Me: Hey everybody! Welcome to my another of my stories! Hope you all were enjoying another one of my works "Thawing Heart".
Naruto: Why are you working on another one?
Me: Because I have the opposite of writer's block. Instead of not gaining any ideas, I gain too many to use
Itachi: I never heard of that before...
Me: Shut up so I can start the story! Sasuke! Say the disclaimer!
Sasuke: Or else what?
Me: (shows picture of Sasuke kissing Kabuto) This goes on the internet
Sasuke: THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!
Me: Accident or not...SAY THE DISCLAIMER!
Sasuke: GK never owned Naruto, doesn't own Naruto, and never will own Naruto
Me: That's just plain mean (sobs)
"I've done it! I've got the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki! HAHAHA The Nine-Tailed Fox is mine at last!" Pein yelled while laughing maniacally.
"Kit! Kit wake up! Come on!" yelled the Kyuubi as she thrashed around her cage. (Yes, Kyuubi is a girl here)
"It took the whole Akatsuki to finally catch you but I did it! You may have killed the others but you underestimated me! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" continued the crazed Akatsuki leader.
"Kit please wake up! You're gonna die! He'll kill you!"begged Kyuubi.
Naruto was barely conscious. He felt pain racking throughout his body. He was numb from the pain. So much that he can't even open his eyes. He felt hopeless for the first time in his life. He was truly in a dire situation for the 24 year old to feel hopeless after his horrible childhood. He didn't even feel this hopeless as he saw all of his friends die before him. As a matter of fact, he was in that position because he wanted revenge for their deaths.
"Time to extract the bijuu within the brat! The king of Hell will be close to freedom! I will rule the world HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Kit! Please wake up! Don't die yet!"
"T-Th-Thats...right...Kyuubi's still...alive. I...must save...her" Naruto stirred faintly.
"K-kit! Quick! Run away!"
Pein saw him stir slightly.
"Don't bother boy! You don't have any strength left to fight back!" he hissed.
Naruto did not hear him as he used the last of his willpower to enter his mindscape. He looked completely fucked as he appeared. His hair had bits of ash in it, his clothes were torn so much it was barely recognizable, and his usually cheery face was covered in his own blood as it dripped off his chin. He slowly limped tot he cage containing his only friend left.
"Kit! What are you doing?!?"
"Please...Kyuubi. Let me...at least...die...knowing that...I saved...one of...my friends..."
"What! No! You will die even sooner!"
"Don't stop...me...Kyuubi. I...can't...die in...peace...knowing you...are going...to die with...me"
Using the last once of strength he had, he moved his right arm up and grabbed the slip of paper holding the greater demon back. With a simple tug, he pulled it off and slowly drifted into unconsciousness. Back outside the mindscape Pein looked positively insane.
"Here we go! I'll have the last bijuu in a matter...of...IMPOSSIBLE!" yelled Pein as he looked at Naruto.
Naruto's shirt ripped off revealing his glowing seal. The seal grew bright red as it started to grow cracks around the edges. Quickly, the cracks melded into one as the seal glowed a bright white. The seal shattered and within moments, red chakra swirled around the blonde. The chakra then solidified and manifested into a large fox-like shape. Pein stared in horror and fear. The killing intent coming off the manifestation froze him to the spot. Finally, there stood Kyuubi, in all her 9 tailed glory. Before Pein knew what had happened, Kyuubi swiped a claw at him, slicing his upper body clean in half. His legs fell to the ground motionless and the upper half started to literally melt from the heat. Blood flew everywhere as the body finally caught fire and they limbs all ended up charred bones. He uttered his last fading words.
"My...dream...shat...tered" came the last words of the upper half.
Kyuubi looked at the dead body before turning back to her former jailer. She reverted into her human form as she stared at him. She looked about his age with a large red and black robe. Her wild red hair reached down her black and her eyes were slitted and crimson red. Near her rear were 9 swaying tails, each red-orange in color with white tips. She knelt down before he fallen comrade as tears well up in her eyes.
"Why? Why did you save me?"
Kyuubi reached down to wipe some blood off of Naruto's face. As she touched his face she felt it. A heartbeat sent off a small charge. She looked shocked but quickly analyzed him. He was still breathing albeit barely.
"He's still alive! I gotta save him before he dies! What to do? What to do?...I got it! It will take all the power I have but..."
Kyuubi stood up and gathered every ounce of chakra she had in her system. Since she had literally unlimited chakra, it was alot. As she formed the chakra into her hand, the very space around it started to distort and bend. Such power in one place could rip a hole in the very fabric of time. She did just that.
"Kami Jutsu: Jikanhanten! (God Technique: Time Reversal)" yelled Kyuubi as a hole appeared int he very air.
Kyuubi quickly grabbed Naruto's body and jumped into the vortex as the world around it started to distort.
"Flashback/Dream no Jutsu!"
