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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Naruto giggled idiotically as he ran, giggling louder when he heard the irritated huff behind him from the chasing form, but knowing she didn't mean it. This was their game, how they both unwound ever since he had first found the contract and summoned her.

Up on the hill overlooking the training grounds they 'played' in, two males rolled their eyes, one behind closed lids as he pretended to sleep.

"He's such a child" the first male complained "the two of them are."

"Thing is he NEVER had a childhood, not like us." the one with his eyes closed answered "he needs all the childhood that Reitekina Hikari can give him. Besides, she's adopted herself his mother and it is an mothers job to teach the cubs. What about your own mother?"

He snorted "ma taught me nothing but how to get beat up. She calls it training, but I get less hurt sparing with you guys."

"She's trying to prepare you to fight as an Inuzuka in the real world and battle. Kain-sama teaches us that real battle is an fight for survival where the dirtiest and most viscous fighter doesn't win but lives, remember? Not that honor stuff they teach at the Academy. We obey the rules of the ninja for now while all this isn't serious, but once we get out THERE...."

".....We do whatever we must to live and return to the sulk safely, I know" the other sighed "I just don't want to have to do it to my mother. I mean I COULD beat her, piece of cake since I learned with you guys, but If I do, she and who knows who else will want to know who taught me, why, how come I'm smarter than I used to be in battle.....I mean even Akamaru has become a mean-machine since he's been training with us."

"Then just tell them we've been training your mind as well as just your body. Your clan don't seem to worry too much about smarts as opposed to brute force and savagery, it could be used to explain how much better you've become. Try it."

"I'll think about it" he grumbled.

"How's our brother doing against Rei?" the lazy one yawned without opening his eyes.

"She has him pinned down with one paw on his chest. Every time he tries to rise she roars in his face. How did you guys find those summons anyway?"

"Kain-sama's crypt. Turns out when trying to conquer Nosgoth he encountered hundreds of documents he placed there, some useless, some useful and some very helpful. Among them a few summons contacts thought lost or unknown to actually exist. Naruto and I found them while I was searching for something documenting Kain's military tactics."

"That's not all we found" Naruto grinned as he approached them to sit, his ever present shadow following him, curling up next to Kiba to lay her head on her paws and snooze like the cat-in-the-sun she was, allowing Naruto to sit and lean back into the warm striped fur of her side.

Once comfortable he continued "did you know legally father owns not only A LOT of the property around Kohona, but the five nations? We found deeds, not just to land but property. Chichi's lawyers all say they are real and legally binding."

He shrugged "some people dad are giving the property and land too, those he thinks deserve it, others he makes pay through the nose, others...." his grin was decidedly evil "did you know dad owns ROOT headquarters? Seems Danzo forged the ownership papers for the land there. He sends anyone loyal to the bastard to Ibiki for 'reprogramming' and the rest he's letting baachan and jiji deal with."

"So what will he do with the rest?"

Naruto shrugged "don't know. Depends and where it is located and what property there is."

The others understood.

There came a chaffing sound from behind Naruto and the female feline spoke in a gentle rumble "isn't it time you three all went to class? Is it not your graduation today?"

"Yeah, it is, thanks Rei" Naruto stood and after saying goodbye the large feline puffed out of existence.

The three boys headed off.

At the Academy they sat with the rest of their sulk and Ino, talking excitedly about who would be with who and who would be their sensai. All eight wanted to be together, but knew the chances of being in a group other than the three-man team and with any of their sulk together were slim.

They prepared each other for the excitement or disappointment. Finally Iruka Unimo entered, calling the class to order and speaking out loud. First he called the names of the failing students and told them to leave, getting disappointed comments and complaints as they left.

Then he began to call the teams as their sensai's arrived to lead them away. So far any of the group of eight had to be called. "Team Ten with Asuma Sarutobi is Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi" came the next call.

"What a drag" Shikamaru complained, rising from his seat with the other two. Naruto grinned and wished them good luck, then grinned again and waved to TenTen as she left with hers, silently wishing her good luck as well when he saw her teammates and sensai.

Neji Hyuuga and Lee Rock, ouch. Neji may no longer be the stuck-up brat he used to be, but Naruto didn't envy her.

"Team eight, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Abrahume and Hinata Uzumaki. Your sensai is Kurenai Yuuhi."

"See ya guys," Kiba said as he motioned goodbye to the last two "don't worry, Naru, me and Shino will take care of sis."

