Detective Uzumaki - Chapter 2 - Power to the Orphans!

I don't own Naruto, but Kishi does. Ya know if he wanted he could just give me the rights. Yeah? Yeah he totally should.

Kishimoto: . . .

Darkestlight: *sad face* pleease?

Kishimoto: . . . . No.

Darkestlight: god damn it, Kishimoto.

Ahh, you might be a little confused, why are you the Narrator, Naruto? I answer: because I'm pretty sure the last chapter got on everybody's nerves, including mine. Anyways after I was taken by Arashi I had a 'normal' childhood. I got kidnapped, solved a murder mystery, and got abandoned. Ah, just another chapter in the life of Naruto Uzimaki-Namikaze.

29 years ago - 3 years later - Naruto Age: 3

We descend on my caretaker, Arashi Taki, furiously writing a letter to the Hokage, as he's much to busy making sure I don't die on a daily basis to actually leave. The letter in question reads as follows:

"Dear Hiruzen,

Regarding Naruto Uzumaki's regular intelligence and physical check-up something has come up. Not something necessarily bad, actually it's amazing. His physical check-up is normal if not a little above average, he can walk, climb, and even run a little; however, it is his intelligence that is mind-blowing!

We give a scroll with a small riddle, like What protects us, but they aren't quite good., well it took each 2-year old about an hour to solve the riddle and tell us. Naruto on the other hand 'WROTE' shinobi. It is extraordinary. He is also speaking in full sentences! I can't believe he's developed so amazingly, especially considering the number of attempts on his life.

These are the final results

Physical Exam:
Breathing: Average, Normal

Chakra Coil Development: way Above Average (almost academy student! 7/8 years old)

Strength: average

Speed: average

Stamina: Way above average (academy student/8-year-old)

Intellect Exam:

Deduction skills: Extraordinary (1st to 2nd-year academy student)

Reading: 5-year old

Writing: 5-year old

Speaking: 6-year old

These are all quite amazing! I think we have a prodigy on our hands!

Sincerely Arashi."

As Arashi finishes writing, he slumps back into his chair. He grabs the scroll and shakes it slightly, drying the ink quicker, and rolls it up. Arashi calls out, "Sachi, would you be a dear and deliver this letter to Lord Third!" Sach, a women about 25 years of age, appears in the doorway holding me on her hip. She had jet black hair, sea green eyes, and a full and beautiful face. Another one of the few who didn't want to murder me as a child. "So you'll watch Naruto till' I get back? Right Arashi-senpai?" Sachi tilts her head quizzically at Arashi causing him to chuckle, "Of course, I haven't spent enough time with this little bugger!" Arashi stands up and exchanges me for the letter. Sachi unfurls it and reads the letter, "hmm, really he's that advanced?" She looks at my sleeping form on Arashi's shoulder. Arashi nods, "Yup, a natural born genius this one." Arashi than waves his hand at Sachi in a shoeing motion, "Now, get going. You're burning sunlight!" Sachi nods and walks out of the room, leaving Arashi and me all alone.

Arashi looks at me before closing the door and setting me in my crib. Arashi sighed as he starts writing yet another letter, this time for his monthly request of Anbu. After the incident nearly a year ago, Arashi had learned his lesson regarding having an unguarded Naruto.

1 year ago *Flashback*: Naruto Age: 2

It was quite late, maybe 1 or 2 in the morning, when a breeze went through the room I was sleeping in, waking me. I sat up not quite sure what was going on. I knew I wasn't supposed to be up at this hour, but for the life of me, I didn't know why I had woke'en up in the first place. Just then a dark shape slipped in the window, I didn't notice that specifically, but I knew something wasn't right and tried to lay down immediately. The shape turned into a dark figure, who turned out to be a man in a black trench coat, with black gloves, boots, shirt, pants, and a face mask. The only distinct thing I could see on the man was his dark brown hair. Not spiky like Arashi-JJ, more smooth and back in a ponytail.

