"Look, it has only been in the last week. Any kids out of place, at least ten. Thin, blue eyes, make up or weird marks on the cheeks. If any of your shinobi have seen a kid like that, the Hokage would be most pleased Magashi-sama."
Genma Shiranui was growing displeased with the lack of success he was getting on this mission. He knew he wasn't alone on it, as out of the corner of his eye one of his teammates, Anko Mitarashi, was getting antsy. It was not a good thing for her to be getting antsy.
"I understand Shiranui-san. But I have not heard back from any of my shinobi about such a boy being seen, let alone a boy who appeared to be kidnapped in the area."
The man Genma was speaking to was Katsuro Magashi, the leader of Tanigakure. Tani was located in the center of the Land of Rivers, just south of the Land of Fire and between Konoha and Suna. Konoha and Tani were allies, but didn't speak too often. They allowed them and Suna to cut through, and they promised not to invade and to protect Tani if the other broke this agreement. But now Genma was wishing the Hokage had decided to have more contact with Tanigakure and their leader Magashi. They would have a better rapport, and this would be an easier job, and Anko didn't look like she was going to erupt like a Jiraiya nosebleed.
"I understand, Magashi-sama. I simply hope you understand our desire to find him, and his kidnappers. It is disconcerting that anyone could waltz into our village, kidnap a prospective shinobi such as Uzumaki, and escape fully undetected."
The Hokage had been furious. Genma, Anko, Hidashi Hyuga, and Akane Sozuki were one of a dozen full teams being sent to scour nearby nations to find Naruto Uzumaki. Beside his value as the container of the Kyuubi and what that could mean in the wrong hands, the Hokage was fond of the boy and did not want to see harm come of him. But it was definitely the first thing that could justify the minimum of fifty shinobi on the case.
Magashi nodded. "Indeed, it would be concerning if a missing nin could enter our village and kidnap one of our academy students and escape. For it to happen to Konoha... that is very concerning. Do you know why the boy was targeted? Was he a prodigy, or had famous parents? You said his name was Naruto Uzumaki, is he descended from the Uzushiogakure clan?" He speculated on why the boy was targeted.
Anko finally got tired of being quite and fibbed for them. "I don't know about him being a part of any clan, but he wasn't any prodigy. I know his sensei, and I know for a fact the kid is a dead-last. Kid only has three S's that make him special."
"Three S's?" Magashi was intrigued.
Anko counted them out on her fingers. "Speed, stealth, and stubborn. He can outrun shinobi when he pranks them, hides from them with skill, and is too stubborn to quit when it would be smart to. That is good and all to have, but he ain't got too much skill or smarts. My guess why he got nabbed? Kid is close to the Hokage, probably cause all the times he went in to get punished for his pranks. The nin must of thought they could milk him for information."
Magashi totally forgot about his original theories and was intrigued. "Get information? Would he know anything of value?"
She shrugged. "Don't know, but doubt it. Anyway, those 3 S's will help the kid here if he can use them. Too stubborn to break, too fast to catch if he can run, and can hide real well if they are faster." Anko let out a chuckle. "Kid could probably be great for infiltration if he wasn't such a brat."
Genma agreed with her. "Definitely sounds like it." He looked up to the wall and at the time, realizing it was 5 after 3 p.m. Hidashi and Akane should have been back from their questioning of civilians in the area already. He turned to Magashi. "I apologize Magashi-sama. Anko-san and myself should be getting going to find our teammates."
Magashi nodded in understanding. "Of course. We will be sure to keep an extra eye out for this boy. When will you be back to check in?"
Before either Anko and Genma could speak up, the door to the village head's office was swung violently open. All three shinobi in the room were quick to look at the culprit, which was a random shinobi from Tanigakure. He quickly stood straight.
"Report for Magashi-sama and the Konoha shinobi. We believe the boy Konoha is searching for, Naruto Uzumaki, is here in the village. He just arrived three minutes ago with a local farmer." He reported succinctly to the trio. Anko and Genma quickly were looking at each other. They hadn't expected to be the ones to actually find the boy, but this was a pleasant surprise.
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Soon, the two met with their two teammates who were already inspecting a blonde boy who looked like Naruto Uzumaki who was wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it five sizes too big for him and had an orange mask in his right hand. Hidashi Hyuga had his Byakugan activated and saw Anko and Genma come close, so he turned to them.
