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"Naruto." Speaking
'Naruto.' Thinking
"Naruto." Biju/Summoning Speaking
'Naruto.' Biju/Summoning Thinking
Summary: "Since ancient times hatred is the dominant feeling in the shinobi world. This will never end because of the true nature of humankind. Humans will never be able to fully trust each other. After all, love is the feeling that everyone wants to protect and during this process, hatred gets born." Naruto never knew how true this really was. War will come and the endless circle of hatred begins again.
Chapter 1:
Everything was as usual in Konoha, the sun was shining, and the birds were flying over the village. Villagers went about their daily lives on the streets of Konoha. People went to shops and talked to each other. Elderly people would go to the park with their grandchildren to play with them. Everything seemed peaceful.
The penultimate year has just come to an end in the Ninja Academy. All the students streamed out of the classes and were happy about the days off. Some students were picked up by their parents and you can occasionally see students not being picked up by their parents. For example, one person was Sayuri Uchiha. Self-proclaimed avenger of her clan and the last Uchiha loyal to the village. Her big brother Itachi Uchiha had slaughtered her entire clan several years ago and left her alive. She has vowed to bring him to justice and kill him. She trained hard every day to eventually kill him. Nothing else matters in her live. She just wants to get stronger and kill him. In addition to this fact, she just wants to be left alone and not be annoyed by her fanboys and fangirls all the time. That's right, as a girl she had fangirls herself. Not in the sense that they admire her beauty. No, even some girls had a crush on her and that's just stupid in her opinion.
She usually runs straight home always. Today, however, something happened that piqued her interest. She saw a classmate of hers running up the wall during the break. She knew who this boy is, how could she not. This boy was top of the class and was really the only boy in her class who didn't have a crush on her or the nuisance. Every boy wanted something from either Sayuri or the bundle of energy. Sayuri doesn't care a bit about her looks, she just wants to get stronger. However, for brief moments it annoys her that her breast is just so small. This nuisance's chest is quite pronounced for her age. Otherwise, no one would like this nuisance.
Back on topic, this boy was by far the best in the class, and as far as Sayuri knows, he's from a civil family. He also has a few fangirls of his own, which isn't surprising. The top of the class always had some girls crushing on him. No matter what generation of ninjas, this will never change.
He's probably the only one who really has what it takes to become a ninja. Everyone else prefers to bother annoying others or sleep in class. The dog is the worst in their regard. He smelled like a dog himself, even though he's a human.
She was on her way to her clan's library to read up on how to do this. She already had a rough idea, but she must be sure. She only hopes that her assumption is correct and that she is one step closer to her big goal.
A young boy was training shirtless on a river. This boy has shaggy black hair and black eyes. (A/N Shisui Uchiha's Hairstyle)
He's wearing black pants right now. You can see the sweat running down his forehead and then further down his cheeks. The drops of sweat collected on the chin and fell into the water after a few moments.
That boy was Naruto Ueda. He pushed his body back up and then lowered it back down. ' Only 10 left!' Naruto eventually came to the end of his exercise and straightened up. His muscles were burning, and Naruto dragged himself to the riverbank. When he got his feet back on solid ground, he just dropped onto the grass. He landed on his back on the floor and took a deep breath.
Naruto's black eyes looked up at the blue sky and he saw some eagles flying overhead. The wind moved across the landscape and blew against Naruto's body and thus against his face and through his hair. Naruto closed his eyes and enjoyed the calm atmosphere and the pleasant feeling of the wind cooling his body a little. He smiled slightly and straightened his upper body. He reached out and grabbed a bottle of water and started drinking from it. As he set the water bottle down again, he got up and stripped down to his briefs and jumped into the river that was right in front of him.
While he was swimming in the river, he took a close look at the surroundings as usual. In the distance some mountains could be seen and in front of them huge trees that seemed so big even at a distance. This was the Forest of Death, also known as Training Ground 44. He himself is currently at Training Ground 33, an isolated training ground. In addition to the river, there was a small forest nearby and on the meadow areas there were scattered trees and some shrubs.
After a few minutes Naruto came out of the water and went to his things and grabbed the towel. He dried himself completely and opened his backpack, where a change of clothes is inside. He took off his underpants and changed into completely new clothes. He is now wearing a black t-shirt with gray pants and black sandals. He looked up at the sky and wondered what to do next.
The sun was already going down and that means he still has some time. He could still study something at home, after all they have started a new topic today. He has 2 weeks off until the last school year starts. So, he could already go through the topic that they started today, or he could just go for a walk.
He would have to go home one way or the other and that means he still has time to decide. He took his backpack and then started walking towards the village.
Naruto has decided to just stay to himself for the rest of the day and go through his parents' stuff a little more. He still has a hard time being in his father's study, but he has to live with it. Since he was 5 years old, he has no parents and lives alone. He smiled sadly as he sat at his desk looking at a picture of his parents. The picture was on the desk, and you could see Naruto's two parents in this picture. You could clearly see that his mother was pregnant with Naruto at the time. Naruto's mother has long black hair and black eyes. His father has the same haircut as Naruto, but instead of black hair, his father has brown hair.
