Okay this chapter is light-hearted but with a dark undertone for a later part. We get to see Arashi's place and we learn a few things about our favourite new sensei.

I'd like to thank all my readers for their support and I'm actually surprised that I've written so much in such a short space of time. I don't know what it'll be like when I go back to school and with exams my updates will be irregualr and sporadic.

Oh well.

I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and reviews are welcome though I do prefer ones with depth to tell me what you guys like and what you think could happen. New Jutsu to come and new skills will be learned in later chapter.

Until then

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To say one Hatake Kakashi looked pitiful would have been and understatement. He was a complete and utter wreck. All his carefully made plans, his plots, his schemes, his ideas, all revolving around his sensei's son and his part to play in the growth of the Uchiha...ruined by some chunin who got too big for his britches and some unknown jounin who seemed to had taken a liking to the blonde menece of Konohagakure.

Naruto had been a pivitol part of his plans. Koharu, Homura and Danzo had assured him that the boy would be of no trouble and was not to become too powerful. His role was to continue the Namikaze line and to help the Uchiha grow so that he could rebuild his clan. And although they didn't know it, Kakashi had already begun planning on how he would get Sasuke to become Hokage and defeat his murderous older brother.

But all those plans were now gone.

Flushed away like a piece of crap. The girl Sakura was expendable but they had been relying on her to seduce the Uchiha, make him love her, to rebuild the clan and shape it in their image, completely loyal to the village and a race of strong ninja.

The smug look in the hokage's look confirmed that he had done this on purpose. He had stopped those plans from coming to fruitation simply by giving both the deadlast and the rookie of the year apprenticeships. Kakashi didn't know whether to be livid or praising of the old man's abilities. The jounin had quickly returned home to his apartment where he simply rested on his bed.

The one eyed jounin did not simply sleep though. He remained there his eyes in the photograph of his team. Rin, Obito, Minato-sensei and himself. Kakashi wasn't all bad, it was just his state of mind at the current period. That and he had honestly been excited to be able to train a team, even if two of them were being used. To no limited extent was Kakashi loyal to his village. He would die for it just as he lived for it. He would do any duty he thought was right and just.

And if that included the Uchiha/Uzumaki plan then so be it.

But with those plans down the drain he'd have to think of a new training schedule.

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Arashi's apartment was not simply one apartment. It was two joined together with a balcony that held a lushious rose garden. The interior was painted with white walls, with red drapes and curtains and even a larg red carpet that seemed to cover the two bedrooms and the living room. The furniture was not what Naruto had expected it to be. A two seater, a recliner and a three seat sofa, made from a reddish brown leather. A bookcase filled with titles Naruto had never heard of before and written in some strange language.

The rose garden was filled with roses that released a sweet smell in to the apartment, though Naruto was quick to notice the amount of roses hanging from the ceiling in baskets. Red roses, pink, lavender, white, yellow, brown, black and oddly enough orange, green and blue roses.

"I cultivate all these roses myself" Arashi explained as he retired to the kitchen. "Tea or coffee? I've got some Earl Grey from Arrubion and some instant coffee"

"Huh?" Naruto asked confused.

"You don't know much about the other continents do you?" Arashi asked. "How about some soda. You'll like that. It's water with flavours and suger and a heck of a load of other stuff. Not very healthy but it's sweet"

"Aren't ninja's supposed to eat healthily?"

"Good point. But if you brush your teeth and work it off tomorrow I guarantee you'd be able to drink six of these and eat two of Mai's breakfasts after we're done" Arashi stuck his head around the doorframe. "Take a seat. Put your feet up, I won't be a minute"

Naruto complied and sat down on the two seater. The sofa's and recliner were positioned so that they made a triangle formation around a large coffee table with glass for the top instead of a different, harder substance. (I'd like to see this lot survive Pein's invasion in the manga). It was a nice place and held a feeling that seemed foregin to Naruto. Like a...lika a...a home?

Arashi returned with a tray were two glasses resides, within them, a black liquid with an outline of brown. Bubbles swiftly floated to the top, trying to escape were they would fizz as they reached the surface. Also there were two plates where a slice of a yellow sort of cream cake sat on each one.

"Okay, we have cola soda and my personal favourite Lemon gateau" the last bit said with a very strange accent.

"Sensei" Naruto said. When Arashi 'hn'd in response Naruto asked his question. "You mention Arrubion before. What is it?"

