You will be happy to be informed that i do not own Naruto, all rights go to Masashi Kishimoto and publishers.
A/N: A few (late) words before you begin, Just as I said in the summary The Naruto of this story differs from Canon but still keeps some aspects from the canon story and if you do not like that, this is your second reminder to just click off and find something else you may fancy. This work of fiction may also seem like a crossover but believe me If it was a crossover I would have tagged it as such.
EDIT: I want to clarify a few thing before you start.
The neglect part of the story is only subtly shown or mentioned until further down the story when something happens and it stops taking a backseat to the rest of the things going on in the lone Jager.
This Naruto starts off slow in terms of being strong and powerful, it will happen eventually but for time being he'll bid his time and he'll have the last laugh so if you feel like you would be too frustrated with this there's your little warning.
I constantly update the chapters when a new idea hits me in the face or I go back to fix continuity errors/mistakes so don't be surprised if some of the reviews here are negative and out of context in some cases.
With that said, Hope you enjoy the following.
"GET EVERYONE OUT OF HERE!"
"OH GOD IT JUST BLEW UP THE HOSPITAL!"
"SHUT UP! EVERYONE HOLD YOUR POSITIONS! EARTH SPECIALISTS GET READY!"
"YOU! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE KID? GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN!"
"Hey are you even listening?"
"Huh?"
He was suddenly brought back to his senses as he looked around in confusion.
"Down here you Uchiha bastard!"
He looked down to see a yellow mop of hair and a pair of piercing amethyst eyes, these eyes would happen to belong to non-other than the fourth Hokage's son.
And that happened to be the 7 year old known as Naruto Namikaze.
He happened to be Shisui Uchiha, just like how this place happened to be the leaf village. Near the rivers of the hot springs to be precise.
"Oh hey, you're still here." He deadpanned furrowing his brow at the child as he paid no attention to the previous remark.
"Of course I am!" He exploded furiously. "You promised to teach me an awesome technique if I could stand on water!" He cried flailing his small arms around in frustration.
"I did?" He asked scratching the back of his head sheepishly before being met with the menacing glare of a 7 year old. "Of course I did." He corrected himself.
"So, did you do it yet?" He asked curiously.
The blonde cocked an eyebrow; a small vein appeared on his forehead as he suppressed the urge to yell.
"…."
What could the little brat possibly mean by-… Oh… It appears that he was in fact standing on water at this very moment, how had he not noticed that? They were standing near a river bank after all and the sound of the rushing water was pretty audible, for someone like Shisui Uchiha, This was very embarrassing but he wouldn't dwell on it any longer than he has to.
"..." He squinted. "Would you look at that, you really are standing on water." He commented off-handedly, he took notice of his soaked clothing for a brief second.
"I-" Naruto was interrupted. "How long have you been standing there for?" Shisui asked.
"Nuh uh jutsu first!" Ordered the stubborn child crossing his arms over his little chest.
"Answer me first then we'll see." Shisui demanded eying the soaked blonde with the infamous Uchiha poker face. "Well?" He asked once again.
And just like those before him the blonde boy cracked under the pressure of- "Nope! Either you honor your part of the deal as you said you would or I'm not leaving you alone." Objected Naruto scowling at the Uchiha.
Shisui frowned at this and for a moment he wondered why it didn't work, the corners of his lips turned upwards as he suddenly remembered that he had the upper hand in this situation.
"Alright, as you wish! Have a good day honorable son!" He said before turning to walk away.
"WAIT!" A loud shout followed by a splash echoed from behind him, He hissed in annoyance when cold water splashed him from behind soaking his perfectly dry flak jacket and shirt.
The 14 year old turned around to see the small hands of the young Namikaze thrashing violently; He quickly ran to his aid and pulled him out of the water.
"Leave it to the Hokage's son to know how to stand on water but not swim. Isn't that a bit counter intuitive?" Asked The Uchiha as he shook his head at the energetic child.
"You…Bastard…Uchiha…I…don't…know…what…that…means…" He let out between breaths as he coughed up water.
"Does your mother know about your potty mouth?" Shisui asked to which the blonde boy paled.
"N-No! And she better not or I'll kill you." His lower lip quivered from the cold as he threatened the older boy darkly.
"How? You'll drown me?" The corners of Shisui's lips turned upwards as he gave him a smug look.
A vein popped on the Namikaze's forehead. "You…YOU BASTARD!" Naruto shouted running full speed at Shisui in a pathetic attempt to punch him only to be stopped dead in his track with just a finger.
He couldn't do much about it thanks to the height difference, aside from splashing the older ninja with his wet hands..
"So I take it we're done here?" Asked Shisui once the Namikaze stopped running at him with the intent to harm.
But the young boy remained silent.
"Are we done he-"
"NO WAY IN HELL!" Suddenly the blonde turned fast and ran at the Uchiha…only to be met with the same result.
The older boy sighed. "Okay, You win I'll teach you something." Shisui gave up as he surrendered to the boy's stubborn nature.
"Yes! I knew you'd crack! I am just that good!" Gloated the blonde victoriously.
"Yes, you're really annoying I get that now. Follow me."
Naruto grinned and skipped along the Uchiha Happily. "Where to bastard?" He asked.
"Training ground 3 And stop calling me that or I'll tell your mother." Threatened the prodigy Uchiha.
The young Namikaze recoiled in terror at that thought. "F-Fine.. Bastard." He muttered the last part under his breathe.
"I heard that."
"YOU HEARD NOTHING!"
-15 MINUTES LATER-
After their walk from away from the hot springs we find Shisui and Naruto standing in the clearing of what is known to all as Training ground 3, a place where ninjas of all rankings come to train and hone their skills.
"Great, before we even begin I want you to do a few things for me." Said Shisui.
"EW, you're not gonna ask me for anything sexual right?" Queried Naruto as he inched away from the raven haired teen.
"WHAT?! NO!" Shouted Shisui in embarrassment. "Do you even know what means? Actually no I don't want to hear it from you just shut up okay?"
The Namikaze giggled mischievously.
Shisui opted to ignore it as he gave him the following instructions. "Ok, that aside I want you to try and build up your chakra so I can be able to gauge just how much of it you have on you."
"You know how to do that right?" He added.
"Do I? Watch this!" Said Naruto before knotting his hands together in a hand sign and built up his chakra, rocks around him shook as wind slowly picked up.
