Reborn as Naruto's older brother

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P0V Rukiri

Night. Feeling the cold floor beneath me. Sitting on it and feeling it with all my lower limbs I lift my face up and gaze into the darkness. I hear heartbreaking screams, death groans, I hear someone spitting blood and someone begging for mercy. I feel warm, thick blood running down the floor and touching my feet, but...but I can't see anything. What is it? Chaos? Carnage? Death? I don't know. I don't know what it could be. Execution? Then am I to be executed? But for what? What have I done? Maybe it's my destiny. Destiny, what is that? What is my destiny? Who am I anyway?

- Rukiri, you bloody girl! P-please use your gift!!! Quickly...Khak! - After a woman's desperate scream, I heard something heavy fall down in front of me. As I heard those pitiful pleas, for a moment I saw someone's lips in front of me. They were moving and uttering all the pleas for help that I had heard around me, but when the sounds ceased, those lips were gone too, leaving only a soundless heavy darkness behind them. Who was that? Why were they begging me for help? What was going on around me? I couldn't move, and I kept looking up in front of me, hoping to see something again, but there was nothing. The screams stopped, there was dead silence. I didn't move and sat in the same position, feeling the rivers of blood running down from all sides, soaking all my clothes. For some reason I knew it was blood and nothing else, it was as if it was self-evident. I breathed deeply and stared into the darkness in front of me waiting for my fate. Finally, I felt the cold blade at my throat. It was lightly touching my skin, and I could already feel a drop of blood trickling down it, but I didn't flinch. Keeping my eyes open, I could see the weapon at my throat, but I couldn't see its owner. It was as if the blade had stopped in mid-air, hesitant to continue.

- I will kill you. - and again I saw someone's lips in front of me, but they didn't disappear, and neither did the blade. The voice was cold, without any aggression, as if it were simply stating a fact and nothing more. After he said it, the voice went silent, I thought, waiting for a reaction from me, but there was none. I didn't flinch, even when I felt the pain from the cut skin, I didn't care at that moment and just waited for my fate. - You're not going to do anything? - The voice was cold and lacked interest, but it was definitely asking me a question.

I didn't know what to say. Should I really do anything? What would happen if I did nothing? Forfeit my life? But I don't feel like I want to live. I don't feel anything, no desire. I didn't even feel the desire to find out who I was or what I was doing here. I felt nothing but emptiness and all the darkness I saw around me. It felt like the lips in front of me and the blade at my throat were the only thing filling me from the inside out. It's the only thing that exists for me, nothing more. Everything else is just darkness. So the answer to the question was simple. I nodded slowly, feeling the man in front of me put the katana away and it vanished into the darkness just as it had appeared.

- Don't you want to live? - The man became more talkative after my answer and his voice changed to a warmer one. I didn't know what to say to that, so I just remained silent. After a while of silence, the man asked another question. - Don't you have a reason to live? - It was as if he understood me and decided to be sure of his conclusions, and I, having received an easy question to which I could already answer, nodded slowly. - Heh, you're interesting. - I only realised that the pressure that had been around me all this time had disappeared after my answer. My body that seemed to be pressed to the ground became lighter, but my demeanour remained the same calm and emotionless, even my thoughts didn't change. Glancing at my lips, I saw that they moved again and the corners quietly moved upwards to form a smile that made me feel something for a moment. The next moment a hand appeared out of nothing beneath them. Pale with thin, long fingers, it was as if it were offering me help. - Then come with me. - I didn't understand what he meant at first, but after his next words I felt the urge. - I will give you the meaning of your life. - I believed this man immediately and I had a real desire to agree. A desire, my first desire and this desire was unusual. The meaning of my life, my existence, I immediately understood what it would be, no, I understood that I had it immediately. That's right, the meaning of my existence, my desire to live. This man became it. My feeling, my first desire, my meaning, he became everything to me. In that instant, the emptiness inside me changed. Now, I saw more than just a single hand and lips in front of me. I saw a whole person reaching out to me with a warm smile on his face and mesmerising eyes sparkling in the night. Feeling it inside me, I moved for the first time and raised my right hand in front of me, bringing it down, onto the large and warm hand of this man...

