Naruto sighed from his position on the edge of the window as he rubbed his forehead in an attempt to ease his headache. The birthday party was finally gaining momentum after what seemed like an eternity.
He watched the gathering guests below from his Father's office. He turned his head slightly to the side to take a look at the unconscious form of Jiraiya who was currently laying on a sofa in the back of the room then swiftly hopped off the edge of the window and hurriedly walked to the door.
The small blonde was able to tie up the loose ends from the mess he made last week, right now all he had to worry about was not getting caught sitting around the unconscious man in his father's office, so with that in mind he walked out of the room without looking back. a few minutes ago he eaves dropped on a conversation between the sage and his father with the help of Ada.
The man had come to speak to his father about a few interesting topics, the first being that butcher guy as the villagers would start calling him and how much trouble he was causing around. the other topic was a bit more concerning which was about a new group forming called the Akatsuki, which now have started posing a threat to all containers of tailed beasts around the elemental nations.
Other than that he had to suck it up and listen to his father speak about prioritizing his sister over him, though he understood why given the current circumstances yet it still hurt to know that he was placed in the background without second thought, he quickly entered the room at that point before Jiraiya could bring up the events of last week and convinced his father that he was being called downstairs and that's where he quickly cleared up his loose ends.
'Guess all I have to do now is give Shiro her present…. Not this again…' Thought Naruto as he over looked the party outside from the window viewing the number of presents bunched up in a corner of the backyard with an annoyed expression.
Naruto eyed the people present at the party, His father was currently sitting between the Uchiha and Hyūga clan heads which were Fugaku Uchiha and Hiashi Hyūga, in the sidelines stood Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke looking neutral as ever, he could have sworn he saw a small scowl on Sasuke's face but he quickly dismissed it, he'd be annoyed too if he was forced to be here.
Then there was his mother who was chatting with the other women at the party including his god mother Tsunade Senju, the only other person he recognized was Mikoto Uchiha and Tsunade's assistant Shizune, the rest were faces he didn't know but he guessed they were also the parents of his other class mates.
Surprisingly Kakashi was here too, He was chatting and drinking through his mask with a group of unknowns, He quickly looked away in disgust after he spotted another man in green spandex drinking upside down with his feet.
His classmates which were mostly clan heirs and one civilian girl were hanging out by themselves either talking or playing, when he looked at how happy his sister looked he couldn't help but smile slightly, deciding to wait until it was time for the presents, he climbed up on a tree and sat there in silence, At one point he couldn't help but start messing with his abilities, he'd later regret that when a random light flashed him nearly knocking him out of the tree.
The party had been going smooth, the adults did the adult stuff, drinking and chatting about life while the kids mostly messed around, it didn't take long before people started handing out their presents to the birthday girl, the numbers were great but she managed to go through all of them in record time.
"Thank you all so much! I'll make sure I put everything to good use!" Cheered Shiro with a smile, inwardly she was a bit disappointed that her brother was nowhere to be seen.
'Alright let's get this over with' Thought Naruto a little bit embarrassed, He jumped down and pushed through the small crowd surrounding his sister until he finally made it, when they made eye contact Shiro's face brightened up.
"Yo shiro!" Said Naruto gaining the attention of Shiro
"Naruto! I'm so glad you're here!" Beamed Shiro as she came closer to her brother.
"I promised you something... last week so…h-here it is!" Said Naruto with a bit of nervousness as he took hold of her two hands and placed a small white box between them.
Shiro gave a toothy grin at the older Namikaze and gladly accepted the gift as she wasted no time opening it up, she took out a green jeweled necklace and inspected it with an astonished look on her face.
Those spectating were impressed by the gift, some even grumbled to themselves while muttering something about rich kids; However the majority found themselves tearing up at the heartwarming scene including their parents.
"Man, I wish I had an older brother that spoiled me like that, I'm still happy for her though!" Wished Ino as she looked at Naruto with a dreamy expression on her face.
"Yeah, that looks expensive, wonder where he got it from?" Wondered Sakura, Eyes glued to the jewel.
"Does it really matter? At least he brought something of value, not a bunch of shampoo Sakura" Chimed in Satsuki sending a nasty glare at the pink haired girl.
"Hey it's essential to take good care of your hair Satsuki-chan! What would you do if it got all dry and damaged?!" Defended Sakura folding her arms over her chest making the Uchiha girl scowl and huff then look away.
"Man, it sure feels tense around those two" spoke Kiba getting a bark and a nod from his puppy Akamaru.
"Girls are just trouble…no offense Hinata…" Muttered Shikamaru getting a slow nod from The Hyūga girl standing next to him while Shino stood in the background observing in silence as Choji's munching did the talking.
"So, do you like it?" Asked Naruto, gently smiling at her excited expression and the wide grin that stretched from ear to ear.
"I love it! Thank you so much Brother! I promise that I'll take good care of it! But you really shouldn't have went through the trouble of getting something so...expensive.." Thanked Shiro hugging her older brother tightly.
"Nothing is too expensive for you, believe it." Spoke Naruto into the girl's ear quietly so that only she could hear which made her cheeks heat up a little bit, she gladly put on the necklace as her eyes twinkled which went unnoticed.
Jiraiya stepped into the large backyard yawning, Apparently the party had already started without him…Well he better make an entrance but first he had to take care of this itch in his ear, He was about to jump in and declare his presence but stopped when he spotted the Two Namikaze siblings locked in a hug, A small grin made it into his face as he made his way towards their parents who happened to be standing next to his old teammate.
