AN: So uh chapter 5 here we go~. This is just going to be a 1 month time skip because why not hehe. The 1 month is just basically the previous chapter minus the little dinner and establishing relationships. In this chapter I'm going to start raising the tensions in the Uchiha Clan within the village. I might make Danzo talk to Naruto as well… But other than that I'm just going to continue strengthening bonds soooooooo vamos!
Disclaimer; I don't own Naruto.
"Normal Talking"
"Normal Thinking"
"Biju/Summon Talking/Jutsu"
"Biju/Summon Thinking"
-1 Month Later-
It had been one month since Naruto had started training with Itachi and met Shisui and since then things have only been going better for him….
Currently, we find Naruto yet again in the training ground working on his lightning element. If you looked close enough you could see his hands sparking furiously while the palm of his hand had a small ball in the center(Not the Chidori). Naruto then shot his hand towards the tree and a tiny dragon came out of the ball and hit the tree with minimal damage.
"Damnit, I still need to work on shape manipulation if I want to even remotely perform that Jutsu." Naruto whispered in a frustrated tone. What he was trying to do was create a giant dragon made of lightning that would upon impact, obliterate everything in its radius, but it was still far from done.
He was almost out of chakra by this point so decided to head home and study the rest of the fifth level of fuinjutsu.
-Next-Day Hokage's Office-
'I find myself annoyed.' Hiruzen thought while looking at academy scores, in particular Naruto's.
'He truly is exactly like you Minato, I want to graduate him early but I want him to have his childhood.' He thought while rubbing his chin. 'But then again his childhood had mostly been training.'
'Here's what I think I'll do, I'll graduate him at 8 or 9 but keep him at genin till the rest of his current class graduates so I can even out the teams.' He finished in thought.
*knock* *knock* *knock*
*sigh* "Come in!" Hiruzen shouted.
The door opened and in walked,
"Danzo." Hiruzen said with slight disdain.
"Hiruzen." He said equally.
"What did you wish to see me for Danzo?" Asked Hiruzen in a suspicious voice.
"I've noticed that the Jinchuriki is talented and I suggest he be put with me so I can further hone his skill and make him an asset to the village." Danzo suggested.
Hiruzen clenched his fist but responded, "I have told you this many times before, that boy will not be used for your biddings."
Danzo narrowed his visible eye."You are too soft, Hiruzen, that boy is a weapon and would do many things for the village if under my tutelage."
"He is a mere academy student! I will not have him be placed in Anbu let alone Root(1)!" Hiruzen said with a slight sneer.
"You of all people should know age does not matter in the shinobi world, if they have the talent they should be put on the field and do missions for the betterment of our village." Danzo said with an even tone.
"I will not have him doing missions until graduation, maybe then we can decide what to do with him, but I will not have him become one of your mindless drones." Hiruzen said slightly irked at the look in Danzo's eye.
'If I have the Nine-Tails on my side it will be so much easier to further my plans' Danzo thought but just nodded and said, "If I even wanted him to be a drone I have no way to make him into one as the Kyuubi would interfere with anything I do."
Hiruzen just narrowed his eyes but nodded nonetheless.
-With Naruto-
Having no clue on what transpired in the Hokage's office, Naruto was currently looking for things to help his shape manipulation for chakra.
'Hmm, what can I do to help my shape manipulation….' He thought while looking through his father's library.
He found one scroll and opened it.
"The "Rasengan'', this was one of tou-san's creations." He muttered. "It says it's the pinnacle of shape manipulation, maybe I should give it a go." He said as he took the scroll to a private area.
-Outside, Personal Training Ground-
Naruto was reading through the notes of the Rasengan and the more he read the more confused he got. 'I don't get it? It says for the user to start the first step they must rotate chakra in the center of their palm, yet to manipulate chakra like that why are there no hand signs?' Naruto thought confused and slightly frustrated.
He gazed over it a couple more times until one single word caught his eye 'Sealess'. Naruto started to smack his forehead against his palm over and over again muttering the word stupid several times.