"It's a country. If we were to translate it it would be Haku no Kuni, of Britannia, an island continent in the far northern hemisphere. Like Fuka no kuni where Mai-chan comes from, but Mai's is closer to our continent that we are to Britannia. I'll have to remember to teach you about the geography of the continents later on. Who knows when you'll need it" he said before drinking the soda. "Don't drink it too quick. You're hyper enough as it is"

Naruto grinned cheakily and sipped the drink slowly. Arashi-sensei was right. As soon as it touched his lips Naruto was filled with a sudden urge to run around and build a couple of things. He jerked back trying his best not to spill the contents of the glass and exclaimed "Woah!"

Arashi chuckled before taking the cake and chopping off it. "My point exaclty Naruto. There's enough suger in there to send you to Iwagakure and back three times"

"Woah" was all Naruto could say as he continued to slowly sip the drink.

"Well then lets get to know eachother" Arashi said as he sat on the three seater, picking up his legs and lying down the full length of the sofa. "So Naruto Tell me you're likes, your dislikes, favourite food, most hated food, colour, time of day, weather, season and dream"

"What sort of question is that?" Naruto asked in a deadpanned way. Arashi shrugged the best he could as his cheek rested on his hand, where his arm was propt up against the arm of the sofa. His look and action seemed to say 'Just do it' so Naruto, not being one to go against his new sensei, complied. "Uh, well I like training and super cool jutsus, Ji-chan, Ayame, Iruka-sensei, Ichiraku-ji-"

"Are me and Mai-chan on thatlist?"

"Of course sensei!. Anyway I dislike people who badmouth me and my friends, and the time it takes to cook instant ramen. My favourite food is Ramen, though the cake does look nice, I don't like Kitsune Noodles because...well I just don't, my favourite colour is orange, I like lunch time, the warm sunshine, uh, summer maybe and my dream is to one day become a great hokage so that every one will respect me!"

Arashi listened intently to what Naruto had to say and nodded through most of it.

"So, you're simple but with a sort of depth"

"Say what?" Naruto erupted. Arashi chuckled before taking a bite out of the gateau once again and speaking.

"Well then I'll go next. I like reading fantasy and horror stories, red, orange and blue roses, the moon, the stars and my student" here he winked at Naruto. "I don't like Kakashi-teme or people who are prejudice against others, or inequality. My favourite food is sweat and sour with rich and thick french fries, and tuna mayonsaise, though nothing compares to honey. I don't like potato waffles, alpha-bites or potato smiley faces, my favourite colours are orange, red and blue, I like the night time when everything is silent, my favourite season is Autumn because of all the colors, I like the rain, sunshine and the snow, and my dream is...well if I were to tell anyone that they'd probably wet their pants in fear"

Naruto laughed at the last part and fell backwards in to the sofa, his food and drink gone. He patted his stomach and it groaned and closed his eyes.

"Sensei, I'm tired"

"That's what you get for eating so much" Arashi replied. "But anyway, as your teacher I'm obligated to inform you on what jutsy I have in my arsenal"

"Jutsy?"

"Oh, sorry, when I get tired words get mutated or mixed up"

Naruto smiled at this and leaned forwards, lying down in the same position as his sensei. "Sensei, you're not exactly a true ninja on the surface are you? I mean you're all smiles and jokes"

Arashi remained smiling but his eyes turned sad. Really, really sad. "That's true Naruto. I don't seem like a true ninja on the outsides. But let me tell you I hope you never become a true ninja" Naruto was taken aback by this and voiced his confusion.

"Nani?"

"True Ninja" Arashi said looking away from Naruto, folding his arms on the the arm of the sofa and resting his chin on them. "True Ninja are dogs for our village. We fight and we kill. We kill kings, emporers, daimyos, shoguns, kages, jounin, chunin, genin, adademy students and even civillains, some times just because our employer doesn't like them or because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time or did an errand for the wrong person. We kill and we get payed. Ninja's are nothing more than glorified assassins and sluts. We sleep with others for information, we dehumanise ourselves and others for their amusement for our goals. We offer our bodies for the mission and we offer everything we have, our lives, our emotions, our passion, our will to whoever places the highest bid. As ninja our only redeaming quality is our loyalty to our kage. Those who are not true ninja in a sense are envied by those who are. They can have companions, they can live life by the day with aspiring plans for tomorrow. They can dream and they can stay pure for as long as they want. They can retain their thoughts and feelings and can even love. I am a True Ninja Naruto. A True Ninja in the sense that I am a dog for the military powers of my village. I pray to Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, Susanno, Inari, and every other god in the universe, the gods of the trees, the forests, the mountains, the wells and the towns, that you never become a True Ninja like me. I pray you become Hokage and one day, someone can come along and end all our pain and sorrow, and I hope that someone is someone like you, Naruto-kun"

As Arashi finished speaking Naruto allowed the full force of his sensei's words to hit him dead on. It was unavoidable when he felt the tears roll down his cheeks. "Sensei" Naruto said softly, his voice hitching at the sad story his sensei had just told him. "Sensei, thats so sad" Naruto turned towards Arashi. "Sensei?"

