In The Arms of Angels
By: Kyubi X
Chapter Two: A House Becomes A Home…
"This is your home?" Anko asked in a disgusted voice looking at the trash that was everywhere. Naruto looked down at the ground ashamed and said, "Yes…big sister, I used to clean it up, but the villages would just trash it again so I stopped trying." Naruto looked up to see Anko shaking with rage. Thinking that Anko was angry at him, Naruto back away and when Anko looked at him he raised his hands in a pathetic attempt at defense waiting to get hit. Anko blinked before realization hit her and she knew that the boy thought she was angry at him and not the villagers. She stepped up to him and got on one knee, her heart tugging again when she saw him shaking and heard him whimpering in fear. She pulled him into a hug and whispered, "I'm never going to hurt you, and I'm never going to let them hurt you ever again." Anko blinked away her tears knowing she had to be strong, and she also resolved to never shed tears again after Orochimaru's betrayal. So she just silently rubbed the boys back as he shed more tears into her vest. Eventually she stopped and decided that Naruto shouldn't live with what he had so she declared that they were going to the market place to buy him new things.
Anko told him to grab only the things he absolutely needed that they couldn't buy and to meet her outside. Naruto rubbed his eyes and nodded as he walked into his room. He picked up an old bag and began to put some things the Hokage gave him when he heard a voice that made him jump. "Naruto…do you remember who I am?" Naruto spun on his heel and once again saw the glowing person known as Gabriel. "You…your Gabriel?" Naruto asked in a timid voice.
The glowing person smiled and said, "That's right Naruto, very good. Now listen to me, the reason that you can see me is because its part of something you have that is very special and that is called a bloodline limit, I will explain it more to you later but for now all you need to know is that if you wish to become a strong ninja, looked to that woman who is taking care of you, she will lead you on the path to good strength. Now get moving, she'll get impatient, I'll talk with you later tonight Naruto." And with that being said, Gabriel disappeared leaving a very small Naruto slightly confused. He then remembered his task and stuffed a few things into his bag before rushing out to Anko who gave him a smile and put her hand on his back leading him towards the market place.
After about two hours of shopping and 6 bags full of things later. Anko and Naruto stopped at the Ichiraku ramen stand for some lunch. They sat down and a girl just a little bit older than Naruto came up and asked for their orders. At first Anko thought she was seeing things, but then she noticed that the girl kept looking at Naruto and blushing. The first thing that popped into Anko's mind was that just like her, this girl liked her guys young. After they had finished eating, Anko nudged Naruto in the side with her elbow and told Naruto to introduce himself to her. Naruto didn't understand why, but he decided that he needed to respect his new sister so he waved at the girl to get her attention.
"Do you need something else?" The girl asked sweetly and Naruto just shook his head before sticking out his hand and saying, "My name's Naruto. What's yours?" The girl blushed slightly before saying, "My name's Ayame Naruto-kun." Naruto blushed at the addition to his name and then told her he would see her around before running to catch up with a smiling Anko. And so with bags in hand they walked back to Anko's house. When they arrived Naruto was surprised to see that the house was two stories high. He looked up at Anko and said, "Your house his really big sis." Anko smiled sadly at the boy and told him that another person used to live in this house but that he became a bad person and left the village. To her surprise the boy hugged her and told him that she was sorry that her friend left. And once again Anko felt her eyes filling up with tears at the kindness of the boy clinging to her leg; it disgusted her that the villagers didn't get to know him better but she decided that she was going to change all of that.
They entered the home and Anko showed him to a room that would become his, she then put the bags down on his bed and showed him around her house. When they arrived in the dojo that was in the back Naruto looked at Anko with fierce determination in his eyes that almost startled the woman. "What's wrong Naruto-kun?" She asked and Naruto simply replied that he wanted her to train him to become a strong ninja. She smirked feeling her fiery spirit rising up and told him to go put his stuff away and then she would show him some basic things. His eyes lighted up and he then bowed to her before running towards his new room. Anko chuckled to herself thinking about how much that boy reminded her of herself when she was his age.
About ten minuets later Naruto came down in some of his new clothes which included a new pair of sandals, a pair of baggy black shorts, and a fishnet undershirt. Anko grinned because she forgot to explain that the fishnet shirts were undershirts but she decided that she could explain it to him later, for now, the clothes he was wearing would be perfect for their training.
