Koharu here again I'm glad this fic got some good reviews. Also I don't have a beta for this fic yet if anyone is interested please contact me…thank you so much for your reviews and I hope to receive more!
I don't Own Naruto or any other characters made by Masashi Kishimoto but Tsuki Arina-chan is my own original person!
Arina-Ah-re-na
Key
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Flashbacks or thoughts
Transitions
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Quote of the chapter…
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
James Joyce
Irish author (1882 - 1941)
Chapter 2
First years part 1: Growing up
Arina had faced many things in her fifteen years of life, yakuza bosses, high school, drug rings, corrupted officials, smuggling rings, animal endangerment cases, high school, embezzlement schemes, environmental protests, high school, demon encounters, creepy ninja who performed human experiments, and the worst thing any teen could face high school but none of that compared to this….
Changing a baby boy's diaper, a very smelly little diaper at that.
"Ohhh dear god" Arina groaned as she managed to pull the diaper from Naruto's body and toss it into a garbage pile
"Now we put on the clean one…or do we powder on first and what are these wipes for…damn it I knew I should have picked up that baby care book…" Arina cursed to herself
"Arina! You need to use the wipes on him or he'll get a diaper rash then you put the powder on followed by the diaper" a shrilly voice said
Looking up Arina looked at an older woman who looked to be in her mid-thirties, she had crème colored hair that was put up into a bun held by two green chopsticks and Aqua colored eyes, and she wore a green kimono with black obi.
Following what she was told Arina placed the diaper on Naruto and smiled…
"There we go little Naruto does that feel all better?" Arina lifted him up in her arms and looked to the other women and sighed
"Thanks mama…" Arina said dejectedly
"When you said you were coming to stay with me and you said you had a surprised I hoping for a son-in-law, but no as usual you skipped at least two or more steps and went ahead and gave me a grandchild" the elderly women blabbed
Arina felt a vain on her forehead twitch menacingly "Funny Merriam you weren't complaining when I walked in the door!" the younger of the two women argued back
"Don't you take that tone with me I don't care that you're annoyed by me it disrespectful to call your mother by her real name!" Merriam said with a tone of authority
Arina sighed again briefly wondering if staying with her insane parents was good for Naruto mental health…
Flash Back five hours ago
Arina stood still, before her and her new baby boy lay the old retirement village of little Buckingham Way
"Well Naruto time to meet the ban of my existence…your grandmother and grandfather…their names are Merriam and Todd their retired old journalists so learn what you can they lived during the great Ninja war and made detailed reports throughout the whole thing they made it their job to keep the people informed of their surroundings…on another note there are a few maybe one or two other ninjas here and their…" Arina stopped mid-sentence and looked down at Naruto in her arms and sighed
"You probably have no clue as to what I'm talking about…oh well when you get older we'll have this talk again…"
When Arina reached the village, she made her way through the streets while begin stopped once in a while by some senior citizen who wanted to coddle Naruto…
"Oh look at the sweet baby! Look at those strange whiskered marking he reminds me of my cats at home!" some strange cat-loving old lady said
"Oh remember when my son was that age sadly he never had children of his own…" another one said to them
There was even incident where Naruto was 'kidnapped' by an elderly couple and hugged by his captors…
"Can I please have my son back?" Arina said quite upset at the elderly couple that had 'stolen' her child
When she finally reached a pink colored house she sighed in relief and pulled out a set of keys as she walked towards the door and unlocked it.
As she entered Arina found herself assaulted by five or six different flashes of light…
"Welcome home sweetie! Ooo now who is this handsome fellow? Come here you" before Arina got her vision back Naruto was scoped out of her arms by her mother
"Ahh Arina honey…Where's the Father?" Merriam asked
"There is no father" Arina replied
Her mother made a loud gasping sound and her face look upset…
"I pushed you too hard to get me grandkids didn't I; I pushed you so much that…YOU WENT AND GOT YOURSELF AN ARTIFICAL INSEMINATION…" Merriam cried out as she hugged little Naruto to her body
"Mama I…" before she could finish her mother cut her off
"It ok honey I pushed you into this so mommy is going to help her little Rina-chan…TODD GET OUT HERE AND PUT ON PANTS YOUR DAUGHTER IS HERE! AND SHE BROUGHT A GRANDSON" Merriam shouted
A male voice rang out "REALLY I'LL DIG OUT MY OLD FOOTBALL AND TEACH HIM HOW TO THROW THE OLD PIGSKIN AROUND"
Merriam groaned "HE'S ONLY A BABY TODD GO FIND ARINA'S OLD BABY TOYS AND A CRIB!"
