A Different Life of Uzumaki Naruto.
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Authors Note: Hello Readers. I was amazed at the number of review I got for this story. I really was only expecting like 4 or so reviews, and what is more surprising is that all of them seem to be good reviews. I mean this is my first story, and I'm a newbie author, I have never written stories like this, so it makes me feel very happy that my readers like my story.
Well, the majority of the readers don't want a harem, so I guess the pairings in this story will be Naruto/Hinata. When I was writing the story, I didn't know the eye color of Kushina, so I just put a random one, but I guess I will have to change it now that I have the correct information.
Also i have some questions about Naruto's personality, should the personality be like the one from the anime (loud, annoying, basically a copy of Kushina) or should I make it like Minato (calm, coolheaded, genius)? Or should I just make it a mixture of both (emotional, yet a genius, and calm from time to time)? Tell me which one you guys would prefer. I am leaning more towards the calm, genius type, but still clueless about women and stuff.
Once again, thank you for reading and keep reviewing.
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When Naruto woke up the next day, he noticed that the sun was already out. He felt a lot better already, his injuries were feeling a lot better; he knew that they would probably fully heal by the next day. He always wondered why he healed so much faster than everyone else, he once asked Jiji about it, but the only answer he got was that because he was full of energy. He decided that he would ask kaasan later. Thinking about kaasan put a huge smile on his face, he always wanted parents, he would always pray to Kami for parents, but he had never gotten any replies, but he guessed that Kami was listening all these time.
He got up from his bed, and walked slowly towards the bathroom, his body still feeling like one giant bruise. He took care of the necessities and went in to the kitchen to make some breakfast. He reached into a cabinet in the kitchen and pulled out a box of instant ramen. He loved ramen, but he hated the three minutes he had to wait for the ramen to get ready. He had been eating ramen since the day he left the orphanage. He loved the stuff, though he would not mind something new, after all one does get urges to eat different food sometimes. He would always remember the times when either Ayame-chan or Hokage-jiji would bring something for him to eat; he would always take a lot of time and savor the flavor rather than just shovel it down his throat like how he ate ramen. As he was waiting for the ramen to get ready, he was thinking about his kaasan, about how everything is going to be a lot better now that he had her, thought he was a bit disappointed that kaasan would only be in his head. Then his expression turned to horror, thinking what if it wasn't real, what if it was just a very elaborate dream, but then he remembered what kaasan had said, she said that she would meet him when he went back to sleep again. He would just have to wait until he fell asleep again.
As he started to eat there was a knock on his apartment door, only Hokage-jiji ever visited his apartment, so he wasn't worried about another attack from the hateful villagers. He opened the door and sure enough there was the person he considered his grandfather.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was worried sick about Naruto, he had seen the injuries on him, even though he knew that Kyubbi would heal them rather quickly, it still didn't comfort him much. He had tried to do all he could for the boy, but the council always interfered with it. He could not do much for him, Danzo saw to that, whenever he tried to give Naruto something, the council members would come up with some political reasons to stop it from happening. He had tried to give the boy a better apartment, but the council had said that they could not give him more than what was received by other orphans. Only if they knew whose son he was, but no, he could not tell them, or else the word might get out and Minato's enemies will be hell bent on ending the Namikaze line. No, Naruto's comforts can be forgotten if it meant that he would survive, He owed Minato at least that. All he could do was try to be the family the boy needed, though he could not visit him very often, seeing as he was buried in paperwork most of the time. Whatever free time he got, he tried to spend with Naruto.
He had tried to convince the council to act on Minato's last request, he had tried to convince the villagers to look at him as the hero he is, but it was not to be. They all saw him as the Kyubbi, not its container. He knew that Minato would be turning in his grave if he knew how the villagers, he had given his life to save, were treating his son. He had always given out harsh punishment to anyone who tried to physically harm the boy, but he could not kill drunken villagers, knowing that they were not in their right mind, but they did receive time in jail and a monetary fine. He had made a promise to Minato that he would do everything in his power to protect his son, but it was getting harder and harder to keep. It was hard work to take care of a village, and at the same time protect Naruto from the greed of Danzo, manipulations of the council, hatred of the villagers, and stupidity of some of the shinobies. He could not wait until Naruto was a chunnin, all of the people will be regretting their treatment of son of yellow flash, and he couldn't wait to see their faces.
