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The sun crept higher in the sky and through the open window of a bedroom stirring the person from their slumber. The person groaned and poked their head out from under the covers to reveal a 13 year-old boy with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes. His name was Naruto Namikaze.
"You’re evil." Naruto hissed as he glared at the sun. Naruto groaned and got out of bed, got dressed and went downstairs. He poured himself a bowl of cereal and ate. He glanced at the calendar.
October 3 was circled in red and written in the circle was - 'leave for 2 week family vacation at ocean resort'
October 4 'today'
October 10 was circled in a red cloud and written in the cloud was – 'Yuki's and Yuka's 13th Birthday!'
Naruto sighed as he pondered how the hell Minato and Kushina, his parents, forgot to take him on the trip and that they had triplets not twins. Unfortunately, this is not the first time he was forgotten. He hasn't been included in any family activities since he was about 5. Sadly, he's used to it.
They also never started his training either. He did ask once when he was 7, but they said no because Yuki and Yuka needed to learn how to use their bloodlines, the Uzumaki special chakra and Rinnegan, which he did not inherit. He has been training by himself, with some help from the people who do care.
Naruto cleaned up and went to an empty training ground to do some training. After a few hours of training and increasing his weight seal he packed everything up and was about to leave when he sensed danger in the form of three stone ninja. Naruto dodged just in time to miss being impaled by multiple kunai.
"Not bad kid, but we're still gonna kill you Naruto Namikaze to get revenge on your father." smirked the stone ninja who clearly was the leader and a jonin.
Naruto gave a look of disbelief, "You know I'm related to Minato ... and my name?"
The stone nin looked confused, clearly they didn't expect this reaction, "Ummm Yes? You’re Naruto Namikaze, the oldest of Minato Namikaze's triplets"
"Finally, I was starting to think no one knew!" Naruto said happily
"…Yeah…Whatever, prepare to die!" The stone ninjas charged
"Earth style: dragon bullets"
Naruto removed his weight seal while dodging a barrage of boulders. He had to find some way to get help. Unfortunately, Naruto wasted all his energy during his training. At this point he can't even make a shadow clone. However, that doesn't mean that he's a push over. Two of Naruto's specialties are traps and poisons. Just as he was about to be stabbed he did a body switch with a poison powder bomb.
*BOOM*
The deadly dust consumed one of the stone ninjas, quickly killing him, but the other two escaped and ran after Naruto.
The village was too far away and he didn't want to risk someone getting hurt so Naruto only had one chance to get help and that was to get to a nearby anbu patrol route. He knew where it was because his friend, Itachi Uchiha, told him just in case he needed help.
He was almost there when he sensed the stone ninja approaching. He took cover and set up a barbed wire trap and waited.
He saw his attackers come within view and cut the trip wire. The stone ninja were wrapped up and sliced to ribbons.
"Yes, it worked." A relieved Naruto exclaimed. Slowly he left his hiding spot to look at his attackers bodies, but froze in his tracks.
There was only one body in his trap. Where was the jonin?
"Like I said kid, you’re good, but it's time to die." Naruto slowly turned to face the jonin from stone, "Earth style: Stone spear!"
The stone spear went straight through Naruto's body entering just under his heart and exiting through the center of his back, smashing his spinal column.
"HA! Take that, Minato Namikaze!" The Stone ninja yelled.
*CRACK*
*THUD*
Naruto struggled to lift his head to see what happened and he saw the stone ninja on the ground dead. The intruder was definitely killed by a broken neck. Standing next to the dead jonin was a very pale man with brown hair and eyes, and wearing old western style clothes from the 1600s. Next to the pale man was the biggest wolf Naruto has ever seen. The pale man, who was 6' 4", only barely reached the silver wolf's shoulder.
The pale man gave the jonin a look of disgust, "Disgusting fool using a child to get revenge. Hope he rots in the netherworld." He looks at Naruto, "Help is on the way, but with those injuries you will die before they come. We can help. Just tell us, do you want to live?"
"Y-yes." Was the weak reply from the blonde.
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Two anbu were doing their daily patrol, "Weasel, there are some disturbances up ahead." An anbu with a cat mask said.
Itachi frowned behind his weasel mask, "We better check it out. There have been reports of Stone ninja near the border." The two anbu headed off.
Itachi felt a twinge of worry as he recognized the area and thought, (I hope Naruto is alright. He trains near here.)
The Itachi came upon a clearing and the first thing he saw were two dead stone ninja and a large spear made of stone that was covered in blood. A few feet away he saw an enormous wolf and a pale man leaning over a body. The wolf was biting the body's right leg and the pale man was biting the body's left shoulder. A split second later the wolf and pale man burst into dust revealing that the person they were biting was Naruto!
Itachi rushed over to the teen and scooped him up while yelling at Cat, who just entered the clearing, "I'm taking Naruto to the hospital! Get backup and see if there are more Stone ninjas and report this to the Hokage!" He disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
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Biwako was working at the hospital when Itachi appeared in a swirl of leaves in the ER.
"Weasel, what happened?" A worried Biwako asked when she saw Naruto.
"It looks like some ninja from Stone infiltrated the village and tried to assassinate him. He was hit by the stone spear jutsu." said Itachi, who was trying to stay calm.
Once she heard that she took Naruto from Itachi and rushed him to the OR.
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Tsunade, Itachi, Teuchi, Ayame, Sarutobi and his wife Biwako were sitting around Naruto's bed waiting for him to wake up.
"Cat gave me the report. Apparently, the three stone ninja intended to kill Naruto. They jumped Naruto after his training, but he was able to kill the two chunin. The jonin, however, did this to him." Tsunade growled at the last part as she looked at Naruto's sleeping form. "That bastard is lucky someone killed him before I got my hands on him."
