Chapter 1: Naruto Returns!
'To summarize Pain's Philosophy is with this. You must know and feel pain to know peace. Pain describes the cycle of hatred as vengeance disguised as justice. Nagato as Pain's actions teaches us that we must not let our pain or the lust for vengeance fuel our motivation, because war only creates more war.'
1 year ago...
"Hey! Hurry up Pervy Sage!" a certain blond haired blue eyed ninja all but shouted.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever kid. Don't get too excited." Jiraiya of the legendary sannin (known as 'Pervy Sage' by the younger ninja) muttered.
"The fuck you mean 'don't get excited' it's been 3 fucking years ya know!"
"So what brat I've been out of the village for longer." said Jiraiya
"Whatever you old fart you probably don't care cause you won't be able to do much research with Granny around!" teased Naruto
"Ohhh but that's where your wrong my boy..." said Jiraiya a perverse smile all but creeped into his face "I get to see if Tsunade changed the size of her bust! Last I checked it was 106 centimeters..."
Naruto simply ignored his perverted sensei as he kept muttering about how much Granny's tits had grown. Naruto and Jiraiya may not show it but the two were thick as thieves. Naruto would never admit it but he had come to see Jiraiya as the father he never had. While Jiraiya came to see the blond knucklehead as another son, it didn't help that Naruto was almost identical to Minato either.
Soon the gates of the Hidden Leaf Village came into view, the kanji for fire adorned on it.
Izumo and Kotetsu were both too focused reading the latest edition of Icha Icha for them to notice the two ninja entering.
Naruto looked at them and frowned "Look at these assholes sensei we could've been enemy ninja and these retards wouldn't have noticed us come in. Sensei? Sensei..." Naruto turned to see Jiraiya crying anime tears going on about how proud he was that his books were being enjoyed by everyone.
Naruto simply rolled his eyes, Pervy Sage always did this when he found someone reading his best selling book series. Though Naruto would never admit it, he also had a little pride in the books knowing how popular they were and seeing how he was credited as a co-author on the last 2 editions. That's right, Naruto didn't just train physically on his trip, Jiraiya had Naruto proof read his books. While initially against it, Naruto slowly began to see the appeal and he even ended up writing a couple scenes himself! Jiraiya himself said that should anything happen to him, Naruto would continue the legendary book series.
Who knew that out favorite orange wearing ninja would be a pervert?
"HEY! IZUMO, KOTETSU! STOP JERKING OFF TOGETHER AND DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!" yelled Naruto.
They both looked up to see who dared interrupt them during a particular amazing scene.
"What the fuck... Naruto is that you?" asked Izumo.
"That's right. I'm back!!" said Naruto pointing to himself.
"Damn look how tall the little shit got Kotetsu! He's taller than us!" exclaimed Izumo.
"Holy fuck you're right! Welcome back brat! Thanks for this scene by the way, you're a genius!" Said Kotetsu, stars in his eyes.
"Uhh thanks guys." Naruto awkwardly responded
"Ahem... aren't you all forgetting someone.." said Jiraiya as if expecting something.
"How didn't we notice before! Look Izumo it's the legendary Jiraiya!!! Please sign our copies Lord Jiraiya!"
Naruto simply sweat dropped as he saw three ninja talk about their favorite scenes.
After 10 minutes of waiting they were finally allowed through to the village.
"Finally! I swear you guys could talk about this all day!" Naruto exclaimed
"Heh heh you have no idea kid" said Kotetsu as he sheepishly grinned
"Anyways welcome back Naruto go kick some ass ey?"
"Alright! I'll see you guys around!" said Naruto.
As they made there way through the village Naruto couldn't help but notice the hateful glares he still received.
He let out a long sigh. Maybe when he returned that bastard Uchiha they'd finally at least treat him like a normal person. His sensei had helped him realize things on his trip. He no longer would beg the Uchiha to return home if he came across the traitor. Naruto would forcibly return the bastard by force and if push came to shove he'd end his life before he became a bigger threat. He wouldn't let his childish promise to Sakura hold him back from what may be necessary. Jiraiya had gone through the same thing with that gay snake bastard Orochimaru and he wasn't going to beg someone to return who didn't have any qualms about shoving a fucking Chidori through his chest.
