I Do Not Own Naruto
"Speaking"
"Jutsu, Demon"
"Haohmaru, Hanzo, Unknown"
"OTHER ENTITY"
A/N Sorry that most of these are flashbacks, and the lateness, comp problems. Enjoy.
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Naruto struggled with the finally stage of the Rasengan over the next three days. He decided to take a quick breather, thinking of the whole situation.
"That old lady's gonna be Hokage, huh?" He thought to himself, "What a laugh. I am going to prove her wrong, though. She will be Hokage if I have anything to say about it."
Naruto crossed his legs, thinking about the whole situation, "I miss Ojiji," he mumbled to himself, "At least he was kind to me. I wonder how'd she treat me."
"Naruto!" A woman's voice called out.
He looked to his side and saw the black haired woman who was with Tsunade come running up to him, "Naruto, thank goodness I found you. You need to stop this."
"Excuse me?" Naruto shot her a blank glare.
"You have to stop, you don't-" The woman started off.
"Why should I?" Naruto asked, "She insulted the title of Hokage, she insulted one of the few people who ever cared about me."
"She's had a hard life, you couldn't possibly," the woman could almost feel the temperature drop.
"I couldn't possibly what?" Naruto asked icily, "Right now I'm feared because of how I look, people looked down on me before then, and to top it off I hear voices in my head. Don't tell me I don't know a hard life. Sit down."
The woman didn't know what pushed her to obey, but she sat down, "Um..." Naruto trailed off looking at her.
"Shizune," she said.
"Shizune," Naruto began, sitting down, "She insulted the old man by saying only fools want the position, and I will not let that sit. I was an orphan..." Naruto began his story.
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Naruto sat rocking on the balls of his feet, ignoring the looks the woman behind the counter kept sending him.
Presently a female ANBU stepped behind him with purple hair done in a ponytail, "Uzumaki-san?"
The woman looked hopeful at the sign of ANBU, "Yeah?"
"I'm here to watch after you while the Hokage finishes his business," She said standing stock still.
Naruto looked at her mask, noting it was a snake, "Um," he began, "Hebi-chan, what do you want to do?"
"I am here to watch after you," she ground out.
"That's boring, though," Naruto said simply, "Okay, since your no help, I want to get something to eat, you have to pick though."
Hebi barely inclined her head, leading Naruto away from a slightly crestfallen secretary.
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Snow crunched under their feet as they made their way through Konoha, Hebi leading the way, almost as if she were trying to keep some distance between her and the blond haired boy following her.
"Um," Naruto began.
"Yes," Hebi stopped.
"What's with the lights and the trees and the-" Naruto kept rattling off questions.
"It's Christmas," the woman said matter of fact.
"What's Christmas?" Naruto asked.
Hebi eyed him up and down, gauging his age to be about eight, "You don't know what Christmas is?"
"No, I'm an orphan," Naruto said.
"What's that got to do with it?" The woman asked, "The Orphanages hold meals, and gifts are donated to children."
"I wasn't allowed," Naruto stated, following the woman as she started moving again, "They told me that bad children can't eat with the others. They told me that until I was seven."
"What happened when you turned seven?" Hebi asked, leading Naruto into a small shop.
"Ojiji had me moved to my own apartment," Naruto stated as the woman ordered food.
"You live by yourself?" She asked, barely concealing her surprise.
"Yeah," Naruto looked around, noting it was mostly Ninja inside the small shop, "Ojiji," he stopped, seeing her tilt her head, "the Hokage, helps me out. He checks on me once a week."
The woman laughed at Naruto's title for the Hokage, sliding up her mask just slightly so she could eat when the food arrived.
"It's called Dango," the woman said through a mouthful, "Eat it, it's good."
Naruto tentatively took a stick and began to much on it while the woman talked, "You don't know Christmas, huh?"
Naruto shook his head.
"Christmas is a family kind of thing," the woman said, "I don't have any family myself, but celebrate with my friends."
"How do you celebrate?" Naruto asked.
"The trees are more for the people who can afford it," Hebi thought, "People see friends or family that haven't seen in a long time, a lot of the time gifts are exchanged."
Naruto nodded his head as they finished up the last of the dango, "Anyway, the Hokage should be done by now."
He nodded as they left, quietly moving through the streets.
Naruto stopped outside the entrance to the Hokage's room, seeing a small pack of what looked like berries hanging over the door.
"Hebi-chan?" Naruto asked as she started walking away, leaving him just outside the door, "What are those for?"
Hebi turned and looked back, and let out a small laugh seeing his innocent expression. She walked up to him, lifting up her mask only slightly and gave him a small peck on the forehead. She continued to laugh at his shocked expression as she left him.
"Naruto," Sarutobi's voice echoed to him, "I'm glad your here, I have a Christmas present for you."
Naruto looked at Sarutobi, "Really?"
"Yes," Sarutobi smiled, putting some papers in front of him, "How would you feel about becoming a Ninja?"
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"And that's why I won't let anyone insult Ojiji, much less the position he held just sitting down," Naruto said as he stood up, brushing off his pants, "You can tell Tsunade that I will win that bet."
Naruto held the small balloon in his hand focusing as a smile crept across his face as Shizune stood up. Naruto held out his other hand, trying the same thing, a small blue sphere slowly grew in his hand.
He rushed the nearest tree driving his hand as hard as he could into it, "Rasengan!"