Chapter 1: Birth of a Swordsman

A/N: A Naruto Swordsman fic where he will be learning from various swordsman across the multiverse of items that include badass and skilled swordsman. This includes Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, Bleach, and others.

So this will cover Naruto leaving and his major points in his training up to him returning to the village at 16 and taking a test to see how qualified he is. For those wondering why he would go back to Konoha, there are reasons for each village that Naruto will state to Minato in addition to wanting to rub it in the faces of those who neglected him that not only was he the better person to pay attention to but also that he's superior to his siblings without any S rank ninjas helping in his training.

Anyway this will not have any incest in it, just putting that out there now, Naruto will not sleep with Kushina or his sister. This will also not be an "Oh we're a family we can forgive and forget anything" kind of neglect, Naruto at best will be on friendly terms with his family but will never actually call them his family no matter what. He also will never accept help from Jiraiya or Kakashi since they are in the shit category as well.

Anyway, pairings will be shown as we go not taking requests so if you see a girl you want it doesn't mean they are with Naruto. There will also be girls from the epilogue of Naruto (meaning Sarada, Himawari, Chocho, etc. etc.) as different relations than they were in Naruto, you'll see as we go.

There will also be some girls not from Naruto (I don't care if you hate it, I'm doing it) since using nothing but the Naruto girls over and over gets old and repetitive fast. They will not be from another world or anything, they will exist and be part of the Naruto world naturally.

Anyway I think that's it so let's get this show on the road.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else I shove into this fic, not even sure I own any attacks that pop into my head as we go.

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Chapter 1: Birth of a Swordsman

Welcome to Konoha... and now we skip the blah blah blah that all of you have read countless times. Let me just cut to the chase for you all: 10 years ago the Kyubi was released from Kushina Uzumaki, the wife of the Fourth Hokage, after giving birth to triplets, though the first named Naruto was born 20 minutes before the other two, and said Fourth Hokage was forced to fight to save them before the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, attempted the Reaper Death Seal to seal away the Kyubi.

However, he had attempted it on Naruto as he was eldest, but the boy's body rejected the Kyubi's chakra and he was forced to seal the body in Naruto and its chakra into the two younger of the triplets. The second astonishing thing, Naruto's body rejecting the Kyubi was the first, was that the Shinigami gave Hiruzen a pass on summoning him but it did weaken him slightly pushing his chakra reserves to that of a Jonin instead of a Sanin, which was counted as a fair trade.

Anyway, for five years Kushina and Minato, the Fourth Hokage, raised and treated their children equally, but that changed when the two younger children, Keyone and Arashi, began exhibiting chakra and Kyubi's chakra making them focus on them leaving poor Naruto alone. From there Naruto was essentially raised by the few friends he had: Mikoto Uchiha, the Uchiha matriarch and clan head after her bastard of a husband was executed for treason after he stole the Forbidden Scroll and tried to get the Uchiha clan to learn from it; Sarada and Sasuke Uchiha, Mikoto's twin youngest children that were Naruto's age; Itomi Uchiha, Mikoto's eldest and the youngest Anbu Captain in history; Shizune, the apprentice of Naruto's godmother Tsunade; Ayame Ichiraku, a civilian Ramen chef that worked with her father; Yugao Uzuki, one of his mother's students and an Anbu Captain that specialized in swordsmanship; Hana Inuzuka, the daughter of Minato's Teammate Tsume; Kurenai Yuhi, a young Chunin that specialized in Genjutsu; Temari and Gaara Subaku, the oldest and youngest children of the Kazekage that Naruto met when said man came for treaty talks; and Anko Miterashi a young girl who was betrayed by her sensei Orochimaru and Naruto treated as a friend regardless of who else said anything. The worst part was that Naruto's godfather and godbrother neglected him too in favor of his siblings.

Tsunade was innocent in the neglect as she was mostly too busy at the hospital with being the best doctor or training new doctors and medic nins to spend quality time with the trio so she usually had Shizune give them their gifts during holidays or events or Naruto would get his by stopping by to see her. Naruto never told Tsunade about the neglect as he knew she saw Kushina as a daughter and didn't want to wreck that relationship for Tsunade.

Moving on, we come to you 10 years into Naruto's life because we find him packing his things that he kept at the Uchiha compound. The reason for his packing was because he was planning to leave the village after finally getting fed up with everything and knew he needed to. You see, he felt that he wouldn't receive the training he would need as a shinobi if he stayed and he was right. His friends taught or helped him with what they could but with their individual schedules it wasn't a ton and a few days ago when Naruto learned tree climbing on his own, he showed it off to his family only to have his father and mother scream at him and his mother actually slapped him and sent him to his room (which he rarely slept in anyway) and that was the last straw for Naruto as he blew up at them and tore into them about hating them and how he wished he was never made part of their family before leaving.

It was two days ago that he overheard a Samurai that was guarding the Fire Daimyo on one of his many visits talking about how Iron country had the greatest swordsman and fighters in general that could stand up to any ninja. It was yesterday that he told his friends, which included Hiruzen though the man was more focused on his own grandson than on Naruto, that he was planning to leave and go to Iron Country and train till he was 16 so he could be adequately trained and prepared for his life. His friends understood, though Sarada, Kurenai, Hana, Yugao, and Anko made him blush when they kissed his cheeks and asked him to be careful while Itomi was going to have one of her larger Crow summons transport him most of the way then have some of the lesser ones watch over him until he got settled in Iron Country.