Naruto tried to get his mind off things and went back to the book in front of him. He can already do all three academy jutsu without any problems. He has perfect chakra control since his parents were just normal civilians, he didn't have high chakra reserves like the Uchiha in his class for example. Someone from a well-known clan naturally has more chakra than normal students who have 2 civil as parents.
Naruto was happy about that though; he just needs to increase his reserves and he never have to worry about his control. In order to increase his chakra, however, he must do chakra control exercises repeatedly until he can no longer do it. So, he's reserves are slowly increasing, even if it is progressing very slowly at the moment. He's just waiting for the next 2 months to pass. After that he would start wearing weights and then his exercises would also get harder and that means he could train more effectively. Until then, however, he must work on something else. His accuracy with his shuriken and kunai is 100% according to his teacher and he has no trouble aiming the kunai or shuriken at moving targets.
So far, his theory is also on a good level when it comes to the material. He's the best in his class for a reason, at least on the boys' side. He is the highest in the theoretically and practically because he is always training and learning. However, he also has to say that he learns quite quickly and can therefore invest more time in his training.
What he lacks is a proper Taijutsu style. The Academy style is a good base, but he needs a better style to assert himself later. His teacher gave him a book in which some styles are listed, and he can at least get an overview there. Naruto has always had strong legs, and that means he's looking for something that uses his legs more heavily.
Speed is also important to him because he prefers to focus on speed rather than brute force in his physical training. It has been proven time and time again that the fastest shinobi are also the deadliest.
'Taekwondo huh?' Naruto just got to the last page of the book and read through the information. The style relied heavily on speed and had mostly katas where legs were prominent. However, there were also enough katas where you use your arms and hands. He liked the style and now he knows what to look for in the library. Although he is only a student, his teacher has given him a special permit, which he simply has to show to the librarian and then he can go to the department where the style is kept.
He closed the book and pushed it backwards, standing up. 'If I hurry, I should get the scroll of the style today.' With a clear goal in mind, Naruto set off.
Sayuri Uchia stood in front of a tree and focused chakra on her feet. A light layer of chakra became visible under her feet and immediately afterwards Sayuri ran and tried to climb the tree vertically using only her chakra. After 10 steps she had to push off as she felt her grip slipping. She corrected her posture and landed safely on her feet.
'Damned. I've been here for 2 hours, and I can't get any further! What am I doing wrong?!' Sayuri found the exercise in one of her clan's scrolls and set out to master it. The more control she has over her chakra, the better she can use and learn something else. Now that she's still at the academy, she can safely focus her time on something like that.
She repeated this exercise late into the night and arrived at her apartment in the dark. She managed to take a quick shower and when she was in bed, she fell asleep straight away from exhaustion.
At night the village is still lively, whether it's the people still in the pubs or just people going about their jobs at night. A particularly large number of ninjas are out and about at night and keep watch, whether it's at the wall or in the village. The village is illuminated by the lights of the houses and streets and so even at night you can see everything in the beautiful village behind the leaves.
A girl with long red hair that hits her waist was running at the moment. Why? She didn't know it herself, her purple eyes just focused on all the junctions in front of her. Once again, she's being chased by some drunken villagers, for whatever reason. She just didn't get it, nobody told her why everyone hates her. Sure, she pulled a few pranks, and maybe that was not nice of her... but that doesn't mean she needs to be followed!
She barely got out of the grips of a drunk villager and managed to flee until worse could happen. On her cheeks was next to her 6 whisker marks also see a bruise. The drunk villager beat her there.
She ran and ran, never even thinking of stopping. She just has to make it to herself and then she would be safe. No matter how much they hate the villagers, they've never tracked her down or broken into her apartment. She only has to turn a few times and she would be safe.
Naruto's eyes twitched and opened slightly. He mumbled something no one would understand and yawned once. He's free and that means he doesn't have to go to the academy. That means he can devote himself completely to his training. For the next 2 weeks he will go to the river every day and practice his Taijutsu there on the river. Since he trains this on the river, he also trains his control at the same time and can thus increase his reserves.
Naruto got up and went to the kitchen. He took a glass and poured cold water into it. 'Maybe I should try this exercise for the Kunai's again. It almost worked last time.' Naruto is a diligent student and that's why he's so good, but he's above average with kunai and shuriken.
Naruto drained the glass and then put the glass away. He went back to his room and changed into black pants and a gray t-shirt. He then packed his things for today in a backpack and then went into the hallway. He put the backpack aside and then put on his black sandals. He then went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. He took food out of the fridge and closed the fridge again. He began to enjoy the meal in peace and when he was done, he put everything away and then took his backpack.