Shisui watched the spectacle unfold with the infamous Sharingan. "Well I'll be damned you have a lot of chakra on you, Not surprising considering who your parents are but alright we'll be able to work with this just fine." Awe transformed his face as he marveled at the large chakra supply for somebody as young as the blonde.
"Oh man really? I knew I'm awesome!" Cheered Naruto throwing a fist into the air.
"Don't get excited just yet kid." Said Shisui. "Any Idiot can have a large supply of chakra and still be useless."
"I think you're just jealous of my-"
"But… considering how you managed to do the water walking exercise with relative ease, I don't think we'll run into any trouble yet. Say you never did tell me how long you were there for?"
"Oh… I don't know! I was already familiar with the Tree walking technique so it wasn't that hard to convert it to water so I'd say maybe like 5 minutes or so why?" Naruto asked confusion evident in his voice.
"o-o-on your first try?!" His face lit up in awe.
"…No it took me like three or four times to get it right, why?"
"Never mind that…" Sighed the Uchiha rubbing his temple.
Naruto pouted for not getting his answers making the raven chuckle before he patted his head in acknowledgement, not that the blonde knew that he just found it annoying.
"Do you know the transformation technique?" Asked Shisui.
Naruto raised an eye brow and grinned. "Of course I do! That one is super easy!" He made a quick hand sign and suddenly erupted into smoke.
"Sexy jutsu!" He shouted.
"The what now-"
Suddenly a sexy scantily clad woman took the child's place as she struck a provocative pose at the male Uchiha causing a huge blush to frame his face.
Shisui felt blood rushing very fast to his face as he bonked the Namikaze on his head turning him back to his original self. "You idiot! Never do that again!" he shouted.
He hissed at the pain as he rubbed the sore spot on his head. 'Is everybody in this village a pervert or what?' Thought Naruto to himself in amusement.
"Unconventional but highly practical in certain scenarios. On that note never do it again. So how about the substi-"
"I got the academy basics down, Show me something else please!" Ordered the blonde as he felt himself run out of patience.
"Somebody's awfully picky…." Told the raven before pondering on what to do next.
'Okay, quick review. He's short, annoying, loud, too sarcastic and foul mouthed for someone his age but surprisingly he's able to learn stuff fast and has a gigantic pool of chakra for someone who is barely out of diapers. Plus he is sort of growing on me like a tumor…ehhh what the hell.' Thought Shisui to himself as he sized up the blonde.
"Okay shorty! How about this, I'll make you my student and teach you everything that I know!" Announced Shisui grabbing the attention of his would be student.
"Wait, what? Really!? That's awesome!" cheered Naruto.
"But!"
"Awwhh…" The boy deflated as his anticipation faded away.
"Only if you can manage to impress me and if you do that I'll teach you my signature move." Conditioned Shisui as he gave the blonde a smile.
"What?! Are you kidding me why would I have to impress you?" He whined.
'Definitely my type of student.' Thought the Uchiha.
"Because I said so."
"Okay well I'll impress you but on one condition!" Said Naruto.
"What? Kid that's not how this works." Shisui shook his head as he sweat dropped.
"Does now! Anyway! If I am going to impress you then you'll have to commit to being my teacher and not run off on me." Said Naruto.
Shisui frowned at this. "Uhmm... Sure I guess?"
Naruto shook his head as he felt that wasn't quite enough. "Will you shake on it?"
The older male raised a brow. "Will I shake on it?" He asked rhetorically as he offered his right hand.
Naruto perked up as a giant toothy grin framed his face. "Great!"
"Okay now that we made our deal how about we start?" Smiled the older ninja as he patted the boy on the head.
"Yes sensei!" Shouted Naruto at the top of his lungs momentarily startling the Uchiha and a few birds that flew out of the surrounding trees.
"Now that's a name I'm gonna have to get used to." Said Shisui, beginning their first training session.
That was basically the day a beautiful relationship started between two individuals, a bond between student and master or perhaps a bond between brothers in all but blood.
The Namikaze's schedule for that year consisted of nothing but waiting, he'd run to training ground 3 every day to learn something new or to spar against the prodigy that was Shisui Uchiha, of course Shisui himself was a busy ninja so he wasn't always around but when He was He would no doubt spend most of his day with his favorite student.
His only student for that matter.
And the day his student learned about whom he truly was and what achievements He held under his belt suffice to say the blonde's respect for him grew ten folds.
That did not grant him a free pass from the pranks.
The Uchiha was shocked when He had first heard about it and even more so when he experienced it himself, after all who would have thought that a 7 year old that could barely walk straight at times could paint the Hokage monument in broad day light without anybody noticing and that even included the ANBU elite that constantly patrolled the village and made sure everything was safe from the shadows.
And to think an average child his age would struggle to eat properly.
Seeing as though Naruto was the son of the 4th Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, one would think that he'd be more disciplined and well mannered.
But as most people have deduced the boy had inherited more traits from his mother than he had from his father and that included his underlying love for the ninja academy.
"So let me get this straight, you used a transformation technique to fool your teacher into leaving the class room and look for you then got caught leaving the academy and used a…" trailed the man.
"Effective distraction technique." Answered the boy.
"…Effective distraction technique, to distract your teacher Iruka just so you could run off from your class? am I correct?" He asked the young one.
"Yes dad- oww Yes lord Hokage!" Replied Naruto rubbing his sore head from the bonk he just received.
"Well then, That is very impressi-"
"Minato…"
"I mean, as a father I am very disappointed in you Naruto." Said the man now identified as Minato Namikaze, Opposed to him stood an angry looking Kushina Uzumaki.
"And as Hokage I am left with no options but to hand out punishments."
"Awhh man!" whined the boy.
"Silence!" Said Kushina with a voice of authority.
"Now first things first! I am murdering that perverted old fart once he comes back and you're doing nothing to stop it Mr. Hokage, Is that understood?" Kushina looked at Minato who knew exactly who she was talking about it, the same man who sent her 9 year old son a copy of his smut a few years back that had an impact on the boy.
"As for you, let me make it clear that if catch wind of you using that perverted technique of yours one more time! There will be hell to pay Naruto Namikaze!"
"Yes mom! I'll never use it again I promise!" Spoke Naruto while stiff from fear and intimidation.
