others could shoot chains out of their bodies like the Uzumaki clan was said to be able to do, others were just masters of genjutsu or kenjutsu.

Hashirama knew that both of the clans valued their family to a high degree and he just never new why they couldn't settle their differences. He had thought of a plan that would unite the clans and make piece for a change and he truly wanted to accomplish this dream for his family.

"Hashi-kun? Are you still thinking out here?" A voice called and his worries melted away at hearing that voice. It was Toka Senju, his fiance and soon to be mother of his first child. They were a bit young for a child being only 15 years old each but they would raise him with love and care. They did know, however, that they wouldn't be having any more kids anytime soon though.

Hashirama just chuckles sheepishly while scratching his head, "I guess I was Toka-chan." He said and the very pregnant woman walks over to sit next to him. "Any day now our son will be born into this cruel world." He said sadly while Toka patted his armored shoulder.

"I know, but I have faith that our boy will be strong. Stronger than even the two of us combined." Toka said softly as they rubber her stomach happily.

"I think he will too, Toka-chan." He said happily while the two got lost in their thoughts under the moonlit sky.

Only a few days later and their son, Naruto Senju was born into the world and his arrival was celebrated joyfully as the mother walked through their small village. The two of them knew the days would be tough but as long as they were together then they had faith that everything would be alright.

Four years had passed since Naruto Senju was born and he took after his parents quite a bit. He had the long, flowing midnight black hair that both of his parents had and his face was firm and sharp. He was a bit tall for his age and had a strong body as well which is something that he got from his father but he was also highly intelligent which both of his parents shared as well.

The battles between their clan and the Uchihas hadn't let up in the least however and they had lost more and more good men and women each day. The parents had hesitantly began his training for the future at his insistence.

Naruto loved the clan almost more than anything with only his parents being first and he vowed to protect it with everything he had. He knew that he was young but he also knew that war wouldn't spare the young as some of his slightly older cousins were lost in battle. Ever since then his parents had started him on some light endurance exercises to begin with.

Naruto and his distant cousin Tori Senju were out in the backyard of the Senju compound being trained by none other than Hashirama himself. The two boys were born a month apart from each other and were sparing with the basic Senju fighting styles under Hashirama's watchful eye. He saw that both had progressed quickly to the point where he knew they would be a force to be reckoned with down the road.

Naruto threw a punch from Tori out of the way and sent his strongest punch into the boy's face sending him sliding back. The boy quickly recovers and sends a kick to Naruto's head that is ducked under but the boy jumps and spins with his momentum and roundhouse kicks Naruto to the head sending him rolling. Naruto gets back up as well and was going to attack back when his father stopped them.

"Hold children, you have done well and you lasted thirty minutes against each other this time. Now it is time to unlock your chakra." He said proudly while both boys perked up at that.

"Really, that's awesome." Tori shouted out happily as he was the more excitable of the two of them. Naruto was also shaking with excitement along with him though.

"Well then let's do this tou-chan." He said happily as he and his favorite cousin sat on the ground and looked to his father expectantly which got a warm smile from him. He loved his son dearly and to see him acting like the young boy he was, especially in this dark time was something he cherished.

"Alright then, begin to meditate and focus. You should begin to feel a warm feeling and become more energized as it flows through you." He said and watched as the two boys began to concentrated.

Naruto got to work quickly as he wanted to get stronger and reached deep inside of himself to find his chakra. He found it soon, or what he thought was soon as he was lost in his mediation and was sporting a dazed, yet content look on his face on the outside as he finally unlocked his chakra. This feeling was so much deeper than what his father and described to him and he truly felt like he was in heaven when the warm sensation flooded his body.

The black haired Senju continued to wallow in the serenity of his newly-discovered chakra when he was brought out of it by the shout of his father and his cousin.

"NARUTO!" Hashirama shouted that destroyed Naruto's concentration, thus letting go of his chakra as it went back into his body though he could still feel the lingering warmth inside him.

"Huh?" Naruto asked confused with his head still in the clouds as his father and best friend looked at him in a bit of surprise and awe.