"YES DEAR!"
End of Flash Back
Merriam still didn't know Arina only adopted Naruto, and Todd was somewhere in the attic looking for the baby crib…
"Arina since you're here I know some very nice young man I would love you to meet!" Merriam squealed
"I found the crib but found something else!" An elderly man around his mid-forties walked in, he had silver gray hair, brown eyes, and wore a red plaid shirt with fading blue jeans. He was holding something yellow in his right hand
"What did you find Dad?" Arina already felt herself grow worry
Smiling Todd held out a yellow duck "I found Mr. Ducky! Remember that song we used to sing when you took a bath huh, huh?" Todd turned from his daughter and looked at Naruto and held Mr. Ducky out to him "Hey little guy I'm your grandpa! And this" he squeezed the little yellow duck and a tiny squeak come from it "Is Mr. Ducky"
Naruto smiled at the yellow duck and placed a tiny hand on it, he made a soft cooing sound as he weakly hit the duck over and over again to make it talk again.
"Hey he likes it! Arina lets sing the bath time song!" Todd said overly enthusiastic
"No, no I'm not going to sing that song," Arina firmly said standing her ground
"Fine I bet you don't even remember it" Todd said turning his attention back to Naruto and began to sing happily
"Rubber Ducky you're the one" Squeak "You make bath time lot of fun!" Squeak "Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of you" Squeak "Woo, woo be doo" Squeak, Squeak "Rubber Ducky, joy of joys," Squeak "When I squeeze you, you make noise!" Squeak "Rubber Ducky, you're my very best friend, it's true!" Squeak "Doo doo doo doo, doo doo" Squeak "Every day when I make my way to the tubby I find a little fella who's cute and yellow and chubby" Squeak "Rub-a-dub-a-dubby!" Squeak "Rubber Ducky, you're so fine and I'm lucky that you're mine" Squeak "Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you." Squeak "Every day when I make my way to the tubby I find a little fella who's cute and yellow and chubby" Squeak "Rub-a-dub-a-dubby!" Squeak "Rubber Ducky, you're so fine and I'm lucky that you're mine" Squeak "Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you." Squeak "Doo, doo be doo!"
"Dad I'm going to pretent I didn't hear you sing that song…I need to rest" Arina said as she walked away
Todd and Merriam sighed
"Well now that, that is over" Merriam smiled "It times to take my little grandson shopping!" picking Naruto up from the baby carrier he sat in she cooed at him sweetly "Oh we'er going to have soo much fun my darling little Naru-chan!"
"Merriam don't spoil the kid untill his five!" Todd said
"His my grandson and I'll spoil him at any age I want to!" she retorted
Five years Later
Blinking light, a soft hum of a computer, and twenty different screens all showing different areas around the old retirement village.
"Naruto-sama there is nothing going on as usual…this place is so boring! And you! All you ever do is spend time with that wondering lunatic of a bunny man!" a computerized voice yelled out from the main screen
"For a computer you really complain a lot and Taikoubou-sama isn't a lunatic! Though with that weird thing he wears on his head I won't disagree…bunny man…S.H.I.N.O can you get a visual on my okasan? I think she's planning something..." a young five year old blond haired, blue eyed kid said
Naruto now five years of age, was in all aspects a genius, sadly even the smartest kid get lonely in a village with no one to play with, this alone gave him the idea to create his own companion.
He had worked for months gathering books about programming, all of his allowance on various computer parts, hours digging through junk heaps for salvageable parts, and days in his room.
The end result was his new friend the computer he called Security Home Information Nanette Operation system or S.H.I.N.O for short. S.H.I.N.O even though he was a computer program created by Naruto, he had his own distinct personality, and he had eyes everywhere, during his creation Naruto created tiny little camera chips he called Nanettes and had hidden them every where he could.
