Chapter Four: Story from the past

Naruto had awoken early the next morning after Arashi had made fun of his orange out fit. And of course Naruto awoke in a sour mood, one. Because Hinata was leaving to go on a mission, and two. The fifth Hokage wanted him to help out the Yondaime go threw all the archives. And of course the one thing Naruto hated was history and at the current moment the Yondaime Hokage. He was determined to try and weasel out of it, maybe if he were lucky go on a mission with Hinata and the others…maybe not. Last time he had tried that he ended up into the river in his boxers…he wasn't sure how he got there, but he remembered the run home at two a clock in the morning. Naruto slowly walked over to his cupboard where all his instant Raman was and then to the drawer where the chop sticks were and then to the other cupboard to a glass, and some water. After his incident when he was twelve he never really trusted milk again.

Naruto now sat at his table shirtless messy haired totally un-awake, and cranky. Just the teenage boy every mother dreams of. Naruto had just poured his hot water into the bowl when a sudden gust of wind suddenly appeared into his home and his Raman gone and replaced his fruit and vegetables. Naruto only could guess of one person who would do that. Naruto slowly gazed towards the chair next to him were Kakashi was eating HIS Raman, Naruto then knew without a doubt he couldn't win, and slowly got up placed his dishes into the sink and walked to his room and slowly slipped out of his pants and pulled on a clean black netted shirt, and then a normal black t-shirt. Then he ever so slowly pulled on a pair of clean underwear and then his orange pants and his orange and black jacket. Then he slowly went to the night stand beside his bed and pulled on his head protector and then looked at him self in the mirror, and went to the bathroom, turned on the taps and splashed water upon his face and the brushed his teeth. Then after he left to go back out to the living room/ eating area and noticed Kakashi still standing there done with the Raman and was reading those stupid little books he always carries around.

Naruto then took the bowl from his and walked towards the garbage and threw it away, and just as he turned around an apple his in square in the head and he was knocked down. He opened his eyes after a few moments and glared at the apple now laying on the ground kind of squished and sad looking. He picked it up and glared at Kakashi wanting to say horrid things but stood up and then put it on the counter and walked in front of him and then said.

"WHAT IS WITH YOU! FIRST YOU STEAL MY FOOD! THEN YOU LEAVE IT LAYING AROUND AND THEN!!!!!! YOU THROW AN APPLE AT ME!" Yelled Naruto.

"A ninja must always be on their toes Naruto, Always be on the ball…and you shouldn't eat Raman first thing in the morning it isn't good for you." Said Kakashi.

"…What are you doing here, Don't you have other students?" Asked Naruto.

"What?! Have you abandoned me already, Am I not allowed to see my favourite student!?" Asked Kakashi slowly putting his book down.

"Favourite? What do you mean favourite? I though dear old Sasuke was your favourite? And…it wouldn't kill you to be on time for once" Said Naruto.

"Now Naruto, you know not to put your self down like that don't you? Anyways Naruto Uzumaki, I only came by not just to eat your food, but to tell you the fifth demands to see you now, You are already 45 minutes late." Said Kakashi.

"Well the fifth will have to wait, I need to go see Hinata off before I do anything I had promised her that before. And Since you brought up being demanded, would you replace me, I really don't want to have to go threw 16 years of paper work with the fourth…so I was wondering…..Kakashi????" Said Naruto as he realized his sensei had already left him.

"Lazy Ninja…." Said Naruto as he made sure his door was locked and the shut his window and was off to see Hinata at the entrance.

Hinata waited for the last ten minutes waiting for everyone to show up and yet her team mates and her teacher were all late. As she waited she started to make a small hole in the ground with her sandal when a voice called out to her, Hinata had been expecting a different person like her team mates…but no. It was Naruto, Hinata smiled as she looked up to him, she was about to laugh at the way his hair was this morning, it looked like he just awoke, then she decided not to ask, already fearing the answer she would receive from him. Hinata then waved to Naruto as he quickly got closer to her until he was hugging her and shocked her the most because Naruto never usually showed up before she had to go on a mission, unless she was leaving for a month, and she hadn't told him how long she would be gone. Which was indeed a month and a half.

"Naruto? What are you…you….you doing here?" Asked Hinata trying to hide her blush that now spread across her cheeks from him just holding her. She wasn't very used to him holding her so long.

