Hey everyone, just a note. Yeah yea I know I suck at updating quickly, but hey, another (half) chapter, explanation after the chapter.
The return of the last Namikaze
Chapter 6: Realizations and Reactions.
Flash back no jutsu!
Suddenly, Tsunade was seen walking out to the edge of the Mansion and looking at the crowd of villagers and shinobi.
"Greetings fellow villagers, today marks the 16th anniversary of the passing of the Fourth Hokage, and now, I've called you to listen to the will of the Fourth Hokage, as he had the Hokage directed to read at the 16th year of his passing."
The villager's murmured about this. How did the Fourth know he was going to die? And why are we hearing about this sixteen years after? They thought.
She unrolled a scroll and read;
"Dear people of the village hidden in the leaf; if you are reading this, it means that it is 16years after I have died. As I write this, word has just been sent to me that the kyuubi is going to reach the village in 10 minutes and I am writing this will in case I don't make it back alive. I hope that the past 16 years that the village has treated my son well-"
It was then that Tsunade was cut off and all hell broke loose.
Release
The crowd in front of the Hokage's Mansion was in a state of chaos.
Everyone was shouting and either glaring at not knowing the truth, or shocked at the information.
Ambu appeared on all sides of Tsunade to protect her from any attacks, but none came.
"Everyone, please calm down so I can explain-
Tsunade stopped as it seemed useless to try to reason with the crowd.
After 5 minutes of continued noise, Tsunade could not take it anymore and with a loud voice, she shouted;
"Will everyone SHUT UP!" Along with the massive KI that would easily make any grown man faint, it quickly made the people quiet.
Tsunade was still very angry thinking of how the villagers treated Naruto and were acting like whoever this person was should be the next Hokage; ironically, it was Naruto's dream.
She surveyed the crowd below her with disgust. Controlling her temper, Tsunade forced herself to talk normally, but she still had a twitching eyebrow.
"Yes, the Fourth really did have a son, now before all of us go crazy, I'm going to read the remaining of the Fourth's will." Seeing the slowly settling crowd reluctantly agree, Tsunade smiled slightly and reopened the scroll which she had closed when the crowd went crazy.
Reading from where she left off; Tsunade began reading again.
"I hope that the past 16 years that the village has treated my son well, but I guess it will be too much to ask," the crowd was very quiet now as they could almost hear the feelings in the words for the Fourth Hokage; the hero who saved them from the kyuubi.
"as you have not known about his relation to me, I will hope that he at least will get a normal life, but again, it would seem that even that will be too much to ask, as circumstances will not be in his favour if I have to do what I think I might need to do." The crowd murmured at this, wondering why a person would not be granted even a normal life.
"The time is almost gone. I now hear thunderous earthquakes most likely made from the kyuubi, I must finish this now. In short, I grant my son all rights of the Namikaze clan, including bank, land, home and Jutsu.
"My son, if you are hearing this, know that I may have no choice, you are the only one that I will trust to carry such a burden. I hope that you can forgive me, and know that I love you.
Minato Namikaze,
Yondaime Hokage.
The crowd was quiet for a while, pondering their most powerful leader's words until a tall man shouted; "But who is the child?" The crowd, suddenly realizing that they didn't even know who the boy was, quickly agreed and began shouting.
"Quiet everyone and I will show you!" Tsunade shouted.
The crowd settled down and a deep silence settled on the surroundings.
Suddenly the crowd gasped. To their right, they saw a yellow flash. Some rubbed their eyes; others stared with jaws on the ground. Another flash, and another, all from different directions. Then one bright one came directed from the back of the crowd, over everyone's head and on to the railing of the Hokage's Mansion showing a blond haired figure in a crouching position.
Flash back no jutsu
Naruto sat in the Hokage's office with Tsunade the day before the announcement.
"You'll need a good entrance, Naruto." Tsunade told Naruto as they meeting came to a close.
"Don't worry baa-chan, I got it covered. I increased my abilities with the Thunder God Jutsu; I'll make a great entrance with the yellow flash."
Release
The wind and leafs blew as the figure stood up from a crouching position on the railing, back turned to the crowd, three pronged kunai in hand, blond hair blowing in the wind. Everyone stood silently while trying to pick their jaws of the ground and who could blame them; it was years since they saw that technique.
Naruto was standing while facing the Hokage, a sly smile on his face, he knew it looked good. Tsunade hid a smirk as she saw his entrance and the smile on his face. "You sure know how to make things interesting brat." Tsunade thought.
Flash back no Jutsu
It was two in the morning of the announcement. A shady blond figure walked quickly, keeping to the shadows created from the trees close to the Hokage's Mansion. Out of nowhere, three other blond figures joined him as they took positions at three corners of the clearing, each putting a strange kunai into a tree. The first figure nodded and left, leaving the three others to guard the kunai's.
