A/N Well here's another chapter. I must be crazy to write so much in one day. Thanks for the reviews; it is because of you people that I am updating so fast. I thought about making Anko Naruto's sensei but then decided against it. Kakashi makes more common sense at least it will after you read this chapter.
I have not proof read this fic and there might be a few mistakes here and there. Please inform me of any grammatical errors.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto, if I did Sasuke would be dead.
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"…..Kakashi"
"Yo!" The Anbu said as he removed his mask. The Anbu was tall and well built with a mask covering his face. He eye smiled at Naruto.
Naruto looked at the man and raised an eyebrow at the weird greeting.
"Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto introduced himself formally and bowed.
Hatake Kakashi looked surprised at the bow. From what he had heard he thought that the boy would be loud and obnoxious.
"Yare Yare no need for that" Kakashi said as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
Naruto stopped bowing and looked at the man curiously. He was a strange one especially for an Anbu. He had visualized them as stern and no-nonsense people.
They both looked at each other as an uncomfortable silence permeated the air. Finally the silence was broken by the Hokage.
"Kakashi will begin helping you from tomorrow, you can go now Naruto" Sarutobi said dismissing both of them. He had to get back to his dreaded paper work.
Naruto seeing the dismissal did not need to be reminded twice, he quickly bowed and left. Kakashi left soon after following his new pupil to see what the son of his late sensei was going to do. He still remembered the shock he had felt when the Sandaime revealed Naruto's true lineage.
He faced the hokage with a passive expression, patiently waiting to be briefed on his next mission.
Sarutobi looked at Kakashi and sighed. After a lot of thought he had decided that the blunt approach would be the best.
"Kakashi you're next mission will be a S class secret and you're not to tell anyone about it, not even your comrades or the council."
Kakashi stood straighter at the tone of the hokage. Very few missions were regarded as S class secrets and most of them were known to the council.
"You're to train a boy for the next few years" The hokage continued.
Kakashi looked skeptical at that. Anbu were never supposed to train anybody but themselves, jounins were there for doing that.
The Hokage sighed seeing Kakashi's reaction. He knew Kakashi was never fond of teaching and that was one of the main reasons he did not want to become a jounin.
"For the next few years you will be teaching Uzumaki Naruto in the arts of shinobi" the Hokage finished waiting for the outburst that was to come.
Kakashi glared at that. He did not blame the child for what he held but he did not like him either.
"I'm sorry Hokage-Sama..." the Hokage cut him off there "let me finish Kakashi" he said sternly.
"Before you refuse don't you want to know of the boy's lineage" the Hokage asked.
Kakashi looked confused at that. "Why would I want to know that" he said voicing his thoughts.
The Hokage sighed before continuing "Tell me Kakashi which person Naruto bears a resemblance to?"
Kakashi pictured Naruto in his mind and compared him to the people he knew. He only required a second before his eyes widened "You don't mean" he said his voice quivering.
The Hokage nodded, he knew Kakashi would only require a prompt before he found out; after all he wasn't an Anbu captain for nothing.
"Yes he is the son of Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina"
"But how! I thought their son was dead" he sputtered.
"That was only a hoax" the Hokage said.
"Then why was I not informed before" Kakashi asked enraged.
"It was Minato's wish that his Son's lineage remained hidden from everyone till he becomes strong enough to protect himself, I was merely following his last wish" Sarutobi said his voice laced with remorse.
Kakashi banged his head against the Hokage's desk. All these years he thought that his sensei's son was dead the boy was in front of his eyes and he had just ignored him treating him with the same indifference that most other shinobi did. A tear trickled down his face as he remembered all the hardships the boy faced, all the beatings he took and he had just watched with cold apathy, his hate for the monster the boy contained clouding his judgment. No more of that, Kakashi thought wiping his tears, from now on he would be the boy's guardian and teacher. He knew why his sensei had wanted his son's identity to be kept a secret. Namikaze Minato was a man feared by all the hidden villages and as soon as news went out that he had a son and the son contained the Kyuubi, assassins would begin to pour into the village trying to kill the son of the Yellow Flash. Some would do it for revenge and some would kill the boy out of fear that he would continue his father's legacy and become the second yellow flash.
