Naruto fell in love with basketball when he was just 5 years and 8 months old. His grandfather and grandmother took him to see the 6th Game of the 1998 Playoffs Finals Chicago Bulls vs. Utah Jazz, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodmanx Karl Malone and John Stockton, at the end of the match, after a Chicago victory, a certain 23 Bulls shirt went towards the excited blond and handed him the shirt he was wearing during the match, along with a signature and said " I saw something in you, you have the same look I did when I wanted to be the best, the look of determination to never give up and always work as hard as possible to reach your goals, Boy when you're the best, I want your shirt too OK?" Naruto nodded, while Jordan gave a smile, shortly after he went to join his companions for the celebration of the title.
On the way back to the parking lot, he told his grandparents about his goal of playing in the NBA and being better than Michael Jordan. They were happy that their grandson had his own dream and decided that they would help him in every way possible.
Naruto's parents died in a plane crash when the little boy was just 2 years old, since then he has lived with his paternal grandfather Arashi Namikaze (current head of the Namikaze family , who owns shares in several companies, such as 19% at Microsoft, 16 % Apple and a good percentage of the company called Amazon , but also has its own company) and his grandmother Mikasa Namikaze (Famous Biologist, graduated from Harvard), in addition to spending the holidays with maternal grandparents Koshiho Uzumaki (Owner of Uzumaki's one of the largest companies of technology and clean energy from the world whose Naruto is the heir along with his uncle Akashi ) and Nakimi Uzumaki (famous Chef de Cuisine) and receives constant visits from his godparents, Tsunade Senju (internationally known doctor and Kushina's cousin ) and Jiraya Myoboku ( 'Respected' book writer and Minato's maternal uncle )
The day after the Playoffs Finals, Naruto, who had a photographic memory discovered when the boy was 3 years old, started to see all the games of the best basketball players today to base himself on making his own style of play.
Naruto having his playing style as a fusion of Allen Iverson's fast style and Jordan's explosive style, his defensive style is a crazy connection between Dennis Rodman and Jason Kidd , his passes were a hellish cross between Magic Johnson and John Stockton, his pitches were a fatal mix of Steve Kerr and Reggie Miller, so he started training to achieve his goal.
At the age of 4, right after watching a fight on TV, Naruto decided to do martial arts, so Naruto's grandfather put him in Jiu Jitsu with his longtime friend Hélio Gracie and his children, the energetic blonde was not happy and wanted to do Judo and Capoeira too, Arashi thinking that his grandson would give up in 2 months, enrolled him. From Monday to Friday from 14:00 to 18:00 he did Jiu Jitsu and Judo from 19:00 to 21:30, on Saturdays and Sundays from 7:00 to 12:00 he did Capoeira with Mestre João Grande. He will train basketball every Saturday and Sunday from 17:00 to 20:00 with a personal trainer hired by his grandfather ...
" Naru , my grandson, I hired a personal trainer for you to fulfill your dream of playing in the NBA, he will teach you the basics and further improve your style of play and your physique."
At age 8, Naruto, who lived in Los Angeles, started training with his maternal uncle Akashi Uzumaki , former college basketball champion, but is now one of the heirs of Uzumaki's , wanting to give his only nephew a birthday present, decided train him for 1 month, teaching him strategies, defense analysis and even the basics of Eye Of Emperor .
"Naruto, I heard from your grandfather Arashi , who wants to be a basketball player, are you still willing to persist in your dream?" Akashi asked with his bored look.
"Yes, Uncle Akashi , I will be the best of all, I promise and I will never take my word for it, I will be even better than Michael Jordan."
"It is good to know that you are still excited, as I will teach you some things about basketball, which will take you to the next level, I will teach you the Eye of the Emperor." Akashi said with a smile
" Uhh Uncle Akashi , what is the Eye of the Emperor?" Asked the young and confused Namikaze
"It is a skill that gives you a wide field of view on the court, which allows you to easily see the opening of the opponent's defense and cover blind spots, preventing theft." Akashi said seriously about his ability
"QUEEEEE LEGAAAAALLLLLL." Naruto said screaming with happiness
"But there are other levels, like the Triple Penetration Threat sub-skill "
"What can this skill do ?!"