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- Danzo, were you really going to use seals and barriers to defeat Master Fuinjutsu? - The man said in a loud tone and smiled wildly. His eyes grinned and his whole appearance showed only one intention. To kill. Everyone present felt the pressure coming from the almost completely immobilised man. They couldn't move from their seats and stared at their only opponent in horror.

- "W-what is this?! I-I feel like I've been torn to shreds a thousand times in the blink of an eye, taking my life away! I-I can't move! O-he can't move, but if I don't run now, he'll kill me." - thought one of Danzo's subordinates. All the others had almost the same thoughts and feelings, each of them wanting to get as far away from this place as possible, but their bodies were stiff with terror and they couldn't move at all. The man in front of them radiated such Bloodlust that they could feel him sinking his sharp claws into their throats and taking their lives in one move. It was as if they were in the palm of his hand.

- Do not give in to his threat! He is completely immobilised and has no way of harming you. - The most experienced Shinobi was the first to come out of this state, having met such a mental attack many times, which could affect even his seemingly emotionless subordinates. The first thing he did was to reassure the panicked Korneviks that they were safe, but his words had no effect. So he decided to send Shurikens at each paralysed subordinate in a single motion, so that the pain could bring them out of their state. Some time ago he had learnt this method from a slippery acquaintance who could use something similar, so he decided to try it out. The result didn't take long and his men felt the pain and then shifted their gaze to him. - Everyone stay calm, this is just an attack of the enemy to suppress your will and deprive you of your concentration. He can't move and is rapidly losing chakra so he can't physically attack you in any way. - The old man had already shifted his gaze to the smirking Uzumaki. - He's just a rat cornered and resisting the inevitable to the last.

- "Hmm, even though they're pumping tonnes of chakra out of me, it doesn't take away the ability to use my remaining reserve, then..." Really? Are you saying you've cornered me? What if I did? - Shimura glared menacingly at Ryoshi and saw nothing suspicious, but then he turned his attention to his feet. Beneath them in the shadows he discerned...a seal?!

- But when?! No, you can't activate it without snapping your fingers. And you can't control it without touching the surface of the seal, so.... - Danzo was confused at first, but quickly reassured himself with these words. But the truth was that he couldn't know about the feature of the Uzumaki Clan Head's shoes that allowed him to touch the ground beneath him.

- Really, who told you that? "I have to get rid of those pesky bugs first, or they'll definitely drain me of any remaining chakra soon." How about this, click? *Danzo opened his eyes wide and watched in bewilderment as a bright flash rose from under the Red-Haired Man's feet, followed by a huge Pillar of Fire that reached the ceiling of the barrier. - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! - Wailed Ryoshi while in the centre of the Flame. - "Damn! The fire may be weaker than usual, but it hurts like hell!

- W-what's he doing?! - The old man was shocked as he saw that the owner of the Technique himself was suffering from it, but after taking a closer look, he realised that it wasn't just that. - Bugs? - The fire disappeared, and in its place was just an immobilised guy covered in scorch marks. The burns were severe, but not fatal, which Shimura realised immediately.

- Haaah! That's right, I'm really sick of them, I don't really like this kind of tickling after all. "I have to be smart and use the remaining seals as efficiently as possible. Even though I'm no longer being deprived of chakra, and even with my legs, I can create some seals, but that would take too much time, which I don't have at the moment.

- So? You just got rid of the bugs, but you still can't move. Face it, you're cornered. And now you're going to obey me completely. Rukiri, hurry up and use the Techni....

- "Hoh, this is the moment." Rukiri, mission accomplished. Now go to Mariko and wait by her side. - said the red-haired man in a measured tone.

- I will. - The girl answered him and with quick steps walked around the scorched man standing by the tree on which...were not tied two Uzumaki.

- W-what?! - The Head of the Root's indignation and amazement was unprecedented. Just now, his subordinate had obeyed his enemy's orders and stepped back to the hostages who were no longer such! Behind Uzumaki, Danzo could see the Scarlet-haired woman sitting at the roots of a tree, holding her daughter in her arms and circling her body with her hand, which was glowing with a green light, while she herself was almost completely intact! - H-HOW?!!!

