Yo!It's Uzumaki Retsu here once again with another chapter.I am still getting notifications luckily and grateful that people are liking the story.
And don't worry Rey Rodriguez this was one of my little dreams to write a fanfiction crossover on my own.I am not abandoning it until I finish the story.
Let's get right into the story.
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Chapter 4:-Cherry Blossom
Day 3. 4:50 Pm.
Village hidden in the leaves,Hokage Monument.
"This view is nice and the sight is very relaxing."
Naruto looked In Front of him,Sitting right above The Fourth Hokage's statue.
This place has always been special to him.
He feels really relaxed and can ease himself much better than anywhere and anything else.
Come to think of it,He always feels in tune with the nature whenever he is in this place absolutely gawking at the sky,
Trees and nature itself as a whole.
Lord Hashirama And Lord Tobirama really did a great job for making a village like this.Incase If you don't know,
Hashirama Senju From The Senju Clan was renowned as being the God of Shinobi as well as the First Hokage,And One of the Founder of The Village Hidden in the leaves alongside his brother,
Tobirama Senju From the Senju Clan/Same clan as his brother was renowned as The Second Hokage of The Village Hidden in the leaves.
Both were famous for their own exploits,Even to this day.
If he ever were to meet them by any chance,He vowed he would thank them for making such a beautiful village like this.
However he is not sure if you can bring the dead back to life,Can you?
Little did Uzumaki Naruto knew Almost everything is possible in the world of Shinobi,Including bringing the dead back to life.
Speaking of life,After having lunch with His Anko Senpai In her favourite dango shop,
Although the waiter was rude to him, Luckily Anko senpai was there for him and immediately stopped the waiter himself for whatever he was about to do to him.
That looked really cool to him.And Also,
She told him that he can only do push ups and sit ups and other types of exercises when he is old enough,roughly around 9-10 years old.
He learned from her that since he's a four year old child right now,His hips and spines are suspended perpendicular to ingravity,
Their core muscles have to fight to keep everything aligned both while they're static and while moving.
While this seemed very boring to him due to the fact that he can't do things like this right now,That doesn't mean he won't train.
First,He must refine his shuriken jutsu to the point,There's no weakness.
He is really excited to see what else he can learn other than shuriken jutsu.He might as well visit the library,Hope the librarian will allow him.
"Hm…?"
Naruto looked down a little bit away from the hokage monument.There's Some group of kids chasing one girl of his age?
Not sure about the same age as him,However it's a girl with pink hair running away from the six kids.
"This seems like a fun"
Naruto mused in thought looking at them from above the Hokage Monument.
He might be wrong about fun,He won't know unless he follows them.
"Alright,Let's Do This."
Naruto jumped off the Hokage Monument.
It's time to test himself of what he's really capable of.
Different scene.
Konoha park….
A pink haired girl with green eyes and hiding her forehead with bangs was running for her life.
She looked behind her back and saw that those two girls and two boys were still chasing her.
Her name is none other Than Sakura Haruno.The only child of Mebuki Haruno And Kizashi Haruno.
She came from one of the Civilian Family living in the Village Hidden in the leaves.
Right now,It seems there's no end to this cat and mouse chasing.
Sakura stopped herself from running further and started panting heavily.
"Finally,we got you cornered."
One of the boys came forward,Hovering over the pink haired girl.
"Look at that big stinky forehead of hers,She must've been stacked with brains in there"
They started mocking her forehead once again.
She started crying.Sakura is crying right now.
"Oh,look,The beautiful wanna-be girl is crying."
One of the girls named Ami started mocking her and mimicking her hand all over the place.
"Hey,That's enough."
"ALRIGHT,Ladies and gentleman,Stop right there."
Two individuals made their appearance.
One had platinum blonde hair,Green-Blue eyes and Wearing a sleeveless green shirt and sky blue pants.
Another had Spiky blonde hair,Ocean Blue Eyes and was wearing Black-Red mixed shirt and with Grey pants.
