Grandson? Chapter 2
Wow I didn't expect this sort of response. =D I'm kinda scared I'm not gonna do it justice now. =( Thank you very much all those that favourited it and placed it on story alert also thank you for the reviews I didn't realise that anonymous reviews were turned off (didn't know I could change it). This is all done without a beta, so all mistakes are my own. (I am looking at getting one though).
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto just some dvds and games.
The lone figure glided silently over the rooftops stopping every once in a while to look down around him. Not seeing what he was looking for the figure moved on. Within a short space of time the figure had arrived on top of a building were three other figures were waiting. He inclined his head and each of the other figures replied with a negative response. They gazed about the village before disappearing off into different directions. Each figure was on the lookout for a small blonde haired boy, at the request of the hokage. That was this morning with a few chunin as the search progressed the anbu had been called in, it was fast approaching the evening, they had searched most of the village including the orphanage and the forest neither of these places held their elusive charge. The banners of the festival below hindered their search; trust the child to wander off on the eve of the New Year, well December 30th anyway, the child had always been a hard one to find. Shaking his head he turned in the direction of the village gates where a brief chakra flare had alerted his attention.
High up in a tree overlooking the gates of Kohona stood a blonde haired boy clinging onto the trunk of the tree while hanging precariously out on one foot to see past the gates. All he wanted to see was what was outside of the gates, he'd never set foot outside the village but he was curious. 'Mainly trees, I suppose that comes with living in the village hidden in the leaves'. A shift of pressure on the branch alerted Naruto that he had been found by someone from the way the branch was beginning to groan and how silently the individual had arrived he'd say it was one of the masked ones, a male one too. Sheepishly he raised his hand to the back of his head and turned while rubbing at it. Then with an almighty CRACK! The branch that Naruto and the masked one were on snapped, causing both to fall rather unflatteringly towards the ground.
The anbu manoeuvred his body into a position that would allow him to land more gracefully as well as being able to grab the blonde child who was falling alongside him. But Naruto was no longer falling, his eyes were closed and he had spread his arms wide almost like he was flying the look of serene peace on his face startled the masked one, Naruto then opened his eyes and with meticulous feline grace arranged his body so that he would land without injury. The anbu landed beside the crouched figure of the four year old. 'who would have thought a four year old with that much grace'snapping out of his thoughts when the child tugged at his pant leg and tilted his head inquiringly up at him.
"The hokage has requested your presence, although we are rather late as he asked for you this morning". The anbu signed to the blonde, who smiled sheepishly again before walking in the direction of the village, the anbu signalled to the figures stood on the roof and when they disappeared followed after the boy.
The village was in a constant buzz of movement with the merchants and traders shouting and calling, wrapping and stacking, racking and selling, the villagers running around buying, and packing, shouting and arguing, browsing and gossiping. The decorations were amazing; the villagers had really gone all out this year. There were blue and silver banners draping the market place, balloons with assorted colours although mostly consisted of blue, white and silver, streamers and was that a firework, it truly was amazing but what do you expect not only is it almost new year but it's not every day that the hokage's grandchild is born, a boy from all the blue that is decorating the village.
The ground was glistening and sparkling in the winter sun's glow, and the two figures walking through the village were getting some rather disapproving looks. The blonde who had been gazing around eyes wide in wonderment and joy slowly began to shrink into himself, eyes receding in size and mouth closing into a smaller more cautious smile, till it seemed the child had all but disappeared allowing the disparaging looks to pass over him as though he wasn't there. The anbu watched all this happen in but a moment and had to look to make sure the child was still walking by his side. Angrily he sent a chakra flare towards the villagers but when he looked back towards his blonde haired charge he found he had flinched away. 'He's sensitive to chakra and graceful as a cat already?' He stopped releasing his chakra and watched as the child physically relaxed.
They carried on walking through the village passing all manner of shops and vendors when Naruto suddenly stopped, the anbu who had carried on walking glanced back to see that Naruto was staring into a shop window, as he walked back to where the child was he found that it was in fact a toy shop, with lots of different cuddly animals displayed in the window. Naruto was cutely biting his lip while looking through his frog purse and contemplating whether he'd be able to afford it. The anbu knelt down beside him, looked up at the display and tried to figure out what had the boy so enraptured. "What is it?" the boy's eyes widened when he realises that the masked one is still there, and then he pointed to the toy in the window.
