My Self - Insert Stash

-Some angst & some fun from our SI Naruto~ ˋ( ° ▽,° )

Sypnosis: When I closed my eyes for eternity, I didn't think 'eternity' would be cut so short. So when I find myself in the body of an 8-years-old Naruto Uzumaki, I decided to delay the next 'eternity' as long as possible. After all, I have to break my record of living for only 19 years.

Rated: T

Words: 77K

Posted on: fanfiction.net/s/13039145/1/Welcomed-Second-Chance (Darashiko)

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Chapter 1

It was just another day for Hiruzen Sarutobi. Wake up, get dressed, have breakfast, get to his office and face the continuous barrage of paperwork that keeps coming all day long. And it gets boring really quick. That's why now a day he has to keep his trusty pipe always in his robes. There are moments, when he wonders if overpricing paper would save him from this eternal trouble.

Right now he was putting tobacco in his pipe to enjoy his daily dose of cancer while he watches the sunset from his office window. The view wasn't anything compared to the view from Hokage Mountain, but he doesn't have the luxury to go to that place with a pile of papers on his desk.

Just before he could light his pipe, there was a knock on his office door.

"Lord Hokage, its Mr. Inoichi." His secretary's voice came from the other side of the door.

"Let him in."

A tall man with long ash blonde hair and green eyes entered the room a moment later.

"Inoichi," the aged leader greeted his subordinate. "Since you came here, I take it you successfully watched Fu's memory?"

Ah yes. Fu Yamanaka, an agent in his old rival Danzo's Root. He was found in comatose Naruto's hospital room. The boy has gone in comatose state after he unlocked his chakra. According to medics, his condition was known as Yin-Yang Imbalance. The boy's Yin chakra has increased almost 4 times than his Yang chakra. This sudden increase has put the almost 8 years old boy in coma. He spent last 2 months in a hospital bed. A week ago a nurse found a masked shinobi in his room, both of his hands on either side Naruto's forehead, unconscious and drained of chakra. The shinobi was put in T&I prison cell immediately, but the interrogation had to wait due to his almost null chakra reserve. After investigation, the masked shinobi was identified as Fu Yamanaka, a boy who was recruited by Danzo 4 years ago. And that worried Hiruzen immensely. As a Yamanaka, Fu ought to know many things about human psyche and how to change them. Whatever jutsu he used on Naruto, is sure to be something dangerous, especially a jutsu that leaves the caster in that state.

His worry intensified later in the evening. Naruto woke up that day before noon. According to the ANBU assigned as his guard after the incident, Naruto's change in behavior was noticeable from the moment he woke up. He talked with the nurse and doctor politely instead of his usual brash attitude. His voice was calm where it used to be loud to attract attention from anyone nearby. And most importantly, he hasn't announced his dream to become Hokage once in the past few days. Whatever Fu did, it changed Naruto from hyperactive knucklehead to calm and mellow.

And then there was his sudden increase in skillset. Hiruzen had sent Naruto his allowance the before he went to coma. Naruto used the money to buy several sets of clothes, grocery and surprisingly various types of stationary goods. All under the guise of a transformation jutsu. True the jutsu has been demonstrated in his academy class but it was in his time in hospital. And according to his guard, he practiced chakra control exercises following days that weren't included in academy's curriculum.

Last thing he did before turning in, was finding the classmates who left get-well-soon cards in his hospital room, Chouji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga. He presented all of them packs of candies as thanks. It seems even though he isn't trying to get attention to himself, he is determined to make friends.

"I was Lord Hokage," Inoichi replied. "And what I saw left me confused and worried. Whatever Fu intended to do to Naruto didn't succeed."

"But Fu was found drained of chakra. Surely he used some kind of jutsu."

"Lord Hokage," Inoichi knew he was treading on egg shell. If words got out that a Yamanaka tried to change a jinchuriki's psyche, they will be under heavy suspicion. It wouldn't matter that said Yamanaka was under the war hawk Danzo's command. There was no proof aside from Fu's memory that he didn't get a chance to cast any jutsu. The only one who can confirm this was Naruto himself and said boy was already showing drastic change in his personality. Hard to not know when his own daughter complains how Naruto is trying to act 'cool' like Sasuke in dinner table. "I assure you whatever Fu intended to do to Naruto didn't come to pass. In his inner world, Naruto didn't even give him any chance to do anything."

"You mean to say that he can manifest himself in his inner world?" Now Hiruzen was astonished. No children Naruto's age should have the ability to manifest themselves in their inner world.

