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Chapter Three: Ninja summons, Training and ANBU!

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" was heard repeatedly by Naruto as he tried to process the situation he got himself into.

Flashback

It has been almost two years since Naruto started his fuinjutsu training with jiraiya and now the nine year old Naruto uzumaki uchiha is waiting anxiously sitting outside the hokage's office.

Naruto heard a come in from inside the office and entered but was slightly surprised to see jiraiya and fugaku with the hokage in his office.

Jiraiya was smirking proudly and fugaku also had a small smile of pride on his face and the hokage was giving him an approving look.

"Well damn kid, looks like you broke all records with this one, even I had doubts that you might pass but you surpassed all expectations" said jiraiya with a smirk and fugaku nodded.

"Then I…" asked Naruto hurriedly waiting for the answer.

"Naruto Uzumaki Uchiha, I the hokage after seeing your test scores, mission records, experience and the recommendations from several experienced jonin, have decided to promote you to the rank of jonin… congratulations" said the aged hokage and smirked at the surprised and happy look on the youngest jonin's face.

"Thank you very much hokage-dono, I promise to do my best as a ninja of the hidden leaf village" said Naruto with determination and appreciation.

"Good, I expect nothing less from you and I look forward to your future exploits and lastly since you have now gained the rank of jonin, you are now allowed to make use of the jonin training grounds, jutsu vault and you now have the privilege to choose any mission that is below A-class" said the hokage and smiled slightly at the happy grin on the young boys face.

"Congratulations Naruto, I am proud to say that such a talented young man is a part of my clan and as a reward for being promoted, I grant you access to the secret uchiha jutsu vaults" said fugaku proudly and Naruto's grin widened at the prospect of being able to learn new jutsu.

"Looks like I'm the only one left to give you something for passing so here…" said jiraiya as he gave Naruto a scroll.

"What is it?" Naruto asked and jiraiya smirked "That there kid is an uzumaki sealing scroll I found around my travels, it can only be opened by an uzumaki so it's yours now"

Naruto nodded thanks to the sanin and excused himself from the office.

Later

After a while of walking around the village, Naruto heard some shouts from one of the nearby training grounds and decided to see, what the cause was and came to a sight that disgusted him.

The training grounds around the village were mostly forests and full of trees, so it was no surprise that a lot of animals lived there but that aside civilians weren't allowed in the training grounds since it was reserved only for ninja.

But there in the clearing of the training field was a group of about seven civilians kicking around a golden fox with twin tails around.

"Keep on kicking this kyuubi spawn guys! C'mon we have to make sure it doesn't live another day!" said one of the civilians and the others readily agreed and kept on beating up the bloodied animal around.

The civilians were about to continue until a force that felt like fifteen pounds was just dropped on their heads and a feeling of dread and despair washed over them, images of their deaths in multiple painful ways was played in their eyes and when they turned around they were met with blood red eyes with three tomoe spinning wildly in them.

"GET LOST!" said Naruto ominously and the civilians ran like their asses were on fire.

Naruto sighed and closed his eyes and slowly walked towards the injured fox.

The fox whimpered and tried uselessly to get away from Naruto but failed and Naruto slowly knelt down to the fox "Look I know you just got hurt by humans and don't want to trust me but please do because I don't mean you any harm and I'm going to heal your wounds" as he said that he went through a few handseals and his hands started to glow with green chakra and as he brought his hands over the wounds, they started to heal and after ten minutes all the wounds on the fox were healed.

The small fox was very surprised by the kind human's actions and after Naruto was done, it looked at him and saw him smile "There all done, I know humans just hurt you but I hope you don't hate all of us because of just a few retarded ones" and the fox's eyes grew wide a little at the words of the kind human.

"Well alright then, you should probably get going now" Naruto said but was surprised when the fox jumped at him and started saying thank you repeatedly.

Flashback End

Naruto was confused, since he had never met any talking animals before, sure he heard about talking ninja summons but meeting one was very different.

"Uh yeah, it's fine so do you mind getting off me?" asked Naruto and the small fox slowly climbed down and rubbed the back of its head with its tail.

"Hehe, sorry about that, it's just that I thought I was a goner back there and then you came and saved me, so I'm really grateful since I didn't want to die on my first visit here… even though I kind of sneaked off" said the fox sheepishly and Naruto sweat-dropped.

