"Talking"
'Thinking'
'Jutsu and seals'
"Talking through mind link"
"Kyuubi/Kurama - Summoned animals"
Ch. 2 Meeting and Shikamaru
'Someone was going to die' Naruto thought as he passed his garden room and entered his main room, and to his front door.
Their was banging sounds coming from his door, Naruto threw his door open and punched the basterd who woke him up, and slamed the door closed not bothering to see who it was and went back to bed.
2 hours later Naruto was up already ate and was brushing his teeth, when someone nocked on his door again, spitting out his toothpaste and wiping his mouth, he answered the door again.
He saw the Anbu at the door jump back as far as the hall would allow, and raised an eyebrow.
The Anbu had a Tiger mask, the Anbu cleared his throut "You were called by Hokage-sama" Naruto nodded.
"Tell him i'll be their as soon as I get dressed Tenzo", Naruto slams his door closed again, ignoring the ridged ANBU.
Naruto, used 'Secret Technique: All seeing Jutsu' and check to see who was in his grandpas office and saw Kakashi and his Jiji waiting, until Tenzo poofed in and told them what he said and reported that I knew who he was, Jiji asked him to stay and his other Anbu to leave, 'Aparently they want me to spill my secrets' Naruto deactivated his jutsu.
Naruto quickly got dressed in black Anbu pants and a mask shirt and threw on his ankle jacket, the mask up covering his whiskers and nose(it was black with red foxes running along the bottom, going down his back was the words in blue 'The Dark Kit' with a white big Cresant Moon in the background) and placed his Hi-ate on his forehead with the bangs over it and altered his transformantion a bit so he had long side bangs and hair, (He looked like his dad with long spiky hair, in black and a mask.
He quickly Hirashin to his Jijis office, via the secret seal on his Jijis desk, and waited fo the shock to end.
"M-Minato!" Sarutobi Yelped.
"Try again Jiji" Naruto said looking at Kakashi who was wide eyed.
Naruto smirked at him, "Cat got your tonge Kaka-sensei."
"Naruto?" Sarutobi asks after his heart calmed down,"Wha-why are you dressed like that? And how can you do the Hirashin?"
"Kaka-sensei already told you I have been wering a mask, so I didn't think it mattered how I dressed" Naruto stated "As for Hirashin, I believe Kaka-sensei already told you, if you believe it or not."
"And how do you know Kakashi told me anything" Sarutobi asked lighting his pipe and breathing in it's smoke.
Because he's ex-Anbu, and most likely felt compelled to inform you that your terrible at keeping track of his senseis son, and to tell you that I left the villege alot before I entered the Academy, and probably yell at you for not keeping me safe from the beatings when I was little." Naruto said taking a seat on the couch under the side window.
"But before we go into questions on how and why or even what, I think we need to get rid of something." Naruto stops talking.
He made 4 clones (no sound, no poof) and had the silently walked over to the walls and rip an invisable seal off the wall, they bring their creater the seals and disapear, Naruto looks at the seals, "Hello shadow people, next time you bug Jijis office, or do anything against him, you'll have to live a few days in my childhood and trust me, that is worst than torture" Naruto then burns the seals to ashes, and uses his wind element to blow the ashes out the open window.
"Shadow people? What are you talking about?" Sarutobi asks, angry that someone would bug his office, 'how long have they had those there?'
Naruto gives the old man a 'Are you kidding me look' "Jiji the shadow people are the ROOTs im sue you remember them, and yes I know about them, they have tried to kidnap me several times already, And I believe that old mummy is still pissed when I broke into his hideout here in the villege and took two or more of his pet projects" Naruto says relaxing back into the couch.
"Pet projects?" Kakashi asked looking up from his book.
"Yep! I saved a few kids from his ROOT training, my only regret is not getting their sooner, but at least their safe and from the last time I saw healthy, I also did the Uchiha a favor by destroying the harvested Sharingan eyes, he had, and of course the ones that were being experimented on, Oh lets not forget, grabbing the kidnaped Uchiha children and adults, he was trying to break and use for his ROOT." Naruto flicked his long spiky hair back and looked at his Furious Hokage.
