Clannad and the Missing Ninja
I don't own Naruto or Clannad.
Author Note:
Hello to my readers of my other works 'The Last of Naruto' and 'Naruto and Akame ga kiru revolution', I have not abandoned the stories and will continue them soon, I just lost my motivation for them for a bit, especially with tests coming. I already have most of the upcoming chapters complete. Truth is I shouldn't even write this but I was bored and I remembered Clannad existed and tried reading its fic's, but only could find only one that was satisfactory for me to read. Special thanks goes to ' .king for inspiring me to write this with his fic. Just note there will be no similarities between the two and I'll try what I can with this story.
Just by doing this chapter I can see this is going to be an extremely hard and painful fic to write, but I will push forward and try and make the best Clannad and Naruto crossover I can
Why I'm doing this, I had an inspiration from reading a Clannad crossover recently 'the world of light and darkness' by ' ' .king' along with a shuffle crossover 'A Ninja turned King' by 'absolutezero001' and watching X-men Days of future past with my friends and thought I could try and combine some elements from each basing itself in the Clannad world. The idea was Naruto has Blink's teleportation ability, obtained 'somehow', which will later be revealed with a neglect fic, dimensional escape and the 'opening of the gates' from shuffle following after except instead of gods and devils it will be the elemental nations lol. Konoha and the elemental nations will make an appearance down the road and as much as shuffle crossover would be easier to do, I hate the characters. They seem so pansy like making the anime was painful to watch for me. So I went with Clannad instead.
So far I had good reviews and thanks goes to silentdeath2-2, Fuyuhara Sora, LordGhostStriker and Karlos1234ify and Tama Saga, for keeping me motivated to continue writing this difficult story
For Deathgeass I've read some of your fics, particularly your crossover with Suzuka and got to say it's an honour you actually read this. I'd recommend you red my other works, but that's your decision
For Generation Zero some of your neglect fics inspired me to write more chapters in my other work as well as this. Keep up the good work.
Now for questions:
For Fuyuhara Sora, I suppose it would draw interest on the neglect side of things in the Elemental nations, however not to worry, I was planning on having flashbacks and dreams for Naruto in his life in Clannad.
For Tama saga. I understand what you mean, but to me the abandonment is a good starting point that I like to use. That and to me I really liked Projectrain's approach to neglect fics and abandonment. That's actually the main reason I follow his path with variations
As for pairings I'm not entirely sure. As for power, that is a messed up area, I'll see what I can do but I'm going to try my best in keeping it with what I see. I.e. Tomoyo is actually pretty strong with her kicks and speed and Kyou can throw and kick pretty hard but in facing ninja I have no idea and I know they'd loose.
I also am using inspiration from Projectrain's 'for the love of family' fic. The neglect however will be shown in flashbacks as it bears closer similarity to the Clannad feel. The neglect side will bear similarity to the first 2 chapters of my other fic Naruto and Akame ga kiru revolution so if you want to understand the detail just refer to that.
This is more of a drama fic and was sudden inspiration, don't expect much from me in this fic and I may even abandon this if it gets too tough. This was done out of a sudden urge but I will endeavor to write.
For those who are wondering if the Elemental nations will be making an appearance. Yes, totally, that's the main reason I'm inspired to make this fic. It'll be nice creating that drama and seing that Clannad is all about that and stuff, I thought it would be something good to do.
Still don't expect too much. As I mentioned before fics like these are hard to make since they don't mix too well. Naruto all about action and this is all about school and drama. Usually fics have Naruto loose his powers or is an entirely different person. I want to preserve Naruto and continue this fic.
After all the hard things in life are always the most fun, or some quote like that.
Chapter 2: Pasts
Naruto walked down the hallways on his way to homeroom class already aware he was late by a large margin. He noted the sunny weather and the rays seeping through the extensive glass lined up along the hallway and the various students entering and exiting the rooms he passed.
As Naruto walked onwards he bypassed a duo of female students who accidently made eye contact with him and developing a noticeable blush, they rushed past. He couldn't help but listen in on the duo from their increasing distance with the aid of his enhanced hearing.
"That's Naruto isn't it? What's he doing being late to homeroom?" a female with long black hair and black eyes whispered to her friend, slight concern evident in her voice.
"I don't know. Okazaki and Sunohara aren't here yet, is he being influenced by the delinquents?" The friend replied also whispering in response.