"Do you mind telling me who and what exactly you are?" Naruto asked and the fox puffed up its chest "My name is hitomi and I'm a kitsune-yokai" said the fox with pride and Naruto raised an eyebrow in interest.

"And what is a kitsune yokai?"

"Well my clan is a class of demons that resembles foxes and we are very strong physically and have high aptitude for illusions and magic" the fox explained and Naruto was confused at the magic part.

"Magic? Do you mind explaining that to me?"

"Well its sort of similar to what ninjas use like chakra but we only use spiritual energy which makes it easier to control and versatile but it's less potent compared to chakra" hitomi explained

"What do you mean by less potent?"

"Basically if you make a fireball from chakra and one from just spiritual energy and fire them at each other than the chakra one wins because it's a lot more potent, got it?" Hitomi asked and Naruto nodded.

"That's pretty interesting, well anyways that aside why are you here in the first place? And you said something about sneaking off"

Hitomi rubbed the back of her head sheepishly with her tails and answered "hehe... Well my kind or rather yokai in general aren't allowed to come here, but I was curious so I kind of sneaked off to see what this place is like..." Hitomi explained and sweat dropped when she saw naruto starring at her pointedly "w-what? My kind is very curious you know"

Naruto sighed "that's fine but you should have taken someone strong with you to protect you, if it wasn't for me then, you could have died"

Hitomi huffed in annoyance "excuse me but I'm pretty strong just so you know, the only reason those pathetic people could beat me up was because I was exhausted after using my magic to open a portal here"

"A portal?"

"Well it's sort of like the summoning thing you ninjas do but without the smoke, basically we find a place we want to go to so we use our magic to teleport us there, it's a little more complicated than that but that's the basic idea of it" hitomi explained and naruto decided to ask about the portal later by for now "ok so why are youkai not allowed in the elemental nations?"

"I don't know the whole history of it but it's something of an agreement between all youkai that without a contract between specific humans and youkai, we aren't allowed to come here... Right now the yokai I know of that have contracts with humans are the toad, snake and slug youkai though they are pretty low class and the summoning contract is how they are summoned by the way"

"Wait so you're telling me that the ninja summons the sanin have are youkai and that they are low class?"

"I don't know who the sanin are but if you're talking about those talking giant toads and the other two then yeah, we are on the same page"

"Ok so what now?" Asked Naruto after a moment of silence so he could process the information he was given

"Uh, I know that you saved me and all but I'd really appreciate it, if you show around your village a little since I've never seen a human one before and all this trip would be useless if I don't even see any good places" hitomi requested and Naruto decided to help the fox.

Later

After giving hitomi the tour of the village while keeping to the roof tops, since the village populace had a real dislike for foxes, naruto decided to take a break in one of the empty parks.

"Wow I didn't think a human village would be like this, it's definitely a lot different than my village" said the happy fox and Naruto smiled

"Well I'm glad you enjoyed your tour, so now are you going to go home?" Naruto asked and hitomi fidgeted nervously

"Um I don't mind but hey Naruto I was thinking, well I really like this place and I'm sure my clan would like this place too but we can't come here without a contract so will you make a summoning contract with my clan?" Hitomi asked nervously and while naruto was surprised at the offer, he also had doubts and questions about making the summoning contract "While I appreciate the offer, I don't understand that why me though and why even make a contract with a ninja? You do know that we ninjas do many things that are not honorable and we occasionally have wars or something similar on a smaller scale,,, so why?"

Hitomi smirked "It's pretty simple, you see youkai have made a pact to not have wars between ourselves but we haven't made any rules about helping humans fight… so by fighting humans or other youkai by proxy we sate our lust for battle; while youkai have different species and believes, one thing we all have in common is the lust for battle and besides what did you think the other ninjas summons make contracts? We don't do it just out of being nice" finished hitomi with a blood thirsty grin and Naruto sweat dropped.