"Where are the people at then if you saved them, and do you know where the Root base is at the moment?" Sarutobi said, dangeresly, his eyes sharp with anger.
"The People are on my island, protected and thriving, they are safe and sound, as for the base, last I checked it's the same spot as usual, they probably upped their sercurity again, but their traps are nothing to me, I can slip in and out before they even knew I was there, Also that's were I know you from Tenzo, they had info on nearly everyone" Naruto says shooting a glance at the hiddden ANBU.
"Had?" Tenzo asks, now that he was found out, he didn't have to hide.
"Yes Had I took the liberty to liberate all the files and lock them away in a secure location in a high security seal, no one can get it with out my say so, they also can't copy anymore files, because I put a special seal in the files room, None of the criples pawns can get into the room" Naruto said smirking with a twinkle in his eye.
"Really? Well thank you Naruto for doing the villege a service, Of course your going to return the files as soon as possible, we can't have them falling into the wrong villeges hands now can we?" Naruto laughs at his Jiji.
"Old man they're in the the safest place but sure," Naruto stands " I'll be right back." Naruto poofs away leaving a blue chakra fox, then poofs back 20 minutes later, "Sorry, Hizashi needed me for something, heres the scroll, I suggest burning it."
Naruto looks at his Jiji when he didn't get a reply, "What?"
"Hizashi? As in Hizashi Hyuuga?" Naruto blinks at the question.
"Yeah? Why?" Naruto looked at everyone confused.
"But Hyuuga Hizashi is dead, his body was taken after the attemped to kidnap Hinata, how is he still alive?" Tenzo asked from his seat next to Kakashi.
"Huh? Oh right! I saved him," Naruto shrugged Naruto saw the confusion in the olde mens eyes, and sighed "I saved him when I was four, and gathering the tri-kunai, he was in a glass box, under a Body Stasis Seal, he didn't look good, but he was alive, and I reconized him from pictures in dads house, so I took him, and left evidence that Iwa was involved, with the theft, he's very happy at the moment by he misses his son, I give him reports on Neji, Hinata, Hinatas little sister, and of course his beloved brother, regularly, or as offten as possible."
"Why not just bring him back to the villege, Naruto?" Sarutobi asked.
"He didn't want to be subjected to the main house anymore, they would have tried to put that cage seal back on his forehead again, not that i'd allow that thing stay on his head" Naruto says angry at the thought of the seal.
"Naruto, can you remove the caged bird seal?" Tenzo asked.
"Remove it? that's easy! I can even apply it if I wanted too." Naruto said cheerily
"Can you remove any seal then?" Sarutobi asked seriously.
Naruto looked at his Jiijii, raising an eyebrow, "Yeah I can, I've even removed one or two of Orochimarus 'Curse seals'. Naruto said seriously.
It was one of his special achievements, it's one of the most serious seals he had to crack, at the time one of his good friends were about to be consumed with the seal and become Oro-temes servent, his friend fought the seal as much as he could until Naruto found him and took him in and started to research the seal trying to save his life, he succeded just in time, and quickly destroyed the seal and worked with him until his friend was better.
His Jijii sat up straiter "Orochimarus?" Naruto nodded "Who?" Naruto shook his head.
"Sorry Jijii but I can't tell you, that would comprimise them, and I wont have my friend put in anymore danger than he already is in."
"What do you mean?" Tenzo asked.
Naruto turned his head to the man, "I mean they are doing good work and he has even been able to save a few lives," Naruto paused and looked to his Jijii "he was able to send me the origanater of the Curse seal, and a very sick Kyaguya and a few other bloodline users, some servivors from the Bloodline War in Kiri."
"We'll get back to the bloodline users later Naruto, but the Origanater of the Curse seal, why are you protecting a person like that?" Sarutobi asked.
"Because he's just a kid, he's only a year older than me, he has a bloodline that makes him turn from a gental, caring kid into a monster hell bent on killing everything he comes across, he can't control it, so he went to Orochimaru in hopes of him being able to somehow stop it."