"What's he thinking? He's a senior with outstanding results, why does he hang around those two? They're only dragging him down."
"I know, he would have made class rep if he put in the right effort. Why he associates with those delinquents I'll never know."
"Yeah, hey did you hear the rumors of teachers and students trying to push them apart?"
"Yeah. I guess it's one of the great mysteries of the school."
Naruto was completely aware of his surroundings, reminiscent of his instincts as a missing ninja and having to be on the lookout for Konoha hunter ninja. Due to his senses he was able to pick up the conversations spoken by the students and the rumors floating about with ease, some of which revolved around him and his choice of friends.
Personally he didn't care what the student's thought of him, most of the time they were at awe of his prowess in classes, but he just wished they wouldn't badmouth his friends behind his back.
He knew of Tomoya and Youhei when they were still active members in school having been accepted through sports scholarship, back when they were popular and not delinquents. He wasn't close friends with them then, hell he was pretty sure he didn't have friends having transferred in at the prospect of a scholarship.
As time passed he eventually befriended them, not out of pity due to their fallout of the scholarships, results and problems, rather because they reminded him of himself when he was younger.
When everyone in Konoha abandoned him.
Of course it was a rocky friendship at first with him seemingly intruding in their lives and the reputation he still held, but eventually through persistence and perseverance Naruto was generally accepted as their friends, much to the chagrin of the faculty, students and teachers.
As he approached the classroom he idly noted an angry Kyou Fujibayashi with her long purple hair, her front left side done up with a white string and purple eyes shining with power stomping angrily towards the direction of his homeroom.
Kyou hadn't noticed him and from what he could see she was too busy in her 'fury mode', approaching his classroom with book in hand. He paused observing her actions as she opened the door with great force and pulled her book arm backwards in preparation for a throw.
"Hey, Okazaki Tomoya!"
He saw her suddenly lunge her arm forward throwing the book forward, great power evident in the throw with a small breeze following in reaction. He couldn't hear any sound of impact on the other side and instead heard the fright of birds chirping in the yard.
Naruto quickly concluded his friend had dodged the book causing it to sail outside into the trees. He watched on as Kyou stormed into his room as he listening in at the surprised reactions of the students, his friend and sister.
"Kyou"
"Onee- chan"
Deciding to follow inside and watch their interactions he stepped into the classroom noting the single filled columns of desks lined up neatly and all the students inside looking on in bewilderment.
He looked at Tomoya and noticed Kyou grabbing onto his red tie forcefully with Ryou trying to calm her down from the sidelines. Even though Kyou was smaller in height compared to Tomoya, her fury easily spoke who was dominant.
"You loser!"
"I was only talking to her!" Tomoya responded, sweat visibly forming.
"Yeah, Onee-chan. He wasn't picking on me or anything."
Kyou took a second to register the words before slowly loosening her grip on Tomoya's tie while taking a step back, a thoughtful expression plastered on her face.
"That's fine" Kyou spoke more subdued letting go of his tie completely before looking down and analysing the card on the floor in surprise.
"You had Ryou read your fortune?"
"Yeah. Apparently I'm going to have a romantic meeting with a kind girl tomorrow." Tomoya responded readjusting his tie
Kyou had a thoughtful expression on her face caring less of his reading.
Naruto decided to take the chance to make his presence known with the group.
"Hey Tomoya-kun, Kyou-chan, Ryou-chan. What's up?" he spoke nonchalantly already familiar with the antics of his friends and classmates.
"N-N-Naruto-kun" Kyou spoke surprised, a light blush forming on her face.
It was no surprise to Naruto that she had a level of attraction towards him with the rumor mills running rampant in school and him overhearing by accident.
"The one and only, so what's this about fortune telling? Could you do mine? I'm sure it'll be fun."
"Um… Okay." Ryou cutely spoke.
"What's this, want to know about your love life?" Tomoya smirked at the idea.
"Not really. Any kind of fortune would do. Experience has taught me to always watch out for such things."
"What fortune are you expecting?" Kyou spoke up confidence returning to her voice with a hint of excitement.
"I'd like one for the remaining school years. Want to know where my life is heading you know, anything would do." Naruto continued lightly scratching the back of his head while showcasing his famous grin.
That did nothing but force Kyou and several on looking girls to blush deeper.
Naruto had made it a personal quest to watch out for the super natural, especially following the events in Demon country. To top off his determination, he was from another dimension and had superpowers with a Biju stuck in his gut. He'd learned long ago never to take everything at first glance.
