I'm so sorry this took so long, but I went to my dad's for the summer and he has no internet so I couldn't post this chapter up. Thank you for waiting patiently all summer long and I promise I'll try my best to never let this happen again!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
'Roar' Kurama talking to Naruto
'Believe It!' Naruto talking to kurama
"Go ninja, go ninja, go" Regular talking
"I'm better than you" Kurama talking in Naruto's body
"Once upon a time" Flashback
Chapter 4
recap:
"Now brat, tell me what you're doing in this forest." Demanded the snake summoning woman.
Naruto turned to her and grinned while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"It's a long story." He said and the girl in front of him sat down.
"I have time." She replied with a smirk. "Names Anko Mitarashi by the way."
"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said and then realized that she was the girl the Sandaime said they could trust.
With the introductions out of the way, Naruto started to tell his life story and why he was there. Anko was disgusted and angered at the village for what they did to a boy no older than 3. When Naruto finished Anko stood up and turned to leave.
"Hey brat, buy me some dango here and there and I'll promise to tell no one about you. Deal?" She asked, turning to the child who also stood up.
"Deal." He replied and Anko grinned back before disappearing into the forest.
'Well that was unexpected.' Naruto thought to himself as he turned and walked deeper into the forest.
'Yes, it was. Now go back to the tree and start climbing. You had more than enough time to rest.' Kurama told his host who groaned in reply, but complied.
end recap:
It had been almost two years since Naruto's confrontation with Anko and after their meeting they saw a lot of each other. Both kept to their side of the deal. Naruto bought her dango regularly and she kept quiet. What struck Naruto as strange was the fact that he was allowed in the dango shop. In fact he has been able to get into a few other stores recently as well. Though they still hated him and overcharged him for poor quality. The blonde didn't care really. He knew how to take care of himself. He could hunt and grow his own food. He was a lot better at speed and stealth now so it was easier for him. He could already outrun chunnin and some low level jounin.
His treatment hasn't changed much either. While he was rarely beaten thanks to Kurama, he was still glared at or ignored. He usually only got beaten on his birthday now, unless they were drunk or in a bad mood. Naruto wouldn't let Kurama take control because he didn't want the council finding out that he could take his body. And it wouldn't do well with his developing mask. He learned that the villagers were less aggressive when he acted like an idiot and pulled pranks, so he started to do just that, become an idiot. Though he hasn't gotten used to it yet though, since he didn't really need it as he was usually training, but he was getting better. Kurama had even encouraged the blonde to use it so he wouldn't attract too much attention and would come in handy in the academy.
Other than Kurama, Hiruzen, and Anko the only ones that treated him nicely were Hinata and Neji Hyuga, Kakashi Hatake, Itachi Uchiha, Yuugao Uzuki, and Jiraiya. Though Naruto didn't know that it was Itachi and Yuugao, he just knew that they were the weasel and cat masked ANBU that protected him a lot. They often played games with him as well, whether it be cards to tag. But because Naruto trained most of the time he didn't see them much. He even dropped his mask around them.
After Naruto had saved her, Hinata Hyuga went on her own little mission to find him and thank him. It took awhile but she eventually found him. And after that they started to hang out often. Young Hinata, seeing how strong the boy was getting, didn't want to be left out and took her training more seriously. Because of this her father, Hiashi Hyuga, had no problem with them being together. When Naruto felt they were close enough friends he told her everything about himself.
Naruto had met Neji when he went over to the Hyuga Clan to play with Hinata. At first they didn't like each other very much, but after Naruto visited a few more times they became friends. Everytime Naruto went over to play with Hinata, Neji would be there too. And of course neither Hiashi or Hizashi had a problem with this. When Naruto felt they were close enough friends he told her everything about himself too.
Naruto had met Kakashi when Naruto was leaving the Hyuga Compound one night. Naruto was surprised when the man just jumped in front of him and started saying how he finally found the blonde. At first Naruto wanted nothing to do with the man until he introduced himself as Kakashi Hatake and remembered what the Sandaime said about him. He then accepted the man's company who treated the blonde to some ramen. After that Kakashi would always catch the blonde when he left the Hyuga's and would drag him off somewhere to eat or just hand out. When Naruto felt they were close enough he told her everything about himself, shocking the copy ninja.
