Disclaimer- It's pretty obvious that I don't own Naruto so yeah...I don't own it.
AN: I am using something that if you read a lot of Naruto fan fictions you might have seen a dozen times so I can not credit the original but it was not my idea so whoever the hell first got credit… I think that's how this works at least.
Chapter 4-
Naruto rolled over in his enormous mountain of cloth as he stretched. "Ugh...I don't want to get up!" He moaned at the older gentlemen standing in the doorway way.
"Kid you've said that every day of the week so far. I don't care just get up Shini has something to show you in the back yard when you're done with breakfast." Tomoko responded angrily before he vanished into the hallway.
Naruto stood groggily and made his way to the door before he stopped. He slowly turned his body around to face the giant mound of blankets. "Come on shadow we have to get up now." He spoke to the pile. After a few seconds, a small little bubble popped up underneath on of the blankets and sped around in a large circle like a rat under a rug. It stopped then suddenly Shadow's face popped out along with his body from a small hole in the blanket. He barked at the blonde as he was lifted to his shoulders.
Naruto walked into the hallway and shut the door behind him. "I hope it's those three Jutsu I was promised. That old man lied to me. It's been a week since I got back and he still hasn't taught me crap. Plus every time I ask him he pushes it off by sending me to play with Shinoko." the child raged internally.
He started his morning routine by walking to the bathroom that was a few doors down. Once there he took a shower and washed Shadow who to the blonde's surprise really enjoyed the warm water, he would also brush his teeth. He did so in precaution knowing full well that Shinoko would kill him if he didn't. A shiver went down his back as he thought about what she would do to him.
After he finished his routine he made his way down to the kitchen which was on the other side of the compound. As he entered the room everyone greeted him. Shinoko slid a plate his way with a smile, and Shini along with the other nine men in his family gave their good mornings.
"How did you sleep last night?" Shinoko asked Naruto as he stabbed his eggs with his fork. She had made him a pancake with some eggs to the side.
"It was fine, I mean I stayed up reading one of the books from the shelf but other than a late start it was nice." He responded with food in his mouth.
"What did I tell you about talking with your mouth full!" She yelled while threatening the boy with a frying pan. "Either way, I'm glad you didn't have another nightmare." She said calmly while placing the pan back onto the stove.
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Flashback-
Shinoko was sleeping peacefully in her room in her large bed. She was having a peaceful dream when suddenly a loud bang came from the walls and woke her up. She looked around with a drowsy and confused face. She got up since she had to use the bathroom. When she was finished and in the hallway on her way back to her room she heard an even louder thump come from the other end of the hallway.
"What was that? Wait..That's Naruto's room!" She thought to herself before she took off towards the room. She stopped in front of the door and grabbed the handle and pulled but the door wouldn't budge. She tried her hardest in a few failed attempts to open the door as it still wouldn't move. She could feel a strong draft of wind flow from underneath the door. She gave it everything she had and infused her muscles with some chakra and managed to barely open the door. She couldn't move it anymore but she looked through the small crack she opened to see Naruto standing in the center of the room.
His eyes were still closed and his breathing was shallow. He was surrounded by a large aura of red chakra and she could hear the quiet howls of a fox. The howls were too deep to be Shadow's. She gasped at the child which alerted whatever was surrounding him. After she gasped the howling stopped and an immense pressure shot against the door blowing it open. Shadow came scurrying out of the door frame and out into the hallway where he disappeared.
She now stood standing in the door frame staring at the boy who had started to hover in the center of the room. His eyes slowly opened to meet hers. There were completely red and had an animal-like appearance. He started to smile and tears started to run down his cheeks.
"I promised...I promised..." He started to repeat in a quite a demonic tone before finally his body gave out and he fell to the ground. The aura surrounding him dispersed and his eyes twitched before reverting back to the normal blue. Shinoko quickly ran to the child and cradled him. "The Kyuubi" She whispered before laying him in her lap.
She was scared out of her mind but knew it was over and held the boy for the rest of the night.
The next morning he opened his eyes to see Shinoko asleep leaning over him. He was in her lap and she had passed out above him. "Shinoko? What are you doing in my ro...Are those tears?" He thought to himself before softly squirming his way free from her tight grasp.
