The Kage.
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This is my first fanfic. I hope you all enjoy it as I hope to.
"Conversations" 'Thoughts' "Flashback"
The Hokage looked out the window of his office seemingly lost in the festivities that took place in the streets of Konoha. Today was the 10th October, the day that Yondamie defeated the Kyuubi no Kitsune or so it was reputed to have happened in the history books of Konoha. Only those that were there on that day knew the truth. The Yondamie proved that he was the best Hokage that ever graced Konoha by sacrificing on this day four years ago, not only his life as a price for summoning the Death God but his son's future as well by choosing him to be the container of the most powerful demon ever to set foot on this plain.
Today was Naruto's birthday but he knew better than to go out and celebrate. Even at four years he knew something was wrong with him, knew that he didn't belong. He would dream about the eyes. The looks he got from the villagers were full of hate, slight disgust and a layer of underlying fear. Sandaime ordered two ANBU to bring Naruto to him. They nodded and went to fulfill their task. The came back a few minutes later with Naruto in tow. "Lord Hokage here is he." Sandaime looked intently at the boy. He barely reached Sarutobi's knees, slightly chubby spiky blonde hair at his head and he had the most peculiar blue eyes, eyes that seemed to look into the soul and whisker-like birthmarks on his cheeks. Sandaime could feel the boy's emotions as if they were his own by just looking into those blue eyes. They regarded the Hokage as well recognizing him as his grandfather. The boy's eyes were filled with sadness, confusion, innocence and most prevalent loneliness. Sarutobi spoke up, "Hello Naruto. Aren't you going to play?" Naruto's head instantly feel as if his neck couldn't hold its weight anymore. Sarutobi's sighed as his heart went out to the boy but being the intelligent Sarutobi he quickly added, "With me I mean." He quickly added a smile to assure Naruto. Naruto quickly looked up at grandfather and smiled, making his blue eyes light up with joy. Sandaime smiled with himself he would take care Naruto even if he weren't his real grandson. Naruto rarely spoke these days although he provided evidence rarely that he was able to speak at all. He just nodded and jumped to Sarutobi and smiled.
They played together for a while until Naruto fell asleep in Sarutobi's hand. He smiled to himself 'Naruto my son some day they will recognize you as the hero you are. Happy birthday.' He quickly ordered an Anbu member to take Naruto to the makeshift bedroom that the Sandaime had created for him since there wasn't anywhere for Naruto to go. Naruto twisted and turned in his sleep he couldn't escape the eyes they were after him they kept coming closer no matter how fast he ran. He jumped out of his sleep and ran as fast as he could out of his room. Many of the anbu hated Naruto as well for what he did to their families only four years ago is it wasn't for the Hokage they would have had their revenge on the demon a long time ago. The two that had to guard Naruto had a few drinks of sake since they were unlucky enough to have to guard the demon child for the night and couldn't partake in the festivities. So they missed Naruto speeding out of the room and into the forest that was a couple yards away.
While taking a break from running Naruto realized that he was lost so he ran some more until he noticed a few voices coming from a couple feet ahead. In his panicked mind he forgot that he had to be weary of people and ran to them seeking their help. Unfortunately for Naruto these were people that advocated for his execution after the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi into Naruto. A big burly fellow with untidily dressed with his stomach showing exclaimed in surprise. "Well well looky here if it isn't the demon himself come out to revel in his glory." Another man whose brown hair was severely unkempt and tall wiry frame whistled in agreement with the burly man. To show his agreement he just kicked Naruto in the gut. They menacingly kept coming towards Naruto who flew a few feet back their expressions grim and determined to finally destroy Kyuubi. A few nearby passersby noticed and immediately recognized the Kyuubi vessel and nodded their approval and soon joined in the fiesta. Naruto realized his mistake in approaching these people as more people seemed to be drawn to him. He stared towards the crowd that now enveloped him and looked at their eyes and began to whimper. He felt blows towards his body that hurt so much it was impossible to scream. Rocks, knives, kunais and even shureken were hurled into his small body.
