Chapter 2:
After traveling three days. They had finally arrived at their destination. Hiruzen stopped them at an opening in the forest. "I think this will do. Do you want to honor us Yamato"?
"Yes, Hokage-Sama". He said while walking a little bit away from them. "Mokuton: Shichūka no Jutsu (Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique)" In front of Yamato a couple of wooden beams emerged from the ground. The beams combined until a wooden house appeared. Yamato turned around smiling. "Welcome to 'the Fallen leaves retreat' ".
Naruto was amazed, this was by far the most awesome technique he ever saw. Okay, maybe not so cool as a fire Jutsu which causes great explosions. "You need to learn me that technique," He said with hopeful eyes.
"I am sorry that's not possible. Mokuton is a Bloodline limit" Yamato said sadly.
"A Blood what? " Naruto asked confused not knowing what he was talking about.
"A Bloodline Limit is given from parent to child. These techniques can only be used by people who inherited it from their family. For example, Yamato here can use Mokuton because he has this gene" informed Hiruzen.
"So your mother or father could also use Mokuton," asked Naruto. For a second, there was fear and sadness in Yamato's eyes. Naruto was afraid for a moment that he had said something wrong.
Until Yamato started talking again. "My Bloodline limit is artificial. There are only two people with this Bloodline limit that ever existed, me and the Shodai Hokage. But my Mokuton is not as powerful has his."
"We better go inside before it becomes dark. If you have more questions you can ask it there." Hiruzen suggested.
The house was big. It included a kitchen with a living room and training ground in the back. Upstairs there were three bedrooms, one for each one of them. Naruto got to his room and started unpacking his backpack. For the most part it was supposed to be filled with ramen, that was until the old man found it and threw it all out, saying something about eating healthy. Naruto tried to argue, but the Hokage said if he wanted his ramen so bad he should have stayed home and so long he was under his tutelage he would eat more healthy. For now, it was only filled with the clothes Yamato bought for him. After putting his clothes away, he went downstairs. Here the old man and Yamato were waiting for him.
"It's time I told you the regime you will follow for the next four years," said the Hokage in his professor mode. "The first year we are going to concentrate on improving your physique and start your taijutsu training so you're able to keep up with the training. We are also going to unlock your chakra and start with chakra control exercises and the three basic Jutsu's that you need to graduate. You'll also study the same things as you would normally in the academy. As last Yamato will teach you how to control your emotions in battle, by meditating. The second year we are going to go up a notch. We will do the same things as the first year plus Yamato will train your strategic thinking by playing shogi with you. I will teach you a couple of Jutsu's depending on which element you have an affinity too and we will begin your bo-staff training. The third year we will begin with basics of Fūinjutsu. The last year we will try to improve on your shortcomings or learn something new. About that I am not really sure yet."
Naruto's head was spinning after the explanation. Did the old man really think he could do all of that in four years.
Hiruzen saw the doubt in Naruto's eyes and reassured him "I know it may seem daunting at first but I believe you can accomplish this. It looks more than it really is." With those words, Naruto's confidence rose again. "I think it is best we start tomorrow with the training so that you are well rested." With that, they had dinner, fish, made by Yamato. Which was surprisingly not bad. But still nothing beats ramen. After this, they all went all to bed.
The next few days were hard for Naruto. From 6 to 12 it was his physique training. This included running 10 kilometers in the forest, this was not really a problem for Naruto, he was used to running a lot. Especially from jounin after one of his pranks succeeded, no the hard part was the seals the old man had placed on him. These seals added weight to his body and could be adjusted on the fly. After their run, he started to do his push-ups and other exercises for an hour. The next two hours were taijutsu training. The old man had decided to start with teaching him the basic academy style. For the last two hours, the old man told him to take a leaf and try to keep it on his head with chakra. With this he had the most difficulty, he only could hold it for a second before it fell off or caught fire. It was a slow process to learn but Jiji assured him this was normal because of his large chakra reserves.
The boring part started in the afternoon. Jiji kept going on about history and geography. Trying not to disrespect the old man, he tried paying attention to his best efforts. After this, he did his meditation with Yamato. It was really hard to stay calm for one hour especially after that boring theory. Yamato also taught him about intimidation in battle how to do it and how to counter it.
This regime kept going for a couple of months until something happened that Yamato and Hiruzen never expected. Naruto came barging in yelling "Yamato-sensei, Yamato-sensei I did it, I did it!"