He stood next to the woman with sadness in his eyes. He had already noticed the immense hole in the side of the room and the door that was bent inwards. "I'm sorry Shinoko." he whispered as he gently laid her sleeping body on her side and covered her up.
"My first night here and I'm already causing trouble." He said to himself before leaving the room to find Shini or Tomoko.
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"Hurry up kid! I've got something to show you when you finish." Shini said from across the bar to Naruto who was finishing off his pancake(BTW If you don't like pancakes we can't be friends. They are amazing).
Once Naruto finished his meal, he rubbed his belly as he, Shadow, and Shini entered the back yard training field. It was a large square area with a dirt floor. It was carved into the mountain so it was completely private from the outside would and had wards and seals that prevented any form of chakra to leave or enter the field unless accompanied by on of the Shinitoris.
When they made their way to the center of the field Naruto broke and finally asked, "So what is it Shini? Is it those three Jutsu I was promised?".
Shini laughed to himself a little before answering. "Yeah, I'm going to teach a few to you today but what I really want to do is give you something I made myself," Shini said the last part as he drew a decently sized sword from it sheathe on his back.
He bounced it in his hand a few times before swinging it and grabbing the blade, he held out the handle for Naruto to grab. "Here I made this while you were gone in the mountains," Shini said proudly as the blonde grabbed the handle. Once Shini let go of the blade Naruto felt it's full weight. His arm bobbed a little before he raised them back up, he smiled at the beautiful blade.
"It's nice and heavy and is really awesome looking Shini. Thank you!" Naruto said to the man who slightly blushed and scratched at his cheek.
"You think so eh!" He laughed. The blade was a gorgeous chrome and had two lines running through the center on each side that were a dull black. The hilt was special as it was a pure white leather with silver and black trimmings. The pummel was a Uzumaki family crest. "Give it a swing why don't you?" Shini added.
Naruto nodded as he grasped the one-handed hilt tighter with his right hand before slashing at the air. His body was still a child's and moved with the blade but he still stood firm when swinging. Shini nodded with a smile before stopping the child, she took the sheath from his back and fastened it to the kids. Naruto struggled a little but managed to place the sword in the container.
"Now you said you were promised three Jutsu from Tomoko, so let's go ahead and give them to you since it been a week since then," Shini smiled as he pulled a small scroll from his back pocket and channeled some chakra into it. After a second the smoke wafted away revealing three scrolls in his hands. "Here these are the three. But first, let's check your affinities." He said before giving the boy a small gray charm he had in his left hand.
Naruto was super excited to learn his affinity and grabbed the paper. He channeled in excitement as the charm revealed he had a wind, fire, and water affinity. His eyes gleamed at the paper as it became moist, and burned. "Are those good Shini?" He asked the man with a smile.
"Oh yeah, you have the perfect affinities to be a great ninja!" Shini said while throwing up a thumbs up.
"Here let me give you the scrolls." He added while handing them to the boy. "Now I've given you a good set of starting Jutsu. They are a fire style sword Jutsu, a water style defensive, and finally an earth style attack." Shini quoted before he taught Naruto all the hand signs since he was told that he didn't know anything other than the boar, snake, and rat.
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"Okay kid, that's enough Jutsu training. Now let's work on your sword skills and some muscle exercises." Shini yelled from the small little training camp he set up as Naruto practiced his Jutsu.
Naruto panted as he walked over. "Jeez Shini, I didn't think using this much chakra could be this tiring. He said while drawing his sword.
"Oh yeah, chakra exhaustion is quite tiresome but its fine that's why we use weapons not just Jutsu," Shini said while drawing his own sword. "Now I want you to come at me in full force so I know what your skills stand at." Shini said while walking out into the dirt field.
Naruto hesitated but thought that he would be fine since Shini would actually hurt him. Naruto dashed towards the man and when in range he slashed horizontally but was caught by Shini's long mate black sword. Naruto quickly went to attack again but was smashed in the hand by Shini's pummel before his sword was sent flying to the right.
