Prologue
The Namikaze clan is a clan full of mystery, the only alive clan member known to the world was Minato Namikaze the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha. But there is one thing the history didn't show, the Namikaze clan is alive and well, and they are on their way to extract a child of that clan away from the grasp of Konoha who shun their chieftain grandson. They are manipulator of shadows just like the Nara clan but in a deeper level that they can harmonize their body with the shadows disappearing from everyone sight. Sensors and Doujutsu cannot pick them up which is the reason why they remained a secret clan most of the time. Minato disappearance was an accident, he was taken by a traveller to Konoha, and he was just only a baby that got lost in the wood exploring away from a secret village, escaping the vigilance of his parents when he was only 2.
When the incident of the nine tails on Konoha was heard thorough the world, the clan was surprised by the name of the Yondaime Hokage. He was a Namikaze. At least the boy knew his clan name. Two High level Shinobi were dispatched to see if there was any other Namikaze in Konoha, they were ordered to 'rescue' them from Konoha if they see anyone having the traits of the clan in Konoha. These two shinobi were Hayate Namikaze and Azumi Namikaze, they went in Konoha as Teuchi and Ayame Ichiraku, a father and daughter ramen chefs. The Namikaze clan had many allies in the many hidden villages. Sympathizer, spies and merchant. They were feared just like the Uzumaki, the hiding of the clan was a response to the nearly extermination of their closest ally the Uzumaki.
Our tales begin when Uzumaki Naruto is thrown out of the Orphanage at the age of 5...
"Don't come back you demon brat. You are the reason why we lost money" said the administrator which was a women with black hairs.
"I'm no demon you old hag!" yelled Naruto as he sprinted toward the merchant district.
He walked to the merchant district, many stopped when they saw the boy whiskers, making him look like a fox. They started whispering amongst themselves while pointing at the boy. Naruto didn't like being pointed at and he walked in a faster pace to avoid them. Someone yelled at him.
"Hey kid... Are you hungry?" asked an old man in front of his Ramen stand. The old man was smiling. The boy stomach grumbled... He was hungry, he didn't eat since two day ago when they suddenly started to cut the ration for him.
"Yes I am... Old-san" said Naruto holding his belly who grumbled louder this time.
"Well come in, it's on the house" smiled the old man. The villagers were stunned that someone would feed the demon brat for free. The boy had never tried Ramen, he loved it instantly when the noodles entered his mouth.
"This is the food of the gods!" said Naruto wanting another. Ayame was smiling, this boy was the embodiment of the Uzumaki Clan, they also loved the Namikaze's ramen.
"Why don't stay with us for the day? Don't you have a home?" asked Teuchi, Naruto face darkened.
"I was in the orphanage, they kicked me out and called me a demon brat..." said the boy looking down, he had completely stopped eating his ramen. Teuchi ruffled the boy's hairs.
"Well... Why don't you stay with us? We planned to get out of the village for a few days. Want to come with us?" said Teuchi smiling.
"Sure! I always wanted to see the world! Staying inside the village is boring, there is nothing to do" said Naruto who went back in eating his ramen. After finishing his bowl, he yawned...
"Ho, someone is sleepy" chuckled Teuchi, Naruto nodded "Ayame, take Naruto to our guest room"
"Hai, oto-sama" said Ayame who grabbed the boy and both went upstairs. Teuchi had closed the stand. He then summoned a small Tiger cub.
"What do you need Hayate-sama" said the small creature.
"We found the Grandson of Lord Hanzo" said Teuchi
"I will inform lord Hanzo immediately" said the Tiger cub "When are you coming back?"
"Tomorrow we will travel back. This mission had lasted too long. I hope my wife will forgive me" said Teuchi. Ayame just came back from upstairs.
"Are we pulling out now?" said Ayame
"Yes, we will go look for the boy possessions in the Hokage office tonight" said Teuchi
"This is not going to be easy, the ANBU will be a pain in the ass" said Ayame. "The boy is sleeping and I sealed the door and windows. No one can come in without triggering them"
"Good, we move tonight at 11. And get out of the village at 3. We will be home... either tomorrow if I can pull the jutsu off or a few weeks if I got rusty"
"I can't wait to go back home. I hope Takashi waited for me" said Ayame.
"He better be, I'll castrate him if he dishonored his vow" said Teuchi unsheathing a very sharp Katana. They quickly dispatched the chef uniform and went for the black uniform with black tabi boots, they were easier and more versatile than ninja sandals. He strapped the Katana on his back then strapped his hood and masking covering most of his face except for his eyes. Ayame did the same, but instead of Katana, she had a Kyoketsu shogei Knife which was a knife with a chains attached to an end and a metallic ball on the other. A good defensive and offensive weapon. Both of them after finishing their preparation dissolved into shadows...
