Chapter One: The Legacy of Hanzō Hasashi

Naruto Uzumaki furiously punched a tree trunk with all of the strength that he could muster in a effort to vent his growing frustrations with Jiraiya. Instead of training him like the toad sage had promised, the worthless pervert had ran off with some whore and left him with extremely vague instructions about how to dispel mid-level Genjutsu. To add further insult to injury, the bastard had the audacity to steal his wallet that was filled with all the money that he had earned so-far on the trip. So far, the entire training trip had been a complete and utter bust in the blonde jinchūriki's humble opinion.

"I'm beginning to really wish that I stayed in Konoha and learn things on my own, instead of agreeing to this stupid trip." Naruto bitterly thought as he pulled back his bloodied fist from the tree.

The tree's trunk was had seven indentions in the shape of fists clustered together in a tight grouping. A very strong indication that it had the great misfortune of being Naruto's makeshift punching bag for several hours at the very least. However, the whiskered blonde wasn't done with it yet as he pulled back his right hand and began forming a Rasengan. This was in direct violation to Jiraiya's orders to not use any charka without him being present, but Naruto no longer cared anymore about what the Ero-Sennin had said to him. If the bastard wasn't going to keep his promise to train him, then he wasn't going to obey the fool's instructions.

"Perhaps I should send a message to Baa-chan and tell her about what Ero-Sennin has been doing on training trip…. No, I can't trust any of the toads to send it to her without telling Jiraiya about the letter's contents before actually doing it." Naruto thought as he formed a perfect Rasengan in one hand without the use of a shadow clone.

Contrary to the commonly-held belief held amongst the inhabitants of Konoha, Naruto wasn't stupid like he tended to act in public. While he wasn't book-smart like Shikamaru and Sakura were, he was smart in terms in other ways that were a lot more useful in terms of being a shinobi. So while he trusted Gamakichi and Gamatatsu, he knew deep down that they would tell Jiraiya about his letter as they were duty bound as summons to tell him. Sometimes, Naruto really hated the fact that Jiraiya was the senior Summoner to the toads.

Before Naruto could further contemplate about his situation, the sound of thunder boomed over his head and echoed throughout the forest. He let out a string of curses as the fallout of Jiraiya's irresponsible actions had once again caused the repercussions to fall on the Jinchūriki's shoulders. Because the toad sage had always them camping in the wilderness to avoid detection from the Akatsuki, Naruto didn't know where the nearest town in the area was.

"Gods damn it!" The blonde yelled out as he started running in a random direction in order to find some form of shelter from the incoming storm.

With Jiraiya

Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannin drunkenly stumbled into a hotel room that he had rented for the evening using the last of the money that been in Naruto's wallet. The toad sage didn't feel a single shred of guilty about stealing his apprentice's hard-earned money and using it on his own perverted vices. The way that he figure it, the boy needed to pay a fee in order to be tutored by someone famous like himself. He didn't do it to Minato because he had been obligated to train him on the account of his responsibility as Jōnin instructor.

"The boy will forgive me as he's incapable of holding a grudge for very long." Jiraiya muttered to himself as he walked over to the only bed in the room before collapsing on top of it.

Just then, the sound of thunder boomed outside of the room's only window, but the toad sage didn't pay any mind to it. In his alcohol-idled mind, the incoming storm was a great way for the brat to learn some more survival skills by seeking shelter from the nature's harsh elements. Besides, it was almost impossible for Naruto to get sick as the Kyūbi's chakra boosted his immune system to the point that the dreaded chakra virus could affect him in any way. Thankfully, the feared disease was extremely rare and only existed in nature within the territories of Numa no Kuni.

"I'll go check up on the annoying brat after I sleep off this buzz and the storm ends." Jiraiya thought as he started drifting off into the realm of dreams.

Back with Naruto

Naruto was cautiously exploring the tunnels of a cave that he had found during his effort to find shelter from the storm. He had been extremely fortunate to have come across the cave when he did as it started pouring down within a minute that he had entered it. With nothing better to do at the moment, he decided to explore the cave for the heck of it. But not even thirty feet in, the thirteen-year-old blonde started noticing something strange about the cave's floor . The floor was unnaturally smooth and flat like someone had taken a removed everything that made the stone natural.

"Knowing how my luck works, I've probably stumbled onto a secret hideout of the Akatsuki or something." Naruto bitterly thought as he noticed an unlighted torch sitting in a iron holder that was bolted to the wall.

With some difficulty, he managed to pry the torch free and pulled out a small lighter that he always carried with him. While almost all ninja would use chakra to handle small things in life like using a fire-jutsu to start a camp fire, Naruto took a more practical approach to such things. A lighter provided several unique advantages to ninja as it was easy to conceal, didn't require chakra to use, and it didn't act as a homing beacon for sensory-type ninja in the area.

With a single flick of the lighter's flint-wheel ignition, he was able to light the material inside of the torch's crown. Instantly, his nostrils were filled with the smell of burning sulfur and limestone. The light emanating from the torch began to illuminate a five-foot radius around him. While he could still see the clouded light from outside the cave, Naruto knew that it was going to be dark soon and it was going to be pitch black with the exception of an occasional bolt of lightning brightening the sky.

