"Normal speech"
'Normal thoughts'
"Demon/Summon speech"
'Demon/Summon thoughts'
flashback/memory
~locations and transitions~
Hey guess what….I actually own *SMACK* *POOF* stupid shadow clone….Disclaimer:.I don't own Naruto or the shadow clone jutsu
Chapter 7: New Friends
Deep in the forest just outside Konoha we see something running through the trees with great speed. Zigzagging and dashing with some other animals joining the race we find the that it had blond sun-kissed hair, wearing a short sleeve orange shirt with white stripes going down the sleeves and side, beige shorts and blue sandals flailing around on his shoulders.
Finally stopping close to the gate but still hidden behind the trees we find a now 10 year old Naruto with a huge smile on his face. Looking behind him he saw saw the small group of foxes stop behind him. With a boisterous laugh he spoke "Hehe looks like I win again…..I'll see you guys later!". Waving goodbye as they left back into the forest he pulled his sandals off his shoulders and put them back on his feet and began to sneak through the gates making sure not to be seen coming through. Once he reached closer to the crowded streets he began to walk normally.
It had taken him over 2 months to get back to walking on his 2 feet without tripping all the time an although he could walk normally now he always found it more comfortable to walk and run on all fours. He could not however sleep in the same bed anymore, he had fashioned himself a pile of pillows and blankets in the corner of his bedroom to sleep in so now the bed is just for show and even if he has gone back to acting more normal not everything that happened to him were happy, in fact his life only seemed to get a little bit better on some days and then worse on others. One of the things that hurt him over the 2 years was when Hinata seemed to avoid him after their first meeting and every time he tried to talk to her he felt extreme sadness, depression and doubt, it only made the hurt from losing his first friend even more painful, so now he just let it be and now spends his lunch on his swing.
Another thing that happened was that he no longer had his dreams with Kurama for weeks he kept hoping that when he fell asleep he would see Kurama again and tell him how his day went or play with the fox like before but it never happened and it only made him feel even more lonelier than before because now he felt like he had no one even in his dreams.
He had reached his apartment without much trouble apart from the glares he always got and looked at his clock and saw it was only 6:30 in the morning. "Guess I should go see what Hokage-jiji wanted to talk about" *growl* "...maybe he will offer me breakfast again hehe" he said as he blushed in a bit of embarrassment and rubbing the back of his head.
After putting on a clean pair of the same clothes and throwing his sandals to hang on his shoulders, he left his apartment. Going to the back alley and looking around to make sure no one saw him, he concentrated a bit before he was engulfed in a puff of smoke and out of the smoke came a red 3 tailed fox with long ears that had the inside coated black that went all the way to his blue slitted eyes, encircling them (he only grew a bit so he is about twice the size of puppy Akamaru now). Shaking his body a bit and making sure his sandals didn't fall off his shoulders, he looked at himself, and with his foxy grin he started running through the alleys at a decent speed.
It was a year ago when his class learned to unlock their chakra and about the 3 graduation jutsus, which were the Henge jutsu which was an illusionary jutsu that coats you in an illusion to alters your appearance, the kawarimi jutsu that allows the user to replace themselves with any object in range, and the Bunshin jutsu which creates clone illusions making it seem like there are more of you. Although he tried to learn the 3 as soon as possible he could only get the Henge and Kawarimi and was terrible at the bunshin but it didn't stop him from trying to take the graduation exam early at the end of last school year but he failed because of his poor academic scores and the failed bunshin he performed, that created dead looking clone that looked like it was melting.
Even with that depressing day in his head he kept his smile especially when he used the Henge and Kawarimi a lot, the former more then the latter and even though it is said that the henge is just an illusion, Naruto's henge were solid making it more of a transformation then an illusion. The thing about it was that his first attempt wasn't even what he was trying to turn into. He wanted to turn into some random civilian but when he performed it,closing his eyes from feeling a burning on his lower back and after a minute he opened his eyes he saw that he was a 2 tailed fox. He felt the most natural he has ever been before but after the teacher started yelling at him and punished him with detention for a month he chose to only do it when he was alone and no one could see him since it became his favorite form even if everytime he does it his lower back burns.
As he ran through the alleys he made a sudden stop as he saw a ladder with a bucket of red paint on the top step with a few civilians walking towards it. Unable to help himself he snickered and began to make his move 'hehehe you should be careful around ladders, they are bad luck'. He made his way to hide on the store overhang right next to the ladder and waited until the civilians walked under it. '...Wait for it …...waaaiiit...for it…..now!' and with a swift flick of his tail the bucket fell on top of 3 civilians while the bucket itself fell on the man in the middles head and they were not happy.