Naruto, Kyou, Tomoya knelt down picking up the fallen cards and giving them to Ryou to shuffle.
This time as Ryou shuffled she didn't slip spilling the cards over the floor, but instead took the top five off the deck and placed them on Tomoya's desk face up.
"Umm…" Ryou looked over the cards for a few seconds trying her best to discern their meaning. By now everyone in the classroom was listening on in anticipation, curious of the reading.
"Umm… the coming years will have great trials and tribulations with a deeper and dark past making itself known." she said before looking at the other card lined up on the desk.
"Umm… your friendships will be trialed and tested constantly with great understanding and pain following."
"You will find deep happiness with another, but it will be a fragile love tested against others and only held together by a string that could be cut at anytime."
"The final trigger would be a great event drawing in the entirety of the world towards a destiny of promise."
Naruto and the entire classroom had no idea what to make of the fortune presented except for the relationship part. Naruto had an inkling feeling he should take the fortune seriously and he always trusted his feelings. He had no idea about the way to go about it though since as expected there is great ambiguity in fortunes so he assumed the best way was to do what he normally does and make the decisions when it counts.
"We'll, that's a pretty deep fortune. What's your dark past I wonder, sounds interesting and a great worldwide event. That's the first time I heard of a fortune with that." Tomoya spoke curious.
Naruto wasn't sure about the dark past catching up bit and it could mean a wide range of things. The most likely scenario is the reawakening of yang Kurama in his gut. Every time he visited the fox he was always in a deep sleep and hasn't spoken to him since arriving in the new world. Thinking deeply about Kurama, he missed what Kyou spoke next.
"Hmmm… deep happiness with another" Kyou spoke softly more to herself than to Naruto.
"Well good luck… Ahahaha" Kyou spoke upbeat one last time before turning around and leaving, limbs swaying wildly with great enthusiasm in each movement.
Naruto, Tomoya and Ryou looked on confused.
Lunchtime:
Naruto walked down the lower corridors bypassing the various shoe lockers custom in Japanese culture.
'So where should I eat?' He wondered to himself while holding a bag of purchased bread from the cafeteria.
"A ghost" he suddenly heard from a student as he walked past. It was another trio of friends engaged in the schools rumor mill.
"Yeah I heard it appears. The ghost of the girl that got in a car accident."
"I bet it's something else."
"I'm not kidding! And I heard she's cute too."
'A ghost huh?' Naruto thought to himself at the idea.
He had never actually seen a ghost human ghost before and frankly the idea of them still scared him simply because of their so-called intangibility. The fear lessened over the years having fought against Obito Uchiha and his intangible ability and now he was more curious than afraid of their existence.
Deciding to move on Naruto walked on down the hall while looking out an open window. As he passed another set of windows he noticed Tomoya sitting down and talking to a girl by the garden bench with a fairly healthy tree shading them.
He watched as Tomoya pointed upwards to the rooftop of the school and continued to talk to the young girl. As he looked closer he noticed the petite figure of the girl, her brown short hair and cute innocent eyes.
Deciding to meet up with Tomoya he jumped out the window uncaring of regulations and approached them, but just before he could make his presence known he heard the distinct sound of engines revving in the distance and various students running in one direction.
"What's that sound?" the petite girl spoke in a cute questioning voice also noticing the disturbance.
From what Naruto could tell the sound was coming from the direction of the soccer court. Making his presence known with Tomoya and girl with a quick 'hi' he made his way there with Tomoya and the girl closely following.
As they approached they saw a trio of gangster wannabies circling the yard on their bikes creating dust clouds in their wake. Towards the sides and entrance of the fields various students watched concerned, curious or excited. From the getup of the majority of the girls they were likely in the middle of practicing soccer on the field, before the interruption.
"Wow, so cool. They're wheeling around!" A student with blond dyed hair, lighter than Naruto's spoke in excitement as he remained seated for the break period.
Naruto immediately recognized the voice and the hair and turned around to see Youhei watching on in excitement, juice box in hand and Tomoya somehow maneuvering himself onto his shoulders outside his notice.
"Yo. Sunohara" Naruto spoke out in a casual greet.
"Sunohara, what's going on?" Tomoya spoke atop of Youhei's shoulders with the petite girl by his side watching on concerned. How he got on without him noticing still mystified him.
