Hello all! Well, I've decided to write this down. It's been floating in my head for over a year now. It's pretty much a re-write of a story I had written before, but deleted because I didn't like it.
Anyway, this idea certainly has been done before, so if I draw parallels to your work, I apologize, but I didn't mean to.
I don't even know if I need this, but "I don't own Naruto."
Oh, and I'm not putting in any Japanese except for names. Even jutsu will be something like, "earth style: mud river jutsu!" The exception would be the word sensei.
Tales of the Entrusted
Chapter 1: Beginnings
It was a cool June day. The weather was nice, and it was fairly breezy out. Leaves were rustling in the wind, obscuring one jonin's view. He was sitting on the roof of the Academy building, staring at the large mountain with six faces carved into it. His arms were crossed behind his head, and his legs were pointing upward, forming 60 degree angles. He sighed, and looked up towards the sky.
"I guess I should meet my genin squad..." he said with an extra sigh. With one fluid motion, he jumped to his feet. He had deep, dark blue hair that framed his face well. He was no more than 19. He had a jonin vest on, with a blue shirt underneath, and blue pants. Essentially, he was wearing a standard Konoha uniform. He did, however, have a silver necklace on. It was a circle pendant, with an X in the circle. His headband rested tightly on his forehead. The leaf symbol was displayed brilliantly.
He leapt off of the building, and landed perfectly on the ground below. He peered into the window, where a chunin was telling the future genin that they were to meet their own respective jonin senseis. Each one had a look of surprise on their faces.
"They are probably learning what teams they'll be on." He thought. He scanned the class, looking for any stand-outs. His eyes fell upon one particular 12 year old. This boy in particular had blond hair, and green eyes. His eyes were closed, and he had a large, goofy grin.
"The 6th Hokage's son is among this year's class... I hope I don't get him... it'd be tough to teach the Hokage's kid..." If only he hadn't thought that...
"I wonder who our sensei is going to be?" asked Minato Uzumaki. The orange-clad genin asked. His blond hair, green eyes, and slight whisker marks on his face reminded Iruka of his former student, Naruto.
Iruka thought for a moment about the sixth Hokage. He remembered Naruto as he sat here 30 years ago, spouting how he'd be the greatest Hokage to ever grace Konoha. Everyone ignored him, but he had achieved his goal.
Thinking, Naruto wasn't the only one of his class to achieve greatness. Naruto's wife, Sakura Uzumaki, had become one of the greatest medical ninja known across the ninja world. Shino Aburame had become one of the village's greatest trackers, and had created and headed a branch of the ANBU strictly for hunting and tracking. Kiba had headed his clan, and now has a seat in the council. Neji has, and still is, one of the most powerful jonin in the leaf village. He also has a seat in the council, and leads the Hyuuga clan. Shikamaru eventually married Ino. He is one of Naruto's most trusted advisors, and also has a seat in the council.
Iruka was interrupted from his daydreaming by a girl screaming at him.
"Sensei! Stop spacing out! What are the teams?"
"EHEM! Team 1 will be..." Iruka rambled on. Minato grinned. The girl who yelled previously pouted. A white-haired boy in the back silently listened.
"Minato Uzumaki, Rei Takahiro, and Masaru Asano." Iruka finished. Minato, the pouting girl, and the white-haired boy stood up. "Please go to the front entrance to meet your new sensei."
The three walked out, silently. Once they left the room, Minato spoke up. "I hope our sensei is cool! My father's sensei, Kakashi, was so cool!"
"Quiet down!" the girl said.
They made it outside, and came face to face with a tall kid no older than 19. He had blue hair, and had a jonin vest on.
Crap, I got the Hokage's son... the jonin thought. "Hey, you guys are the new members of team 1. Come over here, to this swing set. We'll talk over here." The four of them walked over to the swing set, and the tree that stood net to it.
"Ok, start by saying your names, and give a little information about yourself." He said.
"My name is Minato Uzumaki! I am the son of the Hokage! Someday, I'll be stronger than our Hokage! I'm gonna be the best Hokage ever! I like spar, and I hate to lose!" Minato's green eyes flashed. He sat down, having been finished. He had an orange sweatshirt on, with a white circle in the back. On his left shoulder was a swirl, his family crest.
"My name is Masaru Asano. My goal is to find my family, and to become a powerful ninja for the leaf village. I like to practice jutsu." The white haired boy said. He was a little tall for his age, 12, and had spiky, bushy hair. On his forehead was a black headband, which had two pink pearl-like stones on it. He wore a vest that was slightly open, and a fishnet shirt underneath. He had black lines running from his eyes to his neck.
