AN: well i can honestly say i wasn't expecting such positive reception to this story, not that i'm complaining i love that so many of you decided to read it the day i post a chapter, and that some of you liked it enough to favorite and follow. I hope i can keep your interests on the story and i don't disappoint y'all, even if i did though id still post chapters. Please note that within this story it will seem as though i am overpowering naruto, but that is merely because i as a person would learn as much as i possibly can, and know that i will also be increasing the difficulty of 'main villains'. Now on with the show.
this is kurama speaking
'this is me thinking'
"this is me or others talking"
this is me singing
"THIS IS OTHERS SCREAMING/TECHNIQUES"
"THIS IS ME SCREAMING/TECHNIQUES"
CH2: Epic Training Montage
The months went by in pretty much the same way, at nights i would speak with and learn from kurama. She had finally forgiven me for thinking she was a male. Once i woke up in the morning i would go and run through the busy streets of the village, i did this to work on my speed and agility running around a track helps with speed sure but if you don't know how to run through a crowded street good luck chasing a target. After a couple hours of that i would head back to the orphanage climb my tree to relax and end up singing a song from back then. Kara would then come get me once breakfast was done, i would eat and then the caretakers split us up by age group to teach us basic things like reading, writing, and math, basic kindergarten stuff, but it makes sense to teach us this before academy. Once that was done we'd get lunch then get sent off to do chores, these were simple like sweeping or cleaning the gutter basic housework. The other caretakers aside from Kara began to smile at me because i was the only kid in my age group that didn't complain about the chores, my guess had been close i had recently turned 5 before i exited autopilot.
Currently i'm sitting up in my tree relaxing after a particularly good run through the village, a lot of people were out and about early this morning. An unusual amount, my eyes widen at something i just realized after being here for nearly 4 months now i have yet to visit the old man, and he hasn't come to see me, but that was something he did regularly in the manga, anime, and nearly every fanfiction i read. 'Dammit you idiot, this isn't a story it's real life now, what is the guarantee that anything is the way you remember it.' i berate myself for being so stupid, out of the corner of my eye i see Kara walking up i turn to her, "hey Kara after breakfast can you take me to go see the hokage i need to talk to him about something big." i ask as i hop down to the ground.
"I'll see what i can do Naruto but the hokage is very busy." Kara says as we head inside to the dining hall as i walk off i see her go and talk to the head caretaker, an older woman named Suesitscu but everyone calls her Sue. i begin eating and talking animatedly with a couple of the other kids here, i've made a couple of friends with some of the older kids and all of the ones younger than me love my songs. As i continue i feel a hand on my shoulder, looking back i see Sue, "Finish up Naruto we have to be going soon. The hokage is expecting us." she says with her gentle and wise voice.
"Ok auntie sue, i'll finish up real soon." after saying that i begin to chow down with gusto leaving nothing on my plate, granted i grew up poor in my first life i learned to eat even if the food doesn't taste good, we never had it this bad back then. 'Kurama if he tries to get a yamanaka in my head can you hide my memories of my old life' i ask her silently in my mind.
Of course kit, just go and speak with the old monkey. Kurama mumbles out, she must have been sleeping but at least she'll help, it's not that i don't trust the old man. I don't know him and i don't want what i know becoming common knowledge. I smile as i finish my plate and walk it over to Nai who just nods her head at the tub of dirty dishes to her right. "I'm ready to go now auntie sue."
She smiles and begins to lead the way out of the building toward the hokage tower. I've known where it was this whole time i run by it every morning, but i never really stopped to look at it or the monument. Nothing i've ever seen or read does them justice, they are massive but not in a way that makes them seem to much. They hold a simple majesty about them like they're upholding a silent promise, guarding us from things we don't know. 'Have i ever mentioned i hate when i go philosophical at times.'
Yes kit, all the time. I believe i've begun to call them thursday thoughts. Kurama says with slight amusement and though she can be kind of bitchy she more often than not is just bored. We enter the tower and begin walking up the stairs, once we make it to the hokage's office i actually receive the first hate filled glare since i've been here. From the hokage's secretary…. I think it has nothing to do with who i am or what i hold, and more because she knows i'm going to distract the hokage from his paperwork.