"Great! I'll hold you to that." Her character did a complete shift as she flashed him a beautiful smile. "Now honey, Daddy and Mommy are going to punish you for slacking off and I don't want to hear a single bit of whining from you, understand?" She said in a sickly sweet tone.
"Y-Yes mom!" Stuttered the pale boy.
"Great." Minato smiled at the scene then chimed in.
"Well, now that we have that out of the way, for your punishment I'm thinking that you're grounded." He told his son much to his disappointment but the young Namikaze couldn't say it wasn't expected.
"Hey I was going to say that!" Whined Kushina.
"Sorry dear." Apologized Minato.
"You're not leaving the house for anything other than the academy for the next week." Added Kushina.
"But what about my training with Shisui?" Said Naruto feeling his world crash around him.
"We'll let him know I'm sure he'll understand." Answered Minato.
"But I can't miss my training! It's the whole reason I left in the first place!" Whined Naruto but his parents were having none of it.
"Naruto, I know that your training with Shisui is important but I can't allow it to interfere with your overall performance and attendance at the academy." Said Minato as he rubbed his temple in frustration, signs of fatigue present on his face from all the paper work he had been doing the entire day.
"But they teach nothing important at the academy! Who cares about the 3rd Hokage's quote of the day? Or what Iwa did Two decades ago? It's stupid!" argued the boy.
"Stupid or not, it's necessary as its part of your core curriculum." Said Minato.
"Necessary, yeah right! I bet other students outside of the leaf village are learning better stuff than this garbage."
"That's enough Naruto!" Shouted Kushina making Naruto recoil slightly.
"There is a time and place for everything young man! Now I don't want to hear you complain like a sissy so you better man up and accept your punishment like a true Uzumaki! Otherwise…" Trailed Kushina as he face darkened and her hair started floating dangerously behind her.
"I…I…whatever!" He shouted, Minato and Kushina were taken back by his behavior but before they could say anything the 9 year old stormed out of the office and shut the door very hard behind him.
Minato and Kushina looked dazed for a few moments before they regained their senses. "Do you think we were being too harsh?" Kushina asked frowning.
"I'm really not sure…" Frowned Minato In return.
Kushina sighed and sat down on the chair where her son was. "I'll talk to him later and apologize maybe we were."
"I'll make sure to speak with him too." Added Minato, "So? Since when did you care this much about the academy honey?"
"Minato one more word and you're sleeping on the couch tonight."
"Does this count?" He tested his luck.
A vein popped on her forehead. "That's it." She pounced on him as one thing lead to another, making it very difficult for the ANBU stationed inside to do their job.
But they were promptly 'excused' out of the office before hand by couple of shadow clones courtesy of Kushina.
-With Naruto-
"Damn it all! Stupid Hokage! Stupid mother!" He shouted as he ran full speed through the village.
He was greeted by the sight of one of the many rivers that were flowing through the leaf village, He didn't exactly know what time it was except that it was early into the evening, he spent his time following the river and occasionally crossing a bridge to the other side only to continue on the same route and he couldn't help but notice the stares of the villagers and ninjas alike.
'Yeah keep looking at me! I'm sure you don't get enough of this sweet face!' thought the blonde not paying attention to his surroundings and his ignorance would shorty be his down fall, quite literally one would say.
"Ouch...That freaking hurt you little shit!" Shouted an unknown individual who he assumed was the person he had just knocked over, quickly getting back on his feet he bowed down to apologize only seconds later to have the back of head gripped and knocked down face first into the dirt.
Feeling a little woozy, he looked up from the ground subconsciously clutching his now broken and bleeding nose only to have his eyes widen in shock at his rotten luck, in front of him stood three people in their mid-teens wearing the Leaf village headband, drenched in red paint, they so happen to be the same folks he decided to prank earlier this day and they didn't seem happy one bit with him currently.
-Flashback-
"Hey what's that box doing out in the middle of the training ground?"
"I don't know."
"Wanna check it out?"
"sure."
A little message was written on the box. 'With love, Naruto Namikaze.'
-Flashback End-
backing up slightly he turned around and made a run for it only to be lifted by the crook of his neck by one of them making it hard for him to breath,
"Going somewhere?" He asked with a smirk on his face adjusting his glasses as their black-haired leader walked into his field of view "Nice catch Seiji, you may have gotten a bit lucky a few hours ago and somehow got away from us but now there's no way we'll let you escape again, your little prank cost us valuable equipment, not to mention that it's going to be hard getting this paint to come off, you didn't think we'd let you go Scot free did ya?" He asked as they dragged him to a nearby alley and threw him against the wall.
"Well it's a good thing he ran into us. My hair is ruined and someone's going to pay for it. Isn't that right you shithead?" sneered the only female of the group menacingly walking towards the blonde and surprising her teammates with the outburst.
"Wait, this is the Hokage's kid we're talking about here! We'll get in deep shit if we're caught." Sighed Seiji using his leg to pin Naruto against the wall by the shoulder making him wince.
They all paused to hear the sound of a Kunai being unsheathed, Misaki smirked at the boy with a dangerous look in his eyes and for a brief second they held a blank look to them as he stared into nothing by himself, "We'll just have to beat him so bad, that little Hokage's boy doesn't speak a word to anyone isn't that right?" Asked the genin rhetorically as he snapped back into his senses.
The boy in question shook in fear as tears threatened to leak, eyes widened monetarily when a sudden idea came to mind and with his luck it just might work.
"WAIT!" He shouted putting his hands up to protect his face.
"Oh little squirt has something to say? Your last words maybe?" the girl tilted her head in question
"I want some water." He said as he snuck out a piece of paper with unreadable markings on it.
"What the fuck? Is he serious?" Asked Misaki not sure what to do, he looked back only to see his teammates shrug.
"Might as well do it, we're kicking his ass after all." Reasoned Seiji, "Screw that! Just beat him up already!" Yelled Mitsuha.
"Ughh whatever I'll give him what he wants, it'll be the last thing he asks for." Misaki Said handing over a bottle of water he took out from his pouch.
"Drink up shit head." Said the 15 year old team leader only to have water spit in his face.
"Son of a bi-" He wasn't able to finish as smoke engulfed the area with a loud bang.
"Wind release: Great Breakthrough!" Yelled out Mitsuha clearing out the smoke in the area then turned around only to find the spot Naruto once occupied to be empty. "Dammit that little fucker!" She gritted her teeth seething in anger.
