11th chapter of Naruto, Heir to Frostmourne and Ashbringer is here!
So, here we are! Naruto will get the Kekkei Genkai to control ash and smoke. Just need a good name...any suggestions?
Harem choices, for now:
FemKyuubi
FemHaku
Mikoto
Kin
Tayuya
Kagerou
Sasame
Isaribi
Hinata
Shion
Hokuto
Yakumo
Miroku
Amaru
Tsunami
Tou
Koyuki (sure already!)
Konan (also sure!)
Mei (hey, even the Godaime Mizukage should have some)
Note that the harem choices are not yet finished...will end probably two-three days.
Chapter 11: Missions
Naruto woke up feeling refreshed. Today would mark the start of his ninja life. He changed into his usual ninja suit and went to the dining table. He found Mikoto and Kyuubi already there and halfway with their breakfast.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Mikoto-san, Kyuubi-chan." Naruto said as he sat down and began to eat his breakfast.
"Ohayo, Naruto-san/-sama." They replied, respectively.
Mikoto said to him, afterwards, "You will be doing missions today, won't you?"
Naruto grinned. "Yeah, I gotta carry my own weight around the village. After all, I am a newly reinstated genin of the Leaf. I can't just stay here and wait for something to happen."
Both women smiled at him. Naruto finished his breakfast, bid Kyuubi and Mikoto goodbye and went out.
Naruto entered the mission hall and found Mizuki there sorting the mission scroll pile.
"Ohayo, Mizuki-sensei!" Naruto said, as he approached him. Mizuki looked to see Naruto standing there and smiled.
"Ah, Naruto, here for missions, I presume?" Naruto nodded.
"Hai."
Mizuki looked at his mission roster. "Ah, yes, here we are." He found one and looked for it in the scroll pile and pulled it out. "Here. Helping Ikamoto Shinji with carrying his things to his new home. He is moving." Mizuki held out the scroll to Naruto who took it, but didn't leave. Mizuki noticed. "Huh? Naruto? You already have your mission."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Hehe, I was hoping to have more than one mission scroll."
Mizuki looked at him oddly. "Well, isn't that a bit too much, Naruto? I mean, I could have given you two scrolls if you are a whole team. But you are only a one man team."
"Well, Mizuki-sensei, did you forget that I can use Kage Bunshin to help me with missions?"
Mizuki slapped his forehead. "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that." He grabbed a lot of scrolls. "Here you are. 19 scroll for you." He gave them to Naruto.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Immediately, 19 clones of Naruto were seen and took one scroll each bunshin. "See ya, Mizuki-sensei!" All 20 Naruto's left. Mizuki sighed.
"Naruto will be Naruto, I guess. Unpredictable." And with that, Mizuki continued to sort mission scrolls.
Naruto, the original, stood in front of the 19 clones.
"Okay, everyone spread out and finish the missions." Naruto told them.
"Yes, sir!" They replied and scattered. Naruto looked at his mission scroll. "Helping Ikamoto Shinji, eh?" He went off to where the meeting place was.
Ikamoto Shinji grunted in frustration. Only 1/4 of his things have been moved by himself and now, the remaining 3/4 were big things. Plus, his new house is somewhere far from his current place.
"Dammit, please, Kami help me now." Shinji said. As if Kami heard him, Naruto appeared on site.
"Excuse me, are you Ikamoto Shinji?" Naruto asked. Shinji turned around and saw him.
"Hmm? Who might you be, youngster?" He asked.
"Me? I am Uzumaki Naruto, genin of Konohagakure no Sato." Naruto said, making the man's eyes widen. "So, you need help with the boxes?"
Shinji looked at the boxes before him, before looking at Naruto. He knew who the boy was. He did not hate the boy nor did he like him...he was somewhere in the 'Neutral Side.' But, since he is the only one there so... "Yeah, I need help moving them. They are a pain in the ass."
Naruto grinned. "Well, you got yourself some help! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He made a cross-shaped seal, making Shinji look shocked, and, at least, 20 clones appeared and grabbed the boxes. "Where to, Shinji-san?" He asked.
