Chapter 4 Eye candy
Naruto was walking down the main street of the leaf village, feeling good. They had just completed another mission. Sure, it was tracking down a stupid cat, but it was still a mission! Now, all he had on his mind was some ramen from his favorite ramen stand. He lfted the tarp and entered, smiling.
"Naruto! How have you been?" Asked a man wearing a cheifs outfit.
"Heh. Just got back from another mission. We had to hunt down a cat. Of course, after seeing how the owner sqaushed it in a hug, I can't say I blame it."
"What'll you have, Naruto?" A kind young woman asked him with a smile.
Before he could answer, Kakashi showed up.
"Naruto, lets go. The Hokage has another mission for us. And before you ask, it's a C-rank."
Naruto roared his approval and headed off with Kakashi to the Hoakge's tower.
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Sarutobi looked at Team 7, his face masked in seriousness.
"Now, Team 7. You mission is to head to The Land of the Whirlpool and make contact with the leader there. Aparrently, they are under segie by an unknown force. We don't think any shinobi are involved. But we will be sending you with back up just incase. Our best two genin squads will handle this mission. Your back up will be Team 8. Now, you will leave tomarrow morning so prepare for a long term mission." The hokage looked at Naruto, who surprisingly remained quiet.
"Well, Naruto. You have been quiet. Is something wrong?"
Naruto smiled at him.
"Nope. This mission is what I've been waiting for." He grinned at him.
The Hokage chuckled.
"Well, you should be excited. After all, you may run into family there."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, I forgot. Naruto, your mother, from what we know, was from Whirlpool. In fact, you may run into a relation on this mission anyway."
Naruto was stunned to hear this.
"Why would that be?"
"Because the client is named Shinji Uzumaki."
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Naruto sat in the park, contimplating what he had heard. He had family, but they never came for him. Why? Why would they not come to see him at the very least? Why let him live alone with no one at all? Was fate really that cruel?
Naruto shook his head. He reasoned that they probably didn't know he even exsisted. After all, who's to say his mother even told her family she was pregnant. Feeling better, he stood up and left.
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Naruto and Team 7 sat at the gate, fully loaded packs, just enjoying the moment to relax. They watched as Team 8 waited as well, their sensei constantly checking her watch and loking back at Team 7. Naruto shrugged his shoulders about the twentith time she looked at him. They had only been waiting an hour before Kakashi appeared in a poof of smoke, eye smile in place.
"Sorry I'm late. The Hokage wanted to pass on a few last minute details about our mission."
Naruto was about to call him a liar before he realized that Kakashi was only an hour late, so it seemed like the truth. Kurenai looked at him suspisously before she nodded her head, accepting the story. Team 8 walked over and stood behind their sensei, Kiba giving Naruto a short nod. Sasuke simply glared at him with Sakura trying to get his attention. Naruto shook his head. He was glad he wasn't on that team. It was another fifteen minutes before they left. Naruto wondered how things would play out. He had no idea how much his life would change.
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The two Leaf teams arrived at the Land of Whirlpool one week later, in good spirits. As they approached the front gate, they saw a man walking out to meet them. He had green eyes and firery red hair, and he had a warm smile on his face. He stopped some distance away and the teams met him just outside the gates. Kurenai and Kakashi gave him a respectful bow.
"Good afternoon, Lord Uzumaki. I am Kakashi Hatake. And this is Kurenai Yuhi. We are here on behalf of your request."
The man clapped his hands together.
"Ah, very good. Hopefully, you can remove the bandit problem we've been having. It seems that they intend to overtake our city."
"Why haven't your own ninja been able to combat them?" Sakura asked as he led them into the village.
"Well, they have been hard pressed defending our village. We only have a small force of shinobi."
"Well, that makes sense."
Naruto nodded and followed the man as he walked to a large manner, bearing the same insignia that he wore on his jacket.
"Lord Uzumaki? Do you know of any relatives you may have in the Leaf Village?" Naruto asked him.
The man stopped dead in his footsteps and turned to Naruto, his face a mask of seriousness.
"What is your concern in that matter?"
"Because my name is Naruto Uzumaki."
The man's eyes went wide as he stepped over to Naruto. He looked back at the clan house momentairly.
"Come with me. All of you."
The Leaf Ninja followed him and he lead them to what had to be a council chamber, full of older men. The oldest man looked at Shinji with surprise.