"He's expecting you Sue, go on in and please make it quick we have a lot of paperwork piling up." the secretary says with a resigned sigh.
"Of course we'll be in and out before you know it." Sue says with a smirk on her face that clearly says to anyone looking 'we'll be done when were done.' and so we enter the office to see Hiruzen Sarutobi sitting behind his desk smoking from his pipe. When he sees us walk in he puts it out before leaning forward.
"Ah Sue lovely as ever, you said that naruto had important things to talk about?" he greets my caretaker before turning and looking at me, he smiles a gentle calming smile but if someone were to look past that they see the pain and sadness in his eyes. "Go ahead Naruto, what was it you wanted to talk about?"
I walk over to the window and look out at the mountain, but to the observant eye they can see which face i'm looking at, "Do you think he's proud of me old man? I remember everything, it took me awhile to figure out what it meant and to see if you'd ever tell me. I understand why you wouldn't but to be honest it hurt that you didn't old man. I know about the night of my birth i remember it vividly, i see it every night knowing what will happen and being able to do nothing to help. I remember watching my parents die right in front of me, before i ever had a chance to know them."
"How…." the old man is stunned, so is sue i don't think this is what she was expecting. I turn around to look at them and smile though it holds no joy i lock eyes with the old man. His eyes widen and for a moment he doesn't seem to see me like he's looking at me but seeing someone else. "Minato… very well, come here naruto. I'll tell you everything. Sue you may go i'll be sure to bring him back before dark."
"Yes hokage-sama." Sue bows before smiling at me and then leaving. I turn to look at the old man who pulls a book out of one of his drawers at first i thought it was an icha icha novel but no the cover was different. I realize that it's The Tale of the Gutsy Ninja, he hands it to me before standing and walking over to the picture of the fourth. He moves it to the side still not having said a word before flashing through handseals faster than i can follow. Placing his hand on the wall it lights up like the fourth of july as it fades it reveals a hidden compartment. He reaches inside and pulls out a single scroll of the four total in there, he then seals the wall back up.
"You are still too young to inherit your parents belongings naruto, their enemies would surely come after you to spite them, but i do believe you should have something that will allow you to get to know them a little even though you lost them. This scroll contains the personal diaries of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, it belongs to you now." he says as he crouches down in front of me and hands me the scroll. I take it with shaky hands, i put both the scroll and the book in my pocket before hugging the old man, tears begin falling from my eyes and i do nothing to stop them.
"Thank you old man, you have no idea how much this means to me. I want to be a ninja like them, someone who can protect the village who'll make them proud. I know it'll be tough but i don't care." i look him in the eyes for a brief moment my real age showing as my resolve to protect people is made known.
"Of course naruto, i know that you will and i'm sure that Minato and Kushina are watching over you and they are more proud of you than words could ever describe." The hokage speaks gently before standing and offering his hand which i take and he walks me out of the office, down into the streets, and back to the orphanage.
"Hey old man i heard in the stories you can do combination jutsu attacks with yourself, how is that possible?" i ask as we are walking.
"Oh i use a jutsu created by my sensei called the shadow clone technique, it makes solid copies of myself with their own chakra. It has many uses the most important but also dangerous is that whenever the clone dispels the caster gets the chakra left within that clone but also the memories of what that clone had accomplished." he explains and though i know all this i can't just go around acting like i do, one must immerse themselves into a role while still allowing some of their unique taste to flow through, theatre lesson number 3.
"How would getting memories back be dangerous?" i ask curiously, though i'm certain no one around is listening in i can't seem to find the anbu that are no doubt following us.
"Think of it this way naruto-kun, if i were to summon a single shadow clone and it dispelled it's memories would be filed away safely, but if i summoned 100 clones and dipelled them all at once they would all transfer their memories to me at the same time, forcing my mind to try and file them all at the same time causing a massive migraine, and if more were to be summoned and dispelled it could cause severe brain damage." he says while making sure i understand. I pretend to think over what he says, in actuality i'm wondering if i should ask him too teach me that.
"So if you summoned two clones to do your paperwork they could dispel when they are done and you would know every paper they signed and it would also let you have the day to yourself while spending time with your family, right?" i look up at him as he stopped walking.
