Shenlo POV
I walked out the door of the Hokage's office. I began the long trek back to my home. I made my way through the busy streets of Konoha. To my surprise once again I saw Naruto from a distance. Deciding to observe Naruto from a distance I followed him. I noticed that the villagers didn't acknowledge him. Those that did merely glared at him or yelled out a few harmful words but nothing more.
I noticed that they seemed to move away from Naruto. Curious, I continued to follow Naruto.
After twenty minutes or so, Naruto happened to walk past a sake bar. Where a few drunk men came out and started to yell.
"HEY! There he iss, get the damn demon brat!" They yelled simultaneously.
The yell alerted others within the immediate vicinity. Yells of anger, excitement, glee, and sadistic pleasure. Within a minute a small mob had formed, armed with torches, and any sort of weapon possible.
"That was probably the fastest I've seen a mob gather in my life." I thought.
Naruto had heard the yells and screams of delight. He had started to run away. He was only fast enough to just barely outrun the mob that chased him. His slight screams of fright and fear had just started to reach my ears.
I started to rack my brain for reasons why a person would be seen as a demon. Nothing came to mind until I remembered the Jinchuriki. A person with a bijuu or more commonly called, a tailed beast sealed within their body.
Anger started to flood my system. I shunsinned on top of the buildings fifty yards in front of Naruto waiting for him to run past. I dropped down to the ground two seconds before he ran past me. I landed on the ground with enough force to knock down the oncoming villagers. I sent a large spike of chakra to get the attention of the Anbu nearby.
I began to release ki toward the villagers. The villagers froze in place. Some had fallen to the ground clutching their chests. Most had fearful expressions on their faces.
"Naruto, get behind me," I spoke in a deadly quiet voice.
Naruto, nodding did as he was told. Focusing back onto the villagers. I spoke knowing the Anbu were watching from the rooftops.
"You are all disgraces to Konoha. To dishonor the death of your beloved Fourth Hokage, by trying to kill the person that now holds back the demon that the Fourth died to protect Konoha from. If you kill Naruto, that demon will be unleashed. How dare you attempt to kill a mere child. A child who has done nothing except prank those who deserve it. You show nothing but anger and annoyance to the person who essentially holds the key to life and death for you all. You are all disgraces. Anbu, take them away. They don't deserve to live." I yell out.
The faces of the villagers turned from fearful, to horrified. They had just realized the extent of their actions. As they were drug away they screamed out about how they were sorry, about how they couldn't do this. Their cries were simply ignored.
Naruto and I watched all this take place. Turning to Naruto, I spoke. "Naruto we need to talk. Let us go to my place. You're staying the night. We have things to discuss."
"Okay!" Naruto exclaimed.
We began the trek to my home. We didn't have any more interruptions so we made the journey relatively quick.
We eventually came upon my apartment building. We climbed the stairs to the top floor and made it to my door. I put the key into the handle and walked in with Naruto at my heels.
We were in the living room, the kitchen to the right, my bedroom, straight ahead, the guest bedroom to the left. The hallway bathroom is just next to the guest bedroom.
"Make yourself at home. Give me a second to get dressed in something more comfortable. Snacks are in the pantry, cold drinks are in the fridge. Tea is in the cupboard, instructions on the back of the package, and no I do not have ramen. You will need to stop eating so much of it. I only want you to eat it three times a week." I told Naruto.
Naruto looked downtrodden for a second before sitting on one of the sofas in the living room.
Walking into my bedroom, I hung up my shinobi outfit. I put on a more comfortable outfit consisting of a pair of shorts coming just below my knees hiding the scars on my legs. I wore a red tank top that stopped just below my pectoral muscles showing off my caramel-colored abs. I wore my black half mask, hiding the six scars on my face.
Returning out to the living room, I sat on the opposite sofa from Naruto.
I began speaking, "Ok. First of all, do you understand what Mizuki said when he told you that the demon was sealed within you?"
"No, not really," Naruto responded.