"Shinji. I was under the impression that you were going to take our allies to the hospital so that they could speak with the surviviors."
Shinji bowed before he looked back up at the older man.
"Father. I bring startling news. An Uzumaki has been living in the Leaf Village."
The Old man rose from his seat, seriousness presant.
"Where is the Uzumaki in question?"
"Here, Father." Shinji stepped aside, revealing Naruto.
The Oldman's eyes hardened as he looked at him.
"You do not look like an Uzumaki. But, I can sense our bloodline in you. It is dorment, but it looks like it will soon awaken. Who were your parents?" The Old man asked, walking over to him.
"I don't know who my parents are. All I was told was that my mother was from whirlpool."
"Kushina." The old man breathed, happiness on his face.
"Excuse me?"
The old man gave him an apologetic smile.
"Forgive me. You see, my daughter, Kushina Uzumaki, was the only Uzumaki to leave our village. All other Uzumaki reside here, in our clan home."
Naruto looked at him, momentairly stunned.
"So...does this mean your my grandfather?"
"It looks like it. Either way, your family." Shinji said as he placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
Naruto looked up at him, smiling widly.
"Well, now I have to comeplete this mission. My family needs help."
The oldman chuckled.
"Well, just so you know, if you ever feel like visiting, the door is always open."
Naruto bowed low to the man.
"Thank you. Now, can you take us to the surviviors so we can kick some bad guy rear?"
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Naruto returned a mere thirty minutes later, comepletely dissappointed. The bandits gave up without a fight after the Nin showed up. Now, he was waving goodbye to his family, having been confimed that Kushina Uzumaki was his mother. Now, he had to get back to the village for his next big mission. And boy was it a big one.
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Naruto felt pain. An intense pain in his eyes as he shot up out of bed in the middle of the night. He gave a scream as the pain intensified. He started to breath heavy and collapsed back onto the bed, drenched in a cold sweat. He door flew open and Kira rushed into the room.
"Naruto. What's wrong?" She asked, rushing over to him.
He still had his hands clamped over his eyes as he shook.
"My eyes. They started hurting." He said weakly.
"Let me see." She said gently, pulling his hands away.
She almost lept away at what she saw. Naruto's eyes had changed and now his pupil was shaped like a whirlpool, it's five arms streaching out to the edges of his iris.
"What's wrong?" He asked her.
"We need to see the Hokage." She said, turning to the door.
Naruto didn't argue and followed her out of the house.
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Sarutobi sighed happily as he finished the paperwork. He stood up and streatched, feeling his old joints pop. He yawned and grabbed his hat, turning to leave to only have his door almost kicked down as Kira and Naruto entered the room. Kira didn't even say anything as Sarutobi hurried over to Naruto and examined his eyes.
"Well. It's awakened." He said simply, moving back to his desk.
Naruto blinked at the oldman.
"What is it?"
"Your bloodlimit. The Rozenagn. You see, a few hundred years ago, the Uzumaki's were at war with the Uchiha's. Your doujutsu was similar to theirs, except for one major difference. Where their's could see into the future, allowing them to copy a jutsu on the spot, your's only alllowed the Uzumaki to copy a jutsu by only seeing it once. After the war ended, they began training it, evolving it to the same point as the basic sharingan. It is only on par with a newly activated one that has two tomoe. It cannot easily stand up to a fully activated one."
Naruto nodded. Sounded like his rivalry with Sasuke was in his genes.
"When they came across another doujutsu, the Byuakugan, they began to evolve their eyes again. While they had no quarrl with the Hyuuga, they wanted to be prepared incase a conflict ever arrised. They managed to attain the ability to see the chakra network, though not as clearly as they could and also gained the near 360 degree visibility but instead of one blind spot, the Uzumaki's have two. One below the chin and the other near the base of the skull. But with their eyes evolverd containing the basics of all three doujutsu's, they gained a new ability. And that was the to see into a persons mind."
Naruto looked at him, awe on his face.
"So, how do I shut it off?"
Sarutobi smiled.
"Just think about shutting it off."
Naruto nodded and Sarutobi watched as his eyes returned to normal. Sarutobi nodded.
"Very good. Now, get home. I'll get more information on your bloodlimit. And you have a mission tomorrow."
Naruto looked at him like a boy on christmas looks at his parents.
"What is it?"
"You'll know tomorrow."
