Author's Notes: Here is another new story. It's my third. I got my inspiration after reading about the Uzumaki clan in one of the recent manga chapters in Naruto.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Naruto jogged joyously threw Konohagakure's forest with the Scroll of Seals strapped to his back.
"Take that, old man." He laughed as he threw up his arms in success. He had just out-witted Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage, with his most prized Ninjutsu, Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy Technique).
He even accomplished the mission sooner then required. Mizuki-sensei told him to start at 11pm, but he was so eager to become a Genin, that he started at 10:30pm.
Shoot, maybe he'll be able to learn two kick-ass Ninjutsus. One more then Mizuki-sensei said to learn.
Seeing the assigned spot he was told to be, he jumped off the tree and landed on his tush with the Scroll of Seals in his lap.
"Let's get started." He rubbed his hands together with the biggest grin on his face. He opened up the scroll and frowned.
"Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)." He read out loud. The Jutsu that always failed him. Maybe he should just skip it. Failing the academy test for the second time really grated on his nerves. "No," he said determined with a shaky fist held in front of him. "I'll learn it for sure this time." He nodded.
"What's good, hot stuff?" Naruto looked at his carbon copy, and smirked. Damn he was too sexy for his own good.
"Nothing much." The copy smiled back in an alluring way. "Back to my place, or yours?" His copy bent over to expose breast he didn't have. "Or maybe we should just do it here?"
The real Naruto laughed. "Sorry, sorry, but I got Ninjutsu to learn, and a Genin test to pass."
His clone dispelled with a puff of smoke.
He sat back down and bent over the Scroll of Seals, and unraveled it as far as his little body would let him.
Let's find something interesting, he thought as he scanned through it's contents. He stopped when his eyes read, Uzumaki Naruto .
He looked bewildered at it for a moment, and then read the fine print under his name.
Only the blood and chakra of an Uzumaki will release the contents within the scroll.
Naruto grinned as he bit his thumb and pressed it against the odd, but mesmerizing symbols. He frowned as nothing happened until he remembered chakra was needed.
Channeling his chakra, he yelped and jumped back in surprise as a puff of smoke exploded in his face, revealing an old, polished wooden box.
He stared at the wooden box cautiously, and when he slowly approached the said box, he noticed a letter laid neatly over it.
Gingerly picking up the letter with his two fingers, Naruto squinted his eyes in scrutiny, and read it.
Dear Naruto,
This is your mother, Uzumaki Kushina, and if you are reading this message, then I am dead. I hope you are at least Chunin by the time you are given this letter, for I don't want you reading it's contents before you can properly defend yourself, but I have faith in the Sandaime. They don't call him the Professor and God of Shinobi for nothing.
Naruto gulped and considered to stop reading, but quickly destroyed that idea.
To be honest, I'm still overwhelmed at how fast that man took everything away from us. Right now, your father is fighting him, and I don't think he can win. He destroyed my seal in a matter of seconds, and is now attacking Konohagakure. I don't have much time to explain everything, because I'm slowly fading away with having the Kyuubi no Kitsune ripped out from me. But before I can tell you what is currently happening right now in more detail, I must start from the very beginning.
Naruto looked momentarily confused at the letter before his eyes. The Kyuubi no Kitsune was ripped out from his mother? Odd. Why did she have it in the first place? Who was his father? Is he still alive?
His eyes narrowed. And who is that man?
For starters, I was the Kyuubi's previous host. I was brought to Konohagakure at an early age from my village, Uzushiogakure, which was located in Uzu no Kuni, to specifically become the Kyuubi's second Jinchuuriki. You may find it odd that I was brought to Konoha to become the next jailor, but Uzushiogakure and Konohagakure were very close. You see, the Uzumaki clan of Uzushio, and the Senju clan of Konoha, are distantly related. We were both feared and respected clans.
Naruto smiled with pride at the thought of hailing from such a powerful clan, but still wondered why he never herd of them, or better yet, why was he alone when he could be with them?
Shinobi of the Uzumaki clan were all very long-lived, skillful in Kenjutsu, and were masters in the art of Fuinjutsu, and because of that, it was incredibly hard to defeat us in battle . It was actually I, that taught your father, Minato, Fuinjutsus, and he incorporated our knowledge and his, into the Hiraishin, his signature Jutsu. The mark on the back of all of Konohagakure's standard vests is the symbol of Uzushio. That mark has been used in Konoha as a declaration of friendship.