He's going to spend the whole day at the training ground today and that's why he's packed several things in addition to his change of clothes. Especially important were the 6 bottles full of water, which he is guaranteed to need.
He checked again that he really had everything and then nodded to himself. He took his keys and left the house. He locked the door and went on his way. He wanted to be there as soon as possible because some girls were looking for him again. He really didn't understand why the girls kept staring at him and cheering him on. He just found it funny and odd. Anyway, he chose to jump over the rooftops. He concentrated chakra in his legs and started jumping from roof to roof in the direction of the training ground.
Hiruzen Sarutobi is the Third Hokage. This old man is now in his 60s and has held the title of Hokage longer than anyone before him. When he was younger and in the prime of his career, he was called the god of the shinobi. He can use all 5 basic elements and knows every jutsu from Konoha. With age came experience, which continued to accumulate and in retrospect earned him his second nickname, Professor.
He was momentarily looking at his desk and concentrating on something. Both of his arms were raised above the desk, his hands encircling a round crystal ball. After just a moment, Naruto appeared in the crystal ball, leaping over the rooftops towards the training ground. Hiruzen kept looking at Naruto Ueda for a reason. His two parents, Yuri Ueda and Mina Ueda, asked him to do it. The father died when the Kyubi attacked, and his mother unfortunately died from an illness when Naruto was only 5 years old. He found him all alone on a riverbank back then. He joined him and began to introduce himself to Naruto.
Naruto really is like a spitting image of a shinobi he knows well. Calm, collected, intelligent, kind-hearted and so much more. But the most important thing was that he was way ahead of his age. Hiruzen didn't find Naruto until a month after his mother's death, and in that short time Naruto seems to have gone through a major change. He really doesn't know any boy as grown as Naruto. There were only three examples before him, which, however, also had to mature faster due to certain circumstances. Be it Minato Namikaze, Kakashi Hatake or Itachi Uchiha. Each of these names has a story that isn't exactly pretty.
He follows his progress in the academy with great interest, after all he is only from a civil family. Most children of civilian families are nowhere near as advanced as Naruto. Naruto has what it takes to be a Genin right now, and that's saying something in a time of peace. The standards at the academy have dropped a lot since Hiruzen's time, and yet Naruto could graduate from the academy even by the old standards. There is only one other person besides him who would be ready just like him.
He felt a familiar signature approach his office and he deactivated the crystal ball and stowed it away safely again. He smiled as the door swung open and he saw his energetic granddaughter. "Ah Kasumi-chan, how was your day?"
Naruto is sitting in front of the river with a scroll unrolled in front of him. All the information about the Taekwondo was there. He looked at the first kata of the style and studied it closely. After all, he doesn't want to make mistakes and eventually have to start all over again. He looked at everything for exactly 20 minutes and then understood the first kata so far. He got up and took off his sandals and shirt. He went onto the river and started doing some warm-up exercises. He did this for 10 minutes to get his body moving. After that he starts the first kata. He does the kata very slowly and tries to do it right.
It was almost like a meditation watching from the outside. Someone even watched Naruto. It was someone who will soon be teaching the young Uchiha. That someone is currently wearing standard Anbu armor. His mask is reminiscent of a dog and his silver hair seems to defy gravity. The hair sticks out to the side.
The Anbu watched Naruto take his first steps and movements with his arms. He could see the concentration in his body tension. Sweat was visible on his forehead. 'He's doing it slowly, but he's doing it right. As it should be.' This Anbu was amazed at how disciplined Naruto is. He's heard about this year's best in class but seeing him now reminds him a bit of himself. This thought saddens him, just like him, Naruto lost both his parents before he was 6 and had to mature faster because of it.
He's excited to see which team he'll end up on. If everything goes as normal, then he should be teamed up with the Uchiha and one other person. That means he will most likely have him as a student himself. However, this can still change if, for example, another Sensei asks him for himself.
Unfortunately, he cannot ask for him himself, since he has already asked the Uchiha for himself. Unfortunately, each sensei can only request one student and that means that he can only hope for it. This year is going to be interesting in general as there are quite a lot of kunoichi.
He watched Naruto the whole day as he completely funneled the first kata into himself and already began to master the second. The Anbu can tell from the boy's physique that his body has been trained for speed so far. His leg muscles and upper body speak for a fast owner.
Naruto walked towards the shore at a slow pace. The sun is slowly going down and his muscles have already gotten used to the sequence of the first form. He knows a boy named Rock Lee who can only use Taijutsu and that's why he only trains his body every day. Unlike Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, Taijutsu doesn't require a bit of chakra. It is of course possible to use chakra in Taijutsu and thus give more power to your punches and kicks, but this is not necessary. There are enough Taijutsu techniques that are only used with the body without a chakra.
Naruto arrived at the shore and dropped to the ground. He took a water bottle from his backpack and took a good sip. 'I'm excited to see how that will turn out.' Naruto could only guess how the future would develop.