"That was what he meant all those years ago," the old man turns and looks at my dad's face up on the mountain, "he really was a genius and it seems to have passed on to you as well little naruto." he pats my head before ruffling my hair, we continue walking after that. "You want to be a ninja naruto, one on their level your training will begin tomorrow morning after breakfast. I won't go easy on you."
After he says that some of the other kids who are out in the yard after their classes were over cry out, "naruto's back and the hokage is with him." before running over to us. I can't help but gulp in fear of what the old man said, but in all honesty i wasn't expecting any of this to be easy. If that cosmically powerful bitch thinks this will break me she has got another thing coming, she doesn't know me if she did she wouldn't have sent me here. Some of the younger kids come running out at this point distracting me from my thoughts, "naru naru, sing for us." i see the hokage raise his eyebrow at this, nearly all the orphanage is out in the yard as well as all the caretakers.
"Alright, hmmm let me think of a good one ok, wouldn't want you all not to like it." i say putting a fake overly serious look on my face which gets a couple giggles from the kids. Slapping my knee and snapping my fingers, "i got just the song."
(Bones by natewantstobattle)
Can you believe, in something that you can't even see? Can you agree, we're part of something bigger than you and me?
I'll take the long road home, that's lined with blood and snow, now i've become so numb that i can't even feel the cold
Oh, you can give and take, crack my bones but my heart won't break now, oh, and don't commit no crime, find me innocent but i'll serve my time
I think i believe, now i can feel it speaking to me, my reasoning, is logical like it's all in my dreams
I'll take the long road home, that's lined with blood and snow, am i forever young, or will i simply fade before i'm old
Oh, and you can give and take, crack my bones but my heart won't break now, oh, and don't commit no crime, find me innocent but i'll serve my time
Would you never die, if you lived your life, frozen and empty? What you waiting for, when you start a war, and you're your own worst enemy?
Crack my bones but my heart won't break now, and don't commit no crime, find me innocent but i'll serve my time
The mirror's always showing me, a shell of who i used to be
I'll take the long road home, that's lined with blood and snow, i've become so numb, that i can't even feel the cold, i'll take the long road home, that's lined with blood and snow, am i forever young, or will i simply fade before i'm old
Oh, and you can give and take, crack my bones but my heart won't break now, oh, and don't commit no crime, find me innocent but i'll serve my time
Would you never die, if you live your life, frozen and empty? What you waiting for, when you start a war, and you're your own worst enemy?
Would you never die, if you live your life, frozen and empty? What you waiting for, when you start a war, and you're your own worst enemy?
No one says a word as i finish my song, and i just smile a sad smile at them all as i walk inside, it wasn't a happy song but it was a good one. One that can have multiple meanings, one that will spark different feelings every time you hear it. The meaning behind that song to me will be completely different from the meaning they find in those words. That song represents that i'm upholding my promise to my friends and family from then even now no matter what. I'm sure the hokage is thinking about old missions right now most shinobi would after hearing that song the remorseful tone you have to sing it in for the song to work right would bring up a lot of bad memories and some bittersweet ones to.
I walk over to Kara and ask "hey what is my chore for today? I know i missed class so i'll be sure to study extra hard too." she smiles at me before scratching her chin.
"I think that your age group is cleaning gutters today. And naruto i heard what the hokage said to you earlier, i don't know if you'll have to continue with classes besides you kinda already know everything we can really teach you right now, and you already asked the older kids what we would have taught you in the coming years." she speaks with a calm yet sad voice, like she is afraid of something.
"Onee-chan what's wrong?" i ask with sincerity and concern looming in my young voice. I look up into her eyes at the unshed tears threatening to fall. She opens her mouth to speak but no words come out, she grabs me tight and cries into my unruly golden hair. After a few minutes she backs away mumbles an apology and hurries away from me, i go to follow but a firm hand on my shoulder stop me in my tracks. Looking up at the one that kept me in place i see the old man with a sorrowful smile.
