Naruto: Shadow Prodigy Chapter 1: Intervention, a naruto fanfic

Lost One: Naruto

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but some of MY characters are in this.

Naruto: Prodigy Hidden

"Speech"

"Scrolls/Emphasizes Speech/ Writing"

'Thinking'

Telepathically Communication

"SHOUTING/2 OR MORE PEOPLE CASTING THE SAME JUTSU"

"Biju Lord/Greater Summon Speech"

'Biju Lord/ Greater Summon Thought'

Scene Change/Flashback (End Flashback)

Chapter One: Pilot

Intervention

8 Years after the Kyuubi Attack, Hokage's Office

"Well, it must be important for you both to be here. What is it?" the Hokage said, lighting his pipe with a low fire jutsu.

Two men stood before desk. Both were tall and obscured by shadows. One of them stepped forward. The light revealed he was Jiraiya, the toad sage. He put a file on the Hokage's desk and smiled grimly.

"That's right, old man. I have the latest on Orochimaru's movements. As it turns out, he made it into the same organization that he was investigating, which is why we both are here." he said, gesturing to his companion, still obscured in shadow.

"Oracle, It is good to see you back, how are you?" asked Sandaime (Third Lord).

"Fine, I've been training my apprentices a lot more ever since I ran into the pervert." the figure replied as he too, stepped into the light. "We've been taking turns baby sitting while the other got info." Oracle was as tall as Jiraiya but was dressed much differently. With his athletic build covered by tan pants and a tan long-sleeved shirt covered by a dark green armored-vest that resembled a Konoha chunin's save for the red circle with a spiral on the back. It was replaced by a circle with five commas equally spaced around the kanji symbol for "Shadow" in the center.

"I'm no pervert! I'm a mega-pervert!" Jiraiya protested.

"How Minato-sama could bear to be your student, I'll never know." the figure muttered shaking his head.

"You said you had apprentices?" The Hokage asked.

"Yes, so far, our student's consist of two boys and a girl." Oracle answered.

Suddenly, an ANBU teleported into the room. "Hokage-sama! There is a riot of civilians and some shinobi facing some unidentified ninja! The intruders are trying to capture the Uzumaki bra-, boy!" He reported.

"Why do they have to keep giving me problems?" Oracle almost whined looking up to the heavens before disappearing in a white glow of light.

"Well, looks like we might see the three brats in action if we hurry." Jiraiya said, turning to his mentor. The Hokage nodded, and all three remaining in the room left in a poof of smoke.

A few minutes earlier, Elsewhere in Konoha

Three young children about nine or ten heard a large commotion behind a building only to find a boy being beaten to death by a mob. In an unspoken agreement they rushed forward to save the child. Jumping over the crowd they made a human wall cause the attackers to stop in surprise.

The first in the group was a girl, who was dressed as a ninja, as were her two companions, since she wore her headband on her brow so that it held her dark black hair in place, which stopped at her shoulders. She seemed to bear a menacing aura around her, more threatening than one would expect from someone her age. Her glowing dark blue eyes were daring someone to attack as she wore a resolute expression on her face

The second was a boy who was wearing a mask with a metal plate over his nose and mouth. He had black bandana and wore his forehead protector that look just like his companion's, it resembled a five-pronged Sharingan with the kanji for "Shadow" in the center.

The third was a bulky boy with black pants with a shruiken and three kunai sheaths on each leg.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" roared the bulky one.

"We are killing the damned demon behind you." Cried a villager.

"Yeah, that piece of trash doesn't deserve to live." Cried another.

"And if you interfere any, we'll kill you too." Said one of the few shinobi in the crowd.

The second boy turned to the bulky one. "Now what, Metal Fist, great leader?" he said with a little bit of sarcasm.

"Do you need to ask?" The boy replied. The two others nodded in confirmation.

"Sorry for troubling you." The masked boy said, bowing, which caused the mob to lower its guards slightly. So in three seconds he was able to form hand seals. "Great Body Flicker Jutsu!" The four children disappeared in a blur of light.

"Kai (Release)!" cried a shinobi in the crowd.

"Kuso! (The purpose of the word should be clear enough so I'm not going to translate.)" Cried Metal Fist. The four kids materialized in front of the mob. The blond boy was unconscious, receiving first aid from the girl; the other two boys were in fighting stances in front of the two facing the mob.