For the past 2 weeks, Naruto has been training every day from morning to night and has greatly improved his Taijutsu. His chakra reserves were also slowly starting to increase a bit with all the training on the river. He still has his perfect chakra control and will probably always keep it.
In a period of 2 weeks nobody expects that a student has become a real expert in a field. Nevertheless, Naruto has done more in these 2 weeks than most of his age. Naruto was proud of what he achieved and is sure that by the end of the academy he will have his Taijutsu at a good level.
Naruto is on his way to the academy with his backpack on his back. He is currently wearing a gray t-shirt and black pants and sandals. His brown backpack definitely seemed a bit out of place with all the dark colors. Like most backpacks, this one was a light brown rather than dark.
Naruto looked around and saw all the families with their children walking to the academy together. He had a slightly sad smile on his lips. He missed his mother. He shook his head a bit and tried not to think about it. He then went on and saw the Academy in the distance. As he walked onto the premises, a couple of girls were watching him again. He ignored those looks because he found them funny and entered the building at a fast pace. He walked through the corridors, which are still mostly empty, and then into his classroom. Today is the start of his last year and he can't wait to start wearing weights in 1 1/2 months. There he gets some as a gift from someone.
He can't go to a shinobi store to get some for himself yet. You only get what's sold in a shinobi shop as a Genin, and that means he has to wait.
As always, Naruto sat right at the back at the window and waited. He propped himself up on one arm and looked out the window while he waited. After a few minutes, his teacher came in, wearing the normal blue outfit of a Konoha shinobi at the moment. He still wears a green vest over this, which makes his his status as a Chunin complete.
"Ah Naruto, how have the last 2 weeks been?" The teacher has a scar running across his face and black hair that he has tied up in a weird braid.
"Very good, thank you Sensei Iruka. I've accomplished a lot." Naruto liked his sensei here at the academy. He really treats everyone the same and makes it equally fair for everyone. Normally the teachers at the academy prefer clan heirs and Naruto noticed this at the beginning. He was the best in his class right from the start and that's why the teachers before Iruka also paid attention to him. However, his classmates lagged behind during the first 3 years.
"Glad to hear that, Naruto." He put a few pieces of paper on his desk and then sat down on the chair that was right in front of his desk.
After 2 minutes, Sayuri Uchiha came into the classroom with an annoyed look, closely followed by several classmates. Mostly boys, although there were a few girls. They all cheered the Uchiha on how beautiful she is and how elegant she was.
Naruto just stared out the window, trying to ignore the noisy atmosphere as the last of the students entered. However, he couldn't ignore when he heard 2 familiar voices.
"I WON YOU PIG!" a girl with long pink hair and green eyes said this with confidence.
"ONLY YOU BELIEVE THAT FOREHEAD!" yelled back a girl with long blond hair tied in a pigtail and blue eyes. Anyone who saw them recognized those eyes. They were the eyes of a Yamanaka.
Naruto twitched and finally looked ahead because he saw his teacher quieting the classroom with this weird jutsu. How his teacher manages to make his head so huge and suddenly get a voice that echoes is too much for Naruto. However, this jutsu works and everyone became silent. Usually, the two girls always fight over who gets to sit next to Naruto.
These two are Naruto's two biggest fangirls and lead the small club of fangirls. One is called Sakura Haruno and the other Ino Yamanaka. Sakura has perfect chakra control just like Naruto, as far as Naruto could tell. Like himself, she is from a civilian family and Ino Yamanaka is from the Yamanaka clan.
Today Sakura managed to sit next to Naruto first. Naruto sits right by the window, so only one person can sit next to him. Ino sat down next to Sakura and glared at her while Sakura just dreamily looked at Naruto or forward, skillfully ignoring Ino.
Naruto was just glad the two of them stayed calm during the lesson. He didn't mind them both, but their voices can get pretty loud sometimes.
Classes started and the teacher started talking about elements and their possibilities. "Ok, who can tell me what the basic elements are?"
Sakura pointed and the teacher said her name. "Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Lightning Sensei!"
"Very good Sakura, that was right." Sakura raised her hand in the air and thought something like 'Cha! This is how Naruto-kun sees I'm intelligent and Ino-Pig isn't!'
Naruto even knew that Sakura was pretty smart. Her theoretical grades speak for themselves. There she is even above the Uchiha. However, her practical part keeps her from outperforming the Uchiha. Sakura is a normal girl of her age who is more interested in make-up and other things. Naruto finds this just wasted potential, as does Ino Yamanaka. She is definitely the worst girl in her class when it comes to make-up. No one but her wears mascara now.
He was snapped out of his thoughts when the whole class started laughing. He looked ahead and had to fight himself to keep from laughing himself. A classmate named Kiba Inuzuka had orange hair, Naruto doesn't know exactly how. However, this just looked too weird. But he was able to pull himself together and remained calm.
