The Dragon's Gem
By: Sapphire Orchid
Chapter 9: The Birthday Party
Normal talking
Normal thoughts/ Emphasis/Writing
Demon/summoning speech
Demon/summoning thinking/Jutsu
(AN: Authors Notes.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the oc's
(AN: Hey guys, I just wanted to say that the poll is closed with Blake Belladonna as the winner with 15 votes, and Weiss with 5, also if you didn't know, Sennin means sage. BTW Sapphire is older than Naruto by an hour, and for the last thing, someone posted a review saying that I stole his story. I just have to say that I have not stolen anything, especially since I have never even heard of this person before nor have I ever seen your story. Now, that's about all I have to say, so on with the chapter.)
Story start chapter 9: The Birthday Party
*** Konoha October 10th Namikaze household Naruto POV ***
"MOM, DAD!" was the sound that woke up the blonde haired boy from his sleep. With him looking around, trying to understand the reason behind the scream, he remembered that today was his birthday along with his friend, and brother in all but blood, Sapphire. He also shared it with his sister Mito, who has tried to make his life a living hell since he got that letter from the unknown man.
So far it has been a month since then, and his parents have gotten worse. Sometimes they forget about him and lock him out so he goes to Sapphire's and when he gets back he gets yelled at for not coming in and then is sent to his room. He also got to see his godmother Tsunade again, but she just pushed him away and put all her attention on Mito. His training with Ero-Sennin has come further along and he is now as strong as the third years at the academy. He also started to hang out with Sapphire and Sasuke more and now thinks of them as the brothers he's always wanted. But now, he has to wake up at an ungodly hour because his sister didn't want to wait till later to get up and have presents thrown at her.
"MOM, DAD, WAKE UP IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY HURRY UP!" the girl scream even louder. Ever since she got away with breaking the vase, she started doing it even more and never got caught. She has also become even more arrogant and even more spoiled than before.
From his room, he could hear the shuffling of feet and doors opening before Tsunade, who wanted to stay with them for a few days before leaving again, poked her head out of her door and scream, "BRAT, IF YOU DON"T BE QUIET…! I MEAN IT'S 5:30 IM THE DAMN MORNING!".
As soon as she said that, Naruto could hear running and immediately knew what was happening, his sister was getting what she wanted again, "But aunty it's my birthday you have to get up so I can get my presents," he heard her say in the voice that everyone thinks is so cute.
When he heard that, it almost made him throw up, but then he decided to try and get to sleep. Ten minutes later, he found that he was wide awake. He decided to get up and dressed in the hoodie that he got from Saff, which has a Phoenix rising from the ashes on the back, and a pair of black jeans that he also got from his friend. He then grabbed his tool belt and left the room. As he was going down stairs, he met his sister who was going to her room. Immediately she stopped and looked at him with a smirk.
"Well, well, well, look at what finally decided to show up, the loser," Mito said.
"Mito, leave me alone," Naruto said, looking for a way to leave.
"Nope, So what are you going to do today? I mean no one's going to give you any presents since you know, you're the bad child," she said with a smirk.
"Shut it bitch, before I make you," the boy says, trying to sound threatening, and succeeding when the girl flinched, and took a step back.
"Wa- Wait, you ca- can't do anything because if you do then mom, dad, and the whole village will hate you and will probably execute you," the girl said, getting her confidence back, while glaring at her brother.
"Hm, only if they could find the body and trace it back to me," Naruto says while finally walking away, his sister frozen from what he had said.
"Y-yeah w-well mom and d-dad want you back home by 4 so we can go out, so don't forget loser," Mito said.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever Mito," the brother said leaving.
When he got downstairs, he headed to the kitchen and heard his parents talking to his godmother about him, so he decided to listen in.
"Guys, you have to stop giving him so much freedom, I mean Naruto is so spoiled he thinks he can get away with anything. He's started to attack his sister just because she's getting a little more training than him," Tsunade said.
"Spoiled, I'm spoiled? Those bastards I can't believe this," Naruto thought.
"Hm, I guess you're right, but what can do we do? I mean we ground him but he still does whatever he wants, he sometimes even stays out all night, hanging out with his friends," Minato states.
"Yes, just because he is a clan heir, he thinks that he's untouchable. I think that we have been too soft on him," Kushina says.
"Well actually Kushina, I was thinking about giving Mito the title of clan heir," Minato says.
"Really?" Tsunade asked, getting a nod from her husband, "Hm, well that actually might work. It could kick him off his high horse and make him stop being so mean to his sister. I also think that Sapphire is being a bad influence on your son."
"Are you guys even listening to what you're saying?" another voice asked, which Naruto recognized as Shizune, who was one of his friends and he looked up to her as an older sister like Ayame.
"Shizune, what are you talking about? Of course we hear what we're saying, I mean we're not stupid," Tsunade stated.
"What? You guys are talking about giving up Naruto-Kun's birth right, you can't do that" Shizune all but spat at the other three.
"Hm, at least Shizune-Onee-san is standing up for me," Naruto thought, a little happier. (AN: Onee-san means big sister.)