After a few minutes of this that seemed to be an eternity to Naruto he felt the stabs, kicks and insults stop. He lay there bleeding and palpitating from blood loss and terror. The villagers surveyed their handy work each with a look of content as they gave the demon what he deserved. An old man ran through crowd and looked at the boy huddled in a small heap. He bent down and grabbed Naruto muttered something under his breath and disappeared.
He reappeared in a run down shack with Naruto in his arms. He gently lay the boy down and began making seals and in a few seconds his hands were glowing green chakra. He mended each of Naruto's appendages on by one and called his daughter, "Yuna come over here and help me." She ran towards her father and the strange boy that was a few inches from dying she began to perform seals and began healing the boy's abdomen. They silently worked on the boy's chest and abdomen repairing the damage caused. To their surprise the boy's body began to help them. Yuna was shocked she instinctively looked at her father for his reaction he just smiled knowingly so she continued healing the boy. They both fell back and rapidly tried to regain their breath. The old man quietly told her to restrain the boy.
His daughter asked the question that had been burning her mind since she saw the boy. "Who is he father?" "His name his Uzumaki Naruto. More importantly he is the container of the Kyuubi no Kitsune." He replied. "Yuna get our horses ready we are carrying this boy far away from Konohagakure. "Yes father." She quickly responded as she left to get the horses ready for the long trip to their home far away.
During the trip to the Hidden Village of the Grass Naruto opened his eyes and looked around he saw that he was in a carriage with a girl and an old man. He thought it was his grandfather then realized that this man didn't wear weird clothes like his grandfather. He suddenly remembered what happened and began to shudder. Yuna looked at the boy perplexed and realized that he was terrified of her and her father. Her father never mentioned what happened to the boy that night and whenever she brought it up he went silent and told her that she would find out in due time so Yuna finally gave up. She immediately went to the scared boy and began to soothe him with a song she learnt from their mother who was at home waiting for them.
When the boy finally calmed down she smiled at him and to her surprise he smiled back. She opened her arms and beckoned him into her arms he warily crept into her arms. She looked into his blue orbs that said so much. She closed her eyes and held the boy tight in her arms 'I will never let you go nor let any harm befall you little one.' "Shhhh it's all going to be ok now."
Days passed as their home loomed from the distance. To Yuna's surprise Naruto still did not speak but her father assured her that it was ok since she thought he didn't learn to speak. It was late afternoon when they arrived home they sun had just begun to set. "Ayume we are home!" the old man shouted. This beautiful woman with blue hair ran out and kissed the old man and squeezed her daughter. Then she looked at Naruto with the kindest eyes that he had ever seen but he refused to move. "Sato who is this child?" She inquired. "This is Uzumaki Naruto." He informed his wife. "Leave him darling he will come when feels its safe." She was about to protest that it was safe and the boy shouldn't be silly then she looked in the blue eyes and held her tongue. Yuna and Naruto were left behind and looked at each other and smiled. "Yuna keep Naruto company outside I have to talk with your mother!" Sato exclaimed. Sato then sat his wife down and described every gruesome detail that happened to Naruto in Konoha, he also told her about the demon that resided inside Naruto and most importantly that he was going to make Naruto into a kage because Naruto had the power to do it and Grass needed a good leader. Ayume looked into her husband's eyes and asked, "Are you sure?" He just nodded. She knew that she couldn't change Sato's mind.
After three months had passed Sato decided to train Naruto. Even though he rarely spoke to anyone other than Yuna and she barely heard a full sentence Sato still was not deterred. "I will teach you to read son. Ok?" Naruto nodded. Then he began to teach Naruto chakra control but as a game since he was only a child. He and Ayume and Yuna would walk on the lake nearby when ever they went to swim and beckon Naruto to follow them. After three months he began to imitate their movements. Sato began to wonder at Naruto's intelligence if that was his or the foxes or both.
He proceeded to teach Naruto all the seal signs as a game. Yuna helped a lot in this respect although on a few occasions he called Sato Father. He remembered .
Flashback
They were eating dinner and Naruto had finished his noodles and said, "Thank you mother and father."