"I see nothing that would suggest this is not Naruto Uzumaki. Do you agree Akane-chan?" He turned to his teammate.
The young women with short black hair, wearing a very standard navy blue combo/chunin vest only made unique by the sword she had on her hip agreed with the Hyuga. "Yeah, I have to agree. I think we have the real Naruto Uzumaki with us."
Naruto rolled his eyes. "That is what I've been telling you guys! Why wouldn't you believe me?"
Genma took control of the situation. "Standard practice. Wouldn't be the first time someone kidnapped someone, took their form, and used it to sneak into a village." Naruto's eyes went wide at that information, since it was new to him. "Anyway, did you tell them where you got the cloak yet, or why you are wearing it?"
Naruto shook his head, but was blushing. "Well...um... well when the guy grabbed me..." Naruto was struggling to admit this info. "Well, I only had on my boxers. So when I woke up yesterday, I needed something to wear. So I grabbed this."
Anko raised an eyebrow. "Wait, are you saying you were asleep for five days?"
"Five days! What are you talking about?" Naruto wondered in surprise.
Genma let out a sigh, and dug into his pocket. "Kid, you've been missing for almost a week. I really hope you weren't asleep the entire time." He stuck the senbon he had grabbed in his mouth.
Naruto shook his head. "No, I remember a few things that was over the first...days I guess? Then I woke up around sunset yesterday."
Anko nodded. "Alright, I buy that. So you stole this cloak from the guy's laundry and hauled ass out of where he was holding you?"
Naruto shook his head. Now he looked uncomfortable. Anko eye's then went to the mask. "And is that his as well?" She asked, pointing to it. Naruto looked down to it before nodding, not looking at her. Now the team knew this situation was more complicated than at first glance.
Genma took control. "Alright, Hidashi-san, purchase Uzumaki some shorts and a T-shirt so he can wear something besides the cloak. Akane-chan, call the hawk down and jot the message." He ordered the two to do those tasks, while Anko instinctively broke up the crowd and asked for privacy since this was 'Konoha business.' Fortunately the Hokage had thought to send a hawk to come with each team to as communication with him and if they had found Naruto. It was simply flying overhead, waiting for this moment. Genma bent over a little so he could talk face to face to Naruto.
"Alright, so my name is Genma, the purple hair woman is Anko, the black hair swords-girl is Akane, and the Hyuga is named Hidashi. And I promise we will get you safe back to Konoha, and find out what the hell happened to you."
"I know what the guy wanted." Naruto interjected quickly.
Genma played it cool, but thought this was a big break. "Great. Now, what did the guy say?"
Naruto took a second to clear the fog and remember what had happened. "I think it was the morning after he grabbed me. He told me his name was Tobi, and that he was a part of something called... Akatsuki? Yeah, Akatsuki."
"Akatsuki? Haven't heard about them." Genma noted aloud.
"Well, he said that. And he said he wanted me because there was something valuable within me. But Tobi said not to worry, since I wouldn't have to worry about it much longer. I didn't like how that sounded, so I tried to run. But he caught up with me, and did some weird jutsu with his eye. They were red with black things on them. I don't remember what happened next."
Genma was worried. Very worried. This was clearly about the Kyuubi, and it was a Sharingan user. But the mask made it seem like it wasn't Itachi Uchiha, the only known missing-nin with Sharingan. The mask... Genma grabbed it from the boy and looked at it. It was orange, and had spiral that came to the one eye hole. Almost unconsciously, he noted it was the opposite eye that Kakashi had gotten from Obito back in the war. He didn't like where that thought was taking him.
Genma asked Naruto to give him a second, handing back the mask before turning to Akane and Anko. "Akane-chan, give the message to Anko-san. Anko-san, over here." He ushered her over to a vacant space nearby.
"What did the kid say?" She asked, wondering what this was all about.
"The guy called himself Tobi, he was part of a group called Akatsuki, and unless I'm wrong they want or wanted the Kyuubi." Genma relayed the info back to Anko.
"They told him about the fox?" She asked.
"No, but it was obvious from what they said. And considering how long the kid was out... they might have gotten it for all we know." Genma gave her his theory.
Anko let out a long sigh. "How could it get worse?"
"Tobi probably had a Sharingan. And considering I don't think Itachi is the kind of guy who would wear a mask and call himself Tobi, I think we have someone like Kakashi or maybe even an Uchiha we didn't know was still alive." Genma made it worse.
