New Idea: After Naruto has taken a brutal beaten that sends him to the hospital, Jiraiya has had enough. He takes his god-son on as an early apprentice and doesn't return until it's time for the academy graduation; however, the great toad sage never fails to surprise as he returns with not only Naruto, but a young red head girl whom he proclaims is Kushina Uzumaki's niece...otherwise known as Naruto's cousin. These two will certainly turn the shinobi world upside down.
-Smarter Naruto -Awesome Cousin -Adopted theme from another story with my own twist -AU -ooc-ness -OC character Awesome jutsus
It was a cool crisp night in Konoha, the villagers were asleep or at least doing peaceful activities and the village as a whole seem to be at one, well, except for one; Hiruzen Saratobi. Yes, the old Hokage was nose deep in paper work and practically pulling what was left of his hair on his liver spotted head. Puff after puff of his pipe, he grimaced at his archenemy, taking his hand and slashing through the pile, the many papers cascading onto the floor. The old Saratobi's hand ran down his face as he suddenly heard chuckling. He looked towards the office window just to see his white haired student. "Jiraiya"
The white haired man stood tall, sporting a gallant smile on his face. His slightly tanned skin was slightly wrinkled from age, thin red lines trailed from each of his eyes down to his chin. The great Toad Sage walked over to the Hokage's desk, slamming his palms against the wooden surface in excitement. "It's time, Old man."
"Indeed it is, Jiraiya-chan." Hiruzen took a drag from his pipe. "You know, I thought you had took the child and ran far away with him just to never come back."
"At first, I thought about that, but then I thought how would the kid get to prove his worth to his village if he doesn't come back?" Jiraiya paced the room, then threw his hands up in blazing determination. His features then turned serious as he took a seat in front of the Hokage. "There's something...or rather someone I want to talk about." Before he could say anything else, a poof of smoke filled the room as two figures appeared. They were dressed in dark hooded cloaks, their faces were hidden from view. It was silent for a while until one of the cloaked figures started to cough, a lot. "Come on, Naruto! Could you ease it with the smoke bombs?! Yesh, I'm dying here...totally the last time I let you pick what we use for our grand entrance!"
"Right, and you've obviously forgotten the cherry blossom incident. I had those things in places where the sun doesn't shine for weeks!" The two shivered at the memory, even causing Jiraiya to scowl in fear. Once the smoke was finally cleared and the hoods were off, Hiruzen was slightly shocked at the two beaming faces; one familiar while the other was a stranger. The unknown girl had pale red hair that fell right below the shoulders and bright green eyes, sun-kissed skin that glowed. Her outfit consisted of black shinobi shorts that hung mid thigh, bandages wrapped up her chest with a netted shirt over it, a deep blue mini jacket with the Uzumaki symbol on the back over that. Bandages wrapped her left thigh under the shorts and both of her legs from the ankle to just below the knee, deep blue leg warmers adorned her ankles and shinobi style sandals on her feet. Naruto, on the other hand, had on the classic black shinobi pants that stopped at the ankle, an orange short sleeve shirt and a black sleeveless trench coat with orange flames at the bottom. Black shinobi gloves adorned his hands and sandals on his feet. Jiraiya came up behind the two and knocked them on the back of the head. "YOU TWO WERE SUPPOSE TO WAIT FOR ME INTRODUCE YOU!"
"You took too long, Ero-Sennin!" Naruto rubbed the bruise on his head, pouting about the Toad Sage's rashness the red head girl nodded her bruised noggin in agreement. Jiraiya sighed as Naruto beamed at Hiruzen.
"Hiya, Old man! Long time, no see."
'Old man?' The Saratobi inwardly sighed. 'Some things just doesn't get old with this kid.' He thought, clearing his throat to say "Hello, Naruto, how have you been?" Naruto struck the good guy pose as he said "Awesome, I feel like a new person!"
"You look like one too." The old man said, shifting his gaze to the girl as he no longer could hold his curiosity. "And may I ask who this child is?"
Jiraiya smirked, making eye contact with the young girl, her too, adopting a smirk. Naruto rolled his eyes as he started to recede to the back of the room; all of a sudden the girl struck a pose resembling a damsel in distress. "Orphaned at the age of four with not a soul who wanted me, I traveled across the great nations se-"
"Dude, you told me that you stayed with this old lady who treated you we-" Naruto's interruption came to a halt when a kunai flew past his face. He stared wide-eyed at the girl who was letting out a hefty amount of killer intent.