Meeting Jiraiya was the most memorable for Naruto. Everytime he thought back to their meeting he would laugh at the villager's expressions.
FLASHBACK
A newly turned four year old Naruto was walking down the street. He was so lost in thought that he didn't pay attention to where he was walking. It didn't take long for him suddenly bump into someone.
"I'm sorry!" The blonde yelled on instinct.
"Watch it demon! You think you're better than everyone else don't you? Well let me put you in your place!" The man in front of him exclaimed.
Naruto immediately turned and ran in the opposite direction with the man giving chase. Naruto then turned a corner and cursed when he ran into someone, again. He was about to run again when the man grabbed his shirt and held him in place.
"What's wrong with you gaki? Run into someone and don't even apologize to them?" The man asked.
Naruto stopped struggling and started at the man holding his shirt.
'Hey kit! I know this man!' The blonde heard a voice in his head say.
'Who is it?' Naruto mentally asked.
'He is Jiraiya of the sannin. He was your father's sensei and is your godfather.' His furry tenant replied, shocking the blonde.
"Hey kid! Are you even listening to me?!" The man exclaimed.
Before Naruto could answer the man from before appeared around the corner with a few more people behind him.
"There's the demon! Get him!" The man in front yelled with the villager's behind him yelling in agreement.
They didn't even make it one step before the area was flooded with killer intent. They looked around in fear, trying to find the source when suddenly their eyes landed on the toad sage who had let go of Naruto and was staring at them with murder in his eyes.
"IF YOU EVER CALL MY GODSON A DEMON IN FRONT OF ME AGAIN I WILL KILL YOU!" He roared in rage scaring the villager's shitless.
Not wanting to enrage the angered sannin anymore they turned and ran as fast as they could.
"Thank you for saving me Jiraiya." Naruto said once the villagers were out of sight.
"No problem gaki. By the way, how do you know my name?" He asked in curiosity.
"It's a long story." The blonde said and the toad sage shrugged.
"I've got nothing better to do at the moment." He replied as they started to walk away.
"Then follow me and I'll explain everything." Naruto said as he led the man to the Hokage Tower.
END FLASHBACK
Naruto was glad he told the man everything as he took it well and even gave him some books on sealing which the blonde was thankful for. Also the toad sannin had started to drag the blonde off every now and then. Not often as Naruto was always training and Jiraiya had his spy network to look after.
And because of all these interactions Kurama had set aside some days were Naruto could have a day off from training. That way he had an entire day with his friends. In the mornings he would hang out with Anko and his two favorite ANBU members. In the afternoon he was with Hinata and Neji and in the evenings he was with Kakashi and sometimes Jiraiya.
Naruto's training has also been going good. When he was three he learned how to swim, climb, read, write, cook, hunt, and grow food. He also learned about some events in history that Kurama had to repeat over and over again, so the blonde could remember at least some of the lesson the next day. He really wasn't one to sit there and listen. He improved his speed, stealth, and chakra control and even adapted to his x1 gravity seals. When he was four he learned some more history, the basics of seals, elemental jutsus, and controlling one tail of Kurama's chakra. He also worked on his speed, stealth, chakra control, and his senses. He had adapted to the x2 gravity seals, and he learned the bushin, kage bushin, henge, and kawarimi. He was currently on x4 gravity seals and was continuing to work on his history, speed, stealth, chakra control, and his senses. He had even learned some elemental jutsus and started on a few taijutsu styles. Naruto was also learning some non-elemental jutsus, genjutsu, seals, and two tails of Kurama's chakra. Another thing he started to train with was the rasengan.
A few months after he turned four, Naruto went to the Sandaime and told him that he knew who his parents were. After a long talk about why they did what they did, why he couldn't tell anybody, and his father's final wish, Hiruzen showed the boy his rightful home. Naruto was surprised by its location. It was on top of the Hokage Mountain in the forest and had a genjutsu on it to confuse unwanted guests so no one would find the place. It had a barrier as well with a blood seal.
It was wasn't as big as the Uchiha's or the Hyuga's, but it was bigger than most of the other clan compounds. The buildings were yellow with red Uzumaki symbols on them. The main house was located towards the back of the compound and it was orange with red Uzumaki symbols, much to Naruto's delight. It also had a training area in the back with preservation seals around it.