Hokage palace...
The office was empty, both Shinobi didn't get any trouble getting in and neutralizing the ANBU with paralyzing poison then knocking them out. Teuchi quickly searched through the desk, while Ayame was lock-picking a hidden door behind the bookshelf. He found what he came for, there was some sealed scrolls with Naruto name on it and other scrolls with the Uzumaki crest and the Yondaime name on it. Teuchi quickly applied a copying sealing technique for the scrolls and left them.
"Ayame..." whispered Teuchi
"I know... I sensed three high chakra coming to us... Got it!" she said after opening the door, the old man quickly did the copying sealing technique then left in a hurry. They put everything back and melted in the shadow before the door was opened by the Sandaime. The ANBU were taken to the hospital to see if they had anything harmful done to them. Kakashi was there next to him.
"I sense something..." he said
"Whoever that was... he didn't take anything inside... strange..." said Sandaime looking everywhere.
Back at the closed Ramen Stand. Two shadow emerged from the ground. Hayate and Azumi laughed, they finished the retrieval of Naruto belongings without them finding out. Now they had to prepare for the journey to home.
That morning at 9.
Teuchi and Ayame were in civilians clothing on a car pulled by a bull. Naruto was already outside of the village, Teuchi made sure to use the Shadow evasion technique for it.
"Halt, what are you doing?" said the Chunin guard, the other guard went to the car and inspected it.
"Going to the land of river, we were offered a job there" said Teuchi smiling.
"He is not inside" said the other Chunin.
"You're looking for someone?" asked Ayame
"Not civilians business. Move along" said the Chunin, both ramen chefs drove away leaving the hidden leaves for good.
After 20 minute since the car had gone from Konoha, a small blond boy emerged from the shadows of the trees, he quickly sat on Ayame laps.
"Where are we going?" asked Naruto eager to go in an adventure.
"That's a secret" smiled Ayame poking Naruto nose who laughed. After a good two hours in the roads, Ayame used a powerful sonar Jutsu to look around, no one was around except them.
"Alright don't move boy" said Teuchi as he started to form hand signs fastly "Shadow release: Travel of the Underworld"
A large shadow started to form around the car and the bull, this startled Naruto but Ayame was holding him tightly and told him to not be scared that everything would be alright. He calmed and watched with fascination what was going on. The shadow completely surrounded them as they started to sink on it. Once the jutsu was over, they at the entrance of a village or maybe a clan compound. The vegetation was very different from the fire country, instead of large trees and green bushes. They were on a mountain side, with building carved on the rocks and large wood bridges relying them. There was a huge carving on the rock that remind the boy of the Hokage palace.
"Welcome to New-Uzushio. Naruto, the hidden village of the Uzumaki and Namikaze clan" smiled Ayame.
"My clan? Ayame-nee-san?" said Naruto fascinated by the beauty of it, he was more impressed when he looked around. The wood on the foot at the mountain had different colors like it was in autumn. They were in a country in the north.
"My real name is Azumi Naruto, and my father is named Hayate. We both are Namikaze" explained the lady. Hayate pulled out of the car and walked toward the gate, it's opened then he came back and the car went inside the walls.
"Welcome Home Hayate-sama" said the guard wearing a dark blue armor.
"Thanks. Can you warn the Namikaze chieftain and the Uzumaki clanhead? We will bring an esteemed guest to the palace" said Hayate who got out of the car followed by Ayame and Naruto who looked around. Citizen looked around and pointed at the small boy. The guard nodded before disappearing in a shadow shunshin.
"Wow! I wish I could do that" said Naruto pointing where the guard was. Azumi giggled.
"We need to go see the leaders Naruto. I believe one of them is your grandfather" said Azumi
First step as a Genin
"I can believe that this boy is the son of the princess of Uzu" said the Uzumaki clanhead, after reading the documents brought by Hayate and Azumi. They were happy, the boy was fairly intimidated by the looks of the elders of the both clans. The Namikaze clan were wearing grey Kimono with a Blue leather pauldron. The Uzumaki were wearing similar clothe but with a red Pauldron. The Namikaze had mostly yellow with some orange hairs while the other clan had mostly red and purple hair. The Namikaze Clanhead had a black kimono with two large yellow strip going from his belt to his shoulders, the Uzumaki clan head had one similar but with red strips.
"Come forward young man" said the Namikaze clanhead, he looked like a very strict man like some war hawk in Konoha. The young boy walked toward him, he was intimidated by all the stern look, and he tried not to look around and walked forward. The old man hugged him, surprising and startling him. "At last my grandson is home"
Naruto gaped "You're my Jiji?" the man nodded, he hugged the old man back. The elders from both clan smiled.
