Chapter 3

The young Hinata Hyuga was what most people weak. Those who knew her would simply call her shy or timid. The worst were the ones who had called her a Byakugan Monster.

This was the reason Hinata was smiling across at the boy who had just saved her from bullies and the boy who punished them.

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Flashback

Three boys had surrounded the young Hyuga heiress who was in tears from the name calling. These boys had isolated her outside in a park for the moment she was away from her Brach Member escort.

"Leave her alone!" Came a roar and they all turned to the sight of another boy with spiky blond hair and whisker marks on his cheeks.

"Hey it's that kid that's always getting in trouble" One of the boys said in recognition.

"Oh 'that' kid" Another chuckled.

Being referred to as "That Kid" irked the young blond "I'm Naruto Uzumaki and I'm gonna be Hokage one day!"

The boy laughed in his face.

"There's no way an idiot like you can be one" The leader teased before sending a punch to the blonde's face, knocking him to the ground.

Naruto stood and grinned at the bullies after wiping the spit and blood from his busted lip.

"Wanna fight?" The leader growled seeing the grin.

Naruto brought his hands together into a seal "Better not regret it guys"

The boys looked on in terror of what could come from the blonde boy.

"Bushin no Jutsu!(Clone Jutsu)"

A cloud of smoke later and all that stood was a wispy white Naruto clone that waved in the wind before falling to the ground.

The boys erupted in laughed but Naruto took that moment to get them back. He charged the leader and tackled him to the ground.

"I will be Hokage and prove all of you wrong about me!" He roared before his fist collided to the bully's face.

Unfortunately that was the only hit he got in before the other two pulled him off and began their own beat down.

"Hinata-sama!" Came the cry from her approaching escort.

The boys quickly made to run but their path became blocked by crimson chains that created a wall between the trees.

"You know, I don't take too kindly to those who bully others" came a voice all around them that echoed from the trees "The last fool to do so in my woods made it his last mistake"

Suddenly a boy dropped from the trees before stopping to hang from a chain held around his neck as he swung from side to side.

The boys screamed and ran as fast as they could away from the scene before them.

Hinata stared in silent terror at the corpse of the boy with the spiky crimson hair. There came a laugh from the corpse that caused her to Eep before suddenly the boy dropped to the ground and the chain that wrapped around his neck retracted and while the others vanished behind him.

The Branch Member then noticed who the boys were and grabbed Hinata's hand.

"Come along Hinata-sama" He urged and began to pull her with him.

She looked back towards Naruto and pleaded "Wait, that boy saved me"

"You must not get involved with these boys!" The man ordered and forced her along; all the while she stared back at the blonde boy on the ground and the redhead who was helping him up.

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"Hideki Unaki, Omazu Watanabi and Akashi Tsurene" The red head said as he finished his tale from the mat across from Hinata and to the left of her father.

"You have my gratitude for informing me Uzumaki-san" Hiashi said stoically though a chill filled the room.

Arashi nodded to the man with a small smiled "I didn't want you to be uninformed of an altercation involving your daughter" 'Because some asshole is glad the Kyubi kid got hurt' was both thought and clearly implied.

The Hyuga head nodded "You have done me a service once again Uzumaki-san"

Naruto for the most part was trying to sit still and be quiet like his brother told him but he was still Naruto no matter what Arashi tried to do.

"What other stuff did Arashi-niisan do for ya?" The blonde Uzumaki asked.

Arashi face palmed at the informality of his brother, while Hiashi simply ignored it. He'd rather not have brought Naruto to meet with Hiashi but the plan existed for a reason and some things needed to be done.

"Arashi-san thwarted a kidnapping attempt on my daughter by distracting the enemy until I could arrive to save him" Hiashi stoically explained the cover story.

The kidnapping event was the first canon event Arashi changed to fit a part of his plan. He however did not consider the consequences of his actions until days later. The Hokage wasn't going to explain to Kumo that there was another true Uzumaki and he killed their ambassador. The events with Kushina and the man's attempt to take Arashi when he thought he was the Jinchuriki increased the old man's protective nature. The only viable option was to say the man was killed by Hiashi. And so the canon events happened once again, only Hiashi was willing to die for the boy who saved his daughter but was forced to watch his brother sacrifice his life for him instead. Neji would still be destined to be a whiny brat.

However bad it was, Arashi felt like it was a slap to the face to wake up. He was not a Jinchuriki, nor was he recognized as a Namikaze. Prodigy he may be, he was still worth less than a Clan Head. The Hokage could've had him killed and sent to Kumo with little blowback since Naruto was young enough to forget him at the time.