"Well. To begin, that demon is more commonly called the Nine-tailed demon fox. It is not actually a demon, it is a being called a bijuu. A being entirely made up of chakra so vast that not even a kage could compare. Are you following me?" Naruto nodded, I continued, "Ok, about a century or two ago, the First Hokage's wife Mito Uzumaki, became the first Jinchuriki. Which means the power of human sacrifice. It means this because jinchuriki are hated because they are most commonly associated with loss and death." Naruto started to get an understanding look on his face.
I continued, "You have the Nine-tailed fox sealed with your body. The reason you're hated within Konoha is that you remind everyone of the losses they faced on that day, December 10th twelve years ago. Ok, we are going to try to speak with the fox, ok?"
Naruto hesitantly nodded. "Ok," He spoke.
Walking over to Naruto, I placed my hand on his forehead in pushed a small amount of chakra into his body.
"Okay, close your eyes and breathe slowly. Concentrate on looking within yourself." I spoke to him. He nodded.
Our breathing began to happen simultaneously. We breathed in and out at the same time. Soon I felt something pull at my consciousness. Letting whatever it was pull, I let the darkness take control.
Inside Naruto's Mindscape Shenlo's POV
I woke to find I was in a sewer-like construction. Immediately my mind began to process things. The constant drip of liquids hitting liquids inferred that there was a constant source of moving liquid. The size of sewer wouldn't be found anywhere in the elemental nations. The liquids on the floor never seemed to get larger or rise despite the constant dripping. I noticed Naruto still unconscious next to me. Then it clicked.
We were in Naruto's mindscape. Turning around, I began looking for a large structure of sorts. That's when I saw it. The largest gate I had ever seen. A small piece of paper was on the front of it, with the kanji for, seal on it. Walking forward, with the purpose to talk to the tenant before Naruto woke I moved.
I approached the caged gate. I walked into the gate and found the fox. It was staring at me, with almost a grinning face. Its human-like hands and arms crossed under its laying head. Its nine tails lazily swinging behind it.
Its booming voice spoke, "What do I owe the pleasure of the presence of a descendant of my father's lineage?"
"Your father's lineage? So he was an Otsutsuki huh? Well, I need to speak with you before Naruto wakes, then we need to speak with him." I spoke with a firm voice, afraid to falter in fear of upsetting the large fox.
"Very well, what do you wish to speak of." The fox spoke.
"Firstly, I can feel that you are hindering his ability to be a shinobi. He already had a hard time getting control of his chakra because of his large amount, but add your meddling of his chakra streams, it makes it even harder for him to do such things. I want you to stop messing with his growth as a shinobi."I spoke.
The fox merely gave a grumbled sigh, "Very well."
I continued, "I only have three more questions for you. First, how long have you been conscious in this mindscape?"
"Only about three of your human years, within this seal it feels like six years." The fox responded.
"Secondly, within the time you have been conscious, have you felt any seals be applied to his body that would hinder, physical or mental growth?" I inquired.
"Hmm. Yes, I do recall two instances that such things may have happened. One is located on the back of his skull. The other in the center of his chest, above the large seal on his stomach." He spoke.
"Thank you, thirdly. Would it be possible for you to change parts of his DNA code through the chakra streams, to give him a bloodline?" I asked.
"Hmm, it might yes, what type of bloodline were you thinking." He asked.
"Well, it is a body type of bloodline. Affecting his muscles, and bones. I was thinking that you could give him a bloodline that will change his bone density and structure to help with defense, and make his muscles compact, and dense to allow for greater durability and strength output." I spoke, giving a mental picture to the fox.
"Hmm, yes I could do that. When you say, change his bone structure, do you mean make the bone's thicker. Or maybe, for example, make the ribcage an armored cage made up of medium-sized plates of bone." The fox asked curiously.
"The second option. That will have to give you enough information for now. He is waking." I spoke in a quiet voice.
As soon as I finished speaking, Naruto woke up. Within a few moments, Naruto made it over to us.
"Where are we?" Naruto asked.
"We are in your mindscape Naruto," I spoke. "Sit, the fox has many things to speak about."
Naruto sat and then spoke, "Wait hold on, that can't be your name, can it? It can't be Kyuubi or fox so what is it?"
The fox looked surprised, but nonetheless responded, "My name is Kurama."
"Thank you, Kurama," Naruto responded.