"He chose the wrong Sannin to ask help from, Orochimaru used him and got the enzimes to create a better curse seal, one that turns the receiver into a monster." Naruto leaned back thinking about his now cured friend, and smiled.
"Juugo, is happy now, now that he doesn't have to worry about that curse, I created a special seal just for his bloodline, it seems in a attemped to better their clans body type bloodline, Juugos clan mixed with several other different body type bloodlines" Narutos eyes glazed over thinking about what he found out about his friends bloodline.
"His origanal bloodline was one that allowed him to take the form of an animal and talk to animals in his human form, so the seal I created was to seperate and destroy the added body bloodlines in his DNA so that they wouldn't cause him anymore trouble" Naruto looked at the Hokage.
"Your not going to hurt him in anyway just because he didn't want to hurt anyone in the first place Jijii, when I first got him, he insisted I lock him away so no one could get hurt." Naruto scowled at the memory.
"And for your information I was hiding behind a mask, I wouldn't have been very good at it if I sent you the people I helped, besides they don't want anything to do with any villege at the time and are staying right were they are, they'll come here when they fill ready." Naruto informs
"And when is that?" Kakashi asks.
"When im sure this villege has changed, if they don't change their view of me and I bring the people I help here. I believe some people will end up dead, and it wont be pretty."
The older men tense "What do you mean are they dangeress?"
"Old man Most of them are ninja, thier very dangeress, but before I answer the question let me ask one, Kakashi and Tenzo I a random person came up to you and started to insult the Sandiame Hokage or even the Yondiame Hokage right infront of you, How would you feel? What about you Jijii? If someone started to insult the Shodiame or Nidiame infornt of you, how would you feel? Angry? Pissed?" All three nodded.
"That's what im afraid of, If I bring them all back here and the dumnasses that live in this villege start talking, someone is going to die, and it wont be one of my friends, unlike me they'll fight back, and give more than enough to put them down."
"So your protecting the villegers" Naruto scoffed.
"Im protecting my friends, knowing this villege they'll be put in a breeding program as soon as their citezens or ninja for the villege, And don't try to despute it Jijii I know for a fact that the civilian council has made arangments behind Sasukes back to have him marry as soon as he turns 16, It's another reason im keeping my heratege a secret, I don't have to worry about Iwa or Kumo it's Konoha that's the problem." Naruto informed not noticing the angry look on the hokages face, 'I think it's time to show the civilian council their place' Sarutobi thought, and continued to question his grandson in all but blood.
Sarutobi was proud of Naruto, helping as many people as he can, and protecting them just like a real leader, the old man smiled at his blonde grandson, as he walked out with Tenzo saying something along the lines of he wanted to show him something.
Sarutobi frowned he had a problem, his villege was more corrupted than he thought, he'd have to take down Danzo and his own teammates first, he was saddend at the evidence Naruto gave him on them, Danzo was the reason for the Uchiha Massicure, The Uchiha weren't even plotting anything, just Danzos lies and manipulation, He had a ROOT agent Henge into Itachi and 'kill' everyone, Naruto took Itachi away just as he was about to die, and healed him without a second thought, when Itachi was healed enough to go report 2 weeks later it was already to late and everyone believed it was Itachi.
Naruto gave Itachi a new perpose, as Narutos spy, Apparently Naruto is well aware of Akatsuki, Naruto has even said Itachi was able to convince Kisame Hoshiganki to help, how? he most likely didn't want to know.
Sarutobi looked over the document Naruto handed him as his shaow clones do his paper work... He has to remember to reward the boy some how for that little tip.
But for now he had some house cleaning to do.
Naruto chuckled at the image Itachi sent him via the mind link of Kisame going face first into the mud... Even Shimahada was laughing at it's master.
Naruto was practicing with Zabuzas blade after showing Tenzo his Wood release jutsu, in his lake hideout.
Kisame was trying to help him learn how to use it when the link suddenly cut off, he asked Itachi what happend and got the image of Kisames fall.
"Don't laugh brat!" Kisame said via mind link.
"How can I not? even Kyuubi is laughing" And that was true Kurama was howling at the oh so fearsome Kisame.
"You tell that fur ball to shut up!" Kisame yelled.