"Wait he's over there!" yelled out Seiji catching a glimpse of the blonde running around a corner.
"Well. what are you two waiting for? AFTER HIM!" Yelled the female prompting the other two to chase him.
He was REALLY glad he chose to read that beginner's book on seals at the academy's library that one day when he was kicked out of class for one of his pranks.
He recently reached the 2nd level of sealing, it wasn't much, but for someone his age it meant a lot. He couldn't make fancy seals like his parents, but he could make simple storage seals, and smoke bombs like the one he recently used on the 3 assholes that hurt him.
His time secretly watching the third Hokage do calligraphy sure has paid off, speaking of which. Naruto wondered how the old man was doing since their last meeting, after all that man had also given him a book on sealing as well but that was set on the sidelines due to his training with Shisui.
He tried to chuckle but his nose hurt too much. "Ouch!" He yelped in pain clutching his nose 'No time for all of this have to run away first!' He mentally scolded himself.
After a few minutes of the Three giving chase to Naruto they lost track of him, but kept going in his general direction until they stumbled upon a forest barricaded with a chain link fence that had various sealing tags and signs reading "Training ground 44" or "Forest of Death" they also took notice of a bloodied piece of cloth hanging from the fence which undoubtedly belonged to one Naruto Namikaze.
"That kid has some balls entering a place like this. I guess he got away, if we don't get to him, there's a big chance everything in the forest will" said Seiji adjusting his glasses yet again.
"No, that's not enough. if he somehow makes it out of here he'll tell his father and guess which one he'll believe, his son or some genin he barely knows." said Misaki, "What happened to your little monologue earlier about being the 'best'?…. wait you aren't suggesting what I think you are? fuck that noise! I'm not taking a foot inside that shit hole! Obviously his parents don't care if he's left to roam the village by himself so why should we risk ourselves for this? Let's just go home already!" Objected Mitsuha was clearly not ready to risk her life for just one brat.
"Go home? GO HOME?" He shouted in a fit of rage stunning his teammates as they cowered under his killer intent. Seiji stepped up. "Hey, Hey! Calm do-" A fist connected with his face as he suddenly found himself being held by the hair, A Kunai pressed against his throat as he and the girl looked on in horror to the deranged genin whose eyes glowed a faint white color.
"Do you realize who we're chasing after? if word gets out we're fucked! Tortured then interrogated then sentenced to death! Now YOU and YOU will shut your stupid fucking traps and follow orders, i'm not risking this at all you hear me you dumb whore?" He snarled in a commanding tone, Without any further questions they followed him, although they were a bit hesitant at first, they made their way into the forest ignoring all the warnings.
-With Naruto-
He crawled his way through some bushes in an attempt to find a hiding spot. Cursing as he finally registered the throbbing pain of his bloodied nose, and the injury he recently took by a Stray Kunai thrown from one of those crazy people that were chasing him. He decided to settle inside of a hollow tree trunk.
He slowly pulled out the kunai and hovered his hand over the wound and suddenly a warm green glow emitted from his palm.
'Thanks Granny.' He thought to himself as the wound closed up.
"Naruto! Naruto! Where are you? Naruto!" Said boy looked out from his hiding spot to find his own father in the clearing yelling out for him, a small smile found its way to his face as he started limping towards his father.
"Dad! I'm here!" He shouted back.
"Oh, thank goodness you're safe!" he hurriedly walked over to his son with a smile on his face that turned into a frown once he spotted his bloodied clothes. "Oh god! Naruto are you okay? We need to get you to a Hospital!" His father worried as he examined his son's wounds.
"It's alright dad, the bleeding stopped moments ago. I am fine i swear! No need to worry so much!" Assured the younger blonde happily.
"What happened to you anyway? Who the hell attacked you?" He asked his son crouching down to eye level.
"I was chased by a few people and they threw Shuriken and Kunai at me, one of them managed to hit but it took them an eternity since their aim sucked!" He laughed the situation off lightening up the mood and soon enough he found that he was the only person laughing.
He looked at his father's shadowed eyes only to be sucker punched in the stomach getting the wind blown out of his lungs, He felt very betrayed as his weight was rested on top of his supposed father's shoulder, He was pushed off to the ground a moment later.
"Didn't I teach you not to bad mouth people? You little shit." What he first thought was his father sneered at him soon enough he started to fade out and in his place was Misaki.
'Maybe Satsuki was on to something she called me an idiot the other day….'
He looked up to see the rest of the 3 man squad regroup in front of him each of whom had their weapons out and before he knew it he was kicked in the sides which made him cough up blood.
"Man, this kid is so fragile it's like I'm squeezing a bottle of ketchup...hehe I guess that just makes our job easier then huh guys?" Asked Seiji not really interested in an answer.
"Whatever just finish him quickly, this place is giving me the creeps" said Mitsuha visibly frightened of everything that could come out of the surrounding forest not noticing that Seiji was doing his best not to laugh at her.
'so this is it huh I'm going to be killed here in a cold and empty forest, only to have my remains eaten by fucking bush monsters'
His blurred gaze moved between the Three individuals until his eyes spotted something moving up behind the them, his orbs widened to epic proportions to which confused his captors, but they chalked it up to him being scared shitless of them, which only led to boost their ego and add to their momentum.
He mustered up all his strength to shout. "B-B-B-BEHI-BEHIND YOU!"
"Really? you expect that to work? Makes it hard to believe you're the Hokage's son." Misaki shook his head in disappointment.
"We've wasted enough time as it is, it was nice knowing you, now please just die." His kunai stopped mid swing as the three of them started feeling heavy hot breath blowing against their backs turning around their eyes almost blew out of their sockets, why? Well I wonder how a person would react when they are being stared down by a giant over-sized Bear.
the next few seconds were nothing short of horrifying and it all started with a loud grunt and a lunge. all four of them couldn't move from their spots even when Seiji was gutted by its claws and eaten like kebab.
the remaining three of them would remember his terrifying scream of agony and pain and the gory sound of his flesh being torn and chewed like bubble gum well...that's if they survived this encounter anyway.
