Disclaimer: I Don't own Naruto, Kishimoto owns the manga and Hinata owns the character and then Boruto and Himawari have rights after her.
If I Could Do It Over
Chapter 4: A Complicated Discussion
Authors Note: Ok I got mixed reviews last chapter with the river analog basically time travel is not supposed to happen, it's possible, but there are consequences basically to fix what happened the universe reset itself since the past leading to Naruto's future changed and now the future will change to match with the new past that Naruto is making. Time travel is too complicated for humans anyway. I wanted to make it so if the past changes so does the future, but there's only one-time stream and no separate dimensions. Time will try and correct and return to its's natural course, but if it can't it will adapt to a new future as it accepts the changes Naruto makes.
Naruto woke up back in the real world, almost no time was lost looking at the bewildered Iruka, he retracted his claws looking embarrassedly at his old Sensei, he clumsily rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry about that Iruka-Sensei a lot sort of happened, please forgive me, I'll treat you to Ramen." Naruto pleaded as he put his hands in front and begged for forgiveness.
Iruka looked confused at the sudden change in the person that he doesn't know whether to call his student or not, he decided to ask one thing before he did anything else "Name the entire Ichiraku menu?" Iruka asked.
Ten minutes later Naruto finished reciting the menu of, in his words the greatest Ramen stand on earth from heart and gave detailed reviews of each dish of the so called food of the gods. Which only Naruto Uzumaki could do.
Iruka still had his doubts, but if there was one thing and only one thing he could trust from Naruto it was Ramen.
"Naruto what the hell is going on?" Iruka shouted, he came to pick his student up, who was late once again for the academy. Only to get slammed in the nuts and into a wall, be threatened to get neutered and find out his favourite student knows about the fox.
"Well, it's complicated." Naruto dodged, not knowing where to start and whether his old Sensei will believe him.
"How complicated?" Iruka asked.
"Complicated enough that I may have to give up Ramen if you don't believe me." Naruto flat, toned at the depressing thought of losing his favourite food, but if he had to sacrifice it for his family then so be it.
Iruka gave a look of shock, knowing anything serious enough to make Naruto willingly give up Ramen was way over their heads and would require a god to make sense of. Hopefully someone called the God of Shinobi and professor will do.
"Ok, let's take it to the Hokage and hope the world doesn't end when you're forced to give up Ramen for whatever craziness you got yourself into this time." Iruka saw Naruto flinch and his eyes almost went hollow as he said those words and he knew that there was something much more serious than just losing Ramen at stake for his student.
"Ok, let's-AHHHHH!" Naruto tripped and landed on his face, Iruka sweat dropped that the boy that just a few minutes ago was literally the scariest thing he's ever seen could barely even walk now.
"Emm... can I get some help please, I'm not exactly 100% now." Naruto asked and Iruka lifted the boy up and left for the Hokage tower still in his pyjamas.
As Iruka jumped across the rooftops of the village with Naruto on his back, he caught sight of many Anbu and Ninja panicking about, most likely because of the massive Chakra wave his charged released earlier.
When they made it to the tower it was chaos Iruka rushed right to the Hokage's office, ignoring protests and just barged into the room, he paused as he saw the elders of Konoha council giving him the glare.
To the grudgingly elders, respect Iruka didn't back down, but before he could say anything a blue blur shot passed them and into the Hokage.
Turning at whatever they saw move at such speeds they were surprised to see the Kyuubi child hugging the third Hokage like a lifeline "Jiisan" Naruto sodded in to the old man's Hokage robes.
Hiruzen was baffled despite being so close to the young Jinchuuriki and having him call him Grandfather, he never once seen the young boy cry so openly.
The elders glared at the boy and Hiruzen tried to calm the crying boy down as he dismissed the elders "That is all for now, I have some other matters to attend to."
"But Hokage-Sama, the massive amounts of Chakra we sensed early can't be ignored as a matter of fact that thing." Koharu Utatane started, but stopped as killer intent sky rocketed.
