Here is Chapter 2! Please read and review! I hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 2
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"Get up you little monster!" The Matron yelled at Naruto ripping his one little sheet from him who was currently sleeping in his bed. The hell? Naruto thought to himself. He looked up at her, glaring at her as he did so. "The Hokage wants to see you. I suggest you make yourself presentable you little filth." The old hag said in a snippet tone to the child, slamming the door on her way out.
God I forgot how much I really hated that woman. Uhhh…and I was having an awesome dream about Hinata and that body of hers. Naruto thought to himself shuddering a little at the thought of Hinata's naked body under him, but he was looking forward to seeing the old man once again. It had been so many years at least to his nineteen-year-old mind.
Naruto got up and looked down at himself, grimacing at his memories from when he was little and the horrors of actually using the one male washroom that the orphanage had. But he knew that if he didn't listen to the old hag, she would just punish him even more. So, slowly he grabbed his one towel and his best set of clothes which were nothing more than a small pair of blue shorts and a plain blue t-shirt with the Uzumaki symbol in orange on the back.
He quickly made it to the washroom watching out for any of the bigger kids that would most likely want to start a fight with him. He was happy though to notice that the washroom was empty for once. He quickly made his way to one of the pedestal tubs made from wood. It was small and circular in shape, just large enough for his unnaturally small frame mainly caused from malnutrition from the last five to six years of living in the orphanage. He went to get a bucket and started pouring water in the small tub and got in.
"Kurama I really can't wait until the day that we can leave from this place. I forgot how the old hag wouldn't let me use the indoor plumbing tubs.'
"Just hang in there, Kit. Remember just to make your case to the Old Man human and we can get out of this dump." Kurama said from behind his bars which they both came to realize was because that at this point of time in Naruto's life, Jiraiya still had the key to it. As much as Kurama hated being behind bars again, he knew that he could live with it for now. What is a few years anyway for the most powerful and immortal bijū on the face of the earth made entirely from chakra itself. They had already previously talked that they would convince Jiraiya once they see him to give them the key so that Naruto could access Kurama's full power for when the time comes when dealing with Obito but that was a few years from now.
"Yeah, do you think I should tell him the truth or let it sly a little and let him come to the determination on his own of how fucked up this place is to me?"
"I think the more straight forward you are with the Old Man human, the better chance you will have of actually getting to leave this place."
"Yeah I guess you're right. I will just tell him the truth. Maybe he will appreciate me being frank with him down the road instead of the roundabout tactics that I usually had prepared for him. I guess I never wanted him to worry about me. But now, I guess if we are going to be doing things differently, might as well go all out." Naruto let out a small chuckle to himself while bathing himself.
After the bath, he put on his clothes and went to back to his room where he grabbed an apple that he took from the kitchen the previous night since he knew that the old hag wouldn't give him anything to eat.
About thirty minutes passed by when he felt the familiar presence of the ANBU from the past week. He came through the window and motioned for Naruto to follow. The little boy got up without complaint and the ANBU lifted him on his shoulders and they made their way to the Hokage Tower, jumping over the roofs of different houses and buildings. They landed in front of the tower and the ANBU with a frog like mask sat him down and then shunshined into thin air.
Naruto let out a sigh and went into the large structure. He past many ninja and civilians who just ignored him on his way up to the top of the building where he knew all too well where the Hokage would be. He went to the small desk that rested on the outside wall of the office. "Ummm…hello. I'm here to see the old man Hokage." Little Naruto said as innocently as he could.
The woman who was sitting behind the desk, stood slightly to peer down only to see a small boy with crazy blonde hair. She smiled at first before she saw the formidable whisker marks that marked him as a jinchuriki, then frowned. I will never get used to seeing that little monster? She thought to herself.
She just rolled her eyes and went to knock on the Hokage's door. "Enter." She motioned for Naruto to go inside who obediently did.
"Ah Naruto-kun, how are you today?"
"Ah…I am fine." He said a little unsure of what to do. Naruto wanted nothing more than to run over and jump on the man's lap and hug him once more, but he knew that he couldn't do that since at this age the Hokage and him barely knew each other except for whenever Naruto would end up in the hospital which happened more than he would like to admit. "Not to sound rude, but why am I here?"
The Hokage wanted to almost chuckle by the bluntness of the child but quickly suppressed it. "As Hokage it is my duty to know the people who I have sworn to protect." He instead stated simply.
"Is that why there was the ANBU?"