"Well if that isn't heartwarming to look at I don't know what is" Said Jiraiya stepping next to Minato who gave him a sheepish smile.
"I'm surprised you showed up, Hot springs closed?" Fired Tsunade Glaring at her old teammate.
"I could say the same to you about being here but if you wanna know I heard they have cake hehe" Fired back Jiraiya then giggled perversely.
"Why you…." Muttered Tsunade under her breath looking ready to punch him into next week only to be stopped by Kushina.
"No fighting especially on my little girl's special day." Warned Kushina before letting go of the ticked off Tsunade.
"And you, you better behave, One mistake and you are out cold pervert!" Said Kushina turning her attention to the toad sage who in turn grinned widely.
"Well I the gallant Jiraiya am not a man of mistakes, behold…" He said moving towards the two Namikaze children who both looked up at the man in confusion; suddenly a large scroll popped out of nowhere and appeared underneath his extended right arm attracting everyone's attention.
"Hey Tomato head," Started Jiraiya getting a tick mark out of Kushina and Tsunade with looks that promised pain
"Hey! Who're you calling a Tomato ya old geezer!" Fired back Shiro as she separated from her brother, gaining a few laughs from the people watching.
"How dare you brat! Behold the almighty master toad sage Jiraiya of mount myoboku!" Introduced Jiraiya striking a pose.
"Are you sure you're supposed to be here old man? The mental asylum is quiet far from here." Spoke Shiro in a nonchalant manner, those who enjoyed watching the sage get belittled by a little girl laughed their asses off while the sage sulked down on his knees with a rain cloud forming over his head, Tsunade and Kushina stood in the background looking smug as ever at the pervert's humiliation.
"Well none of that matters!" Jiraiya quickly dismissed the diss and went straight to business "You may be asking yourself, what is this awesome guy doing in my birthday party of all places?"
"Not really." Shrugged the red head.
"And what is that large cool looking scroll he just popped out out nowhere? well to tell you the truth kid, Not a lot of people get this opportunity to be a part of something ever so wonderful, I came here today to offer you a one in a life time offer to sign the Mighty Toad Summoning Contract!" Finished Jiraiya as he struck a dramatic pose, those hearing his words looked on in awe at the scroll he held confidently.
"Toads are kind of gross I don't know," Replied Shiro scratching the back of her head in uncertainty.
"Good let's get- How dare you little- *crack* …Alright look you might not like toads that much but I'll have you know only the strongest have been able to summon the toads like your father for example, if you sign this contract you might surpass your old man, so whatcha say?"
"Woah! Surpass dad?! Sign me up!" Cheered Shiro doing a complete 180 after hearing the prospect of besting her father earning sweat drops from people around her.
"Well that wasn't hard, was it? here get a little bit of blood off your thumb and sign on this spot here" Said Jiraiya pointing to the empty place on the paper that was reserved for registering summoners, the girl wasted no time and signed her name in a flash.
Between the crowds that currently surrounded him Naruto spotted a shady looking figure move between said crowds, He snuck away without alerting anyone around him and followed the mysterious figure inside.
-Back at the party-
Fugaku Uchiha watched his fellow guests interact in boredom; He was a clan head for crying out loud! He didn't have time to attend some spoiled kid's birthday party but he had no choice on the matter since he was married to a scary woman and he'd be damned if he were to go against her word.
He was somewhat relieved when one of his fellow clansmen and police officer body flickered behind him, From the look of the man's face he deduced that it was something that needed his full attention and so be it, at this point he'll take any excuse that'll allow him to leave this little hellhole.
"Fugaku-sama, you are needed back at the clan compound! it is a matter of utmost urgency sir." Whispered the unnamed man into the clan head's ear.
"What is it that would require my presence?" Inquired Fugaku.
"It's the compound sir, its been breached. No one outside has any knowledge of this but us." Spoke the man cryptically.
"Make sure it stays that way. Now we wouldn't wanna keep our little guest waiting, shall we?" Said Fugaku as he stood up gaining the attention of his two boys.
"What's the matter Father?" Asked Itachi faking ignorance, in reality he overheard everything but ultimately decided to simply stand by for the moment, he'd act later.
"It's nothing worth worrying about, I'll be headed out for a bit to handle some clan related matters" Answered Fugaku as he lied through his teeth.
"Can I come along dad?" Asked Sasuke hoping for a way out of this personal hell he's going through.
"I'm afraid not. you'll be staying here with your elder brother until the party's all well and done, Itachi keep an eye on him as well as your mother, On that note we'll be seeing each other at a later time, for now try to not to cause trouble and that goes double for you Sasuke." and with that Fugaku left with the other Uchiha.
"That's so unfair why does dad always do that? Am I not that good enough for him?" Complained Sasuke in annoyance as he sat back down with a pouting expression.
"Patience Sasuke, I'm sure Father has a very good reason for not taking you along with him." Replied Itachi, secretly making a few hand signs when he knew no one was looking.
"Well it better be a good one because next time I won't let him brush me off that easily" Said Sasuke before he resumed whatever it was he was doing.
'I doubt there will be a next time little brother….' Thought Itachi to himself as he waited for the right opportunity, what was he waiting for? Only time will tell.
-With Naruto-
Alright, all there was between him and whoever was inside his house was a simple door that led to his room, the strange person had decided to go there for some reason, with a bit of courage he opened the door only to find nothing out of the ordinary, He stared at his dark room that was being lit by corridor in suspense but so far there had been nothing but silence.