After the boy went to sleep after he had acquainted with his grandfather figure, the elders were infuriated that Konoha had used the boy as a Jinchuriki. At least he was saved from a life in the street. This boy was to be the next leader of both of their clan.
"What do you suggest Fujimoto" said Hanzo
"We cleanse the boy body from the demon fox inside him" said the Uzumaki leader
"And kill my little boy?" said Hanzo
"No, we have many secrets, Uzu was not destroyed on a wimp. We were feared for our art in Fuinjutsu and also for a treasure that my clan hold since the sage of the six path" said Fujimoto
"If you can get the fox out of my little boy without killing him, you have my blessing" said Hanzo
"I'll get Izuna and Sayuri for the sealing technique. It will take 2 month before we can fully extract the Biju. It's imperative that the boy doesn't unlock his chakra until then. If he does, then it will be impossible for the beast to be extracted without killing Naruto" said Fujimoto who got up and walked to the door.
"Don't worry. Get the seal ready, I'll make sure that he doesn't unlock it even by accident" said Hanzo who went back to reading the scrolls. His son was a genius, the Flying thunder god, a Kinjutsu of the Nidaime Hokage that he copied with the help of a seal, the Rasengan but was mildly disturbed with the Shiki Fujin an Uzumaki clan technique. The old man smirked, he would make sure that the boy would surpass Minato. He couldn't train his son but he could train his grandson.
The elders who remained silent quickly got up and went home. A lot was said today and they were not pleased with Konoha right now.
2 month later...
Naruto was inside a temple inside the mountain, it was a very dark place where he was told to stay inside the circle where many characters were drawn on the stone. It was scribbling that he knew, they were about to use a sealing art on him.
"Hanzo-Jiji, what's going on?" asked Naruto a little afraid
"Don't worry Naruto. You have a beast sealed inside you. A demon fox, we are going to extract or it will hinder you potential a lot" said Hanzo as he promised that he would sat next to him.
"Will it hurt?" asked Naruto
"No, it won't but you will feel a pressure on your stomach like you had energy being sucked out of you. It will be normal. We will cleanse your body and chakra network from the beast poisonous chakra" explained the grandfather. Naruto nodded holding his grandfather hand tightly. Hanzo signaled them to begin the sealing. There was an Uzumaki mask on another circle that would be where the beast would be held.
"Sealing Art: Positive transfer of the heaven" said Fujimoto. Izuna and Sayuri maintained the dog seal as their faces started to leak sweat. Naruto felt a pressure on his belly, the sensation startled him as he clinged on his grandfather's arm.
"It will be over soon. Naruto" reassured Hanzo, a red chakra leaked from Naruto seal and entered the mask.
"Since when did I had this seal?" asked Naruto after he lifted his shirt to see where that red chakra was coming from.
"I'll explain everything after this is over" said Hanzo. The operation lasted for three hours, the last once of red chakra went to the Uzumaki Mask, the mask started to shift from a human face with horn to a hornless fox face with 9 Matagama symbols on the forehead.
Naruto felt dizzy, his grandpa was right, he did feel weakened and soon was snoring on his granddad side. The old man smiled, the operation was success, if something went wrong, he wouldn't be sleeping now.
"You did it. Fujimoto" smiled Hanzo
"Did you doubt me Hanzo?" said a panting Fujimoto. The old man chuckled as he picked up young Naruto.
"I did, when was the last you did a sealing technique of this magnitude" said Hanzo
"That was right before the end of the second shinobi war. I saved my people, I had to sacrifice a large part of them to save what was savable" said Fujimoto, he looked downcast. He remembered that night. The attack was brutal, the city wall fell, the guard towers fell, and even the palace fell in a matter of minute. He had used a space-time sealing technique to transport as many people out of the island to the north of the demon country outskirt. An old outpost of the Uzumaki from the warring states era. In order to save the children and women, the men had to fight the invaders. He was supposed to die that day but the clanhead of that time pushed him inside the vortex circle. Right after that, there was a tale of the Uzumaki extermination around the world, with the tale of the Uzumaki Ashiyo using a powerful self-destruct technique to kill as many invaders inside the walls.
Hanzo let his old friend with his memories as he went outside the temple to the clinic.
"Fuso, I would like you to see if little Naruto is alright"
"Hai, Hanzo-sama" said the redhead woman who started to scan the boy's body. A little girl came in
"Mom... Who is this boy?" asked the redhead girl with glasses.
"Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto" said Hanzo
"He is my cousin?" said the little girl beaming to find a new potential friend of her age.
"Yes and no" said Fuso smiling
"He is your cousin by name only, but you don't share the same blood. He is from the main branch, while both of us are from a parallel branch" explained the medical ninja
"Hmph! I'll still see him as my cousin" said the girl, Hanzo chuckled. Another girl came in, she had redhairs too.
