Naruto woke up to the sound of his alarm clock. He yawned, bringing tears to the sleepy blue sapphires that were his eyes. He got out of his bed, walked over to his kitchen and set a pot of water to boil for the ramen noodles he was preparing for breakfast. He looked over to his calender,
"It looks like today is the day" he said to himself. After eating his breakfast, he got dressed, opened the top drawer of his dresser, and pulled out a kunai knife with a yellow tag wrapped around it along with a small, square-shaped piece of yellow paper. "Three months" Naruto said "It took three months of training, but I've finally done it" "I've finally mastered Hiraishin no Jutsu(1). He quickly put the knife and the seal into his back pocket and ran out of his apartment at full speed toward Tsunade's office.
Tsunade was asleep on her desk with a saucer and a large, empty sake bottle next to her unconcious, alcohol-loaded form. Shizune walked in to see her lady asleep, "Now lets see" Shizune said staring at a small yellow slip of paper "Naruto said to put this somewhere in here, but where to choose. Shizune settled on placing the seal on top Tsunade's desk. Almost immediately the space around the desk began to warp and spiral, and with a brilliant, blinding flash of yellow light (which immediately woke up the sleeping woman) Naruto appeared on top of Tsunade's desk.
"Yes" Naruto screamed "Finally, it took me three months of non-stop training, but I finally did it" "I mastered both of the Yondaime's special jutsu"
Tsunade, though drunk, cranky and seeing spots from Naruto's display, grinned like a proud mother whose child just made an A on a test than nobody else passed "I'm not surprised" she thought "He mastered and completed the Rasengan(2), so why wouldn't he do the same to the Hiraishin"
"Tsunade-Obaachan" Naruto said in a serious tone of voice "I'm leaving today, and I want the rest of them".Tsunade took a key out of her jacket, unlocked a compartment in her desk, removed a silver box, and handed it to Naruto. He opened the box, revealing many kunai along with seals identical to the one placed on Tsunade's desk.."The kunai and seals of The Yellow Flash of Konoha, Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, my father" Naruto said. He quickly put the kunai and the seals in the pouch around his waist "Tsunade-obaachan" Naruto said "I need a favor".
"Anything" she answered to the child she could proudly call grandson
"Three years ago I brought a girl named Isaribi to Konoha and I need her help".
Tsunade stood up "I'll take you to her"
Tsunade and Naruto left the office and started toward their new destination The Science and Research Center of Konohagakure. Almost instantly after they left the shy, pearl-eyed, Chunin-rank ninja Hyuga Hinata entered the office. "S-S-Shizune-san, w-w-where is Tsunade-sama ?"she asked "I need to ask her about my previous mission payment.
"You just missed her" said Shizune "She and Naruto are on their way to the Science and Research Center as we speak. "Naruto-kun"
Hinata thought the very mention of his name bringing a blush to her cheeks. "Oh well I'll try again later" she said with a hint of disappointment in her voice "Maybe I'll get to see Naruto later today"she said and she turned to leave
"I wouldn't count on it" Shizune mumbled rather loudly and immediately covered her mouth with her hand.
Hinata stopped and quickly turned back around "W-What did you say? Shizune sighed knowing there was no use in hiding the truth from her
"Hinata can I trust you"? Shizune asked
"Of course you can" Hinata answered.
Shizune sat down in the chair behind Tsunade's desk, picked up Tsunade's pet pig Tonton and began to stroke his back. "To begin I want to ask, do you know the story of Kyuubi no Kitsune"? Shizune asked
"Yes I do" Hinata said "He was killed by the Kyuubi, Yondaime-sama defeated the demon at the cost of his own life."I'm afraid you've been misinformed about what happened that day 15 years ago."
Shizune said in a serious and solemn voice "What happened is using the Shiki Fuuin(3) jutsu, Yondaime-sama sealed the Kyuubi in the body of his newborn son."
Needless to say, Hinata was shocked to hear what Shizune had said "I didn't know the Fourth Hokage had a son, and I can't believe he would save the village at the cost of his own life." But something occurred to her at that moment "What happened to Yondaime's son Shizune-san?" Hinata asked curiously.
" Both his birth and the Kyuubi's defeat happened on the same day, October 10th" with pure sadness in her eyes Shizune spoke "Hinata, who do you know whose birthday is on October 10th"?
The answer hit her like a ton of bricks,"Naruto, is the Yondaime's son, and is the container for the demon that attacked our village?" It was all too much to take, she fell to her knees like a hollow, lifeless puppet.
Shizune continued "He was supposed to be known as the villages' greatest hero, but was treated as if he were the villages' greatest curse.
Suddenly it all made sense, why he was always alone, why he often came to class with many cuts, bruises, and scrapes, why Iruka would constantly offer to escort him home from class, the villagers beat and abused him for something that wasn't his fault in the first place. Hinata was nearly pushed to tears from hearing Shizune's explanation.
"Within Naruto's body is the Kyuubi no Kitsune, its' chakra makes him tremendously powerful, but it also puts him in a tremendous amount of danger.
Hinata looked up at Shizune "D-D-Danger, N-N-Naruto-kun is in danger"? she asked with her voice full of concern for the boy she was deeply in love with."
There is a secret terrorist organization known as Akatsuki(4) Shizune said , "We don't exactly know what their true purpose is, but we do know that in order to complete whatever it is they are planning they need to capture demons like the one inside Naruto.
Hinata was confused "But how can they get to the demon inside Naruto."
"They extract it by way of a sealing jutsu", Shizune said sadly "and if a demon is removed from the body of the vessel, the vessel will immediately...die."
Hinata's mind took another devasting blow, she stared at the floor trying desperately to recollect her thoughts "Naruto was treated like trash by the village, and he'll die if he's captured by the Akatsuki "Hinata's mind was reeling from what she was being told "I can't believe he held such a burden by himself for fifteen years.
"Do you remember your former classmate Uchiha Sasuke"? Shizune asked Hinata, she looked up at Shizune and nodded her head."He left the village in order to walk the path he believed would bring him enough power to kill his brother Itachi, in order to do so he joined Orochimaru". Hinata gasped "One of the Legendary Sannin" "But" Shizune said 'he killed Orochimaru in order to form a group he calls Team Hebi(5), a group whose sole purpose is killing his brother.
"B-B-B-But what does all of that have to do with Naruto-kun"Hinata screamed and blushed at her outburst.
Shizune took a deep breath in order to prepare herself for what she was about to say "Naruto has been training everyday for the past three months in order to make himself strong enough to both battle the Akatsuki and to bring Sasuke back to Konohagakure"." Tonight he will leave the village and form a group of his own to defeat Sasuke and the Akatsuki.
And with that...Hinata fainted
1.Hiraishin no Jutsu - Flying Thunder God Technique
2.Rasengan - Spiraling Sphere
3.Shiki Fuujin - Corpse Spirit Sealing Method
4.Akatsuki -Dawn or Daybreak
5.Team Hebi- Team Snake
First chapter of my First story, please review, say whatever you want, I accept all forms of criticism.
By the way, I don't own Naruto