"And yourselves too" Naruto frowned at him.

"Yeah" the dog boy nodded "and ourselves. I think we'll be fine though, with everything Kain and Itachi-san and YOU taught us."

"Hopefully" Naruto said, echoed by the other two who waved as they left with their sensei.

"Team 7 is Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Hurano with their sensei, Kakashi Hatake."

Sasuke groaned "bloody fangirl" under his breath while in the background a pink haired girl that Naruto recognized as one of Sasuke's little fans since they started in the Academy actually squealed in excitement and bounced in her seat.

Seeing no one come forward for the three, Iruka frowned "it appears your sensei isn't here yet. I suggest you guys wait."

Naruto nodded and while Iruka called the rest of the groups the two males talked.

"What do you know about this guy, Kakashi?" Naruto asked his sulk brother. The Uchiha heir answered "brother is on a mission right now, but he spoke about him once. He is exANBU, trained by the Forth Hokage himself. He lost both his teammates one after the other early on missions. He lost an eye saving a teammate who he still died. Apparently his teammate was a cousin of ours and he had one of his eyes used to replace his damaged one before he died."

"So this guy has the sharingan?" Naruto asked. Sasuke had already activated his one day three years ago during sparing, which was why Itachi had started coming to their training secessions during his free time. However he had yet to get past one tomoe.

Itachi told Sasuke that the next would come when his body and chakra was ready, and not to try and force it, according to records left by their father and things Razeil had learned that day from the Uchiha woman's spirit, the Sharingan was dangerous to use once it was activated fully and relying fully on it and too much use caused damage and could even cause blindness. So both boys once they had learned an jutsu using it practiced WITHOUT it activated, making to technique their own and to only use it during life-and-death situations.

"Yes but only in one eye and he has to keep it covered."

"Why?"

"Well since he wasn't born with it like us, he can't turn it on and off like us, so by covering it....."

Naruto nodded "....he effectively shuts it off."

Sasuke nodded this time "brother says he's said to have copied a thousand jutsu's or techniques, although he doubts that true and that he acts all foppish and idiotic, but if I ever meet him, don't underestimate him for a single minute. He also said something I didn't understand."

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Watch the book."

"Watch the book?" Naruto clarified and his 'sulk brother' nodded.

"Hum" Naruto hummed thoughtfully "we'll have to wait."

Seeing that the two boys conversation was over, the pink haired girl moved closer, sashaying her hips in an attempt to look sexy but just looked ridiculous.

"Sasuke-kun" she cooed "I...."

"Don't bother" he snapped "I'm not interested."

She opened her mouth but he turned his head and glared at her. She frowned and backed away quickly from the killer intent.

Naruto frowned "Sasuke..."

"No!" he snapped "she's annoying and thinks because she's book smart and wears makeup that she'll attract me! I've told her every time she tries I'm not attracted to HER TYPE, but she doesn't listen!"

The blonde sighed "all right" he glanced at his watch "you're restless. The only way to deal with you like this is a spar. Let's go."

"We can't" he crossed his arms over his chest "we have to wait for this guy to turn up."

Naruto grinned at him "he's here already."

The Uchiha's head snapped around "what!?"

Naruto grinned "he's been watching us for the entire class" he pointed to an large leafy tree outside the building.

"BAKA!!" the pink haired girl screamed "why didn't you tell us before!"

The blonde glared at her, eyes practically screaming violence. She shut up quickly.

"How did you know and why didn't you tell us before, Naruto!"

"He was watching us since we came in, I didn't know who he is or why he was watching and even if he was watching US. I looked at his body with the Byukagen and he has a lot of chakra concentrated in his left eye. After what you just said, I could only assume that was him."

Why is he out there and not here? What is he doing?"

"Probably testing us."

"Huh?" 'Sakura' asked.

"Testing us" he repeated "seeing how long we can wait before loosing our temper, seeing if we can locate him. That sought of thing."

Sasuke nodded his understanding and asked "so, what do we do then? We can't just sit here and wait him out. He's exANBU and could probably be there days. As for us, we have other stuff to do."

The blonde grinned widely and looked out the window, an evil look on his face. Recognizing it as the other up to no good, Sasuke spoke warningly "Naruto...." He just waved his protest away casually "Don't worry, I won't do anything too.....permanent."

