Beginning of Change
Summary: After the Mission to Wave, Sarutobi decides that Naruto is unprepared for ninja life so he makes a decision that will affect Naruto ninja career.
This is a Adventure/Romance Story
Sadly I don't own Naruto
Chapter 1: Return from Wave
It was a bright and sunny day in the ninja village of Konoha. At the gate of the village a group of 4 people could be seen entering the village. These 4 people consisted of a silver-haired jounin, and three genin. The three genin consisted of a blonde-haired boy, a raven-haired boy, and a pink-haired girl. The pink-haired girl would be considered pretty with a very slim figure, she had Emerald-green eyes and her Forehead was larger than average. The raven-haired boy, gave off an aura of superiority, while remaining completely stoic, his onyx eyes locked on to the path ahead. The blonde-haired boy was walking with a goofy grin on his face and had the deepest blue eyes a person could have. The silver-haired jounin had gravity defying hair, while having his mask cover half his face, and a headband covering his eye.
"Alright guys, first we have to report to the hokage tower to give our report of the mission" said the silver-haired jounin, easily avoiding walking into objects while reading a book.
"Awwwwwww Man do we have to!" whined(pretty loudly) the blonde-haired genin.
Shooting a glare at her teammate, the pink-haired genin replied, "NARUTO, SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO KAKASHI-SENSEI."
"S-sorry Sakura-chan" stuttered Naruto, obviously scared of the pink-haired kunoichi.
"Seriously Naruto, can't you be quiet for a few minutes like Sasuke-kun" replied Sakura
"Hn" said the Raven-haired genin known as Sasuke
The group walked the rest of the way to the Hokage Tower in silence. Walking up the steps and up to the hokage's office Kakashi knocked on the door.
"Enter" came the voice of the leader and strongest ninja in the village, the Hokage. The hokage was an elderly man with gray hair.
"We have completed our mission Lord Hokage, although there were some obstacles in the way." said Kakashi
"Nothing to troubling I hope" replied Sarutobi
" Actually sir these obstacles were pretty challenging," replied kakashi, He then went on to describe the events in Wave. Of course leaving out the part of Naruto using the nine-tailed fox's chakra.
"Hmm this is interesting indeed Kakashi-kun, in fact I would say it is worthy of being considered an A-rank mission, but I feel as if you are withholding some information" said Sarutobi.
"There is one detail that I can not say out loud considering who is present," replied the silver-haired man.
'Hm what could Kakashi possibly not want to say in front of us, could it have something to do with how naruto defeated that haku guy' thought Sasuke.
"Alright Kakashi, Please stay and explain to me what happened," replied Sarutobi, " Squad 7 you are dismissed."
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Once outside Sakura got an idea, she looked at Sasuke and said "Hey Sasuke-kun, do you wanna go and get something to eat with me."
"No" came the monotone response from Sasuke, before he left. Naruto saw the downtrodden look on her face
"Ohh Ohh I would Sakura-chan" said Naruto with a large grin plastered on his face
Wham
"No Naruto!" replied Sakura after laying Naruto out with a single punch, Huffed and turned away
"Oooowwww" whined Naruto from his place on the floor, After a couple of minutes Naruto picked himself off the floor and left to his favorite Ramen stand for lunch
Naruto has had a crush on Sakura for as long as he could remember. If he were to really think about it he would say he even loved her. He couldn't stand to see Sakura depressed after being rejected by Sasuke, so he decided that her being mad at him was way better than her being sad, but enough with that his stomach was grumbling and there was Ramen to eat so without giving it a second thought he took off in at a full speed sprint.
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On her way home, sakura thought about her little interaction with her teammates.
'Kami! that Nerve of Naruto always getting in my way of being with Sasuke-kun' thought Sakura
'CHAAAA! Yeah that dumbass always getting in the way, but it was kinda cute that he would jump at the opportunity to go on a date with us' said inner Sakura.
'Well I guess,.. wait WHAT! What Naruto isn't cute' Thought Sakura
'Hey I'm just a conscience made from all your repressed thoughts' replied inner sakura
Sakura thought about this it was true that her inner self always seemed to know exactly what she was feeling deep down, but this time she had to admit she did think it was the tiniest bit cute how Naruto reacted, but nonetheless she waved off.
