Reborn as Naruto's older brother

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Three days before.

- Ryoshi! - A young pink-haired girl burst into the Clan Head's quiet office, clearly worried about something. Ryoshi set aside the considerable stack of papers in the same second and turned his attention to the entrant, who seemed to have come to him in a hurry.

- Minami? What's wrong? - The girl didn't know what to say. Her hands were shaking in panic and she frantically tried to say something, but it was as if the words were stuck in her throat. The red-haired man had already risen from his chair and quickly walked over to his fellow clanmate. Putting his arm around her, he took her hand and then escorted her to the nearest couch. - It's alright. Calm down and explain to me what's wrong? - she squeezed the hand Ryoshi was holding her by so tightly that he grimaced in pain. The Uzumaki genes had enhanced Minami's physical abilities many times over, but she had lost some control over her strength.

- My love! He's gone. - she said, looking the newly minted Head straight in her scarlet bloodshot eyes. - I can't feel him, and I've searched everywhere. Beloved always let me know when he went somewhere, but this time he disappeared right in the middle of training, and all his Clones suddenly dispersed, even the ones looking after Naruto and Sasuke.

- Original?! He left Naruto unattended?! - Ryoshi himself was shocked at this news. - "For the Original to disappear like that? That's extremely unlikely. Something happened, but what? Okay, now we have to find out and find him." Mina, leave it to me. Calm Naruto down and I'll find him.

-... - the girl was still in shock and her mind was still preoccupied with Menma's disappearance. She could no longer hear anything around her and was frantically casting her gaze around the room. Seeing her condition, Ryoshi grabbed the pink-haired girl by the shoulders and turned her gaze straight to himself. - Minami! Calm down. Even though I'm a perfect Clone, but if the Original dies, even I'll get divorced. So he's definitely alive! Since that's the case, I'll do my best to find him. Your job right now is to take care of the person he cares about most. If anything happens to Naruto while he's away, Menma won't forgive us or you for that matter. Do you understand me? "Even though I'm lying, pressing her loyalty, it's the only way to get her to pull herself together right now. Back at the orphanage, protecting Naruto while we were away was a priority for her. She just needs to remember that time, otherwise she might do some unnecessary things at the moment." - The girl stopped shaking and nodded decisively, before getting up herself and jumping out the window. Like all Shinobi, she had come in through the door because she had been looking for Menma all over the house and finally decided to tell the Head of the Clan what had happened.

- Good. Well, now we need to find out what happened to the Original. Isobu, can you feel him? - addressed the boy to the beast inside him.

- You only address me by my name when it's serious. Is it really that dangerous and something could have happened to him? - Although Three-tailed started a dialogue with his Jinchuriki after his question, but Ryoshi felt that he had already started searching for Menma, so he didn't interrupt him and answered the question.

- If a person like Original was really able to be kidnapped, then the enemy could be really dangerous. Much more dangerous than someone who controlled Jagura or several such people at once.

- Why do you say he was kidnapped? I'm not someone you can bullshit to about your death in the case of that kid's death, so get it straight. - Biju surprisingly became much more serious after mentioning Jagura and who controlled his previous Jinchuriki.

- He can't be killed. Trust me, it's true. So he was either kidnapped or he got himself into something he shouldn't. So did you find him?

- No sign of him. All I can sense is residual chakra from the guy, but I can't find him anywhere. Considering I can't contact my brother either, I suspect his Jinchuriki is out.

- Hmm." the guy touched his chin and pondered on the information he had received. - He always hid his tracks and even his chakra. We made it a habit long ago after a month of training in the Monserrat Mountains, so he couldn't leave residual bits of it just like that.

- Monserrate Mountains?

- It's the home of our summoned beasts. Birds of prey.

- You never told me that.

- You never asked. Why? Is Turtle afraid of the big birds? Don't worry, they won't hurt you. - The guy chuckled at his thoughts.

- Ryoshi, stop calling me that. - Biju cut him off.

- О? That's the only thing that outraged you? - Ryoshi remarked.- It doesn't matter, so what's your point? - Tails dodged the subject.

- The original wouldn't have left its traces by accident. There are three possibilities as to what could have caused his actions. One, he didn't have time to hide them because he was grabbed quickly and suddenly so that he couldn't get away. Two, he did it on purpose to leave some clue to us, in the spirit of his mother, I would say. And finally, the third, he passed out. The third is perhaps the most implausible, since Kurama would have been able to keep him awake, in case of danger, unless...

- Unless?

- One feature of the Original didn't intervene, but like the option itself, it's very unlikely.

- Hmm, so you're going to these residual traces of his chakra in order to...