"I'll do it" Kakashi said standing up ready to leave.
The Hokage smiled at the answer, he knew that the only way he could convince Kakashi was to reveal Naruto's true heritage even though he had to break a promise. After all promises are kept to protect your precious people and he thought of Naruto as his grandson and wanted to protect him at all costs and breaking a promise was one of them.
"Kakashi you're to remain as an Anbu and you will do your regular missions. You will train Naruto only in your free time and from what I've seen of Naruto till now that would be enough" He said.
Kakashi looked at the Hokage as if he were crazy. Here he wanted to be a perfect guardian for Naruto and the Hokage was asking him to continue being an Anbu.
"I don't understand Hokage, I am sure you know that after you told me of Naruto's heritage I would want to be his guardian and being an Anbu gives me very little free time" he said tersely.
"I understand Kakashi, but you're resigning would raise too many suspicions and we can't let the council find out about it" the Hokage said.
Kakashi nodded, he understood the reason but that did not mean he had to like it.
"You may leave now Kakashi, I will arrange a visit from Naruto tomorrow and I want you here at noon" The Hokage concluded as he returned to his paperwork.
Kakashi bowed and left.
Kakashi was aroused from his musing as he saw Naruto leap over gate 13 of training ground 44. His eyes widened comically as he quickly followed Naruto. What he saw next almost caused his eyes to pop out. Naruto was toying with a few humungous tigers as he jumped from tree to tree rivaling his own speed.
He quickly followed the blond who after the tigers were down for good left in the direction of the waterfall. He Hatake Kakashi, Anbu captain and infamously nick named the copy cat ninja, had trouble keeping up with Naruto. The blonde whizzed through the trees using chakra enhanced jumps. Kakashi quickly followed doing his best to keep up with the blonde. He was fairly sure that if he anytime fought against the blonde amidst a canopy of trees he would have to use his sharingan as no way in hell would he be able to keep track of him using his normal eyesight.
Uzumaki Naruto smirked as he took a final chakra enhanced jump the wind whipping around him. He landed on the surface of the water and skidded till he came to a stop. He turned around and smirked as he waited for his sensei to arrive. He had sensed long back that he was being followed by his sensei. Usually he would not show off his skills in such a manner as he did know the codes of shinobi and knew when to be deceptive but he knew his sensei would ask him to display his skills before teaching him anything so he decided to give him a demo.
Kakashi landed next to Naruto knowing he had been already discovered.
Looking at where they were standing further surprised Kakashi as if that was even possible as his life had been turned upside down in a few days with one surprise after another. First tree walking and now water walking, the blonde boy was full of surprises, not unlike his father.
"So how do you think I did" Naruto asked smirking.
"Much better than I expected" Kakashi replied eye smiling. Hatake Kakashi never praised anyone but even he had to relent. Naruto had completely taken him by surprise.
"So what were you planning to do next" Kakashi asked Naruto wanting to see what the boy had in mind.
"Well according to the scroll I am going to do the waterfall exercise next" Naruto replied casually.
"No you're not, from now on you're going to follow me and not the scroll and anyways your chakra control from what I've seen must be better than most Jounins by now" Kakashi said as he leaped of the water and landed on the clearing.
Naruto followed his sensei trying to hide his annoyance. He had already prepared for the waterfall exercise and now he had to do something else because of his sensei.
Kakashi smiled seeing that his pupil was annoyed.
"What do you think the others are doing at the academy?" He asked.
"The history of Konoha and some taijutsu and trapping techniques" Naruto replied rolling his eyes, even though he did not go to the academy, he did keep track of what they were doing.
"So why aren't you doing the same, I am sure you know that chakra control is useless if you do not have any jutsu or taijutsu to use it with" Kakashi said confused at his pupils training regimen. He had thought the boy did not know what was happening at the academy; he had read the report on the boy and it showed that he had not attended the academy for five months.