In fact, if Naruto finds a boy annoying, it's probably Kiba Inuzuka. This guy is always bouncing around despite being the worst of the class next to Shikamaru Nara. With Shikamaru, it's actually only because he's super lazy. Otherwise, he always knows every answer when he is awake for a moment and answers. Normally, Shikamaru always sleeps in class and does only the minimum to make sure he passes.
Naruto already knew that this year would go by pretty quickly. Not just because the academy is reasonably easy now. No, it is also due to another fact. After the academy he already planned his daily routine as good as possible.
'Is it really 11 months already?' Naruto looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help but marvel. At the beginning of the year, he had almost no visible muscles. But now you could see visible muscles that defined his whole body. They may not be big, but they were perfect for someone training their body for speed. Everything took a turn after he started working out with the weights he received as a birthday gift from the Hokage himself.
He really didn't know what he did to earn the support of the most influential person in the village. He can still remember exactly how he was sitting by the river at the age of 5 and was frying fish over a campfire and then suddenly this old man came by and made him laugh with exciting stories. Thanks to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Naruto managed not to sink into loneliness and so he was able to experience a reasonably happy childhood.
Naruto has also refined and improved his Taijutsu over the past 11 months. Due to his constant training of his body and the fact that he trained his Taijutsu every day, it was clear that he is now at a good level.
With the harder training, his reserves have also increased and are now slowly reaching acceptable levels in Naruto's view. He found out that even for a civilian he had very little chakra to begin with. Now he is slowly getting to the level where he should be in his training.
Naruto has also perfected his Shurikenjutsu, where he was above average before, he was now perfect at it. He can perform some tricks with 2 simple kunai that most would be amazed. Be it changing the direction of the kunai by throwing another one precisely into the path of the kunai or be it in close combat with a kunai, hardly anyone can beat him there. With the kunai and shuriken, he always hits the mark, whether it's a stationary or a moving target.
Naruto put on a black t-shirt and black pants. In addition to his black sandals, Naruto put on a gray jacket. Today he's free and that means he can go to the Ichirakus again. He hasn't been there for ages and maybe he will meet someone new. Who knows?
Naruto is walking the streets of Konoha 5 minutes later. He had already completed his training today. The sun has already set and that means that the village has been illuminated by the lights of the houses. Only side streets, for example, were an exception because no light sources reach them.
Naruto rounded a corner and saw the stand that served the best noodle soup ever. Naruto blinked a few times when he heard a happy and loud girl's voice from behind the curtains. He saw long red hair and he even though he recognized the voice. It was the voice of Kasumi Uzumaki. She was in his class and was originally the bottom of the class. Within this year, however, she has improved a lot and even managed to become the 2nd best. Nobody knows how she managed such a sharp turn. All Naruto knew was that this girl has extremely strong stamina. She was known throughout the village for her fleeting pranks, and some Anbu often hunted her. She sometimes cost the Anbu several hours of her life because she ran away without even taking a break.
So, Naruto went to the booth and sat down on one of the stools. The conversation that was being held broke off and his classmate and the two people behind the counter looked at Naruto. "Sorry, I hope I'm not disturbing you." Naruto didn't really know what was going on here. He came in quite normally, didn't he?
"Of course, my boy can I make you something nice?" Teuchi was the owner of Ichirakus. His daughter Ayame works alongside him at Ichirakus. Both were one of the few people who treat Kasumi Uzumaki like a human and not like a monster, like 90% of the villagers did. Not that Naruto knew. He was way too busy with his Taijutsu training and other things. He rarely socialized with others his age. There would only occasionally be Shikamaru Nara.
"I'll have a miso ramen." Naruto didn't know why, but his classmate was staring at him the whole time. He looked straight into her purple eyes and wondered what was going on. She seemed confused and surprised. There was something else in her eyes, but he couldn't make it out. "Are you okay Uzumaki?"
"My name is Kasumi! Not "Uzumaki", understood?"
Naruto nodded "As you wish Kasumi." At that moment Naruto was presented with his ramen. Since Naruto didn't know exactly what to talk about with his classmate, he started to eat his ramen in peace. He has to say that Ichiraku's ramen is really something special. Every noodle and every piece of meat was perfect. He doesn't know how Teuchi gets his ramen so perfect, but he was glad to know this stand.
After a minute he heard his classmate talking to Ayame again. Teuchi spoke to Naruto during this. "My boy, would you like another bowl?" He asked this question at the right time, because Naruto was just finished with his first bowl. "Yeah thanks, that would be great." Naruto handed back the empty bowl and Teuchi began to prepare another bowl for him. "How do you do your ramen so well, Teuchi? I tried to make it at home once but couldn't even begin to do it like yours."
Teuchi laughed a little, "That's a trade secret, my boy. I'm glad you like my noodle soup. So, you can already cook yourself, yes?"
"Yes. I taught myself." Naruto then started to eat the noodle soup in peace. Teuchi could already imagine what that meant and was therefore sad. Naruto has no parents anymore, just like Kasumi. He seems to live alone, which also applies to Kasumi.
