Five Years After Attack
"Great job Menma, Mito!" a red haired woman exclaimed. This was Kushina Namikaze, the Yondaime's wife, as she cheered two of her children.
"Your mother is right. I'm proud of the both of you." a blond haired man said. This was Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage.
"Come on now, let's go wash up." Kushina said.
"Can we have ramen?" a black haired boy asked. This was Menma Namikaze.
"Please kaa-san!?" a red head pleaded. This was Mito Namikaze.
"Of course! Let's go!" and they all went inside. They never noticed the blond haired boy that looked like a carbon copy of Minato just sitting there and watch the happy scene. This was Naruto Namikaze.
For as long as he could remember, he was always ignored and forgotten about by his so-called family. He asked for training and he was denied, being told that his siblings needed the training to control the Kyuubi's chakra. He was also ignored by the villagers in favour for his siblings. Now Naruto was smart and knew that he had to bring his training on his own. He had the basics down and started with the Old Man, Sandaime Hokage. The man was angry that Minato and Kushina would cast aside their son, but never said a word because Naruto asked him not too. If they couldn't figure it themselves, then there was no point. Today he got back early from his training and just watched his so called family. He already had dinner at the Sarutobi compound and so went upstairs to read up on his books and seals. What can he say, it was in his blood to love seals.
The next day Naruto had a day off, but still liked to train, so he went out o the Forest of Death and decided to go exploring. Sure people might think he was insane, but it felt as if something was drawing him towards a particular place. As he continued walking, he came face-to-face with a cave of some sort. Going inside he fell and everything was dark.
Waking up, he was surrounded by molten rock and the area was in flames and hot.
"I see your awake young one." Turning around, he came face to face with a large fire looking bird. He just gaped, making the said creature chuckle. "Don't worry, I don't tend to harm you. What's your name?"
"Naruto. Naruto Namikaze. Umm...I don't want to sound rude, but what are you?"
"My name is Daisuke and I, young one, am a phoenix."
"Ohh. Well I was sorta following this feeling and it lead me to a cave. When I entered, I fell unconscious and wake up here. Do you know why?"
"Since you say that you were drawn here, then I suppose you are the chosen one. Aren't you a lucky kid."
"What do you mean 'the chosen one'?"
"You see, every thousands of years, we phoenix must train a human in our ways. Like a Phoenix Sage, in order to keep in touch with the human world. You were brought here because you were chosen this time around. So, what do you say? Do you wish to become a sage of the phoenix?"
"Yes!" he cheered. "But, how long will it take for my training to be completed?"
"Smart young lad you are. It would take about 5-10 years to-"
"WHAT!? FIVE TO TEN YEARS!?"
"Calm down! Time here runs differently here then in the human world. Here a years worth of training is about a day in your world." he said shocking him.
"But, will I get older here?"
"Since your human, no you won't. No then shall we begin or do you have any problems? I think you should first tell your parents." and he instantly felt bad for asking when he saw his face.
"My parents don't care about me. I bet you they won't even know I was gone." he frowned, but then lit up, "but I have to tell jiji! He'll definitely feel worried! Is it alright if I go tell him?"
"Of course. But why is it that the relationship with your parents isn't well?" So Naruto started telling him everything, even the part when he over heard his parents saying that Jiraiya said something about the other two being the child of prophecy.
"But I have an alright relationship with my godmother. She doesn't do favoring. Actually, she's hardly in the village, but I heard that she's returning for good now."
"Well, why don't you try to make the people who acknowledge you proud? It'll do you well, and your parents and siblings...I suppose you do whatever you see fit. Now run along. Go pack any necessities."
"Can I bring other things that I might want to learn?" Naruto asked, thinking about kenjutsu and maybe even completing his sealing.
"Of course. You'll be very powerful and strong by the time I'm done with you." he chuckled and Naruto could have sworn that he saw a sadistic grin on the old phoenix's mouth, but thought it was his imagination.
He left and made his way to his house. He had already copied every jutsu that was in his family library and sealed them all inside a large scroll and put it inside his bag. He left the compound and went straight to the Sarutobi compound.
"Jiji! Where are you?" he yelled out as he went to the back. There he saw his jiji with his two yeal old grandson, Konohamaru.
"Naruto! What are you doing here?" he asked as Konohamaru ran and hugged the boy.
"Nii-san!" he yelled and jumped onto the blond boy.
"Hey there Kono, jiji! There's something I need to tell you." he said. Hiruzen saw the bag and immediately thought the worst.