"You're welcome kit. Ok, let's see where to begin. Okay, I'll start us off one hundred and fifty years ago." He began.
Flashback told by Kurama
It was a dark and cold night. I was alone in my den, the morning of the death of my clan's eldest member. When a human, wearing dark red armor, in almost the style of the Senju clan, with long black spiky hair near the ground. On his back was a large scythe, his hair hid one of his eyes, the other was a black and red eye called the Sharingan. The second I looked in his eye I lost consciousness and blacked out. I had reawakened in the midst of battle the next day. I was surrounded by arms of irregular branches of wood, that wrapped around my body slowly. I was being drugged toward a woman by another man. This one wearing bright red armor in the style of the Senju clan. He proceeded to seal me within my first container. Mito Uzumaki. The first man was Madara Uchiha, the second, the man who sealed me, was Hashirama Senju.
Another 136 A1 years later, I was transferred into another seal. This time into a woman named, Kushina Uzumaki. The reason behind it, was Uzumaki Mito, was nearing the age of death, by recently reaching the age of 180 years old. Kushina was only ten years old at the time when she was put into the sealing process. During the next fourteen years, she went on to become an amazing shinobi and a legend among anbu. During childbirth, the seal began to weaken. However, another man with a Sharingan eye took her away after having given birth to a child named Naruto. I was ripped out of Kushina, and put under the control of the masked man. He made me attack your village. By the time I regained consciousness again, I was in the process of being sealed once again, only this time it was into you. Not wanting to be sealed again, I lashed out in blind hatred and aimed to kill you. Unfortunately in the process I killed your parents and was completely sealed A2 within you.
Flashback end
"After that, I am unaware because I have only been conscious for about three years within this mindscape. I want to apologize for being the reason for your mistreatment, and for your lack of parents." Kurama spoke, with an apologetic tone.
"It's okay Kurama, I forgive you. It wasn't your fault. You were being controlled. You don't seem to be very social but, do you want to be my friend?" Naruto asked.
"Sure kit. I'd like that." Kurama spoke.
Breaking up Kurama's and Naruto's moment, I coughed to get their attention. "Okay, We won't have much time. Naruto You have to do two things before we have to leave. The first make this better. Change the landscape, bring more life to it." I spoke.
Naruto nodded and concentrated for a moment before the caged gat disappeared. The sewer changed into a grassy forest floor, with a very large cottage-style house, furnished with giant furniture. The seal changed into a ring on Kurama's left hand.
"Okay, this looks good," Kurama spoke with excitement.
"Good, second. You need to tear a tiny piece of the seal off, to allow Kurama, to see, hear, smell and taste stuff from the real world. I bet it gets boring in here with nothing to do." I spoke.
Nodding in understanding, Naruto did so. Soon, our corporeal bodies began to fade as we awoke.
A moment later, we were returned to the real world.
I opened my eyes and stood in the kitchen to begin making food.
Moments later Naruto came in and sat at the kitchen table.
A few moments later, Naruto and I were eating sushi, with plenty of vegetables, and my own recipe of barbeque pork. Afterward, we got ready to go to bed, but as I was walking into my bedroom door, Naruto spoke. "Hey Shenlo, I just realized. Kurama said that he was the reason that I didn't have parents. I understand that the second Jinchuriki was my mother Kushina. But the fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into me right?"
Nodding, I motioned for him to continue.
"So if he also, killed my father accidentally, and the fourth Hokage sealed Kurama into me, and the fourth Hokage is a male. Then that would mean that I am the son of Minato Namikaze right?" Naruto asked.
Thinking about it for a moment, I nodded after I came to the same conclusion. "Yes, you are correct. Goodnight Naruto. Get some good sleep, because you are going to need it for tomorrow." I spoke while walking into my room. I closed the door and went to sleep.
Five Hours earlier Hiruzens Office, Hiruzens POV
I sat at my desk with a scroll and a pen in hand. In front of me, numerous Jounin stood at attention, muttering things barely audible. I sighed tiredly.
"Why can't you be on time Kakashi?" I thought.
"Sparrow!" I shouted.
The mentioned Anbu member was in front of my desk.
"Yes, Lord Third!" He spoke, with a quiet voice.
