2 Days Later
Jiraiya was looking as his grandson was reading books about clans of Konoha. Right now he was reading about The Senju Clan, how they were able to make trees and how the first hokage was able to build the whole village.
The book also mentioned about important clans from other countries but that was in latter pages. Jiraiya sadly knew that book had nothing about Uzumaki clan, but he would tell Naruto himself once he grows up a bit more.
Jiraiya liked the way how Naruto was everytime he would read, it reminded Jiraiya of Minato. But spending time with Naruto, he could see what Naruto had gotten from Kushina. He was a caring person like her, one who cared about the precious people more than anything else. But he also looked collected and not hot headed or maybe Jiraiya just still hasn't seen it yet.
Naruto had already read all the books Jiraiya had given him about Ninjutsu, and chakra. He still had to read about Genjutsu and Fuinjutsu. But his godfather told him he needed to know about clans as well, and for their bloodlines.
Naruto of course had asked many questions like 'Why no other Senju can grow up trees' 'What is a bloodline?' 'Could The second hokage really pull out water from air itself?' And many other questions.
Jiraiya was happy that Naruto was so interested in books. He had already made a deal that a toad would come to Naruto every month with new books. So Naruto wouldn't get bored and would have something to do and spend time, but this thought reminded Jiraiya that he would have to leave tomorrow morning and do his duty as a spy.
That broke his heart, he wanted to stay here but the village needed information for every possible threat and he wanted to know more about the damn Akatsuki. Jiraiya thought to take Naruto with him but he was afraid that being out there with him might bring unwanted attention to Naruto. And not to mention was dangerous. Naruto was still only 3 years old for crying out loud.
Jiraiya was a Sannin and was known throughout the five great shinobi villages, and if the word spread that he had a child with him might make things worse. Sure he would be there to protect him but people might figure out, he's the fourth's son, since he looked a lot like him. Spiky hair, except Naruto had red hair like his mother. And Jiraiya knew he couldn't be with Naruto all the time.
Hell some people might understand immediately he's an Uzumaki, and might try to kidnap him because of his Uzumaki Blood. Like how Kumo tried with Kushina.
Jiraiya wasn't sure how he can even tell Naruto that he would leave, and he knew he wouldn't be back for at least 5 months.
Jiraiya sighed sadly and moved closer to his grandson. Naruto felt the sad feeling coming from toad-jiji so he decided to shut the book and his blue eyes went to his godfather.
"Why are you sad, Toad-jiji?" Naruto asked not liking him being sad. Jiraiya was slightly surprised that the kid could tell he was sad.
"Nothing Naruto, how about you and I go outside tonight, I want you to visit a place" Jiraiya said smiling. Naruto knew there was something wrong but decided to not ask questions. Naruto wasn't sure if going outside was a smart idea since people didn't really like him. But he knew his toad-jiji was there so there was no danger.
Naruto quickly nodded his head with a bright smile, brighter than sun itself and got up from his bed and walked closer to his godfather who was leaning against the wall. Jiraiya smiled at him, and walked close to him. Jiraiya leaned his hand close to Naruto. He quickly grabbed his hand and to Naruto's surprise, Jiraiya pulled him up and made him sit in his shoulder.
"Wwoooohh" Naruto said excited and slightly scared. He felt bigger now and put his hands on Jiraiya's hair and hold tightly. His godfather saw Naruto grinning like never before.
"You ready?" Jiraiya looked up and saw Naruto's eyes shining with happiness and Naruto nodded his head. From up here Naruto felt tall and like he was a man, and being like this gave him courage.
Jiraiya left the room and the moment he left, he saw woman looking at Naruto with hatred in their eyes. That made the bundle of joy on his shoulder feel uneasy. Jiraiya released a small bit of Killing Intent and they gulped and backed away from them.
They soon left the orphanage and now were in the streets of Konoha. Naruto was looking everywhere curiously. He had never been away from the orphanage before. This was his first time and wanted to see how it was.
Jiraiya was happy that his godson looked happy but he was keeping an eye on people walking around them. He felt two anbu following them, but paid no mind since they were anbu send by his sensei.
Naruto felt the two people following them through the roofs. He knew they weren't civilians but shinobi like his godfather since he could feel they were much powerful than an ordinary person. He couldn't feel bad feelings coming from any of them. But he felt sadness from one of them.