"Shizune, Naruto has been becoming arrogant, and needs to be put in his place," Minato says.
"Yes, he does. So if you don't like it Shizune, then I suggest you leave," Tsunade says, thinking that she wouldn't.
"Fine then, I'm leaving. Maybe I should just find someone else who can teach me," Shizune says, knocking over her chair as she gets up, and storms out of the house. She slams the door shut, surprising everyone, mostly Tsunade.
"What have I done? I just lost one of the best students I've ever had," the blonde woman says.
"It's ok Tsunade-san, she'll be back once she realizes that we're right," Kushina says.
"Yes, but what if we're not right, what if we're wrong?" the other woman says, "I mean what if Mito is the one getting into trouble and she just blames it on Naruto, have you ever actually seen your son doing any of the things that Mito says he did?"
"Tsunade, we don't need to know, we trust our child. We they say something happen then it did happen," Minato says, getting angry about Tsunade's loss in faith for their kids.
"Then, why don't you ever believe your son?" Tsunade says.
"Hm, is Tsunade actually defending me? I guess that Shizune finally got to her," Naruto thought from his hiding spot.
"But Naruto always gets in trouble," Kushina says quickly.
At this, Naruto decides that it's best to leave so that he doesn't end up trying to kill those two. He goes out the door, slamming it behind him, and starts walking to Sapphires house, while thinking, "Why, why do I have to be the one that always gets in trouble? I hate the-," he thinks but is stopped when he remembers something from last week.
*** Flashback 1 week ago Sapphires apartment, early morning Sapphire POV ***
"Ugh I hate mornings! Why do I have to get up so early?" Sapphire says while trying to glare at the sun, ultimately failing. He then goes into the room opposite his to see if Naruto's up yet, only to find him gone, "Hm, I guess he already left, I wonder if his parents are just stupid since they keep locking him out all the time." He is stopped from his thoughts by his door opening and then slamming shut.
"UGH THOSE BASTARDS, I CAN'T BELIVE THEM!" Naruto yells out.
"Yo, Naruto what's up, what did they do this time?" Sapphire says, walking past his friend and heading towards the kitchen to get some breakfast.
"THEY TRIED TO GROUND ME AGAIN FOR THEM LOCKING ME OUT! I HATE THEM!" he screamed and was going to scream more, but he felt a spoon hit him in the face. It flew from the kitchen, stopping him from saying other things.
"NARUTO, DON'T EVER SAY THAT YOU HATE THEM!" Sapphire yelled at him, while looking pissed at his friend.
"Hate only leads to and anger and revenge," he said quietly.
"But Saff didn't you hear what I said? They tried to ground me, again, saying that I shouldn't have snuck out again," Naruto stated with his voice practically dripping with venom as he finished.
"But still Naruto, they're your parents you can't hate them," Sapphire says with his hands in his pockets while looking out the window, which has become a habit of his when he starts to think about something.
"Sapphire, look, they keep neglecting me and I just can't take it anymore," the blonde boy says, sitting down and putting his head in his hands.
"Naruto, just promise me that if they ever ask for forgiveness, then you'll accept it/ I mean you won't have to trust them or anything but at least try to make it work," the other boy says.
"Fine, bro," Naruto says before getting up and leaving before he continues, "But if they don't notice sooner or later, then I might just never fully forgive them."
*** End flashback Naruto POV ***
"Damn it Saff! Why is it that I always listen to you?" Naruto thought before bumping into someone and falling over. He is about to apologize, only to see Shizune lying on the ground in front of him.
"Hey Shizune how's it going?" he says while helping her up.
"Huh, oh hi Naruto-Kun. Sorry, I wasn't really looking where I was going," the girl says, dusting herself off.
"It's okay, I wasn't either," the boy says.
"Oh Naruto, I wanted to talk to you about something important," she said.
"Is it about what happened in the house?" he said, looking at Shizune with a knowing look.
"W-what, how did you know about that Naruto?" she says with wide eyes.
"Because, I was standing outside the kitchen door and heard the whole thing. By the way, thanks for standing up for me Shizune-Onee-Chan," he says before walking forward and hugging her.
"Umm, you're welcome Otouto," the older girl says while hugging him back. (AN: Otouto means little brother.)
"Well I got to go see you later sis," the boy says before running off towards Sapphire's place, feeling happier now.
*** Sapphire's apartment, same time Sapphire's POV ***
"Ugh, I hate this day," Sapphire says after getting out of his shower and throwing on some clothes while wishing that the day would end already.
KNOCK, KNOCK
"WHO IS IT?" the boy yelled out.
"If it's a villager, then I swear I'm going to kick their ass," the boy thought before.
"BRAT! OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE I KICK IT DOWN!" a familiar voice yelled out though the door.
"Oh shit, its sensei," the boy thought while running to the door and swinging it open.
"Sorry Leviathan-sensei I didn't know it was you," he said quickly.
"Hm, its ok brat," the older man says, looking down at the boy with a smile before walking in to the home and closing the door.
"So what are you here for sensei?" the boy says, looking at the man with a calculating look.