Naruto ran to the destroyed hospital. He zoomed through as he passed doorway after doorway. He stopped at one room and opened it. Sakura was on a bed with three swords protruding out of her back while her blood piled on the floor. Her eyes where dull as blood seeped through her teeth. Looking to his left Naruto spotted Hinata, her eyes equally dull as hundreds of shuriken and kunai were lodged in her back. Her blood noisily dripping in the puddle below her. Naruto nearly puked at the sight. Naruto ran out of the room to another door which was knocked off it's hinges. Naruto looked inside and saw his foster mother. Tsunade had blood spilling out of her neck as her head was on the floor 10 feet away from her body. To her right was Ino, eyes glazed over possibly due to the fact that half her head was missing. She apparently had a bomb in her face. Naruto did puke this time...
(Fast Foward)
The academy! I was also destroyed in the attack! He rushed to the old school, running down the hallways until he reached a familiar classroom. He walked in to find Iruka, sliced clean in half in a horizontal manner. His lower half was oozing his life fluids as his intestines spilled out. His upper half was in worse shape. His face was contorted in a look of fear. Naruto looked to the other side of the classroom to see a dead genius. Shikamaru was dead on the ground, half his body was missing as though something ate it. His face saw contorted in more of a look of pain instead of fear. Naruto ran out and opened the room next door. Inside was Kiba, also looking like something ate him. He had a large chunk missing out of his side as his guts were spilling out with the crimson fluid. Naruto spotted Shino who looked completely unharmed. Naruto picked up his body to inspect it but turned away a second later. Shino's insides were completely destroyed. They appeared to have blow up without damaging the skin.
(Fast Foward)
Naruto was pissed. They attacked again...while everyone was attending a funeral! Don't they have any shame. Naruto looked sadly at his last companions. He picked up Lee's body and placed it nearby Neji's and Tenten's. Gaara was covered in his own sand while his siblings looked mutilated. Naruto turned away, ready to bury them when an explosive note hidden within the bodies detonated. He resounded blast and shockwave tore apart the bodies and made it rain blood around Naruto. Naruto moved to the left as Sasuke's arm fell where he was originally standing. He felt his own tears as he fell to his knees in despair.
"AHHHHHHHH!" screamed Naruto as he was awoken from a nightmare.
Naruto tried to clear his head from the memories as he looked around. He was back in his run-down apartment. This confused him completely. Wasn't he dieing a minute ago? His instincts told him to go to the bathroom. He walked into the small room and looked in the mirror. What he saw shocked and amazed him. Uzumaki Kamikaze Naruto, age 24, Rokudaime Hokage, foster son of the Godaime, biological son of the Yondaime, most powerful Hokage ever...was 12 again?
"WHAAAAA!" yelled Naruto once again as he gaped at the mirror.
"Kit? Kit! You're awake again!" said Kyuubi happily from inside her cage.
"What's going on?!? Why am I not dead!?! Why are you still in the cage?!? Why am I 12 again?!?" Naruto mentally yelled.
"I saved you of course"
"Why? I never did anything great for you"
"You tried to save me even when you were dying. I couldn't let you die"
"Oh...How did you do it?"
"I used every ounce of power I had in my possession to send us back in time. You now have a new chance at life"
"Wow, unlimited chakra in one place must be powerful. Won't you be unhappy living in that sewer I call my mind?"
"I can endure it. As for the whole "sewer" thing, you know you can change it right? I mean it is part of your own mind"
"Hmm...I never thought about that. Hold on a minute"
With that said, Naruto sat on his toilet (Seat down of course), and entered his meditative state. In seconds he entered his mindscape. He saw the all too familiar sewer lines and the annoying dripping. He looked up to see a huge cage with a seal in the middle with a slip of paper labeled "Seal" on it. He looked into the bars to see Kyuubi in her human form. The only difference is that she now was Naruto's age of 12 but she still had the robes and tails. Her voice even sounded childish.
"Hey Kyuubi. How are you?" Naruto waved at her.
(When in the mindscape, Kyuubi will be talking normal) "I'm just fine Naruto. You gonna change this dump?" Kyuubi replied waving back.
"Yea. Is there anything I can't change?" asked the blonde as he pondered.
"Umm...the only restrictions in all of this is that the seal must be there, although you can change it's shape, and those pipes, which can also change shape" explained the vixen as she pointed them out.
"Why the pipes?"
"They represent your chakra coils. They don't have to be pipes but you can conseal them or make them look like something else except it needs to run around your mind"
"Hmmm..."
Naruto thought of what to change the area into for a moment. He finally had an idea. Suddenly the room transformed from a dark,dank sewer to something that resembled a 5 star hotel luxury suite. There was a large king sized bed with red covers and the pillows were orange with a fox's head on each of them. There was a carpet that was also red and furry which showed a full body fox. There was a small black mini fridge with a bunch of snacks and drinks (ALL HAIL THE MINI FRIDGE!). Over to the other side of the room was a large comfortable looking couch which could seat at least five people and another smaller couch that could seat a couple. There was a small glass table in front of the couches and a little away from there, there was a cabinet with a large flat screen T.V hanging above said cabinet. Back to Naruto and Kyuubi, behind them was a patio with two fold up chairs with a table and umbrella stand in between them. There was also a grill and many types of flowers ranging from daisies, to lilies, to roses, and more. The view was of an ocean which could be heard. The waves were seen crashing next to the shore. Back inside, there was another door which led to a luxurious bathroom. The walls were completely marble white with gold stripes along the top and bottom edges. The bathtub looked perfect for a full body bubble bath and looked as though it could hold two people (Hehehe...Note to self, use that later). The cabinets inside held a bunch of shampoos and perfumes. There was a grand mirror that stood erected into the wall. There was a small towel rack with two towels. One was blue and read "Hers" and the other was red and read "His". Even the toilet looked fancy since it was made of marble also. Naruto had also changed the seal. Instead of a small sheet of paper, he made it into a marble statue of himself in a "Nice Guy Pose". At this Kyuubi scoffed. She spoke in Naruto's ear. He blushed for a few seconds and she just winked. A second later the statue transformed. This time it showed Kyuubi in Naruto's arms giving him a kiss on the cheek and he had his arm around Kyuubi's waist. He was smiling with a blush on his cheeks. All in all, Kyuubi's pad looked FUCKING SWEET!