"Say another word and you will be reminded that not even you are exempt from the law." The third Hokage threatened.
All the elders bowed and left the room, glaring at Iruka as the passed him and then slammed the door to the office closed.
"Now Naruto-Kun, what's wrong and what happened." The third asked the crying boy in his lap with a grandfatherly voice.
"Sorry Jiisan I'm just really happy to see you, it's been way too long." Naruto smiled as he wiped his tears.
"Ho ho Its only been a day since we last ate Ramen together my boy." The Third laughed.
"For you maybe, but it's been a lot longer for me, I'll explain everything, but first get rid of the six Anbu in the room, I need to speak with you in private." Naruto told the third much to his surprise.
He wasn't very surprised that Naruto noticed the Anbu they've been watching him his entire life and he's had to run away from them enough times to know where they are. "I swear how this boy can't pass the academy graduation test is beyond me, his picked up the skills of most veteran Anbu members, when it comes to infiltration, escaping, trap making and sensing, all without official training, if I gave him the Jonin or even the ANBU test he could probably pass with flying colours just with those skills alone." The Third contemplated, knowing if it wasn't the damn council Naruto could probably be the villages leading assassination and infiltration expert by now. "Well, it's not a completely bad thing Kushina would have my head in the next life if she found out I made Naruto a murder without giving him a proper chance at a childhood first." The Hokage shivered memories of the Red Hot Habanero still give him the willies to this day.
But enough musing he needs to get to the matter at hand "There are only five Anbu in the room Naruto-Kun." The old man told, only to be proven wrong by a boy not even a quarter his age.
"No theirs a sixth one hiding in the shadow in the corner over there." Naruto pointed to the upper left corner and a Kunai shot out of the shadow.
Within seconds the five other Anbu took down the interloper and the third caught the Kunai without effort and was surprised when Naruto didn't even flinch when the Kunai was inches from his face and was aimed at him. Looking carefully at the blue orbs that used to always shine with innocents and hope, but now were darkened with a look of a man who seen just what the Shinobi world is and had witnessed first-hand the horrors it can produce. He knew this wasn't the boy he knew.
The third looked at the extra Anbu and immediately knew who he belonged to "ROOT!" he growled before he barked his orders "Take him to interrogation and make sure they bleed him dry of every last thing he knows." With that order the Anbu left the room.
Iruka was surprised by what just happened before the third commented "Ok Naruto-Kun what is it you want and…" His question was cut off as Naruto made a hand sign and chakra entered the air and a privacy seal was set over the room, both Iruka and Hiruzen were impressed at the quick application of such an advance seal, with only one sign.
"Naruto-Kun what." The third was cut off again as a high pitched whistle sounded throughout the room temporarily hurting both the two men's ears.
As Chakra in the air vibrated, there was a small pop and smoke could be seen and smelled from several areas in the offices.
Iruka and the third Looked at Naruto questioningly "Sorry, listening devices and seals, the Jutsu I used just now destroyed them using sound waves generated by vibrating chakra, it will also cause the person listening, to go deaf in the ear they were listening with for a few days, so you can identify who was spying." Naruto explained much to the dumbstruck pair and then he added "I'll teach it you it's a useful Jutsu and great security measure for a Kage."
"Ok, who are you and what have you done with Naruto-Kun?" The third asked giving the boy in front of him cold threatening eyes and killer intent, much to his respect and surprise the person in front of him didn't even flinch, something that not even most veterans can achieve.
"Well, I am Naruto" the blond boy said with a foxy grin and teasing voice and right when the two men were to lose their temper, he finished "I'm just from 20 years in the future, Nanadaime Hokage Naruto Uzumaki at your service." The prankster jumped on the desk and bowed.
Both the Academy Sensei and Hokage stared dumbfounded at the boy in Pyjamas as he bowed, he just told them he was the future Hokage and Naruto Uzumaki from 20 years in the future and with a straight face.
The Third was the first to recover "You honestly expect me to believe you're from the future?" the Third questioned the sanity of the person in front of him.