So now we have him packing up some things including some jutsu scrolls from Hiruzen and Mikoto because he was currently leaving one week after he turned 10 and once again, his friends were the only ones who got him anything. Anyway, once he finished packing he was leaving straight from the compound to Fang Country, Iron Country's southern border country, and then begin the journey to Iron Country and its capital.

"I'll be surprised if they notice I'm gone." Naruto thought absently as he finished packing up his things and went out to the living room where the people he counted as friends were waiting for him with sad expressions.

"So I guess your leaving now, right?" Mikoto asked and Naruto nodded with a small smile before he gave her a hug.

"Yeah, but don't worry I'll be back in a few years." He stated with a grin only to be poked in the back and he turned to see Sarada there with her arms crossed.

"You'd better be." Sarada stated pouting making the others laugh before Naruto hugged each of them and gave Sarada, Kurenai, Hana, Anko, and Yugao a kiss to the cheek making them blush before he left with Itomi.

Once they were in a secure area, Naruto turned to Itomi, "Can you deliver this when it's time please?" He asked giving her a scroll and Itomi nodded and called a large Crow. Naruto then kissed Itomi's cheek before hopping on her waiting summons before flying off, "Well off to make my destiny." Naruto thought as he rode the crow to Fang Country while Itomi waited till the time was right to deliver the scroll.

Hours later

It took Naruto 4 hours to reach Fang and the crow, named Kara, was kind enough to carry him to the border of Iron Country before leaving and two smaller crows came and settled on Naruto's shoulders as he walked across the border heading for the capital, which in it of itself was a long journey but it wouldn't be worth it if it was easy since he assumed that the trip there was a way to prove himself.

Around 12 hours later, Naruto made it to a large mountain that looked like a mushroom and began to scale it using his chakra and muscles. 6 hours into that, he made to the top to see an older gentleman with robes marked with the rank of General standing there with a raised eyebrow as Naruto panted, "My name is Naruto... I came here to learn from the greatest swordsmen and become the best." Naruto panted out trying to not collapse which wasn't easy since he ran low on chakra an hour ago and climbed the rest of the way on pure grit and will.

The General, named Mifune, examined the boy before him and noted the bloodied fingers, "You climbed up here with your bare hands?" He asked incredulously and Naruto nodded surprising Mifune and his small group that were behind him, who Naruto missed from the exhaustion.

"I used chakra until I had nothing but my muscle left then it was just my will to make it since I had to do to it on my own no matter what." He stated still panting as he tried to stay standing but his legs were shaking.

"Impressive." Mifune stated since it was difficult for an adult to get up the mountain, but for a child to do it and the fact he was doing so to become better made him more impressive. Before he could make another comment, Naruto passed out and Mifune had one of his soldiers carry him to one of the hotels.

Next Day

The next morning had Mifune and one of his captains, a man named Mihawk, walking to the room Naruto was resting in only to hear grunts of exertion coming from within. Being curious, they opened to the door to see Naruto doing vertical pushups while having weights connected to his legs. They were impressed as many adults couldn't do this exercise and here was a boy not even in his teens doing it as if he'd been doing it for years, unknown to them he had been.

"I can see why you were interested, Mifune-sama." Mihawk stated as he hadn't seen one so young be so dedicated to his training and it was even more astounding he was doing this after climbing the mountain the day before.

Mifune merely nodded, "Yes, if he's this dedicated now, I can only imagine what he will be like when older." Mifune stated before Naruto noticed them there and stopped before releasing the weights with a dull thud before sealing them into a scroll and faced the two.

"Can I help you?" Naruto asked trying to be polite and civil since they were nice enough to give him a room plus they'd hopefully be training him.

"Come with me young man, there is a few things I'd like to talk to you about." Mifune stated motioning Naruto to come with him.

"Alright." Naruto stated as he got his shoes on before going with the two to a more regal building where several individuals with different swords were training along with a couple of others. When they saw Mifune, they all stopped and bowed to him before looking at Naruto who was showing no fear even with the stares from a few who had a more predatory gaze, "Good day all of you, this is the boy I was telling you about." Mifune stated making them raise their eyebrows and Naruto gave a slight bow of respect but they saw it was not of submission making him go up a notch in their book, putting him at notch one.

"Hello, my name is Naruto. I have two clan names, but only one holds any real significance to me." Naruto informed making a few raise an eyebrow at that.

"What is your full name?" One of the others, a guy with green hair and three swords, asked and Naruto frowned slightly.

"My full name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, but I only care about the Uzumaki part of my name." He stated and they widened their eyes at the Uzumaki name more than the Namikaze name.

"You're related to the Red Death?" A man with red hair and a cross scar on his cheek asked and Naruto sighed and nodded.

"Yeah, she's my mother, not like she treats me like it though." Naruto stated bitterly getting their attention even more

"Why not?" Another with blonde hair and a cigarette that was doing leg exercises asked.