"Fuck. This really fucking sucks." Anko punctuated her distaste with her language.
"Yeah, and I need you to put that into the message. I'm gonna try to get some more info. Then our best bet is to send you and Hidashi-san out to try and find where he was while me and Akane-chan get him back home so we can figure out what the hell to do next."
Anko reluctantly nodded. "Yeah, probably is the best bet. I'll add on to the message, you make sure the brat is good." With that she turned away to begin writing the code to the Hokage and Genma began talking with Naruto again.
"Right, so, I'm going to be sending Hidashi-san and Anko-san to try and find out more about where you were taken by Tobi. Can you give us any help?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, it isn't that far from a river that is almost dry. I followed it to find a town. And I woke up in some cave. It was a really big room. And the only other thing is... Tobi's dead back there."
"Tobi, your kidnapper, is dead?" Genma did not like this new twist to the story. And judging from the corner of his eye, neither did Anko as she was writing out the message.
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I checked and he was cold and didn't have a heartbeat. I actually had to take the cloak...off of his body. I took the mask... because I wanted proof. In case something happened, I wanted real proof that someone took me." He was wearing a grim expression.
"Why do you think you needed proof?" Genma asked, wondering how anyone would believe otherwise.
Naruto looked uncomfortable again, but he explained. "Some...jerks have been telling me to run away and leave since I'm not good enough to be a ninja. I don't want them to think I would actually listen to them, so I wanted proof."
Genma bit harder down on his senbon to show his external displeasure with Naruto's treatment. He was just a kid that Minato had trusted to be a hero and keep the Kyuubi at bay. And now that some freaks kidnapped him and maybe stole the Kyuubi, he was worrying about them calling him a coward or even a traitor. He remembered how hard going it was as an orphan, and it must have between much harder on Uzumaki.
Genma gave him a smile. "Well, those people aren't your friends, so you shouldn't bother with them. Let them say whatever they want, but you should take it in stride. They don't know you, or what you can do. I know guys who started off as mediocre, but now are some of the strongest ninjas in the village."
Naruto responded with a nod. "They sound pretty cool." Naruto told Genma.
Genma, who had been thinking about his old teammate Might Gai when he said that, almost laughed out loud. "Well, he is cool in his own way." He admitted about his very youthful friend.
Hidashi soon came back with an orange t-shirt, a black pair of pants, and sandals. Naruto's eyes lit up at the shirt, and Genma nearly face palmed. He looked at Hidashi who explained. "The store clerk was quite understanding of Uzumaki-san's predicament, and threw in the shirt for free with the pants and sandals."
"And you know that orange is the best color ever, right! You're awesome Hidashi-san!" Naruto praised the guy before looking around. "Umm, where can I change?"
Genma looked around and realized Naruto would look odd if he got dressed in the middle of the street. A simple answer came to mind. "Anko-san, tell Hidashi-san the plan and start it. Akane-chan, send the hawk and meet me at the Village Head's office. Naruto-san, you can change in the bathroom there. Move out." And with that, Anko handed the message to Akane, who affirmed her orders with a clear 'Yes Genma-sensei!' as Anko left the village with Hidashi, explaining the plan.
Naruto was struggling not to trip over the cloak, as Genma had another question. "So, you wake up, raid Tobi for clothes and proof, climb out of the cave, and follow the river to a town. What was your plan, and how did you end up in Tanigakure?"
"Well, I was just looking for a village to find out where I was, since I remembered Tobi had taken me far away from the village. From there, I would have found out where Konoha was. Then, I guess I would have looked for villages as I got closer to make sure I was going the right way. I would be hoping I met someone so it would be easier, but I would have gotten their eventually." Naruto explained his thinking.
"So what changed?"
Naruto shrugged. "The first town told where I was, and that it would probably be quicker to travel to Tanigakure and have them send a hawk to Konoha to get me. The farmer I came with was trying to sell some milk and butter here before it spoiled, so he made good time."
Genma nodded. "You were lucky kid. 15 minutes longer and we would have headed further west to look for you. We would have come back in a day or two, but that would have just been waiting for you."
Naruto had a new question in his head. "So, how did Konoha find out I was in the Land of Rivers anyhow?"
Genma shook his head. "We didn't. The Hokage sent about a dozen teams every which way to try and find you."