- Snap. - Ryoshi said, and around the three people who were at the tree appeared a scarlet barrier that completely closed the girls from the outside environment, but Uzumaki himself was outside the newly created barrier.

- N-no way. - Looking at Mariko with genuine surprise on his face muttered Danzo, as if he realised something. Deciding to confirm his conclusions, he involuntarily spoke. - K-when you touched her cheek...

- I restored some of the seals on her body. - Ryoshi calmly continued for the Head of the Root. - ''And before your attack, I also left a couple of seals on the ground. "Now let's remove a couple of chains."

- AAAAAAAA!!!!! - The masked Ninja who possessed the Nara Clan's Techniques yelled and immediately collapsed to the ground. Turning his gaze to them, he saw that the Shadow Stakes had grown underneath them and fatally pierced the masked Ninjas.

- "Shadow techniques work well when a path of shadow has already been drawn to the target." Heh, how easy it was to lure you out of your tiny dark hideout, and you did it all by yourself, and you've travelled such a decent and desolate distance from Konoha. - Uzumaki grinned angrily looking at his interlocutor.

- Y-you...! "Impossible! How can this be!!! Was he really the one who started all this and pretended to be caught! No, it's not like that!"

- Did you think you just happened to find such a handy girl with all the tech you needed? And a few people guided you to such a lucrative idea, to subjugate me.

- "Rukiri?! Oh-she, is she submitting to him?! He caught her in Genjutsu?! No, that can't be! He's a puppet who will obey every order and she wouldn't dare to disobey my order not to look him in the eye." I will not believe that some boy was able to twist me around his finger.

- Denial? I think...

- It doesn't change anything. You no longer have any seals left and now you're already bluffing, aren't you? ''That's right, I no longer feel any clots of chakra similar to his seals anywhere. And besides, the advantage is still on my side." Besides, you've spent the last of it on the futile task of killing those who used the Shadow Paralysis Technique on you, because you're still bound by my Seal! And if you can't be subdued, it's no big deal. I'll just kill you! Kill him! - Danzo shouted, and about a dozen Rootwolves headed towards Ryoshi, blades in hand and intent on carrying out their orders.

- Heh heh, it would have been worth it to at least finish listening. - Uzumaki sighed, after which he whispered with a charming smile. - Susanoo. *BUH* - Suddenly, the Head Uzumaki flashed scarlet chakra and a skeleton of a scarlet Susanoo with a notable red horn in its forehead formed around it. Root's ANBU was thrown a decent distance away and with a huge gust of wind, the skeleton began to envelope another layer of what already looked like the skin of a demonic creature. When it had already completely covered Susanoa, the Technique suddenly began to disintegrate and in a few seconds it had completely disappeared. - Wow, there really wasn't enough chakra for that. Those bugs had drained me of a lot of chakra, and I couldn't get to the Turtle's reserves. Well, this technique fulfilled its main purpose, and I still have some chakra left to continue the fight. - Ryoshi, who was already moving calmly as if he had never been restrained, said as he kneaded his slightly stiff arms.

- "I couldn't have been wrong. His words and this Technique, it is definitely the Susanoo that Master spoke of. But the only one who possessed this Technique was Madara Uchiha alone, and according to Tobirama-sensei's words, it was a feature of the Mangekyo Sharingan. It all adds up, he..." You're an Uchiha? - Despite the circumstances, Danzo looked unperturbed and was very serious. He heard Red-Haired's last words and calmed down a bit, but he didn't let his guard down, as it could have been a deliberate action by his enemy to let his guard down.

- Yes. "Even though unofficially, I have accepted the Uchiha gene, so I can safely be considered an Uchiha. Although I've already taken three serums and I'm actually not even a Hybrid, but a true Tribrid, although if you count my native Uzumaki gene..." - Ryoshi thought to himself.

- So you were only pretending to be Uzumaki, you pathetic bastard! I knew you weren't honest and just an arrogant liar.