"That's weird…I guess I'll-" He said to himself out loud then turned around only to be cut off.
"Hey Naruto!"
"AHHHHH!" Yelled the blonde in a high-pitched scream, after being knocked down on his butt, he clutched his chest as he felt his heart beating at the speed of light, when he looked up he was greeted with the sight of a smirking Shisui Uchiha.
"Woah, that was unexpected! You alright there bud?" Asked the Uchiha in a bit of concern as he offered a hand to the boy.
"YOU…Nearly killed me! Don't do that ever again!" Growled the blonde at the older teen in front of him.
"Heh sorry! I just wanted to drop by to see how things are going with you!" He told him after lifting the boy up as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Well next time don't creep up on me like that! Seriously is that how you greet people nowadays?" Asked the blonde.
"My bad honestly! Didn't think you'd be the type to get easily frightened." apologized the teen.
"Hey I'm not easily scared! It's just that i didn't know you were there! Well i did- Forget it! Why are you here anyway?" He asked changing the subject as a blush of embarrassment flashed across his face.
"Oh your words wound me Naruto! Can't i be there for the birthday party of my little cute student's sister? How cruel of you!" He cried sarcastically.
"Hey who you're calling cute?! Crow boy!" Retorted the smaller blonde.
"Crow boy?" Asked Shisui wide eyed as a dark cloud loomed over his face "Wait! you didn't deny yourself being my student! awwh i'm so humbled by the respect you've shown me!" Said Shisui going back to his previous cheerful attitude.
"Well you did teach me well so thanks." Muttered the boy quietly in defeat to which Shisui smiled.
"Yeah I did didn't I? that was probably the best week I've had ever ya know? trying to teach hopeless little you how to ninja!" Shisui spoke, there was a strange gleam in his eyes that Naruto didn't question.
"Thank you for the kind words Sensei." quipped Naruto.
"You're welcome. that's what i'm here for! anyway passive aggression aside I'm here to give you something before i go!" Told the older Uchiha to which the Namikaze furrowed his brows in question.
"Going? Where exactly? Not that i care." Asked the blonde
"Well I'm gonna be leaving on a mission very soon so you might not see this beautiful face for a while" Smiled Shisui sadly.
"I've seen bird poop that looks 10 times better than your mug." Fired the blonde.
"Awhh that hurt me bad Naruto-kun, well anyway I just wanted to drop by and give you early birthday gifts, I already know you've made good progress with the body flicker I left you in that scroll but I think I'm going to leave something else since I won't be back for a while ya know?" Said Shisui before making the scroll disappear further confusing the blond.
"Early birthday gift? My birthday is months from now what kind of mission are you going on? and what'd you do to that scroll?" Asked Naruto before he started noticing that his vision was getting distorted as ripples started forming everywhere.
"You'll find it when you need it most, for when there are too many questions and little to no answers." Shisui spoke softly, his voice becoming more distorted by the second.
Now he noticed what's wrong! The sharingan, it was staring directly at him.
"All in due time Naruto, This might be goodbye so I wanted to say the I enjoy these last few years. It meant a lot to me anyway good luck for you and when you're finally a big boy with your own headband I want you to go out there and make proud short stuff. Farewell Naruto Namikaze." Spoke Shisui as his voice started getting distorted as well before the blonde finally succumb to the darkness that started to engulf him.
He couldn't describe what happened to him next, there was a lot of screaming, god there was so much screaming and bloodshed everywhere. when he opened his eyes and rose up from the dark he found himself at the Uchiha compound, death following him everywhere as the streets were filled with corpses and spilled blood, he wordlessly walked through the seemingly abandoned compound at the time with deafening silences, a looming threat hovering over his head without him knowing it and before he could register anything his head had been severed ending his life.
"Naruto Namikaze!"
What...
"Naruto pay attention!"
He spotted edges of white around the corners of his eyes as he felt something tap the back of his head, opening his eyes he found himself sleeping on a desk with his academy teacher Iruka right next to him holding a small stack of papers, looking around he saw that everyone in the classroom was staring at him with different expressions, some were of disinterest while others were outright mocking him and laughing at him.
"Yes sensei?"
"*sigh* you should really stop sleeping in class but since this week is your last at the academy I'll let you off the hook, I'm almost positive Shikamaru's laziness has rubbed off on everyone here, anyway your exam paper please" Spoke Iruka as he extended his hand to get the paper from the boy.
Naruto blinked at his teacher not really sure what was going on…oh yeah right, he was supposed to take a few tests to graduate the academy today…Upon further inspection of his paper he noticed that it was half done, he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and handed over the paper knowing full well he had probably messed it up on accident.
Once the attention was off him he settled back down on his desk and thought about the last couple of years, three years to be precise. On that fateful day during Shiro's birthday Uchiha Shisui and Itachi slaughtered most of the Uchiha clan and it was almost unbelievable that Three hundred of them were killed in a single night.
Shisui was rumored to have died that day but his cause of death was a mystery so one would assume that he had been intercepted by ANBU before he could run away, this entire thing just left a gut wrenching feeling in his stomach. From what Ada had told him it only took half an hour for both Shisui and Itachi to finish off their clan and an additional twenty minutes before Konoha troops were sent out to stabilize the location after they received an anonymous tip about the ongoing slaughter, what they didn't expect was to run into the butcher.
