Author's note: Well I'm finally back, been a little busy for those of you that don't know I've gone back and revised the first 11 chapters of this story. I feel like some of those chapters may have been okay but there was a lot of contradicting things that happened and just plain ol bad grammar so I went and fixed most every little thing and now I'm happy with it. Feel free to go back and reread everything if you get bored and see if the story looks better. Or don't, anyways here's this chapter!
(PSA: I've now updated every chapter up into this one at the bottom you'll see the day it was updated, I'm updating this chapter and further chapters so if you're new to the story just know I know the future is fucked up and I'm working on it)
"The kid won't leave the hospital Hiruzen, I don't know what to do. It's one thing to run into him it's another thing to just approach him in the hospital. Unless you want to go to him and tell him about me and how I'm going to train him" a white haired man said while standing in the Hokage's office.
"Let me see if I can get him to leave, it has been three days, and he just keeps sending clones out to grab more food for him. I can probably get him to leave, but I'm not sure, he's really worried about Hinata. He's grown very close to her over the years she's one of his only friends. Just wait Jiraiya, there's plenty of time for you two to get acquainted I promise you. I actually think that the two of you will be very close, if all goes well, I think you'll have a big impact on Naruto's life." Hiruzen said trying to calm the man down, "Just give it some time and all will be well."
"If nothing is done by tomorrow I'm going to the boy. I lost too much time with the boy, hell he's a clan head now somehow. If you don't fix things I'm going to him" Jiraiya said in a defeated sigh before leaving the office. He was done talking, he just wanted to be with his godson, he's lost the last 13 years of the boys life, he didn't want to miss anymore. Jiraiya then smiled with a devious thought, Might as well see if there are any girls who can give me some inspiration for my next story Jiraiya quickly took off towards the hot springs, meanwhile Hiruzen left for the hospital.
Naruto awoke to find that his arm was tingly and asleep, he didn't mind it though he noticed Hinata was still asleep and sighed. "You know she won't be awake for another week and a half" Naruto turned his head as a familiar face walked into the room and spoke. "She's in a medically induced coma so her body can get the rest it needs to heal."
"I don't care! I don't want to leave until I know she's okay, I want to hear her say it" Naruto was looking at his love, not wanting to leave her side.
"I know what she becomes to you Naruto, you're the one who showed me so we both know she will be fine. Plus the more time you waste here the weaker you'll get while Sasuke gets stronger. Kakashi is going to train him, and we both know he's going to make him faster who knows he might catch up to you in speed, Sasuke has seen you fight, he's going to go all out and then some to catch up to you" The man said taking a seat next to Naruto.
"It just hurts to see her here, I don't want to see her in pain Jiji" Naruto said as he grabbed Hinata's hand looking at the sleeping girl.
Hiruzen sighed, "Naruto, Jiraiya is here, and he's growing impatient he needs to see you soon."
"When did he get here?" Naruto asked confused, he never knew the man was here yet. Before he had ran into him a week into training.
"Yes he's here, and it's about time you go and reconnect with him. The man's been following you, learning about you… If you're not careful he'll find out your secret, except he will probably think you're not the real Naruto and just spy. I trust you, but be careful around him because he does care for you a lot, there have been a lot of times when he wanted to kidnap you. I now wish I had let him, because then you could be even stronger and it would all make sense. If I knew back then what I know now you would have been raised with Jiraiya from the day he came back to the village to see what happened after the attack" Hiruzen said regretfully.
Naruto sighed "I think you're right, just give me a little more time here, and then send Jiraiya to my house I'll meet him there." Hiruzen smiled and nodded.
"He'll be there in the morning, just be prepared for anything. He is smart, he may just figure out how strong you truly are and start asking questions"
"Don't worry I already know what to do when I see him, can I get some time alone please I promise to be home in the morning." Naruto pleaded to the man obviously he wanted to be alone, Naruto watched as he saw the hokage leave and then smiled softly. "Everything will make sense soon my love" Naruto kissed Hinata's forehead softly and then got up and stretched himself before sealing up his things. Naruto opened the window and jumped out into the skyline, he closed his eyes and smiled feeling the air through his body. Until he crashed into someone, Naruto and the man quickly fell to the ground smashing it hard.
"Ah fuck, who the hell do you think you are gaki" the man said slowly standing up.
"Me? You should watch where the fuck you're going old man…" Naruto's voice fell at the end there as he saw who he was talking to. He wasn't planning to run into him now, but it happened so he might as well go with it.