- Koo-koo-koo, think what you want. - With bloodthirsty eyes, he looked at everyone in front of him.

- You will die here and now. He's almost exhausted his supply, kill him. - A crowd of masked Ninjas gathered around Ryoshi, joined by their comrades who had been hiding in the shadows of the trees before. He kept his amused face and looked round at them.

- Twenty-four, exactly. - he said. Then something unusual happened. The barrier that had surrounded everyone present all this time had fallen, and everyone noticed it. - So she's awake now?

- The barrier can only be broken by killing the people who created it, and they're outside. You had other people?!

- Well, not my people. There's only one person, and it's probably Hiruzen-san's.

- Sarutobi! He found out about my plan. No, it was your trap.

- That's right! - A happy smile appeared on Head Uzumaki's face as the Head of the Root acknowledged the fact, but he didn't smile for long as his mood was ruined by the stony expression on Shimura's face.

- ''As if that's not true! You're almost completely exhausted and you still don't have access to Biju's chakra, while I haven't even used half of my reserve and I still have twenty-four Shinobi ready to fight. Even though the Barrier is down, you still have nowhere to run. After you're dead, I'll deal with the man Sarutobi sent, and then I'll deal with your family and that little traitor.

- Huh? You talk a lot for a fool. I have enough of my reserve to deal with this crowd, including you.

- Get him. - All of Danzo's subordinates heard his order and rushed towards Uzumaki while he raised his hands in front of him.

- Water Element: Death Claws. - Sharp claws, each ten centimetres long, began to grow on his fingers. He calmly folded his hands into the sign of the cross and activated his Sharingan. - Shall we dance...?

POV Sarikawa Uchiha.

- What?!" I woke up jerkily still reeling from what happened when I blacked out.

What was that?! Right before I passed out, the person I was supposed to be escorting and following suddenly became covered in some grey chakra with bizarre patterns and strange shapes. Then I saw that he transformed one of his hands into a giant paw, just like Clan Akimichi, and grabbed me! With no way to get out, I just hung like that. At that time, Ryoshi-sama, the man the Third Hokage had sent me to follow, suddenly sped up and didn't pay attention to the fact that I was in his hand and he was rubbing me while running! That's how I passed out, I'm ashamed of myself. It's not my first year in ANBU, and I passed out because of a simple jolt like a snotty Genin. Dai-kun would've called me a baby for that...and then this again. What kind of habit is this? Every time I make a mistake, this thought pops up in my head and there's no way I can stop thinking like this. Who is this "Dai-kun"? Apparently it's the name of a person, but after searching through all the information on Konoha's population, I couldn't find a single person named Dai. I asked Shisui-kun, who I often talk to in my spare time, about it, but he just said to forget about it and never bring it up again. But it's hard. When that certain thought keeps popping up in your mind, you still have to wonder who and why. Just now, when I woke up thinking that I had done something childish by passing out because of a simple jockstrap, I remembered this phrase and wondered the same thing.

- What's wrong with me? - But I couldn't think about it any further. When I looked around, I realised that I was in a rather strange place. There was a forest of tall, thick trees blocking the view of the sky. Scanning the area with chakra as I was accustomed to, I sensed four points where Shinobi were. Who is it? An enemy? An ally? We need to find out, and we also need to find out where Uzumaki-sama is. He's a high priority target and I can't let him go. Hmm? W-what is this?!

With shock, I stared at...me?! Indeed, as if continuing my movements, my own copy appeared in front of me, leaping towards the tree. It was all strange. Not knowing what to do I jumped after her and chased her for about a minute. In that time we managed to run about a hundred and fifty metres, but the most amazing thing was that my copy was literally ignoring me. At one point I threw a Kunai at her, but it did nothing. I might have expected that my Kunai would pass through the target and it would turn out to be a simple illusory Clone, but no. My Kunai simply disappeared on the way to it. This all seemed very strange to me, but some feeling told me that I should follow her and keep up, which I did, completely forgetting everything else. After a while she stopped and hid behind the branches of the trees, almost completely concealing her presence, but she acted exactly like me! I had already realised that I was in Genjutsu, but how strong does it have to be to completely copy someone's manner of movement? Amazing. As I approached my copy I saw that it was slowly getting closer to some masked Shinobi. He sat calmly folding his seal and staring at a certain point. His excessive focus had played havoc with him. One move with the Kunai and the target was neutralised, again exactly as I usually do. My copy did the same to the other four Shinobi, then simply dissolved, as did the corpses.