Release
Meanwhile in the crowd, the Rookie 9 and their sensei's looked at everything with slightly opened mouths. Only Sakura and Kakashi knew about Naruto's heritage, but still were slightly amazed at Naruto's entrance. The others looked at the blond haired figure on the railing with a question all nagging their minds. They all knew the one person who had blond hair like the Fourth, most never noticed the similarity, but now the question remained.
"Is that really Naruto?"
The crowd was still in awe. Here was the Fourth's son, the one who saved them from the demon, and his own son knew one of his father's most prized techniques. The young man deserved royalty. But, in their amazement, the crowd forgot who was the only person inside the village, besides the Hokage, who had blond hair. Well, vengeance is best served boiling hot, and right now the village was in a pot, which was their amazement, over the fire of hell, so; why not out of the pot and into the flames?
The last part was going through Naruto's head as his grin became more like an evil smirk. This is gonna be FUN.
The blond figure started to walk along the railing, keeping his face away from the crowd's perspective. He continued doing so for the next 10 minutes as if in thought. Finally, when he thought the anxious crowd had waited long enough, he stopped in the middle and slowly turned to the face the crowd.
Everyone in the crowd gasped in unity as they saw the face, but even more the horrid marks at each side of the blond haired figure's face. When they saw that, they all knew who it was; the demon child.
Most people shouted and yelled angrily at seeing the face, but the shinobi in the crowd were all quiet, trying to swallow the information like a sour pill.
The now named Naruto grinned his signature grin, teeth and all, but as the crowd continued shouting about how the demon didn't deserve that linage, or any for that matter, Naruto's face became grave, releasing KI that doubled what the Hokage put out a while ago, this was no longer the smiling demon brat everyone knew, this was an angry Namikaze who was fed up with this crap.
The crowd instantly silenced as some people fainted. Naruto looked at the crowd with disgust.
"Surprised huh? But who better to protect the village than the son of the kage who saved it?"
One very very stupid man shouted out; "You're not protecting the village, you're putting in constant danger you demon!"
Naruto slowly turned and stared the man straight into his eyes.
"No you dumb idiots; YOU'RE the one putting this village in danger! Ever think of what might happen if I had died? The Kyuubi most likely would be released into this village!"
Everyone froze at this statement. Sure it wasn't completely true, as it wasn't most likely, as there had to be certain conditions, but the bottom line was true.
"Yes, my fellow villagers; Naruto said with a snarl "Remember the uncountable assassination attempts made to kill me, well think of every time you did that, you were unleashing the kyuubi upon all of us!"
The crowd remained silent, so Naruto decided to rub some salt into those lovely raw wounds.
"Remember all those times; Naruto said, while walking on the railing. "I was begging for love, for food, for a home? I was AN INNOCENT CHILD who everyone neglected, and every time you passed me by, every time you abused me, you were letting the kyuubi, inch by inch, out of its cage?"
The crowd was pretty much face faulted at this point. So Naruto continued.
"And the only reason you all aren't dead or dying is because of the third Hokage, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Jariya the toad Sannin, Tsunade the fifth Hokage and most of my fellow shinobi from the Rookie 9. They were the only people who cared for me, and kept me from dying and killing myself, both of which could have ended in disaster for you. So you see," Naruto said as he stopped walking and looked at the crowd. "I am the one protecting all of you, and those persons I mentioned by extension, and I am so well thanked for doing this, aren't I?"
Most of the villagers looked down in shame, while others who had supported him were smiling, proud that the village was finally getting a wakeup call.
Seeing the crowd pretty much at his feet, Naruto just shook his head in disgust.
He threw the kunai in his hand in a random direction and, giving the crowd one more stare, disappeared in a yellow flash.
For a good while, the crowd was silent in thought, but slowly, few by few began leaving, others following slowly, until the whole crowd dwindled into nothing.
Tsunade sighed, and signalling the ambu to leave, went to her office for some sake.
Naruto sat by the lake in his usual training ground, deep in thought.
It's felt great getting all that off his chest, but he wondered if he went too far. Maybe he should have went easier on the villagers, but something in the back of his mind said that they deserved it, so Naruto, deep in thought, shrugged and thought of how life would be from now on.
Meanwhile, in the shadows of Konoha, sat the old war hark, Danzo. He had been at the announcement from a safe distance monitoring everything, and was very surprised at what he had heard. Thinking over everything, Danzo wondered what would be the best move towards the boy for Konoha's well being. Mentally, he reviewed the information he received from his root operatives.
Flash back no Jutsu
The young root agent kneeled before his leader.
"Danzo-sama, I have looked at the demon since he returned at your orders, and I have found out many things." The agent paused for the answer to continue.
"Proceed." Danzo spoke in a flat voice.
"He has grown up in an interesting way, his speed has increased to the point that he is on par with the shinobi Lee Rock. He even defeated the jonin Kakashi, but while he was fighting, his speed increased suddenly and the Kakashi was thrown backwards. I could not get close enough to see what happened, but I could tell that his chakra changed its flow, and strangely, it was flowing to his eyes."
When the agent finished his report, Danzo rubbed his chin and dismissed the agent before going deep in thought.