"I think they're here for a fight. Guys from another school are here on bikes…" Youhei started before noticed Tomoya's weight on his shoulders and freaked out comically.
Naruto laughed lightly to himself as he always found the duo's interactions a comical sight.
He suddenly heard the cheers of girls by the sidelines bringing his attention back to the court and immediately noticed a girl with a long light greenish grey hair walking towards the delinquents, a noticeable black hair holder atop her head.
He knew her from anywhere.
Tomoyo Sakagami, an old student of his.
"Is she going to give them a lecture?" Sunohara spoke out with excitement.
"No, something much better. Just watch" He replied, a small grin growing on his face.
"Why did this happen?" the petite girl spoke, still not having been introduced.
"This is after all the best school in the city so there are guys who don't like that idea" Tomoya replied as he began walking forward while removing his blazer in preparation for a fight.
Naruto held his arm out and spoke up with great confidence in his tone "Trust me. Better you just watch."
"You going to help Naruto?" Sunohara inputted.
"I can't sit and watch" Tomoya spoke slightly annoyed at Naruto's interference.
"You don't have to worry about Tomoyo-san" a female in sports wear and bloomers spoke out catching the group's attention while also closely being followed by her friends.
"Tomoyo?" Tomoya spoke confused not knowing her reputation.
"You don't know her? She transferred in as a junior starting this spring, Sakagami Tomoyo-san"
"She's really strong if you go out you might get in her way."
As the conversation was in play Naruto was in deep thought reminiscing the times he spent with her and training her in combat.
'So, you made it here after all.'
Naruto focused back onto the field and concentrated on listening in on their interactions. He already knew who would win from the fight having known about Tomoyo's potential when he was younger and him having cultivated her talent further.
"I don't want to cause an unnecessary disturbance. Get lost before you get hurt. If you do I'll let all of you go." Tomoyo spoke out with great confidence and determination lacing her voice.
The delinquents didn't take too kindly to her words and level of confidence.
"Don't screw with us!" a delinquent shouted out before suddenly charging forward at her on his motorbike followed by the duo set on the other.
To the normal observer the fight was over in an instant with her jumping up and landing between the two sending several powerful kicks dismembering their bikes and bruising their bodies.
To him he observed the fight in slow motion taking note of her improved speed, the jumping roundhouse kick she sent at the first delinquent and the dozens of pressurized kicks sent at second bike, all done in a split second.
"So cool" the sports girls from the sidelines cheered jumping up and down.
"What is she?" Sunohara inputted in awe.
Naruto on the other hand watched on proud of his student and seeing her in action showed him she had improved leaps and bounds since their time as student and teacher.
As Tomoya, the girl and Sunohara walked away, he watched on a little longer before moving of to class. He was slightly happy to see his wayward student at school, but also at the same time slightly disappointed with her.
Flashback
Naruto had just finished dealing with three delinquents giving an old shop owner a hard time. Sure he was only 10 in physical age, but he had enough knowledge and experience under his belt to take them all on with ease and scare them away from the store.
As he exited the shop with food supplies in one hand he noticed a young girl hiding behind a telephone pole with long greenish grey hair and blue eyes burning with determination.
Deciding to ignore it at first he walked down the street on his way to his apartment complex only to find the girl following him each step of the way. As he got closer to home, the girl continued to follow.
He eventually turned around to confront her
"Why are you following me?" he spoke more out of curiosity rather than anger.
"I… I watched you take on those teenagers with ease. I… I want to be strong", she spoke slightly hesitant at first, but towards the end her eyes and voice brimmed with determination.
Naruto thought for a second, unsure what to do. He had never been a teacher before and he wasn't sure it was a good idea teaching someone some fighting moves, especially in a more passive society. Than again her determination just reminded him of himself when he struggled through life.
Wondering about her reasons he spoke again.
"Why do you want to be strong?" he spoke questioningly, curious where her determination came from.
"I… I want to be able to help others. I want to protect those precious to me."
Naruto smirked
"Good answer."
Flashback end
Since then Naruto had given her personal lessons on how to fight and she took it all in like a sponge. She grew leaps and bound and in short time she was without a doubt one of the strongest fighters in the city, behind him of course.
As the lessons grew so to did their relationship, but they didn't take it too far sticking to a teacher student relationship. As things were beginning to grow between them she suddenly stopped the lessons, leaving without an explanation.
