The Dark Knight: SageModeSasuke has been a busy little bee it seems. He snuck ahead and wrote two chapters for your beautiful people with the two prompts I gave him... I thought it would only be one chapters, but can't complain. It looks pretty freaking awesome.
Naruto: I am so going to kick Tsunade's ass.
SageModeSasuke: What's wrong Naruto?
Naruto: You wrote the freaking chapter?! You tell me?
SageModeSasuke: Ut oh... Let's not keep the good people waiting Naruto... Wait. Put down that meat cleaver. Wait, what do you need that Nutcracker for. We're out of nuts... Oh shit!
The Dark Knight: On with the show. Oh.. WAIT. The guest who wrote something or other about 'hinatits' has all but made this a NaruHina story. Thanks for the help in deciding the paring. Maybe another option will change our minds later, but as of right now, SMSasuke is happy as it's his OTP anyway.
SageModeSasuke: Shut up you bastard. I told you not to tell anyone about that!
Naruto: Oh SageModeSasuke, hehehehe. Come out and playee... Oh yeah, on with the show!
The world spun for the young Uzumaki as he gripped the white haired sage with all of his might. The warrior was accompanied by a purple haired, fiery beauty, a wood controlling shinobi, and a silver haired vengeance personified. The newly formed Team Jiraiya crushed multiple attempts to prevent them from leaving Konoha as a stunned Hokage stood in shock. His long time friend Danzo took command temporarily until Hiruzen came back to his senses. Upon doing so, he ordered the chase ended as it was a direct decree by the daimyo. He only hoped Naruto would one day forgive him for the choices he made.
Twelve long hours later, Hi no Kuni Capital: Daimyo Palace.
Naruto was allowed to sleep until he awoke of his own volition. His young eyes fluttered and tried to focus despite being in a massive, dark, barely lit room. His first instinct was to jump back and into a fighting position. His only company who was hidden in a shadow smiled as he slowly walked out. Naruto felt for his shuriken pouch, and found it still there. He gripped it quickly and drew two respectively and summoned ten kage bunshin as he commanded, "Identify yourself?"
"Your parents would be proud of your instincts gaki." the baritone voice stated as he stepped fully out of the shadows.
Naruto's eyes narrowed as he tried to place the familiar face, then he took in a quick breath as he said, "Godfather?"
"It's me little one. You are safe now. I will make sure you stay safe now, for as long as I am breathing. I am sorry I wasn't there for you in your younger days, but I was protecting you from the threats outside of Konoha. Your father and mother had enemies who would have burned Konoha to the ground to get to you if they found out you were alive to avenge their loved ones your parents killed in the previous war."
Naruto slowly placed his kunai back in their pouch as he sat on the bed and looked downtrodden. "I trusted the old man." tears started to fall.
"Don't count that old monkey out yet. He must think of the village first as he is the hokage... but I can honestly say he cares for you... otherwise, there would have been a lot more shinobi sent out to attack us and made our journey here much harder."
That made Naruto's eyes widen slightly. "Thank you for that godfather. It's good to know he didn't entirely hate me and just put on a show for the demon boy."
Jiraiya was a little shocked at that last part, but was stopped before he could ask, "I found documents my father left which, on top of everything else It wasn't hard to put together I had the fox put inside of me."
Jiraiya rubbed his suddenly aching head. "You are not the fox Naruto. It would take too long to explain the intricacies of sealing to you this evening. But the long and short of it is... You are a bottle with a cap on the top. The fox is the liquid sealed inside of the jar. You understand?"
Naruto slowly nodded his understanding. He again hugged his godfather, who wasn't used to such genuine familial affection, but he couldn't help but to hold onto his godson as if he'd never hold him again. For the first time in many years Jiraiya felt a sense of family and he would be damned if he let that feeling go.
"Excuse me, but where are we anyway?" Naruto finally asked, noting he didn't recognize ever seeing such a nice room before, not that he'd been invited to many nice places.
"We are in the Imperial Palace of the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni." Jiraiya saw the confused look on Naruto's face before simplifying it by saying, "The Hokage's boss."