People walking around didn't really recognize Naruto at first. Most of them just kept walking and minding their business, but some of them had stopped walking and were looking at Naruto specifically. His red hair, blue eyes and his whiskers.
Our red head started feeling sad, and uncomfortable when he started feeling anger and hatred coming from some of the people around them.
"Toad-jiji, you should put me down" Naruto said afraid that people would start hating his godfather as well.
Jiraiya looked up at him surprised but understood immediately why he said that.
"Don't worry Naruto, just don't mind them" Jiraiya responded but frowned when he saw that more people were looking at Naruto angrily now.
As they keep on walking, more people had stopped and were looking at Naruto with hatred. Naruto swallowed a huge breath and felt sweat coming from his forehead, but then his godfather released a huge amount of killing intent that made everyone take a few steps back. Some of them even started screaming and running away in fear. After a few minutes, there was no one looking at Naruto anymore. Jiraiya started walking again and Naruto was feeling better.
Naruto focused his eyes on the stone faces in the mountain. He knew each of them. The first one in the left was the first hokage Hashirama Senju, which build the whole village with his wood abilities, and was known as 'God of Shinobi'.
He had also battled the legendary Madara Uchiha in Valley of The End. He was known to be able to control Tailed Beasts with his wood abilities. Naruto had heard about the Kyuubi like everyone else. And wondered if there's more than just Kyuubi out there.
Then was Tobirama Senju, which Naruto had read that was known for his high water affinity. No one was in same lever as him, even ninjas from Kiri which were known for their water affinity weren't in his level. He had created many jutsus, one of them was Hirashin that the fourth hokage was known for.
Then was old man hokage, who looked younger in the stone face and in the picture in the book that Naruto had read. Naruto couldn't really see him as young no matter how hard he tried, Naruto had read that title of 'The Professor' and 'God of Shinobi' were given to him. Naruto wondered if jiji-hokage in his younger days was as strong as First hokage in his prime. He had decided to ask Jiji once he sees him again.
Then there was The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Naruto thought he was the coolest hokage of them all. He was known as the yellow flash of Konoha because he was a master of Hirashin. But when Naruto had seen the picture of the fourth, he could have swore that he had seen the person before. His blue eyes were the same as Naruto's and he knew it.
Naruto of course asked Jiraiya why he felt like he had seen the fourth before. In that moment he noticed his godfather was very nervous and heard him muttered Just Like Him. Of course Jiraiya just changed the subject much to Naruto's annoyance.
Naruto had asked his godfather if he could learn Hirashin, but he told him that he still needed to know the basics first before he move in complicated things like learning jutsus and Hirashin.
Jiraiya knew Minato had left Hirashin and Rasengan for Naruto in case anything happened to him. Jiraiya had decided to give them to Naruto when he reached 8 years old.
But Jiraiya wasn't looking forward to tell Naruto about Kyuubi. He knew Naruto still hadn't asked why people hated him but he knew he would ask that question sooner or later.
Naruto had told him about the kind lady named Mikoto who had given him clothes. Jiraiya of course knew her since Kushina had mentioned her, but he wondered if she had a purpose to meet Naruto. He knew there was a chance that she just wanted to be kind to him out of friendship she had with Kushina. But Jiraiya knew that things between Konoha and Uchiha clan weren't good and had heard some shinobis clamming that Kyuubi had a sharingan the night he attacked.
Of course maybe they had just thought they saw it but Jiraiya knew Minato was a master at Fuinjutsu and would never let Kyuubi be released unless someone attacked them.
Now he made his way towards the favorite place of his mother. Naruto was busy looking at the face of fourth hokage in the mountain when he heard.
"Oohh look who we have here" he heard his godfather say towards three men who were walking towards them. In their shoulders were three kids.
The first man was giving Naruto and Jiraiya a warm smile. His hair were almost brown, and tied like a cactus. He had a scar on his face and was wearing the usual Jonin outfit. With black sandals. In his shoulder was sitting a boy who looked bored and ready to fall asleep, his hair was the same as his father.
The second man had long blond hair and was wearing a white outfit, and beneath it Naruto could see the Jonin outfit. In his shoulder was a girl around his age with blond hair as her father. She was smiling at them.
The third one was a fat man, with weird marks on his cheek. He wasn't smiling at them and Naruto could feel the stare of the third one. And on his shoulder was a boy who also looked to have problems with his weight.