Naruto? Well shit, I could use this to my advantage and the way he hit me and fell means it ain't a clone. "So you think you can just run into the gallant Jiraiya and not feel his wrath? Boy do you even know who you're messing with!" Jiraiya's voice started to rise as he got excited preparing his infamous intro. "I am the man who has no enemies in the north, south, east and west… Not even in the heavens! I am one of the sannin. White-haired frog tamer… Even a crying baby would stare in awe… The great Jiraiya!" Jiraiya went through his whole speech and jumped and danced along with it too before posing at the end. Naruto just stared at the man with an empty stare for a second. Naruto then smiled and started laughing, but in a heartfelt way confusing the man, "Hey now what's so funny!"
You have no idea how lost I've been without you Jiraiya-sensei; god I don't know whether or not I should tell you because that could make things stressful. You won't remember the future, but goddamn it would be nice to have you fully trusting me again. "Nothing you just looked silly, and I really liked your dance" Naruto replied knowing he had to speak up.
Jiraiya smiled, Fuck I encouraged him Naruto thought, "Well maybe you have some hope after all kid, hey what are you up to anyways…" Jiraiya let the sentence hang so Naruto could respond with his name and an answer.
"Naruto Uzumaki! And I'm just leaving the hospital heading home for some surprise from old man hokage" Naruto said, surprising the man a bit.
"A surprise you say? Well I'm on my way to see him, come with me kid" Jiraiya said with a smile, Naruto grinned and nodded an okay. The two got up and Naruto followed Jiraiya, making sure to keep up with the man, Jiraiya was jumping pretty quickly which was weird, but Naruto was no bitch. Naruto smiled and decided to match the man's pace, showing him that he isn't as slow as he would think.
Jiraiya smirked at these turn of events, he didn't know Naruto had some speed behind him, Let's see just what my godson is made out of hun The man thought before speeding up. Oh hell no, if it's a race that you want then that's what you got. Naruto thought discreetly releasing his weights halfway and shooting past the man. Jiraiya was speechless when he saw this before smiling and taking off full speed leaving Naruto in the dust. The two kept going faster and faster quickly approaching the hokage's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat alone in his office discreetly reading a certain book that belongs to a white haired student of his. The elder man was giggling to himself as he reads the book, he was secretly a pervert like his student and very much enjoyed reading the books in private. The only people who know where the anbu who guarded him and they didn dare speak of it unless they wished to disappear. As old as the man was he was still a force to be reckoned even pushing 60. Now this was a good night, I got Naruto to finally go home and now he'll reunite with Jiraiya. That boy deserves the best he can get after all that happened, but for now I will focus on you Jasmine-chan, oh you naughty girl Hiruzen thought to himself as he turned the page. The man kept giggling and reading his story until a loud crash was heard as two figures rushed through his window landing on the ground in front of him.
"HA! Take that old man I beat you fair and square" Naruto said before he started laughing, Jiraiya joined in laughing with him.
"I'll hand it to ya gaki I haven't had this much fun in a while, I'll give you the win this time, but next time we meet will be different" Jiraiya said with a smile while the two sat there completely ignoring the hokage, who by now had hid the book he was reading.
"Now that you two are done talking, why the hell did you break through my windows instead of coming through the doors?" Hiruzen yelled at the two, meanwhile Jiraiya and Naruto shared a smirk.
Naruto spoke up, "We can always break through the door if you want" Jiraiya tried not to laugh when Naruto said this and was failing miserably.
Hiruzen groaned and slammed his head on the desk, "What the hell do you need" his muffled voice asked from the desk.
"Well sensei, you called me, and you also told Naruto-san here that you had a surprise for him. So he tagged along with me here, as he should, as famous as I am no one could stay away from me" Jiraiya said smugly.
"Well you're both here so this makes this easier, Jiraiya meet your new student for the next few weeks, Naruto Jiraiya will teach you because Kakashi will be working exclusively with Sasuke until the day of the finals. Jiraiya I figured you're going to be in the village through the finals, so you may as well do something productive, so Naruto here will be your student for the time being; and if you wish to continue training him afterwards, because of your status as a Sannin, you may bring him with you" Hiruzen said, shocking both people.
"Wait so Jiraiya here is really a sannin?! I thought he was just being silly with his intro, that's so cool! So you're really going to train me Jiraiya-sensei!" Naruto said looking at the man with a big smile, Naruto was actually really happy he wanted nothing more than to be with Jiraiya again.
"Well you do remind me a lot of one of my previous students, and sensei has been pestering me to take on a new apprentice, and you did make a good first impression. Eh what the hell I'll give it a chance, but if you aren't good enough I won't keep you around long. Now head on home I'll get you in the morning be ready to wake up early gaki."Jiraiya smiled as Naruto's grin widened and he nodded before disappearing in a wind shushin. Jiraiya looked at Hiruzen, "so what's the deal? Why now?"
