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Chapter 3
It's been a full year since Naruto found the secrets to his past and began his training. He'd train harder every day, but the Fox forbids him because he is still in his growing process and too much training could stun his growth. After some thought, he agreed, mainly due to the fact that he doesn't want to be a shrimp for the rest of his life. He had just finished reading the entire archives his parents left him, which its something that he is very happy to have accomplished. His basic training was nothing special, it consisted of basic fitness routines to help increase his stamina and endurance, he also picked up Kenjutsu after reading how his mother was such a feared Swoardwoman. He started carrying a wooden sword with him at all times, so that it would become natural for him to carry one in the future.
Naruto invested some of his time into Fuinjutsu but it took him longer do to because his writing sucked, not to mention the scrolls had warnings stating that one with low Chakara should not attempt this since it required a huge amount. He looked at Minato's Taijutsu style and admited that it was a cool style which it involved reading your opponent's moves and quick counters. He studied the scrolls well and would practice them, but he felt that he needed a different style later on.
Hokage Tower
Naruto had been standing infront of the Hokages secretary for atleast fifthteen minutes, doing his best to remain calm and not get into an arguement since it was his birthday. The lady in question did her best not to notice his existence, unfortunately for her, Naruto developed an attitude towards people treating him like this.
"(Cough, cough) Hey if you're done playing stupid, I'd like to speak to the Hokage now." He said in his calm casual voice, trying not to laugh at the expression the lady made when he spoke.
"What did you just say you little piece of shit!? Who the hell do you think you are!?"
"Oh I'm truly, truly sorry, I had no idea you weren't pretenting, but I'm sure it's ok, there's no one around that couldv'e heard me. So your secret is safe with me."
To say that the secretary was pissed was a huge understatement but before she could reply they were interrupted by one of the Anbu wearing a boar mask.
"That's enough Naruto, the Hokage will speak to you now."
Naruto looked at the Anbu and just nodded. He turned to look at the secretary one more time, giving her a grin with a "FU Bitch' expression as he walked ito the Hokage's office.
There the poor Hokage was dealing with the most hated enemy of the Hokages...paperwork. But the sight of his favorite blonde gave him a small smile. In all honesty, he missed his grandson figure. Since last year, all he did was train and he hardly ever came around, and with today being his birthday, he hoped for Naruto to show up.
"Ah Naruto, Happy Birthday, how've you been? I'm glad you're here, I have something for you." He said while looking around his desk.
Naruto wondered what the Hokage was looking for and thought, "I wonder if this would be a good time to ask him for that favor?..."
Flashback
"Damn, are you kidding me? Have these people never heard of the basic fundementals?"
"Why are you so loud kit? Don't you know that I'm trying to get some rest in here?" The Kyuubi growled in irritation, not liking being woken from his nap.
"Oh sorry furball, I was just trying to figure out why my mom and Minato had all this information down but not a single one that involved the basics in Chakara control."
"Did you ever stop to think that maybe they wanted to teach that to you themeselves?"
"I guess you have a point, it doesn't make a difference now." He sighed in defeat. "Well, the only thing I could think of is to find a way to get into the library, but the idiots there won't let me in, especially on my birthday. It'll be more annoying to get around the village."
"Just go in. Life and in battle, if you hesitate, it could mean the end of you. Learn to be more decisive and don't regret the choices you make, live with them."
Flashback End
"Ah, here we are..." the Hokage said while holding up an envelope. "Happy birthday Naruto."
Naruto smiled and grabbed the envelope. Inside was a card that simply read "Happy Birthday" and a gift card for 10 free bowls of ramen which he was overly happy to receive. Even though he was used to not showing emotions, his eyes started to water. This caused the old man to smile. He'd known that Naruto had grown up and matured rather quick, and it was nice to see him act like a kid when he got the present. Truth be told, the Hokage is very fond of the young blonde boy, which makes him really upset with the village over how they treat him.
"Thanks gramps, it really means alot to me, but if it's ok, can we talk alone? I need to ask you for a small favor."
The Hokage looked at Naruto and was curious to say the least. It's not usual for him to ask for favors. He flared his Chakara and the Anbu left. Once the room was clear, the Hokage gave Naruto the "go ahead" to start talking.