"Hey Karin, let's go eat some Ramen at Hideki Stand" said the new comer
"Shut up Tayuya, I don't feel like eating. Look here is cousin Naruto!" she said pointing at the snoring boy on the table.
"But he is a Namikaze" said Tayuya who got closer and watched the boy.
"He is also an Uzumaki from the main branch" said Karin.
Naruto started to move, he yawned, stretched his arms, got up and rubbed his eyes.
"Jiji... I'm hungry" said Naruto half-asleep, then his eyes looked around then saw two girls staring at him "Cute"
Both girls blushed, Karin looked away while Tayuya was stuttering.
"W..w...who are you calling cute!" she said angrily but still blushed.
Naruto still half-asleep shrugged and said "You two"
Tayuya face was now the same colors has her hairs, Karin was the same.
"Hanzo-sama. Naruto is exhausted, he will need to rest. With the operation that he went through. The boy will need to eat healthier and I suggest he doesn't do any effort for a week" said Fuso, she ruffled Naruto hairs. The boy sighed.
"Eat this Naruto" Naruto still not totally out of his funk just grabbed the soft spongy bread and ate it. He woke up with a jolt.
"Hahahahaha. I didn't say to swallow the bread in one go" said Hanzo
"Wow... Thank you Jiji, that's just hit it at the right place" said Naruto rubbing his belly. "By the way... Where are we?"
"In the clinic, Fuso-chan was taking a look at you and these girls are Tayuya and Karin Uzumaki" said the old man. Naruto stared at them.
"You're still cute" blurted out Naruto, Hanzo had a belly laugh, Fuso giggled.
"D... Don't mock us! We are not cute!" said Tayuya
"We will be dangerous Kunoichi!" said Karin "Even Tsunade of the Sannin will be inferior to us!"
Intermission
5 month later...
Naruto was in the backyard of the elder palace which was a training yard carved inside the mountain. Naruto was being taught the basic stance of the Uzumaki Whirlwind Taijutsu style. He was panting a lot, he felt lighter since that time with the sealing with Fujimoto-jiji. Hanzo was teaching how to use feint and deliver powerful kicks on the head then how to use fist, palm, backhand, knee, elbow and evasion.
"Not good enough... Again" said Hanzo, Naruto dashed as he did a reverse kick on his grandpa torso. The old man blocked it, the hit was nasty as there was a shockwave of wind on the grandpa hairs. "That's more like it. Again!"
Tayuya, Karin, Akin, Yuto and Tsuna were watching the fight. They wanted to learn this style as well. In Uzushio there was two style of fighting in the Ninja Academy. The most offensive one was the Whirlwind style, the more defensive was the whirlpool style. Naruto launched a side back kick then went for a jump reverse kick from his left leg continued on his momentum and finished by a turning kick who landed on his grandfather chest who almost stumbled back.
"Impressive. Again" smiled Hanzo. Naruto was panting, this training was hard. Before jiji would teach him how to take his chakra, he will need to learn this style first and get the basic. Naruto decided to go a different pattern of attack, he made a feint move that he was about to use a kick again but shifted at last moment and went for a punch that connected with his jiji belly. The grandfather was smiling, his grandson was getting the git of this style nicely in only a few weeks. "Okay, the spar is over. Fujimoto will teach you the basic of the Whirlpool"
The Uzumaki elder came in and told the other who wanted to learn this technique to get in the square of the training ground. The 5 children who stared, quickly made their way inside and followed the movement made by the elder Uzumaki.
Intermission
Two years later...
Naruto was now 7, he wore the Kimono of the Namikaze clan along with the Uzumaki crest on the back to state that he was from both clan. He was walking toward the council chamber along with Tayuya and Karin. The three of them were asked to go there by a SHADOW. They wore black mask along with the black attire, they were the best that Uzu could muster in their ranks beside the black agents. Hayate and Azumi were part of it. The civilians waved at the younglings, their returned the waves.
A Chunin guard opened the door and motioned them to enter. The three children entered, they were greeted by the entire council.
"Ah! Naruto-chan, Karin-chan, Tayuya-chan" said Hanzo
"Hello Hanzo-jiji/sama" bowed Naruto followed by the two girls besides him.
"Hayate, you can come out" said Fujimoto. There was a shadow in the corner of the wall, a form came from it. The three children gasped in surprised. There was nothing in the shadow, they could see the wall, but yet Hayate just came out of nowhere when he was lighted side of the room.
"Hello, Little-Naruto" said Hayate, the young boy nodded before returning his attention to his grandfather. Hayate was wearing a black Jonin vest, underneath was a long-sleeved grey T-shirt, the logo of red Uzu on the back. Grey-black camo pants with mid-knee long black tabi boots and a dark grey Hitai-ate
"Naruto, Karin, Tayuya. You three were put in a team as Genin of the village of Uzushio. Your Sensei for the next 3 years will be under Hayate Namikaze" said Hanzo. The three newest appointed Genin nodded.