"Don't tell me your leaving?" he asked worriedly.
"Please don't leave nii-san." Konohamaru began to tear up.
"No, no. I'm not going anywhere. Let me tell you what happened." and so he told them everything that he encountered and even told them about his training. Sarutobi just stared wide eyed and then began to laugh.
"Only you my boy. Only you."
"So I'm gonna be gone for the most up to ten days. I just wanted to tell you."
"Did you tell anyone else?"
"Nope. Really jiji? They won't care or even know that I left."
"You promise your going to come back?" Konohamaru asked.
"Yes, I promise. I can't leave my little brother only now can I?" he grinned and patted the boys head.
"Stay safe Naruto and try not to over work yourself alright?"
"Don't worry jij. I'll be alright. By the way, do you think I could join ANBU when I return? Like the one that's meant specifically for your squad?"
"Are you sure? ANBU is pretty tough? But I see that I won't be able to change your mind huh?" he chuckled.
"Nope! Well I gotta go. See you guys later!" and he ran off to begin his training as the first seen phoenix sage.
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A group of ANBU were returning from a mission This group become well known throughout the elemental nations for the past couple of years. It consisted with six ANBU; Dog, Dolphin, Weasel, Crow and the youngest Fox, but Dolphin had retired and was replaced by Snake.
"Mission completed Hokage-sama." the Dog masked ANBU said.
"Great work. You six should be proud of the work you accomplished. Completing every mission is quite an accomplishment." Minato smiled. They bowed and then shushined away to the ANBU lounge.
"Man that mission was the bomb! We nailed that one alright!" the Crow masked ANBU exclaimed as he took off his mask, revealing to be Shisui Uchiha.
"Forget that, remember the look on one of the nin! It was hilarious!" the Snake ANBU said as she took off her mask, revealing to be Anko.
"Ma, ma, if I were that nin I'd be scared to be interrogated by you too." the Dog masked ANBU said as he took off his mask and revealed to Kakashi and took out a little orange book.
"I didn't quite like any of the nin on this mission." the Weasel said taking off his mask, revealing to be Itachi Uchiha.
"Of course you didn't. He kept on looking at your lover's ass. I'm surprised you didn't gutter him." Shisui said as he and Anko began laughing.
"More like he put them on flames, Amaterasu style."
"Hey! Stop teasing him. I though it was sweet." the Fox masked ANBU said and took off his mask, revealing to be a fifteen year old blond boy. This boy is Naruto Uzumaki, formerly known as Naruto Namikaze. He kissed his raven's check and in no time it became a full out make-out session.
"Oh come on! At least do that in private!" Shisui exclaimed as Anko blushed and stared at them, blood trickling down her nose. Naruto just stuck out his at them an snuggled closer to him, with Itachi wrapping his arm around his waist.
"Come on Naruto, you know how Iruka is when were late." Kakashi said.
"Hai, hai. I'll see you late 'Tachi. he said, but was stopped by a kiss on his forehead.
"I'll hold you to that my little Kitsune." Itachi whispered in is ear, making him shiver in delight. He grabbed on to Kakashi's shoulder and flashed away.
"Must you two always be so mushy." Shisui sighed.
"Hn" and he walked away with a pocky stick.
"Dont worry. They are the legendary couple." Anko said.
"Hey Iruka! Were home!" Naruto exclaimed as he and Kakashi enetered the house.
"I'm so glad your back safe. Your not hurt are you?" he asked, as he hugged the blond and kissed the masked cycolpes.
"No. Just got back from the mission. So, hows the academy?" Naruto asked as he sat down on the couch.
"Naruto" Iruka started.
"Gomenisai." he dragged out as he himself to the bathroom upstairs. It was a rule in the house that once they came back from a mission, they were to immdiately wash up.
"Ma ma, dont be too hard on him dolphin-chan. It took us longer to get Itachi to not caserate the thug who was checkinh Naruto out them the entire mission itself." Kakashi chuckled as he saw the horror look on Iruka's face.
"I'm glad they have on another." Iruka smiled and then frowned when he saw Kakashi sitting down with a book. "Kakashi" he warned and that was all he needed to do as the masked man ran upstairs.