"Go find Kakashi Hatake. He should be at the Memorial Stone." I spoke to the Anbu member.
Sparrow left quickly. I studied the shinobi in front of me. They all seemed to be nervous.
Minutes later Sparrow returned, with Kakashi in tow.
"Kakashi, I ask that you learn to be on time from now on. I'm tired of your consistent disregard for mine and others' time." I spoke with a deadly voice.
"Yes, Lord Third." Was the simple reply from the silver-haired Jounin.
Organizing my thoughts I began, "Okay! What I'm going to have you do is tell me whether or not your team has passed your tests. If they have passed, provide a brief statement of your thoughts on your team. Starting with team one, ending with team eleven." I spoke.
One after another, teams one through six reported that their teams had failed.
"Team one failed sir."
"Team two failed."
"Team three failed."
"Team four failed."
"Team five failed."
"Team six failed."
"I'm greatly disappointed in the fact that our first six teams have failed. Continue Kakashi."
"Team seven…." Everyone seemed to lean in expectedly, desperate to see if Kakashi finally passed a team.
"Passed." He continued. "However just barely. Their teamwork is almost non-existent. Sasuke Uchiha, despite being runner-up for rookie of the year is an arrogant child with a god complex. Sakura Haruno is dissapointing. By no means should she have become a ninja, she is physically weak, the only thing she really has is book smarts, with no knowledge of applying it. Naruto Uzumaki is a hyperactive knucklehead, that is quick to anger, very brash, and only seems to have excessive chakra and stamina." Kakashi spoke. "By all means, their conflicting personalities shouldn't go together, but yet I will figure out how to make it work." He continued
"Very well, I am happy to hear that. Kurenai Yuhi please continue." I spoke, waiting to get to team eleven.
"Team Eight had passed Lord Third. Kiba Inuzuka, is brash, quick to anger, hot-headed, and makes offensive comments, but is a good compliment to the purpose of my team. Shino Aburame is calm, collected, and logical. Hinata Hyuuga is shy, timid, and quiet. Each of my three students has qualities for a tracking team." She spoke.
"Good, good. Maito Gai, please continue," I told the next Jounin.
"Yes, Lord Third. My team has passed their first annual test since their graduation last year. Neji Hyuuga is arrogant, overconfident, and fights almost honorably. Rock Lee is extremely competitive and constantly seeks to improve his physical fitness if he fails to do a task. Tenten Higurashi is slightly arrogant, she only excels in bukijutsu unfortunately, and hasn't moved to train in other fields." Gai finished.
"Okay, that is good. Asuma you are next." I spoke, desperate for more team reports.
"Thank you, father. Team ten has passed their test. Shikamaru Nara, is very intelligent and is okay physically, but could be better by applying himself more to his career. Ino Yamanaka is a gossipy fangirl, who would rather sit around and talk rather than focus on the many tasks at hand. Finally, Choji Akimichi is a big-boned boy, who is always hungry and isn't motivated to do something unless food is promised. Overall, they need a good amount of work, but they will become the next Ino-Shika-Cho trio." Asuma spoke with pride.
"Okay, Yamato and Yugao. You two are next."
"Thank you, lord Third. Our team has passed their test as well." Yamato spoke. "Raorin Shimura is a boy who is slightly hyperactive, and intelligent but lacks slightly on the physical side. Yakumo Kurama is a good girl who is overly confident in her genjutsu abilities. Her mental and physical capabilities are lacking. Not as much as some kunoichi, but it is obvious that there is room for improvement. Shenlo Otsutsuki is by far a gem among rocks. He is methodical, intelligent, extremely fit in the physical sense. Organized excessively almost compulsively. He seems to be above a chunin level as a genin. Overall with work, this squad will be a good fit for the Shinobi Corps. That is all Lord third." Yugao spoke.
"Good, that is all for now. I need Kakashi, Gai, Yamato, and Yugao to stay here." I spoke.
A few moments later only four Jounin were left in the room.
"Anbu please leave as well." Four bursts of air could be heard.
The four Jounin before me looked nervous and confused.
Activating the privacy seals in the office, I began to speak.
"I'm sure Yamato, and Yugao that Shenlo has already told you." Getting a nod from the two I continued.