Kasumi was eating her noodle soup and couldn't help but think about Naruto's look. He didn't look at her like the others. He didn't have this hate in his eyes or face like the other villagers. There was no fear there either, no matter how long he looked at her. His gaze was quite normal, the way he looks at everyone. Of course, she knows her classmate. After all, every girl talks about either the dope or the best in class. Unlike the stupid cow, Naruto isn't arrogant one bit.
Naruto saw Kasumi looking straight at him. "Kasumi, is something?"
"Why are you always alone during breaks?" She's always wondered that. She has learned a lot in the past few months, including observation and careful listening. She understood right away that Naruto has no parents anymore. If he still had parents, he would learn to cook from his mother or father.
She herself could only cook very little, after all she has Teuchi and Ayame! Here she always gets the food of the gods and that's enough!
Naruto looked into Kasumi's purple eyes. "I prefer to have it quiet during the break. It's quite noisy in class and the quiet atmosphere during the break is very comfortable. "
Kasumi tried to understand this explanation. In a sense she understood what Naruto meant. After all, he sits next to the Haruno and the Yamanaka. On the other hand, she couldn't understand why he is otherwise always alone. She often saw him by chance outside of the academy and even there he was always alone. She never saw him with anyone, no matter where he is.
"Don't you want to spend time with friends?" Kasumi would do anything to get more people to appreciate her. That's why it's her dream, after all, to become a Hokage! She will make it, dattabane!
"I train most of the time." Naruto then looked over his shoulder at a few shinobi walking past the booth.
"I come from a civilian family, so I have very little chakra." He then looked back at Kasumi. "In contrast to the Uchiha and you, I do not come from a clan and therefore have to train hard to increase my reserves." Naruto then started eating again and didn't see the 3 shocked faces of Teuchi, Ayame and Kasumi.
"W-what do you mean?" Kasumi couldn't believe it. She's supposed to be a descended from a clan? She didn't understand anything at that moment.
"Naruto my boy, what do you mean? Kasumi is supposed to be a descended from a clan?" The two were just normal civilians and therefore of course could not know anything about it. Only the fewest part of the Jonin and Anbu still knew the Uzumaki clan, since it was almost wiped out by Iwa and Kumo in the Second Shinobi World War.
Naruto lifted his head and looked at all three in confusion. "Hmm? Kasumi is a descends from the Uzumaki clan, don't you know them? "
"No. Neither of us know of an Uzumaki clan." Teuchi spoke for himself and his daughter.
"Strange, after all the symbol is everywhere in the village." Naruto pointed his chopstick at the red spiral on Kasumi's shoulder. "This is the symbol of the Uzumaki clan." Naruto took his chopstick back to his bowl and started eating again.
"Hey Naruto." Kasumi just couldn't put her feelings into words. She is from a clan! She's not a meaningless orphan, she's from a clan! She desperately needs to find out more about her clan and her classmate seems to know something about her clan.
Naruto looked sideways and looked at her. "Hmm?" He was chewing and didn't answer properly.
"Can you tell me more about my clan?" Kasumi had hope. She may have surviving family members after all. She may not be entirely alone.
Naruto raised a finger and chewed briefly and then swallowed the food. He lowered his finger and thought for a moment. "Where should I start? There is a lot to say about your clan." Naruto wondered how best to start. There really is a lot to say about the Uzumaki Clan.
Teuchi and Ayame stood behind the counter and waited anxiously. They couldn't believe that their little Kasumi was a descended from a clan. They wished it for Kasumi because that meant she could still have living family members. Maybe not in this village, but maybe outside and when she finally becomes a kunoichi and goes on missions, she might meet other members of the Uzumaki clan.
"I'll start off by saying that the first Hokage Hashirama Senju's wife was named Mito Uzumaki. As far as I know, the Uzumaki and the Senju are distantly related. The Uzumaki clan originally came from the whirlpool country and lived there in a village called Uzushiogakure. The Uzumaki clan was known for several things. First, the red hair, like yours Kasumi." He points to her long red hair, which went down to her lower back. "Secondly, they were known to be born with more chakra than others and a very strong life force. Members of the Uzumaki clan have a longer lifespan than other Shinobi. The Uzumaki clan was also known as the clan of longevity. The Uzumaki clan was also feared for his skills in Sealing Jutsu and the clan was known for its Kenjutsu. Some members were true sword masters and could keep entire armies of shinobi at bay with their sword skills and high stamina. Because of the fear of the special skills of the clan, the clan was attacked during the second war and Uzushiogakure was destroyed. There were only a few who survived the attack and those who did were scattered all over the world. There are not many living Uzumaki members left as far as I know before you there was only a woman named Kushina Uzumaki here in the village." Naruto finished his explanation and then looked up at the sky. He forgot something and now he remembered what it was. "Ah damn! I have to go shopping."