"I have a question Hanzo-jiji" said Naruto
"Ask"
"After we have done the three years. What will we do after?" asked Naruto.
"You will be authorized to participate in a Chunin exam held in Konoha five years. The remaining two years will be spent in Local and outside black market mission" said Hanzo, the elders started to whispers amongst themselves. They had keep the village location a secret and no Genin had been formed to join a Chunin exam since a long time ago. They were drafted into the SHADOW program to get the Chunin or Jonin level in two to three years then come the Black Agent training ground, they were formed as spies and infiltrators, basically Black Ops operatives like the Root ANBU.
"The Chunin exam?" said Tayuya
"Aren't we keeping this village location a secret?" said Karin
"Do you think it's wise to show the world that Uzushio is still there? What if Kumo, Iwa and Kiri stood together again to face us?" asked Naruto.
"Kumo and Iwa are at each other throats and Kiri is in the middle of a bloody civil war" said Hanzo who smirked and the elders where chuckling. "Besides, it's time our closest ally know that we are back and stronger than ever"
"Konoha?" said Naruto, the Uzumaki clan head nodded. "Will that be all?" Hanzo nodded.
"Okay, now that's its out. Let's go Team one" said Hayate motioning the three newly appointed Genin to follow him. They went to the training ground that were reserved for the SHADOW teams.
"Okay, now that you are now the first Genin Team that will compete in a Chunin exam. You will learn everything from the basic of the basic to the extreme chakra control that we use to control the shadow" said Hayate sitting in front of a log pool.
"Sensei what will we be learning for the next three year? Do we do mission to get experience?" asked Tayuya
"No, for the next three year, I will be training you each day until you three get into a good level. My level" said Hayate smiled the black clad ninja
"Do we learn to do that shadow technique you did? That was cool" said Naruto, Tayuya nodded and Karin smirked. Hayate searched inside his pocket and got out three Hitai-ate with the Uzu symbol on it. Naruto looked at it, he was smiling, his dream was to be a Ninja and how that was completed. He needed to set a new goal. Placed the forehead protector no his forehead, tightened the knock behind his head. He liked the grey fabric of his headband, it went well with his Kimono.
"Okay, today, I want you to see Old Toyotomi. And get acceptable Ninja gear from him. He also sell weapons and others useful wears for Ninja. Get what you want, I'll train you these three years into... pretty much everything" said Hayate smiling before disappearing in a shadow shunshin. Tayuya went home along with Karin, they would go there with their parents. Jiji was busy at the palace, so he would go there alone. He waved at people who waved at him when he walked toward the Toyotomi store.
"Naruto-chan" said the old man smiling "You're here for your Ninja gear?"
"Hai! I was made Genin" said Naruto, Toyotomi lifted an eyebrow.
"Hanzo-sama doesn't want to hide anymore?" said Toyotomi to himself. "Ho well. Come let's take your measurement then look for clothes and ninja gear that would suit a Genin"
The Old man took measure of the boy length and heights. He pulled different clothes in different of shade of grey to black. Naruto ditched the Kimono and went for a fishnet armor then went for a dark grey shirt with a black vest letting it open. He had a dark grey ANBU pants with black Tabi boots. He brought five full set for a week along with white to grey regular clothes when he would not be in training or have days off. He was also offered a mask to hide his face and a bandana to hide his blonde hairs. Some simply went with a dying hair seal from the Uzumaki clan to hide their clan traits.
"A few more years and you will look like your granddad" said the store vendor
"I hope so. Jiji awesome" said the 7 year old.
Both went to the weapon side of the store, Naruto looked around, Shuriken, Kunai, paper bombs, paper flash, paper smoke bomb, gauntlets, claws, Tanto, chokuto, Katana, Ninjato, Kusarigama, war fans, Naginata and many other Ninja tools. He went with the Ninjato.
"Ah! Yes, a fine weapon for a Shadow" said the vendor. "If I may?"
Naruto handed the weapon to the old man, the old man showed him two techniques in the backyard of the store with the Ninjato which was shorter than the Katana. Quick draw which offered a surprise attack which cut a dummy in half and another which was a wind based technique that sliced 5 dummy in medium range.
"Wow! That was cool!" said Naruto
"And that's just the Ninjato, the Katana offer better attacks range but slower the quick draw of the Roaring Tiger Style" explained the old man. Naruto nodded drinking the knowledge from the vendor. "If I were you Naruto, I would master at least two weapon at least"
"I think, I'll go for a Katana. But I don't know about the second weapon" said Naruto, the old man nodded, telling him to stay here. The elder came back with different weapon, the Kusarigama, a Kyoketsu shogei Knife, a Tanto blade and a war fan. In the meantime, the dummy repaired themselves.