"Naruto....." he started again, alarmed "you can't....." But before the other boy could finish, the blonde had faded away in the seat and was gone.

"Hell" the Uchiha muttered under his breath "the dobe's gonna get us both killed one day."

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Kakashi Hatake had arrived early to meet what was to be his first team. Not that had ever wanted one. It wasn't that he couldn't handle them, I mean three little brats, he had fought and triumphed against worse, how hard could it be? But when one of them was the son of his beloved sensei....

Could he really handle seeing that face day after day and know he had failed to save him, just like he had failed Obito and Rin, his teammates. Could he really protect three mere kids from the evil they were about to face when he had not only failed his own father, but the three of his most precious people?

But when you're asked by Jirayia Sensei, the writer of his beloved books....Well, saying no was just NOT an option.

He watched the blonde talking to a group of other students, all the heirs to important clans in the village, the easy smile on his face for them making his heart ache.

But all to soon the others were leaving and he was left with the youngest Uchiha and an girl with hair that couldn't possibly be natural.

He eyed their clothes, finding himself happy with only the blonde's outfit, really, what did they teach kids these days?! How could you be an true ninja in the pinkettes red and white or the blue, white and black of the Uchiha heir, really, he had thought the boys brother would have taken care of that by now.

At least the blondes black full body suit and long black jacket would hide him in shadows, even with the orange piping and bits of dark blue here and there.

But the brunettes white shorts, blue shirt with high collar with the Uchiha fan covering the back, white leg and arm bindings, and black mesh long sleeved shirt underneath with the sleeves tucked behind the arm binds was way too eye catching to hide in a crowd like a ninja should be able to do.

Not that his own glaring white hair and black mask wasn't an eye catcher in itself.

The two boys talked for a bit and Kakashi could tell that not only was the two heirs best friends but by their movements, mirroring each other and with the same carefully controlled and barely leashed power, the two were trained beyond Academy standards.

He frowned, Jirayia-sensei hadn't told him the two had been previously trained in ninja arts, only that he had received training from his rich adopted father. Kakashi had just assumed it was in other fields, like behavior and etiquette. Assuming was an dangerous thing and he wouldn't do it again.

Seeing that the two had finished talking for now the pink haired girl approached, swaying her hips, obviously trying to be seductive.

Only to be shot down by the Uchiha heir.

Frustrated and angry she returned to her seat to stew, but only got into the conversation as well.

After obviously an short disagreement Kakashi started when the blonde motioned out of the window at the tree he hid in. He tensed, was it possible the boy could sense, even SEE him? Risking his chakra being sensed he used an jutsu to listen in to the conversation in the room in time to hear the end of the blonde's sentence "......I won't do anything too.....permanent."

To which the Uchiha heir started protesting, worried about them getting into trouble. As Kakashi watched, the blonde faded away in his seat.

Alert now and certain the boy had either seen or sensed him, he stood on his branch, all senses alert and searching for the boy, reaching out and weirded out by the way he had just disappeared. He hadn't seen any hand signs being used and that DEFINITELY wasn't an form of Body Flicker or a bushin, shadow clones left an puff of smoke.

He couldn't have literally teleported, could he? It was impossible!

But so was turning invisible!

So where was he?!

All his senses went on alert, reaching out to feel for the blonde's charka, but getting nothing. How could that be? He could feel the chakra of his two new students inside, but not the blonde's. It was like he ceased to exist.

Just as he was about to call on Pakkun and the others, hoping they could track the boys sent, there came a soft ghost of cold air across his ear and a voice whispered inside it "you shouldn't keep people waiting, Sensai" when he jerked around to look for the source it continued in his other ear "it's rude, you know."

Jerking back again he almost fell out of the tree as the shock made him loose the hold on his chakra. Gaining quick control of himself, Kakashi called out "enough playing around, it's time to go get the others and start this."

"Who's playing, sensei?" he whispered again "what makes you think I'm not serious here? I mean isn't that why you're here, to teach us stealth, to hide in the shadows and strike, silent and lethal, from them?"

Before Kakashi could speak there was a yelp and protests from the same source below him. Looking down he was surprised to find the Uchiha heir standing directly underneath his branch on the ground, holding the visible figure of the blonde by the ear, not looking in the slightest amused or happy.

And the blonde was protesting how he 'didn't mean it' and he 'wasn't gonna hurt him, just scare him a bit'. Kakashi jumped lightly to the ground beside the boy in blue and white. "How did you know where he was?"

