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The True Meaning of Sacrifice
It was a typical day in the life of a six year old, Naruto Uzumaki. He had just gotten beaten by some villagers and a few shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village. You couldn't tell by looking at him, but he was beaten on a daily basis. But the bruises and cuts were usually healed by the next day. This was another of the many questions he had with no answers. One might ask himself, "why would I stay in a village that hates me so much. The reason of staying was that there were a few precious people there for him. There was the old man, Hokage, who Naruto saw as a grandfather and he was seen as a grandson. The Hokage hated the way Naruto was treated, but there was only so much he could do because the civilian council. Then there was old man Ichiraku and his daughter, Ayame. They ran Naruto's favorite ramen stand. Many times he would hideout there when the mobs were on a war path. Often times when Naruto couldn't pay for food; they would give him free food. Then there was the main reason he stayed and that was the two he loved and would give anything to make happy, to keep them safe, and to see them smile. They were Anko and Kurenai. He had met them a year ago while they were training.
Flashback one year
Kurenai and Anko are in the ninja academy and they just got out of class for the day. They are best friends and decide to get some dango before they go to train. After they got done eating; they see a blond boy sitting with his head in his knees in a alley. Curiosity got the best of them as they are walking over to the boy to see if he is okay. When they get close enough; he notices them and asks"are you going to hurt me too?" The girls are shocked at what the boy looks like. He appears to not have eaten for days and was wearing rags for clothing. Anko hands him what was left of the dango and says "here, take this." Kurenai and Naruto are shocked. Kurenai is because Anko never, and I mean never, shares her dango. Naruto is shocked because no one was ever this nice to him. "Why are you giving this to me?" Naruto asks. "Because I can" Anko replies with a smile. "I'm Anko and this is Kurenai. We're both 11 years old and in the ninja academy" says Anko as she watches the boy devour the dango she had given him. "I'm Naruto" Naruto replies with a faint smile.
Flashback End
That day the three of them talked about everything from their lives to their hobbies. The girls were shocked when they heard he had been kicked out of the orphanage and had been living on the street for a year. Over the next year Naruto, Anko, and Kurenai grew closer and were often seen together. The girls made Naruto tell the Hokage that he had been living on the streets and he was furious. That night he had an apartment and was off the streets and in a nice warm bed. During this time Anko and Kurenai started to have feelings for Naruto. They had seen the way he was treated by the people and how they looked at him. Once they even found him after the villagers had nearly beaten him to death. He had multiple broken bones, cuts all over him, glass in his head, and he was covered in blood. While he was in the hospital; they never left his side and when he woke up they still stayed with him until he could do things on his own. Anko and Kurenai had feelings for Naruto but they didn't understand what those feelings were. Naruto knew he was in love, but he was afraid of being hurt and was more afraid of what the villagers would do to them if they knew. So he bottled up his emotions and wore a mask.
Time Skip Two Years
Naruto has been in the academy for two weeks now, and he hates it. No mater what he does; he is blamed and punished for everything that happens even if he is innocent. Now he has just gotten out of class for the day and he goes to find Kurenai and Anko. The two have just been assigned their teams that they will be on until they move up in rank. It is around five at night before he finds them walking to the dango shop. The three start talking about things that have happened since they last saw each other. After they ate, the girls decide to tell Naruto the big news they have. Little did they know, it would set off a chain of events that will change Naruto's life forever. "Naruto before we go, we have something to tell you" Kurenai says. "Sure, go for it" Naruto replies. "I'm dating Asuma" Kurenai says with a smile on her face. "And I'm dating Genma" Anko says with an equally big smile on her face. Naruto puts on a fake smile and says "I'm glad for you two." But inside he was devastated.