The man went up to my crib and saw my blonde hair, blue eyes, and my whisker marks. His lips seemed to smirk beneath his mask as he quickly covered my mouth and picked me up. As we were leaving he sat me on his shoulder, my face away, his hand still covering my mouth. I, however, was much smarter than either of us thought and saw a bell and as best I could I tried to hit it, succeeding, the bell made a loud ringing noise, the man looked around in shock and panic trying to run away, however, a man in Anbu armor and a fox mask appeared as we left the orphanage. The anbu rushed the man a Kunai in his hand. My kidnapper shoved me in front of the kunai, but the anbu simply ducked low and stabbed the man in the lower stomach causing the man to grimace and drop me. I rolled onto the ground as the two men started fighting.

My kidnapper backed up and as Fox attempted to finish the kunai job my kidnapper kicked the kunai out of Fox's hand and rounded on the man striking Fox's shoulder with a punch, and then an uppercut to Fox's chin. Fox recovered quickly, and he stepped into the man in black's guard, suddenly blurring with an inhuman speed he lashed out with a flurry of attacks. Finishing it off with a round-house kick knocking the man back harshly through the orphanage fence. Another Anbu appeared and picked me up as Fox walked through the hole my kidnapper's body had made. As I watched Fox leave I only knew one thing, I wanted to be just like him!

Present day *End Flashback*

Arashi shook his head, attempting in vain to rid himself of the memory. Arashi looked down at me and smiled ruefully, "Looks like your growing up a bit faster than either of us thought possible." He chuckled and got back to work.

26 years ago - 3 years later: Naruto Age: 6

I was in a black room, windows on covering every wall. There were people outside of them, with red, bloodthirsty, eyes and sharp, gleaming teeth they were saying, "Kill, kill, kill the demon." "KILL" "MURDER IT" "CEASE LIVING" every one of them cursing me, chanting for my death. A crash, a man made it through the window, sharp claws gleaming in the red light of the people's eyes. All of the people streamed through the broken window, I curled up on the floor as they all approached and they all stabbed down at the same time. "I'm going to DI-" As my thought was nearly finished I sat upright in bed, drenched in sweat. I looked around and calmed down as I realized it was all a dream. I looked at the clock on the wall of the bunks, "Six-thirty, huh not too early," I get up and wipe up all of the sweat off of me with a hand towel from my limited personal belongings.

Even though I was only six, I was quite smart. People (who didn't hate me) always talked about it, I, however, did not have superhuman strength or speed. So whenever my father figure was murdered in front of me, there was nothing I could've done to stop it. If only someone had told me that.

As I walked down the hall I looked at all the closed doors, "story of my life," I mutter as I continue. I was nearing Arashi-JJ's room whenever I heard it. A soft gasp, almost like someone was screaming into a pillow. I quietly crept toward Arashi's door, and I peek into the glass. There was a man in anbu gear choking Arashi. I stumbled back, then I screamed, the first rule of seeing killings by people way stronger than you, make lots and lots of noise to attract adults to the scene. Then I decided that I needed to help, because well, he choking one of the only people who didn't hate me, so charged into the room. The anbu was gone, and Arashi was on the floor. A small pool of blood outside of his mouth. His neck was snapped. My vision went blurry, I fell to my knees, a sob stuck in my throat. Then it really clicked: someone, had FUCKING KILLED ARASHI! My vision went red, and I blacked out.

I woke up in a white room, I was restrained to a bed. I looked around trying to figure out where I was. There were no windows, no anything just a chair, a bed, and me. Eventually, I made out the outline of a door, but it was also white. I managed to twist out of my hand restraints, my hands were still thin enough to do stuff like that. I undid my chest, neck, and feet restraints next, man my everything was sore. I heard something, soft padding, almost like footsteps. I looked at my clothes, white, I took the comforter that was above the sheet and went under the bed. I grabbed onto the bottom of the bed, and tucked the comforter into the corners of the bed, flattening my self against the bottom frame of the bed as much as physically possible. It was minutes agonizing minutes before someone came in. They screamed in shock when they saw me gone, and the person rushed to my bed, I undid the comforter, it was a man, 5'11, researcher probably, he had light creases outlining the middle of his shirt, lab coat. He also was smart but lacked common sense. Come on at least check under the bed before you start pacing. I quietly snuck up on the man, then I jumped onto his neck covering his mouth. I had to use surprise to my best advantage. I jumped off of him and closed the door. He lunged for me, picking me up to where I was eye level, "YOU'RE GONNA DIE FOR THAT, DE-" He was cut off by me spitting in his face. I then bit into his hand making him let go of me.