Naruto just nodded and responded with a straight face "No, not at all as a future Hokage I know you can't just accept everything at face value, but I am more than willing to reveal information that only you, a Hokage or a person from the future can know, but they are all SS Class secrets." Naruto told the man as he gestured to Iruka with his head.
The Third knew what he meant and that he wouldn't reveal what he knew in less it was ok for Iruka to know "Ok, you may speak." The third said as he pulled out his pipe and lit it 'After all, what can a crazy person possible know.' He thought as he took a puff of his pipe, blowing out some smoke.
"Alright then, I guess I should start off, I am Naruto Uzumaki, son of Kushina and Minato Namikaze, I was named after the character of my godfather Jiraiya's first and only good book The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi Naruto." Naruto was enjoying the dazed expressions they made as their jaws drop, he was still a prankster at heart after all.
"I am the third Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi no Yoko Kurama, who I inherited from my mother who was the second Jinchuuriki, who inherited the duty from her predecessor and first Jinchuuriki the wife of the Shodai Hokage Mito Uzumaki Senju." Iruka seemed taken back, at the information of their having been Jinchuuriki before. Looking confused that Naruto was also related to the two, which was going to be explained next.
"The reason only Uzumaki are chosen as the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki is because the special chakra and vitality our bloodline gives us lets us suppress his chakra and survive having him sealed inside of us, where anyone else would die." Naruto explained and he grinned at the stunned looks the two adults were giving him.
Finishing with a proud smirk, this reminded him of the time when the few council members who refused to accept him after he literally saved the world found out who is parents were.
The Third wanted to believe what he just said and that he was Naruto from the future, but sadly anyone could figure out Naruto's identity and where his name came from if they asked the right people and questions, especially if they had a traitor in their midst.
"That's not enough, I'm afraid…"
The Third started before Naruto cut him off "Because anyone could find that out with enough research and if they asked the right people." Naruto predicated exactly what he just thought and was going to say. "I started off with that because it would get you to open up to me and listen more, as well as reveal that I know who my parents are." Naruto told him in a cheerful tone, Iruka was in shell shock by what was just revealed to him and the third didn't deny that Naruto was the fourths son and just sat back and listened.
"Though I would like to ask a question when were you going to tell me who they were." Naruto glared at the Third, he only found out who they were when he literally met his father and mother.
The third shouldn't have answered and played the boys game, but he already knew so much so it wouldn't hurt "I planned to tell him when he made Chunin and could handle the truth the same with the fox." The third said.
"And did it ever occur to you that me or you might die, or that I won't even become a ninja since the council were sabotaging me and removed the ARC Course (Abnormal Reserves of Chakra Course) from the Academy curriculum." Naruto told him anger lacing his voice.
"Causing students like me who have too much Chakra to fail, because we are unable to perform low level E Rank Jutsu that are designed for students with low chakra reserves so they can expend both their reserves and chakra control!" Naruto snapped, when he became Hokage he found out they conveniently discontinued the practise right when he joined the academy.
"Chakra Control and Reserves Ratio Theory is one of the first things we are taught, the amount of control a person has over their chakra is directly affected by their reserves, because it's easier to control smaller amounts of Chakra when you have low chakra to begin with. The academy Jutsu and curriculum were designed to teach students with the minimal and average chakra reserves, while steadily building their reserves and control up so they can perform the more advance Jutsu." Naruto pointed an accusing finger, finally releasing some of the anger he held for the third not doing his job properly when he was in office and how much it affected him as he grew up.
"The ARC Course was put in place by the Shodai Hokage for students who have too much chakra to perform the low level Jutsu and control exercises. And are required to be taught high level control exercises like Tree climbing and water walking, before they can be taught at the same level as those with normal reserves. All students were supposed to have their chakra measured when they first enter the academy to see if they qualified for the course!" Naruto shouted in outrage and was out breath, breathing heavily from doing so, but he was far from finished venting.
