Legacy of the second Hokage: Raiden

Hey guys! Amaterasu_Blazing here with the next chapter of Legacy.

Shout out to Scarease, thanks for the review. So in answer to your question I do have answers and this is planned. Sariah is in Konoha for reasons that will be explained later and suna doesn't know she exsists at all. Just like how Iwa didn't know Naruto was Minato's son (As stupid as that was if you think for one god damn minute)

So normal disclaimer. I own NOTHING! Enjoy the chapter.

Talking: "Hello."

Thinking: 'I wonder…'

Flashback: "Hello"

Jutsu: Transformation Jutsu

Bijuu: "Stupid human."

multiple personality (e.g. Inner Sakura): "Eliminate him."

Point of view switch: Naruto point of view

Chapter 2: Team selection

Raiden sighed as he waited for the rest of the class to arrive for the team placements. He was dressed similarly to how he was on the day of the graduation exam, with the only difference being that he already had his black katana strapped diagonally to his back as well as his scroll belted horizontally to his hips. He began to think over the events of the previous two weeks since the graduation exam and, more importantly, Mitsuki tricking Naruto into stealing the forbidden scroll of sealing.

Raiden could quite vividly remember his conversation with the Sandime after Naruto had run off into the forest.

Flashback

Raiden sprinted towards the Hokage tower in the middle of the village, hoping to inform old man Hokage of the events that had just passed. As he entered the tower he continued at top speed towards the Hokages' office, crashing through its door and skidding to the stop in front of the working old man.

"Hello Raiden, what do you want? I'm in the middle of a situation here so it better be important, and quick. And if it's about the key to the Senju library then here" Greeted Hiruzen in a tired, weary voice, displaying just how long he had been working, not looking up from his work as Raiden caught his breath, placing a key upon the table as he continued working.

"Yeah, Naruto stole the Forbidden Scroll. Or at least that's the maximum of what you know about what happened. Mitsuki's a traitor and tricked Naruto into stealing the scroll and is chasing him in the forest. Iruka is with them defending Naruto from the traitor." Raiden informed the old man after he had recovered his breath.

"I already know Raiden; I also know you both learnt something from that scroll. Impressive that you could figure out the Flying Thunder God at such a young age. Your proving to have a very high level of skill with shinobi training, some may even say prodigious levels of skill, so congratulations." The Hokage replied to Raiden in the same weary tone with an underlining note of mirth as he continued working not looking up at the, according to him, prodigal genin.

Raiden was baffled by this. How could he know? Yes, he may be called the professor and the god of shinobi but how could he know this of all things? Those titles couldn't explain how he was privy to this information of all things. His body moved on auto-pilot as his mind tried to answer these questions. He walked towards the old man's desk and grabbed the key before heading towards the door.

As he reached the door he remembered something he had forgotten to mention. "Naruto… he's like Mito-sama, isn't he Hiruzen? He's also related to me via Kushina-oba, isn't he Hokage-sama." One could easily hear the venom practically dripping from his voice as he said the title, obviously angry that Hiruzen had kept one of his last remaining family members from him. Especially after his parents' death

He turned towards the old man. Hiruzen had finally looked up from his work, face stern as he looked at the young Senju. Raiden could tell that Hiruzen already knew that he had gotten hold of this information, which raised more questions of how he knew? Raiden shoved those thoughts to one side, he would deal with that later.

"And does this change anything between you and Naruto, Raiden?" Hiruzen spoke lowly, a serious tone in his voice, all traces of mirth, and weariness gone from his voice. Raiden growled at the man, knowing exactly what the old man was insinuating, and it made him angry! How could the old man even think that he was anywhere near as stupid or misinformed as the idiot civilians.

"Of course it doesn't! I may now know he's my baby cousin but that's basically how I've always treated him!" Raiden ground out furiously. Still angry at what Hiruzen had previously insinuated.

"Good because your probably one of the only people who give a damn about him and his only real friend." Hiruzen said, smiling at the boy in front of him. As Raiden turned around and again began to walk out of the room, again stopping just past the doorframe throwing a final comment on his way out.

