(Welcome back, guys. Nice to see many of you have taken an interest in my story. And I hope you continue to show interest as I resume.)
The next morning at Naruto's tiny apartment. The young boy woke up and got ready. As he looked in the mirror he noticed the microchip imbued into his forehead, while remembering last night.
"I wouldn't want any of the grown ups to see this." he told himself before putting his goggles over his forehead to conceal it, "Guess I'll go out today instead of staying cooped up inside." he slipped into his footwear and went out the door.
As Naruto walked through the village he noticed like always the adults were keeping their distance from him like the plague and even keeping their children close to them like they thought the kids would catch something from the boy. Naruto just frowned to himself for it was always the same ting every day with the people when it concerned him. Not wanting to give them any satisfaction that it was getting to him, he continued to walk on before heading to the park.
As he walked along the path her heard the sound of laughter, and not the happy kind, the abusive obnoxious kind. He followed the sound and spotted three boys his age bullying a girl also his age with short blue hair and pale looking eyes.
"You got scary looking eyes!" one of the boys insulted the girl.
"Like a demon's." another added.
"That's why they're so pale."
"Stop it!" the girl pleaded, but the boys kept on insulting and abusing her.
Naruto watched and frowned with his fists clenching, "Who do these guys thing they are picking on a girl? Well, I'm not gonna let this happen. I think it's time I bring two of my boys out to help me here." he smirked.
As the bullies laughed at the girl, a voice spoke up, "Hey, jerk wads!" the four turned and saw Naruto standing before them frowning.
"Hey, it's that kid." one of the boys said.
"The one our parents said not to go near?" another asked.
"Yeah, that's it." the third confirmed
"I'm not 'that kid'. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and don't you forget it!" Naruto warned them.
"Why would we want to remember it at all?"
"I'm gonna tell you three once, leave the girl alone and get lost!" the blonde continued to warn them.
"What're you gonna do about it?" one of them walked up to Naruto and pushed him back, but Naruto remained on his feet.
"Oh, you shouldn't have done that." Naruto replied.
"Why not?"
"Because my friends don't take kindly to those who mess with me."
"What friends?" one of the bullies asked.
"You don't have friends!" the third spat.
"Oh, no. Well, tell that to my friends behind you." Naruto sneered.
The three suddenly looked down seeing two huge shadows casting over them. They looked back and came face to face with Megatron and Dinobot who were growling.
"Oh, my-" one of the three began only to be interrupted as the two transformers let out a mighty roar at the three making them run away screaming like wimps.
Naruto watched them run and laughed, "All talk and no walk, huh?" he asked the two transformers.
"Cowards like them use only words on their opponents to hide the fact they don't have the strength to back themselves up." Dinobot said.
Naruto nodded before looking over at the girl who was on the ground, "Hey, are you ok?"
"Oh, I'm fine." she said nervously while looking away.
"You don't have to sugarcoat it," Naruto said, as he helped her up, "What's their problem with you anyway?"
"They were saying mean things about my eyes." she said sadly.
"And what's wrong with them?" Naruto asked in confusion, while the girl herself was surprised, "I don't think they're bad. If anything I think they look cool."
"Cool?" she asked.
"Uh-huh. You're from the Hyuga clan, right? I can tell because everyone in that clan has eyes like yours."
"Oh, yes I am. I'm Hinata. Hinata Hyuga."
"Well, Hinata. I'm Naruto, but then again I already said that," he chuckled sheepishly, while Hinata giggled a bit, "And these guys here are Megatron and Dinobot."
"A pleasure." Megatron answered.
"What are they?" Hinata asked in surprise.
"My friends. I even have plenty more like them," Naruto explained, "And listen you can't let jerks like those three bring you down. It's like Dinobot said, they're cowards who only use words to hide the fact they can't fight back themselves."
"I know, but I'm not really strong either." she sighed.
"I heard members of the Hyuga clan are trained in the art of the gentle fist. With that kind of style you can't be weaker than them."
"I do train with my father and cousin, but to my father I'm still nothing compared to him or the other members of our family. And it's because I'm too kind for my own good." Hinata sadly said.