"Make me Fish-boy!" Kurama roared through the link, nearly making Naruto fall over in his laughter.
The to bicker back and forth why Naruto creates a seperate link to talk with Itachi who was watching his partner argue into the air with an eyebrow raised.
"They bicker like an old married couple" Naruto said through the link.
Itachi sent Naruto a hilarious image of Kurama and Kisame married with fox-fish children... Histarical laughing could be heard.
Who said Itachi didn't have a sense of humur? Naruto fell as the foxes and the shark-mans argument esculated and before they new it the Kitsune had dared the shark to kiss Naruto in front of Itachi.
Kisame peeked at Itachi who (was by the looks of it) was talking to said blonde kit, Kisame gulped, even he wasn't that stupid, he knew how much Itachi charished Naruto, and wished to protect the young kit with his everything, he wasn't going to temped fate or risk his life, just to win a bet.
That is until the basterd fox opened his mouth, and goaded him into it.
So the next time they both saw Naruto together, *He gulped* He would have to kiss the blonde, *He groaned* he was so dead.
"Kisa-nii are we going to continue training or what?" NAruto asked his stomic growling, it was lunch time.
"No kid, go eat I can hear your stomic from here, Hurry and go before Itachi looks at me with his evil eyes again!" Kisame quickly cut the link.
"Evil eye? Itachi?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Don't worry about it Kit, and go eat some lunch, im sure your hungry by now" Itachi said sending a small smile to the blonde, and urged him to go eat.
Naruto sent a smile back and turned around intending to seal up his sword and go for some lunch via transformantion.
That was before he saw Shikamaru standing there staring at him... how long had he stood there, Naruto sweated, he hoped the shadow user didn't reconize him.
He wasn't that lucky, or Shikamaru was just that smart, he beated the latter.
"Naruto?" Shikamaru looked the blonde up and down "Why are you dressed like that? Not that im complaining its deffinately better than the orange" Shikamaru walked over and gentally picks up a few strands of his long spikey blond hair, and raised an eyebrow "I didn't know you had long hair, or that hair grew so quickly, it's only been 3 months since we started training with our teams." Naruto was sweating, he forgot how observent Shikamaru was.
"Though the mask is a bit much, did you think it was cool?" Shikamaru smirked then relised Naruto wasn't yelling or joking around, or moving in general, just standing their with his eyes wide and his giant sword resting on the ground.
Shikamaru could see the blondes mind working quickly trying to figure out something, then the blonde closed his eyes and made a whinning sound, which he raised an eyebrow at.
"Damn it Shikamaru, why are you so damn... troublesome" Naruto runs his fingers through his hair and looks at the confused teen "I can't lie to you and get away with it, I know that, you'd just try to pick out the mystery, since that's what would interest you for awhile... Damn your troublesome... Why are you even out here?" Naruto grumbled.
Shikamaru looked amused, which was rare, "Well you didn't answer my questions Naruto, You answer mine, I answer yours, deal?"
The blonde signed "Deal" Narutos stomic growled "But first, i've been training all day and need some lunch" Naruto sealed his giant sword away.
"I know just the place" Shikamaru said and started to walk off, knowing the blonde would follow, he did.
Naruto stopped at the entrance to the villege and hide behind a tree, Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "Hey Shikamaru i'll meet with you later, I need to go change" Naruto started to leave but was stopped by his hair being held.
"Ahh, Hey let go!" Naruto said turning around.
"Why are you changing Naruto? I don't think you need too" Shikamaru grabbed the blondes wrist and dragged him into the villege, Naruto stumbled, but gave in, he could feel his hidden ears and tails tucking themselves close.
People were looking curious but wern't glaring, it was like they... they didn't reconise him... his whiskers are covered, his hair stoped in the middle of his thighs, spikey, and and his cloak, he wasn't wering any orange like he is usually forced to by the villegers.
Naruto glanced around people were ignoring him once they see his headband.
The blonde started to walk straiter, and his confidence came back.
Shikamaru stopped at a restarant, it was a BBQ place, Shikamaru pulled him into the building and got seated at a window seat, Naruto looked around, he'd never been in here before, Shikamaru ordered everything while Naruto looked around.
