The Frozen Wind
NaruXFemHaku : Hey people, welcome to The Frozen Wind. This is my first attempt at a Naruto story, I've been reading many Naruto, Bleach and cross overs of both for years and now I'd like to give a hand at writing one. So have go at reading the first chap, I'd like this fic to be a long one, I like reading long ones myself and will try to update as fast as possible, check out my bio to see my list of excuses if the updates come late. As for the reason why it's a Naru/Haku story, well personally I like the pairing and Haku just doesn't seem male, I know there are a lot of effeminate males in Naruto like Neji and Sora, but Haku just doesn't act male so I deem Haku female, it's a fanfic story so I want Haku female. Not harem or threesome though.
Summary : What if Naruto was inspired to train when one of his precious people got hurt when he was younger? A Naruto that is a lot more nin/taijutsu oriented than in canon. Later he will meet the heiress of the Yuki clan from Kirigakure no Sato, what shall become of there meeting? Find out in The Frozen Wind. A semi-serious and intelligent Naruto(still a prankster though).
"Regular Speech"
"Thoughts"
"Demon/Summon Speech"
"Demon/Summon Thought"
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto. If I did, I'd be a rich snobby kid and be so spoiled I'd be helpless without servants. I could still dream right?
Chapter 1: Aftermath
5 years after the Kyuubi Attack
Naruto was heading to Ichiraku for dinner he couldn't find a store that would sell him food and not overcharge the price. He lived in an apartment building that old man Hokage bought for him after he left the orphanage, which is luckily close by to the ramen stand.
He was wearing a stained white T-shirt and a pair of black shorts, his face and whisker marks were slightly stained
As he was walking towards the stand he heard the sound of people arguing, then he recognize the voice of one of the people, it was Ayame. He quickly ran to see what's the trouble.
"Please stop bothering us, we can choose to serve our ramen to anyone we want." Ayame was talking to two civilian men, around middle age,one of them bald and the other with black hair, both seems to be drunk. There was no one else in the stand, and Teuchi doesn't seem to be there.
"No way, that demon doesn't deserve to eat, it should've been killed the day it was born! My father, mother and sister was killed when it came. How can you even bare the sight of it is a mystery!" the bald drunk shouted, getting very angry. His partner then reach over and grabbed both of Ayame's arms.
"Hey! What are you doing"
"Shut up bitch! Since you're one of them demon lovers we need to teach you a lesson. Keigo you can start on her." Keigo, the baldy, punched Ayame in the stomach to stop her from crying out, starts to tie her hands behind her back and gagged her.
"We'll be having lots of fun with you, such a pretty thing too. Too bad we're gonna ruin you."
Naruto having no idea what's about to happen, but he heard and saw enough to know that they had hurt his nee-chan, who's one of the few people who is actually kind to him. He couldn't stand seeing his nee-chan hurt. He rushed over to the two men.
"Hey! Let go of Ayame nee-chan!"
"Well, take a look at this, the demon decides to have an early death. Stay right there you'll be going back to hell soon enough. Gouza go get him"
Naruto was confused he had no idea what they were talking about. What demon? He's just an orphan isn't he?
"What are you talking about? Just stop hurting nee-chan."
"Haha don't worry about her, she'll be joining you soon enough."
Gouza grabbed Naruto by his throat and lifted him up to his eye level. He, than backhanded Naruto right into the wall. He didn't expect to see Naruto getting back up and kick him between his legs.
"Arhh! You little brat!" Gouza grabbed a knife from the counter and thrust the very sharp cutting utensil at Naruto's chest.
"Is this it? Am I really going to die? Oh well, it's not like this life is worth living so far."
CLANG! The stab was blocked. A tall Anbu with white, gravity-defying hair with a dog mask was holding the tanto against the knife. The sight of him cause the two civilians to freeze up in fright at being caught.
"Inu-san, what are you doing? The demon-" Shlick. THUMP! The sound of something heavy hitting the floor was heard. Blood then sprayed out of the, now headless, Gouza. Naruto was staring at the scene with wide eyes and mouth opened but no sound was coming out.
"Wh- wh- why did you kill him?" Keigo asked terrified of the Anbu.
"He broke the Sandaime's law, you know which one I'm talking about" The Anbu lazily turned his head towards Keigo.
"You on the other hand will be going to jail for attempted rape and assisting assault."