- What was that? - Before I knew it, I was back where I'd woken up, but there were some differences. Only now I realised that in that world of Genjutsu, I had almost lost my perception, but now, touching the real ground and feeling my limbs stiffen, I realised that my perception and all four of my missing senses had returned to me. When I looked round I found myself in some sort of scarlet Barrier. It was notable because I realised that it was invisible from the outside and was probably hiding me as well. I recognised it easily. There was a bird sitting on the top wall and tapping on the Barrier I realised that it didn't notice me. - So, what do I do now? I don't know any way to get out of such a Barrier, and if it was created by Uzumaki-sama, Master of Fuinjutsu, then such Techniques that will allow me to overcome these walls are unknown to me. Hmm, but I have to get out. The only thing left to do is to press down on one point with all my might. - I decided to do so, but...as I pressed the Kunai against one of the walls in front of me, the barrier fell apart, scaring the bird and other animals in the vicinity. I see, it seemed to be rather weak and only worked as camouflage. What was Uzumaki-sama up to? Hm?

What is it? I felt some pretty strong chakra sources to the east of me and there were a lot of them. Gathering myself and channelling the chakra through my body, I jumped to the nearest tree and climbed higher, activating my Sharingan. In the distance, a decent distance away, I spotted a blue cube of some sort. Is that a... A barrier? Judging from the bursts of chakra I could see through my eyes, there were several dozen people inside it. But because of the thick Barrier, I couldn't make out who was who. But after a few seconds, I noticed a few chakra centres in the four corners of the Barrier.

- So it was an instruction? - The circumstances were similar in Genjutsu, and judging from the scarlet barrier Uzumaki-sama had found when I woke up, he was the one who had inflicted it on me. - Whatever the case, this is an order and because of this mission, I must fulfil it. - I was instructed by Hokage-sama to inform him of all the information available on this case and go with him on this mission and even though Third didn't tell me this directly, but at this moment, Uzumaki-sama is the captain on this mission and I must obey his orders, and such a bold hint meaning: "Kill those who support this Barrier." - only a complete idiot would not understand. And the reasons why he told me in such an unusual way are clear to me. Because I had passed out and there was no time to wait for me to wake up or to wake me up and then explain the circumstances. He just gave me an assignment and apparently that's all I had to do. Good.

I already knew where they were located, and thanks to the fact that the targets were fully focused on maintaining the Barrier, it was an easy assignment. Hmm, but for it to be perfect, I'd have to kill them all at once, otherwise the others might abandon their task and go deal with the intruder.

- Shadow Cloning. - Clones, a very useful Technique that is useful in many cases, as Shisui-kun always said. He was the one who taught me this technique and many other things, as well as how to use it effectively and became my first friend. I still remember the first time I met him when I was a kid, he saved me from the Fox and walked me to my parents' house. He was my hero at that moment and I really admired him. Also, he had already awakened the Sharingan back then and showed it to me and helped me get used to my eyes when I awakened them. Shisui-kun spent my entire childhood with me and helped me develop so much. I am truly grateful to him...

Three clones went to my targets and three more guarded them and were extra insurance in case of failure. I myself went to the fourth target. One move and all four Shinobi fell to the ground dead. The barrier slowly began to fall and I walked forward as quietly as possible. Perhaps Uzumaki-sama would like me to leave him behind, but on Hokage-sama's orders, I must follow his actions. As quietly and cautiously as possible, I got as close to the scene as possible and could see the following picture. Under a huge tree in the centre of the clearing, a woman with scarlet hair was sitting and holding her daughter in her arms. I immediately realised that these were the targets of the mission, Uzumaki-sama's wife and daughter. Next to them was an unremarkable girl wearing a NOT ANBU uniform and looking in front of them with a calm expression. They were surrounded by Uzumaki-sama's Barrier, so there was no need to worry about them. On the other side of the clearing, however, I saw a person I knew, Danzo Shimura. A very unpleasant person. I had heard about him as soon as I joined the ranks of Konoha's ANBU and there were some pretty dark rumours about him. But what's one of the Elders and the Head of the Root doing here?