"The only way Naruto doesn't become a chunin is because I die, he can already use the rasengan how he learned it is beyond me I think Kakashi taught him it; but the man won't say anything he's as secretive as ever, you should give him the contract though." Jiraiya's eyes widened at this but before he could speak Hiruzen spoke more, "You have your worries but he can handle it. The boy has as much chakra as you or I, maybe more I'm not sure anymore, his control has gotten good too. Mastering the toad contract will only make his control better, and with the amount of chakra he has control is something he needs, including with the Kyuubi inside him" Man this hole pretending I don't know the future ordeal is easier than I thought. Just got to pretend nothing has changed. Hiruzen thought as the two men talked.
"You make a good point sensei, plus I guess it is his legacy, Minato was the last person to sign the contract, it's only fair if I allow him to sign it to. Plus I can tell him stories about Minato, he won't know it's his father yet but at least then he can learn something about the man. Plus who doesn't idolize that man? The Fourth Hokage, saviour of the hidden leaf, Bijuu killer, Minato went out a legend and will eventually become a myth like the Sage of Sixth paths. I'm still sad honestly about those kids from rain, I really thought that kid would become my apprentice from my destiny, after them plus Minato I couldn't stand it had to travel. I don't have much time left in this world sensei, Naruto will be my last apprentice which means he has to be the child of prophecy. If Naruto isn't the one to save the world the god forgive us all because he will have the power to save us or kill us after I'm don't raising that child" Jiraiya said sadly as he started to reminisce about his past apprentices. Hiruzen wanted to tell him that his students minus Yahiko was still alive, running the organization that Itachi was in. But even Hiruzen didn't know what this Jiraiya would do after hearing that, and it wasn't a risk he was willing to make.
"There will be no worries about Naruto, just understand that he is a mystery child and he will keep secrets from you, don't be too hard on him he will open up to you when the time is right, even now there are things I don't know about the boy. Also he found someone in Uzushiogakure, a man named Arashi Uzumaki. I didn't tell you this before but you should know this, Arashi's loyalties lie directly with Naruto, the man served Kushina a long time ago and is the only Uzumaki alive that we know of besides Naruto. The man is as strong as Kakashi almost, and idolizes Naruto like a god almost. Naruto finding that man is why he was able to reinstate the Uzumaki as a clan and became clan head. He also says that Naruto is leaps and bounds stronger than him though, so Naruto is strong do not worry about that." Jiraiya narrowed his eyes hearing this information.
"Something's been off about Naruto for a while now, the whole finding Arashi thing may be coincidence, but Naruto being this much stronger is insane even if he was a prodigy. Granted Itachi was a prodigy and by Naruto's age was in anbu, but even then Itachi was bred to be like that, if you're telling me he's this strong then either someone we don't know about is training him or…" Jiraiya's voice trailed off as he got lost in thought.
"Jiraiya be careful with what you say, Naruto is a good child whose had a hard life" Hiruzen said.
"That may be but his strength is something different altogether. How do we not know that someone hasn't brainwashed him and is secretly training him? A certain hawk maybe" Jiraiya said trying to point someone certain out without saying a name.
"He hasn't even been anywhere near Naruto, that I am certain of, I know because he still pesteries me and the council about how he should take over Naruto's training making him our weapon. Naruto and Danzo haven't met yet and Danzo will never get Naruto in this lifetime I swear that much" Hiruzen said.
"If not Danzo how do we not know that another village hasn't gotten him? Look I want to love Naruto, hell I do he's Minato's kid but his strength doesn't make any sense at all. Even a prodigy needs a teacher to get him started, Itachi was strong but without having been shown the basics and getting help from his clan including Shishu, he wouldn't have been anywhere near as strong. Same with Kakashi, his father did a lot to show him how to be a shinobi, every prodigy needs a teacher. So the question is who taught Naruto because it wasn't you or I" Jiraiya stopped talking to catch his breath and gather his thoughts. "I have always watched out for that kid but something is off about him and I'm worried because I love the kid he's my godson, and a spitting image of Minato with Kushina's personality. I just don't know sensei"
Fuck, what should I do Naruto Hiruzen started to worry, he wasn't sure what to do now. Jiraiya was thinking that Naruto was a double agent and he wasn't sure what was going to happen. Without Naruto here anything could happen, Hiruzen closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his hair, all of a sudden a loud thud was heard, and almost instantly his anbu were out surrounding Jiraiya's body.
