Konoha
Naruto had finally arrived in the village and immediately made his way to the Hokage Tower. He saw the village being rebuilt and how gloomy it seemed. There were people who were looking at him with dear and others with suspicion, but he didn't bother with it. As he walked by, he saw a flower shop and decided he should buy some flowers for his parents.
"Hello! Welcome to the Yamanaka Flower Shop! How may I help you?" a blonde female said with a cheerful voice.
"Hi, I just came to get some flowers." he said, giving her a small smile.
"Oh, okay. If you need any help please do ask." she said as he picked up some yellow and red flowers. He placed them on the counter as the girl looked them over.
"How much are they for?" he asked.
"Hmm if you don't mind me asking, are you new here?" she asked.
"Ah, yes, I just arrived actually. These flowers are for my parents." he replied.
"Oh, so you were away on a trip of sorts? They must be glad to have you back." she smiled.
"My parents are dead. I left the village ten years ago and just came back, so I thought I'd visit their graves first." he said, pulling out his wallet, as he took of his hat and placed it and his sword on the counter.
"O-Oh. I-I'm s-so sorry I-" she stumutered, embarrassed that she brought up a dreadful topic and a blush appeared on her face after seeing his face,
"Its alright. I choose these flowers because my mother had red hair, while my father had blonde. Actually people normally mistake him for me." he smiled.
"Oh?" she said, as she arranged his flowers, "I'm guessing your a shinobi with that sword?"
"Hai. But I'm more of a doctor really. Are you a shinobi?" he asked.
"Yup, just became a genin two weeks ago. We have to do these boring D-rank missions!" she complained making him laugh.
"I suppose you'll be apart of this generation's new Ino-Shika-Cho." he said, making her gape.
"H-How do yo know?"
"Everyone knows their great team work. I suppose your father is the 'Ino' of the current one? They say its the strongest tag team yet. You sure have a reputation to up hold."
"Hai. Its usually the clan head and seeing that I'm heiress, I have to be stuck with a lazy ass and a fat boy." she whined, seeing it was so easy to speak to the hot guy in front of her.
"Well, why don't you think of ways to motivate them? One of them is lazy, so tell them to train maybe this amount of time and you'll I don't know keep away what he hates most. I heard most Nara woman are found to be 'troublesome' by the Nara males." and they both laughed.
"Yea, that could work and I could reward Chouji with food later! Thanks a lot!" she said, finishing his flower arrangement.
"Glad to be of service." he said, giving her a slight bow, "So, what kind of training did you go through in the academy? If I had stayed in Konoha, I would have been graduating this year too. Sorta glad I didn't."
"Why is that?" she asked curiously.
"Well you see in the villages, the academies usually sugar coat how a shinobi's life is. But its far too gruesome. There's so much killing involved, rapist and slave dealers. The world is filled with so many evil people, then there are those that are caught up in it with no real choice. Like the blood line purges in Kiri." he whistled, not noticing her paling face.
"B-Bloodline purges?" she asked shakily.
"Sorry, I forgot how people in Konoha are so well sheltered." he said,
"No please tell me!" she said with a fire of determination in her eyes.
All her life she was after such pity things but the more she heard of the outside world and how gruesome a shinobi's line of duty was the more she realized that if she wanted to survive, then she would have to train.
"Thanks for telling me! I never really knew a shinobi's life was like that." she said.
"Its alright. Like I said, everyone here is too sheltered. Its a good thing, but's its also a bad thing." he said and she nodded in agreement.
"Well the total would be 50 ryo, but take it on the house for your great advice. Since you're somewhat new I suppose, I could show you around the village if you'd like." she suggested.
"Arigato, but I'll find my way around. I might ask if I need help though." he said. She gave him his flowers and said,
"Oh, my name is Ino Yamanaka by the way." she shouted after him. Placing his hat on his head, he tipped it a bit and said,
"Nice to meet you Ino. Name's Naruto Namikaze." and then he left. When she was sure he was gone she yelled,
"He's so hot!" she squealed.
"Who is Ino?" her father said from behind her, making her yelp in surprise.
"Its this new boy. He had just arrived in the village and he was so kind and fun to talk to. He was way hotter than Sasuke and much kinder." she said and every time she though about the raven boy, she kept wondering what she saw in him, "Actually daddy, I don't like Sasuke anymore." she declared, getting a bug eyed reaction form her father.
"W-What?!" he exclaimed.
His daughter, Ino Yamanaka, the one who would always say how awesome Sasuke was and how she would marry him, had given up on him just after meeting another boy. He felt like going up to the boy and granting him whatever he wanted!
"Oh and daddy could you help me with my training in the clan techniques? I want to get stronger. Actually I'll get stronger than you and get Shikamaru and Chouji in on it too. Then we'll become the greatest Ino-Shika-Cho there is!" she said with determination, making her father's jaw slack even more.
"W-What's with this sudden change Ino?" he asked, somewhat afraid that she was an imposter.