I swept my leg, tripping him. I barely rolled out of the way of him falling, I grabbed his key and ran out of the room locking it behind me. I was in a well-lit corridor, it was a monotone grey, doors everywhere with labels on them including mine. I ripped it off and ran. I read my tag as I ran, "Naruto Uzimaki, Age: 6, Height: 4'5, Weight: 45 lbs, Transgression: Convicted of Killing one Arashi Tuki" I stopped running at the last one. Why the FUCK would I kill Arashi! THESE FUCKERS WERE GONNA PAY! My vision got red and I got faster and stronger. Something dark and demonic fueling me I ran with a new found speed a red mist would follow me wherever I went. I got to a room that was labeled, "MAIN OPERATIONS" I kicked down the door and lunged in, there were several people cowering behind their desks. All looking at me like I was a murderer. I got even angrier. "AAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed and screamed and then I climbed up a ladder I found in a hallway outside the room, so angry I punched the top trap door off. I was in an alley, I climbed up the wall onto a building and soon enough I was on a rooftop. I ran and ran outrunning the anbu sent out to see where the blood lust was coming from, outrunning the genin that started chasing me, and even the mob that started after me. I ran until the mist disappeared, and then I kept on running until eventually, I was in a cemetery. There were headstones everywhere, but there was only one person there.

He had silver hair, I remembered him from somewhere, he had saved me once, right? Yeah, it was him! He was the one who had thwarted my kidnapper. I ran up to him, then slowed because... .running up to a battle-tested Anbu probably wasn't the best strategy. I slowly asked, "Anbu-san?" He turned around, he wasn't wearing his Anbu mask. He had a face mask that concealed everything up to his nose, but I could see his eyes. One was closed with a scar running through it the other was a black that felt sad. He looked at me for a second, "Naruto-san?" He asked before squatting down in front of me, "Everyone been's looking for you." I gasp in shock, but I don't say anything. "Lord Third tried finding you before the citizens got to you, but they thought you killed Arashi-san, idiots," I nodded, "but, I. but." I take a second to calm myself, "I woke up in a white room, then I got out of the room, and I was underground, but there weren't any shinobi there at all." I stuttered all of this out in one small breath. The anbu just eye . . . . smiled? He picked me up, put me on his shoulder, and took off. He was 'very' fast, whereas I just ran and ran for maybe an hour straight, trying to get out of the large village (it's at least 15-20 square miles at the very least.) He made it to the Hokage tower in less than 5 minutes.

I was amazed, he kicked ever door open, and didn't stop no matter what anybody said. Finally, we got to the top and he actually knocked on the Hokage's door, as soon as Lord Third said, "Come in," and the Anbu came in he actually bowed to Lord Third If this anbu bowed to him knew that the man in front of me was very important. I bowed as well, "Lord Third." I said I looked up, he was looking at me amused. He had rings around the eyes, smoking a pipe, worry lines. He had insomnia, high-stress counts, and probably some kind of lung disease, but still, just his presence made my instincts scream at me not make him mad. "You see," his voice snapped me out of my thoughts, "when I heard that you passed out by Arashi's body I sent some anbu to retrieve you, that way you could fill us in on what happened. However you never came back, nor did that anbu. Could you fill me in on what happened?" Even though Third said it like a question I knew it was an order, so I told him everything, even more than I told the Anbu beside him.

"Well, if we still made kids start the academy at five Naruto would've given you a run for your money, eh Kakashi?" Kakashi eye smiled again, and I put his name in the back of my head. "Yep, found him at the cemetery. He wasn't even winded, yet he's been running for so long according to his story." Third looked at me, "Can you describe what happened that morning specifically." I nodded, "I woke up at about 6:30 am, and I as I was walking to the foyer I heard a gasp come from Arashi-JJ's room, so I went to investigate. I sneaked up to the window in the door and peeked through. I saw a man in Anbu ge-" Third cut me off with a look of anger, but it wasn't directed at me or Kakashi he seemed to be looking out his room, "Danzo." he then seemed to remember me and smiled ruefully, "I apologize, continue." I shook my head, "yea... yeah, the man was in Anbu gear, and he was choking Arashi, I stepped back and screamed. I wanted to wake other people up, and a child's scream would be the fastest way to do that in an orphanage."

