Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third hokage.
He was supposed to be a retired man. Living a relaxing life while taking care of his only grandchild. But the tragedy that happened a few years back had made him pick up the mantle as hokage once more.
He was starting to get old, and he was tired, more so now than usual. He was waiting for the final verdict on his former genius student of which he had denied his wish of becoming hokage.
He was interrupted in his thoughts by two people appearing out of thin air in his office. Both on one knee in front of him with their heads bent in respect for their village leader. The female of the two was the first to speak up.
«Hokage-sama, it´s confirmed. We have found his secret hideout and all the atrocities he has been doing down there.» The woman speaking was young, and dressed in a teal trench coat. Underneath it she had mesh clothing, and a short skirt. Her hair was violet, and donned up in a spiky ponytail. This was Orochimaru´s apprentice Mitarashi Anko.
The hokage sighed, and in the darkness of his office, you could see the news was weighing heavily on his old shoulders. He looked at the third person in the room, and made his decision, while pressing a button on his desk. «Get me the Anbu commander, and his two best men. We have somewhere we need to be immediately.»
At this the third person lifted his head and stared at the old leader.
«Hokage-sama, i humbly request that you let me be part of this team. I know how my master thinks, and i feel i could be of importance in stopping him.»
Hiruzen only shook his head in negative at the young boy. This boy was as close as you could come to a son for Orochimaru. This was the person that had been trained to be a carbon copy of the sannin. He had black robes that was tied at the waist by a purple sash, and black shinobi pants. His pale yellow hair was slicked back into a ponytail which ended at the base of his neck. As he looked at the hogake, you could see his pale, slitted blue eyes shining with cold determination.
The hokage had felt regret for a long time for letting this poor boy end up in Orochimaru´s care, but his father had let him go in hopes of giving the sannin a reason to stay in the village. It seemed it had only delayed his decision. The boy in question was none other, than Naruto Uzumaki, prodigy in the village, and son of the former fourth hogake Minato Namikaze.
«I´m afraid i can´t let you do that, Naruto. You should know better than anyone how dangerous and cunning your master is. You say you know him better than anyone, but he knows you just as well as you know him.»
The blonde in question accepted the decision, but you could see on his face that he was not happy about the decision.
Then in the next second, three more figures appeared in the office, two of them dressed in the standard Anbu attire, while the third one was wearing a white cloak over his Anbu attire.
As they all gave their salute to their leader, Naruto raised his head to give a nod to the Anbu wearing a weasel mask. Said Anbu returned the nod before Naruto and Anko were dismissed with strict orders of not interferring in what was about to happen.
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That night sleep did not come easy for either of the apprentices. They both knew that this had to happen, as their master was delving into something twisted that needed to be stopped. They had also gotten wind of him leaving the village to go rogue.
The one having it the worst, was Naruto. He was laying in bed in cold sweat while hearing the whispers of his master in his head, questioning how he could betray him for the village that never cared about him or his sister. He could see his master walking towards him with a kunai in hand. When the blade went into his heart, he sat up in his bed heaving for air.
Looking around, he realized that it was all a dream, and got dressed heading for the roof of his apartment.
While sitting there, looking out on the village in the night, his senses suddenly kicked into high-gear right before someone threw themselves over him. Said person held a victorious smirk as she slithered her hand down his chest, before her captive turned into mud. Before she could even react, she was put in a vice grip by a snake twice her size, and a breath could be felt by her ear.
«You know, it´s been years since i learned how you like to approach people. Do you honestly expect me to fall for that trick ever again, Anko?»
Anko could only chuckle in response before the snake coiled around her dissapeared in a cloud of smoke.
«One of theese days i will get you you know. And when i do, you are mine to do with as i please.» Anko said with an amused voice. She quickly realized that Naruto didn´t even pay attention to what he was saying, as he was staring towards the windows of the hokage tower.
Before Anko could ask what he was looking at, the blonde disappeared with a growl.
A few seconds later an explosion came from one of the training grounds, and the oldest of the apprentices realized what had happened, as she smashed her hand into the ground in frustration and left to find the boy before he completely destroyed another training ground.
Their master had escaped…
This is a new story i have been having a lot of ideas about for quite some time. Hope you like this!
-Zhilay
