Author's note: well here we are again, a new day, a new chapter, and yes a new Sasuke. I bet I surprised everyone with that, what's going to happen now? Well read on and find out…
"I see… I'm glad to see that our young Sasuke is beginning to open up… but for the hospital to actually throw out Naruto." The man paused and took a hit from his pipe, "I can promise some words will be said to all of the staff at that hospital about how we treat clan heads." Hiruzen sighed as he stared down the white haired shinobi in front of him. "What are we going to do Kakashi?"
"Well… I have just one request" Kakashi said as the hokage raised an eyebrow while smoking his pipe.
"And that would be what exactly?"
"Call him back. It's time Naruto met his godfather properly" Kakashi said.
"Ah, so you knew Jiraiya-kun was his godfather? I suppose being Minato's student and how close the two of you were you were bound to know, or at the very least it was easy to piece together." The man sighed, "Very well, I will call him back but he most likely won't be here until sometime during the second exam if not longer than that. Even I have no idea where the man is at this moment." The kage said as he blew out his smoke and looked up at the pictures of the previous kage's letting his thoughts get the better of him as he took in all that was around him.
"I understand hokage-sama, but at least having him here will do more good then not, plus it will look good having even one Sannin here during the exams will it not?" Kakashi said, making Hiruzen raise one eye before the Kage smirked.
"You're right, it would look good, I'll make sure he gets here. Now go do what you need to, I'll meet with Sasuke and Naruto tomorrow morning in the Hospital, you go make yourself useful elsewhere for now" Hiruzen said as Kakashi nodded and left in a swirl of leaves. 'Asshole leaving this mess of leaves for me to clean up' The old kage thought as he used a weak fire jutsu to burn the leaves so he didn't have to do any real work with them. "I'm getting too old for this shit" Hiruzen said before going to bed on his desk not wanting to do anything else.
'Fuck I hurt all over… goddamn spider.' Naruto thought as he started to come too.
"Ahh look who's alive, what happened kit? I thought you were better than a stupid spider. The bastard almost killed you ya know" The large fox said to his jailor.
'Shut up Kurama, I don't have time for your sarcastic bullshit, just hurry and heal me we have chunin exams in like 2 days.' Naruto responded before he started to feel some pain go away. 'Thank you old friend' Naruto said as he felt his back heal up more so not 100% not yet, but it felt better than before.
Naruto opened his eyes and what he saw shocked him. Sasuke was sleeping on the side of his bed, Sasuke's head was on the nightstand next to the bed. 'What the fuck happened!? I almost died and now Sasuke is my nanny? Somewhere in the distance a certain foxes snicker could be heard. 'Shut it you' Naruto Said. The more Naruto saw the boy sleeping on him the less he wanted to move, Sasuke looked comfortable and he didn't want to wake him.
It was at that moment that the hokage had walked in. To say that it was an awkward situation would be an overstatement. When Hiruzen had walked in Sasuke was sleeping by Naruto it was a curious sight. But when Hiruzen slammed open the door, Sasuke had woken up and Naruto looked over wide eyed at the hokage who was trying to suppress a giggle.
"Good morning you two" The kage said. It was at this moment Sasuke realized the position he was in.
'When the hell did I fall asleep so close to him?! Why was I sleeping next to him like that? Why was that the best night's sleep I've had in god knows how long…' Questions kept floating around Sasuke's head while he sat straight up and tried to look proper.
"Good morning hokage-sama/jiji" The two answered at the same time.
It was at this point Sasuke looked at Naruto before getting angry, "What the hell were you doing yesterday dobe!? Were you trying to get yourself killed? Because if I had been any later you would be right now! What the fuck's wrong with you?!" Sasuke shouted at Naruto in a fit of emotions that showed rage, anger and worry in the boy's voice. Sasuke sighed as his face's emotion rested showing worry, "I can't lose anyone else.." He whispered barely loud enough for anyone to hear. But Sasuke forget the that the two were ninja so they were just barely able to hear him.
The hokage decided to watch the scene, ever since the massacure Sasuke was nothing but a boy going down the wrong road but since he fell in place with Naruto he's been changing slowly. Now he could see it clearly, the boy just needed a place to feel like home, and if Naruto gave him the feeling of home than good. Sasuke needed something to help keep him grounded or else he would get killed or worse...