"Well I had heard from a little dog you would be leaving for a month, so I decided to see you goodbye, Is that so wrong?" Asked Naruto as a smile played across his lips.

"Well...n…no…..I……I guess….No…t…" But even before Hinata could get her full sentence out, Naruto pulled her as close as possible and hugged her tight, And smiled even wider and slowly tilted her chin upwards and his down words and as they were only inches away…

"Bark" Said a quite larger dog, that had made Hinata and Naruto both jump away from each other, Hinata wide eyed having been caught almost kissing Naruto in the open, while Naruto had a Kunai in hand waiting for some one to attack. But they never did only Akamaru stood there wagging his tail, knowing he ruined a perfect moment. Kiba then ran up to his dog panting, it had seemed the dog had gotten away from him.

"Well, see you…..later Hinata!" Smiled Naruto as he shoved the Kunai back into the secret pocket inside his jacket and shoved his hands into his pocket and glared evil eyes and Akamaru and then at Kiba even more dangerously and left to go see the Hokage.

"By Naruto!" Said Hinata as she waved to him face still beat red.

"What did I do?" Said Kiba innocently. Which only made Hinata smile and give a stifled laugh.

Naruto was now walking towards the Hokages building place, when he noticed a blonde with really weird Hair. Naruto left her un-noticed until he noticed who she was with. Naruto looked closer to notice Shikamaru and Temari standing next to each other as they talked, Naruto found it odd,

1.) Because Shikamaru, said him self he hates girls there to trouble some.
2.) He never laughs with girls and

3.) it was the sand ninja that he said bugged him.

So why in the world were they together and laughing, until Naruto got his answer, Temari and Shikamaru now walked closer together down the street towards his house. Naruto mentally laughed, and kept that thought in his brain for black mail later on.

Naruto now walked further down the road until he noticed a certain blonde ninja and an older ninja both walking together talking about something. Naruto then noticed who they were right away, the old pervert, and the fourth. And as the fourth waved good bye to the elder, Naruto noticed sad expression played across his features. Naruto couldn't help but ask what was wrong, so as Naruto had gotten closer the white haired man turned around to leave when he noticed Naruto with a hand on his hip and looking like he wanted an explanation.

"Uzumaki! What are you doing here?!" Said the elder man, as he looked surprised.

"Since when do you call me Uzumaki? And since I live herel I want to ask you why you left for 3 weeks and never seemed to show up, and don't tell me it was research for that stupid book of yours!" Said Naruto right away.

"Naruto, I would never do anything like that would I?" Laughed the old man as Naruto gave him a look as, why do you think I wouldn't ask that?

"Naruto I have just been gone a while, I have found Information not on my book but on your friend, the weirder one" Said the old man.

"SASUKE! YOU FOUND INFORMATION ON HIM! WHERE IS HE! IS HE ALIVE IS HE OK? IS HE WELL!!!!" Said Naruto rather loudly Which caused many heads to turn including a pink haired girls who what been walking with Ino.

"Sasuke?" Said Sakura under her breath as she looked at the two while she was being dragged by Ino.

"SHHHHH! Naruto not so loud, it is vital information that only the Hokage and elders will hear, you may be given this information if she likes." Said the old man.

"….Why were you upset when the fourth left?" Asked Naruto completely changing the subject.

"You saw that did you?" Said the old man.

"Yes"

"I was just thinking about something he had brought up, something that I hadn't told

him…but it was what he knew then, and still knows perfectly well now" Said the hermit.

"Which was?" Said Naruto on his tippy toes wanting to know.

"You will have to ask the fourth, when he is ready, just don't go bugging him now…" Said the hermit.

"Why? What is so bad? That happened to him?" Asked Naruto.

"Nothing Naruto, just go see the fifth, she has called you right?" Said the man.

"Fine!……..wait there's one thing….that scroll you carry around all the time has all the people who can make the frog boss appear right?" Said Naruto.

"Yes?"

"I remembered, there was two more names, your and one before you and after you…who were they?" Asked Naruto.

"Naruto, one was my father and another man, that scroll goes back hundreds of years, but in the order you know is. My father, then me, then Arashi, and then you Naruto."

"Arashi? Who is that?"

"Naruto you look at his face every day the one you admire, the Yondaime Hokage"

"Can I see that scroll for a minute?" Said Naruto as he was about to touch is, but the hermit had moved away and smiled and then jumped off.

