Here is chapter 2. As for deciding the sensei and the third member of the team, counting votes from reviews or pm's. Asuma and Tsume are tied for votes. I'm leaning more toward Asuma though, he could help Naruto with his wind affinity and plus I am not sure how well I could write out Tsume's character. As for the third member, surprisingly (at least to me anyways) is Shino with Shikamaru coming in one vote behind. The decision will be announced when I write chapter three, least way that's the plan as of now.
Anko, her two snake summons, and a still unconscious Naruto arrived back at Anko's place around nine o'clock. She laid Naruto on the couch and went to make some tea for when the boy decided to finally wake up. It wasn't long after the tea was made that Naruto started to stir. He slowly opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. He expected to wake up lying on the cold, hard ground or in a hospital bed. He then noticed he was lying on someone's couch. It wasn't his couch, he knew that because if it was he would have been able to feel the springs popping through the cushions.
So one question came to his mind. "Where am I?" he thought as he slowly rose off the couch.
"Good to see you awake gaki." Naruto was happy to hear that voice. Only one person called him that and it was one of the very few people he enjoyed being around.
Naruto looked towards the sound of the voice and saw Anko smiling from the kitchen doorway. He quickly made his way to her before giving her a hug. "What am I doing here Anko-chan?" Naruto asked looking up at her.
"After you were attacked earlier this evening, I took you to Biwako-san and she healed your wounds. After that I brought you back here to rest. We need to talk Naruto, but first there are two snakes who want to see you." Anko said.
Just then Naruto was wrapped up in what he considers a snake's form of a hug. Slitheren wrapped herself carefully around his body and rubbed her check up against Naruto's. Naruto wrapped his arms around the snake's neck and hugged back. Slitheren then unwrapped herself from Naruto as Chaos slithered up and Naruto stroked the top of his head.
"Are you alright Naruto? Why didn't you use the seals that Anko-san gave you to summon us if you were in trouble?" Questioned Slitheren. Anko had made a couple of seals for Naruto after an attack one day. They weren't anything fancy, they just activated when Naruto pumped just a small amount of chakra into the seal and Chaos or Slitheren would be summoned to aid the young blond.
"I am fine Slitheren, I promise. The reason I didn't use the seals was because one of the ninjas launched a fire jutsu at me Justas I went to summon you and the paper it was on got burned up. I'm sorry." Naruto replied with a sad look on his face.
"You are not to blame Naruto, those stupid villagers are. That's part of what I want to talk to you about." Anko said as she and Naruto took a seat on the couch. Seeing she had his attention, she continued. "The hokage has allowed me to take you in Naruto. You don't have to live on the streets anymore, you can have a warm and dry place to stay and a warm meal every night. That is, if you want to stay here?" she asked.
"So you would be like my mom?" Naruto asked.
Anko let out a small chuckle. "Not quite Naruto, more like an older sister. I'm too young to have any kids yet, whether they are mine or not. So what do you say?"
Naruto looked at her with a big smile on his face before tackling her into a huge hug. "Of course I'll stay, I always wanted family."
"I'm glad you decided to stay Naruto, I have one more thing I need to tell you. Starting tomorrow I will start your ninja training. I will train you with the three academy jutsus as well as other ninja training. I want you to be able to defend yourself from these annoying villages. Also with getting a head start on training, you will have an advantage over some of the students in the academy when you start in three years." Anko explained as she took two objects out of a seal on her trench coat and handed them to Naruto.
One as a blank piece of white paper and the other was a scroll. He opened the scroll and began to look over it as Anko spoke again. "In that scroll is a type of martial arts known as Sanshou, or 'free hand'. It is a type of traditional kung fu and combines it with a modern combat fighting technique known as kickboxing, which includes close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches, and even elbow and knee strikes."
She took a moment to let that sink in before she continued. "With some training and help, I'm sure that fighting style will suit you after you grow a little bit. Now that white piece of paper is called chakra paper. Pump a little bit of your chakra into it and I will know what affinity you have so I can find some ninjutsu to teach you." Anko explained.
"How do you tell what affinity is what?" asked Naruto.
"Fire, the paper will ignite and turn to ash. Wind, the paper will split in two. Lightning, the paper will wrinkle. Earth, the paper will turn to dirt and crumble away. Water, the paper will become wet." Anko replied.
Naruto did as he was instructed and pushed chakra into the paper as he held it in the palm of his hand. The paper then split into three different parts. The first part turned into dust. The second piece of paper became wet and water mixed with the dust creating a very small tree from the combined elements. Finally, the last piece of paper burst into flames and turned to ash.
Both Naruto and Anko sat quietly for a few minutes completely shocked but for completely different reasons. Naruto was shocked because, if he had looked at the paper right, he had five affinities, that had to be more than almost anyone else. Anko was shocked to see that he had an affinity for mokuton. Other than the first hokage, only one other person had the wood style and that was only because of a certain snake-teme.