Naruto frowned, "Then your dad is wrong," he said, as Hinata looked at him in surprise, "If he thinks kindness makes you weak, then he's the one that doesn't know anything. If anything kindness is what makes you stronger, and more so it makes you human. Don't ever let anyone tell you your kindness is what makes you weak, Hinata. Because there's enough hate in this village or anywhere else to go around. We need kind people like you in the world and not stuck up jerks like those three or others in this village."
"Naruto..." Hinata gasped, as his words got through to her and made her smile and nod, "Ok. I won't let anyone tell me not to be kind."
Naruto smiled, "That's more like it. Say, can I take you home?"
"Um, ok."
"Hop on, Dinobot." he offered, as Dinobot crouched down allowing Hinata to climb on.
As Naruto mounted Megatron, he spoke up, "Alright, you two. Let's ride!" and with that Megatron and Dinobot took off running with Naruto and Hinata each hanging on tight.
As the two ran, both Naruto and Hinata were laughing and cheering from the thrilling ride. "Isn't this exciting?" Naruto called to Hinata.
"I've never had so much fun before!" Hinata admitted, as the two ran down the streets while several people jumped to the side in fear of being trampled.
Soon the two pulled to a halt outside the Hyuga compound, "Is this the place?" Megatron asked Hinata.
"Yes. This is it," she confirmed. Dinobot lowered himself down, allowing Hinata to step right off and onto the ground, "Thank you for the ride." she told the maximal.
"Don't mention it." Dinobot replied.
"And thank you again for what you did, Naruto." Hinata told the boy.
"No problem. It's what friends do." he answered.
"We're friends?" Hinata asked hopefully.
"Why not?" he asked, and the two smiled.
"I'll make sure to keep practicing in my family's technique, and I will show everyone I can be strong and kind at the same time." Hinata promised.
"I'll be looking forward to that." Naruto replied.
"So I'll see you around?" Hinata asked.
"You know it." Naruto confirmed, as Hinata went inside.
"We'll be heading back to the base right now, Naruto." Megatron said, as he and Dinobot teleported away back to the base.
Naruto himself decided to head back to the village district to his favorite ramen stand. Before he could even get there, he was confronted by two Anbu wearing masks. One wore a dog mask, and the other a cat mask.
"Naruto." the one wearing a dog mask spoke in a male voice.
"Hi, Inu. Neko. What's up?" he asked recognizing the two Anbu as some of the select few ninjas who would discipline villagers who would try to physically assault Naruto.
Neko spoke in a woman's voice, "Lord Third wishes to speak to you."
"Am I in trouble?" Naruto asked in concern.
"He just wants to talk to you, Naruto." Inu assured.
"Well, alright." Naruto said, as the two Anbu brought Naruto to the village's administration building.
The two showed Naruto into the office where an old man sat at a desk. He was Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage of Konoha.
"Hi, Jiji." Naruto greeted.
"Naruto, it's good to see you. Neko. Inu. You're dismissed." the old man dismissed the Anbu leaving the two alone.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" the boy inquired.
"In a moment, Naruto. Right now we need to wait for my students to arrive." Hiruzen answered, as the door opened, and in stepped two more men. One had long white hair and was dressed as a sage. The second man who was wearing a robe had pale skin, beady eyes and a mop of black hair.
"Afternoon, sensei." the white haired man greeted.
"We came as soon as we could." the black haired man said in a slithery voice.
"Jiraiya. Orochimaru." Hiruzen greeted them, as the two looked to Naruto.
"Hey, kid." Jiraiya greeted.
"And how're we today?" Orochimaru inquired.
"I'm great Orochimaru," he turned to Jiraiya, "Ero-sennin."
Jiraiya cringed, "Will you please not call me that?"
"It's your own fault for being caught peeping in the hot springs." Orochimaru reminded him, making his head drop in shame.
"Now that we're all here. We can begin," Hiruzen began, before turning to Naruto, "Naruto, I've received reports of you being seen with two dinosaurs. Is this true?"
Jiraiya and Orochimaru were confused, while Naruto started out worried, but remembered something, "I think you already know the answer to that don't you, Jiji?" he asked motioning to the crystal ball on the desk.