"Well, first of, thanks for the gift, but I'm actually here to ask if you could teach me the Henge no Jutsu."
The Hokage raised his hand to his chin and gave the request some thought.
"Naruto, not that I have a problem teaching you a simple Jutsu, but why?"
"Well, I've read the whole clan library but for some reason it didn't contain a single piece of basic Chakara control."
"Why not just wait to go to the academy in a few months?"
"Well I know that I'm supposed to go but I doubt that they're gonna treat me any better than the rest of the village. Add to that, it would minimize the bodies I send to the hospital through my tactics."
This had the Hokage thinking, while it was true that Nauto didn't send people to the hospital on purpose, he did send quite a few and it was getting worse throughout the year. After pondering the good and the bad, he made his choice.
"Very well Naruto, I'll teach it to you" he said as he arose from his chair and stood infront of the young blonde. "I know you'll do well, so the hand seals are Dog, Boar, and Ram." And with that, he transformed into Naruto.
"You see? Very simple isn't it."
What the Hokage didn't notice was that Naruto had activated his Sharigan and hid it under a Genjutsu so he couldn't tell it made it easier to learn that way.
"Now Naruto, it may be a simple Jutsu but don't get discouraged if you don't get it on the first try."
Naruto had his eyes closed and was deep in thought.
"TRANSFORM!"
In a puff of smoke, Naruto transformed into Minato and checked himself to make sure he didn't mess up.
"So gramps, what do you think? Not bad for a first try."
The Hokage's eyes went wide with astonishment when Naruto performed the Jutsu perfectly on his first try.
"Nice job Naruto, you did it without a flaw. You truly are a natural, much like your father."
"Yeah, Minato must've been some type of natural. Anyway, I better get going gramps, thanks for everything."
The Hokage was a little sad that ever since Naruto found out the truth, he never referred to Minato as his father or showed any type of kindness. But before he could say anything, Naruto had already left.
Moments later at Konoha Library
Naruto glanced over the library, making sure that no one was watching when he transformed into a Genin he saw at the academy. Walking towards the library, he looked around and quickly found the Shinobi section. Since it was still fairly early, he was the only one there. Naruto had found two basic and intermediate Chakara contol books and sat down to read them while activating the Sharigan to speed up the process.
After a few hours have passed, Naruto had finished both books and was heading out when he noticed the Taijutsu section. He had a good amount of time before lunch and decided to check it out. Looking around the section he noticed that all the new books there were basic Taijutsu books from the academy, but this was not enough for him.
"I was hoping that there would be something more here but the people here are as narrow minded as ever. Oh well, I'm out of here."
Looking over the section one more time he caught glimpse of a few small books that seemed pretty old, as if no one ever bothered to read them. Naruto decided it wouldn't hurt to take a look and began reading them.
"Well this was interesting but it's time to eat." With that, he made his way towards his favorite place, Ichiraku's.
Moments later at Ichiraku's
"Hey old man! You mind making me some lunch?" Naruto yelled as he walked into Ichiraku's.
"Ah Naruto! No problem! Oh and happy birthday!"
Before Naruto could reply to the old man, he was wrappd in a warm embrace from behind. He knew who it was and it didn't bother him. It was the only person he would allow to hug him, a girl he was very fond of by the name of Ayame. (Cannon style old man and Ayame)
"Happy birthday Naruto! You're getting even cuter and if you keep it up, I just might have to keep you all to myself. But I'm sure you wouldn't mind." she winked at the end.
As if on cue, Naruto blushed a little. He had no idea why, but Ayame was the only one who could get him worked up, not that he minded really. But he was not going to let her win, he refused to lose.
"Come on Ayame, don't be like that, your dad might kill me if he finds out you like me."
"What's this? My little girl is interested in boys already? They grow up so fast and you like Naruto of all people. He will grow up to be a fine young man if his love for ramen is of any indication. Now I know you'll have to wait but I feel like we should have "The Talk" as soon as possible, that way, you won't take advantage of the boy when you're both older."