Hiruzen looked up from his orange book that he was reading to see what all the ruckus was about. While Yamato came out of the kitchen and asked in a calm tone "What did you do? ".
"I used that technique that you used for building the house," Naruto said with a big smile.
Hiruzen dropped his book "What do you mean you used that technique,".
"Well, it's not exactly like Yamato-sensei's technique I could only make a tree, not a whole house," Naruto said a little disappointed.
"Show me this technique immediately," Hiruzen said while taking Naruto outside and Yamato following them.
Once outside Naruto did the hand signs and suddenly there appeared a big tree in front of them. Yamato and Hiruzen's mouths fell open. "I never thought to see this technique again," Hiruzen said in low voice. Naruto just used a technique created by Hashirama himself.
"How is this even possible" Yamato mumbled "I only thought the Shodai Hokage could use Mokuton. Is Naruto a Senju?".
"No, he isn't a Senju. This is troubling." Hiruzen said still amazed by the tree that appeared.
Naruto was starting to feel uncomfortable "Did I do something wrong. If it is something bad I will never use this technique again" hoping he hadn't ruined his training chance with Jiji.
"No Naruto this is amazing you are the first one in years to naturally use Mokuton," Hiruzen said making Naruto smile again. "But you can't tell this to anyone. Do you understand, if people were to know you can use Mokuton, they would hunt you down for your power."
Naruto happily replied "You have my word Jiji I won't tell anyone. But it's still so cool. I have a bloodline limit."
"Luckily for you, we brought the only known Mokuton user with us," Hiruzen said hinting at Yamato. "We will need to change the planning a little bit but Yamato will start training you in using Mokuton."
A year passed without anything happening. The chakra control training was going well he could hold multiple leaves's on his head for an hour. And he started doing the tree exercise where he could already reach the top of the tree. This was accomplished fast by using Kage Bunshins. He had no problems with the Henge and Kawarimi. But still had problems with the Bunshin even with all the chakra exercises he did. To compensate the Hokage taught him the Kage Bunshin it was like his blood clone the only difference was he could make more than one and when they dispelled he got all the memories of the clone. Naruto was using them to train faster than anyone ever could. Because of this, they got ahead on schedule, and the planning didn't intimidate him anymore.
Hiruzen also tested Naruto's affinity with chakra paper. They weren't surprised when the paper cut in the middle with one-half getting wet and the other half crumbling to dirt. This meant he had an affinity for wind, water and earth. With wind being his started his wind training by trying to cut a leaf in two with his chakra. With the help of his clones, this was accomplished fast. After this exercise, his wind Jutsu's became a lot stronger.
At the same time, he started learning the monkey style of the old man. It was mostly an agile style with a lot of grabbing and open hand slaps. He also started his bo-staff training. Naruto couldn't use the staff, he bought in Konoha, yet because it was still too big for him. So he learned how to make a wooden staff with Mokuton.
Yamato began training him in using his Mokuton. They also played shogi, it took long but after a couple of months, Naruto finally won a match against him only to lose the next ten.
Over the years, he copied some characteristics off his two mentors, the only two persons he spent a lot of time with for the first time in his life. Like the love for trees and plants from Yamato. And the love for books from Jiji. Not the orange books Jiji read. No real books like 'The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi', it was the only book he liked to read from that author.
Now Naruto was reading the book for the second time. When suddenly a big man with white hair came through the window. He wore a forehead protector with the kanji for oil on it. He wore a short green kimono and matching pants. Above this, he wore a red Haori.
"Haaaaaaaaah home invader" shouted Naruto while grabbing his training staff.
"Who are you calling a Home invader, I am the holiest hermit sage of the spirit of the Mt. Myoboku toads! I am the great Master Jiraiya!" Jiraiya began to shout while holding a dramatic pose.
Naruto recognized the name "Ji.. Jir..Jiraiya, You are Jiraiya." He shouted while jumping up and down. "You are the author of the best book ever.! Can I have your autograph." Naruto shouted while holding his book.
Jiraiya began to grin "You are one of the only ones who has ever asked me for an autograph for my first book. But everything for a fan." He said while signing the book. " Where is your sensei?"He asked looking around
On cue, The Hokage entered the room seeing what all the noise was about."Ah, Jiraiya you have arrived."