"What the *spits* hell!" yelled one of the men
"Ugh the paint is going to ruin my dress!" screamed the woman
"Who the hell did that!" ranted the other man
In an alley a bit of a distance away Naruto was laughing his ass off at his prank and having a bit of payback on the 3. The woman was the owner of a clothing shop that sold him worn out cloths at inflated prices and the 2 men were employees at a local grocer and always kicked him out everytime he came in.
After his laughing fit he knew he had to get to his jiji before he got mad for being late to the first day of the new year at the academy and ran even faster towards the Hokage tower.
~Meanwhile in the council chamber~
"We shouldn't let the de...brat continue in the academy, he will obviously corrupt the other students!" yelled one of the civilian council members with the others on the civilian council nodded their heads in agreement while most of the members of the shinobi council as well as the Hokage started to get really tired of hearing the same spiel over and over again from them.
The council was comprised of 4 separate factions which were the civilian council which comprised of owners of a majority of shops and marketing goods and deal with civilian interests, the shinobi council which consists of the major clan heads: the Aburame, Akimichi, Hyuga, Yamanaka, Nara, and Inuzuka as they deal with shinobi affairs, the 3 council elders which were Koharu Utatane and elderly woman with her grey hair done in a small bun, Homura Mitokado an elderly man with grey spiky hair, wearing green framed glasses and Danzō Shimura an old man who had his right eye covered in bandages as well as his arm which is also in a sling, the final faction was the Hokage himself Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"You damn near say the same thing every time we have a meeting and the subject about the pup is brought up, jeez can't you say anything other than that" said Tsume Inuzuka
Tsume has an animalistic look with long, spiky, untamed brown hair, vertical slit-like pupils, elongated canine teeth and nails. She also has the clan fang markings on her cheeks as well as markings over her eyes and a dark shade of purple lipstick. She wears the standard outfit of a Konoha shinobi consisting of flak jacket and a baggy black suit underneath with the sleeves rolled up and bandages around her legs. "Che these idiots never know when to shut up" she mumbled under her breath but was heard by her ninken Kuromaru who is an adult canine with a wolfish appearance with black fur and a white underside. He is missing his left ear, and wears an eyepatch over his right eye. 'Pup has more problems then any of my kin' thought Kuromaru
"It is illogical to repeat these conversations" said Shibi Aburame who has his eyes obscured by dark glasses which feature a single tassel hanging down from one-side. He has very spiky short black hair and a moustache and wearing a high collared outfit
"Troublesome" mumbled Shikaku Nara who had two scars on the right side of his face, dark hair tied up into a spiky ponytail, dark eyes as well as a goatee. His ears were also pierced. wearing a meshed shirt underneath his standard shinobi outfit
"If this is the reason that you called for this meeting then I will end it here and now before it gets out of hand" Hiruzen said as he rubbed his temples find this meeting to be useless
"Hokage-Sama, I believe we should discuss what should be done with the boy" said Danzo trying again to get the Jinchuriki into his Root program which consist of ninja that have been stripped of their emotions even though Hiruzen disbanded the program years ago.
Danzo wanted to turn the Jinchuriki into the perfect weapon and was extremely frustrated with the failed plan to break the boys will during his 8th birthday using the mission document to remove the boys protection and have a mob attack him so he could retrieve the broken boy later. However after the attack, none of his sensor root agents could detect the boy's chakra signature and even when he stationed some of them to stake out the boy's usual hang out spots they could not find him and he thought that the attack had killed the boy and thought he had lost his weapon. But days later the boy shows up again and Hiruzen starts investigating the members of the council and increased security with Anbu loyal to the Hokage. Danzo made sure to cover all his tracks but the Civilian council member that he used to keep the hokage busy in meetings was apprehended and tortured for information, thankfully for him he placed a seal on the man so he could give no information and after a month of torture he was put to death, keeping him in the clear. However after the event the Hokage had some precautions made, such as some more Anbu in the Hokage office and now a weekly check-in with the boy.
With a hard glare Hiruzen answered his old teammate"No Danzo we will NOT discuss anything about the boy". Hiruzen had a feeling that Danzo might have been part of what happened to Naruto but with no solid evidence he could do nothing but that doesn't mean he wasn't wary of his old teammate. Turning to the civilian council he continued "and we will not be removing him from the academy, and regardless of how much you people complain about it, it will stay this way. This meeting is adjourned!"