As the old man went on and on with how Ayame should behave and act as a future wife, the look on Ayame's face was priceless. She was red as a tomato with her mouth opened with shock at how her dad was talking. Naruto on the other hand, was having the hardest time not to fall onto the floor and laugh at the situation. He gulped down the food, paid and thanked them for the food. As he was running away he felt Ayame summon the Shinigami by her side at how pissed she was at Naruto. Noticing at how early in the afternoon it was, he decided to go train. On his way to the Namizaki compound he heard a commotion and felt like taking a look.
"Please stop, it was an accident, I'll get you another one."
A young girl with pale lavender eyes, long sleeved blue shirt and dark blue pants to match her hair. She looked younger than Naruto. The boys that were messing with her were dressed alike, black shorts with random t-shirts, the only difference was that the one barking at the girl was wearing a bandana.
"That's not good enough! Get on your knees and apologize to us!." The one with the bandana said.
"I'm sorry!" The small girl apologized on her kness with tears forming on her eyes.
Seeing the young girl start to cry made the three boys laugh like they had just accomplished something. Naruto was just watching the events unfold infront of him. On one hand, it had nothing to do with him and he could just walk away, on the other however, he had a strange feeling to beat the hell out of the boys, but he didn't understand why.
"Hey jackass! I think it's time someone taught you your place!"
The three boys quickly turned around to see the young blonde.
"Now then, who wants to go first?"
The three boys began to laugh their heads off since they were taller than Naruto and since they outnumbered him, they felt confident.
"Look guys, it's a shrimp trying to play hero!" Said the one with the bandana while the others broke into laughter.
"Please go, it's ok, if you stay, you will end up getting hurt." The young girl warned Naruto.
"It's fine, just don't get in the way." Naruto answered as he put his hands in his pocket, showing complete confidence in his abilities.
The three boys got mad that a little shrimp was mocking them. The one with the bandana rushed at Naruto with his right hand pulled back trying to plant him. Naruto smirked as he easily avoided the punch and tripped the boy, who fell face-first into the ground. The other two who were laughing stopped and were now shocked to see their friend on the floor. Before they could do anything, the one with the bandana was making it back to his feet, but when he looked up, his face was met with a hard kick, breaking his nose. Naruto turned around and glared at the other two boys who were shocked at how their friend was beaten so easily.
"Get your friend and get out of my sight, before I do the same to the both of you!" Naruto said without a hint of remorse in his voice. The two boys quickly picked up their friend who had been crying on the floor and ran as fast as they could. Once they were gone, Naruto turned to the girl who was still on the floor.
"Hey are you ok? What's your name?" He said while he extended his hand to help her stand.
She looked at the boy with curiousity, he had done a complete 180 from the way he acted a minute ago.
"My name's Hinata Hyuga." She said with a soft innocent voice. She began to blush when she got a good look at Naruto's face and thought that he was really handsome,
"Nice to meet you, I'm Naruto Uzumaki." He replied with his traditional foxy grin.
Before Hinata could thank him, Naruto spoke up.
"Look, you seem like a good person but you're pretty weak, you should try to be less kind and tell people to get lost. There's nothing wrong with that. And, if you want to be kind, then you should get stronger. That way, no one will take advantage of your kindness."
The young Hyuga was at a loss for words. She knew that Naruto wasn't trying to be mean, she didnt have anyone talk to her like that before. She was about to say something when a man who was clearly a Hyuga, as he had the same eyes as Hinata, was approaching.
"Lady Hinata! Are you ok!? You shouldn't have run off like that!" The man said as he turned his attention towards Naruto, who knew that he was the Nine Tails Jinjurichi.
"Well I'm out of here, take care Hinata."
Naruto put his handss into his pocket and bengan to walk away. Hinata just stared at him, she didn't know why but he couldn't get her words out, she was still a little shooken up from everything that happened.
A Few Months Later
The village was in a darkened state, the previous night, the entire Uchiha clan was slaughtered by their young prodigy, Itachi. Not that he cared or anything, Naruto heeded Minato's warning and stayed away from them. He did however, meet the young prodigy once and almost blew his secret, but he upside was that he learned his most useful Jutsu.
Flashback
"Honestly kit, why are you here? It's not like this boy is anything special, just another piece of Uchiha trash."
"Calm down furball, we're killing two birds with one stone. I need field training in masking my Chakara and if I can sneak past a Uchiha, then I'll try a Hyuga next. I'd also like to see how good he really is. Now be quiet and let me focus, it's been hard enough to sneak in here in the first place.