Shortly after the three say their goodbyes. Anko and Kurenai head home, but Naruto's mind is in a fog and he starts to wander around. About an hour later, Naruto bumps into a mob of drunk and pissed off shinobi. They start to beat him up, but he doesn't even put up a fight. He lays on the ground and lets them beat him. About forty minutes later, they are bored and so they drive a kunai into his chest and leave him to die. As he lays there, slowly slipping into unconsciousness; he sees an Anbu with a dog mask and then he blacks out. Naruto wakes up in a sewer he was knee- deep in water and wonders how he got here. As he looks around, he hears a rumbling sound from in front of him. So, he decides to follow it. He soon finds himself in front of a large cage with a piece of paper attached to it with the kanji for a seal. As he stares into the cage; two big red- slitted eyes and a huge mouth of teeth appear behind the cage. "So my jailor decides to pay me a visit" the creature says. "Who are you" Naruto says. "I am the Kyuubi no Youko" it says. Naruto's eyes widen in disbelief. "But your dead" he says." That human you call the forth, couldn't kill me; the most he could do is seal me" Kyuubi says. "Now don't be like that you baka fox" a new voice says. Naruto quickly turns and notices that the voice belongs to a blond man with piercing blue eyes and a smile that lit the dank of sewers that was Naruto's mind scape. Naruto stares at the man until he points at him and yells " Oh Kami, your the Fourth Hokage". After this, Naruto realizes he just screamed at his idol. He bows and apologizes to the former Hokage.
Minato is standing there with a single tear running down is cheek to his chin where the tear falls into the water that covers the floor of the mind scape. All that is heard is Minato saying "I'm sorry my son for the burden I have left you and the pain you have had to endure." Naruto is confused about why the fourth Hokage is in his mind and why he is apologizing to his son. Naruto looks at the man in front of him and realizes that they look almost identical now. Naruto isn't stupid, but what made sense in his mind couldn't be true; he is the son of the fourth Hokage. "Are you my father?" asks Naruto to the fourth Hokage. Minato is standing there shocked and wondering to himself, how did he not know that he was his son? "HAHAHAHAHA, humans and their feelings. Looks like your plan for the boy to be seen as a hero backfired in the mighty yellow flashes face." How? Why? These are some of the questions that ran through Minato's mind. He was forced to watch his son be tortured worse then any enemy. He did not even know who his parents were. Naruto is shocked, but it makes sense why he was chosen.
After a few minutes, the two start to get to know each other and Minato tells Naruto about his mom. After a couple of hours, Minato knows his time was running out and he needs to explain Naruto's bloodlines before he has to leave. "Naruto, I need to tell you about your two bloodlines"Minato says. Naruto listens carefully. "Now the Namikaze bloodline is a Doujutsu called the Sealing Eye. You can breakdown and understand any seal and the second form that I never attained will allow you to project any seal you have broken down anywhere within your sight." Minato pauses to let the information sink in. After a minute, he speaks again "Your mother's bloodline is a celestial form which transforms you into a being of light and gives you the affinity's of lightning and water." Then another voice adds something, "But he has a third bloodline from me and it is like your mothers, but it's a demonic form that will give you the affinities for earth and fire." The giant fox pauses before its peaks again " Along with your natural affinity for wind; you can use all the main elements. Now there is a way to use both the celestial and demonic forms. I must warn you though, if you do,because how much power you will unleash, the chances of surviving will be less than five percent." says the fox. After Naruto and Minato say there goodbyes; Naruto leaves his mind scape and his dad fades away.