"Those can wait and I am sure you know that I have extremely large chakra reserves and hence need to practice chakra control extensively" he replied with a huff.
Kakashi was taken aback by his pupil's insight. He was not only fast and strong for his age but was also exceptionally intelligent.
"Yes you're partially right, but you need to practice other things along with chakra control. So from now on I will teach you basic taijutsu and you can practice that along with chakra control" Kakashi said.
Naruto frowned at that, he was very close to mastering all the chakra control techniques and only had one exercise left. He mused for a while and then thought that it wouldn't hinder him too much.
"I guess that's ok" he said with a thoughtful frown adorning his face. Kakashi chuckled at the expression on the boys face, it made him look cute.
"Ok so let's begin…"
That day Naruto had the most fun training. Who knew taijutsu could be so much fun. After Kakashi corrected his basic stance which was horrible, they had a friendly spar. Kakashi was surprised by Naruto's speed. He was remarkably fast for an academy student but his movements were too rigid. He corrected Naruto as the day went on and by the end was very happy with the result. Naruto had improved much faster than he anticipated and his basic stance was perfect. He still was rigid but flowed much better than before, from one stance to another. As the sun began to set he bid Naruto goodbye and shun shined to the Hokage tower to give his report to the Hokage.
The next day he found Naruto practicing the basic taijutsu moves on water. The boy never ceased to amaze him. He spied from the canopy as he saw Naruto flowing from one move to another. His brow furrowed in concentration as sheen of sweat gleamed on his forehead. Kakashi smirked; it seemed Naruto always found ways to improve his chakra control. If he continued in this fashion his chakra control could rival Tsunade's by the time the he became a gennin.
"Yo!" he exclaimed as he strolled on to the clearing.
Naruto smiled as he saw his sensei. He was falling in love with taijutsu, not only was it awesome, it also helped him improve his chakra control.
"Yo!" Naruto said as he mimicked his sensei, which caused Kakashi to eye smile.
"Were going to continue you're taijutsu training" Kakashi said.
Naruto nodded as he got into the basic stance. Kakashi critically scrutinized his stance and after finding no fault asked him to begin the katas he taught him yesterday. Naruto's body flowed much better this time; it seemed that doing the katas on water helped him. He corrected Naruto in a few places where he felt the blonde could improve. After Naruto finished doing the kata a few times Kakashi decided that he was ready for a friendly spar. This time instead of sparring on the grass they sparred on water on Naruto's insistence no less. The blonde seemed more faster on water and Kakashi actually had to block a few kicks. He was amazed when he tackled the blonde and instead of falling in the water the blonde used his back as a spring to launch into another attack. It seemed that the blonde had completely mastered water walking to the point where he could stick to the surface of the water with any part of his body.
After a quick lunch Kakashi showed the blonde a few more katas and gave him a few scrolls which described the katas of basic academy taijutsu in detail. He informed Naruto that he was going on a month long mission and wanted him to have finished learning all the katas by then. He knew it was unrealistic of him to ask Naruto to completely learn all the Katas in one month whereas it took the academy students three years to learn them but he wanted to see till where he could push the blonde.
Naruto did not question him about the mission but did seem a bit disappointed that there won't be anyone to train him. Kakashi thought about telling the blonde about the reason why he couldn't train him all the time but then thought against it after all even though the boy was mature for his age he was still a kid and would not understand how the council works or why they resented him. He just eye smiled and told the boy that those scrolls would help him for now and when he returned he would correct the mistakes in his stance and katas. He bid the boy goodbye and left for his mission.
Naruto trained himself to exhaustion everyday sometimes even training at night. He was going through the katas at an incredible rate. He was already halfway through the katas by the end of the first week but was not able to practice them against anybody. He realized that he really required a sparring partner if he was to improve his taijutsu but finding one would be too much of a hassle and hence he decided to wait for him sensei to come back. Hatake Kakashi was in for a surprise when he returned. Uzumaki Naruto was soon going to gain the title of the most surprising ninja.
A/N: Please review if you like this fic and have any suggestion.