Naruto was left very confused, for one he knew that the story about Shisui being the butcher was utter bull. He knew the real reason that Hiroki muramoto's genins died that fateful day and Shisui had zero involvement in it, The next day news of this alongside the wipe out of the Uchiha clan spread like wildfire inside of the village and in a short amount of time everyone and their mother knew about it.
The only possible explanation to that was possibly a cover up done by someone who opposed Shisui in the hopes of tarnishing his already stained reputation and he knew all too well who it could have been, Danzo shimura, that character was somebody that Shisui constantly warned him about, it didn't help that he was one of his father's advisers at all.
To say that the news hit the last 3 surviving members of the Uchiha clan like a train wreck was an understatement, For Mikoto and her 2 remaining children it was simply unbelievable, one second their son and older brother was sitting next to them the next he was killing their clan members in cold blood alongside their close relative Shisui.
Itachi had managed to slip by security and was believed to have run off at the time of Shisui's dead leaving behind the remaining 3 devastated members of his family, no other details were released to the public. Naruto himself didn't know how to feel, one hand he was positive there had to be a good reason to explain the tragedy that occurred but on the hand he was furious for what Shisui did to him that night.
He glanced at the Uchiha twins who sat next to each other not uttering a single word; it's been like that for a while now. And that sparring session Satsuki wanted from him? Well it never happened again, he was alienated by her cold and distant nature which intensified after the massacre, coincidentally his sister also adopted the same feelings towards him for no apparent reason.
She had changed too, only three years ago she'd jump at the chance of hugging him till he slowly died in her arms from lack of oxygen but now she barely even acknowledges his existence and would give him the cold shoulder whenever he's around mixed with a few insults here and there for anything he did wrong, his immense love and care for the red head prevented him from lashing out at her but that line is slowly blurring as time went on.
When he heard Iruka motion to the class to follow him outside to the academy's training field he slowly stood up and dragged himself at the end of the line lazily behind everyone else simply because he was sore from Ada's straining and harsh physical activities which it dubbed "training".
The first test was target practice, Strike 15 targets using Kunai and Shuriken from a distance of 30 meters, The fastest and most accurate gets the best results, He looked on in disinterest as his classmates were showing off and boasting about their scores mainly Kiba and Sasuke though the latter did it more subtly than the dog boy.
When it was his turn he ignored the sounds of some of his classmates mocking him, He smirked a bit when he saw his targets get highlighted in a faint red color with the vital areas highlighted in blue, something which nobody else could see, He picked up a Kunai and twirled it around in his right hand for a bit while picking up 5 Shuriken with his left one, when he got the signal from his teacher to start he wasted no time throwing them all together.
The kunai struck a dummy in the head while the shuriken were sent way past the objective gaining a few laughs from behind the blonde thinking he had missed, but moments later the Shuriken hit and bounced off each other and struck 5 dummies in their back as each of them penetrated the targets and poked through the front side.
Iruka didn't have enough time to look impressed as another set of kunai launched themselves at the targets, by the end of it he got a respectable score of 12/15 while unknown to the rest he had purposefully missed the last three.
When he turned back around most of the kids that were making fun of him had quieted down, looking back at Shiro he noticed the indifference on her face as the same could be said for Satsuki and Sasuke, Guess it would take a lot more to impress those 3, not that he wanted to.
"That was some fine shooting there Naruto! But do take some time to adjust your aim and calculate your throws so that you minimize the number of missed targets, other than you did good, anyways next up…. Never mind you were the last one, onto the final test!" Said Iruka as Naruto walked away back into the crowd of students after which they moved on to another section of the field.
"Alright next up is Hand to hand combat! As you can see my partner Mizuki has set up a ring of a 20-meter radius. your objective here is to last 2 minutes against him in hand to hand combat. you'll receive a bonus if you are able to send him out of the ring, not that you have to but the option is there so let's begin this time we'll climb from the bottom of the list to the top starting off with you Naruto." Said Iruka as he motioned for Naruto to get inside the ring to which he did.
"Don't worry Naruto I'll go easy on you" Smiled Mizuki as he got in a simple combat stance.
"Then what's the point of trying sensei?" Asked Naruto looking bored as ever.
"Start!" Iruka's voice boomed throughout the yard.
"Alright suit yourself" And with those words Mizuki launched himself at the boy very fast which made the boy go wide in the eyes, had he not ducked under the upper kick his sensei had sent his way he might have been out of this world already.
'Too damn close..' Naruto thought to himself as he skid back at the edge of the circle, he contemplated for a second whether he should just end it quickly or hold back, he briefly looked back to his classmates to gauge their reactions finding it irritating that some people were watching him with amusement clearly written on their faces, Shiro wasn't even watching which saddened him.
'Alright screw it, i'll wipe those smirks off your stupid faces.' He told himself before preparing himself for the incoming Mizuki.
Mizuki smirked as he ran at the blond boy at full speed and before he knew it he was sprawled over at the ground several feet out of the ring with no recollection of what just happened to him, he lifted his head up to stare at a stationary Naruto Namikaze who looked at him with an indifferent expression. from the sidelines every students and Iruka watched with awe at the display with none of them fathoming what just happened, even Shiro looked back with a shocked look at the incapacitated Mizuki.
"W-Wwhat the hell was that?" Muttered Kiba as the others couldn't help but join him in wonder, Satsuki narrowed her eyes at the boy having noticed something strange earlier.