"He can, Lord Hokage. And the surprising thing is the representation of his self in his inner world is that of a young man in his early 20s or late teens. From what I've heard from his medical report, I think it has something to do with the sudden increase in his yin chakra." He produced a seal tag from his pocket. "I have recorded Fu's memory of his journey in Naruto's inner world." He placed the tag on Hiruzen's desk. "You should watch their interaction before you decide their fate."

"Then let's watch the show." A third voice came from the room's window sill. Inoichi turned his head to the newcomer while Hiruzen just let out a sigh.

"Jiraiya, how many times did I tell you to use the door?" Hiruzen asked his student in an irritated voice.

"Too many times to count." Jiraiya replied with grin on his face. Then his face turned serious. "So are we going to see it?"

"Yes, we are." The Hokage replied. He signaled his ANBU guards to leave the room and put up a privacy seal. He went to one of the wall and pushed a bit of his chakra into a small seal. A part of the wall slides off to reveal a mirror. "Inoichi, please place the tag on the mirror."

Inoichi did as his leader commanded and took his place beside his leader and the toad Sannin. The tag sank into the mirror and the mirror emitted a bright white light. After the light subsided, the mirror started showing Fu's memory.

The first scene that was showed was that of Fu perched on a tree-branch near the hospital. It was night time. He scanned the hospital windows from his vantage point. After he found the one he was looking for he left the branch via Body Flicker. After a moment he appeared in a room's sun-shade. The nurse in the room was checking up its occupant. After the nurse left the room, he entered the room silently.

'No nurse is coming to check up on him for before 6 o'clock. Enough time to finish my work here.' Fu's thought was heard by the viewers.

He went near the hospital bed. On the bed Naruto was sleeping with a content smile on his face. For almost 2 months, the boy was in a coma. The reason for this was worrying for Danzo. Increase in yin chakra means increase in knowledge and experience. There is no telling what the boy will do with this.

Fu crouched on the floor beside the bed. He went through several handseals and then placed his hands on both sides Naruto's forehead. 'Secret Art: Inner World Entry' he intoned to cast the jutsu.

The room vanished from Fu's vision. It was replaced with bright sky and a never ending grassy plain. However the grassy plain wasn't empty. For as far he could see, he saw thick pillars scattered throughout the plain. They were connected with each other via ropes. The ropes had strings coming out of them and papers of various sizes were hanging from them. In far corner he could see new pillars rising. Moment after they rose to full length, ropes shot out from the structures and latched to other pillars. Papers grew from the ground and flew towards the ropes. Strings grew from the ropes and papers attached themselves to the strings.

'The way his mind palace looks, it he just piles up any information he gathers. It would be hard to find out what kind of knowledge he possess and how much.' Fu thought to himself as he walked forward. After few moments of walking he saw 3 stone monoliths. The one on the right had a figure of a prancing stag carved on it. In the stone carving, the stag had a crown around its neck. Underneath the carving there was something written in English.

'Ours is the fury.' Fu read to himself. 'A rules he lives by? May be his pranks are a way of unleashing his fury.' He moved to the next one. This one had a carving of a snarling wolf. Unlike the previous one, this carving doesn't have any additional gear on the figure. It also had writings underneath it. 'Winter is coming. I am missing some context here. The way it is written, it should mean some kind of warning. But a short season like winter could hardly be a warning.' Next carving didn't look much. At first glance it looked like a human body hung upside down on cross. However in closer inspection muscles, tendons and veins could be seen on the body. 'A human body without skin, hung upside down. This certainly represents cruelty.' He looked underneath the carving. 'And the words. Our blades are sharp. All these words give off warning. Only this carving shows what actually will happen to anyone who will wrong him.'

Shiver went down his spine. A person's inner world was his own domain. As long as he has the will power, he can do anything in here. By any chance if Uzumaki gets a wind of him then, judging by the words and the last carving, he will make him experience all kind of hell. It might not do any kind of physical damage, but the mental trauma could keep him bedridden for days. 'However Uzumaki is still a child. He couldn't have access to his inner world.'

"And that's where you are wrong." Fu whirled his head so fast, if did it in real world, his neck would certainly have snapped. Owner of the voice had features eerily similar to Naruto Uzumaki. However whereas Naruto was a boy of 8, this person was young man in his late teen or early 20s. All in all, the person looked how Naruto would grow up to be as an a.d.u.l.t. His clothing consists of green long sleeved shirt, white cargo pant and black sandals. He was sitting on the monolith with wolf carving.

On instinct, Fu reached for his tanto. "Who are you?" Fu could already guess who this person is but it's hard to believe a child could manifest himself in his inner world as a grown up.

"You are trespassing my domain and you are asking me who I am?" the man admonished him with an amused smile on his face.