"Yeah I got word from the real Hokage I should meet you here," Jiraiya answered while slumping down on the couch. Naruto sitting down beside him while mesmerizing the autograph. "Who had ever thought you would take on another student"
"The council didn't really gave me a chose and he shows a lot of potential. He his becoming really adept in my taijutsu and bo-staff style." Hiruzen said with a proud voice.
"I heard about his potential, to think we would have a new Mokuton user. It will also bring a lot of enemies if people found out."Jiraiya said with a serious face. "Actually, he reminds me a little bit of myself Knowing how amazing I was when I was younger. while everybody was jealous of my power," he added while grinning.
Hiruzen deadpanned "Aren't you exaggerating a little bit." He asked while staring at Jiraiya who was becoming red. "Now for what I called you here. I think It's time we told him. And helped him with his problem" Hiruzen said.
Naruto looked up half following the conversation. "What do you need to tell me," Naruto asked attentively.
"Are you sure," Jiraiya asked not paying attention to Naruto.
"Hey, I asked a question?" Naruto tried to keep calm remembering Yamato's lessons.
"You need to promise me you won't be upset," Hiruzen said turning to Naruto. "I am going to tell you an S-class secret."
"I promise," Naruto said giving his full attention to the two men, knowing this was important. .
"You know of the attack on the village, that happened 10 years ago?" Hiruzen asked.
"Yes, that stupid fox almost destroyed the village. But the Yondaime Hokage killed him saving the village by sacrificing his life." Naruto said with a little anger in his voice.
"That is correct there is only one mistake in your statement," Jiraiya said to a confused Naruto. "A tailed beast can't be killed."
"But what happened to the Kyuubi then? " Naruto asked not liking where this was going. He had an idea of what they would say.
"The Kyuubi couldn't be killed only locked up," The old man said with a sad tone.
Then Naruto knew what they were implying. "The Kyuubi is sealed into me isn't it," He said holding his head down. "I am the Kyuubi."
Jiraiya was surprised that the kid had made the connection so fast. "Naruto look at me," Jiraiya said in a serious tone. "You are not the Kyuubi. You are his jailor. See it like a kunai and a sealing scroll. Because a kunai is sealed away in the scroll. Doesn't mean that the scroll became the kunai. Do you understand."
Naruto nodded with tears in his eyes. "But why did the Yodaime choose me for the sealing. Why not someone else."
Hiruzen looked at him with sad eyes. "Because he could not ask a parent to sacrifice his child if he couldn't do it himself."
"Are you saying the Yondaime was my father," Naruto asked full of unbelief.
"Yes, the Yondaime, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki were your parents," Jiraiya said with a small smile.
"And what happened to my mother? " Naruto asked.
"She died from the stress on her body from the Kyuubi being extracted from her and the child labor," Hiruzen said in a sad voice.
Naruto was a little bit relieved that his parents didn't abandon him."What can you tell me about her."
"She was one of the most fierce women I ever met. She was known for her temper that's why she was known as the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero. Both your parents loved you with all their heart. Even for the short time, they could be with you." Jiraiya said with respect in his tone.
Naruto got up. "I need to be alone for a moment. I am going to my room," Naruto said while going upstairs.
"Wasn't it too soon to tell him about his parents," Jiraiya asked.
"Better the short pain now. Then that he would torment himself with the question why Minato had chosen him and not somebody else." Hiruzen said with a sigh. "And I think he is ready to face the dangers that will come with this revelation."
"Maybe you are right. We will see tomorrow how he will react." Jiraiya said.
With that said sensei and student started to catch up with each other.
The next day Naruto worked twice as hard. He needed to prove that he was his own person and not some demon like most people thought. Jiraiya stayed for a couple of weeks trying to teach him how to use the demon's chakra before he needed to return to his spy network. Which Naruto reluctantly had accepted not really wanting to do anything with the demon. But how much he tried he couldn't make contact with the demon or access the demon's chakra. According to Jiraiya, this could be because of Naruto's Mokuton chakra that was suppressing the demon's chakra.
During these weeks, Naruto learned more about Jiraiya. First he learned that his favorite author was also his godfather. The second thing was that he was a pervert, no wait, a super pervert like he would put it and what his 'research' entailed.
The old man also started his Fuinjutsu training. He could already make storage seals and add more weight to his seal.
He also reached the next stage of his chakra training. Now he was trying to stand on water for more than an hour. It was harder than the tree climbing because he always lost his concentration trying too hard not to fall in the cold water.
Today was the last birthday he would have before they went back to the village. When he went to the Kitchen. He was greeted by a pleasant sight.