'His eyes...' She thought to herself with a contemplative look on her face, she would remember this for later.
-Moments ago-
Mizuki smirked as he ran at the blond at full speed with his hand cocked backwards before he knew it the boy sprinted forward at incredible speed and jumped towards the chunin pressing against his thigh before brutally kicking him in the abdomen and twisting his body around to deliver a roundhouse kick to the blue haired chunin's jaw sending him several feet out of the ring, surprisingly the frontal attack worked without much effort or tactic.
Naruto ignored the incredulous looks he was receiving from everyone as he gazed upon the incapacitated Mizuki, he looked off to the side and noticed that he finally got the attention of the two females that were on his mind the entire day, though he was slightly concerned by the looks Satsuki was sending his way but ultimately ignored them.
"T-That was amazing Naruto, a brand new record as well at fifteen seconds! anyway if someone would please help your sensei get up that would be much appreciated" Said Iruka smiling as he scribbled down a few words on his clipboard.
At that request Naruto gained his senses back as he ran towards Mizuki to help him stand on his feet.
"I got you sensei, sorry about that" apologzieg Naruto lifting him back up.
"Nah- ouch- it's fine, you did good Naruto, just where the hell did all of that come from?" Asked Mizuki as he rubbed his aching cheek.
"Years of being second favorite sensei." Naruto deadpanned quickly.
"Huh?" Mizuki raised his eyebrow in confusion having not understood any of that.
"Just trained really hard sensei, I've had my fair share of help." Naruto swiftly fixed his tongue slip.
"Well I'll be dammed I guess you do have what it takes after all, who would have thought? Anyway I'm fine here you can go back to your classmates." Smiled Mizuki before dismissing the blonde, on the inside he was fuming madly.
None of the rest came close to beating Mizuki at his record time and once the final student had went up against the slightly tired chunin they all returned inside the classroom to which they started the final test for the day, one by one they were called into another room to perform the 3 academy Jutsu required to graduate and earn them a headband and by extension a spot in the shinobi program.
When it was his turn he lazily walked into the room taking his sweet time which irritated both of the teachers waiting for him inside.
"Any time now Namikaze!" shouted Mizuki in frustration to the blonde from across the hallway.
"Coming!" shouted Naruto back before he went inside closing the door behind him.
The boy quickly went over the three basic techniques required to pass the test and he did it with flying colors, which irritated both chunin because they were now covered in paint, he quickly left behind the shoutings of Iruka with a headband wrapped around his forehead before returning to the classroom.
Once Naruto made it back inside the classroom everyone's eyes were glued to him, some scoffed at seeing him with a headband while others smiled getting a confidence boost thinking they'd have a chance if the joker of the class made it as well, He moved closer to Shiro much to her discomfort as she suddenly went from chatting happily with her friends to cold and reserved.
"Hey Shiro, you're next, Iruka and Mizuki sensei are waiting for you at the end of the hall…good luck!" Told Naruto smiling at her at the end which she completely ignored.
"Well, I guess you don't need luck huh..." He whispered quietly to himself before leaving the academy without waiting for the others to finish.
He looked at the rooftop of the academy and squinted his eyes a little bit as he found it hard to look when the sun was burning his eyes, He took notice of the absence of his ANBU's bodyguard and sighed as he continued his way to training ground three.
God knows what kind of shit awaited him underground in Ada's little playground, last time he was forced to run five miles while carrying half his body weight in steel all while electrically charged rubber balls the size of eyes balls charged at him at incredible speeds, he thought such thing was impossible but here they were after all, nothing seemed impossible these last few years.
-Time skip-
-Hokage's office-
And there he was, lord Hokage, Minato Namikaze of the hidden leaf village sitting comfortably in his chair without a care in the world signing a document here a document there. Normally he'd feel annoyed about the never-ending stacks of paper but today was different, Three years! THREE YEARS! He spent three years without having to worry about no Uchiha or Butcher.
while yes that was a very wrong thing to say, most of his migraine came from trying to fix things between the public of Konoha and the Uchiha clan and it never had worked out, He didn't want them gone however no, in fact his orders were to just use genjutsu to make Fugaku submissive and more….understanding but Shisui and Itachi had gone against his word and murdered everyone, No doubt the council had ordered this, he's confident it was the doing of Danzo and the other two bag of bones but he didn't have any evidence to prove this so he just let it slip by just like that.
Other than that, his little girl was finally taking her first steps into becoming a fully-fledged ninja and he couldn't be any happier since her extensive training was finally starting to pay off, in a few minutes he was going to get back to figuring out the team formations for this year's list of graduates and so far, it looked a little bit like this:
Team 1/2/4/5/6 (AN: not important)
Team 7: Uchiha Sasuke, Namikaze Shiro, Haruno Sakura, Sensei: Hatake Kakashi
Team 8: Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Hyūga Hinata, Sensei: Yūhi Kurenai
Team 10: Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, Yamanaka Ino, Sensei: Sarutobi Asuma
Team 3: Namikaze Naruto, Satsuki Uchiha, Kurama Yakumo, Sensei: N/A
"Naruto…." Said Minato to himself as he continued to stare at the name written on the paper as he traced it with the tip of his finger.