"You were overdoing it a bit there." His father said, still surprised at the sight of chakra, 'I could actually see the chakra from him at such a young age. It was also like my chakra too which the plants seemed to respond to.' He thought to himself inwardly.

"I did?" Naruto asked as he felt fine, even better than fine.

Hashirama just shook his head, deciding that he wouldn't let his son surprise him anymore, "your chakra was strong enough that it was visible and unless your just acting fine, then you also have a lot of chakra as well. Using that much should have tired you out quite a bit."

"Awesome. I'll be the best ninja ever in no time then." He said happily while Tori just snorted at that.

"Having a lot of chakra isn't everything in battle you know, besides, I'm going to be the best there ever was." Tori said confidently.

"He is right Naruto-kun, having a lot of chakra isn't everything but it helps and you should still be careful of chakra exhaustion." Hashirama said seriously. "It is very dangerous, in most cases, you will just knock yourself unconscious since your body will automatically shut down, but if too severe, you will die." He said more seriously than the two have ever seen him before.

'I'll have to be careful then.' Naruto thought to himself but he loved the feeling of chakra and was determined to learn anything and everything he could about the most useful energy ever that most people thought was just a basic thing in a shinobi's arsenal.

Naruto was more intelligent however, he knew that chakra was more complex than that and in time, he would master it completely.

A six year old Naruto could been seen wearing a black spandex suit under his own personal set of their fabled Senju armor that was a carbon copy of his father's except his was a burnt orange color. He had a Ninja-to strapped to his back that with a black sheathe and black handle and was situated diagonally with the handle resting at the lower right of his back. He had kunai holster on his right thigh that was in the front as the sides of his legs were covered by the armor he wore. He also had a black cloth headband with the Senju symbol in orange on the front of it. All in all he was prepared for war, which unfortunately, was something that was coming right towards him.

In the two years of his training, they had a relative amount of peace from the battle of the Uchiha allowing both of his parents to train him together. He had earned the right to wear the armor of his clan and was now a low level ninja or genin even though most of the clan thought he was better.

He absorbed any information and techniques that his parents taught him, much to their silent astonishment. He learned the Senju taijutsu style and how to channel chakra to the muscles to increase their speed and strength. He had also inherited the ability to use chakra chains as his chakra was shown to be some of the strongest the clan had ever seen.

He had also learned a bit about kenjutsu and just like the Senju style of taijutsu he learned that quickly as well. He could also stream his chakra into the sword that he was given as his gift when he turned five. It wasn't as effective as it could have been as his parents haven't taught him elemental ninjutsu techniques though. He also practiced shuriken, kunai, and senbon throwing, where pressure points and kill spots were, and also some minor poison making.

His parents thought that even thought he was seen as the Clan's greatest prodigy, even greater than his father, that they should still wait for a while and only taught him some non-elemental abilities like the chakra flow technique.

Genjutsu was a completely different story however, as his mother was known to be the best of the clan and it was not dangerous to him at all other than for chakra depletion and they were careful about that. She had drilled the basics into his head for a good amount of time before even beginning her first technique. This meant chakra control training to the max. He had done tree walking and water walking for hours and then he had to do it all over again while doing all of the hand signs as fast as he could. He also excelled in this as well but in order to not make him arrogant his parents never told him that he had very good control to begin with.

After mastering his chakra control, which he had really enjoyed as well, he then began learning to dispel the techniques his mother would use on him. This was mostly what they focused on as they knew the Uchiha were naturals at genjutsu and they wanted him to be ready for that. He learned a few techniques but he knew that genjutsu wouldn't be too effective against an Uchiha.

Fuinjutsu was something that interested him a bit and he wanted to know more but his clan's master had told him that the Uzumaki would be better teaches that he ever could be and Naruto wondered if he could learn from one. He also learned some medical ninjutsu as well due to having the great chakra control that his father had. His parents also wanted him to be completely safe so they focused on that skill a lot as well.