Shinji went out of his shock and grabbed his map. "Oh, well, it is over...here." He marked the map and gave it to the original. Naruto nodded.
"Hmm, it is almost at the other end of Konoha. Heh, let's go, boys!" Naruto said to the clones who 'Hai'd in response and disappeared. "Don't worry, Shinji-san, I can have it done by...hmm, 36 minutes or so."
Shinji nodded. It took him almost two days to move the 1/4 to his new house. So, the news that the remaining 3/4 will be done in 36 minutes, give or take a few, is grand. "Thank you, Uzumaki-san. You are a lifesaver. I thought that I'll never be able to move on schedule."
Naruto shook it off. "Thanks is not needed, Shinji-san. It's my job, after all." Shinji chuckled.
"Really, now? Well, you do your job well, Uzumaki-san." Naruto went slightly pink from the praise.
"Thanks." Naruto said.
A full 36 minutes later, everything was done. Shinji was amazed. Precisely on schedule. He turned to Naruto, who held out the scroll, for the client's signature of completion. He took it and signed it and gave it to him.
"Well, it seems you have earned your keep." He pulled out the negotiated amount of money, with a little extra. "Take this, Uzumaki-san. A little extra for you doing all the work."
Naruto only took the negotiated amount, leaving the extra. "Keep the extra, Shinji-san. I believe this amount is enough." He held up the money in his hand. He grinned. "See ya!" He disappeared.
Shinji chuckled. "Thanks, Uzumaki-san."
One Naruto clone's mission is to retrieve the Fire Daimyo wife's pet cat, Tora...the cat who was said to be possessed by demons. He was always trying to escape the Fire Daimyo's wife's clutches, for reasons unknown to anyone. His last known location was around the Memorial Stone (he had asked around beforehand). He looked around. He heard some scuttling at a bush and a weak 'meow.' Well, Tora's whereabouts confirmed. He slowly walked to it.
"Here, little guy, come to Naruto." The clone knelt down and began to beckon the cat. A few seconds passed and the said cat slowly went out, sniffed around, for danger, perhaps, and continued to Naruto. When it came into Naruto's hands, he scooped it up and began to pet it. The cat purred in his hands. "Heh, you know what? You are a little cute. Though, I can't find the reason why you would want to leave the Fire Daimyo's wife...oh, well, I'm sure we can work it out." He was about to leave when he saw someone. He had gravity-defying gray hair, wearing some sort of face mask and had on a jounin vest. He looks just like the one from his father's genin team. From the looks of things, it seems that he had just arrived.
Naruto thought that it will be worth it to talk to him so he walked to him.
"Welcome, Naruto." He said, making Naruto jump.
"Wh-"
"I sensed you come closer." He replied.
"Umm, I hope you don't mind me asking but, who are you?" The clone asked.
He chuckled. "Me? I am Hatake Kakashi, a student of your father, Minato-sensei." Naruto widened his eyes.
"Y-You know?" Kakashi chuckled even more.
"I asked Hokage-sama about it..."
Flashback (this takes place just after the little talk with Hiashi, the Sandaime and Naruto; and Hiashi and Naruto already left)
The Sandaime was on his couch as his clones did the paperwork. He was reading his all-famous Icha Icha book. There was a knock on the door. The Sandaime hurriedly hid his book.
"Come in." He said, after he hid the Icha Icha book. The door opened and in came Inu, in his full ANBU armor. "Ah, Inu, what brings you here?"
Inu knelt before the Sandaime. "Hokage-sama, I would like to ask something."
"Oh? And that is?"
"Before that, could you put up a privacy jutsu."
The Sandaime did some handseals before the room was covered in a bluish glow. Once the glow subsided, the Sandaime asked Inu, "Your question, Kakashi?"
"I would like to ask who Naruto really is."
"Hmm? He is Uzuma-"
"Is he related to Minato-sensei?" He cut in. The Sandaime widened his eyes.
"What made you think that, Kakashi?"