"A dozen teams! Why did he send so many?" Naruto couldn't believe the Old Man had sent so many shinobi after him, and that so many of them wanted to find him.
Genma wasn't sure what to say, so he delayed it until he had a better answer. "Now isn't the time to talk about it. Now, after me and Akane-chan say our thanks to Magashi-sama for helping us in our search, we 3 are headed home."
"Where did Hidashi-san and the purple haired chick go?" Naruto forgot the name of the woman.
"First rule about Anko-san never call her 'chick', I think it triggers her sadistic instinct. It isn't pretty. Remember, Anko-san. Secondly, they are going to follow your trail back to the cave. They are going to look for more evidence about Akatsuki and picking up Tobi's remains. Which reminds me, give me the mask so I can hold on to it. You don't have pockets, and you carrying it the whole way back will only tire out your hand." With a nod of understanding, Naruto handed over the mask that Genma quickly slipped into his mission pack. They were soon at the building of the office, and waited a moment for Akane to catch up. Genma showed Naruto the bathroom he could change in and he and Akane gave their thanks and good-byes to Magashi. About five minutes later, Naruto was dressed in proper garb and wearing the cloak open style over his clothes.
"That is kinda cool." Akane noted about Naruto's change. She was just old enough to know the truth about the Kyuubi, but had a family that trusted fully in the Yondaime. So she always thought of Naruto as just a kid. Her support was a nice sensation for him.
Genma rose an eyebrow, but decided to leave it be. If the boy hadn't been wearing it since the night before he would want to better preserve it for evidence. But after almost 24 hours of wear, its had been tainted. On that note...
"Naruto, is there anything else you might need clothing wise before we go. Like anything you wear under your clothes?" Genma hoped he got the hint. He'd been wearing them a week!
Naruto shook his head. "No, Hidashi-san got me a full wardrobe for my needs." He began walking by Genma when he whispered. "I tossed the old ones." He continued to walk out the door, with Akane and Genma following. Genma almost let out a chuckle at that one, wondering about the poor janitor who was going to find a pair of pre-teen boxers in the trash can and be confused as hell.
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Naruto, Genma, and Akane spent the next five hours forest-hopping and had already found themselves back in the Land of Fire. They continued on until the last light from the sunset was all that was left, when Genma called for them to stop and rest for the night in a nearby spot that was a popular camping point for Konoha shinobi. He also wanted to stop for a very obvious issue.
"Hey, Akane-chan, you still carry dried fruit with you?" Genma asked his subordinate.
She nodded. "Yeah, Genma-sensei. Do you want some?"
He shook his head before directing his attention to Naruto. "No, but this kid has had his stomach grumbling loud for a while now." He looked directly at Naruto. "If you are starving or something, you should tell us. I doubt the guys who took you fed you much."
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, the only thing I remember eating since I left are some eggs and rice I got in the village I found. I didn't want to say anything since I didn't want to be a bother."
Akane was digging through her bag. "Look Uzumaki-san, you have been through a lot. Asking for some food when you haven't eaten anything for days isn't anything big. Just one meal after skipping so many won't do you any good. In fact, I'm shocked you could keep up with us with so little on your stomach." She pulled out a plastic bag filled with raisins, dried apple pieces and other dried fruit. She handed it to him. "Now eat that and the ration bars Genma are carrying. They taste kinda like stale bread but they will keep you running."
Naruto nodded. "Thank you Akane-san. And I still feel fine. This isn't the first time I didn't have food for a few days. Teaches me about buying a bunch of ramen every day of the week." Naruto joked about his past experience with being hungry. The money he got from the Hokage only went so far.
Genma pulled 3 ration bars out of his bag and handed Akane and Naruto one a piece. "Alright then, eat up and then we should head to sleep. We want an early start for Konoha tomorrow, so I'll take first watch. Alright Akane-chan." She nodded in agreement, and the trio began eating their meals.
There was some small talk over eating mainly by Naruto who wanted to know more about what it was like being a ninja. He also asked why Genma called Akane chan and Akane calling him sensei. As it turned out, she was a part of the genin team Genma had taken over 5 years before. Naruto also learned about more of the darker aspects of being a shinobi, and about loss.
