Hey guys Kiss-Shot here staring my second story.
I got alot of help for this story from my friend HaretaSora who helped me with some issues and details.
Just to leave it clear, Naruto was born six years BEFORE cannon, so he is six years older than the rest of the Konoha 12.
I don't plan on focusing much on Konoha, but on the Elemental Nations as a whole. Will focus on the adventure of the group around the Nations.
I'm a relativly new writer and I'm just having fun, so bear with me and join along the adventure. I take critics well and will try to improve myself to the best of my abilities.
Keep in mind that this is just the intro and I made it a little bit rushed so that I can get on with the story. Furthermore I will have more dialogs, fights and character development.
Universal disclamer: I own nothing
It was a cold night as a young blond boy of around five years old wondered around a training ground on the outskirts of Konoha.
The boy was currently looking for food and thought that the forest was the best place for him to go. He had been kicked out of the orphanage a few weeks ago and the stores wouldn't sell him anything. So the boy would go towards the more forested places in search for berries and fruits of which he could make use of.
A shadowed figure watched as the boy made his way into the woods and found an apple tree. The figure carefully followed the boy knowing full well who he was. Naruto Uzumaki, the nine-tails-jinchuuriki, but most importantly, the boy was his great grand-son.
As the figured stepped out of the shadows and light casted itself upon his features, his appearance was revealed to be that looked deceptively around his sixty years old. A tall tanned man with long black hair, bright green eyes and markings under his eyes and a target-like mark on his forehead, his clothes were a black kimono with the Senju emblem on the back and a Senju, a huge scroll on his back.
When the elder came out, he was quickly spotted by the child, who ran and gave him a tight hug. Well, as tight as a five year old can do. ''Hashi-Ojii-chan! You came! Do you got any new cool ninja stories to tell?''
The tall elder patted the boy's head, a smile on his face as he sat against the tree. They had met each other around a week ago when Hashirama was visiting the village. It didn't take him more than a few seconds to recognize the boy and know of his parentage. They kicked it off quite well and became friends from the very start. ''Calm down Naruto, my boy, I do have more stories but that isn't why I came here today''.
The now revealed Naruto tilted his head cutely, confusion written on his face ''Then why did you come here today Ojii-chan? Is there a pwoblem? ''
Hashirama patted the ground next to him, motioning the child to sit next to him. As young Naruto sat next to him he said ''I came here with a proposition for you Naruto''
Naruto mubled the word 'proposition', testing it on his tongue, Hashirama see this continued ''How about you come with me Naruto?''
The boy's eyes widened at comical proportions as he stuttered a reply ''B-but Saru-Ojii-chan s-said that me should stay and protect the village, and I want to be Hokage!''
The elder's expression fell a bit at the mention of what his successor had said, the hidden intention clear as the daylight for him. His time wondering around the world after he left had taught him a lot and he matured much in that period. He however smiled at the mention of the boy's dream of becoming Hokage ''Yes Naru-chan, you can be Hokage when you come back, but if you want to become one of the cool awesome ninjas like the fourth, then you will have to train, and I am your best bet at that… besides… We are family are we not, and family stick together!''
Naruto stared at the elder with sparkle in his eyes as he thought for a moment before nodding. The man was nice to him and helped him, he was also his family, the only family that he knew. In his innocence he never thought if the man was some snake-pedo looking for young boys, or a ninja from kumo. Not that it would have mattered, Hashirama was honest with him and only wanted his best.
Getting up, Hashirama extended his hand towards young Naruto and walked along with him out of Konoha. The moment Hiruzen were to find out of his disappearance, it would already be too late and they would already be far from Konoha.
The years had passed since Naruto had joined the old man Hashirama. The two had grown close to each other during the period as they traveled across the Elemental Nations. During their traveling they had met two kunoichi, both of which joined them as well. One was an ex sand kunoichi named Pakura, they had found her in the Kirigakure being attacked by several ninjas, Hashirama stepped in and took out the ninjas and saved her. With nowhere to go, she stayed with them. The other Kunoichi was a swordswoman named Ameyuri Ringo. They had found her sick on that same trip to Kiri, and helped curing her. Because of her honor and gratitude, she vowed to stay with them and travel alongside them.
Naruto had grown well over those three years with them, he bonded well with each of them and got very much stronger. His Jiji took responsibility to train him to become the strongest man to have ever step foot on Earth. First they took it 'slowly' and he only taught him how to unlock his chakra, as well as using the Shadow Clone. Something that should have been impossible to do because of his age, but he shocked the two other travelling companions when he managed. Hashirama later explained about his condition as a jinchuuriki to them and both understood well.
