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Chapter two
As soon as Shikaku got home from the ninja council he called a full clan meeting. He would have to convince his clan about his choice. Although that shouldn't be to difficult since none of the clan had any hatred towards the small blonde. With the extraordinary high I.Q most of the clan had they easily accepted the fact that the fourth, one of the best seal masters ever except for the old Uzumaki clan, knew what he had done when he sealed away the nine-tailed fox.
Entering the meeting room he found all the clans ninja together with the adult civilians already there. The Nara clan was one of the smallest clans in Konoha, but they were well respected because of their intellect and skills in leading teams and operations. Nearly all the Jonin commanders had either been a Nara or an Aburame. The Nara clan held about sixty people. Most of them were ninjas, but there were also quite a few civilians who helped tend the deer's and make medicine. The kids were not in attendance.
The Nara clan head found out why the Hokage had looked so amused at the council when he explained what Naruto had done. The open mouths and big eyes full of shock were not something you usually saw in experienced ninja. He gave them some time to recover, before telling them about his choice making Naruto his apprentice. The room, already silent from the first bit of information, got if possible even quieter. The looks on his clan members was enough for him to begin chuckling. After a while a collective "Troublesome…" came from most of the male population, earning them a glare from the females. Strange how the male population of the clan, famous for their laziness and tactical genius, always ended up marrying strong-willed women who ended up forcing them to do their bidding. The daughers of the clan usually also ended up begin strong-willed and loud.
The clan looked up at the clan head in curiosity. They were to intelligent to start screaming and demanding an explanation. They knew it would come. And so Shikaku explained his reasoning and what he wanted to do with Naruto. After the explanation most had accepted the choice whole-heartedly, and the rest did not care.
"We got to think on the repercussions this will have for the clan though…" one of the elders said concerned. "He is quite hated by most of the citizens after all".
"It will probably be shocking when the news goes out, but I have gotten the other ninja clans from the council to promise to publicly support my decision. The Civilians will have to accept that we know what we are doing. The fact that all the biggest clans in Konoha will support us will go a long way."
Silence once again swept over the room, but Shikaku knew they had accepted his choice. His wife, Yoshiho, spoke up, proving him right.
"Will you make him make him move into the clan compound then? It is not healthy for a boy that age to live completely alone… he could use the guestroom beside Shikamaru's room." Yoshiho asked nicely, but with a steely glint behind her eyes. A no was not the correct answer here and Shikaku together with the rest of the males knew that. The women all nodded their agreement. And so the choice was made. Now to break the news to his new apprentice.
Naruto prankster side was happy. He had woken up, eaten some instant ramen and then ran off towards the academy. And, as expected they later went outside to the training ground behind the academy to practice the clone technique. Naruto was as always called up first, with the whole class ready to laugh at his failure. The teachers were already snickering.
When Naruto suddenly called out "Mass shadow clone technique" instead of the regular shadow clone technique they knew something was not right. And their eyes nearly fell out of their sockets when they saw about thirty clones standing in the middle of the field. How was that possible? The teachers all knew about the forbidden technique, but none of them had even close to enough chakra to manage the shadow clone technique. The students too were shocked to see the dobe of the class suddenly managing the clone technique as it were nothing, and the clones even looked solid! None of them could even make more than ten regular clones! Most of them hadn't even gotten the technique down yet as it was the first year of the academy. "Yes, this is a good day" Naruto thought with a loud laugh.
Uchiha Itachi looked on in amusement when the young excited blonde summoned around thirty shadow clones. He too nearly let out a laugh together with Naruto when he saw the looks on the faces of the teachers, but he quickly let his more professional side take over and dropped down from the rooftop, his face behind the anbu weasel mask.
"Naruto, you have been summoned by the Hokage" He said without emotion. This would be the last day of academy for Naruto.
Walking into the office he gave his adopted grandfather a huge bright smile, and a big friendly one to the other man inside the room. The other man was quite noticeable. He had two quite large scars on the right side of his face, and his hair was up in a large black spiky ponytail. He gave a small smile back.
"Hello there Naruto-kun. Weasel tells me you hade quite fun at the academy today?" Sarutobi asked with a chuckle.
Naruto scratched the back of his head embarrassed but nodded in agreement and gave out an even brighter smile than before.
"I'm one step closer to taking your hat old man!" boasted the small six year old cutely and boldly.
Shikaku had to let out a chuckle on the disrespectful way of talking to the most powerful ninja in the hidden leaf village. The two anbu's hidden in the shadow had gotten used to it by now but still found it quite amusing as always.
"So Naruto, how would you like to become my apprentice? You would move into our home in the Nara compound and stay there for at least the next six years?" The jonin commander said. No point in beating around the bush.
Naruto's eyes got wide. He had of course, as all orphans, always wanted a family. And this man was offering him one? He looked at his old man and was met with a friendly smile and a small nod.
"I would love to!" Naruto screamed out loudly jumping up and down. His caution to strangers gone with his grandfathers approval. Shikaku looked on in amusement. With that kind of energy this would indeed be troublesome, but he knew it was the right thing to do. Both for the village and for the young orphan.
"Well let us go get your stuff then." Shikaku said. "I'll explain what the apprenticeship will mean to you on the way to your apartment."
When they walked towards his apartment he got more and more excited the more he heard. This would make him even more awesome! A personal teacher with a whole clan backing him and by extension him! Although when he heard he had to drop out from the academy his hopes were about to be crushed. He looked fiercely up at the way taller man and was about to complain about how he could become Hokage if he could not go to the academy, but Shikaku was quicker.
"So Naruto, you dream of becoming the Hokage right? Do you know what is required of the Hokage?" Shikaku asked.
"Of course! You will be the one the villagers looks up to in time of need and will do everything in your power to protect the village even at the cost of your own life!" Naruto answered loudly. If there was one thing he knew, it was what was required of the Hokage. He spent some time nearly everyday with the current Hokage and his hero was the fourth after all.
"Then you will like this. With your clones you can make the perfect first line of defense. With the amount you can make you are nearly an army on your own! You can greatly help protect the walls and strategic positions within the village at the same time with your clones! Basically you can see this as training for the Hokage position. You will already be the one the villagers looks up to when they feel threatened just as the Hokage! I'll make you be one of the village most important ninjas! Shikaku said with some unusual fervor. "only if you are up to the task however…" Shikaku said quietly afterwards inwardly smirking at the young jinchuuriki.
Naruto's eyes were wide with awe. of course he would be up to the task. He had never shunned training, but he never knew what to work on. A six year old did not have much experience in training, or anything really after all.
"I'll do it!" Naruto screamed out exited.
They continued walking towards his apartment. He had gotten a family, a personal teacher, and he had gone out from the academy with a bang! This was the best day of his life so far!
Author notes: Next chapter will see the beginning of training and some more meetings.