Shikamaru got Narutos attention, "So why did you change into this?" the shadow user eyed him again, "Again im not complaining."
Naruto glanced around again and took a small paper out of his pouch, then poked Shikamarus forehead quickly adding chakra and pulling the paper away, and watch the shadow user clutch his head "What was that?" He said releasing his now unhurting head.
"You wanted to talk, and I want to keep myself secret, for now." Naruto watched his friend face turn from shock to understanding, then back to his bored with life face.
"How?" he asked
"Send a small amount of chakra to the area with the seal, it will activate and allow you to talk to me anytime you want from any amount of distance you want" Naruto informed.
"Like this? Well this is weird, toulblesome" Shikamaru takes a sip of the water that was placed with the food by the waiter.
"Well your doing better than, some" Naruto desides to shock Shikamaru again by sending him an image of a red headed boy surrounded by sand clutching his head and the sand whipping around him.
Shikamau spit up his water, making the hot plate steam a bit.
"What the hell?!" Shikamaru says patting his chest.
Naruto puts some meat onto the hot cooking plate, "Calm down Shikamaru, it's another ability of the seal, you can send images, and messages, lets get some food onto the hot plate then you can ask your questions" Naruto said flipping his meat over a to cook.
Shikamaru nodded and placed some of the food on the plate to cook and started his questions.
"So the change?"
"Jiijii found out about my idiot mask from Kakashi-sensei and told him sometime between last night and this morning, I decided to show some of my true self, and dressed for the meeting he called," Naruto chuckled "Shikamaru you should have seen his face, it was priceless!"
Shikamaru flipped his own food and watched the blonde pick his up and put it on a plate, picking up his chop sticks he adds some greens to his plate.
"Why are you hidding your real self?"
"Because I would have been in more danger than I already am" Naruto sees his friends eyebrow rise again, "Yes danger, I started it when I was 3, it helped lesson the beatings I got, they went from everytime they saw me to weekly, or if I was lucky i'd get away and it would be monthly, but they were much more painful, the last beating I had was on my 4th birthday, after that I could get away from them... sometimes." Naruto felt the stare and looked up, Shikamaru was shocked and furious, he'd never seen the lazy boy angry before, and was rightfully scared.
"And who, no why would people do that!?"
"They wanted me dead Shikamaru, if I were to change back into my mask right now I would be most likely kicked out of this restarant, as soon as someone notices" Naruto says applying a genjutsu to hide his face and started to eat. (To the other customers he looks like he's eatting through his mask)
"Dead! But why your pranks weren't that bad!" Naruto shook his head.
"Calm down!, the emotions are showing on your face!, I can't tell you why, Shikamaru, it a S-rank villege secret, so drop it, if anyone told you or if you speek about it you could be executed." Naruto said serious
Shikamaru calms down and eats a bit before continueing his questions.
"So if you've been hiding your true self all this time, just how strong are you?" Naruto looks at his friend and eye smiles.
"I can out last a Jonin, does that tell you anything?" Naruto smirked at his shocked friend, and placed more food onto the hot plate.
Shikamaru POV
'Naruto can out last Jonin? damn is he really that strong?' Shikamaru looks at his blonde crush, 'yeah, I think he is' Shikamaru blushs looking at the blonde 'powerful and gorgious'.
Shikamaru continues to ask questions while thay eat and before he new it he had agreed to train with the blonde, the both of them were having a wonderful time, that is until Asuma and his team came into the BBQ restarant and noticed them.
"Shikamaru! There you are!" Shikamaru slamed his head against the back of the seat and groaned, 'Damnit and this was turning out to be such a good date' Shikamaru blushed at the thought, then wiped the thought away as his team joined them at the table, he watched his crush tense up aand disapear, he felt something brush his side and looked, Naruto was sitting next to him pointing at the otherside.
"I believe i'll sit next to Shikamaru while you strangers sit on the otherside" Narut was fakesmiling he saw the genjutsu disapate and the mask was back on.
Ino was talking sweetly and oogaling his crush while Chouji and Asuma-sensei sighed at her behavior.