'Come to think of it I've never heard of why ninja summons make contracts in the first place, even when they don't have to so that's why huh?... guess that's one mystery solved since it does make sense, summons are almost always used in large scale battles… all of this aside, I need to think of the pros and cons of this contract, if I make the contract then I get fox summons and I might even get special jutsu or knowledge they might have but the cons are that a lot of people in konoha will be scared of me of having fox summons because of kyuubi if words gets out and other villages might target me for my contract… but in the end I guess it's worth so might as well make the contract' thought Naruto seriously and made his decision and agreed to the contract.

"Great! But there is a slight complication though" hitomi said and Naruto got curious "And what would that be?" Naruto asked and hitomi laughed a bit awkwardly "Well you kind of have to make the clan head accept you as our summoner and well she isn't very easy to impress"

"Ok so will I have to pass a test?"

"… more like she will stare at you for a minute and decide whether you're worth her time or not…"

"…ok I think I can handle that" Naruto said a bit confused as to how the clan head would test him by just staring at him but shrugged it off since he guessed youkai had different ways then humans.

"Alright that's the spirit! Now since I now have enough youki to send a signal to my mom, she can come here and test you!" hitomi said energetically and started to use her youki and it was a visible violet color and a youki made seal appeared beneath her paws for a few seconds before it vanished and a minute of silence later, a puff of smoke formed and when it dissipated a six-tailed golden fox three times the size of a tiger appeared and glared and Naruto and hitomi.

"…Now then, Hitomi will you tell me where did you run off to and who is this human?" asked the giant fox with a tone that meant complete business and Naruto found himself being nervous a little.

"hehehe,,, well it's a long story mom…" Hitomi said awkwardly

"I have time so explain yourself" answered the fox and hitomi explained her situation of how she came to the human realm and how she was attacked by dumb humans but Naruto quickly saved and healed her and gave her a tour of his village as well and after she was finished she got scolded for a good fifteen minutes on her stupidity and that she will never get to visit again is she ever did it again and after the fox was done lecturing hitomi, she turned her attention at Naruto.

"First of all I want to thank you for saving my daughter and secondly I will introduce myself.. I am Hikari, clan head of the kitsune clan" hikari said in a regal manner fit only for royalty.

"Think nothing of it hikari-dono" Naruto replied respectfully and hikari smirked a bit at his polite but confident voice; it was very rare to find a human that didn't piss their pants or stutter in front of her and that was something.

"Now then, hitomi here tells me you want to make a summoning contract with our clan?"

"Yes, I would greatly appreciate it if you would make me your summoner" Naruto said with determination and hikari smiled a bit at his attitude.

"Well, let's see if your worthy or not" hikari said and as she narrowed her eyes at Naruto and Naruto himself felt as if she was staring at his soul but didn't show any fear.

After a minute hikari asked "Alright flare your chakra a little"

Naruto simply nodded and did as he was told since it was probably part of the test and as he flared his chakra, a sky blue cloak covered his body in the shape of lightning ( just like the super saiyan aura in dbz though Naruto's is sky blue).

Hikari's eyebrows shot up in surprise at the amazingly strong and dense chakra the young boy was flaring 'A-amazing, I've never seen chakra this dense or strong from a human, even most strong youkai don't have youki this strong and even more amazing fact is that it seems to be growing stronger… this human is definitely special and different from all the rest' thought hikari calculatingly.

"Alright that's enough, I have made my decision… you are acceptable to become our summoner" said hikari and Naruto stopped immediately in surprise at the statement.

"T-that's it? You don't even know my name, my motives or the village I'm from and yet you will accept me as your summoner so easily?" Naruto asked in shock since he couldn't believe his luck or the absurdity of the situation since first what was just a walk turned into him getting summons!

"We don't care about your heritage, village or goals… what we look in a summoner is someone who is a strong person both physically and spiritually and stays loyal to us and gives us the opportunity for battle and prove ourselves… you have proven yourself to be more that worthy"

"…How did you find me to be worthy by just staring at me?" Naruto asked perplexed

"Eyes are the windows to the soul young man and I saw that you have a very strong one" Hikari said wisely 'And I went through your memories and I have to admit you are a very strong individual Naruto Uchiha and you will continue to grow stronger' thought hikari and breathed a stream of fire from her mouth and as the flames disappeared, there at the ground was a large sized crimson colored scroll with a blue flame design on it.

