I do not own Naruto.
Seven years ago a monstrous beast know as the Kyuubi attacked Konohagakure. The legendary fourth Hokage sealed the beast away into the newborn child Naruto. Our story begins as we watch our young hero participate in the ninja academy.
THUNK, THUNK, THUNK…resounded over the grounds as three of the ten shuriken the blonde child threw hit the intended practice dummies.
"Loser!" yelled his classmates.
"Naruto, I told you to practice during your free time, why don't you ever listen?" scolded a teacher with an obvious scar across his nose.
"Iruka-sensei, I practiced for over four hours last night, it's…" he began.
"No excuses Naruto, everyone else at least got five if not more."
*Four hours later*
Naruto watched as the other kids left for home with their respective parents and sighed internally while holding back the usual pangs of loneliness. He wearily grabbed his shuriken an walked over to the training dummies and began to throw. He threw hundreds of shuriken with little to no obvious signs of improvement.
From over in the distance on a hilltop a man with short red hair and violet eyes watched as the blonde pushed himself to the point of exhaustion and though, 'Soon Naruto you will finally have part of your family back.' The man turned his back on the scene and walked back toward the large tower not to far away.
The man walked into the spotless reception area and stood quietly until the secretary looked up from her paperwork. She looked him up and down and tried to decide what could bring him to the office of the Hokage with that simple civilian look of navy blue pants and a light tan tee-shirt, but decide to ask him, "Is there anything I can help you with today sir?"
"Yes, if you don't mind," he replied politely, "I need an audience with the Hokage as soon as an opening is available."
"Well, he is very busy today sir, but he should be leaving in a few hours and we may be able to get you an opening for the last couple of minutes."
"That will be all that I require." he accepted as he sat down to patiently await the end of the Hokage's day.
*Three hours later*
The secretary looked in on the elderly Hokage, "Sir it is ten o'clock, I'm going home now and I suggest that you not stay up much longer."
"Oh, Akiko, I didn't know it was so late, thank you I was just about to finish up for the day." smiled the elderly leader as he looked up from his paperwork.
"By the way sir, there is a red haired man out here that wishes to speak to you, he has been waiting for three hours and I be he would appreciate it if you could spare just a moment." she informed her boss.
"Very well, send him in."
She waved at the man to come in. As he entered the office she shut the door and left on her way to her nice comfy bed that awaits her.
"Lord Hokage, my name is Kenshin and I am the last surviving member of a clan from Whirlpool Country, or at least that is what I had believed when news of my sisters death reached me seven years ago. Since that day I have traveled far in an attempt to see if there were any remnants of my clan left that I was unaware of. Then not more than a month ago I learned of a child that resembled my dead brother-in-law, this child was an orphan. I traveled all the way here, to Konoha, so that I could investigate this rumor, and what, you may ask do I find, but the true spitting image of him."
"And who, might I ask is your brother-in-law?" the old man questioned him with a look as if he knew what this stranger was about to say.
"Minato Namikaze, fourth Hokage and husband to my twin sister Kushina Uzumaki."
The old man's eyes grew to such a size that they threatened to pop out of their sockets, but he regained his calm composure, "Minato was never married to anyone of such a name," the old man started only to be interrupted.
"Don't bullshit me old man I was there at the ceremony same as you, I saw my sister marry the Hokage and you yourself resided over the small, secretive ceremony."
"Kenshin, it is you," he stated as the realization finally hit him, "I was beginning to wonder what had happened to you."
"After the ceremony, I left and continued my original purpose since I found my sister I figured that there were probably more of the Uzumaki clan that escaped the devastation that befell our country. However, I had no success. Then I heard of the fox's rampage and of Kushina and Minato's deaths. At that point I ran farther and farther away from Konoha in search of some remnants of my past home."
"I understand, losing the two of them was very painful for those of us as well, they are dearly missed in this village."
"So, I ask of you lord Hokage, to be reinstated as a Konoha ninja and to be named as Naruto's guardian as well."
"I see no reason why not, you are his only living blood relative. Would you also like the heirlooms that his father left him?"
"No, I will leave those in your care until he reaches the age of sixteen and can take over as true head of the Uzumaki Clan, since his mother was born first she was technically next in line to be the head so it is only fair that her son is as well."
"That is the answer I had hoped to hear, if you had said yes I would have denied you guardianship of Naruto believing that you only wanted the Hirashin and Rasangan for yourself."
"Naruto is the only family I have left, and besides I figured out the Rasnagan on my own from seeing Minato demonstrate it once and I've never had any affinity for raiton jutsu."
"You figured out how to perform the Rasangan… on your own?" asked a shocked Sarutobi.
To prove his point Kenshin held his hand out palm up and began to create the condensed ball of chakra. Hiruzen Sarutobi stared on as he demonstrated a technique that only two men to date knew how to use.
"I have a couple of more tests for you to perform, but your reinstatement as ninja looks promising."
*The next day*
The parents dropped their children off at the ninja academy the next day. It was seven in the morning and class was about to start when a disheveled Naruto walked into class wearing the same clothes he had worn yesterday but much dirtier from his long night of practice with the shuriken, earning several jeers from his classmates about his homeless appearance.
The children, with the guidance of Iruka, studied the history of the village, chakra, and discussed the importance of ninja tools in battle. In the afternoon they went outside for more practical application of the discussion on shuriken.
The first of the children up to throw was Shino Aburame, who hit seven out of ten with the shuriken. He was followed alphabetically until they reach Sasuke Uchiha who managed to hit vital spots with all ten of his shuriken and received praise from Iruka-sensei and from his numerous fan girls throughout the class, except for one dark haired, white-eyed girl.
Finally, it was Naruto's turn. He threw his first three shuriken and missed then proceeded with the next two and hit with both of them. He missed the next one and hit the next three in a row and missed the last one. Naruto jumped up and down in excitement that he managed to hit five which some of the other students had only managed to hit.
After the target practice, Iruka congratulated the students on the slight improvements and told them that they would do more target practice at the end of the week with the shuriken but to keep practicing. The kids then went and played on the playground. Naruto sat off to the side as he watched the other kids get taken home by their parents as they gave him the usual glares of hate and disdain. Then he received a sudden surprise when the Hokage showed up with a red headed man when everyone else had left.
"Hello Naruto, how has your day been?" asked the old kage.
"Not bad old man I managed to hit five targets today, that's two more than I hit yesterday."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that you are improving." he stated and then began again, "Naruto, do you wonder who this man I have with me is?"
"Should I?"
"Naruto," the red haired man said, "I am your uncle, I am the brother of your mom, I am Kenshin Uzumaki and we are all the family we have left."
Naruto fainted upon hearing this.
"Maybe we should have told him a little slower." stated Sarutobi
"Hmph" was all Kenshin replied.
Well, that is the end of my first chapter I hope you liked it.