"Happy birthday," shouted Yamato, Jiji and Jiraiya. They were standing in the middle of the kitchen. On the table, there was a cake with 'Happy Birthday, Naruto' in orange letters.
Naruto got tears in his eyes. It wasn't his first time they did this. But he still had it difficult, knowing they still remembered his birthday, baked a cake and bought him presents.
"Hey, ero-sennin when did you return?" Naruto asked with a big smile.
Jiraiya face faulted. "Baka, stop calling me that. Better call me the Almighty toad sage Jiraiya."
"Ero-sennin fits you better." Said a grinning Naruto.
"Come come let's not fight." Said Hiruzen giggling at both his students. "Let's eat cake instead."
With that, they sat down. Yamato, Hiruzen and Jiraiya ate all one piece. While Naruto ate the other five pieces.
After the cake was eaten. Naruto received his presents.
"Me first," Yamato said while holding his present. Inside there was a bonsai tree with orange flowers. "I hope you like it. I put a lot of work in it to get the orange flowers."
"Thanks, Yamato-sensei" a smiling Naruto replied while hugging Yamato.
The next one was Jiraiya's present. "Here you go brat, hope you like it."
Inside there was a red coat with short sleeves. On the back, there was the kanji for monkey. The bottom of the coat was decorated with black flames.
"Your father had a coat such like this one. I made some changes to suit you better." Jiraiya said smiling.
"This is amazing," Naruto said while putting the coat on.
The last present was from the old man. He summoned an orangutan who carried a big scroll on his back. "I asked Enma if you could sign the contract and he approved," Hiruzen said while taking the scroll from the monkey. He opened and unrolled it on the floor.
Different names were written on the scroll, one for each summoner. The last name was 'Hiruzen Sarutobi'. "What do I need to do," Naruto asked full off anticipation.
"Write your name in blood next to mine." With that Naruto bit his finger and wrote his name.
Hiruzen scrolled the scroll up and gave it back to the monkey who puffed away. "Tomorrow I will show you how to summon your personal summon."
With that, they further celebrated his birthday until late in the evening.
The next day The old man showed how to use the summon Jutsu. To their surprise, he summoned two monkey's at the same time. They both looked like a younger Enma. With the only difference being the shorter hair and Hair color. They wore the same black suit as Enma, but instead of a sleeveless kimono they wore leather armor on their shoulders and arms. The only thing they could be separated by was their fur color. "Hello I am Ruyi," said the one with the red fur. "And I am Jingu," said the one with the yellow/blonde fur. "And we are known as the Bang brothers" They shouted in unison.
"Hello, my name is Naruto," Naruto said with a smile.
"So you are the new summoner Tou-chan was talking about," said Jingu. "We are your personal summon. Normally you would get only one summon but we are inseparable. So you get two for the price of one." Said Ruyi.
"Naruto this are the children of Enma. From what I heard from their father, they have also a love for pranks. Especially for the kind that ends with a bang." The old man said sighing, not looking forward to the damage these three could cause.
"So you guys like pranks. Then you can help me with something." lighting the twins faces up.
" Jiraiya-sensei" Naruto came gleefully to Jiraiya.
Jiraiya raised his eyebrow "What are you planning." Not trusting the good nature of Naruto. He only called him by his real name if he was planning to do something.
"What can't I talk to my favorite godfather," Naruto said with a big smile.
Okay, now Jiraiya was beginning to panic. Naruto acted only this way if he tried to persuade him for a sequel to his first book or when he was going to prank him. Taking no risk, he jumped up looking frantically around "What have you done!". He shouted, afraid any minute now he would have paint all over his clothes. He searched around him until he heard a rustle in the bushes. Suddenly there appeared two of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. One with blonde hair like Tsunade and one with hair as red as fire. But the best thing about them was that they were completely naked with only a little bit of smoke covering their assets.
Jiraiya immediately opened his research book getting a bunch of new ideas for the next edition of Icha Icha. They were giggling and gesturing him to follow them. "Naruto you stay here. I need to do some research for my next book." He said following the two girls. Forgetting about's Naruto's weird behavior.
Jiraiya was waking up with a giant headache. But this wasn't his biggest problem. At the moment, he was taped to the ceiling in the women changing room of a hot spring. The last thing he remembered was following the two women in the bushes and then feeling a pain at the back of his head and darkness. Normally he wouldn't have a problem freeing himself from the tape. There was only one problem. The room was full of half naked women that would kill him the instant they saw him. He decided to wait until they left, in the meantime he could enjoy the view. This was until he heard the tape that was holding him rip.