Jiraiya on the other hand simply glared back. He had become very protective of Naruto during the 3 years they spent out of the village and he despised the villagers for how they treated his godson.
"Don't worry about it Pervy Sage. I'm used to it." Naruto solemnly replied
"I know Naruto but still... they should be worshipping you for containing that thing and saving them all." said Jiraiya
"Don't worry sensei, one way or another I'm gonna get their respect. I have to in order to become Hokage, and I'd still lay down my life to protect them. That's what a Hokage is. Besides, we still got to keep our promise remember? And I never go back on my word! That's my nindo, my ninja way!" replied Naruto in a Sage like tone.
Jiraiya couldn't help but look at his godson with pride. He would definitely make an amazing Hokage, just like his father before him. 'Minato if only you could see your son now, you'd be extremely proud.' thought Jiraiya.
Suddenly Naruto decided that his arrival needed to be announced to the world. After all, the people needed to know their orange clad future Hokage had returned right?
So he jumped on top of the highest pole in sight and shouted "Citizens of the Leaf Village! Your future Hokage has returned!!! Naruto Uzumaki is back!!!"
"Naruto?" a high pitch voices called.
Naruto looks down to see his childhood crush Sakura. She had gotten taller since he left. She still had the same fair skin, jade green eyes, and mop of shoulder length pink hair on top of her head. She word the same red top as she did when she was younger, but now also had knee length boots, black gloves and a skirt. She was still pretty flat chested and Naruto was pretty sure a brick wall had more ass than she did but there was no doubt that she was pretty at least.
"Yo! What's up Sakura!" said Naruto. Sakura noted that this was the first time he didn't call her 'Sakura-chan' and if she was honest it kind of bothered her.
As Naruto jumped down to greet her properly she got a good look at how he changed over the years. Where he was once the shortest of the rookies, Sakura had no doubt that he was now the tallest for sure. He stood 6 feet tall, gone was the baby fat from his face, leaving him with a chiseled jawline. He still had the 3 prominent whisker marks on each cheeks, and they looked to be a little more defined than before. His headband now spotted a longer black cloth, and his typical bright jumpsuit was gone, replaced by a burnt orange jumpsuit mixed with black and a red Uzumaki clan swirl on the back. His blue ninja sandals were replaced with back ones, and his eyes were still that piercing blue except now they held more than just mischief and warmth, they still held that warmth that they always did but gone was the mischief, replaced with experience befitting a hardened ninja. Not too mention she could see his clearly defined muscles even underneath his jumpsuit. All in all Sakura was fighting back a giant blush, only managing to reduce it to a pink hue that dusted her cheeks.
"So Naruto do I seem more like a woman to you?" Sakura asked looking at him shyly
Naruto weighed his options, he could tell the truth and end up with a possible concussion, or he could lie but doing would probably make her think he was interested in her which he definitely wasn't. In the end he went for the first option.
"You haven't changed a bit Sakura! Believe it!" He said with a giant fox like grin.
"NARUTOOOOO!!!" Sakura yelled as she cocked her fist back in preparation to smash it into his face.
However the blow never came as Naruto caught her fist just before she smashed it into her face. "Now now Sakura is that anyway to greet a fellow Leaf ninja?" Naruto teased.
Sakura simply huffed and turned away pouting like a child. Naruto grinned and invited her to join him and Jiraiya while they walked to the Hokage Tower.
"So Sakura you've been trained with Granny huh?" Naruto asked.
"Yup! She taught a whole bunch of medical ninjustsu and improved my control by a massive amount!" She happily explained, pride evident in her voice.
"Nice! I knew you'd make a good medic ninja Sakura, I can't wait to go on missions with you and Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto happily exclaimed.
"Yeah! We'll get Sasuke back in no time!" She said.
Naruto simply sighed. 'Still obsessed with the Uchiha traitor aren't ya Sakura'
The trio didn't notice a pair of lavender eyes belonging to a certain Hyuga heiress on their way to see the Hokage.
"Naruto-kun..." she softly whispered to herself.
Hinata was gazing at the back of her beloved as he walked into the Hokage Tower. Thoughts of finally confessing her love to him plagued her mind. Sadly while Hinata had made huge leaps when it came to her abilities as a ninja, as well as her overall confidence, when it came to Naruto she still found herself stuttering like her old 12-year-old self.