"What? Did you think that I would miss my only student's birthday?" The man says, pulling a sealing scroll out of his pocket and handing it to his student.
"W-wh-what b-but s-sensei you really didn't have to get me this, honestly," Sapphire says, shaking his hands in-front of himself and backing away.
"Kid you don't even know what it is yet, so take it and open it," the man says, walking towards Saff.
"Umm, fine, ok," he says. With shaking hands, he grabs it and opens it. It unseals with a puff of smoke coming out of it. Once the smoke cleared, he was holding a new set of carbon steel kunai in one hand and a new black tool belt in the other. When he sees this, he starts to tear up and rushes forward. He hugs his sensei while mumbling thank you over and over.
"Geez kid it's not like I gave you something that expensive. Now, the kunai are Masamune's and Tenten's gift, while the tool belt is mine. I actually got that for you since I saw you needed a new one," he says, hugging his student back.
"Thanks Sensei! hey do you think I can go thank Tenten and Masamune-sensei?" he asked, since showing the old man his weapon design, the man had helped him learn to forge and was helping him in learning how to become a master smith.
"Hm, later brat. I was actually thinking of taking you to Ichiraku's for some breakfast, my treat," the man said.
"Really? Thanks sensei!" the boy says, finally letting the man go.
"You're welcome kid, now why did you make such a big deal about me giving you a present?" he asked, looking at the boy with a curious look.
"Umm, well I've actually never gotten a birthday present before," he says, looking down.
"Oh well don't worry I'll personally promise that you will always get presents for your birthday. Now, let's go get some breakfast," he says, grabbing Saff and heading out the door while making a few clones inside without Sapphire noticing him and sends them out to complete their mission.
After walking for a few minutes, they finally get to Ichiraku's while only gaining a few glares along the way.
"Hey old man, hey Ayame- Onee-Chan!" Sapphire yells out after walking into the ramen stands, and is immediately glompped onto by Ayame.
"Hey Otouto how's going? I'm so glad you came today, I was worried that you might not make it," the girl said after pulling away from the blue haired kid.
"Hm thanks, and I'm doing good Leviathan-sensei brought me today," the boy says as the mentioned man walked in behind his student. After Sapphire introduced his teacher to the two ramen makers, they were skeptical at first but finally welcomed him after seeing how much he cared for the boy, not that he would admit it.
"Hm well thank you for bringing Sapphire, Leviathan-san," Teuchi says, walking forward and hugging the boy.
"Well it's the least that I can do for my student; I mean what kind of teacher just lets their student get attacked?" he says to the old man.
"Hm well I guess that since today is such a special occasion, you two can have as much ramen as you want no charge," the man says, smiling at the two customers.
"Really? Thanks old man!" the boy says happily as he hugs the stand owner.
As Sapphire starts to eat, Leviathan gets up and asks if he can talk to Teuchi and Ayame alone for a moment. After thinking it over, they agree and head to the back of the stand, leaving Saff sitting there alone for a few minutes until…
"Hey Sapphire," a group of voices say from behind the blue haired boy, startling him and making him choke on his ramen.
"Ugh, w-water," he chokes out before one of the people behind him hands him a water bottle and he downs i in one gulp.
"What the hell was that for you bastards!" he exclaimed, turning around and seeing Sasuke, Shino, Choji, Shikamaru, Hinata, and Kiba standing there with the former rolling on the floor laughing, and the others trying to hide their laughter and failing.
"Uh god, that was too funny," Kiba says, standing up.
"Yes, I concur that that was funny," Shino says in his monotone voice.
"Dobe that was pretty hilarious," Sasuke says.
"Yes Sapphire-Kun, that was a little funny," Hinata says.
"Munch' yes that was 'munch' funny 'munch'," Choji says, eating his usual bag of chips.
"Ugh that was troublesome," 'guess who' says.
"Bastards, I could have died! And then what would have happened, huh? That's what I thought, so what do you guys want?" Sapphire says, going back to eat his ramen.
"Well we saw you and decided "let's get some ramen and mess with Saff"," Sasuke states, sitting down on the right of Sapphire.
"Yeah, so 'munch' Saff, where are the cooks, 'munch'?" Choji says, looking around before sitting in the seat beside Sasuke.
"Oh there in the back, talking with Leviathan," Sapphire says.
"Oh, so how have you been?" asked Hinata, taking the seat, one from Sapphire.
"Yeah man, we haven't seen you since Friday," Kiba said, taking the seat left of Hinata.
"Oh well I've just been getting some extra training in," Sapphire says.
"Hm that is smart," Shino says, sitting next to Kiba.
"Ugh training is so troublesome," Shikamaru says, sitting next to Choji.
"Hm yeah it is Shikamaru, but if you don't train then you'll get your ass kicked."
"Or worse," says a familiar voice form the back of the stand
"Hey Levi," Sapphire says without even looking up "So what did you guys talk about in there?"
"Levi? What the hell does that mean brat," the now named Levi said.
"Well, I decided to call you something other than Leviathan. You know, shorten it Levi-Sensei," Sapphires said.