Hiruzen smirked, "You don't miss a thing, Naruto. Yes I have already seen you with them, as well what you did for the young Hyuga girl. Very brave of you."
"Thanks."
"But I will ask, where did those two come from?" the Hokage inquired.
"I'm not sure if I should tell you." Naruto replied sounding unsure, until Oracle's voice came.
"Actually it's quite alright, Naruto."
The four looked around wondering where the voice came from, until Naruto looked into his pants pocket and pulled out a disc shaped device that projected the hologram of Oracle, "Greetings, Lord Third."
"Who're you?" Hiruzen gasped, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru were shocked.
"You may call me Oracle."
"Oracle, I didn't think you'd use that communication device you gave me last night so quickly." Naruto recalled, after leaving the base he was given a communication device to keep in contact with the program when not at the Transformer base.
"Megatron and Dinobot informed me of what they did for you today, and I figured the village leader would be informed of their sightings. So I felt it's best I talk to him myself." the program answered.
"Naruto, I think you have some explaining to do." Hiruzen said knowing this wasn't anything he was expecting.
"Allow me, sir." Oracle answered, as she began telling the Hokage, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru the story of the Transformers like it told Naruto the night before.
Needless to say in the end the three men were by far flabbergasted, "This is certainly unlike anything I've ever heard before in my life." Hiruzen began.
"That would definitely make a very interesting story." Jiraiya admitted.
"Indeed," Orochimaru agreed, as he looked out the window and up at the sky, "It seems we truly aren't alone in the universe."
"Oracle has given me full ownership of the maximals and the predacons," Naruto explained, "But I swear I would never use them to harm civilians. I just wanted to scare those three jerks a little."
"I'm not mad at that, Naruto. Believe me I felt it was admirable of you to protect her. After all being a ninja is about protecting comrades and friends." Hiruzen replied.
"So you won't force me to give them up?" Naruto asked hopefully.
"You were the one given them, and it's not my place to tell you how to use them."
"Thanks, Jiji."
"You're very welcome. But I'm afriad this isn't the only matter I called you here for."
Naruto was taken aback by this, and had to ask, "What else is there?"
"Naruto, I was instructed to keep this a secret form you until the time was right, but given the circumstances in the village it must be broken," The Hokage began, "The reason why the villagers have such contempt for you is because of something that happened many years ago."
"What happened?"
Jiraiya and Orochimaru looked down knowing how hard it was going to be for both Naruto and their sensei, "Many years ago our village was under attack by the nine tailed fox demon. A creature of immense power so enormous it could obliterate an entire village or more," the old man began, "But our Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze rose up and defended the village from it." he motioned to a row of pictures behind them depicting the four Hokages of the village.
The third picture was of Hiruzen himself, and the fourth one being of a young blonde haired man. Hiruzen continued, "Minato fought long and hard until eventually he defeated the demon saving our village from extinction. However, that was what we wanted the younger generation to believe. Because there was more that went on that night."
"How much more?" Oracle inquired, as I was cataloging all of the information being told.
"The Hokage didn't merely defeat the nine tailed fox. In actuality, he sealed away inside the body of a newborn baby born that night," Hiruzen explained, "That baby was you, Naruto."
Naruto stood in shock as this revelation was dropped on him, "Me? I have a demon sealed inside me?"
Hiruzen sighed knowing at this point he couldn't sugarcoat it or take it back, "Yes, Naruto."
"So everything the villagers say about me..."
"Stop right there, Naruto," Hiruzen stopped him, "Don't think for one minute what they say about you is true. You are not the demon itself. You are merely the container keeping it at bay."
"Even so, why did it have to be me?" Naruto asked in confusion, as he started getting emotional, "Why did I have to be the one?"
"Because the Hokage couldn't just pick any child to use as the vessel for the demon fox." Jiraiya spoke up, much to Orochimaru and Hiruzen's surprise.
"Why not?" Naruto asked sounding more confused than before.
"The Hokage couldn't just ask any of the civilians to give up their child to house a demon spirit. So he chose the only other option. His own child."
"His own? You mean the Fourth Hokage..."