"Naruto-kun i believe you should go and get some rest tomorrow will push you further than you have ever been pushed before. I'll see you in my office after breakfast." with that said he turns and walks out of the orphanage. Silently stunned and confused as to what that really means, while also being concerned for Kara. She's never been like that before, at least not that I recall. Figuring that it's nothing really important and if she wants to talk she wouldn't speak with a 'five year old' man it sucks not being an age where people respect your opinion. Oh well fuck this mopey bullshit i'm gonna go read my parents journals. Hoping up onto my bed in the sleeping quarters i pull out the scroll that the old man gave me, opening it i find that there are two seals in the scroll. The one on the left says mother while the right one says father.
'Dammit i haven't figured out how to control my chakra yet, and it isn't like i can ask you sensei because that would raise too much suspicion. Looks like i'll have to wait until i train with the old man for a while.' i rant in my head, 'you know i'm sorry you have to hear my thoughts so much kurama they must be infuriating sometimes.'
Actually kit they are better than the silence i got within both Mito and Kushina. Just speaking and knowing i'm heard is a wonderous feeling, though not enough to earn you more than a couple points, you're gonna have too work hard if you want my full cooperation. Kurama speaks before letting out a lengthy yawn, Now that i'm awake get in here so i can begin showing you a few more things.
'Hai sensei.' i mumble before catching something odd, most of the language is in fact english but there are still certain words or places that maintain their original japanese versions. Shrugging my shoulders i lay down on my back and close my eyes, focusing on the treehouse within my mindscape i feel the familiar sensation of falling. Then my eyes snap open inside the huge treehouse, standing i run to the massive open side of the house before i leap into the air heading towards the scarlet colored section of my mindscape where Kurama-sensei resides.
There you are kit, come on your footwork still sucks get in there and learn better. Kurama mumbles out as i land before her, one of her tails then flicks me forward into a large painting. I discovered something a while ago when i began this whole escapade, just like making things appear inside my mindscape i can replay memories in depth and even with the help of kurama-sensei enter them to learn or relearn anything i want. Today is hand to hand combat, so here we go into one of my least favorite first life memories.
Once i land on the concrete floor of my hometown high school, i look around and see it empty except for six of the varsity football players dragging a freshman into the locker rooms. Doing exactly what i did in real life i follow them in, before locking the door behind me, calling out, "Hey dickzillas why don't you leave the boring prey to itself and try your luck with me." Now that is word for word what i said in my first life but now i have much more experience in fighting than i did then. I still won against the roid heads, they have muscle sure but they lacked even a single iota of skill.
Pissed off as quickly as one would expect a group of hormonal teenage boys to be, the lead one screams out, "YOU'RE DEAD FAGGOT," before charging head on with two cronies following him at a sedated pace. Sidestepping the first one before forcing his skull straight into the concrete brick walls that form an L-shaped mini hallway entrance to the men's locker room, good ole marshall high looking out for me. One down just a waste of my time to go, rushing the other two i jump up and drop my entire weight behind a running dropkick, catching goon #1 in the chest, leaning back and placing my hands on the ground i spring off and swing my momentum around into a double roundhouse on the dipshit next to him.
Rolling forward after taking down half the fuckers in no time flat i stand at my full height, which since i'm in my memory is a solid 6ft tall, settling into my makeshift fighting stance which is literally just bits and pieces of every style i was taught growing up, which is mostly wrestling and kickboxing with some aspects of judo, mouy thai, and my own street brawling creations. I'll have to come up with a name for this style since i'm going to be using it as a base for everything i learn from this point on. The last three stooges drop the kid and charge me as one, the left one reaches me first. Throwing a decent right hook, i lean back pushing the back of his elbow away from me towards the middle fucker, before kneeing this douche square in the diaphragm. Ducking and spinning in place i continue with a right jab right into the right guys baby maker, following up with a left-hand uppercut. The middle dick actually manages to grab ahold of me, dumbass wraps his arms around my throat and locks it in tight. Against anyone else two reactions are too be expected: 1) panicked scrambling to get the arm off. Or 2) and outburst of rage, leading too elbows of the body.
I do neither in this situation, i fall back on old reliable in these kinds of moments. Locking the muscles in my back i reach back and down and grab his knees, lifting him up piggyback style i take a step forward before hopping and throwing all of my weight backwards down on top of him, crushing his nads with my spine. A sharp squeal of pain signifies the intended effect, i roll off the douche before turning and slamming his head back into the concrete to drop him for a while.