- To figure out which one of these options is the right one. And here we are. - the conversation was in the guy's subconscious, so the minute's run to the Falls didn't really affect him. - Sharingan.

- Did you find out something? - Legendary Turtle didn't hesitate to ask.

- I switched on the Dojutsu to do just that...and I think I found something.

- What?" Talking to the overly curious Tails was not uncommon, and Ryoshi had often chatted with him during his wanderings after his sealing and subsequent release. The red-haired man was not surprised at the sociability of Isobu, who was very different from his Nine-Tailed brother in that respect.

- Traces of crumpled grass. I'll never forget them. Every time after training with Squirrelfoot I found them near the training ground where the training was held. You can't confuse such tracks with others, it's definitely Yuame-san. "Heh, it's been a long time since I've seen her." - Ryoshi thought in passing. - The only conclusion I can come to is this....

- Did she kidnap him?

- Ha ha, no. Conclusion: Yuame-san knows what happened to him. The footprints were left recently and the grass still hasn't risen yet. Simple logic.

- What are you going to do?

- Go to the Monserrat Mountains, of course. If he's not there, I'll at least find out from Yuame-san what she was doing here and what the Original was going to do.

- You're going to a place with thousands of flying Birds of Prey?

- Don't worry Turtle, I won't let them touch you. Callback. *PUFF* - having folded a couple of seals, Ryoshi disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving behind an empty polygon with a small inscription: "I'll be back soon.", well, and one Clone to watch the expression of the faces that saw this...written in Russian creation.

***

- I see. - came the measured voice of the red-haired boy in the stone room. He was standing by the bed where Menma lay unconscious, and beside him stood an old humanoid creature with grey feathers and something like a beard under its beak. Ryoshi looked at the unconscious body of his Original and thought about something.

- Are you going to take him with you? - The old man asked, turning to the Clan Head.

- Mm, no. Like you said, it's better for him to stay here, and I think his family will be frightened at the sight of his motionless body. It's best not to alarm them unnecessarily. - Ryoshi said with a glance at his companion.

- I can't guarantee that he'll be all right. Frankly, I wonder why he's still alive. Natural energy is very dangerous and destructive to someone who can't control it, but he's more than fine, and I think Senchakra is even providing his body with everything it needs so he doesn't need food and water. I've never seen anything like that before.

- Don't worry, Sip-san. There's no way this guy will die, that's his speciality.'' - Ryoshi smiled, to which Sip only shook his head at the Clan Head's frivolous behaviour. But at the same time, he didn't know how to help Menma, so all he could do was hope and wait for his awakening.

- Well, time would tell. I hope the Spirits were right in their predictions.

- It would be good if you could try to approach them about it, and I can keep an eye on his body in the meantime. - The Red-Haired Man said, still wearing a smile of satisfaction on his face.

- Yes, I think it's worth a try. - The old man said and disappeared into the darkness of the corridors, and Ryoshi turned his gaze back to the Original....

***

- So the brother went on a mission outside the Village? - Naruto asked wistfully. Sasuke and Karin standing next to him were equally upset.

- But Brother Menma always left the Clones behind before going on missions. - It came to the young Uchiha.

- This time I will train you during his absence. - Ryoshi looked at the kids carefully and gave them a bright smile.

- You? - All three of them looked at the Clan Head with surprised looks of interest.

- That's right. I can show you a technique with which you can defeat an enemy with a single movement, would you like to see it? - The boy laughed, miming something in the manner of a death blow.

- Yes! - the children were excited and smiled and looked at each other happily. The pink-haired girl, who had been watching this all this time, irritably grabbed Ryoshi's elbow and said in his ear.

- Let's move away. - After which she moved towards the forest.

- Sure. Shadow Cloning Technique. - A replica of Red-Haired appeared. - Kids, play with my Clone for now, and I need to talk to your sister Minami. - Ryoshi motioned for the girl to follow. When Minami had moved a decent distance away, she immediately asked a question.

- Where is Beloved? - She looked reproachfully at her interlocutor and showed her determination to get a truthful answer to her question.

- Mina? Why are you so angry? Do you really suspect that I did something to him? - Seeing Kunoichi's even more irritated and even angry look, Ryoshi hurriedly calmed her down. - Calm down, I'm just kidding. Menma is in the world of his Appeal and he's fine. He'll be back in a few days, I swear.

- Can I... - Mina started hopefully, but she was cut off.

- He shouldn't be disturbed right now. Don't worry, you remember how he sometimes went to that world to practice, don't you?

- Yes." the girl even relaxed somehow and finally softened her expression.

- So just wait for him to come back.

- I will.

- I can help you with chakra control. Do you want to practice together...?

***

Present tense.