"Is that better Kyuubi?" asked Naruto as he was still blushing about the statue.
"Yep! This place looks amazing" yelled Kyuubi as she anime dived into the bed.
She gave out a content sigh as she felt the feather light mattress. She got up and rushed to the patio as Naruto watched amused.
"Wow, I can even feel the heat from the fake sun. Looks like I can even tan in here"
"Glad you like it so much"
"Well thanks for this. If you excuse me I'm going to take a bath then sleep for about...a month"
"A MONTH!?!"
"Well I just used every bit of power I had so yep"
"Wait, before I go I have a few questions"
"Ok what?"
"Well, what time period is this? I mean I am twelve so I could be anywhere"
"Umm...I'm pretty sure this is the day you paint those faces on that mountain"
"Do I still have to act like a dobe?"
"I think you should"
"Darn...how about my jutsu and everything? Do I still have them?"
"Since they require knowledge about them yes. Since you still remember everything from before you should still have your perfect chakra control, your jutsu arsenal, and you knowledge of almost anything. Unfortunately this body of your had only 5 percent of your 24 year old body and the strength is almost 3 percent"
"HOLY CRAP! I'm that weak! Man, fusing with you all those years...ago or soon to happen...really boosted my power"
"Well the chakra came from my power. The whole super inhuman strength was all you. I don't even have the strength in my human form to move the Hokage Mountain like you did that one time"
"Oh yea...that was funny. I did it to piss off the council after they told me they might ban ramen"
"Alright now goodnight"
"Good night"
Naruto was about to leave but Kyuubi caught his hand and kissed him on the cheek. Before he could react she kicked him out of his mind and blocked the doorway.
"What the fuck?" said Naruto as he got off the toilet.
He shrugged off the shock and proceeded to brush his teeth. He then ran back to his room to change into something. He opened his closet to find numerous, hideous, orange jumpsuits.
"Dammit. I forgot that those damn villagers still won't let me shop for normal clothes. I swear they were trying to get me killed. I'm surprised they didn't just give me something even uglier that spelled out "HERE I AM! PLEASE KILL ME!" in bright bold letters"
Naruto sighed as he dug through his closet to see if he had anything else. He started feeling depressed when he kept finding nothing. Right before he gave up he noticed a small box in the corner. He opened it to find a different set of outfits. On the box's top, there was a note. He read it aloud to himself.
"Dear Naruto, Here are a set of new clothes for you to wear since those orange jumpsuits look hideous. I'll have to try to find a way tot stop those store clerks from doing that. Signed, The Sandaime Hokage" Naruto smiled as he read it.
Naruto took out the clothes in the box and tried them on. He put on a crimson T-shirt that was a little too small and clung to him. It showed off his nice build which was usually hidden behind the puffy jacket. He put on the pants which were black cargo type pants that hand holsters on the sides for shurikens and kunai. He found a pair of black boots which looked alot like the ones he will wear in three years except smaller. He found some black fingerless gloves that looked like Kakashi's except that the both went up his arm slightly making it reach half way to his elbows. He decided not to wear the goggles he wore before and noticed a can of paint on the floor. He smirked. He still secretly loved pranks and over the years, his pranks started turning sadistic like Anko's. He smirked again as he picked up the paint and the brush on top.
"Hey! Get back here brat!" yelled a Chuunin as he ran after what looked like a red and yellow blur.
"Hahaha! That prank never gets old!" laughed Naruto as he...glided...down the streets.
Naruto in his later years invented a wind jutsu that let him glide inches off the ground which with a little more wind can propel him foward without worrying about the friction on the ground and the air friction that he would have met is negated with his wind manipulation. Naruto never finished this jutsu unfortunately because he gave it up after swearing revenge. He still used the incomplete form to move faster then Lee without his weights and with 2 gates open. The complete form of the jutsu would have let him actually fly through the air on wind currents. Naruto was speeding down the street using the technique. He swerved around people, spun around corners, and blew up many dresses along the way. As he rounded another corner he was caught by a hand on his collar. The sudden stop unfortunately caused many problems. The wind under his shoes blew out of control without it's master and kicked up a mini hurricane down the street. The person holding him gaped at this.
"Naruto? What the hell was that?" asked a chuunin with a scar along his nose and his hair tied up much like a certain lazy genius (I'll give you three guesses who that is).