"This Skill allows to easily predict the movements of people, thus facilitating the interception of the ball, whether in the case of throwing, blocking, attacking and even passing, if one of the opponents does so, using the Eye of the Emperor, he can read the movements of the opponent and responds by intercepting the ball before he can react. "
"With that skill, it would easily be the best in history." said Naruto very cheerful
Suddenly Akashi hit Naruto on the head
"You will never become the greatest if you think like that, you have to work harder than anyone else to get to the top. Success does not happen out of nowhere, it is the result of when we strive as hard as possible to achieve the goal. " Akashi said seriously
"Ok uncle, from now on I will work 10 times more than everyone and I will be the best in everything I do."
"That's what I like to hear from Naruto, now let's get started."
At the age of 10 the young Naruto already played with older children, if he didn't win a game, he trained even more to win the next one, being very competitive from an early age, Naruto gave his best in everything he did, be it Studying, basketball and even in the martial arts, I wanted to be the best student so that in the future I could better manage the family business and make it grow more, I wanted to be the best in basketball to overcome Jordan and I wanted to be the best in martial arts to learn how to defend myself .
At age 12, he started watching Kobe Bryant's videos and copying his movements and adapting them to his own, in Martial Arts he added Muay Thai doing on Sundays from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm talking about his social life, Arashi put the Blond in a business course of various levels, it occupied him on a Saturday afternoon, so he started training basketball from Monday to Friday from 20:00 to 22:00 and on Sundays he trained capoeira at the same time and did judo from 14: 00 to 18:00 and if during the week I had time, I would train or go out with some friends.
At the age of 13 he started to accompany his grandfather, in the family business, that same year, he received from his grandfather, the heir ring of the Namikaze that had belonged to his father last. Studying in the 10th grade at Loyola High School , he started playing for the basketball team, being the youngest and shortest (5 ′ 6), many underestimated him, but when they saw the skill they never doubted it. In his first season as a rookie, he averaged 11.4 ppg, 6.7 bpg, 3.1 rpg and 4.3 spg, ranking 2nd and losing in the semifinal, making Naruto even more competitive.
At 14, and at 11, Naruto started playing the guitar to impress the girls, since being 2 years younger he was at a disadvantage because they thought he was cute, now with height (5 ′ 9 ″) he became the starter of the team whose position it was PG (Point Guard), after last season, he started to train the Eye of the Emperor even more, because if the opponent were faster it would be more difficult to steal his ball, he also focused a lot on momentum and speed, he started training with weights and doing 10 jumps every 10 minutes of training. In its second season, it was the highlight of the team with an average of 17.2 ppg, 13.5 apg, 5.9 rpg and 5.1 spg, with 44% 3PT and 92% FT, occupying the first place in the division and winning as the most valuable of the team.
Arriving at 15 and 5 ′ 10 ″, a lot happened, first of all, in Jiu Jitsu he was honored with the famous black belt for his efforts over the last 11 years with Gracie and with the championships won, including 5 regional, 3 state and 2 national (Sub 13 and Sub 14), shortly after being invited by the coach to be the team captain, of course he accepted, no one would miss this chance. It was at the age of 15 that, with his grandfather's authorization, he got his first tattoo, the names of his parents and the date of his death on his left chest. with several girls at that age, with his guitar he won over the girls at school with his voice and songs created by himself. In his Senior season, he stood out with the averages 26.8ppg 11.2apg, 4.3rpg and 6.4spg having 57% 3PT, 93% FT, standing out as the most valuable and attracting the attention of several teams, but talking to his team. family he decided to choose UCLA, where he would do Economics and after completing the course would go to the NBA.
At the age of 16, in the first year of college in economics, at 6 ′ 0, he was cast as a starter, even though he was a rookie, he ended up becoming famous, not because he was the first rookie who was already a starter, but because his colleagues found out that he he was champion of Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Capoeira and asked him numerous questions, even though he was angry with so many questions, he answered, in his first season as a college rookie, he averaged 18.9 ppg 13.5 apg 5.9 rpg 5, 2 spg being 52.7% 3PT, 94% FT, but due to having good averages, the team was not an NCAA champion, leaving him sad thinking he did not do enough, but from each defeat there is great learning, every time he lost, he came back even stronger, as if he were a Phoenix coming out of the fire, he liked it so much that he compared himself to a Phoenix who got a Tattoo on his left leg.