"Yeah, yeah whatever brat, and also nothing you need to know about Saff. Now I have to go, see ya later brats," the man says, leaving, but stops outside and says, "Hey Naruto. Yeah Sapphire's in there along with the others, yeah see ya kid."
"Hey guys how's it going?" Naruto says, entering the ramen stand and siting on the left of Sapphire.
"Hey Naruto," was the collective voices of the people in the stand.
"Hello, sorry for the wait! May we take your order? Oh, hi Naruto-Kun" Ayame says, coming out of the back room with Teuchi following her.
"Hey Ayame-Onee-Chan," Naruto said.
After the others ordered, the 7 friends just sat there for a few hours and talked until everyone started to go, leaving only Sapphire, Naruto, and Sasuke there before…
"Hey did you see the demon brat around here?" a man said from outside.
"Shit, I got to go," Sapphire says, only to find his friends holding him back.
"Nope Saff, you're not going anywhere," Naruto said.
"What? But if they catch me, then I'm done! I'm not going through what happened last year, so let me go," he says, struggling to get out of Naruto's and Sasuke's grip.
"Yeah and where will you go, huh?" Sasuke said.
"I don't know, maybe to my apartment or somewhere safe," he says, giving up on struggling.
"Hm I know, we could go to my place," Sasuke says.
"What? But what would your parents say?"
"Hm they wouldn't care if you came over, as long as you don't break anything or steal then you're okay, the duck haired boy says before dragging Sapphire out of the stand and into the shadows to sneak past the civilians.
After sneaking by the civilians that are looking for Sapphire, the 3 friends make it to the Uchiha compound, undetected.
"Finally! That took longer than I thought, but we made it. Come on, I want to introduce you to my family guys, though you guys already know my mom, but I'm pretty sure you don't know my dad," Sasuke states, walking towards the front gate with Naruto and Saff following closely behind
"Hey mom, dad, come here, I want you to meet some of my friends," Sasuke called out after seeing two figures talking in the distance.
After the black haired boy says this, the two people start walking over and stops in front of the boys. The woman says, "Hello Sasuke, I see you brought Naruto. And this is Sapphire Orchid, right?"
"Um yes mam, I'm Sapphire, it's nice to meet you two," he says, bowing to the two parents.
"Hm I like this kid he's very respectful. I'm Fugaku Uchiha, it's nice to meet you. Our son has told me a lot about you and Mikoto has told me of the times she helped you out," the man now known as Fugaku says, bowing to the boy.
"Um so you don't hate me?" Sapphire questioned.
"No child, I know that you aren't a monster," the man says, walking away before motioning for them to follow him and his wife.
"Now Sasuke what is it that you need?" the man says, walking towards the main house.
"I just wanted to introduce these two to you. They're my best friends and help me out with my fangirl problem," he says and he and his father both shudder when the word fangirl comes out of his mouth.
"Really? You two helped my son out with his little problem?" the woman asked.
"Um yes, though it's not a little problem. I mean one time I almost got trampled trying to get him out of the academy," Sapphire says, shuddering at the memory.
"Yeah those girls where terrifying, I mean who would do that to a puppy to try and get to someone?" Naruto says also shuddering.
"What do yo- wait, you know what I don't even want to know what you mean by that," Fugaku says, wide eyed.
"Yeah you don't dad," the son says, looking down.
"Well why don't you go and introduce them to Itachi, Sasuke. He just got back from the mission he was on," Mikoto says
"Really? Come on guys, let's go," Sasuke says, dragging his friends with him.
"Oh Naruto, we'll see you at your party later," Mikoto says, waving after them.
"Wait, what's the time?" Naruto says.
."Um it's almost 4, why?" Sasuke says.
"Oh crap, my parents want me back by 4, so I gotta go, see ya," Naruto says, waving bye to his friends and heading back to the Namikaze household.
"Hm well come on Saff, I want you to meet bro, he's awesome and really strong," Sasuke says and starts rambling on about Itachi before finally reaching a door and stopping. Sasuke walks up to the door and knocks. After a few seconds, a voice from inside says 'come in'.
"Hey bro I want you to meet a friend of mine," Sasuke says, opening the door and walking in with Sapphire behind him.
"Hm who is it?" says an older boy with his back turned.
"Oh it's my friend Sapphire, you know the one I'm always talking about," the younger brother says.
"Hm well then hello Sapphire, it's nice to meet you," the older brother says, turning around and bowing slightly.
"Um well Itachi-san, it's nice to meet you too," Sapphire says, also bowing.
"Hm now what else do you want Sasuke?"
"I wanted to know if you can help us with our kunai training. One of our teachers, Mezuki, has been teaching Saff the wrong way to throw one," Sasuke says angrily.
"Hm maybe," was their reply.
"Wait, I remember who you are now! You're that anbu who helps me. You Wea-," he says but is stopped by Itachi clamping his hand over Sapphire's mouth.
"Hm that is classified information, so I wouldn't say that out loud Sapphire-kun," Itachi stated before continuing, "Now I will show you two how to throw a kunai the way I know how, ok?"