Naruto looked up to see his former teacher. He didn't change at all as he still wore the chuunin vest and the same Konoha shinobi attire of light green. Naruto's mind suddenly went blank. Images of his dead and bleeding body flashed through his mind. He was having a small mental breakdown. He yelled as he slapped Iruka's hand away. Iruka looked shocked and concerned as the blonde knocked him away and back u against a wall. He could see fear, sadness, grief, and overall regret in his eyes. This concerned him great because usually he showed a false bravado. Iruka was one of the few people who had ever seen through Naruto's facade in life. He always worried over the boy but this was new to him.
"Naruto, is something wrong?" asked the teacher, his voice showing signs of concern.
"I-Iruka-sen-sensei! I-is that y-you?" said Naruto his voice slightly high pitched. "No more ghosts from the past, no more ghosts from the past, nor more hosts from the past"
"O-of course it's me. Who did you think I was?" continued Iruka as he watched the boy visibly stop shaking.
"Dear Kami...thank you. He's alive! He's fucking alive! HAHAHA!" thought Naruto.
"Naruto?"
"Oh sorry Iruka-sensei" Naruto answered, his voice back to normal.
"What was that about" asked the chuunin as he saw Naruto's eyes return to their slightly dull expression.
"Oh! I saw a horror movie last night and it freaked me out. Last night I had a nightmare that you died and it seemed to real that I..." lied Naruto.
"Alright alright, I get it" chuckled the chuunin "I think we should head to class now"
Iruka couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with Naruto so he just filed it away in his mind for later. Naruto on the other hand was looking relieved that he bought the story. They both made their way back to the Academy silently. When they got to the classroom Iruka opened the door to see the class. There weren't many yet so that meant Naruto must have been a little early. He walked into the room. A few people stared at him. It took a couple seconds to figure out it was him from the lack of orange. Hinata was blushing madly at seeing Naruto. She thought he looked very nice in that shirt. Naruto sat down in the seat right next to Sasuke who looked at him for a couple seconds before silently admitting that Naruto's appearance did in fact change and that it was not an imposter and turning his head away. Shikamaru, who had been napping until Iruka came in put his head back down after staring at Naruto. Chouji just ate his chips as usual and Shino...was Shino. Naruto ignored everything as more people filed in. Suddenly he started counting down out loud causing many people to stare at him like he was stupid.
"5...4...3...2...1...here they come" said Naruto as the door crashed open.
Ino and Sakura ran into the room in their usual daily argument as to who got there first. They continued arguing and ignored everything around them. The people who had been watching Naruto as he started his countdown started snickering. Naruto started counting down again.
"5...4...3...2...1..." Naruto counted as he covered his ears from the sound blast he was about to hear and closed his eyes.
"NARUTO! HOW DARE YOU SIT NEXT TO SASUKE-KUN!?!" yelled Ino, Sakura, and the "Sasuke-kun is so cool" fanclub.
At this everyone started laughing except Sasuke who was actually chuckling slightly. Naruto cringed slightly from the glares. Sasuke decided to do him a favor for the entertainment.
"Hush up. I think the dobe can sit here for at least today" said Sasuke coolly.
The fanclub and it's leaders shattered and turned to dust and blew away witht he wind before reforming again with chibi tears. Naruto looked over at the boy questioningly.
"You just saved me from a whole day of...that" said Sasuke as he pointed at the fanclub.
Naruto smiled as Iruka stepped up in front of the class. Immediately everyone shut up.
"Alright class. Today I want you to perform the Henge no Jutsu (If you don't know what that jutsu is by now then stop reading. For those of you who still want to read anyway its the Tranformation Jutsu). I will call you all up to Henge into a perfect copy of myself. First up is Akimichi Chouji..."
Everyone took their turns until finally...
"Uzumaki Naruto!" called Iruka.
As Naruto walked up to the front, many people started to snicker at him. He got angry for a moment before mentally slapping on the facade he usually wore and smiled with his eyes closed so as to show it was completely lifeless. Iruka did not notice this but he did notice the evil glint in Naruto's eyes as he prepared for his jutsu.
"Hehehe, fine then. If they want a show, I'll give them a show. Try on my Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy Jutsu) for size" thought Naruto mischievously.
Naruto was too busy thinking as he accidentally started using one-handed seals. Only Iruka, Sakura, and Sasuke noticed fortunately. In a puff of smoke, Naruto reappeared as a nude girl with long pigtails. Every single guy, save Sasuke, all fainted from blood loss, except Sasuke who was able to suppress it and get a small nosebleed. The girls didn't even bother to kick Naruto's ass this time because they were too busy staring at Sasuke, who in their words, "Is a shining example of how men should act". Naruto returned to normal and started laughing.
"HAHAHA! I didn't know Iruka-sensei was a pervert!" laughed Naruto.
"THAT ISN'T FUNNY NARUTO! YOU ARE GOING TO CLEAN THE MONUMENT FOR THIS!" yelled Iruka, his head 10 times larger.
Everyone laughed at his expense except for Sasuke and Sakura.
"Did Naruto just do a perfect henge? Sure it was completely perverted but doing the opposite sex is supposed to be hard" thought Sakura.