"Let's see where this tunnel leads me." Naruto muttered as he ventured deeper into the cave.

As he moved further and further into the cave, he started noticing a series of carvings on the walls that told a story that the teen couldn't decipher. From what he figured was that one person tried to take over the world, but they were stopped by a group of people that opposed the first person. There were other carvings ob the walls, but they weren't as impressive as the first one. After what seem to be eternity of walking in a endless void, Naruto entered into a large cavern. As he looked around, he noticed a series of medium-size stone fire bowls that were strategically-placed around the room.

Not wanting to spend any more time holding a torch than he needed to, Naruto started lighting the bowls in a systematic manner. When he was done, the cavern was well-lit and the Jinchūriki was greeted to the sight of a brown chest sitting on top of a raised platform on the other side of the room. With his curiosity getting the best of him, he walked over to it and gave it a quick look over.

"Let's see, it has a simple lock system that I can easily pick. Thank god, I learned how to pick them during my time at the Konoha orphanage." Naruto thought as he recalled the dark reasons behind the necessity to learn how pick locks in the first place.

Without hesitation, he walked over to the chest and pulled out a set of lock picking tools. Like with the use of a lighter, many of today's shinobi looked down on lock picking as a skill that was beneath them as they could simply melt the lock with a well-placed fire jutsu and be done with it. So Naruto just happen to be one of the few non-Anbu ninja in Konohagakure that was actually capable of locking picking. Not that having such a skill improved the villagers' already low opinion about him in the slightest.

Picking the lock had been absolute child's play to the point that he could've done it in his sleep with little difficulty. When he opened the chest, he was disappointed to find a single kunai and a scroll that was being held shut by a wax seal that had a stylized scorpion in the center. With a disappointed sigh, Naruto grabbed the scroll from the chest and looked at it. Judging by its age, the scroll was ancient as there was several holes in it that could only occur with natural aging.

"Might as well open it and see if there's anything useful in it. If not, I'll give it to pervy sage and see if he can figure it out." He mentally figured as he carefully opened the scroll to avoid damaging it beyond use.

With a degree of delicacy that he wasn't known for, Naruto gently broke the wax seal and unrolled the scroll to reveal its contents to him. To his internal surprise and utter confusion, the message that was written on the scroll were written in modern-day kanji. Why would an ancient scroll have a writing system that's been around for only a few hundred years? With nothing better to do, he started reading the scroll aloud.

"To whomever find's this scroll and is able to read it,

My name is Hanzō Hasashi, I am the last of the original Shirai Ryu and former Revenant of the Netherealm. It has been deemed by fate that you have been chosen to become my successor, but only if you willingly consent to it. If you agree to this, you shall be infused with the same hellfire that was used to turn me into an undead spectre and gain all of my abilities. You'll become the new Scorpion and head of the new Shirai Ryu clan. All you need to do is pick up the kunai in the chest and be judged by the flames of hell. If you are deemed worthy by the hellfire, then you will gain access to the Shirai Ryu clan's scrolls on Taijutsu and Ninjustu to help rebuild it. All that I ask is that you make the clan into something honorable and defend your realm from external threats that will come for it.

I wish the best of luck to you, Hanzō Hasashi." Naruto spoke with a stunned look on his face.

He looked incredulously at the kunai that was still resting at the bottom of the opened chest. Now that he looked at it, he could sense the negativity being emitted by the weapon that he had somehow managed to ignored when he had first opened the chest. As he looked at it, the blonde Jinchūriki contemplated his next move. If he chose to become the new Scorpion, he would be confirming the beliefs of the villagers about him being a spawn of hell. But at the same time, he would have enough power to defend himself from the Akatsuki and protect the few friends that he had.

After several minutes of mentally debating the pros and cons of picking up the kunai, Naruto decided in favor of picking up the kunai and becoming the new Scorpion. As soon as he grabbed a hold of the weapon and lifted it out of the chest, his entire body became engulfed in unholy flames. It was the most painful experience that he had ever had in his short and miserable life. It was even worse than the time that he had fought Sasuke at the Valley of the end. However, he gritted his teeth and endure it for the sake of his friends.

He endured the pain for thirty minutes as the fat on his body was burned away by the flames and his body started growing in height. By the time that his body stopped growing, the flames had died away to reveal a new and greatly-improved Naruto. He had gone from a puny one-hundred and forty-nine centimeters to an impressive height of one-hundred and eighty-eight centimeters. His new muscular and athletic body was completely devoid of body fat that been gained from eating unhealthy foods. His kill-orange jumpsuit had been burned away, but only to be replaced by a black and yellow shinobi shōzoku.

(For those that are wondering what Naruto's outfit looks like, it's Scorpion's MKX's tournament costume with the swords from Mortal Kombat Nine.)