The house was four stories including the basement. The basement had a huge training area with preservation and privacy seals along with a room for forging. The first floor had the living room and the kitchen. The second floor had three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The third floor was a huge library. It had information on almost everything. From chakra control to the hirashin. It was first organized by classification, then element for the elemental information, and finally by rank. In a room next to the library there was information on the Uzumaki and Namikaze Clans as well as a few other personal stuff.
Kurama told Naruto that it was best for him to stay in the forest for awhile longer and after some complaining he agreed when the fox promised him ramen that night.
Now Naruto was currently running through a forest near one of the training grounds to work on his speed and stealth.
'Hey Kurama-nii-san, how much longer?' Naruto mentally asked his tenant.
'A few more minutes kit.' Was his reply.
As he continued running he noticed it started to rain.
'Nii-san, why did it just start raining when the clouds weren't out?' Naruto asked in confusion.
'I'm not sure kit, but we should check it out. It seems to be coming from the north-west.' Kurama answered his host.
'Nii-san, I can sense chakra in this rain, why is that?.' Naruto asked.
'That's because someone is controlling it kit.' Kurama replied.
'So if I go to the source of the chakra then I can find out who's making it rain?' Naruto asked and the fox nodded even though the blonde couldn't see him.
'Correct. Now get going before the rain stops.' The fox answered.
Naruto nodded and sped off to the north-west. As he neared the source the rain started to disperse so he quickened his pace. After a minute or so he came to clearing with five children his age in it. There looked to be three boys and two girls playing at the foot of a tree house. The two girls were standing with one of the guys in between them and the other two boys were sitting on the large tree. Naruto quickly ducked down behind a tree before he was noticed and looked at them closely.
One of the girls had short blonde hair and green pupiless eyes and the other had short pink hair with green eyes and larger than normal forehead. The boy in between them had waist length brown hair and green eyes with black scerlas. The boy sitting above the blonde haired girl had dark brown hair that was in a spiky ponytail and the boy next to him was a bit chubby with spiky light brown hair.
'Can you sense anyone else nii-san?' Naruto asked the fox.
'No kit, there's no one else here.' Kurama told his tenant.
'Then where did the rain come from? I thought I sensed the chakra come from here.' Naruto replied in confusion.
'It's coming from the kid with the green and black eyes.' Kurama informed his host.
'Can I approach them?' The blonde asked hopefully and Kurama sighed.
'Alright, but be cautious kit. There's something off about that kid's chakra.' Kurama warned.
Normally the fox would say no in this kind of situation, but other than the two Hyuga children, Naruto has no other friends his age. So Kurama figured he would chance it for Naruto's sake. After all, if things got too rough for Naruto to handle then he would take over like usual.
'Don't worry! I'll be fine!' Naruto exclaimed as he stood up and walked into the clearing.
The kids turned and looked at him curiously making Naruto grin sheepishly. As Naruto walked closer the girls approached him.
"Who are you?" The blonde headed girl asked curiously with the pink headed girl hiding behind her shyly.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed with a grin.
"I'm Ino Yamanaka and this is Sakura Haruno." The introduced herself and the girl behind her who waved at him shyly.
"Can I play with you guys?" Naruto asked carefully for fear of being rejected, but the girl smiled at him.
"Of course! Come on!" Ino exclaimed as she grabbed his hand and dragged him over to the others with Sakura following.
"Guys, this is Naruto Uzumaki. He's come to play with us." Ino introduced the blonde who grinned at them.
"My name is Yota." The boy with unusual eyes greeted.
"I'm Choji Akimichi." The chubby boy said with a welcoming smile and Naruto grinned back.
"Shikamaru Nara." The boy with the pineapple hair said.
"So what game should we play?" Ino asked the group.
"What about Hide and Seek?" Choji asked and everyone agreed.
"Alright then who's it?" Ino asked.
"I will." Choji volunteered.
"Great! Now when start counting against the tree and we'll hide." Ino said and when Choji started to count they scattered.
"Remember, count to 30!" Ino called as she left the clearing with Sakura.
I'm so sorry it's short, but I wanted to put up a chapter while I had a chance. And today is my only chance for the rest of the summer. I promise to have at least 2 chapters posted up ASAP. Thank you for waiting for this chapter! And I promise to finish this story!
-akatsuki-espada10