- MENMA!!! - In that instant, I felt my entire body stop moving and I was no longer in control of it. The dojutsu in my eyes helped me determine what this was related to. When I looked at the source of that loud and angry voice, I saw a Clone with strands of chakra from his hands and connecting to my body. It's the FUCKER controlling me like a Puppet!!!

- YOU!...AH! - With brute force, I tried to resist his Puppet Technique, but I was immediately restrained by another Technique. Behind me stood Shikaku folding the seal for the Shadow Technique. His shadow merged with mine, and there was no way I could move.

- Shadow Paralysis Technique. Menma, that's enough. - Shit! Shit-shit-shit-shit-shit!!! Kurama! I travelled to my subconscious, where Fox was looking at me with a neutral expression.

- Share your chakra with me! My most hated chakra! So I can burn their chains! - As he looked at me, he kept his expression unchanged and remained silent. - Kurama!

- Ha-ahhh. - Sighing, he placed his hand in front of him and scarlet chakra flowed from it and began to slowly reach out to me.

- Gentlemen, it seems that my fellow clanmate has developed some sort of problem controlling Biju's chakra. I am grateful to all of you for accepting my invitation, but I must ask you to leave. Don't worry about Jinchuriki, he's completely under my control. - Ryoshi's words calmed some people down, and everyone started to slowly leave, but....

- The floor shook and cracked. I was completely covered in Nine-Tails' chakra and gained Three Tails at once. The end of the chakra threads that controlled my movements began to be covered in red chakra and the next moment it broke and Ryoshi had to quickly cancel the Technique. Not to absorb it back, but to cancel it, so that the chakra spent on recreating the threads simply vanished into thin air. The same thing happened to the shadow under my feet. I took a step with brute force and the Shadow Paralysis Technique subsided, and Shikaku collapsed to his knees breathing heavily. I had recently figured out this feature and even a big plus in Fox's hated chakra. It can burn out most Techniques of other Shinobi. Although its use is difficult and accompanied by fierce pain, but I don't care about that right now!

- It doesn't look like it. - said one of the Clan Chiefs, whom I later identified as Inoichi Yamanaka.

- Ha-ah, looks like I'll have to use this. *Click* - After Ryoshi's click, I felt chakra right on my head. Then a dome-shaped barrier started to form around me, it was Triple Layer by the looks of it and seemed awfully strong. - I said it's under control, please don't worry and leave the House quietly. This is internal Clan business.

- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! - I screamed, tried to break through the barrier, hit it with all the power I could muster, but all attempts were in vain. It was soundproof and I could tell from the grey colour that a lot of Three-Tailed's chakra had been used in its creation. There was no way for me to penetrate it in the Three-Tailed Veil. He had activated the seal he had placed on me once. Hoo-uh, and I thought he had removed all of them, but it looks like he hid one right on my head, and it was so conveniently covered by my hair. - Huh?! - I felt my cover disappear.

- Don't be surprised. I just blocked you from accessing Kurama's chakra, I didn't study Father's seals for nothing. - Ryoshi said, removing his hand from the barrier. - Everyone has already left, so we can start talking. - The barrier fell down and Ryoshi stood in front of me, looking at me with disappointed eyes.

- What the hell are you doing?! - I shouted, glaring angrily at him.

- I could ask you the same question. Didn't you come in here and start trashing everything?!

- You bring these goddamn scum into my house and you ask me why I started all this?!- They're scum, but they're still powerful people in the village, and you just started a fight all of a sudden.

- THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO RIGHT TO ENTER MY HOUSE!!! HOW DARE YOU LET THEM IN HERE?! AND MESS IT UP SO BADLY YOU DON'T RECOGNISE IT?! I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH IT, AND ON THE FIRST DAY I'M GONE, YOU THROW A GODDAMN PARTY AND LET THAT STENCH IN!!!! YOU HAD NO RIGHT!!! *BUH* - from my blow, the Clone slammed into the wall and punched it with his body flying further away. I saw that right before my fist made contact with his face, he had activated his veil, so he didn't get hit too hard. Coming out through the hole I had made a second ago, I watched as he collapsed on the ground and began to slowly rise. - ONCE I'D BLACKED OUT AND DISAPPEARED FOR A DAY, YOU IMMEDIATELY ORGANISED A WEDDING AND APPARENTLY CELEBRATED MY DEPARTURE! YOU TOOK OVER MY HOUSE, MY FAMILY, EVERYTHING I'VE ACHIEVED!!! YOU EVEN LIED TO NARUTO! YOU'RE A CLONE WHO WANTED TO GET RID OF ME AND GET EVERYTHING, RIGHT!?! WELL, YOU KNOW YOU'LL NEVER ACHIEVE THAT! I'M THE ORIGINAL, AND YOU'RE JUST A COPY! YOU'LL NEVER BE THE REAL YOU!!! - I shouted slowly to the rising Ryoshi. I was furious. Even more so than ever and at this moment I was taking all my anger out on Clone. I had no idea what would happen next....

