Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Brotherhood ❯ Chapter III: Awakening ( Chapter 3 )

Brotherhood

Summary: They fought like brothers, they bickered like brothers, and they defended each other as brothers, now they must prove how strong the bond of a brother really is. The brotherhood of Konoha of this generation must persevere and embrace the will of fire.

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto® Kishimoto-sama does!

 

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Chapter III: Awakening

 

 

It was as dark as pitch when Naruto awoke. He groggily looked around for what had awakened him but all he saw was inky darkness and pale moonlight that filtered in through the blinds on the other side of the room. The blonde got out of his futon and stealthily put on his shinobi garb. Strapping on his kunai holster; Naruto left the room, careful not to awaken his comrades.

 

Unbeknownst to him Kakashi had witnessed his every move. I wonder where he is going. The silver haired jounin thought before shrugging it off and going back to sleep.

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Naruto had made it to the outlying forest surrounding Tazuna's house. He had a strange feeling in his chest as if the forest was calling out to him. The blonde pushed through several thorny bushes before arriving in a clearing. What he saw amazed him.

 

There jammed to the hilt in a boulder was a short dagger. Pale moonlight accentuated its features and its beauty captivated Naruto at first sight. The hilt was dark like obsidian and sharp like it too. From what he could see was a crystal like blade and probably sharp like one as well.

 

Naruto stepped into the moonlight ring and approached the small weapon. He bent down and tentatively reached out and grasped the hilt of the blade. As soon as his hand wrapped around the weapon a mind numbing electric sensation surged through his body and he immediately blacked out in pain.

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Cold, very, very cold; that was how Naruto felt when he awoke for the second time. Floating in an empty abyss Naruto was. He turned about and all he could see was a blue expanse that darkened as it went further away from him. Where am I? Naruto asked himself as he mindlessly turned about. Flipping and twirling in the weightless expanse.

 

But alas it was only for a short season as suddenly the weightlessness ceased and the blue spiraled into red as Naruto fell into the depths screaming. The blonde landed upon a hard surface on his back. A burning, stabbing sensation erupted from his entire other side and the blonde whimpered in pain.

 

Naruto raised his arm and saw that it had been shredded to ribbons. He had to forcefully hold down the urge to throw up as he saw bone and muscle twisted and contorted while obsidian like spires pierced the limb. Naruto lowered the limb and turned his head to the side.

 

A pain as if he were dragging his head across a broken glass tortured Naruto's mangled body even more. What he saw caused him to start to tremble. There were more bodies around him and all around them were candles and a single door.

 

Suddenly the door opened and a figure stepped into the room. Concealed by the shadows, Naruto could only see a billowing cloak through vision that started to grow hazy. “Oi.” The blonde heard in a vaguely familiar and comforting male voice.

 

While he couldn't see much he could still see the shadow of the man in his clouded vision. He could feel when the man placed his hand on his forehead. He could feel the pain in his body suddenly vanish as if it had never been there in the first place. The cloudiness in his vision suddenly faded away as the morning mist does in the sunlight.

 

The man picked him up and while the blonde expected his back to explode in pain, only a cool, calming sensation ensued. In the serenity of the sensation, Naruto relished the feeling, engraving it into his consciousness. When the man laid him down it was on a soft object like a bed or futon. Opening his eyes Naruto gazed into sapphire blue eyes, just like his own only more kind and shadowed slightly by remorse.

 

The man was the first to look away and when he did, Naruto gasped in surprise. Long golden blonde locks of hair graced Naruto and also reminded him of a similar hairstyle that was etched into the Hokage monument of the Yondaime Hokage. In fact he looks just like him… Naruto inwardly remarked. “Who are you?” Naruto croaked through a parched, dry throat.

 

The blonde haired man whipped out a glass and water seemed to materialize from nowhere into it. At full the man handed the glass to Naruto. The smaller blonde gratefully downed the glass in one gulp. The man chuckled at the boy's antics before refilling the glass.

 

“I guess you are wondering who I am and where you are.” The mysterious blonde haired man said. Naruto nodded and sipped from the glass at a more reserved pace as he sat up on the presumed bed.

 

The man started with a chuckle. “You are going to totally flip when I tell you who I am.” The blonde said. Naruto vaguely recalled Kakashi using words similar to that before he became a gennin. Naruto tilted his head to the side inquisitively.

 

“I am Namikaze Minato,” Naruto's eyes bulged out at the declaration, “or at least I was until the Kyuubi came into the picture.” The self proclaimed Minato said; resentment laced through his voice as he mentioned the fox's name.