"I'm sorry Sasuke… It was just training gone wrong. It was an honest mistake, but nothing to worry about, I'm not gonna die before I become Hokage! But forget about that incident I'm here and by tonight I'll be all healed up!" Naruto said with his cheeky grin.
Sasuke just sighed, "Well you better be the exams are tomorrow, knowing you though you probably want to get out of here right now." Sasuke said as Naruto grinned and nodded.
"Now that you two are done it's time we talked together" The hokage said as he closed the door behind him and locked it. "Now tell me everything that happened, Sasuke you first then Naruto you next, also Naruto Kakashi showed me that item you found, he's going to hold onto it and give it back to you later on for you to decide how to use it." Hiruzen said as Naruto just nodded before the ageing hokage diverted his attention to Sasuke allowing him to speak.
"Well what had happened was that Kakashi had released us to do what we wished for the rest of the day and the dobe here immediately took off. I was bored and had nothing to do so out of curiosity I followed him wondering where he was going in such a hurry." It was obvious that sasuke didn't want to admit he was following the boy but he didn't have much of a choice. "I followed him into this forest in the middle of the village, it was all gated up for some reason. But anyways, I guess Naruto switched with a clone at some point because I was watching him just practice basic jutsu and chakra control exercises and all of a sudden I hear him scream and the Naruto I was watching popped showing to be a clone. I follow the scream and see Naruto, face first on the ground with a big ass spider ripping into his back. I kicked the monster away and quickly brought Naruto here. After his surgery though for some reason the doctors called Naruto a demon child and what not and had said that they left him outside in the trash so I… took special care of them with my Sharingan and brought Naruto back inside and demanded a room for him and now we're here." Sasuke said finally stopping to breath.
"That's very interesting Sasuke-kun, as weird as it was that you stalked your teammate it's a good thing you did this time." Sarutobi said, "Now Naruto tell me what you were doing" The kage said with more seriousness in his voice he already knew this wasn't good. Naruto had no reason to be in the forest of death let alone be bothering the Arachnid family.
"Hehe, well you see" The boy started scratching the back of his head. "After Kakashi-Sensei dismissed us I left for the forest of death to resume my wa- I mean training some more. I noticed Sasuke following me and so at the right opportunity I switched with a clone because I didn't want Sasuke caught up in what I was doing. Anyways after going into the forest enough I started to get attacked by the spiders, I quickly attacked back but I noticed that the spiders that were attacking were different from the ones from before." Naruto was caught off.
"Before? So you've been in the forest before and have fought these spiders before" The hokage confirmed as Naruto sheepishly nodded. The kage sighed, "Continue with your story"
"Well I noticed that these spiders were smarter, stronger and noticeably larger than before. I wasn't having trouble fighting these bastards until I noticed it. I couldn't believe what I had found by chance I went to put it into my kunai pouch but the object had distracted me long enough for a spider to get behind me and well… you know the rest from their." Naruto said sheepishly with a smile, "It's not like I was trying to get hurt but I had to get back at those bastards for what they did!" Naruto said with full conviction in his voice.
"And what could they have possibly done to upset you Naruto" The hokage pleaded an answer completely confused.
"Well…. You see. I may have been in their camped out and I went to use the bathroom, come back to my campsite ravaged and those monsters WERE EATING MY DAMN RAMEN!" Naruto said with anger and tears of sadness.
What the hell is wrong with this kid is all Hiurzen could think while Sasuke slapped Narruto upside the head. "What? I couldn't let them get away with that" Naruto said with full seriousness in his voice while Sasuke looked at the boy.
"You're a fucking baka, dobe" Sasuke said.
"Shut it duck butt!" Naruto said as he stared down the boy in anger while Sasuke stared back a line electricity shooting between their foreheads showing the tension between them.
Hiruzen slapped the back of Naruto's head…. Which made the boy fall into Sasuke's lips by accident. Both boys eyes widened before they backed up and started spitting out and fake puking.
"Ah damnit jij what the hell" Naruto said.
"Why the Fuck did you kiss me dobe!" Sasuke said practically yelling at the boy. What the fuck is this feeling.. He thought to himself after the incident. "I'm gonna fucking kill you"
"Ok that's enough boys, Naruto make sure you heal up for the exams, Kakashi will be here soon, that's if he values his icha icha books at le-" He was cut off.
"Hey there Naruto how are you" Kakashi said in the window while nervously holding his precious orange book. Not the precious how could you even say such things Hokage-sama! Kakashi thought to himself.
