The Blond Sage

Author's note: I know that most of you guys would have lost interest in this story, why? Because I haven't uploaded for so long. Chapter four will be uploaded next year, probably somewhere in the middle of March, give or take a few days. This is just an edited version of the original chapter. the original's writings suck!

All right guys! This is my first fic so please go easy on me and I'll be honest that my English is not good. I'm writing this fic to increase my writing skills and express my version of Naruto. So on with the fic...

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Chapter 1: Training trip!

It was evening; and it appeared that the sun had decided to hide behind the dark clouds that came out like fairies. It started out with small drops, but eventually, the rain began pouring all over Konoha. Amidst all the thunder and lightning that accompanied these violent rains, the image of our favourite blond trying to escape from a group of shinobi, 5 chunin and 2 jonin to be exact could be seen. It was all a mystery to him; why were they chasing him? They began their chase akin to that of a cat-dog one out of the blue. One minute, he was walking pass the squares and then the next, he found himself in that weird situation. He was running alley after alley, square after square...

'Shit, a dead end' Naruto thought as he turned yet another square. He turned round to run again only to find that he was cornered by the set of seven shinobi.

"Why? Why does everyone treat me like this? What did I ever do to earn this treatment? "asked a desperate Naruto. But no matter how much he protested, deep down he knew that they wouldn't listen to him. He was not that stupid, not him. And to say that the village had made him accustomed to his current life would be a gross understatement. The village had done more than that! It had scarred his heart. They never look things from his way, they never listened! And he knew that that time was no different.

"Why, you say? Don't tell me you forgot everything you did to this village, Demon?"yelled one of the chunin.

"But I didn't do anything... " said Naruto. These ninjas were crazy. He was treated like this for as long as he can remember, probably right after he was born, and they made it sound like he had done something horrible. The only things he ever did were pranks and he did that only to peoples who were rude to him.

"You killed my dad! You call that nothing?!" said one of them which were continued by many other shouts.

"Enough talks...today you're gonna die and I'll make sure it's painful..."

With that said, five shurikens came Naruto's way. He tried to dodge them by shifting his body left to right, but a weapon thrown by a chunin, no matter how good a child is, can't dodge it. Two struck him on his right hand and another two on his legs .As Naruto was howling from the immense pain that was coursing through his body, a jonin went through a series of handseals...

"Fire style: fireball jutsu" yelled the jonin as he expelled a huge fireball from his mouth.

Naruto put his hands in a cross manner to guard himself. The fire was nearing him, and his heart was also pounding like hell. Naruto yelled out a pained cry as he guarded the red flames. Tears began running down his scarred face and in that painful moment, he couldn't help but wonder who his parents were. Did they love him? Was he really abandoned like they all say? But it was all left unanswered.

He was almost out of energy from running nonstop. There was no way out of this. Almost half of his body was burnt, very badly.

"Not bad kid, but how are you gonna guard this one? Ninja art: Depths of hell". All went black after that, but before darkness consumed him, he saw the blurred figure of a white haired person.

[Depths of hell is an A rank genjutsu where the person experience the torture of hell. It's limited to the caster's imagination.]

5 hours later:

"Hhhaaaahh" groan Naruto as he woke up with a slight stir. He was lying on his plain bed at the corner of his humble apartment. Like usual, he had the urge to get up, mess with people and do other stuffs, however his body told otherwise. It was covered in bandages and hurt like hell. 'Damn, those shinobi are gonna pay one day, just you wait' thought Naruto as he turned his body to his left only to find a man staring at him. The man had paints on his face, like that of war paints, with a forehead protector of the Kanji for oil on it. He had long white hair that went down up to his abdomen and a red overcoat with green shirts inside. A poker face adorned his face and it kind of reminded him of that sick jonin.

"Ah...I see that you're awake" said the man.

"Who are you?"asked Naruto.

"My name is Jiraiya, one of the sanin…"

He then posed into a weird way with a bizarre d face before saying, "and the great sennin of Mount Myouboku" it seems the one who calls himself the great sage cares a lot about first impressions.

"What happened to me?" panicked Naruto as he remembered everything. The shirukens, his burnt body and everything that had happened.

"I saved you from those shinobi."

"How? There were seven of them?" asked Naruto in wonder. Believe it or not, he was stupefied.

"Seven ninjas are nothing to one of the sanins, gaki."Jiraiya said with something in his voice, like a feeling of immense pride.

"Ok, now get to sleep. Tomorrow we're leaving konoha" said Jiraiya.

"What? Why?"

"To train you, of course. Don't you want to become a ninja?"

"Yeah, of course dattebayo" said Naruto as Jiraiya sweat dropped. Naruto wanted to asked some more questions but choose to do the interrogation part later as he was tired. He knew that Jiraiya was strong and he needed that strength, so that he can accomplish his goals.

The next morning:

Naruto woke up, feeling somewhat relieved from the stress of his earlier body. However, to his surprise, he found that his room was littered with paper. He who never read or write had a curious feeling as he was exposed to a new atmosphere. "Where did all these papers come from?" Picking one up, he started to read.