"Why do you want a toy now after being summoned to see the hokage? We're already late as it is" the anbu replied. Naruto dropped his head so that his bangs covered his eyes and in barely a whisper "It's for the hokage's grandchild" he stated simply. 'He wants to get a gift for the honourable grandson?' The anbu looked back down to the blonde when he felt a tug on his sleeve. Naruto held up his frog purse to the anbu "would you?" the blonde asked, the anbu looked at the boy in shock just as he was about to speak Naruto beat him to it. "Not allowed" 'still using minimal words I see' sighing the anbu stood up and entered the shop with the frog purse in hand.
After the anbu returned with his frog purse and the stuffed animal Naruto just stared in awe at the toy, it was almost like he hadn't had a toy before. The anbu returned the frog purse to Naruto before slowly giving the toy to the child. Naruto lifted the stuffed animal to inspect it turning it this way and that before nodding and clutching it tightly to his body. He smiled up at the anbu in thanks, then moving off in the direction of the hokage mansion with the anbu trailing behind.
Looking down at the blonde beside him the anbu decided he wasn't entirely happy with how the blonde was dressed in this seasonal weather. Said blonde was dressed in merely a t-shirt and shorts with a tattered old cloak which barely had any resistance to the wind. Sighing and with a shake of the head the anbu removed his black cloak and draped it around the boy besides him. The boy jumped when the cloak was draped around him. It was so big it practically dwarfed him, which was kinda cute with his blonde hair all tousled, his big round blue eyes staring lovingly at the toy he had purchased... ...and tripping over the too long, cloak 'oops' the anbu grimaced before stooping down to pick the blonde up from his place on the floor, placing the child at his hip and setting forth once more. The child was so surprised at this action that he was stiff as a board and his eyes were huge. It took quite a while for the child to realise what was actually happening. He was being carried, how was he meant to feel in this situation; slowly he started to relax as the masked one's heart beat lulled him into a sense of safety and security. Now that the anbu had Naruto so close to him he could fill the difference in temperature it was apparent the child was warmer in the cloak but he frowned upon noticing that the child was so small and light.
Naruto tapped the man's shoulder to draw his attention to him and pointed up towards the roof tops. The anbu getting the seldom speaking child's idea leapt up onto the roof tops and manoeuvring the child into a piggy back position started jumping across the buildings in typical ninja fashion.
The wind rushing through his hair was calming, he wanted to go faster.
Barely a whisper in the wind but it was heard "faster", gathering charka to his feet the anbu did as asked. It was like flying the blonde decided, it was amazing, exhilarating and he laughed in glee.
The anbu looked back when he heard the sound of laughter, Naruto was smiling and laughing as the wind whipped past him at an incredible pace. The kid barely even smiled let alone laughed but it was amazing his smile was so bright, innocent and contagious, but when he laughed, when he laughed you just wanted to join in with him. It was pure ecstasy watching the child enjoying himself, but with something as simple as a chakra enhanced piggyback.
There was the smallest of knocks on the office door, followed by a series of shuffling noises before the door opened to reveal the glowing figure of a young woman with long dark brown hair which stopped just below her shoulder blades and small, angry looking black eyes. She was dressed in a long, loose fitting yellow maternal dress with a simple grey blouse underneath. She looked down to see the blonde shuffling from foot to foot; she smiled and moved aside allowing entry into the room. Hesitantly Naruto crept forward into the room whilst Sayuri took a place on the sofa; leaning over the sofa was a tall young man with short spiky brown hair, brown eyes and a brown bearded goatee, and slightly tanned skin, with a cigar held between his lips. He was wearing the standard black Konoha ninja uniform complete with open flak jacket, regular black shinobi sandals and a black forehead protector, and seated on the sofa with a bundle in is arms was the third, pipe noticeably absent.
"Don't you think we should get you in something warmer" the woman smiled, looking up the third spotted Naruto who was still dressed in his shorts and t-shirt. She pulled herself up from the sofa and held out her hand to Naruto, who hesitated glancing up to the Third who smiled kindly and nodded, seeing this Naruto shyly took the woman's hand "Sayuri doesn't bite Naruto" the Third laughed. The woman now identified as Sayuri bowed slightly to the hokage and entered a room just off to the side of the office.
Sayuri went over to a dresser to the right of the new room they were currently in and started rummaging about, Naruto looking around the room noticed a crib on the opposite wall to the dresser, a rocking chair in the corner with a book case next it. Above the dresser was a window looking out onto the village. The room was painted in a soft yellow colour with green leaves painted on to create a boarder around the top of the wall.
"Now then Naruto how about we try these on then" Sayuri said holding up a pair grey trousers and a pale blue hooded top. She placed the items of clothing over her arm and kneeled down in front of Naruto to help him undress.