Not bad nice improvisation, and you can handle them not doing exactly what you remember. Good that means we can increase the difficulty of each situation and even add new variables to continue getting better. Kurama says as the memory fades as the freshman starts too pick himself up. Coming back into the crimson flavored forest area i look over at my teacher. One big eye loomes over me as she lounges out on the forest floor, "enjoying the weather today sensei?" i shout over to her, to which she snorts in amusement and the massive eye rolls. Not the weather the sun, it's quite bright in here today.
I grin at that, oddly enough though my depression hasn't gone away i have been able to temper it slightly, resulting in my mindscape either being sunny or slightly cloudy. Though there are still some days where it rains in here they happen less and less frequently. "Well that took a bit longer than last night so i assume you upped their skills a bit." she grins at that before giving me a shoo motion with one of her tails. Rolling my eyes before looking up at the sky, admiring the gorgeous blue hues dancing around each other, swirling in a maelstrom of cobalt and cyan, royal and navy, sapphire and azure, ocean and midnight. While staring up at the sky i allow myself to fall backwards only right when my back would normally make contact with the forest floor… i jolt up in my bed, shaking my head i get up and prepare for the day.
Looking at the clock i see it's actually 4:30, a little later than i usually wake up, further proof that sensei did in fact make those goonies from my memories tougher. Walking into the bathroom i perform the three S's, now every guy knows what these are but i know some girls may not so they are in this exact order, no exceptions; 1) Shit, 2) Shave, 3)Shower. Only i have to skip number 2 seeing as i am too young too grow facial hair. After finishing up in there which takes roughly 20 minutes all together, i head downstairs and out the front door. Taking off down the street i get the same looks as i do every day, looks of disinterest. Though some look at me with hate and disgust, the vast majority of Konoha ignores me, that cold empty feeling of neglect creeps back up before i crush it with the weight of my will.
I could care less how these fucks look at me, and i grew used too these kinds of looks in my first life. It's all just more of the same to me. I run through the streets weaving through the people out opening their shops and getting ready for the busy days ahead of them, i long ago made a regiment of trying to make it all the way to ichiraku's ramen without bumping into people. For every person i bump into that adds ten more pushups, situps, squats, and pullups at the end of my run. I already do 50 of each as standard. If it takes me longer than 10 minutes to get there it doubles the total amount on top of that. Once i cross in front of the ramen stand i turn and head straight for the alleyway across the road, this begins my parkour run. Once i enter the alley i hurdle over a broken bar, before step laddering up a set of wooden crates i placed there, in order to reach a rusted fire escape, pullinging myself up the first level i ignore the stairs and just begin leaping up and pulling up repeating the process until i make it to the roof.
Performing a perfect handstand up and onto the lip of the building i dismount with a simple front flip, before i'm off across the roof. Dropping down to slide underneath some ductwork for an AC unit, i rise quickly in order to leap up and weave my way around some random metal pipes i found up here, they look like they are made of copper but the feel is closer to steel. Nine pipes in total, three vertical roughly five feet apart, two horizontal connecting them, with two crossed in between each like an X. i force my body around and through each gap without touching the ground, once done and on the other side i sprint to the final four feet of the building before leaping with all my might across a 20 ft gap, with a 5 ft drop. Landing and dispersing the impact with an immediate roll, i dust myself off and tally up that i have to do 70 of each workout today. Not too bad all things considered, and it's still roughly 5ish.
Once that's all done i walk over to the ladder at the north end of the building i'm on. Dropping the last foot down to the ground i begin walking back to the orphanage, trying to dry the sweat as best i can along the way. Once back i immediately head up my tree, and rest among the branches roughly halfway up. Thinking back on this new life and all i know that will be coming but will inevitably be different from what i know due to what is already different and the things i have done as well. It makes me sigh and hang my head slightly but at least i have quite an extensive back catalogue of knowledge to fall back on. It will really help in my training later on for what i want to do.
(the high road by three days grace)
I told you i was hurt, bleeding on the inside.
I told you i was lost, in the middle of my life.
There's times i stayed alive for you.
There's times i would have died for you.
There's times it didn't matter at all
Will you help me find the right way up, or let me take the wrong way down.
