In the former Whirlpool Country in a cavern beneath a house that belonged to the son of a great hero a small capsule opened. Out of the smoke stepped the familiar silhouette of small "thing" with white fur and a carrot shaped nose. The creature began to shake uncontrollable before running out of the cavern and out of the house. He sensed the RAVE and set course for them, heading in the direction of the stones and, hopefully, the descendent of his friends.
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Uzumaki Naruto was very familiar with the hospital. Even if most of his wounds could heal overnight, sudden healing of wounds could cause bones to heal incorrectly or damage the flow of the chakra system. Kyuubi was more worried about his host's survival, rather than his actual health. As long as he was alive it didn't matter how malformed he was. But the question is why a child would need to spend so much time in a hospital anyway. This can be put down to his tenant. The same thing that fixed his body was the cause of the bodily harm, at least indirectly. Grief is a powerful thing and it can even convince people that a young child is a monster in disguise. And sometimes they let this belief get the better of them.
The six-year old had decided to find out why everyone celebrated on October 10th, while the Hokage told him to stay inside. He hadn't lived in the orphanage for more than a year and no one else was in the apartment building to stop him from going outside, not that they would. He wasn't noticed at first, seeing as he lived in an area of town where only the poorest lived and even they were at the festival whether to celebrate the "death" of the Kyuubi or sell goods to make a little extra money.
The ninjas had noticed him first, a small group of chunnin and genin, before they attracted the attention of some the more attentive citizens. It wasn't long before they cornered him in an alley. It took ten minutes before the ANBU showed up to detain the ninja and citizens. They felt that since it was the festival they would give a little break to the people trying to kill the demon. The ANBU did eventually brought Naruto to the hospital. And so Uzumaki Naruto was once again in an uncomfortable hospital bed.
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He opened his eyes gently and he was greeted by a familiar white ceiling. His head ached, he felt ringing in his ears, and he felt as though someone had stabbed in the arm, which they probably had. Then he heard the voices just outside out the door. It sounded like Hokage-jiji, but he was yelling at someone for "dearahlicton of dutte", at least that's what it sounded like.
Soon enough the yelling stopped and the room's door slid open. The Hokage stepped in with a grim look on his face. "Naruto, why did you go out tonight?"
Naruto seemed sheepish and rubbed the back of his head "Oh ah hi Hokage-jiji, you see…um…well, I kinda wanted to find out why everybody hated me." The last part was said quickly and quietly.
Sarutobi merely sighed and looked down. He sat himself at the end of Naruto's bed.
"Just make sure to stay inside next time alright."
Sarutobi stood up and made his way to the door.
"Jiji, you would tell me about why people hated me if you knew, right?"
Sarutobi froze, but quickly turned around with a weak smile. "Of course I would Naruto."
"And you tell me about my family right?"
The Hokage's smile faltered for a moment, but came back even stronger. "Yes I would. Now go to sleep, you need your rest."
"Okay jiji."
Sarutobi exited the hospital room, while resisting the urge to hurt himself.
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Meanwhile, the small white creature slipped into the Hokage's office. It tip toed up to the portrait of the 4th Hokage. He grabbed a chair and climbed up to the edge of the picture. He began feeling along the ledges before feeling a small crevice. Exclaiming an excited "Puun" he quickly opened the painting. Past the portrait was a safe. The creature stabbed thru the lock with his nose, opened it up, and grabbed the contents within, a small chest, several documents and books, and, finally, a large sword inside its scabbard. Near the hilt of the blade was a large musical note. The creature barely lifted all the items over its head, kicked the portrait-safe, and headed back outside to find the proper owner of these items.
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Naruto was released from the hospital the next day. Well less released and more punted out the door. But he was in good enough condition to make it home. He ignored the glares as he made his way into the apartment building and it wasn't long before he was nestled in the old blankets that covered his bed. He was attempting to get some sleep because getting thrown out of hospital after getting beaten tends to make you tired.
*tap, tap, tap*
Naruto heard a tapping at his window and hurriedly opened it. To his surprise a white colored monkey? tumbled thru, dragging with it numerous items, and somehow carrying it up to Naruto's window. The creature faced him quickly and then started trembling.
Naruto didn't know what to do. First this thing falls into his room and know it seemed like it was scared. So Naruto did what came naturally to him, he attempted to comfort. And Naruto's preferred method of comfort was food. Unfortunately he had no ramen, so he grabbed the nearest item of food he had, a large lollipop, and stuck it in front of the creature.
The creature stopped shaking immediately and jumped upon the lollipop. Naruto could only stare as the small animal attempted to stuff a massive lollipop into its much smaller mouth.
"So what are you?"
"Puun."
"Plue huh." The creature didn't seem to speak an actual language, but Naruto didn't seem to have any trouble understanding it.
"Puun." The dog thing began pushing all the stuff it had brought with it towards Naruto.
"What do you mean they're mine? This isn't my stuff."
Plue looked down in annoyance, before quickly raising his head. You could almost see the light bulb appear above him. He began sifting thru the documents before arriving at the one he needed. He handed it to Naruto, who began to look it over.
"Symphonian Royal Bloodline?" Naruto read across the top of the sheet. "Gale Glory, Haru Glory, Levin Glory, Uzumaki Kushina…" Naruto froze. This lady was named Uzumaki too. He read the name next to hers "Namikaze Minato." And then, slowly, he looked down and read the next name. "Uzumaki Naruto."