"My son." Hashirama, now 21 years old called out to him. "Are you prepared?" He asked softly as he was worried sick about his son being in a real battle that he may not come back from. They had gotten word that a large force was going to attack them soon and that it was going to be a large amount of people. Every able hand was going to be needed and his son had showed that he was able.

That didn't stop Toka and him from worrying though. He was their only son after all and he was a dear member of the clan, being the son of the Clan head. "I'm prepared." He heard his son say to him.

"I'm a bit scared though tou-chan."

"Its going to be alright, son. We can make it through this but we must be careful alright?" Hashirama asked as he kneeled down to his son and tousled his hair affectionately. "You're very brave and your very strong. I know you'll make it through this and grow stronger."

Naruto just looked up this father and smiled a bit before nodding confidently.

"I'm going with Tobi, to fight with Madara and Izuna Uchiha so stay close to the others." Hashirama said sternly, showing that he was really worried for his son.

Naruto stood up proud and determined along with the rest of his clansmen who stood in a formation waiting for the Uchiha to appear. He hid his worries as best as he could but he still fiddled with the handle of his blade every so often but was shaken out of it when some of the men patted his shoulder and told him it would be alright.

He just gave them confident smiles and nodded in respect and gratitude as he turned forward again and stopped his minor shaking. Next to him was his best friend Tori who was also a bit nervous but he pushed it away because he didn't want Naruto to upstage him.

"You ready for this Tori?" Naruto asked a bit teasingly as he also pushed his fear away.

"Hmph, of course I am baka and I know that I'll kill more than you, that's for sure." Tori said back to him.

"Yea right, just watch me then and stay out of the way." Naruto said and it was really bringing the morale back up to the others around him that two young kids would act fearless.

Tori was about to retort but he the Senju army then saw the Uchihas approaching quickly and they all drew their weapons. Naruto pulled his favorite sword that was given to him at a young age and prepared himself along with the others. His father and Uncle could be seen in front of the army and were calming them down.

"We fight for our family and nothing else is more important. Stick together and we will come out on top." Hashirama yelled to them getting yells of agreement. "Charge!"

At his command the Senju army charged as fast as they could while the two brothers went off with the Uchiha brothers. Hashirama prayed for Naruto and Toka's safety in this fight and quickly began fighting the two Uchihas.

Despite being one of the youngest members to ever fight in battle, Naruto and Tori were some of the first to engage the Uchiha, surprising many at their speed. The two fighters worked together protecting each other and fights viciously against the Uchiha and managed to injure a couple before the Senju army made it to them. Soon though the battle was in full swing and Naruto could see both sides taking loses and if broke his heart to see some of his family dying.

He turned and saw a woman from his clan on the ground with a wounded leg and an Uchiha smirking at her with his sword about to be swung. He could see the scared look on the young woman's face, but Naruto really didn't want to kill anyone but he wanted to save the woman more so he used his chakra enhanced speed and quickly stabbed the man through the back of his heart.

Both the man and woman were shocked but the woman was grateful to be alive and wondered who saved her. As the Uchiha fell down dead she was even more shocked to see the young son of the Senju Clan head Hashirama. She saw that he was frozen for a bit at what he had done and he didn't see the man coming from his side to kill both of them.

The woman tried to warn him but he didn't respond and the man was drawing closer. Just when he was nearing them too closely thought, Tori had jumped in front of them and killed the man. Tori froze up a bit too but shook it away as he slapped Naruto in the head finally getting his attention.

"Wake up idiot. Now's no time to be freezing up, we have to fight." He yelled at the boy who looked at him gratefully.

"I guess I was just scared. Thanks for the help." Naruto said and he quickly began healing the woman who was thanking both of them for saving her. Tori just smiled a bit and rushed out to help any others that he could.

"Thank you so much Naruto-sama." the woman said as she was carried away to the safety of a small, well hidden medic camp.

"It was nothing." He said as he the charged back into the fight and repeating this process quite a few more times saving many lives and getting him even more respect for his abilities.