Naruto scoffed, "She's too busy focusing on my siblings." Naruto stated angrily, "For five years both of my parents ignored me and only focused on my siblings and then when I learned to walk vertically they flipped out and Kushina actually slapped me for it. So now I've broken ties with them and will be my own self and Uzumaki." He stated angrily since he was going to be the greatest Uzumaki to ever live and take the clan to great heights once he learned how to become clan head of the Uzumaki.

He broke from his musings by Mifune speaking, "Well young one, you must have a lot of heart and courage to scale the mountain as you did and he fact you have a fire in your eyes when you spoke about becoming stronger and the greatest is a good testament to your will. With that in mind, you may stay here for a month and if you show promise then you may stay here and learn as long as you wish. Your teachers will be myself and any who wish to teach you, but be warned that we will not go easy on you as the life of a swordsman is not easy and we will require dedication and willingness to continue on through it all." He stated seriously while looking Naruto in the eye and Naruto just stared back at him with absolute confidence and will to be the best.

"I accept, Sensei." Naruto stated seriously giving a respectful bow making the swordsmen and others smile. Now the tor… I mean training could begin.

One Month Later

Naruto was taking a few breaths as he was working on a technique called 'cutting nothing' that his sensei Mihawk and senpai Zoro, the green haired man with three swords from when he met the others, were teaching him. He was getting the hang of it, but was struggling since it was considered a more advanced technique and the fact he had to control himself and his sword to the point that he could only cut when he wanted to cut wasn't helping. His teachers were saying he was making progress, but Naruto wanted to be even better which was why he planned to try out Shadow Clones soon to help increase his training. He mentally reminded himself to thank Itomi for teaching him that since it was helpful for chores and he planned to try out the training aspect.

Unknown to Naruto, there were several of the other swordsman paying attention to him since he showed such grit and determination in his training since he'd train till he could barely stand and the minute he had his energy back he would return to training and wouldn't try to learn anything new until he mastered what he already knew. Such dedication and focus was rare in one so young and it only made them more interested.

Meanwhile, the Namikaze family were having a normal meal with Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Shizune not having noticed anything different, except for Shizune of course, until the young female Namikaze, named Keyone, spoke up, "Oh! Tousan, Kaasan, our teacher wanted to know where Naruto was, have you seen him?" She asked making them all stop as they, minus Shizune, began to realize they hadn't seen Naruto in a while.

Trying to hide their panic, Minato and Kushina quickly moved to their eldest' room only to freeze as they realized that they hadn't been in there before and tried to push down the sense of foreboding while not noticing the others had joined them. Minato opened the door and found the place covered with dust while it was sparsely decorated as all that was there was a chair, bed, and desk with nothing else at all.

Naturally, this shocked everyone but Shizune before Minato noticed a scroll on the desk and felt fear rush through him as he went to it and noticed it was dated a month ago making his heart sink as he opened it and read before his eyes widened as tears flowed down his face and he fell to his knees while punching the desk repeatedly till he finally broke it shocking everyone before the scroll fell from his hand and rolled to the others with Kushina picking it up and the others read it widening their eyes as they did.

[To whoever finds this first, by the time you've read this, I will be long gone to a place I know won't neglect me when I want to train, won't choose someone else to train instead of me just because they feel they may need more training for a stupid reason, and won't get angry at me and berate me for learning something on my own. I am forsaking the Namikaze name and will now be an Uzumaki only and will not return unless I deem it necessary. If you are wondering why my room looks this way, it's because I haven't been living at the house since I was 7 and have stayed with those that I consider my actual family and friends and kept the few things they gave me since I was never given anything by my so called family or god-relatives after the age of 5. If you are hoping that if I come back, you can claim you noticed I was gone right away, you can forget that because I had a seal on the letter that triggers when you opened it, so I know exactly when you opened it and know how long it took you to finally realize I was gone. If I had to guess, I would say at least 3 weeks and it wasn't even any of you that noticed I was gone but someone who couldn't help but notice such as one of the Academy instructors.

Hope you all enjoy the life you clearly wanted: One without me in it.

Signed Naruto Uzumaki.]

Everyone was shocked at what they read and Kushina dropped to her knees, shocked at how her oldest child felt and was starting to feel like shit for how she acted.

The others did as well except for Shizune, for obvious reasons, and Tsunade since this was the first time being at their home in over a year and as we stated before she rarely saw the triplets as it was so there was no absence for her to notice. Today she just assumed Naruto was at a friend's house since he had mentioned he ate meals with friends during his visits to her which at times were months of time between. However, she was feeling a strong emotion right now and it was anger. Anger at Jiraiya for neglecting their oldest godson, anger at Kakashi and Minato for doing exactly what they preached against (meaning showing favoritism), the siblings for not being there for their brother, and mostly at Kushina for daring to go against Uzumaki laws, rules, and principals by basically abandoning her child, clansman, and the rightful heir to the Uzumaki! Tsunade glared at Kushina and slapped her across the face before leaving with Shizune in tow while Minato quickly had Kakashi go and get Anbu to try and track Naruto, futile as it was since the trail would be a month old.

3 Months Later

Naruto stood facing a muscled youth with white Gi pants, bandages around his lower legs and feet, and slipper style sandals and both were panting and covered in bruises. This was Sanosuke Sagara, a taijutsu fighter nicknamed the Steel Wall since that's what it felt like to hit him and the fact that he could take life threatening injuries and keep going. Naruto was training in his style of fighting after learning the personal close combat style of his third sword teacher Saito Hajime after Naruto learned the different styles of the sword art Gatotsu.