"He came out of sensei's house. He's gotta be-!" Kakashi suddenly stopped speaking as realization hit him. "He's his son, isn't he?" The Sandaime began to think of excuses to stop this line of thought. "Please, Hokage-sama, tell me the truth."
The Sandaime sighed. "Fine, he is Minato's son."
"Why have you kept it from everyone? Most especially, me? I could have been his guardian, his brother." The Sandaime shook his head.
"If I told the whole village, then, there is a possibility that it will leak to Iwa, and you know that Iwa was hurt badly by Minato and Iwa would love to have the last Namikaze killed or in their ranks. Also, if I told you, well, you will do everything to prevent anyone from hurting him, thus, making the village angry at you for 'protecting the Kyuubi,' as they would call it."
"Then, why tell the village of his status as the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi? Surely, the level of secrecy of that is the same as telling them of his status as a Namikaze."
The Sandaime was silent at that.
"Why are you silent, Hokage-sama?"
"..."
"You thought that people will respect my sensei's wish about his son being a hero, didn't you?" Kakashi asked.
The Sandaime looked away.
"But, I believe you forgot one tiny little thing...people despise demons, regardless of him or her being a jinchuuriki. They think that the jinchuuriki are the demons themselves, incarnates, as you might say." Kakashi continued.
"I was mistaken, I'll admit that, Kakashi, but the council asked what had happened to the Kyuubi. I couldn't lie...not with some of them being able to sense lies. I told them that Minato sealed the Kyuubi inside of Naruto...at that instant, suggestions flew everywhere: execution, training to become a weapon, etc. I stopped it, almost immediately. I, then, told them that Naruto's status as a jinchuuriki would be kept an S-Class secret. I don't know how it spread." The Sandaime shook his head. "Anyway, Naruto's parentage is to be kept a secret from anyone, do you understand, Kakashi?"
Kakashi hesitantly nodded. "Hai, Hokage-sama."
"Good, you may leave."
"Hai." Kakashi left.
Flashback End
Kakashi finished his story. "Well, there you have it, Naruto."
The clone nodded his head in understanding. "Well, that explains it."
Kakashi nodded.
"Anyway, I have to go bring back Tora, see ya, Kakashi-san!" The clone disappeared in a yellow blur.
Kakashi sighed. "They grow up so fast, don't they, sensei?" He said, as he stared at the memorial stone. His head shot up and looked around. He could have sworn he heard his sensei's voice say, 'Yes, they do, Kakashi.'
All 20 Naruto's reappeared in front of the mission hall.
"So, everyone finished their task?" The original said.
"Hai." They replied.
"All right, let's go." All 20 went inside.
Mizuki just finished sorting the mission scrolls, when 20 Naruto's entered the mission hall.
"Ah, Naruto. Done, I presume?" Mizuki said. The original nodded.
"Yeah, here." One by one, the clones gave him the mission scroll, and dispeeled. Mizuki's eyebrow was raised when the last clone reached him. He had a cat on his arm and he was petting it. Then his eyes widened when he saw that the cat had the infamous red ribbon on it's right ear.
"How did you do that?" Mizuki shouted at the clone, who looked confused.
"Do what?" The clone asked.
"Made Tora stay put." Mizuki replied.
The clone grinned. "Yeah, well, I asked around the village if they had seen him. They said, the last known location was at the memorial stone, so I went there..." He began to retell what he had done to catch Tora. "...so that's about it."
Mizuki shook his head. "Heh, you really are an unexpected, aren't you, Naruto?" He said.
The clone smirked. "Of course!" The clone surrendered the mission scroll, gave Tora to the original Naruto, and dispelled.
"See ya, Mizuki-sensei! I gotta give Tora to Jii-san!" He ran off. Mizuki grinned.
"Uzumaki Naruto, how do you do it?"
Naruto, carrying Tora, knocked on the door of the Hokage.
"Come in." That was the voice of the Hokage. Naruto slowly opened the door.
"Uzumaki Naruto here, returning Tor-"
"Tora-chan!" A female voice shouted. In an instant, the cat screeched and went inside Naruto's clothes.