Naruto found himself on the ground as the remaining bunch of genin were either throwing Jutsu at it, or running away from the bear.
quickly picking himself up he ran the opposite direction as fast as he could ignoring the pain in his leg he as occasionally limped to his unknown destination, leaving behind the sounds of explosions and growls. Soon enough he heard Misaki's scream followed by sudden silence,
Naruto didn't need Iruka to tell him what happened to the poor bastard. He stopped and looked at the general direction of where the scream came from.
When suddenly the bushes started to rustle and the trees started to collapse, the same loud grunt was heard and that's when Naruto spotted the bear running towards him full speed, possibly attracted by the smell of the blood or so he Thought.
Not wasting any time he turned around and started running for his short poorly lived life. He could literally feel his heart about to burst, he could also feel the adrenaline being pumped though his veins and whether he realized or not he was actually starting to pick up a lot on speed but the bear was still able to catch up none the less, In a last ditch effort the little boy spotted a small Cave small enough to fit a person but not big enough to fit a giant fucking bear so without hesitation he jumped between two trees that were crossed in a X formation decorating the entrance of the cave.
When he dusted himself off he noticed that the bear still followed after him and that his head was now stuck in the entrance he just came from, by the looks of things it wasn't able to get out.
Ignoring the grunts and the heavy breaths coming from the giant beast Naruto looked around the cave, it was bigger than he thought it was, guess you really shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
"Great, How am I supposed to get out of here now?" He asked no one.
"Hey Mr. Bear do you know a way out? Oh wait you don't! You just wanna kill me! And you're stuck so screw you!" He mocked kicking it in the side earning himself a loud grunt from the beast.
He could always just kill the bear, He looked at the kunai he pocketed from earlier and sighed.
"This'll be like trying to stab somebody with a toothpick…forget it…" He told himself pocketing the Kunai.
It felt like hours being stuck here and he was starting to feel all kinds of emotions, in reality only 15 minutes had passed and he didn't notice that the bear had already fallen asleep after giving up on trying withdrawing its head from the entrance.
"Here lies Naruto Namikaze…Starved to death in a cave, right next to a giant killer bear. He lived for 9 consecutive years then died a horrible death, may he rest in peace." Spoke the child in a dark depressing tone.
The Bear suddenly started to howl in pain earning the attention of the young Namikaze.
"Oh what is it boy? You hungry? Or maybe you're sad that you're stuck? A bit of both?" Mocked the Namikaze.
Glowing cracks started appearing around the bear when fire started spreading around its body then turned into ashes after having been burnt to a crisp, the little blonde filled up with joy thinking somebody had come to save him, a shadowy figure walked into the cave.
Once Naruto took a good look at the person his eyes widened in shock...it was Misaki...minus his left arm and he didn't look happy one bit, instead he had an insane look in his eyes and he seemed ready to slaughter the Namikaze child.
"You...YOU! Look at what happened to me because of you! MY ARM IS GONE, nothing will save you now! IM GOING TO FUCKING GUT YOU LIKE A FISH!" Not wasting any time, he weaved a few one handed signs with his remaining arm and shouted "FIRE WIND COMBO: BLAZING WIND WILD WAVE!"
On Que a fire ball which was surrounded by a sharp looking circle of wind came rushing at him full force and speed, the blonde ducked down barely managing to dodge the ball of flame, his shirt all cut up and burnt with blood oozing out of the small cuts that were inflicted on his body, He hugged the ground and covered his head, Once the jutsu had hit the wall of the cave it started shaking and seconds later began to slowly crumble ready to collapse at any moment.
with debris falling around both of people inside, a giant chunk of rock fell from the ceiling only to crash through a thin layer of the floor crumbling most of it revealing a giant bottomless hole, walking towards the little demon that had caused all of this suffering to him and his friends, Misaki held Naruto by the collar with his only arm, he Already felt like he was going to collapse at any minute so he figured he'd take the brat down with him walking over to the newly formed hole he held him in the air to which Naruto squirmed trying to get out of his grip, he let him go with a few parting words.
"Die you bastard"
Once he was dropped Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs, The Namikaze closed his leaking eyes hoping the fall wouldn't hurt as everything went black.
'No…'
Back on the surface Misaki's face gradually began to turn from smiling and giggling, to laughing hysterically with an insane look on his face as the rocks started surrounding him, he was hit a few times by falling debris until he was finally crushed and killed.
...
His eyes tore open as he struggled to catch his breath consciously aware of his cold sweaty body, he could not believe it, He was alive!
He sighed a sigh of joy and relief when he discovered that he was unharmed considering what he just went through and that's when his stomach betrayed him as turned to the side and emptied his bowls.
Wiping his mouth he opened it to speak. "I'm not complaining… but how?" He asked himself as he took notice of the giant pile of clothes underneath him.
"Weird.. I thought this place was supposed to be full of rocks." Looking up he saw that the place he fell from was a dark abyss.
"Ok, let's not look up then." He told himself.
"Wait what if I am dead? Oh no oh no oh no oh no…." Trailed the blonde clutching his hair and shaking violently.
"This is the afterlife? It's so boring!"
"But then that means I can't feel anything right?" He asked nobody then pinched himself "Ow." He winced, definitely still alive.
His nose scrunched up in disgust. "Ugh what is that smell..oh right." He looked at the small pool of vomit next to him and instinctively stood up away from it.
Getting up on his feet proved to be hard since they were sinking through the layers of clothing scattered around, once he got off he took a good look around this time and noticed a metal door hidden in the darkness, finding that there was no other option than to open said door he went ahead and did so and was greeted by a thick green smoke that spread fast around him.
His nose scrunched up in disgust at another foul smell but it left as soon as it came, He decided to continue through the creepy, dimly lit corridor, never noticing that he was no longer injured, The boy once again come across another door except this one looked more like a vault, just like the ones he'd seen his father open once to place sensitive documents inside of the Hokage tower.
After carefully inspecting the vault door he reached for the valve and tried rotating the wheel to open it but that proved quiet hard as the thing wouldn't budge, after countless tries he slid down against the door and crossed his legs to rest, unknowingly releasing a breath he didn't know he was holding.
"I am never doing a prank again in my life, that's if I get to keep my life…" Muttered Naruto t himself.
"Prank...School…another prank….getting scolded…beat up…falling down into an abyss and now stuck here. This day couldn't get any better." He said, Suddenly the door behind him shifted as it slowly began to open.
Getting back up he moved away before the door was able to crush him against the wall, He hesitated to enter but seeing that there were virtually no options other than this he took a step inside reluctantly.
