White light was the only sight he could see, endless expanse or a small bright room he couldn't tell. The last thing he remembered was fear, bright light and then pain. Which did little to explain how he ended up here.

He took stock on what he did notice about his situation. He could barely move, or rather it seemed really hard and awkward, almost like he was being held down by an unknown force that was slowly pressing down on him from all sides at once. It was simply that hard to move.

He was a baby.

There was an ear splitting sound that echoed in his ears and he felt the need to burst into tears. When he could turn his eyes to the side he spotted what he never thought he'd see in real life. Tanned skin, golden spikes, six lines that resembled whiskers and most importantly was the tattoo covering the belly.

Beside him was Naruto Uzumaki.

"There there Naruto-kun" Came a rough, aged voice from above and when he looked up he spotted the aged face of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure.

"The other one seems quiet at least" A gruff voice said "Reminds me of Minato with the way he seems to be looking around"

It was then he knew that being a self-aware baby would be an issue in a village of deadly killers and child soldiers. He would need to look after himself, become strong and ultimately save the world if he wanted any chance of living in what was basically a world at war.

Worse yet would be the years to come. If he was next to a baby Naruto, then he must be his twin brother. Worse yet was knowing that the white haired man above him who was meant to protect them would chase after his slivering teammate and leave him and his brother to the scorn of the village.

Jiraya leaned over his face smiling "You look after your brother Arashi"

Hiruzen then said a shocking thing "With what Naruto is carrying he'll need all the help he can get"

Arashi was not a Jinchuriki.

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During that day they were handed off to the Konoha Orphanage for what the newly named Arashi knew would be the worse part of being a self-aware baby. He was so vulnerable and reliant to those who would do harm to his new brother and likely him aswell for being related.

Basically the moment the Hokage had left they had been moved into a back room and promptly ignored for the last few hours of Naruto's wailing. Arashi was starving and Naruto was stinking.

It was for this reason he pledged to never be so weak in a world full of power. No old ladies would hold his life in his hands if he could help it. He would have power to stand aside the monster of the world and be will from the will of others. Besides, OP powers were all around if you knew what you were looking for, he'd just need to find them.

He began searching for that untapped power that filled the people of this world.

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Of course his pledge didn't hold for long when his stomach twisted in hunger or the burning in his privates from unchanged diapers.

He put up with the abuse from his "Care Givers" for around four months before he could begin moving about with relative ease in a crawl. The weeks of moving his arms and legs as a form of exercise bore fruit as he was able to begin to try walking days later.

"The boy is more freakish than his brother" One nanny said eying the baby Uzumaki push himself to his shaking legs.

"It's the influence of that demon!" Shouted another nanny "He's shaping him into a weapon to turn on us"

"Flulph blu" babbled Arashi with all the sneer he could muster towards the shrewd women.

They simply ignored his attempt at cursing and walked back to care for the other children when the crying of Naruto was heard.

Arashi growled at the women's lack of morality before he decided to use his new mobility to do some good.

He crawled to the changing table, grabbed hold of one of the legs and shook. The room he and his brother were left in was small and he was sure it was probably a supply closet or something before they arrived. The room only held the changing table and the old crib he and his brother shared.

The crib was missing its legs and the bars along the sides were missing sections which was what allowed Arashi to leave it as he pleased. Naruto had yet to learn to more than roll over and since it was nearly to the floor there was no risk of injury other than the icy draft of the winter.

While Arashi felt bad about it, he basically used Naruto as a personal heater in those cold nights. Kyubi made sure to keep his temp relatively warm.

When the table finally came crashing down and spilling it's contents of diapers, wipes and power, Arashi collected the needed supplies and pushed them with his head as he crawled to the crib.

One of the nannies lost a long game of Rock, Paper, Scissors and was forced to investigate the crash just to make sure the demon and his familiar weren't dead. The sight she arrived to was Arashi sitting at his brother's feet and sluggishly yet correctly changing his brother.

The woman was mixed in thought. On one hand she felt fear that the demon was being cared for while she also felt sick pleasure knowing that they didn't need to help them besides foot at this point.

With that thought in mind she left them alone with a smile.

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At a full year Arashi was basically a little person. He could walk, mostly talk completely normal and more than anything was that he just made his first step on the ceiling.

Little Naruto was clapping at the sight of his brother with little blubbering cheer.

Arashi remembered being an extreme loner in his past life and fully planned to go that route in this was as well. But that was shattered by just the happiness that Naruto Uzumaki extruded even as a baby. No matter how mad or sad Arashi was at the way he was forced to live, Naruto was always a warm fire in the coldness of this life.

Arashi looked into those happy blue eyes and swore to protect his Ototo.

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At two and a half years of age Arashi was considered a possible genius due to his adult-like speech and his ability to care for his brother. The boy was smart and held a cold stare to the women who "cared" for him.

He had done all he could do in secret in his ninja preparation. He could walk silently through the orphanage and stick to the walls with ease. He stole food in the dead of night because while Naruto had a chunk of a near god in his stomach to take care of him, Arashi didn't, and actually couldn't heal his own malnourishment.

Arashi knew the scheme the old women were putting on with the Hokage however. He and his brother were bathed and the room cleaned spotless the days before the old man Naruto had already begun referring to as Jiji. The days were counted and he knew it was exactly one month between visits.

