Namikaze Naruto:
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in the slightest. Would be awesome if I did, though.
A/N: I
gave up on my last story due to lack of interest, lack of time and
lack of response. So, I've decided to start over again. I have by no
means any more time than I had before, but I have realised that I
have got sufficient time to write a fanfiction. So here goes. Just so
everyone knows going into this, Naruto is likely to end up being
severely over powered
Summary:
What would happen if the Sandaime had sealed the Kyuubi into Naruto
instead of the Yondaime? What if the Namikaze clan was a powerful and
established clan in Konoha? What would Naruto's life be like with a
father? Much better, assuredly. Follow Naruto as he grows into a
hero, trying as best he can to follow in his father's footsteps.
Chapter 1
Namikaze Minato grinned as he watched his six year old son torment the great Toad Sage, Jiraiya. His former sensei had, as a favour to Minato, started training Naruto in basic fitness and chakra moulding exercises. Naruto was progressing well, probably because of his insane fitness and enormous chakra stores. He couldn't mould chakra or anything yet, but Minato could feel it just below the surface, waiting anxiously to get out.
This was just a temporary thing, seeing as Jiraiya was only in Konoha for a couple of weeks. But Minato hoped Naruto would make as much of it as possible. Then, perhaps later Minato would take over his training, if only for a short while.
"They seem to be getting along fine," his wife said from behind him. Kushina wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder. "How are they going?"
Minato kissed her head affectionately, before turning back to the mismatched pair currently resting in the Namikaze clan training grounds. "They're going great. Jiraiya seems to have taken quite a shining to him. And Naruto loves anyone willing to train him."
Kushina laughed. "He does. He's almost as eager as you were. I hope Seikou is just as enthusiastic."
Minato's mind wondered to their other son, Seikou. He was only a four and a half years old, and had been a joy for Minato and Kushina so far. Naruto absolutely adored his younger brother, and loved spending time with him. The Yondaime knew they would become close when they got older, and would hopefully be able to motivate each other to train as hard as possible.
A banshee-like screech erupted behind the pair, forcing them to clap their hands over their ears, or risk losing their sense of hearing. Minato winced. Kami, that kid has a set of lungs on him!
Kushina immediately rushed inside to check on little Seikou, while Minato leapt down from the balcony to where Naruto and Jiraiya were looking at him questioningly. "What's wrong with Seikou-kun?" asked Naruto, his eyebrows knit in worry.
"Nothing serious, I don't think. We probably just woke him up," Minato answered with a smile.
Jiraiya chuckled, ruffling Naruto's hair. "Worried about your little brother?"
"No! I was just wondering! That's all," Naruto sputtered, blushing slightly.
"Naruto, it's alright to care about your brother. It's nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, I'd be worried if you weren't concerned," Minato said comfortingly. He picked Naruto up and placed him on his shoulder, ignoring the boy's protests. He leapt back up to the balcony he'd been observing from, Jiraiya trailing behind.
xXx
Minato strode into Seikou's room with Naruto on his shoulder and Jiraiya following him. They found Kushina next to Seikou's crib, the child resting in her arms. He was a cute little thing, with hardly any hair, bright blue eyes and rosy red cheeks. Naruto jumped down from his fathers shoulders, wanting to play with his otouto.
Minato and Jiraiya watched this from the doorway, both of them smiling. Behind the contentedness, however, they remembered the price of such happiness. The smile faded from Minato's face as his mind was drawn back to the last day of the Kyuubi's attack.
Konoha lost a good many soldiers that day, but no loss was as great as that of a former Hokage. Minato, as the Yondaime Hokage, had been prepared to not only sacrifice his own life, but possibly ruin the life of his son by using the Shiki Fuujin no Jutsuto seal the Kyuubi into Naruto. But, as he made ready to leave with his son to face the mighty Bijuu, Sarutobi had intercepted him and convinced him to let him seal the beast into Naruto, so that although he would be cursed with a demon, Naruto would still have a father and a family to protect him.
Minato had reluctantly agreed, realising that not only was Sarutobi right, but the more he argued, the more lives were lost while he delayed the sealing. So he handed Naruto to the Sandaime Hokage and summoned Gamabunta, ordering him to obey Sarutobi and aid him in combat with the Nine-Tailed Fox.
