Shadow's that Ninja walk
This is a story about what if Naruto learnt what it means to be a ninja from Danzo, trained by him and became apart of Danzo Root program.
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Chapter One: Planning
Danzo Shimura wasn't an evil man, he had the best intentions for Konoha, just he believed that the interests of the village should be placed above all else, and so because of this he wasn't after to make the hard choices and do what was necessary to insure the village safety, power and interests. He knew that all these goals would not be able to be achieved in the light and for that he would walk the path of darkness. Danzo had created he Root division just for this prepose, to do the missions that the hokage had refuse because of their nature, for not wanting these missions to seemer the villages image of konoha as the (peaceful) village it had worked to create of many generations.
Hiruzen Sarutobi the third Hokage and head of the Sarutobi clan, was Danzo's childhood rival and friend had been named Hokage instead of Danzo and for this made Danzo distance himself from him for taking the mantle of Hokage instead of himself. Hiruzen had been a successful Hokage for many years and loved by all, he had already named a successor Minato Namikaze (the fourth Hokage) and had been retired from the title of Hokage for many years since then, but this all changed when the Great 9-tailed Demon Fox Kyuubi suddenly attack the village. When the Kyuubi attacked it rampaged through the village destroying many building and killing shinobi and civilians alike. The fourth Hokage eventually defeated Kyuubi by seal the great beast inside a his own new born son Naruto Uzumaki, as for Kushina his wife and mother of Naruto she had died during the birthing.
After the attack by the 9-tails the council had been called into session, the council room is a fairly large room with the table and chairs arranged in a semi circular shape, all the ninja clans had attended represented by their clan head and sat on the right side tables. The clan heads include the four so called noble clans regraded so for their strength and standing within the village. The four noble clans Heads Shibi Aburame of the Aburame clan, Choza Akimichi of the Akimichi clan, Hiashi Hyuga of the Hyuga clan and finally Fugaku Uchiha of the Uchiha clan. The rest of the clans at the council were Tsume Inuzuka of the Inuzuka clan, Shikaku Nara of the Nara Clan and Yamanaka clan's head Inoichi. The left side of the council seated various civilians that were head of the many of konoha's businesses and the many other heads of civilian side of the village. In the centre of the table sat three chairs, the middle seating Hiruzen and the two others seated the Hokage's advisors and teammates Hormura Mitokado and Koharu Utatne. Danzo had also been allowed of become the role of village elder alongside Humura and Kaharu for been seen in suck high regard and allowed a seat as one of the Hokages advisers.
Hiruzen's successor had just sacrificed himself to protect the village from the 9-tails; this then had led the council to reinstating him as the Hokage. All of the council had been in utter chaos and showed no sign of cooling down, once the damage reports came from the civilians of infrastructure damaged during the attack coupled with the reports from the lost's from the village's shinobi forces the entire council into full swing of the village's protect from other village's that had heard of the attack and would take advantage of the Konoha's weaken power for wanting to finish the fox had started. Konoha was seen as the strongest of the five great hidden villages and so that meant that Konoha had to make the allusion of it not been greatly weaken state to deter other hostiles from taking advantage. The council so far had sent for relief resource from the Fire Daimyo and then tried to force the sannin to return to the village too strengthen their forces but Hiruzen had already stated that the sannin would be unable to return because of Jiraiya spied net work that him maintained that would be of the utmost important during these times to be informed of the other villages movements and activities, Tsunade wouldn't return from her self-imposed exile and Orochimaru the student he felt that he failed too had stepped into the darkness to achieve his foolish goals of obtaining immortality and learning every jutsu ever created. This statement had left the council lost for any ideas for immediate help for the village but this next information that Hiruzen was about to give them didn't make him relish in the idea but he knew that the answer had to been given to them because so far all of the clan heads have ask of how the Kyuubi had been defeat by the fourth Hokage and so far he had subverted the question but know was the time to reveal Naruto part in all of this. Hiruzen stood before for the council and called for silence and then began to tell the tale of how the 9-tails was defeated,
Hiruzen: "I called for silence to called attention to the question that many of the council have wanted answered, how the 9-tails was defeated"
Turning towards the clan heads noticing all have slightly perked up to that statement.
Hiruzen: "The fourth for all the strength he possessed nobody could kill one of the tailed beast so he found another to defeat it, the fourth create a powerful seal that would bind the 9-tails until death within a newborn child"
At this many gasps from the civilians council members followed by some angry shouting of how the demon still walks amongst us and that the child should be killed for the greater and demanding the name of the child and while this happened Hiruzen notice that many of the ninja heads showed shock but still admiring that great skill of their late Hokage of stoping the 9-Tails but as this was going on a slight smile had adorn Danzo face for a second but missing it because of the anger and disgust he felt at the civilians.