What Sakura saw next was that those two individuals locked eyes with each other.
"Who's she?I've never seen her before."
Naruto thought,Glancing at his right side.
The Platinum Blonde Haired Girl Mainly Named Ino Yamanaka glanced toward her left and Thought the same thing as him,As She simply didn't knew,
Someone else would come to help,
The hopeless pink haired girl.At any rate,
Ino Yamanaka is the future clan head of one of the respective clans renowned as the Yamanaka Clan which she belonged to.
"Alright boys and girls,Let's do this.You should take care of her."
Naruto cracked his knuckles and looked into Ino's eyes and nodded.
Ino also nodded in understanding at what the young boy was going to do.
Naruto got into his stance,The perfect way to defend yourself and counter your enemies,As he remembered his lessons from his Anko Senpai.
He Took out 10 shurikens from his pocket and raised both of his hands so that they could see they were being targeted.
He has to hold himself back for that,He does not want to end up killing all of them just like before.
"It's the shuriken."
One of them frantically shouted immediately recognising the throwing stars the young blonde boy was using.
"What the…..He is already a ninja?".
They all seemed to be surprised when Ryomei,The black haired boy that belonged to the group,Exclaimed.
"What a marvellous event going on right now."
Ino mused looking at the scene In Front of her while also guarding Sakura so that no one could touch her.
"Did he really enrol himself in the academy at that age?"
Ino thought.
"Guys,Let's run away from him."
They all started running away from the young blonde boy,Who now let out a sigh of relief.
Ino Yamanaka seemed to be at ease however she started walking toward the young blonde boy and touched his shoulder.
"Hm.."
Naruto looked behind and saw green blue eyes looking directly at his ocean blue eyes.
"What's your name?What are you really up to?"
Ino questioned the young boy
"You know I am not the perfect example of politeness but even I know it's it's common courtesy to introduce yourself before asking for someone else's name"
Naruto politely implied.
He does not want to snark back at her nor want to be rude to her in any way in the first impression.
Ino sighed and took a deep breath before introducing herself.
"I am sorry if I was very rude to you earlier.
My name is Ino Yamanaka from the Yamanaka Clan.What's your name?"
Ino smiled and politely introduced herself this time.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki,It's nice to meet you Ino."
Naruto showed her his bright smile and gave her a thumbs up.
"Well,Sakura,Introduce yourself to him."
Ino gestured to her friend to introduce herself to the young boy who's responsible for saving her from the bullies.
Naruto looked behind the girl's back and saw that too the pink haired girl was feeling a little bit comfortable.
He was glad she did.He blamed his somewhat cheerful personality for thinking everything is fun,He must not do it again he vowed.
Sakura Raised her head up and stood up so that her eyes could meet his eyes.
She took a deep breath.
"Hi,My name is Sakura Haruno and I am the only child of Kizashi Haruno and Mebuki Haruno.Thank you for saving me from them."
Sakura frantically bowed In Front of him.
Naruto smiled and touched her shoulder.
"It's okay,You don't need to bow to me that way.I only did what a human or as a man does.I wouldn't be any different if I didn't do anything will I?"
Naruto exclaimed while smiling.
Sakura looked up at her saviour and smiled.
"Alright,Let's become best friends forever and swear to ourselves that we will protect each other no matter what."
Sakura cheerfully hopped around in the middle of the jungle.
Ino and Naruto looked at each other and both of them smiled.
Naruto felt he did great for coming to rescue the pink haired girl from danger.
And atlast he finally made some friends of his age.
"Say,Did you really became ninja.?"
Sakura questioned the young boy who's started walking with them to whatever they were going to.
"Well,I actually didn't.It was to mimic them so that I don't end up hurting any of them."
Naruto confessed his implication to them.
While yes those kids were cowards and assholes,He couldn't afford to kill them.
