Hello again, Naruto fans, this is NiteOwl18 here with an all new chapter of my new story, The Fox. Last Friday, I have posted the very first chapter and on Saturday, I have receive three reviews, four favorites, four followers and 115 views and counting. This is a very good start, and I thank you all for viewing my story and posting reviews. Last chapter you witness Naruto's bullied life in Uzushio and leading up to where him and his family are being terrorized by a supernatural force before trapping Kushina in the end, leaning to her death. Now see of how Naruto's current life in Konoha. Note: I know that in the first chapter was a bit short, but in this chapter and future chapters, they will be long. Enjoy.
Chapter 2: Twelve Years Later.
A loud scream, followed by a thump, was heard from the teenager's bed, interrupting his nightmare. Suddenly, the door open up, revealing a mid-fifties year old man with white spiky hair and the unusual red lines coming from beneath the eyes and into his jaw, wearing a light red boxer shorts.
"Naruto! What happened?!" Exclaimed the man.
From the bed sheets on the floor pops out a blond teen with whisker marks on his cheeks who has the face of a sixteen year old. The teenager, known as Naruto, said "Uh, nothing, Jiraiya-Ojisan. I slip out of bed, that's all, dattebayo."
"All right, kid."
"Oh, Jiraiya." A soft feminine voice call out from a room. "Where are you?"
A small perverted smile was form at his face. "Coming, my sweet!" He bellowed from across the hallway. Disappearing his smile, he then turn to the blonde, ordering "Start getting ready. You'll be late for school."
"Roger, Jiraiya-Ojisan." Said Naruto as he saluted him in response. Jiraiya's smile resume as he dashes out from the blond's room, leaving the teenager alone. Naruto got up from the ground, revealing his sixteen year old body underneath his green pajamas. He took off his shirt and pants, only leaving him his orange boxer shorts. He check himself in the mirror and sees his scrawny body in the reflection.
That guy. That guy you all are seeing in the mirror and in the room is me. Naruto Uzumaki. I am sixteen years old and I am one of the people all of everyone else in Konohagakure that is scrawny.
Letting out a sigh, Naruto resume going to the closet and getting his usual clothes. As he was looking for them, his ears have pick up over a low, but loud, squeaking noise from across the hallway, then the sound of the bed squeaking was followed by a female's moaning. Naruto shook his head by it.
The loud noise and moaning is coming from my godfather's room, Jiraiya, and one of his 'friends.' This ain't the first time that the man has brought in some random chick from a bar and take her in our home. He doesn't do it all the time; he does it when he needs someone to inspire him for one of his perverted books. See, he's a writer for the Icha Icha series. I never read any of the books; I wouldn't want to be a pervert like him.
Moments later, Naruto came out of the room, descended down the stairs and went to the kitchen for some cereal as the sex was still continuing. He was wearing an white flannel button-up shirt with light blue slacks and white shoes while carrying his orange backpack. He covers the shirt with a black jacket with an orange swirl on the back. He also wears glasses. Grabbing the cereal from the cabinet, plus an orange bowl and a spoon, and the milk from the refrigerator, he sat down on the table and pour it in the two ingredients in the bowl and started eating it. As he was munching down, he saw a mid-twenties brunette walking by with a light green short and a red blouse that one of her shoulder straps is loose while carrying her high black pumps. Her hair was messy that she didn't even notice. She caught the blonde's cerulean eyes with her hazel eyes before winking at him. Naruto waves at her in response as she left the house.
As soon as she was gone, Naruto's godfather came by, wearing a navy blue bathrobe and wooden sandals. His perverted smile was still there. He sighed as he sat down, extending his arms in the air "Nothing but a good release gets the inspiration working again."
Naruto rolled his eyes as he lay out a laugh. Even though his godfather is lewd and perverted, he still loves him.
Jiraiya asked his godson "So care to tell me what was up back in the room? Why were you on the ground and screaming?"
Naruto didn't look at his parental figure's face and kept staring at his cereal. He muttered "Uh, I just had a nightmare that's all."
"The same thing again?"
Naruto nodded in response. His godfather sighed again, but in pity, knowing what the nightmare was. Jiraiya continued "Naruto, we been over this already. You can't keep blaming something that is impossible for what happened to your parents."
"I know, but...I can't shake this off. I still see that-that image in my head, dattebayo." Stuttered the teen. Naruto didn't want to continue this discussion before declared "Look, uh, I have to go. See ya, Jiraiya-Ojisan."