Anko ordered Naruto to sit down and she began to circle him and she said, "Pay attention Naruto-kun, what I am about to tell you is the basics for all ninja training. The first thing you need to understand is chakra, it is the physical and spiritual energy that you will use for jutsu's and the such, however everyone only has a certain amount of charka, and if you run out you die, do you understand so far?" Naruto thought for a few moments before decided he understood and nodded his head.
Anko smiled and continued her speech, "In order to use your charka to its full potential you will have to learn how to only use the amount of chakra needed for everything you do and not a bit more. But before we start on that, I want to explain a few more things, first of all, most people only have one charka system, however, you are a special case and you have two. I cannot explain to you at this time why you have a second charka system so please don't ask me, one day when you are older I will be able to tell you but that time has not yet come. The last thing I want to teach you today before we work on charka controlling is the four different forms you need to know to be a ninja. The first one is ninjutsu, the most commonly used of ninja skills you use ninjutsu by using your charka as a weapon. The second form is genjutsu, genjutsu is using your charka to create illusions that confuse your enemy and leave them vulnerable to attack. The third form is taijutsu which is hand to hand combat skills, something every ninja must have. And finally there is kinjutsu, kinjutsu is very dangerous because it involves techniques that usually result in the user's death and are only to be used in the most extreme of situations. Do you have a basic understanding for the four forms of ninja fighting Naruto-kun?" Naruto seemed to be deep in thought but then nodded his head and told her that he thought he understood most of it.
Anko grinned thinking that this kid was pretty smart for his age. She then declared that he was going to learn Charka training by focusing his charka into his feet and then walking up the dojo's wall. Anko then spent a good half hour teaching Naruto how to correctly do all of the hand seals. She then spent another half hour teaching Naruto how to put charka into his feet and then she told him that she was going to go prepare dinner and would come back to check on his progress when dinner was ready. She walked out and closed the sliding door to the dojo and winced when she heard him run up the wall some, only to fall harshly. She then breathed a sigh of relief when she heard him get back up and try again. She then walked to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
She came back to the dojo about three hours later and poked her head in and her eyes went wide when she saw that Naruto wasn't in there. She felt her heartbeat quicken thinking that someone had come into her home and snatched him but then she heard stifled giggling. She looked straight up and gasped to see Naruto standing on the ceiling looking down at her. She noticed all the bruises and scrapes on his body but she was still speechless that Naruto had completed the task so quickly. He came down from the wall and she hugged him gently letting him know that she was not only satisfied with his performance but she was also amazed. Naruto gave her a big smile which made Anko smile a little herself.
After much complaining that the main course was not ramen, Anko and Naruto enjoyed a nice grilled chicken dinner with rice and green beans which Naruto was willing to admit tasted very good as well. After dinner Naruto stood up and grabbed all the dishes and washed them without being asked to. Anko smiled at the polite boy and took the time to sneak away and look for something. When she came back Naruto had stacked the plates neatly on the counter because he didn't know where to put them, Anko smiled and told him that she would take care of it later but for now she had a new exercise that she wanted him to do.
When they walked into the dojo, Naruto saw some metal plates lying on the ground. "The last exercise you did is the same one you will be doing now, however this time; the task will be much harder with the addition of these training weights." Anko explained and Naruto put on the weights and complained about the heaviness of them. Anko grinned at him and told him she would teach him a jutsu if he completed the task before she called him to bed in three hours. She knew that the task would be impossible, but she also knew that if he strived as hard as he could he would become much stronger and have better charka control than some modern day gennin's had. This time when she heard him try and climb, only to fall, she smiled to herself and went to go put the dishes away and send a letter to the Hokage by her messenger bird.
When the time had come for bed, Anko walked back into the room and gasped again when she didn't see Naruto. She looked straight up and saw his grinning face. She watched as his eyes went wide and she gasped as he lost his footing and began to fall. She rushed forward and caught him before he could hit the ground. He had tears in his eyes and told her that he had failed her because he couldn't hold it very well. She simply hugged the boy and told him that he had just done a task that should have been impossible and she demanded to know how he did it so quickly. He told her it was because he wanted to learn a new jutsu. She smiled at his competitive attitude and told him that for his hard work she would teach him how to do the basic bunshin no jutsu. And so for the next hour, Anko taught Naruto how to mold charka into a clone. By the time he had it perfected he collapsed from charka exhaustion and Anko picked the small boy up and took him to his room and placed him in his bed after taking off his sandals. She smiled at him and whispered, "Goodnight my dear brother…" before turning out the light and walking out of the room.