"AARRGGHHH" Naruto screamed as he fell to his knees grabbing his right hand.
"Get up! Grab the sword, NOW! The enemy will not wait for you to get off the ground and stop crying!" He roared at the child in a fearsome voice.
Naruto's eyes went blank before he dashed insanely fast under Shini's sword and shoved his palm into the man's jaw before he slammed his elbow into his chest knocking him down on his back. Naruto then ran to his sword which he picked up and charged at Shini who barely made it up in time. "Naruto calm down!" Shini roared as he made a mighty sweep of his sword and sent the boy off his feet from blocking it.
Naruto fell back to normal as he landed on the ground and lost his composer. "W-What the hell? That's the second time this week." He complained while he panted.
Shini stared at the boy with an intense stare before his fingertips began to glow. He walked up to the boy and forcefully stabbed his hand into the boy's gut. The seal on Naruto's stomach became visible and Naruto coughed up some blood as a light began to shine from the seal. Naruto fell to the ground as the light formed into a tall blonde man wearing a white and red jacket and blue pants.
Ma-ma-master Minato..." Shini gasped as Naruto stood.
"Shini why," Naruto said before he was cut off by Shini who grabbed the boy's head and turned it towards Minato.
"T-the fourth Hokage" Naruto gasped before he bowed instantly.
"Stand Naruto. There is no need to pay respects to a dead man." Minato said with a smile as he laid a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Shini you've grown a lot in these past five years. How's Shinoko? She still hasn't burned the place down it seems." he joked at the man.
Shini laughed with the man before they turned their attention to Naruto.
"Sir, I was fighting Naruto in a friendly duel when his eyes went blank. He began to move much quicker and with more coordination and his fighting style..." Shini said before Minato cut him off.
"yes, Shini it was me. When I sealed the nine tails away I wanted to leave a piece of myself so that he would be protected at all times. It's my way of protecting my son even though I'm not here." He said to Shini.
Naruto frowned in as his brain went to work. "Wait… You said son does that mea.." Naruto yelled as the two men whispered to themselves.
Minato's eyes welled up as he looked at the child. "Yes Naruto, I am your father your mother was a beautiful woman named Kushina Uzumaki but she was too far gone for me to… either way, I have been watching over you, your entire life and I'm dreadfully sorry that I had to seal the Nine-tailed Kyuubi inside of you. I'm sorry that the vill..." He said before Naruto jumped forward and buried his face in the man's chest.
Minato stood with an astonished look on his face before it turned into a smile and he knelt down to hug his son. "Naruto I'm sorry but I must go soon. The seal has released me but that doesn't mean me and Kushina aren't always watching you. Make us proud son..." Minato whispered as he slowly faded into nothingness.
Naruto sat there with tears running down his face, his lip quivering. "I will dad. I promise for real this time." He whispered into the air. Shini looked at the kid and smiled.
"I knew you looked familiar." he laughed to himself. "Come on the kid the enemy won't stand around for you to stop crying!" Shini yelled while he threw Naruto's his sword.
Naruto caught the blade by the handle and made a confident face. The two started their long spar once more.
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An hour later Naruto and Shini stopped sparing as Shinoko came outside letting the boys know that lunch was ready. "Finally!" Naruto yelled with his stomach in agreement. Naruto ran to the house as Shini stood and watched the ball of excitement. "You don't ever get tired do you kid?" He laughed aloud.
As Naruto entered the building Shadow jumped into his chest knocking him back. Naruto patted the fox as he licked the boy's face. "Let's get something to eat Shadow!" Naruto told the fox as they both started to run down the hallway and into the kitchen.
'Hey, Shinoko! What's for lunch?" The kid asked happily as he sat down in one for the chairs surrounding the bar.
"Well I figured I'd make your favorite, so we are having some ramen today." She replied while placing a delicious bowl of steaming noodles down in front of him. The child cheered as he stabbed his chopsticks into the steaming pile of noodles.
"Aw, this is great! Awesome job Shinoko. Here you want some Shadow?" Naruto said with a massive smile as he let Shadow eat some noodles from his chopstick. The fox purred slightly as it ate. Naruto let out a laugh as he finished his noodles. Shinoko watched with a large smile as the boy enjoyed himself.