"Naruto just did one-handed seals. The dobe shouldn't be able to do that" thought Sasuke.
"I think Naruto is hiding something" they both thought at once.
Sasuke noticed Sakura staring at Naruto, obviously deep in thought. He walked over to her and poked her shoulder as she looked at him confused slightly.
"Hey Sakura, did you notice the dobe doing perfect one-handed seals?" whispered Sasuke.
"I noticed it too. Not only that but he did a perfect Henge. We haven't seen him do one before. Besides, that Henge was a girl which is harder for guys to do" said Sakura.
"I know, you think he's only pretending to be dumb?" asked Sasuke.
"Are you concerned?" asked Sakura suspiciously.
"N-no! I just wondered if he might have a good training program or something" said Sasuke.
"Should we spy on him or something?" asked Sakura.
"...Maybe. Alright, I'll meet you after school" said Sasuke.
"Did Naruto just get me an almost date with Sasuke-kun? Hmmm... oh well. I got a date!" "I'll see you there" said Sakura.
Later that day, right before the bell rung, Iruka told the class that the Genin Exams were happening tomorrow. The bell rung right as he finished and he grabbed Naruto to get him to clean the monument. Sasuke and Sakura met in the school yard. Naruto and Iruka left to the mountain as Sasuke and Sakura followed. Then waited until Naruto and Iruka were done. Meanwhile Naruto was busy cleaning the monument.
"(Sigh) I forgot to use water-based paint to clean these easily" mumbled Naruto.
"You shouldn't have used any paint on the monuments. Why would you do that?"
"To get back at the villagers" grumbled Naruto.
Iruka looked saddened by this as an Uchiha and a Haruno were listening intently.
"Naruto...it's not your fault" said Iruka sadly.
"Well they are the ones that still hate me. But one day, I'll show them all!" yelled Naruto as he scrubbed angrily.
Iruka only sighed while Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other. They both shrugged and listen a little more.
"I know Naruto. You're gonna be Hokage and then everyone will recognize you" said Iruka.
"Not just that Iruka-sensei. I will also make sure the lives of all my friends are happy as well" smiled Naruto, calming down considerably.
"Really? You never mentioned that part before"
"Well...I thought about it. I can't hate the whole village. Just the ones that hate me" answered Naruto.
"Riiight. Well anyway Naruto, finish cleaning and I'll treat you to some ramen"
"Alright!" "I forgot that I only got ramen because of this paint" thought Naruto.
He finished up and left with Iruka. Sasuke and Sakura followed. They watched and listened as Naruto and Iruka talked about becoming a Genin and stuff. Naruto then left to head home. He walked as Sasuke and Sakura followed. As they followed, they noticed something strange. The civilians around him all stared at him like he was dirt or something lower. They glared at him and even whispered some stuff.
"Look at that demon. Who let him get new clothes?" asked some random villager.
"I don't know. Damn demon lovers" whispered another man.
Sasuke and Sakura had heard and were completely stupefied. They watched to see Naruto's reaction. Naruto stopped for a second and looked slightly sad but continued walking. The two looked at him as his shoulders looked a little haunched. Suddenly a drunk person ran up to Naruto.
"Hey! Demon Spawn! Get your ass over here! I'll teach you a lesson or two!" the man slurred.
He ran at Naruto and slammed a fist into Naruto's face. Naruto didn't even defend from the blow. Sasuke and Sakura gasped as they saw it. Before they could stop it a whole mob appeared. They suddenly remembered that if an Academy student attacked any civilians that are not either drunk or dangerous, they can't fight back. They watched in silent horror as they saw Naruto get the crap beat out of him. They looked relieved as an Anbu showed up. That didn't last long as he kicked Naruto in the gut while laughing. Eventually the crowd dispersed and left Naruto in the street. The two were about to go down and help but before they could, none other then the Hokage himself ran up to the boy. He picked up Naruto and ran off to Naruto's apartment. Sasuke and Sakura followed silently as they watched the Hokage enter his shitty apartment. Through the window they saw him place Naruto in the bed and leave silently crying. Sasuke and Sakura felt concerned and ran into his apartment. They went into his room to see the damage. Naruto had 2 black eyes, a bunch on bruises on his cheeks and arms, his clothes were ripped, his lip was bleeding, his had gashed from what looked like knife wounds, and his leg looked bent in a wrong place. They nearly puked. They were about to leave but suddenly Naruto called to them.
"I know you saw that..." said Naruto softly.
"N-Naruto! You're ok!" said Sakura, amazed he can even talk.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan. I've had worse" smiled Naruto, showing he had a couple teeth missing.
"Worse? They did that before?" asked Sasuke, trying to sound uncaring but failing quite miserably.
"Yea...I know you two had been following me" said Naruto.
"..."
"Don't worry. I can't help it if you were curious. As a matter of fact, I really wanted to tell you why they did it"
"Why?" asked Sakura.
"...I can't tell you"
"What? Why!?!" yelled Sasuke, losing his cool.
"It's one of Konoha's secrets. An SS-rank secret. I am not sure if you are ready" said Naruto sadly.
"We are! We can't not know what the hell they just did!" cried Sakura, thoroughly feeling horrible at seeing that.