"You can't do this! My cousin is on the council and he'll-"
"Be able to do nothing against this, no matter how high ranking your relatives are, rape is one of the crime with the highest penalty. Who knows, you might even get executed." Inu said. He then cuffed Keigo and released Ayame. Naruto then woke up from his shock and ran over to Ayame.
"Nee-chan, are you all right? Where did they hit you?"
"I'm ok Naruto-kun, they didn't manage to hurt me that much, I'll be fine by tomorrow. But for now, how about some ramen on the house, you too Anbu-san as thanks for saving me and Naruto-kun."
The Anbu already had Gouza's corpse and head sealed into a scroll and Keigo knocked out on his shoulder replied.
"It's ok, I'm happy to help, sorry for the mess though. Ja ne" referring to the blood from Gouza.
"It's fine, thanks again, ja"
Ayame turned back to Naruto to see him sitting on a stool with his head in his arms shaking slightly. Ayame cupped his face to see whats wrong and was surprised to see he was crying.
"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?" Ayame asked getting worried, she has never seen Naruto cried before, even when he fell of the stool and scrapped his knee.
"I- I was too w- weak, when he was about to stab me I wanted t- to die, I didn't think about what would happen to you if he killed me, I was too weak to stop them from hurting you. From now on I'll get stronger, I saw ninjas training, I'll ask them to help me. You are one of the most important people to me nee-chan. I'll never let you get hurt again."
Naruto looked at Ayame with determination written all over his face, today's event had sparked a change in Naruto that will lead him to be a very serious and determined person in the future.
Ayame was very touched that Naruto considered her to be one of his important people, she hugged him tightly while stroking his spiky hair.
"It's ok Naruto-kun, everything will turn out fine, my otouto."
The last part of Ayame's sentence caused Naruto's eyes to widen before becoming blurred with tears falling down.
The Next Day
Naruto headed towards the Hokage tower to ask the "old man" some questions about what happened yesterday. He walked up to the assistant that's sitting in front of a desk outside the Hokage's office.
"Miya-san, I need to see the old man, is he busy?"
Miya, the assistant, is a shinobi so she is not prejudiced like most of the civilians. She can tell the difference between the container and the contained. She sees him for what he actually was a lonely little boy who does not deserve the cruel treatment of the ignorant people. She likes his cheerful demeanor and his bright smile, but today he seemed subdued somehow.
"Oh Naruto, nice to see you again gimme a sec, I'lll check his schedule. Umm... nope he's free go right in."
"Thank you Miya-san"
Sarutobi Hiruzen is in his office in an epic battle against the undefeated enemy of all Kages, this enemy has outlast all of the four previous Kages and it will most likely outlast him as well, this malevolent enemy is the dreaded...paperwork. Even though he's been going through them for 3 hours straight the pile never seems to get smaller. He decided to stop and take a break to spend time with his beloved Icha Icha. He let out a perverted giggle in anticipation.
"Hokage-sama. Naruto is on his way to see you."
Hiruzen sighed, he suspected Naruto might come, he had done his best to protect Naruto from the prejudice and harm by passing a law that prevents anyone from revealing what truly happened on October 10th to anyone who doesn't know about the event on the pain of death. But judging from the report that Kakashi had given him yesterday, he might have to tell Naruto the truth today.
(Flashback no jutsu)
The Sandaime was smoking his pipe while looking at the village that he rules over when Kakashi appeared in his office in a puff of smoke
"Good Evening Kakashi-kun. How's Naruto-kun today?"
"Good Evening Hokage-sama, everything was pretty normal right until he went to the Ichirakus in the evening. Apparently the girl was about to raped by two civilian male, one of them is the cousin of Mizuro Okigawa. Naruto rushed in to help but got hurt in the process, I would've gone in faster but I was shadowing him from too far away so it took me awhile, when I got to the stand Naruto was just about to be stabbed by Gouza, I think his name was, but I blocked it, then he broke the law so I killed him-"
"Please tell me you didn't kill that pig's cousin." The Sandaime looked at Kakashi with a wearied look. He had enough headache with the weekly council meeting, he doesn't need another trigger for Mizuro Okigawa, a fat obnoxious pig, to complain and drag on the meeting for hours by demanding compensation and the right to kill Naruto and the same stuff that he says at every meeting.
