A/N: Hello my reader! So I've been trying to write more lately. Not sure when I'll get the next chance, but I'll try to get new chapters up soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Warnings: Yaoi, Yuri, Het, violence, language etc.
Chapter Seven
Hiruzen looked at his self-proclaimed grandson. Naruto, while similar, had changed from the scrawny little bot he used to be. He was still short for his age, and probably will always be, as stunted growth from years of neglect is just reversible. His hair was longer, pulled back in a loose braid, and was still as golden as ever. Though as he looked closer, Sarutobi could see some silver as well. His eyes were more intense, but they were still full of mirth and mischievousness. They were the same unique blue, and held a lot of innocence, but the pupils were slit and they were also full of wisdom. Naruto's skin was a light tan and his eyelids and whisker marks were outlined and enhanced with silver as well. As the boy smirked the old hokage could see a hint of fangs.
"So Naruto, how was your training trip?" the hokage asked the smirking boy, as he and his two companions sat on the couch, taking off their colorful masks, he also noted the second mask attached to Naruto's hip.
Naruto smirk softened into an actual smile," It has been the best thing to happen to me. Not only was I able to get stronger, but I was able to obtain more precious people. Now it seems, that I have a family, no matter if it's by bond rather than blood, that will stick up for me and that I can protect and cherish." The boy said wistfully, and merrily. Sarutobi smiled and his grin widened when the rest of the others entered the room.
"Nice of you to join us. We were just about to start the report." He chuckled when he heard the anbu huff and takes the open seats. He was finally able to truly let the details in how Naruto changed. The only way Sarutobi could possible describe the boy, was beautiful. The boy's features with what Naruto was wearing, a crimson short kimono with burnt orange flames crawling up the fabric as well as black spandex shorts and shinobi sandals, gave him a more elegant look. If Sarutobi hadn't known who it was already, he would've mistaken him as a female.
Naruto stood and began the report," When we got to Uzugakure we started by unlocking our demon forms. After, we slept for a while, then we started to train more intensely. Anko-nee trained us first, to build up our speed as well as instincts, and taijutsu. After a year of training with her, Atika-san trained us in evasion for half the year, when we moved on to chakra with Kakashi-nii for the rest of the year. After we were trained how to throw a shinobi's common weapons, shuriken, kunai, and senbon, for three months. The last thing we did was train in our chosen fields for the rest of the year and nine months." He then sat down as Kakashi, Ookami, stepped forward.
"Naruto is medium to high jounin in stealth and trapping, low to mid chunin kenjutsu, and high chunin on ninjutsu. His fuinjutsu is low intermediate." Kakashi reported with a slightly smug voice. In a slightly lowered voice he also said," He also has started to train in his father's jutsu as well as unlocking the seal sequence to his special weapons. His taijutsu is good for the fact that he had combined both his clan's style. There are still holes in it, but he has greatly improved it, so there are signifigantly less openings. His kenjutsu is by far greater than an average genin, he has three types of weapons. The two Uzumaki katanas, the Namikaze trench knives, and as a personal preference a nine tailed whip."
Sarutobi smirked a little at that information; he knew that Naruto probably wanted to send out a message. He then listened as Atika reported for Kiba," Kiba is excelling in his family jutsu and style. As of now he is high chunnin low jounin in his family style taijutsu, low chunin in kenjutsu. His weapon is a pair of gloves that can turn into claws when you apply chakra, and surprisingly he has an interest in medicine. He just started taking lessons on medical chakra. He is mid chunning in tracking." She then stepped back Anko stepped forward.
She looked over at Durga before she turned back to the hokage," This is Durga, she is a tigress demon as well an orphan, as told in the written reports. She has decided to become one of our ninjas. She is low to mid chunnin in ninjutsu, she is high chunnin to low jounin in kenjutsu with her double bladed staff, and low chunnin in taijutsu. She is also high jounin in genjutsu." Anko bowed and stepped back.
Sarutobi looked over the three kids, all things considering they were well passed gennin material. Still, he didn't want them to grow up without having a childhood somewhat. "It's obvious that you are above the academy standards. I'd even say that you're above gennin, still." He looked over at the three ten year olds," I can't just make you gennin. You have to pass the academy first. As you know, your generation has been in the academy for a year now. So I have an alternative solution for our problem. There has been an incident that has happen to one of the academy students. He is actually your age, and is from a clan." Sarutobi explained. "The Uchiha clan had been obliterated just about two months ago by one of their own. Sasuke Uchiha is the only loyal surviving Uchiha. Unfortunately, from the reports I've gathered from the instructors, it seems that he is very unstable. I am going to send you in the academy as a mission. You'll be in a new division of anbu I created called the fledgling division. This mission is undercover, and you'll have to hide most of your abilities."