Flashback:
"Tomoyo, you've been out of it all week. What's wrong? If it's something serious the best thing is to always talk to someone about your problems." Naruto spoke concerned over her sudden drop in performance.
Naruto had also noticed a greater deal of hesitance in every kick she sent making them much weaker and slower than usual. Looking closer he also begun noticing her distant looks as if she was concentrated on something else.
There was a brief pause before she spoke.
"I… I can't come to the lessons anymore" She spoke downtrodden, hesitance lacing her voice and her hair bangs doing its best to cover the emotions behind her eyes.
"Tomoyo. What's wrong? You usually find these practices fun since we were kids. What's suddenly changed that?" Naruto spoke more serious with her sudden mood change. She use to be energetic and happy, for her personality to change so suddenly…
There was a long pregnant pause
"I… I'm sorry sensei. I… It's something I don't want to talk about. I… I have to go." Tomoyo spoke one last time before turning around and leaving, her hair slowly swaying with each step.
She never came back to practice since.
Flashback end:
Day's later rumors began popping up of a young beautiful girl fighting delinquents and gangster wannabies all across town, instigated or not. Naruto was saddened over what had become of her and the direction her life was headed and just wished he had said something to her before she left.
But like all things in life, choices came with regrets.
In class
Naruto sat down in his designated seat behind Tomoya and diagonally behind Sunohara. He didn't need to go to class with the special privileges he had access to, however he just didn't know what to do with the time and he wasn't willing to spend it in the library just yet.
He listened in on the teachers lecture talking over calculus again. He already knew his stuff through clones and it didn't take long for his mind to wonder while drowning out the teachers drawl to background sound.
Naruto slumped onto his desk, arms covering his head as he slowly drifted off to sleep.
Dream:
Naruto Uzumaki otherwise known as Konoha's 'demon brat' sat slumped by a tree soaked head to toe from the pouring rain. In the background thunderclaps sounded off constantly from the storm overhead with people running about into cover either ignoring him or sending disgusted glances his way. He didn't care about any of that though.
Any sane person in his situation would be avoiding the rain while trying to dry themselves.
Not him though.
He had just come from the Hokage tower and his apartment complex, desolate and depressed over the recent news.
His family was alive.
He learned so suddenly that he had a mother, a father, a twin sister and a younger that had lived happily together outside the village without him.
They essentially abandoned him.
After everything he's been through it came to no surprise that Naruto's eyes no longer held his natural bright cheerfulness, now instead they were replaced with void, empty eyes.
He had left that tower lost and confused with everything that was happening.
He no longer wanted to be the Hokage of Konoha.
He no longer wanted to be a shinobi for the village.
He just wanted the pain to stop.
He wanted to disappear.
For years he survived through the torturous acts of the villagers time and time again. He lived through the beatings, the torture, the persecution and the starvation in hopes that people would recognize him for who he was.
A human being.
In the end though his hard work amounted to nothing, his strength couldn't even save those precious to him.
Iruka was dead, killed by Mizuki days ago.
All he had left were the people that cared for him, Ayame, Teuchi and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
He would have eventually gotten over Iruka's death and moved on, but then he learns only days later that the Hokage had been keeping secrets from him.
His family was alive and they were enjoying themselves.
Dream flashback:
Naruto awoke to no water or electricity with the landlord demanding payment for his accommodation, something he simply couldn't do. His accommodation was already set too high with him being 'special' and there wasn't enough money left to work with.
Then an ANBU agent arrives mid way through calling him to a special meeting in Hokage's office. Hurrying to get dressed he picked out anything suitable to wear, regardless if all his clothes were rugged, ugly and dirty. As much as he wanted better clothes he couldn't purchase any for always being run out of stores or items sold at ridiculously high prices.
As he made his way to the Hokage tower bypassing the glares and whispers, Naruto was greeted to the sight of Hiruzen outside, a rare occurrence with meetings usually taking place in the Hokage's office.
As they went inside and entered the office he was surprised to find the Yondaime, the Yellow flash of Konoha and his greatest hero sitting on the kage's seat along with a long red haired lady and 2 kids by his right. He noticed the features of the females, first the older woman who had noticeable long red hair going down to her waist and held one of the children who bore great resemblance to her, looking at him with curious, innocent eyes.
The final female he noticed was most likely around his age and surprisingly looked like his oiroke no jutsu except younger with 2 pigtails, sun kissed blond hair and was even detailed down to the whisker marks on her cheeks. It made him slightly happy that there was someone else out there that bore his features.