The women had just enjoyed a relaxing bath and were getting dressed. When they suddenly heard a bang and saw a man with a perverted grin on his face hit the floor. "PERVERT!" they screamed while chasing him outside.
While being chased Jiraiya could catch a glimpse of three figures in the trees laughing their butts off. 'That little bastard did this to me, oh he will pay' he thought before being caught by his pursuers and the living crap was kicked out off him.
Naruto was jumping from tree to tree. It had been almost a year since the best prank ever. Since that moment he, Ruyi and Jingu became best friends.
Now he was trying to find his attacker when he suddenly saw a shadow above him. He jumped away. Just in time to see a fire dragon scorch the place he just stood. "Fuuton: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough) " Naruto shout while sending a large gust of wind in the direction the fire dragon came from.
The old man fell from the tree. But when he hit the ground he changed into mud. 'A mud clone dammit where is he.' Naruto thought while looking around.
"You need to do better than that to hit me" He heard a voice from behind him. He turned around to see the old man doing hand seals. "Doton: Doryuudan (Earth Release: Earth Dragon Projectile)" He shouted when there appeared a dragon made of earth that started firing mud projectiles.
"Mokuton: Mokujōheki (Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall)" there appeared a wooden dome around Naruto blocking the mud.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)" Hiruzen shot a fireball at the dome. When smoke cleared. He saw a scorched Naruto lying in the middle of the dome. 'Maybe I overdid it a little bit' Hiruzen thought a little disappointed thinking Naruto didn't last longer. This was until the Naruto in the dome dispelled.
Realising Naruto had switched himself with a clone. He started looking around him until he saw Naruto behind him jumping down from a tree with his bo-staff. When he came down he slammed it on the ground. When the staff hit the ground a big slash of wind erupted and propelled in the direction of The Hokage.
"Doton: Doryuu Heki (Earth Release: Earth Style Wall) " In front of the Hokage rose a thick wall blocking the wind. But Naruto wasn't finished. He jumped over the wall. He brought his staff down on Hiruzen only to be blocked by his own staff. Naruto pushed himself of the staff landing behind Hiruzen.
The old man turned around trying to hit Naruto in the head. Naruto countered by ducking under it and trusting his staff in The old man's stomach. Only to hit kept going on with one doing summersaults and other acrobatics, trying to create an opening in the old man's defense. And the other one blocking all the attacks with ease caused by years of experience. This was until Hiruzen found an opening and hit Naruto sending him a couple of meters away.
"Dammit, why can't I hit you." Naruto said angry and disappointed that after almost four years training he still couldn't hit his sensei.
"Don't sell yourself short. You almost had me a couple of times there. If you had real life experience you would have hit me a couple of times" said a tired Hokage with a small smile. "I think this is enough for today."
"Come on old man a little bit longer" whined Naruto "Aren't we going to use our summons."
"You already have trained enough with those two," said Hiruzen "And besides you need to have your rest for the trip to Konoha tomorrow"
"If you say so," Naruto said, sad and happy at the same time. Sad because the training trip would be over and happy because he could show those stupid villagers how much stronger he became. With that, they left in the direction of the house.
The next morning Yamato destroyed the house. Naruto was sad to see the house, where he had lived for four years, disappear.
Before they left the Hokage stopped them. "This is the part where we say goodbye. I am proud to say you were my student." the Hokage said with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry old man I will make you proud. And it's not like I won't see you anymore." Naruto said while hugging the old man.
"Yamato, you make sure Naruto safely arrives in Konoha," Hiruzen said looking at Yamato.
"Yes, Hokage-Sama," Yamato said while bowing.
With those last words, the clone dispelled and Yamato and Naruto left for Konoha, ready to show the world the new Naruto.
A/N:
So I think this story will follow canon for the most part. It is possible I will change some things I didn't like in the canon. So this story will also have AU elements like the Mokuton.
For the pairing, I thought about a NarutoxTenten pairing. Just because I am not really a fan of a Hinata or Sakura pairing, It has been done too much. I am also not a fan of harem so you won't find it in this story. It is possible there will be flirting, I will see if it fits in the story. But it will only be NarutoXTenten. I am still not sure how much I will show of the romance I will see when the story further develops.