Walking out of the council chamber Hiruzen made his way back to his office since he was expecting Naruto to show up as he had something to discuss with the boy.
~Hokage office 10 minutes later~
With as much energy as he had Naruto barged into the Hokage office with a big grin on his face "Morning JIJI! The great Uzumaki Naruto has arrived DATTEBAYO!"
Out of shock Hiruzen tossed up a little orange book before he quickly snatched it out of the air and hid it within his robes. Clearing his throat he address his overly energetic surrogate grandson "ah Naruto, good to see you this morning but I do wish you would come in a little more quietly" he said seeing the wide grin on the boys face. Sighing he went straight to the point "Naruto, you will being transfering to another class this year".
If Naruto was expecting anything from the Hokage this was not one of them, and with a confused tilt of his head he asked "why?".
"The official reason is that after your failed attempt to graduate early..." hearing the old man start that way made Naruto cross his arms, look away and grumble "but the real reason is that I believe the class you will be transferring to will help you out more than your previous classes". Hiruzen had wanted to put Naruto in this class after the the boys first year in the academy after finding out that the instructors were sabotaging him but he was unable to do so since at the moment Naruto fell under the civilian jurisdiction for the most part and students weren't allowed to transfer classes unless certain circumstances were met…..and now they were. One of the reasons is that students were only allowed to transfer after the 2 year mark and even though the council would have kept him in that class, another condition was met, unexpectedly, that gave the Hokage more say in the matter. The class he will be transferring to was comprised of clan heirs and exceptional students that got in through recommendations and after Naruto's attempt at graduation he in essence, had to be reinstated into the academy and with the recommendation of the Hokage he can now attend it.
Hearing what the Hokage said, Naruto perked up a bit hearing that someone might help him "Really….yatta!". He started to jump up and down a bit
"Calm down Naruto so I can give you the note you need to give to your new sensei"
Stopping, standing up straight and giving a mock solute and a semi serious look "Hai!..."
'This boy is testing my sanity more than this bloody paperwork ever did' pulling out a slip of paper from the top drawer of his desk, he gave it to the boy and told him the classroom he will be part of "hopefully your meeting with Iruka-san will be better than your first meeting."
"I don't think I ever met the guy so wouldn't this be my first meeting?" Naruto asked tilting his head with a question mark popping out of it, thinking about what the Hokage said
Sweating a bit the Hokage coughed in his hand "yes you are right, sorry Naruto I had other things on my mind" 'damn it, I'm getting to old for this, I almost let the secret slip'. He watched as naruto left his office, turning to face the window to watch Naruto leave the building and felt dread when he saw Naruto walk into an alley and henged into a 3 tailed fox before running through the alleys towards the academy which wasn't very far away.
"oh please don't tell me the seal I placed is breaking!". Hiruzen's mind was going a mile a second trying to think of what went wrong with the seal, now he wasn't a seal master, in fact he was only a decent user of them but when he put the seal he couldn't have anyone else do it and even when he did the seal he was really concerned that it might not work. All the seal did was pull the kyuubi's chakra that was being used in the Yondaime's seal and the boys own chakra and make it a permanent henge and because the boys chakra became extremely dense it became more of a transformation jutsu that made the boy look normal as well as move normally but when he saw the boy afterwards he noticed that it didn't completely work since Naruto couldn't walk or move normally. Now that he saw Naruto turn into the fox he feared even more for the boy.
"This is not good!" moving to his crystal ball he found the boy running through the alleys before he stopped close to the academy and changed back into his human form and then put his sandals back on before walking to the front gate of the academy 'hmm the seal might still be functioning correctly and he just henges into that form subconsciously…... or it just might be a coincidence' he thought as he walked away from the crystal ball, sat down on his chair, pulling out his pipe and began to smoke to try and calm his nerves and with a sigh 'that boy is going to be the death of me'
~Iruka's classroom~
Iruka was looking over his student roster making sure that all his students were in the classroom while his teaching aid Mizuki was getting the material ready and although some of the his students were not present all the clan heirs were present.
Looking at the classroom with the seats set in 3 columns and 4 rows with stairs in between the aisles, he looked over the heirs taking note that they haven't changed much in the 2 years he has had them.
The first one of note was Sasuke Uchiha sitting in the front on the right column next to the window, the prodigy of the class and last of his clan. He never interacted with any of his fellow classmates and ignored them as if he was superior to them and none of them were worth his time which was shocking to see in someone so young.