"I think people are against me!" Said the blonde as he trudged his way to the Hokages building to spend the next few days or more! Helping the fourth.

Naruto slowly made his way, it had only taken him 5 minutes of very slow walking to get to the building. As Naruto gazed at the stair case, with loathing and hatred. Why him…oh yeah! Because he had made the Hokage mad…and then tried to act as nothing happened. Naruto had put his foot on the first step, and was about to continue on, when a voice called out to him from behind. Naruto slowly turned his gaze to meet bright green eyes, and pink hair. He had taken a few steps backwards so he wouldn't scream in her face, he tried to look for an exit but found none, only her.

"Naruto! The Hokage has been waiting for two hours now, You know she's going to give you more work then you already have!!" Said Sakura as she followed him up the stairs.

"Sakura, what happened to you?" Said Naruto as he gave her a side glance.

"What do you mean? I haven't changed at all!" Said Sakura now glaring at him and putting both hands on her hips.

"Yes you have, what happened to the girl that never used to talk to me and daydream about Sasuke, and treat me like dirt. Now ever since he has left you've some how acknowledged my existence." Said Naruto as they made it to the top step, and were walking down the hall towards the office.

""I….uh…what do you mean? I always…."

"No you never…..all you thought about was Sasuke, Sasuke and more Sasuke. And wasn't it you who believed I never tried hard enough to get him back, just remember Sakura I never go back on my word! That's my way on the ninja!" Said Naruto as he opened the office door to be yelled at.

"UZUMAKI! DO YOU KNOW HOW LATE YOU ARE!!!" Said the fifth.

" two hours and 46 minutes and 22 seconds…and I am only late because of Kakashi, and Ero-Sannin, and Sakura, and I had to see Hinata off, and I really didn't want to come here today…" Said Naruto finally as he gazed out of the corner of his eye to see the fourth reading threw papers on the Hokages desk, and looked horrid, as if he had been up all night long. "What happened to you! You look bad Yondaime.." Said Naruto in a mocking tone.

"Life is what happened, nothing more and nothing less Naruto." Said Arashi as he looked at Naruto with bags under his eyes, and hair a mess along with what looked to be stains on his over large shirt.

"Naruto I have asked you of all people to come here and help out Arashi with all this history over the last 16 years. From the time of the nine-tails to the present. I am sure that won't be to hard, he has already covered the last 10 years, all that is left is from the nine-tails to where you were six, now I know you will have no problems with that. And if you do, then it will not my problem" Said the fifth as she left the room with the small pink pig following.

"Great…so do you have any questions, that you would like to know?" Said Naruto while sitting down across from the Hokage, and picked up the scroll from the day the nine-tails attacked.

"There is one, it was foggy, but it said that you had defeated the Kage of the sand? Am I right? The day…" Arashi gaze a stiffed swallow and said. "When the sand ninjas attacked, I under stand why they did now, but…is it true you did?" Asked Arashi now hands folded and head resting upon them. So much what Sasuke had done.

"Yes, I had used the boss frog to defeat the raccoon demon. But…"

"But what?"

"But I, he told me to transform him into another creature with claws and teeth." Said Naruto now looking more intense at the scroll.

"And what did you….don't tell me…."

"Yes, it was the only thing I could think of, all I know…I never want to make that happen again, even though it was the coolest thing ever. It scared me at how much power that fox had. And I never really understood how much power he had, until that day." Said Naruto scanning the scroll.

"Hmmm, is that so?" said Arashi now writing stuff down and then looking at Naruto who's face had gone white.

"…this, I never knew…." Said Naruto all of a sudden as he read the scroll. Arashi looked at him confused until he noticed the date. It was the day Arashi and so many others had died. The blonde's eyes widened and almost took the scroll until Naruto dropped it and got up and ran to the window and jumped out.

The Hokage slowly picked up the scroll and read threw what Naruto had, just random names, and then the young ninja teams, which made Arashi swallow hard, and noticed names from various families and then noticed Kakashi's whole family, and then noticed the names Uzumaki, no first names were showed but only last ones, then the last name on the page that Naruto must have read was Arashi. And then in brackets ( Died sealing the nine tails away, and locking it in an infant boy, who had just been born.) then in another set of brackets was ( the Yondaime wife died soon after) not much else just that.