"Really? Sweet, thanks Onii-san," Sasuke says.
"Um thank you Itachi-San," Saff says after removing Itachi's hand.
"Here, this is the way that I throw them. It is not like the way the academy does it, but I have found that it is much more efficient," Itachi says before walking towards a desk and pulling out three kunai.
"Here now watch how I throw them," he says, handing them two kunai and keeping the third. He then walks to one of the walls in front them, which is directly opposite a training dummy. Itachi puts the kunai in his right hand and raises it above his left shoulder, and then he brings the kunai, letting it go once it's directly in front of him, letting it fly towards the target. It slams directly into the head.
"Wow that was awesome bro," Sasuke says, looking at his big brother in awe.
"Hm you two try, and don't be sad if you miss, since it is a new style," Itachi says with the two kids walking towards him. The two boys stand in front of Itachi and prepare to throw; Sasuke throws first and does it the same way Itachi does and nails it in the center of the dummy's chest.
"Ha beat that Saff!" Sasuke says.
"Hm that was very good Sasuke," Itachi says, "Now, Sapphire, you try."
"Hm okay," he says, getting into the same stance as Itachi, but he twists his wrist as he pulls the kunai back. When he throws the kunai, it has a spin to it since he twisted his wrist and instead of it hitting in the chest like Sasuke's, it hits right beside Itachi's and almost goes straight through the dummy.
"Wow, dude how did you do that?" Sasuke says.
"Oh, I just added a twist to it so that instead of it just going straight, it spun and did more damage," Sapphire explained.
"Hm that was very impressive Sapphire-Kun, do you mind if I use that technique?" Itachi says, looking at the dummy with a calculating look, "I think that you would be a strong person one day Sapphire, especially if you keep having ideas like this."
"Um thank you Itachi-san, and sure you can use it" Sapphire says sheepishly.
After that, Sapphire and Sasuke started training, trying to get better than the other until…
KNOCK, KNOCK
"Hm come in," Itachi said.
Oh there you boys are," Mikoto says, walking into the room, "Sapphire a man named Leviathan is here to take you home, do you know him?"
"Oh yeah he's a friend of mine. Well bye guys, man I didn't notice the time," Sapphire says, running out to the gate a sees his sensei talking to Fugaku, and catches the end of their conversation.
"Okay all you have to do is come by, help my clones and then wait till I bring him back, ok," Leviathan says, not noticing Sapphire walking towards them
"Ok, you want me to bring Itachi and Sasuke right?" Fugaku asked.
"Yes, and Mikoto if you want" was Leviathan's reply before turning around after hearing footsteps, "Oh hey brat, I didn't see you there."
"Hey sensei, what were you guys talking about?" he questioned.
"Nothing kid, now come on lets go," Leviathan says, walking away.
"Ok, well see you later Fugaku-san. Tell Mikoto-Chan that I said bye," Saff says, leaving.
"Hm I think our lives will be more interesting with that boy around," Fugaku says before turning and heading back inside.
*** Same time Naruto POV ***
"HELLO I'M HOME!" Naruto exclaimed, running through the front door, only to find silence.
"Tch, they probably forgot about me again, hm might as well get some food" Naruto thought, looking around the empty house.
As he walks into the kitchen, he sees a large pile of presents sitting on the table and thinks, "Hm I wonder if any of those are for me, eh let's see."
But as soon as he starts walking towards the pile of presents, he hears footsteps coming down the stairs and moves away while thinking, "Good thing I have sensitive hearing, I wonder who is coming."
He starts fixing a sandwich when Tsunade walks into the kitchen and says, "Ugh what's with the noise brat, and aren't you supposed to be out with your family?"
"Ha that's a good one! They forgot about me again, so I was with my friends," Naruto stated.
"What do you mean forgot about you?" Tsunade asked.
"Well I was told to be home by four so that we can go out but look at the time, 3:50 and they already left, so they must have forgot about me, again, and why do you care? You never have before," he said.
"Well they left 20 minutes ago, and I care because I'm your godmother and I actually want to spend time with you, unlike the pervert," the women said.
"Ha, now that's funny you've never done anything for me, my godfather has done more for me than you Tsunade," Naruto says, grabbing his sandwich and states, "Now I'm going to my room. If Minato or Kushina want me, then tell them to come to my room."
As he leaves, Tsunade just stood there shell shocked at what he said, "Damn, what have I done?"
*** 1 hour later Namikaze residence ***
KNOCK, KNOCK
"Ugh go away, I'm asleep," Naruto mumbled.
"Naruto-kun get up! The party has started," a voice says through the door.
"Huh, ok thanks Shizune-Onee-Chan," the boy called out, "Damn I forgot about the party."
After getting dressed in regular khakis and a dress shirt, he walks down to the party to see the place packed full of people, and starts looking for his friends, only to be stopped by his family.
"Naruto where have you been? The party started ten minutes ago, you need to stop be so juvenile it's not proper for the son of the hokage to be like this," Minato says, looking at his son with a look of disappointment.