"My name is Rei. I hate annoying people-" she peered at Minato "- and I like to fight!" Rei said. She had flaming red hair done up into a pony tail. Her hair easily reached her waist. She had a light red shirt dress on, with short gray shorts on underneath. She had a blue strip of fabric tied to her waist, acting as a belt.
"Well... my name is Shiro. I'm your jonin sensei, so you have to listen to what I say. I'll meet you at training grounds 17 tomorrow morning, at 8. I have it booked until noon, so don't be late. Adios!" the jonin said. He suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke, smiling and waving as he went.
"Want to go eat lunch?" Minato asked. "I know a good ramen shop..."
"Sure, why not?" Masaru replied. "It'd be fun."
The three of them walked off into the distance, in search of food, and to get to know each other. In Minato's opinion, they were both people who he could be friends with easily. Masaru thought that he couldn't wait to see either of the other two's skills. Rei thought Masaru was cool, powerful, and kind of cute, and she thought Minato was annoying. However, all three realized that they'd spend a long time with the other two. So, they enjoyed getting to know each other, and began forming bonds that would set the stage for things to come.
Minato sat in his kitchen, eating dinner with his family. Naruto was wearing the white Hokage robe, and his hat sat astray on the counter behind him. The Hokage's hair was slightly graying, and his whisker marks were fading slightly. Sakura sat next to him, wearing a pink kimono. Her hair was in a bun, with slight streaks of white in it, mostly caused by Minato.
"I heard you got assigned your team." Naruto piped up between bites.
"Yeah, my sensei's name is Shiro. I've never heard of him before." Minato replied with food spitting out of his mouth.
"Honey, don't speak with your mouth full..." Sakura said, handing him a napkin.
"It's his first year leading a genin team." Naruto remarked.
"Oh Naruto, tell me you didn't put our only son in the care of some newbie jonin?"
"I wouldn't have done it if I didn't have the utmost confidence in Shiro's abilities. Besides, he didn't become jonin for nothing."
Sakura, contempt with that answer, picked up the empty plates, and went to clean them. "Alright, I trust you, Naruto." She said, walking away.
"Ok, son! I'm going to teach you a new technique! Come to the back yard!" Minato followed the Hokage to the back yard of their rather large house. The house itself was built by the first Hokage, and served as a home for all of the following Hokages after. Each one had built their own addition to it, and Naruto's was a large back yard with a large waterfall and a serene pond.
"Here we go!" Naruto said.
The next day, the group met at the training grounds. Shiro was lying on the ground, staring at the sky when the three genin arrived. He jumped up unenthusiastically, and exclaimed, "Alright. Simply put, you aren't fully genin yet. I need to decree whether you are able to be ninja. So, I need to administer this test. Basically, we're going to spar, and I'll see if your techniques are up to par. Who wants to go first?" Shiro asked.
Silence.
Masaru finally piped up, "I'll go." He walked over, and stood across from Shiro in a fighting position. Minato and Rei sat down.
"Anything goes, right sensei?"
"Yes. Attack me as if you were attacking an enemy ninja."
Masaru quickly stepped back, and attentively reached into his pack and grabbed a kunai. Throwing it at Shiro, Masaru quickly did some hand seals.
Shiro instantly blocked the kunai with another one, but was taken aback by Masaru's next attack.
"Earth Style: Mud River jutsu!" was heard echoing across the open field. Mud welled up from the ground in front of Masaru. The river flowed quickly to Shiro, who simply jumped up and avoided it.
I see... He distracted me with the kunai, and tried to catch me with the jutsu. Still, this is one of the most basic earth style jutsu... Something like this wouldn't catch me... Shiro thought.
"Earth Style: Mud Geyser jutsu!" Masaru yelled. The mud river flowing at Shiro welled up more and suddenly blasted upwards, catching Shiro. The mud surrounded him.
"Earth Style: Rock Tomb jutsu!" the mud hardened into dense rocks, and the whole mass fell to the ground.
"Ha, I trapped that lazy ass in my simple jutsu. I guess he wasn't all that after all." Masaru said.
"Who is a lazy ass?" said a voice beneath him. A mud body emerged from the leftover mud, and solidified into a human form. Shiro pressed a kunai to Masaru's neck.
"You're done. You've got some nice earth style jutsu, but that's all I've seen. So far, I'm not impressed."
"Well, prepare to be impressed, sensei!" Masaru said, and quickly clasped his hands together. His body melted into mud.