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"Come now you can do more than that, can't you?" Shini said to the kid who was face down in the dirt.
"Look if you stop after only a hundred how do you expect to overpower the enemy?" Shini said. Naruto placed his arms back into the push-up position and struggled as he lifted himself.
"101...102...103." He went as he slowly did his push-ups. Naruto was about to hit one hundred twenty-five when his arms couldn't take the burning sensation and he fell face first back into the dirt.
"Whatever, I'll let you slack now since it's your first day of training but don't get me wrong this won't happen often," Shini called out to the child buried in the soil. Naruto made a muffled sound before his face rose from the ground. He was doing more push ups.
"Determination? I admire it but you should stop kid you've already pushed your limits." Shini said to Naruto but was given the cold shoulder as Naruto pushed through the pain in his body. "Kid listen you've already done a few hundred pull ups, sit ups, I even made you run fifteenth miles. You need to calm down. What's left today can be made up tomorrow." Shini pleaded to the child before Naruto passed out and fell to the ground again.
Shini shook his head. "I told him he was trying too hard." He thought to himself as he launched the blonde onto his shoulder with one arm and grabbed the kid's sword with the other hand.
Shini entered the building and was instantly met with Shinoko screaming. "Naruto!" She screamed while punching her brother in the stomach. "You pushed him too far Shini!" She growled while taking the kid from him. She placed him on her back like a piggy back before storming off towards the study.
"He was the one who kept going! I tried to stop him." Shini yelled at her but waved her off since he knew she wasn't going to listen.
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Naruto made a few quiet grunts as he opened his eyes. When he finally realized his situation he found himself in his study. Shadow was curled up next to him and his head was sitting comfortably in Shinoko's lap. He leaned up and turned to her asleep, she had had her hand on his shoulder and the other on Shadow. "Crap, I probably made her worry." Naruto thought to himself. "Way to go champ!" He added before he lightly shook her awake.
"Wha-w? Oh, Naruto you're awake. How do you feel? You pushed yourself too hard today you know." She immediately blurted out causing Naruto to laugh aloud.
"I'm sorry I worried you. I got carried away when I thought about the promise I made. I made a promise and I want to accomplish it as soon as possible." He said with an arm behind his head. Shinoko eye twitched as her face entered a distressed look. "What! You just passed out from a stupid thing like that!" She growled as she clobbered him in the head. She got up waking Shadow in the process. She stood in the door way when she looked at the child. "I swear kids are so careless. Don't do it again or I'll give you a bruise to brag about." She threated before she disappeared into the dark hallway.
"Jeez! Guess she really is crazy?" He said towards Shadow who merely nodded before the two went to sleep.
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That morning at dawn Naruto was shook awake by Shini. "Come on kid we're burning daylight." Shini said to him as his eyes opened.
After a slow trip to the bathroom where Naruto did his routine half asleep he and Shini went to grab some early breakfast Shinoko made just for them.
"Okay let's start off with some Jutsu training. Show me what you learned yesterday." Shini said while facing the blonde in the back training field.
Naruto flashed through his hand signs before he melted into water, then formed his normal appearance. He went through all of the Jutsu he had gotten the day before until Shini said it was enough. They then did a few sword training spars then spent the rest of the day doing insane exercises like pull ups in a waterfall up the mountain, push ups with Shini sitting on his back polishing his sword. One particular exercise destroyed Naruto, it was a chakra training exercise where Shini placed a seal on his back that restricted the flow of chakra to the point it wasn't even noticeable. With the seal, he was forced to channel his chakra and perform a Jutsu that was designed to strengthen and build up all six affinities.
They continued day after day for the next month before Naruto was freed from his restraint. By then he was given another six Jutsu that completed his early cache of useful abilities. Naruto was now doing exercises a grown man could never dream of doing such as lifting a small iron weight onto his back and climbing the entire mountain on both sides every day. He also was forced to wear fifteen-pound weights on his ankles and wrist at all times.