Arashi wondered why the last name would affect him unless he had thought he had done it, since he had the nine tails sealed away in him. Arashi knew Naruto would want to be alone, but he couldn't just wanted to reassure him, but he knew Naruto wouldn't listen…maybe if he…..no nothing would work. Arashi looked back at the scrolls and sat down, and continued to find out as much information as possible.

Naruto sat upon the stone head, gazing out across the village/town, just thinking. Now he knew his parents were dead…nothing could be said or done, he now knew….he was in shock he knew the Hokage had tried to stop him, but failed, because he had known he couldn't. Naruto could have sat there for hours gazing into the horizon but the clouds started to come and rain started to poor. Naruto looked up and watched as the rain dripped on the cool metal of his head protector, and then tilted his head when he felt the rain suddenly stop, and noticed Arashi standing behind him holding an umbrella. Naruto gave him a questioning look, but then stopped when Arashi smiled, and motioned him to follow. Naruto then slowly got up and followed the other blonde, they had been walking in silence for about 10-15 minutes until Arashi started to talk.

"Are you not going to ask me?"

"Ask you what?" Said Naruto.

"Who your parents were, what they were like, what they did…what they wanted to do with there life, What they had expected for you?" Said Arashi all of a sudden.

"I didn't think you would tell me"

"First I will tell you one thing, would you rather learn about your mother of father first" Said Arashi.

"Father….?"Said Naruto in a low voice, starting to like the sound of that.

"Well you father…was the top in his class, had blonde hair much like yours. Was a prankster at one point. But grew out of it at age six. He was a member off an elite squad of Ninjas. Very well behaved, but had a calm and collective out look on life, and still loved to joke around. Was much like you when taking orders from elders when he knew another way, better for every one, all and well, he is a very good man Naruto" Said the fourth. As he walked up to a building and slowly opened the door and made a gesture for Naruto to go in first. As he did Naruto spun around and looked at him, and then said.

"What do you mean is, He's dead remember!?" Said a confused Naruto. Arashi just looked at him and gave a quick smile as to say my mistake, but also one that got Naruto confused, as if the smile meant something else about his father Naruto didn't know.

"Now! Your mother…" Said Arashi stopping and then looking down at the floor with a grim face and then looking up, and walking to the kitchen to make some tea.

"Your…mother, had deep green eyes, with pecks of light blue mixed in along the line, and had beautiful long dark blue hair, and no she wasn't a member of the Uchiha clan, even though when you looked at her, it would seem that way. She was the most beautiful woman any man would ever meet, your father…was a lucky man Naruto, any man would give a life to be in the place were he was. Just because she was extremely beautiful doesn't mean she was the top or bottom of her class, I remember she always wanted to prove that woman are just as good as men, at being a Ninja she sometimes struggles in school, she wasn't very good at paying attention for to long, but the thing was, she had told me once she had never opened a book or a scroll for the Chunin exams. But the amazing thing was she passed, she hadn't cheated because I was caught cheating off her actually…I had to, DON'T GIVE ME THAT LOOK! Anyways! She became a Chunin before your father and then your father became an junnin (sorry can't spell it) way before her, it was amusing to watch her as she passed that test actually, because she almost killed me that time…. anyways…. to get on, both your parents were very talented Ninjas Naruto, and from what I've heard you are as well." Said Arashi as him and Naruto walked to the table and sat down from each other.

"So…did….I mean why did they give me to you?" Asked Naruto. And when Naruto had asked that very question…Arashi's figure became limp and wide-eyed, his face went pale…he wasn't sure what to say he was stuck….

"Your mother trusted me Naruto, she had told me to take you, I tried to tell her no…but she told me to, no mater what happened to her." Said Arashi, now looking quite sad.

"Where was she, I mean…where was she when she told you to take me?" Asked Naruto.

"She had just been walking to the hospital, very independent woman she was, never asked for help, while she was in labour, she walked half way to the hospital when I found her, laying on the ground, I was scared something happened to her, I couldn't tell at first who your mother was since it was dark, but I had to find a medic ninja, so I sent out a an eagle to find, the fifth, and she came moments later. And by the time she had come, I had to help her take her to the hospital. It wasn't long after that you were born, and I found myself sitting up there upon my head, no Naruto I can't actually take off my head...on my stone figure one., just waiting for the demon…I had to check on her before I left, and when I found her she was tired…and there you were in her arms, asleep, she told me to take you, no matter what happened to her, she told me to take you Naruto and save the town, she had known what I was going to do, and tried to stop me, but had given up, and told me to take you, believe me I told her no, many time…but that woman had to have it her own way." Said Arashi finally taken a deep breath of air, and motioning to Naruto to follow him.

