AN: This is a fic in which Naruto will be very strong but not Godlike and he will not have any bloodlines too. Please Review and let us know how it came up. Read AN at the end.
Alright guys, let's face it. I did a lot of mistakes; rapid timeskips, negligible character developments, and some others. I have decided to give this fic a major edit. Chapter 2 is currently edited and I will post it soon. Other than that, the story will go on and as usual, expect the update in a couple of months.
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Demon Talking"
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CHAPTER 1:-
It was late afternoon in Konoha and a gentle breeze was flowing throughout the village. Konoha's streets were bustling with people, who were busy with the preparations for the Kyuubi festival.
Everyone seemed to be in a cheerful and carefree mood, except one boy who can be seen running through the streets, wearing an orange hoodie and black shorts, barely five years old. 'I have to get home before the festival starts… or its going to get ugly…' thought the young boy as he struggled to reach the other side of the village.
Just as he was about to turn to his street, he gave a sigh of relief, he was safe now. At the very moment, Naruto felt someone's hand on his right shoulder, "Where do you think 'hiccup' you are going, 'hiccup', demon?!" There was a drunk villager holding him firmly. Beside him were about a dozen more people, looking for to beat the hell out of him. Before he knew, he was surrounded by drunkards. Naruto felt adrenaline enter his body as he tried to carve his was out of the crowd, but there was no escape. Someone caught his hoodie and through him harshly. Naruto winced as he received a few bruises.
The angry villagers didn't stop and continued to throw his here and there like a stuffed toy, occasionally landing and few punches and kicks on him. When they were satisfied of the punishment the 'demon' received, they left him there, battered and bruised badly. Several blood spots were on his hoodie. The boy cried in pain for some time before drifting into unconsciousness.
He was later found by an ANBU, who was patrolling the village. He quickly took the young boy to the Konoha hospital and stood by his side till the doctor completed his treatment, so that he was treated properly…and not like a demon. After the doctor was done, the aforementioned ANBU made a shadow clone to watch after the boy. He raced through the streets and atop the rooftops to get to the Hokage tower as quickly as he can.
"Come in". The door swung open as an ANBU entered the office and knelt before his leader. "Oh, it's you Kakashi! Already done with the patrol I see.", "It's not the case Hokage-sama, there was another attack on Uzumaki Naruto.". The Hokage looked at him sternly, "State your report". "It was pretty bad this time. When I arrived at the scene, Naruto was already unconscious. I quickly took him to the hospital and got him treated. My shadow clone is looking after him as we speak." "I see…good job Kakashi. Would you mind taking me to Naruto?" "Of course not Hokage-sama." Kakashi and the old man strolled out of the office. They quickened their pace after leaving the tower.
The boy was sleeping peacefully as the Hokage watched him through the glass with a hint of sadness in his eyes. "Something must be done about this Kakashi" "Yes Hokage-sama" "What do you suggest?" "We should train him in the shinobi arts. I cannot bear to see Sensei's son like this Hokage-sama." The Hokage gave him a surprised look. "Training a child at the age of five is rare but not unheard of." said Kakashi, trying to convince his leader. "I believe you are right Kakashi, but there are several problems." "Problems, Hokage-sama?", "Yes, for example, who will train him?", "I will!" Kakashi blurted out without a moment's notice. The Hokage looked at him a little surprised. "I mean…I am willing to keep him under my tutelage. He is my Sensei's son after all!" "I will see what I can do. I will have to convince the council first." "I will look forward to it Hokage-sama". With that, the Hokage went about his own work, utterly demolished at how the village treated his successor's son. He called his secretary, "Call the council for a meeting, first thing in the morning". The secretary left the Hokage with his own thoughts after saying "Yes, Hokage-sama."
Next Day:-
"This meeting is called for the discussion of the future of Kyuubi's vessel." Sarutobi looked at each of the members' faces before continuing, "Naruto was attacked yesterday at night. It was pretty bad and he had to be admitted at the hospital. What worries me is that the villagers are taking it too far and something must be done about it", "We have already passed a law against the mentioning of Kyuubi. What more can be done?" asked Koharu "What are you proposing Hokage-sama?" said Hamura. "I suggest that the boy should be trained in the shinobi arts, so that he can properly defend himself".
The whole council broke into whispers. "This is absurd Hiruzen! You are showing too much affection towards the child!" shouted Danzo. "He is a jinchuriki. He needs to be trained in the shinobi after some time or another. Besides, you were requesting him in the ROOT so that you can personally train him a few months ago." This seemed to quiet the old war-hawk. "Naruto can be trained to become a powerful shinobi of Konoha. Have you all forgotten who his father was!?" The whispers died in an instant. "You may be right Hokage-sama, but...who will be training him?" "Kakashi Hatake has personally requested me that he will be more than happy to do the task".
The whispers broke out once more. "Now, is there any objection?" Hands of a few civilian council members twitched but a quick glare from the Professor stopped them. "I see none. The matter is settled then. Young Naruto will grow to become a fine shinobi, who will carry the Will of Fire and burn it the brightest." said Sarutobi as he got up and left the council room. Sarutobi had to switch to offensive the entire time but it worked out just fine. He slid behind his desk and called his secretary. "Bring me Kakashi Hatake." The secretary nodded and left the room.