- You...Khe...you think I wanted to become ordinary and not be your Clone anymore? Ha... - Ryoshi grinned while saying that. He found this situation funny. - Are you an idiot? Where did you find logic in such a wish! Should I replace you when you disappeared? I knew perfectly well you were alive and even worried about you, but no.... Your paranoia found a catch in everything that was going on. Did you bloody think I set all this up because I thought you were in a coma?

- Why else?! You organised your wedding and you brought all those thugs into my house!

- Not only... - Ryoshi interrupted me.

- What? - I was surprised, what else don't I know?

- Today was the opening of the Uzumaki Shop. Today was the completion of the Quarter and I held a Festival in honour of it in the entire Uzumaki Quarter. And finally, Mariko and I got married. I did it all today.

- Stop beating around the bush. Why did you do all this in my absence?!

- Original, you really don't get it, do you?

- What? - Because of this conversation, my anger subsided and I felt something was wrong, but what was it about?

- Menma, today is the 10th of October. Naruto's birthday.

- *Too-dum* - my heart thumped loudly and a ringing sound went off in my head. I was shocked. - No, this couldn't be! His birthday wasn't due for another week. Я...

- Original, you spent three days on the Mountains of Monserrate. You've had this appeal for years and you still don't get it? The time anomalies in that world are always different. You spent three days there, and it's been six days here. Today is Naruto's birthday. It's the 10th of October, and it's also the celebration of the victory over the Fox. It's the day everyone hates Naruto and Kurama, just like you. I did it all: The opening, the festival, the wedding, everything! Everything to take away the fucking celebration of this day. I arranged for all the important people in the Village to cancel the events and come to my party. Do you know how hard it was to convince everyone?! I had to sacrifice a lot of resources and give up a lot of things, but I did it! Thanks to the fact that all Festivals within other Clans were cancelled, even the commoners came to celebrate with us and are not celebrating the victory over the Fox, but the wedding of the Head of Clan Uzumaki and the opening of our Quarter. I was going to change a part of the very Culture of this Village. A meaningful tradition for it, one of its few holidays. I was going to change the villagers' opinion of Jinchuriki. Change it so that they no longer hated Naruto and reinforced that hatred every year on his birthday and...the anniversary of our parents' deaths. - Ryoshi's lips quivered at the end and he lowered his gaze. - You wished for that yourself, didn't you?

- Я...

- You came and ruined everything. You've made everyone in the House remember how much they hate the Fox. Remembering how dangerous Jinchuriki and the Nine-Tailed Demon are. To remember that they hate you and...

- Naruto. - I realised as I finished his thought and stared wide-eyed into the void.

- That's right. The consequences of YOUR frivolous actions will lead to even more rejection of Naruto by the residents and not only that. All the hard work you've done has been for nothing. Because of you, I had to drive everyone I had made a pact with and the other powerful people I was about to make a pact with out of the house I had invited them to. It was the biggest disgrace possible. It couldn't get any worse...

- Aaaaaaaaah!!! - There were shouts and rumbling sounds from the Quarter. Turning my gaze over there, I saw a Giant Harpy attacking...Mina?! They were battling right in the middle of the Quarter and Yuame was destroying all the buildings in her path with her true bulky body. The ordinary citizens started to flee, while my summoner still continued to attack Mina with Wind Techniques that had a very large range. She couldn't seem to reach it, so she threw large-scale Wind Gusts.

- Shh! - Ryoshi saw this and ran to the place where they were fighting. - Menma, take the villagers away!

- Yes. - I quickly came out of my stupor and immediately folded the seals. - Mass Shadow Cloning Technique! - My Clones immediately activated the Lightning Shroud, which used up most of my reserve, but I had to act fast. I was able to evacuate the residents closest to the battlefield quickly, and Ryoshi managed to stop the battle by attacking Yuame, after which she dispelled and returned back to the world of Summoning. I wanted to find Naruto and the others, but saw that they were being followed by Mina's Clones. Sending my Clones to join them, I ran to Ryoshi who was standing next to Mina and saying something to her.

- L-love!? - Mina immediately hugged me, but Ryoshi only gave me a serious look.

- Ryoshi...

- Original, it's over. The festival is completely ruined. Congratulations, did you get what you wanted? - Without waiting for an answer, he walked away Shunshin, leaving me in sepulchral silence alone with my guilt....