The Hokage raised a brow at that statement. So the report on the boy seems to be accurate. He is very astute to his surroundings. I just still can't believe that he can sense even the littlest chakra around him. I wonder if that is a gift from his parents or from the Kyubi. Oh dear, this boy is going to cause so much trouble for me in the future. He is a clone of Minato in everything from looks to how he conducts himself.
"I just don't understand why though, what makes me so special old man Hokage?"
The Hokage sweat dropped from the 'old man' nickname that the young boy seemed to bestow on him. "Old man? Huh…I am not that old Naruto-kun."
"Yes you are. But you didn't answer my question."
"Well because you are special." The Hokage stated matter of fact as if it was the most obvious thing ever.
"Why? I mean, I am a nobody from the orphanage. Well, I guess I am not even a nobody since they call me a monster." Naruto said playing the dutiful part of a defeated little boy who didn't understand the complexity of his own situation.
The Hokage's heart went out to this little boy. Oh Minato, Kushina. Why does your son take so much after you? I am sorry that your son has to endure this. The Hokage let out a sigh and got up from his desk to bend down so that he was eye level to Naruto. "Naruto-kun, look at me." Naruto did as he was told, big blue defeated eyes peering into the very soul of the Hokage. "You are not a monster. You are a boy with so much potential."
"But, the old ha...the Matron always calls me filth and has the other children pick on me. Was I bad old man? Why does the Matron let the other kids hit me and kick me when I do nothing wrong and then when I go to tell her, she just laughs and says that I deserve it? What did I do? Was it my parents? Why does the entire village hate me?" The little boy let everything out that he had always wanted to say to the old man all those years ago but never had the courage. Mentally Naruto knew and understood, but he had to act as the five-year-old who didn't. Inwardly Naruto wanted to cringe after seeing the look of horror on the Hokage's face and tell him the truth right then and there. But he knew that he could not do that. One, no one would believe him and then if they did, they would most likely extort him for everything that he knows. No, he had to do this alone, right the wrongs that he committed in failing everyone. This was his chance to change everything.
The Hokage wanted to hug the boy who most obviously when really looking at him was being abused. How have I not seen this before? I need to do something in order to right this wrong. "Naruto-kun, I will only say this one more time. You are not a monster. You did nothing wrong. Your parents did nothing wrong. In fact, your parents gave their life protecting this village. They are heroes to this village." He let out a sigh. "Do you understand?"
Little Naruto looked at him with almost a surprised look, but then smiled. "Thanks old man. So why did you want to see my anyways?"
The Hokage just let out a little laugh almost forgetting as to why he even called for the boy in the first place, "Yes, I heard some interesting things about you this past week." Naruto slightly cringed and to the untrained eye, one would have missed it but not the Hokage. "All good I assure you. It seems that you have a natural talent in what it becomes a ninja. Yes, I heard that you are taking a liking to reading a lot of scrolls as of lately and training a lot."
"Yes I wanted to get stronger so that the bigger would stop picking on me." Naruto said easily for his cover story that he and Kurama came up with to explain why he took an ego in studying and training at his age.
"Good, good but you are much too skinny for the type of training that you want to complete." The Hokage looked down at the boy pretending that he was thinking of what to do with him when in fact he already had a plan put in place. "If we are to make you into a real ninja I think there will have to be some changes in your life." Naruto looked up with excitement to the old man. "Ah yes, I think a flat will be in order, close to the training grounds of course. And we will have to make sure that you are well fed so that you will become nice and strong. How does that sound?"
"My own flat?"
"Yes, we will get you fixed up with some ninja tools, clothes and food as well as a stipend per month for your fancy. How does that sound?"
Naruto thought for a moment, "It seems that it worked Kurama!"
"Good, now we can work on a plan to change the future without interruptions from the little humans."
"It sounds nice."
"Well good then." Naruto looked up at the wall seeing pictures of the old Hokages and his eyes landed on the picture of his father making him smile. The Hokage noticing this, followed the gaze the little boy.
"Ah like the pictures I see."
"Yeah, the Hokages are amazing aren't they. The one at the end even looks like me." Naruto let out a little laugh, snickering on the inside for he knew who that man was.
On the other hand, the Hokage nearly paled at the comment, Oh god! This kid is going to be so much trouble for me, a genius just like his father and mother. I will have to nip this in the bud. Minato, why did you have a child that was so much like you? Your child is too brilliant for his own good, if he figures it out, I don't know what I am going to do.