'To help perform the first step, use a water balloon and rotate the water inside using chakra. To complete the first step you must pop the balloon while rotating your chakra in multiple directions at once.' He read while understanding it more.
'Hmmm seems easy enough, I wonder if my chakra control is good enough. Maa maa whatever it doesn't matter to learn one must try.' He thought while getting up to find water balloons.
Ten minutes later we find Naruto back in his personal training ground (2), Working on the first step. With a small trickle of sweat forming on his forehead he was intently staring at the water balloon while making his chakra swirl into the balloon.
"This is a lot harder than I expected." Naruto whispered to no one in particular, still trying to swirl his chakra.
Little did he know there was someone watching him with a bird mask that had 'Ne' engraved on it observing his progress. 'I can see why Danzo-sama asked me to supervise him, he will be a great tool for the village.' The unknown person said before disappearing in a Shunshin.
-Root HQ or The Foundation-
The Root headquarters was a rather dark place all things considered, but traveling through one of the halls is a bird masked Anbu.
When they finally reached their destination they kneeled in front of a desk as an old but commanding voice reached their ears.
"Report!" He barked.
"Hai Danzo-sama, It seems the child is extremely gifted in the shinobi arts. He has 3 affinities ranging from Lightning, Wind, and Water. His Taijutsu is that of the Yondaime Hokages and he is currently working on the latter's personal Jutsu, the Rasengan." The figure said somewhat emotionlessly but mostly intrigued.
"I see…." Danzo muttered in an annoyed voice.
"You may leave now." That was all Danzo said before going into thought.
The figure just nodded and disappeared into the shadows.
'If I continue to observe him he will only get stronger, I will have to take him soon or just get him to flat out join me…..' He thought slightly annoyed.
'If only Hiruzen weren't so soft towards that boy he could have been my soldier from the beginning… Whatever I will get him no matter what.' He said in thought while an evil smirk appeared on his face.
-2 Days Later-
*POP*
Naruto looked in his hand to find the balloon had popped! It had popped! He was about to jump in joy till he realized that was only the first step.
With an audible sigh, he quickly went over to the scroll to find the next step.
"Power" Was the next step but he had no clue what that meant. Reading the scroll over a couple of times he quickly ran to the basement to grab the rubber balls as instructed and went back outside.
"So I have to do the first step while adding more power as I don't have anything but air inside the rubber ball." He grumbled 'Not to mention that the ball is thicker than the water balloon.' He finished in afterthought.
The whole rest of the day was spent trying for the second step of the Rasengan and things were not looking too good for him. He had run out of chakra and had asked the fox to refill him and all he got in response was a snore. 'That lazy bastard!' Naruto thought with a tick mark appearing on his head.
So he just sat and relaxed for the remaining time to get enough energy to move. After sitting there for a couple of minutes he got up and went back to his apartment.
"I'm dead tired...What can I do other than study fuinjutsu?" Naruto said out loud. He then just
"Maa, I'll just do fuinjutsu. I'm so close to being level 10, after I reach it I can finally start the Jutsu Shiki for my father's "Hiraishin no Jutsu"."
While he was contemplating what to do he failed to notice a small crow observing him with a keen eye.
'So my assumptions were right, Yondaime-sama was Naruto-Kun's Father. It makes sense how he had access to all that jutsu and knowledge on everything.' The crow observing him thought before flying off and landing right next to a weasel masked ANBU.
The ANBU just nodded and vanished without a trace.
-Two days later...Training Ground 16-
"Suiton: Mizurappa" Shouted a voice wild spewing out a giant wave of water.
"Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu" Shouted a second voice wild exhaling a giant flame dragon towards the wave of water.
The outcome of the colliding Justus was a giant cloud of mist, in that cloud of mist one could see a pair of red eyes scanning the area with extreme intent, it was then that the red eyes spotted movement and sped off in the direction.
The red-eyed person found the unsuspecting target and with a grin said "Yield."
"*sigh* Those stupid eyes of yours! Always finding me no matter what happens, Shisui." The person who yielded said with a twitching eye.
"Awww, Don't be mad Naruto-chan it's just a simple spar." The now identified Shisui laughed with a large smile.