Surprised to find the fourth Hokage alive and well with what he assumed was his family; he wondered what was going on and what this had to do with him. Sure he was honored and all having been called up personally, but why signal him out? Was it because he sealed the Kyubi into him? Did he want to finish the job like the villagers wanted?
(The following interaction would be similar to Projectrain's story 'For the love of Family', I PM'd him and got permission).
"Ah! Naruto I'm glad you're here", Minato spoke with a foxy grin similar to Naruto's own.
"Look at you, so handsome already. You have your father's looks alright." the redheaded woman gushed.
"…Father?" Naruto slowly registered unsure where the conversation was going. As far as he knew he was an orphan and his parents had died during the Kyubi incident.
'Did these people know my parents? Were they friends?' was what he thought at the time. Sure he was a bit unsure why the Kyubi was sealed into him in the first place, but maybe the reason was Minato and his parents were close.
"That's right son! I told you he'd take after me didn't I Kushina?" Minato continued nonchalantly.
"Tch. Whatever, he still has my face," Kushina playfully jabbed unaware of the grave mistake their antics were making.
As if trying to clarify the situation Sarutobi spoke up "Naruto, I'm sure you're familiar with the Yondaime Hokage and this is Kushina Uzumaki- Namikaze. They are your parents". He spoke slowly to ensure he fully understood what they meant, hesitance slightly lacing his voice.
Naruto stood there shocked and unable to fathom the situation. He stood extremely quiet almost showing no signs of breathing.
"…"
"Sochi? Are you okay?" Kushina asked looking at her son in worry.
"…" Naruto didn't respond, instead looked down with hair bangs covering his eyes.
"Now I know what you must be thinking. How come it took us this long to come home? Well with Jiraiya and Tsunade taking care of you we figured we'd wait a while and train Naruko a bit more. Why I bet those two Sannin had been beating you to the ground with how serious they were when it came to training. Oh yes! I'd like you to meet your two sisters!" Minato said cheerfully trying to lighten the mood as he motioned to the older sister by his mother's side and the younger sister in the arms of Kushina.
"Is that Naruto-niisan?" The little girl asked her older sister softly as Kushina gently rocked her side to side.
"Yes Narumi-chan. That's onii-san", Naruko replied warmly to her little sister.
"Hello Naruto-niisan. I'm Naruko and I'm your younger twin. This is Narumi and she's the youngest of us. I've wanted to meet you for a long time now nii-san and I'm so happy to finally meet you", she spoke smiling warmly at her brother with a bow.
Naruto still didn't respond and just looked at the floor unable to think or look at the 'family' he had missed out on, still they ignored his lack of reaction and continued.
"Haha! They've always wanted to meet you ever since we told them they had an older brother. Gosh it seemed like yesterday when the kyu-"
"That's enough Minato!" Sarutobi cut in.
He understood Minato's excitement in seeing his son after all the years he staged his death leaving Naruto in the hands of Tsunade and Jiraiya, but Minato didn't know of what happened while he left Naruto at the mercy of villagers who despised the 'demon brat'.
Naruto had only recently found out about his tenant that was linked to his life in the most horrid way possible and the more Minato continued on the greater the grave he dug. He doubted their cheery approach was helping Naruto at all and was likely having the opposite effect.
"What is it Sarutobi?" Minato asked.
"I told you to hear me out before you did anything but did you listen? No! You have no idea what you've done. You and Kushina have made a grave mistake!" Sarutobi said as the volume of his voice increased with every word.
"What are you talking about Sarutobi?" Kushina questioned unsure what the problem was.
"…So you know them Sarutobi-sama" Naruto finally spoke monotone while keeping his attention on the floor.
Naruto understood now, he couldn't trust Sarutobi. He had lied to him all these years and what's worse he's been putting up with this crap all his life.
Sarutobi flinched at the sudden respect change Naruto gave to him, yet still replied, "Yes Naruto, I know Minato and Kushina and I can't begin to express how sorry I am for not telling you" he spoke sadly.
It was clear that Naruto no longer trusted him and he wouldn't be surprised if he hated him, hell he hated himself right now. He only knew about Minato and Kushina's disappearance after the Kyuubi attack with a letter stating that Minato had trusted Jiraiya and Tsunade to look after him as his godparents, especially when they were the best teachers around to protect and train Naruto to control the Yang part of the Kyubi.