'No! I will tell him! Soon...' she thought sadly. She slowly crept away from the corner as Naruto escaped from view.
Tsunade Senju was having a bad day. First Shizune came in with a mountain of paper work that morning, then she somehow discovered Tsunade's secret saké stash and promptly hid them from Tsunade. After that she had a council meeting that involved her almost killing the entire civilian council for the demands they made involving a certain blond ninja she viewed as a son.
At this point the only thing that could make her day any better was if that same ninja would arrive. She missed him dearly, and although Jiraiya had mentioned they would arrive at the village soon, she had no idea when 'soon' was.
So imagine her surprise when that same blond ninja suddenly kicked the doors to her office open and yelled "Hey Granny! Did ya miss me?!!!"
"N-Naruto?" she whispered almost as if she couldn't believe her eyes.
"Yup! I missed you ya know!" he said.
She suddenly crossed the distance between her and Naruto so fast that one might've thought she used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique.' Enveloping Naruto in a bone crushing hug. "I missed you too brat, welcome home." she said.
"What no hug for me princess?" Our favorite pervert asked.
"Hello Jiraiya. I trust that you've trained Naruto well?" she said in a business like tone.
Jiraiya simply sighed. "It went great Princess you're welcome." He muttered. "Though..." He suddenly said, a small trickle of blood coming out of his nose "...your tits look amazing! I think they're a inch or two bigger princess!" He exclaimed.
Jiraiya was rewarded for his observations with a chakra enhanced uppercut.
"So Jiraiya give me a quick summary on the brat's skills now." said Tsunade once Jiriaya had recovered from his latest concussion.
"I'd guess Naruto's at mid Jonin level at the moment. We've definitely improved his shitty taijutsu, I trained him in the Toad Style, I think the style suits him and it'll prepare him for when we start his Sage training so he can better utilize Frog Kata. In terms of ninjutsu he's a powerhouse, with his immense chakra reserves he can toss out Rasengans, wind jutsu, and fire jutsu like nothing. In fact we've improved his signature move quite a bit, he no longer needs a clone to help him form one and he's well on his way to forming one in each hand. Plus, we're also working on another variation eh Naruto?" explained Jiraiya
"That's right! I'm making my own variation on the Rasengan! It's basically like I'm creating my own Jutsu." said Naruto obviously boasting.
"Oh? And how exactly will this version be different than your normal Rasengan?" asked Tsunade.
"Me and Pervy Sage are working on adding wind element to the Rasengan. The results so far show that this attack will be super powerful!" exclaimed Naruto.
"The kids made good progress but he's still a long way off before it's complete and even longer before he can use it in a combat situation." explained Jiraiya
"I gotta say I'm very impressed Naruto. Report to Training Ground 7 tomorrow at 8 am along with Sakura. Your old sensei wants to test you." Tsunade added with a wink.
"No problem! Kakashi-Sensei won't know what hit him!" yelled Naruto
"Alright brat I'll see you tomorrow." said Jiraiya.
"Alright. See ya later sensei, Granny!" and with that Naruto jumped out the window to go get some ramen.
Making sure that Naruto was gone and that privacy seals were set up, Jiraiya and Tsunade talked about another important matter: the Akatsuki.
"Any news on them Jiraiya?" asked Tsunade in a hopeful tone.
Jiriaya sighed before taking out a scroll and handing it to Tsunade. "Not much I'm afraid princess. All I know right now is that they're on the move again. My sources have dug up about 5 of their members identities besides Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki. They are Deidara, a missing nin from Stone, apparently uses explosives. Sasori of the Red Sand, legendary puppet master, rumored to have taken down an entire country with just his puppets. Hidan, this one is a fairly new member, not much is known about him except for the fact that he's a devout follower of Jashin. Next up we have Kakuzu the Immortal, rumor has it that he fought your Grandfather and survived Princess, he's not someone to be taken lightly. Finally, this last member isn't officially a member apparently, but is a close associate of the organization, someone who's being considered to become a member. He goes by Tobi, he wears a orange mask with a swirl pattern to it, the mask having only one eyehole. Other than that we don't have anymore information." explained Jiraiya.
"Tsunade all of these are definitely to be considered S-class rogue ninja. The Akatsuki doesn't collect weak members for a reason, they are taking on jinchuriki." said Jiriaya.