At 17, with 6′2 ″, in his second year at the Faculty, he obtained excellent averages of 23.6 ppg 14.1 apg 7.5 rpg 5.8 spg 54.5% 3PT 93% FT, won as the most valuable of the team, and most importantly, he won his first NCAA championship, after the title, he celebrated together with his grandparents and uncle, including also his godparents, he earned the nickname Ashura , because when the match got very complicated he seemed to be possessed by a black aura, and no one held it.
At the age of 18 he started some cooking classes with his grandmother Nakimi Uzumaki and Jamie Oliver, made some songs of his own authorship with his guitar, started his own investments that his grandfather approved and congratulated him, changed to the Judo of which he was a Black Belt 2nd Dan to Krav Maga who was very interested in being very defensive in real situations. In basketball he had impressive averages of 26.4 ppg , 14.6 apg , 7.3 rpg , 5.5spg, 53.4% 3PT 92% FT, but not everything was perfect, after a complicated game, the blonde tried too hard and felt a calf injury that took him out of the playoffs, UCLA failed to reach the final, but even so the blonde won as a prominent player on her team.
In the 2011-12 season, measuring his 6′6 ″, Naruto Uzumaki's last season at UCLA, many kept an eye on the 19-year-old boy who showed a lot of talent and winning mentality, being the star and captain of the team, he will bring the championship for UCLA, and will end your year with a Golden Key. During the year, he made a channel on YouTube to present his songs and some curiosities about himself, in addition to showing his physical training . his investments paid off and he now owns shares of PicPay and a few others that his grandfather is overseeing. In its last season with average being spectacular 29,7ppg, 15.5 apg , 11.2 RPG 6.3 spg , 2.4 BPG 55% 93% FT 3GB, knowing that he still had the last game end. he went on the court for the last time to play Kentucky in the finals. THE LAST GAME
Naruto smiled as he entered the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans). After not being available because of injuries last season, it was great to get to the big game.
Naruto checked the crowd, it was packed with fans to see the confrontation between The Demon x Monocelha , Naruto Namikaze x Anthony Davis, among the fans, there were some famous faces, but some that caught your attention were Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson (talking normally) and Jay Z next to his wife Beyoncé looking at him waving. It was very rare to have so many celebrities, but he suspected it was because it was the game of the NCAA decade. The blonde continued to locate who he was looking for, his family.
His family congratulated him and gave him a hug for luck
"Give them hell." Said Arashi Namikaze with a laugh heard by many.
"Reveal the strength of the Uzumakis ." Koshiho Uzumaki said with a smile.
"Show the emperor's power." His uncle Akashi said with a malicious smile that Naruto followed him.
His trainer came out of nowhere and went over to him and commented "Come on Naruto, it's showtime"
Naruto nodded and went to his seat on the bench. He greeted his teammates as he walked until he got to where he wanted to be. He crouched down and took a deep breath while hardening his nerves.
When he looked up, he saw where his grandparents and friends from Los Angeles were. He shook his head while everyone was dressed in UCLA clothes and holding some posters.
The ball went to UCLA and Naruto brought the ball to him. He dribbled between his legs a few times before using a screen set by his teammate Joshua Smith and went to the basket. 3 defenders collapsed on him and he passed to Tyler Lamb who was open from the side, receiving the pass, Lamb knocked out one of three.
That's how the first half passed. Naruto struggles to reach the basket and find open teammates, as well as helping to score Kentucky ace Anthony Davis. The break came and UCLA was winning.
BREAK 62-52
Naruto Uzumaki: 17 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks 3 \ 4 3PT, 7 \ 10 FG
Anthony Davis: 21 points, 3 assists, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 4 blocks 1 \ 3 3PT, 8 \ 12 FG, 4 \ 4 FT
Naruto sat with a towel over his head and shoulders in the locker room. He could hear his trainer talking, but his mind was not registering anything. He had everyone who helped him and took care of him in the stands, even the godparents came to see him, he wanted to make them proud. It was good that UCLA was winning, as he would not let Kentucky turn the score.