"Ohayo, Jiji" Naruto said while letting the Hokage in his humble abode, "Ohayo, Naruto, how are you feeling?" Sarutobi said while walking towards the kitchen part of the small apartment. He looked around and saw that it wasn't very much, but at least Naruto was keeping the place clean, you would think that a 5 year old would make the place like a trashcan, but from what he could see Naruto was the most mature 5 year old Hiruzen had ever seen. He guessed that living in harsh environment made him grow up far faster than normal kids. He wished that Kushina was alive, if she was, Naruto's childhood would have been so much better. "I'm feeling much better Jiji, although my body still hasn't fully healed." Naruto said while trying to inhale down his ramen. "Then let your body fully recover before leaving your apartment, okay?" Naruto nodded his head while wondering if he should tell Jiji about his kaasan. He decided that he would ask his kaasan when he met her again. "Okay Naruto, I just came by to check on you, now go back to your bed and rest for a while, I will be going back to my work now." Sighing Sarutobi got up and left the apartment wondering if he will ever get any time away from his paperwork.
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As Naruto left his mindscape to brush his teeth and get some breakfast, Kushina's beautiful face showed an expression full of rage; her beloved husband had given his life for this? Just so that this hell hole could survive and people living in it torment his baby? Just so that people can beat up his one and only child, even if this was not her child, no one should be allowed to treat an orphan like this. Let alone an orphan who had been saving their ungrateful lives from a demon. If she could get out of her son's mind, she would slaughter half of the damn village. She knew Minato would not care; he would probably join in the fun. After about twenty minutes of fuming on how she was going to torture the people of Konoha, Kushina finally calmed down enough to think of how she was going to protect her son.
She was very disappointed in Jiraiya, Minato considered him a father, he made Jiraiya Naruto's godfather, and now we see how well he had been taken care of. Jiraiya had promised to take care of Naruto incase anything were to happen to her and Minato, and now I find out that he hasn't even met my son for five years. Minato would be turning in his grave. Even if he could not take care of Naruto on his own, he could have at least made a good family take Naruto in. Even if the family didn't love Naruto, he would at least have 3 meals a day, and someone to protect him. If she ever got to talk to him, she would tear him a new one. What has Kakashi been doing, he knew that Naruto is Minato's son, and yet he had done nothing to protect the son of his sensei. Is this how he pays back his sensei? At least Hiruzen tried to do something for Naruto, even though it's not much, it's at least something. At least he tried to be there for Naruto from time to time, though she could not understand why he made Naruto an Uzumaki rather than a Namikaze. Why did he not tell everyone Naruto is the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Namikaze? Was he trying to protect Naruto from Iwa or Minato's other enemies? But I'm sure Anbu guards would have been able to protect him. What has he been doing to protect Naruto from the villagers? There are too many questions, and not enough information. She would think on these questions some other time, right now she had to think of the problem at hand. How to make Naruto safe? How to protect him?
She couldn't ask anyone to protect Naruto while she was in his head, and even if she could somehow get out of Naruto's head, who would she ask? All the people she thought would protect her only child betrayed her and Minato. The Great Hermit sage, Naruto's Godfather and Minato's Sensei, the Copy-nin Kakashi, Minato's Student, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage of Konoha, the god of Shinobi, Minato's Predecessor and Successor, they all betrayed Minato, they all should have raised Naruto in a loving home, rather than put him in a dingy apartment in the worst part of the town. They should have taken care of him, they should have loved him, they should have...... Thinking about all of this, she broke down crying for a bit. She wished Minato was alive, she wished that Kyubbi never attacked Konoha; she wished she was not stuck in here. After a while, she got herself together and realized that crying was not going to solve anything, she got her resolve straight and decided that she would train her son to be able to protect himself. She would train her son so that anyone who ever tried to hurt him will get what is coming to them. She would train her son, so that people will recognize what mistakes they have made, she would train her son so that people will regret ever trying to hurt the son of Yellow flash.
And with that, Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze started making plans for what she was going to teach her son.
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Author's Note: Hello Readers. Well there you have it, the third chapter in A Different Life of Uzumaki Naruto. I have decided to make this story a Naru/Hina story, no harems. Ah well, I wanted to make a harem story, but you guys have pointed out that Kushina would not like that, and I have to agree with that. Anyways sorry this was a bit late, I try to post a new chapter every day, but I had to study for a test, so it this got moved couple of hours back.
Once again, thank you for reading and keep reviewing.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto- the character, the idea, and the world- They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.