"I understand Jiraiya. This news is definitely troubling. Please check your spy network, see if you can get anymore dirt on these bastards." said Tsunade is a serious tone.
"Of course, don't worry I'll check my sources in a few days, see if they got anything useful." Jiraiya said while taking his leave.
"And Jiriaya..." said Tsunade.
"Yes?"
"Make sure you keep him safe" she said in pleading tone.
A rare look of determination comes over Jiriaya's face. "Of course I will, he is my Godson after all." and with that he body flickered out of the Hokage office.
While Jiraiya and the Hokage were having their talk Naruto was heading towards one of his favorite places in the entire world: Ichiraku Ramen.
Seeing the familiar ramen stand brought forth a ton of fond memories for Naruto, like sharing ramen with Iruka and meetings with Team 7 there.
Opening the flap to enter the shop Naruto suddenly yells "Hey! Old man! Lemme get 10 bowls of miso ramen asap!"
Teuchi who was in the back heard the commotion and had 1 thought come to mind. Naruto.
"Naruto! Is that really you? Welcome back!" Teuchi happily yells
"Good to be back old man, I've missed this place." Naruto says while grinning sheepishly.
"Tell you what! Your entire meal is on the house!" says Teuchi.
"Fuck yeah! Thanks old man!" says Naruto.
While waiting for his order Naruto couldn't help but feel as if something was staring at him. Turning around he caught a look at midnight blue hair before whoever it was turned the corner. Naruto decided to check who it was, it's not like he had his own stalker right? Right?
Sneaking up on the person Naruto comes face to face with Hinata Hyuga herself. "H-Hinata is that you?" Naruto stammered. 'When did Hinata get so hot?!'
'N-Naruto-kun is talking to me! And he's so close, too close' And with that final thought and a loud 'eep!' she instantly fainted only to be caught in Naruto's arms. "Well at least that hasn't changed." Naruto muttered. She was probably still sick with whatever disease causes her to faint he reasoned.
He carried her bridal style and managed to sit her down on the stool next to his. Naruto took time now that she was unconscious to really look at her (aight my nigga Naruto might've been a lil creepy when he did this) Her midnight blue hair was long, it reached down to her the bottom of her back and she had two bangs that framed her face. She wore a lavender and creme jacket, it was obvious that she had this jacket to hide her curves but Naruto having trained with Pervy Sage for 3 years easily spotted them and god damn was he impressed. Fighting back a nosebleed he saw that she now wore dark blue ninja capris and black ninja sandals similar to Tsunade's. Overall, Naruto could say that she was definitely the most beautiful out of the Rookies and probably the most beautiful kunoichi in the village. Especially with her eyes, Naruto noticed that while every other Hyuga's eyes were simply white, hers had a touch of lavender in them.
Suddenly she shifts a little in her sleep and mumbles "Naru-kun..." in her sleep.
'Is she dreaming about me?' thought Naruto. Suddenly her eyes fluttered open and she's treated to the awkwardness of Naruto just staring back at her.
She almost faints again but manages to fight back enough that she's just blushing a bright red. "H-Hi N-Naruto-kun..." she says. Naruto just smiles warmly at her. "Hey Hinata-chan! How have you been? It's been a while hasn't it?" he asks while scratching the back of his head.
'Chan??' she mentally cheered that Naruto added the honorific to her name. "Y-yes Naruto-kun it's been a-a long t-time. H-how was y-y-your trip?" she stuttered.
Naruto either didn't notice it didn't care that she stuttered. "Aw man it was awesome Hinata-chan, Jiriaya-sensei taught me a bunch of justus! And guess what..." he leaned in to whisper into her ear as he didn't want people to overhear him "...I'm making my own jutsu."
"W-wow Naruto-kun t-that's amazing!" she cheered. "What about you Hinata-chan have you been training hard?" Naruto asked
"Y-yes I've been training with Neji a lot. I've mastered the 8 Trigrams 64 Palms and I'm also learning the Air Palm, my Gentle Fist overall has improved a lot." she explained.
"Really? That's awesome Hinata-chan! I knew you could do it! I'm proud of you!" he cheered her on, unaware of the effect that his encouragement gave the young heiress.
'N-Naruto-kun's proud of me?!! This is the best day ever!' she thought mentally.