"Okay, firstly for Kakashi, and Gai. Shenlo, Yugao, and Yamato's six-foot-two-inch tall Genin isn't exactly a genin. You see, when he was seven I allowed him to leave the village on a five-year training trip under the premise that he would come back and take the graduation exams and become a Konoha shinobi." Getting short nods from Kakashi and Gai I continued. "His first Year gone, he trained with missing-nin Itachi Uchiha, the second and third years, he trained with the seven ninja swordsman of the mist before he left their teaching, he slaughtered them. Then four months under a poisons specialist in Sunagakure. Afterward, he spent eight months hunting missing-nin. Then he spent a year as a member in Kumogakure's Kinkaku Force. Four nights ago, the night before he arrived here in Konoha, He demolished the Kinkaku Force, single-handedly. He is known by two different names. One is a legend among anbu around the world. The other is in the bingo book. Kakashi, Gai, can you guess those two names?" I asked.
Kakashi and Gai thought for a few moments. Kakashi was the first to realize the two names. He looked up with a wide eye.
"You don't mean Shenlo is him?!" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, I am Kakashi," I responded.
"But he is only twelve sir. There is no way possible Shenlo could be him." Kakashi spoke in disbelief.
"Forgive me, for being ignorant Lord Third, but who is "him" that my youthful friend is talking about," Gai asked obviously confused.
Before I had a chance to speak Yugao spoke, "Gai, Lord Third is talking about a man most anbu only know as Reaper. Responsible for killing at least two thousand people in the last five years." She finished with an ambient pause.
"Your kidding right?" Gai asked.
"No, Kakashi, Gai, what I am telling you is the whole and complete truth. Shenlo is also known as the Elemental Reaper of Death." Letting that sink in for a few moments, I continued speaking, "Not only that, but I am making him an undercover anbu operative. With two main missions, the first is to keep watch over anybody with any intention of defecting. The second is to act as a mobile operations spy. Also Kakashi, Shenlo will be tutoring Naruto Uzumaki in the way of Shinobi in the evenings after your missions, and team exercises. Okay, everyone may leave except Gai." I finished.
I sighed a moment and waited for the three mentioned Jounin to leave.
After I knew for sure they had left, I spoke. "Okay Gai, I have a dilemma. You see, the academy qualifications and curriculum have lost their quality. I need to find a way to incorporate hands-on learning into the curriculum. I plan on doing that by having you and a few other Jounin, help teach the next generation by combining physical exercise with the book smarts. Make them play out situations based on real examples to help them understand okay? Good. You will start in three weeks. When you have a mission I will find a substitute for you. You are dismissed." I told Gai.
"Yes sir. That sounds very Youthful sir." Gai yelled in his classic Nice guy pose.
Gai left shortly after. I finally let out my sigh of relief. I brought down the privacy seals.
"Anbu you may come back in," I shouted.
Four short bursts of air signified their return. Grabbing my pipe I put some tobacco in the pipe and lit the end. Taking some puffs on the pipe, I turned around to look out my office windows.
My short moment of peace was ruined by my office door being slammed open.
An anbu member stood there panting, "Lord Third! There was a small mob that was after Naruto Uzumaki, but a Shinobi dressed in black and grey dropped down from the rooftops. He stopped the raging mob with hi ki, and spoke a few words, and called to the anbu to take them away. He then left with Uzumaki. Also, another event happened earlier, suspected to have taken place at around four forty-five in the morning. A mugger forced himself upon a woman and was consequently murdered a moment later. We checked the nearest hospital and found a woman who had been admitted for being sexually assaulted. She told us a man dressed in black and grey clothing had saved her." He finally finished.
"Very well. I know who it is, it's okay, you may go now. In fact, you have the rest of the day off." I spoke tiredly.
After the anbu member left, I turned back around and started smoking again.
"I feel like things are going to be hectic soon."
A1, In cannon Mito, is only 103 when she dies, for my plot convenience I'm saying that her Uzumaki lifeforce allowed her to live until like 180 years old.
A2, I'm having it be that Minato had enough chakra to seal the whole Ninetails into Naruto by using the Reaper Death Seal
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