Naruto's natural brawler style is what attracted Sanosuke since he fought pretty much the same way and since he had a lightning fast way of fighting due to Saito, Sanosuke decided Naruto needed a style that would let him take numerous hits and still keep going plus it would let him train harder in his sword training if he could take more hits without having to stop.

Once Naruto finished training with Sanosuke, he was going to train with a pair of people named Edward Kenway and Shay Cormac who were both elite swordsmen but also stealth, tracking, assassination, and long range experts and he was going to learn their multiple methods and combat styles since Edward used two swords and Shay used a sword and dagger combo.

Naruto had also began to successfully use Shadow clones to train faster and more effectively, while mentally thanking Itomi for teaching him the jutsu, but each time he got a new sensei he'd train with them solo first for at least a month then he'd work with Shadow Clones since he wanted to show that he was taking things seriously and not just trying to rush through everything. Now, don't go thinking he had mastered everything from his other teachers, heck no, but he was having clones train in them and make sure he had them down easily and would then work on being flawless and effective with them all before he moved to new attacks, stances, and the like.

He was working harder this month than the others since Mihawk had informed him that in two months' time they would be going to Uzu to see if anything remained there that Naruto could learn or use. Naruto was excited, naturally, and thought/hoped there would be things even Kushina didn't know since he planned to remove her and her children from the Uzumaki Clan if he was able to become the Uzumaki Clan Head

Another thing on his mind was he still needed to find what sword was his ideal sword. He had styles for Katanas and Zanbatos, but the swords didn't resonate with him and he was trying to find one that did while also keeping his skills with the other blades since if he found himself without his ideal blade then he'd be stuck with an unfamiliar weapon and that could lead to his death. Naruto shook his head to clear those thoughts since he had plenty of time to worry about that and resumed his training with Sanosuke, which was essentially the two beating the hell out of each other.

Two Months Later

In the land of Whirlpools, Naruto, now looking more fit and carrying a pair of Wakizashis to get used to their feel and weight since he began training with another warrior named Aoshi Shimamori along with his other teachers and it was coming along well. His training with Sanosuke was to the point Naruto was learning to use the Futae No Kiwami or Double Layer Limit which was a powerful and destructive ability that could cause damage on the scale of Tsunade's punches without the strength behind them.

With his swordsmen senseis he had already mastered half the techniques they wanted to show him and get him to learn and he was working on making his own and learning some advanced moves. The main two he was having difficulty with were the Hiten Mitsurugi and Gatotsu since both required great leg and arm strength to do the fast motions and cutting/stabbing power.

At present, Naruto, Mihawk, and Naruto's next taijutsu sensei named Sanji were in Whirlpool to begin looking around and training. Naruto felt strange there as even though it was destroyed, his mind could envision it in its prime with various Civilians, Merchants, Shinobi, and Samurai walking the streets going about their daily lives. It actually pulled at something inside him and he decided to check the Clan Head/Kage Tower in the center of the village. Mihawk and Sanji merely took in the sights and let Naruto look around as they set up somewhere for them to camp as they didn't know how long they'd be there.

Back with Naruto, he entered the tower which was still in good shape and found himself heading for the office and looking around to see many skeletal remains of different shinobi wearing headbands not from Uzu or Konoha and it was only one with an Uzu headband for every 15 or so that had a different headband. It was a clear testament to how strong his clan was during the height of their power and it made Naruto happy to know his clan was made of hard working powerful people since they were only ONE clan and had made a village that could be on par with Konoha and the other great villages.

Upon reaching the office, Naruto found a mountain of bodies and one skeleton wearing Kage robes sitting in the Kage chair, which Naruto assumed meant that the person defeated all the enemies that came for him before succumbing to his wounds. Naruto then looked around the office before finding a picture that was hanging wrong and moved it to find a safe with a seal over it that Naruto knew as a blood seal. Shrugging to himself, Naruto cut his finger and put blood on the seal making it glow before it faded away and unlocked the safe causing the door to open and show a blade and large scroll resting inside the safe.

Taking the blade, he unsheathed it and found it was a straight backed Kukri sword that had seals inscribed on the handle and blade and Naruto felt a connection to it and gave it a few test swings and noticed it seemed to hum when he swung it in a certain direction but stopped as soon as he moved it. He frowned in confusion before he re-sheathed it and put the scabbard across his back before taking the scroll.

As he unrolled it on the desk, which was somehow still intact, he read from the last Kage, [To whoever finds this, I pray to Kami that you are an Uzumaki as I do not wish for our enemies or those who would exploit us to find the treasures you now hold. The sword is one three weapons that have served the Uzumaki since it's founding and is one of the determining factors of being the Clan Head of the Uzumaki. The Sword's name is Orcrist the Strom Cleaver and its mates are within the village waiting for those worthy to find them and will most assuredly lead you if you are a pure blooded Uzumaki and are strong enough to wield them properly. I was not strong enough, kind enough, or wise enough to be the Clan Head, but I was still made Kage and did not fight to become the Clan Head as only the items can pick who is to lead our clan. One item will judge your soul and another will judge your ambitions and goals to see if you are worthy while the weapons will test your strength both of your heart, mind, and body. Only the True Leader of the Uzumaki has the strength of mind, body, and heart while having the pure soul and good intentions for the Uzumaki.

