1Chapter two (Naruto meets JLU)
Title: Life as parents
*Inza's POV*
To say that my life was never the same when Naruto came into my life would be an understatement. I have never felt such joy in my life as I feel now. Naruto has brought my husband and I such joy. I find it hard to believe that there were people out there that wanted to end this little life. Naruto is a gem to me and I have never seen my husband so happy in my life. News of our son spread throughout the magic realm fast. Every member of the magical society came to see our little joy. I have never seen so many magical beings in one room at once in all of my life. Even the cursed Jason Blood came to give our son a gift, which was a map of the stars and constellations. But their were a few people I did not want there. One was Circes a Greek goddess that was nothing but trouble. She was known for her trickery so I prepared for the worst.
"INZA DARLING!!!! HOW ARE YOU DEAR!!! Now where is the little bundle of joy...oh there he is. Oh now isn't he a precious little thing-," I blocked Circes from touching my child, knowing well enough her past history with men and deception. So I knew she couldn't be trusted. But I was surprised again when she told me...
"Oh now don't worry dear, I may be known for causing trouble in the past, but I'm not one to harm an innocent child. Especially one as adorable as this one....so may I hold him Inza, please?" Circes looked at me with pleading eyes, hoping I would let her hold Naruto for a little while.
"Alright you can hold him for a bit, now just support his head and.....there you go Circes." I was indeed surprised that Naruto took to her so fast.
"Oh...I can tell that he is going to be a handsome man when he grows up. He'll have women throwing themselves at his feet. But I can tell that his heart will belong to only one girl. But sadly I see pain in his future which is closer than you think. And don't worry its not caused by me but by someone who's hate for this child is greater than anything. Take my advice and watch over this small bundle with your life Inza. You and your husband have been given a wonderful gift. Don't let anyone take this gift away from you dear. Now I'll just hand him over to you cause I think he's hungry and wants mommy right now. And I must be off, I still have to hit Cairo by dawn and I mustn't be late. Remember our little talk Inza and bye-bye." And just as quickly as she came, she was gone. For the rest of the night I pondered what Circes's meant about my son. Even as I lay him in his new crib, which was a gift from one of my husband's wizard friends, I still wondered what she meant.
"My darling child, you may be hated by others you never meet, but know this my little joy, you are loved by your parents and nothing anyone says will change that. I am your mother and will protect you as a mother should. Nothing will ever harm you or take you away from us. Pleasant dreams my little prince." As I turned out the light near the door I turned to the crib one last final time to make sure that he was still asleep then I left to my room for some much need sleep.
*Time Skip-Two years later*
It seems that time seems to fly by quickly for you when you have a child. Naruto is such a wonderful child. He's so full of energy and his smile could brighten any dark day. My husband and I were truly blessed with a treasure. But I still worry about what Circes said. It wasn't until my husband took us to the place of Naruto's birth that I understood what she meant. It was a cool autumn morning and a special one, cause it was Naruto's birthday. During breakfast my husband told us,
"Everyone we're going out today and Naruto I have a very special surprise for you. Now we mustn't be late. There's an old friend of mine that wants to meet the both of you. Now lets hurry." As soon as he said that, he lifted our son up and laughed with him then headed towards Naruto's room to get him ready. While I was cleaning up the kitchen, I had this sudden chill and felt like something or someone was lurking in the shadows. But I knew that no one could get into this tower without my magic or my husbands, so I just brushed it off. Unfortunately that feeling of dread would not leave me. I was always taught to trust my instincts in life and be wary of danger, and right now that feeling of danger was in the air. With a quick spell the rest of the kitchen was cleaned and I rushed Naruto's room and found him and my husband trying to get his shoes on. The moment I came in the room my darling child noticed that something was wrong just by the look on my face and asked me-,
"Mama is everything alright? You seem tense like there's a troll or goblin near the house. Are you okay?," Naruto looked at me with those big deep blue eyes that shone with so much love in them. I simply smiled and to him that I was alright and I needed to talk to his father for a few minutes. As we both left the room my husband turned to me with worried eyes as well and asked me-,
"Inza what is wrong? You are tense so why are you trying to hide it from us?" I looked into my husbands loving eyes and told him what was troubling me.
"So that's what's wrong, I feel that something will happen today, not to us but to Naruto. I fear that something horrible will happen today to him. It's like this danger has been lurking over him for some time now. I didn't pay attention to it until now. My love promise me that if something happens today, good or bad you will not let Naruto be taken away from us please." I gazed into my husbands eyes with a pleading look. Then I saw my husband smile and he gently kissed me.
