Hi! What's this, another update in a week? Yep! I've had more time to work on this story so I decided to update again, yay!
Okay, as always, thank you to everyone who favourited and followed and especially to Kunoichi of the Moonlit Night, thor94, Radiant Celestial Aura and madeyemoody95 for reviewing!
Now, without further ado, here's chapter 7 of Naruto's New Life!
Naruto faced his apartment, his back pressed onto the front the door, heart beating quickly. The same man from yesterday was standing outside. A million questions rushed through Naruto's head.
'What does he want? Was he angry that I slipped away yesterday? How did he find me?'
"Um, hello?" a voice called from outside.
Pulling his thoughts together, Naruto decided, he had to get away and quick.
Running to the opposite side of the apartment, he began to open the window, only to hear:
"I'm coming in!"
Naruto was halfway out of his window when his front door was swung open and the man walked in, looking around.
"Man, this place is a..." he trailed off when he spotted where Naruto was, "Wha-What are you doing!" he yelled, rushing to Naruto's side and pulling him back inside.
"What were you thinking!" the man yelled, making Naruto wince, "You could have hurt yourself!"
"I've done it before," Naruto mumbled, looking down.
"Done it before..." the man trailed off, "Why?"
"To get away from people like you!" Naruto shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the man, "But they usually don't try to help me," Naruto said in confusion.
Suddenly, he developed a smile "That means your nice, right mister? Cause you helped me, even though you know about..." he trailed off.
"Of course I'm nice," Yagura scoffed, before clearing his throat, "Anyway, my name's Yagura, what about you?"
'He'll probably think I'm weird if I already know his name,' Yagura thought to himself.
"Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto said, he paused and looked up at Yagura with contemplative eyes.
"What?"
"You know you have the same name as the Mizukage, right?" Naruto asked.
'Wow, this kid's good,' Yagura thought to himself, before saying, "Yes, I'm aware of that."
"That's pretty cool, isn't it? But, you look nothing like him."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, I would know, we learnt about him and all the other kage yesterday at the academy. Though it was pretty boring. I even got in trouble because Iruka-sensei said that..." Naruto rambled on.
'Should I tell him?' Yagura thought while Naruto continued to talk.
"No!" Isobu shouted.
'You know what? Just because you said that, I'm gonna tell him.'
"Yagura!"
Yagura ignored Isobu and turned his attention to Naruto again.
"Well," Yagura said, interrupting Naruto, "Do I look like the Mizukage now?"
Yagura dropped the henge and looked at Naruto expectantly
"Wow, you really do!" Naruto's eyes were wide in admiration, "How did you do that?"
"Well, you want me to tell you a secret, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto nodded vigorously.
"The truth is..." he paused for dramatic effect, "I am the Mizukage!"
Naruto's jaw dropped open and his eyes widened in fear.
"T-the M-mizukage? The one that leads the bloody mist village?"
"The one and only but, I'm not that bad. I'm actually a pretty nice guy, if you get to know me," Yagura said, trying to reassure Naruto, who looked like he was about to faint.
"Why are you here?"
"Well, your Hokage invited me, so there's no need to worry; I'm not planning an attack against Konoha or anything,"
"No, I mean here, as in my apartment, talking to me."
"Oh. Actually, you and I have a lot in common, Naruto-kun."
"A lot in common? What do you mean?"
Yagura poked Naruto in the stomach.
"I mean this," Yagura said, "Do you feel something weird here when you came close to me?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "How did you know that?"
"I told you, we have a lot in common. So?"
"It feels like... I feel angry at you," Naruto sighed, "That sounds weird, doesn't it? I'm not really angry at you or anything..." Naruto trailed off.
'Angry, huh? Does he really dislike you that much, Isobu?'
Isobu's response was a deep grumble.
"It's the Kyuubi, isn't it?" Naruto said.
"That is correct. You see, Naruto-kun, you hold the Kyuubi while I hold the Sanbi. In fact, there are nine tailed beasts, including ours, so there are seven more just like you and me."