"Ah!" Naruto said, as the cat fumbled itself inside his clothes. "Come on, little guy, don't you want to go to your owner?" The cat's response is claws tearing his chest. "Ow." He said, almost stoically.
"Tora-chan, come on, deary. Come to Mama." The Fire Daimyo's wife said. Tora just clawed Naruto's chest even more.
"Ouch..." Naruto looked at Tora through his clothes. He looked fearful. "Ano, Shijimi-sama, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
She looked at Naruto. "Huh, of course, you can, dear."
"How do you hold Tora?" Naruto asked.
"Why would you ask that, dear?" She asked back.
"Because, it seems Tora is afraid." Naruto concluded.
"Why is he afraid?" She wondered.
"I hope you don't mind if I'm a bit frank, but it seems you have done something to make Tora fear you."
"But, I didn't do anything."
"Oh well, just asking, anyway, Shijimi-sama. Here." Naruto took out Tora, albeit with difficulty, and gave it to her. Shijimi instantly hugged Tora, in a death-like grip.
"Tora-chan!" She said, in a sing-song voice, while the said cat was trying to get away. Naruto noticed that Tora had a look that said, 'Please end my misery.' In that moment, Naruto knew why Tora always ran away.
"Ah, now I know what is the problem." Naruto went to her. "I see the problem." Naruto held up a hand. "Would you mind, Shijimi-sama, if I pet him for a while?" Shijimi complied. Tora latched onto Naruto, too tightly, but he didn't mind. Instead, he pet Tora calmly. The Sandaime and Shijimi was surprised to see that Tora didn't fight back or even resist. He just purred. "The key to taming Tora is gentleness, Shijimi-sama. You have to be gentle when it comes to Tora. You see?" He nudged his head towards Tora who was still purring. "Don't strangle him to death. Just pet him gently." He gave Tora to Shijimi. "You try." Shijimi took Tora, who was about to escape, but Shijimi's hand petting him calmed him down. Instead, he purred. "See?" He smiled. Shijimi smiled back.
"Thank you, er..."
"Uzumaki Naruto, Shijimi-sama." Naruto bowed.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun." She said.
Naruto waved it off. "Thanks is not need, Shijimi-sama. Just helping out the needy." The Sandaime mentally chuckled. Really, Naruto-kun. Did you have to be so noble? He thought, with happiness.
Shijimi took out something. It was the payment for the mission, with a little extra. "Here, take this, Naruto-kun. It's the least I can do for you." Naruto only took the negotiated amount for the mission.
"Give the extra to ojii-san. He could need it." Naruto said, while pointing at the Sandaime, who went pink at Naruto's concern for him.
Shijimi smiled and gave it to the Sandaime. "Here you are, Hokage-san." The Sandaime slowly took the money. Shijimi went to the door. "Nice to see some kind hearts around here." She said, as she left.
The Sandaime chuckled. "Good job, Naruto-kun, I didn't expect you to help both Tora and the Fire Daimyo's wife."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Hehe, well, to help others is my drive."
The Sandaime nodded his head. "Alright, Naruto-kun, what would you want to do now?"
"Well, I better do some more missions. It's not yet even lunch time." Naruto said as he looked at the clock.
"Well, don't let me keep you, Naruto-kun." The Sandaime said.
"Bye, Ojii-san!" He ran to the door and left the door.
The Sandaime, then, made some Kage Bunshins for the paperwork, took out his Icha Icha, went to the couch, and began to read it. "Oooohh, Arika-chan, you naughty girl." The clones sweatdropped.
Naruto opened the door to the mission hall. He saw Mizuki there, who was doing nothing at all, except just read mission scrolls. Deciding to help Mizuki, Naruto went to him.
"Hey, Mizuki-sensei, any chance of having more missions?" Naruto asked.
Mizuki looked at him. "Hmm? Of course, just pick anything you want, but let me see them before you leave."
Naruto picked 50 random scrolls and gave them to Mizuki who was open-jawed. He shook his head. "Oh, well, Naruto will be Naruto." He took out his mission roster and began to check them.
The new chapter's done, boys and girls of all ages.
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