"What? But they were destroyed!" said Naruto pointing at the dummy
"It's a seal which repair them" said the old man. Naruto nodded. "Now let's go for the Kusarigama and the Kyoketsu Shogei"
The old man was using the Kusarigama like he was a butcher, the weight ball at the end of the chain was lethal since it could decapitate someone easily. The scythe like of the blade side could easily spread the bowels on the floor. The Kyoketsu was similar but the knife was twirling around to offer a medium range to close range attacks, the use of the chains was the same has the Kusarigama, offering an okay defense but the weight ball was more prone to knock out an enemy than kill it. He then used the Tanto knife, using a flash technique to get around the dummies then flashed back next to Naruto, the heads rolled over before the seal activated and repaired the dummies.
"WOW! You gotta teach me that-tebayo!" said Naruto that was awesome
"Hayate will teach you everything" assured the old man patting the boy head. As he went for a war fan. The War fan was huge almost Naruto height. The old man twirled as he mustered a powerful wind jutsu which destroyed the training ground, the dummies and the wall. The jutsu hit a seal wall which protected the house who was just behind the training ground wall.
"I want the war fan too" said Naruto looking at the war fan like it was a treasure.
"I never said you couldn't master more than two weapon" chuckled the old man. Naruto smile brightened. Once inside, Hanzo was there waiting for them.
"Did you find anything you like?" asked the smiling old man to his grandson
"Yes! A Katana, a Kyoketsu Knife and a War fan" said Naruto pointing at the elder who put back the weapons then going to the counter with the three weapons along with the clothes.
"Close range, Mid-range and Long range" said Hanzo who approved "A Jack of all trades"
"Make sure to master all of them. Naruto-chan" said Toyotomi.
"Yes sir!" said Naruto, the vendor sealed the items in a scroll then gave it to Naruto. Hanzo paid for him, they went home after the vendor bid them a farewell.
"I wonder what's for dinner" said Naruto
"By the smell I'll say that Kotomi is making beef with fried rice and vegetables"
"Bleh... I hate veggies" said Naruto.
Intermission
4 years later.
Naruto is now 11 years old, he was now taller than most of the children of his generation in Uzushio. He was at the training ground 1, where he sparred with Tayuya. Both of them were wearing only a black training Kimono with weight seals on.
"Show me what you can do" taunted Naruto in his whirlwind stance.
"Let's make a bet, Fishcake" said Tayuya getting on the Whirlpool stance.
"I'm game" said Naruto smirking
"The winner take the loser on a date" smiled Tayuya. Naruto frowned...
"You won't let me live with me telling you were cute are you?"
"Nope!" Smiled Tayuya
"Hajime!" said Hayate
Both dashed, Naruto went for a punch, Tayuya evaded the attack and redirected it on the side, Naruto then went for a kick on the temple, Tayuya ducked then gripped Naruto leg making him trip. The blond Ninja back flipped evading Tayuya strong palm.
"GO TAYUYA!" yelled Karin watching from behind the barrier seal.
"No one choose my side" sighed Naruto as he evaded a kick, Tayuya had went to the Whirlwind style. Naruto now was on the defensive, he evaded and redirected attacks with the whirlpool style. Tayuya thrown consecutive punches then went for a repeated kicks, Naruto stopped them since he couldn't evade them all in time. Tayuya was faster than him, but his defense remained firm.
"So... Where do you want that date?" said Naruto with a cocky grin.
"Don't act like you've won Fishcake" said Tayuya going for a reversed hook kick which landed right on Naruto face tossing him on the floor.
"YEAH! GO TAYUYA!" yelled Karin.
Naruto got up and went for the waterspout style. Tayuya stepped back, this style would hurt a lot. Tayuya tried a reverse kick, Naruto caught it and tossed her on the side.
"Damnit!" said Tayuya as she massed her... back.
"Like I said... Where do you want the date and at what time?" smirked Naruto. Tayuya growled as she dashed to land a cut down kick on him, he stepped forward and tossed her on the floor. Naruto went to his starting position and Tayuya did the same.
"Lesson one Taijutsu. Over" said Hayate "That was good. Since when you knew the waterspout Naruto. Hanzo trained you?"
"Yes, Only Tayuya knew about it" said Naruto
"What? And what about me?! Naruto-Nii!" said Karin visibly shocked
"Well, you are mostly busy in the clinic" said Naruto, Karin looked downcast. "But I'll teach it to you if you want"
"You better! I have a dream to achieve!" said Karin who crossed her arms
"Okay round Two. Kenjutsu" said Hayate, Tayuya stepped out of the barrier and Karin went in, unsheathing a Ninjato.
