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The Grinning Fox, chapter 1


Night on the 10th of October, in Konoha everybody was drinking and spending time together, the 'Kyuubi festival' was held. Every year the Villager organized this party to remember about the ones that died during the Kyuubi attack eight years before. In the forest around Konoha, a single, small, dark silhouette was being chased by a squad of four ANBU members.

'Dammit,' the dark silhouette thought when he fell on the ground with a single shuriken in his thigh. He sat on the ground leaning against a boulder behind him, he needed to take a breath. As the moon got its light through the trees and it felt on the boy, a few of his features were visible.

He had short, spiky, blonde hair. His eyes were crystal blue and under them, on his cheeks were three black whiskers on each side. The Blond boy wore an orange-blue jumpsuit and orange trousers.

The blond took the shuriken out of his thigh and slowly stood up when he was about to start to run he heard a male voice.

"Stop right there, boy, " the male voice said and the Blond stood in the place like he was said to do. When he turned around to look at the persons that were chasing him, he saw four males in ANBU uniforms. All of them had a mask representing an animal.

"Uzumaki Naruto, you are to come back with us to the Village," Weasel said and took out a scroll wit Hokage's signature on it "It's Hokage's order," he said.

Naruto looked at the four ANBU before him and thought about his possibilities.

'I won't be able to outrun them or fight them' Naruto thought to look at the four ANBU the whole time. After a few seconds, he sighed and nodded. "I guess I don't have any other possibility," he said and Weasel nodded.

"Very good, now let's get back to the Village," Bear said and the group of five returned to the Village.

After coming back to the Village, the group went to the Hokage office in which Naruto's cut was healed by a Medic Ninja. After the medic was done he left the room, as did the ANBU squad.

"Naruto," Hokage said, "I think we will have a long talk about why you tried to leave the Village," the older man said with a serious expression.

The talk lasted about half an hour after Naruto left Hokage's office he was escorted to his apartment and a squad of ANBU was assigned to keep an eye on Naruto. As the talk ended Hiruzen ordered his secretary to call his three advisors.

After about ten minutes three older persons enter the office. Two of them being males and one woman, they sat across the Hokage's desk in chairs and waited until Hiruzen would start.

"thank you that you came so fast, but there is a matter that needs to be taken ASAP," the shadow of the fire said and the three nodded.

"It's about the Uzumaki, is it?" Danzou asked and his old teammate nodded. "From what I have heard from my agents he tried to flee the Village tonight," he said again.

"I see that you are good informed, that's good," Hiruzen said and activated a Privacy seal, Koharu and Homura looked a bit confused and didn't say anything.

"As you all know, Naruto is the heir of both Uzumaki and Namikaze clan," the god of Shinobi said and all three nodded. "Naruto doesn't have any friend or ties to the Village beside me and as you know my days are counted, so when I die Naruto will be alone and if the ANBU needed almost twenty minutes to catch up to a seven years old child that has never been trained, think what would happen if he would be trained by a Jonin for about three months," Hiruzen said and his three advisors nodded again.

"The only thing we can do to prevent him from going rogue is to make sure that he is fully loyal to the Village," Danzou said evenly and Hiruzen nodded.

"That takes us to the second point of this meeting, before the fight with Kyuubi, Minato wrote a letter for me in which he wants me to tell Naruto about his parents when he turns nine, but to keep it a secret until Naruto's first Chunin exams, because he believes that I will be able to train him enough to make him enough strength to protect himself. With the last fact I can't argue, all Uzumaki's, especially Naruto, are learning very fast," Sarutobi's clan head said and closed his eyes for a few seconds and then opened them again.

"I have no idea how Naruto will react to this news but as you know, Naruto has turned eight today, that means we have a year to make sure he is loyal to Konoha and won't try anything stupid after we will tell him about his family," the third Hokage said and looked at Danzou.

"I want you to take him for this year and make him loyal to Konoha, but don't break the Kid and don't try to make him lose his emotions, just make sure he is loyal to the Village and make him strong, your training with him starts tomorrow at ten. I will bring Naruto there and explain everything to him," Hiruzen said and Danzou nodded.

"Koharu, I want you to go to Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi and explain this conversation with him, so he doesn't have to worry about the boy's security," he said and his old teammate nodded, then Hiruzen turned to Homaru.