The scroll you found is the entire history of the Uzumaki since it's founding along with every jutsu the Uzumaki have created, the weapon styles designed, and how to bring out the bloodlines of our clan to their strongest potential through training, practice, and perseverance as every Uzumaki does. Our religious practices, beliefs, cooking, culture, festivals, and more that our clan honored, cherished, and kept sacred are within as well and must be protected. The scroll also details every notable Uzumaki that has come from the clan regardless of if they were exiled from the clan or not.

Please, even if you are not the Clan Head, protect the scroll and keep our clan's history and culture alive for the next generation to learn and practice.

Never let the Whirlpool stop raging, Menma Uzumaki, Uzukage of the Village hidden in the Whirlpools.]

Naruto read and smiled seeing how feared and dedicated his clan was to preserving their history and culture for the others and began looking at the rest of the scroll. Further in the scroll was the seal that contained the history of the Uzumaki dating back to within 100 years after the Sage of Six Paths and mentioned all the notable clansmen that came to be over the centuries up to when the Uzumaki were nearly wiped out with Whirlpool. Naruto sealed the scroll away for later and then left the tower with his new sword out to guide him where the item attracting it was.

An hour later had him at what appeared to be a barracks of some kind that was still in decent shape. Upon entering it, he found piles of corpses from the attackers and a small number of scattered Uzumaki defenders. Naruto walked past saying prayers for the dead before entering the Captain's quarters and found a strong box under the desk that had the Captain sitting in front of it. Naruto moved the captain gently before taking the box out and broke the lock and opened it finding a short sword that was just under 22 inches long on the blade with a curved up Crossguard, a grooved silver pommel, and a leather wrapped spiral handle. The short sword like Storm Cleaver had seals engraved on it and he could make out an inscription that the seals made, "Acharn: The Lighting Blade." Naruto strapped the blade to his waist and pointed Orcrist around in different directions looking for the hum, but the blade remained still. Frowning in confusion, he sheathed it before a thought occurred to him. He looked at Acharn and pulled it out and pointed it in different directions before feeling it hum and left the barracks to follow it while mentally making a note to send some clones here to bury the dead.

Another two hours of walking later, Naruto came upon what he assumed was the Clan Head/Kage home if the reinforced walls and dozens upon dozens of ruined seals were anything to go by and entered before looking around. Upon finding the office, Naruto looked around finding papers and books thrown everywhere and a rusted Bastard Sword hanging on the wall and Sting was reacting to it. Shrugging to himself, Naruto sheathed Sting and approached the sword and upon grasping the handle, the seals engraved on it glowed before the rust fell from the blade like it was nothing but dust and revealed a shimmering silver blade. Upon the Crossguard were seals that made another inscription, "Glamdring: The Thunder Hammer." Naruto looked around the office and found a scabbard for the blade and strapped it on his back just under Orcrist before looking around some more to find anything else of use or important.

Finding everything that was useful, Naruto saw it was getting dark and decided to find his teachers, who were setting up camp in the middle of the village. Upon arriving they instantly noticed the weapons on Naruto and Mihawk smiled, "I see that the coming here wasn't a waste." Mihawk stated and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, and there is still more for me to find here so we may be here a while." Naruto stated making Mihawk nod as Sanji gave them soup before they ate quietly before turning in for the night.

The next day, Naruto continued to explore the village for any signs or clues on what he was looking for or where he should look. It was nearly noon when he came upon what looked like an old temple and decided to look inside since there was an item supposed to judge his soul. He scowled slightly seeing the bodies of attackers and those in Uzumaki robes that resembled priest garments and said another prayer over them before continuing to explore while mentally noting to send out shadow clones that night to begin burying the bodies even the enemy Shinobi since he wasn't going to disrespect the dead regardless of how he felt about them.

As he finished that thought, he felt a pull towards the main room and followed it to find a statue of an Uzumaki, evidenced by the Uzumaki spiral being engraved on the forehead, wearing robes and holding a Shakujo staff and wearing a rosary of black magnatama and crimson Uzumaki spirals with a large black and red Uzumaki spiral at the end.

The interesting thing was that both the staff and rosary weren't part of the statue, but placed on/in it to secure them. Naruto idly wondered how the hell no one took them before he paused in thought and drew Orcrist and re-examined the seals on it. He found what he was looking for etched into the hilt so small that unless you looked for it you would miss it: it was a reverse summoning seal. If anyone not of Uzumaki blood tried to use it and was deemed unworthy then the blade would reverse summon itself back into the safe Naruto took it from and even if there was Uzumaki blood, if deemed unworthy the blade wouldn't work except as a blunt object.

Testing a theory Naruto found the same kind of seal etched onto Acharn and Glamdring, though he guessed they went to different locations to ensure no one could hide all three from any surviving Uzumaki, and assumed the same was for the staff and rosary. Naruto made a mental note to swipe some blood on the reverse seals to see if they would activate and make the weapon return to him instead of here in whirlpool since it would be troublesome to keep coming back and getting them if someone else tried to use them.