The boss toad summon begrudgingly agreed, before leaping off with Sarutobi atop him in the direction of the Kyuubi.
Minato would never forget that moment.
Mere minutes later, there was a bright flash of white light, and then silence. The Kyuubi was defeated and the Sandaime, dead.
The village, after realising how the demon had been disposed of, immediately wanted Naruto dead, and from that moment hated him. It wasn't until Minato released a statement to the village stating the workings of the seal, and explaining, with the help of Jiraiya, that Naruto was no demon – that in fact by holding the demon, he was a hero and protector of the village – that they stopped calling for his blood.
The villagers got over their fear of him, and slowly stopped hating him. They now respected him for what he'd done. It had been close, and there were still those out there who quietly hated the demon container, but under Minato's watchful eye Naruto was safe.
Minato was shaken from his thoughts by Jiraiya, who was looking at his watch and saying something about having to head out for 'research'. Minato laughed and bid farewell to the Sannin, as did Naruto and Kushina, Seikou gurgling happily. Jiraiya departed, and Minato realised he too would soon have to leave, as he was due at the Hokage tower.
He bid his family goodbye with a kiss and a hug, before leaving.
It was going to be a long and paperwork filled day.
xXx
Namikaze Minato stifled his chuckles, praising himself for the genius prank he was about to pull on his eight year old son, Naruto. Today was two weeks before lessons at the Ninja Academy would start, and he fully intended on having Naruto there. He had no doubt that Naruto would flourish, and become one of the best ninjas the village had seen.
The last two years Naruto had trained not just with him, but a variety of other strong ninja. These ninja ranged from Jounin to Chuunin, including Minato's own student Hatake Kakashi - whenever he had spare time - Yuhi Kurenai, and one memorable month with Maito Gai. And of course he'd trained under Jiraiya every time the Sannin dropped by Konoha for a visit.
Jiraiya worked on Naruto's basic ninja skills. With his huge chakra stores, his control would have been absolutely dreadful without training, so they'd taught him some basic exercises to help improve that. He had by no means perfect control, but he would be able to learn and use more jutsu than he would be able to otherwise.
Kakashi had taught Naruto some simple offensive Jutsus, which Naruto absolutely loved. He, like his father, had an affinity to Ninjutsu, and loved learning as many as he could. This made the infamous Copy-Nin the perfect person to teach him.
Minato trusted a Chuunin named Yuhi Kurenai with Naruto's Genjutsu training and general knowledge, though he showed very little promise with either. With control a necessary part of Genjutsu, he would probably be average at best.
Taijutsu Master, Maito Gai, trained Naruto for one month in his 'Iron Fist' form of fighting, which not only brought Naruto's fitness up greatly, but strengthened his mind and work ethic. Minato then decided Naruto would benefit more from a personalised Taijutsu form.
When he was not busy with Hokage duties, Minato taught Naruto about the different secrets and aspects of the clan, with the help of other clan members. The clan head, Minato's older brother Namikaze Shuhan and his son Waizu were mostly responsible for his knowledge of clan jutsu, history and their elusive Kekkei Genkai as well as Kushina.
By the time Minato stopped reminiscing and remembered the prank he was about to pull, Naruto was already well awake and confused as to his father's presence in his room. "Otousan… What're you doing in my room this early? It's only… six-thirty!" the boy exclaimed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and glancing at the clock.
Minato realised he'd been caught red handed attempting to prank his son, so he tried to brush it off and change the subject. "Well, Naruto, you've got two weeks until you start at the academy."
Naruto stared at his father before getting out of bed and heading towards his closet.
"So," he continued, "Shuhan and I have decided you need to start training as early as possible. You'll be training at least four hours a day for five days a week until you start at the academy."
Naruto emerged from his closet in a smaller version of his father's clothes, minus the flame-tipped coat. He was wearing full ANBU gear, black boots, and gloves with his blonde hair held back by a pair of green goggles. He'd inherited his father's bright good looks, so everyone instantly knew who he was and where he'd come from, although he had no idea what the whisker-like were, but assumed they were birthmarks.