"Let's go Nii-san!" said Karin as she side stepped left and right eager to fight
"No bet?" said Naruto as he unsealed his black steel Katana.
"Naa. I'm not lusting on my clansmen" said Karin laughing
"HEY!" yelled Tayuya from outside the barrier.
"Hajime!" yelled Hayate. Both fighter dashed toward each other. Sparks could be seen where both blade collided. Both fighter wanted to dominate the other. Karin charged his blade with wind chakra tossing a large wind blade toward Naruto. Naruto had charged his own blade with wind chakra and redirected the attack on the side which crashed on the barrier.
Naruto twirled his blade in the ∞ pattern, chakra charged in his legs, he blurred yellow then stopped behind her while Karin fell on the ground unconscious.
"Namikaze Kenjutsu: Silent Claw" said Naruto, he had used the blunt side of the Katana. If he had used the sharp side, Karin would have been cut in two. He then walked toward Karin, then charged a little of lighting chakra on his thumbs then touched her ear. The jolt woke her up.
"What was that for!?" she said massing her ear.
"I won" smiled Naruto, Karin punched his shoulder.
"You owe me for this" said Karin as she groaned in pain "This will leave a mark"
"Naa" dismissed Naruto but received another punch which made him laugh.
"Lesson two Kenjutsu. Over" said Hayate smiling "You only used one technique"
"Well most of them are lethal. I rather use them on an enemy than my Imouto"
"Lesson three: Ninjutsu" said Hayate as he picked up a cigarette and lit it. "this is my turn now, don't hold back"
"Hai" said Naruto.
"Hajime!" yelled both girls
"Katon: fire bullet!" said Hayate as he spat several fire projectiles toward Naruto.
"Suiton: Water Wall!" said Naruto as he slammed both of his hand and water formed out of thin air protecting him from the fire. Steam started to engulf the training ground but faded quickly.
"I doesn't matter how much time i see it, I'll always be impressed" said Karin, there was no water inside the barrier.
"Maybe he is the second coming of the Nidaime of Konoha" smirked Tayuya
"Doton: Drilling Pike!" said Hayate slamming his hands on the ground, multiple sharp pikes went toward Naruto, he jumped and evaded the incoming earth pikes.
"Suiton: Water gun" said Naruto pointing his finger toward Hayate, a sizzling emanated from the very small water bullet that passed right next to Hayate head and a small crater formed just behind him. Hayate sweated a lot, that jutsu could have killed him. That was a Kinjutsu from the Hozuki clan, how did he knew it. 'Hanzo...' thought Hayate. "Suiton: Water Bullet!"
Naruto spat water projectiles in round of three burst toward Hayate who evaded them, he followed where Hayate was going missing him. He then went where he would be, the three water projectiles hit him, Hayate form started to melt in mud.
"Mud clone!" said Naruto as he jumped to evade a earth based trapping technique.
"Shadow Assimilation technique" said Hayate as he disappeared, light faded as the torches were extinguished.
"Shadow Assimilation technique" imitated Naruto as he disappeared too in the shadow. Karin and Tayuya observed, there was a water dragon passing from the far left side to the far right followed by a multiple flame projectiles. Hayate was tossed toward the barrier right where the girls were, both screamed in surprised. It was a mud clone. There were sparks in the shadows, a lightning techniques was launched, this time it was Naruto who was tossed toward the barrier but it melted in water.
"Tch... Show off" said Karin as more sparks and wind based techniques were tossed in the shadow. A couple of elders approached them and observed the sparks and clash sound inside barrier shadows.
"Ninjutsu?" asked the elder woman
"Yup, fighting in the shadow" said Karin "too bad we can't see from here"
Naruto and Hayate both landed in the lighted side which was the entrance, both were panting, Naruto had some burns on his training kimono and Hayate was damped from head to toe.
"Lesson three... Ninjutsu... Over" said Hayate as he tried to get up, Naruto did the same.
"You're a Chakra pool monster Naruto" said Hayate
"Thanks, I got it from my mom" said Naruto, the elders chuckled.
They exited the special training ground and greeted the elder.
"So how our first Genin team is doing?" said the elder
"They are doing fine, they are currently a low Chunin level with the weight seals Fujimoto-sama" said Hayate
"What level without?" demanded Fujimoto
"High Chunin for the girls and Low Jonin for Naruto" said Hayate making the elder woman gasp.
"That's strong at such a young age?" said the old lady
"Of course. I trained them with everything I was taught." said Hayate
"Now it's time for you younglings to learn from the Uzumaki side" said Fujitmoto
"What will we be learning? Elder Fujimoto" said Naruto
"Sealing art. How is your level in calligraphy?"
