A/N: Hey guys AWF here and thanks for reading my story! This is my first one so it is going to suck some, but if you don't like it tell me what you didn't like about it. If you are going to flame than please don't bother. Without further ado...
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Darksiders 2
A young boy ran through streets as fast as his little legs allowed him. He darted around a corner and hid in the shadows of an alley as a mob ran by screaming for his death. After they passed he darted out of the alley and ran in the opposite direction. He smiled thinking he got away until he was suddenly tripped.
The person that tripped him smirked evilly and kicked the young boy before yelling to the mob "I found the Demon!" He tried to grab the young boy so he couldn't escape, but the boy bit his arm causing the man to drop him. "I'll kill you brat!" He said angrily only to find the child gone.
"Just a little farther and I can get to Jiji's Mansion." Naruto thought as he turned into another alley only to bump into somebody. Naruto looked up and saw a tall man with white hair before trying to run off again.
"Slow down kid, where are you going in such a hurry anyway?" The tall man asked before Naruto pointed behind him to reveal the mob chasing him. The man frowned and placed the child behind him.
"Look Jiraya-sama has come to finish off the Fourth's work!" a man in the mob shouted out causing the mob to shout "Finish it!" Jiraya looked back at the boy who was cowering in fear and then looked up at his 'Guardian' ANBU.
"What do you mean finish the Fourth's work?" Jiraya asked with a smile as a man stepped forward.
"We want you to have the honors of finishing off this Demon." The villager spat out with a smirk before a kunai was embedded into his skull. The mob gasped and took a step back when they saw the intense glare Jiraya was giving them. "Jiraya how could you? Are you actually protecting the De-"
"Stop right there!" Jiraya yelled releasing his KI at the mob causing the villager to step back with a wet stain decorating his pants. "It is against the Third's law to talk about that, with the punishment being Immediate Execution. Now unless you want me to enforce that law again I suggest you leave." Jiraya paused and waited to see if they would take his warning but when no one moved he took out a kunai and released more KI. "Now."
The mob ran off clearing the path for Jiraya and Naruto to go to the Hokage's Mansion. Jiraya turned to Naruto to see if he was all right when he noticed a bruise slightly hidden by his shirt. "Naruto can you lift up your shirt for me?" Jiraya asked his voice dripping with worry.
However Naruto took a step back "How do I know this isn't just a trick to hurt me?" Naruto asked preparing to run away eyeing Jiraya suspiciously. Jiraya placed the kunai in front of Naruto and took a step back.
"Now that you have a weapon and I don't, now can you trust me?" Jiraya asked hopefully. Naruto slowly picked up the kunai and took a step towards Jiraya when four ANBU jumped in between them.\
"Jiraya-sama are you crazy? How could you give that thing a weapon, it killed your student and now it could try to kill you!" A Dog masked ANBU said while the other 3 surrounded Naruto. Jiraya frowned and snapped his fingers causing the four ANBU to get tackled to the ground by exact copies of Jiraya as they placed a piece of paper on each of the ANBU.
"Sealing Art: Paralyzing seal" Jiraya said as the ANBU became stiff as boards before the original sealed them all in a scroll and popped the other clones. Naruto stared wide-eyed until Jiraya spoke to him.
"So trust me now?" Jiraya asked with a smile. Naruto rapidly nodded before lifting up his shirt for Jiraya to see. Jiraya looked at the Naruto's body sadly and thought to himself "This poor kid is malnourished, and not to mention the beatings he just received look nasty as well but I wonder why the Kyuubi isn't taking care of these as well as his heritage?" Jiraya nodded for Naruto to put his shirt down and then picked Naruto up and placed him on his shoulder and started roof jumping to the Mansion.
"So why are you helping me?" Naruto asked before looking down sadly "I'm just a demon" Naruto said causing Jiraya to move faster with a look of rage on his face.
"Naruto I want you to explain to me what happened to you as far back as you can remember." Jiraya said making Naruto nod not wanting to further anger the man. Naruto told how his was kicked out of the orphanage, thrown out of stores, shunned, sold expired food and beaten on his birthdays. He then told him about how The Third Hokage gave him an apartment and how the Icharuka's were nice to him and gave his some free ramen sometimes.
Jiraya was furious and kicked open the door to the mansion and stormed to the Hokage's room.
"The Hokage is busy and-"The secretary tried to say before Jiraya glared at her causing her to shut up before he kicked open the door to the Hokage. The Hokage leaned back as four ANBU jumped at Jiraya before they jumped back into their hiding places.
"Jiraya what do I owe the pleasure?" The Hokage said with his eyes closed. Jiraya walked up to the desk and threw all of the papers off of it.
"DON'T MESS WITH ME OLD MAN!" Jiraya said as he made clones to force the ANBU out of the room before placing a silence seal on the room.