"He's not dead goddamnit, jiji get these anbu off me" Naruto's voice rang out.
"You heard the boy get off him now" Hiruzen yelled but the anbu didn't move.
"Hokage-sama he managed to make Jiraiya go unconscious by just touching his forehead, he is clearly a danger we cannot move" The anbu holding Naruto said, the one who seemed to hold the most authority over the anbu.
"Turtle, now is not the time" Hiruzen started to flood the room with his KI, "I will handle the boy now all of you get the fuck out of my sight" Hiruzen said, some of the anbu freezing in place out of fear from the Kage's wrath. The anbu barley let out an ok before leaving the room. Hiruzen waited for them to all leave "Now Naruto what the fuck?" Hiruzen asked confused about what was happening.
"I was listening in on you guys, I suppressed my chakra so you guys will have thought I left and listened outside the window. I saw the predicament you were in, I didn't want Jiraiya to ever know the truth but you were stuck between a wall and an even stronger wall and I wasn't going to let you destroy yourself. I gave him an altered version of the Flashback jutsu that puts him under for about 7 hours, in that time frame he will learn every single thing about my life from my earliest memory until I knocked him unconscious and then he will wake up. We will go from there, but I didn't need him thinking I was a traitor I need the contract, I miss the toads they were family too. This will cause some problems but for now we need to watch over him I'm going to take him to my place" Naruto said before lifting the man over his shoulder, "I will see you soon jiji" Naruto said before actually disappearing.
Naruto quickly got to his place, trying not to get caught holding Jiraiya. Upon approaching his place he realized that only Arashi was inside and sighed in relief before walking inside. "Naruto-san how are you? And who is that man you are carrying?" Arashi asked confused but happy to see his friend/master.
Naruto ignored the man and set Jiraiya down on the couch. Naruto sighed, "I'm sorry for this, transfer: Flashback no Jutsu" Naruto tapped Arashi's forehead and the man crumpled unconscious too before he could even comprehend what had just happened. "Fuck, this secret is getting out of control, but only 3 people know so far besides the other jinchuriki. Hopefully everything works out fine, but this is getting annoying." Naruto spoke aloud to no one but himself.
Naruto knew he had time to spare so he left to his bathroom to take a shower; he walked into the tiny corner of his apartment and turned on the hot water. Naruto looked around his bathroom to see his plain walls, with no artwork up there. He took off his clothes and threw them to the side, having no laundry bin to put them in he proceeded to walk into the tub relieved when he felt the warm water bounce off his skin. Naruto took out his body washed pushing out what little he had from the bottle into his open palm and started to spread the soap across his body. To him this was peaceful, he loved feeling clean, he rubbed the soap across his body cleaning himself as he let his thoughts clear his mind while he soaked up the hot water. Naruto proceeded to clean his hair until he realized he left his headband on, Naruto smiled taking it off and looking at it. A lot of memories wearing this thing, the biggest change in my life becoming a ninja, who would have guessed I'd be a legend too. Naruto thought to himself with a smile before setting it to the side proceeding to rub his fingers through his long golden hair that now drooped over his face like his fathers. Naruto quickly cleaned up and got out of the shower, taking his towel and washing off his body before heading into the area where his room was to throw on some clean clothes.
Naruto looked around his place it was a bit of a mess, he couldn't blame Arashi he was busy with the hokage doing odd missions, or out with girls living his life as a bachelor. Arashi deserved to be happy, he had been alone for too long so Naruto was letting him enjoy his life. Naruto sighed and started to pick up all the clothes off the floor putting them into a pile, it was about time he did some cleaning the old fashion way. After gathering all his clothes and making a decent sized pile he sealed them all up into a scroll, he got to work on trash next. He took out the full trash bag first to the dumpster just outside his apartment then replaced the trash bag in his trash can and started to pick up all the big trash first. Next he started to sweep up his apartment and continued on cleaning through the night until his place looked brand new and his drawers were filled with clean clothes. Naruto put his ninja headband into his pocket letting his hair fall free for once.
Naruto looked around his apartment and smiled at all the hard work he had done, it was clean and orderly. No one really knew this but Naruto was actually OCD as hell so being tidey was a blessing to him. Naruto started to hear a groan and quickly turned his head to see who it was. He saw Jiraiya slowly waking up holding his head trying to get his bearings together. He looked around the room where his eyes finally landed on his target. Jiraiya then said one thing, "We need to talk"
Author's note: so this chapter isn't that long and a little rushed. Half filler chapter half part of my story, but from the next chapter onwards things will pick up. Anyways I hope you guys like this!
Updated 09/30/2019