"Training? This early?" Naruto was torn. He loved training and learning new jutsu, but he hated having to get up this early. "Um… I guess it's alright. Who's gonna be training me?"
Minato found it hard to keep the pride out of his voice. "In the morning it's going to be Shuhan and I. After that, for an hour we'll have Kakashi train you since he's on leave from missions, then probably Waizu-san. He's in his last year at the academy, so he should be able to give you some pointers on lessons there."
Naruto grinned. He loved training with Kakashi, someone he considered an uncle. He was an expert at all sorts of Ninjutsu, and was more than happy to teach Naruto some of the easier and less dangerous ones – at least until he was a full-fledged ninja. He wasn't too fond of Waizu, though. His cousin wasn't a bad guy; he was just a bit too serious all the time.
Unlike the rest of the clan, he was arrogant. He considered himself the best, just because he was a Namikaze and heir to the Clan. There wasn't much Naruto could do to teach him otherwise because he was still smaller and younger than Waizu. So until he'd become a full-fledged shinobi, he'd have to wait to put him in his place.
But training with his father and uncle would be fun. They taught him about the clan's history and secret jutsu and stuff, which Naruto always looked forward to – although generally the jutsu more than the history.
"That sounds great! I can't wait to learn more about our jutsu!" Naruto yelled, punching the air excitedly. "Hey, Otousan? After training today, could I go see Sasuke and Hinata-chan? Please?"
Naruto had, after a brief meeting with the two a year ago, become close friends with Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuuga Hinata. They'd spent most days with each other, training or just eating when they weren't undergoing family training in their own respective styles. Their families were happy with this, as it would benefit each of their clans greatly despite Naruto not being the Namikaze heir. After all, if something were to happen to Waizu, Minato would become the heir and Naruto would be next in line. In the face of political connections, the Kyuubi meant nothing.
But that wasn't why Minato was happy with this – as the Hokage; politics meant little to him unless they looked to depose him. He was happy because Naruto had close friends he could trust, something that may not have been possible had the villagers minds turned against the 'demon boy'. Minato smiled before answering. "Of course, maybe I'll show you a jutsu to impress them with."
Naruto looked excited at the thought, and practically bounded out the door.
Minato just smiled.
xXx
Naruto was really hoping he could get his chakra right for this. He'd been told by his father that this particular jutsu should be easy for him, because it required practically no control and a large amount of chakra. Under the watchful eyes of his father and uncle, he once again formed the seal, pumped as much chakra into it as possible and yelled, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" There was a burst of smoke, and there appeared fifteen physically real clones. Unfortunately, each of them had some sort of deformity about them. They either had too many limbs, missing limbs, or miss-positioned body parts. Naruto screamed in frustration.
Minato chuckled softly, before approaching Naruto with Shuhan. "You're doing brilliantly for an eight year old, Naruto. But you're not focusing enough on your form. You need to concentrate on the image of your body while forcing out the chakra so that the clones will take that shape."
"And once you get that right you could focus on another desired form for the Shadow Clone, which you could use as decoys for team mates or even inanimate objects to fool your enemies," Shuhan added. "But this all gets easier once you practice the jutsu; you won't even have to think about the form eventually."
Naruto nodded at his seniors and tried again, this time using less chakra and making sure to focus on his image when he pushed out the chakra. There was another burst of smoke, and five fully formed clones emerged, each looking happy with themselves. "Yatta!" exclaimed Naruto, punching the air.
"Well done, Naruto-kun!" congratulated Shuhan, approaching one of the clones with a grin. "Now, with these clones there comes one vital difference you can use to your advantage. When a clone is dispersed, you are able to absorb its memories and therefore any information it has managed to gather."
Minato stepped forward and ruffled Naruto's hair affectionately. "This not only makes them invaluable on reconnaissance missions, but also makes them quite useful for training. You could make, say, a hundred clones and have each of them practice a certain jutsu. You could then have this jutsu mastered within a week, where it would usually take months, or even years to master."
Naruto seemed to get even more excited at this. He jumped and hugged his father, then his uncle before they told him to create as many clones as he could to test his limitations. Naruto nodded and moved back to give himself space. He made the seal, forced in as much chakra as he could while focusing on his own image, then shouted out his jutsu. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
The entire training ground was covered in smoke, and when it eventually cleared there were at least five thousand shadow clones present. Both Minato and Shuhan felt their jaws drop.