"You know what old man?" The Hokage looked down to Naruto with a puzzled brow. "I decided that I am going to become the best ninja that this world has ever seen." Naruto said with such determination that the Hokage was taken back by this statement.
"Oh really now."
"Yeah, I am going to save this world old man so that no one will know sorrow anymore. I am going to surpass all the Hokages and become the best one that this world has ever seen!"
"And what do you mean by that Naruto?
"Well, all the Hokages before you and the Fourth died in battle right?" The Hokage nodded to answer his question. "Well I am going to change that. I promise to make it happen so that no one will hate anyone again. I want a world where everyone gets along." Naruto said a little quieter this time. "I don't want anyone to go through what I have been through." He looked up at the pictures again. "If they weren't strong enough to find the answer, then I have to become even better than them to find the answer. If there is love in this world old man, then there is a chance for that love to overcome hatred and bigotry of others."
The Hokage at this point stood, mouth gaped, bewilderment in his eyes. So this is the true you Naruto. My god, and you are only five, yet you just spoke like someone beyond his years, beyond even my years I wonder if you could be the child that Jiraiya-kun would always talk about. "Well then, I guess it is my mission to help you achieve your dreams then." The Hokage said. "With such big ambitions, it will take a lot of work and determination to achieve that dream."
"I know!" Naruto just smiled, giving a thumbs up. He then looked at the time. "Oh no, I am going to be late?"
"Late for what? School isn't until tomorrow? And you can tell time?"
"Oh yes, but the library closes earlier today and I have to get there before it gets crowded. Sorry old man but I have to go." Naruto was just in the middle of turning before the Hokage called out to him. "Yeah old man?"
"Report back here at eighteen hundred. I will have your new flat ready by then."
"Dattebayo!" He said excitedly and then left.
The Hokage let out a sigh, What the hell am I going to do? He is too much like his father for his own good. If he can just recognize that the Yondaime looks like him now, what if he starts connecting the dots or asking questions about him? There is no telling what the outcome will be…AHHHHHH…I am going to have to hide everything about the Yondaime aren't I? But still this boy, I just know that he will bring about something magnificent that will change this world as we know it.
The Hokage shook his head in disbelief of how this child would somehow be the death of him, he just knew it. "Owl." An ANBU came out of nowhere. "Go find a flat that is near the training grounds where most of the ninja live. Make sure it is suitable for a child." The ANBU nodded and left in a shunshin. Alone in his room the Hokage rubbed his temples, going back to his seat to mull over how to deal with this prodigy child that Minato and Kushina had somehow produced.
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Naruto on the other hand had just reached the library and went to get more scrolls on different subjects. "Kurama we need to start making a solid plan of what we are going to do and what exactly what we want to change."
"Yes, we should make a timeline once we are in the privacy of our new apartment. I suggest for now that you get scrolls on chakra exercises. Your chakra coils may be the same from when you were nineteen but your level to control them are just as deplorable as they were when you were little." Kurama let out a small laugh.
"Hmph...yes I know. I will have to work hard again to get control of my chakra again. Oooo look here is a scroll on the tree climbing exercise." Naruto was looking at a scroll that he picked up from one the shelves of the library. "Cool, I can make a copy of this and then head to the training grounds and start working on it again."
"Good, we have to show our lovey little shadow that you are working hard to become a true ninja. It would be very suspicious if you already knew how to do this without any practice or some type of guidance. I suggest that you make a copy on the water walking one too."
"Yeah that it a good idea. Ok, I'll just a copy of these and we can head to the training grounds."
Naruto got the two scrolls and quickly made copies of them and headed to the training grounds, his shadow following him the entire time. He just smiled on the inside. Once he made it to the training grounds, he took out the copies of the scrolls from his pocket and started to quickly read the first, pretending that he didn't know how to do it. Ok here goes nothing. He thought to himself.
He started to climb the tree, only to fall about five steps. "Hahahahaha!"
"Oh shut it."
"Sorry Kit, it is just too funny."
"What I am only technically five right now arsehole!"
Naruto just ignored his constant companion and started again. It wasn't until a few hours later that Naruto actually got the hang of it again. "Ha I got the hang of it you stupid Fox!" Kurama just rolled his eyes.
"Now you have to get the one with water walking."
