Hey everyone, this is Timber Delonic. I've been gone for a while and I'm sorry for that. Usually I write CSI MIAMI fics and I have one on my account but I lost my muse for it awhile back. And then my friend got me hooked in Naruto. So I wrote this little Teaser to see if anyone likes it. Beware, if I do continue to post this online it will get sad. Naruto, from what I know, has not had a kind life despite the fact that he's always smiling. I thought I might go in depth to his history while writing my own AU. WARNING! This pairing will be Naruto and Jiraiya, since I've recently found love for him. Also, this won't quite follow this anime. That's why its an AU. Let me know what you guys think of this.
Love Timber Delonic
The child's wailing continued to get louder as the tall figure held him. Blue eyes opened slightly to stare at the old man. The old man smiled softly, despite the tears in his eyes and softly stroked a finger down the wiry scars across the chubby little cheeks. "Naruto." He uttered softly and the small baby stopped crying for a moment, gazing into his kind, old eyes. He had a tuft of blonde hair on his head that seemed as soft as a cloud. The old man smiled as he lovingly rubbed it.
Men in uniform surrounded the old man and the small baby, Naruto. "Sarutobi-sama, the council wishes to speak with you." Sarutobi sighed and handed off baby Naruto to one of the ANBU. "Anbu-san, please take Naruto to the Hokage's office. And please, one of you fetch Jiraiya-san and escort him to the office. When he arrives hand Naruto off to him and tell him I will arrive to talk to him once the council is done with me. Guard the exit and make sure nothing happens to either of them. I fear this night is far from over." Sarutobi lifted his hand to pinch his nose as he grimaced. He watched as two ANBU, one carrying Naruto and the other to find Jiraiya vanish.
He paced throughout the office like a lion, his mane of long white hair trailing behind him. His dark eyes trailed every where, looking for danger. His mouth, which was usually in a state of perversion, was in an angry and sad frown. His glove clad hands clenched with his need to hit something. He felt a sharp pang in his heart but he refused to cry, not yet. He had red lines run from the bottom of his eyes all the way down to the bottom of his face. He was a large man but not overly so. His sandals clanked against the floor as he waited.
The door to the room opened and he snarled at the ANBU who came through it, until he caught sight of the small bundle wrapped in his arms. His dark eyes softened and his pacing stopped as his hand reached out, his fingertips trying to touch the bundle. He stopped a few feet from the ANBU. "Is that…?" The ANBU stepped forward holding the bundle securely in a blue blanket, a small head with a tuft a blonde hair peeking over the edge. He held the baby out towards the fierce man, watching as strong hands took a hold of baby Naruto. The hands unsure but holding him firmly, making sure not to drop him. "Yes Jiraiya-sama. This is the baby." The ANBU backed out of the room and closed the door, taking a guard next to his partner.
Jiraiya pulled the blue blanket back and looked at the small baby. He looked over the baby's peach skin, making sure to store this moment in his memory. He looked at the small stomach and saw a black seal sitting there, looking ominous. Tears collected at the ends of his eyes before slowly trailing down his cheeks. The sobs that came from his mouth sounded like a wounded lion. His body was tight with tension, but the hands around the baby never lessened nor tightened. A single tear dropped down off his cheek and onto the baby's forehead. Sky blue eyes opened curiously before a small hand wrapped around a tendril of white hair that went past the man's shoulders. Jiraiya's sobbing slowed as he opened his dark red rimmed eyes to see a small hand tugging on his hair. He caught the baby's gaze in his and though tears still streamed down his cheeks a small smile stayed on his face. "Naruto." The man said hoarsely. He hugged the child to him before sitting on a chair in front of a desk. He held the child to his chest, one hand cradling the baby's bottom for support and the other resting on the baby's back.
He looked down at the small child as he maneuvered around until he finally settled, his small hand still holding Jiraiya's hair and his head resting above his heart, the steady beat soothing the child to sleep. Jiraiya looked the child over. There seemed to be no injuries from the attack, but Jiraiya still frowned. He was so small. He only looked to be six pounds five ounces. Such a small weight for a baby. Sighing, Jiraiya leaned down and breathed in the scent that was Naruto before he succumbed to sleep.
Sarutobi sighed again as he waved the two ANBU aside from the door. "Stay here, I will summon you soon." With that said he stepped into the office to find the most tender heart breaking scene. Jiraiya, his previous student was sheltering and sleeping with the small baby infant, Naruto. Tears started to well up in his eyes but he held them back. There was still much to do. He reached his hand forward, intending on shaking Jiraiya awake before his student grabbed his wrist, preventing the action. Dark eyes opened and relaxed slightly once they saw who it was. "I want to adopt Naruto." Jiraiya spoke softly to avoid waking the small baby. Sarutobi looked to the ground, his gaze saddening as he looked from Jiraiya to Naruto. A knot formed in his throat and he cleared his voice, watching the baby stir but not waken. "I'm afraid that's impossible Jiraiya." Jiraiya's gaze hardened, his anger rolling and thrashing through the air like a living creature. Like a lion denied its cub.
"What do you mean impossible?" He gritted out, still trying to be quiet. Sarutobi smiled softly, though it held no joy. "You would have been yelling by now if it weren't for that child. You would have made a great father Jiraiya." Sarutobi sighed and sat in the Hokage's chair, his posture anything back relaxed as he took it. Jiraiya's eyes widened slightly at the sight of him sitting in the chair. "The council has re-appointed me as Hokage for now. They have also made demands including Naruto." Jiraiya held baby Naruto closer to him, closer to his heart, fearing what Sarutobi would say next. "They have demanded that you nor Tsunade be allowed to adopt him, as I am Hokage now I will have no time to care for him. They have stated that he is to be put into an orphanage. For now, that is all they demand of Naruto's life. Minato, before he died, stated that he would like Naruto's last name to be Uzumaki after Kushina and that he is not to know about his parents, at least for the mean time. He stated that it was up to me to decide when he should know. Minato also asked that Naruto be viewed as a hero for his part in this. I am not so fickle nor naïve enough to believe that the towns people will see it this way, which is why, as of tonight, I am decreeing that no one talk to Naruto about the nine tails fox, the Kyuubi. I am sorry Jiraiya, but the council has spoken."
Jiraiya clenched his jaw as Sarutobi finished talking, his anger ripping through the room, as if trying to destroy all he came in contact with. The two ANBU stationed outside the door walked in, feeling the killing intent coming off of the Toad Sannin. "I'm sorry. Take Naruto." Sarutobi told the two ANBU. They approached Jiraiya slowly, not making any sudden moves. The one who had given Jiraiya Naruto took the baby gently from him. Jiraiya snarled and the spike in chakra awoke Naruto, who cried upon finding himself in the arms of someone else. Jiraiya's anger toned down as he took in Naruto's cries. He softly touched the baby's forehead where his tear had landed earlier. "I'll come back for you Naruto. That's a promise." The two ANBU stalked out of the room, leaving Jiraiya alone with Sarutobi. "I'm leaving. And you'd better give me permission because either way I'm leaving tonight." Jiraiya glared at Sarutobi, his hands clenching and turning his pale skin whiter from the strain. Sarutobi nodded and watched as Jiraiya, the Toad Sannin, his previous student disappeared from Konoha for a long time.