Naruto's already saucer sized eyes nearly bulged out of his head at that tidbit. Jiraiya chuckled slightly at that. "He heard about how bad you were being treated and insisted you be brought here to be trained in the ninja arts. Old school training. Not that crap they teach in the academy. That way you can defend yourself..."
To Jiraiya's suprise, Naruto interrupted him with the oddest request. "Will I be able to return?"
Jiraiya's heart nearly froze at that. "Why in Kami's name would you go back after the way people treated you?"
"I still have a few people in Konoha who I looked up to and looked after me. I will become Hokage and make changes in that rat hole of a village, and make it something our daimyo can be proud of."
Jiraiya's pride in his godson soared beyond the mortal coil. He knew what he had to do. He would teach his godson how to be the most fearsome shinobi the world had ever known. He would leave Minato's former legacy in the dust. His godson had what he respected the most in a ninja. Guts.
After a few more minutes of connecting with his godson, he wished him a good night and met up with the daimyo who insisted on speaking to Jiraiya after Naruto woke.
The Daimyo's Conference Room
"...and he should not be allowed to go back to that shit hole until it's been cleaned up and a new hokage has been put in place." the daimyo ranted at how the young Namikaze had been treated.
Not wanting to betray his sensei, despite his own anger, Jiraiya stated, "I don't think it's all on Sarutobi Hiruzen. I know you have a vested interest in Naruto's well being your grace, but I must ask that you hold back your wrath sir."
"Hold back my wrath?!" the daimyo exploded. "My wrath is held back. If not I would have ordered your secret forces directly under me to burn Konoha to cinders Jiraiya!"
"Please sir!" Jiraiya pleaded fiercely. "Don't make me do that to my home. I will make them see reason. Or at least those who matter."
The daimyo had rarely ever seen Jiraiya lose his composure under any circumstances. That slowed his tirade to a stop. He took his seat again and sighed, took a sip of his imported wine as he tried to compose himself. "Damn it Jiraiya. I will not be seen as weak as letting someone of his pedigree get treated like dirt. He is of royal blood. Directly descended from the fucking Uzumaki clan of Uzushiogakure no Sato. An ally of Konoha before it's untimely fall."
The daimyo took a deep breath and then after a moment of consideration he ordered, "This is my proclamation as the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni. Uzumaki Naruto is now a ward of the palace Hi no Kuni. He is granted royal protection from those that would harm him in Konoha, and those outside it's gates and borders. He will be trained by you in fuinjutsu in remembrance of his family, and other arts by you and those you brought with you. He will also be trained by my personal guard in swordsmanship and diplomacy. He wants to go back to Konoha one day? Fine. I want him well educated, and I want him strong enough to TAKE the fucking Hokage seat if I deem it by the time he would have graduated the academy!"
Jiraiya tried to take a step back out of shock, but fell backwards into the coat of knight's armor and nearly had his head split from the ax said coat held. After a few moments, Jiraiya managed to regain his footing. He didn't know how he would accomplish what was necessary, but was smart enough to not tell that to the daimyo. Jiraiya was sweating as he received a nod. An obvious dismissal.
Two weeks later, the Twelve Guardian's Training Ground Two.
"Faster Naruto!" Jiraiya called as he sent another sweep Naruto's way, who did a back flip to a hand stand, then back to his feet to avoid his godfather's insane speed. Naruto was bloodied, bruised, and pissed.
"What the fuck is wrong with you you evil bastard. I thought you were supposed to be my godfather, not my abuser!"
Jiraiya had been pushing Naruto extremely hard, and got on the other senseis for being too lenient on him. But Naruto's words really caused him to pause. They really hit a sore spot, and hurt him deeply. "Abuser?" Jiraiya stopped his attack and asked sadly.
"Yes abuser. I know you told the daimyo you would whip me into shape for some reason, but I have gotten beat by you more than I ever got back home! I have had to be healed by the palace medic nin every day for two weeks!" Naruto retorted angrily, but stopped upon noticing Jiraiya's face. He usually didn't wear his emotions so openly, but he looked torn to Naruto's young eyes.
