a shinobi's sins

Naruto was nervous this was the day after all. The day he broke free from his home and went elsewhere, not that he'd be missed of course. He was thrown aside and forgotten by his family after the kyuubi attack 4 years ago when he was nine, resulting in the biju being sealed in his sister and him being left alone in the rush to care for and raise the new jinchuriki. Naruto couldn't actually feel any resentment towards his sister as she was only 4 and innocent of all of it but he did resent what her birth brought with it which led to him being forgotten by practically everyone he loved and cared about. He accepted it for the first year, began to feel uncomfortable in the second, he then started moving towards fear and anger in the third and now in the fourth he just cut off his side of the broken relationship and left it like that. Unbeknownst to Naruto his eyes quickly flashed black before returning to their usual electric icy blue as his anger flared and receded.

Looking up at the night sky from his perch above the Hokages faces, on the top of the mountain/cliff face , he mentally went over his plan to leave in his head. He will wait for his family to fall asleep before going into the compound and copying down and jutsu and chakra techniques that he thought might be helpful for the future. Once this was done he would then gather any possessions he wanted to take with him and head to meet with his friend and surrogate older brother Shisui Uchiha. He was one of the only people to keep talking to and associating with him after the kyuubi attack other than Itachi, who they had decided not to tell about their plans in person and instead leave a note explaining everything in case his loyalty to his village compelled him to try and make Naruto stay.

Shisui's job was to gather supplies for the start of his escape journey along with directions for people he trusted and places that could help him. Once outside the village borders he would head to iron country and isolate himself at least at first in case someone did notice or recognize him and try to send him back to the leaf mainly the toad sage with his spy network. Although who is going to look for a young Hokage's son in a land full of samurai he wasn't sure. The only thing he was uncertain about was whether or not if he did find someone he trusted was to tell them about who he was but only if he completely trusted them would he even consider it. Another thing to consider is what he will do for a living but that can wait till nearer the time. He was leaving tonight because tomorrow teams were assigned and assuming he passed he would become a genin and be under the hokages authority whereas as a civilian he can leave whenever he wants. He would also survive fine as according to shisui he was just as skilled as Itachi was at his age if not more so which was partially why he held himself back at the academy, to make people underestimate him making his life a lot easier.

standing up as the moon reached about a third of the across the sky he headed into his compund and got past the blood sels fine and began to get to work. after about 2 hours he was done as he had to make a copy of everything even the intricate seals because Minato would surely notice anything missing. Now heading towards his predesignated meeting point with Shisui carrying a small but efficient storage scroll and a bag that it was quickly stuffed in he approached his best friends/brother and saw his sad expression on the young adults normally cheerful face. After a moment Naruto spoke, "I guess this is it huh Shisui." earning himself a nod from the clearings other occupant. Shisui tossed him the bag he had and said, "Naruto look after yourself alright don't do anything stupid cause I swear to god I will find you, somehow bring you back, beat you up, fix you and then let mikoto beat you up as well!" He threatened with a bit of mirth seeing the young blond shudder in fear slightly at the mention of the punishments from the Uchiha matriarch who cared a lot for him along with most of the Uchihas funnily enough, but could show a monstrous temper when provoked.

The moment over Naruto turned to go before shisui called out. "Hey Naruto, if or when you do find a place to stay tell me where it is okay I might just get a chance to meet you on a mission or something." "Sure thing," replied the young teen as he began to head off, "you'll be the first to know where I've settled down." With everything said Naruto darted into the branches to begin his long journey and Shisui headed back to the Uchiha compound.

Naruto made relatively good progress for a young boy but still chose to stop in a towns inn to rest for the night after travelling almost all day. and quickly crashed because skilled or no he needed sleep and rest just as much as the next person.