Naruto was currently in the Uchiha training grounds hiding in the trees, looking at Itachi who looked ike he was about to get started. Even though he ad a great advantage point, Naruto got bored easily. All Itachi has done was use Kunai to hit a target and do standard ball Jutsu he had done in a demonstration at the academy. He was about to cut hi losses when Itachi did a hand seal he didn't recognize. Subconsiously he activated his Sharigan and copied him.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Itachi had yelled the Jutsu and soo there were six of him. One of them closed his eyes and put his hands behind his back.
"The original..." thought Naruto.
The other clones proceded to attack the original who was surprisingly able to dodge all of the attacks. It went on for a while until all of a sudden they stopped. Naruto was curious as to why the sudden stop, when he heard a voice from behind, but before he could turn around.
"Stop Naruto! Your eye's! Turn off the Sharigan!"
The Kyuubi yelled at Naruto who hadn't realized he had activated the Sharigan and quickly turned it off.
"So are you done spying on me? Who the hell are you?"
Itachi waited patiently for an answer with a Kunai in hand. He saw the blonde boy turn around slowly and he recognized him from the academy, the one who was the dead last loser. And yet this loser, had infiltrated the Uchiha Compound and even spied on him. Clearly there was more to him than meets the eye.
"Well, if it isn't the village's prankster. Why are you here Naruto?" Itachi asked with a monotone voice.
"Oh, hi there Itachi, sorry, I just wanted to try to play a prank, that's all." Naruto replied while rubbing the back of his head, playing the goof ball.
Itachi was bothered, which was really weird for him. When he checked Naruto for any sign of deception and found none, he spoke.
"You should leave now, and don't do this again." Itachi released a bit of killer intent to prove his point. With that, Naruto left, not wanting to push his luck.
Flashback End
Sitting on top of the Hokage Monument looking towards the village, Naruto decided it was time to let gramps know the truth.
Hokage Tower
Not wasting time, Naruto went straight towards the door and saw the old man overrun by a mountain of paperwork.
"Hey gramps, long time no see. I know you're busy but there's something I need to speak with you and it's urgent."
The Hokage was glad to see Naruto again, but he noticed the seriousness in his face and didn't like it. The last time Naruto looked this serious was when he learned the truth about his parents. The poor old Hokage was worried that if his heart could take another bomb like that. He signaled the Anbu to leave them and after a few seconds of silence, Naruto concentrated.
"Fuuinjutsu-Dome of Silence!"
Naruto slammed his hands onto the floor and the Jutsu was executed. The Hokage had an impressed smirk on his face. The boy had just done a C-Rank Fuuinjutsu at such a young age.
"Good to see that your seal training is coming well, but what's so important that you have to go through all this trouble?"
"Alright gramps, just try not to pass out."
Naruto smirked and sank his head down. The Hokage raised an eyebrow in curiousity as to what he was going to do but what happened next made the Hokage question Naruto's age. Naruto slowly lifted his head and shot a piercing look into the Hokage. Upon eye contact, the Hokage couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was staring into a pair of fully matured Sharigan eyes.
The Hokage was both impressed and angry at Naruto. Angry because he thought Naruto was playing a prank and impressed because he didn't see him execute the hand signs. The Hokage decided it wa time to break the Genjutsu he thought he was in, but when nothing changed, except for the grin on Naruto's face getting wider, he tried again and failed.
"It's not a Genjutsu you know. Look, I know you've got alot of questions so let me tell you before you ask. Well long story short, the night I told you I found out about my parents was also the same night I awoken these eyes. Yes Minato had them too as well, he also revealed to me that my grandpa is supposed to be Madara Uchiha."
It was at this point that the old man was asking Kami what did he do to be put into this situation. If what Naruto was saying is true, then not only is he from a strong bloodline but the grandson of the most feared Shinobi to have ever walked on the face of the earth. The old man laid back into is chair and lid up his pipe, trying to relax. Reaching to his side drawer, he pulled out a box that simply read "In case of emergencies."
"I'm getting too old for this shit..."
The Hokage pulled out a bottle of sake from the box and this caused Naruto to sweat drop.