"Okay, listen. UCLA is very close to the title. Twenty more minutes and you will be the champions. But slow down, Kentucky is only 10 points behind on the scoreboard. And you know how persistent they are, Joshua, I want you to, concentrate- if only scoring Davis in defense and Naruto want you to rest when we get back in the game, you played all the first time and I saw when Terrence Jones hit you, making you fall and hit your arm on the floor, I know you still want to play all the time, but wait until your arm improves a little bit. "
Naruto would disagree, until his trainer looked at him, so he gave up on seeing that nothing he said would work.
"When you come back during the match, I want you to be as aggressive as possible, you are passing the ball very fast, even before the opponent's defense is close to you." I want it when you have space to shoot, shoot, be aggressive, this is your last game, don't forget that, remember your nickname, The Demon . "
The blond Uzumaki waved to the trainer, understanding what he was saying.
"For the rest of the team, don't forget, don't let the game get out of hand or Kentucky will take the UCLA title, understand?"
Everyone agreed and raised their hands. "UCLA on three. One, two, three. UCLA! One, two, three. UCLA!"
The match was restarted with Naruto on the bench, giving Kentucky a chance for the game and with ten minutes remaining, Kentucky took advantage and was winning 76-68
Well Howland then put Naruto back in the game, he limited himself to passing the ball accumulating six more assists, accumulating a total of fifteen assists and remaining in defense. But now, still losing 84-83 with the game just 5 minutes away, his coach and teammates wanted him to put them aside and win the game.
He took a deep breath and began to exude an aura, which many UCLA fans knew, Naruto Namikaze is opening the Gate of Hell and the Demon is leaving.
Naruto caught the ball on the court and passed between his legs a few times before using a screen set up by Joshua Smith. After leaving the screen, Naruto drove to the basket and went with the intention of making a dunk. Anthony Davis tried to block it, but as soon as he jumped, Naruto didn't hesitate and managed to hit the basket even with Anthony Davis in defense, the crowd went crazy, the judge missed Davis and Naruto converted the foul.
After And One , the Wildcats managed to score with one of three, with the help of Anthony Davis the advantage of the Wildcats was back to one. Naruto just shook his head while calling another screen looking at Joshua Smith, who waved. After using the screen, Naruto broke free and dropped one of the three.
Kentucky went on the attack and with Anthony Davis' three-pointer, returned to the game with one more point.
The crowd was very excited, this game was much more exciting than some NBA games.
Naruto received the ball and passed it to Norman Powell who advanced to the attack, being well marked, passed to Naruto who was being marked by 2 defenders, Naruto smiled and called the opponents with his right hand while bouncing the ball with his left hand, after in speed being accompanied by the defenders, the blonde was advancing towards the attack, he went to the right and came back, but the defenders just went and didn't come back, the two collided and fell, immediately Naruto launched a Mid- range, falling in the basket and scoring two points, leaving the UCLA bench and euphoric fans.
Naruto looked at Allen who was excited, the blonde Uzumaki then pointed at Iverson and smiled making the gesture of open hand on his ear, Iverson waved doing the same gesture and returned to sit, while Naruto returned to the defense.
Staying in the game, Wildcats hits another Mid- Range shot with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returning the lead to one. After the shot, they tried to put the whole team back into defense quickly, but this time Naruto was faster and after taking possession, went on the attack performing a EuroStep with the Kentucky defense, scoring two points.
Kentucky went on the attack and managed to pass the UCLA points with a three-ball from Anthony Davis, but they still haven't managed to delay Naruto. Limiting himself to the use of screens, Naruto asked for another one, Joshua Smith deceiving his opponent's defense, took a step forward after Naruto bypassed it. Always going with incredible speed Naruto looked Anthony Davis in the eye and pretended to pass back and not pass, making a False Pass. As soon as the ball tricked the defender, Davis caught up with Naruto quickly, but the blonde was already going to the tray, moving his body a little, caused Davis to get in the way a little, but the young Namikaze managed to complete the tray on the edge, but the Davis' small involvement was considered a failure by the judge Naruto accused and converted.