The Uchiha heir snorted "please, I've been training with the dobe for nearly seven years. Not only do I know how he thinks, but I've learned the difference between his shift and Spectral jump" he looked at the other "and I've been pranked enough during that time to look out for certain things. Unfortunately he's got his adopted father's sense of humor."

"Shift? Spectral Jump?"

The brunette nodded "his adopted father, brother and sister aren't human so that's granted him unusual abilities only he can and will have. Kinda like bloodlines. Among the many of them are the ability to kind of phase parts of his body incorporeal to avoid blows-Shift."

"And Spectral Jump?"

"That one's harder to explain and I don't know if you'll believe me."

"Try me."

"Well you see Naruto's brother and father's kind were cursed. It makes them essentially immortal. Even if their body is destroyed, the soul can't be reincarnated, because it is or already was dead. Since Naruto's brother's body was destroyed, the soul became an spirit wraith, capable of possessing corpses to live or traveling a place called the Spectral Realm."

"Spectral Realm?"

"Think of it as a type of way-station for the dead. Every single person who dies, their spirit goes there directly after death to wait for the gods to decide their fate, reincarnation or do they return to death. Naruto says his brother calls it 'The Wheel Of Fate'. Since Naru's brother can comfortably be in both worlds, that means...."

"So can Naruto" the cyclops finished.

"Yeah. We discovered a couple of years ago if he shifted to the Spectral Realm during a fight he could walk around to behind the enemy and shift back, he could catch them not only unawares in the middle of an attack but come back at the same second in the Material Realm he shifted."

"Spectral Jump" the cyclops understood and nodded before something occurred to him and he froze "you trained with him?"

"With him, against him, you name it. The seven of us did."

"Seven?"

Sasuke told him who, "his father started training just him and he persuaded him to take us on as well, then 'Tachi started helping." This was getting more interesting "how did you know where he was going to appear to grab him before he jumped out again?"

"Two signs we've learned to look out for. Just before he shifts back there's an slight shimmer to the spot. Shika says it's the effect of the coldness of the Spectral Plane against the warm arm of the Material Plane. Second, did you feel cold air whenever he started to speak?"

Kakashi remembered the cold air against his ear and nodded "so the cold is a side-affect of this Spectral Realm and using the Jump."

"Exactly."

Drawing himself up now he was back in control of the situation the cyclops spoke “Right, so everyone meet on the roof so we can get to know each other.” The silver haired man disappeared in a swirl of leaves. After getting the pinkette from the classroom, the three made their way upstairs, finding the silver haired sensei already there and waiting.

Naruto moved to lean against the wall across from them casually, arms crossed over his chest, the pink haired girl seated next to the black haired Uchiha who glared at her.

"Alright then" the sensei said "let's see. I think we should start with your name, likes, dislikes, dreams and goals, starting with you pinkie."

"My name is Sakura Haruna, I like..." she looked at Sasuke and giggled "and I dislike..." she glanced nervously at Naruto who grinned ".....Ino. As for my dream and goal, I wanna be the next Lady Uchiha."

"Great" the three males thought "fangirl."

"Okay, you" Kakashi motioned at the pale boy.

“My name is Sasuke Uchiha and I love my older brother Itachi, who's away on a mission right now and like my childhood friends Neji, Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Shino and Hinata. I hate one man who one day I'm going to make pay for my family and I don't really have a dream right now."

“Great, an avenger" two other males thought while one pink haired girl sighed dreamily.

"Ok last, blondie."

"My name is Naruto UzumakiBaransu Shiikugakari. I hate those who lie and judge others by race or rumor or look" he glared at Sakura. "I love my wife Hinata, chichi, Niisans and Neesan, they are all I have and I LOVE ramen. My dream is to be a truly good person and not make the same mistakes in my life my family did."

He removed a strange looking sword from his back, the blade twisted and curved in a weird way, black metal Kakashi had never seen before but not only scary but the design clearly not human. It had a skull embedded on the cross-guard, the eyes starting to glow as he drew it, humming with life of its own and power like they never felt before.

"This is my sword the Soul Reaver. It was designed after an really ancient blade my father used to use. My brother and I made this one and one of my niisans souls lives in it sometimes, but only when he wants."

"What do you mean by 'he lives in it sometimes'?"

"His soul can live in the blade if he wants."