Waking up in a simple but surprisingly comfortable bed given the standards of where he was staying he made his way to get something to eat almost immediately after waking up and regathering his stuff. A quick greasy meal later and he was on his way again, this cycle continued with him buying breakfast but hunting lunch and dinner himself. One thing Naruto was thankful for was that he was never tired in the mornings because as soon as the sun was up so was he, it was almost as if the sun gave him a boost just by being there as he never felt sleepy in mornings only energized instead. the total journey took about 3 and a half days to complete before he arrived at the border of iron country.

Looking around at the snowy landscape that had a harsh beauty but also gave off a biting chill, not that it bothered him somehow. Choosing to skip over the larger towns Naruto began to look for a place to stay before he moved into a properly populated area. He abruptly stopped however when he felt a strange ping on the edge of his senses, stopping and waiting incae he imagined it Naruto was about to keep going when he felt it again and turned to face the direction it seemed to come from and started heading that way towards the increasing presence in his senses.

After a while Naruto came to a cave about halfway up a mountain and went in to shelter from the storm that was just starting up. as Naruto went deeper into the cave the presence grew ever stronger. When Naruto reached the back of the cave he at first thought there was nothing there before he noticed a crack in the rock was big enough to go through as there was a faint wind coming from the whole implying there was more to this cave than there seemed to be on the outside as Naruto reached the other part of the cave he was greet by what appeared to be 8 graves 4 of half of them showed signs of being disturbed, one was mostly blank but the remaining 7 each had an animal symbol on them and along with this there were 3 vastly different weapons by 3 of the graves: an ornamental short sword, a long spear and a massive disproportionate axe. Deciding to rest first as it was getting later Naruto resolved to investigate his strange discovery when he awoke, not noticing the 4 graves beginning to glow and the start to head towards him as he nodded off.

Waking up Naruto felt a bit strange and cold as well. looking down he almost had a heart attack seeing himself nude but taller than he remembered and buffer as well. As he got up seeing as there wasn't much he could do about his nudity on a desolate mountain he went over to the graves looked at the weapons more closely having never seen ones like them before. A he did so he suddenly became aware of 4 tattoos that were now on his body. a fox on the left side of his waist, a dragon on his upper left arm, a bear on the outside of his left ankle and a lion with a scar over it's right eye on his back although that one he only spotted through the reflection that showed up on the gleaming weapons.

Wondering what the weapons were as he picked up the short sword he was caught off guard when it's name came into his mind, "demon sword Lostvayne." He said out loud. Examining the blade closely he saw it was a curved blade that had the same tattoo that was on his arm on its hilt and 5 holes in the blade along with 5 half-moon holes along the back edge. The blade seemed to be made of two pieces the cutting side being bright silver and the back side a dark green, as he looked to the other 2 weapons there names came to mind as well, spirit spear Chastiefol and Divine axe Rhitta. His mind full of questions about how he knew this Naruto reached out with his spare hand to the spear and almost jumped back when it lifted up and came over to him itself however it stopped when he retracted his hand. hesitantly reaching out again he saw nothing happen then asking mentally as well as reaching out he was rewarded with the spear coming to rest on his hand and when he let go it remained floating there until he mentally told it to move and move it did. Realizing the spear was controlled by his thoughts Naruto deicded to leave the axe for now and work on controlling the spear along with checking if the sword did anything as well and with his mind made up he began to work on the spear.

6 months later

Naruto was now strolling into the iron country capital with an easygoing smile on his face, he wore clothes he discovered he could make which were a simple pair of black ANBU trousers and a large T-shirt with sleeves long enough to cover the dragon mark on his arm. He had Lostvayne in a sheath on his waist and had Rhitta and Chastiefol across his back.(blonde Estarossa with different clothes) As he headed towards his destination Naruto allowed himself to inwardly smirk at his progress at unlocking all of his weapons skills and mastering their usage which was why he was now heading to request a meeting with Mifune the leader of the samurai in the land of iron to try and get a job to earn a living after being on the mountain and maybe send a letter to Shisui somehow telling him his whereabouts. As he reached a large building he was stopped by two guards. "Halt, who are you and why are you here." One of them asked. "My name is Naruto and I am here to request an audience with Mifune," he replied.