Naruto paled on the inside, grumbling to himself but nonetheless went over to the small stream that was located within the training grounds and went to work. It wasn't until later in the evening that Naruto had completely mastered both the tree walking and water walking. At which point he looked up to see the moon and almost paled. Oh shit, the old man was expecting me back hours ago. Naruto quickly ran towards to the Hokage Tower and up to his office barging right in.
"Sorry, I am late old man." The Hokage just looked down the little intruder from his conversation with an elderly looking council member.
"Ah Naruto I was beginning to think that you had forgot about the new flat that I promised." The Hokage looked towards the elder man indicating that he could leave to which he did but only to stop giving a small frown before he left.
"Sorry, I was training."
"Ah what were you training."
"I've mastered it! Both of the tree walking and water walking chakra exercises." The Hokage raised a brow to this.
You already mastered both? In one day? And you still have this much energy? "Good, very good." He walked over to his desk taking out a pair of keys. "Owl." An ANBU came out of nowhere. "Owl here will take you to your new flat."
"Dattebayo!" Naruto was really excited to get his old apartment back and no longer having to stay at the orphanage any longer.
"Good, good. I will check up on you later this week, ok?"
"You got it old man!"
"Yes, the flat should have everything you need, and once a week someone will be there to deliver meals for you so that you won't go hungry."
"Dattebayo!"
And with that Owl led the way to Naruto's new flat. The only thing that puzzled Naruto was that they were not going in the direction of his flat that he had once grew up in which slightly confused Naruto but past it off as to it may not be available yet. He was instead led to a flat complex that was near the training grounds. He looked around to see many ninja running about. They walked up the third floor and Owl stopped in front of one that said '14C' and opened it with a key.
"This is for you." Owl said, handing Naruto an another copy of the key. "This flat complex is where normally ninja live of Chuunin and higher, but the Hokage made a special case for you since it is right next to the training grounds. You will find everything you need." They walked into the small flat, there was a common room right off to the kitchen and two doors, one leading to a bedroom and the other to a washroom. On top the table that was located in the kitchen sat a box. Naruto looked puzzled by it, noticing this Owl said, "The Hokage got these especially for you. They are the beginner set of ninja tools."
"Thank you ANBU-san." Naruto hugged him, shocking the ANBU a bit.
"Right, I will leave the rest to you. You will find premade meals for you in the fridge. Eat them in the specified order. They are to help you get stronger." And with that Owl left leaving Naruto to himself.
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"So now that you got the Fox demon a flat, what are your next plans?" An older man came into the Hokage office.
The Hokage snarled at the sight of him. "Danzo. He is not the Fox demon."
"Yes he is. He should be made into a living weapon. If he is as brilliant as the reports claim, I should take him in for more specialized training."
"No, that is out of the question. The Fourth Hokage would have never wanted that. I have something else in mind."
"But—"
"I will hear no more of this Danzo. You will not touch or go anywhere near Naruto, do you I make myself clear." He stated leaking out some killing intent.
"As you wish Hokage." He spat out the last word and then left leaving the Hokage to his own thoughts.
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Author's Note
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Well that was the second chapter! I just want to thank for all the reviews and feedback. Please RxR...always appreciate the feedback!
To answer a few questions that were posted:
YuukiAsuna-Chan: No this will not be where Naruto trains/teaches Sasuke. It will be more where Naruto wants to just befriend Sasuke and there for him as his friend for the future. But you never know what the future might hold for their friendship since Naruto is wanting to change a lot of it.
SilentSambo88: Appreciate the feedback, already made a few of those changes within the first chapter!
Darkbeast42: Yes I have an interesting idea for Hinata and Naruto since he is still in love with her and at this point in the manga she only has an appreciation for him when he saved her when they were four.
QuentinTNT: I am sorry but this starts after the passing of Hinata's mother and Uncle. But don't worry Naruto will try his best to save everyone else!
Guest: Currently the Hokage and the others are starting to see the potential in Naruto. What they decide to do is another matter that I am still coming up with! The reason as to why I went back this far, is so it gives Naruto time to come up with a plan and do things right. If I went back to when he was twelve like most other stories, I feel like it would be hard to squeeze everything in that I want to do. Plus it would be hard to explain in Naruto knowing everything when he was deemed as a failure in school. As for him graduating early or not, I am still deciding on that. But we will always continue to interact with the Rookie Nine!
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I should be posting the next chapter sometime later next week! Again please RxR!
One last note, if you are good a drawing, I am looking for a cover photo. If you have any suggestions please send them my way! Thanks!