Naruto then looked at the statue and bowed to it, "Please protect these items, I will not desecrate something sacred to my clan just to gain something from it." Naruto stated before turning to leave only to feel a weight on his neck and something in his hand and sure enough as soon as he looked he was wearing the rosary and holding the staff. He turned back to the statue and saw the hands were now together in a prayer or a sign of respect with the head bowed and he bowed towards it again, "I will honor these items and the Uzumaki clan rites so long as I shall live." He stated as he sealed the staff in his arm and walked out of the temple with the rosary sizing itself to fit him better.

Naruto walked out and sighed slightly, he had most of what he needed to be the Uzumaki clan head but being recognized as such was another matter entirely. He knew if worst came to worst he'd have to enact the Clan Survival Act which was a law created by the first Hokage, and subsequently picked up by all the other villages, that if the last member of a clan was considered underage and took the clan head seat then they had to be 16 and have one wife by the time they were 18 to continue the clan's legacy and bloodline. The first part was easy, but finding a wife in two years after he took the head position would be another matter entirely and that was if he was done training by the age of 16.

Naruto shook those thoughts away and quickly made several hundred clones, who nodded and began gathering the dead while 20 went to find a clearing to bury them in. While they did that, Naruto went about looking through the village for what was left to prove him worthy of being the Uzumaki Clan head.

He wondered for most of the day only stopping when Sanji tracked him down and made him eat as he wanted to find the last item before they were done on the island. Naruto knew he could get a week to stay here, but any longer would be harder and he wanted to have the security now if he could have it rather than have to come back and take more time away. He'd rather come back here some time for the peace and quiet and pay his respects rather than because he wanted something from the land.

He paused a moment as he felt something call to him for a minute there and looked around trying to determine where it was coming from and finally pinpointed it at the island's mountain. Shrugging to himself, he took off towards the mountain making some more clones to help out the others as he found several remains still scattered everywhere.

Upon reaching the mountain, Naruto began looking over the area around it having guessed that the mountain was where the civilians were to evacuate to when an attack came. 20 minutes of searching led to him finding a seal carved into a small unassuming rock and he activated making a cavern entrance appear with torches lighting themselves down the cavern. Naruto quickly entered and followed the tunnel feeling the call get stronger now the deeper he went.

Naruto arrived at the vast cavern looking on in sadness at the bodies of the various civilians, ninja, and invaders and quickly made several hundred clones to begin taking the bodies up while another popped so the clones preparing the graves would know to dig more. As his clones began doing their job, Naruto began looking around and an hour of searching, as the cavern was that large, Naruto found a small patch of dirt that was more disheveled than the rest and quickly wiped some away revealing a small box.

Naruto pulled it out and opened it showing an onyx band with a ruby on top, but the interesting thing was that the onyx flowed up making the spirals in the ruby and the ruby flowed down making vein like designs in the onyx. Naruto slipped it on his right middle finger and felt a power wash over him and the ruby glowed a moment before it faded and Naruto sighed, "You don't accept me huh? Very well, then I shall carry you till you find someone who is." Naruto stated as he slipped the ring off and put it in his pocket.

Naruto trudged back to the campsite and sighed making the other two look at him, "Something wrong Naruto?" Sanji asked as he cooked their dinner.

"The last item of the Uzumaki Clan Head rejected me, so I can't be clan head." Naruto stated making them raise an eyebrow.

"You can still be clan head, who cares if the item didn't accept you, the others did." Sanji stated and Naruto shook his head not noticing the ring began to glow again.

"I don't want to just take the title, I want to fully earn the right and title. Anything else is a sham and insult to my goals and dreams. Even if I can't banish her and her children from the Uzumaki, I will still refuse to be under the same name as them as they broke key Uzumaki tenants and creeds and my own views and code for life. Anything less than earning the right she claims to have without going through the proper procedures makes me no better than she is and I refuse to stoop to her level and betray the very foundations my clan is built on just to get a shot at her. I will either find another way to get her out of the clan or I will simply build my own and return these items to rest here in Uzu for all time where no one will ever disturb them again." Naruto stated before he blinked and saw the ring back on his finger and the ruby glowing brightly making him smile, "But it looks like it won't come to that." He stated gazing at the ring, "With this I am marked as the true heir and leader of the Uzumaki clan." Naruto stated making a fist feeling the ring flood his mind with knowledge of his clan and their laws.

Mihawk and Sanji merely smirked as Sanji served the food, "Yes, well your lordship it's time to eat." Sanji stated jokingly making Naruto open his eyes and smirk as they sat down and ate with Naruto now having the security and knowledge he needed to get back at the family who wronged him and punish the people who betrayed the clan and all it stood for.

5 and ½ years later: Capital of Iron Country

CLANG

CLANG

CLANG

Came from the training area of the capital as a now 16 year old Naruto clashed against Saito Hajime, Kenshin Mimura, and Mihawk with his own blades and right now Orcrist was out as it was his most fluid blade. Naruto had gone through some changes over the past few years as he was 6'3" and all muscle with a six pack turning eight pack forming on his torso. His hair was longer reaching the base of his neck and was slicked back save for one strand that hung between his eyes and some of his strands had red tips. He still wore the rosary around his neck and was currently shirtless as he fought his primary senseis in a pair of black Gi pants and sandals.