The teen got up from the table and got his backpack from the ground. Jiraiya remarked, seeing his godson as such a hurry "You know, it wouldn't hurt if you call me dad once in a while."
"Huh? Oh, uh, sorry. I mean, see ya, da-I mean, Jiraiya-Ojisan." Said Naruto, who was at the door as he was opening it. "See ya." He then close the door behind him.
Jiraiya was left with his thoughts in sadness all alone in his house. Ever since what has happened to Naruto's parents, the man have adopted the small boy and raise him like he was his own son. However, it was very difficult for the two due to Naruto of not letting go of the past and calling him dad since his real father is in prison for the death of his wife.
I know what you're thinking back there with a few questions. See, Jiraiya has took care of me since I was four years old. My mother was killed right in front of my eyes back in my home place, Uzushio, during a panic on the city before it was destroy. After that, my father was taken into custody, saying that he have kill my mom. No one believe me; I was the one who has saw the whole thing. The killer...was something that was considered impossible for me to believe. I don't remember what kind of image it was; all I known was that it was a man. A man with nine tails.
Naruto stands in the bus stop and wait for the bus to come in. As he was waiting, he had many thoughts in his head.
My life was ruined back home. Since then, the authorities have put my father in here after the prison was destroyed, along with the rest of the prisoners.
Suddenly, his thoughts was interrupted when the bus have suddenly passes him by. Naruto muttered to himself "Oh, shit!"
He started running at the bus. He try to pick up the pace, but the bus won't stop. The bus was going about five miles per hour, but Naruto wasn't keeping up. He taps on the window loudly, wanting the bus driver or anyone on board.
"Hey! Stop the bus!" Cried the blonde teenager.
The students on the school bus look at the streets and saw who it was. They immediately laugh at the teenager's predicament; they didn't bother of letting the bus driver to stop or the bus driver to stop since he too find it funny, ignoring the blonde's cry.
"Can someone tell the driver to stop?! Hey! Stop the bus!"
Finally, one of the students who didn't find it funny stand up and barked "Hey driver, stop the bus!"
Groaning at that familiar voice, the bus driver finally stop the vehicle, to the dismay of the entire students. Once the bus have stopped, Naruto stop running as the doors were open.
He got up from the bus and sarcastically said to the driver, who pretend he had nothing to do with it. "Thanks for the stop, dattebayo." The blonde then got paper ball throw at his head, resuming the amusement of everyone else. Ignoring that, he walks to find a seat as the bus resume moving. However, like they know he was attempting to seat right next to them, the students block their seats with their books, backpacks, their feets, or their pom-poms. Not to mention, they were all giving him deadly glares and looks. They been doing that since he first move to Konoha and see him as a loser, a nobody and an outsider for being someone who is not part of the city. He goes to the back seat, where he saw his four friends, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi.
Kiba has short slightly spiky brown hair, sharp-looking eyes, wore a dark brown hoodie and blue jeans with a red-fang that looked like tattoos on each cheek. He was the one that shouted the bus driver to stop the bus.
Shino wears a sea-green jacket with the hood covering his hair, black jeans and dark sunglasses that prevents anyone of seeing his true eyes. He remain still like a statue and acting mysterious.
Shikamaru has black hair tied in a spiky ponytail to give off like a pineapple with narrow black eyes. He wears a black T-shirt underneath a short-sleeved green jacket with matching black pants as well. Naruto see his expression on his bore face with the words 'Troublesome' on it as the Nara teen look at the window.
Finally, Choji is an heavy-set boy with brown, spiky hair with red swirl marks on each cheeks. He wears a red T-shirt with the kanji for "food" on the front and grey pants. The young gentleman was eating a bag of B.B.Q chips.
Naruto greeted them "Hey guys."
Kiba greeted back "Hey Naruto."
Shino said in monotone "Hello Naruto."
"Sup, Naruto?" Shikamaru lazily said, not turning his head to see the blonde.
"Hiya, Naruto." Naruto manage to hear the words from Choji's mouth that were filled with mountains of chips.
Naruto sit by within them as the bus travel to Konoha High School.
I got to tell you, back in Uzushio, my short life was nothing but beatings and abuse. In Konoha, it's a lot worse, especially in school.