After returning the lead to his team, Naruto managed to block the opponent's jump, regaining possession for UCLA, Naruto became calm and instead of running around the court, he walked allowing his team to stay in position.
When the blonde reached the middle of the court, the entire arena stood up to see what he would do next. Naruto ignored the attention received by the crowd, while dribbling behind, without any mark because he was still a little ahead of the line, Uzumaki smiled, seeing a smile that the defense went to the target, but it was too late, Namikaze had already released the ball three, in the middle of the court. Naruto turned and went back to the defense, celebrating the three points of the coast, just waiting for the crowd to explode in screams, after a few seconds, there was silence in the stadium, but then the crowd exploded in applause, meaning that he dropped the ball .
After three, Kentucky asked for time and Naruto went to the bank smiling.
"As soon as I do it! I was born for this!"
His companions surrounded him, patted him on the back, and greeted him.
After the time limit, Kentucky managed to score, bringing the UCLA lead back to two with thirty-one seconds remaining. Naruto wisely held the ball, despite being marked, and for as long as he could, but with seventeen seconds left on the clock he returned to the action.
He slowly approached the three-point line as before, but was scored by four defenders, taking a step back. That was enough to convince the defenders that he would shoot one of three, but Naruto tricked them using his pass attribute. The Blond then ran to the basket, knowing what would happen, having only one defender mark him, looking at his teammate who waved and passed Naruto while the blond was jumping, just catching the ball and burying it with all the forces in the basket which, oddly enough, broke all the glass and warped the rim of the basket.
The crowd exploded with screams, the timer had started and the game was over, Naruto screamed.
"Gamer Over Baby"
End of match
Naruto Uzumaki : 35 points, 15 assists, 11 rebounds, 6 steals and 4 blocks, of which 5 \ 6 3PT, 13 \ 16 FG 2 \ 2 FT.
Anthony Davis: 33 points, 7 assists, 16 rebounds, 2 steals and 7 blocks, of which 3 \ 5 3PT, 13 \ 18 FG, 4 \ 4 FT
The Uzumaki was back hitting his left chest where his tattoo in honor of Minato and Kushina pointed the finger of his right hand at the sky and bowed his head in respect.
"This title is for you, father and mother, I hope you are proud of me."
The blonde then went to look at the family, who were celebrating and smiling.
Then Naruto looked at Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, looked at them and pointed at the veins in his right forearm and said to them:
"I have ice in my veins!"
Kobe and Shaq then started to laugh and applauded him for the game along with Iverson .
The entire UCLA squad attacked Naruto, who threw him to the ground while they were celebrating.
When he finally managed to get up, Naruto went to his greatest opponent in the fight, Anthony Davis, since he was with his head down due to the defeat, and spoke in his ear.
"Hey Mano Davis, forward ball little brother, don't lower your head, you are the best NCAA defender at the moment, and the best I have ever faced, we will be together in the 2013-14 season, I hope we are in the same franchise, you and I would make a good team, but go ahead and be the best, I want to see you by my side at the top. " Anthony Davis waved and the two greeted each other.
But Anthony Davis, was thoughtful about something that the blonde said, but soon after he left it aside, because he thought he had heard wrong.
Naruto went to his colleagues who applauded and one of them greeted him and put a championship hat on his head.
After celebrating with his classmates, Naruto approached his family
His grandmothers, Mikasa and Nakimi , approached him first and gave him a hug.
"Congratulations, my grandson. You did very well, Grandma is proud." Grandma Mikasa said as she ruffled her grandson's hair.
Naruto smiled shyly, looking back to see his companions looking at him and laughing.
"You played Naru-chan very well, Grandma knew you were going to win, you are too competitive to lose."
Naruto smiled at the grandmothers and hugged them
Naruto was congratulated by his college friends and his godparents. Then he was engulfed by a hug from several girls, the blonde was bleeding from the nose for all the attention received by the students.
Jiraya, his godfather, was smiling, thinking about how much his godson is a stallion, and how proud Minato would be of Naruto.
While Jiraya thought, Tsunade , Naruto's godmother shouted away the girls who were on top of the blonde, saying they were taking away her innocence.
Jiraya left with Naruto, who went to talk to his uncle.