Around the area were the various warriors that had trained Naruto over the years counting Mifune and among them were some of their most legendary warriors such Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Li Mu Bai, Altair Ibn La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Zer0, Squall Leonheart, Geralt of Rivia, Aoshi Shimamori, Sōsuke Aizen, Seijuro Hiko, Kenpachi Zaraki, Anakin Skywalker, a man named only Jack, a large red head nicknamed the Scotsman, and more. All of them had a hand in training Naruto at some point or another and could honestly say they'd never had a better student and it was also a little scary how good he had become in just over 6 years of training with them and how many different styles he learned.

Naturally they weren't the only ones that were watching since Naruto had attracted the attention of several women in the Land of Iron just being himself and the women were ready go with him wherever he may go with one already being his betrothed. The lady/girl in question was one Rukia Kuchiki as the two had known each other since he was training under her father Byakuya to learn their speed techniques that were on par with Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi, though another of Naruto's girls was even better at the speed technique than any Kuchiki and was only matched by Naruto, and the two had started as rivals until that grew to friendship and then furthered as any old love story went. The interesting thing was that Rukia was the one who wanted Naruto to date other girls since she was friends with the ones she had met and didn't want them heartbroken… and apparently she liked the idea of having a husband that could handle multiple women and still be ready for more fun.

Byakuya was against it first, but when he was caught in a situation with Naruto having his sword at his throat and Rukia having hers at his manhood along with the other women in position to harm him in ways only Jiraiya could probably sympathize with, he made the intelligent decision of stating that so long as his daughter was happy then that was all that mattered. Since then he had been getting to know each woman, but at the moment Rukia was the only one he was to wed.

Back to the other things, Naruto had mastered each skill his teachers had to give him including Edward, Shay, Ezio, Altair, and Connor's stealth, assassination, and tool skills to make sure he would be an effective shinobi as well as swordsman. He also got trained by some monks of Fire Temple that traveled at Mifune's request and they taught him to fight with his Shakujo as well as their own form of hand to hand combat to add to his repertoire of skills.

The monks were very eager to help him since apparently the only other monks they respected as much as they did the samurai were the Uzumaki clan monks who gave them the basis for their faith and practices. Naturally, this made Naruto even more eager to learn from them and they were impressed and amazed at his dedication, restraint, and discipline since it was something unseen in anyone let alone one not even to the age of 16. One major benefit he gained from them was learning to fight without his eyes so he had one advantage over any enemies that came after him with the intent to blind him.

Back to the fight, the three master swordsman were actually having to work to gain any ground as Naruto proved he was worthy of his nickname "The Sage of Swords" as he had quick grasp of any blade he picked up and could be swinging it with little to no difficulty within hours without using Shadow Clones. As a result it was very hard to attack him with a move he hadn't already mastered, learned a counter for, or learned to dodge while turning it to his advantage.

For instance when Saito would come in with a Gatotsu thrust, Naruto would duck at the last second and grab Saito's sword arm and slam him into the ground before dodging as Kenshin or Mihawk would come in to ensure Saito wasn't taken out of the fight. For Kenshin, certain Hiten Mitsurugi moves needed him to take a step in advance and Naruto would strike at that moment and keep him from getting firm footing for the attack and begin his own Barrage of attacks with the other two moving to help. For Mihawk it was a matter of redirecting, countering/blocking, or engaging him in close combat with his blades like he wasn't fighting as a swordsman which threw Mihawk off slightly.

At the moment, Saito was a bit scuffed up, Mihawk had some cuts in his clothes and a bruise on the right side of his face from a vicious right hook from Naruto, and Kenshin had cuts and tears in his kimono and all three were panting while Naruto stood with Orcrist pointed towards the sky in front of his face and didn't seem to be breathing hard at all. It was clear to everyone that they had basically made an unbeatable swordsman and with his other skills handy he could be a force to reckon with even for S ranked enemies… which was who he was facing right now.

His training with Sano, Kenpachi, the monks, and those like them made him a proverbial steel wall of muscle and nearly unbreakable when in combat; his training with Saito, Aoshi, Kenshin, and Byakuya made him a speed demon; his training with Shay, Edward, Connor, Altair, and Ezio made him a ghost when needed; Sanji and two others gave him an unorthodox method of fighting in hand to hand that kept an enemy guessing; Mihawk, the monks, and Mifune gave him focus, discipline, and sharpened him into a prime example of a swordsman while keeping emotions in check; and all of it only piled onto his already impressive stamina making him able to outlast any opponent and that wasn't even taking into account the jutsu he learned over the years both from what he had with him and what he learned from the Uzumaki scrolls.

In short, they'd made the perfect fusion of a monk, soldier, samurai, fighter, assassin, ninja, and warrior and the boy still had years to grow before he hit his prime! It was almost scary how skilled the boy was and he still wanted to become even greater and surpass every swordsman that had ever lived. They honestly believed he could do it especially Mifune since he knew that if Naruto wanted he could have the rank of General within a year if he joined the standing forces of Iron, but he knew Naruto's goals and dreams had him going somewhere else in the world and he wasn't going to deny a boy he began to see as his own the dream he sought for and craved. Mifune already planned to go to Konoha for the upcoming Chunin Exams if Naruto was going to compete as he wanted to watch with pride as everyone saw the diamond that most of Konoha foolishly neglected and tarnished.