The next one was Kiba Inuzuka sitting in the second row center column, a scruffy looking boy that had a hot headed personality. He had just gotten his ninken partner Akamaru not that long ago and although he still had some trouble with the pup they were still learning so they would make great partners much like the rest of his clan.
Sitting right next to Kiba was his friend Shino Aburame. One of his more stoic students much like the rest of his clansmen and although he comes off as "cold" it is just in the clan mannerisms and is always willing to help out in giving some sound advice.
Sitting in the third row on the left column, were Choji Akimichi and Shikamaru Nara.
Shikamaru was the typical Nara, lazy but underneath that they were extremely intelligent but would rather sleep saying it was too troublesome to do some activities.
Choji was a soft hearted boy who always had a bag of chips in his hands munching away and like any Akimichi never say they are fat or you will learn the hard way that the word is taboo.
Looking at the front seats next to Sasuke was Ino Yamanaka sitting with her friend/ex-friend Sakura Haruno
Ino was a platinum blonde and the gossip of the class, she loves to talk about al the latest trends going around and if there was some sort of secret going around she would do everything she can do find out about it. She may come off as bossy and snooty but she is really a caring girl even if she broke her friendship with her friend Sakura for trying to get the attention of the "last Uchiha"
As for Sakura, she was much like Ino in terms of reasons, she also broke off her friendship with Ino as they were competing for Sasuke. What makes her different was her long pink hair held in a red bow and loud voice. At most times she can be considered polite but when something irritates her she begins to scream and in some cases hit but most of it is set on her former friend Ino.
Speaking of broken friendships, sitting in the back in the last row in the left column by the wall all by herself was Hinata Hyuga. Iruka had seen how she interacted with Naruto during the incident and when they met again at the school, he thought that they would have a strong friendship but the day after that, Hinata began to avoid the boy and what he thought would become a bond between the 2, had died before it even started and from what he saw it hurt both of them.
Hearing a knock at the classroom door, he shook his head of thoughts and walked to open it.
~meanwhile with Naruto just outside the classroom~
To say that Naruto was nervous was an understatement. He never really liked meeting new people in the village because every time they saw him he always felt extremely distressed and agitated but he always hoped that he might meet someone that doesn't make him feel that way.
Taking a deep breath he knocked on the door and waited for the teacher to open the door
As the door opened he saw a dark skin toned man with a scar that went across his nose and when the instructor saw him he got that bad feeling, not much but it was there and somehow knew he would be just like the other instructors. Pushing the thought aside he handed the slip to the teacher who was still in a state of surprise.
Iruka didn't expect to see the boy he was just thinking about but quickly gained his wits when he read the slip of paper with the details about the transfer that he actually forgot that the hokage told him about it 2 years ago. Telling the boy to wait until he is called in he goes back to the front of the class "may I have everyone's attention " he said but the students kept talk amongst themselves "Everyone!" still nothing, and with a sigh he uses his own personal jutsu the Big head jutsu "EVERYONE SHUT UP" and with that they all became quiet and gave Iruka their attention "ok everyone it seems we have a new student joining us today…...you can come in now".
Naruto walked in a bit nervously until he stood next to Iruka "well go ahead and introduce yourself". Iruka told him as he took a breath and gave his introduction "My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to be the Hokage DATTEBAYO!" he said as he regained some confidence but he didn't expect the entire class, save for a few to start laughing at him which really dampened his spirits.
"Pfft what an idiot, thinking he could be Hokage"
"What kind of introduction was that hehaha"
"What was that he said at the end of his sentence hahaha"
Looking around he noticed that some of the others weren't laughing, such as a platinum haired girl, a boy wearing sunglasses, a boy that was taking a nap, the boy sitting next to him eating chips but the last one made him a little more depressed. It was Hinata. She looked at him for a second before turning her head and looking away. Looking down he lifted his head to look at the other instructor and saw that he was sneering at him and just decided to keep his head down so he didn't have to look at anyone
"QUIET! Ok Naruto find an empty seat to take" and with that Naruto made his way to the back next to the window where no one was sitting and just sat there with his head laying down on his arms, tilted so he could stare out the window. Iruka seeing this kinda felt bad for the boy but decided to leave him alone for now and started to do his lecture.