"Naruto, I want you to tell me everything"
Naruto told the old man the full story this time. The part that got the old man the most was the fact that the Kyuubi was out of the cage. The Hokage kept pouring more and more sake into his cup, hoping it wouldn't run out anytime soon.
"Well, that about does it gramps. I wanted you to be the first to know before everyone found out and start calling me a graverobber or something. I'm pretty sure I don't need to ask but could you just keep this between us? Atleast until I can protect myself from them."
"Very well Naruto, all I ask in return is no more secrets."
In truth, the old man was hurt that Naruto didn't trust him. Naruto just nodded in response and walked away.
A few months later
Naruto was walking through the village all the while ignoring the stares he got from the villagers. For two years, Naruto had been screwed from graduating, but it didn't bother him, he used all the time he had to train. The academy is set up to start at the age of six and at sixthteen they graduate to Gennin and are considered adults. In Naruto's case however, he has not gotten past the first year due to all of the people messing with his scores.
"So what are you going to do about the academy?"
"No clue. (The Kyuubi sweat dropped). It seems like those dumbasses are hell bent on keeping me from becoming a Shinobi. Either way it doesn't make a difference, I'll just keep training and sending clones in my place. Eventually I'll be strong enough to the point they can't do anything."
The fox just nodded in agreement. He knew that Naruto was way ahead of the rest of the kids his age. He even started wearing restraining seals. Even after he cleaned out the Konoha library, his Chakara control was nearly perfect. It could even rival that of a Hyuga. The fox was thrown off his train of thought when he sensed an unusual spike in dark Chakara, as well as a faint but familiar signature. Naruto noticed it as well.
"What the hell. What did she get herself involved with this time?"
The Kyuubi started to laugh.
"So I guess you're gonna be her hero now?"
"Shut it! It's not like I can just pretend I didn't notice! Damn it!" He said as he jumped towards the direction of the signature.
Moments later
Naruto had caught up to the signature he felt before. It turned out to be a Shinobi he never seen before, he looked like he was in his late thirdy's. He was dressed in Jonin standard gear, wearing a bandage wrapped around his head, his headband was tilted to cover his right eye. It took him a while to recognize the symbol, it was a Kumo headband. As he stood above a tree looking towards the man, Naruto weighted his options. He made some clones and gave them specific orders, took a deep breath and jumped towards the man.
The man was leaning against a tree trying to catch his breath, when he was startled by a voice.
"Let me see, creepy man, a big bag, and you're out of breath. I'm gonna go on a limb and say you're not running away from your wife with dirty laundry."
The man was confident that he wasn't followed but there was a boy leaning against a tree behind him. When he saw that it was a blonde child, the man relaxed a little.
"Listen boy, run along before you end up dead."
The man had released some killer intent to scare off the young boy. Unknown to the Shinobi, this didn't really bother Naruto all that much.
"Ha ha ha! That's a good one! But you see, one of two things are about to happen here. One, the most wisest choice, you let the person inside the bag free and you run like hell before people catch up. Or two, I just kick your ass and take the bag."
The Kumo Shinobi pulled out a Kunai with his spare hand. Naruto realized he couldn't stall any longer and pulled out his own Kunai, activated the Sharigan hidden behind a Genjutsu and stood ready for the Shinobi to make the first move.
The Kumo launched at Naruto with a horizontal slash, but Naruto was able to see the blow coming a mile away and dodged it with a backwards jump and as soon as he landed on the floor, Naruto countered with a slash of his own. The kumo realized that Naruto was stronger than what he gave him credit for, seeing as how Naruto managed to cut his right arm with that counter-attack. He decided not to take any chances and dropped the bag he was holding. This make Naruto smirk.
"So fighting me seriously now are you?"
This time Naruto took the initiative and charged at the man with two other shadow clones for an assault. The Kumo stabbed one of the clones and kicked the other clone away. Both clones dispelled into smoke and the Kumo searched for the third Naruto, but he was no where to be found. The Kumo then turned around to check if the boy had pulled a fast one and took the bag, but it was still there where he had dropped it. Not being able to sense the boy anymore, the Kumo led down his guard and soon he heard a voice from behind him.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
Naruto unleashed the Jutsu at point blank range, burning the Kumonin alive. After making sure he had gotten him with the Jutsu, Naruto stood there watching the fire. He felt a surge of memories rushing to him from one of his shadow clones. The clone managed to get the Hokage and a few Anbu to come and help Naruto.