"Hey Hinata-chan do you want to get some ramen? My treat!" asked Naruto.
"I-it's okay Naruto-kun I can pay for myself..." said Hinata. "No way! I'm the one who invited so I'll pay! Besides me and Pervy Sage have been doing a lot of missions so I have plenty of money right now." explained Naruto
"H-how did you so missions? I thought it was just a training trip?" asked Hinata.
"Well yeah but every once in a while Granny sent a scroll to me and sensei for missions that required infiltration and things of that nature. Since Pervy Sage is a master at that he thought it would be best if I went on the missions to get experience and train those skills at the same time." Naruto explained
They continued to talk for hours, eventually Hinata noticed it was late. "N-Naruto-kun, it's getting late, I have to get home soon..." she said saddened by the fact she had to leave her beloved.
"No worries Hinata-chan, it's okay. Mind if I walk you home?" he asked hopefully.
'He wants to walk me home?!!' she mentally screamed. Without thinking she blurred out a loud "YES!" realizing what she had done, she turned a bright red and muttered "I-I-if you want t-t-to Naruto-k-kun..."
"Of course! Let's go ne?" he asked.
They walked to the compound in a comfortable silence, simply enjoying each other's presence.
They finally reached the compound and it was time for Hinata to say goodbye. "G-goodnight N-Naruto-kun it was f-fun talking with you..." she said shyly.
"Yeah! I had a good time too! People usually tell me to shut up or say that I'm annoying but you didn't so thanks! Maybe we can train together sometime?" he asked
'He wants to spend more time with me?! Yes yes yes yes!!!' she recited in her mind unaware that she had yet to give him an answer.
"Uhhh Hinata-chan?" asked Naruto.
"U-Um yes i would like that Naruto-kun" she said with a bright smile.
"Alright! I'll see you later okay?" he said preparing to leave.
"Wait! Naruto-kun..." she said. 'You can do this! Be bold!' she mentally told herself. Suddenly without warning she envelopes Naruto in a warm hug.
Naruto stiffens at the sudden contact but slowly relaxes and returns the hug. "Goodnight Hinata-chan..." he whispers.
Hinata just smiles at him then bolts into the compound before she faints. Naruto give his best shit eating grin and makes his way home, blissfully unaware of the pair of binoculars watching him that belong to a certain perverted sensei of his...
"Kid you're gonna make me more money that your parents did..." Jiriaya mutters while giggling perversely and furiously scribbling in that small notebook of his.
Naruto finally made it to his apartment. His front door already had plenty of graffiti on it such as 'welcome home demon!' And another that said 'you should've stayed away scum!'
"Thanks a lot assholes..." he mutters while making his way in. Surprisingly everything is clean, no dust anywhere.
Further exploring his apartment, he notices that all his furniture is replaced with brand new furniture as well as new appliances.
On his dining table he sees a box of his favorite instant ramen along with a small note that reads 'Consider this a welcome home present brat - Tsunade' Naruto just smiles "Thanks Granny, this means a lot..." he says to himself
Naruto then enters his bedroom to find it's also been cleaned and his bed has been replaced with a king size version with brand new sheets. On his nightstand is the picture of Team 7. Naruto picks it up and examines it, seeing how much they've grown over the years. "Sasuke you stupid bastard, you ruined everything..." he mutters before placing it back on his nightstand.
Naruto showers and then gets ready for bed. As he lays down and closes his eyes his last thoughts are of a certain pair of lavender eyes.
In the Hidden Rain Village
A figure overlooking the Rain Village emerges from his balcony. He has orange hair, several facial piercings including 6 in each ear and 3 in his nose as well as 2 right below his lips. He wears a black cloak with 4 red clouds on it, blue pants and blue ninja sandals. On his forehead he wears the Rain's forehead protector, except it has a deep slash across it.
Suddenly he opens his eyes. They are a bright sickly purple with a ripple pattern on each eye: the Rinnegan. Also known as the 'Eyes of God'
Then he speaks
"So you've finally returned have you, Naruto Uzumaki..." he says seemingly to no one.
He says one more thing before walking into his iron tower.
"See you soon... Cousin."
A/n: Aight I'm finna explain the whole 'kibahina' shit later on in this story but trust me it'll be primarily a naruhina story. Fuck Kiba. Hope y'all nigga like the chapter, if not suck my dick.