Then began to teach him exercise routines as a game they would play every morning.
After his fifth birthday Sato began to teach Naruto taijutsu forms. He decided that he would train Naruto's body and mind before he began to teach him Ninjutsu and Genjutsu.
For the next two years Sato rigorously trained Naruto's mind and body in taijutsu, meditation and slight weight training. On Naruto's seventh birthday Sato carried him to the woods and they began to meditate. After meditation, Sato asked Naruto, "Son do you know what a ninja is?" "Yes father my grandfather is one." He responded to Sato's question. Sato was taken back at Naruto's answer and smiled, 'So he remembered Sarutobi.' "Then you know what is a kage? If so tell me." "A kage is the strongest ninja in a village who loves the village more than himself and would die to ensure that they are safe." Naruto answered in a matter-of-fact tone. Sato didn't expect Naruto to answer like that and realized that he was doing the right thing. He also wasn't surprised at Naruto's grasp of language at his tender age. He then proceeded to explain chakra control and jutsus to Naruto.
It was Yuna's fourteenth birthday. They had a small party for her she got gifts mostly scrolls that she would learn from but she was happy more importantly she got a kiss from Naruto since he had no money and to make her birthday even more special she and Naruto had a conversation about her medical ninja training. A year ago she had learnt what happened to Naruto that night when she first saw him and was sworn by her parents not to speak a word of it to anyone especially Naruto since they knew he still had nightmares about it. Sato however realized that the meditation was indeed working since he could hear the nightmare occur less and less until they became very rare.
The time had come to teach Naruto everything Sato knew. He had prepared scrolls for ninjutsu and genjutsu from basic to very powerful and scrolls on basic to advanced seals. He would hold nothing back. He knew without any shadow of a doubt that Naruto would make an excellent kage. He drilled every ninjutsu into Naruto who absorbed everything like a sponge. However he held back the most advanced of jutsu until Naruto learned intermediate sealing method. This was to ensure he has a back up seal for Naruto since the Yondaime's seal might weaken if large amounts of chakra was taken from the fox at a time. He had accomplished a lot in five years thanks to Naruto's effort he used Yuna, Ayume and himself to heal Naruto and medications so that he rarely slept and Naruto's meditation helped refresh his mind and body. When he was low on chakra they gave him pills to keep him awake and he learnt about seals. To some it would seem barbaric to treat Naruto this way but he was a kage whether other people knew it or not. The Grass needed a powerful kage so Sato would give them that. He finally succeeded in having Naruto at itermediate in all of the fields he wished for him even thought he knew some kage level jutsu which however he couldn't as yet perform unless he tapped into the fox's chakra. He even taught him a handful of kinjutsu which Naruto deemed EEJ (Extremem Emergency Jutsus). He invited jounin from nearby Grass and other villages to fight Naruto and he excelled though he lost a few he won a lot. His taijutsu was unmatched by most his strategic mind was of course a force to be reckoned with. All he needed was to get a greater chakra pool then he would be able to perform kage level jutsu. Sato estimated that at about seventeen or eighteen Grass would have its kage.
Naruto walked towards Sato. "Father I am going back to Konoha." Sato knew Naruto had thought a lot about this since he drilled into him that a kage is responsible for every word he speaks every action he does or doesn't do. "Are you sure?" "Yes but I am going alone. I will be back to take up the kage title when I can prove that I deserve it. I have trained night and day for it but in my heart I just do not feel like I have earned it. I have no friends I have no idea how a recognized village is run even though you have already taught me. You see father I want to experience what it is to be a ninja before I can be a kage and I cannot do that in Grass since everyone knows I am to be kage." Blue eyes looked into brown. Sato knew Naruto wasn't asking for his permission. The boy was just exlaining. Yuna looked at him and was about to speak before Naruto held up his arms and said, "Don't I already know." Sato looked at his daughter silenced by a hand and chuckled, 'Naruto look at you acting like a kage already. Go ahead my boy.' He was impressed at Naruto's resolve to understand a ninja village from Genin. He also knew that the boy was right he said ok. He packed Naruto with scrolls that he would need to study.
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