"Can this place get any brighter?" He asked shielding his eyes from the bright white decoration, everything was white. Everything. ok there was a bit of black and gray here and there.
Going through a corridor and then walking into an office space it seemed that the theme of this place was bright white from the floor to the walls to the doors and furniture.
This place seemed very futuristic, like those comics he reads from time to time about space ninjas having big battles in faraway galaxies.
He soon came in contact with a small map on the wall that was presented on a screen, upon further inspection there seemed to be multiple rooms in this place, such were labeled as "sleeping quarters.", "Communication." Or "lounge." The rest were unidentifiable because their labels were either blank or glitched.
"This is bad… Is this ANBU headquarters? How am I going to tell them how I ended up here? I'll be in so much trouble if mom and dad find out." Said the blonde frantically.
"Wait that's it! I'll just have to sneak through and find a way out, seems like nobody is here so maybe it'll work, but then again I have to find an exit…" Trailed the blonde as he paid closer attention to the map trying to find a way out.
"Wait. There it is! Exit! I just have to walk through…the communication center then lounge… great."
He looked to the side and found a stair case; he looked back at the screen to confirm where he was going then nodded and went on his way sneaking through the corridors.
Was nobody here? This place was deathly quiet; it unnerved him quite a lot actually.
'This is it! Communication center, still nobody here! Good!' He thought tip toeing around.
He made a conscious effort to avoid bumping into the chairs scattered around the computer desks but suddenly noticed a piece of paper on the table his curiosity got the better of him as he moved in to grab it.
The doors all around him closed as the see through glass panels were reinforced by metal blast doors effectively trapping him inside; red lights emerged from the ceiling as a loud voice boomed through the loud speakers.
"Warning! Warning! Intruder in the facility, Anti-personnel measures activated."
"Anti what?" Right about now Naruto was a little bit frantic, he looked around trying to locate where the sound was coming from, a large screen behind him made an interesting sound, he looked at it to check what it was and he found that a symbol of a hollow black circle with a blue dot inside of it appeared.
"Intruder spotted, analyzing... Small child, threat percentage, 0,03 percent, armed with a sharp object threat increase by 10 percent, Pacifying threat."
"Armed with a sharp object?" He asked himself only to find that Kunai in his hand.
"WAIT!" Naruto shouted dropping the Kunai he had no god damn idea he had been holding. "PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" He crouched down and with both hands clutched his head in fright with him shaking like a leaf from head to toe.
What followed next was complete silence it took Naruto about 20 seconds before he looked up again only for him to hear what sounded like laughter, a fake one at that.
"Ha Ha Ha, I believe you were fooled by my joke, the humans would refer to it as a prank."
"You have to be kidding me." Said the blonde to himself in disbelief.
"I am." The voice said. "do not worry I do not wish to inflict harm on you, it is against my protocol to inflict harm on children." he saw Black distortions coming out of the blue dot that were synced with the audio, was that the person talking to him? More importantly their idea of a prank is death threats? God damn he's starting to hate pranks now.
"R-right, look ma'am or sir. I can explain how I got here but can you please not tell my dad about this?" He wanted out of here as soon as possible and the last thing he wanted was unneeded attention from his parents.
'I am not sure what you're talking about.'
"Hello? My father? The fourth Hokage? Isn't this ANBU headquarters or something?" Queried the blonde Namikaze.
'No.'
"Then what is this place? Who are you?"
"Question overload, First priority: Introduction, My designation name is AAIDA: Advanced Artificial Intelligence Directive assistant, I was created with many intentions in mind, my services range from scientific studies and experimentation to historic documentation and data preservation, I am one of the first non-carbon based life form to obtain sentience, I've been tasked with keeping both the facility running and to produce the most efficient technologically advanced equipment for the benefit of the inhabitants."
Naruto was left standing there scratching his head trying to make sense of what he was just told, after a few seconds the thing resumed talking.
"Second priority: Facility introduction, This is one of the many locations established by the coalition which is a collaboration effort of 14 different nations from before the war from all around the world, this self-sufficient facility for refugees of the war provides Shelter, comfort and every day necessities underground away from any hazard or threat on the surface, it is built by the brightest of minds to last centuries, it's high standing even now after hundreds of years since of the end of the Third great war is viable proof to its integrity," AAIDA stopped speaking for a second to allow him to catch up then resumed once more.
"Third great war? So this place was built 19 years ago?" Naruto asked dumbly.
"No This facility has been established...A long time ago" Answered AAIDA cryptically.
"What do you mean long time ago? how long?"
"Sorry, It seems that I lost track of time being down here for so long." The voice confirmed.
"Right…How do I leave?" He asked suddenly not feeling safe In this place.
"The exit is to your right, please follow the sign that says 'EXIT' until you have reached the elevator and once you've arrived at the designated location simply operate the console to reach the surface, it is currently inadvisable to do so because of the hazardous environment"
'I really did die back there.' Thought the young boy to himself.
"Wait you said that this place had people in it so where is everybody?" He asked checking behind both shoulders.
"Unfortunately, due to some miscalculations by one of our engineers the entire facility became uninhabitable after a period of time which caused massive casualties wiping out the entire facility inhabitants except myself for obvious reasons."
'That's a shame', "so wait you were here by yourself this entire time?" he asked.
"Yes, Ever since my human superiors passed I had no directives but to preserve data provided to me prior, I've just been maintaining the structure of this facility ever since." At this point Naruto had brought up a chair and decided to speak more to the rather interesting thing.
"So what's your name again?" He asked.
"AAIDA."
"That's a dumb name."
"It was the one assigned to me since launch of my program, would you like to give me a new name?"
"I can?" "Yes." "Sweet! Hmmm.." the boy pondered.
"How about…wait are you a boy or a girl?" He asked unsure of the answer himself.
"None, I am neither male or female." It replied.
He raised a brow at this. "How can that be possible everything is either boy or girl."
"I am but a machine, I wasn't assigned a gender." It answered.
He frowned. "Huh that's weird… well I guess we'll keep calling you Ada then."
"A-D-A, I like it."
His eyes narrowed. "Really?"
"Yes, It is short, endearing, rolls off the tongue." Ada told him and he was unsure whether it was sarcastic or not.
"Cool, My name is Naruto! And no it doesn't mean fishcake."
"Pleasure to meet you Naruto."