He clasped his hands behind his head and sat back into his chair then looked towards the ceiling in thought, He wondered how his son's training with Jiraiya had went, he remembered seeing his son leave with the sage during the weekends when the older man had time and yet he couldn't remember any time where he sat down with his boy and had a long meaningful conversation, He feared that his son would start seeing Jiraiya as more of a father than he does with him…
"heh what am I thinking? Of course not, Naruto still sees me as his father, wonder how far he's gotten into his training?" He wondered before turning his chair around to stare at the village through his office window.
"Maybe I should teach him the rasengan sometime in the future…hell maybe even the flying thunder god technique if he's up for it.." Mused the Hokage, His thoughts wandered off to the other name on that team, Kurama Yakumo.
The girl was in very bad shape when he was first introduced to her, He physical capabilities simply couldn't allow her to become a ninja but when Tsunade had seen the resolve and dedication the girl had to becoming a kunoichi she simply couldn't stand around and do nothing, the girl spent most of her years on getting intensive health care and treatment from the slug sage to get her back in good shape, coupled with training sessions with the genjutsu mistress Kurenai Yūhi but those didn't last very long.
He chuckled softly to himself as his eyes narrowed at the name, He leaned back into chair once more and rested his legs on the top of his desk.
She was a very dangerous person for someone that used to be so fragile, her mind had once and still contained a sentient creature known as the Ido and this alternate personality of hers was extremely dangerous which complimented its ugly looks.
The damn thing had the power to control the poor girl's mind and use her strong genjutsu abilities against whoever it wished but that was a problem of the past since the thing is now locked up for good by a strong seal he had designed specifically for it.
Speaking of the girl's power he simply couldn't pass up the untapped potential the girl held, he read about it numerous times, apparently her genjutsu was so effective that whatever illusions she casted could become a reality so of course he had to put her with another up and coming genjutsu specialist which was Satsuki Uchiha but now the question remained who would be a perfect candidate to be the sensei of team 3?
It was around this time that he felt the presence of one of his ANBU nearing his location, in a matter of seconds a male ANBU with a cat mask body flickered in a kneeling position in front of him.
"Ahh cat you're back, I assume the mission's a success?" Asked the Hokage in expectation.
"Yes, lord Hokage we'll be no longer hearing from our friends over at grass country ever again." Spoke cat.
"I believe you are mistaken cat we don't have any friends from grass country, do we?" smiled the Hokage at the ANBU operative.
"No sir I believe we don't my mistake."
"Good, you can check in downstairs for mission payment as usual, say Tenzo could you do me a favor here?" wondered the Hokage.
"Anything lord Hokage"
"You see I have this little spot here waiting to be filled, you don't think you could help me with that do you?..." Trailed Minato as he eyed the list of newly formed genin teams.
-With Naruto, A few hours later-
He sat quietly on top of the Hokage's monument, above the second Hokage's head to be exact, as he watched the village burst with activity even in the darkness of the night, everything from the small ant like dots of people moving around the streets to the bright lights of billboards and light poles to the smallest details, Things like this made him enjoy staring at the scenery every night after a tiring session of rough training, he brushed his palm against the ground enjoying the cold feeling that sent a small chill down his spine.
It was at that moment that he felt a familiar signature jumping across the rooftops below him, when he came closer to the edge he spotted a familiar mop of red hair and instantly recognized who it was, He zoomed in with his hunter sight a bit closer and noticed that she was carrying a scroll that was about her size on her back, upon further inspection his eyes went wide as he realized that it was the infamous scroll of sealing.
"What the hell is she doing? How did she even get that?" He asked himself then wasted no time following after her to find the answer for himself, he jumped off of the Hokage monument and aimed his new wristwatch mid free fall releasing a grappling hook that sunk into the stone mountain allowing to swing forward, releasing the wire he flipped across the air before using a few shadow clones to slow down his momentum.
"Crap she's moving so fast!" He said to himself before tapping the screen on his watch twice which emitted a yellow light.
A small dart gun materialized out of thin air as he quickly held it in his arms and aimed towards the back of the fleeing red head, with a precise shot he was able to stick it to her back and a small outline appeared around her which only he could see.
"Thank you!" and with that he ran after the red hollow box in his vision.
He tailed the girl deeper into the western part of the village inside of a forest, After a few minutes of chasing after her He settled on top of a tree branch observing from a distance making sure to mask his chakra perfectly to not get spotted, He cloaked himself and blended with his environment for good measure.
He watched his sister open the scroll and read its contents so he couldn't help but copy it down as well as he saved his memories for later making sure to send it to Ada, If only he paid attention to what he was copying down.
The red head's ears perked up as she felt a presence near her, moments later her Teacher Iruka dropped out of the trees and landed in front of her with an angry look on his face.
"Shiro Namikaze what is the meaning of this? Do you know how much trouble you've gotten yourself into by taking that scroll? What would Lord Hokage think? Better yet what would lady Kushina think about this?" Asked Iruka with a look of disapproval evident on his face, Naruto felt something off about Iruka but he decided to sit idle for now and watch the events unfold.
"Sorry Sensei I didn't mean to cause trouble to anyone, I just followed Mizuki sensei's instructions for that bonus test he told me about!" Shiro explained herself with an apologetic look on her face.
Okay he did not believe that for a second, even Shiro wasn't that stupid. Naruto simply shook his head as he continued watching, a bright flash of white momentarily distracted him but he thought nothing of it.
"Mizuki? why would he? Shiro listen to me and listen well! you have to hand over that scroll right now before it's too late!" Said Iruka inching closer towards the red head only to be stopped by a barrage of Kunai that landed in front of him.
