Kushina's Shadowy Love

A Bond Broken

Naruto, at the age of six, already had around 200 assassination attempts from the civilian council. Each one was handled the same exact way, tendrils of shadows piercing the would-be assassins body as though it were paper. Only a chunin teacher by the name of Iruka and the sandaime hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen could touch the boy without the shadows reacting negatively.

It was a clear night with the moon being at its fullest. Earlier that night, Naruto had tried to bring some children a medicine that Iruka had given him. The last child, a young boy by the name of Shitto, had called him a monster before slamming the door in Naruto's face. Losing control of his defense for a short time, he attacked a woman who howled like a howler monkey. Now our precious blonde can be found sitting on top of the Hokage Monument.

A barrage of senbon shot at Naruto from behind but never made it all the way due to his shadow protecting him. Turning towards the assailant, more senbon were thrown at Naruto but none hit.

"Kage no haka." With that the masked man was wrapped up in hundreds of shadows. "Kurayami o tsutsumikomu." With that the tendrils of darkness crushed the man. Walking over, Naruto slowly removed the mask only to freeze in horror at seeing Iruka.

"*cough* Hello Naruto."

"I-Iruka-sensei. Why? Why would you-?"

"I was asked to by the Hokage."

"You had no other choice then."

"No. Hokage-sama gave me a choice. I chose to do this. After all you killed your own parents after you killed mine. Your mother never loved you. That is why she named you maelstrom. The powerful whirlpool that destroys everything around it. That is what you were born to be you demon." Naruto looked on in pain as Iruka said his final words. Crying out in pain, shadows surrounded Naruto. For what felt like hours, all that could be heard was the pained cries of the demon child from beyond his perfect defense. Finally, the shadows parted to reveal Naruto, who looked widely the same except for the kanji for shadow on his arm. When the Hokage and his Anbu showed up, all that was left was Iruka's body and a bag of healing ointment.

'I am getting too old for this shit.' Was all Sarutobi could think after realizing what happened.