Lord Third and Kakashi were looking at me with incredulous in their eyes, "what?" I ask Third shakes his head and motions to continue, whereas Kakashi just gave me another eye smile, 'that's so annoying,' I thought before continuing. "Unfortunately that's where my thought process stopped I rushed into the room, but Arashi was already DEAD, his neck was snapped, and his MURDERER was already gone." They made a waving motion to incline me to continue. "At first I was overwhelmed with sadness I fell to my knees, but then it was like, it clicked, SOMEONE KILLED ARASHI," the last sentence was so heavily soaked with bloodlust, I saw Kakashi's hand instinctually go to his Kunai poach, but he moved his hand away almost immediately. Lord Third just looked at me sadly, "and you blacked out after that?" I nodded. "I assume, after that, you woke up in the room?" this time I spoke, "y-yes."

"Thank you, Kakashi please escort Naruto back to the orphanage." Kakashi nodded, but I stopped lord Third before he could dismiss me, "why?" I choked out, this caused Lord Third to raise an eyebrow, "why what?" this got me angry so I acted angrily, I slammed my fist into the wall, the red mist from earlier was light in the air, but there, "why, why THE, WHY, why, WHY THE FUCK DOES EVERYONE HATE ME!" This caused all of the Anbu stationed outside of the room to come in at once and surround me, once realizing it was just me they all went back outside, but Lord Thirds face was shocked and strangely, guilty. Why was he guilty, I looked at Kakashi and for just a second he also looked guilty, before his professionalism came back. I rounded on it, "why do you look guilty? Does it have something to do with my parents? Did they do something? Did I do something? Give me something! Anything!" I wasn't angry anymore, I was confused, sad, and . . . alone.

Kakashi slowly approached me as if I was brittle, "Look, your parents are unknown and no you didn't do anything." I shook my head at the answer there was something they weren't telling me, I could tell. Kakashi's left hand was slightly tensed, I could barely tell, but it was there. I just accepted it, but there was one more thing I wanted to know, "if the anbu after you control have animal masks, then who's anbu are just a blank mask?" This question knocked everyone off guard, the anbu outside, Kakashi, and even lord Third, but his shocked expression turned into a carefully controlled mask, his face looked completely blank, I couldn't figure anything out of it, telling me he was either angry or extremely happy some emotion that would be inappropriate, why else would he be so expressive during our earlier talk, but hide his expression now? "The Anbu with no pattern, was the Anbu who killed Arashi-san like this?" aha, Arashi. why did he talk about him like a stranger when earlier he talked like Arashi was a friend? Because they were friends! He was angry not because of Arashi dying specifically (well he was it just wasn't all it would be perfectly acceptable for a Hokage to be sad about a citizen dying, but he was hiding something) but because of WHO killed Arashi! So that leads me to the conclusion that the No-Pattern Anbu weren't something Lord Third accepted! But if he didn't control them, who did? Ah, Danzo, that's who he immediately thought of when he thought of an Anbu killing someone without his order, but I needed to answer as I had been standing there not talking for a few seconds, though it did look like I was thinking so I answered truthfully.

"I couldn't see his mask, it was too dark." but I didn't let them answer, "the one who controls them is. . . it's Danzo isn't it?" Lord Third's face didn't change and he ignored my question, unknowingly answering my question. His silence spoke volumes. "It was nice to know you are okay, please be careful for now on Naruto-san." Kakashi escorted me out of the office, something was up I knew it was. I didn't know what to think. Some guy named Danzo controlled an entire flock of Anbu and they wanted to set me up was what I thought, the Anbu had to have seen me. I didn't have the reactionary skill to duck before a trained anbu saw my spiky blond locks. So he left Arashi's corpse knowing I would charge in and everyone would think I killed him. But why? Why does everybody assume the worst of a six-year-old, sure I was smart, but most of the village called me an idiot, why? I was snapped out of thoughts by Kakashi announcing our arrival at the orphanage.