"You played Naruto very well, your Eye of the Emperor needs to improve a little more, but he is fine, I am proud of you. Now that you have won the NCAA championship, I hope you want a rematch against your old uncle. " Akashi said leaving his red aura escapes, which means that the Emperor was still alive.
"But of course uncle, let's see who's the best, but don't think I'm going to let you win this time." Said young Uzumaki exhaling his aura.
"Did you leave all 99 times, dear nephew?" Akashi said, smiling and without exhaling the red aura.
Naruto, for his part, left his aura and started to frown.
"Next time, I'm sure I will win, for sure." Said the blonde smiling
"This is what we will see." Akashi said he was going to talk to his mother, while Koshiho was going to greet his grandson Naruto.
"A great game again Naruto, I am very proud of you, and I am sure that Kushina is also very proud, seeing the man that her son has become. And, one more thing, she would have been worse than her godmother Tsunade in moving away those girls, that little tomato always said when she was pregnant with you, that to date her Naru-chan , the girl would have to pass some tests it was for her, your mother loved you very much Naruto, make sure of that. "said Koshiho with some tears on her face.
The young blond Namikaze gave his maternal grandfather a hug.
"I know they loved me, Grandpa, remember that I have an eidetic memory, I have memories of when I was little, my favorite memory is that they hugged me, and saying that they loved me and that they would protect me from everything."
Koshiho smiled at his grandson's words and hugged him
"I miss her"
"Me too, grandpa, me too"
Shortly after, Koshiho's phone rang and he went to answer it, allowing Arashi to speak to his grandson.
" Naru-kun , my dear grandson, it was a great game that you played, you showed them hell, as I said to do, and that last movement that broke the basket was great, you got this championship and I'm proud, Minato and Kushina would be very happy to see how Naru-chan grew up to be a real man and a champion. "
Arashi took Naruto's shoulder and looked at him
"You know, Naru , I still remember when you were just 3 years old, crying for fear of the dark and the bogeyman, I remember that you wanted to do martial arts at the age of 4, although I doubt you would be able to stay more than 2 months, but you never gave up and you always stood firm, you have countless medals of Jiu Jitsu, Capoeira and Judo, you have a basketball trophy, you always tried twice as many other players or fighters, you never gave up, even with the injury you had last season, you kept the training grounds and kept working as much as you could. I am proud of the boy that I took care of, taught and trained for life and business. "
Naruto nodded as he felt tears streaming down his eyes. Your grandfather's words touched your heart.
As soon as the trophy was delivered to UCLA, a reporter approached Naruto who had just spoken to Arashi .
"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze , what an end to a wonderful university career. A triple double in your last game as a UCLA player, what motivated you tonight?"
Naruto looked at his family and friends and smiled. "Honestly it was and always will be my family. Whenever I am with them I feel the need to show them all the support they have given me, making this a great game.
"You must have had some confidence boost, since you were responsible for eighteen points in the final five minutes, scoring in the end a total of thirty-five points, in addition to fifteen assists. What is it like to have that kind of confidence from your teammates? "
"Well, all the credit goes to the coach and my teammates. They trusted me with the ball and believed that I could fix the game and thanks to them I did."
"Naruto, your story is well known. You lost your parents at the age of two. You were raised by your grandfather Arashi Namikaze , one of the richest men in the world, who encouraged you in basketball and other sports, since you are champion of Jiu Jitsu by Academia Gracie, Judo by Hollywood Judo Dojo and capoeira representing Mestre João Grande, and now twice champion of the NCAA. After tonight's presentation, you will go down in the history of college basketball. What advice could you give to a generation younger. "
"Never give up. There will be times when you will feel lost and helpless, but never give up and always fight to achieve your goal, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel."
"And now, the question that remains to be answered, you have not yet declared yourself for Draft 2012, are you not going to pursue a career in basketball?"
"It was on purpose, I will participate in the Draft, but not this one, I think I am not ready, so I will sign with Barcelona of Spain for a season, and I will be participating in the Draft 2013."
"Well, what a surprise, New Orleans, I present to you the 2012 NCAA champions, the UCLA Bruins , and this year's most notable player, Naruto Uzumaki !"
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