Child of the sannin

Chapter 2: Happy birthday

Time skip: 3 months:

After passing the bell test, Team 7 started on D rank missions and team training. Now, almost three months later, there are no changes in the team behavior. Sasuke is a broody and egomaniacal bastard, while Sakura did the impossible. Her fangirl behavior got even worse, since she got Sasuke on "her" team, and Naruto became her personal punching bag. Kakashi, well, he IS Kakashi after all!

Naruto was getting antsy about the approach of his birthday, wishing to be able to leave the village before that cursed day came. As always, there will be a big festival on the 10th of October and it will be dangerous and extremely inconvenient for him to be seen wandering on that night.

It's with this hope, that our young hero is heading with his team to the mission desk to report one more successful "mission" of recovering Tora, the Daymio's wife cat. So when, once again, the Hokage started reading the missions from the D rank scroll Naruto lost his temper.

"Enough! We have been through this a thousand times over. C'mon old man, don't you have a "real" mission for us? I'm tired of doing D rank missions all the time. I'm a real ninja, you know? How am I supposed to make Hokage if you don't let me do better missions?"

'I guess I messed up pretty bad this time, I doubt that he will allow us on a C rank mission after this.' Naruto thought.

"You idiot! The missions are carefully planned by Hokage-sama. You only started on missions a few months ago there's -" started Iruka.

But he was soon interrupted by the Hokage. "That's enough Iruka, I understand your concern but maybe it is time to allow them to prove themselves. What do you think, Kakashi?"

"They are ready, Hokage-sama." Kakashi replied without looking away from his precious Icha Icha.

"Then your mission will be an escort mission to the land of Waves. Please, call Tazuna-san in, Iruka-san."

When they look behind them they saw an old man reeking of alcohol, ready to fall asleep any moment.

"These are the ninja who will be protecting me? They are just children, and the midget over there seems unreliable."

"Who's the midget, old man?" Naruto replied, only to have Kakashi shut him up.

"Then it's decided, you will depart one hour from now, dismissed!" decided Sarutobi.

With that they all scattered to prepare for the trip.

***********Break************

A few days later, the team was already halfway to the Wave country, traveling at a slow pace thanks to their client. Bored for the last couple of days, Naruto was starting to get impatient, until he found a puddle in the side of the rode.

Instantly, his senses got in high alert, but when the moment came he froze because of flashbacks of identical situations in his childhood. This caused Sasuke's ego to go sky high since he was the savior of the day. In that moment, Naruto made a silent promise to himself: I shall never let my past conquer me again!

*********Break********

The next day, Naruto woke up feeling off, being only a few days away from his birthday, he was gaining the nasty feeling that something will forever change his life.

Later that day, they had already left the mainland and arrived on the island, when they camped for the night. Naruto's nervousness was so evident, that it put the others on edge. So, when they were attacked by Momochi Zabuza the next day, they all were pleasantly surprised to see Naruto formulating and executing a plan to save his teacher who stupidly got caught in a water prison.

**********Break***********

Since Kakashi got knocked out in the previous fight, the genin team was learning tree climbing. After every one of them got the exercise right, they headed home to dinner with Tazuna's family, only to have Naruto leaving in the middle of the meal, after having an argument with Inari, Tazuna's grandson.

**********Break***********

So now, Naruto is back in the clearing trying to vent his frustrations with training.

Remembering the memories that surfaced when he saw the Demon Brothers, flashes of buried memories cross his eyes. Four years old, running away from angry villagers. Always running, faster and faster. A wrong turn, followed by a dead end, no way to run… In the mist of angry faces one comes forward, a ninja. His face obscured by the shadows, on his face a fanged mask of an animal. Slowly, almost like a predator, he approaches, a claw like weapon on his right hand. The blades shined on the moonlit. After that, only pain and blood from the slashes and cuts. His screams of pain echoing in the night…

With a final angry punch the boy finally drops from exhaustion, it's almost midnight. Watching the stars, the blonde's mind travels back to the memories of his previous anniversaries. Each year, having to run from the mob of angry villagers wanting a piece of the "Demon". Alone, without anyone but the old man to celebrate. At least, this year he doesn't have to hide in fear, even if, he won't have the old man to celebrate with.

**********Break***********

"I wonder if it is already midnight. Making twelve years old should be big right?" murmured Naruto to the night.

'Maybe it's better if I go back to the house; my arms are starting to ache. But why? I haven't used them all that much today.' His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden pain near his wrists. The pain was blinding but Naruto is already feeling it fade away.

**********Break***********

Examining his arms, the blonde studies the two new seals added to both of them, one on each wrist. On his left arm, it seems to be some kind of storage seal. And on the right arm is a seal he never saw.

'Wow, when the hell did someone put this on me? I never saw something like the seal on my right arm, but the seal on my left is kind of familiar, so it's better to start there. Maybe if I focus some chakra there it will release what is stored inside.' He thought.

After a few seconds when nothing happened, the blonde is getting frustrated searching through his memories of Iruka's teachings about storage seals, until a light goes on in his head.

'Maybe it needs more than chakra? Could it be blood? I'll give it a shot.'

Biting his thumb, he smears blood on to the seal, while focusing his chakra. After a puff of smoke, the boy had a plain black notebook in his hands.

Opening the notebook on the first page, his eyes widened until they seemed to flash like lights in the night. There, wrote in a dark green color, where the words:

Happy birthday, my daughter! I'll see you soon!