"What was the give-away?" asked the masked child.

"There is no such thing as Great Body Flicker Jutsu." The ninja said in a cocky tone.

"Well you never know…" the mask boy muttered in a stoic voice

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" another shinobi cried a he spewed a mass of flames on the children.

"Earth Style: Terra Shield Jutsu!" the Metal Fist roared. He rammed his hands to the ground pulling up a slap of stone to block the flame. "Go!" he grunted.

"No, Metal Fist! He's in critical condition, moving could kill him without a stretcher. He's to injure for me to heal him enough in time." The girl cried.

The masked boy dodged two kunai, a wave of rocks, drinking bottles and other things.

"We'll die unless we start fighting to kill, Hurricane." He said in deadpan.

Just then Oracle appeared in front of them in a flash of white light. He let out an irritated grunt, and crossed his arms. He was wearing four kunai sheaths, a shuriken holster, and a senbon pouch on a leg brace, one on each leg. And as always he wore his black bandana with his Shadow forehead protector over his eyes.

"Didn't I say to stay out of trouble? If Kami (God) exists, he hates me." he muttered.

"It's good to see you alive too, sensei." Metal Fist muttered.

"Oh, did I say that out loud?" the Oracle replied, surprised. Everyone sweat-dropped.

"Look, you know how I love to let the 'men acting like kids marathon' continue but we need to get him to a hospital. Now." Hurricane spoke as she gestured to the blond boy in a pool of blood.

"WHAT THE HELL? WHAT HAPPENED?!" Oracle roared.

The Hokage, the toad sannin, and the ANBU had arrived in time to hear the girl's last statement. The Hokage went into a fit of rage.

"Oracle! You, your students, and Jiraiya, take Naruto to the hospital and get him medical treatment, if the medical personnel resist, detain them, and start treatment yourselves." he said. His killer intent was so intense a few in the crowd wet themselves. He turned to the ANBU who now had arrived in numbers and saw the boy's state. They knew what happened. He pointed to one ANBU in particular, "Go with them." His voice left no room to argue. "The civilians have thirty days solitary confinement, the shinobi are to be stripped of their ranks and get a week with Ibiki." He said to the rest of the ANBU.

"Who is the old guy?" The masked child whispered to the Hurricane

"You baka (idiot)!" she whispered as she smacked him on the back of his head. "That's the Hokage!"

Konoha Hospital, 1 hour later

"You really expect me to believe that? That boy is lucky to be alive after his years of torment, let alone sane!" Oracle grunted. "You deserve to be impeached of your office." he muttered.

"You will not insult Hokage-sama in my presence!" the dog-masked ANBU said.

"Oracle has a point, Kakashi. Despite my efforts the boy lives in pain." Sarutobi said somberly.

"You got that right. I don't want my student's legacy to end like this!" Jiraiya said.

"The pervert has a sense of honor. Alert the world!" Oracle muttered.

"Why I otta…"

"Oops! I said that out loud didn't I?" Oracle said seemingly surprised. Everyone else in the room sweat-dropped.

'He is more annoying than Gai.' Kakashi thought. His eyes widened behind his mask. 'Did I just think that!?'

"Why do they hate him so much? They make Orochimaru look friendly." Jiraiya asked.

"It was the fondest wish of the forth Hokage that our people come to regard Naruto as their savior and hero. He made that wish for him, sealed the child's fate… and died." the Hokage said smiling sadly. "He selected a newborn child, the umbilical cord freshly cut, and bound up all nine tails within the infant's navel. Naruto was sacrificed, for the safety of us all, to become a living vessel for the imprisonment of the fox."

"But that's not how the adults who know choose to see it." Jiraiya said. "It seems that they see him as an avatar of their fear, loss, and grief."

"Can you all imagine…?" Oracle whispered.

"Imagine what?" Kakashi asked.

"How it must feel… so much hostility… to be treated with an animosity so intense as to be annihilating… to have around you so many that would deny you even the right to exist?" the Hokage finished.

A dark silence filled the room.

"Okay, it's decided. He's coming with us." Oracle said.

"WHAAT?!" responded two voices.