"Come on Sasuke let us leave, and also Naruto don't worry I'll make sure to talk to the hospital staff about how they treat a clan head. You should have no more problems here" Hiruzen said as he got up to leave. Sasuke got up and followed without a word.
It was at that moment Arashi bursted through the door. "Naruto-sama are you alright!?" The man asked in complete worry. "I'm sorry I should have been their to protect you, this is my fault master." Arashi said instantly putting blame for what happened on himself.
"Oh shut it will ya, I'm fine this was a training accident, now go home I'll be there later tonight. For now I need to talk to Kakashi in private ok?" Naruto said trying to get the man out as soon as possible.
Arashi sighed in defeat and left closing the door behind him. All Naruto could think was how much the man reminded Naruto of Gai, "Thank god he's gone, now what's up sensei?" Naruto asked.
"How did you acquire this? It was thought lost. No one's seen the spider summoning scroll in almost a hundred years. Not since before the time of even the third hokage" Kakashi said as he held the scroll out.
"Oh that? Honestly dumb luck I found it, while I was fighting those bastards I came across it, but now that I have it Orochimaru-teme can't get ahold of it. In the last timeline one of his guards of the sound 4 had the ability to summon spiders, I guess he found it in the forest and gave it to that freak, now without it I wonder what will happen. By now he's already a level 2 curse marked freak, but that won't matter if he doesn't have the ability to use his spiders." Naruto thought with a grin as he has already succeeded in changing something.
"What should we do with it? Only someone trustworthy should have it we should" Kakashi was cut off by one word.
"Shino" Naruto said as Kakashi's one eyebrow raised waiting for Naruto to continue that statement. "Shino Aburame, his clan specializes in bugs and insects I believe he can make good use of the contract and if not someone in his clan will" Naruto explained as Kakashi nodded in agreement.
"You make a good argument, I'll bring the scroll to his father Shibi Aburame, and explain how you wish to give the scroll to his son. This will be good for you, the Aburame clan will see you in a higher light now that they have this scroll in their possession. This can also help for clan politics, the Aburame clan would be good to have in your pocket as allies" Kakashi said.
"I didn't even think of that, I just wanted to be nice to Shino because I know how weird he is and hopped maybe this would give us reason to talk more by giving him control of the scroll" Naruto said with a sheepish head scratch while Kakashi sweat dropped at the statement.
"Well anyways I'll be off, you should stay here for a couple more hours before you leave" Kakashi said softly.
"Yea yea, get out of here, I'll see you later Kaka-sensei" Naruto said with a grin before lying back to take a nap.
Naruto suddenly woke up and saw sand floating around him. "It's about time we talked" A familiar voice said, Naruto looked up to see his old friend standing in the moonlight, his face as emotionless as ever.
"That damned seal must be affecting you pretty bad isn't it?" Naruto said as he looked at his friend in sorrow, wishing he had seen him sooner and done something about it.
"Indeed it is, and Shukaku is as reckless as ever, because of how the seal affects him also he's gone back to being insane and doesn't care about being friends with me. I miss sleeping so much Naruto you don't understand, the only thing that calms him down is when I kill, and it's hard to resist those urges. For now I've only been killing bad people, rapists and murders of the such but sometimes… sometimes he is still able to take over and I can't do anything about it." The boy finally finished.
"I'm sorry Gaara, I truly am you shouldn't have to endure such pain like that" Naruto responded sitting up and facing his friend. "But now you're here and soon so will Jiraiya and I'll have him fix your seal." Naruto promised.
"I still killed my uncle… I thought that maybe this time things would be different.. That I could save him… but he still tried to blow himself up to kill me. My father still tries to assassinate me… well not anymore now that Orochimaru has killed the bastard." Gaara said with no emotion or remorse behind his voice. "But Naruto I need your help… Shukaku is restless it's the seal they have on me. You know our village has no real seal master, and the one on me makes him go crazy, literally crazy and bloodthirsty. I need you to help this seal, or at least get Jiraiya to help. No one knows about me and my knowledge I can't trust anyone with this knowledge besides you and any other jinchuriki we meet." the boy spoke calmly as he looked towards his blond haired friend for help.