He was also seen defeating and killing other Uchihas that attacked him but he was wounded a bit as well and his armor was cracked and dented in some places. The clansmen and women were really worried for him but he had healed himself so he wasn't in danger of bleeding out. Soon though, he was challenged by another man but he was shocked to see who it was.

Izuna Uchiha now stood in front of him and he didn't seem to be tired of hurt at all. "Well, well, Hashirama's son Naruto then." The man said, not with any anger but Naruto thought he could detect some sadness from the man. "I would like to test you a bit myself."

Naruto didn't know how, but he blocked the man's sword strike with reflexes he didn't know he had, missing the man's impressed look. Naruto quickly shook any fear away and sent his attacks back as fast as he could. It was a bit frustrating that the man countered all of his attacks easily and Naruto knew it was due to the Sharingan the man possessed.

Naruto though got an idea and inwardly smirked a bit. On one of his sword strikes he channeled chakra through his blade and when their swords clashed the chakra cut the mans cheek due to the unexpected length increase.

"Wow, I didn't think you would be that advanced to chakra stream." Izuna said, honestly impressed at how well the young boy was fighting. Of course, he wasn't really trying his hardest but he was working harder than he expected. "Well, I guess I have tested you enough. Time to end it." He said sadly which is something the boy picked up on.

He channeled some lightning chakra through his blade and easily threw Naruto's sword to the side and got wide eyes from him. He then went to pierce the boy through the stomach for a sure kill.

Naruto's whole world seemed to slow down completely as he knew what was going to happen if he was hit with the sword. Something in him change and he suddenly felt his chakra surge and he closed his eyes to embrace the feeling. What happened next got the attention of everyone around them.

Spikes of wood shot out from Naruto's armor meeting the man's blade and another spike pierce the man's shoulder getting a pained grunt from the man. It would have been worse but the man's quick instincts kicked in and he moved out of the way. The battle almost completely stopped once they found the boy could use wood style while the Senju were completely impressed at it.

Soon though, the Uchiha converged on him, knowing that he probably couldn't control it properly. Naruto knew he couldn't beat all of them but his clansmen jumped to his defense.

Before they clashed though, a horn was blown out making the Uchihas grit their teeth and retreat. Naruto the fell to his knees in exhaustion and the Senju's picked him up and roared in victory.

The wounded were taken to be healed while others gathered the dead sadly. Naruto was in their hidden medic camp healing any wounds he could and was working with people three times his age with the same skills. The doctors wore proud grins as they watched him work and the patients who were proud of him as well.

Naruto, however, was just waiting to see his family and Tori again. He was worried about all of them greatly and he just wanted to hug his parents again. He perked up a bit when he saw his uncle and father walk in and he finished healing his patient and ran to hug them happily.

"Tou-chan." Naruto yelled as he began to cry a bit into his father's busted and bloody armor.

Hashirama smiled happily but it was a bit forced as well as he had some bad news. "Son, I'm so glad that your alright. I heard about all of your great feats on the battlefield from the others as well, I'm proud of you."

Naruto blushed under his father's praise, "where is kaa-chan and Tori?" He asked and tears began to form as he saw his father grimace a bit.

"Tori was found dead earlier," Hashirama said and saw the tears fall from his son's eyes and he chocked back his own sobs at the next piece of news. "Your mother was also found dead." He finished as his own tears fell.

Naruto and the others in the camp froze at hearing such bad news and everyone's heart broke at seeing the pained look on their hero's face. Naruto didn't know what to do so he just fell to his knees and cried his heart out while his father hugged him tightly.

Hashirama let a few tears fall as he held his precious son and thought about all the people they lost today. The fight was bigger than most of the others and even with his son saving many members they still lost more than the usual small battles. He would have to talk to the Uzumaki Clan and see if they could do anything for them.

Three years later, a nine year old Naruto was seen training with his Wood Release bloodline that he had awoken in his first battle. It had taken his father some time before he agreed to help his as he was really depressed at losing his wife. Naruto was sad as well but he pushed himself into his training more and more so he wouldn't have to lose any one else.