"So you took me! You know…you could have left me…and pretended to take me…then I would have been with her right?"

"If you mean dead…" Said Arashi looking at Naruto.

"What do you mean! How…did she die?" Asked Naruto in a scared yet calm tone.

"I did Naruto. I needed a human sacrifice to do the Jutsu… You have no idea what a pain in the heart that was for me, and your father. After I had sealed away the demon inside you, I had used the last of my power I had to bring you to the only person I knew would look after you." Said Arashi now walking into a larger room and going threw a drawer to find something.

"Also Naruto, I don't know if you would still be alive without you, the town would have been destroyed. Nothing left everyone would have died. You a tiny baby saved us all….I just did the Jutsu."

"Who, Did you take me to?" Asked Naruto.

"The old pervert" Said Arashi as he pulled out a small picture book and handed it to Naruto.

"You brought me to the pervert!?…What's this?" Said Naruto as he looked at the book.

"That was your mothers photo book, There are a lot of pictures of your mother…in there" Said Arashi with a smile…and yet it looked sad.

"Why none of him?" asked Naruto opening the first page to read.

"……."

Aumi Uzumaki

"My mothers name?" Asked Naruto turning the first page to see the most beautiful woman ever, with long dark blue hair, and green eyes, Arashi had been right there was some blue in it. On the next page it showed her Arashi, looking almost the same, since he hasn't aged at all, and the older pervert, who looked much younger then he did now. Naruto looked confused to see Arashi and her there, and the old pervert and was about to ask him when Arashi already answered.

"Your mother and I were best friends…ever since I can remember, and the pervert was there because that was the day she told me she was pregnant, and I was given title as Hokage" Said Arashi while turning his gaze away.

"How long had you known her?" Said Naruto turning the pages to see his mother along with various women he'd never seen, 'must be friends that had died in the battle' thought Naruto as he turned some more pages to see one of his mother with a very large stomach and Arashi pointing at her laughing as she held an ice cream. And then turned the page to see Arashi with an ice cream on top of his head and her laughing. Naruto then looked at Arashi with a questioning look wanting to know what was so funny, when Arashi went behind him and looked.

"I remember that day well…It was the day I came back from a three month mission to see your mother looking round, when I had left she was three months, and you don't normally get big at three months and when I had come back, I had started to laugh at her, eating Raman ice cream with some chocolate sauce, and chicken…she had the weirdest cravings ever, when she was pregnant with you. Anyways she didn't find it funny, because she dumped it on my head then laughed, and in the end demanded me to go by her a new one…and let me tell you that was really odd, because the cook at that Raman stand you like so much looked at me with a weird crazy look, and then thought if I liked it would be a new dish…and when he did….I was given one every time I went there…" Said Arashi, trying to remember the gross treat.

"Hahahaha… what about this one?" Asked Naruto while he showed Arashi a picture of him as a Hokage, dressed in the robes while, sitting at his desk, and looking at the camera with a not so happy face, and his mother standing next to him, but with a worried look upon her face. And a teenaged boy and girl looking threw some books and scrolls, one with silver hair and another with brown.

"That…Naruto was the last picture ever taken of your mother, and Rin before they died…and Kakashi is there too, but as you know he isn't dead, and…that was the day we had found out the nine tails was coming here, I was dressed up because I had a meeting with all the other Kages, that day, and your mother was there…because…and my two students were helping me find any information on it, But that day I had found only one thing that could save this village was that one Ninja would have to seal the nine tails inside of them, but I couldn't do t alone at the end, that's why you were used Naruto." Said Arashi moving away from the book.

"You said this was the last picture of her and Rin, but…not the last of you…were is the last picture ever taken of you?" Asked Naruto.

"I have it" Said Arashi plainly as he looked out the window towards the sky to see it black, and then back to Naruto.

"You should get heading home, I'll go with you…you…you can have that if you like? That photo-album" Said Arashi.

"No, these pictures belong to you, as well as the memories hold, but could I have one of just her?" Asked Naruto.

"Yes,…well come on I know you want to be heading home, I am walking down that way now, so I might as well join you" Said Arashi.