Naruto also became very mature since his only company was full grown adults. He formed a father like a figure with Shini and a mother like relationship with Shinoko over the month he stayed there. They filled the void as things happened such as nightmares and things that a father and father should teach and do with their son. Shinoko also became Naruto's legal guardian when they went to the village for food and resources.
(I'm explaining it like this because I tried multiple times to write it in a way that would make sense but my inability to write my thoughts as I think them to words is kinda SH*T! Sorry but at least you won't have to read an annoying five paragraph story arch that shows how bad I am XD.).
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Naruto woke naturally at the crack of dawn, he and Shadow made their way down to the kitchen where Shinoko and Shini sat with smiles drawn on their faces. "What's with you two?" he asked the siblings. Only for them to laugh before Screaming 'Happy Birth Day' with everyone else in the house jumping out of the hiding spots.
Naruto hadn't celebrated his birthday with actual friends let alone at all so he just stood there with a stupefied expression. "Come on Naruto! Losen up kid you've earned it." Shini said while he placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. Everyone else started congratulating him personally before walking into the living room where they sat waiting. Shinoko and her brother along with Tomoko took out a large box from the pantry and placed it on the counter in front of Naruto.
"I hope you like it Naruto!" Shinoko said with a smile. Naruto looked at the beautifully wrapped box. It was wrapped in orange paper with streaks of red that had gold spots painted onto them, the ribbon was a large blue spiral of cloth. "We made it look like your outfit since it reminded us of you." She added before placing her hand on the free shoulder Naruto had.
As the blonde opened the box his eyes watered up but he held the tears back as he pulled from the box a large black jacket that came with long pants to match. Underneath the clothes was a mate black mask with eye holes drilled through it. It was beautifully crafted from the wood of an old oak tree. It had various details burned into the wood, the detail was awe inspiring. All that was left inside the box was a superior blade crafting and maintenance kit.
"I made the clothes myself," Shinoko commented.
"I made the mask from the tree you left your den next to in the mountains. It took a full day to find it but it was completely worth it for you kid." Tomoko added before Shini shook his shoulder.
"I wanted to give you something with a little more memory involved so I gave you my first sword kit. I got that kit from my father who in turn got it from his. Hope you like it, kid!" Shini joked as everyone laughed except Naruto.
Naruto sat there holding his new clothes before he couldn't hold it back. He started to cry and Shinoko did her best to calm him but he was too emotional. "Thank you guys so much." he managed to mumble from Shinoko's chest to the group.
"Stop crying, you runt. Aren't you five now right? Act it!" Kurama growled from his stomach. "I congratulate you on surviving this long, but you need to man up if you plan on becoming the strongest ninja ever to become Hokage." It added stopping the child's crying.
That night Naruto and his friends partied like none other. They ate an ungodly amount of cake after eating every one of Naruto's favorite foods, before playing way too many party games. For once Naruto was happy to have his birthday. Back in the village all the kids would gang up and beat him on his birthday. His birthday was close to the day of the nine tails attack and he contained the beast so the parent's malice intent rubbed off on the kids. Since he was seen as a monster no one cared or even believed him when he told people.
Later in the night Naruto was sitting in the bathroom with his new clothes on and his new mask. He looked at himself in the mirror in awe at how awesome he looked. The black jacket was open revealing a light gray shirt. His pants were perfect in length and showed the new sandals one of the other family members gave him. He remembered Shinoko saying that she had made an entire wardrobe of the clothes and he would get them at the end of the week. He also remembered Tomoko who said his room would be finished by the week's end.
Naruto noticed Shadow who was growing at an astonishing rate. He was half the size of the four-foot child. Shadow's tail was massive and it was more than enough to encompass the fur ball.
Naruto sat in his bed with Shadow asleep next to him with a smile on his face while playing the night over and over in his head. He did so until finally the darkness consumed him and he fell into sleep.
AN: Okay so long chapter I know. I plan on having a major time skip so if the next chapter seems a little strange at the beginning just go with it. If you do have trouble it should start making since early in the chapter so don't worry. Now like I said earlier I couldn't get the part about Shinoko and Shini as his kinda makeshift parents quite right so forgive me. I really tried for about two days, but other than that I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it.