At the end of his sentence, chains shot from the monolith with flayed man and wrapped around Fu's legs, hands and neck. The chain pulled back and he was hung on the cross carved on the monolith upside down, the same way as the flayed man. He struggled to free himself from the chain but to no avail. 'I have to free myself from! No matter what, I have to report this to Lord Danzo!'

"So a guy named Danzo is gunning for me, huh." Naruto replied. Amused smile that was previously on his face is replaced with a look of curiosity.

"How did you find out? Are you a mind reader?"

"You are in my inner world. Everything you think, I will know the moment you do that. You wouldn't need to speak to inform me anything." Naruto jumped from his perch on the monolith and strolled to Fu. "I have the answers to my questions. Now it's time for your punishment." He said as he placed his palm over Fu's forehead.

"What are you going to do to me?"

"Earlier I discovered that I can share my chakra with others. Now I want to see if I can take from others as well. If my trial is successful, it will speed up my recovery. You see, at the rate my own reserve is growing; I would have enough to wake up by tomorrow afternoon. Your reserve is one-fortieth of my own. It would save me a few hours and I don't want to waste my time in hospital more than I already have. Now, go to sleep."

And with that mirror came turned to its usual state. There was pin drop silence in the office. Inoichi has already seen Fu's memory so he knew what was coming. But the other 2 a.d.u.l.ts in the room were surprised by Naruto's appearance and mannerism in his inner world.

"Sensei," Jiraiya looked over his old mentor. "What should we do about Naruto? After what we saw, we can't act like he is just another kid."

"That's true. But we don't know everything about his personality yet. His interaction with Fu was very brief. We can't judge him by that single interaction alone. And if he is an a.d.u.l.t in mind, he is sure to keep many things to himself." The aged leader felt his age catching up with him. Before he watched the recorded memory, Naruto was like grandson to him. But now he didn't know how he felt for the boy. The words etched on the monoliths worried him, especially the last one. He knew how treatment of populace of a hidden village changes a jinchuriki and there is little to nothing good about it. At best, they become aloof and start to detest human contact and at worst, they become bloodthirsty maniac. Sure he didn't do anything to Fu or any villagers since he woke up but how long would he stay his hands?

"There is no better way than having a heart to heart talk then." Jiraiya murmured to himself with a sigh. He looked Hiruzen in the eye. "I am going to get to know him. I wanted to meet him when he grew up a little more. But I guess I can meet him a little early. Otherwise it might be too late."

"How are you going to introduce yourself to him? He might be suspicious after his treatment from the villagers."

"I know. Old man," Jiraiya seemed to hesitate before he said his next words. "if I think it's necessary, I will come clean about our relation."

Hiruzen let out a long sigh at his student's words. He would have to trust Jiraiya's judgment on this. "You have my permission. But do that only if you think he can keep it secret."

"Alright." With that Jiraiya turned to leave via window.

"Wait Jiraiya." Jiraiya turned around as his teacher called him. Hiruzen went to his desk and brought out an envelope from a drawer. "Take this with you."

"What's this?"

"His last 2 months' allowance. I was going to give it to him tomorrow. It won't hurt if he gets the money a bit early."

"Sure, I will take it to him." With that Jiraiya left the office to meet his godson. Internally he thanked Hiruzen to provide him an excuse for the meeting. He was anxious about this meeting. All the letters Hiruzen sent him over the years painted Naruto as a happy go lucky kid. But now it wasn't the case anymore. He would need to see what kind of person Naruto was.

Quick succession of Body Flickers later he stood in the window of Naruto's apartment. He could see the boy sitting on dining table, reading a book and occasionally taking notes. 'Studying huh. Good to see there is a bit of Minato in him, from sensei's letters, he seemed to be all Kushina.'

After next Boy Flicker, he stood in the hallway of Naruto's apartment. He was about to knock on the door but he froze after seeing the diagram painted on it. It wasn't there when he checked the apartment few days ago. On the diagram, there was an orange 6 petals flower placed over red and yellow overlapping circles.

'Red and yellow makes orange. Does he know about his parents?' he shook off the thought about what that means and knocked on the door. 'Time to meet my godson.' He took a small breath and knocked on the door. Few seconds later the door opened. There stood the blonde boy, his godson he hadn't met for so many years. Naruto looked at him with cautious eyes.

"Hey kid!" he greeted Naruto in his usual boisterous voice.

"Hey, some old guy I never met before." Jiraiya whipped around as reply came not from the boy standing in front of him but from his side. There was another Naruto walking toward him with grocery bags in his hands.

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AN: It's my first time writing a self-insert even though the first chapter has been written in 3rd person. I plan on writing this story in both first person and third person.