"You're pretty slow in the head yourself if you think I'm that stupid...Mizuki." Said Shiro as she eyed the man cautiously.
'Oh ok good she isn't retarded.' Thought Naruto as he sighed in relief.
"What are you talking about Shiro? This is not a time for jokes!" Yelled Iruka back before having to dodge a kunai aimed at his throat, he gained a small smile on his lips as it turned into a full blown grin seconds later a hysterical laugh echoed throughout the forest.
"Man I really went for the smarter sibling huh, maybe if I went with Naruto I would have been out of here already" Smirked Mizuki as he got into a combat stance, meanwhile Naruto's fingers twitched around the trigger of the suppressed pistol he was aiming at the man's head.
'Yeah laugh it up asshole.' He Thought, his finger danced around the trigger.
This P12 pistol he currently held in his hands was just one of the 'gifts' he received from Ada for his 13th birthday, to keep it simple if he pulled the trigger right now Mizuki's brain would become a slushy mush.
"I don't think you could have fooled anybody not even him so just turn yourself in it's over!" Said Shiro as she made the scroll poof out of existence in a cloud of smoke
"BRING THAT BACK RIGHT NOW!" Snarled Mizuki angrily taking a combat stance.
"Or what you'll kill me? I'd like to see you try!" Taunted the red head before pulling out a kunai and getting into a combat stance of her own.
"I'll gut you like a fish you little bitch!" He yelled before he charged forward, unknowingly rhyming his words.
Naruto cursed under his breath as Mizuki suddenly became hard to hit, He didn't want to risk injuring Shiro with a stray bullet so he decided to wait for the right moment plus he knew the girl could handle herself well in a fight so he wasn't that worried, he had faith in her.
The sound of metal hitting metal echoed around the area as each of them tried to take down the other but Mizuki found it hard to hit the girl since she was extremely flexible and agile, when their kunai met they each tried to push against the other, Shiro knew she'd lose this one if she kept pushing against the man so she swiftly kicked the man in his knee making him loosen up a little then spun around in the air kicking the kunai off his hand then delivering a hard blow to his face sending him flying backwards.
"Nice one! now I'll take the shot" He said to himself as he aimed down sights only to have his line of sight blocked by the red headed girl "No, what are you doing?" he cursed under his breath
"It's useless Mizuki surrender now!" Yelled the girl as she ran towards the older male to which he smirked.
"Aghhh!" she moaned in pain as she rubbed away at her eyes after Mizuki blinded her with dirt.
"Take this you dirty demon!" He shouted as he gave her a punch in the gut then kicked her once again in the abdomen sending her crashing backwards.
"Dammit you'll pay for that" Hissed Naruto as he pulled the trigger from his position on the tree only to hear a few clicks;
*Click* *Click* *Click*
"What the hell?" He asked himself as he checked his pistol only to find no magazine inside, he checked all over himself and found nothing.
His eyes widened in shock when he saw that Mizuki had unstrapped a Fūma Shuriken and sent it towards the freshly graduated genin.
The girl herself started to panic as she couldn't see anything, She couldn't trust her hearing because she heard the shuriken coming from multiple directions, no doubt a genjutsu placed on her by that bastard, She felt her heartbeats racing as it came closer and closer and once it hit she completely froze in her spot as she cringed at the sound of the blade penetrating the flesh, When she opened her eyes they widened to extreme proportions as she stared in shock at the sight in front of her.
"Why?"
"I'm your older brother silly." Said Naruto weakly with a smile as blood spilled out of his mouth.
"You...You're bleeding..." She pointed out as her eyes started to water, looking down she saw the tip of the shuriken sticking out of his chest.
"Yeah, You always were perceptive...Do- Do i have something in my back too?" He asked sarcastically failing to lighten the mood.
"Satsuki was right you're really are an idiot!" She cried her eyes out as she hit his chest weakly with both of her hands.
"Yeah, you kept saying that for the last three years I know…" He smiled again as he closed his eyes and slumped forward, she caught him and gently rested his head on her chest as she buried her face deep into his hair.
"Please don't die...I'm sorry..." She whispered to him clutching his weakening body harder, her eyes were flickering with emotions as they seemed to give off a faint glow.
"Awhhh that's just sad isn't it? What's more sad is that this is the second child you took away from the forth! you fox demon!" Yelled Mizuki as he looked at the crouched girl with an evil smirk.
"What did you just say..." She spoke slowly her eyes still glued to her brother's dying form.
"I said that you're actually the nine tailed fox you whore! Your quote on quote parents lied to you all these years to keep you in check, you're actually the demon that destroyed the village all those years back in human form, you may have deceived everyone with your kind nature and all that stupid shit but not me I see you for what you really are! A demon! A nuisance! A menace to everyone around you!" Mizuki sneered at her in an effort to get her to lower her guard ever more and blind her with rage.
She couldn't believe it; he jumped in to save her throwing away his life just for her. Even after all she did to him He still did it. Dammit she felt like utter garbage right now, Her mind was too broken currently to process any of this and that asshole was still yelling at her.
She did the most logical thing at the time and just held on to her brother's bleeding form, her eyes turning into a ruby red color that matched her hair. She unconsciously took a sniff out of his hair as murderous thoughts started entering her mind.
Wind picked up around the area as a vile and disgusting chakra started manifesting within Shiro, her whiskers darkened and her nails and teeth elongated as she cried at the sight of her dying brother.
