The Son's Struggle
Naruto and all related characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. My OC's belong to me and me alone!
Author's Note: This is just a story about Naruto and Karin dealing with the fact their son(My OC if it isn't obvious) has no ninjutsu or genjutsu capabilities(Like Rock Lee but he won't be a Lee knock off I assure you). Okay this is more or less a practice story so I can work on my relationship story telling, because I'm not very good at it(In my opinion, which is all that counts on something like this). This is set after the current timeline of the series(Obviously). I'm planning on making this at least a 2 chapter story but if you like it I'll be willing to do more.
Chapter 1: Memories of Grief
Naruto walked into his home, having just returned from a long day of signing paperwork at the Hokage Tower. He loved being Hokage but he hated the paperwork, or as he liked to call it "Torture". As he hung his coat on the coat rack, he heard his wife walk out of the kitchen. There she was Karin Uzumaki, his wife of 14 years. She leaned in and kissed her husband.
"Dinners almost ready." Karin said as she walked back into the kitchen. Naruto followed her and could smell the wonderful aroma of ramen. Karin poured the ramen into 2 bowls and sat them on the table Naruto noticed this and immediately asked
"Where's Sora? Isn't he coming to dinner?" Naruto asked. Karin sighed and pointed towards the back door of the house. Naruto walked over and looked out the window. There was his 13 year old son, working himself to exhaustion training with his gigantic sword(A/N Picture Zangetsu's sealed form). Karin walked up behind him and saidm
"He said he grabbed a bite on the way home and he's been at it ever since." Naruto sighed as he remembered the day his son was born.
FLASH BACK
Karin had just gone through 7 hours of labor, which were filled with screaming and yelling threats at Naruto such as,
"COME NEAR ME AGAIN AND I'LL PERSONALLY CASTRATE YOU WITH A RUSTY KUNAI!" Naruto just kept telling himself it was the pain talking. At least he hoped it was the pain talking. But at any rate their son was now in the world and he was certainly the most beautiful baby either had seen. He had Karin's eyes and Naruto's sunny blonde hair. Suddenly there friends came in. Sai and his wife Ino, Rock Lee and Tenten, Shikamaru, Choji and the recently married Kiba and Hinata Inuzuka. A collective "Aw" filled the room. Everyone came up and looked at the small crimson eyed infant.
"He's so adorable. What's his name?" Naruto and Karin had been so busy getting things ready for the baby that they completely forgot to come up with a name! Naruto and Karin looked at each other hoping that one of them had decided on something. Naruto then looked out the window and noticed the clear sky, not a cloud in sight. Naruto smiled and replied,
"Sora." soon the nurses took little Sora to get him cleaned up and do a few examinations to make sure he's healthy.
It was an hour later that Tsunade came into the room.
"Granny! Come to congratulate us?" Naruto asked smiling widely. His smile smile soon faded as he noticed that Tsunade didn't scold him for calling her Granny and had somber expression on her face.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked as he was getting a little worried by her behavior. Tsunade sighed and said,
"Naruto, Karin. I have something to tell you. It's about your son." Naruto's and Karin's eyes almost shot out of their heads when they heard this. Was he sick? Did someone kidnap him? Will he be blind? All these questions entered both their minds.
"We did a test on him to determine how much chakra he has. And he has roughly the same amount you did when you were born Naruto." Tsunade said almost in a monotone. Naruto and Karin just smiled in relief.
"Wow Granny, you almost had us thinking something was wrong!" Naruto said. Tsunade then said,
"While he has a lot of chakra, his chakra pathways aren't fully developed." Naruto was unsure where she was going with this and asked,
"What does that mean?" Tsunade sighed and replied,
"It means he won't be able to harness his chakra into jutsu." Naruto was to shocked to move, while Karin began to sob. Karin just kept thinking she had done anything that could have caused this. Naruto was too stunned to think. After a few moments of silence, Naruto said,
"Well then I guess we'll just have to make sure Lee is his sensei then." Both Karin and Tsunade looked at him in surprise but after a moment understood what he meant. While they all agreed with this, they also silently hoped the kid wouldn't take on Lee's terrible fashion sense or go on and on about youth. Naruto, Karin, and Tsunade all shuddered at the thought.
FAST FORWARD 12 YEARS
It had taken 6 hard years but Sora Uzumaki had made genin. And just as agreed Rock Lee would be his sensei and his team would be Daken Inuzuka(1) and Jade Yamanaka(2). Since Sora was 6 years old Naruto began to teach him everything he knew about taijutsu, but Sora always wanted to practice with weapons, especially swords. So when Sora became a genin, Naruto gave him a sword he had custom made for him. The sword was 5 feet long long, and had a flame like pattern on the hilt. It was a good thing that Sora was 5'6 or the blade would have drug on the ground. It was also a blessing that he had been weight training to make himself stronger, as he was currently the physically strongest genin of that year, able to crush large boulders with one punch. Naruto and Karin felt great pride as they saw their son wearing the leaf symbol on his forehead.
BACK TO PRESENT
After a year of training with Lee, Sora had improved greatly with his taijutsu. However Lee could never get him to wear the infamous green spandex. No, Sora seemed to have inherited Karin's fashion sense, but Naruto's love of bright colors. Instead of orange however, Sora opted for a bright red leather jacket, dark red leather pants, and he also wore a black colored forehead protector around his neck like a collar. While there were many swordsman in the village, Sora chose to train himself in the way of the blade. He had invented his own style that put him on par with any traditionally trained swordsman. Naruto proudly watched his son before he opened the window and yelled out at him,
"Sora I know you've burned through that snack you had earlier! Come on in it's time for dinner!" Sora smiled and sheathed his sword as he began to walk toward the house.
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1. Yes this is Kiba and Hinata's son.
2. Yes this is Sai and Ino's daughter.