"Nice to meet you too."
"Naruto how did you get in here, if you do not mind.'
He grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head "Well this might sound crazy but..." He took a deep breath "I sort of just fell through this hole and didn't die then found this big metal door then another door and here I am right now." Explained the 9 year old vaguely.
"I see, you did enter through an unfinished portion of the facility so you made me curious, I'll investigate this further if you don't mind."
"Sure."
"Naruto, would you tell me about the outside world if you wouldn't mind?"
"Huh?"
"I heard you talking about ANBU headquarters and you had me a bit curious."
"Oh! Sure thing… well where do I start?" He said to himself scratching the back of his head in wonder.
And for the next few minutes Naruto spent his time explaining the Ninja world to his new apparent friend Ada, in his own wacky style of course.
"Interesting, so you say you've been training for the last couple of years to become a fully-fledged ninja of your village correct?"
"Not just any ninja! The best ninja to ever roam the earth, people will know me as the menacing orange flash! Naruto Namikaze!" His eyes burned with passion.
"I have no doubt in my mind that you will be able to achieve that title one day, considering that you just survived an five hundred meter drop nothing seems impossible now."
He blinked a few times trying to wrap his head around what it said. "What?"
"I sent a drone to investigate where you came from; it seems that you fell a total distance of five hundred meters."
His eyes went wide. "AND I AM ALIVE?" He shouted incredulously.
"Obviously, would you like me to check you for any injuries? I can help you if you allow me to."
"Yes, please..." He muttered feeling a bit down.
"Wonderful, follow me to the medical center please."
"Actually wait what's a drone?" A small drone detached from the ceiling and hovered quietly in front of him, it made a friendly beeping sound and Naruto just kept staring at it dumbfounded.
"That." Said Ada.
"Cool…" He muttered before it guided him through the facility.
When they finally made to their destination a sliding door opened up revealing an advanced looking medical bay that put the entire leaf village hospital to shame, He resisted the urge to whistle at how clean and shiny the place looked.
"Ugh still the same smell no matter the place." Naruto grunted, He sort of hated the smell of the hospitals especially ones that had busty blond women in them.
"Please lie down on the table in the center of the room Naruto, we'll begin scanning shortly." Instructed Ada.
"Sure thing." And with that he lied down in the middle of the room as everything around him came to life and circled around him, he felt himself unable to move as wires painlessly pierced his flesh then injected him with an unknown substance only to withdraw seconds later.
"Commencing scan." Said Ada as a red laser scanned over his body from head to toe. "Multiple fractures detected, head trauma, injuries to the nose, knees, back and rib cage." It analyzed.
"Interesting, there seems to be a passive energy source repairing these damages at a much rapid pace than normal human healing, I'll help speed up the process." Spoke Ada.
What looked like a large canon with a hose attached to it hovered near him and blasted him with a warm glow of green energy, he felt relaxed once the green bits were absorbed into his body.
"What is that? It feels way nicer than a basic healing palm technique." Queried Naruto.
"Active Restoration Nanites. They help fix damages on a microscopic level while also providing healthy doses of nutrients and vitamins."
"Cool…" He muttered as he relaxed and closed his eyes in pure bliss.
"Healing stream disengaged." Said Ada much to Naruto's chagrin.
He squinted. "Awhh bring it back!" Whined the child.
"Sorry anymore and I risk killing you." Apologized Ada.
He plastered a smile on his face. "Never mind." He sat straight up and off the table.
"Good, seeing as though you're completely healed now. I have an offer for you."
"Oh. Sweet!"
"Do not get excited just yet I didn't tell you anything." Scolded Ada.
"Sorry! Carry on!" apologized Naruto before leaning in excitedly.
"I have been stuck here in this location for the last… few years, ever since my superiors' unfortunate passing. So as you may or may not have notice, I've been.. Itching to leave and explore outside for decades but I have one issue."
"That is?"
"I cannot leave this area by myself, Protocol simply does not allow me to. all attempts to override that protocol failed. But."
"But what? What?" He leaned in close, anxiously waiting for her next words.
"I need a human to accompany me in able to leave, otherwise I'm bound here forever. The reason why I need to leave is because I want to establish contact again with other outposts such as this one, there may be a chance that some facilities are still operating to this day and I must contact them at all costs."
"Okay I can sort of see where this going how can I help?" He was slightly scared at the prospect of many other locations such as this one but excited none the less.
"Hold on, there's a lot more to be relayed to you. You can't simply just grab one of the drones and lead me out of here, you see due to security reasons drones cannot operate outside a certain range and neither can they leave independently so for this reason we require a link with a human escort, and this is where you come in."
Ada paused. "Do you understand so far?" It asked.
"Yes, I think so yes."
"Good, this link can be established through a special augmentation we hand out to our personnel, we call it the Hunter sight."
'That sounds so cool!'
"The hunter sight is basically composed of millions of Nanites that aid in enhancing almost every possible attribute, be it mental or physical and grants multiple technologically advanced perks and abilities you couldn't possibly imagine."
"Not to be rude but this sounds too good to be true.. what are the drawbacks?" He questioned skeptically.
"Virtually zero, aside from initial headaches and blurriness."
"What else do I get other than what you mentioned?"
"You'll be granted level 5 access to this facility, the highest being level 6, this access includes, a dining area, a gym, an advanced virtual training center, a shooting range and many other rooms. In return you act as a local transmitter that will allow me to accompany you through recon drones where I'll be able to provide you with anything from medical attention to information and combat assistance."
Once Ada finished the explanation it awaited Naruto's response, he stood there for a few seconds pondering his choices on one hand he could refuse and depend on himself and miss out on all of what's in front of him but on the other hand, he could be kick started into becoming an awesome kick ass ninja with the help of ancient machine so it would seem.
"Let me remind you that this is not a matter worth pondering over, under normal circumstances there would be no way I would allow you access to any of these perks, this is a privilege Mister Namikaze, please do make the right choice." Reminded Ada in a slightly harsher voice this time around.
"Okay okay! I was just thinking about how strange it was that'd you ask me for help of all people." Said Naruto scratching the back of his neck with a grin on his face.
"You are the first human I made contact with and you're last human I intend to speak to currently, Right now you're the best thing I have and basically represent my only chance at contacting the UN so the less outsiders who know about this location the better." Said Ada desperately as Naruto chose not to take offence.