"I have the visual Naru-chan" S.H.I.N.O's voice called out as an image of Arina came on screen
"Her suite case is all packed and ready for a trip…but why…" Naruto watched the image on screen "Is she packing my stuff up?" the young blond questioned
"I did overhear a conversion between her and your oba-san when you were training with Taikoubou-sensei" S.H.I.N.O said as he turned the image of Arina off and turned on a saved video file
Video File 70: 4 hours earlier
Arina was sitting at the coffee table next to her mother Merriam both drinking some kind of hot beverage…
"Mama, Naruto has been taking lesions from that crazy ex-ninja Taikoubou from down the street… I asked him to give me weekly reports when he first started, and thanks to him Naruto know all academy basics and even some advanced ninja technical, I taking him to Konoha to enroll him into the Ninja academy. We will be leaving tomorrow morning…that way he won't have time to pack up that annoying computer of his…I know he spies on everyone in whole village!" Arina rubbed her head as she spoke
"Honey I don't want my little Naru-chan to become a ninja what's wrong with being a journalist like the rest of us? I mean we already taught him all about stealth just like we taught you! Naruto is better at hiding then you were at that age, who knows what he could learn!" Merriam practically shouted
"Being a ninja is in his blood Mama, it what he wants" Arina argued back
"But you don't know the father! The sperm they used on you could have come from a random psycho!" Merriam fought back
"Mama for the last time I didn't get an…" Before she could finish Todd walked in with two suite cases
"Rina-chan I got your bags like you wanted! Also don't forget to send us a latter when Naruto graduates from the academy so we can celebrate! Merriam isn't it great theirs going to be a ninja in the family! I remember my own granddad once telling me of great-grandfather Malik Tsuki the founder of this family the first wondering journalist who married great-grandmother Henrietta Inuzuki it was because of her we learn all about stealth and information gathering she was the only ninja in this family before she died…I believe she come from a ninja clan that worked with…cats…" Todd rubbed his chin
"No Papa they worked with dogs" Arina sighed
Todd looked up and smiled "Then it's a good thing I didn't buy him a cat!" he said happily
Arina stood up a worried look come across her face "What did you buy him and why?"
Todd scratched the back of his head "figured there are ninjas that use animals as tools and allies so I got Naruto a pet he could train…but don't worry I took I got this pet from an old retired ninja named Ryu that still trains animals for fun. Also this animal is already house broken!" the older man said all giddy much like child who ate too much candy
Now Merriam stood up "Honey this animal better not be dangerous!" crossing her arms she walked over to her husband
"It's not it perfectly safe I'll show you later when you tell Naruto the good news!" Todd said as he left the room
End Video File 70
The blond haired child smiled "Hear that S.H.I.N.O… I'M GOING TO BE AN NINJA!"
Jumping to his feat Naruto and walking to a sealed cabinet, he pulled out a large scroll and turned back to the computer.
"I can't leave you can I S.H.I.N.O? Good thing Okasan doesn't know Taikoubou taught me how to seal objects into scrolls, so lets get you all packed up" Naruto said
The boy laid the blank scroll down and pulled out a calligraphy brush; bring the tip to the scrolls surface Naruto wrote out some complicated signed on it. That took a little less then a minute for him to finish as the young boy brought his thumb to his mouth and bit down hard enough to make him bleed, he then went through a series of hand signs before he slammed his hand on the scroll before him, the room exploded with smoke.
Looking up Naruto smiled when he notice his AI enhanced computer wasn't their anymore…
"Well now that S.H.I.N.O is all packed up time to go and met Okasan" Naruto said as he ran out the room to find his mother.
To be Continued….
Chapter two is done! Like it hate it? Please review or I might never write again! I bet your all wondering what animal Todd got for his little grandson Naruto eh? Well you'll just have to tune in for the next chapter
Names and places
Taikoubou – Soul Hunter! I love Taikoubou from this anime so I decided to make reference to him!
Buckingham Way – This was the street My grandmother had lived on in her retirement village in either New York or was it New Jersey…
S.H.I.N.O – not our favorite bug user, this Shino is an Artificial Intelligent computer that Naruto himself built. S.H.I.N.O is short for Home Information Nanette Operation system, its Naruto's home based computer that gathers information through little cameras called Nanettes and is the main operation for the system.