Naruto wakes up in an alley covered in his own dried blood as he looks around trying to catch his bearings. He can't help but wonder to himself "was that all just a dream?" Foolish mortals and their simple minds. Naruto is shocked out of his stupor as he heard the voice radiating from his mind. "Oh my god, that really happened " Naruto shouts out loud as he hears a dark chuckle from the depths of his mind. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Naruto gets to his feet and starts to trek towards the Hokage Tower so he could talk to the old fire shadow and claim what is rightfully his. As Naruto reaches the door to the Hokage's office, he does something that would shock all who know him, he knocks. Now usually the Hokage knows when it is Naruto because he would barge into the office, but the thought the person at the door was some stupid member of the council trying to get private hot springs again. The Hokage yells out "I have no time for your petty bullshit so leave." Naruto is perplexed at the sudden attitude shown by his oji-san. Naruto quickly says "can I come in to talk to you Hokage-sama?" At that point, the Hokage looks up to see Naruto covered in dried blood and a serious expression on his face. "Naruto, what can I do for you and why are you covered in dried blood?" Asks the aged Fire Shadow. "I know everything from the Fox to my parents and I want what has been denied from me" says Naruto. The Hokage ponders for a minute and then speaks " Naruto, if you want what is yours; you must be strong, much stronger then you are now. So are you sure you are ready for the trails ahead?" Naruto looks at the man he has seen as a grandfather and says "Yes Hokage-sama" replies Naruto. "Okay then, Naruto, give me a week to gather those who will train you for the next six years and be prepared because the road ahead is rough and dangerous for those that lack the Will of Fire" the wise Hokage says to the young, now Namikaze. As the old Hokage looks at the boy in front of him, he could see the fire in the boys eyes. The old man sighs and says "Okay Naruto, give me a week to get the people you will be trained by." He let his words sink in and then continues "You should go to the hospital and get checked out and take the week off from the academy. Be back here one week from today at noon." Before Naruto leaves the Hokage, he gives him a letter from his dad that explains everything but also says something that Naruto will strive to do. It says that Minato wants Naruto to complete his two original jutsu and to start a family.
A week passes and Naruto goes to the Hokage's office and finds the old man with two other men. One was young and wearing the usual Jounin attire with gravity defying silver hair and has his headband covering his left eye. Next to the young cyclops, there is a tall, white male with white hair that stretches down to the middle of his back and is spiked in random places on his head with a headband with the kanji for "Oil". He is wearing a red sleeveless jacket with a green suit that goes down past his knees and a fishnet shirt under the suit. Naruto gives the three men a questionable look. The old Hokage stands and says "It's okay Naruto, they are my friends. The man with white hair is my former student and your fathers teacher, Jiraiya." Naruto punches the man in the face and says "That's for not being there for me; you were my godfather and where were you when I needed you?" The man gives no excuse but says "I know, I failed in my duties as a godfather, but I will try to make up not being there when I should have been." The Hokage speaks again " This Jounin is Hatake Kakashi, he was a student of your fathers. Don't blame him though, he was just informed who you were today and they both now know what happened." Naruto nods and then says "So how is the training going to work?" "For the first year, you will be working on chakra control and building up your speed, strength, and taijutsu. The second year, you will be working on how to manipulate the elements increasing your knowledge and working on your bloodlines. The third year,you will be training under Kakashi. The forth year, you will leave with and train under Jiraiya. The fifth year, when you return you will train under me. The final year, you will polish up your skills while working on your dad's jutsu." says the old Hokage. The blond looks at the old man and asks "will I still have to go to the academy." "No, but after your training you will be on a Genin team" replies the old man. "Fine" the blonde comments and leaves.
Time Skip six Years
In the Hokage's office, we find the old man and four Jounin that consist of Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Anko Mitarashi. "Now the new Genin who will be placed on teams are Sasuke Uchiha, Shino Aburame, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Kiba Inuzuka, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuga, and Naruto Uzumaki. Since Anko and Kurenai are new Jounin; they will be sharing a Genin team." The Hokage pauses before continuing. "Now any requests?" " Anko and me would like Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Naruto Uzumaki." The red- eyed Jounin says "I'm sorry but I can't allow that" The old man states. Anko yells "Why not?" "Naruto requested not to be placed on your team." This got a shock out of Kurenai, Anko, and Kakashi. Kakashi knows how Naruto feels about them and couldn't understand why he made this request. "I will take the new Ino-Shika-Cho"states Asuma. "I will take Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki" states the one- eyed wonder. "So the teams have been decided and you will pick your teams tomorrow at the academy" says the Hokage and dismissing the Jounin.
A/N: Anko did get the curse seal during the 6 year time skip. Taking a break from "The New Bijuu" and going to be working on the next chapter of "The True Meaning of Sacrifice" it should be out in 2-3 weeks. Next Chapter will cover wave were Naruto shows the results of his training at least some of it anyway. Remember to review.