"No sir, I just knocked him out and put him in jail with no bailing allowed due to the severity of his crime."
"Good, Kakashi I have a feeling that Naruto-kun will be coming to see me tomorrow. I might have to tell him the truth if he noticed them calling him a demon, and he most likely would have notice, being as intelligent as he is. If I do have to tell him the truth I want you to train him to be able to protect himself. I'm sure you'd like to train your sensei's son. I'll let you step down from Anbu Captain reinstate you as a Jounin if you accept."
Kakashi knew that Naruto was his sensei's son that's why he asked to look over Naruto during his Anbu patrol mission, but he never expected to be asked to train his sensei's son.
"I accept Hokage-sama, it'll be my pleasure to teach Minato-sensei's legacy."
"Good, report to my office tomorrow morning. Naruto-kun should be coming to see me by then."
(Flashback no jutsu: Kai)
"Thank you Miya-chan please let him in."
Naruto walked into the wide room that is the Hokage office, he walked over the large oak table and sat on one of the chair in front of the table.
"Ohayo Jiji, I have a question to ask you."
"Ohayo Naruto-kun, what is it that you want to know?"
"Yesterday some bad men attacked Ayame nee-chan and when I went to help her they called me a demon. Why would they call me a demon? I've never done anything bad have I jiji? Am I a demon? Why did the ninja kill him for hurting nee-chan, I know he did wrong but he could've just been sent to jail right?"
Hiruzen sighed at the rapid-fire questions, before mentally composing himself. He decided Naruto might as well know the truth, because eventually one of these days the population will slip up and he doesn't want to deal with the hassle that will come along with it in the future.
"I guess it's time to tell him. No point in waiting anyway, better to let him know now rather than later he's still young so he'll be able to wrap his head around it better."
"Naruto, what I'm about to tell you can not leave this room until you are at least Chunin ok?"
"Ok, jiji, what's going on though?"
"Naruto do you know about the Kyuubi?"
"Of course I do. The Yondaime killed it."
"That's the cover story Naruto-kun, the truth is that the Kyuubi is a being of pure chakra, a type of energy that shinobi use to make jutsus, so it was impossible to kill it, we could only slow it down. The Yondaime had no choice but to seal it in a baby and he couldn't seal it in just any baby born on that day, he didn't have the heart to ask other mothers. He sealed it in his own child, you Naruto. Your father was the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze and your mother was Kushina Uzumaki, heiress of the Uzumaki clan. Minato wanted you to be seen as a hero but the people were too blinded by grief and in their ignorance lashed out at a defenseless baby. So I had to enforce a law preventing them from telling the younger generation about what happened, anyone who broke that law or call you a demon would be executed on the spot, no questions asked unless you, me or the Anbu Captain says otherwise. But no matter what they say, you mustn't listen, you are not the Kyuubi, you are it's jailor. You are not a demon, a demon wouldn't go help his friends like you did"
Naruto by this point was shell shocked. He had a mom and dad, they were dead, his dads the 4th Hokage. His mom was a princess of a clan. Right now he had only one question.
"Why? Why didn't you tell them I was the son of the 4th?"
"I couldn't Naruto-kun, your father had many dangerous enemies if they found out who you were, there will be assassins coming after you every month. I'm sorry Naruto-kun for not helping you more."
"It's ok jiji, you did what you could. I understand, I won't tell anyone about this until I'm strong enough, can you train me? Since you're the Hokage that means you're the strongest in this village right?"
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun but although I might be the strongest, I'm too busy. But I do know someone who could train you and would be happy to do it. He has been looking over you from the shadows for most of your life. Kakashi-kun please show yourself."
A swirl of leaves appeared in the middle of the room, and Kakashi appeared in his regular Jounin gear complete with his orange little book and perverted giggling.
"Yo!"
Naruto turned to look at Kakashi, and after giving him a measuring look, he was pretty sure that Kakashi was the ninja the saved him yesterday, seeing that they both have the same hair.
"Hey, aren't you the ninja that saved me yesterday?"
Kakashi and Hiruzen were surprised that Naruto was already putting two and two together but they didn't show it.
"Wow, you actually noticed, yes I saved you and your nee-chan yesterday."
"Oh ok, thanks for saving me, didn't get a chance to say that yesterday."
"Forget it, it's my job anyway, so from now on I'll be training you, you can call me Kakashi- sensei."