"Jiraiya-sama is good to meet you again. Who is the cute boy on your shoulder?" The first man asked taking a step forward and giving Naruto a warm smile.
Jiraiya looked up at Naruto. "Ohh. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, shinobi-sama" He answered respectfully.
Jiraiya hold a laughter and so did the girl.
"My name is Shikaku, and this lazy boy is my son is Shikamaru" Shikaku introduced himself and the boy on his shoulder who already looked half asleep.
Naruto waved his hand. Shikaku put Shikamaru on the ground. "Say hi, or do you want to walk back to your home" Shikaku said.
Shikamaru paled at the contest of walking. "This is troublesome. My name is Shikamaru Nara" Naruto smiled and jumped to the ground to get closer.
"Hi Naruto-kun. My name is Inochi Yamanaka. This princess is Ino" the blond said and the girl waved at Naruto.
"Hello Tomato" she said smiling. Jiraiya expected Naruto to act the same way as his mother when she was called like that. But he just laughed.
Naruto didn't really mind the nickname since was much better than being called a demon.
The third one took a step closer. "My name is Choza Akimichi. This one is Choji" the fat one said a bit wary of Naruto which was noticed by Naruto and the adults. Naruto waved his hand and so did Choji.
Naruto turned his eyes to Shikamaru and Ino who were standing close to him. "Do you want to come with us?" Naruto asked hopefully. Jiraiya was about to respond when he was interrupted.
"Of course we can stay outside a bit longer" Shikaku answered immediately. Shikamaru looked ready to protest but his father glared at him.
"Very well, we're going to Ichiraku Ramen" Jiraiya said happily that Naruto could finally meet kids of his own age without glares.
Choji looked happy and was clapping his hands.
"Yeehh" Naruto shouted raising his fist in the air.
Soon they started walking towards Ichiraku Ramen. Naruto, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji were walking forward and talking and the adults were a bit behind talking about different things.
"So Naruto, what is Jiraiya-sama to you?" Shikamaru asked curiously.
"He's my godfather"
Shikamaru's eyes widened slightly and murmured something under his breath.
"Wow. Really. He's one of three Sannins" the girl Ino shouted surprised.
Naruto raised his eyebrows in confusion. "What's a Sannin?" He asked.
They all started looking at him like he had gone mad.
"Didn't your parents tell you about the sannins?" Ino Asked confused.
That question made Naruto sad, and his smile slowly disappeared and turned into a frown.
"I don't have parents" Naruto said quietly almost like a whisper. He was feeling tears on his eyes. But swallowed a huge breath. He didn't wanted to cry in front of them.
Ino lowered her head. "I'm sorry" she apologized with a sad tone, Choji looked saddened as well and so did Shikamaru.
Naruto quickly shook his head. "Don't worry Ino-san. How about we talk about other things?" Naruto asked wanting to change the subject.
"Very well. What do you like to do the most Naruto?" Choji asked curiously.
Naruto knew what he liked. "I like to read. And I like to spend time with toad-jiji, and hokage-jiji" Naruto responded smiling brightly.
All three of them looked at him confused. "You mean. You call hokage-sama, Jiji?" Ino asked but more like a statement. Naruto didn't understand why that was apparently a big deal but just nodded his head.
"What about you guys?" Naruto then asked and putting his hands behind his head.
"Well. I like to watch clouds, and sleep. Mostly sleep" Shikamaru replied yawing. Naruto sweet dropped while Ino and Choji already knew his answer.
"Don't mind him. He's just lazy" Ino said looking at Shikamaru and then her head turned to Naruto.
"I like to look at the flowers and spend time with my par . . . Friends" Ino responded changing the answer.
Naruto knew what she was going to say but didn't mind. Now he had his godfather and he was more happy than ever.
"That's cool Ino" Naruto responded and smiling at Ino. Which made her turn her face away. Naruto was confused while Shikamaru was murmuring. Troublesome blondes.
"I like to eat. Spend time with Shikamaru in a barbecue and any restaurant" Choji answered smiling.
"Tell me Naruto, will you become a shinobi?" Ino asked smiling at him.
"Of course. I will become a shinobi and become a Hokage dattebayo" Naruto shouted the last part with his eyes screaming determination.
All three of them looked shocked by Naruto's statement that he would become hokage. While Jiraiya was looking at Naruto proudly.
I have no doubt you will Naruto.