The next things that he was taught was the Senju fighting stances and fuinjutsu. Hashirama grinded the knowledge of how to do a proper stance into his skull and had him do countless exercises that would have made one certain leaf shinobi user of spandex very, very proud. He had the boy create a maximum of only three clones to practice fuinjutsu, a thing that he took like fish in water. He had the boy read his wife's notes about the art and had him try it himself.
As the years passed he only got stronger. By the time he was ten he had mastered the shadow clone, clone great explosion, fuinjutsu and started his training with each of the elements, learning how to convert his chakra onto them. At first he discovered that his element was wind and fire, but he pushed through his limits and with sheer hard work he managed to push himself to learn how to transform it into the other elements.
However it was when he reached ten years that he had to say goodbye to his Jiji. Hashirama was old, he only had survived through constant linking with Natural chakra that he had lived that long, and that constant use took its toll on his body. Before he passed away, he had Pakura transplant his blood onto the boy's body, every single bit of it. He rather die giving his life to help another than die of old age. Even so the old mand still wouldn't didn't die, after the blood infusion, he transferred every last drop of his chakra towards the seal inside Naruto to be able to help him even further.
He trusted the two women to watch over his great-grandson and left everything that he had for him. He left his scroll for the boy along with a few other gifts. The scroll that he had was the original Forbidden Scroll, the same one that he and his brother spent so much time storing forbidden jutsu and a vast array of weapons, money and ninja tools on. The one that was on Konoha was but a copy of that one. He didn't want all of the weapons and wealth that he accumulated over the years of gambling to fall to Konoha, they had enough and the council would just take it for their own gain when he went away.
His death hit each of them hard, they had gotten used to the cheerful old man that traveled with them. Each of them felt devastated with his death, but none more than Naruto. The two Kunoichi dealt with it like ninjas, the man died with honor while entrusting everything including his dreams to the boy. The first days after his death Naruto was left a wreck, but he got over it and vowed to achieve his Jiji's dream of bringing world peace.
The trio spent the remaining five years traveling in the ruins of Uzugakure to learn more about his ancestors. Naruto spent those five years learning kenjutsu with Ringo to learning how to use his gifts and the Mokuton as well as mastering the use of clones. He vowed to take on more than his Jiji's dreams, he would also take on his mantle and master his powers. The instructions for the Wood Release were in the scroll and he had the one thing that the others didn't that was an absolute requirement to using the element. High yang chakra, without it the task was impossible. The reason Hashirama was capable of using the element was because he infused it with his power yang chakra to make the tree's grow, something that Naruto inherited for various reasons: The yang side of the nine-tails, his own high vitality due to him being Senju, Uzumaki, and lastly because of the blood plus chakra transfusion.
His time training the Wood Release and mauling over his clans scrolls brought many fruits. He practiced most of his Wood Release building and rebuilding houses on the village.
Among his time there the most important find was his clans ancient Wyvern contract and one of the clan's sacred swords the Tamashi Kaiho (Soul Release). A very long Odaito said to have belonged to the Shinigami. It's blade was incapable of cutting anything physical and as its name says, would instead target the very soul of living beings. It however was sealed inside Naruto's wrists, too dangerous to be kept on hands and away from eyes, it was also too dangerous for him to use, the thing had a mind of its own, only worked when it wanted to.
Another thing that he had learned was how to enter the seal go inside his Mindscape. On his Mindscape he re-united with his Jiji along with meeting the Nine-Tailed Fox Kurama. A being that he found to actually be cool when not rampaging and boasting how he was superior, to top it all it was ORANGE! The beast was Orange! That was a good ten points in his coolness factor. Eventually they got along well.
They had gotten really close, spending all those years traveling with the brat had made him grow into them. He had also grown quite well, at fifteen years old he was standing at an impressive 176cm and his body was built as if Kami herself took a chisel and made him from diamond. He allowed his hair to grow in honor to his jiji, but ironicly enough, it grew to become just like that of his rival, Uchiha Madara.
Neither him nor his two faithful partners knew what they felt for each other, but they knew one thing. Whatever it was that he wanted to do, wherever it was that he wanted to, they would follow him towards the end of earth, and that he would do his best to protect him!
And now we find the trio on a small wooden boat towards Kiri, Pakura with an impassive look on her face, masking the bad memories of the place while Ringo and Naruto both had large grins on their faces. Naruto because he was always smiling and Kiri was where he met his two life-long partners while Ringo because she was coming back to her home village.
None of them knew what was awaiting them, they had only heard rumors about the bloodline purges and its atrocities and that was the main reason it was their first stop. None knew what really was waiting for them and they certainly didn't know that it was where a legend would be born.
I'm really excited with this story and will update it regulary along with my other one.
I don't know much about the pairings, will go harem route and older/younger women. Open to ideas, leave possible harem members as a review
For now I don't know what pic to use as a cover... so I will just leave that one... Made me laugh more than i should
Kiss-Shot peace out!