As the two left the room Arashi took one last glance around and gave a low sigh, and then followed Naruto down the stairs down the hall and the out the door. They had walked in silence for a while until Naruto folded his hands behind his head and the looked up at the start splattered sky, and the over to Arashi who's face was consumed in total darkness, his eyes were obviously closed, and was thinking about something, when Naruto all of a sudden asked him something.

"Yondaime Hokage? Can I ask you something…you don't have to tell me if you don't want to" Said Naruto while looking back up towards the sky.

"It's not like you to ask a question Naruto. What's the matter?" Asked Arashi.

"Did, you love my mother?" Asked Naruto while looking back to the wide-eyed Hokage.

"What brings upon that question Naruto?"

"In all those pictures…I noticed something…you looked different around her, your back was straighter, your hair wasn't always a mess, and you looked in love…did you love my mother?" Asked Naruto while looking at the Hokage.

"Naruto, for someone I heard never liked observation…you sure did observe those pictures well didn't you? Yes, I loved your mother beyond anything else in this natural born world. I had always loved her ever since we were children. We were inseparable, I would give up a everything just to be with her again. She was the love of my life Naruto, and all those memories I have I wouldn't give up, not for any Hokage title, or new cool Ninja tactics…There is nothing that I wouldn't have given up for her back then…I just wish I had been there to protect her like I had said I would…" Said Arashi as he looked up towards the sky.

"Did, she love you back?" Asked Naruto.

Arashi just gave Naruto a small smile meaning nothing a smile that meant a yes or a no, a smile that had meant nothing at all. And continued walking. And of course Naruto had thought that had meant no, and left it like that, until he looked at Arashi with curiosity, and was about to speak when Arashi already spoke.

"Naruto, do you have something you want to protect, a special person or anything at all?" Asked Arashi as he looked at Naruto.

"What do you mean?"

"A special person you would give up a life for, anyone at all" Asked Arashi once again.

"A special person…I guess mine would be Hinata, and all the friends I have made over the years. Who is your special person?" Asked Naruto.

"That's some good special friends…Naruto Uzumaki, My special person died long ago…but that doesn't mean I don't have more, my special people would be the villagers of the village, and everyone I have ever met and haven't met, no matter who they were or where they had come from, what their parents did, what they didn't do…as being Hokage I must protect everyone, and everything, not just because it is my job, it is because it is what I want to do" Said Arashi as he smiled at Naruto and then stopped him, and pointed his hand out at the beautiful leaf village at night from on top of the third Hokages head.

"Wow…it's Beautiful" Said Naruto taking it all in.

"As Hokage, this is my duty to look after everyone and everything in this village no matter who or what it is" Said Arashi.

"I will become Hokage one day, to protect this village and bring peace to everything and everyone, and surpass all the Hokages even you fourth" Said Naruto with a smile.

"That's a good dream Naruto" Said Arashi as he placed a hand upon the teenaged boys head and rubbed it.

"Who was your special person that died?" Asked Naruto.

"Hmm, I thought you might have asked that, It was my wife, she had died the day of the demon attack, she had been pregnant…as well as my student, but he passed on long ago as well" Said Arashi with a grim tone in his voice as he looked away and started down to the village.

"You had a wife? And who was this student of yours?" Asked Naruto.

"Yes, and as beautiful and as skilled she was…she died. This student, was if you could say it Kakashi's best friend. Something like you and Sasuke had. That's how Kakashi got that eye of his. Just before Obito died, he told my other student Rin to take it out and give it to Kakashi because his was damaged. And Rin my student died that day…the day the dammed fox attacked." Said Arashi as they walked along side each other passing a few venders who were closing up their shops.

"I'm sorry" Said Naruto.

"For what? You never killed her…it wasn't your fault" Said Arashi as they turned a corner.

"But the demon fox did and he is in me…so that must mean…"

"NARUTO! Listen to me! No matter what people may ever tell you, you are not the demon! And never will be! You got that! You are you nothing more and nothing less, you are a sixteen year old boy who has dreams like ever one else in this world, and dreams he may accomplish, you are you, not the demon fox, it is only part a small part of you, and if the villagers have that much of a problem with it, then just ignore them Naruto, don't let it take over your life, because if you do then your no better then the village adults and the monster. You got that!" Said Arashi as he looked at Naruto.

"Why do you believe in me so much, and care?" Asked Naruto while looking at the Hokage.

