Disclaimer: I Do Not Own NARUTO.
'It's cold...' thought a young man as he drifted into the limitless darkness that surrounded him.
'I can't understand... why can't I protect everyone I hold dear? Is this a curse existence? NO! It can't be...' He hugged himself tightly as he thought about the events that lead him to the darknesaround him.
'If only I was stronger...' He thought as silence surrounded him and white light engulfed the man.
(???????)
*Thump* The young man landed on a white room, unconscious. Suddenly a voice called out to him.
"UZUMAKI NARUTO, AWAKEN AND FACE YOUR JUDGEMENT." The voice was deep and cold and as it spoke, said man awakened.
"Huh?" Naruto looked around the room and had a look of confusion. "Where am I?" He asked himself.
"YOU ARE IN LIMBO, THE PLACE OF JUDGEMENT, UZUMAKI NARUTO." The voice spoke as it appeared in front of Naruto. He was shock at the figure in front of him. He saw the Shinigami.
"W-what?" He stuttered as he look at the shinigami in awe but calmed down as he knew why he was here.
"Shinigami- sama." Naruto said as he kneeled down and bow at him. "I'm dead, am I?" He asked..
"YES." It responded as he looked at him blankly.
"I see..." Naruto frowned at this. "Then I accept your judgement to let me suffer eternal torment and pain." He said as he stood up. "I deserved it anyway..." He added.
"NO." It answered.
Naruto was surprised. "What? Why?" He asked.
"NO, IT IS NOT MY DECISION, RATHER, I HAVE SOMETHING PLANNED FOR YOU." It answered.
This startled Naruto, he then became angry. "What?! What are you talking about? I accepted your judgement to send me to oblivion but you refused and have something planned for me. Isn't it enough to place me there?" He shouted.
"SILENCE! I CAN ERASE YOUR EXISTAENCE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, UZUMAKI NARUTO! KNOW YOUR PLACE!" He replied, looking at Naruto menacingly.
"O-of course... My bad." He said "May I ask about this plan?"" He asked.
"HMP, THE GODS HAVE REACHED AN... ABSURD DECISION CONCERNING YOU, UZUMAKI NARUTO." It said.
"What is this... Decision?" He asked.
"YOU ARE TO BE SENT TO THE PAST, NOT TO SAVE YOUR PATETHIC HOMELAND BUT RATHER, YOU ARE TO BE THE GUARDIAN OF THE CONTINENT, DEFEATING FOES WHO THREATENED THE ENTIRE WORLD. YOU CAN TAKE SOME PEOPLE FROM THAT TIME TO KEEP YOU COMPANY BUT YOU CANNOT MEDDLE AFFAIRS INSIDE VILLAGES. YOU WILL BE OUR LEGACY, UZUMAKI NARUTO." It explained.
Naruto was shocked. 'To be the legacy of the gods? What kind of sick trick is this?' "It is too much expectation from the gods, sir." He said as calmly as possible.
It ignored his speech. "HOWEVER... YOU WILL USE THIS BODY INSTEAD OF THE BODY YOU ARE STUCK IN." He then spat out a familiar lifeless body to the ground.
Naruto began to shake. "D-D-Dad?" He stuttered as he looked at the lifeless body in front of him.
"I CANNOT GET YOUR BODY BECAUSE IT IS OR WILL BE EXISTING IN YOUR TIME, WE CANNOT RECREATE YOUR BODY BECAUSE IT WILL ERASE THE JINCHUURIKI FROM EXISTENCE. HOWEVER, MINATO NAMIKAZE IS ANOTHER CASE. HIS BODY IS ERASED FROM THE PHYSICAL PLANE AND INTO MY STOMACH, HIS MIND IS IN ANOTHER DIMENSION NOT EXISTING FROM THE WORLD AND NOT THE TWO GATES. YOU WILL INHERITE HOWEVER, HIS KNOWLEDGE AND FORMS BUT HIS CHAKRA WILL BE SUPPLIED FROM YOU AND YOU ONLY. ACCEPT THIS UZUMAKI NARUTO, THIS GIFT AND CURSE FROM THE GODS!" Naruto anger took over him. "I-I Can't accept this fat-" Suddenly, Naruto began to glow and so is the lifeless body and began to merge. As white light engulfed them, The Shinigami opened a portal and threw the light in.