In Konoha High School, there were many students, possibly about 1,000 or more, scatter around the schoolyard, either outside or inside. The school was about five feet tall and ten feet wide. Once the five friends step inside the school, Naruto's sophomore life was about to enter a living hell again.
"Hey Uzumaki!"
Naruto stop, turning around to see light brown-haired bully who was a year older than Naruto, but, to the blond, he could already be at his twenties due to his height which was 5'9 and the blonde himself was 5'3. He was wear a black T-shirt with blue jean.
"Time for your morning school beating." Smirked the bully as he cracks his knuckles.
Naruto sense that everyone around him have overhear that man's comment and look at the scene, including his friends.
"Not again." Kiba groaned before glaring at the bully. "Dude, can't you just go one day without picking on Naruto?"
"Shut the hell up, mutt boy! This is between me and this fool here!" Barked the bully, who then look at the blonde nerd. "So twerp, before I kick your ass, there's one way of you not getting your morning school beating, if you do my homework for me."
Naruto shakes his head negatively. "No way, man. I am not doing your work for you."
Angry, the bully then grab the blonde by the collar, shouting "What was that, ya trash?!"
Naruto try talking back to him, but couldn't. Upon seeing his yellow eyes, he was having difficulty getting the words out. He repeated, but in an stutter tone "I-I s-say...I'm n-not...doing your-your work...for-for y-you."
He then got a quick punch in the guts, making him fall down on the ground and his glasses as well. The entire school didn't reacted to help him nor did his friends. The light brown haired bully grab the blonde's golden hair forcibly, lifting him up to his face.
"It seems you need to be taught a lesson, blonde trash." Sneered the bully, who raise his fist against the boy and was able to punch him, but a voice stop him.
"Hey!"
The bully turn around and got a fist on the face as well, making him fall down on the ground. Naruto knew who was the savior was also the school, not to mention almost the entire population of the female students who shrieked in squeal at his name. The man was at the same age as Naruto and is a sophomore; he has black eyes, black hair while the back of it is spiky and has chin-length bangs that parted down to frame both side of his face. The teen was handsome according to all the girls. His skin was pale, wears a simple long sleeved black shirt with a raised collar and black pants. His name was Sasuke Uchiha and he was Naruto's best friend.
Kiba rolled his eyes before muttering "Great, this guy is here."
"Hands off of him!" Shouted the young Uchiha at the bully, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
The bully sneered "This doesn't involve you, Uchiha!"
"It would be if you don't get the hell of here." Threatened Sasuke, making all the girls around him swoon more.
"Fine." Declared the bully, who got up from the ground and wipe his mouth to get rid of the blood. "But this isn't over; you or that nerd." The young man left the scene, making the girls clapped and cheered at Sasuke.
Ignoring the fangirls, Sasuke turn to the blonde and offer him his hand. Naruto got his glasses and puts them on before grabbing his friend's hand, being lifted him up from the ground.
"Thanks, Sasuke," Thanked Naruto. "But you didn't have to do that."
"But I do."
Kiba remarked "Typical, wonder boy strikes again."
"Come on, let's go to class before the fangirls won't stop looking at me." Sasuke suggested, seeing all the girls have small hearts in their eyes and staring at him lovingly.
"They can't help it that you're great, dattebayo." Chuckled Naruto. The six friends then walked to class.
Sasuke Uchiha has been one of my best friends since I move here. He was one of the kids out of everyone that ever acknowledge me, except for Kiba, Shikamaru, Shino and Choji. They been my friends after I became friends with Sasuke. He's been protecting my ass since we started high school from anyone who threatens me to do their homework for them. Why? Cause of my smarts. That was one of the fews things that people don't like about me. That, and my personality when I say 'Dattebayo.' It's a verbal tic; I can't control it. Out of my real friends, I used to befriend with most of the students here, but out of the blur, they started to turn their back on me and the people that I thought were my friends have been using me as a punching bag. Around that time Sasuke or the gang always help me when I'm in trouble, but a lot of days, I get beat a lot worse. They treated me like an outcast, including the girls. They were the worst. The girls look at me with such distastes and scowls, mostly because they accuse me for taking away their precious Sasuke.
However, there was only one girl out of everyone that didn't hates me…
"Naruto-kun?"
Naruto turns around and saw the beautiful face he could lays eye on. The girl was at her age, wears a lavender blouse, black pants, and a pair of black low-heeled shoes. Her hair is straight, hime-style haircut that falls on her lower back with shorts stands that frame her face had grown to shoulder-length. And her eyes were like pearls.