Release
"This boy is becoming increasingly more of a treat. It may help Konoha military wise, but he will bring many enemies upon us. Something must be done." The leader thought before smiling and walking into the shadows, his cane tapping all the way.
In the village, everyone was stirring. They all were discussing the latest news and it seemed that this would not quiet down soon.
The shinobi presently from the Rookie 9 were meeting up to talk about what happened and to figure out how to deal with this.
From the male side of things, it wasn't too hard. Naruto was now the son of the Fourth and had a few more techniques. But for the females, things were a whole lot different.
The girls had been shocked at Naruto's heritage, excluding Sakura, and now each seemed to like Naruto, but what where they going to do? You can't have more than more girlfriends, so how would they figure things out?
(Random cut in-*kyuubi yells caged cat fight*, hmm, good idea! However, at this point, they didn't meet each other yet, so...let's see how this is gonna work out, you might get your fight kyuubi! :D).
As they walked to the meeting place, the girl's thoughts were over flowing.
"What now, I love Sasuke-kun so much, but Naruto is the son of the Fourth! And he knows the yellow flash! He's...almost as cool as Sasuke-kun! It's just a better second choice, even if Sasuke-kun never loves me, I'm sure that Naruto would love me to crawl into his arms. It's fool proof! I love Sasuke-kun, and Naruto loves me! There's no way anything can go wrong for me!" Sakura thought happily as she walked to the meeting place, little did she know, if she didn't change her train of thought, things would go even worse than she would ever think possible.*insert evil chuckle*
Ino had more mild thoughts, but the fact remained that she liked him, maybe it was his family, maybe it was just cause of the knuckle head himself, but it didn't matter much, just the fact that Ino realized that she might not be the only one who would like him. Hell, the whole female side must like him! How would she deal with that?
Ten-ten was not too frantic about it. She had unconsciously started to like him ever since he came back from his three year trip, but how would she tell him?
Hinata on the other hand, was even more frantic than Sakura. Hinata ran home, once again locking herself in her room. Since Naruto had first stood up for her against some boys when they were younger, she had loved Naruto. When he came back, she was overjoyed at how much he had grown, but since the girls had watch him train, and the lunch at Ten-ten's, it was clear that at least Ino and Ten-ten liked him. She had determined that she would not be a push over, get left behind and without Naruto, but now she was not too sure if she could back those words up.
Naruto was flat down on the ground looking at the passing clouds, deep in thought when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Well Naruto, this morning was interesting."
Naruto turned to see a grinning Jariya.
Jariya sat down next to Naruto and looked at him.
"So, how do you feel?"
Naruto sighed and looked at the peaceful lake before him.
"Well, I feel like a weight is lifted, but did I say too much?"
"Well, kid, in truth, then deserved it, but maybe it was a bit too strong, but can anyone blame you? Anyway, you won't have to worry about that too much, since you'll have a lot of other stuff to deal with."
Naruto looked at him curiously.
"How?"
"Well, for one, you'll have more enemies now, considering your heritage."
Naruto shrugged as if he had already thought of that. Jariya, seeing this, continued.
"You'll have a seat in the clan council, and you'll have to attend meetings regularly."
Naruto was not too happy about this, but he just thought it came with being a Namikaze.
"What else?"
"Well, you'll most likely get a rank upgrade if you show skill in your missions."
Naruto instantly brightened at the thought.
"And then there's another thing that might happen if you do even better than that-" and he paused as if in thought.
Naruto looked eagerly at Jariya.
"Well Pervy Sage, what is it?"
Jariya rubbed his chin in thought and then simply said;
"I'm not gonna tell you."
Naruto face faulted and remembered when team seven just formed and Kakashi was introducing himself and said 'I don't feel like saying that.'
"Fine, Pervy Sage, I'm gonna get some ramen." Naruto said before getting up and beginning to walk towards Konoha.
Jariya turned and called after him.
"Oh, one more thing, you come under the Clan Restoration Act, so look out."
Naruto paused anime style in mid step.
"What do you mean?"
Jariya just laughed and made a shooing motion.
"You'll see, let's just say you're about to experience something that Sasuke had, and you might have worse." Was all he said.
Naruto looked deep in thought, but shrugged and headed for the village.
And stop. Yes everyone I know that it's been a month since my last update, but my computer crashed, I didn't have time getting back to my story, and I got some writer's block, so as I really don't feel with keeping everyone waiting, this is the first half of chapter 6.
Next time: the second half of Realizations and reactions.
Question for the reviewers; this chapter, too much from Naruto, or too little. Also, what do you think Naruto will meet in the village? (Review what you think!)
So there you go, I enjoyed writing the first bit of this chapter, but things seem to not go my way, but a little spoiler to keep you on your toes; so far, Naruto has everything going for his, it won't always be that way, things will go bad.
Sigh, yeah I know that you guys reviewing to update quicker didn't really work out, but hey, it's motivation for me. Ah well, now for some story stats.
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(Side note: finally the Shippuden fillers are finished!)