One of her teammates was an Uchiha whowas killed about a year after the team was formed because of the traitorous Itachi Uchiha. The other member of the team had been part of a minor clan and had been really good. Good enough to get into ANBU after only 4 years of service. But not good enough to keep himself alive against an A-Rank missing-nin on his second mission. Now Team Two, aka Team Genma, was just Genma and Akane. They only occasionally had missions together, but there was an unshakeable bond after spending years teaching and learning from one another. Naruto wished he and his sensei would have that kind of bond.
Not long after the talking ended, they went to sleep. Their conditions were spartan but it was a warm summer night in the Land of Fire, so there was no need to bundle up. Naruto found himself using the folded-up cloak as a pillow for his head, and was trying to fall asleep. But he couldn't. There was something gnawing at him, something he wanted to know. Something he thought a certain person could tell him.
Genma could easily tell Naruto was walking up to him, barely visible from camp on his patrol. He slowed down his patrol, confident the area was safe for the moment, to let Naruto catch up to him.
"Hey Genma-san. Can I ask you a question?" Naruto looked up to him earnestly.
"Well, yeah you just did. But I'll be nice and let you ask another." Genma made a little joke to try and relieve Naruto's tension a bit, but he could tell what was coming.
"Do you know what was so important that Tobi kidnapped me? Or why the Old Man would send so many people to find me. I know a lot of people don't really like me, so it doesn't make sense why I'm so important all of a sudden." Naruto revealed his inner thoughts.
'Now is as good a time as any to find out for sure.' Genma thought to himself. "Naruto-san, I need you to trust me for a second, and lift up your shirt. Then, gather some chakra."
"What?"
"Look, it is important you do this. I need to see something. Trust me, it will help me answer your question." Genma began to focus and take advantage of his elemental chakra manipulation training, summon a bright but non-dangerous flame into his hands.
Naruto didn't look to sure, but he followed what Genma was saying. He lifted his shirt up, tucked the scrunched up sides under his arms, and put his hands together to gather some chakra. Blue swirls began to form around Naruto as his massive energy revealed itself in this basic exercise, but something even more important failed to reveal itself.
Genma let the flames extinguish, seeing what he needed and really hadn't wanted to see. Nothing. Nothing was on Naruto's stomach. He knew about how the seal had worked, and he should have seen it. Which meant only one thing. Genma let out a real long sigh.
"Cover yourself, this is gonna be a hassle to explain." Naruto quickly let his shirt drop as his attention remained focused on Genma. "First off, what I'm about to tell you was something you remembered Tobi revealing to you after we left Tani. Because if I'm the one who tells you...well that could mean the Hokage could give me death for breaking the law."
"Breaking the law? What could be that important?" Naruto wasn't sure if he wanted to know this.
"Remember, Tobi said this. Not me. He told you that the Yondaime was unable to actually kill the Kyuubi when he fought it, but he did the next best thing. He sealed the monster into a baby boy born that very night, a boy who was supposed to be seen as the Hero of Konoha. But as you have know full well, that didn't happen."
Naruto's face scrunched up in confusion before his eyes went wide in understanding. "The baby was me?"
Genma nodded. "Yeah, but bad feelings were bad feelings. And the Kyuubi had just created a lot of bad feelings in Konoha. So to try and help, the Hokage made a rule that banned people talking about the truth. I guessed it helped some, cause I have heard from a few people you usually run with a crew of clan heirs. Nara, Akimichi, and Inuzuka, right?"
Naruto nodded, they were his friends, even if they weren't that close in reality. He was a loner, more than he wanted to admit. "So, I was supposed to be a hero... but people just what? Don't like me instead?"
"Well, pretty much. Some people think that you are just the Kyuubi with amnesia, or you are influenced by it, or stupid stuff like that. They admire Minato all day and night, but don't trust his greatest achievement. Typical." Genma rolled his eyes at their logic.
"So, the Kyuubi is inside me right now? Like, in my stomach or something?" Naruto asked, looking at his body in amazement. This was keeping that monster away from Konoha. He was awesome!
"Well, that is the problem. Because, from what I just saw, it isn't in you anymore." Genma told him.
Naruto froze. "What do you mean, it isn't in me anymore?"
"Just that. From what I can tell, this Akatsuki group must of wanted the Kyuubi for themselves. So they kidnap you and take the Kyuubi out of you. But that must have been hard, since Minato's seal was so expertly made. I bet that is what killed Tobi, there is no way Minato would have had no safeguards on something like that." Genma began to muse to himself.
"So, I don't have it in me anymore How do you know that for sure?" Naruto asked, very worried.