'THE WORLD IS RIDING ON YOUR SHOULDERS, UZUMAKI NARUTO.'
(Elemental Country, Unknown Date)
*Thump* Naruto fell on the ground as the portal closes. He opens his eyes and looked around him.
"Man, That's one heck of a dream! I thought I was dead!" He spoke to himself but he notices a change on his height as well as appearance and voice. His hand was shaking in nervousness as he felt his face.
'What in the world...' He thought as he rushed to the nearest body of water. When he was there, he immediately checked his reflection. To his horror, His face and body is that of Minato Namikaze himself.
'No... It can't be happening...' Naruto thought as he held his knee lying down, crying. 'It can't be happening...' Then sleep took over him.
(Next Day)
Naruto woke up drowsy. He washed his face and ate food from the wild. He skimmed back to yesterday.
'I thought that I had enough tears to shed after Kakashi-sensei's death... heh, I look pathetic right now...' He thought bitterly. 'I guess I have to do what the Gods says, since I pretty much can't do anything now.' He dusted himself out and went to a clearing.
'Let's see what my father can do.' He made a familiar cross-shaped hand sign and gather his chakra. "KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" He yelled as one cloned poof to existence. Naruto flinched at this.
'It took around an eighth of my chakra just to summon one... Must be the cause of Kyuubi's absence.' He thought as he taunted the clone and prepared an unfamiliar form to him.
The clone rushed into battle and threw a strong left hook, a right uppercut and a 360 degree backhand. Naruto dodged to the right, jumped, and in his momentum, backflipped. He then counter attack the clone with a quick left- right jab and a kick to the shin while in a back handspring. As the clone flew in the air he took a tri- pronged kunai in his pocket and threw it in the direction of the clone. As the kunai went through the clone, he whispered. "HIRAISHIN NO JUTSU!" he then appeared behind the clone, holding the kunai in a yellow flash. He then bash the head of the clone with his heel, poofing the clone out of existence.
Naruto landed gracefully to the ground and stood up. He suddenly flinched as he felt his chakra level.
'Wow. Looks like I've been dependent on Kyuubi's Youki too much...But on the other hand, looks like dad's body is well-built and balanced and the style of fighting... It rocks, even if it is a reflex action! Well, back to more training.' He thought as he went through the katas of his and his father.
(A few days later)
"Well, it's time to move to a random direction... since I don't know where the hell I am!" He screamed to the heavens. He then walked to the east direction from basing on the continental map. "Well, I also need to get some clothing, But I like this get-up though, got to make some copies of this." His appearance is that of the Yondaime. Chunnin vest, Ninja pants, his trademark coat.
This is where Minato's journey begins.
(A few days later, Location Unknown)
'I got to get out of this fucking place...' thought a certain girl as she escape from her own village. A sound of an alarm went in the village and police took chase to the girl. The girl ran as fast as she could until fainted in exhaustion.
Coincidentally, Naruto was walking pass by the village when she saw the girl unconscious on the side of the road, hidden on a bush. 'I wonder who it is?' He thought as he look through the bush. When he looked however, he was shocked.
A red- haired girl was lying in the bush, her clothing is torn apart, breast almost visible if not for the half top covering it. But what Naruto was shock most is the identity of the girl.
'Tayuya?!?!'
A/N: To all reader's who are familiar with my other stories, I'm sorry to say that I lost sight of the plot of all stories I wrote except this. My job made me forget the chapters I was supposed to write and so I'm quite sorry about this.
It's really hard to write this that i needed to write it down in a piece of paper just to think of the 1st chapter of this fanfic.
Meh, Anyway, This is my 5th story, please read and review, any suggestion blurt it out. If any comments on the plot, say it out loud. I'll take note as soon as I'm done with my freaking load of work.
Peace out.