He didn't like what she was trying to do.
Naruto POV
Naruto watch the blonde girl flirt with him in disgust, he couldn't believe this girl thought she could fool him into believing her cutesie act.
She was twirling her pale blonde hair while talking at him, not to him at him.
Naruto interupted her and asked "Who are you? None of you introduced yourselves, and that's rude."
"Oh yes, of course!" Ino cheered "My names Ino Yamanaka, his is Chouji Akimichi, and this is our Sensei Asuma Sarutobi, so what's your name?" she disgusted him emencly.
He could tell Shikamaru didn't like her at the momment, "My name is Arashi Mamoru, it's nice to meet you Asuma-sensei and Chouji" Naruto said intentionally leaving out Ino.
"Hey what about me, don't you think it's nice to meet me?" Ino whined trying to be cute.
Naruto looks at her and snorts making her stop her whining and gap at him.
"I've seen how you are Ino Yamanaka, your not a cutesie girl like you want me to believe, I know how weak, and cruel you really are."
She was sputtering dening what I said, "So you want to denie it huh?" she nods, "What about your graduation, I believe I remember you and most of the girls in your class smacked around and beat up a boy for an accident with another boy, do you want to denie that?" she look furious.
"Naruto-baka kiss my Sasuke-kun! He deserved it! Besides he's a nobody loser!" Ino yelled and Naruto glared at the girl, wishing he could beat the hell out of her, he saw Shikamaru tense and smack his own face.
"Why did you kiss the Uchiha anyway?" Shikamaru asks.
"I didn't want to kiss him!, it was an accident, I was keeping up apperinces and got into a glare off with Sasuke, the kid that sit below him stood up and elbowed me into the basterd," Naruto answered, "As I saw the blonde didn't deserve anything, you girls just decided to beat him up just for fun, if anyone deserved that beating it would have been the kid below him, he was the one who pushed the boy into the other" he countered.
Ino glares and starts to argue at the other blonde, until Naruto stands up "I think it's time for me to go, I still have training to do, Shikamaru i'll meet you at my current training ground tomarrow for that training session," He looks to Chouji who is eating, "You may join if you want Chouji, Good bye Shikamaru, See ya." Naruto gives the shadow user some money to cover his bill and poofs away.
"WHAT A JERK!" Ino yells, Shikamaru rounded on her with a glare.
"No you are a jerk, im going, i've already eaten maybe I can catch up and we can train together today instead, I'll see you later Chouji" Shikamaru pays his and Narutos bill and leaves.
Ino huffs at her teammate and starts to insult and gossip about 'Arashi Mamoru'.
"Ino! That's enough! I wont have you bad mouthing a fellow shinobi! especially one you don't even know." Asuma said sternly shocking her, she looked to Chouji, the usually gental boys face was red, with anger.
She gulped.
Inos in trouble! Inos in trouble!
I don't hate her as much as I hate Sakura, but she comes pretty damn close.
Yes Shikamaru has a crush on Naruto, And he's damn good at hidding it.
As for Itachi, he's one of my favorite characters on Naruto, right now im between doing a ItaShikaNaru, a ShikaNaru, or a ItaNaru, who knows i could add some one else like KakaNaru!, Shino, Kiba or even Neji their rare.
Maybe it'll turn into a Harem... they are rare too.
And I do love Harem stories.
I'll leave it to vote
Harem: 1 (my vote)
ItaShikaNaru:0
KakaNaru:0
KakaItaNaru:0 (I like this too)
ShikaNaru:0
ItaNaru:0
ShiNaru:0
KibaNaru:0
NejiNaru:0
SaiNaru:0
Vote quickly!
Also comment if you have someone you want to be with Naruto or if you have a pairing you like it doesn't have to be with Naruto, it could be Neji/Kiba, or Jariya/Tsunade or maybe TenHina, yes i'll put together pairings I like in the story, but suggest if you want to see a pair.
Ino and Sakura become old fat guys that wish they could keep cats... they stay alone... they wont even be put together...
i'm working on the next chapter now, the votes will be needed in later chapters.
-Nature-sama