"What's wrong Jiraya, and why did you bring Naruto-kun?" Sarutobi said trying to calm him down.
"Don't call him that!" Jiraya hissed out glaring at the man. "And my problem is that I TOLD you I would be back to pick up Naruto in 5 years, and I wanted to take care of him." Jiraya said trying to resist choking the old man.
"What do you mean? I have always protected Naruto." Sarutobi said sweating at the fact that he had been found out. Jiraya pulled up Naruto's shirt to show his malnourished body and the multiple bruises on it. Sarutobi flinched and sighed. "I tried Jiraya, but the Civilian Council wouldn't let me help Naruto anymore than what I did."
"Don't give me that bull" Jiraya said crossing his arms.
"W-what do you mean Jiraya? Are you saying Jiji could have helped me more than he did? Naruto asked speaking up for the first time.
"Naruto the position of Hokage is a dictatorship, so he could have overridden the council." Jiraya said as he picked Naruto up again. "We are leaving Sarutobi and I WILL NOT be stopped" He said before leaving thorough the window.
"I hope that he is better off with you Jiraya" Sarutobi sighed before he decided that he would try to help them out as much as possible.
With Jiraya and Naruto
Jiraya held Naruto's hand as they walked into a weapons shop. The weapons clerk smiled at Jiraya until he saw Naruto. He smiled sadly at the boy and walked into the backroom. Jiraya let Naruto look at weapons to find one he liked while he restocked on Kunai but kept a close eye on him.
Naruto was looking at a staff when a girl walked up to him and smiled. Naruto looked at the girl that looked to be about his age curiously, and saw what she was wearing. She wore a pink Chinese top with black leggings and her hair was styled like a panda's ears.
"Hi my name is Ten-ten, what's your name?" Naruto smiled and stuck out his hand and smiled at Ten-ten.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to be the next Hokage!" He shouted as the girl looked him over.
"I don't think you can be the next Hokage." Ten-ten said as Naruto sat in the corner drawing circles in the ground. "I was saying I don't think you can be Hokage without a good weapon!" she explained patting his shoulder. Naruto perked up at hearing that.
"Really well Ten-ten-chan do you think that you can help me find a good weapon?" Naruto asked grabbing her hand, Ten-ten blushed and nodded shyly causing Naruto to smile bigger and pull her through the store. "What kind of weapon do you think I need Ten-ten-chan?"
Ten-ten stopped blushing and went into salesperson mode. "Well Naruto-kun, what are you looking for?"
Naruto stopped and took a thinking position making Ten-ten giggle at his actions. "I need something that will scare bad people and a longer reach than a sword" Naruto explained slightly scared when her eyes had a spark in them.
"That sounds like a weapon we have Naruto-kun!" She explained as she pulled him to the back of the store quickly. She threw back a curtain making Naruto's eyes bulge out. "Like it Naruto-kun?"
"It looks so cool! Umm what exactly is it?" Naruto asked rubbing the back of his head. He looked at the weapon that had a long curved blade at the end of a 7 foot pole made of ebony wood with green runes all over it.
"This is called a scythe Naruto-kun, it has a long reach and this scythe has some functions that I'll get Tou-san to show you." She explained as she called her Father to come over to the weapon.
"What is it Ten-ten-chan?" Her dad asked as he walked over to them with Jiraya.
"Naruto-kun wants to see this weapon Daddy can you show him how it works?" She said while giving him an SS-class Jutsu. The Puppy dog eye Jutsu.
Her dad sighed he took the weapon off its mantle and escorted them to the training area behind the store. "This weapon is one of a kind as the person who made it 'disappeared' shortly after making it. The first feature" He said as he spun the scythe then separated it in half making it separate smaller scythes. "Is that it can separate into smaller sickles."
Jiraya raised an eyebrow at that. "Is there anything else it can do?"
"It can be collapsed for easier storage and the blades are made out of chakra metal for more durability." He explained while Jiraya nodded.
"Well Naruto do you want to get the Scythe?" Jiraya asked looking down to see him with stars in his eyes. Jiraya sweat dropped before pulling out his wallet. "How much for this plus all of the other purchases?"
Ten-ten's dad brought them up to the checkout and rung up the 10 sets of kunai and shuriken, 5 large bottles of ink, 5 packages of sealing paper and the scythe. "Jiraya why do you need all that stuff?" Naruto asked as he saw the multitude of ninja supplies.
"I am going to train you to become a ninja Naruto." Jiraya explained to Naruto making him jump for joy. Naruto in his state of happiness hugged the closest thing to him which happened to be Ten-ten making the girl blush wildly. Ten-ten's dad smiled then coughed to get everyone's attention.
"The total will be 81,850 yen." He said making Jiraya pale. He watched as Jiraya looked into his wallet and then smiled sheepishly.