Naruto remembered the symbol on the backs of passing shinobi.
But, our village and even our country no longer exists. Our Fuinjutsus were feared during the war, which led to our village being attacked, and later on destroyed. But before they were attacked, I was selected to be the next Jinchuuriki, because I was born with strong enough chakra to control the Kyuubi. I was sent to Konoha where I meet my predecessor, who was also a Kunoichi from Uzushio, Uzumaki Mito. She was the Shodai Hokage's wife, and was also a master of Uzushio's Fuinjutsu.
Naruto's eyes widened. That would make him relative's of the first Hokage's descendants.
During the battle at the Valley of the End, Hashirama gained control of the Kyuubi, and in order to control its powers, Mito sealed the beast within herself, and became its host. Konoha was always in possession of the Kyuubi after that.
Naruto stopped reading, and pondered. Valley of the End? Konoha was always in possession of the Kyuubi after that? So where was it now?
He looked at the letter and flipped it, only to stare at it in confusion. It seemed as if his mother had stopped writing mid-sentence.
Odd. Where was the rest?
He got up and retrieved the wooden box, and noticed the fine print that was engraved into the cover.
He traced it with his fingers. Strange. It looked as if someone left him another letter, but engraved onto the box this time.
It read:
Dear Naruto,
This is the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and I felt it appropriate to leave this little note engraved just incase I wont be there to give it to you personally. This box here is the inheritance that your mother and father left for you incase something would happen to them. It is filled with scrolls from both your mother and father, along with a few of your father's special kunai along with your mother's Uzushio headband. I also want you to know, that your parents loved you very much, and if they could have, would've sealed the Kyuubi no Kitsune within themselves to die with them. Just know Naruto, that you are a hero, not a demon, and that I know you'll make your parents proud.
P.S. I left you a picture of your mother and father inside the box.
Naruto quickly removed the lid and hastily pulled out the only picture inside the box. It showed his father, that looked awfully like him, happily smiling near his pregnant and equally happy mother.
He gazed at it sadly for some time before putting it away and moving on to the next item.
He pulled out his mother's Uzushio headband, and marveled at it's coolness. Why be a Konoha shinobi when he could be a Uzushio? He smiled as he tied the dark blue cloth around his forehead. It felt right. Official.
He was going to rebuild Uzushio and make his parents proud.
He quickly put his picture back into the wooden box and covered it. He found it hard to believe that they'd let the Kyuubi container free after having it in possession for so long. He'd have to hurry and leave.
Wait. He was the Kyuubi container just like his mom. Naruto looked at his hand and flexed it.
"I'll make you proud, mom," he whispered to himself. "I'll be the strongest Jinchuuriki anyone has ever seen."
Rolling up the Scroll of Seals, he stopped as another problem laid in his way. What was he going to do with this? He wouldn't feel right taking the Scroll of Seals with him.
He smiled. He had the perfect solution.
Iruka jumped from tree branch to tree branch in hast. He had immediately left his home to find Naruto after hearing the Hokage's awful news.
Why would Naruto take it? He wasn't a bad-
He was cut off as the said boy he was thinking about called his name.
"Iruka-sensei! Iruka-sensei!" Naruto shouted as he saw Iruka in the trees. He was currently waving his hands franticly above his head.
Iruka landed in front of Naruto cautiously. He asked "Why… Are you wearing that headband, Naruto?"
Naruto smiled sadly. "Tell Mizuki-sensei, that I'm sorry for starting earlier then he told me to. I was just so excited to become a Genin that I couldn't help myself. Hehe… But I did learn one Jutsu from the scroll… And tell the old man that I can't keep my promise to become Hokage… I got to make my parents proud, and I will." He declared.
With that said, Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving behind the Scroll of Seals, and a very baffled Umino Iruka.
"… And he also said… He was going to make his parents proud." Iruka stood before his Hokage, not sure of what to make of the situation.
Sarutobi frowned slightly, but it was gone just as quickly as it came. "I… See." He looked at the academy instructor. "You're dismissed, Iruka."
He gave a bow and walked towards the door, and stopped. The doors were slowly pushed open and entered three people. Iruka gave a quick bow as he hurriedly dismissed himself.
Sarutobi's brow creased. "I am already gathering a search team to find Naruto Uzumaki."
The man with his arm in a sling and his right eye bandaged looked at his rival, all emotions well hidden. "I have already sent a search team of my own. Some of ROOT's very best."