He turned upon Plue and spoke calmly, abnormally so considering the situation, and said "Where did you get this?"
"Puun."
"The Hokage's office, but…" Naruto spun around and rushed out the apartment, the paper still clenched in his hand.
"Puuuuun."
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Sarutobi leaned back into his chair. It had been a long day. Hopefully absolutely nothing else will happen tod…
"HEY YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!"
Sarutobi practically leaped out of his chair as Naruto came crashing thru his doorway, his secretary rushing after him. Naruto was holding very tightly onto what appeared to be a piece of paper.
"Hokage-sama I'm sorry, but he slipped past me and…"
"Don't worry about. I will talk to him."
The secretary walked out of the room, glaring at Naruto, and quickly shut the door.
'I've never seen Naruto this upset before.' "Naruto what's wrong?"
He didn't respond, but merely held out the paper. Sarutobi took it and gasped. He ran over to the 4th's wall safe and opened it. The lock looked as though it had been drilled thru and everything had been taken out. Sarutobi looked towards Naruto who was just looking at the ground. "Naruto, how did you get into this safe without anyone noticing?"
Naruto's spoke roughly "A friend brought them to me."
You didn't get named Hokage without being a skilled ninja, and a skilled ninja can see the tiniest change in body language that shows whether or not a person is lying, especially when dealing with an untrained six year old. Sarutobi knew Naruto wasn't lying.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Naruto his voice was no longer angry. He just seemed depressed suitable for someone who just lost faith in the one person he trusted.
"Naruto, you have to understand that I had my reasons for not telling you."
"Well I know now, so just tell me now."
"Naruto, I can't and you need you to return all those things that your 'friend' took." Sarutobi silently cursed this "friend" in his head.
"No, they're mine."
'Naruto…"
"No and if you make me return them I'll…I'll leave the village."
Sarutobi was surprised by the sudden ultimatum. He had to turn this situation around quickly. "But, if you leave the village you can't become a ninja."
"Then I won't be a ninja."
"But, if you're not a ninja then you can't be Hokage." Sarutobi was disgusted with himself for attempting to manipulate a young child, but it had to be done. He couldn't let Minato's legacy leave the village and with him the power of the RAVE and the only person on this half the planet with the ability to become a mage. Danzo would never let him live it down.
"THEN I WON'T BE HOKAGE!"
Sarutobi was stunned by the venom in his voice. Naruto was completely willing to give up his dream for his legacy. Sarutobi was, for the first time since the Kyuubi's attack, completely powerless.
"Alright Naruto" Sarutobi spoke wearily "you win. Your parents were the 4th Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and the descendent of the Symphonian line and the wielder of Etherion, Uzumaki Kushina. It was originally Glory, but her father Levin changed it to escape those seeking the power of the RAVE."
"What's RAVE?" Naruto said simply. He hadn't reacted to the sudden onset of information, merely sat there absorbing it all.
"It is explained in those books that were taken. Your father had left those behind to explain your heritage."
"What happened to my parent's?"
"Kushina died in child birth. Your father…" Sarutobi paused. He didn't think Naruto could deal with both his heritage and the knowledge that he held a powerful demon within him. "Your father died battling the Kyuubi."
"Alright." Naruto said quietly and turned to leave.
"Naruto," Sarutobi's tone was somber "what are you going to do now?"
"Become a strong ninja." Sarutobi brightened up "But not to get your hat. I just want to live up to my family. So long, Hokage-san." Sarutobi could almost feel his heart break when Naruto called him that. He had tried to be close Naruto for his whole life and a single piece of paper had destroyed it.
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Naruto barely pulled himself up the next morning, or noon seeing as his clock said 1:20. Naruto had spent the entire night skimming through the books. The Journey of the Rave Warriors by Griffon Kato had explained his heritage and made him realize how awesome his family really is, Sword Forms for All Occasions by Uzumaki Kushina was apparently that only one of its kind meant to be passed on to family, and Sealing for Dummies by Namikaze Minato was also one of a kind and meant for his legacy. But the book that had grabbed Naruto's attention the most was On the Understanding and Use of Magic of All Forms and Types by Sieg Hart.
The first reason for that was because inside the front cover was a note from his mother.
Dear Naruto,
Because we are descended from mages we hold the potential to utilize magic inside us. Magic can be dangerous, so don't dick around. I don't want you dying early because you decided to play around with dangerous magic and blew your own ass up.
Love, Kushina
Naruto sweat dropped just at the thought of it. But it was a small piece of his mother and he treasured it. The other reason the book had drawn him was because of the magic described within. Magic could be adapted to do essentially anything. Something like that could be very useful for a ninja.
Naruto grabbed his version of the Ten Commandments (apparently the forms changed from person to person. Who knew?) . This Ten Commandments was smaller than the original with a golden hilt and a handle wrapped in red ending in a gold cap. Naruto strapped it across his back, grabbed his books, and headed to the nearest training ground. If he was can be a great mage and swordsman he needed to practice, right?
The start of my first fan fic. All reviews welcome, especially those with ideas for swords, spells, summons, etc. This fic is partially inspired by TenCommandments' story Naruto and the Water Princess.
BemmyBean