Kakashi was standing behind the Hokage, on the roof of the Hokage tower. "Kakashi, I have you called you for an important matter", "Yes, Hokage-sama". Sarutobi turned towards him and said in a serious tone, "Kakashi Hatake, I hereby free you from your ANBU duties and ask you to be a Jounin of Konoha. You may take off your mask now." Kakashi complied and took off his mask. "I also assign you to take Naruto Uzumaki as your student and train him to be an elite ninja of Konoha to the best of your abilities." Kakashi nodded and let a small smile grace his face before leaving.
The next morning, when Naruto gained consciousness, Sarutobi decided to visit him along with Kakashi. The doctor was doing a regular check-up when they arrived, before discharging Naruto. As soon as he saw his old man, Naruto shot him a large grin. Sarutobi too smiled at the boy. As soon as the doctor was done, Sarutobi entered the room, "Hey old man!", "Hello Naruto, how are you doing?" "I am fine old man". The Hokage's smile faded and his features turned sad. "I am sorry Naruto". Tears began forming in Naruto's eyes. He had asked the old man several times why the villagers hated him, but he never got a decent response. He had a feeling that the Hokage will tell him when the time comes. "I am good old man, don't worry about it." Sarutobi quickly changed the subject "Naruto, I will like you to meet a friend of mine". Naruto glanced towards Kakashi who introduced himself "Hey there, I am Kakashi Hatake." "Hello mister, I am Naruto Uzumaki", Naruto replied in his usual cheerful voice. Kakashi found it very surprising how the boy managed to be cheerful in the circumstances he lived. "Naruto do you remember what I have told you about your dad?", "Of course old man! You told me that he was a very powerful ninja and one of the best!" "Yes, you see…Kakashi here is your father's student. He will be training you in ninja arts, only if you are interested of course." Naruto's face was graced with a smile that threatened to touch his ears, "Of course old man! Ninjas are so cool! I always wanted to become one!" He directed his face towards Kakashi "Hey mister! You knew my dad?! How was he? Was he strong?! He was the best, wasn't he?!" Naruto's voice trailed off. "Did he…love me?" Kakashi merely gave him his famous eye smile. He knelt down to come face to face with the boy and replied in a warm tone, "Of course Naruto. He loved you more that he loved anyone else. He loved you more than his life." Sarutobi was proud at how Kakashi was treating the child, with affection and maturity. Kakashi truly saw the boy as he is and was not like most of the others, who saw the Kyuubi and not the boy. Naruto sported a grin at Kakashi's answer "I knew it! My dad was the best!"
Kakashi and the Hokage dropped Naruto home. Kakashi saw the state his home was in and almost immediately requested the Hokage to let Naruto stay with him. He sighed deeply before granting Kakashi his wish. Kakashi helped Naruto pack and move into his house.
In the next few years, Kakashi trained Naruto to the best of his abilities. After about three years, Naruto learned about his parent's true identity and about the Kyuubi sealed inside him. Naruto was rather smart and understood his father's dilemma. Kakashi reported to the Hokage every month on Naruto's progress. Sarutobi was always impressed at the rate Naruto was progressing. At this rate, he might very well accomplish his dream of becoming the Hokage. Most of Naruto's speed in training came from his ability of creating ridiculous number of shadow clones. Naruto was a rather smart child and kept his reading of history and other subjects in check. Naruto made several of his clones read different books. At the age of eight, Naruto was one of the most knowledgeable in Konoha. He even memorised the Bingo Book. He turned out to be a prodigy, just like Kakashi, who considered Naruto as his younger brother.
Six Years later:-
"Enter". The door opened to reveal Kakashi. "You wanted to see me Hokage-sama?", "Ah yes…Kakashi I wanted to ask you if you would like another student?" Kakashi didn't expect this, "Certainly not. I am doing fairly well with Naruto and I would want nothing more." Sarutobi sighed, "Alright Kakashi, here is the deal. The council had a meeting recently and they came to a conclusion that since you retired from the ANBU and you are a Jounin Sensei and you only have a single student, they think that your talent is going to waste." "But Hokage-sama, that student is Naruto, probably this generation's prodigy!" "Yes, and that is why I ask you to take another prodigy under your tutelage." Sarutobi handed him a file and Kakashi used his sharingan to quickly scan the file and memorise it. 'A Hyuuga…this should be interesting.' "Do you accept Kakashi? Neji is hailed as this generation's Hyuuga prodigy." "It's not like I have much of a choice. Yes, I do accept." "Very well, Neji is in his final year at the academy. Though Naruto never went to the academy, Neji is of the same age as Naruto. Sometimes, I think I should have sent Naruto to the academy." "Naruto already has more knowledge than most Jounins" "Yes, you are right Kakashi. Also, I wanted this month's briefing on Naruto." "Certainly, Hokage-sama. Naruto is using his father's taijutsu fighting style, the Frog Kumite. He is certainly strong in taijutsu, I would say mid Chunin level. His ninjutsu arsenal has a couple of C ranked wind jutsus, Rasengan, Shadow Clones, a B rank fire jutsu, Rasengan, and the summoning jutsu. He doesn't have any genjutsu, but he can dispel most of the C ranked ones and even a few B ranked. Overall, I would say, Naruto is mid Chunin level right now, but this year will be most important for him as he will learn to harness the Kyuubi's power and learn senjutsu at Mt Myoboku." "Hmm, I guess training under Jiraiya for a couple of years did benefit him" "Yes Hokage-sama. There is one more important thing Hokage-sama" Sarutobi signalled him to speak. "Hokage-sama, it seems Kyuubi is becoming a little friendly with Naruto. In fact, the fire jutsu Naruto has was thought to him by the Kyuubi" Sarutobi was more than a little shocked at this piece of news. "Bring Naruto to me" Kakashi nodded and left.