Naruto just grumbled and muttered something about 'stupid clans' and their 'stupid pink eyes'. All he got in return was another chuckle which made him grumble even more.
"No need to be so down, it's not my fault my awesomeness wiped the floor with you." The raven-haired Uchiha said with another chuckle.
"Idiot, the only awesomeness you have is the ability to be quiet." Naruto said with a smirk. Shisui just blanched, getting a slight laugh from Naruto.
"Say why don't we go for something to eat?" Shisui asked after a minute.
"How about ramen?" Naruto suggested.
"*sigh* All you eat is ramen, how about…... Dango!" He asked/shouted, making Naruto jump slightly.
"Dango." Naruto bitterly said, making a grossed-out face.
"Ramen is sooooooo much better than that ball of whatever it is…" Naruto stated as a matter of fact.
"Come on just try it, It won't kill you." Shisui suggested.
"Ughh fine, but just know if I throw up it's because of that disgusting ball of… what's in Dango exactly?" Naruto questioned.
Shisui just facepalmed at the question and took his shoulder and Shunshin'd to the Dango shop.
-Dango Shop-
They shimmered into the Dango shop from seemingly nowhere and Naruto was not too pleased.
"You ass! I could've done that myself!" Rambled Naruto while crossing his arms.
Shisui just scoffed. "You probably didn't even know where this place was, so me being the kind person I am decided to help you out and bring you here!" Shisui protested.
"Tch, whatever…." Naruto snorted but then a question popped in his head.
"Say, where are we exactly?"
Shisui just sweatdropped at the blonde. 'I swear, he may be a prodigy in ninja arts but he is a total idiot in everything else… Well, then again he is 8.' Thought Shisui with another sweatdrop.
"Dango….." Stated Shisui.
"Ohhh, yeah." That was all Naruto said before finding a seat.
They both sat down and ordered just making small talk before their food arrived.
After five minutes of waiting something arrived and it was not Dango.
A purple, pineapple-haired kunoichi entered the Dango shop after a mission and saw Shisui Uchiha doing what looked like babysitting.
"So the great Shisui Uchiha is babysitting a brat eh?" She questioned after arriving at their table.
Said brat just face-faulted before gaining a tick mark.
"Hey who are you calling brat woman!" He said before having to dodge a kunai heading straight for his face slightly nicking his cheek.
Shisui just sighed. "What do you want, Anko?" He asked with another sigh.
"Well I just got back from a mission, and I find you, you of all people watching this kid; so I wanted to see what it was about." She answered honestly.
"Well to answer your question, no I am not babysitting. We had just finished a spar and were hungry so I decided to make him eat something other than ramen." Explained Shisui while flicking something at Naruto's forehead.
After abode of silence, Anko spoke. "I see… Wait this kid *gesturing towards Naruto*, sparring with you!" She shouted while pointing her finger at the blonde.
"Yes, and he's quite good." Was all Shisui said as their food had just arrived.
"Damn right I'm good!" Naruto retorted with a cocky voice. But got another flick to the forehead in return.
Nursing his head slightly he decided to ask Anko something.
"Say how about we spar." He questioned with a confident voice.
Anko just laughed. "Cocky are we, how about a bet… If you manage to hit me I'll buy you dinner" She challenged with a smirk.
"Now it seems like you're the cocky one" Retorted Naruto with the same confidence as before.
Shisui just face-palmed again and decided to end the banter there.
"You idiot just eat your food, you're already exhausted from today." Shisui pointed out, making Naruto gain a questioning look.
"Exhausted? I'm not exhausted. I could probably do fifteen more spars with you and still not be exhausted…" He insisted. But yawned a second after he said that.
Shisui just restrained his laughter as he knew it would only make the blonde angry, so they just settled for a comfortable silence.
Naruto took his first bite of Dango and widened his eyes slightly and proceeded to try to speak.
"Huh..*chew*..who knew this..*chew*.. Abomination of a food..*chew*...could be so good.." He said something coherent.
Anko gained a tick mark and her hair shadowed her eyes.