"This is our summoning scroll, sign your name on it with your blood and make your print on it as well and you will become our summoner" hikari said and hitomi jumped in joy for Naruto succeeding and Naruto himself smiled.

After he finished writing his name and making his hand print, hikari checked the scroll and nodded and the scroll disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Very well then from this day Naruto Uzumaki Uchiha you are our summoner and will have our aid, also on a side note I will be summoning you sometime later to our realm so we can teach you some of our skills and techniques" hikari said and Naruto smirked at the prospect of learning new techniques and jutsu; it was one of his favorite things after all.

"Alright I knew that you could pass mom's test and become our summoner! It's great that we finally have a summoner and a nice and strong one at that!" hitomi exclaimed and Naruto raised an eyebrow in surprise

"Your clan never had a summoner before?"

"No, you will be the first summoner and I hope you spread the name and might of our clan to all the elemental nations and summon realms" said Hikari and Naruto nodded with determination.

"Hey, hey mom! Will it be ok if I be Naruto's regular summon? Please, I promise I won't cause problems for him" begged hitomi and hikari looked at Naruto "Will you accept her as your partner?"

"I may not know her skills or fighting style but I have a feeling we can get along and be a good team so yes" Naruto said and hitomi jumped and hugged him in joy while hikari nodded impressed at Naruto's intelligence.

"I guess I'm a summoner from today…" Naruto said with pride and excitement as he looked at the happy hitomi jumping around and the smiling hikari.

Later

"So let me get this right, not only did you get promoted to jonin and are now the youngest jonin in the history of konoha but you also got the fox summoning contract on the very same day" deadpanned Itachi as he looked at Naruto who was calmly sitting on a cushion, drinking some pineapple juice and nodded

"…Damn" said Shisui as he looked at Naruto and felt a little envious of the prodigious uchiha but felt a little happy as well at the fact that he was from his own clan and wasn't arrogant about it his success or skill.

Shisui was also an uchiha and was around the same age as Naruto and itachi, he was a chunin same as itachi and was also considered a prodigy. Shisui and itachi were friends first and later he met Naruto a little after the chunin exams and both became good friends after a while and later the duo of Naruto and itachi became trio with shisui with them and the young boys hung around most of the time whenever they were free.

While Naruto and Itachi were friendly rivals, Itachi and Shisui were best-friends since they both had a lot in common since both were pacifists by nature and greatly loved the village and the clan so they got along pretty well; while Naruto was different since he loved to train, fight and challenge himself and only held love for the clan, since he considered all of the clan his family but was neutral to everyone one else.

"So Naruto any other amazing feats we should know about?" shisui asked after he took a sip from his tea as the three boys were relaxing near a pond in the uchiha district.

And just as shisui finished his question a kunai hit the ground a meter away from the boys and the three prepared themselves for battle but when they saw the konoha insignia on the scroll attached to the scroll and the ANBU standing on the tree looking expectantly at them, they relaxed their guard a little.

"Might as well see what's inside" said Naruto as he picked up the scroll and read the content inside and sighed.

"So what is it?" asked shisui and Naruto tossed him the scroll "Does that answer your question?" Naruto asked with sarcasm

Shisui read the scroll and his eyes widened in surprise "What's so surprising shisui?" asked itachi as he peered from shisui's shoulder and looked at the scroll himself and his eyes widened comically in surprise as well.

"Naruto Uzumaki Uchiha you are formally invited to join the elite ANBU corps of konohagakure no sato, you have 72 hours to accept or decline the offer…" said the ANBU as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Damn I'm just full of surprises today aren't I?" Naruto said with a smirk and both itachi and shisui sweat dropped at that.

"Now we can add unpredictable to his personality as well I suppose" itachi said with a deadpan

"So are you going to join the ANBU?" shisui asked

"Why not?" asked Naruto with a smirk.

END

Alright chapter done and I want to say sorry for the late update to everyone who liked my fic.

Also I want to thank everyone who reviewed my fic, seriously every review makes me want to write the next chapter faster.

Also to those waiting for the awaited meeting between Naruto and Naruko, then I'm glad to say that it's the next chapter so look forward to it.

This chapter is mostly a bit of Naruto growing up.

Lastly I know that I haven't cleared a few things up but I'll explain all of them later in flashbacks in the next chapters.