"...Alright. Seeing as any minute now I might faint from the pain, I'll tell you one thing. Tomorrow is the Genin exam, I'm gonna fail. After that watch me and never try to stop me from doing anything. Just watch and listen" said Naruto.
"Alright...are you gonna be ok? I mean, a leg doesn't usually bend in that direction. And I don't think your your hand is supposed to be able to go back that far..." asked Sasuke as he watched Naruto's leg twitch.
"Yea...now if you excuse me" Naruto fainted.
"...I think we should go now Sakura" said Sasuke as he grabbed Sakura's shoulder.
Sakura walked away shakily as they both headed home, thoughts filled by the blonde enigma known as Naruto. Why is he hated? What did he do? They pondered that for most of the night. Unknown to them, their perception about him started to change from light annoyance to heavy guilt. They waited until tomorrow to see things unfold.
Naruto woke up that morning completely healed. His arm wasn't bent and neither was his leg. His eyes weren't black, his teeth were back, and all the cuts were gone.
"Shit. I better prepare myself for one long day" thought Naruto.
He went tot he bathroom and came back to put on a second set of clothes from the old man. He silently thanked the Sandaime for getting him three sets as he ate breakfast and rushed out the door. He noticed that the sun was kind of high indicating he might be a little late so he sped up using the jutsu he know calls Kaze Touza (Air Current) since he is literally riding on the wind. He shoots off towards the Academy in record time.
"Naruto, you're just in time" smiled Iruka.
"Yep!" smiled Naruto.
"Alright class, since everyone is here let us start the exams" said Iruka.
"Hours later"
"I'm sorry Naruto, you failed again" said Iruka with a sigh.
"Aww man!" said Naruto as he ran out, faking some tears.
Mizuki in the corner just smirked. Little did he know his whole world was gonna go down the gutter. He left the room to "comfort" Naruto. Naruto meanwhile was sitting on the swings, pretending to be depressed. Up in the tree was Sasuke and Sakura who were obediently following him around. After the rest of the children left, Mizuki walked out into the open, ready to scam Naruto.
"Hello Naruto" said Mizuki, trying to look sad.
"Hello Mizuki-sensei" acted Naruto as he made the perfect depressed voice.
"I heard you failed again"
"Uhh"
"Well I felt a little bad. I think the school is just trying to hold you back. Tell you what, did you know there was a 2nd test to make Genin?" asked Mizuki, grinning broadly on the inside.
Sasuke and Sakura watched silently. Both of them had the same thoughts on their minds.
"There isn't any other test as far as I know about" were their thoughts as Mizuki kept talking.
"There is?" asked Naruto, faking happiness.
"Why yes! It's pretty hard but I think you can do it" smiled Mizuki.
"What!? What?!" Naruto practically jumped up and down...as a matter of fact he did just for the effects.
"Calm down boy. The test is that you must steal the Forbidden Scroll in the Hokage's office and learn one jutsu from it. Do it tonight and meet me at this location" said Mizuki showing him a map to some clearing in the woods.
"Thanks Mizuki-sensei!" yelled Naruto as he ran off.
"Hahaha, stupid kid doesn't know what hit him" laughed Mizuki as he walked off.
"That Night"
Naruto was standing in the clearing reading the Forbidden Scroll. He was not reading to train of course. In the future he not only learned every jutsu in it but found out the scroll belongs to him by birthright. He was just reading it for the effect. Sasuke and Sakura were watching from the trees. They waited, and waited...and waited.
"Damn, what's taking him so long!?!" yelled Naruto, looking up in the trees.
"Naruto! What do you think you're doing!" yelled Iruka as he appeared from the woods.
"I-Iruka-sensei!" yelled Naruto.
"Why did you steal the Forbidden Scroll!?! You could get executed for that!"
"B-but Mizuki-sensei told me I could graduate if I learned a jutsu from this scroll..." said Naruto, waiting for what happens next.
"M-Mizuki?" gaped Iruka.
Suddenly Iruka heard them. The whistling of Kunai and Shuriken in the air. He pushed Naruto out of the way and a load of the small weapons slashed through him.
"Hahaha, I'm surprised you found him Iruka" said Mizuki as he appeared in a tree branch not too far from Sasuke and Sakura.
"M-Mizuki-sensei? What's going on!" yelled Naruto, his acting flawless.
Sasuke and Sakura listened intently, keeping their promise not to be shown unless he says so. Of course they almost broke the promise seeing as Iruka just got attacked.
"Hahaha, you want the truth? I'll tell you the whole truth. Everything about why people hate you so much. People like Iruka!" Mizuki practically spat at him.
"Mizuki! No! You know it's forbidden!" yelled Iruka.
"A law was passed 12 years ago stating that we cannot tell him or anyone of the younger generation" started Mizuki, ignoring Iruka.
"I'm warning you Mizuki!" yelled Iruka.
Naruto was acting frightened while Sasuke and Sakura suddenly stiffened. They now knew why Naruto told them to follow if they wanted to find out. He knew this would happen. They silently watched and listened.