They on the other hand needed to maintain secrecy to gain an edge against the masked man and train Naruko to prepare for the inevitable battle. This separate training regime would optimize the amount of knowledge they can cover for the twins and the village would grow stronger as a result. They believed this was the best way to strengthen the 'will of fire', the fire that burns with strength and determination.
"He couldn't say anything because it was an S rank secret sweetie", Kushina cooed hoping to get her son to look at them.
"And I'm sure you know all about that since you're in the ninja academy if what I read is correct", Minato spoke again looking at a paper this time.
"Minato… We really need to talk. These are not happy times and I'm sorry things didn't go the way you hoped all those years go." Sarutobi said looking at Naruto in sadness.
"Am I free to go Sarutobi-sama" Naruto continued monotone.
"But sochi-"
"Yes you're free to go and for what it's worth, I'm sorry." Sarutobi replied ignoring the furious look Kushina sent his way as Naruto left the office not bothering to dignify his apology.
Naruto had left the office and walked down the stairs limping towards the exit in a daze. It was raining heavily with the occasional thunderclap going off, yet Naruto continued to walk out ignoring it all.
The ground was slippery with mud, but Naruto paid no mind. He was mulling over what had happened and felt sad and sick every time he thought over it.
So engrossed into his thoughts that he didn't notice a shinobi on his right approaching him. Suddenly the Chunin pushed him forward, knocking him onto the muddy puddle in front.
"Take that you demon spawn", the female Chunin spat at him before walking away, back into cover.
After struggling to get up and out of the puddle, he subconsciously made his way back to his apartment, hoping that everything was but a dream.
Dream Flashback End
Naruto arrived at his apartment only to find all his belongings outside, clothes, scrolls and even cooking ware was thrown out. It was clear what had happened, he was no longer welcome to live inside.
Almost on the verge of tears he bent down scavenging through what little items he had and picked up what he could.
He walked off in the rain making his way to Ichiraku's after all ramen always made him better, but as he arrived at the stand a closed sign only greeted him.
Nowhere to go and nothing to eat Naruto made it to the one place that always made him feel comfortable, regardless of the pains he went through.
The lone tree in the park.
He would have preferred to spend the night in the alleyway under a dry spot, but he learned the hard way the danger associated with those areas. Every time he sought shelter in such places he would be subjected to beatings away from prying eyes.
In the end open areas were the safest.
Making his way beneath the tree he slumped down, tears forming in his eyes and mixing with the rain.
He thought over the day and his time spent in Konoha and the thoughts stabbed him deeply inside.
That night he cried alone.
Dream end
Naruto suddenly woke to Sunohara throwing small paper balls at him. He glared angrily at Youhei slightly scaring him before composing himself with a smile.
"Sorry, bad dream… What's up?" He lightly whispered keeping his voice down so the teacher and students won't be interrupted.
"Tag along later, there's something I want to do."
Slightly annoyed over a simple response, but thankful for waking him up Naruto nodded slowly to Sunohara.
Later in the hallway:
"A set up?" Tomoyo Sakagami spoke slightly tilting her head in confusion.
All around seniors and juniors watched on at the interaction taking place in the hallway.
"Yeah. There's no way a girl can beat guys. You paid them or something asking them to lose right, to get popular?"
Naruto face palmed at Youhei's blatant stupidity. Here he was meeting Tomoyo again for the first time in years and his friend just had to say something so stupid with him present as 'backup'.
Ignoring Naruto's reaction Youhei continued mockingly, "If it's not money, would it be the other something? Girls are lucky since stupid guys will listen to that."
"Who are they?" an on looking girl spoke in the background to her friend.
"They're the gang from the senior class. I think they're Sunohara and Okazaki."
"What's Uzumaki doing with them?"
"You don't know? He hangs around them, probably blackmailed into it."
'Great, we're a gang now', Naruto thought to himself, palm still on his face.
Tomoya took hesitant steps back not liking their level of attention front and back and trying to distant himself from idiotic friend.
"Be happy. I was thinking I wouldn't hurt those in the same school, but I'll make an exception and specially fight you." She spoke voice full of authority and confidence. She brought her right hand to her chest as a gesture of innocence.
Naruto and Tomoya began taking more steps backwards knowing where the conversation was headed. By now the entire hallway was listening on either in curiosity or excitement.