He eye smiled at me again, "Stay out of trouble Uzimaki." Kakashi disappeared in the rooftops. I sighed and went into the orphanage, quietly sneaking into my bunk, I didn't want to even deal with the new headmaster right now. This decision came back to bite me later, I woke up to people picking me up, "wha - whats g-" I was interrupted by someone dropping me. I groaned softly, looking up I saw several adults looking down at me with sneers on their faces. There were three, one with a skinny, thin face with a blue jacket, the second had a wolfish face with a grey tee-shirt, and the third had a huge butt chin and a normal face besides that, with a red shirt. The thin face spoke first, "Now that Arashi-baka's gone we can kill ya, ya little demon," The second wolfish man corrected, "ah ah ah, let's torture him first," The third nodded in agreement. They started kicking me and hitting me, beating me to a pulp. I couldn't even scream as thin-face had a hand over my mouth. Eventually, I was able to kick thin in the leg causing him to scream in pain, they started to beat me harder, but it attracted attention as people starting cheering for my pain, but little did they know a man with Silver hair showed up behind them. Kakashi kicked the thin looking one across the clearing, getting the attention of the other two. "What the F-" Wolfy was interrupted by a punch to the face, red-shirt and was already unconscious on the floor. He picked me up his face scrunching up when I winced. He took me to the Hospital, but the entire time I was thinking about something.

'Arashi-baka,' that's what they called him. And if everyone hates me it would make sense for them to hate him too for protecting their demon. So who else knows when the Anbu aren't there? The other caretakers! I had to find out who it was, even if I had to endure the beatings I just wouldn't sleep if I had too. Before Kakashi could leave I grabbed his sleeve, he stopped eyeing me carefully, "yes?" I gulped then I steadied my voice, "Ka-kakashi I need to KNOW. Don't tell Lord Third about this. I need to figure out, wh -who killed Arashi-JJ. Ok?" He sighed then looked at me his eye taking on his familiar eye smile, "Well, Naruto I won't be around the orphanage forever, I won't catch anyone else who tries to hurt you next time, I'm not sure who hurt you this time." He raised his voice in the last part, I nodded getting his game. He left silently and I grinned, time to investigate. At least when I got out of the hospital that is.

I snuck into the headmaster's office, I actually hadn't met the new one yet, but apparently, they had moved his office, the scene looked exactly the same as when I had fainted, but sprawlings of some kind were surrounding the crime scene. Probably some kind of preservation seal. I grabbed two tissues covering my hands as I squatted down right beside Arashi's body. I looked at the corpse intensely's, I grabbed a notepad out of my pocket and a pen from Arashi's desk, noting everything important, "quick death as the face is still in shock, messy hair, sleeping prior to confrontation based on hair and sleep lines." I analyzed his eyes closer his eyes were closed, closed eyes? Why were his eyes closed if he was in shock and neck was broken? Yeah, it had been a day or so, but there was definitely some kind of seal to keep it fresh, and the corpse was on it's back! I brushed the eyes for fingerprints and sure enough, I found some. Smirking I quickly drew a sketch of the room, drawing even the most insignificant details, I wanted to know if someone came in here after me, more specifically someone else who wasn't supposed to be here.

I snuck out of the room, going to my bunk, which surprisingly hadn't been stripped, and my trunk hadn't been touched. All the better actually. I decided I couldn't stay here, but I did need some supplies. I undid the little lock on my trunk and I fish around for some supplies I had collected over the last couple of years, the things I took were: pins (for picking locks), more pens, a small pocket knife, a few cans of food and water, my black hoodie, my grey pants, and a small black backpack. I shrugged out of the too-big for me lost and found clothes from the hospital and put on my hoodie and pants. I did put the other clothes in my backpack along with everything else, besides my notepad, a pen, and my knife which I put in my pockets. I strapped on the small backpack and silently crept out into the hallway where Arashi's office was. Luckily for me, there was a vent directly viewing his office that was covered in shadows. I knew my time was almost up as lunch was about to be over, so I climbed up to the vent using the designs in the wall as handholds. I used the pins and my knife to unscrew the vent and stuck the vent to the wall using my knife as a wedge. I then climbed into the tight opening. I grabbed my knife, almost dropping the vent piece, but I caught it. I put the vent in front of me before attempting the hardest part: making the opening a little bigger. I started scrapping the wall using my knife until the vent just fit without the screws, but using my knife I was able to make the vent look like it still had it's screwed in. I was going to stake this place out if it was the last thing I did. I needed to find out who went in there and at what time. I still had my watch, which I tuned as the lunch bell rang, which I had memorized rang at 1:15 exactly.