"Umm Anko, what does that mean?" Naruto asked.
"I'm not sure Naruto, but I think we need to see the Hokage first thing in the morning. It's getting late, let's get some sleep and we will see if the hokage knows comes morning. There is a spare bedroom down the hall you can sleep in." Anko replied. She didn't want to lie to Naruto about his affinities, but she needed to make sure that what she saw had been true.
Naruto nodded and made his way to his new room and stopped at the door and looked back at Anko. "Goodnight Anko-nee."
"Goodnight ototo." Anko replied with a smile and headed for her own bed. (Pretty sure that is the right translation for little brother.)
(Next Morning)
Naruto woke up after finally getting a goodnight sleep for the first time in a long time. He was also able to have a good breakfast without having to steal the food or eat rotten food. Naruto and Anko were now on their way to speak to the hokage of Naruto's elemental affinities from last night. They made it to the tower, and after a few glares and harsh words between Anko and the hokage's secretary, they went in to see the hokage.
"Good morning. What brings you two here this early?" asked Hiruzen with a smile.
"Hokage-sama, I believe there is something you should see with Naruto-kun." Anko replied.
"And what would that be Anko?"
Anko took out a piece of chakra paper and handed it to Naruto. "Do the same thing you did last night ototo." Naruto nodded and stepped forward so the hokage could have a better view. Once again he pushed his chakra into the paper and got the same results as last time. He looked up to see the same shocked face on the hokage that Anko had last night. Naruto was a little concerned now, why did both Anko and the old man look at him like that?
"Is something wrong with me or my affinities, because you both have looked at me like that?" Naruto asked with worry evident in his voice.
"No Naruto, no need to worry. Everything is fine. It's just that you have an affinity only a couple of people had. You have an affinity known as mokuton, or wood release." Hiruzen told the young blond.
"You mean the same mokuton that the first hokage had?"
"Yep, just like the first hokage Naruto." Anko said.
"That is so cool. Now I'll be an even cooler shinobi." Naruto shouted as he jumped around the room in happiness. The hokage and Anko let out a small chuckle at Naruto's antics.
"Calm down gaki. Go wait for me in the hallway. I need to speak with hokage-sama and then we will go start your training." After Naruto left, Anko turned back to the hokage. "How is it possible for him to have the mokuton?"
"The only reason I can think of is the fact that he is an Uzumaki. The Senju and Uzumaki clans are distant blood relatives. I never heard of an Uzumaki having the mokuton, but apparently it is indeed possible. I will send Yamato with you and Naruto to help with his training when Yamato isn't on a mission." Replied Hiruzen.
"When are you going to tell him of his family hokage-sama? He has a right to know since he is heir to his clan and prince to a country."
"I will tell him when he is older and able to defend himself from his enemies. Minato made a lot of enemies when he was alive and I don't know if they would come after his son in order to get some kind of revenge." Hiruzen replied.
"If you don't hokage-sama, I will." Anko said as she sent a hard glare to the aged kage before heading for the door.
"You know you can't do that Anko, it is an ss-class secret."
Anko stopped at the door and looked back. "I can and I will. He has a right to know of his heritage." And with that said, Anko left to start Naruto's training.
Naruto and Anko made their way to a training ground just outside of Konoha. Naruto had been bouncing up and down, going on about how he couldn't 'wait to learn super cool jutsus' and 'cool of a shinobi he would be with his mokuton'. He was actually starting to get on Anko's nerve, which he would learn later on was definitely not a good thing.
"So Anko-nee, what am I going to learn first? Cool fighting moves or super powerful jutsus." Naruto asked with barely controlled excitement.
Anko walked up to him and bopped him over the head. "Enough of that gaki. While we are training you will address me as Anko-sensei. We will be working on chakra control exercises and then the three academy jutsu. Until you master those, you will not be learning anything new. Understand?"
"Aww come one Anko-nee." Naruto whined out.
Anko delivered another hit to the back of his head. "I said, do you understand?"
"Hai sensei." Naruto quickly said.
It was late evening when Naruto and Anko walked through the door to their home. Well Anko walked, Naruto was exhausted from all the chakra control exercises and the three academy jutsu, so he just stumbled through the door and made his way to bed. He wanted to complain about not learning anything cool to help him become a better ninja, but he decided against it since he didn't want to see Anko mad at him. "If she pushes me like this now and we are only starting our training, I think I'm gonna hate to see what she is like later on. Can I really handle three years of this?" Naruto thought as he let sleep take him.
(Year and a half later)
It had been about a year and half since Naruto started his training under Anko and Yamato. The first couple months had been a bit of pain for the trio. It had taken Naruto a few months to get the chakra exercises mastered, with him having the most trouble mastering the water walking exercise. When he started learning the henge, kawarimi, and the clone jutsus, he mastered the first two within a month but had trouble with the clone jutsu. After talking with Anko, she and Yamato decided to teach him the shadow clone and wood clone.