Sarutobi asked, "Do you know who killed the jonin?"
Tsunade sighed, "No, I wish I did."
Itachi, who had put his anbu maszk away, said "It was most likely the pale guy who was with Naruto when I found him."
Tsunade's eyes narrowed, "What pale guy?"
Itachi's head snapped up, "Hokage-sama, I'm sorry! I was so worried about Naruto I just assumed that Cat saw everything I did. You see, hokage-sama, when I found him there was a huge wolf and pale man in old fashion western style clothes leaning over him. The wolf was biting his leg and the pale man was biting his shoulder. Before I could do anything they collapsed into dust"
Much to Itachi's shock, Tsunade turned to Teuchi and said, "This sounds like your department."
Teuchi walked up to Naruto and started examining him, "Hmmm ... Large pupils ... His left shoulder is icey ... His right leg is burning up ... He was definitely bitten by both a vampire and a werewolf, but we won't know which virus sticks until he wakes up."
Sarutobi saw that Itachi was completely confused and chuckled, "You may be in anbu, Itachi, but you are still young. You haven't seen everything yet. In fact, there is a whole other world that most people don't know about, even ninjas. Teuchi and Ayame and their family deal with this world and creatures from it on a daily basis."
The Uchiha relaxed a little and asked, "Teuchi-san, you mentioned a virus so I assume he is going to change. Is Naruto going to be alright?"
"Yes, he'll be fine. He'll change into either a vampire or werewolf ... Don't give me that look, it isn't as bad as Hollywood suggests. Vampires don't have an aversion to the sun or garlic or holy water and they don't crave blood ... Well, they do need blood, but this type does not need human blood. Yes, there are different types of vampires and werewolves. This kind needs blood from farm animals like cows or horses or sheep. Werewolves don't have an aversion to silver or go nuts during a full moon. Most werewolves, just like vampires, don't hunt humans unless they have no choice. We're apparently not very nutritious."
Itachi slowly nodded as he processed the information, "So how will he change?"
"No matter which creature he becomes he will have faster reflexes, stronger senses and be able to reach levels of strength and speed that are far beyond human. Now, I say 'able to' because these abilities won't happen overnight. He will have to train hard to reach these levels, but this Naruto we're talking about. He loves hard work so he'll be fine ... Now if he becomes a vampire he'll need to add some blood to his diet, on average 8 ounces, and he'll only need to sleep about 1-2 hours a day. If he turns into a werewolf he'll need a higher protein diet to support a super fast healing ability and will be able to turn into a wolf ... Now there is only one way to tell which one this is and that is with these ..." He takes off the necklace he's wearing. On the necklace are two small vials, one blue and one red.
“What are they?” Itachi asked while looking at the vials.
"In the red vial is a Devil's bane solution. If a vampire touches this it will burn them badly and if they ingest it will make them really sick and weak or if they take too much it could kill them. In the blue vial is wolfsbane and it will do to werewolves what Devils bane does to vampires. Once Naruto wakes up we can apply a little of each to his skin. When we know which he is we'll know how to help him gain control of his new body. It might be a good idea to take him away from people for a few days so he can figure things out in peace."
Tsunade smiled, "This was an assassination attempt so it is normal protocol to remove the intended target until it is deemed safe for them to return." Everyone heard a groan and noticed that Naruto was waking up. He tried to get up, but Tsunade stopped him, "Don't get up, Naruto. Just rest."
Naruto looked around the room and saw his loved ones standing around him, "Hey, guys, kaa-chan … What happened?"
"What do you remember?" Tsunade asked.
"Ummm ... I remember waking up and having breakfast ... Going to training ... I finished training and was coming to the hospital to start my shift ... and then ... Stone ninja! I was jumped by three stone ninjas! ... I vaguely remember killing one ... no two of them ... but the last one ... " Naruto bolted upright and his hands were searching his chest for the gaping hole that should be there, but it wasn't there. "I ... was stabbed with the stone spear ... Some pale guy with a big wolf came out of nowhere ... Snapped the stone ninja's neck ... The last thing I remember is being asked if I wanted to live. I said yes ..."
"Naruto, do you remember what I told you about what my family does for a living, right?" Ayame asked.
Naruto nodded, "You deal with the supernatural beings ... I see, what bit me?"
"You were bitten by a vampire and a werewolf." Teuchi said.
Naruto turned to Ayame and asked, "Is he right?" Ayame nodded.
"HEY! Why are you asking her if I'm right? Don't you believe me?" Teuchi whined.
Naruto deadpanned, "No offense, old man, but I've had trouble believing you since that 'Elvis is dancing on my fishcake' episode."
"Still having caffeine induced hallucinations, huh. I told you to cut back." Biwako scolded lightly.
"I did. I went from three coffees to one mocha whipped triple chocolate thingy." Biwako facepalmed, he didn't cut back at all. "But seeing things isn't the problem. It's the heart palpations and anxiety."
"THAT'S THE CAFFEINE, YOU DAMN IDIOT!" yelled Tsunade and Biwako in perfect sync. While her father was getting a well deserved scolding Ayame grabbed two eyedroppers and a cup of water and took a seat next to Naruto.
"Ok, Naru-kun. The red vial is the devil's bane and the blue vial is the wolf's bane. I'm going put a drop of each on your skin. Whichever one you react to will tell us what you are. Now this will hurt, but only for a second." As she's saying this she fills one eyedropper full of devils bane and the other with wolf's bane. Naruto holds out his hands and holds one eyedropper over his left hand and the other over his right hand. She lets one drop from each fall.
*HISSSS* Came the sound of burning flesh. Naruto cries out in pain and everyone rushes to his side to see which one burned him. It was ...