Sarutobi's eyes narrowed at Konoha's war hawk. "Danzo." He warned.
Homura and Koharu, his teammates and now advisers, decided to join in on the conversation. "We know you care for the Uzumaki boy, Sarutobi, but things are much bigger then the child now."
"We can not let the Kyuubi fall into our enemies hands." Koharu declared with squinted eyes. She was hardly ever seen without her eyes in said position. "But we didn't come here for that. What did the Uzumaki take from the Scroll of Seals?" She asked.
Sarutobi placed his hands in front of him as he rested his forehead along them. "His inheritance."
"His inheritance?" Danzo asked with eyes narrowed. "What inheritance?"
"The inheritance his mother and father left for him, Danzo." This seemed to slightly alarm the three elders that stood before him.
"Why were we not informed of such an inheritance-" Homura was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Ibiki Morino walked in with a grim face. He eyed the three elders with calculating eyes. "Should I come back at a later time, Hokage-sama?"
"No, tell me what you learned from Mizuki."
Ibiki nodded and began, his voice grim. "Mizuki was a spy and a subordinate of Orochimaru." He watched as some of the elder's posture stiffened at the name. "Today, Mizuki was assigned to steal the Scroll of Seals from another of Orochimaru's spies. We are still working on the identity of that one. It was up to Mizuki to devise a plan to steal the scroll. So after finding out Uzumaki Naruto failed the Genin test for the second time, he schemed this: He would disguise his plan as another attempt at passing the Genin test. Uzumaki Naruto was to steal the Scroll of Seals at 11pm, and learn one Jutsu from it. Mizuki planed to kill the boy after taking the scroll and then fleeing into another village in Fire country, where he was to meet another of Orochimaru's spies. It all went as planed, except that Naruto Uzumaki started thirty minutes earlier."
"I see." The Hokage massaged his temples and sighed. He felt a migraine beginning to surface. "You're dismissed, Ibiki."
"Hokage-sama." He bowed and left.
After the door closed, Danzo looked at Sarutobi stoically. "This wouldn't have happened if Naruto Uzumaki was enrolled into my ROOT division, Sarutobi."
"Enough, Danzo." Sarutobi stood up from his chair and placed his wooden pipe between his lips. His chest expanded as he inhaled his favorite tobacco. "I take it you want to know the contents of Naruto's inheritance?"
The elders nodded as Sarutobi settled his pipe along his desk. "Shortly before Naruto's birth, Minato and Kushina gave me a wooden box as their boy's inheritance. It was a precaution. As you know, a ninja's life expectancy is not very high, so they prepared his inheritance with some of their most prized possessions." He paused and stared at the Fourth Hokage's picture.
"And what did they leave him?" Homura asked after the dreaded silence became too much to bear.
"Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and a very wide variety of Fuinjutsu." He said as he turned his attention away from the fourth Hokage's picture to the three village elders that stood stoically before him. "Along with a few of Minato's special kunai and Kushina's Uzushiogakure headband, and the knowledge of being the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune."
"It could pose a disastor if he were to fall into any of our enemies hands." Danzo stated. "Leave the retrievel mission of Uzumaki Naruto to me, Sarutobi. I will not fail."
"While I do believe in you prowess as a shinobi, Danzo, the boy is like a grandson to me, so I have already assigned a team to fetch him, but I will alow your ROOT division to continue to pursue Naruto, aswell."
Danzo nodded while the other two village elders looked at Sarutobi approvingly.
It had been an entire month since Naruto had left Konoha, and in two different parts of the village were Danzo and Sarutobi, each being briefed by the teams they sent to track down Naruto.
"We couldn't track him, Hokage-sama. In that short period of time, Naruto Uzumaki has become a master in the art of Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multiple Shadow Clone Technique), and sent us on wild goose chases around the shinobi nations, until we completely lost trace of him." The dirtied and tired ANBU said as they knelled in front of their Hokage.
"You're dismissed." Sarutobi stood up from his chair and viewed the village from inside the Hokage Tower. "Where have you gone, Naruto?"
Author's notes: Well, to be honest, I really don't know where I'll be going with this story. It's going to be really hard to have Naruto rebuild Uzushiogakure by himself, and I can't think of anyone that can or will help him. I cant't have Naruto join another shinobi village, because that would defeat the purpose of Naruto leaving Konoha. So I have no clue about what I'm going to do. I'm well opened to suggestions.