Jiraiya nodded, "Yes, Naruto. Minato Namikaze was once my own student, but also your father."
"My father? The Fourth Hokage, my father?" Naruto asked in shock. Another thought crossed his mind, "Wait a minute, then who was my mom?"
"Your mother was Kushina Uzumaki, whom you received your last name from." Orochimaru explained.
"Why didn't any of you tell me this even sooner?" Naruto asked in outrage.
"Minato and Kushina had many enemies, and it was for your own protection, but I'm sad to see how much this has backfired." Hiruzen sighed.
"So they left me with this burden to carry? Did they even care at all about me?" Naruto asked.
"Of course they did," Jiraiya assured them, "They looking forward to your birth more than anything. But then this turn of events happened taking your parents life."
"Minato wanted you to be seen as a hero, but that vision has failed to pass." Hiruzen added.
"Which is why our sensei has brought us here to talk to you about a proposition." Jiraiya said.
Naruto was curious, "What kind of proposition?"
Jiraiya explained, "Before you were born, your parents named me your godfather, and asked that I would train you to be a ninja as you got older. It's time I lived up to that promise now."
"You mean you can train me to be a ninja?" Naruto asked, as his attention was grabbed.
"Correct. However, we will be doing this outside the village for your safety, and so you can have a chance to see outside the village gates."
"Cool!"
"But keep in mind this would be a long trip, and we'd be away from the village for many years." Jiraiya noted.
"I don't care. I'd rather be anywhere else than here right now." Naruto answered.
"I agree," Oracle spoke up, "The villagers and the young will continue to avoid Naruto like the plague and do who knows what to him behind your backs if left unchecked. But with the maximals and predacons at his command he can use them to defend himself until he is properly trained to fight back. And with him working side by side with the Transformers will become a strong fighting force."
"That would be perfect." Naruto smiled.
"Then you accept the training trip, Naruto?" Hiruzen inquired.
"I do."
"Excellent. You will immediately. Just pack only the essential things and come back here, when your done."
"Ok. Oracle, let the guys know I'll be coming by, ok?"
"As you wish." Oracle ended the transmission, as Naruto headed out.
Sometime later after Naruto packed up, he was at the Transformers base speaking to the max's and preds, "So you're going on a training trip?" Rattrap inquired.
"That's right." Naruto confirmed.
"How long will you be gone?" Cheetor asked.
"Could be a couple of years."
"So you mean we won't be seeing you for who knows how long?" Scorponok asked sounding dismal.
"Not necessarily," Oracle spoke up, "While it's true Naruto won't be in the village for some time. You can still teleport to him, when he summons you. After all friendship and protection isn't all you are made for."
"That's right," Optimus confirmed, "We're also made to help train. So while Jiraiya is training Naruto in the art of the ninja. We can train him in our own ways."
"Oh, jeez. This is gonna be a quite a job." Rattrap said.
"Well, it's better than us laying about here doing nothing." Terrorsaur reminded him.
"Waspinator gets bored easily." the bug transformer buzzed.
"So in a sense it'll be like your traveling with me, and can explore the ninja land as well." Naruto added.
"Of course, you all can't travel together otherwise you'll stick out. And when any of you wish to return back, some of you can substitute should you also need use of the restoration chambers." Oracle explained.
"So it all works out." Megatron finished.
"Well, in that case let's make Naruto's training trip the experience he needs." Optimus told the others who agreed.
"Thanks, guys." Naruto said feeling happy he had them.
And so Naruto met with Jiraiya and the two proceeded to head off to see the ninja lands, where Naruto would also gain the experience he would need to become a great ninja.
(And there you go. Naruto learned the truth about his parents, made a friend, and is now off to receive ninja training from Jiraiya, with the help of the Transformers as well. First big surprise of this story is I'm not making Orochimaru into a villain. Even though the series has made him out to be one of the worst villains in history of anime/manga, I think about just how much he's changed during the Fourth Great ninja war, and how currently he serves as an outside source to aid Konoha in the new series Boruto. So I want to see how well a good Orochimaru can be in my crossover. Plus to balance between Orochimaru and his goals and the Akatsuki is so stressful to juggle. I'll see you all around.)