He broke from his musings seeing Naruto was getting ready to end it and quickly tapped his cane down on the ground signaling the end of the fight, "That's enough, I don't need you four getting too serious and someone losing a limb or worse." He called making them nod before Naruto gave his three senseis a salute which they all readily returned while the crowd applauded at the show.

Naruto sheathed his blade and bowed to Mifune before activating a seal on his arm that put him in a pair of black pants, black boots, a red muscle shirt, and a black cloak with "Sage of Swords" down the back of it in red all of which were form fitting and showed his defined muscles. Naruto then put Orcrist on his back and unsealed Glamdring and Acharn and strapped them back on his person.

Mifune then approached as Mihawk, Kenshin, and Saito moved back to the others, "Naruto, six years ago you came to us to become stronger and better yourself. I can state with utmost confidence that we have made you the strongest and the best, but there isn't anything left for you to learn here and while I would be honored to count you among our forces, that is not where your dreams and goals lie elsewhere. Because of that we wish you well on your travels and know that you will always have a home and place here should you want it." Mifune stated with a smile fathers had when looking at their child accomplish something.

Naruto stood straight and approached Mifune before embracing him like he was family, "Thank you, Mifune-Jiji." He stated making Mifune smile and return the hug before patting him on the shoulder turned and marched off to continue his duties.

Naruto nodded to the others as they either gave him pats on the back, nods of respect, or some other form of respect and caring in their own way. Naruto then felt someone press against his back and rub their hands on his chest, "I guess that's his way of saying he's proud of you." He heard his fiancé Rukia say while pressing her modest C cup breasts against his back and he smiled.

"Yes. It's also his way of saying that if I ever need help, the army of this country is just a call away." Naruto stated before he turned and captured Rukia's lips in a kiss making her moan as she wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss as Naruto moved his hand along her back sending shivers up her spine.

The two separated at a whine and looked to see Naruto's other girls standing there with a pout: Unohana Retsu, Rangiku Matsumoto, Yoruichi Shion, Megumi Takani, Boa Hancock, Nami, Bayonetta, Claudette Vance, Tashigi, Momo Hinamori, Yumi Komagata, Tifa Lockhart, Ciri, Triss Merigold, and Yennefer. Rukia and Naruto smirked before he quickly made a group of clones and each clone took a girl and gave them a passionate kiss that made their legs weak while Naruto kissed Rukia again.

After about five minutes, the Narutos separated from the girls leaving them slightly dazed and he smiled, "Pack your things, we leave in two days." He stated getting them out of their stupor before they nodded and each gave a kiss to his cheek and swayed their hips as they walked to get their things making Naruto chuckle before he looked at the sky, "Get ready Konoha, Namikazes, I'm coming back and you're not going to be happy with what I have to say and do." Naruto stated as the wind suddenly picked up and blew in the direction of Konoha.

Naruto was going to bring his talent and power to Konoha and he was going to ensure everyone on his shit list was put on notice and made painfully aware of what they ignored or threw away. He wouldn't kill them, they hadn't earned that punishment… or was it a mercy? Either way Naruto was going to show them how he grew away from them, away from their support, "love", and any possible training they could have thought to give him. He just had to get him and his girls there to see it.

Done. Hope you all enjoyed this first chapter. Not sure when next chapter will be up since as I stated this was supposed to be a collaboration that the other author bailed on so there is still a bit of work to do and sort out.

Next time will be Naruto's big return, a test of his skill, and then his first mission with some different interactions mixed in as well.

Those women above are not the only crossed women that will be in this and the harem will be pretty sizeable but I will attempt the impossible of balancing his fun with the ladies with actual plot and storyline.

Also there will be flashbacks about key moments in his training as they become relevant to this story since if I detailed all of his training I could have 6 plus chapters of nothing but it and frankly I am not a fan of training montages that run on and on and on for that long so that's that.

For those who don't know certain characters, I'm going to list what the original item the characters are from. If a character isn't listed then they are part of the Naruto universe.

Rurouni Kenshin: Kenshin Himura, Saito Hajime, Sanosuke Sagara, Megumi Takani, Aoshi Shimamori, Yumi Komagata, and Seijuro Hiko

One Piece: Sanji, Zoro, Mihawk, Tashigi, Boa Hancock, and Nami

Samurai Jack: Jack and the Scotsman

Borderlands 2: Zer0

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Li Mu Bai

Bleach: Rukia, Rangiku Matsumoto, Yoruichi Shion, Momo Hinamori, Unohana Retsu, Sōsuke Aizen, Byakuya Kuchiki, and Kenpachi Zaraki.

Star Wars: Anakin Skywalker

The Witcher: Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer, Triss Merigold, and Ciri.

Assassin's Creed: Altair Ibn La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore, Connor Kenway, Edward Kenway, and Shay Cormac.

Bayonetta: Bayonetta

Queen's Blade: Claudette Vance

Final Fantasy: Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Tifa Lockhart, Squall Leonheart.

Any new characters introduced will be listed like the ones above.