2 minutes later:

Jiraiya woke up with a pleased air. "Now that was the most wonderful dream ever!" said Jiraiya perversely. He started looking round before his eyes fell on a passed out Naruto with blood running down his nose.

Jiraiya sighed and roused him "Oi, gaki wake up..."

Naruto bolted out of his state with a startled yell and pointing an accusing finger at the sage, he said "You're a pervert!"

Jiraiya angrily, but somewhat proudly said "Hey I'm not a pervert, I'm a super pervert."

Naruto sweat dropped, but smirked "Whatever, let's get going, Ero-sennin"

"What did you just called me, gaki?" said Jiraiya with a vein popped out of his head.

"I'm all packed. Let's go, shall we?" receiving a nod, he started his journey, however he felt that it would be too uncivil of him to leave without giving one word to his grandpa.

"Shouldn't we go tell Hokage-jiji first?"

"I've already done that. There's no need. It's better that we begin our journey" replied Jiraiya as he remember the conversation he had with Hiruzen.

Flashback:

"Sensei I'm taking him from this ungrateful village. And train him until he can defend himself from all his enemies as well as his father's" said Jiraiya. Hiruzen took a puff of his (bonk?) and in a calm voice, he spoke...

"I can't allow that Jiraiya. The council will never allow that to happen. And while you may be strong, if the enemy's number is large enough, you can't protect him" said Hiruzen with authority.

"You don't have to worry about that sensei. I can take care of it. I am the famous Toad-sage, remember? No one would dare hurt him." Said Jiraiya somewhat proudly.

"No, and that's final Jiraiya. I know you care for the kid, but right now it's too dangerous for him to leave the village. Remember that he's still a kid, it is not safe for him to leave the village at this age"

Yeah, Hiruzen remained obdurate; but Jiraiya had not been a famous (?) writer for nothing. He knew how to pick his words.

"But I've decided to take him sensei. I can't bear to watch him suffer so much. I am doing this not only for him, but also for Minato. I can't face Minato in the afterlife if I didn't do at least this for him. Sensei, were you able to do anything for him in here? No. This village has left me no choice but to take him." Jiraiya pause for a second and said "I'll take him even if you make me a missing-nin."

Hiruzen's eyes widened at that last part. He knew that he was serious. The village had been weakened extremely after the Kyuubi's attack that it had become nothing but a shell of the once thought to be the strongest village in the elementary nations. If he becomes a missing-nin, there won't be any of the sanin left in the village. And that means less strong shinobi. Besides, he is the only known sennin alive at the moment. Some nations didn't attack konoha just because the toad sennin was still allied to the leaf. So, he had to agree and the council won't say anything to that as Jiraiya was willing to become a missing-nin for the kid. Hiruzen sighed...how troublesome!

'If the village has become a shell of what it once was, then the Hokage has become just a borrowed robe.'

"Okay, but stay safe," said Hiruzen," and I expect Naruto to get some good out of this."

"Goodbye sensei, we'll be leaving tomorrow and believe me he is going to be a complete different person by the time he finishes his training." after that Jiraiya disappear with a sunshin.

Flashback ends:

Jiraiya was brought out of his thoughts by Naruto's, you know? Loudness, I guess…

"Ero-sennin, before we go I would like to meet somebody"

"Who? Your girlfriend?" the sennin had a teasing smile, nevertheless it was a proud one.

"No..." stuttered a blushed Naruto "It's Iruka sensei"

The pervy sage had a disappointed look. It seems he expected a lot from Naruto.

'Don't worry, you are gonna have lots when we finish your training'

"No, you can't. We are late" said Jiraiya while shaking his head left and right. He might have let him off if he had said it was his girlfriend, but Naruto just had to tell the truth!

"But sensei, he's the only friend I got" protested Naruto.

"We are ending this conversation Naruto."

"Fine" said Naruto somewhat angrily, though having no desire to argue. But also having no intention to listen to him!

As they were walking towards the gate, Naruto suddenly shouted waving at the gate "Hey look ero- sanin, it's Nami from One Piece"

"What! Nami? Where? Where is she?" Jiraiya said as he looked at the gate.

"Look! She just went behind the gate, Ero- sanin"

"Nami-swan! I'm coming" shouted Jiraiya and rushed towards the gate in Sanji-mode with his legs spinning and hearts in his eyes.

"That should take care of that pervert" thought Naruto as he dashed towards the apartment of Iruka Umino.

Iruka's apartment:

Naruto has been ringing the bell of Iruka's apartment for about 5 minutes, but there is no sign of him anywhere. He has searched the academy, park and anywhere he can think of but cannot find him. "Humph! You just have to be out of doors today, don't you, Iruka sensei?"

And after all that trouble I went through to see him, this happened! Why can't you be at home, Iruka sensei? I Hope ero-sennin can understand why I did that to him. Speaking of ero-sennin, he doesn't look like a bad guy. He treated me differently. 'Guess I should give jiji a visit just to make sure that he's okay'.