He was also tested by a medic and found something that made every Senju excited. His wood release was so strong that it became hyper dominant and would be passed down to all of his kids in the future. This was an incredible find and even more incredible was that after testing Hashirama they found that he shouldn't have been able to pass in down in the first place. Naruto was a one in a billion chance occurrence and his blood changed it to be a complete bloodline.

This was widely celebrated as their clan didn't have a known bloodline, only Hashirama had and now Naruto was known as well.

With the small bit of peace the large battle brought, as both sides needed to recover, Naruto trained in all of his abilities that he possibly could. He still fought in some smaller scale battles here and there but not too many lately. His father had gotten in contact with their distant relatives in the Uzumaki clan and they had sent someone over to get closer ties. Her name was Mito Uzumaki and Naruto could admit that she was a beautiful woman.

She was 18 when she met his father a few months after their battle took place. His father and spent a good amount of time with the woman, showing her around and introducing people to her. Naruto had also met her and he found her to be extremely kind and smart and he did enjoy her company. Two years into her stay his father had officially married her.

She was engaged to him from the moment she first set foot in camp but Hashirama had told her what had happened and she agreed to wait as long as he wanted. She really did like Hashirama and found him to be very handsome and kind. She also adored Naruto and would baby him from time to time which got some chuckles from Hashirama.

Naruto was just happy that his father was finally becoming more like he used to be as he changed quite a bit at the loss of Toka. He soon started training his son harder and pushing him faster than he had before and he didn't smile as much as he once did so he was happy that his father was happy again.

In the three years, Naruto was trained to the max in his affinities once he learned that he had Wood Release. Hashirama taught him all about earth release while Tobirama taught him all about water release as he was the best in the clan with it. He also never stopped experimenting with his chakra as well on the side.

He could now pull water from the air like Tobirama could and he could use earth just as easily. Once he had mastered both elements he was started on wood release training and he loved it completely. It was so powerful and he felt more close to nature with it that he couldn't wait to train with it. He also found that he could manipulate plants as well and not just trees and wood, something that amazed everyone else as well.

Other than training in his affinities, he also trained his medic abilities to be almost the best in the entire clan, next to his father of course. He spent quite some time on it but he was happy with his progress.

He worked on his genjutsu as well as a way of honoring his fallen mother and he spent a lot of time after the battle improving it. He could cast high level genjutsu easily and some of them just by look like an Uchiha could. His experimenting with chakra was being used so he could use any jutsu without any hand signs so the Uchiha couldn't copy the techniques from him. It was this that truly shined above all of his clan as he had the highest understanding of chakra than even his father but he wouldn't teach others because he wanted to be unique.

His taijutsu and kenjutsu were also worked on as he grew taller and stronger. He had started using a katana instead of his shorter ninja-to but he kept it with him just in case he needed it. He began to wear weights when he trained but nothing that would stop his already impressive growth as he now stood 5 foot 6 at nine years old. His muscles were developing really well, not too bulky and not too small, so his taijutsu was trained to be deadly.

Once his father married Mito, it was deemed okay that she taught him Uzumaki fuinjutsu, some kenjutsu, and even some Uzumaki ninjutsu as well. The Uzumaki clan was only a little reluctant but Mito decided she would train her kids, and even if Naruto wasn't hers by blood he was still her child.

What Naruto didn't know until it was too late though, was that Mito was a slave driver. He and his clan thought that he was already really good at the art as he picked up sealing pretty easily. When Mito came though she showed him how far off he actually was and Naruto and Hashirama were amazed at her skills.

She quickly made him rewrite all of his kanji before she would teach him anything, stating that while good it was average for an Uzumaki. After she deemed him ready he was then taught some basic seals and how to make other seals. It was slow going work but he learned a lot and he even impressed Mito with his skills in the art, even though she was impressed enough with all this other skills.

She quickly got rid of his weights and showed him the gravity seal to train with stating that he could increase that a lot more and not affect his growth at all. That was really difficult to get used to but he pushed through and continued all of his training.

What he didn't know is that times would be changing in the coming years.

Chapter End