"Really?" Naruto said, all fear gone, replaced by curiosity, "Then that means..." he was cut off when Yagura place a finger on his mouth in a silencing manner.
"Sorry, Naruto-kun, but it seems like our conversation will have to end there."
"What, why?"
Suddenly, the room was filled with ninja's, all wearing masks.
"So rude, Anbu-san's, I was just having a nice conversation with Naruto-kun and you have to interrupt it," Yagura complained.
One Anbu, in a dog mask, stood forward and began to speak, "I have been ordered to escort you to the Hokage. You were supposed to go there as soon as you arrived at Konoha."
"Was I?" Yagura said, feigning confusion, "I must have forgotten."
"Come," the Anbu beckoned for Yagura to follow.
Yagura did, however, before leaving the apartment, he turned to Naruto.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun, we will see each other again," he said, before finally leaving the apartment.
"Was that really the Yondaime Mizukage?" Naruto asked the Anbu standing next to him.
The Anbu hesitated before answering, "Yes, it was."
"Wow," Naruto breathed.
Yagura walked in silence next to his Anbu escort. The tension was so thick; you could probably cut it with a knife. Yagura noticed a few people spot him and stare or even point.
'I guess I'll be the talk of the town, or village.'
'Can you please take you current situation more seriously.'
Yagura continued to walk, however, went to his mindspace to talk with Isobu face to face.
"Whatever do you mean?"
"I mean, what were you trying to do back there, getting so close to that jinchuuriki. That's the kyuubi's jinchuuriki, you do realize that."
"I'm not stupid, of course I realise that," Yagura scoffed.
"Then what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking... he would look very good in a Kirigakure hitai-ate."
"What?" Isobu stood up so that he was towering over Yagura, who seemed completely unfazed.
"You don't seriously expect me to leave this place without him, especially after what happened to him and judging by his reaction, this has happened before."
"It's also happened to you before," Isobu growled.
"Isobu! Listen to me." Yagura shouted, glaring at the bijuu, "I've been through some tough times during my life because I'm a jinchuuriki, but never was I attacked with a weapon! That's just ridiculous; he would've been a goner if I hadn't intervened."
"Yagura! This is not your village. You can't just do whatever you want."
"I realise that, however..." Yagura was cut off by Isobu.
"Well then, I hope you also realise that our escort just asked us something."
Glancing at the Anbu next to him, Yagura saw that he was looking at him expectantly.
"Sorry, didn't catch that."
The Anbu sighed before saying, "I trust that you kept to the agreements of the letter and no one has come with you."
"You hurt me; of course I kept to terms and came alone."
They began to walk in silence again; however, Yagura saw some was bothering his escort.
"What's wrong, Inu-kun?"
"Why didn't you report straight to the Hokage's office once you reached Konoha?"
Yagura shrugged, "I do believe the Hokage will question me on that matter and I don't like repeating myself, so you'll have to wait and see," A pause then, "By the way, judging by your gray hair, you must be pretty old, are you sure you should still be a ninja, especially an Anbu?"
His escort stiffened before replying, "And judging by your height you must be a kid, are you sure you should be the Mizukage?"
"What was that?" Yagura yelled.
"We've arrived."
Looking up, Yagura saw they had reached a tall red building, which was the Hokage tower. Making their way through the building, they continued walking until they reached a pair of doors.
"This is the Hokage's office. Please go in, he is expecting you."
Nodding, Yagura pushed open the door and met the old face of the Sandaime Hokage, seated behind a desk covered with paperwork, a pipe in his mouth and eyes narrowed dangerously.
"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Hokage-sama," Yagura greeted.
"The pleasure is all mine Mizukage-sama," The Hokage replied through gritted teeth.
*Cue Ending Theme*
DundunDUN! Yagura has been caught and the Hokage doesn't seem very happy. Well, it was only a matter of time.
So that was chapter 7, what did you think will happen next?
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