"I can't help you, not personally at least, my chakra control isn't anywhere near what it was after the war, using a sealing jutsu to tame a bijuu is harder than it looks. But don't worry Jiraiya will be here in a few weeks, I know because he helped me train last time and I'm gonna make him train me again this time." Naruto told Gaara, hoping to cheer the boy up. "I will say though a lot has happened, and because of it all Kakashi knows my secret thanks to a jutsu I used on him. He has all my knowledge on the future and he's gonna help me stick to the timeline a bit, but he's preparing. He doesn't admit it but he trains, and he trains hard as hell even I know he's not slacking he's preparing for what's to come. I also made a friend, he's family. Blood family he knew my mom, but he doesn't know my past. I've been reluctant to tell him and honestly I don't know why. I know I can easily take him, and he has no reason to betray me. I should just tell him but I can't. It would make things way easier if I did though in all honesty, but for now I haven't." Naruto told the boy.
"I understand, but if you have blood family that means he's an Uzumaki right?" Gaara asked. Naruto nodded a yes, "Than why don't you have him help with the seal? The Uzumaki are known for their sealing prowess, he should be able to help."
"You're right he should, but I don't know his ability, and a Bijuu is still a lot, I believe it would be better to have Jiraiya do it because I know he can easily handle it." Naruto said, Gaara's face dropped for a moment but the boy understood that logic, Jiraiya could handle the seal of the nine tails, shikaku should be a walk in the park. "But for now I need to go. I have to explain to Kakashi that you're safe and are like me. I will see you again in the exams my brother, but for now play your part, act like nothing has changed we can't tip akatsuki off that we know something. And we should probably still fight like last time, the only difference is I'm not as weak, but when people see me stop you as a bijuu that will give me more respect and people will see me for who I really am which is a protector. Do you agree?" Naruto asked the boy as he stretched his back.
"I do, because after our battle I saw the reason behind protection, fighting for love and to be strong for others. This will give me the reason to do a full personality flip and be nice to my siblings and village. I look forward to our battle Naruto, and just so you know I will be trying to actually kill you. I know that Kurama will heal anything so I won't hold back" Gaara said with a smirk before he left leaving his friend with a sweat drop more worried now.
Naruto just smiled and went back to sleep hoping to have a good dream before everything he was to face. He knew these exams should be easy now but he still had an ominous feeling about what was to come. He shook these feelings off before lying back down.
A few more hours had passed and Naruto woke up to his door opening, for some reason it had a loud creak to it and that woke him up, but he was surprised to see who walked through the door.
"Shino? Hey what's up man."
"Hello Naruto-kun. Yes it is peculiar that I'm here uninvited but seeing as what you did it required me to see you immediately." The boy spoke with his unusual deep voice.
"Ugh what did I do now" Naruto said groggily as he sat up and slapped his face.
Shino took out a scroll showing it to the boy, "I cannot thank you enough for letting me and my family have this scroll. It was deemed either lost or destroyed decades ago and everyone had given up hope on finding such a rare contract. On behalf of me and my entire clan I thank you Naruto. My father also thought this would be good practice for me as a potential clan head, since you gave this as a gift to our family for no reason, though father believes you have ulterior motives" Shino stated.
Naruto rubbed the back of his neck and grinned, "It's no problem man, I couldn't think of anyone better than you to have it. You and your clan love bugs and what not, and the spiders hate me anyways for some… personal reasons. Plus what are friends for anyways" Naruto said as Shino looked at him his eyebrows raised high showing surprise in his hidden face.
"You believe us to be friends Naruto?" Shino asked with uncertainty in his voice.
"Of course man, sure you might be a little weird" Shino's demnor dropped at this, "But you are one of the most loyal people I know and you're a genius in your own way. You're a great guy don't think otherwise. I get why your father thinks I have some kind of ulterior motives but nah, spiders aren't my thing. I know you'll make great use of them or someone else in your clan will" Naruto replied as Shino smiled behind his coat.
"Thank you Naruto-kun, I promise to value our friendship forever. Nothing will ever change that. For the kindness you have shown me I promise you that I will help you whenever you need it, just ask me." Shino said with gratitude in his voice. "If you will excuse me, though I have to get going Kurenai-sensei wanted to see me and my team one last time before the exams tomorrow, we're all going to BBQ. Feel free to join us later if you make it out." Shino said inviting Naruto, which slightly surprised the boy before he grinned.
"You bet I'll be there, I'm just gonna go home and shower first that way you and your team have time to chat." Naruto said while the boy nodded before he left. Meanwhile Naruto got up throwing the covers off of him and quickly did a couple of shunshin's to get home. He wanted to be their quick since he had no clothes on besides the hospital gown.