"Hey Hinata." Smiled Naruto.
Hinata Hyuga blush as she sees Naruto's smile; it was wonderful for her to see it.
"You, uh, need something?" Stuttered the blonde, who was blushing as well.
"No! I mean, uh, no. There was...a rumor of you got into a fight at school."
"That! Oh, no. That was another blonde who...got his...ass...kick." Lied Naruto with a smile.
Hinata knew that he was lying; every time she notice that her crush is being bullied by mostly everyone at school and lies with a fake smile. "Naruto-kun, would you like to walk me home after school?"
Naruto laughed with a real smile "Of course, I love to! We always do, dattebayo!"
Hinata giggled "Thank you, Naruto." She then runs off to her next class, leaving the blonde alone and being love struck by her.
Hinata is one of the girls that never treated me crap or abandoned me. She's been my closest friend since we were kids. By that time, I have develop a crush on her, seeing her face and her eyes makes my heart burst.
After class as everyone were heading out of the school, Naruto waited outside of the school to wait for Hinata. He put on his headphones on his orange walkman while listening to Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley. He was listening to the beats of the son as he taps one of his hand against the base of his leg. While listening to the song, he still can't wait to walk Hinata home. He unknowingly spot of small blush from his face.
He managed to saw the Hyuga female teen coming out from the school doors and quickly put away his walkman inside his orange backpack. He smile, not knowing the small blush "Hey, Hinata."
Hinata greeted back "Hello to you too, Naruto-kun. You ready?"
"Heck, yeah!" Exclaimed the blonde, but reacted of what he said and spoke softly, still smiling "I mean, sure."
Hinata giggled and the two friends descend down the stairs. Unknown to the two of them, both of them have thoughts in their head that they really want to say.
"Today's the day I'll finally get to tell Naruto-kun I love him."
"Today's the day I'll finally get to tell Hinata-chan I love her."
Before either of them could say to the other, a fist lands on Naruto's face, knocking him down on the floor.
"Great! Now what?!" Muttered Naruto as he look up on the attacker and groaned to see who it was. "Shit. Him again."
The man before him was seventeen years old. He had long, black hair and frames some of it on each sides of his face. He wears a white button shirt, grey pants and blue shoes. His eyes were the same as Hinata's eyes, but those eyes belong to the face of an arrogant man. The teenager was Neji Hyuga, Hinata's cousin, Student Body President of Konoha High and one of Naruto's main tormentors.
"What the hell are you doing to my cousin, nerd?!" Demanded the arrogant male Hyuga.
From around them, the students manage to witness the outburst from the junior and the nerd being on the ground with a bloody nose. They stop what they were doing and look at the scene.
"I was taking Hinata to her home until some jackass show up-" Remarked Naruto, who didn't finish his sentence when Neji grab the collar of the blonde's shirt and pull him closer to his face, sneering at him.
"What did you say?!"
"You hear me, dattabayo," Replied Naruto. "You goddamned-"
Neji didn't let him finish his sentence as he punches Naruto face again, much to the amusement of everyone. He continues to punch and kick him all over his body; the blonde didn't fought back. The only thing he could do was to cover his face with his arms. Naruto's friends came by and saw that the blonde was in trouble.
Kiba took one look of the attacker and growled who it was. "Neji."
Hinata pleaded as she grab her cousin's arm "Neji-niisan, please! Stop! Naruto-kun didn't do anything wrong!"
Neji quickly shot a dirty look at the young Hyuga, shouting "Stay of this, Hinata-sama! This is between me and this trash!" He then pushes her away, making Hinata letting go of his arm, which made her almost fall.
"You bastard!" Naruto growled, who got up and proceed to attack Neji, but the male Hyuga swift kick him across the face, landing him on the ground again and losing his glasses. The audience did nothing but clapped and hooted at the abuser.
Neji crackles both of his knuckles and was about to land another punch at Naruto, but his fist was grab by Sasuke.
"Unhand me, Uchiha!" Demanded Neji, shooting a deathly glare at him.
"Not a chance, Neji!" Sasuke shot back, making some of the girls commenting on how brave Sasuke is. "Now leave or else!"
Neji look at the Uchiha teen's demanding face and shot back at him with his a similar demanding face. However, Sasuke narrowed his dark eyes at the Hyuga. He then look at the blonde, who was still on the ground as he was picking up his glasses.