Naruto quickly put money on the counter and bowed briefly, "I'm sorry! I really have to go, otherwise the shops will close soon. The food was delicious!" After that, Naruto jumped onto the nearest roof and just disappeared.
By the time each of the three had recovered from their shock, Naruto had already disappeared over several rooftops.
Someone watched the whole conversation through a special object. Hiruzen Sarutobi expected a lot from Naruto, but not that he knew about the Uzumaki clan. He wanted to tell Kasumi everything when she is Chunin. Now she already knows about the fact that she is a descended from the Uzumaki clan and she even know the name Kushina Uzumaki now. He'll have a lot to explain today, that much is clear for the old wise man. He was slightly sad when he saw Kasumi's face through his crystal ball. She seemed hurt and he could guess why. It is not difficult for the experienced old man to put one and one together. She was thinking about him and why he hasn't told her anything yet.
After a few jumps, Naruto jumped off a roof and landed right in front of the store where he always goes shopping. Here are the best foods for his meals. He quickly walked in and came out 15 minutes later with a bag. Behind him the owner locked his shop and Naruto just sighed in relief. He could still get anything. He was really lucky that he thought of it. Tomorrow the shops will be closed, and his fridge will be as good as empty.
'Alright, let's go.' Naruto left calmly and eventually arrived at his home. He went into the house and closed the door behind him. He went into the kitchen and put the bag down on the counter. He opened the fridge and then started to put all the groceries in the fridge.
When he was done with that, he just went to his father's study and read a little more. After a while he went to bed and fell asleep quite quickly.
Sayuri is just out of academy and as always, all the parents were catching her fans and so she had her peace again. She can easily go home and train again. Her long black hair was braided into a pony as usual and 2 long strands hung down either side of her face. She was about to start before she saw the reason for her recent successes.
Naruto also just got out of the academy and like her before, all the fans of him were intercepted by the parents. Naruto walked off the premises and saw Sayuri looking at him and just standing there.
"Hello Uchiha." Naruto had never really had much contact with Sayuri. Just like with himself, she hardly had any contact with others. Although both have many fans, both are rather loners at the moment. Although Naruto has different reasons than Sayuri.
"Hello Ueda." Sayuri doesn't remember ever speaking to Naruto in person. Naruto sits at the back of the room and Sayuri sits more centrally in the front.
"Are you going to train again?" Sayuri was the person who spoke up.
Naruto nodded "Yes, I'll be going back to the training ground in a moment."
"Which one?" Sayuri was unlike most girls, Naruto could tell that much. She was calm and seemed cold on the outside. Naruto didn't mind, he could also be considered cold. After all, he's mostly alone most of the time.
Naruto does know one thing about Sayuri, though. She and Kasumi can't stand each other. Kasumi was someone who sought attention, talked a lot, was always full of energy and was always smiling.
Sayuri was sort of the opposite of Kasumi. She was quiet, preferred to be alone, didn't talk much, seemed annoyed most of the time and rarely smiled. She mostly wore an annoyed expression on her face.
"Training Ground 33."
Sayuri nodded. She turned and just walked away. Naruto just looked after her because he was a bit confused. He then shrugged his shoulders and went off himself.
An hour later Naruto was at the training ground. He was just putting his backpack in its usual place. He is currently wearing brown pants, black sandals and a gray shirt.
Naruto heard something behind him, so he turned around and out of nowhere held a kunai in his hand. Naruto stood by and looked closely at the bushes. He tensed his muscles and stood ready. He held the kunai in his right hand.
A small blue toad jumped out of the bushes. Naruto blinked a few times and then sighed. 'Just a toad.' Naruto relaxed his muscles and put the kunai away again. He took a closer look at the toad and felt something oddly familiar about it. He crouched down in front of her. The toad was not completely blue, only the back of the toad was blue and the underside, like its face, was more of a white to light cream color. The toad didn't flinch as Naruto eyed it closely and even touched it lightly with his finger once. The toad made his usual noises calmly and just looked at Naruto.
"You gave me quite a fright, little one." Naruto narrowed his eyes and out of instinct he took the toad in one hand and jumped away. A purple snake came slithering out of the bushes and it had just tried to eat the toad.
Naruto threw a kunai at the snake and right after that he held 3 more kunai between his fingers. The snake sensed the danger and wanted to wriggle back into the bushes. The first kunai landed right in front of the snake, causing it to curl up and hiss at the kunai. Directly afterwards the snake got a kunai at the head and at 2 other places as well. The snake was dead and didn't move anymore.
Naruto landed safely on both feet and looked at the snake's dead body. The 3 kunai from him were still stuck in the snake's body. Naruto looked at the toad in his hand and then at the river nearby. He calmly went to the river and squatted in front of the river and held his hand right in front of the river. The toad turned once to Naruto and made a noise and opened its mouth. Naruto's eyes widened as a scroll came out of the toad's mouth.
Naruto just watched as this scroll came out of the toad's mouth and when the toad dropped the scroll on Naruto's hand with its tongue, it just turned around and jumped into the river.