It was a futile effort. Arashi had already fallen asleep, his head craned so that he was facing the wall ahead of him. A sole tear running down his cheek. Naruto wasn't dumb so he knew that that was no position for anyone to me sleeping in.

Slowly he was able to move his sensei so that he was lying sideways and his head even with his body as it was propt up against a handy cushin. "Have a nice rest sensei" Naruto said before picking up the tray and taking it in to the kitchen, missing the next words that came from Arashi's lips.

"Kaa-san. Otouto"

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It took Arashi a couple of hours to wake up and once he did it was already three in the afternoon. With all that he had eaten and with his sad story, he had lost quiet a bit of energy and had allowed himself to drop in to a dreamless sleep.

When Arashi awoke he found himself not in the position he had fallen asleep in. But he did find a cushin where his head rested. He leaned up and caught sight of his student in the recliner reading a book from the bookshelf.

"Naruto?" Arashi asked, his voice hoarse and groggy. "How long have I been out?"

"Well" the genin said as he looked up from the pages. "I think you went down at about eleven. So...four hours"

"Shimatta" Arashi cursed as he sat up. He stretched his arms whilst he sat and proceeded on to his legs whilst he stood. "I can't believe I was out for so long" he said. He finished his stretching and found Naruto reading. Naruto caught his sensei's glanced and had the decency to blush.

"Gomen, sensei. I was sort of bored and I didn't want to leave you here alone and with the door locked so I started to read. This is really good I have to admit though" Naruto explained. Arashi looked at the title and chuckled softly.

"Glad you like it. Took me a while to get the research material for that one"

"Wait? What? You wrote this?"

"Naruto, I wrote the entire top three shelves over there. Shadow clones are handy to use when you're bored and have an influx of writing ideas" Arashi said as he turned to the bookshelf. "I'm an author of fantasy, horror and adventure books. Occasionally I dabble in M-rated material but that's not something you should be reading for a while yet"

"I didn't know you were an author sensei?"

"Too right you didn't. I go under a pseudnom to hide my identity. There are a couple of people out in the world who are looking for me and if I didn't keep my whereabout secret then I wouldn't live as long as I have. Before you say anything, my writing pays for the bills and other stuff since I don't do as much missions as I should. I dislike dipping in to my family funds so this is the only way that I can think of that'll bring in the money. I've learned that if I'm careful I can be a whole different person and bring what little happiness I can in to the world"

"Sensei you sounded so cool but the part about happiness was really sappy"

"Sometimes for the sake of the arguement you need to be sappy to make the rest of what you're say so much more defined. Remember this Naruto, if we did not have evil, what would be the value of good then? If there was no darkness, then what is the value of light? Sometimes you need an opposite, even if you dislike it, for you to truely appreciate the things you do like"

Naruto looked at his sensei and as the words began to sink in he smiled. His sensei was truely a good man. Suddenly Arashi crashed in to the sofa behind him and spread his arms across the top.

"I'm interested" he said "but whose you're favourite character?" he asked, looking away with a slight blush on his cheeks. Naruto seemed confused for a moment before breaking out in to a smile.

"Oh, I really like Hina-chan. Her big brothers are so mean. Ne, ne, sensei, you got this from the legend of Amaterasu didn't you?"

Arashi smiled. "Yeah. I'm really in to the whole mythology gig. It's not that popular now but I've made a name for myself with the whole vampire/werewolf thing. Have you read those ones too?"

"Only one. I thought that Chikage-sensei was hilarious"

"Really. I wrote that book whilst drunk. Or should I say my seven shadow clones wrote it whilst drunk"

"Sensei, you're such a bad influence on me"

"I do try"

XXX

And there we have chapter seven.

Jutsu and training next time and an appearance of Onimaru.

The books Arashi writes are his and he owns the rights to them though I am actaully writing them to sell myself. Have you noticed that there are a lot of books with classical mythology as the story line out there but theres very little of things like Shinto? I'd like to write an actual story for that genre but I don't know where to begin. Oh well.

Don't be too hard on Kakashi.

I'm bashing him, yet I'm not. It keeps things a lot more interesting. I hope you guys liked the interaction and next time I'll reveal the two kinton/tetsuton jutsu that Naruto learned from the forbidden scroll and Naruto hands over the scroll on the elements to Arashi.

Until then...

TTFN