Hiruzen: "SILIENCE"
Roar Hiruzen over the councils demands, all of the council went silent while looking into the burning fire within the Hokage eyes reminding them all why Hiruzen was called the 'God of Shinobi'
Hiruzen: "Now that I have your attention I have to stay that I'm disgusted in you for wanting to harm an innocence child all because he has been given a terrible burden to save all of us"
Just as a civilian was about to argue Hiruzen stop him,
Hiruzen: "now let myself be clear that this child will not be harmed by anybody"
Glaring at the civilian side of the council to make his point get across. None of the civilians made any more attempts at arguing and Hiruzen was pleased at this but still not for how they handled the news and just when he was about to continued on to other topics then Hiashi Hyuga called attention towards himself to ask something
Hiashi: "Sir Hokage if I'm to bold to ask but I was wondering, as I'm sure that many of the other ninja heads where wondering who is the child's parents and what is the child's name?"
At this question all of the council perked up and Hiruzen knowing that not all out of curiosity but for darker purposes Hiruzen knew that he would not be able to keep it secret and had to tell them all.
Hiruzen: "No Hiashi it would not be to bold of you to ask, yes as for the child's parents well they have perished in the attack and as for the child's name, well his name is Naruto Uzumaki"
The council meeting continued for a couple of hours discussing about various topics about the Konoha's situation but while the talking's continued Danzo's mind had been processing and planning from this newly acquired information about Konoha's new Jinchuriki. He had been thinking about how powerful the child could become but he could only become powerful and still loyal to Konoha with the right teaching and Danzo would become that teacher if Hiruzen wouldn't approve. Danzo knew that the Jinchuriki was a tool and that it had to be used as a powerful weapon and it had to be best used for the betterment of the village even if it required the sacrifice of the child's innocence. Danzo knew al of this and fought up a plan to acquire Naruto, but this plan couldn't go into affect until the guard that Hiruzen would surely send to protect Naruto lessens and notice fades away from him, this would take many years giving time for Danzo to plan.
Chapter Two: Loneliness
Time skip 4 years:
Time had past within the Hidden Leaf Village, the village had mostly recovered from the attack of the 9-Tails, the villagers had gone back to create the peaceful village that they once knew but one would have it not al reminders have gone from the village of that dreaded night. News had spread throughout the village of the young Jinchuriki boy and that had created resentment through the generation towards Naruto. Hiruzen didn't foresee this amount of hatred towards Naruto and now regretted his decision to tell the council of his name and statist of Jinchuriki so now to try and prevent anybody from telling Naruto's generation of his secret Hiruzen past a law as Hokage that anybody speaking or tell anybody of Naruto's secret on punishment of death. Hiruzen for all of his knowledge knew deep down in his heart that this plan wouldn't work and just as he knew didn't stop the parents of the younger generation from spreading their hatred towards Naruto for holding the beast that killing many of their friends and family to the kids, they would tell the children that they shouldn't play with that boy because he is bad influence and dangerous. So no when the Naruto would walk down streets he would get hateful glares from everybody, mainly still the older generations with the children giving him curious stares trying to work out why would their parents think he is bad after seeing him do nothing to earn that reputation. The children would soon learn and become good little children and be mean towards Naruto for no reason other than being told to do it. This all had gotten to Naruto and all he wanted is to have to see those hate-filled stares anymore so this is way he hasn't been out of the apartment that the Hokage gave him after he was kicked out of the orphanage a year ago for over 5 days.
It was a very brilliant day Hiruzen thought as he walked through the village filled with warmth that everybody should enjoy but with the absence of the smile one heart-filled golden hair child Hiruzen wouldn't fully enjoy this day. As Hiruzen saw sight of the moderate building Naruto liven within he started to quicken his pace for being anxious to see him ignoring the curious stares of civilians. Hiruzen noted to himself to talk to the building manager again to see if the building was up to date on inspections, thinking back to see last time he had this discussion.
Flash Back:
Hiruzen was standing before the building manager who was a rather short stumpy man with dark brown hair that was starting to turn grey and bolding already having a bold fairly large patch already, wearing a fairly unbecoming grey business suit and all the while sweating profusely because of the conversation he was having with the Hokage. Hiruzen was quite mad at how this conversion was turning out and all because of the one thing that seems to get him heated up like this nowadays, the treatment of Naruto from his fellow villagers. Hiruzen had just found out that this man had been letting Naruto live in for lack of a better name atrocity of an apartment for the whole time that he has lived there since being kicked out of the orphanage.
Civilian: "Lord Hokage I understand what you are saying but I just can't keep up with all the repairs that dem…. Child"
Hiruzen anger flared at his near mess-up with calling Naruto a demon, now sweating profusely the man's throat seemed to be closing up under the pressure the Hokage was giving off with the chakra Hiruzen was passively leaking out
Civilian: "ummmm lord I'm sure that you know about the vandalism that occurs to the apartment that the child and I can't keep up with the payments for repairs"
Hiruzen guess he could understand what this man would have to pay for that but all sympathy he would feel towards him was gone the minute Hiruzen found out how he really felt towards Naruto
Hiruzen: "Ok now I know of these Vandalisms you speak of and I will but a guard on this building to stoping the vandalisms but you must repair Naruto room and keep this building within building regulations. Do I make my shelf clear?"
