Thoughts, scene or time change
Chapter 1: 10 years later
Naruto woke up to yet another beautiful day in the Phoenix village. See this was no ordinary day but Naruto's 10th birthday.
Man today is gonna be a great day, Naruto thought as he got up and got dressed. As he walked down the stairs he could smell someone cooking breakfast. He hoped it was his uncle's new girlfriend; she always made the bests meals.
"Good Morning Naruto" a woman with black hair said from the kitchen.
"Morning Shadoah," Naruto replied as he sat down at the table. "So, what's for breakfast?"
"Well seeing as it's your birthday, I thought I would make pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and toast." Shadoah said with a smile.
At that moment Dark walked up behind Shadoah and wrapped his arms around her waist and said "What smells so good?"
Shadoah jumped and Naruto about fell out of his chair laughing. "So Uncle Dark, do I have any missions today?" Naruto said after laughing.
"Nope, but after breakfast you and I will be heading over to the training grounds and I'm going to teach you a new jutsu." Dark said
"Really?" Naruto said as his face glowed with excitement.
"Yep, that's my gift to you," Dark said letting go of Shadoah and walking over to the table to eat breakfast. "But, we eat breakfast first"
Just then the other kids were getting up and running into the dinning room to eat breakfast, each one stopping wishing Naruto a happy birthday and giving him either a gift, a card they had made or for the infants a hug. The family then sat down and ate breakfast.
After breakfast the youngest ones went to the play room to play, the oldest three, minus Naruto, went off to do ninja things and Dark and Naruto went off to the training grounds while Shadoah cleaned up from breakfast.
Training grounds
"So, what jutsu are you going to teach me Uncle Dark?" Naruto asked.
"I'm going to teach you one your dad invented" Dark said.
"Wow, my dad invented a jutsu?" Naruto asked
"Yes he did and he loved using it against me every time we trained together." Dark said
"So what is this jutsu called?" Naruto asked
"It's called Rasengan." Dark said. "This jutsu is very powerful but also very hard to master."
"Can you show me how it's done?" Naruto asked
"Calm down Naruto, I was getting there." Dark said.
After Naruto had calmed down Dark started to form a Rasengan in the palm of his hand. Naruto just stared in amazement as his uncle formed this amazing jutsu. After Dark had formed the Rasengan, he attacked a training dummy to show off its power. After the smoked cleared there was no dummy left.
"Wow" was all Naruto could say after seeing what he just saw.
"So, you ready to learn this jutsu?" Dark asked
"Hell yeah" Naruto said.
Dark laughed as he pulled out a basket full of balloons and placed them in front of Naruto.
"What are these for?" asked Naruto
"This is step one to learning the Rasengan. This step involves chakra control." Dark said "Once you figure out how to pop these we will move on to step two."
Naruto picked up a balloon and tried popping it, but had no luck. Naruto continued to try as Dark sat down and watched and thought back to when he watched Minato try to create the Rasengan.
After a couple hours, Naruto finally managed to pop several balloons in a row. Dark clapped as he watched Naruto successfully complete the first step.
"How about you two take a quick lunch break?" Shadoah said as she walked towards them.
"Sounds good to me, how about you Naruto?" Dark said.
"Yeah I could go for something to eat." Naruto said as he walked over to where Dark and Shadoah were.
After the three ate lunch Shadoah whispered something into Dark's ear and left.
"So, what did Shadoah say to you?" Naruto asked seeing the concerned look on his uncle's face.
"It's nothing don't worry about it. Now step 2," Dark said as he pulled out some more balloons. "Now try to pop these, and these are tougher to pop than the first ones."
Naruto did the same thing he did before but with no luck. Naruto kept trying over and over.
After an hour without success, Naruto turned to his uncle and said "What am I doing wrong?"
"Remember what I showed you and you will see the answer" Dark replied.
Naruto remembered what his uncle showed him earlier. He remembered that the chakra of the jutsu had a swirling pattern to it. So he picked up one of the balloons and tried to figure out how to make the chakra swirl and control it at the same time.
After about an hour Naruto figured it out and managed to pop the balloon. He jumped with excitement.
"Excellent job Naruto" Dark said "Now we can move on to the last step."
"And that is?" Naruto asked
"Putting steps 1 and 2 together" Dark said placing a basket of water balloons beside him "This time don't pop the balloon"
Naruto picked up one of the balloons and tried to combine the earlier, but the balloon popped. Naruto tried again and again, but every time the balloon kept popping. Naruto stopped to think how hard it was to control the flow and shape at the same time. That's when it hit him; he would use a clone to control the shape while he controlled the chakra flow. He summoned a clone and got to work. It took some time for him and his clone to make it work but they finally got it down.
Dark stood up clapping. "Congratulations Naruto, you managed to figure out how you can perform this jutsu."
"Thanks uncle Dark" Naruto said.
"Your welcome" Dark said and then realized that the sun was setting "How about we head home for dinner."
Naruto's stomach rumbled "I think that's a good idea"
Dark and Naruto walked back home and Naruto was asking questions about his parents and Dark would answer them, while keeping some information from him that he felt that he was not yet ready for. When they got back home, Naruto was surprised to see Dark's oldest son, Neo, there.
"There's the birthday boy" Neo said as he saw Dark and Naruto walk in
"Neo" Naruto said as he ran over and hugged him
Neo returned the hug, "What did you expect me to miss my lil cousins birthday and here I got you this" Neo said handing it a wrapped gift over to Naruto.
Naruto took the gift and opened it. "A new set of kunai knives and a set of throwing stars. Thanks Neo"
"Your welcome cousin, you're not a true ninja till you have a set of these" Neo said
Dark just laughed as he thought back to Neo's 10th birthday when he told him the exact same thing. After that though Dark managed to sneak away to his office to deal with what Shadoah told him earlier.
It was now dinner time and everyone, except Dark, was around the table eating.
"Where's Uncle Dark" Naruto asked
"He's dealing with business and said he would try to join us once he was done: Shadoah said.
Just then Dark walked into the dinning room and sat down at the table and grabbed himself some food and started eating.
"Is everything ok honey?" Shadoah asked while looking at Dark
"Yep everything is fine. I just had to make a quick phone call." Dark responded
"To who?" Naruto asked
"Well this seems like the right time to tell you. I have registered you, Hikari, and Daniel in the Chunin Exams in a couple months in the Leaf Village."
"But Dad, both me and Daniel are of Anbu rank, why did you enter us?" Hikari asked.
"The reason I entered you two in as well is because it is a team thing. And since this village doesn't really put teams together, I put you two there as his teammates. But don't worry after the second test you two can drop out without hurting the team." Dark explained.
"This sounds like its going to be tough" Naruto said
"Naruto, do not remember taking down a giant snake in the woods around this village when you were six, compared to that this might be easy for you. But I will say there will be ninjas from other villages and because of that I will be attending this as well." Dark responded.
"Can I go with you?" Shadoah asked
"If Naruto says it's ok then you can" Dark responded
"Sure it's fine with me" Naruto said
"Thank you Naruto" Shadoah said
"Your welcome, I don't think my uncle would enjoy the trip without you" Naruto said
Dark knew Naruto was right, plus dark had plans to ask Shadoah to marry him, but he would wait till after the Chunin exams were over.
After dinner, everyone settled in and watched a movie. After the movie everyone went to bed and settled in for a good night's rest. Naruto of course thought about the next couple months of hard training he would have to do to prepare for those exams.
While everyone was sleeping Dark grabbed his darkest cloak and put it on and left he house. Just because everyone is asleep doesn't mean my work is done Dark thought as he left is house and went into the night.