"Please tell Naruto that I want him to bring his things to the Senju compound. He knows where it is. I will not let my family live in a place like that." Raiden said referring to the graffiti covered, crumbling apartment complex Naruto lived in. Raiden left the old mans' office, not noticing Hiruzens' shocked face. As the young genin left the tower and moved in the direction of his compound the Hokage smiled and whispered to himself.

"I will Raiden, thank you."

End Flashback

Raiden had used the rest of that evening to open up the rest of the Senju library and begin reading, starting to research and practice more advanced techniques for his current sword style. About two hours later he heard a knock at the door. As he opened it he saw Naruto standing there with a small bag of things on his shoulder, Iruka standing behind him.

Flashback

"Thanks Iruka I'll take it from here." Said Raiden while smiling at his now ex-sensei as he moved out of the doorway, noticing that Naruto was doing his best to avoid meeting Raiden's eye. Iruka smiled before preforming a Body Flicker and disappearing from the door way. Closing the door, he motioned for Naruto to follow him. As they moved through the halls but stopped as he heard a question from his likely confused and scarred cousin.

"Did you really mean what you said in the forest?" Naruto said, a scared tone heavy in his voice. Raiden turned and kneeled so as to be at an equal height with his cousin. He began to speak to the younger genin as he looked him straight in his eyes. Trying to convey as much sincerity as possible in his voice.

"Did the old man tell you anything Naruto?" Asked Raiden, his voice soft and comforting. Naruto shook his head in the negative. Raiden sighed Internally 'Obviously Hiruzen thought it would be best if I explained'. "Yes, I do Naruto, every word. There are some things I need to tell you, my little cousin."

Naruto was shell shocked. "C-c-cousin? What do mean Raiden?" questioned the young Uzumaki in a breathless tone, eyes wide in shock and surprised. Raiden just continued to smile warmly at the baffled blonde and drew him into his arms for a hug, continuing the conversation as a whisper directly next Naruto's ear.

"I mean were related Naruto, you're not alone any more. The Hokage told me who your mother was, and it turns out she was my aunt, my mother's sister." A small lie on how he found out but it made no difference to the end result. If he was able to see Naruto's face he would have laughed at the comic size of Naruto's eyes.

Naruto recovered from his shock as he removed himself from the hug. He took a step back and locked eyes with his fellow Uzumaki, asking the final question on his mind. "Raiden… Is this the reason you asked me to come here and live with you? Because were family?" Naruto's greatest fears were finally out in the open.

Raiden gave a chuckle at the question. "No" Raiden responded "I always planned to ask you to live here. It's a fair question because, why did I only do it know? Why not earlier? That's along the lines your thinking, right." Raiden smiled as Naruto nodded his head, his facial expression asking for an explanation.

"Well it's because I couldn't, before today I had no control over my estate." Naruto cocked his head to the side at Raidens given explanation, only partially understanding it. Raiden noticed this and tried again in more detail.

"You see there are rules around being underage and last of the clan in your village. If the person decides to stay a civilian, then they will not be allowed any control of their compound or clan bank accounts until the turn eighteen, from which point they have total control over both. On the other hand, if the person decides to become a shinobi though, things change exponentially. It's the same until the heir becomes a genin, once that happens the heir is given the power to control their clan compound. This includes access to the clan library and allowing others to live in it." Raiden explained in as best a summary as he could.

Naruto smiled and launched forward into the older boy, repeating thank you over and over again. The blond was overjoyed! Someone cared for him enough to open their home to him and take him in, not just because he was family. "Thank you big brother"

Raiden froze as Naruto continued hugging him. 'Did he just call me big brother?' Naruto finally noticed that Raiden hadn't moved in a while. He started to move away. "I'm sorry Raiden, I just thought…" Naruto started to apologize to his friend before he was enveloped in the white-red headed Senjus' arms

"I'm not angry… Just surprised that you think of me that way." Raiden said, a calm expression on his face as he hugged his cousin.