All the Naruto clones punched the air at the same time and gave a deafening "Yatta!"
Minato smiled proudly, before telling Naruto to dispel the clones, which he did in a burst of smoke. "I'm so proud of you Naruto. You're progressing beautifully." He picked him up and placed him on his shoulder. "That will be all for today. I have to head to the Tower now, but Kakashi's due to be here any minute. So, train with Waizu-kun for a bit while you wait for him."
Naruto plastered a smile on his face for the benefit of his uncle. "Great! I look forward to it."
Despite his son's best efforts, Minato could tell he was lying, as could his brother. Shuhan knew his son was arrogant, and was deeply shamed by it. He felt it his duty to either set his son straight, or name another heir to the Clan in his stead for a Clan ruled in arrogance was easily toppled
"Waizu will be here in half an hour, Naruto-kun. Get something to eat while you wait," Shuhan said with a smile. Naruto gave each of them a hug before dashing up to the house to tell his Okaasan about his new jutsu.
Shuhan looked at his younger brother, his smile dropping from his face. "Minato, I worry for Waizu. He has become arrogant. He is talented, no doubt, but he believes himself superior to the rest of the village simply due to his blood. He is no better than the Uchiha." He felt bad for saying such things about his twelve year old son, but he knew it to be true, if a bit harsh.
Minato chose his words carefully, not wanting to offend his brother or his nephew. "Waizu is… a bit arrogant, yes, but with good cause. He is easily the strongest student in his class, and by the time he makes it to Genin, he will no doubt be the strongest Genin Konoha has; even stronger than some of the older ones." Minato turned away from his brother. Not entirely sure what to say next. "But… his attitude in respect to the clan is… unfitting of an heir. I'm sorry Niisan. But you need someone to take him down a notch."
Minato turned in the direction of the Hokage Tower and walked away, leaving his brother to his thoughts. He may have been a bit harsh, but everything he'd said was true, and Shuhan knew it. Minato sighed. Sometimes the complexities of a Clan were too much.
His mind once again moved to his sons. Seikou had just begun his chakra moulding and fitness training, undergoing the same regime that Naruto had two years ago. He'd started it a bit later than Naruto, but he hadn't developed as much as Naruto had. Nor did he have as much stamina or chakra. Then again, he wasn't housing the Kyuubi.
Naruto's training would continue as it had today through his time at the Academy, possibly changing the further he advanced. His training was a bit harsher than the children of other major clans, but this was to be expected. While most of the village loved Naruto for his unwilling sacrifice, there were still a few Shinobi who muttered quietly in the darkest corners of Konoha, planning their revenge on the 'demon'. Naruto had to be ready to defend himself, and he had no problem with the training as he loved learning Jutsu.
Naruto's determination would hopefully push him to the top of his Academy class, and past that to eventual greatness. Minato knew his sons would be brilliant; they were, after all his sons.
xXx
Seikou looked out the window into the Clan training grounds smiling happily. He was so lucky; he was the son of the Hokage, member of a respected and prestigious clan, he had a loving family with two caring parents, and an inspirational older brother. An older brother that absolutely adored him, and wanted nothing more than to spend time with him and help him become the best ninja he could.
Seikou, while aware of all this, did not quite understand or appreciate this as much as he would when he was older, but he still knew he was lucky.
He was watching his Niisan and older cousin train together; they were mostly just doing light sparring, but every now and then Waizu would stop Naruto and show him errors in his form, or show him better ways to use certain Jutsu. Waizu was a genius and he knew it, he was the pride of the Clan closely followed by Naruto, who showed just as much – if not more – promise than Waizu.
Seikou himself had only just started his training, though his brother had secretly taught him things behind his parents' back. It was too early to tell how strong he'd eventually become, but his father said he was proud of him no matter what.
"Seikou, Where are you, hun?" called Kushina up the stairs of the family's house.
"I'm here kaasan!" yelled Seikou from his room. He turned from the window and went downstairs into the kitchen, where he found his mother, a retired kunoichi, making waffles for breakfast.