"12 years ago, on October 10th, a great beast attacked Konoha. That beast was the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the nine-tailed Fox! The beast was so powerful that it nearly single-handedly wiped out Konoha. After many hours of fighting, we nearly lost had it not been for the greatest of the Hokages. The Yondaime himself. As you know peple have said that the Yondaime killed the beast. Well that is a lie! He couldn't kill something immortal so he sealed the Kyuubi inside a newborn child. Do you know who that is?" Mizuki asked.
Sasuke and Sakura gasped. Everything fell into place. The heated glares, the whispers, the threats, and even the beatings. They knew why Naruto had been alone for so long. Sasuke understood why Naruto knew so much about loneliness and Sakura now noticed the facade Naruto wore his whole life. Naruto suddenly laughed. It was not his usual cheery fake one. No, it was cold, ruthless, almost bloodthirsty. His very voice sent chills down everyone's spines.
"HAHAHAHA! Mizuki you fool. I already know all about that. I know why people have hated me. It's quite hard not to. There were so many signs. The comments about "demon", my own birthday was October 10th, even the whiskers on my cheeks. Everything was known" laughed Naruto.
"S-so you knew huh? You knew you were...THE DEMON FOX!" yelled Mizuki, clearly shaken about the news so he threw a Fuma Shuriken at Naruto.
Iruka stopped caring about the fact that Naruto knew and jumped, trying to block the weapon. He closed his eyes expecting pain but it never came. He opened his eyes to see Naruto standing over him, the shuriken caught in his gloved hand. His eyes look absolutely horrifying. Naruto spoke in a voice that promised pain.
"No one attacks the people precious to me" said Naruto calmly as he sent a huge wave of killing intent at Mizuki who froze.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at the whole scene in shock. Suddenly Naruto looked in their direction.
"Sasuke. Sakura. Get behind Iruka now!" yelled Naruto.
Iruka looked shocked at finding out there had been other witnesses, much less young ones. Sasuke and Sakura did not hesitate as they jumped from the foliage and stood near their teacher.
"You heard right?" Naruto looked at them.
They nodded.
"Tell me what you think later. I have a traitor to take care of" said Naruto as he turned back to the now unfrozen teacher.
"You think you can defeat me Demon Spawn? Ha! You can't even make a bunshin much less beat me!" yelled Mizuki as he prepared another Fuma Shuriken.
"Hahaha, you don't even know. I HAVE BEEN HOLDING BACK FOR YEARS!" yelled Naruto as he let his chakra flare.
Mizuki looked horrified as he saw visible, blue, raw chakra. They covered him in wisps looking like confetti at a New Years Party.
"I'm not even using demon chakra! Now prepare for pain! Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu)!" yelled Naruto.
In front of everyone's eyes, there poofed over 1000 shadow clones. Naruto's perfect chakra control helped alot in this. Sasuke, Sakura, Iruka, and Mizuki were mind boggled. The three behind Naruto almost felt pity for Mizuki knowing he was on the wrong end of the clones. Almost being the most important word. Mizuki was so afraid that he was in a "So scared that my shit won't even come out" look. The clones all jumped from their positions, attacked him, and beat the shit out of him. They heard Mizuki's screams pierce the night as he was getting pummeled in almost sadistic ways. After the fighting died down, the clones all disappeared and Naruto turned towards his comrades.
"So...You all ok?" asked Naruto.
"Y-yea..." answered Iruka.
"You heard about the fox right?" asked Naruto towards the other two.
"Yes..." they both replied.
"And?" continued Naruto.
"We don't care. You don't deserve that kind of treatment. You are constantly saving their lives by holding that creature within you" said Sasuke.
"Yea! Besides, we both know that you are one of the nicest people we have ever met" said Sakura.
"Thanks you two. You have no idea what this means to me" smiled Naruto.
Iruka smiled happily at seeing Naruto make new friends. He chuckled as he took off his hitai-ate.
"Naruto...I think you deserve this" said Iruka, handing him the headband.
"Thank you Iruka-sensei" said Naruto as he tied it to his head.
Everyone started laughing as the tension was relived from that one act.
"Now if you three don't mind..." Naruto fainted from exhaustion.
"Heh, he must have had a tiring day" smiled Iruka.
"Yea...Well, who's gonna bring him to his home?" asked Sasuke.
"I'll do it. You two should get back home. You guys have to meet your Jounin sensei's and get a team tomorrow" said Iruka.
"Alright, see you Iruka-sensei. Tell Naruto-kun that me and Sasuke-kun will stick with him no matter what" smiled Sakura.
Sasuke just nodded. Iruka smiled, truly glad that people his own age finally accepted him. Tomorrow was going to be quite a day. Iruka picked up Naruto as he prepared to leave. Anbu stopped him before he could go.
"Iruka. What happened here?" asked the man with a duck mask.
"Mizuki is a traitor. He tried to trick Naruto here into helping him get the scroll before he tried to run away. Naruto here subdued him as I was injured" reported Iruka.
"The demon br-ACK!" said "Duck" as he was hit with a fist in this mask.
"Don't you dare call him a demon! He tried to save all of you!" yelled Iruka.
"Why you! How dare you hit me! The demon br-ACK!" said Duck once more as another Anbu hit him full on the face once more.