Earth clone, eh? Shiro thought. Masaru leapt at him from behind, wielding a kunai. "I can do more than ninjutsu, you know! I wasn't top of the class for nothing!" he said, swinging his leg for a kick to the head. Shiro caught the kick. Masaru brought the kunai in a stabbing motion towards his head. Shiro quickly swung the arm holding the leg, and threw Masaru away from him.
"Well, you're pretty good in taijutsu. You pass, I guess." Shiro said half-heartedly. Shiro threw a Konoha headband at him. Masaru caught it, and tied it around his neck.
"By the way, Masaru... You're out of chakra. What would you do then?" Shiro asked.
"Well, sensei... See these pearls? Since I have low chakra, I store my chakra in these pearls. I can release them, and gain full chakra. It's sort of like I have a soldier pill, but it's my chakra, and there are no side effects." Masaru explained.
"Wow, that's pretty cool!" Minato yelled.
"Do you need to shout that? Jeesh, calm your ass down!" Rei yelled, while hitting Minato in the head.
"Well, Rei, since you seem so... active, why don't you go next?" Shiro said.
"Fine, but sensei, don't be sorry when I kick your ass."
"We'll see."
Rei launched a kick immediately at Shiro. Like before, Shiro caught it. Rei, with speed greater than Masaru, used the other foot to push herself off of Shiro. When she landed, she spun around again, and launched another kick.
"Leaf Hurricane!" she said, and she spun her legs around and delivered a powerful kick to Shiro, who lazily blocked with his left hand. He used the right hand to bring a punch up to her, and punched her in the stomach. She fell back, clutching her gut.
"Ahh, you'll pay!" She grunted. She quickly recovered. "Fire style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" she launched the fireball attack at Shiro. Shiro looked at the incoming fireball, and his eyes widened. A wall of pure water erupted from the ground, forming a clear water shield that blocked the ball of fire. The ball of fire went out completely, and the water shield dissipated, too.
What was that? Masaru thought. I recognize the jutsu, but he didn't do any hand seals or say the jutsu name...
"That was good, Rei. You'll do fine. You pass." Shiro said.
"Sensei, how did you do that?" Rei asked.
"Uhm... I forget..." Shiro said. He threw the Konoha headband at Rei, who tied it to her waist.
"Minato, you're up next!" Shiro exclaimed very lethargically. Damn, the Hokage's son is going to make me work up a sweat... Jeesh, these genin are getting more and more powerful... I even had to use that on Rei...
Minato sheepishly got up. He walked over to Shiro nervously. Here goes nothing... he thought.
Minato swung a left hook at Shiro. Shiro nonchalantly blocked it. That's it? He only has this level of taijutsu?
Minato grunted in desperation, and dropped back and quickly attempted to deliver another swift punch, which was met with another lazy block. Minato followed with an attempted kick, also blocked, and finished with a punch to the gut, which landed on its mark, or so Minato thought. Shiro turned into a log, for he had used the substitution jutsu.
"That taijutsu... it's really weak..." Masaru commented.
"Your taijutsu needs work. What about your ninjutsu? Masaru and Rei both displayed brilliant use of their ninjutsu skills. Can you?" Shiro asked, stepping out from behind a small tree.
"No... But I can do this! Shadow clone jutsu!" Minato yelled, forming the symbol for the jutsu. Four Minatos all ran at Shiro, and each one latched onto a limb, leaving Shiro stuck. I wasn't expecting that... he though, trapped.
"Here I come! Straight from the teachings of the Hokage! Konoha's number one secret jutsu! 1,000 Years of Death!" Minato yelled, as he forcibly extended his hands at Shiro while running. Minato's hands came together to form the tiger seal, and a malicious shine appeared in his eyes.
Crap... If I get hit with this, it'd be painful... I have to use that again... Shiro thought. He spun around and faced the genin, and his eyes once again widened. A blast of wind hit Minato straight on. Minato was blasted backwards a few yards, and his clones disappeared.
What the hell? He did it again... That was definitely the Wind Cutter jutsu, but he didn't use any seals... Masaru thought. There's something he's not letting on...
Minato stood up, and his body was covered in little cuts and gashes.
Crap, I didn't want to do that... I didn't mean to hurt him so much- Shiro's thoughts were interrupted by Minato. Minato smacked his face with both hands, uttered, "I got this!" and chakra flowed into his hands. Minato healed his minor cuts and bruises with one fell sweep of his hands across his body.
I guess I overlooked the fact that he's also the son of the greatest medical ninja in the world... eh, "You pass!" Shiro said. "Congratulations!"
Minato caught the headband, and tied it to his forehead. "YES!"
Naruto smiled as he saw his son's team pass. I think this generation is going to be a good one!
There you have it!