Naruto walked into the office a few minutes later. When Sarutobi saw him, he couldn't help but notice how Naruto has grown in the last six years. Naruto now wore a full t-shirt with metal clippings on the arms, much like his father, except, Naruto's t-shirt was black. He also wore black ninja pants with a standard shuriken and kunai holster and standard black shinobi boots. The boy seemed to have grown an affection for black in the past few years. Naruto also wore a white coloured long-coat like his father with red flames at the bottom. On the coat was kanji for 'Naruto Namikaze'. He had adopted his father's name long ago. Naruto no longer held an innocent grin but a smart smile with an air of confidence around him. He had certainly became mature through these years.
"You wanted to see me old man?" "Ah yes Naruto. I heard from Kakashi about the fox. Is it true?" "Of course it is! You can talk to him if you want to!" Now, Sarutobi was utterly shocked. He can talk to the Kyuubi, the strongest and the most evil of all the tailed beast! "How can it be possible?!" "Well, he says that through physical contact, it is possible. Here, hold my hand." The Hokage quickly complied and as soon as he did, Sarutobi felt a wave of chakra pulling his mind deep into Naruto's.
Sarutobi found himself standing in a sewer with about ankle deep water. The sewer itself seemed a tint of yellow and brown colour. There were several pathways which led to god-knows-where. Sarutobi felt a nudge on his robes "Right this way old man, follow me". He traced Naruto's steps silently. They finally got out of the maze and the Professor looked around him, at the abnormally large hall he was standing in. He saw a large two-door steel cage with a paper with kanji for 'Seal' written in it, at the joint of the gates. Sarutobi immediately recognized what it was and felt a shiver run down his spine.
"How nice of you to visit me, Sandaime…", Kyuubi growled. Sarutobi gulped inwardly but kept himself firm "There is something I want to talk about.", he firmly stated. Kyuubi chuckled, Sarutobi continued "It seems you are helping Naruto get strong. What do you want Fox, why are you helping him? What's your plan?". The Kyuubi replied, "I don't want anything in return-" he sighed and pushed Naruto out of his mindscape with a wave of demonic chakra before continuing "I have nothing but sympathy and little respect for the kid, though I will never admit it in front of him. None of my previous Jinchuriki were treated the way as he was. The child is pure at heart even after facing much hardships. The kid is even friendly towards me. He doesn't see me as a demon, but just another fellow. It never happened to me. All of my previous containers were either afraid of me or hated to even look at me, much less talk." The Kyuubi inhaled deeply before continuing "It seems the kid is the Child of Prophecy. I am willing to befriend the kid and help him reach his destiny. I am rather fond of Naruto." The Kyuubi finished. Sarutobi was baffled at the end of his explanation. The idea of a Jinchuriki becoming friends with the tailed beast was extremely rare. He could only remember one such individual, Killer Bee of Kumo. But Kyuubi's voice and concern towards Naruto seemed somewhat genuine. Sarutobi decided to wait and see what happens. He had Jiraiya to reseal the beast if things got out of hands after all. "All right Kyuubi, I understand your concern, but if anything happens to Naruto, anything whatsoever…" he let the warning hang in air. Kyuubi nodded and leapt back to the darkness of his cage. Sarutobi felt a wave of chakra pushing him outwards.
"So, how did it go old man?" "You could do as you please in Kyuubi's matter Naruto. I will not interfere with it." Naruto's face brightened up "Thanks old man!" He stood up to leave the office "I am going to meet my teammate. See you later!" "Oh and by the way, the Kyuubi's real name is Kurama. He only lets those who he trust's to know his real name. Count yourself lucky, old man!" Naruto left a baffled Sarutobi with his own thoughts.
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AN: Sorry if it's a little short, but it is only the introduction part. The next chapter will be the Flashback of Naruto's training. Note that Naruto never went to the academy, so he doesn't know anybody of his age group. Naruto will be in a two-man cell with Neji. Also, Neji, Lee and Tenten are of Naruto's age and not one year older. Please Review, tell me what you guys think!