Will you straighten me out, or make me take the long way around.
I took the low road in, i'll take the high road out.
I'll do whatever it takes, to be the mistake you can't live without.
Standing in the dark, i can see your shadow.
You're the only light, that's breaking through the window.
There's times i stayed alive for you.
There's times i would have died for you.
There's times it didn't matter at all
Will you help me find the right way up, or let me take the wrong way down.
Will you straighten me out, or make me take the long way around.
I took the low road in, i'll take the high road out.
I'll do whatever it takes, to be the mistake you can't live without.
Well i'm not gonna give it away.
Not gonna let it go, just too wake up someday gone.
Gone!
The worst part is looking back, and knowing that i was wrong.
Help me find the right way up, or let me take the wrong way down.
Will you straighten me out, or make me take the long way around.
I took the low road in, i'll take the high road out.
I'll do whatever it takes, to be the mistake you can't live without.
I'll do whatever it takes, to be the mistake you can't live without.
As soon as i finish i take a deep breath, it's been a long time since i felt like that song was appropriate for my life. Though i don't understand why i felt the need too sing it now, as a five year old with no significant ties to anyone. Oh well it's a melodramatic song that fits well in my character so fuck it.
(LOUD[fuck it] by motionless in white)
You gotta be loud, You gotta be rude, So the world can hear you. You gotta be crass, You gotta be cold, It's everything we know.
Turn it up, turn it up now!
Another day, a double shot of hate, Drink it up like gasoline. Underpaid, you graduate, To build somebody else's dream. With a noose as a tie, Do you fantasize of a much different life? The fix for who they want you to be, Directly streamed to your tv. And when they turn their backs on you.
You gotta be loud! You gotta be rude! So the world can hear you. You gotta be crass! You gotta be cold! It's everything we know.
Turn it up, turn it up now. Loud! Rude! When nobody hears you. You gotta stand up, You gotta commit, Say "fuck it", make the best of it.
A broken home you're trying to mend, You've got one day left to pay the rent. We're not sure, but we believe in the lie, That it'll all be fine, when we die. It's so easy to grant the mirror, Power to control what you want to erase. Don't become another victim, "Put a smile on that face".
You gotta be loud! You gotta be rude! So the world can hear you. You gotta be crass! You gotta be cold! It's everything we know.
Turn it up, turn it up now. Loud! Rude! When nobody hears you. You gotta stand up, You gotta commit, Say "fuck it", make the best of it.
The money's in the treatment, baby, not in the cure, So they fuel your pain with fear and shame and then hand you a brochure. The money's in the treatment, baby, not in the cure, So they build you up to watch you fall and then beg for an encore.
What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for?
You gotta be...
You gotta be loud! You gotta be rude! So the world can hear you. You gotta be crass! You gotta be cold! It's everything we know.
Turn it up, turn it up now. Loud! Rude! When nobody hears you. You gotta stand up, You gotta commit, Say "fuck it", make the best of it.
Make the best of it
Fuck it, what are you waiting for?
Another day, a double shot of hate
It's everything we know
Drink it up like gasoline
Fuck it, make the best of it
With a shit eating grin spitting my face I stare out over the buildings I can see from my tree, soon life is gonna get way more chaotic. According to Sue and Kara I will be starting academy next year though they don't mention any of the other kids. My mind drifts too how Kara was acting yesterday as the smile on my face fades I look down at my hands. I think I know what will happen soon, I don't think I will be allowed to stay here with the others any longer. For once I found a place where I wasn't an outcast, a freak and now they are gonna take that from me, I'll be all alone here to.
Shaking my head violently, i mentally scream before rationalizing that even though i won't be here at the orphanage doesn't mean i can't come back and see them all here. Just because i'll be out in the village by myself doesn't mean i'm alone, Kara and Sue will be right here if i ever need to speak with them or even if i just need a place of comfort. Once i have a decent grip on my mind and i reign in the dark thoughts that tried to creep up and spill out of my mind, i leap forward out of my tree and walk inside just as the sun peeks out from behind the buildings in front of me. Walking forward into the orphanage i make my way to the dining hall and sit at my usual seat with the younger children.
