Disclaimer: Naruto and its characters are property of Kishimoto Masashi and I do not claim ownership of it in any way. I do however own the plot of this story.
Chapter 1: Retiring in Konoha
The cart slowly rolled into the Land of Fire and out of Iwa carrying multiple people all going to different destinations within the land of fire. As Takeda looked at his fellow travelers he saw a family of four and a couple of old farmers that he guessed were retiring just like him. 'hmph seems like I'm not the only one on this cart that's old.' Takeda thought. 'I wonder if they like fishing? It is a great hobbie after all and there are so many varieties of fish!' In his mind Takeda continued rambling on about fishing which was ordinarily normal for him, but this was different. It was a subconscious attempt at keeping his mind off of what he left behind in the Land of Iron. He knew that he would miss his home greatly if he left to go live in Konoha for retirement, but he also knew that if he didn't go he would be pressured to come out of retirement and join the ranks of his samurai comrades once again. For he was the legendary Takeda Matsumoto, samurai extraordinaire, master of the blade, brilliant commander of the third division, a true inspiration to all samurai. However an old man is something he could now add to that list. But his old comrades didn't seem to think so. All they saw was the Takeda of his youth, not the old man who just wanted to live the rest of his life in peace. So he set out to Konoha to start a new and more peaceful life. Just like he had always planned for if he actually survived his time as a samurai. But little did Takeda know that although he would gain peace, it would be short lived thanks to a certain blond academy student.
TWO DAYS LATER
As the cart pulled into its final destination of Konoha. Takeda couldn't help but notice how peaceful and serene looking the village was. At least until he noticed that the hokage monument had graffiti on it and he saw who was most likely the culprit running on rooftops to get away from a couple of leaf chuunin. 'I have to admit that that kid has either got a pair or is too stupid to realize the consequences of his actions. Or maybe it's a combination of the two… Either way I should help them catch the kid.' "Hey driver can you wait here? I'm going to go help them catch that little troublemaker." Takeda asked in a way that was more an order than a question. "Of course I can sir but aren't you a little old to do that?" he asks as Takeda leaps away to join in the pursuit. "Well nevermind."
"HA HA HA you'll never catch me!" Naruto screamed with glee. "The hell we won't you little god damn demon!" "Hey you're just jealous that you're not as cool as me!" The boy yells while looking back before suddenly hitting a wall. "Oww, since when is there a wall here?" He grunts before looking up and realizing something about this "wall". It was actually an extremely old man that was enormous! He was about 6 feet and 3 inches tall with extremely broad shoulders and HUGE muscles all over his body. Naruto didn't even realize that he had wasted time gawking at the size of the man until the chuunin had caught up to him. Then the old man said in a deep voice, "I believe that this young man was the one who painted the…. Umm….. well let's call it art on the hokage monument. Am I correct my kind sirs?" One of the chuunin pointed a finger at Naruto and replied with contempt, "Hell yeah you are! This little demon spawn is the one. Now come with us you little bastard! Before we force you to." He said while practically growling the last part. "Now come on I'm sure that the boy isn't all that bad. It is just a joke after all. So lighten up a little bit." Takeda replied in the defense of Naruto. Takeda could tell by the look in the boy's eyes that he was just doing this for attention, Takeda had at one point in his life done the very same things and had the same expression. Since it had once been a coping mechanism of his own, Takeda knew all too well that it was a mask of joy and an expression of misery and neglect. Thanks to Naruto's almost of perfect mask of emotions Takeda could tell he had been neglected for quite a hefty portion of his life. He continued to think of whether or not the chances of the boy going through the same things he did as a child were higher than if it was something else. before his thought process was disrupted. "Why are you defending the brat old man!?" the chuunin who had previously remained quiet yelled at him. Takeda was about to respond but decided not to when another chuunin with a scar going across his face appeared. "Naruto Uzumaki! You are in big trouble young man, not only did you skip out on class but you also put graffiti on the hokage monument! We are going back to class and your detention afterwards will be to clean the monument. Do you understand?" "Yes Iruka-sensei I understand." Naruto dejectedly mumbled. "Good now come on and hurry up or we'll be late." Naruto and Iruka then left behind the retired samurai and the two shocked chuunin to return to the academy. 'well isn't that an interesting child' Takeda thought as he returned to the cart. Meanwhile the chuunin who gave chase were fuming about how the old man and Iruka intervened in THEIR task while going to give the hokage their reports on the situation.
Later on that night after Takeda had gotten everything moved into his new house he was thinking back on the day's events and his thoughts continually drifted back to the blond boy. He still was amazed at how the boy who wasn't even a genin managed to elude two chuunin nin until he intervened. 'The answer must be that the boy has a lot of potential and is quite skilled. Or the legendary nin of Konoha aren't as good as they say.' He continued to think about the boy and and then wondered what the boy would be like if he taught him until he realized a problem. The whole entire reason he even met the boy was because he wanted to retire from all things that involve being a samurai. And training the boy certainly would get him involved in it again. So it training him would defeat the whole entire purpose of him being in Konoha. But at the same time he still couldn't help but feel like he should train the boy. 'Ahh never mind that I'm retired. I shouldn't be thinking about things like this anyway. I should be thinking about things like napping and fishing, I should try out all the lakes around here to see which is the active when it comes to fish.' Takeda then looked at the clock to see the time. It was 9 pm and he suddenly realized just how tired he really was. So he brushed his teeth, got in his pj's, and hopped into to bed. Leaving things like thinking for later on because right now he just wanted to sleep. before he fell into the blissful pit that is sleep he thought one last thing. 'Now this is the life. I never knew retirement would be this relaxing.'
Just about the time Takeda called it a night our blond hero was walking home from Ichiraku's after Iruka had taken him there. 'Wow that was so much fun! I can't believe Iruka-sensei actually took me out to eat! Nobody's ever been that nice to me before. Well except for old man Tuechi and Ayame... But still! I can't believe he did that!' At the moment Naruto felt like he was on cloud nine and nothing could ruin his enlightenment. Except for the silently amassing group of people who were about to partake in the "fox hunt". They continued to slowly creep closer and closer to Naruto while he was completely oblivious due to his cheery mood and thoughts. Ever so slowly they moved in like a cheetah ready to pounce on its prey. All moved in perfect unison while another group waited up ahead to surprise and corner Naruto. Although most of those in the group were confident about the plan others were worried that someone would alarm Naruto. If someone did it would ruin the plan and nobody wanted that. so they continued to stalk forward until finally they were close enough to Naruto for the leader of the group to attack with his knife. Naruto didn't notice until the last second and got stabbed in his back. He grunted then puched the man and ran off into the direction of the next group. Wicked smiles formed on the faces of those chasing the boy. The hunt had begun.
hey guys hows it going? I hope you enjoyed the story so far and wait for the upcoming chapters! I'll do my best not to dissapoint you with crappy chapters. Although they will probably be short like this one. Please review and critique my story because it's my first one on here. I would really appreciate it. Anyways have a good day and peace out.
