(AN) Hey guys, so, you know how I said in the last chapters AN that a chapter would be out soon? Well, turns out soon means same day! So, it's been about 15 minutes since I posted the last chapter, and asides from the fact that I'm eating a snack while I'm typing this, also, I reformatted Chapter 1 to hopefully be easier to read, which It mainly consisted of hitting enter before each new dialogue line. Anyways, I'm trucking on and I wanted to give you guys another chapter to make up for how long it took to update. So onward to chapter 3! (AN End)
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
"Special speech"
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Previously on the Jaded Dragon
"Well, it seems you have all forgotten who I am, and what my position as Hokage means, And to you Danzo, it's Hokage-Sama." Hiruzen replied.
"So, you want to hear what brought about such a change? What could happen that could change even my behavior in what seems like an instant? Right?" Naruto questioned.
"Close, but not quite, No Hiruzen, what I mean is that… I'm from the future." Naruto said
Now
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"Now, Naruto, even you must realize how farfetched that sounds, Right?" Hiruzen questioned, while at the same time understanding that it explained everything perfectly, including Naruto's eyes that seemed similar to how some of the veterans of the Shinobi Wars would look.
"Hiruzen, why would I lie about this, even if it were a prank like you would think, what would I get out of it?" Naruto said, seeing that Hiruzen, while doubtful, was somewhat believing.
"I know my boy, but it's not every day that someone claims to time travel" Hiruzen said trying to make his dilemma clear.
"If you need proof, I know something that would be hard for me to know otherwise." Naruto said, his voice not giving any clue as to what said evidence was.
"Well? What do you have to prove what you say is true Naruto-kun?" Hiruzen questioned, curios as to what could be that important that could prove something so alien in concept.
"I know who my parents are." Naruto dropped it as though it were a bomb.
"Oh well that does seem to be- WAIT, WHAT!" Hiruzen said, shocked at the information given. While his mind was racing, it also realized that this was proof enough for him to believe that Naruto had time traveled.
"I found out later on in my life after a certain event forced me to use 8 tails of Kyuubi's Chakra." Naruto said as if he was talking of the weather.
"I found out about my mom later though, when I was training to use Kyuubi's chakra." Naruto said once again nonchalant, and at this point Hiruzen thought he might have a heart attack with the information being revealed.
"Hold on Naruto, I believe you." Hiruzen said, trying to get Naruto to stop before he passed out from shock.
"You do? Well that was a lot easier to convince you than I thought it would be." Naruto mumbled, his long thought out idea of convincing Hiruzen being thrown away.
"My question is, why did it effect you physically?" Hiruzen questioned.
"I wonder that myself, I guess the being that sent me here decided that it was needed." Naruto said like it cleared it up, though to Hiruzen it just brought up another question.
"My question of the being aside, why did you come back?" Hiruzen said, his brain finally functioning properly after all the new information he absorbed finally settled in.
"Because there were so many things I wanted to change, and so many things that turned for the worse instead of the better." Naruto said, his voice gaining a touch of seriousness in it.
"Also, what's the point of not changing things for the better if you're dead if you don't? Don't get me wrong, I died with a burden free mind, but I still have regrets." Naruto said, revealing the state he was in when he made the choice.
"What caused you to die, Naruto?" Hiruzen asked, his voice questioning but serious.
"Root." Naruto stated, but he quickly elaborated.
"I didn't die of natural causes, to be fair, I couldn't. I aged, but it was slowed down by such a huge margin that while I was eighty I was as healthy as I was while I was thirty." Naruto revealed.
"I watched the people I knew come and go, I watched my friends die, albeit, most died happy, but I was lonely." Naruto said.
"You had a great granddaughter named Kona, she was the one who kept me company after so many others passed on. I eventually began to think of her as my own granddaughter." As Naruto shared this piece of info with Hiruzen, he removed his helmet, showing a small but genuine smile and also showing how much he cared for Kona.
"That's great, I'm happy you found someone to care for even when you were left alone." Hiruzen said, his own joy showing.
"Sadly, we were attacked, and, and-." Naruto was having trouble, he did something he hadn't done in a while, he cried.
"What happened Naruto?" Hiruzen said as he moved around the table to wrap the time traveling blonde in a hug.
"I had fallen asleep in the archives, and when I awoke, I smelled burning, I rushed out to find half the building missing and on fire. As I ran down the hall I ran into Root, I killed many, but when I got to the Hokage's office looking for Kona, I heard a scream. I then broke down the door and rushed in, I heard a kunai and dodged it, when I heard movement behind me, I stabbed with my katana. And I, I, I stabbed Kona." Naruto said his voice cracking with emotion and his tears still running down his face as he remember what happened.
"Naruto-Kun, it's alright, you couldn't have known." Hiruzen said, he would have been mad at such a thing happening to his great granddaughter, even If he never met her, but he saw the sadness and regret on Naruto's face.
"But I should have." Naruto replied.
"I should have sensed her. But I just reacted." Naruto continued as he continued sobbing.
"Its alright Naruto, you don't have to continue if you don't want to." Hiruzen attempted to soothe him. He didn't want to push him to remember something so tragic.
"No, no, I want to." Naruto said, before he took a few deep breaths to calm down.
"After I turned, and saw Kona and the man behind her stabbed. I pulled out my sword and tried to keep the bleeding to a minimum, I knew she needed to get to the hospital, so I picked her up and started running, on my way there though I felt something stab into my back, when I pulled out the kunai I heard a sizzling sound and saw the paper tag on it." Naruto continued before taking a break to take a sip of water out of a cup Hiruzen gave to him.