He walked inside and saw Arashi asleep on the couch the TV still on, Naruto sighed and turned off the device he didn't need his electric bill to run him dry. He proceeded to the bathroom to hop in the shower and get changed.
Naruto quickly rinsed off and then threw on a pair of orange pants and a black t-shirt. He quietly left the building through a window so as to not wake his friend. Jumping outside Naruto saw the beauty of the sunset on the sky, as the sky turned a misty orange while the darkness of the sky slowly took over. Naruto smiled enjoying the serene view in front of him before he took off to the BBQ joint.
"So how was your day Shino-kun" A white eyed blue haired beauty asked her teammate as they enjoyed food with their third teammate and his dog.
"It was… enjoyable" Shino answered without his usual monotone voice but a hint of happiness in it.
"What made it so great man" The other teammate asked while his pup yipped.
"I got a lost treasure from a dear friend of mine earlier today Kiba-san. I have actually invited him to dinner tonight with us and judging by the time he should be here any minute now." Shino said as Hinata smiled and Kiba looked at him dumbfounded.
I never knew you had friends Kiba thought about his weird teammate. "What's his name Shino-kun" Hinata asked still smiling.
"You both know him very well it's-" Shino was cut off by his guest appearing.
"Hey Shino hope I'm not too late to getting here." Naruto said with a grin before taking a place next to Hinata.
"You did not I was actually telling Hinata-san and Kiba-san just now how I had invited you here tonight. Once more I must thank you for what you have given me" Shino said, once more praising the young blond for the gift.
"Honestly man it was no problem, spiders hate me anyways they'll probably always hate me. But it's all good because the feelings mutual, little bastards." Naruto replied now completely leaving Hinata and Kiba in the dark and confused.
"Oi! What are you guys talking about damnit" Kiba asked, annoyed he wasn't in on the secret.
"It's nothing Kiba-san do not fret over nothing" Shino replied before Naruto could. Naruto stared at Shino for a second seriously before he sighed and nodded his head agreeing. It's probably for the best to not talk about the contract in public, not yet at least. Naruto thought to himself.
"Whatever I didn't want to know anyways" Kiba said with a pout getting a laugh from Naruto and a giggle from Hinata.
Changing the subject, "Man this food smells great, I don't know about you guys but I'm gonna have some." Naruto said grabbing some chopsticks and a plate. Kiba grinned and did the same. It didn't take long for everyone to start talking and reminiscing about old times. By the end of the night it was just Hinata and Naruto left. Hinata was resting her head on his shoulder and he had an arm around her while he used his other free arm to grab food to keep eating. Hinata giggled at this a bit.
"I've missed hanging out with you Naruto-kun" Hinata said softly and quietly, but still gaining the boys attention.
"I've missed being with you too Hinata-chan, I promise after the exams are over we will hang more! Hell maybe we could start training together again like old times" Naruto said with a smile.
Hinata yawned and snuggled closer to the blond boy not thinking of her actions just enjoying the warmth. "That would be fun Naruto-kun" she said sleepily.
Naruto just smiled, "It's time I took you home Hin, you just stay in my arms" Naruto said as he scooped her up. Hinata yipped at first before she dug her head into his chest smiling at being so close to her crush.
Naruto took his time bringing her home traveling by rooftop still. He got to the compound and saw his favorite gate guards their. "Hey guys man it's been a while. I'm just gonna put Hinata-chan to bed then be on my way" Naruto said. The two nodded, letting the boy by but activating there byakugan to keep an eye on him. Naruto quickly dropped the girl off in her room before taking the window out to quickly leave.
Naruto looked over at the girl in front of him, "Sleep tight my moon, hopefully soon I can tell you everything but for now.. I'll make do with what we have" He said to her. Unknowingly Hiashi was outside the door, and now the man had questions. And one way or the other he would get them answered. But for the moment he left it alone because it was late and he didn't need to activate his doujutsu to know the boy had left.
What don't I know about you Uzumaki? And what do you mean by telling her everything? I will be planning a meeting between us soon to find out what this is all about Hiashi thought to himself while he headed to his room to get some sleep of his own. For tomorrow and the next month or so would be long with the exams at his doorsteps.
Theirs the chapter everyone sorry for the delay but I was busy I'm going to try and get one more out before the end of May and after that I will be on hiatus until sometime in September due to my work in the military I will be gone for a while. Anyways please read and review I want to know what you all thought until next time!
Updated 09/29/2019