"Interrupt me again, and I'll aim for your head next time." Naruto was now sweating profoundly as he threw his hands up in surrender. "H-hai!"
"Where was I? Oh yeah, not a soul wanted me, I traveled-"
"Cut the theatrics, kid, and just get to your name and the important stuff." Jiraiya cut off the girl and she pouted, muttering about rude perverts. She soon recovered from her interruptions and struck a cutesy pose.
"I'm Uzumaki Hitori, daughter of Uzumaki Omu and Nekokayo Sisaki, and niece of a lovely lady name Kushina." The Hokage's jaw was on the floor and his eyes were bulging out his head. This was something he just couldn't understand if Kami himself wrote it on a scroll and hit him with it. Jiraiya gave the old Saratobi a cheeky smile as he walked over and patted his shoulder.
"Quite a shocker, right?"
"Indeed." He agreed, regaining his composure.
"Jiraiya, I'd like to schedule a meeting tomorrow to discuss some important information." The Toad Sage nodded and the Saratobi took a puff of his pipe. "Now, more importantly, we have a new resident of Konoha, am I correct?" Jiraiya nodded again.
"And she's training to become a kunoichi, along side Naruto-kun?" This time a grunt in agreement came from the sanin.
"Well, then okay, but there is something we have to discuss involving you two becoming shinobi." Hitori and Naruto shared a glance of question before turning back to the Hokage, eagerly awaiting his statement.
"The students of our local ninja academy are taking the genin exam tomorrow and you two need to as well." Naruto gawked at the news. "You're kidding, right? Our rank is above genin!"
"A-ano, he's correct, Hokage-sama. Under Jiraiya-jiji's supervision, we've been learning some of the most amazing jutsus, increasing our stamina, broadening our education and so much more. I'm pretty sure our skills are above genin." Hitori said while Naruto vigorously nodded his head in agreement. Jiraiya sported a proud smile as he sat in a chair with his arms crossed. Hiruzen cocked an eyebrow in amusement. "Huh, well I guess I'll do a personal assessment tomorrow then."
"Well, now that we have made plans for tomorrow, I'll make sure these two get to bed right away, Old man." Jiraiya walked over to the duo and placed his hands upon both of their shoulders; as Hiruzen waved a goodbye, the three disappeared in a swirl of leaves. The old Hokage sighed, picking the papers up off the floors and smiled, replaying the scene that went no longer than ten minutes ago. He could see a bright future forming.
"Whoa, this place is pretty sweet!" Naruto exclaimed, walking around the three room apartment; it was decorated with intricate items and smooth looking furniture. The rooms looked as if they were made for the two pre-teens, closets fully stocked with shinobi and civilian clothing matching their respective styles, along with ample amounts of shinobi gear and weapons and little trinkets. There were large queen sized beds in each room and a light shade of beige painted the walls. Naruto hopped around the room in amazement as Hitori contently plopped herself on the living room couch.
"I'm glad you two like it because, from now on, this is where you live. The kitchen is stocked and so are your rooms. I'll be visiting from time to time so that third room is mine and it is sealed off for my eyes only until further notice." Jiraiya told them . Hitori looked at the sage with cat-like eyes and smirked. "Why? Is it filled with your 'research'?" She asked while in the background Naruto coughed out "porn."
Instead of fuming at the two, he rubbed a finger under his nose and started to giggle. "Maybe." The two Uzumaki faceplanted the floor to which Jiraiya just belted a laugh.
"Okay , you guys, let me finish explaining your living arragements. Off to the east side of the apartments, towards the outskirts of Konoha, is a sacred trainig ground that only you two can enter."
"Only us? How'd you do that?" Naruto asked, quite fasinated. Jiraiya shook his head. "It wasn't my doing, kid. Your mother sealed it off with her own blood, I just simply modified it so that if an Uzumaki should put a certain seal on certain people, they are also allowed inside the training grounds."
"Cool!" Naruto had stars in his eyes as it was Hitori's turn to ask questions. "What's the seal?"
"You simply bite your thumb and run the blood across your palm, then form the hand signs monkey, tiger, boar and then just tap the person on the shoulder or wherever. Now get to bed, we have a busy day ahead of us."
"Hai!" And off to bed were they.