Their families are waiting for them and no one wants to witness losing their loved ones.Especially not a child.
"I see."
Ino stated while looking at the spiky blonde haired boy.
It's actually a really good way to execute your ideologies,Even if he didn't explain that much you could see he witnessed life much more than them.Even though they were still kids.
None of that mattered to her.The friendship they are currently having is what matters the most to her.
"Where are we going?"
Naruto looked at the pink haired girl for an answer.
"We are going to my place,My favourite place actually.You'll love that bro."
Sakura looked behind her shoulder and winked.
"Whatever you say then buddy."
Naruto laughed.
It was actually really nice.So this how it feels to have friends in your life.He will cherish them forever.Believe it.
Ino smiled at the beautiful interactions among them.Being best friends forever
Isn't actually a bad idea.
She could get used to this.
Several hours later.
7.30. PM.
The Hokage Residence.
The Hokage Residence is a large mansion occupied by the Hokage during their tenure.And is located close to both the Academy and Hokage Rock.
Circular in design,It is also one of the largest buildings in the Village Hidden In leaves.
Towering over most other buildings,There is also the kanji for "Fire" painted on the roof of the building.
It is filled with many forbidden scrolls,which lie the secrets to many techniques.
Built during the reign of the first Hokage,Hashirama Senju.
Currently the camera perspective shifted right towards the current leader of the village hidden in the leaves,The Third Hokage.
Sitting on his desk,Scrolling through papers and looking at this year's production and the village's fundamental growth.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the paper and it's producing items in his hands.
"This year's people don't seem so demanding."
Hiruzen thought in wonder.
The price rate,Desires,Expansion,Populations of food,Slavery etc seemed to be rather balanced then the last year.
It seems like people always disliked the idea of taking a slave.At Least there's hope to the Humanity.
Well maybe he should visit danzo right now and check to see if he disbanded his "Root" organisation.
Hiruzen stood up from his chair and walked towards the door and looked behind one last time and checked the room if he was missing something or not.
Now what might exactly be this "Root" thing?
What's their purpose?
Well,
Root is a branch of the Village Hidden In the leaves Anbu Training Subdivision.They Are similar to the likes of secret police force that maintained public order from underground.
Their main goal is to advance the village's military might and ensure its overall well being by taking on missions that are less
Then respectable in nature.
However the root became completely opposite both in nature and as a whole fundamental origins.
They'd do anything to make their country better even if they had to kill their loved ones and families no matter who it is.
Although The root as a whole isn't really that bad.The only villain among them would be Danzo Shimura.
The man that continued to train the young orphaned children that were produced during the war times were brainwashed into thinking Danzo Shimura is the only
One whom they should listen to and obey.
He seeks power. A true power that will do anything to make his country reign above all other countries in harsh militant views.
Which is why The Root as a whole including the leaders themselves should disband.
Hence why Hiruzen is currently crossing the bridge made with woods in the root base organisations,And his destination?
The Control room of the Root Organisation.
Control room
Danzo Shimura walked back and forth wondering whether or not what Hiruzen said was true.
It has been totally a mixture of feelings and emotions running through his body and he does not know what he should do now.
He didn't like the way Hiruzen approached the village and it seemed very naive, and soft and trashy ways to rule the country.
He planned on assassinating Hiruzen but it seems to be futile.
Someone opened the door and Danzo stopped walking and looked toward the door and saw that it was none other than his old teammate Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"I take it,You disbanded your organisation?"
Hiruzen exclaimed in eagerness.That means he does not have to punish his old friend anymore.
"Uh….."
Danzo sweat dropped at Hiruzen when he saw the expression he was making.But in reality he was quite scared.He had yet to see the full might Hiruzen possessed.
"Why aren't you talking?"
Hiruzen questioned the person In front of him.Well he is no longer a person.
Just a power hungry bastard and nothing else comes in between.
"I see you haven't disbanded them yet."
Hiruzen snapped his fingers and immediately two of his anbu appeared.