"If he stays here, he will die, runaway, or go berserk. And considering the info on that organization, such outcomes will be… problematic." Said Oracle. "With them heading after him, he's going to need the training. Hopefully Mega-pervert won't corrupt the poor boy."

"Yes, it would be my student's wish for us to look after the boy. AND I WON'T CORRUPT HIM." Jiraiya roared.

"I shouldn't have said that out loud should I." Oracle said sheepishly.

'They're still acting like children.' Sarutobi thought. "The boy has just started at the academy. He doesn't even know about his condition or know about you for that matter." He said out loud.

"Good, he already is learning the basics, and has expressed interest in becoming a shinobi. He is from no living clan or has a living blood relative that we know of. He has, no doubt very little loyalty to the actual village, after what they put him through." Oracle said putting up his fingers one at a time as he spoke. "The fact that he is also unwanted by almost everyone in village and open attacked, for national, and international security, do to his… tenant, we should look into his case to assure that he does not obliterates humanity of the face of the Earth. Though some of us seemingly deserve it." He muttered with disgust at the last sentence. "All in all, he is a prime candidate for the next generation of the Shadow-ninja representatives." Oracle explained.

"But he has no reason to trust you. Regardless, he is a boy, not a weapon." Argued Sarutobi.

A sudden wave of massive killer intent cut the debate short as the four rushed to its source.

Naruto's room, a little earlier

Naruto opened his eyes to a white sealing. Surprisingly he didn't hurt that much. The last thing he remembered a kid a few years older than him was stopping the villagers before he passed out.

"Ah, you're up." Said a voice. Naruto turned to see the boy that helped him. "Are you feeling alright?"

The boy's voice was impassive while his eyes showed concern. Naruto had only seen it in the old man's eyes and that ramen family' eyes before.

"Who are you?" the blond boy asked.

"Me? I am Rainbow, of the Shadow-ninja." He wore black pants and a black long sleeved shirt with the word" "Rainbow" in kanji on the top left above his heart and a pair of black gloves that stopped beneath the first knuckle and had metal plates on the back that matched his headband. On each leg, he had that had three loaded kunai sheaths, a shuriken holster, and even a senbon (acupuncture needles) boxes on a brace. He also wore a simple leather belt that supported a pouch that had three slots for scrolls on the out side. "These are my teammates." The boy said gesturing to the two behind him.

The person on his right was a slightly taller and more bulky. He had a black short-sleeved shirt with the words "Metal fist" in kanji and grey fighting bandages on his lower arms and hands. His shaggy black hair was hidden under a cap with his forehead protector on it. Around his waist was a coil of chain that could be seen below the undone black armor vest he wore. His black shinobi sandals completed his outfit. "Hey there. I'm Metal Fist; you gave us a scare when you fainted. We thought you died."

"You thought he died, we didn't freak out. I'm Hurricane by the way." A girl sitting in a chair on the other side of the room said. "It's good to see that you're alright." She said smiling at him.

She wore a grey long-sleeved shirt with pants to match and had four doubled-sided kunai (like the rain ninjas') and a shuriken holster strapped to each leg. She wore grey combat boots, but more noticeable were the blue characters, "Hurricane" in kanji on either of her upper arms.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage, believe it!" Naruto said. "Um, where is the old man?"

"The old man?" asked Hurricane.

"If you mean the current Hokage, Naruto-san, he is talking with our teachers." Said Rainbow in his impassive tone.

"Oh." Said Naruto. "Why are you helping me? No one else is except the old man and the ramen family."

"What?" asked Metal Fist.

"Was this the first time you were beaten by your own people?" ask Rainbow asked finishing with a whisper.

"No, but it always gets worse around my birth day. But I've been lucky today. My apartment hasn't been burned again, I think. I'm not as hurt as I usually am and I was able to avoid them most of the day. I managed to eat breakfast and some lunch without being attacked." Naruto said casually.

'What did this kid endure?'' Metal fist thought shuddering.

'This is normal for him!?'' thought Hurricane.

"Why you?" asked Rainbow in a stoic voice.

"Because my purpose in life is to have everyone hate and hurt me so that others can hate me so much they don't have to hate anyone else or be sad any more." The blond said casually.