"I hope you're hungry, Seikou. Naruto won't be able to have any waffles 'cause he's training at the moment. You'll have to eat his share," said Kushina, as she piled the waffles onto a plate for Seikou.
"I love waffles!" said Seikou, grinning madly. "I'd love to have Niisan's!" He picked up his fork and began to dig into the breakfast, his stomach rumbling in approval.
Kushina laughed lightly at her son's antics. He was such a lovely kid. "Kakashi-san was due here an hour ago to train Naruto, so he'll get here in roughly half an hour. Be ready to train then, because he's training the both of you,"
Seikou nodded eagerly, his mouth too full of waffles to say anything. He'd only trained under Kakashi once, but he found learning Ninjutsu to be great fun. He didn't enjoy as much as his brother, but he still couldn't wait. He dug into his breakfast with renewed vigour.
xXx
Naruto was forced to, once again, ignore Waizu's arrogant ramblings. The only thing that kept him training with Waizu was the thought that afterwards, he'd be learning some possibly new jutsu from Kakashi-Sensei. Were it not for that, he'd have walked out on his superior long ago.
Naruto bowed, before assuming his stance. He was using a combination of the Iron Fist style taught to him by Gai, and a style taught at the Academy to face his cousin. The combination had been created by his father specifically for Naruto, after noticing Naruto's love of wide-area Ninjutsu and his knack for coming up with battle plans on the spot.
Waizu charged forward with a jab to Naruto's throat, which he dodged before attempting to sweep out his cousin's legs from under him. Waizu avoided this by performing a flipping axe kick, which Naruto barely dodged. Naruto ducked low, and used a double-hand thrust to Waizu's chest to give him time to create hand seals.
Waizu caught his cousin's wrists, though, pulling him into a kick that forced the wind out of Naruto's lungs. He then turned, and dropped to one knee facing away from Naruto, though keeping a solid grip of his wrists. Waizu pulled on his arms, trying to flip him onto his head, but all that landed in front of him was a pile of logs.
Waizu swore, before scanning the area to find his elusive cousin. He heard a laugh from above him, but it was too late.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Four Naruto's landed, surrounding the older boy.
Waizu seemed shocked, and had apparently noticed that these were solid clones, and not merely illusions. "Shit," Was all he could say before the four Naruto's pounced. Waizu dodged to of them, but the other two managed to land solid hits to his face and chest. The other two landed behind him, and threw quick kicks to the back of his knees, dropping him to the ground. Then all four drew Kunai, and held them to his throat. "I give."
Naruto whooped, and jumped in the air excitedly. His clones dispersed themselves, returning memories of the different angles of Waizu's stance to the original. He ignored this for now, too swept up in the euphoria of having finally defeated his older cousin; albeit with the help of a Jounin level Jutsu.
"Yeah, yeah…" Said Waizu, trying to quiet his cousin before he drew the attention of any of the other clan members also using training ground. "You only beat me because of that stupid Jutsu. Where'd you learn that, anyway?"
Naruto laughed, still happy with his victory over the clan heir. "You don't know it? I'm surprised! The great Waizu doesn't know a Jutsu?" Naruto gave another amused chuckle, dodging Waizu's swipe. "I learnt it just this morning, from our Dads."
"Having fun, you two?" said a calm voice from behind them. Naruto turned, and a grin instantly split his face. Kakashi had come bearing new Jutsu.
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A/N:Phew. First chapter. Wasn't too bad, aye? Suppose I won't find out until I send it off to my beta Feilyn. I can't say for sure how often I'll get around to updating, but I can assure you that if I get a decent response, I will not give up on this story and will see it though until its' finish. This chapter won't have been released until I've got a couple of chapters under my belt, so the first few should be relatively quick. This is my first Naruto fanfic, so review please, and don't be afraid to flame! Until next time, folks.
Oh, and just a quick note. The Namikaze clan is an established clan in my story, with almost as many members as the Uchihas pre-massacre. They have a Kekkei Genkai, though I won't be revealing any details about it for a while. I can tell you it is a doujutsu – I know, I know. Cliché. But I love doujutsu, so he's getting one. Anyway, see ya soon. :
Today's inspirational song – 'Don't be that Note' by The Scene Aesthetic.