His only real worth to the village besides his maturity was his Uzumaki blood. Oddly Danzo was the only one he could really see using that as the good reason to keep him. Naruto may be his brother, but he only obtained the longevity and verbal tic from their mother which Arashi had already forced out of him as much as he could. Arashi was a true Uzumaki and he knew the old war hawk would be knocking in the future.

"I always knew you were super cool Onii-san!" Naruto beamed at his older brother by mere moments.

Arashi just shrugged with a smirk "I do what I can when I can"

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Arashi stood in the quiet of the Konoha forest in silent meditation.

Since becoming a Special Genin, Arashi had access to many things. The first thing he had done was buy chakra paper and tested as having Raiton. While not as exciting as Hyoton or Mokuton, he was fine with what he was stuck with. Not that something like chakra nature would hold him back.

The other thing being a Genin allowed him to do was research skills like low-level generic justu since he didn't really have a sensei and his independent ANBU status didn't allow for his to serve under a squad since he was solely responsible for Naruto and nothing else. He was a ninja in name only, which served him well at the moment.

The one best skill he held from this was using his natural ability to feel his own chakra to access his sensory bloodline. While not as far reaching as the Byakugan or what Karin will have, his ability to sense chakra allowed him to feel the two people nearby.

One was near the edge of his senses and was employing some kind of hiding jutsu . The same signature he had felt over the last few months.

The other chakra signature was coming in fast!

When Arashi slowly opened his eyes he crossed them to see the tip of the tanto between them before slowly following the blade and down the bare arms to the black sleeves that covered the shoulder before the neck and face before finally looking into the crimson eyes with three tomoe each that had also followed a similar track down the crimson blade coming from the chain that had emerged from the boy's chest.

Despite the blade less than an inch from his skull, Arashi smirked to the man "Hello Shisui-sempai"

"I'll catch you off guard one of these days" The Uchiha promised as he straightened and sheathed his blade.

"I have the scars to prove you and Itachi-Sempai have caught me off guard plenty" Arashi groaned. Seeing all the injuries in the book and series were one thing, it was something completely different to actually feel kunai and shuriken sink into your flesh.

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"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!"

"If this is how he'll react to the real thing, we have our work cut out for us" The young Itachi deadpanned.

Shisui face palmed at the sight before him and sighed "Why did I agree to this?"

"He followed you around and you were impressed by him being able to keep up even if you were holding back" Itachi stated.

"It was a rhetorical question" Shisui groaned.

The genjutsu ran its course and Arashi laid there catching his breath in loud heavy breaths.

"That shit" He huffed between breaths "Can't be how it feels"

A smirk appeared in Itachi's hands "Lessen one: Pain Tolerance"

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Every other day for the last month, either Itachi or Shisui would just beat the shit out of him and call it a spar. This was the training he knew he needed and the two who could be the best for it.

Arashi was five years old at the moment. The Uchiha Massacre happens when Sasuke was seven and Itachi would be thirteen. He held no illusion that he could stop it from happening and in fact didn't plan to. Arashi didn't need Sasuke to leave to motivate Naruto and already planned on making the kid better than his early Shippenden counterpart. No the massacre would simply remove a large number of possible Mangekyo in the future.

He had atleast two years of access to two of the greatest ninja in Konoha and he would use them to gain as much physical training as he could. Thank Kaguya for the Uzumaki stamina because Arashi, while book smart and having amazing chakra control, he was not the most physical in either life.

"What's on the menu for my torture today sempai?" Arashi asked while unconsciously rubbing at the scar on the right side of his neck. Damn Itachi nearly cut his artery with that shuriken.

"Sorry bud" The Uchiha said with a frown "I gotta head out for a mission and Itachi's spending some time with his little brother before the academy starts back up"

Arashi gave a relieved breath at that news. Uzumaki healing factor was not that great without a fur ball to assist and he was sore as hell.

"I guess I'll find something else to do for the day" Arashi said with no disappointment even hinted in his voice.

"You could go Itachi's route and spend some time with Naruto" Shisui pushed.

Arashi just shrugged "The kid's got his hands full with his studies. I spend time with him tonight"

"Ok then…" The Uchiha said with a sigh.

In a swirl of leaves Shisui was gone and Arashi was alone in the Uchiha training ground by the river that would one day swallow the body of the older Uchiha.

"Now how to get a productive day?" Arashi mused as he walked back towards the more populated area.