After a few times of using the shadow clones, Naruto learned that the shadow clones memories were transferred back to him. He knew that would come in helpful on missions and learning new techniques. Now we find Naruto walking home from Ichiraku Ramen, his number one place to eat what he considers the 'food of the gods'. Anko had decided to give him a day off since he had a come quite a ways since starting his training. While he walking past the park, he heard some yelling and crying. He decided to go and see what was going on and help if he could.
After a couple of minutes of quickly searching for the source of the noise, he found three boys, that seemed to be about eleven or twelve, bullying a young blond girl. One thing Naruto didn't like was bullies, he simply couldn't stand them. Naruto decided to intervene before the boys did anything else.
"Hey, why don't you guys try picking on someone your own size and leave the girl alone." Naruto shouted out behind the boys.
"Why don't you just go ahead and go on home before you get hurt too." Said the boy Naruto assumed to be the leader of the group.
"How about you leave the girl alone and I won't have to kick your sorry asses." Naruto retorted.
"That's it, get him boys." The leader shouted and one of the boys ran at Naruto.
Naruto shifted into his fighting stance and waited for the boy to reach him. The boy threw a right jab at Naruto's face and Naruto knocked his hand to the side causing the boy to lose his balance. As the boy went stumbling forward, Naruto stuck his foot out and gave the boy a light push on the back causing him to land face first in the dirt.
One of the other boys helped his friend up, then they both faced Naruto with a smirk on their faces. "Let's see how well you do two against one."
"Who said it was two against one?" Naruto asked as he crossed his fingers and a clone popped into existence.
The boys just smirk thinking it was a simple clone. The boys rush Naruto ignoring the clone as they believe it is just a normal clone. One of the boys sends a kick a Naruto's side as the other boy throws a punch at his face. The clone catches the kick between his arm and side leaving the boy standing wide eyed and on one leg. The clone pushes forward on the boy's chest with his palm as he kicks his foot out from underneath him causing him to land on the ground hard on his back.
The real Naruto steps slightly to the left as the boys punch goes flying over his shoulder. He then spins in place as he grabs the boy's arm and flips him over his shoulder, slamming him down on top of his grounded friend. Naruto then turned his attention to the final member of the group.
"So, do you want to take your friends and get out of here or go you want an ass kicking too?" Naruto asked getting back into his fighting stance.
The boy and his friends started to run off as the leader of the group shouted over his shoulder. "This isn't over yet!"
After the boys left, Naruto made his way over the young blond girl. As she saw Naruto approach, she closed her eyes expecting Naruto to be just another bully. Naruto kneeled down in front of her before speaking.
"Are you alright? You're not hurt are you?" Naruto asked concerned for her safety.
Seeing that Naruto wouldn't hurt her, she shot forward and gave Naruto a hug. "Thank for saving me. I thought those boys were gonna hurt me. I'm fine though thanks to you."
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. What's your name?" Naruto asked.
"I'm Ino Yamanaka." Ino replied.
"Well it was nice meeting you Ino. I'll see ya around." Naruto said as he started to walk off.
"Wait Naruto. Would you walk me home? I don't know if those boys will follow me or not." Ino asked with a bit of worry.
Naruto didn't want her to get hurt so he decided he would walk her home. Along the way they talked and got to know each other a little more. Ino couldn't help but giggle and Naruto and the way he acted about his 'food of the gods' ramen and his dream of being hokage. After about thirty minutes of walking, they arrived at Ino's home. Ino's mom had been watching for Ino out the window and opened the door as soon as she saw her daughter.
"Ino, where have you been?" asked Noriko.
"I'm sorry mommy. I was being bullied at the park and couldn't get away. But then my new friend Naruto came and protected me from them." Ino replied as she pointed to Naruto.
"Thank you for protecting my little girl Naruto. Would you like to come in?" Noriko asked.
"Thank you for the offer Yamanaka-san, but I must decline. I need to be getting home before Anko-nee comes searching for me." Naruto replied while bowing.
Ino turned to Naruto and gave him another hug. "Come visit sometime and we can go play at the park or something ok."
"I'll come by whenever I have some free time. See you later Ino." Naruto then turned and headed back toward home.
Next chapter will probably start where canon did with the graduation exams. I am thinking about trying to give Naruto a 'take no shit' kind of attitude, maybe. This will only being during missions or times that call for it. So a question I have for the readers is, should Naruto put on the act of being the class dobe through the academy or should he go through the academy like Anko would teach him? Let me know what you think.
Also what affinity should Ino have? I am thinking either water or lightening, maybe both.
Yes Naruto has five elements. However, his two primary will be wind and wood. Water and earth will mainly be used for the wood style and his fire affinity will only be used when Kurama takes over or Naruto is using the demon chakra.