"You baka! What do you think you're doing! He saved the village!" yelled a woman who had purple hair and a trenchcoat.
"Oh Anko-san! Thank you" said Iruka.
"No problem. I couldn't let him get treated like that. So it's true that he saved us?" asked Anko.
"Yea, he did" smiled Iruka as he looked at him.
"That demon br-ACK!" started "Duck" again but was hit full in the face a third time by a certain man in with a mask over his bottom half of his face and his left eye was covered.
"Ahh Kakashi! Thank you for that" said Iruka.
"No problem Iruka. Hello Anko" said Kakashi.
"Hello. You're on time thing time heh" said Anko.
"Grr! He must have you brain washed! That damn demon br-ACK!" yelled "Duck" as he was once more smashed in the face, his mask seriously cracked now.
"This is turning into quite the party isn't it?" said a Black haired woman with red eyes and a strange dress.
"Ahh, Kurenai! Good to see you" said Kakashi and Iruka.
"Kure-chan!" yelled Anko as she glomped the genjutsu mistress and rubbed her face against her...accessories.
"Haha, hello Anko" smiled Kurenai as Kakashi started giggling perversely.
"Dammit! Stop hitting me! All I did was say demon br-ACK!" yelled "Duck" as his face met a fist.
"YOSH! THAT CHILD'S FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLY!" yelled a man with bowlcut hair, dead caterpillars for eyes brows, and a suit that made Naruto's orange jumpsuit look like formal attire.
"Hello Gai" chorused everyone, all sweatdropping at him.
"YOSH! KAKASHI! MY RIVAL! HOW ARE YOU!" yelled Gai.
"Hai, hai. I'm fine Gai" sighed Kakashi.
"Fuck it! That damn demon br-ACK!" started "Duck" once more as another fist found it's was towards his face.
"Ok, how many times did that make?" asked a man with a cigar in his mouth.
"Ahh Asuma! I think that was the 6th time" answered Iruka.
"Ok this group is seriously getting big" said Anko.
"Yea" said Kakashi.
"OUR YOUTH BURNS BRIGHTLY!" yelled Gai as everyone continued to sweatdrop.
"Ha! That's everyone! Now I can say Demon br-ACK!" started "Duck" but this time he was hid hard enough to completely shatter his mask.
"I see everyone found Naruto" said a old man in his 60s smoking a pipe.
"Hokage-sama!" said everyone.
"Yea, it's me. Now, who's gonna get Mizuki?" asked the Sandaime.
"I'll get him!" said Anko as she prepared to leave.
"Damn Demon br-ACK!" yelled "Duck" as he was finally hit into unconsciousness by all 8 people.
Anko left to get Mizuki as Iruka handed Naruto to the Hokage. He then explained what had happened after Anko came back with Mizuki, tied by snakes.
"Hmm...Thank you Iruka. You are all dismissed. I need to bring Naruto home and some of you have a job tomorrow" said "The Professor".
"Hai" they all cried as they leaped away.
"Hahaha...Naruto, you just don't cease to amaze me" he said as he also headed out.
"Duck" woke up to find out that everyone left him.
"Finally, damn demon br-ACK!" yelled "Duck" as the branch he was on brke and he fell to the ground on his head.
"AUGH! I give up!"
Oh hey! Omake! Gaara meets Zabuza
"This runt is the Kazekage?" yelled a familiar missing rain nin.
"Who are you calling a runt Frankenstein?" said a certain red head.
"Frankenstein? You're one to talk you emo raccoon!" glared Zabuza.
"Raccoon!?! Oh hell naw! Shut the fuck up you gay swordsman!" yelled Gaara.
"Gay!?! I'm not gay!" yelled Zabuza.
"Right. You and Haku are so gay" said Gaara calmly.
"What about you and Naruto huh?" smirked Zabuza.
"What!?! He's only a friend! You're not one to talk anyway you eyebrow-less freak!" yelled Gaara, lightning shooting between them.
"EYEBROW-LESS!?! You can't talk either! You don't have eyebrows like me!" yelled Zabuza.
"Good point. What happened to yours?" asked Gaara.
"I think some guy wear green spandex and a bowlcut stole them. He kept saying something about "Youth"..." said Zabuza.
"Funny, I swear that happened to me" said Gaara.
(Somewhere in Konoha)
"AH-CHOO!" sneezed Lee and Gai.
"OMG! YOUR EYEBROWS FELL OFF!" yelled Tenten.
"OMFG!" yelled Neji.
They both ran away screaming as Lee and Gai picked up their eyebrows, put glue on the back, and put them back on.
Me: Yo! Wassup people? I hope you like this first chapter.
Naruto: I loved it! The drama, the angst, the...ummm...unexpectedness!
Itachi: Is that even a word?
Kisame: I don't think so...
Gai: YOUTHFUL WORDS!
Lee: GAI-SENSEI!
Gai: LEE!
Lee: GAI-SENSEI!
Me: Freaks
Zabuza: HEY! YOU'RE THE GUY THAT STOLE MY EYE BROWS!
Gaara: GET THEM!
Gai and Lee: AHHHHHHHH!
Me: What a bunch of wierdos. Oh well, Read and Review or else Gai and Lee will strip dance at your next birthday party!