8 year old Naruto was exploring the woods surrounding the leaf village when he found it. If he had to guess he would say that it was destroyed by some explosion. From the amount of plants growing no one had been here in years. In front of the house were a few strangely shaped Kunai. "These look interesting. I've never seen a Kunai shaped like this." Naruto thought. He picked up the closest one to inspect it closer. Along the handle was a seal of some kind. "I wonder what this does? It seems to be on all of them." Being unable to make anything of it he slipped it into his pocket and went to explore the house.
Sifting through the wreckage Naruto found a few scrolls and a book with a barely burnt cover. Naruto wiped off the cover to read the title. Tales of a gutsy ninja by Jiraiya. Opening the cover Naruto read the autograph in the front cover. To my favorite student, I always knew you would go far. Naruto's biggest surprise came when he read the name of the name of the main character. "The main characters name is Naruto? That's so cool!" Finally noticing that it was getting dark Naruto started to make his way home.
Wanting to avoid the whispers and angry glares from the villagers Naruto decided to sneak back to his apartment. It took extra time and Naruto could hardly contain his excitement but eventually he made it home. Once he was home he immediately opened up the book to start reading. Once he started he couldn't stop. It was late into the night before he finally put it down. He was only halfway through the book but knew that he needed to get some sleep to go through the rest of the scrolls he found. If the book was anything to go by the scrolls must contain something important.
If he was excited finding the book he was the exact opposite with the scrolls. Of the three scrolls he had two were too complex for him to understand. "Man, I was hoping this would be some sort of super cool Jutsu I could use to become hokage." Opening the final scroll he found katas for a Taijutsu style. "This isn't a Jutsu but it could be useful." Based on the katas and notes in the scroll it relied on speed and flexibility above all else. Deciding to train with it when he had more info Naruto turned his attention to the Kunai.
Remembering a book on weapons in the library this was were he went next. The librarian gave him a dirty look when he entered. He ignored the look and goes straight for the book he needed. History of Shinobi weapon. It took almost an hour of searching but he finally found a picture of the tri-pronged Kunai. These Kunai were primarily used by the leaf villages fourth hokage known throughout the world as the yellow flash. He was known for his use of space time Jutsu based around special seals the Kunai. Naruto's eyes widened. "That stuff was from the fourth. The Kunai must be one for his Jutsu. That means it's like I'm learning right from the fourth himself. The other scrolls might be notes on one of his Jutsu. I need to learn more about him.
Over the next couple of hours Naruto every piece of information he could find on the fourth hokage. From there he moved onto the Hiraishin no Jutsu and he finally he read up on the creator of the jutsu second hokage Tobirama Senju. The more information he found the more convinced he was that the notes in the scrolls were the fourths notes on the jutsu. From all his research the technique required skill in the art of fuinjutsu or the art of sealing and a high mastery at that. "I've managed to find notes to my heroes most powerful jutsu. I need to learn this. This will bring me one step closer to my goal of becoming hokage."naruto thought.For one of the few times in his short life Naruto felt like the luckiest kid in the world. Now all he needed was a plan.
While Naruto was currently in the academy he needed something more. The first step to mastering the jutsu was fuinjutsu. Naruto checked out every book on the subject available. Even still it wasn't enough. Naruto decided to master the Taijutsu style as well. For this he needed help but he had no idea who to ask for help from. The most obvious choice being Jiji but he was a busy man. Besides Jiji he didn't really know any Shinobi besides Iruka Sensei but this wasn't his area of expertise. Even if he couldn't help personally the old man might know someone who could help.
Hiruzen Sarutobi always felt as though he didn't do enough. He felt responsible for the villages involvement in the third great ninja war. He felt responsible for Minato's death but most of all he felt responsible for the poor treatment of Minato's son by the villagers. He tried to keep the poor treatment to a minimum. He had ANBU agents watch over him for a time to keep him safe from attacks. After the first few executions the assassination attempts stopped. That didn't stop the angry glares or the harsh words. Hiruzen tried to give Naruto a normal life by hiding his status from the younger generation but that didn't stop parents from keeping their children from interacting with him. Luckily some of the shinobi from the clans didn't mind Naruto but still he wished he could give him more. Today he would get his chance.
Naruto walked right into the hokage's office. The old man was sitting at his desk doing paperwork. "Hey Jiji hows it going." Naruto exclaimed. Hiruzen smiled. It always made him happy to see Naruto's smile. "Hello Naruto, is there something I can help you with?" Hiruzen asked. "I was just looking for someone to help me with taijutsu and some physical conditioning. There's this style I'm trying to learn and I need to faster to use it effectively." Naruto explained. Hiruzen was curious but at the same time he saw a chance to help the child he saw as a surrogate grandson. "It just so happens that I have the perfect teacher. He's a little strange but one of the most powerful ninja in this village. As long as you put your all into you training I'm sure he wouldn't mind helping you out." Naruto bounced up and down excited. "I can't wait when can I meet him?" Naruto asked excitedly. Naruto's reaction made Hiruzen chuckle. "Tell you what you just show up at training ground 13 at 7am and he'll meet you." Naruto was excited but he was also nervous. "Don't worry Naruto he would never judge you unfairly." With a smile Naruto left the office.
Currently Naruto was sitting at his favorite spot in the village watching the sunset. Whenever he could Naruto watched the sunset from on top The fourth's stone face. It started as a way to escape the loneliness of his life but became something more. Whenever he felt angry or sad about thing he sat and remembered his heroes sacrifice and as he looked on the peaceful beauty of the village he wanted to protect this place. But today was different. Today all he could think about was how tomorrow would make or break his Shinobi career. I can hardly wait.
First chapter thoughts?
I am leaning towards an Naruto/Ino pairing but if I like one that is suggested then I might use it.
Naruto won't be overpowered but as you can see he will be more mature and smarter but nothing crazy.