All the while looking sternly at the man while the man was quivering and nodding
Civilian: "Yes I understand you clearly Lord Hokage"
Hiruzen thinking that he understood the point nodded and turned and walked out towards his office to do some more paperwork.
End of Flash Back:
Hiruzen had just finally made it to Naruto's door and was pleased to see that the door was perfectly fine and no damage what so ever, no knowing that the guards and talking to the owner worked Hiruzen knock on the door, waiting for an answer but not getting one Hiruzen deicide that Naruto wasn't going to open the door for him, he opened the door himself. As Hiruzen open the door and walked in he notice that the entire looked rather plane looking apartment in Hiruzen opinion it was to plane for what a child's and quite depressing, knowing a child shouldn't living by himself but Hiruzen still couldn't be upset about how there wasn't any child's touch to the apartment just a small room with kitchen bed and bathroom connected to it and Hiruzen saw the small boy that he was looking for on his bed looking up at him with those bright blue eyes that seem hollowed. Hiruzen thought of how he had failed on keeping Minato's childhood one of joy but that wasn't because of trying he kept Naruto safe but that is all he could really do he couldn't see Naruto much because of his work and his own family, so now he was left in this situation with him. While both stared at each other it was Naruto who broke the silence
Naruto: "Hey Old man what are you doing here?"
While he said this Naruto put on his fake smile that Hiruzen knew and hated
Hiruzen: "Well Naruto I haven't seen you in awhile and just came on by to see how you were doing?"
Naruto slightly perking up at this
Naruto: "Thanks Old man yea I have been great, I've been going out and searching the village to find some new cool places"
While the slight happiness from before disappearing while tell him this
Hiruzen: "Ok but I happen to know for a fact that you haven't left your apartment your apartment for a few days now and I was starting to get worried about you"
Now all of the warmth that was left on Naruto's face was gone
Naruto: "Ummmm I see well I didn't want to see the their faces"
Naruto was now looking down at the floor avoiding eye contact with Hiruzen like he was ashamed of what he was staying to him
Hiruzen: "Now Naruto what do you mean by not wanting to see their faces anymore"
Naruto: " I don't want to see the mean people face's anymore"
Hiruzen now understanding what was going on here was now trying to think of something to say to try and fix this problem, all the while Naruto was thinking that Hiruzen would think that he was being stupid.
Hiruzen: "Naruto I know of these stares that you're talking about"
Naruto's eyes bulge at this statement and how Hiruzen didn't think he was an idiot.
Hiruzen: "I don't know how you would feel right at this moment and probably never will know"
Just as Hiruzen was about to continue but Naruto cut him off before he could continue.
Naruto: " Why wouldn't you ever get those stares?"
Now this is diffidently not how Hiruzen wanted this conversation to go but the look Naruto was giving him made him answer the question truthfully
Hiruzen: "The reason that I most likely wouldn't is because I'm the Hokage and carry a strong will of fire"
Naruto: "umm Old man, What is a Hokage and the will of fire"
Hiruzen: "Well Naruto a Hokage is the leader of the Leaf village and the will of fire is the idea that came from the first Hokage that means that every true ninja of this village must love, believe, cherish and fight for the village's sake no matter what happens"
While Hiruzen told Naruto the young boy's brain connected the dots of the puzzle that was how to make the mean stares stop and finally be nice to him.
Naruto: "So you're saying that if I was to do these same things that those stares would stop and then they would be nice to me"
Hiruzen was about to tell Naruto that it wouldn't be that easy and might not work but as those eyes of the child he couldn't bring himself to tell him that right now.
Hiruzen: "Yes Naruto if you were to do these same things then those people stares would stop"
At this Naruto knew that he would doing anything to achieve this and would make those stares go away for good.
Naruto: "Ok Old man I'm going to become Hokage and uphold the will of fire Believe It"
Naruto for the first time during this conversation finally had a true smile upon this Hiruzen smile along with Naruto thinking that not telling him the hardships he would suffer along this road for now was the best thing for this little boy and so after this Naruto bombarded Hiruzen with questions of what ninjas could do and what powers he had, even some questions about the first Hokage. As this was going on Hiruzen never notice that a man left after hearing their whole conversation.
Danzo upon receiving the news from his ninja following Naruto about Hiruzen conversation with Naruto was pleased that Naruto had finally shown interest in becoming a ninja and knew that his plan to recruit Naruto will have to go in fruition every to insure Naruto joining and being loyal to him and his Root Division.