There was many small tasks that needed to be done and while he knew the most important of events to follow, he knew there was a lot between the lines of the story and some of the anime was not reliable for filling them in. Ultimately he held the key to everything in the timeline, Naruto. He may have basically raised the boy but the kid was still just happy and pushed aside all the hate. Arashi taught him to read and gave him the early ninja scrolls that the academy would withhold which greatly helped but did he hid everything that even mentioned having too much chakra or anything more advanced than the leaf sticking exercise which would be far too boring for Naruto to continue to refine once he learned to do it in a few years. Naruto will fail multiple times and graduate with Team 7.

"Are you lost?"

Arashi broke from his thoughts and gazed for the source of the voice. He was in a part of the village he'd never been in before and while that brought up questions of subconscious walking, he was not expecting to see the girl before him.

"Hello Uchiha-san" Arashi greeted the young girl with a slight bow "I was lost in thought and missed the turn back towards the village proper"

The girl nodded and her long brown hair bobbed with her "What are you doing out this way anyway?"

"I didn't know it was illegal to walk around my own village" He shot back with a raised brow which caused the girl to blush at her mistake.

"I only meant that it's not often we get non-Uchiha kids out here" She quickly explained.

Arashi just shrugged "Itachi-sempai and Shisui-sempai usually train with me nearby but were bust today"

Her face lit up at the mention of Itachi "You know Itachi-kun!?"

He nodded with a smile "Yeah, you know him too I take it."

"We've been friends since before we got to the academy" she explained "He graduated early so I haven't seen him much until I graduated recently"

"So you're an early graduate too?" He asked.

She proudly nodded "Not as amazing as Itachi-kun but I did graduate a year early"

"Wow" He said looking to her headband "Didn't think the sourpuss had any actual friends besides the ones he fights"

She giggled "He's sweet sometimes"

"I think I have the scars to prove you wrong" He grumbled.

"Let's get lunch so we can get to know each other better and surprise Itachi-kun"

As she led him into the innermost heart of the Uchiha district Arashi smirked. He now had a reason to visit the residences of the Uchiha.

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"Once leaving Naruto Uzumaki at the academy, Arashi Uzumaki walked straight to the Uchiha district where he, along with Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha began a spar where Arashi Uzumaki was only allowed to dodge. Once finished, Arashi ventured into the residence of Hazuki Uchiha where he and Izumi Uchiha ate lunch which followed into Arashi Uzumaki teaching extreme chakra control to Izumi Uchiha in the form of creating a sphere of spinning chakra in each finger. From there Arashi Uzumaki returned to the academy to retrieve Naruto Uzumaki for dinner at Ichiraku Ramen before returning to their apartment where the pair retreated for the night until over an hour later when Arashi Uzumaki appeared at his bedroom window and waved towards my location"

"Very well" Danzo told his faceless ROOT "You are dismissed"

"Just what are you Arashi Uzumaki…?" The old man mused in his dark office.

"Hmm the boy is quite the wonder is he not?" Came the smooth voice that melted from the shadows "To think he would have those lovely chains without any formal training"

"Don't be fooled Orochimaru" Danzo chided "The boy may have gotten lucky with the Hyuga Incident but now he's closing in on the Uchiha situation. This is no coincidence"

The snake Sannin chuckled at that "To think it was Sarutobi-sensei that gave him to us on a silver platter"

That was true. Hiruzen had called Danzo into his office to demand he answer for training Arashi. Oh he didn't come right out with it and had instead listed off the amazing things he had achieved at such a young age with a tone of sarcasm before growing frustrated and demanding answers from his old friend. In truth Danzo wanted the Uzumaki boys for both the Kyubi and to grow the clan within the wall of Kohona. Hiruzen was simply too involved for Danzo to do anything with the boys unnoticed. Now however there was the question of who trained Arashi and how one so young could've done the things he'd done.

Danzo had brought in Orochimaru because the man was a genius in genetics and that gained even more questions. The Uzumaki Chains were exclusive to pure-bloods and usually required knowledge in fuinjutsu unless it was the incomplete version. Arashi's chains were blood red where the Uzukmaki Chains were golden. Arashi couldn't know more than basic fuinjutsu because there were nothing more advanced besides the journals of masters.

Overall: Arashi was a huge potential threat. The boy had the ears and eyes of the Hyuga Clan Head, the Uchiha Heir and the Hokage.

To Orochimaru however, the boy was a mirror. He sought power and used the hearts of those around him to gain it. He treated to Hokage like a grandfather when he needed something but otherwise made no effort to be around the man like his brother had been doing. Arashi saved the heir of the Hyuga dramatically when Hiashi could've easily dealt with the man. And lastly was gaining the friendship of the double agents between the Uchiha and Hokage just as tensions were rising.

