It was another regular day in the Village of the Hidden Leafs, except for a little boy who was planning his pranks in his run-down apartment. "They won't know what's coming" thought Naruto. He was finally out of the orphanage in which the madam was especially mean to him and planning on getting her back. "All I need is a little more paint and I can do this". About an hour later, he set up his equipment and was all ready for the "lady" to walk out of her house. "There she comes… A little closer… NOW!" and he let go of the string, hitting Madam Morioka with his paint filled balloons.
After he saw her screaming out her lungs and cursing whoever had done this to her, he stepped and bumped into a regular looking civilian. Soon he heard, "Here is the demon! Let's finish what the Fourth Hokage should've finish 6 years ago!" Soon, Naruto remembered that today was his birthday. "Why the all of the days I could've done this on, I had to pick this day?" He started to run as fast as he could, but unfortunately for him, there were some ninja among the group who were faster than him. He knew that he couldn't do anything about it anymore so when he tripped into a corner, he rolled into a ball and hoped for the best.
About 5 minutes later, Hiko Seijūrō, who was drinking some sake, was walking by when he thought he saw a little boy being beaten. He decided to save the boy, "Leave the boy alone, what did he do wrong?" A stupid civilian decided to talk and say, "He is the demon! What more reason do we need?" The swordsman knocked out the civilian, deciding not to traumatize the little boy. "Why are you saving the demon! You should kill him before it comes back!" "Kill the demon lover!"
'Are they all stupid?' thought Hiko. He decided to knock-out all the people in the area, with no one opposing him because of his great speed. He soon found the boy with injuries all over him. "Looks like he gots some major stab wounds, I should take him to a hospital as fast as I can." However, to his amazement, the wounds started to heal, although the boy was still not out of the danger zone. As he was deciding which direction to go to find the hospital, the Third Hokage showed up and announced himself, "Thank you stranger for saving Naruto. Did you knock out all the people after him?" "Yes," answered the sword master, "Why where all the towns people after him like this? Nevermind, the boy needs hospital treatment first." "Followed me," answered the Hokage, "I will have my personal physician look after him. I know he will not hurt the boy."
After following the Hokage to the tower and his office, Hiruzen Sarutobi started to talk and answer the question of why the boy was hated. After hearing the boy's story. The much too young looking master of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū decided to make him an offer to take Naruto and make him his successor. "He will most likely come back when he is 16. 10 years of training will have him finished with the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū Style." The Hokage, seeing that this might be the best option for Naruto, told him that if Naruto accepted, he can take him as his successor.
When Naruto wakened the next day, he saw the a person wearing a white cape with red trimmings, with a sword at this side, who looked cool. He soon started to talk, "Naruto, I just talked with your Hokage, and he granted you the wish of joining me and becoming by apprentice and becoming my successor to the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū. The choice is yours to take." Naruto answered, "Will I be able to come back to the village?" Hiko answered, "Yes, however, some time later, you must journey the world and pick an apprentice of your own, so you cannot settle down in the village. However, you can live here a good part of your life." "Since you will be traveling with me, I will let you know that it is a 10 year commitment to the teaching of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū and that when you come back, you should be able to become a ninja. Naurto thought for about 10 seconds and decided, "I will go with you and become strong and become the Hokage! Believe me!" "Ok first squirt, you gotta stop saying 'Believe me' and second, we are leaving now." The Hokage decided to walk in right then. "Naruto, since you will be leaving the village for these next 10 years, I want you to take these scrolls. They contain taijutsu style, Strong Fist" and this ninjustu scroll which contains the 3 basic justus that all academy students must learn. The next scroll is the Shadow Clone justu. This technique is the more advanced version of one of the basic justu. I included it because I feel like the regular clone technique might not work very well you with. Please study these when you have the time and you aren't working with your new master on your sword techniques.
"Lord Hokage, we should get going soon," said Hito. "Ok, Naruto, take care of yourself these next 10 years of your life and come back to the village, as strong as you can be." Naruto nodded and soon after, the soon to become 14th master of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū, left the village, and the village did not see them for the next 10 years.
Hey guys. This is my very first fanfiction and I love both Naruto and Rurouni Kenshin so I decided to do a crossover between the two. I decided on having Hiko Seijūrō XIII as the master instead of Kenshin because I felt like that Kenshin would never teach the style to another soul and Hito needed another student to become a successer anyways. I know that some of the stuff I wrote violate the principles of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū style, but consider this a slight AU, I guess.