Naruto just sat there and really didn't know what to do. He was just speechless. 'A-a scroll... toad... muzzle...' It took him a few seconds to really come back to the realm of the living. He quickly shook his head and looked at the scroll. It was blue in color and the words " Toad Scroll" were written in kanji on the scroll.
'Toad Scroll? What is that supposed to be?' Naruto took the scroll to his backpack, which was by the usual tree. He wanted to continue training his Taijutsu, but this experience was surprising and stopped him from training.
Naruto sat on the ground and leaned against the tree with his back and unrolled the scroll over his legs. When he saw what that was, his eyes widened. 'T-that is!' He saw many open fields and no name yet. He had heard a lot about it, but never in his life would he have thought that he would ever hold such a scroll in his hands. This is a scroll to complete a contract with an animal.
Naruto really didn't know what to make of it. He's got a contract of toads in his hand that apparently no one has signed yet. 'That cannot be. That's just impossible. How is that supposed to work? One of the three legendary Sannin and the fourth Hokage summoned toads and were famous for doing so. So why is this contract completely empty? Is there a second kind of toads or what does that mean?' Naruto was wondering what to do.
He just sat there for several minutes looking at the scroll. He rolled her out again and again and sometimes rolled her in further. He picked her up more times than he was even aware of and then put it back on his legs afterwards.
'Oh, what the hell. Almost nobody has the chance to even sign a contract with an animal and here I have such a rare opportunity. I should just sign it.' Naruto knew the procedure and bit his thumb because of it. He wrote his name on the scroll in blood and right after that he made another imprint of his fingers under his name.
His name flashed briefly and immediately afterwards his previously bloody name was written in black characters. Thus, the contract was signed, and Naruto is now a toad summoner.
Naruto knows the procedure because he came across a scroll detailing the procedure 2 months ago. The Summoning Jutsu was also described there and how to perform it. Naruto hadn't practiced it yet as he didn't think it was necessary. Now he would change his training a bit until graduation. He's not going to train his body all day like he used to, his Taijutsu and his reserves. Now he will also learn the jutsu.
He stowed the scroll in his backpack and then began his usual training. He took off his shirt and then went to the river where the toad disappeared earlier. Naruto started to warm up and a few minutes later he started his real workout.
An hour later, Naruto took a short break. He's just sitting in front of the river and having a little rest. 'A lot happened this year.' Naruto thought back and could say that this year he achieved a lot of success in his training. He was able to achieve more success with the weights and increase his reserves more quickly. He had unknowingly revealed to Kasumi that she is from the Uzumaki clan.
It made her seem happy at first, but after that she seemed a bit depressed about something. Naruto had never known why she seemed so depressed. She seemed generally a little calmer after the first week.
Soon his life as a shinobi will really begin and he is sure that he is well prepared. In the academy you learn the basics for the life of a shinobi and from the Jonin Sensei you learn everything else. Whether it's new jutsu or special skills. Everything is taught there and not in the academy.
His ears twitched as he heard footsteps. He looked over his shoulder and could see Sayuri Uchiha. She walked towards Naruto at a leisurely pace and looked him straight in the eyes. Her black eyes were fixed on his black eyes.
"Can I help you Uchiha?" asked Naruto.
Sayuri stopped in front of Naruto "Sayuri." Naruto looked at her a bit confused.
"You can call me Sayuri." Sayuri Uchiha said without showing much emotion. As usual, she seems pretty dismissive.
"Ok, then you can call me Naruto."
"Here." Sayuri said and right after that she held out a scroll to him. Naruto took the black scroll and looked at it first and then at Sayuri.
"Thanks to you, I've accomplished a lot. This is to thank you." said Sayuri. She then turned around and left. Naruto looked after her a little and then at the scroll in his hand. He opened them and his eyes widened a little.
'That's the Body Flicker Technique!' Naruto read the information carefully and then looked at Sayuri again. She's gone now, but Naruto still seems to be looking in the right direction.
He looked back at the scroll and completely focused on it. He had just changed his training schedule again. He will definitely learn this jutsu until the end of the academy. He actually wanted to ask his Jonin Sensei about this jutsu, but now he can learn it even before graduation.
He had already read a lot about this jutsu, and he really wanted to learn this jutsu. This allows you to move very quickly, and if you master this jutsu well enough, you can become a very fast shinobi with it. There have been several shinobi in the past who were good at this jutsu.
Speed is so important to Naruto for a reason. The Body Flicker Technique is practically made for his fighting style. He will concentrate on this jutsu until the end and just practice some Taijutsu on the side.
(A/N I hope you enjoy the first chapter, and I'll see you in the next one.)
I have a few Questions for all of you out there, who are interested in this Fanfiction.
Which Element should Naruto get in this Story? Write an Element with a good reason. Why should he get that specific element?
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That's about it, stay healthy and be careful guys!