Naruto came out of the shower and went into his room. As he was putting his clothes on he couldn't help but think about all the things that happened in the past 9-10 years. He managed to finish his sage training and overall training in six years, even becoming a seal master. He's phoenix sage training granted him the ability to transform into an actual phoenix and use its fire at will. He perfected his transformation, to the point that he could do a partial transformation, meaning his hands turn in to a phoenix's fiery wings. When he returned, he joined the ANBU under the Sandaime's squad and made a lot of friends. Now that he thought about it, about everyone in ANBU was like family to him and they respect him for his remarkable strength as well. He befriended Kakashi, who felt disgusted by the way his sensei had treated him, but they got along fine. Then a met Iruka, who became a father/brother to him. It was a year that he was in ANBU that Kakashi and Iruka, who were living together and dating asked if he wanted to move in with them, which he happily accepted. He drew up the disownment papers from his parents and was no more a Namikaze, just an Uzumaki. He would have changed that name, but he liked what the Uzumaki stood for. They stood for family and it was clear that Kushina was certainly not one. Later on in his ANBU career, he met Shisui and then the love of his life Itachi. Those two, along with Naruto, Kakashi and Iruka became the best ANBU squad that Konoha-no the elemental nations have ever seen. They always finished a mission and were all really close to one another. About a year and half ago was when he and Itachi started dating. He already knew his family and Mikoto became like a mother to him and Sasuke was like his adorable little brother. He remembered when he was younger, she would always take him shopping and make him put on female clothes because of his feminine structure. He has muscles and a six pack, but his body was still lean. It was about a year ago that Iruka had retired and wanted to teach the younger generation, o he retired and that was when Anko joined their squad and lets just say that she fit in well. While Itachi and Kakashi were pretty laid back, he, Shisui and Anko were quite fierce. She became their interrogator and was damn good at it, which was why she would always be at the T&I helping Ibiki. Then there was his so-called family, the Namikazes. He couldn't help but chuckle. Not once during the entire time had they noticed that he was gone, which made his jiji angry, but he still didn't care. They were complete strangers to him. Besides, he had a new family with Iruka and Kakashi, not to mention every ANBU and some jounin.
"Naruto! Dinner's ready!" he heard Iruka yell.
"Coming!" he quickly slipped on a shirt and went downstairs.
"So, I heard the mission went I bit rocky. What exactly did that nin do to you?" Iruka asked.
"He tried to flirt with me. The nerve! But I sorta felt bad for him at the end. Honestly sometimes I wonder if 'Tachi's gonna burn everyone that looks my way. Its sweet though, I guess I would do the same."
"Felt bad for him!? You people were literally laughing your asses off as you saw him being burnt with his black flames!" Kakashi exclaimed biting into his dinner.
"Well enough about us, how was your day? The satans still troubling ya?" Naruto grinned.
"You have to understand that I really love teaching but those, those...monsters! They don't listen to a word a say!" he wailed as the other two sweatdropped.
"You can't really blame them. It is boring." Kakashi said without thinking.
"Are you trying to say that I'm boring?" he asked darkly
"No, I think he meant the curriculum. But you have to agree, with that curriculum, they won't really become ninja anytime soon." Naruto said, trying to calm him down and Kakashi nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Its that damn civilian council. They keep whining about it being to hard! Its like they WANT their children to die on their first outside mission."
"I don't even know why they're meddling within shinobi affairs. Its getting out of hand." Kakashi said as they each finished their meal.
"But you have to admit, if you were to let them undergo your specialized training that they'll start crying to their parents or something." Naruto said as they all laughed.
"I suppose. You two get some rest. I'll clean up. You don't have a mission anytime soon do you?"
"Nope! We have tomorrow off and then we have a mission after that." Kakashi said.
"Well I'm off to bed. Goodnight nii-sans!" Naruto said as he climbed up the stairs and heard them both say their goodbyes. Entering his room, he didn't bother to turn on the light and just flopped on his bed. He was too tired.
"Don't I get a hello?" he heard an all too familiar voice. It made him want to scream at first and then beat him up when he realized who it was.
"God damn it Itachi don't scare me like that!" he sighed.
"Sorry, but it was too good to pass up. How you holding up?" he chuckled and kissed his forehead.
"I'm alright, just too damn tired. What are you doing here anyways?"
"Aww, I'm hurt. You don't want me here? I suppose I-"
"NO!" he yelled a bit too loud. "Don't go, but I'm too tired."
"Its alright. I'll just have you in the morning." he whispered and held him close. Naruto exhaled and breathed in his scent, snuggling closer to him.
"Goodnight 'Tachi." he whispered.
"Goodnight Naru-chan." he purred and they let the blissful sleep take over.