"You're so cute acting tough. I bet your knees are shaking." Youhei continued with arms on his hips and wiggling around, mocking her.
"Naruto. Are you with him?" She spoke looking at him, confused over the involvement of her former teacher.
"For the moment… No". Naruto replied firm and embarrassed over the actions of his friend Youhei.
Tomoyo looked back at the instigator.
"I would like to make this self-defense, so you come at me." She spoke, her arm outstretched with a come-hither motion and stance unchanged showcasing her confidence over the situation.
Naruto knew his friend would get his ass handed to him, but seeing him embarrass him and Tomoya so openly, he decided to say nothing and watch on.
"Don't be full of yourself" Youhei spoke preparing himself for combat.
Tomoyo began jumping lightly preparing for any sudden moves. If Naruto was his friend there were surprises bound to happen, he could be strong for all she knew and it could be a test just like the old days with him.
Youhei suddenly charged, fist cocked backwards for a forward punch and just before any action took place Tomoya spoke up.
"That's when I remembered. In this city there use to be a really strong, beautiful girl who went around beating up people who troubled ordinary folks." He spoke in an informative tone to Youhei as Tomoyo kicked him repeatedly.
Youhei was sent flying backwards landing on the ground with a noticeable *thud* behind Tomoya and Naruto, bruised and battered.
"So the rumor goes," Tomoya continued almost uncaring of his friend's plight.
"Tell me earlier" was Youhei raspy reply, comical tears pouring out his eye's.
Naruto just stood there with a sweat drop.
Girls in the background cheered
"She's so cool"
"That guy's so lame"
"Pease don't come again." Tomoyo spoke neutrally before turning around to Naruto.
"It was nice seeing you again sensei." She spoke softly with a small smile before turning around and walking off.
"It's nice to see you again Tomoyo" he replied softly more to himself, his words remaining unheard by her.
"Damn it!" Youhei cried out still on the ground.
End of school:
Naruto prepared to walk out the gate and down the hill to his apartment. As he looked to his left he saw Tomoya lying down on the grass next to the recently identified girl Nagisa Furukawa from class B. Deciding it was best not to interrupt he made his way home appreciating the orange sky and setting sun as he bypassed the Sakara trees downhill.
Naruto could have easily hid around a corner and make a portal back to his apartment, but walking up and down the incline allowed him to appreciate the beauty and peace of the world, not to mention ward of any suspicions of him.
He approached his apartment, not in the mood to do training through the night and instead dispelled his clones in his other hideout while creating more as replacements and sending them through a portal for training, studies and homework.
Naruto lied on his bed thinking over his day before drifting off to sleep.
Dream:
Naruto awoke to a field of golden grass and hills surrounding as far as the eye could see. Above in the sky there were clouds moving about slowly, bright as if it were a sunny day, yet no sun was visible in the distance.
Everywhere he looked as small balls of light rose from the field rising up into the heavens.
He was lost and didn't know where he was.
He walked onwards shouting out for anyone, someone to talk to, to find out what was happening, where he was.
As he walked through the hills and the golden fields and saw a figure in the distance levitating off the ground. As he got closer he noticed it was a female child that looked like himself, petite with golden short hair levitating off the ground with eyes closed.
Naruto approached cautiously, curious of the girl in front of him. As he watched on his desire to touch her grew. Naruto stretched his arm forward reaching out to her, to touch her and as he made contact everything went white.
End
Final Comments:
Now, as I mentioned before this story was produced from a sudden inspirational urge. I'm not entirely sure how things will go with this story and I will endeavor not to abandon it. I have a slight plot set up reminiscent of shuffle with the opening of the gates, but instead with the elemental nations. That major development however isn't happening for a while so for now it will be Naruto and Clannad with flashbacks to Konoha and his life. Don't expect much action in this story as it is drama based.
As for relationships, I have no idea as of yet. As you know Clannad is harem based, however I'm not making it a harem, at least that's where my thoughts are leaning for the moment. Right now I want to focus on interactions.
So how was the chapter? Review if there is something you want or like and if it's good I'll consider it. Also no flames, I want a detailed constructive review so I can improve and adapt.
There is nothing more annoying and stupid than a flame from a reviewer only to find he or she hasn't written a single story and have only been reading other peoples work. Those people are what destroy the enjoyment of writing fanfiction leading to stories being abandoned prematurely.
Don't be one of them.
Read and Review.