"It could be possible, I suppose" Kakashi rubbed his chin, glancing at Sakura "doesn't one of your class mates come from the family of those who can possess others?"

"Ino-pig" Sakura snarled.

"What's your point?" Sasuke questioned.

"If they can do something like that, it's entirely possible another could possess a weapon at least temporarily."

Naruto snorted "not temporarily, he lives inside me" he cocked his head thoughtfully "although it IS kind of like that, only think of it as if his body died and his soul is stuck in me. Sometimes he can go in the sword and help me fight, but mostly he helps me here" he tapped his temple.

"How do you know when he's talking to us? CAN he talk to us?"

"Yeap. He and neesan and chichi are REALLY REALLY skilled in battle, so when either of them has a plan, I listen hard and sometimes he'll come out and talk to dad or others. He's even distantly related to Sasuke and his brother."

"He's an Uchiha-or rather, was?"

"Yeap. He was one before they were famous, before they found the village."

"How could he be THAT old and still have your father still alive?"

"Cause they're not really my dad and brother" he rolled his eyes at them "my dad comes from another race who were cursed a long time ago. They can't have kids and can't die of age. So dad made my brother his son by passing the curse to him. When brothers body died a long time ago, his spirit got trapped in dad's sword " he waved the 'Soul Reaver' slightly "and when I grabbed the old sword and it fell apart, his spirit went into me. When dad found out, he said I'm his son now too. He's raised me since I was five and taught me how to use brothers abilities as well as my own."

"I see" Kakashi said softly "and who is this father of yours who's another race and is immortal."

"The Third and everyone else calls him 'The Blood Shadow,' but his name here is Kain Baransu Shiikugakari." Kakashi’s one visible eye widened nearly all the way “you’re the son of THE Blood Shadow?!”

“Kakashi sensei?” Sakura questioned, concerned and confused by his reaction. “You haven’t heard of THE Blood Shadow? He’s almost famous around here, a legend.”

“Tell us, sensei.” she said.

“There is an ANBU assassin who is said to be unstoppable. He can use Genjitsu abilities without hand signs or leaving a trace of chakra for anyone to use. He can come and go without leaving a single sent for even the most experienced tracker or dog to find. He can get in anywhere or any room without being discovered and kill silently. He can fight in battle against numerous ninja AND WIN, and is said to be ruthless.”

Naruto suddenly choked off a giggle behind his hand and muttered “quiet Niisan.”

“Naruto?”

“Brother just showed me a memory. It was father. And I quote ‘I always was considered heartless’ Sarcastic humor.”

"Why is that funny?"

"Dad once ruled his kind and land and he was pretty ruthless."

"So?"

Naruto shrugged "insider joke. I guess you had to be there." His eyes suddenly went pure white, he blinked, and then laughed again.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"Just brother again" he waved her question away.

"So your eyes go white when he appears or has dominance?" Kakashi asked.

"I guess so" Naruto scratched his cheek thoughtfully "I've never seen it personally."

"One way to test" Kakashi said "since in a way he'll be my forth student, ask him to come forward and introduce himself like you and the others did."

"Ok" Naruto smiled and his eyes went distant as he spoke inwardly. After a long pause Naruto's eyes bled white again, His body changed as well, standing up straighter and prouder.

His hands became clawed with thick dark nails (think Kain in Blood Omen 2), top canines long and pointed and hair black and cut around the tops of his slightly pointed ears, thick with his bangs falling in colorless eyes. The skin around both eyes were so dark it looked either bruised or sunken in, highlighting the eye color.

The lower body area-from bottom of the ribs to pelvis-was skinner, almost sunken, making Naruto's brother appear extremely limber and agile.

The new figures head turned to look at Kakashi and there was no mistaking the stance and air about this figure, it screamed 'Uchiha pride'.

The figure grinned at them, showing the sharp top canines, and now bottom one's as well. Then he spoke in a teasing smooth voice with an accent they couldn't place "is this the sort of thing you were after, young one."

"Young one" Kakashi snorted, insulted "I'm older than you, kid."

"You may be older than Naruto, 'kid', but you are by far younger than me. In fact the only person in this village older than me is Kain."

"Are you really Uchiha?" Sakura spoke out, noticing Saskue was just sitting back, face unsurpised and arms crossed over his chest.