"Yeah, I have for a while. It's just that we've been friends for so long and you've always taken care of me, like a brother. I'll not call you that if you don't like it." Naruto said, a tinge of sadness in his voice at the notion.

"No, no it's fine. To tell the truth, I think of you the same way, otouto." Said Raiden as he let go of his new little brother. Getting off his knees and showing Naruto the way to his room.

End Flashback

After that night the two were closer than ever. Raiden had spent the rest of the two weeks learning more advanced sword techniques, Fuinjutsu arrays and two clan techniques, one from the Uzumaki clan called Chakra Chains and one created by his grandfather Asahi Senju, Blood clones.

He looked around the class, noticing that while he had been taking a stroll down memory lane the majority of the class had arrived. He saw his cousin sitting next to the brooding Uchia talking to Shikamaru. He stood and moved down to the two but stopped as he heard the sound of stamping feet coming down the hall. Raiden sighed as he watched the door burst open as Ino and Sakura burst through the door.

He again looked towards were his cousin sat, an infatuated look on his face as he looked towards the two kunoichi. Raiden face palmed at this, now the exact reason for that look. 'I will never understand how he finds that pink haired banshee attractive! She's an insult to the word kunoichi and nothing more than a fangirl!' ranted Raiden internally. He noticed the two girls moving away from the door and towards Sasuke, mostly likely to go fanboy over him.

Raiden was about to continue towards Naruto until he saw his friends, Aizen and Sariah, come into the room. He smiled as he waved them over, sitting back down at the table he had previously occupied. Hizen took the seat next to him while Sariah sat on the table in-between the two boys. They both had on the same cloths as the day of the graduation exam with the only difference being four 3' rods strapped to Sariah's back in an X shape with half a foot above each shoulder.

Raiden noticed that the buckle on Sariah's belt now also had the leaf symbol and Aizen had his head band tied tightly to his left shoulder. "Hey, thanks for disappearing for two weeks without telling us anything!" growled Sariah, far more intimidating then her 4'10" stature should allow.

"I agree with Sariah, Raiden, where have you been! Neither of us could contact you! We even tried sending a letter with Dusk but you didn't reply!" exclaimed Aizen, his usual sarcastic personality gone for the moment. Raiden chuckled as he explained what had happened the last two weeks as they continued in low whispers, ignoring the outside world until Iruka came into say his speech

"As of today you are all ninjas. To get here you faced difficult trials and hardships, but that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only genin, first level ninjas. All the genin will be grouped into three man squads. Each squad will be led by a jonin, an elite ninja." Iruka explained with varying reactions from the assembled students.

Sakura's point of view

"Well someone's got to be in Sasuke's group. I wonder who?" Ino asked mockingly from behind Sakura.

"I don't know" Responded the pinket as she internally seethed "Cha, I'm going to be the one with Sasuke, so stay away from him you hag" screeched inner Sakura.

Sasuke's point of view

'Ahg, groups of three? That'll only slow me down.' Thought Sasuke arrogantly.

Naruto's point of view

'I wanna be with Sakura and maybe big brother or… I don't care! As long as it's not Sasuke!' Thought Naruto as he sat bored, waiting for the squads to be announced.

Raiden's point of view

"We want each squad to have a balance of strengths and abilities. So that's how we set them up" Iruka explained. "I will know announce the squads. Squad 1…" Raiden tuned out the rest until he heard his name. "Squad 6; Raiden Senju, Sariah Jishaku and…" listed of Iruka until he was interrupted by a man standing at the back of the classroom.

"Aizen Hyuuga. Come on you three! I'm Fenrir Tenpura, your jonin sensei. Meat me at the Okame weapons shop in ten minutes" Shouted the man before Body flickering away. As the three got up to go after him one though collectively went through their minds. 'This is going to be interesting'

And that's where I'm ending it! Thanks to those who have already read my store so far, I'm amazed at how many of you there are! Like last I'm asking how was it? Better, worse? Did you like it? hate it? Please comment and note flames will be ignored and fed to the Titans.