 

Naruto plugged two and two together really quickly in his mind. If this man is Minato-sama then he was the Yondaime. If he is then HE is the one who sealed the blasted fuzz ball into my stomach in the first place! Righteous anger started to fill Naruto's body as more and more pieces seemed to fall into place. The anger began to take corporeal form as crimson chakra started to leak through the seal at his navel.

 

Minato sensed this immediately and pale emerald chakra blazed at his fingertips as he drew a figure in the air with his hand. With speed that Naruto couldn't follow Minato placed the figure upon Naruto's forehead and the crimson flow of chakra abruptly stopped and the blonde's anger faded into nothingness.

 

Naruto fell back to the bed as the power that fueled him was suddenly cut off. “Doushite?” Was the only thing Naruto asked as he fell back onto the bed, tears gleaming at the corners of his eyes.

 

Minato briefly looked away before turning back to the younger blonde. He knew what Naruto wanted to hear but he knew what emotions would be dredged up if he were to reveal everything at that time. “I cannot tell you at this time because of the sensitivity of the information. Once we return to Konoha, however, I will be able to tell you the full details. In exchange I will give you some particularly important information right now.” Minato said.

 

Naruto's downcast eyes simmered with anger but even he knew of the sensitive nature of the information and knew what kind of adverse side effects such an emotionally strenuous experience could have on his performance. Naruto raised his head and shot a glare at the older man, “Fair enough.”

 

While Minato knew exactly what he needed to say to put him in Naruto's favor, he just needed to know just how to say it without pissing the easily irritable blonde. I guess that this situation cannot get much worse than it is so I might as well come clean. “Naruto, let's see how I can say this. You have a kekkei genkai.” Minato stated.

 

Naruto's eyes bulged put like saucers at the former Hokage's statement. Him, have a kekkei genkai? It was a ridiculous thought to have considering the blonde's known lineage, which was none! Naruto erupted into a brief fit of laughter before calming down enough to address Minato. “Come now, there is no way I could have a kekkei genkai. If I did the villagers would have a little more respect towards me regardless of the damned fox.” Naruto stated icily.

 

Minato visibly winced at Naruto's frigid tone. His logic told him that the other blonde was right. Little squirt has a point. Of course Minato knew a little more about the current situation and that precious bit of information was his trump card. “Yes, that would be true, but only if your kekkei genkai was of common knowledge and not a double S-classed village secret.” Minato stated nonchalantly.

 

Once again Naruto's eyes bulged out again in surprise as his brain tried to wrap itself about the idea of him having a kekkei genkai that was a double S-classed village secret. “No way, that dinky scroll that Kyuubi gave me had nothing in it that even remotely suggested an S-classed village secret much less double!” Naruto shouted as he sat back up using the dark walls as a support.

 

Now it was Minato's turn to laugh. “Those scrolls that Kyuubi gave you are only the groundwork basics to the secondary ability you have.”

 

“No, the true nature of your kekkei genkai is right here.” Minato stated evenly as he waved his hand and a scroll about as thick as Naruto's body and about as tall appeared at Minato's side. The scroll looked old, very old. The yellowing parchment and water stains along with the dust and dirt that coated the outer layer were only a testament to this fact. On the seal were the spiral emblem that Naruto wore and an embossed seal of Iwa?

 

Naruto eyed the seal warily, why would his kekkei be in a scroll from Iwa? It seems kinda fishy to me. Naruto thought as he observed the scroll in its entirety. The only scroll he had seen that was even close to that size was the kinjutsu scroll he had stolen in order to learn the kage bunshin. “It is kinda hard to believe that my kekkei genkai would be detailed in an Iwa scroll that is, considering I actually have one.” Naruto stated; choosing his words wisely as he voiced his concerns.

 

“Well would you like to test and see if I'm right?” Minato said a slight smirk pulling the corners of his mouth.

 

The younger blonde shrugged what would it harm to try? “Sure, why not?” Naruto said as he hopped off the bed. Minato placed the scroll on the bed and instructed Naruto on the basics of blood seals. Grasping the concept quickly Naruto procured a kunai from his holster and pricked his finger deep enough to draw blood and deep enough so that it wouldn't heal too quickly. He let a drop of the crimson liquid fall into the center of the seal and it instantly sizzled and burned away revealing the contents of the huge scroll to Naruto.

 

A huge grin spread itself across the blonde's features as he rolled out the scroll in giddy anxiety. The glint in the blonde's eye showed his eagerness as he delved into the scroll, basking in the wisdom of his ancestors.

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A/N: Sorry about the delay and the short chapter but I will update soon enough. I lost most of my work in a hard drive crash but this came out of it and I am quite pleased. So expect updates soon. Until then Ja Ne!