Jiraya leaned into Ten-ten's dad and whispered. "I happen to have the newest edition of my books which have not been released on the market. How about I give you a signed copy and you give me a discount."
'Jiraya-san's books are worth a fortune, so if I can get one signed…' he thought before he smiled "I'm sorry I meant your total is 11,000 yen?" He asked to which Jiraya nodded and paid him while slipping him a book.
Naruto glanced at the book but ignored it and looked at his new weapon in awe. Jiraya picked up the scythe and was about to seal it but thought about it and gave it to Naruto to hold. Naruto smiled and grabbed the weapon and instantly fell to the ground. He struggled to pick it up before he smiled and separated it into its dual-wield from and placing them on his back.
Naruto and Jiraya waved goodbye to Ten-ten and her dad and started walking to the gate. "Thanks for getting this weapon for me Jiraya-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed making him chuckle.
"You are welcome Naruto, but let's go ahead and get you some clothes, and then we can get some flowers. Sound like a plan?" Jiraya asked as he guided them to a Shinobi clothes store.
"Why do we need flowers?" Naruto asked looking at Jiraya who had a far off expression on his face.
"Just to visit a couple people." Jiraya said putting an end to that topic as the entered the store. "All right Naruto, what colors would you like?"
"Orange And Blue!" Naruto shouted as he gave a foxy grin making Jiraya sigh.
"Naruto you want to be a Shinobi right?" He asked making Naruto nod. "Then would orange and blue be the best colors for sneaking around?" Jiraya explained as Naruto frowned.
"Then what about Black and green like my weapon?" He asked making Jiraya nod as they went and picked out some clothes. Naruto went into the dressing room and walked out with a black hoodie with a green leaf on the front and black combat jeans with green Shinobi sandals.
"How do you like those Naruto?" Jiraya asked as he looked over their choices one last time.
"I like it but did we have to get the ones that were a size bigger than me?" Naruto said as he held out his arms to show the overlap.
"You will grow into it so it saves money in the end." Jiraya said as they paid for their purchases and went to the flower shop to get some…. Flowers.
'I'm sorry I failed you Minato, Kushina but I promise I will raise Naruto like I should have 5 years ago.' Jiraya thought while smiling at Naruto who was humming some song as they walked faster to escape the Villagers who were trying to not glare openly at Naruto.
They entered the flower shop as Jiraya thought he might kill someone for glaring at his godson. Naruto walked in but collided with a blonde haired girl about his age.
"Ow, sorry about that" Naruto apologized as he got up and helped the girl to her feet. "My name is Naruto, what is yours?"
"The girl smiled at Naruto since he helped her up. "My name is Ino and I'm sorry for running into you as well." She said before she ran out of the store to a girl with pink hair before the walked off together giggling. Naruto sweat dropped before shrugging his shoulders and walking into the store.
"Welcome how may we- oh it's you, didn't I tell you not to come here again!" A woman shouted before she got a broom as Naruto sighed and stepped behind Jiraya. The woman was about to glare at the man who helped Naruto before she saw the intense glare from Jiraya.
"What was that?" Jiraya said lacing every word with venom making the woman shrink and run behind the counter. "N-nothing, Just take what you want and get out!" She yelled as she ran upstairs to get her husband. Jiraya sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose as Naruto grabbed a bouquet of lotus flowers before they left to go to the Memorial Stone.
"Jiraya-san what is this stone for?" Naruto asked as Jiraya motioned for him to place the flowers down. Jiraya sent a sad look to the stone and rubbed Naruto's head.
"This stone is used to honor the memory of the Ninja who lost their lives in combat." Jiraya said making Naruto widen his eyes. Jiraya sighed and smiled at the young boy's intelligence. "Yes Naruto, your parents' names are on here."
"C-can you point them out to me?" Naruto asked as he had a few tears forming on his eyes.
"I can't point out your Father's name until you are older but know he loved you very much." He explained getting a nod from Naruto. "Your mother's name is Kushina Uzumaki" He said as Naruto scanned the rock for his mother's name.
'Kushina Uzumaki, so I do have a mother!' Naruto thought excitedly as tears began to fall. "That means my last name isn't some random one! Thank you Jiraya-san!" He shouted hugging Jiraya wetting his shirt however Jiraya didn't care seeing the blonde's happiness. After sometime Naruto calmed down and Jiraya led him to the village gates.
"Now, Naruto you do know if you leave with me you are going to be gone for a very long time right? You are going to be gone a long time, so are you sure you want to do this?" Jiraya explained making Naruto to look up to the sky thinking carefully.
"I am sure I want to go Jiraya-san!" Naruto said looking into Jiraya's eyes making the old man smile.
'He sure is his father's son' He thought happily before he nodded and then led them off on the trail.
Naruto turned back to his home one last time and thought 'Just you wait Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki is gonna come back stronger than ever. This time I will NOT be getting pushed around Dattebayo!'
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