"Abomination you say?" She questioned with an eerily calm voice.
Naruto just nodded not having a clue what was about to happen. Meanwhile, Shisui was sweating slightly as his eyes flickered between the two.
"YOU BRAT!" she shouted while running towards him.
"H-huh?!" Was all Naruto got out before he started to run.
"Oh no…." Shisui commented with a pale face.
And that was how the rest of the day went with a terrified Naruto and a crazy Anko chasing the latter.
-Two Days Later...Unknown Location-
So, I take it it didn't go well…" A voice said solemnly.
"I'm sorry... I did everything I could but... The only thing I could accomplish was to delay the plan.." A second voice said equally.
"This is a coup by our entire clan… We always knew it wouldn't be easy to dissuade them… Their will to make this happen is much stronger than we anticipated... That said, delaying the plan is still a great result.." The first voice whispered.
"And what about you? You said you were going to find some allies." The second voice said with some hope.
The person just sighed. "I'm afraid that isn't going well… For better or worse, they're part of the Uchiha Clan, so their bond is strong.
The second person just gained a sad look.
"Oh come on, don't give me that look." Said the first person earring another wide-eyed look from the latter.
"Remember, this is you and me we are talking about, Itachi" He stated while walking up to Itachi and placing a hand on his shoulder.
"So don't worry it'll be fine." He said with a reassuring voice.
Itachi just nodded with a small smile.
"In any case, you keep an eye out and work from the inside…. I'll work on finding another way." He stopped midway as they both turned to a voice.
"NNNIIII-SANNN" A loud voice called out.
"Nii-san! Heeey!" A small figure said running towards the pair.
"There you are! I've been looking practically everywhere for you!" The voice said while catching their breath slightly. It was then she noticed she was interrupting something.
"...Oh, Sorry." She said while looking at the other person.
"Yo!" said the other person.
"Shisui!"
"Satsuki, what are you doing out here?" Itachi questioned but was brushed aside as Satsuki went to Shisui.
"Hey, what were you two talking about anyway? C'mon, tell me, tell me, tell me! Satsuki questioned frantically.
"You're still too young to know about that." Stated Itachi.
"Awww, what's that about? What, I'm not a part of the group now?" She pouted while looking at Itachi only to get a poke to the forehead.
"I'm sorry, Satsuki, maybe next time." He said with a smile.
"You're always saying that nii-san." She said with an annoyed look.
Meanwhile, Shisui thought 'It's great to be a family. I can't help but feel that every time I see those two… And even Naruto. I will not allow the clan's schemes to destroy things like this and my time with Naruto.' He put two fingers over his right eye, 'No matter what I have to resort to' He thought determinately.
"Shisui." A voice said, making him snap out of his thoughts.
"Hm?" He replied.
"I think we're going to head back now. It's almost time for dinner, and we don't want to be late… And I have to prepare for tomorrow as well." said Itachi
"Oh that's right, you have a mission don't you?" Shisui rhetorically said.
"Yeah, I don't think it'll take too long. I should be back in a couple of days." Itachi answered.
"Well, do your best Itachi… I'll do what I can on my side." Shisui said sincerely.
Itachi just nodded and walked off in the other direction with Satsuki following in tow. As they were walking Shisui thought to himself. 'Yup...No matter what I have to resort to...I'll put a stop to it." He finished with his Sharingan glowing (3)
1: Root is still active and hasn't been "shut down" as of yet.
2: Just a small area behind his house lol
3: Lowkey yoinked that whole thing from 'Naruto Storm Revolution' lol so uhh yeah
AN: So, that's chapter 5…. Just character building and a little sneak on the Uchiha Clan's situation. Uh about the upload, I've been extremely lazy and whatnot, but I was sick a couple of days so that counts for something…. This chapter was also super short and didn't really have coordination as well but i'm just trying to see which people I need to kill off *Laughs Evilly*.
Anyways thanks for reading, feel free to review and leave some constructive criticism to anything I F'd up on!
P.S :Uhh Upload time is going to be sporadic as I am travelling a bunch in next month so uhh ya!