"Well I'm a shinobi now daddy. I have to be strong and the guy that just came in said that the Ino-Shika-Cho were well know for their team work. He said that you and uncles Choza and Shikaku were the strongest team as of yet and I'm not going to be second best. As your daughter I have a reputation to up hold!" she said, "Oh, mind the store dad, I'm going to go see Aunt Yoshino." Ino said, setting her apron down.
"Why?" Inoichi asked
"So she could help me with Shikamaru of course! I'll just invite Chouji to a meal after every training session. He'll do anything for food." she said skipping out of the store.
"Wait Ino!" Inoichi yelled after his daughter, making her stop before she closed the door, "Who is this boy? Did you get his name?" he asked.
"Yea, he said he's name was Naruto Namikaze." she said, "You know the name Namikaze seems familiar, oh well. See you daddy!" and she was off, leaving her dumbstruck father behind. Coming downstairs was Rika Yamanaka, Inoichi's wife and she had a look of confusion as too what could have happened to her husband.
"Inoichi? What's the matter?" she asked, helping him up. He looked at her and only said,
"The Yondaime's son really is a miracle worker."
Hokage's Office
There was a knock on the door and in came Naruto after he was told he could enter. There standing before him was the old man Hokage, looking better than ever, Jiraiya, a crippled guy and two old people.
"Hey old man. Came just like I did." he said and then turned to the other three in the room, "Its nice to meet you, the name's Naruto Namikaze." he said, slightly bowing. Koharu and Homura nodded and smiled at his manners while Danzo ignored him, still anger that he couldn't mold his weapon.
"Yes, I hope you had a pleasant trip" he asked
"Yea. Stopped by the flower shop an then to the graves if you don't mind." he said.
"I completely understand." Hiruzen said, knowing he wanted to see his parents, "Now about the contract..." he said, pulling up a paper
"First off we'd like to thank you for considering and actually helping us in our time of need. We would understand if you refused as it is entirely your right." Homura.
"Yes, we are glad you are able to get past what happened before and hope you like your stay is pleasant." Koharu added.
"Arigato for understanding. For the contract, I'm not asking for much, just my inheritance and the people I'm working with won't be complete assholes. Perhaps when the war is over we could write up an amount for my services." he shrugged. The people int he room blinked and looked at him.
"That's it?!" surprising it was Danzo who spoke.
"Yeah, what did you want me to do? Start demanding the impossible? Like I said, I know you people can't really afford that much and I believe that my inheritance wasn't touched." he said and they looked at him with admiration. They honesty though he was going to start demanding millions of ryo and whatnot. It just goes to show that he really is like his parents. Humble and honest and generous.
"Thank you and your right. From the various attacks, our budget has declined greatly." Koharu smiled.
"Ah, but like I told the old man, I don't kill people. I'm a doctor first. I save lives, not end them." he said.
"That's understandable. We need your expertise in the hospital. After you cured Hiruzen many people trust your skills greatly." Homura said.
"This is complete utter bullshit!" Danzo exploded, "your a Jinchuriki! You're suppose to be a weapon and tool. Of course you're suppose to kill people!"
"Ah, last time I checked you weren't Hokage and the old man was." he raised his eyebrow the fuming cripple, "Besides, what I do isn't your business."
"Why you-!"
"Alright Danzo that's enough. I believe we should get going to the council room now. People would like to know of our decision." Jiraiya said as they all made it to the council room.
"Let's get the show on the road!" Naruto exclaimed, "Ah ji-chan, do the civilian council still bother you?"
"*sighs* they are, what's the word?"
"Troublesome?" Jiraiya grinned making them laugh. Naruto suddenly stopped, with a cry
"I nearly forgot!" he said.
"What is it?" Homura asked.
"Nah never mind, I'll do it later." and shrugging their shoulders they continued their way.
Council Room
Gathered in the council room were the shinobi council, who were waiting calmly and the civilian, who were causing unnecessary rucks. The door opened, revealing it to be the Fire Daimyo and the his wife, Lady Shijimi.
"Fire Daimyo-sama! Its an honour to have you here with us." Saya Haruno screeched.
"What do we owe his visit for Daimyo-sama?" Hiashi asked curiously.
"I heard that Hiruzen had left the village. I believe he had returned?" he asked.
"Yes I have Daimyo-sama." Hiruzen said from behind him as the group of six had entered. Naruto, with his hat still on and so his hair wasn't really seen, only looked on with his eyes. The shinobi side immediately recognized them, but the civilian side didn't.
"Hokage-sama, who is this? Why is he here in an important meeting?" a civilian yelled.
"Do you people not know how to speak softly?" the Fire Daimyo asked sternly, making them shut up. Naruto and the Daimyo looked at one another until they both smiled.
"Its nice to see you again Oji-sama, Shijimi-oba-sama." he said, shocking them all with his blunt and familiar words.
"N-Naruto-" Hiruzen began, wanting the reprimand the boy but was stopped by the Daimyo's laugh and his wife hugging the blonde.
"Oh, its been so long since we've seen you!" she said, hugging him tighter.