Naruto opened his eyes and looked down at his new and improved body with great amazement. He felt like he could take on the entire elemental nations and bring them to their knees without breaking a sweat! Also he was finally free of that wretched jumpsuit that Jiraiya forced him to keep wearing.

"I'm liking this new and greatly improved version of you, Naruto-Kun." A feminine voice spoke in a very seductive manner.

Naruto looked up and saw a beautiful woman standing in front of him. She was roughly one-hundred and sixty-five centimeters tall and had a hourglass figure that seem to enlarge her perky D-cup breasts. Her skin was porcelain white and highlighted her amber-colored eyes. On her cheeks were six whisker-like scars with three on each cheek, while she had black fox-like ears on the top of her head that blended perfectly into her raven-colored hair. Behind her were nine white tails that resembled of a fox's singular tail. Finally, she was completely naked as the day as she was born and it showed that she was completely devoid of any hair on her body that wasn't on her tails or head.

"K-K-K-Kyūbi?" he asked in a sputtering manner as he pointed a finger at her.

The foxy woman nodded her head in confirmation as she gave a small smile that showed off her pearly-white teeth with a pair of larger than normal canines rooted in her upper jaw.

"That's right, Naruto-Kun. I am the mighty Kyūbi no Yoko that had attacked and devastated your village on the day of your birth." The identified Kyūbi answered as she crossed her arms underneath her chest that caused her to push her breasts up and accentuate them.

Unable to process the fact that the naked woman standing in front of him was the very same Kyūbi that had been sealed inside of him by his former childhood idol. Naruto did the first thing that came into his mind….. He fainted on the spot.

"Well, he took it a lot better than I expected. I'm going to have so much fun tease him and that perverted hermit for the next year." The Kyūbi muttered to herself as she uncrossed her arms and summoned some clothing to wear that would stop the pervert from trying to hit on her like she was some kind of whore.

The only person that was allowed to look at her naked form was currently unconscious on the cavern's floor with swirling eyes. But she more than willing to allow a handful of woman join that exclusive group as long as they were willing to recognize Naruto as their undisputed master.

Unknown Location

The god known as Fūjin was quietly meditating inside of the chamber that contained the realm's Jinsei or life force. It had been almost ten millennia since he had been appointed the guardian of the new realm that was created by the merging of Edenia and Earthrealm following the defeat of a corrupted Raiden. While it pained him to have a hand in Raiden's removal as the guardian of Earthrealm, but the wind god knew that it needed to be done for the safety of all realms. It had been a sad day for Earthrealm, when the god that had done so much to defend it was banished to the realm of lost souls.

Before he could reminisce anymore about the distant past, he felt a familiar energy flare up in the direction of the continent that the elemental nations resided on. Despite never meeting Hanzō during the ninja's time as a Revenant, he had become familiar with the man's personal hellfire on the few occasions that they crossed paths in-between the Netherealm war and Shinnok's second attempt at corrupting the Jinsei. So he knew that Scorpion's successor had finally appeared.

"Despite you being dead for ten millennia, I'm going to honor our agreement and help bring about the resurrection of the Shirai Ryu for a third time." Fūjin thought to himself as he got up from his meditation mat and walked over to a table that had a vial rack sitting on top of it.

resting in the rack were three vials that contained the souls of three women that been preselected by the Elder gods to take part in this hair-brain scheme. Each soul had its own color that seem to represent the color that they favored to wear in life. The soul in the vial on the far right was royal blue, the soul in the center vial was emerald green, while the soul in vial on the far left was blood red. Thanks in part to a spell that he put on the kunai that would transfer Hanzō's powers and abilities into his successor, the wind god already knew the age and appearance of Naruto Uzumaki. So he knew what age to make the new bodies for the souls of the three women.

"Hopefully, a resurrected Shirai Ryu will be enough to defend the realm from external threats." Fūjin muttered as he grabbed the three vials before leaving to the sky temple's library to turn the three women back into living beings.

Okay, a brand story for you guys to read after a long hiatus on my part. I've been very busy in trying to find a job and doing odd jobs around town, so I really haven't had any time to work on stories. But now I'm back with new ideas and ready to work on stories. Now as you can already tell, this is going to be a harem story. I have most of the girls selected and I'm debating on a few more. Here's the harem list:

Female Kyūbi (I'm just going to be using Ahri from League of legends for this one)

Jade (Personal Favorite ;)

Kitana (For story reasons)

Skarlet (Another personal favorite)

Now for women that I'm on the fence about:

Khameleon

Frost

Tasia ( She's from Mortal Kombat: Special Forces and appears in the Mortal Kombat X comics)

Sonya Blade (If I go with her, she going to look like she did in Mortal Kombat 9)

Cassie Cage

Jacqui Briggs

Now then, I want to add a Naruto girl and I'm going to let you guys decide. Here are the rules: First, It can't be Hinata, Sakura, Haku, Tayuya, Karin, or Tsunade. Second, give a reason why it should be her and don't say it's because she's hot. Finally, please keep it civil in your reviews as I don't like reporting or blocking people.

So please leave a review and until next time, Hoorah to Ashes!