These two individuals are Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui.
Uchiha Itachi,A prodigy that came once or twice in a lifetime,Is the first child of Mikoto Uchiha And Fugaku Uchiha and the big brother of Sasuke Uchiha.Has Made the second highest scores in the shinobi academy only behind Minato Namikaze who's the first one among the toppers.
Kakashi Hatake.Hailed as a prodigy similar to the black haired boy next to him and was renowned as Friend Killer Kakashi Hatake.
The only son of Sakumo Hatake who was once known as the White fang of The Hidden Village in the leaves.
Right now,Danzo is scared.
"Root".
Danzo shouted for his shinobi to come forward and aid him.
"There's no root."
Hiruzen stated looking directly at him.
Someone else took care of them.
The Camera shifted towards the Individual who had taken care of all the Anbu members.
Shisui Uchiha.The descendant of Kagami Uchiha,Old teammates of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.
He was renowned as the body flicker of The Village and was practically the master of Genjutsu.
"Shisui Uchiha Eliminated all of them except two of your Anbu was somehow escaped from him"
Hiruzen confessed looking slightly disappointed,However he smiled.This is enough for him.
"Now take him to prison 3504."
Hiruzen Commanded his two shinobi in assisting him to arrest Danzo Shimura.
"What is this prison 3504?Never heard of it before."Danzo thought.He had a feeling he wouldn't make it out.
Two of the mentioned shinobi caught Danzo's hand tightly and vowed they would not let him escape.
Danzo is trying to escape.He panickedly looked around for clues to help him but found none.
He saw Hiruzen walk toward him and go behind him.
Hiruzen raised his hand and striked Danzo's left side of his neck just below the point of the jaw and knocked him out.
Several minutes later.
Danzo opened his eyes slightly after being knocked out.
He looked around the room and saw that he was wrapped around with nine chains over his whole body that were also covered by his waist as well as they were very much bigger in proportions.
And it looks like he is in prison 3504.He searched for the gate and found nothing since the room he was in is practically dark.
Snap*
However minutes later the room was filled with fire below.Danzo saw that it was still lower than his feet luckily.
"So what do you think?"
Danzo looked toward the gate just to find his old teammate looking at him.
He felt several emotions going through him right now.Anger,Guilt and most of Betrayal.
He could not believe his old Teammate would ever do something like this to him.
Where did he go wrong?
"Where did he go wrong?
Hiruzen mocked his now ex friend/teammates.He has been giving him enough chances.Punishment is the least thing he can give to the warmonger.
Not disbanding the root meant direct EXECUTION.
"Do you know what these chains are made of?"
Hiruzen questioned the prisoner.
Danzo does not answer and looks away from his old teammate or comrade.
Or not anymore.
Hiruzen laughed at the vile evil man.
"This chains are pretty much based on crimes such as Rape,Lust,Gluttony,Greed,Wrath,Heresy,Violence,fraud and Treachery.Named The Ninth Chains of Anguish."
Hiruzen made his newest invention come to light.
"You all mocked me.you all insulted me thinking I was naive,stupid and was not fit enough to be Hokage behind my back as well as In front of me.Of Course those were in friendly manners as you all thought.But i figured it out,I simply acted as if I am stupid.I just got along with it for the time being and needed to master this masterpiece of mine."
Hiruzen snapped his finger and the room glowed brightly before danzo's eyes and saw that the flame below him slightly fired up.
And Danzo felt the chains wrapped around him get tighter and he screamed when something stabbed his thighs.
Hiruzen smiled in satisfaction.It was thanks to Lady Mito or Mito Uzumaki,The wife of The First Hokage Hashirama Senju.
Because of her,He was able to create a newly much more complicated Sealing Technique.
It was because of his dedication and determination after seeing many trials and failures,He created a literal masterpiece such as this.A literal Hell in a cell.
Otherwise it wouldn't be a thing.