Hokage office:

Hiruzen was facing the most formidable foe of all the kages, paperwork. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork I'm sick of this. When will I ever have some peace of mind? I've been doing this shit for fifty damn long years. It is high time that I retire, but who'll be worthy enough to be the next kage? The leaf will need a strong kage to lead its weakened military. In the past, it was the most fearsome village in the elemental world. All that glory, all that fame vanished when the kyuubi took away the leaf's Yondaime. 'Damn Kyuubi'! All the kages of konoha had been the strongest of their time, not only in konoha but in all of the elementary nations. Some even became legends!

The first, known as the God of Shinobi, is supposedly the strongest shinobi ever known since the Rikudou [which was considered only a myth]. The second is known as the God of Water because of his control of water chakra which none rivals. The third is also the famous Professor who knows all jutsu. Then, there is the fourth known throughout the elementary nations as the Yellow Flash who is the fastest shinobi ever known, even faster than the Raikages.

As Hiruzen was in deep thought of who to choose as his successor, he heard a commotion going on the reception counter.

Naruto was being denied entry to meet the Hokage, again! 'What the hell's wrong with this village? Every time I come here, this keeps happening.'

"What the fuck is wrong with you, old hag?"

"Hokage-sama has no time for demons like you, get outta here before I lose my temper" replied the women harshly.

"What? You dare call me a demon! I will make you call me Naruto-sama someday, believe it" said Naruto just as Hiruzen arrived.

"What's going on here?" he then saw Naruto standing there, "If you were trying to keep Naruto from meeting me, you know the consequences; you will be fired" Hiruzen told the woman.

"No, no, nothing of that sort, jiji! We were discussing something else." cut off Naruto.

"Okay then, come on in Naruto"

'Whew! The brat saved me. But why did he save me? Probably because he wanted me to be nice to him. Like that'll ever happen, a demon is a demon and nothing else.'

"Don't have the wrong impression that I saved you so that you'll become my ally and support me."

Naruto said, "Besides, that sounds pretty lame. I only did that so you won't get away when I become the Hokage and when that happens, you will call me Naruto-sama. See ya"

Before the woman had a chance to counter, Naruto was already gone. 'Huh! Demon brat.'

"Jiji, I wanted to ask you if it's okay if I go with Ero-sennin. He's not you know, bad, right?"

"Jiraiya is a capable man. It's okay I've already had this talk with him"

"Okay then, I'll get going. Goodbye jiji, and when I return home, be ready to hand over the Hokage mantle"

"I hope so Naruto. Goodbye" With that said Naruto left for his journey.

Truth be told, he felt kind of emotional, however he didn't want his goodbye to be in a melancholy mood. His life was full of sadness and he was sick of it.

Village gate:

"Have you met Iruka?" asked Jiraiya with a face that promised punishment.

"No, he wasn't at home so I left a letter saying that I shall be away for a training trip." replied Naruto with a pleading face. Naruto decided to change the subject so as to save himself. 'I hope this will work'

"Ero-sennin! Why did you choose me to be your apprentice? Is it because of my awesomeness?" yelled Naruto as he jumped up.

"Awesome? You? Gyahahahaha… more like lameness" laughed Jiraiya before he said with seriousness in his voice "I once train the Yondaime as my personal apprentice; he was the most intelligent, amazing and most importantly, the handsomest of all my students. And you seem to possess this uncanny familiarity about him. That's all the reasons you need to know." silently noting that he was also his Godson.

"Say, ero-sennin," Naruto said voicing his sadness for the third time, to the third person "...do you know who my parents are?" the first being his jiji, Hiruzen and the second, Iruka sensei.

"Sorry Naruto" Jiraiya said with a straight face. He wanted to tell him, but the time was not right. It just wasn't the time to reveal his heritage.

"It's okay...I mean, It's just..."

"Ok, now let's get going, gaki. You're gonna experience hell in this trip as punishment for your earlier trick against me."

"Throw me whatever you want, but I'm never gonna back down. It's my ninja way to never give up. I'll make everyone acknowledge my strength and become the Hokage."

'That's the spirit, gaki. I know that you'll achieve your dream and I'll make sure of it. That's the least I can do for you, Minato.'

"Come on Ero-sanin, what's taking you so long?"

"Coming" said Jiraiya as he ran towards Naruto.

And so, began a new day, new life for Naruto. He had messed up a lot in his life in the village, but now he was gonna start anew.

"Beware world, here I come" Naruto said, his thoughts full of determination. And when he returned again, he was going to make the dwellers of konoha recognize him...

I hope this edited version was up to your taste!

So, how was it guys? If there are any mistakes in my grammar, please notify me. Next up is Naruto's arrival after a timeskip. And I shall explain things as the story progresses. And also please review. This is my first fanfic so don't make me feel too bad.

See you guys next chapter.