"Yes there it is! YOU'RE FINALLY SHOWING YOUR TRUE COLORS DEMON! I KNEW IT!" Shouted Mizuki laughing hysterically as he shielded his eyes from the intense wind.
It was at that time that she felt someone grip her arm really tight, she looked down as the wind and the chakra suddenly died down, Naruto looked up at his sister as he barely was able to lift himself up from the intense pain he was going through.
"Don't listen to his bullshit for even a second…" Breathed Naruto. "He's just trying to rile you up to drop your guard down." He managed to get out as he coughed more blood.
"Naruto..." She said, her red glowing eyes staring at him apologetically, her necklace began flashing ominously.
"You're Shiro Namikaze, daughter of Minato and Kushina and sister of Naruto Namikaze. Now just go and beat him up already." He encouraged before he seemingly passed out in her arms, she gently set him on the ground making sure not to move the big shuriken so that he doesn't bleed out faster then stood up against Mizuki.
"I'll do anything for you brother." She told him, her eyes becoming dull and void of light as her sight now fixated on the bastard who took him from her.
"Hehe a shame really, his death is just one big lie."
"Shut your mouth."
"What was that demon?" He asked having not caught what was just said, he recoiled backwards at the sight of the read head who suddenly stood mere inches in front of him.
The next few minutes were filled with screams of agony and blood being spilled.
"ANBU lock down the area!" Ordered Minato as he landed at the clearing with several ANBU agents and jonin holding positions around the place. He saw his daughter running her fingers through her brother's hair as she used her lap as a pillow for the blonde's head, in the corner he saw a bloodied Mizuki tied to a tree looking like he just went through hell and back.
"What happened to you two? Shiro look at me! Is your brother okay? Are you fine?" He asked as he ran towards his children.
"He gave his life to save me after everything I've done..." Spoke the girl vaguely looking down at her older brother.
"Protect you from whom? Mizuki? is he the one responsible for this? Is- Is Naruto ok? Talk to me Shiro!" Said Minato as crouched at the girl's level and checked his son for any wounds but was surprised to find none even when his clothes looked bloodied and torn.
"He tried to trick me to bring the scroll to him but I knew all along so I tried to take him down by myself and got careless and because of that I got him hurt..." She said not lifting her eyes from her brother "His wounds...that shuriken was sticking out his chest...it was so awful...but it somehow healed, we need to get him checked at the hospital dad!" a few moments later Kushina landed into the area with a couple of other jonin including Kakashi who moved in 2 other men to secure Mizuki.
"Shiro! my baby! are you alright?" she yelled out before hugging the girl from the side a bit later she let go and looked at Naruto's unconscious form and her eyes widened
"Naruto!" She yelled before going around and checking him for any wounds "is my boy alright? who's the bastard that did this? What happened?" She asked frantically as she tightly held her son's hand looking at her son's blooded form worriedly.
"He'll be fine Kushina his wounds have closed up, the person responsible for this is over there." He said pointing at the beaten up Mizuki "Kakashi take that trash away from here and send him over to T&I now! I want Ibiki to squeeze every bit of information out of him go!" Ordered the Hokage before turning back to his family.
"Ya got it." Kakashi said lazily as he moved towards Mizuki.
"Huh…" Mizuki muttered through his broken jaw as he looked up at Kakashi.
"Good night." Kakashi simply said flashing his infamous Sharingan knocking the man out, He later untied him and took him out of the area.
A medic nin moved in towards the family, The parents nodded to him as he crouched down and started looking over Naruto while the other three talked.
"Shiro talk to me sweetie, where's the scroll?" Asked Minato.
"I never took it you know..." she answered "I left it there and hid it from sight, the one i had with me was just a decoy." she admitted impressing those around her.
Minato laughed with a hint of nervousness as he felt a bit of shame from being outsmarted by a young girl as he ruffled the girl's hair a little bit, while the remaining ninja in the background tried their best to muffle their laughter.
[Mini-FlashBack]
Minato looked up from his papers as he spotted his daughter trying to sneak into his office at the Hokage tower with a raised eye brow.
"Shiro what are you do-"
"Sexy jutsu!"
Minato's eyes widened as blood gushed out of his nose like a waterfall when he saw his daughter transform into a young naked woman with double D knockers, He fell off his chair stunned and incapacitated while his daughter ran off with what was supposed to be the original scroll.
[Mini-FlashBack End]
'She learned that technique from her brother.' Both parents mentally noted.
Kushina gained a small tick mark on her forehead but she kept staring at her son's unconscious form as she gently caressed his cheek, she felt her husband's hand make its way on her shoulder giving her a reassuring squeeze.
"Well, good news is He's actually okay. I'm not sure how or why but it's like nothing happened but still…It's for the best if we take him to the hospital to rest." Informed the Medic Nin.
"Thank you."
"No worries sir, it's my duty. I'll take my leave now." Said the medic before turning back and walking away from the family.
"Fine work you've did today, with your help we have one less criminal to worry about...Now how about we get your brother checked out and head back home?" Proposed Minato getting nods from both females, seconds later he carried his son bridal style
"Also you're grounded for the whole week! Same for your brother!" Said both parents at the same time but their daughter barely reacted to that as she continued to stare at her unconscious brother with a longing expression.
A few seconds later after they had all left the area a small spider came down from a tree using a string and landed on the Shuriken that had struck Naruto and started sucking the blood off the metal till it was clean, and then it crawled back into the bushes to never be seen again.