"Yeah well, I only got up 5 minutes ago, since you guys didn't feel like getting me up early," Naruto says, ignoring his father's look.
"Naruto don't lie. We asked Mito to get you up 20 minutes ago and she said that you got up," stated Kushina.
"That's a lie because Shizune-Onee-Chan got me up, not Mito," the boy says, getting angry.
"Naruto after the party you're grounded for lying," Minato says.
"What? But… you know what? Never mind, figures that this happens to me," Naruto says before walking past his parents.
"Hey Naruto, over here," someone called out, and when he turned to look for who called him, he saw Sapphire and Sasuke, waving their hands and trying to get his attention, so he runs over to them.
"Hey guys what's up?" he says.
"Eh nothing much, it kind of sucked that you had to leave early. Sasuke's brother taught us a better way to throw a kunai and I improved it," Sapphire said who was wearing a dark navy blue suit and a lighter but still dark blue, fedora, while puffing his chest out.
"Yeah later we can show you how to do it," Sasuke says, who was wearing a black suit with a dark red fedora on.
"Yeah thanks, and what's with the suits and fedoras? I mean they look cool and all, but no one else is wearing them," Naruto said.
"Hm well they look awesome and, we like to stick out," Sapphire said with Sasuke nodding with him.
"Yeah I guess that makes since, I wish I had one," Naruto said.
"Hm we thought that you would say that, so Leviathan –sensei told me to give you this," he said, holding out a box.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah it's a suit like ours, but it's not a present though, you'll get that later," Saff said, giving him the box.
"Hm tell Levi that I said thanks," the blonde boy said, walking away towards a bathroom to change.
"Ha, Levi, that's what I called him, I can't wait to tell him Naruto called him that," Sapphire said, laughing.
A few minutes later, Naruto came back in a burnt orange suit with a dark orange fedora on and says, "So what do I look like?"
"Awesome dude," Saff said.
"Yeah man, you look cool," said Sasuke.
"Thanks guys, uh oh, look who's coming this way," Naruto says, looking behind his two friends. When they turn around, they see the terror trio, Mito, Ino, and Sakura heading their way.
"Shit, I didn't want to deal with them on my birthday," Sapphire said, cringing.
"Ugh why? What did I do to deserve this? Hide me guys," Sasuke says, looking ready to cry.
"Calm down guys, we can survive this right," Naruto said, only to get weak nods from his friends, "Tch wimps."
"Hello losers, how's it going?" Mito said, glaring at the three boys.
"Hey we're not the losers here, you three are," Sapphire said, glaring back.
"Sasuke-Kun, why do you hang out with those two? You should be with me, your future girlfriend," Sakura said, trying to grab the boy who was trying to hide behind his other two friends.
"Hey Billboard brow, leave my man alone," Ino said, glaring at the pink haired girl who glared right back.
"Shut it both of you, we aren't here to fight over Sasuke, got it?" Mito said.
"Why don't you three leave and come back later," Sapphire said.
"Hm why don't you make us, blue haired freak," Sakura said, glaring at the boy.
"Ha you're one to talk, pinky," Naruto said, defending his friend.
"Yeah so back off, before we make you," Sasuke said, glaring at the three girls with the two fangirls flinching and take a step back, while Mito just glares back and says. "Ha! You can't do anything to me, I'm the hokage's daughter."
"Yeah, so? Naruto's his son, idiot," Sapphire said.
"Hm he may look like it, but as far as I'm concerned, he's a stray that my parents picked up since his real ones abandoned him," Mito said, looking at the two before taking a step back in shock at seeing Naruto and Sasuke desperately trying to hold back Sapphire who looks like he's going to kill her.
"You bitch, take that back," he says, trying to get out of his friends grip.
"Or what?" Mito said gaining more confidence and then says, "What are you going to do? You're just a little orphan whose parents abandoned him also," she said before feeling a hand collide with her cheek and seeing Sasuke standing above, looking like he's going to hit her again before a silver haired man grabs him and pulls him back.
"Sasuke what do you think you're doing, attacking the heiress to the Namikaze clan?" the man said.
"Ugh Kakashi let me go I'm gonna kill her for what she said," Sasuke says, since a week ago Sapphire told him and Naruto about his parents, well his mother anyways, while only telling them that his father is alive and that he thinks he's dead.
"Sapphire, Sasuke calm down," Naruto said, trying to calm his friends.
"Naruto let me go I'm going to kill her," Sapphire said with his eyes flashing between blue, red and yellow.
"Sapphire if you don't calm down, she'll find out your secret," he said out loud before whispering to Sapphire, "dude your eyes are changing, stop, I want to kick her ass too, but not now dude. If you don't stop, the Kyuubi will take over."
"Ugh fine, but if she says something like that again, then I will kill her," Sapphire said, trying to calm down.
"Damn it let me go!" Sasuke said, still trying to get out of Kakashi's grip.
"Yo, old guy, we'll handle this," Sapphire said, while he and Naruto grab him to stop him and Naruto says, "Sasuke, stop I know that you want to kick her ass I do too, but you have to calm down, ok?"