"Those bastards also took away the right to substitute the clone Jutsu with any of its varieties with the excuse that it requires fine Tune Chakra Control to do a normal clone, when it's impossible for me to separate and control that tiny drop of chakra when I have a planet sized amount. I mean I would have never been able to pass the exam the normal way. The worse part of all was that the academy teachers willingly let me take the exam when I wasn't ready so that I would fail and be kicked from the program for failing it three times the maximum number of times someone is allowed to take the stupid test!" Naruto spat with venom, it wasn't until after he became Hokage and looked into changing the academy curriculum with his Hime's help that he found so many things that were wrong with the system. Hinata explained and helped him overhaul the whole thing so the mistakes of the past won't repeat.
Naruto was breathing heavily now as he finished, he didn't realise he had so much anger and hate left inside after he found that out. It wasn't only him, but thousands of academy students were forced to be dropped from the program because of it, when they could have become some Konoha's best shinobi.
Seeing the man who was partially responsible for it, even if he loved the man to bits as his grandfather all those emotions and hate he never got a chance to direct to anyone were all released like a dam.
Naruto was sweating and breathing heavily from his tantrum and the Third and Iruka were shocked at what he just said. 'It all makes sense now, damn council when I get my hands on them, they will!' The third growled and he promised to look through every single person and speak with all the people who are having trouble, or were dropped from the program personally.
Iruka was having a much different reaction "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING!" Iruka shouted at the third, his shock from the previous conversation gone and rage taking its place.
Naruto and Hiruzen were taken back by the usual subdued academy teachers use of language. "You're the bloody Hokage and you let the academy and council do this." Iruka was outraged by what was done, Naruto was his favourite student and he always wanted to help him, but was forbidden from doing as much as he wanted due to not being allowed to show favouritism.
But most of all he hated himself, listening to everything Naruto said he felt so ashamed he knew the theory better than anyone and taught Naruto for years, yet never saw the obvious reason to why he was having trouble.
Iruka fall to the floor in tears and apologised to Naruto "I'm sorry Naruto… I should have seen it… I taught the subjects you spoke about and yet I never put two and two together of why you had so much trouble… I should of help more… you were held back because I was a bad teacher, because the academy held you back… I'm so sorry."
Iruka cried and Naruto fault his heart warm at the words, Iruka did the same thing in his timeline and was a big supporter in the changing of the academy system and became the principal after having become a Jonin and learned Shadow clone so he could give time to every student that needed it.
Naruto let a few tears slip before he gave the same reply he gave his first Sensei in his future. "Iruka-Sensei you don't need to apologise, you were the only teacher that cared about me and helped me out in the first place. You have nothing to apologise for and it was thanks to you I managed to become a ninja and eventually Hokage in the first place. All these years you've been like the father I've never had, you taught me not just how to be a ninja, but a better person and a man. I could never thank you enough for all you've done and I will always be grateful to you, to me, you will always be my Sensei who's always given it his all for his students. I know without a doubt that you will help me change the academy and be the best Sensei there is, like I already know you to be." Naruto said with the wisdom of a Hokage and both Sensei and student looked in each other's eyes and if it wasn't for the thirds interruption they would have had a Guy and Lee moment.
"Sorry to interrupt the moment and you have my thanks for bringing everything you said to my attention, but please understand I can't just take your word for it and believe you're from the future." Hiruzen begrudgingly told the two, true he wanted to believe in them and give this Naruto his trust and cooperation, it was if he was seeing the Hokage that the boy he saw as a grandson would become. He wished it was truly Naruto, knowing that both Minato and Kushina would be proud of him, but he has the village to protect and as Hokage he needs to make the hard choices. He made too many mistakes, relying on Danzo to get his hands dirty instead of him too much, he needs to start making the decisions a Hokage should.
Regardless what the outcome of the meeting is and whether the boy in front of him was who he said he is or not as long Naruto was safe, he would make sure the person in front of him was safe, because he made Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Professor and God Shinobi realise, that he still had a lot to learn before he could be the Hokage Konohagakure no Sato needed him to be.