"I wasn't borne a vampire or Soul Reaver, you know" he snorted "I left home when I was fourteen to join the Sarafan army." He suddenly looked depressed "I thought I was being heroic, saving the people of Nosgoth against the abomination of the vampire plague. I didn't know the very ones we hunted were keeping something even worse at bay."

"What?"

"Doesn't matter" the figure seemed to shake himself out of his melancholy and looked to Kakashi "I was Raziel Uchiha, now I am Raziel Baransu Shiikugakari. I am an Vampire Wraith and Soul Reaver. I like all the same things my brother does, hate all the same things he does, but I don't particularly like Ramen" he suddenly grinned "I'm gonna pay for that last comment. He's already cursing me out." He took a deep breath and continued "I have no dream except the protection and safety of my brothers and Naru's happiness and dreams."

He glared at the silver haired man "you bastards are using CHILDREN as soldiers, they are dying in horrible ways, all for the glory of this village when they should be enjoying just being kids. I could just get straight into your precious council chambers and get rid of every single one of them...."

Kakashi tensed at the threat.

The figure took a deep breath to steady himself before going on "but I won't. Not because it would bring trouble to my little brother, or because he is close to the Third, but because he doesn't want me to."

Kakashi frowned "that simple huh?"

The figure nodded solemnly.

"And what abilities do YOU have, Raziel?"

"Telepathy, agility, speed and strength beyond a normal human. When I claim a soul of one with what you call a bloodline, I also claim that ability."

"You mean when you take the soul of someone with an kekki genki, you can inherit the ability?"

"Exactly. I currently have the abilities 'faze through gates and grates', 'climb rough stone walls with no problems', 'swim with very little breath for any length of time', telekinetics, telepathy, Constrict, I can see other free souls-what you call ghosts-and interact with them, as well as a few minor ones. However even though I have these, there is no telling if Naruto can use these at all or if ever."

Kakashi looked intreged "we can discover that in training." His expression changed "that is, if you guys pass my test, otherwise you fail and go back to the academy."

"WHAT???!!!" the pink and black haired other exclaimed. However the figure, slowly turning back into Naruto spoke "you can't do that. Once we passed you can pass us off to someone else, but you can't fail us yourself."

The cyclops locked an eye to his, watching the white slowly bleed back into the blue "what makes you so sure I can't?"

The now restored blonde slowly broke into a grin, confident in his words. The cyclops sighed "Meet me at training ground 7 at seven am tomorrow, and don't eat breakfast, you might end up loosing it."

The silver haired man disappeared in a swirl of leaves again. However he reappeared again in the office of the Third "Kakashi..."

"Tell me about Naruto and his family. Why didn't you tell me he was not only raised by the infamous Blood Shadow but has TWO other souls inhabiting one body!"

Suffices to say, Kakashi was mad.

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"Sasuke-sama is oh-so cool and calm and dignified..." Sakura chanted. However Naruto and Sasuke were ignoring her for deeper conversation.

"Actually..." Naruto said "I'm using a variation of father's Beguile Form now. I don't usually look like this. But after the way people treated me when I was young, dad, niisan and neesan decided I should look normal, at least in public."

"Really?!" Sasuke looked intreged "is it anything like your dad's form? I can barely remember what he looked like, only that he scared me." He seemed to get excited "can I see? Show us! Show us your true form dobe!"

"No, I don't want to risk anyone else seeing and freaking and attacking me. I had enough of that as a child. Just because of The Thirds law and dad's threat, doesn't mean all of it stopped, they just got crafty and sneaky."

"What are you talking about?!" Sakura snapped "Leaf ninja don't attack Leaf ninja, let alone children. Every child is precious in a ninja village." Sakura sounded like she was quoting a book or lecture.

Naruto snorted at her naiveté "shows what you know, Haruno. It's never stopped them before dad came in. Now even though they can't do anything to me, weather through direct means or obvious manipulation it doesn't mean they can't be sneaky about it. Your so stupid." He looked to Sasuke "maybe you should call HER dobe."

Sasuke smirked slightly (the Uchiha version of a full-out grin) and nodded "you may be right."

"How dare you, IDIOT!!!" She swung to hit the blonde, but another, older hand intercepted it, holding it with an almost crushing grip inches from his head.

"Daadd" Naruto rolled his eyes as he whined "I'm old enough to take care of myself now. Besides, I have neesan and niisan to protect me if it comes to that."