"Fine." He scoffed. "This outsider isn't worth my time." Sasuke then let go of the Hyuga's hand, still staring at him before glancing at Naruto, who was getting up. "And Uzumaki, stay away from my cousin or the next time I won't hold back." The male Hyuga then walked away from the two teens and passing his cousin. "Hinata-sama, come."
Hinata's eye were water by the abuse of her cousin attacking Naruto. "But...Naruto-kun-" She stuttered.
Naruto waves his hand at her as he look at the ground, not looking at her "Hinata, its fine. We can go walking another time."
"O-Okay. Bye, Naruto-kun." Hinata sadly replied. Neji grabs her by the arm and pulls her away from the scene.
After they were gone, the entire audience didn't say a word over the beating of that blonde. Most of them felt bad for Naruto since he was kind to everyone and Hinata as well. The rest of them smiled and laughed at the blonde teenager, including the girls, who was muttering of the Hyuga girl falling in love with the nerd and commenting Naruto a loser.
Sasuke offer his friend a hand, but Naruto shook if off and stand up by himself. He asked "You alright, Naruto?"
"I'm fine, Sasuke. I'm fine." Lied Naruto, as he was still keeping his face down, not to him, but to everyone. Without any word, Naruto passes by his friend and ignoring the muttering and stares at the blonde with his head down. As soon as he was away from the school, he lifted his face up, revealing his swollen cheek on the right, broken nose and a black eye. The right lense of the glasses has a small crack on the far right surface. Behind the glasses, Naruto's cerulean eyes were dripping tears.
The bastard that made me so weak was Hinata's cousin and current Student Body President, Neji. That guy always try to get in between me and Hinata whenever we're alone. It happens every time for the last twelve years. I wanted to beat him up, but that was impossible. Me harming the Student Body President will make things a lot worst.
At soon as he got home, he notice that his godfather wasn't here. Probably be at a public place to pick up women for his book, a bar or a bathhouse. That was great for Naruto since he didn't want to face him yet. The blonde then advance to his room and lock the door behind him. Throwing his backpack on the ground carelessly, Naruto then open the drawer from his table and took out a file that contains lots of papers. Opening it, the papers were details and newspapers of his mother's death, his father's conviction and the destruction of his birth home.
Beside getting my ass kick by mostly everyone, I was one hell of a detective. I have decided that it was time for me to start figuring out who murder my mom after she died. For the past years, I have been reviewing on my mom's case file to prove my dad's innocents. So far, I haven't come up with anything. I have re-read the entire case over and over again, but I haven't come up with nothing.
Naruto kept looking at the papers he have theorized over the mysterious red-orange blur he had witness as a child. He have put in a dozen hypothesis to his blur theory; most of them were cross out by the blonde. He rubbed the bridge of his nose underneath his glasses. His eyes pick up on something sticking out between the stacks of papers. He took it out and glance sadly of what it was. A photo of his parents and him as four years old; the last picture they ever took. Naruto closes his eyes in sadness. He really wanted to solve this for his father. He kept this case a secret from everyone, including his friends. No one could ever know what he was doing or why he was doing this. Naruto didn't tell his friends about who his parents were or where they are; if they knew or the entire school knew that his father is in prison and the person that killed his mother wasn't even a person, his friends will abandon him. The only person that only knew of his mother's truth murderer was him. Jiraiya, however, was a different story.
The white haired man didn't believe that some mysterious supernatural force have killed Kushina and framed Minato for her murder. He was friends with the two of them, and after Kushina's death; he was the only person that didn't believe Minato killed his wife. He kept telling his godson to stop overlooking the facts, but Naruto refuses. He wasn't going to give up, not until he solve his mother's murderer.
Naruto said as he glance at the photo "Don't worry, mom. I'll found out who murder you. And dad, one day I'll prove your innocents."
I hope this long chapter have entertain you all. Now you witness Naruto's new life in both Konoha and High-School. The blonde trying to solve his mother's case file and proving his father's innocent is similar of how in The Flash, Barry is figuring out who killed his mother in order to free his father. Next chapter is where Naruto and his classmates is taking a journey to Roots Labs. I know you all have to wait another Friday to see another new chapter, but I can't post the rest of the chapters everyday and writing new ones; I'm busy. If I have enough time, I will either write this current story or Tale of the Gutless Fearless Ninja. See ya all later. NiteOwl18 out.