"Inza I promise nothing will take him away from us so don't worry. Now we must finish getting ready, so lets hurry." With that my husband left for our room to finish getting ready while I went to check on Naruto in his room. To my delight I found him looking over one of the spell books that he received for his first birthday (AN. "Magic and Wizardry for toddlers" - basically it's a book of the do's and don'ts of the magical realm that all magical kids are given on their first birthdays.).
"Naruto, are you ready to leave yet my little prince?" My son looked at me with joy filled eyes and told me,
"Yes mama, I'm ready to go. Do you think that where we're going will have noodles?" I laughed at my son at his question. Then I remember that this is my son, who just happens to be nuts about noodles, from rotini noodles, to lo mein noodles to even Ramen noodles (AN. Yes Naruto still loves his ramen, he wouldn't be him if he didn't eat the ramen).
"Yes my son I'm sure they will have noodles where we're going. Now we must hurry and meet your father in the den, so we can go. Now hurry my little prince." As soon as I said that my son put his book back on the self with his other books and followed me out to the den where my husband was.
"Well now that we are all here lets go. Now Naruto I need you to hold tight to your mother's hand and don't let go until I say so. This is a very powerful spell that I'm using and I don't want us to get separated, alright?"
"Yes father, I'll hold tight to mama's hand" and to prove his point, Naruto held my hand tightly, or I held his hand as tightly as I could for fear of losing him, not from the spell but from the sense of dread that I felt.
As my husband began to recite the spell, our surroundings began to change and then we felt a powerful gust of wind that almost took Naruto and myself off our feet. Then I notice everything changing to a forest scenery and noticed a huge gate behind us with the name "Konoha on it big bold Japanese characters.
"We're here everyone, now that wasn't so bad now was it? Naruto are you okay son?" Both my husband and I turned to look at our son to see if he was alright. To our surprise he had a smile on his face and laughing.
"That was fun father can we do that again?" Our son looked at us with big pleading eyes, so I told him we will see. Then we all made our way into the village but were stopped by the guards.
"HALT STATE YOUR BUSINESS HERE IN THE VILLAGE!!!!" Two ninja guards came in front of us trying to see if we were a threat to their home. My husband was about to speak but our son cut him off.
"Daddy says we're here to visit a friend of his. He said that this person has a very special surprise for me." My son gave them his best smile as if nothing was wrong at all. The guards after hearing our son decided calm down, only a little though.
"Alright kid answer me this do you know why your daddy's friend has a surprise for you?" the guard looking Naruto in the eye waiting for him to answer.
"Yeah, today is my birthday and coming here was part of my gift. Is that bad?" Naruto just stared at the guard with curious eyes. Both my husband and I were surprised when the guard just started laughing.
"Hey its alright. Sorry for the scare there folks. Its just our annual festival and we have to be cautious of intruders. Please forgive us if we scared you." The guard said with a silly grin on his face as he apologized to us.
"It's alright my family and I just got here and we need to meet with my friend." My husband looked at the guards hoping to get into the village without any trouble.
"Sure but you just need to head towards the Hokage's office and talk to him before doing anything else okay. Have a nice day and Happy birthday kid." The guard then pointed us towards a large mountain sculpture with four faces carved into it.
"Daddy look at the mountain, its huge!!!!" Naruto looked up at the mountain with an awe-struck look in his eyes.
"Yes I know Naruto, now we must hurry, my friend is waiting and we mustn't be late." I looked at my husband, confused as to why we had to hurry. So I asked him,
"I thought your friend was a wizard that was hidden here in this village. So why are we heading towards the Hokage's office?" I looked at my husband with a piecing gaze that says "your going to be in trouble if you don't tell me the truth" and knew that he was up to something.
"Now Inza don't worry, now let's go, we mustn't be late." My husband than whispered to me, "I promise nothing bad will happen, and my friend is in the location we are going anyway."
"Alright I'll take your word for it, but remember love, today is for Naruto not us, understand?"
"Yes now lets get going. We have a lot to do today. Now lets go!!" Then my husband lifted our son onto his shoulders and carried him up the stairs. As I looked at my loving family, I then noticed that a sense of dread washed over me, which was the same as this morning. I tried to not think about it, but I couldn't. I was going to find out why I couldn't shake that feeling. The man that wanted my son dead when he was a baby, was standing in the shadows watching us and plotting to put an end to not just my son but to us as well.
*Well there's part two, sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. The life of a college student is not easy. I have so much homework to do and I'm finally getting my chemistry class (a little). Well I promise the next chapter won't take so long to get up. Please keep sending your reviews and I want to know a perfect way for Naruto to meet up with his friends. Send me suggestions and I will add them to my story. Also I'm looking for five new characters to add to my story. They have to be magical creatures (wizards, elemental users, wica's fairies, etc.) Just send me your character, along with their personality and what power they wield and I will add them to my story. Thank you for the many views, until next time!!! ^_^