Seeing as he finished off his opponent and with back up on its way, he let out a sigh of relieve. Deciding that he'd check if the girl was okay, he began walking towards the bag. When he got closer, a figure appeared infront of him. Before Naruto could react, he was met with a fierce uppercut followed by a front kick to the chest, which send Naruto flying into a tree and snapped it from the force of the impact.
Naruto started to cough out blood and was for the most part immobolized. He couldn't believe the Kumo survived the attack from earlier and turned to see the body that was still on fire. But to Naruto's surprise all he saw was a log engulfed in flames.
"No way...a substitution?"
The Kumo was furious that a little brat was able to burn him with the fireball Jutsu and if it wasn't for the substitution, he'd be dead. He started to walk towards Naruto, with a Kunai in hand.
"Damn! Not good! Body hasn't recovered yet!"
The Fox was healing his wounds as quickly as he could but it wasn't fast enough.
"Oh well, no choice..." He said with a smirk as the Kumo stood infront of him.
The man reached down and grabbed the boy by the hair and pulled his head up to slice his throat. As the Kunai was getting closer to Naruto's neck, he opened his eyes. The Kumos blood ran cold, he was staring into a pair of fully matured Sharigan eyes.
Unknowingly, the Kumo was put into a Genjutsu. Knowing he couldn't hold him for very long due to his lack of practice, Naruto reached for his pocket and pulled out a scroll he made. He quickly unsealed the katana he had, used every ounce of strenght he had left and shoved the katana through the man. The Kumo let out a scream of pain a the Genjutsu broke and brought him back to reality. Holding onto the katana in place, the man fell to his knes and the last image he saw were the red piercing eyes.
"Naruto!"
From across the opening where the fight took place, the Hokage and a few Anbu were running towards them. Having just witnessed Naruto killing the man, the Hokage ran fasterand told the rest to wait. He did not know whether or not Naruto had the Sharigan activated and didn't want his secret to be exposed.
"Naruto! Naruto, are you ok my boy!?"
The Hokage was kneeling down next to Naruto who looked up at him with his ocean blue eyes and just smiled.
"Yeah I'm ok gramps, just back up a little so I can stand."
Naruto slowly started to stand up thanks to the Kyuubi having healed him. The Hokage had concerned look on his face, the boy was covered in blood and he just took someone's life. The old man was about to start asking questions, but then Naruto started walking towards the bag. He opened the bag and Hinata's head popped out. She looked a little scared, the last thing she remembered was the man knocking her out and now she is staring into the eyes of the boy that previously saved her once.
"Hey, are you ok Hinata?"
She nodded without a word and Naruto smiled. He helped her get out of the bag and soon started talking with one another. The Hokage was smiling that Naruto might've just made a friend.
"Get away from my daughter boy!"
Everyone turned their attention to the source of the voice and Hiashi stood there in his traditional white robes with four other Hyuga guards by his side. He stood before Naruto and Hianata and shot a glare at the boy.
"Hinata! We're leaving, and as for you, I appreciate what you did, now stay away from my daughter!
Hiashi was about to leave when he heard laughter burst out from behind him.
"Hahahahahaha! I'm sorry but you seem to think that I actually give a damn about what you tell me to do!"
"What did you say!?"
Hiashi was enraged, this boy dared disrespect a clan head, even the Hokage was at a loss for words. He knew Naruto was very out-spoken but he never imagined he'd do something like this.
"Oh I'm sorry old timer, let me speak a little louder! I don't care who are or who you think you are but don't you ever think you can order me around! I bet, if you spend half the time you take to try and yes I do mean try to intimitate someone, on actual training or atleast picking your guards better, then we wouldn't be having this conversation."
Hiashi was furious at the boy for disrepecting him, but chose not to go down to the boys level, and took his leave with the rest of the Hyuga,
With the Hyuga leaving, Naruto began to reflect on the events that just happened. He thought about the fight and how he almost lost his life. He turned to see the dead body of the man he had just killed before making his way home. At this time only one thing was on Naruto's mind.
"I NEED TO GET STRONGER!"
Author's notes:
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