"Okay. Maybe I have been pushing you to the breaking point..."
"Maybe?!" Naruto spat rhetorically.
Jiraiya knew that if he didn't tell Naruto something he would lose the little trust he'd established with the boy. He sat down and motioned for Naruto to do the same. Naruto released his angry stance, and sat across from Jiraiya.
"Look Naruto. I'm sorry if I am pushing you more than you think I should, but the Daimyo wants you strong enough to take Konoha by storm when you go back for the genin exams. He wants you strong enough to take on... a certain super powerful Jonin. I am reluctant to tell you, but it might inspire you. He wants you to be at a sanin level. We of the legendary... three are each strong enough to take on the hat of the Hokage."
Naruto's look of utter shock was replaced by one of utter defiance. His injuries were not bad enough to need the medic, so his inner healing method kicked in and he was back to eighty percent. He flipped up onto his feet and said, "What are you waiting for?! Move it old man!"
While Jiraiya felt slightly insulted at being called old, being barely fifty but chuckled slightly at Naruto's quick change of attitude. But he nearly blew out the back of his pants at his godson's next movement and words."
Naruto flipped back again to gain a bit of room for a second and placed his hands in a crossed half ram formation and narrowed his eyes as he nearly screamed out, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, thinking this had to be a joke. The joke was when over three hundred Naruto's appeared around him and Jiraiya's heart nearly burst out of his chest at the amount of Chakra required to create one shadow clone.
"Group yourselves into twenties," Naruto ordered. Once the stubborn clones realized their creator was in no mood for games after looking around and seeing the amount of their 'brothers,' they fell into step. "Good job boys. I need you, group one to find Kakashi-nii and force him to train you in ninjutsu. If he doesn't, steal his orange book, and warn him I have tons of chakra left, so if he destroys you all, I will send more and more until he relents. Clear?"
"Crystal Clear Sir!" they called back enthusiastically as they would get to mess with their new perverted older brother. Naruto realized how much of a pervert his brother was as he glanced at Kakashi's open book on his night stand when he was tasked with waking him up as part of Anko's training.
"Group two, find Yamato and ask him to help on your base swordsmanship skills until the 'twelve' are free to help. Group three, find Anko and have her help with Stealth, and etiquette classes." Upon hearing stealth, the group was excited, but remembered Anko's last etiquette class and groaned."
"No whining. You all heard what our ero-godfather said right? The daimyo wants us to be strong enough to hold my own against someone like jiji. Do 'you' want to be the reason we failed the daimyo. The one who is letting us live in a freakin' palace! The one who is letting us live here? Or do you want to go home unprepared, where the barely above average civilian can whip our asses and take what's ours?!"
"No sir!" was the expected answer. Naruto just didn't expect such a fierce reply, but after a few seconds of thought, he realized they were him, and he was pissed at his past circumstances. He thrust his fist in the air and yelled, "We will become the best Hokage Konohagakure no Sato has ever had, and will make it shine like a star upon the maps of the world!"
The next group was sent to work on calligraphy, and another to work on chakra control exercises Jiraiya suggested. After everyone was finally in place he also mentioned, "Have your clones disperse a little at a time. Too many sending info back at once could fry your brain."
A chill went down Naruto's spine, but he carefully created five more clones and sent them off to get the word out.
"Jiraiya-sama!" A young warrior in training called as he raced over to him, nearly out of breath. "Dai...daimyo-sent me with this pouch of jewels and..."
"Slow down kid. Breathe," Jiraiya suggested good-naturedly.
The young man nodded in appreciation and took a few seconds to catch his breath before continuing. "The Great Monolith, our king and master; The Daimyo Kirito-sama has requested that you bring Tsunade here to assist with master Namikaze's training..."
"Uzumaki," Naruto interrupted ubruptly. His eyes sharp and unrelenting.
"I'm sorry?" the young man asked confused.
"My father is of the house Namikaze... hm.." he sighed, "but I have been an Uzumaki all of my life. I will honor my mother's clan by keeping the name I have grown accustomed to. I am Uzumaki Naruto of the Uzumaki Clan." he said quietly, but with a fierceness which left no room to argue.