"Go to the Police force and inform them, that when they hear someone talking about Naruto as a Demon, they are to put the persons to the prison for a week and explain that Naruto is not a demon," the oldest male said and Homura nodded.

When the three advisors left the office Hiruzen started to massage his temples because of his headache.

'How have I let this to happen to Naruto?' he asked himself.


On the next day at eight, Naruto entered the Hokage office with one ANBU following him, after a short greeting Hiruzen explained Naruto how he is about to start training under Daznou. The Blonds mood changed momentarily, he was so excited to start training under one of the Hokage's advisors.

When Hiruzen explained everything to Naruto, they walk over to a part of the Village in which Naruto was very rarely, there was the entry. When they entered an ANBU appeared before the two.

"Good, he will show you where to go, but I must leave you here, Naruto. Listen carefully to everything Danzou says and you will get one step closer to becoming the Hokage," Hiruzen said the younger boy, a smile crept on Hokage's face when the boy nodded with a grin.

After a few minutes of walk, the duo entered a big room in which was only one chair in which Danzou was sitting.

"Good morning, Naruto," Danzou said and was surprised when the Blond bowed.

"Good morning, Danzou-sama," Naruto said and looked at his new Sensei with excitement and a faint smile.

"Right to the matter, you haven't be trained now, but I want to see where your limits are, we will begin with strength, then speed followed by endurance and intelligence," the old war hawk said and the boy nodded

"Begin with simple push-ups, begin," the older man said and Naruto laid himself on the floor and started to do as he was told to do.

'thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three. Dammit, I can do more' Naruto thought and stood up, his arms hurting a bit.

"Good now you will sprint five lengths from wall to wall," Danzou said and Naruto prepared himself "ready, set, go," he said and Naruto started to run.

'He is faster than I thought' Danzou stated and nodded when Naruto stood again before him "Now I want to see your Endurance, from what I have read in reports, you can run at top speed for almost an hour, lest see if that is true, you will be running in circles around this room, by the speed that is given by one of my ANBU's," Danzou said and an ANBU appeared next to Naruto.

As the two started to run, Daznou was thinking how to start the training, he knew that first, he needed to do the Chakra control exercises to help Naruto with his Chakra control which was very hard for him to learn, because of his huge Chakra reserves.

After the basic which shouldn't take longer than a week, he would start by teaching him the Shadow Clone Justu which would multiply his training and because of Naruto's huge Chakra reserves he would have no problem creating twenty clones and they would train in two groups, one learning Taijutsu and the second would learn Ninjutsu, but he wasn't sure what should the real one train in this time.

And after a few seconds a thought came to Danzou head 'He is an Uzumaki, the real one will train his mastery in Fuinjutsu' he decided.

After an hour the two were has ended running and the ANBU disappeared and Naruto panted and was covered in sweat.

"Good, I saw your limits, we begin the real training tomorrow. Come to the entrance at eight o'clock," Daznou said and Naruto bowed.

"Yes, Sensei!" he said and left the room with an ANBU showing him the way.

'He has bigger potential the Minato" Danzou told himself 'Hiruzen, good that you made the Kid come back if he would go and train under Orochimaru he would become one of the most dangerous enemies Konoha had' Danzou thought and a frown crept onto his face.


Naruto was standing in the Hokage's office but this time without any ANBU on his side.

"So Naruto, how was your first training day?" Hiruzen asked with a warm smile. Naruto gave him a grin.

"It was great, Daznou-sama was checking my limits and he said I did well, I am to go there tomorrow at eight o'clock," Naruto said and Hokage nodded.

"Well, I hope that everything will go well if that's all you are dismissed," Hiruzen said and Naruto nodded and left the room. The Blond decided that he would go get something to eat.

Naruto went to eat some Ramen at his favorite Ramen shop, Ichiraku's Ramen in which Ayame and Teuchi were the owner and cook.

The blond told them about today's training and what the Hokage has told him about becoming one step closer to becoming his successor.

Ayame and Tduchi never thought of Naruto as a Demon but as a cheerful child who never had any love.

When Naruto came back to his apartment, he went to wash and changed his clothes into a pajama, the ANBU that was escorting him to the room with Danzou told him that he will get usual clothes that are used in Danzou's training program for young kids with potential.

When he was ready he laid himself in bed and after a few minutes he was sleeping.


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