While Naruto slept Gabriel came to him and entered into his sub conscious. Naruto saw Gabriel and ran up to him. "Hello Gabriel-san." Naruto said politely as he bowed. "Good evening Naruto-kun, tonight I am going to explain the things I told you about earlier. One thing that Anko-chan didn't tell you is that some very special people have a bloodline limit that is passed down from generation to generation. You are one of those people and your ability is very special indeed. But first I must explain your clan's history, you clan came into existence about 400 years before Kohona was created. You ancestor was on the verge of death and cried out for help. He found favor in the eyes of my Lord and I was sent down to aid him. From that day on, your families legacy would continue on with the angels of the Lord. However, about 6 years ago your family was tricked and were killed in there sleep by a horrible man. Only about 4 members of your family survived including your mother. You other three family members were killed during the attack of the Kyubi, and your mother died in giving birth to you." Gabriel paused letting the information sink in before continuing.
"And now on to what exactly your bloodline limit is, for one if you focus your chakra into your back you can summon and retract a pair of large white wings that you can use to fly. And Finally the most important part of your bloodline limit, if you are ever in desperate trouble anywhere from one to five angels will come down from the heavens and temporally merge with your body, this will increase your strength by considerable amounts, however, you will not be able to summon us, we will only be able to come to you in your greatest times of need. However, if you ever need to talk to us all you have to do is pray to summon us. Now, as to how we are summoned. As you grow in strength, intelligence, and strength of spirit, you will get more and more tattoo's that will appear on your back. When you are in trouble we will come down and merge with your body via the tattoos and we will exit the same way, these tattoos are a gateway for us to come and go as we see fit. Do you understand all I have taught you Naruto-kun?" Naruto nodded his head as he continued to digest the information.
"Tomorrow when you have some free time I will come back and see how your training with Anko-chan is going. And just to let you know, you are going to receive your second tattoo tonight while you sleep, but don't expect it to be easy to get every tattoo, the more you get, the harder they become to obtain. Have a good night Naruto-kun see you tomorrow." And when it was all said and done, Naruto had a spiral tattoo on his back.
When Naruto woke up Anko had a breakfast of eggs and toast with some bacon on the table. After they had finished eating Anko told Naruto that she had to go do some patrol work and that she would be back. In the mean time she told Naruto to prefect his weight exercise and to continue to wear the weights while he did 10 push ups and 10 sit ups and then ran around the dojo 10 times. She also told him that every time the exercise became to easy that he needed to ten more of each exercise. Along with anything else that she gave him to do.
And so, this kind of training went on for 5 years, along with the training physically, Anko would send Naruto to the library on treasure hunts to find information to study which would always eventually lead him to a jutsu scroll. And so when it was all said and done Anko realized that there was something that Naruto desperately needed to work on, and that was people skills. And so, with the permission of the Hokage, Naruto was enrolled into the ninja academy. Anko told Naruto to behave himself and make lots of friends; she then gave him a kiss on the forehead and watched him run into the academy. She turned and saw the mothers of the students glaring at her; she smirked and returned a glare back fueling it with killer intent that told them not to mess with her brother. And so she went to the Hokage's office for she had been summoned for an important meeting.
When Naruto walked into the class room, everyone stopped talking and starred at him making him quite nervous. Iruka cleared his throat and told the class that this was a there new student he then nodded to Naruto telling him to introduce himself. He took a step forward and said, "My full name is Uzumaki Mitarashi Naruto. Mitarashi adopted me and is my adoptive sister. I am twelve years old and have been going threw her training since I was six years old. So that is why I am in a graduating class for my first year. I like training and getting stronger and I also have a special bloodline limit, however, that is information that I don't give to very main people." Naruto looked at Iruka to let him know that he was finished and Iruka was impressed.
"Okay Naruto, please take the available seat in the top corner by those two, their names are Shikamaru and Choji." Naruto nodded and walked up the steps and shook both of their hands, he then sat down and smiled. He was beginning to think that he was going to make lots of friends here….
A/N: And that's where I'm going to end this chapter, be looking for the next chapter sometime tomorrow, until then, peace out!