"Well, I can't be 100%, but I know you are suppose to have a seal on your stomach that can be seen when you use chakra. And when I checked just now, it didn't show. We are gonna have to get it checked with the Hokage, but it is safe bet that Akatsuki has the Kyuubi. And that does not sound like a good thing."
"So what can I do? I have trouble passing the graduation exam!" In Naruto's mind, the Kyuubi was put into him so he could be a hero from Konoha and keep a monster locked away. And he should try to make sure the monster stayed locked away, and not with some bad guys.
Genma shrugged. "Work harder. Train more. Let strong guys like me go after Akatsuki while you learn how to be strong. It is a lot harder than it seems." He gave some practical advice to him.
"You're a strong guy? How strong are you? You kinda remind me of Shikamaru, you both seem lazy." Naruto admitted.
Genma waved it off. "That is just Nara blood. Makes you lazy. As for me, I'm cool, calm and collected because I know I'm good. You may not believe it, but the Yondaime himself made me one of his bodyguards when he was Hokage. And I still am a bodyguard for the Sandaime from time to time."
"No way, for the Yondaime! What kind of jutsu can you do?" Naruto was impressed by this new fact from his new acquaintance.
"All kinds. Some genjutsu, some fire jutsu, some water jutsu, a couple wind jutsu. But the jutsu I'm most proud of knowing is one Minato showed me. His famous Hiraishin."
"You know the jutsu that made the Yondaime the 'Yellow Flash!'" Naruto was now in awe.
"Yes I do, but it is a lot harder than you would think. I don't get how the Yondaime could do it so easily, since I STILL can't do it alone. I need the two other people Minato taught it to me with in order to do it. You have to be incredible in order to use it solo."
"Can you teach it to me?"
Genma was startled. "Wait, you want me to teach it to you?"
"Well duh!" Naruto made it sound like the most obvious thing in the world. Which, upon reflection, it was. "I mean, I want to be an incredible ninja and become Hokage! And learning the move that my hero legendary would be a great step in doing that. It may be a lot of work, but I know I can do it! So come on Genma-san, please teach me!"
"Well, you aren't the first person to ask me that. Heck, Akane-chan asked me for years before she gave up. Why should I teach you and not her?"
Genma had expected a quick and frenetic response. Instead, Naruto took his time to think. That was a first good sign. Then, firmly, he told Genma his reasoning.
"The Yondaime, the greatest Hokage of all time, wanted me to be a hero for the village. But I couldn't do it. I wasn't strong enough. And now some bastards have the Kyuubi somehow, and I don't think the kind of people who kidnap kids in their boxers in the middle of the night are the good guys. So I need to be strong enough. I need to be the hero like the Yondaime thought I could be. I don't know why he chose me but I can't let him down." The look in Naruto's eye when he looked up at Genma during the last sentence gave Genma pause. And, if he was right, meant that the Sandaime had a few questions he needed to answer. It would be troublesome, but he agreed with the kid.
"Alright, I'll teach the Hiraishin. But not until you get a headband that proves you are ready to be a ninja. You are going to have to learn a few things on the way, but as long as you work really hard, you'll be flashing around the battlefield like Minato in no time."
If it wasn't for the fact that Naruto was actually tired from his long day, his celebration would have been much more exuberant. Genma cracked a smile, it looked like the kid had won the lottery.
"Now, from now until you graduate, I need to start studying the basics in fuinjutsu. The academy doesn't say much on the subject, so you are going to have to go to the library for this. IF you don't get fuinjutsu, you will never get the Hiraishin." Genma told him.
"What's fuinjutsu?" Naruto cocked his head, ignorant to the term.
Genma resisted the urge to face palm. This would be harder than expected. But it would be worth it, if not to keep Minato's dream alive of Naruto being a hero, then to see the faces of Iwa shinobi when there is a new blue-eyed blonde haired Konoha shinobi that knows Hiraishin.
Alright, so here is the first full chapter of Naruto: Extracted, which I hope you all enjoyed. So yes, this Naruto is going to be learning Hiraishin fairly early into his ninja career. He will be a bit more like Minato in this regard, but that won't be his only shtick. Others will come.
Future story plans have been removed 9/28/17
Teaser for next chapter: The village learns of the loss of the Kyuubi within Naruto, we gain information from Akatsuki, learn about what happened to the body of 'Tobi' and a surprising decision by Naruto!