He looked at the boy in front of him with the respect, that he has only given to a few people, who did their best for the village, Itachi and Shisui Uchiha were on that list.
Authors Note: This chapter I wanted to show that Naruto was held back, it seemed to me that when his Sensei's trained him properly and carefully explain things to him, he was a good student always completing tasks in record time with or without Shadow Clones.
So I decided to place blame on the teaching methods and his Sensei who sabotaged him during the academy.
I also showed a bit of Hokage Naruto and that he's become much more responsible and takes his job seriously. This wasn't supposed to be a talk between a boy and old man, but a talk between two Kage who develop mutual respect for one another by doing so. Also the jutsu Naruto used is actual very simple it just releases chakra plus like you would to release genjutsu, but the chakra vibrates slightly making a high pitch sound that affects listing devices.
The ARC Course (Abnormal Reserves of Chakra Course) is something I came up with, since Naruto's control has always been terrible and in other fics I seen that most people think it was because of his Chakra reserves and I agree with that opinion. So I created the Chakra Control and Reserves Ratio Theory, which explains how and why the amount of chakra one has affects their control.
I plan to explain how Chakra is measured to at some point, any questions please PM me.
Details for both are shown below.
ARC Course (Abnormal Reserves of Chakra Course)
Is a course instated by the First Hokage, for students who have Chakra reserves beyond that of the minimal and average amount of the majority students taught at the academy.
This was done mostly for students born from civilian family's, students that come from Shinobi clans are known to have larger reserves then those that don't. They however received help and special training designed to work with their reserves, that their clans has developed over the years.
However, every so often a civilian can be born with an Abnormal Level of Chakra and is unable to perform the training the academy curriculum provides to the best of their ability.
The First Hokage and his brother who would later become the second Hokage with their sensory ability's noticed, during the first batch of Graduates from the academy's first year, a lot of students with High Chakra reserves failed.
Seeing this the First and Second Hokage's gave these students a modified version of their clan's training, which was designed to work with the Senju's higher than normal Chakra reserves.
After a few months of the training all the students that failed passed, when they were deemed unfit to be ninja by normal academy standards.
In order to avoid holding back potential ninja due to lack of proper training, the first two Hokage's, constructed the ARC course for students that have above a certain amount of Chakra.
And then teach them Chakra Control excises that they can work and let them increase their control to the same level of those with low chakra reserves.
Both the first and second Hokage added a law to the village charter.
Paragraph 10. Section B
Shinobi Training Laws and Regulations
"All students by law are required to have their chakra measured upon entering of the academy, and if their chakra levels qualify them. They shell receive training in the Abnormal Reserves of Chakra Course. This right is to be provided to all citizens of Konohagakure by village law and this decree can't be overruled or removed without the consent of all members of the council, Hokage and Fire Daimyo."
"Signed by the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, The Fire Daimyo of the Land of Fire and Council Konohagakure"
Chakra Control and Reserves Ratio Theory
Is one of the first and most basic things taught at the academy. The theory states that the amount of control a person has over their Chakra has a direct correlation to the level of their chakra reserves.
This is because Chakra Control requires one to manipulate a precise amount of chakra depending on what they are trying to achieve.
The amount of Chakra used can have a vary of effects on the task one preforms.
An example of this is tree climbing, too much Chakra will cause one to destroy the tree they are on and send the user flying, to little however and one is unable to grip the tree with their chakra and fall off.
It is easier for one to measure and learn the right amount of Chakra to use when someone's reserves are smaller, then they would if they were larger.
This is because it is easier to achieve the precise amount of Chakra one needs for an exercise, when their base Chakra levels are closer to the target amount necessary.
The academy is designed to work with this, by teaching students to control low level amounts of chakra and build up their reserves and control over time. By doing exercises that require them to control and use more chakra each time.
And because of this it is more effective for people with large chakra to do the opposite and work down from exercises that teach and require them to control large amounts of chakra first before they start learning how to control smaller amounts.
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