"Fine, but if she says anything like that I will personally skin her," said Sasuke.
But then an angry Minato came over and yelled, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"
"Sensei, I don't really know, but I saw Sasuke here hit her and that was when I stepped in and saw Naruto Trying to stop Sapphire here from also attacking her before he calmed down and stopped Sasuke," Kakashi said.
"Hm well I think I know what happened. These two girls here told me that they were trying to be nice to them when Sasuke hit Mito because he said that they should just leave them alone," Minato said while pointing at Ino and Sakura who were hiding behind him smirking at them.
"What? That's bullshit! Mito said that…," Sapphire says but is stopped my Kushina.
"Be quiet, you three attacked my daughter. Naruto this is why me and Minato have decided that she will be the new Namikaze and Uzumaki heir and not you. Now Jiraya, take them outside and bring Naruto back later for his punishment," she said, glaring at the three children, "oh and your parents will be notified of this, well except for Sapphire's since his abandoned him."
"What? You bitch!" Sapphire exclaimed, angry at what she said.
"Come on kids, calm down and let's go outside," Jiraya said, who grabs him to try and force him out.
"No, not till this bitch takes back what she said! My mom died trying to stop the Kyuubi! She didn't fucking abandon me!" he yelled, trying to get out of the sage's arms.
After finally calming Sapphire down and getting the others out of the house the Sage says, "Now you guys are calm now right? Good, then follow me."
"Ugh but sensei what are we doing?" Naruto asked.
"Well just follow me and you'll see, but while we're going, why don't you tell me what the hell happened in there?" the man asked.
"Hm, that bitch insulted Sapphire's parents and also said that Naruto was adopted and that his real parents abandoned him," Sasuke said.
"What? I can't believe this, I was planning on giving her the toad contract tonight, but now I see that she is not the right person to give it to," Jiraya said.
"Why don't you let Naruto sign it?" Sapphire said.
"Because Minato forbid sensei to let me sign it," the blonde boy said.
"WHAT?" Sasuke and Sapphire said in unison.
"Yeah, I can't sign it until they start training me," Naruto said, clenching his fists in anger.
"Hm well they never said anything about using a different contract, only the toad contract," Sasuke said.
"Yeah I'm pretty sure that there are a few out there that are as strong as or maybe stronger than the toads," Sapphire said.
"What? Nothing is stronger than the toads," Jiraya said.
"Hm, I think that dragons are stronger than the toads," Sapphire said.
"Yeah, or how about the Phoenixes," Sasuke said.
"Hm those two contracts are just legend, or at least impossible to find," Jiraya said, waving them off.
"Wait, are we going to my apartment?" Sapphire said.
"Huh, oh yeah, we are. I thought that you guys might want to cool off for a bit," Jiraya said.
"Hm whatever," Sasuke said.
"Hey did you guys notice that none of our friends were there?" Sapphire said.
"Yeah I didn't see anybody else there," Naruto said.
"Hm I think you two might be going crazy," Sasuke said.
"Hm Sasuke, are you by any chance hiding something from us?" the blonde boy asked.
"What? I'm not hiding anything from you guys," the dark haired boy said, starting to sweat a little.
"Sure, now what is it?" Sapphire asked.
"Um Jiraya help me," Sasuke said.
"No I'm sorry kid, but you're on your own," the man said.
"Look guys, I'm not hiding anything, but Jiraya is," Sasuke said, pointing at the man.
"What, I'm not hiding anything, I swear," he said, trying to get out of the situation, "Look if you want answers, then just follow me and you will get them."
"Hm fine, but I got my eye on you old man," Saff said.
After a few minutes of trying to interrogate Jiraya and Sasuke, and failing at it, they finally reached Sapphire's apartment.
"Ok here we are. Sapphire, Naruto why don't you two go first?" Sasuke said.
"Um fine," Sapphire said, suspicious.
As he went to open the door, he felt a sudden sense of foreboding, so he turned the door knob slowly before poking his head in only to see darkness, "Damn it I forgot the lights."
As he went in, Naruto followed and when sapphire turned on the lights there was a loud shout of, "SURPRISE," coming from every angle.
"AHH SHIT!" Sapphire screamed after seeing the large group of people in his home, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"
"Ha, ha, ha, now that was hilarious brat," said a familiar voice.
"Screw you Levi!" Sapphire said, glaring at his sensei.
"Levi? Damn it brat, don't call me that," Leviathan said.
"Yeah and what are you going to do about it huh, and besides Naruto called you the same thing earlier, so take that," Sapphire said back.
"Um, not that this isn't funny or anything but, this is supposed to be a party, not a screaming contest," said another familiar voice, which turned out to be Fugaku Uchiha.
"Wait really, you, you guys are throwing me a party?" Sapphire asked, shocked.
"Well you and Naruto but, yeah, it's a birthday party for you two," said Jiraya.
"Really, thanks guys! This means the world to me," Naruto said.
"Yeah, don't be sad guys and party," said a voice, which belonged to Kiba.
"YEAH PARTY!" Sapphire yelled before music started playing and everyone started dancing.