It was four hours, thirty-six minutes, and 10 seconds (5:51) later that someone finally entered Arashi's office, It was just the standard Anbu who were sealing the body and cleaning it up. But they left it there until the grave could be dug and headstone made. Nobody not supposed to go in went in till' 11:45 pm the same day. An anbu, but his mask had no pattern, just a blank mask. I grinned as he slipped into Arashi's office. I silently slipped the vent out and climbed down after I replaced the vent. I almost stepped on a creaky floor-board because of my stiffness, but I managed to grab the wall before I stepped down on the board. I looked through the window seeing the Anbu unseal the body. I snuck back into my vent, gathering chakra in my arm I threw the knife as hard as I could, using a tissue to hide fingerprints, of course, the knife spiraled before impacting the glass and shattering it completely. I immediately put the vent back up to cover me, before crawling away from the hallway. Making it deep into the vent, above the next room now and before anybody even arrived at the scene. I took off my backpack and stashed it here for safekeeping (and for the next step of my plan). I heard voices as the Anbu discovered the body not sealed I smirked. I quietly crawled back and undid the vent. landing silently I pretended like I was running to where the noise was coming from.

The anbu saw me and waved me over, "Did you see anybody running away from here?" Fox asked me, I shook my head in a negative. He looked at me hard, then suddenly decided something. He looked at me pointedly, "Would you like to see how we case bodies?" I hurriedly nodded yes. I needed to see if they were the one who closed Arashi's eyes. I didn't think so, because I read that the anbu tried to leave the crime scene as perfect as possible until they got everything ready. I guess the Danzo-Anbu was just a neat-freak or something. I stared intently at the body and true to my hypothesis they did NOT close his eyes. They resealed it, and Fox walked back in from the hallway, he threw me my knife, I caught it. A brief flash of panic seized me, did I mess up? Did he see me land? But his words calmed me, "Here kid, you can use this to defend yourself now, aye." I nodded, smiling like any little kid would if he was handed a weapon to keep.

I had snuck back into the labs I was kept in before, nobody was here and it looked like any files of importance were taken, but a lot of the equipment was still here. I found what I was looking for: a scanner, I took out the piece of glass I had persevered the fingerprint on, and I put it in the machine. I powered it on and messed around with it a little, it was easy enough to find some instructions. The results came back, Rashi Kisaco. Nothing else, not even an address, it was all 'confidential', but apparently the names weren't. That was all I needed. I grabbed the scanner and wrecked it, stomping down on it hard. I left the labs quickly, but before I did, I grabbed an earpiece, headphones, and a radio I found in some of the rooms. I wanted to listen in to channels for now in, stashing them in my backpack I had retrieved from the vent, I head to the Hokage's office.

2 hours later I was in the Hokage's office, Third looked at me inquiringly, I grabbed out a piece of paper and put it in front of him, afterward I leaned back on the wall. "Rashi Kisaco? Who is this Naruto?" I grinned, "The man who murdered Arashi Tuki." Lord Third looked incredibly surprised by this, I explained everything, how Kakashi would let me investigate, how I figured out the Danzo-Anbu, and how I went back to the lab to get the fingerprints. He looked at me in amazement. "You. .did this all by yourself?" I nodded he just smiled in amazement "I will look into this evidence myself."

2 days later Rashi Kisaco was in prison for life.

Now we're getting to some of the more fun parts of this, where Naruto actually does some detective work. I hope you guys like this post! All creative criticism is accepted and appreciated!