- This... - There were several people in Root uniforms standing in the middle and surrounding one guy. What's going on here? And that man, that's Ryoshi Uzumaki. Is he fighting against them? Uzumaki-sama looked rather shabby and didn't seem capable of fighting at this moment. Was he really fighting against those Shinobi all this time? A few corpses proves it. So they're enemies, but what's Danzo Shimura doing here?

They're attacking him! Uzumaki-sama transformed the Elemental Chakra into Water Claws without folding the seals and his eyes glowed red. Just like activating Sharingan, but I didn't see even one Tomoe in his eyes, maybe it's another Dojutsu? The battle had begun. One of the attackers with a tanto lunged towards him, but Uzumaki-sama easily stepped aside and clawed Cornewick's head off. The next attack he used the claws of his left hand and taking advantage of his opponent's second confusion, he used his other hand to sink his claws into his throat and tear it out, instantly taking his enemy's life, while responding to the other attackers' blows and using Taijutsu to send them flying. The third one used his stone fists and almost hit Uzumaki-sama, but he was able to dodge and grabbed the enemy by the head and drove him into the ground. He then folded the seals and I could read the words on his lips.

- Water Element: Choking Bubble. - When he removed his hand, a ball of water appeared on the Earth Technique user's head and he began to suffocate as he was pressed into the ground. The next moment, I saw bursts of Lightning Chakra on Uzumaki-sama's arm.

- Chidori. - I read his lips and his arm up to his elbow was covered in Lightning Technique. How can he use it? His hands are covered in Water Technique, he should be electrocuted all the time! He should have already fallen unconscious from such a charge, but Uzumaki-sama is standing and even fighting. He suddenly accelerated and disappeared and was five metres away from where he was standing. In his path were three people who fell to the ground and bled. All of them had been punctured in the chest, right near the heart. I couldn't follow his movements, his Taijutsu was on a completely different level! He moved without a single extra movement and killed enemies instantly! The next moment, I noticed that he was already standing on the shoulders of one of the big guys in the Mask and in one movement, he was punching through his skull! Did the Technique stop working, as it seemed to me, because of the lack of chakra or did he do it on purpose to save his reserve because the Technique was wasting quite a lot of chakra? The next moment, all the remaining enemies were already closing in on him and surrounding him tightly. The speed at which he folded the seals was simply unrivalled!

- Fire Element: Tenrou's Fire Sword. - A clot of sharp Fire Chakra appeared in his hand, which he swung and everyone around him felt his attack. The sword didn't just cut them into several pieces, but also incinerated the bodies that had fallen dead!

- Second Gate. - A burst of energy and Uzumaki-sama stopped breathing heavily and seemed to regain his lost energy. The sword was gone, but the claws were still there and he began to fight using them. He tore throats, ripped out hearts, pierced through chests, shattered bones and tore bodies apart. He was very fast. So fast that my Three-Tom Sharingan could barely keep up with his movements! How can a person move like that?! My body trembled, not because he had killed so many people, but because I was afraid that he might kill me! I clenched my body and couldn't move from my seat, wrapping my fingers around the branch of the tree I was sitting on. Finally he finished with them and slowly straightened up and swung his arm, splattering blood on the ground. When I saw his face, my body stiffened with horror! He was covered in blood and smiled as if mocking all the dead then looked up. Then, he slowly turned his head and I felt that a snake was wrapped around my body and was at my throat, clawing at my skin! He noticed me!!! NOTICE ME!!! When I looked into his sparkling scarlet eyes, I couldn't take it anymore and..... passed out.

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- Ha-ha-ha, it's been a long time since I've been so exhausted. Wait, you're next. - I turned around and slowly pointed a finger covered in blood directly at Danzo....