Eating at a reserved pace, at least for me, still sees me finishing my meal well before any other children. Getting up and taking my dish over to where Nia, a kind civilian woman, is always standing washing the dishes. As i place my emptied plate in the tub with my fork and knife she reaches down and ruffles my hair before she starts the water for dishes. Sighing to myself i begin walking out of the building only for a shout to stop me in my tracks.
"Naruto hold on," Kara pants out as she catches up with me at the door to the orphanage, "i got you something. Consider it a congratulations gift for getting lord third to teach you." what she hands me makes me blink a little like i can't believe what i'm seeing. In her hands is a shinobi grade jumpsuit jacket, like Naruto's in shippuden, only the color scheme is altered and there is a cotton hoodie sew into it. The jacket is a muted grey color like clouds right before a storm, with deep emerald green accents running down both sleeves, and a neon green leaf insignia over the heart. I reach out and take it into my hands almost hesitating to, looking closer i realize that it is quite a bit bigger than i am now. I'm tall for a five year old granted, but this jacket looks looks like it was made for my original body not this new one.
"Nee-chan this is awesome but it's really big." i say as i look up at her, taking a closer look than i've ever bothered to. She has large seafoam colored eyes, with long wavy black hair with a small braid framing the left side of her face. Her face is an almost pear shape with a bit of an angular edge to it, there are no wrinkles or signs of stress at all which in and of itself is either a miracle or luck.
"Well i wanted you to still be able to wear it even when you got big, so you can always remember your onee-chan." she smiles down at me as she ruffles my hair before scooting me out the door saying something along the line of how i don't want to be late. I don't know if she intended to or not but she just confirmed my suspicion that i will be made to leave the orphanage. Shaking my head clear i run ahead to the hokage's office, entering the building and taking the stairs two at a time. I make it outside his office in record time and without pause or even waiting for the secretary to tell me it's ok i open the door and enter the office.
Closing the door behind me i turn and see two others in here with the old man that i wasn't expecting, though one of them shouldn't have been a surprise. The two individuals are none other than Mikoto Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake, though he is currently wearing his anbu mask so i guess dog is more accurate. I look at both of them before turning and looking straight at the old man, i tilt my head slightly to the left in an unasked question.
Taking his cue the hokage speaks up, "Naruto these two were quite close to your parents. Minato taught Kakashi here almost everything he knows, and Kushina was good friends with Mikoto they even spoke in length about names for children while they were both still pregnant." as he speaks when he refers to them by name he gestures to them, even though it was unnecessary it was appreciated.
"Not to sound rude, but are they here to help with today or just to speak with me, because i want to get to training as soon as possible. I mean it would be nice to get to know people who knew my parents especially since their journals are kept safe in a seal and i don't know how to use my chakra. *sigh* well i did say i would do what it takes to make them proud but really they sealed their journals, do they realize the inconvenience of that, probably not. They more than likely expected me to be older before i was told about it all, i mean who could possibly expect a child to remember exactly what happened on the night of their birth, they would have to be like beyond a super genius…. And i'm ranting whoops, sorry about that i don't usually rant out loud." i scratch the back of my head while looking down at the floor before snapping my head up at the sounds of laughter.
"He sure is a lot like Kushina, but he looks almost exactly like Minato. I would like to tell you everything about your parents but it can wait, if you're so dead set on training i should let you. But once you are done i want you to drop by my home there is a lot that i need to speak with you about, and i'm sure sasuke would love too have a friend his age." Mikoto says before she walks over and kneels down in front of me, giving me a gentle smile she kisses my forehead. And then just like that she's gone, the door to the office closing behind her.
The hokage just looks at me with a kind smile before rising from his seat and summoning two shadow clones, "now as for kakashi being here. He will be assisting in your training." the old man smiles as he walks around the desk to stand shoulder to shoulder with the dog masked operative. A feeling of pain and dread begin spreading through the room and into me, shaking my head clear of the small amount of KI i glare with determination and speak three immortal words that have been more than a moral, or even a code to me. They have been the one thing driving me forward every time the world grows dark and empty, "BRING IT ON."
AN: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's it for chapter 2 what did ya think. Was it good, garbage, average. Let me know in a review or don't no skin off my back. Anyway things will really kick up in the next chapter. I'll catch y'all later peace.