Naruto looked thoughtful at this and asked," What are we supposed to do? Is it a simple guarding mission, or do you want information?"
"Neither, your mission is to assess his condition, and help him get better. Right now, he shut himself off from almost everything, and is beginning to obsess with getting revenge, not to mention the arrogance as the council has been basically worshipping the ground he walks on. On this path, I fear that he will only lead to great devastation. I am hoping that you can be a friend to him, change the hate that he stores away." Sarutobi looked each child in their eyes. When they nodded he smiled.
He stood and went to Naruto handing him a set of keys," These are the keys to your clan compound. It is right on the other side of the hokage monument, which is a ways away from the village, but is completely private. You can let anyone you want to live there. The academy starts at eight o'clock in the mornings on weekdays, and after lunch on weekends. I expect a report on your status every two weeks."
Naruto smiled when the old hokage finished," Kit, don't forget to tell him about our creation." The Kyuubi reminded him.
"Oh, jiji, Kurama just reminded me! We created a type of paper that allowed us to determine if you had demon blood." Naruto exclaimed excitedly. "We based it off the nature chakra paper and the summoning jutsu. All you have to do is smear some blood on the paper, if it turns purple, you have demon blood, if it turns a light blue then you are blessed by them. It'll stay the same if you're neither." Naruto told Hiruzen, pulling out a scroll. "There are a couple stack of them in this scroll, which we can use for our class." He handed it over, stepping back as the hokage took the scroll.
Sarutobi smiled appreciatively, and silently ordered them to follow him as he stood," Now the academy has already started for about a week, so I'll take you there right now. Unfortunately, you can't wear your masks in class, so you'll need to hide those before we get there. "He stated as they walked out of the room, to which the younger ones hid their masks right after. The hokage explained how the classes are work and only stopped when they were outside the classroom doors. He knocked on the door, and then entered. The three young anbu smirked when they heard the collective gasp that went through the classroom, and walked in behind the third hokage. "Class, hello, sorry to interrupt, but I have three new students that I would like to introduce." He motioned towards Naruto, Kiba, and Durga.
When Naruto entered he already felt two gazes go straightly to him and looked up at the hoard of students, and his gaze set on a familiar lazy look that had a flash of recognition. Hiruzen went on talking," Here we have Kiba Inuzuka, Durga, and Naruto Uzumaki. They just got back into the village."
The teacher, a nice looking young adult with brown hair and a scar across his nose, grinned at them sincerely and then said, "That's great, I'm Iruka the teacher, and you can take a seat in the back, if you would please." They nodded and Naruto went straight to the back, all the way to wear the boy, Shikamaru, Naruto remembers, sat. He sat in the empty seat next to Shikamaru, and Durga and Kiba took the seats beside him. When Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at him he just smirked playfully at him.
Sarutobi then spoke again, "Great, now I have one more piece of business, then I'll let you return to your lesson." He took the scroll that contained, what Naruto dubbed, demon paper and un-scrolled a stack. "This stack of paper is not just ordinary paper; it is something very close to chakra paper which reveals your chakra nature. Except this paper analyses your blood. After class if your paper turns light blue or purple you will need to stay so I can explain what happened. If the paper doesn't change you are free to go." He then gave Iruka the papers, and he passed it out to the class. "You'll need to smear a little bit of your blood onto the paper."
As the class did so, Naruto noticed that a lot of the papers stayed the same, while it seemed a blonde girl, a chubby boy, a pink haired girl, a duck haired boy, and a girl with no pupils in her eyes all had light blue paper. Naruto also noticed that besides Kiba, Durga, and he, Shikamaru, and a boy with sunglasses and a jacket with a high collar had purple papers. Hiruzen smiled and then promptly left after the papers had been collected. Iruka thus resumed his class and Naruto resigned himself to the good, but admittedly dulled lesson, all the while unconsciously detailing the boy he met so long ago by running into him.
A/N: Yeah so I'm sorry it is a little short, I'm just tired and didn't want to go to sleep without putting up another chapter.