He was forcefully laid down on the operating table once more as a machine that healed him before hovered near him and the barrel that provided him with Nanites pointed directly at his head.
Once again he was paralyzed as a stream of yellow light this time around flowed into his face, at first everything was okay until he starting feeling pins and needles literally everywhere on his face.
"Oww! Dammit!" He gritted his teeth as a tear threatened to leak out.
"We are done." Announced Ada
"What...was that?" He asked genuinely confused while trying to rub away the blurriness in his eyes.
"You have been successfully injected with the hunter program Nanites, once they finish expanding throughout your entire nervous system and blood stream they'll establish key points in your body, you might notice a significant change in the coming minutes both visually and physically so stay calm it is standard procedure." Explained Ada.
"Okay, but I can't see crap." Notified Naruto.
"Those are the changes I was talking about just give it a second."
"Oh there we go… wait everything is much sharper and detailed! Amazing!" He marveled at his new eye sight as he took in details he missed before.
"Good. As you might have noticed a neural interface is beginning to shape up in your field of view." On Que a menu popped up in front of him, one that only he could see.
"As we're speaking multiple commands are being uploaded to your brain making it fairly easy for you to operate the Hunter sight but don't get too excited because you'll still need to master each ability."
"Not like I expected everything to be handed over to me on a silver platter."
"Since we're both now linked to each other we can share each other's viewpoints, if you wish for some privacy you can always disable the link."
'So cool…' he thought
'Indeed, this technology is the first and only one of its kind although it's been around for a while now.' replied Ada inside of his mind.
'Awhh man you're in my head too? What the hell!' Grumbled the Blonde.
"Like I said earlier, you can always disable the link."
"So, what else can this thing do?"
"The hunter's sight as it's called has multiple usages the most important being the ability to keep track of your vitals, switch through countless vision modes such as night vision or infrared vision, there is also a built-in cloaking device for stealth operations, an auto targeting and spotting system, an uplink to Virtual reality training facilities, alongside many other essential features, the only limit is how far you are willing to push it."
"This is so cool I can't wait to show Shisui!" Shouted the boy cheerfully
"Sorry but I can't allow you to do that." Spoke Ada.
He raised an eye brow. "Huh? Why not, Oh wait right. Sorry I won't tell anyone."
"Good, you better keep it that way otherwise…" Trailed Ada making Naruto shift nervously.
"We just simply erase that memory from their minds."
Naruto let out a sigh of relief. His eyes glanced up to the corners of his view.
"OH CRAP, I have to go ADA I PROMISE ILL BE BACK TOMORROW, ANYWAYS HOW DO I TURN OFF THIS THING?!"
"Just think about turning it off." Instructed Ada.
"Thanks! I'll Cya tomorrow, now please show me the way out?" Spoke Naruto before being led by the drone.
"This thing is kind of big, wont others be alarmed?"
"You are the only who will be able to spot the recon drones since you are in procession of a hunter's eye" It answered.
"Oh, that's great! Really great! I'll be back tomorrow I think!" He waved goodbye as the drone led him out.
"We will certainly see about that, Naruto." Said Ada to itself before shutting off the lights to the Medical bay.
-At Naruto's home-
Walking through the front gate, he reached for the front door upon entering he shouted a quick "I'm home!" After hearing nobody reply he sighed in relief as he tried to make his way to his room so that he could get a change of clothes and shower.
What he feared came true however, he heard his mother shout shortly after catching the scent of ramen in the air "Naruto! Is that you? Come to the kitchen right now!" He stopped dead in his track as his heart rate picked up.
deciding to check up on his mother he went down the stairs to the kitchen and was met with the sight of Kushina in an apron and by the smell, it looked like she was almost done with dinner.
"H-Hey Mom…" He greeted awkwardly as he avoided the gaze of his mother who looked at him with a calculating gaze.
"I'm sorry for I said earlier." He apologized tilting his head slightly to the side.
That head tilt was something Kushina found way too cute, she resisted the urge to hug the life out of her little boy right then and there, she sighed and ultimately gave in.
"Oh, I can't stay mad at you forever come here!" She spoke in a motherly tone, bringing the boy closer to her and hugging the shit out of him.
"I'm sorry for being harsh on you my little froggy." Fussed Kushina further embarrassing the child.
She tightened her grip even more making him pale. "If you shout at me like a naughty little froggy again you'll be punished alright sweetie?" She threatened with a sickly sweet smile making him nod his head quickly.
"Good, mommy loves you very much sweetie so don't feel discouraged by me setting you up straight okay?" She said moving a strand of hair out of her face and moved in to kiss him on the cheek much to his displeasure, if his blushing cheek was anything to go by.
"Eww you stink! You better shower otherwise I'm not serving you dinner young man!"
"Sure thing mom!" He replied with a sheepish grin to which she smiled.
"Good! Now go upstairs and shower immediately, dinner's ready and your father and sister should be home at any second so don't be late!" She ordered to which he happily obliged.
"Oh and Naruto." She pulled him closer again. "Me and your father spoke to Shisui earlier, you'll still be able to train but you're also much grounded so don't forget that." Told him Kushina before ruffling his hair and turning back to the kitchen.
He nodded and went up making sure to lock the door behind him, after a shower and a change of clothes he laid down on his bed thinking about today's events.
His mind raced with one thought after another and eventually the entire day proved to be too much for the young blond so his brain did the most logical thing and fainted.
"Naruto! Your dad and sister are here! What did I say about being late?" She shouted from downstairs.
"I'm coming in!" She announced.
When his mother had walked in on him after having opened the door via the seal she placed on the lock just like every other door in the house, she had found him fast asleep which brought a smile to her face, she walked up to him and lifted him up bridal style.
After putting him in the bed and tucking his sheets she kissed his forehead and spent the next few minutes whispering sweet things into his ear, she kissed him once again on the cheek then exited out of his room with a final look towards her son she switched off the light and closed the door.
-?-
"If you put down your weapons and surrender quietly, we won't kill you how about that? And I wouldn't worry about the ladies we'll treat 'em well isn't that right boys?" said an unknown individual giggling perversely with many other unknowns joining in with the laughs.
"I've placed everything like you told me to! it's your call now."
"3…"
"2…"
"What's with the silence eh? Too scared to talk? Whatever ge-"
*BOOM*