"You will forever stay here unless you change your mind and your life as a whole."
Hiruzen announced the despair of the warmonger,Now the culprit's fate.
It seemed danzo isn't lucky.He never was.
"You will also finally understand why The Second Hokage Tobirama Senju Picked me as his successor."
Hiruzen started walking toward his office.Leaving his ex comrade behind in the cell.
Hiruzen can no longer hear the scream of that vile evil man when he gets out of prison underground.
And finally came to his residence and sat at his desk and wondered what the young boy Naruto Uzumaki was doing.
He should check the boy out.
Several hours later at 8:40PM.
Naruto's house.
Currently our spiky blonde haired boy is cooking his dinner.
So how did his day go today?
Well it was really awesome and cool to be honest.After finding out sakura's favourite place in the jungle of the west side which was actually a tree house.
A very beautiful Tree house in fact.
He played with her toys with both of them and played hide and seek with them.
Although Ino was the seeker and always had to seek them
And they both needed to hide themselves.
And what's more it was actually really funny to see Ino getting mad for not finding them and apparently it seemed they were experts at hiding.
After playing with them,Ino and Naruto bid their farewell to sakura and
Naruto Uzumaki also was able to find out that Ino had their own Flower shop when he accompanied her to her house.
In the end they all got life and eventually they had to go their separate ways after.Its not like it's the end of the world or anything,They'll meet each other tomorrow once again.
And you might be thinking what was Naruto cooking.Well he figured.Beside ramen,He must eat something delicious home cooked meals.
Right now he is making pork cutlets,Miso soup,Sashimi and Soba Noodles.
Naruto perked up when he heard someone knocking on his door and went to see who's there.
And saw that it was none other than his senpai Kakashi Hatake and His old man Hiruzen Sarutobi.e in come in.You are right on time."
Naruto cheerfully greeted them.
"Naruto,Are you cooking today?"
Hiruzen said while smelling the food.It seemed he really is learning how to cook.
"Why yes,After all I wouldn't be much of the best of the best in the universe you know."
Naruto dramatically stated to them.
Both Kakashi and Hiruzen smiled at his statement.
"Old man and senpai,Go wash your hands and sit at the dinner table.I'll bring you guys food for you."
Naruto walked toward his kitchen and preparing the meals for all of them
"Naruto,Why not I help you serve us.You know what they say.When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully,Everyone is blessed."
Kakashi gave him his Infamous one-eyed smile.
"Sure Kakashi senpai."
Both of them started serving each other and in the end,
They all sat at the dinner table and peacefully ate their meals.
Hiruzen was about to bid his farewell to the young boy but stopped when he saw Kakashi raise his hand to speak.
"Naruto,how about I stay in your apartment tonight."
Kakashi looked toward the young boy for an answer.
While Hiruzen looked at the scene before him and wondered what the kid would say.
Naruto widened his eyes at his implication.
"But where will you sleep?I don't have any extra room to spare."
Naruto confessed,Slightly disappointed.
"Ah,Don't worry,I'll sleep on the couch."
Kakashi stated in a very simple way.
He hoped the child would ease himself up.
"Okay senpai.I have no problem then."
Naruto smiled gratefully.
Hiruzen warmly smiled.Overall it was really a good day to him.At last he can sleep peacefully without worry about any mundane issues.
Later Hiruzen bid his farewell to them and made his way toward his home.He missed his wife a lot.Speaking of.
He should visit his wife's graveyard right now before going home.
In Naruto's apartment…
Both Kakashi and Naruto are seen sleeping.
Kakashi was sleeping on the couch after perfectly adjusting himself on it.
While Naruto was sleeping on the bed peacefully.
He can't wait to meet his new friends tomorrow.
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End of Chapter.
And that's it.
Hiruzen Sarutobi possessed the will of fire and was given a task to nurture those whom he can trust in the next generations.I have no idea what Kishimoto Sensei was thinking.