Disclaimer; I still don't own Naruto and I'm still not making any money from this, there still will NOT be any Disney characters in this story, no more clerks have been harmed in the writing of this story, there will be plenty more mentioning of pocky.
A Different Fox Tale
Chapter 2
The shadow, the angry dolphin and the awakening...
Naruto grinned his stupid grin, though it was partially an honest smile Itachi could still see through the mask of happiness.
"Naruto-kun, why do you pretend to be happy?" the blonde looked shocked for a second then his grin faded into an expression of loneliness and pain.
"It's the only way I know how deal with the hell of being alone, the pain of knowing nobody cares"
Itachi was slightly surprised by the answer, but it did make sense, he saw something in the blonde boy, he saw strength, potential, and in a way he even saw himself. He knew the only reason his father was so interested in him was because he would someday become the Uchiha clan's connection to the village and bring them more political power, even if he didn't want to. He raised his arm and poked Naruto in the forehead (Naruto had forgotten his goggles that morning) in the same fashion he did his younger brother, Naruto just looked up at the taller boy with a confused expression, then blushed brightly when his stomach growled.
"Your hungry" Itachi stated "let's get something for breakfast, my treat" Naruto instantly brightened up and gave a genuine smile.
"Can we eat at Ichiraku ramen?" Itachi glanced upward as if thinking about it; he tapped his chin thoughtfully, then looked at Naruto and calmly stated "Sure"
Fifteen bowls of ramen later (two of which where his) he began to regret his decision, until he saw the smile on Naruto's face anyway.
"Naruto-kun" Naruto looked up, and was promptly poked in the forehead again "would you like to learn a cool new jutsu?" the blonde looked excited and nodded happily "follow me" Itachi calmly stated before walking off, Naruto followed closely behind.
They soon arrived at a small Uchiha clan training area, it was a small lake with a pier extending toward the center; the Uchiha's used it to practice katon jutsus "Naruto-kun I will be teaching you a very simple but useful jutsu, it is called Kage Bunshin no jutsu"
Meanwhile on the other side of the village in the ninja academy an angry Iruka was pacing in front of a nervous class, every few minutes he would glare at the door hoping Naruto would walk in so he could hit the blonde idiot. Mizuki was lecturing the class on chakra control, but most of them where paying attention to Iruka hoping to see him smack Naruto for being so late.
Back at the Uchiha katon training ground Naruto was hard at work trying to learn the "simple" jutsu Itachi was teaching him, he didn't think he was making much progress but Itachi was a bit impressed that the blonde had picked up the principle behind the jutsu so quickly.
"Try again Naruto-kun" the fox boy glanced up, nodded, and quickly formed the seals and focused his chakra again, as he finished the last seal /Kage Bunshin No Jutsu/ Five puffs of ninja smoke appeared and dissipated revealing five perfect clones of Naruto.
Naruto looked up at Itachi excitedly and wasn't very surprised when he was poked in the forehead "good job Naruto-kun, now see how many you can make"
Naruto performed the seals again but this time poured more chakra into it, all the chakra he could /Kage Bunshin No Jutsu/ they where surrounded by hundreds of Naruto's, just a little over seven hundred by Itachi's count, he was very impressed, a few moments later they all exploded into small clouds of ninja smoke, Naruto was nearly out of chakra.
As Naruto passed out Itachi noticed something odd, he remembered that some bloodlines required a near death experience to activate, which included a massive lack of chakra (meaning the person only had just enough chakra to stay alive) Itachi was sure he really saw what he thought he did, Naruto had an advanced bloodline.
And it had just awoken…
Jutsu List
Kage Bunshin -- Shadow Clone