"Shijimi I think you're killing him." her husband pointed to the blue boy. She let go immediately, "But its true, you don't come around anymore my boy. Its been too long indeed." he said, giving the blonde a hug as well, but not as suffocating. Those present were beyond shocked at what was happening.
"Gomen. There were a lot of attacks that happened due to the wars in Kiri and people come into the boarder of the country for protection, thought they're all injured." he said sheepishly
"Don't worry we understand. Its kind of you to help them." he said, ruffling the boy's hair.
"I believe I speak for everyone when I say- what in the world is going on!?" Jiraiya exclaimed.
"Oh, its nothing really. He saved my life after I was critically injured and we've been in contact since. The names he calls us are affectionate and still respectfully, so we don't really mind." he said
"Well, I'll leave you here. I have to go look for Tora!" she said, "Stay safe Naruto-kun aright?" she said, giving him one finally hug and then left. Naruto turned to the Daimyo and asked
"That cat is still alive?"
"Unfortunately no genin team was able to kill it." he said dejectedly.
Oh how he hated that cat.
"Its alright Oji-sama. One of these days." he said patting his back.
"Anyways, I believe that there was a reason for this meeting" the Daimyo asked.
"Yes, due to the war, we have enlisted help to aid us." Hiruzen said, as they all took their seats.
"Oh? And who is he?" Saya screeched.
"What the hell is up with her voice?!"
'Wish I knew. May be I could find a way to remove her voice completely?'
"That is a good idea."
"I believe the young man my introduce himself." Hiruzen grinned as they all turned ghostly pale-the civilians-when Naruto took off his hat.
"Hello. My name is Naruto Namikaze, clan heir to both Uzumaki and Senju clans. I was asked personally by the Hokage to help in the war and here to review my contract." he said and you could literally hear a pin drop.
"Naruto-kun." a very sweet voice came and to his horror he saw the all too kind looking face on Mikoto Uchiha.
"H-Hey there o-oba-san" he gave a dry laugh and then started crying, "Please don't kill!"
"Oh Naruto, you're making it seem like I'm a bad person." she said, stepping forward and then punched him on the head, "You idiot! Do you know how worried I was about you? What were you thinking? A four year old child doesn't just up and leave a village!?" she exclaimed and then brought him into a hug, "I'm so glad your safe!" she whispered and he wrapped his arms around her. He knew she was worried sick about him but it still felt nice to see.
"H-He can't be the Yondaime's son!"
"That's impossible!"
"He's telling lies!"
"The fox is playing tricks!"
"SILENCE!" the Daimyo roared, making them all shut up, "How the hell are you people so blind to NOT see the resemble? Besides, he is he's son. Do you really think the Yondaime would have sealed the Kyuubi into another child if he couldn't his own?" he asked them.
"Now then Naruto here will help us in the war. He will help out in the hospital and he's under a contract, meaning he will be able to leave once the war is over." Hiruzen said.
"He can't leave! He's the Yondaime's son!" one of the civilians said as they all started agreeing with him, making the shinobi side and others, sweatdropped.
"Bipolar much." Naruto muttered, although the shinobi's heard him and tried not to laugh.
"I say we put him under CRA." Saya said smugly, seeing that she wanted her daughter to marry him and then get all the fortune.
"What part of 'under contract' don't you understand." he hissed, "Hey I remember you! You always wanted me dead and now you want my money. Self absorbed bitch much." he said, getting snickers around and a fuming pink haired Haruno.
"Oh? What's this about wanting you dead Naruto?" the Daimyo asked, making her sweat.
"Well I don't know if you just heard what they were saying a few seconds ago about my death, but I know for certain the civilian council has always wanted me dead. Actually, everyone's always wanted me dead except a few." he said as he laughed. They review the contract and everything was approved of. Before things ended, Inoichi spoke up,
"Naruto, I wanted to ask if you were at a flower shop today?"
"Yes, I was. Your daughter was the one who helped me out I believe?"
'Yes, I just want to say thank you. She's always had this obsession over a boy and I don't know what you said to her, but she started getting serious about her shinobi training. It was something I could never do. So thank you again." he said slightly bowing.
"I didn't really do anything. All I told her was what people did out in the shinobi world, like the bloodline purges in Kiri. People here are way too sheltered from the outside world." he said.
"I see." was all he said.
"Well, I suppose I'll be taking you to the Namikaze compound?" Hokage said as the Daimyo had already left.
"Nope, he'll be staying with me right Naru-chan?" Mikoto said, making him gulp in fear.
"Yes ma'am!" he said immediately.
"That's not fair! He'll gi-" Saya began but was shut up by the killing intent and glare from Mikoto.
"Ne oba-san? Do you think we could visit baa-chan at the hospital?" he asked as they made their way down the road.
"Sure. You might even be able to do something about it. Speaking of which, there's something that happened to some of my clansmen, if you could take a look for me?" she said and he smiled.
"Sure!" and they made their way to the hospital all the while people wondering why there was a Yondaime look alike in the village.
Hope you like the chapter! Just a heads up, this fanfic will be a Naruto x Ino pairing. Like I said before, I didn't do another pairing besides NaruHina and I wanted to do something new.