"Well your in luck Mifune is currently training with his granddaughter but will be able to see you shortly, if you come with me sir." Said one of the guards before gesturing for Naruto to follow him. "Are you not going to ask me to disarm my self, most places would?" Asked Naruto as he followed the guard who chuckled before responding, "we are samurai good sir, we believe a mans weapon is his honor so we would always let them hold into it besides not to brag but most of us here are trained or training in the lai or the quick draw style so even if one attempted to use a weapon in here they would be cut down before they even prepared and attack." Nodding at the explanation Naruto said. "I see." and with that done they continued in amicable silence until a sound of fighting could be heard, "wait here I will go and see if Lord Mifune can see you." said the guard before going ahead and through a door. Naruto waited a few minutes before the guard came and gestured for him to come where he saw an older man and young women in a rather large open space that had rather obvious signs of wear. The old man was (cannon Mifune i'm to lazy to write out a description for him), moving onto the woman Naruto saw she was a tall, slim lady who had a long hammer on her back and strangely a black orb floating beside her. She had mid-length brown hair and was wearing a simple feminine version of the standard samurai armour, Naruto ceased his examinations as the man spoke. "Greetings young man, my name is Mifune and this is my daughter Rita, what can I do for you?" "My name is Naruto and I am a traveling warrior who is looking a place to belong and before you say it I did consider heading to a shinobi village but have no desire to et caught up in their affairs and be under the rule of one of the kages after an experience with a hidden village in my past."Replied Naruto "Well I can certainly agree with wanting to stay out of ninja affairs and i have no problems with you joining the land of iron however you would have to be tested to be given an appropriate rank and status, do you have a problem with this." Shaking his head Naruto said(lol rhyme)"No I can go right now if it makes things easier, just tell me what to do."

Smiling Mifune simply said you will fight my granddaughter before heading back to give them space. "Ready," he called getting a sharp nod from his daughter and an "of course" from Naruto he said begin, ignoring the guard who was expression his surprise and concern most profusely to him. "Begin."

The two combatants shifted and faced each other sizing their opponent up, after a moment Naruto merely smiled but on the inside he was cautious, sensing an energy similar to his own and the energy coming form his weapons and was wondering if she was in possession of whatever was in the cave other than his weapons as the other 3 graves had clearly been disturbed before he got there. Rita on the other hand was rather nervous as she could feel the aura of magic the man facing her had far surpassed her own and she recognized the weapons he carried as she found her own at the same place but could not take them for whatever reason. Deciding to initiate the fight as Naruto, as he said he was called, was not moving Rita grabbed Gideon (I shrunk it)off her back and lunged towards him swinging as she flew through air.

As Rita lunged at him Naruto simply moved with speed belying his stature and duck under the blow at the last second and simultaneously slammed a fist into her exposed gut as he lifted up again, throwing her back where she regained her feet after landing with the breath blown out of her. smiling Naruto lunged at her drawing Lostvayne at the same time making her eyes widen as she threw hers self to the side in a a partially successful attempt to dodge the attack with Naruto's blade causing a long cut across her arm rather than her torso.

Bouncing back Rita swung Gideon once more and made him jump back to avoid the blow eyeing warily waiting for the next attack she suddenly noticed his spear was not on his back and turned to see it shooting towards her she dodged but was then forced to keep moving as the spear turned and began to swing at her seemingly attacking by itself. Glancing at Naruto as she continued to dodge she saw his relaxed posture and was annoyed to see he was just playing around, not taking her seriously. Swinging Gideon at the persistent weapon temporarily knocking it back she growled out, "don't underestimate medrawing her sword and sending a chakra balde at him which was dodged she then conjured up her twin bow Herrit as he landed and said "Blackout arrow!" A pair of long bows made out of fluctuating energy appeared and between them and arrow made the same way appeared and launched towards Naruto.