"Well said young man," a voice said from behind him. Naruto swung around and flipped backwards and into a defensive position.
"Who are you, and how did you sneak up on me?" Naruto asked as he pulled out a kunai. Jiraiya was upon Naruto and quickly took the kunai much to Naruto's shock.
"Naruto... It's not nice to attack our host and leader of all of Hi no Kuni." He said in hopes the Daimyo found the even humorous.
"I approve Jiraiya, but I should not have been able to sneak up on him. I was only trained up to a high level Chunin in skill level before I was required to take over as daimyo."
Jiraiya's shoulders sank, but daimyo or not, Jiraiya had to make something clear. "Please forgive my impertinence daimyo-sama... but your expectations of Naruto being kage level shinobi in three years is nearly impossible... even with his insane kage bunshin method he just revealed. Maybe high jonin 'if' and only if we don't allow him to have anymore of his childhood and fill it only with training."
Daimyo Kirito was slightly pissed... especially since Jiraiya brought this up in front of Naruto, but found wisdom in the sage's words. He lowered his head slightly in thought. After a moment he said, "You are right. We shall push young master Nami..." but stopped in slight amusement at the young Uzumaki's glare. "Escuse me. I must have misspoke. I meant young master Uzumaki's training. I will personally assist with the political details of ruling as those laws were pounded into my head.
Naruto sighed as he didn't like decisions being made for him, but fell into step. This was the man who wanted him to possibly take over as the next hokage. He turned toward the daimyo and looked directly into his eyes defiantly before kneeling, lowing his head in submission and stating, "I live to serve the daimyo and hi no kuni. I thank you for your kindness and generosity sire. I will never forget it."
The daimyo knew it took a lot for the boy to submit like that. He felt that Naruto meant every word and his betting on the boy would pay off one hundred fold in the long run.
A few short minutes after the daimyo left Jiraiya bit his finger and drew a little blood and performed the requisite hand seals and slammed the bloodied hand on the ground as he called out, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
A human sized puff of smoke appeared and revealed a majestic looking toad with twin Katana. One on each side.
The toad glances around and takes note of Jiraiya and Naruto. "Oh. Hello there Jiraiya-san. I hope all is well with you. Though I wonder why you'd summon someone as clumsy as me to assist you... with whatever it is you are in need of help with."
"I need you to deliver a message to Tsunade for me Gamaken. She is in Tanzuka Gai Provence for at least the next two weeks. Give her these, and, and tell her she will get more after a visit to the daimyo's estate. It's important, and her coffers would look a little better spilling over with a little extra money." Jiraiya explained as he handed over a very small satchel with three formidably sized diamonds in them.
Time Skip: Three Weeks Later-
Naruto atop the first three steps before a flat surface pointed angrily at Tsunade as he screamed, "Take. It. BACK!"
Tsunade rolled her eyes, and prepared to walk off, not expecting much of the little 'gaki.' Naruto flipped over her head and brought his foot down in a powerful heel kick. Tsunade easily side stepped the attack, but was caught off guard at the indentation on the ground thanks to the training seals his parents made. Naruto flipped back again, and grabbed on of the training swords from the area he'd set aside just an hour prior after his practice with the Eternal Genin, Maruboshi Kousuke who'd agreed to give him a few free lessons as he was escorting the Hyuuga delegation to meet with the Daimyo.
Naruto's eyes flashed red for but a second as he once again demanded, "Take IT BACK!" his voice nearly an octave deeper than it should have been, menace dripping from ever word, but Tsunade was not one of the legendary three for no reason.
Tsunade released a formidable amount of killing intent. Enough to make even a few of the daimyo's weaker elite guard trainees nearly fall over. Naruto was brought to his knees. He saw his very nightmares of being killed in hundred of different ways.
Naruto gritted his teeth and forced himself up and placed the sword in a forward thrusting position as he said for the last time, "Take it back! Nobody insults the fucking Hokage of the Hidden Leaf in my Presence!"
To Be Continued... In a few minutes. Surprise! Double Update Day! Special thanks to those who read and review our story. We appreciate the support!