'Tch, whatever' thought Sakura effectively ending the conversation. She walked into her house and found her mom in the kitchen.
"Hey mom, I'm home" Said Sakura
"Hello baby, how was your mission?" replied Mebuki while giving her daughter a hug
" It was okay, I guess….." Sakura then went on to explain her mission to her mother.
"So…. naruto was somehow able to beat this Haku guy using some weird red Chakra." Said Mebuki
"Yeah, it was kinda scary, but I suppose he was just extremely angry, because he thought sasuke-kun was dead" said sakura with a thinking face on.
"Well... okay honey just be careful around him please okay sweetie." replied a worried Mebuki
'Be careful around naruto...Why?' thought sakura, but since it looked like her mom did not want to talk about it replied "Okay, mom now I'm going to bed"
"Okay goodnight Sakura-chan" said Mebuki
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Later that night….
Naruto was sitting in his apartment, enjoying the feeling a a ramen-stuffed stomach, and thinking about the recent mission.
'hmmm what haku said was real strength does come from protecting your precious people, I would never have been able to beat him, though without the nine-tails chakra. I gotta get stronger to protect my precious people.' thought naruto
Knock Knock
Hearing the knocking at the door Naruto got up and answered the door.
"Huh, kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here" said Naruto
"Naruto the Hokage wishes to talk to you" replied kakashi still reading his book
Naruto noticing this twitches and glares at his sensei, but then fully processes what his sensei said.
"Ehh, the old man wants to talk to me" said naruto, " well okay let me just change into some clothes."
Hokage's office
Ten minutes later found naruto and kakashi in front of the hokage.
" So… what you are saying is that the same man that sealed the Bastard Fox into me was also my…..dad" whispered a gloomy naruto " WHY! I had such a horrible life thanks to him and I had accepted it until I found out it was my dad, this just makes it worse."
The hokage originally told Naruto about his Parents in order to motivate the boy and because he felt he owed the boy to at least know who his parents were. His decision was brought on by Naruto using some of the Fox's Chakra, as he knew that if he told Naruto about his parents reasons for sealing the nine-tails into him then Naruto would have more reason to try and control the Fox's chakra.
"Naruto-kun your father believed with all his heart that you would be the only one able to control the Fox's power," the old Hokage looked at naruto as he slowly lifted his head to look at the old man "He and your mother truly believed that you would be able to become something great."
"My parents believed in me" Said naruto looking hopeful
"Your parents loved you and believed in you enough to be able think that you could control a demon" said Sarutobi looking into Naruto's eyes
"YOSH! Then I will prove them right and become the best hokage ever, better than my dad and stronger than my mom" exclaimed an overenthusiastic naruto, causing the old hokage to chuckle and Kakashi to give him an eye smile.
"Well naruto, Thats another thing I wanted to talk to you about, see you have three months until the chunin exams start," Said the Hokage " and I wanted you to be better prepared for it, so Kakashi here volunteered to take you on a training mission for the next three months."
"Wow, Really sensei!" asked Naruto receiving a nod from his sensei, he then got another question, "Wait what about Sakura-chan, and Sasuke-teme?"
The hokage answered "I have already got them a temporary sensei,so what do you say naruto?"
"Why ask, Hell YEAH" Exclaimed Naruto pumping a fist into the air
"Okay Kakashi I will leave the rest up to you" Said the hokage waving his hand dismissively
"Hai Hokage-sama" said kakashi " Okay Naruto meet me at the Front gate tomorrow morning at six, don't be late"
"What if anything you better not be late sen- hey wait" naruto spoke to late because all that was left was a puff of smoke. Naruto sighed and started walking home
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The next day….
Naruto was waiting at the gate at exactly 6 o'clock the next day. Too bad it was already 8 o'clock
"Damn that late-ass sensei where is he," said naruto pacing impatiently
"Ohayo Naruto" Said kakashi walking up to naruto
"Urggghh Kakashi sensei where were you, your 2 hours late" yelled the angry blonde
"Lost on the road to life, anyways naruto lets get going" Said kakashi
"Yatta!" yelled naruto, quickly forgetting about why he was mad in the first place
End of First Chapter