This was the reason Arashi was now standing before the Sandaime in his ragged clothes and caked on muck and other uncleanliness the day before bath day. His face pitiful and the odor his unclean body produced was awful. He gave but a simply plea "Help me Jiji"

That was the first moment Arashi felt killing intent. It wasn't directed at him and was not nearly all the old man could produce, but Arashi felt the effects all the same. Fear and a desire to escape by any means including his own death had crossed his mind for an instant. The feeling ultimately excited the boy. He had caused and directed this powerful weapon to do his bidding and the old man was clueless.

The Hokage shot up from his desk waving to the ANBU in the shadows.

Arashi watched them seemingly melt from the wall in fascination 'I gotta learn to do that someday'

He was scooped up by the old Hokage and in seconds they were standing before the orphanage.

"Bring the matrons out and await my orders!" Hiruzen ordered shapely as he glided into the building. The ANBU moved around him in a blur while the old man strode into the back room reserved for the Uzumaki Twins.

Arashi held back a smirk as the screams of shock and the pleas of the women who "Cared" for him for all of his new life.

When Hiruzen opened the worn old door to the twin's room he was appalled at what he saw. The toys that usually were scattered across the room when he was there were replaced with broken bits and pieces from the other kids. The dresser that held their clothes he had seen before was not even there as there was only a single mattress and no other furniture in the room.

"Jiji!" Naruto cheered as he ran to the man in glee.

Hiruzen set Arashi down and hugged Naruto.

"It's okay Naruto-kun" The man said despite that fact that Naruto didn't seem bothered by this "Let's get you guys out of here and get some dinner"

Naruto cheered while Arashi just smirked s they were led outside.

"Hokage-sama I swear we treat them just the same as all the other children here" The head matron begged on her knees from the line-up.

The Hokage glared at her and went to call her on the lie.

"Tomorrow is bath day" Arashi stated plainly "Hokage-sama day after. Thirty days later repeat"

The entire line of women paled while the head matron snarled "You damn monster! You planned this didn't you!?" At the smirk that flashed on Arashi's face she screamed "You and your damn kyubi brother can burn in hell!"

In a flash a crack sounded in the street and the woman fell to the ground. Behind the woman was a dog masked ANBU with rising silver hair who was the picture of ease with an orange book in hand.

'Thanks Kakashi' Arashi mentally said as a grin spread across his face.

Hiruzen quickly put himself in front of the boys and smiled down "How about that dinner boys?"

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It quickly became apparent from the mind walks of the matrons that Arashi had been the one to care for himself and Naruto for over a year. The matrons had noticed the missing food once or twice so Hiruzen felt both pain for having forced Arashi to become a parent and joy at the brotherly bonds.

That night the boys were given their own apartment.

That night Arashi went out into the night for the first time.

END

AN:

This is my attempt at a Self-Insert in the Narutoverse.

Note that I grew up with the dubbed anime and then the subbed anime for about half of Shippuden and then the manga for most of the war. To me many titles and jutsu are in English and it's only these last few months of reading Naruto fanfics everyday that has actually made me start to think of some things in their Japanese name like the villages and frequent jutsu. I'm still undecided on how to deal with some names though for many I prefer one language over the other while others I like it the other way. I may just go with the combined names like Kage Bushin no Jutsu(Shadow Clone Jutsu).

The other thing I'd like to point out is that I'm not used to using honorifics though I really like them in fics lately and I feel like I've learned them enough to use them to an extent. Bear with me as I'm not actually sure what ones certain uncommon canon characters use for each other.

Arashi Uzumaki will be doing mostly what I would personally want to do in the Naruto world. He won't be a total Gary Stu if I can help it but there are so many easy ways to get power in that world with the right genetics and knowing where to look. His personality isn't really shown here but he will be very dark as I would be with any kind of power. I am the kind of person who would use superpowers for evil or money rather than be a hero. Arashi will plot and use people but I don't know just how far I'm going to take his darkness in this though. Most of this is just made up as I go so it's all up in the air and some outside input could affect things.

Pairings will most likely be the same as canon and Arashi will be decided some time later. None of the Konoha 11 for sure and since he's and young adult in the body of a child I may just let him have a romance with an older woman. I personally don't care too much for anyone that I can think of that would also be ok with the dark nature of Arashi. Anko's cool though and I could always find a way to turn a Biju into a humanoid. IDK it's up for debate.

No CRA for Naruto and may choose to give it to Arashi if I ever have to choose between 2 chicks at a later time somehow.

I will be using one character from a novel that was shown in a vastly different but short scene in the anime. I just love the idea of her and would be useful to any future plans and is pretty much ignored.

I will be very selective with filler content in this fic. For example there's a Land of Snow but they will never go there and it's supposed to be covered in snow. Shisui and Itachi are the only Uchiha besides Obito who currently have the Mangekyo, Fugaku having it is just retarded. The Otsutsuki are trans-dimensional beings that eat the life from worlds and there is a whiny kid on the moon in a shield world/dyson sphere.

Hope you like it and even though I have the next 2 chapters mostly written out I'd like feedback aside from the fact that I gave a baby too much ability to see shortly after birth.