Standing between Naruto and Sasuke and Sakura was an older man, around his late thirties. He wore rich robes that spoke wealth and was devistatingly handsome, from his rich shoulder-length dark brown hair that fell around his face and neck to the dark violet almost black eyes that flashed anger and threat to her.

Despite her will not to, the pink haired banshee found herself shrinking back from the man in fear, his power was incredible and at the same time seemed totally unnatural, not chakra but something no living being should contain, and hungry, oh so hungry. Like it could and WOULD just reach out and...

"Daaadd" Naruto whined again "I would appreciate it if you didn't scare the crap out of my teammate before we even become a team. This won't work if she spends our entire time together looking over her shoulder for you. Can't exactly fight a battle to the full of your ability if you're distracted, you know."

After looking long at hard at his adopted son, the man turned back to Sakura. For just a few seconds the Killer Intent increased so much the pinkette barely kept from wetting herself and she barely heard Naruto sigh in the background as the figure spoke to her "I do not care what prank or tease Naruto did to warrant you trying to strike him, but you will not. NO ONE strikes my son anymore and gets away with it."

Through her terror the pinkette nodded, then what he had said hit her "a.....ann....anymore?" "Great" she thought “"now I sound like an idiot."

"He was abused by villagers before I came into his life" the figure said "for being an orphan no one cared about and what they felt was the curse of being born. He is my son, whether Raziel is part of him or not, no one deserves to be treated as a punching bag and I will allow NO ONE to abuse him again." He glanced back at the boys behind him, the blonde in particular "if he dies in battle, so be it-it was destined to be. But I will NOT allow him to be mistreated by those he is supposed to or trusts, his precious people, you understand?"

Sakura thought about it for a minute. If Naruto really had been abused in his youth, what made her any better than them because she was being teased? That gave her no excuse.

She had done the same thing with Ino, she realized. The girl had done nothing but be her friend when no one else would and now look at them, competing for the affections of someone who would never return them. Even if being in the same team allowed them to get closer, he only felt close to his true and 'adopter brothers' and 'sister' he was a man of action, not emotion. If she was to endear herself to him, she would have to prove herself worthy, both of his attention and the effort.

But how to do that?

Glancing at the blonde she realized, endear herself to those he cared for first. If she wanted to get close into his life, she had to prove herself worthy of joining their little 'adopted' family.

So pursing her lips she looked the man in the eyes and nodded solemnly.

"You actually thought about your answer" the man gently released her hand and the KI withdrew, a calm peacefulness replacing it, making her relax and smile slightly. "If you had of answered right away I would have known you were just answering me to get loose and not meant it, but you actually thought about your reaction and actions. Because of this, you are now under my protection now, as my son's friend and teammate as is Sasuke" he glanced back at the pale man "I've been watching over you both, you and your brother. As the last two of my son's descendants and Naruto's only friends, you are also under my protection, you just don't see me."

Sasuke looked eager "you've seen Itachi?! Is he well?! When will his mission be over?"

"How can you be in contact with his brother and not be seen by the enemy?"

"Fathers....people aren't like us" Naruto answered "their abilities, their Kekki Genki's and strengths all stem from a curse about 200000 years ago. They don't have chakra, so the enemy can't sense them or anything they're doing."

"A curse?" the pinkette looked confused "don't you mean an genjustu? Why don't they break it?"

"Not an genjustu" the blonde answered "an actual curse. A real curse. One with no cure, or dad's ancestors, the one originally cursed, would have found a way by now."

"How did it....how did they...."

"Dad?" when the man nodded Naruto turned back to her after he and his 'sulk brother' said goodbye and the man left, but only after promising Sasuke to meet him later at the Uchiha section of the Hyuuga grounds and report on his brothers state.

While they walked they explained to the pinkette all about the war between the two races, the Elder God and the pillars and how it all lead to the curse. Then the vampires human life, death, vampire life and the following events.

"Of course you realize this is all an S-Class secret" Naruto said to the girl "meaning you can't tell ANYONE about all this, not even your parents."

Something occurred to Sakura. She was one of a few that knew this, she was part of a few that knew a secret, part of a group Sasuke was. If she proved she could keep this secret, Sasuke-kun might like her more, even enough to let her be close to.

Sakura nodded her head "of course Sasuke-kun, I won't tell ANYONE, after all, I'm a ninja like you and an ninja keeps S-class secrets."

"We shall see" he said and even though he still didn't believe in her, at least he wasn't turning away from her.

She smiled, it was a start.

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