Rainbow suddenly exploded with killer-intent/bloodlust.

"What?" He asked darkly, his voice becoming ominous.

Naruto's eyes began to water, suddenly; he was too scared to answer. Rainbow noticed this and mentally cursed. He withdrew his killer intent and turned to the door where Oracle, Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Kakashi had just burst through.

"Rainbow, what was that about?" Oracle demanded, surprising the other three adults that a child that young could generate such hatred.

"I want answers, and I want them now! Why do you tolerate this you senile old fool?" Rainbow said with barely restrained loathing.

Hurricane hastily explained what happened as Metal fist tried his best to restrain Rainbow from attacking the Hokage.

"Rainbow, I'm ordering you to calm down, now." Oracle commanded.

'Whoa! I'venever seen Rainbow lose it before, period. Why does this scenario upset him so much?' Metal Fist wondered as he felt his 'teammate' relax.

"Gomen (sorry) Oracle-sensei." Rainbow murmured

"Old man? Who are they?" Naruto asked the Hokage.

"These are visitors to Konoha. This is Oracle of the Shadow Shinobi." The Hokage said.

"Greetings." Oracle said.

"Why are your eyes covered?" Naruto asked.

"I see with my mind rather than my eyes." Oracle said.

The Hokage gestured to Jiraiya "And this is-"

"North, South, West, East! I am the toad master, the white-haired prodigal son, one of the three great shinobi! A ladies' man that could hush a crying child! I am Lord Jiraiya, otherwise known as the toad sannin, nice to meet ya." Said Jiraiya striking a dramatic pose before looking confused when Naruto started laughing.

"You're weird." Naruto said. Everyone else laughed at that statement except Rainbow, Jiraiya, and Kakashi, the latter most who 'eye smiled'.

"Hey inu (dog)-san." Naruto said smiling at Kakashi.

Kakashi was sometimes assigned to looking after him and had been seen by Naruto a few times. Granted, Naruto never was attacked before on his watches but he did have to step in to defuse a dangerous situation almost every time.

"So how are you doing Naruto-kun?" the Hokage asked.

"Okay, I think. Why are they here?" asked Naruto

"We're visiting Konoha on our training trip." Metal fist said.

"A training trip?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, we travel all over to learn and train to be strong enough to be Shadow-Nin." Said Hurricane.

"Really?! That's so cool!" said Naruto. "I wish I could go on a training trip."

"Well maybe you will someday." Said Oracle.

"Really?" Naruto asked grinning widely.

'He was going to be killed by people he lived among about an hour ago and he is smiling like nothing happened.' Rainbow thought in awe. 'How can he just forget that?'

"Well, I guess we should let you rest, Naruto-kun." The Hokage said gently.

"Okay..." Naruto said disappointedly. He wanted to talk to the nice people longer.

"See ya around Naruto." Metal Fist.

"Bye." Hurricane said with a smile as they began to leave.

Rainbow bowed his and said "I look forward to seeing you again Uzumaki-san." And walked out of the room with his comrades.

"Goodnight kid." Said Jiraiya. Oracle and Kakashi waved, as they to left the room.

Outside in the hallway, Sandaime Hokage turned to Oracle and Jiraiya.

"I'll trust you to your students." The aged shinobi said. "Tell them as much as you have to, but nothing more, unless given my direct authorization."

The two men nodded. 'This is gonna be a long night.' They thought. The kids were going to pry out every secret they could.

As Sarutobi headed home to sleep he thought a little more along the lines of: 'Tomorrow is going to be a long day. The council will be in an uproar.'

Back in Naruto's Hospital Room

For the first time in a long while the blond boy smiled, an actual smile, not the one he would falsely flash, that could make even some of the coldest hearts melt.

'They didn't hate me… I like them…' were Naruto's last thoughts before falling asleep.

TO BE CONTINUED

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End of Chapter 1

Okay, I need reviews to make this story continue. Also before you ask, I will describe\ explain the shadow Nin, and how Ero-sennin fits into the picture.

Jiraiya: Hey! Don't call me that!

Blast-over-Blast: "BE SILENT! OR I MAKE YOUR LIFE SUCK!!" (Evil god voice)

Jiraiya: (Groveling) Sorry. So sorry.