Arashi played the village like it was a game and Orochimaru just laughed along with him.

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"Arashi-nii!" Naruto called as he neared his favorite ramen stand.

"Hey Otouto" Arashi waved and smirked at the sight beside his brother "And hello again Hinata-sama"

Said girl was fiddling her fingers and looking down as she walked beside Naruto with a slight blush. Whatever perverted thoughts that crossed her mind later in life hadn't taken root to cause her to faint yet. Simply a childhood crush at the moment.

Hinata had her moment of that began her desire to know more about Naruto. She however didn't have the years of silently stalking Naruto this time around. Arashi and Naruto had come to her home and Arashi met with her father like an old friend and she learned that he was the one truly responsible for saving her life only a few years sooner. Both boys drew her curiosity yet Naruto she saw every day and thus her curiosity became admiration when Naruto kept up his spirits no matter what anyone said or did to him. The crush just naturally came from that.

Honestly Arashi was glad to see his little twin brother with his future wife. Hinata may not be a part of the plan, she was a fix he had in mind. One of the many things in canon that he was compelled to fix because it was far too infuriating.

"Hinata-chan had something to talk to you about Nii-san!" Naruto said taking his seat.

Arashi sighed and shook his head "Naruto she's the heiress of the Hyuga Clan. Remember your honorifics"

"I-i-it's-s a-alright Ar-rashi-san" Said girl cut in with a barely heard voice.

"See she's fine with it" Naruto said triumphantly.

"Whatever makes you comfortable Hinata-sama" Arashi said with a shrug "Now what can I do for you mi'lady"

She epped and grew red at the name.

"Stop trying to sound cool all the time!" Naruto scolded.

They were distracted by the giggled of Ayane who placed their food down.

"Always a great time when my otouto's come around" She said ruffling their hair.

"Thanks Ayane-nee!" Naruto cheered before digging in.

Arashi and Hinata just smiling at the blonde before eating themselves. Try as Arashi might, he could not train table manners when it came to ramen.

"What were you going to ask me Hinata-sama" Arashi asked between his more civilized bites and actual chewing.

Said girl nearly dropped her chopsticks before turning towards but not looking at the redhead. She poked her fingers and looked down while her face grew red "Father r-requested-d that I ask you-u t-t-to-"

"Stop!" Arashi cut in authoritatively.

Naruto stopped mid slurp and Hinata started shaking.

Arashi stood and walked around Naruto to stand behind Hinata's chair.

"What's wro-" Naruto tried but was silenced by Arashi's 'Dad Stare' and the slight wave of killed intent that went with it.

"Hinata look at me" Arashi ordered.

Said girl slowly turned but didn't look up.

"In the eyes" He said softer yet still in a tone that didn't allow a no.

Hinata looked to the bright blue eyes of the red haired Uzumaki. His stare was hard much like her father.

Arashi then eased and placed a hand on hers which were playing with the hem of her shirt.

"Now breath and think of what you want to say before you say it" He said softly and watched as said girl evened her rapid breathing "Now what did your father want with me?"

"He would like you to come over for dinner tonight" She said and gasped.

Arashi just smiled at her "Good job Hinata-chan"

END

AN:

The amount of favs and follows ive gotten on this fic is just amazing and thanks to all of you.

2 of the reviews pointed out that the Uzumaki Chakra Chains are actually a fuinjutsu. This was news to me since I know Karin didn't use fuinjutsu and she had the incomplete version. This info has helped grow the plot now since I now have a new way to go with these chains that will be looked at in a later chapter. His abilities now are a byproduct of his extreme Chakra Awareness, genetics and trying to WILL his chakra into chains without knowing what he was doing with it.

At this time Arashi has built a connection to Izumi, Shisui, Itachi, Hinata and Hiashi which will bear some fruit in the next chapter.

There was never much explained about when Orochimaru left but as far as I know it was shortly after Minato was chosen over him for Hokage so I'll go with before the Kyubi attack.

And another thing that was brought up in a review was Sarutobi being unaware of Arashi manipulating him and being too grandfathery. I had originally just had the logic that this was the man that thought it was ok for Itachi and Kakachi to be ninja so young and thus was helping Arashi study and protect Naruto. Now however I'm going with him thinking that Arashi is being manipulated by Danzo to get to Naruto. He was always going to eventually see a parallel to his former student later on.