During their lunch break Naruto was found swinging on his swing under his tree thinking to himself 'if this was what was going to happen, maybe I should've just skipped class like I did before'. So lost in thought he didn't notice someone walking to the side of his swinging 'Maybe I should go and see if there are any pranks I cou-' "you know if you go too high you might fall and hurt yourself" spoke a female voice. So shocked about the voice he let go of the swing as he was at the high point of his forward swing and fell to the ground face first "Aaaahhh *slam*...mphmph mmmm" he screamed and then gave a muffled grumbles as his head ended up buried in the ground with his legs flailing around *giggle*. Hearing a girl giggle he pulled his head out of the ground and looked at the newcomer. It was the platinum blonde girl that is in his class and she was trying to hide her giggles at the ridiculous scene she just saw "I told you! My daddy told me about it before".
Looking at the girl he realized that the girl wasn't really making fun of him, she was just laughing because what he just did was funny and he didn't feel bad around her "Sorry, I never knew about that hehe" he said a bit embarrassed rubbing the back of his head "hi...um my name is Naruto" after a few seconds the girl stopped laughing and with a hand stretched out, she introduced herself "Hi Naruto I'm Yamanaka Ino". Shaking her hand he couldn't help but noticed something "you kinda smell like flowers".
Blushing a bit at the spontaneous complement Ino shook her head "that's because my family owns a flower shop and I help out a lot"
Hearing this Naruto got really excited "really!? That's so cool! Do you know of the flower that is purple on the inside with the white tip and the yellow attena things?"
Ino paused for a second to think about the flower "it sounds like you are talking about Purple Tiger Lillies, if you want you can over to my family shop to see if that is what you are talking about, but how do you know about them?"
Naruto started to jump up and down in excitement for a bit before he spoke again "I know about them because I found some in the forest and thought they smelled really pretty! And do you really mean that I can go to your shop?"
Ino had to giggle a bit more at the energy that the blonde boy had "yeah you can come whenever you want"
The two blondes spent the rest of the break talking about flowers, which consisted of Naruto describing the flowers that he found and Ino giving the names of flowers, what they meant and how to take care of them
And so, a new friendship was made
~One week later after school~
Naruto was walking through the streets of Konoha with a smile on his face as he was heading towards the Yamanaka Flower shop. After a week in the new class he had made a few new friends. The first 2 he made were Shikamaru and Choji who were introduced to him by Ino since their fathers were friends.
Shikamaru was easy to get along with since they both took naps during class, Shikamaru because he said it was too troublesome to pay attention and Naruto because he subconsciously thought he wouldn't be getting any help in understanding the material and learning properly so there was no point paying attention. He really got along with Choji when they all went to Ichiraku and ended up have a competition on how many bowls they could eat and even if Naruto knew he would not be able to buy anything else for a while with the little amount of money he got from his monthly Stipend he really had fun with Choji.
Another friend he made was Shino, when he saw several bugs walking on his(Naruto) arm and all he did was watch them crawl on his arms until Shino spoke, telling him they enjoyed eating his chakra. The conversation became one where Naruto asked about the beetles and Shino telling him how they are used in his clan jutsus.
His final friend was Kiba, although it was more like a friendly rivalry. When the first interacted Akamaru growled at him with a challenging glare (for a puppy) and Naruto unconsciously returned both of them, after a few seconds Akamaru bowed a bit and began to lick attack the boy much to Kiba's confusion. Kiba had trouble with Naruto since to him he had a small smell of fox and with Akamaru's bowing scene, Naruto just didn't sit well with him so he challenged him to races a lot but after have an even win lose ratio they got along a bit better but they always tried to one up each other.
He continued to walk through the streets deep in thought only vaguely aware of the glares and words thrown his way.
"Look at that demon looking so happy and walking around"
"Do you think it's plotting something?"
"We should do something, before it gets the chance to do it"
"Look! It's going to the Yamanaka shop, we should wait till it leaves"
As Naruto enter he met up with Ino's mother Noriko Yamanaka. She has pupiless light brown eyes and brown hair which is tied into a bun with a red ribbon in it with strands framing both sides of her face, hanging over her ears from behind them. She has fair skin,and wearing a dark teal elegant dress, which had an aquamarine coloured gem below the collar.
"Good afternoon! Welcome to the Yamanaka…..ah Naruto-kun, it's nice to see you again" she said in a very polite tone as she turned around to see who came in
"Hi Yamanaka-san, I wanted to get the lilies that Ino said she would set up for me" Naruto said with a bow since the first time he met her she told him it's better to be polite to people when you are asking for something, trying to instill some manners into the young boy.