"Very good, my writing with the ink brush is almost perfect" said Naruto
"Excellent, I will teach you how to write with Chakra" he said
"With... With Chakra?!" said the three children.
Fujimoto did four very fast hand signs then touched the ground, the writing formed in mere second and sealed a large rock formation leaving nothing.
"No way" said Karin
"Bullshit!" said Tayuya
"Awesome!" said Naruto
"And you will be learning a very lethal form of Kenjutsu for close quarters combat from our clan"
Intermission
"Summoning jutsu!" said Hanzo as a black panther emerged from the smoke, the feline had a Hitai ate on his neck.
"What do you need Hanzo-sama" said the panther. Naruto pointed his finger at it...
"HE TALKED!" he yelled as he stepped back. The panther titled his head toward the young boy.
"Calm down Naruto, This is Fujitora, my familiar" said Hanzo.
"Summoning Jutsu!" said Fujimoto as a Giant Chameleon emerged from the smoke, the eyes looked everywhere then settled on Fujimoto and Naruto. The latter was in awe with the sheer size of the summoned creature.
"A main branch member... I didn't see one since the second shinobi war" said the chameleon as his skin changed from green to red and yellow.
"Fujitora, I would like to make my grandson sign the Black Fang clan contract" said Fujimoto.
"I'll ask Momosuke-sama" the panther bowed before returning to his summoning island.
The chameleon opened his mouth and a scroll was given to Naruto.
"Sign this young Master. My clan will fight for you. My name is Minami Oda" said the Chameleon.
"Yes... How do I sign?" said Naruto. The panther was back with a scroll. Minami explained him how to use blood to sign the contract. He would be the sixth summoner of the Chameleon.
"The chief of the clan has giving his permission for him to sign" said Fujitora handing the scroll to Naruto. He opened and quickly redone the process.
A Shadow came in rushing in the training ground.
"Hayate-sama!" said the black clad masked Ninja
"What is it?"
"Sound Ninja had infiltrated our perimeters! Our cover will be blown if they make it to the border!" said the masked Ninja
"Shit... Now you three come. It's time to get your first kills" said Hayate as they dashed to the entrance. The three Genin behind him. The four of them once outside shunshinned toward the border of the country with the earth country.
In the wood close to the Bird country and Earth Country border.
A group of Sound Ninja were scouting the area when they stumbled upon a hidden village inside the crater of extinct volcano. They quickly retreated when a group of Ninja went for the attack.
"I can believe that... A hidden village in this unused and lost area" said a sound ninja. A shuriken flew right above his head. The Sound Shinobi in front of him was hit in the back of his head and fell on the ground. "Scatter!"
The five other members went into hiding as they prepared to counter attack.
"Who are these guys? I didn't recognize the symbol on their forehead protector" said one of the Sound Ninja.
"They are from Uzushiogakure. But they were exterminated... How is that possible" said the elder of the group, a Ninja from the Fuma clan. "Quick we need to..." He fell on the ground, a katana planted on his back. Another sound nin send a volley of Shuriken toward Hayate who faded inside a shadow, making the sound ninja eyes widen before he got stab by a Ninjato through his chest by Hayate.
"Shit! R..." his head rolled, Tayuya just behind him with a Ninjato. Karin just sliced the throat of another with a Tanto. The last tried to launch a Jutsu but his throat was sliced by Naruto who had unsealed the Kyoketsu Shogei Knife.
The three genin felt sick. Tayuya vomited behind a bush, Karin was in a state of shock as Hayate went to her to get her out of the funk. Naruto was looking at his bloodied knife, it felt wrong... Hayate pulled his Katana from the Sound Ninja back, cleaned it and sheathed it.
"This is just a beginning" said Hayate
"Does it get better?" asked Karin trembling, they were training to fight, but they never took a life before.
"No, but you will get used to it" said the veteran Ninja
They returned to Uzushio, Karin went home, she didn't sleep that night, she stayed on her mom's room. Tayuya wasn't different as she stayed awake the whole night. Naruto... Naruto meditated the whole night, watching the crescent moon from his large window. His first kill replaying in his mind over and over. Unsealing the knife from the seal on his wrist, he started twirling the chain as the knife, the twirling went faster as he tossed the chained knife toward the enemy who didn't see it, only to gargles in his own blood when he tried to breath as he crashed on the ground trashing before stopping.
Well, this is a new adventure for the blond Ninja.
Actually, i don't really have plans for this story. So... I don't have pairings in mind, the story will focus mainly on Naruto and his team. There will be some mild bashing against the Sandaime, Jiraya, Tsunade, Kakashi and the rookies but nothing too serious.
No Naru/Konoha Kunoichi name here. No gender bending, Haku is a male, Itachi is a punk guitarist with his black nails, Orochimaru is a haired Voldemort.