*** A few hours later Sapphire POV ***
A few hours later, people start leaving with the only people left being, Naruto, Jiraya, Sasuke, Fugaku, Mikoto, Leviathan and Sapphire, who is sitting on the top of the apartment complex alone, looking over the village of Konoha.
"Hey Saff, why are you up here?" said a voice behind him.
"Huh oh hey Naruto," the boy says, turning and looking at his friend.
"Dude why are you up here? You know the party is still going on, so why are you up here?" Naruto asked.
"Oh well, I guess it's because I'm not use to parties since I'm usually alone, and I've always loved heights, especially the ones with a view," Sapphire said, looking out over the village.
"I've always liked heights too, but I usually go to the top of the hokage monument," Naruto said, sitting beside Sapphire on the ledge before continuing, "Oh and you might want to get used to having parties anyways since you're going to be invited to more now, you know that right?"
"Hm yeah I guess you're right," Sapphire said.
"Hey there you two are," said the voice of Sasuke.
"Hm hey Sasuke come sit over here," Naruto said.
"Why are you guys up here anyways?" Sasuke says, sitting down.
"Well I came to find Saff," Naruto said.
"Yeah, and as I said earlier, I'm not used to being at parties, and I like heights," Sapphire said.
"Hm well I guess I can stay and keep you two out of trouble," said Sasuke.
"Oh guys here," Sapphire says, pulling out two boxes and handing them to his friends.
"Huh, what are they?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh there top quality Carbon steel kunai, and an extra kunai that I personally made," Sapphire said.
"Really cool dude, thanks!" Naruto said.
After sitting for a few minutes with small talk, Sapphire says, "Hm hey you guys know that I think of you as brothers, right?"
"Really? I was thinking the same thing I mean you guys are awesome friends and the first to really accept me for me and not the Yondamie's son," he said.
"Hm I do too, I mean Itachi's not really home that often, and I still see him as my sibling,but you guys are just like the brothers I've always wanted though."
"Hm well we should make a pact then," Sapphire says.
"What do you mean?" asked Sasuke.
"Well, if we ever need help, then we help each other out, unless it's impossible to do," Sapphire said.
"Yeah why not?" Naruto says before standing and walking back a little.
"Yeah! Let's do this," Sasuke says, standing and walking to be by Naruto.
"Hm let's go then," Sapphire says, also standing and stands beside Sasuke before putting his hand out, which Sasuke then puts his hand on, followed by Naruto putting his hand on top of Sasuke's.
"Hm brothers forever, right?" Sapphire said.
"Yep, brothers forever," Naruto said.
"Always," Sasuke said.
And with that, the three friends became brothers. But unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by two people.
"My lord, should I approach the blonde one, Naruto?" the first one says.
"Not now, we must wait a little longer before we approach him," the second one says.
"Yes my lord, but the boy is with the dragon now, our sworn enemy," the first one says.
"Yes maybe with this, our two kinds can finally have peace instead of violence," the leader says.
"What? But the dragons are monsters… They would kill all in their path, even their own, remember what the newest king did?" the first one says.
"Yes Fawkes, I remember quite well, especially since his son is standing right there," the lord says.
"What then? We should kill him now before he gets to powerful my liege," the man now named Fawkes says.
"Fawkes, as the leader of the Phoenix clan, I forbid you from doing so. Not all dragons are monsters, think about Leviathan. He is a good dragon and has provided help before," the now known Phoenix king says.
"Fine sir, let us go, this filthy human air is sickening," Fawkes says before diapering in a flash of fire.
"Boy, you will be great when you grow up, just remember to stay in the light and don't step into the darkness," the king says before disappearing also.
(AN: hey guys wow 8,123 words, that is a new record. Now, I just wanted to point out a few things, one is that Fawkes is not mine, he is a phoenix from a book/movie, so if you're able to find it out than you get a cyber-cookie. Another thing is that Blake Belladonna won the poll, so she will be with Naruto. The third thing is that after this chapter, there will be a massive time skip. The last thing is I am in need of some more OC's, mainly 7 of them, so if you want me to use an OC of yours, then here's what you need to do.
Name: The first name has to be either a gem or a stone; the last name doesn't matter, it can be anything that you want it to be, ok.
Weapons: Now the weapons can be anything that you want, but they must have a primary and a secondary weapon, they also have to have a projectile weapon, such as a kunai, bow, or even a gun.
Description: This is what info I must have on what they'll look like; how tall are they, what is their skin color, their hair color, what do their eyes look like, or are they a faunus or not, that kind of thing.
Job: What are they doing now? Are they a hunter or huntress from vale, are they a bounty hunter, are they missing Nin, or are they just travelers.
Background: This is for why they are doing; why they fight, were they hurt growing up, are they orphans, or what village are they from, that kind of thing, ok.
Abilities: If they are a Ninja, what kind of Jutsu do they use, do they have a bloodline, if they are hunters or huntresses then what is their semblance.
Now that that's taken care of, I hoped you like this chapter, bye.
I'm Sapphire Orchid signing off, see ya.
