Title: Naruto: Rikugan Rebirth
Chapter 1: The Night of the Fox
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PAGE 1
Panel 1: Wide shot — Hidden Leaf Village under full moon, villagers running in panic.
Narration Box: "Twelve years ago, a monster appeared in the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
Panel 2: Giant silhouette of the Nine-Tailed Fox, Kurama, roars from the mountainside. Tails crash into buildings.
SFX: "ROOOOOOAAAAR!!"
Panel 3: Shinobi engage the beast — some fire jutsu, others summon toads and snakes.
SFX: "BOOOOM! CRASH! FWOOOSH!"
Narration Box: "Its chakra alone leveled forests and crushed mountains."
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PAGE 2
Panel 1: Close-up — a small shrine in the forest. Kushina lies weakly inside, holding a crying newborn Naruto.
Panel 2: Minato Namikaze appears with bloodied Hokage cloak. Sweat drips from his brow.
Minato: "Kushina! I've secured the barrier, but... Kurama broke through."
Panel 3: Kushina reaches to touch Naruto's face.
Kushina (weakly): "Minato... save him... even if it costs everything."
Panel 4: Naruto opens his eyes briefly. A faint glow of sky blue ripple flickers inside.
SFX: "TZZZTTT..."
Minato (thought): "That eye again... This isn't a normal mutation."
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PAGE 3
Panel 1: Kurama, raging uncontrollably, crushes multiple towers. Buildings explode in flames.
SFX: "KRRRRAAAASSHH!!"
Panel 2: Gamabunta leaps from behind the mountain, drawing his blade.
Gamabunta: "This one's madder than ever... Hold him, Fourth!"
Panel 3: Kurama opens its mouth. Chakra orb begins forming — a Bijuu Dama. Minato (thought): "No time left."*
Panel 4: Minato teleports with Flying Raijin — appears in front of Kurama mid-attack. SFX: "ZWWWWPPP!!"
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PAGE 4
Panel 1: Teleporting Kurama away just before it fires. Minato reappears beside the sealing shrine.
Panel 2: Minato places Naruto in the middle of a sealing circle. Minato: "I'll use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal... but I can't seal all of it in him."*
Panel 3: Kurama appears above — furious and instinctively strikes with its clawed paw toward baby Naruto.
Panel 4: Kushina and Minato both leap in front to shield Naruto.
SFX: "THMP!!" — Kurama's massive claw impales them both. Blood splatters.
Panel 5: Kushina grips Kurama's claw with her chakra chains. Kushina (smiling weakly): "We're not... letting you take him."
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PAGE 5
Panel 1: Bloodied and dying, Minato performs a final series of hand signs. Minato: "I'll split the Nine-Tails... Half in me. Half in Naruto."
Panel 2: The Shinigami looms behind Minato, its sword drawn.
SFX: "HUMMMMMM!"
Panel 3: Half of Kurama's chakra gets sucked into Minato's body. SFX: "VOOOOOOOM!" Narration Box: "The Fourth Hokage sacrificed his soul to contain the evil."
Panel 4: The remaining half gets sealed into Naruto's belly. A red swirl seal burns into his stomach.
Panel 5: Baby Naruto cries loudly. His eye flickers again — sky blue with faint ripples. SFX: "WAAAAAAAAH!!" Narration Box: "But in the chaos, something unknown was also born."
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PAGE 6
Panel 1: Kushina collapses beside Minato. Both smile at their child one last time. Kushina: "Naruto... find love... find peace..."
Panel 2: Sarutobi Hiruzen appears, watching the devastation from a cliff. Sarutobi (thought): "Their legacy now lies in that boy... and something deeper."
Panel 3: Far in the shadows, Danzo watches with folded arms. Danzo (thought): "This boy carries the Nine-Tails... and a mutation from the sealing. That eye... it was no dojutsu I've seen."
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PAGE 7
Panel 1: A Root operative kneels before Danzo. Operative: "The child survived. The beast is sealed."
Panel 2: Danzo's visible eye narrows. Danzo: "Monitor him. Discreetly. If the eye awakens again... report to me."
Panel 3: Baby Naruto in a blanket under starlight. One eye slightly open. The Rikugan gleams once, then fades. SFX: "Shhh..."
Panel 4: Close-up on the sleeping baby's face. Peaceful, but marked.
Narration Box: "This is the story of Naruto Uzumaki — a boy marked by tragedy, sealed with a beast... and born with the eyes of another world."
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TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 2: The Forgotten Boy