"Thank you, Anyway, I acted quickly and threw it into the ground with wind chakra and teleported to Kona where I had dropped her from the hit. After I picked her up and started to run, I felt the explosion behind us burn my back, but I thought nothing of it. When I finally got to the hospital and called for a doctor I heard Kona calling me and tugging my arm, and when I looked down to see what she was worried about, I remember seeing blood soaking my chest, having trouble breathing, and a piece of rock sticking out of my chest." Naruto said as he remembered the feeling, he still remembered the shock and coldness he felt.
"But by then I had gone into shock and couldn't feel anything, the last thing I remember before dying, was hearing a doctor say Kona would be okay. Then I let go." Naruto said, his memory of the event so clear and concise unlike what you would think for someone who was dying.
"I'm sorry that you had to go through all of that Naruto-kun." Hiruzen said somberly, the mood being ruined by the story of his experience.
"Don't be, it wasn't your fault." Naruto said.
"Just like it isn't your fault that you reacted and stabbed Kona." Hiruzen said in a voice that left no arguments.
"And yet we both still feel guilty about both." Naruto said.
"Guilt is good, it means we're still human." Hiruzen said, his voice carrying wisdom that it took a hundred years for Naruto to develop.
"Yes, I agree." Naruto said, his voice showing how he felt about the words shared.
"Let us get out of here, we should not dwell on the past, for it can ruin the present." Hiruzen said as he got up and walked towards the door.
"Well? Are you coming?" Hiruzen gestured towards the door.
"Yeah, I got an idea of a place we can go." Naruto said, thinking of his favorite food, Ramen.
"Let me guess, Ichiraku's?" Hiruzen questioned with a smile on his face, Naruto may have changed, but he was still Naruto.
"Exactly." Naruto said.
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"You know Naruto, I can see your love for this food" Hiruzen said as they had set down and ordered.
"Did I hear someone say Naruto?" Ayame said as she came out of the back of the booth.
"Hey Ayame-chan." Naruto said waving.
"NARUTO! That's you! What happened!" Ayame said or more like screamed, her shock not hidden at all.
"Well, we discovered Naruto here has a kekkai genkai." Hiruzen came up with on the fly, figuring It best fit his change.
"Oh? What does it do?" Ayame questioned, wondering what was special about his "Kekkai Genkai."
"It has to do with extreme healing and advanced growth, as well as we think it may extend his lifespan and aging process." Hiruzen said, while inside he was chuckling at how genius it was.
'Man, Hiru-jiji is good on the fly' Naruto said, as he realized it explained every change perfectly, he'd have to remember that one. (Note, I added Hiru-Jiji as a nickname because it shows that not all of Naruto's old personality is gone, and I plan to have him slowly show more emotion as he opens up to Hiruzen.)
"That's so cool Naruto-kun!" Ayame said as she realized the usefulness of said "Kekkai Genkai."
"I know right Ayame-chan?" Naruto said with a small smile.
'Man, with his helmet off at least you can read his emotions better, because you can't hear any emotion in his voice.' Hiruzen sweat dropped comically
"Well I got to get going here's your money Ayame-chan." Naruto said as he dropped enough money on the counter to cover his and Hiruzen's bill.
"Hey, Hiru-Jiji, do you know if my mom and dad's house is still there?" Naruto whispered, hoping to get out of his crappy little apartment.
"Well, the apartment they lived in isn't, but the Uzumaki clan use to have a small house for visits to konoha. I'm sure you could live there. Come on and I'll take you there." Hiruzen said as he got up and walked out of the stall with Naruto.
Naruto decided to leave his helmet off as they walked, but apparently, he shouldn't have, because now he was seeing the beginnings of a fan club forming.
'Please don't.' Naruto mentally whimpered, his past experiences with fan girls had left him scarred mentally.
"Well, here we are." Hiruzen said, calling Naruto out of his thoughts. As Naruto turned, he saw something that could only be described as a mansion.
'Mine and Hiruzen's definition of small must be very different.' Deadpanned Naruto, a large bead of sweat comically rolling down the back of his head. He voiced his thoughts too.
"That's not a house it's a mansion! That things the size of the Hokage residence!" Naruto shouted shocked as he looked at the mansion
'It looks a little weird though, it's nothing like a normal style mansion.' Naruto thought.
"The Uzumaki like this style of house, I guess they like a much sleeker design than we do. It's made out of chakra reinforced marble, so even Tsunade couldn't punch through that wall." Hiruzen said like he read Naruto's mind. (I don't know If there is such a thing as Chakra reinforced materials, but I figured it could be a cool think and useful, plus, why wouldn't they try to strengthen it with chakra, if it's so amazing, why not do it?)
"It's different, but it looks amazing." Naruto said, still in awe over the design. (think of the U.S White house for an example of looks, just sized like a normal sized mansion instead.)
"Well, here's the key, I'll let you alone now to get moved in. BYE!" Hiruzen said before he disappeared in a leaf-shunshin, after all everyone hates moving.
"Well, better get to work then, uhhgg." Naruto said before moving his hands into a cross and calling out his favorite technique.
Kage-Bunshin!
Poof!
About 10 clones appeared surrounding him all groaning at the thought of moving.
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(AN) AYYY I'm done. It took a while, but I did it. I wrote close to four thousand words for the last two chapters. And honestly, it was fun, but I'm so exhausted mentally now, so I think I'm going to listen to some music and play some video games. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed, it might be a while before I update again, but probably not as long as last time at least. Anyway, once again thanks for everyone who reviews, favs and follows my story, I know I said it last time but I still can't get over it. Thanks for reading my story, And I hope you enjoyed. (AN End)