Thinking for a second, Noriko remembered that her daughter had made an order for someone to pick up around this time "ah so you are the one that made the order, ok please give me a second as I go retrieve them". Walking to the back of the store, she found the potted plant ready for pickup and brought it back to Naruto "here you go dear, now do you still have that book I gave you on how to take care of them?" seeing the boy nod she couldn't help but smile at the happy energetic boy and handed him the plant as he handed her the money for it since he opted to pay upon pickup.
"Thank you Yamanaka-san, I promise to take real good care of them" he said with a smile and walked out the shop with the plant in his hands.
As he walked out his smile was so bright that he could replace the sun especially with his sun-kissed blonde hair. So happy that he didn't even notice the ever growing mob of civilians behind him and followed him as he entered an alley to get home faster since it was on the other side of the village in the red light district.
He walked through the alley for a few more minutes until he was hit on the back of the head but as he fell he was able to hold tight to the pot and spun so he fell on his back. Looking up he finally noticed the the mob that found him in the alley and from past experiences he knew what they wanted so he got on his feet and rand with the plant held closely to his chest. Passing through alleys a yelling for help, Naruto made sure that anything that was thrown at him would not hit his new plant but his luck seemed to end when he got to a dead end. Now he knew that they would hurt him but a small bit of a protective instinct told him he needed to keep the plant safe so he ran to face the corner with the plant in his arms as the mob got ready to start beating on him.
As the mob were about to start everyone heard a voice from above them "Sen'ei Jashu". Afterwards,3 men that were about to attack were wrapped up by snakes, shocking the rest of them.
Landing in between Naruto and the mob was Anko Mitarashi who saw the mob chasing the boy while she left the dango shop and in anger chased after them from the rooftops.
Anko is a fairly tall woman who has a slender frame with light brown, pupiless eyes. Her purple hair is styled in a short, spiky ponytail, wearing a mesh bodysuit that covers her from her neck down to her thighs, a tan overcoat with pockets on each side, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt, pale grey shin guards, a Hitai-ate wrapped on her forehead, and a small pendant that looks like a fang.
"Look it's the Snake Whore!" yelled one of the men
"It figures that she would protect the demon. A monster protecting a monster" sneered another male
"We should take this chance to get rid of them both" said a woman in the crowd
Anko pissed that this group would sink so low as to attack a kid would have incinerated the mob with a Katon jutsu but deciding not to seeing that they will be getting their punishment in a few seconds. "I wouldn't get your hopes up since you guys are about to be dealt with" she said with a smirk as she pointed behind the mob.
As they all turned to see what Anko was pointing at they all gaped at the Anbu squad standing behind them "all of you are under arrest for attempted assault on a minor and a Tokubetsu Jōnin!". Before any of them could make a move they were all hit in the back of the neck and collapsed unconscious.
Anko seeing that they were dealt with turned back to the kid who was still facing the corner "hey it's alright, they won't hurt you anymore". Seeing that it was the same kid she heard got attacked by a mob before , one she dealt punishment to, she couldn't help but feel bad for the kid, since like him she was also treated badly by the villagers because of something beyond her control.
Turning to the woman Naruto saw that the mob was being taken away "thank you nee-chan for saving me and Tilly".
Anko looked around but saw no one else and asked "Tilly?"
Naruto brought up the potted Tiger Lily and said "yeah, Tilly, I wanted to name it since it will be staying at my house from now on".
Chuckling at how the kid acted Anko made a decision that she would try to watch out for the kid when she could, since throughout all that he went through, he could still smile like nothing happened "ok kid My name is Anko, how about I take you home".
And with a smile Naruto responded "Hi Anko-neechan, I'm Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to be the future Hokage Dattebayo"
Longest chapter yet. I had the idea of splitting this into multiple chapters but I felt like it all meshed together well since it was the meeting between naruto and these characters
A few things that I want to adress
I did some research on the leaf council and found that it only consists of Hiruzen, Danzo, Homura and Koharu but because in other fics there is a civilian council and shinobi council, which to me makes more sense for the village issues, I went with that
Since I didn't remember the series completely I looked up some of Danzo's actions and I can say that he is an ass and is only out for himself regardless of whether he says it's for the leaf village
For Ino's mother, since she doesn't have a name in the anime or manga that I could find, I gave her, her voice actresses name from the Japanese dubbing since I couldn't think of anything
And for Anko, she doesn't know about the transformation, the only ones that know are Hiruzen, Iruka, Kakashi, Tenzo/Yamato Inoichi and a few other Anbu members but everyone other than Hiruzen think that it was reversed instead of hidden
Next chapter will be another time skip to the graduation
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