"Arms up" she said when Naruto didn't budge she just sighed "Naruto, I'm not going to hurt you silly, don't you remember me?" He paused for a moment before slowly shaking his head. Sayuri laughed and then promptly sat down. "Well then let's try this again my name's Sayuri Sarutobi, the hokage's daughter-in-law, my husband the man leaning of the sofa is Ichirou Sarutobi the Third's eldest son. I'm a chunin ranked ninja, while Ichirou is a jonin." She paused to look at Naruto here "I used to read you stories at night when you stayed with the third, I'd also donate clothes and toys to the orphanage. Is that better for you now Naruto?" Naruto nodded at this and lifted his arms up so that she could lift his t-shirt up and replace it with the hoodie, next she helped him to step out of his shorts and pull up the trousers. Smiling she stood up neatly folded Naruto's clothes and held out her hand.
"See that wasn't so bad was it?" Naruto shook his head again and taking her outstretched hand they proceeded back into the main room they had left moments ago.
"Have you decided on a name yet?" the third asked Ichirou embarrassedly placed his hand at the back of his neck and started to rub "well Actually we were kinda hoping that.. Well that you'd like to name him" he said in his rough gravely baritone. The third shocked looked up from the bundle in his arms to first his son then Sayuri, who had once again taken her place on the sofa.
"yes old man it would be an honour if you'd kindly name your grandson" she replied whilst leaning forwards to pick up Naruto who tensed when he was lifted, and place him gently in her lap running her hands soothingly through his hair.
"I... well... thank you. What should I call you then little one?" he said gazing down at his grandson. How about Yamato hmm... no, no that doesn't sound right..." he gazed out the window over the village of Konoha then gently said "Konohamaru."
"That's a wonderful name old man, don't you think Ichi?" Sayuri sighed still running her hands through Naruto's hair whilst gazing lovingly up at Ichirou.
"Yeah it is" he replied watching his wife.
Naruto who had finally settled in Sayuri's lap tugged on her sleeve to gain her attention, when she turned to look at Naruto. He held up the cuddly toy and pointed to Konohamaru, smiling Sayuri suggested he give it to Konohamaru himself. Carefully he removed himself from the lady's lap and crawled over to the third, he kneeled higher on the sofa and finally gazed at the bundle of blankets. There was a mess of brown hair atop the small round face slightly tanned face with small, angry looking black eyes that were staring intently up at him he had a intense look on his face which instantly brightened when Naruto moved the cuddly toy into view the baby's smiled and cooed at the toy which was then placed very gently into the bundle of blankets with the baby.
"That was very nice of you Naruto to buy a gift like that" the third said "but why that toy?" he said pointing to the little floppy eared brown dog now wrapped in the blankets.
"Not a monkey" Came Naruto's small shy reply. The men of the Sarutobi family proceeded to laugh at this noticing how the four year old didn't want to stereotype by giving the newest Sarutobi a monkey.
"You know we got you a gift too Naruto" Sayuri stated whilst indicating that Ichirou should go collect it. Moving away from the sofa Ichirou moved into the room where Naruto had changed and proceeded to come out with a neatly wrapped present. It was orange with a blue bow on top. It instantly caught Naruto's attention; however he wasn't too sure what to do when he was presented with it. "You rip open the wrapping to see what's inside" Ichirou explained. Naruto looked between the third and Sayuri before carefully unwrapping the present to reveal a set of pencils and a sketch pad.
"Dad said you were quite creative so we thought we'd give you an outlet for it" Ichirou stated before showing Naruto how get started with his new gift.
Sayuri gazed contentedly at her family. "Would you like to hold him Naruto? It's easy enough and I know you won't drop him" Sayuri asked
Sitting back Naruto was shown the correct way to hold the baby by Sayuri and the third carefully placed his new grandson into Naruto's arms. Naruto glanced at Sayuri then at Ichirou and finally at the third all were smiling at him and the baby in his arms.
There was the sound of a shutter closing and a soft cough that caught the attention of everyone in the room the anbu that had collected Naruto earlier walked over and presented The third with the photograph he had just taken whilst ruffling Naruto's hair and removing the orange book which had suddenly appeared in Naruto's lap before fading back into background.
2853 words plus writer's block lol. Damn writers block strikes yet again.
Sarutobi means something like flying monkey of something.
I had 'how much is that puppy in the window' playing in my head when I was writing about buying the toy, and I got a dog rather than a monkey only because of this Masashi Kishimoto originally planned for Hiruzen to be a dog, but eventually dumped the idea for being "too weird". That I don't really want to stereotype lol.
I'm not too sure about the next chapter it may need some more editing again.
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