Seeing the Attack heading towards him as Chastiefol returned to his side Naruto drew Lostvayne again and said "Full counter!" Swinging his blade at the incoming attack a ring like a struck tuning fork rang through the air and Rita's attack reversed direction and fired back towards her drawing a gasp right before it hit and made her slump into unconsciousness. Naruto after catching Rita before she could hit the ground Naruto turned to the two spectators who looked gobsmacked at how easily he handled Rita who could rival some of Mifune's top samurai. "I think we can be both agree that you are extremely skilled and you can stay. I ask that you stay with me and my family unless you have a place to stay," seeing Naruto nod with a grateful look upon his face he continued," also Rita will be sure to want to talk to you as she doesn't like losing and will be curious about where you larnt to fight like that along with where your weapons came form because I can admit I myself am curious." Said Mifune. "I would like to acceot your offer Mifune and as for talking about myself, we'll see thee are parts of my life that I intend to keep to myself but we shall see. if that is all I will with your permission let you look after Rita and go get some lunch."

As Naruto departed the guard turned to mifune who was watching Naruto leave and heard him say, "keep an eye on him, his is incrediably powerful, what we saw now was nowhere near his full strength." Hurrying to do as ordered the guard rushed off while Mifune took Rita to be checked by his houses doctors.

As Naruto at his lunch he reflected on his first proper fight with his new abilities he could honestly say he was quite happy with himself at doing so well while revealing so little despite him knowing that Mifune probably suspected him of holding back. As he finished eating and paid for his money he got from a couple of bandits he encountered on his way here Naruto began making his way to a post office to write a letter for shisui seeing as it had been about a half a year since he had left and which still surprised him that so much and so little time had passed especially since he now had the body of an adult. Writing a letter telling shisui that he was now set up in the land iron and would be fine.

As Naruto headed back to Mifune's house as the afternoon turned to evening he was greeted by the two different guards this time but this time they stepped aside and a figure came out and spoke. "You must Naruto, please follow me Lord Mifune is waiting." After a short walk through the complex Naruto was brought into an office where Mifune sat doing some paper work. He looked up as Naruto was brought in nodding to the one who brought him allowing them to depart he then Turned to Naruto and said. "Welcome to my home young man, now I have seen what is at least some of your skills and can already tell you are extremely skilled but you want to work for me so I have come up with a contract of a sorts. You will govern yourself so to speak unless I request otherwise and can do as you wish the only thing I will request is that you help train my granddaughter and perhaps in the future accompany me if I go to an political meeting as a guard because despite meeting you today I can't help but want to trust you. Those are the terms I've decided upon and some can be ammended if you wish but if not simply sign and we have a deal."

Naruto considered his options for a few moments but realized that he only got good things out of this as training Rita wasn't such a bad thing nor was being a bodyguard as the leader of the land of iron's military and adviser to the countries ruler very rarely left the country. Having made up his mind Naruto smiled, signed the contract and said. "I don't have any problems with this deal and can only hope that this lasts well into the future." reciprocating the smile as he was handed back the contract Mifune replied. "Agreed and now with that business out of the way we can go have something to eat, my daughter told me that our chefs have made a delicious surprise dinner which i can't wait to eat." Surprised by how easygoing the aged leader was when relaxed he took a moment before chuckling and following his new boss to dinner.

A/N: This is a brand new idea that I came up with a while ago after finishing watching the new episodes of the seven deadly sins anime. I hope this is like as it is only my second story the other one is on my profile and is a Naruto pokemon crossover. This story will probably take priority although I do have the next chapter for that story in the works. Anyway all comments and advice are appreciated even flames although try not to make them to harsh even if you have a problem with this story so R&R.

P.s. naruto is going to be op and but will have a toned down version of escanor's grace cause that is way to op I mean being able to become the incinvible incarnation of power is kinda overkill, this happens in the seven deadly sins manga and I won't say more about it cause of spoilers

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