"Because I can Naruto, I can care, and I want to care, I expected these villagers to treat you like a hero and not a monster, and yet they didn't do as I wished. And if they are to cold to care then let them be along, don't listen to what they have to say Naruto they are only a small part of your life and when you become Hokage you can show them who you really are" Said Arashi as he looked at Naruto.

"You really believe I can become Hokage?" Said Naruto.

"Yes, I really do believe you can become the best Hokage with village has ever had." Said Arashi.

"Thank you…not just for believing in me but for everything you have told me and what you have done" Said Naruto.

"Now go to bed, and get up early I need your help in moving some very large boxes into my attic tomorrow, and don't be late or I won't tell you anything else about your parents" Said Arashi as he turned and started to walk away towards the training grounds just before Naruto called out to him.

"Hokage? Did you like my father" Asked Naruto.

"Of course, greatest guy a person could meet" Smiled Arashi.

"Can I asked something else" Said Naruto.

"And what is that?" Asked Yondaime

"What ever happened to your child.?"

"Hmm…" Smiled Arashi as he turned and left down the road.

"Fine…don't answer my question…The I Am All Great And Powerful Jerk Hokage" Muttered Naruto as he turned towards his apartment as was about to jump up to the window when some one said.

"I HEARD THAT!" Yelled Arashi as he was nearly out of sight.

Naruto jumped a bit by the sudden loud noise and then calmed down and jumped to his window sill and opened it up and went inside, and just before he did he watched Arashi fade into the distance, and took out the picture of his mother and put it down next to his bed as he looked for an empty frame to place it in.

Arashi had walked to the training grounds when he caught the glimpse of his white haired teacher standing next the three logs in the ground with a smile.

"How much did you tell him?" Asked the older man.

"Just as much as he wanted to know…" Said Arashi as he looked at the pervert.

"Did you tell him about Aumi? And …."

"Yes I told him about his mother and father, but not a whole lot ok…I promise I won't tell him all that much until I believe he is ready."

"You know, Aumi would have made you tell him right away"

"I know ok, but I need time…"

"You miss her a lot don't you? Aumi that is, I remember you two were inseparable, I still remember when you two had first met, do you?"

"Of course…that day is the best one of the memories I have of her, because I could always black mail her with it" Laughed Arashi.

It had been a sunny day, Arashi and the old pervert had been walking down the road, the old pervert was trying to think of ways to publish his dirty book, while 12 year old Arashi was trying to think of a way to create a ball of swirling Charka in the palm of his hand without it getting out of control. Arashi and Jiraiya had just turned the corner when the young blonde boy banged himself into something, or some one causing to yells of pain to he heard. The pervert looked down to see Arashi sitting on the ground rubbing his head and another person about 11-12 years old sitting opposite of him rubbing their head.

"What did you have to go and bump into me for you bugger head!" Said the other dark blue hair child.

Arashi slowly arose to his feet and looked at the person on the ground, held out his hand to help them up, and when the person was to there feet, Arashi looked at them confused and then asked.

"Did you call me a bugger head? What are we two years old now?" Asked Arashi while looking at the shorter person.

"I…um…..shut up! Its not my fault! At least I don't go around bumping into girls!" Said the young girl.

"you're a girl?" Said Arashi.

"…WHAT DID YOU THINK I WAS YOU JERK!" Yelled the blunette.

"A boy…you are dressed in boy clothes…and No I don't normally go around bumping into people, you just happened to be in the way…I was thinking of something really important and almost had it figured out until YOU bumped into me!" Said Arashi.

"ME bump into YOU"

"YES!"

"Now kids…maybe you should just….." Started the older man until he was shut up by to children's death glares.

"What could you possibly be thinking of, to make you bump into me!" Said the girl.

"It's a secret!" Said Arashi

"I bet you don't even know"

"I do to"

"The what is it?"

"I don't need to tell you anything! As the future Hokage! I can have secrets" Said Arashi

"Future Hokage! Yeah right! And I am the queen of England!" Said the girl

"Well your majesty! I was thinking of a way to perform a cool new technique that can fir into the palm of your hand, and can be just made of pour charka. AND it can take out any Ninja!" Said Arashi finally, While closing his eyes and nodding while crossing his arms.

"Really? Sounds kind of cool!…I mean!!!!! How about a bet!" Said the girl

"What kind of bet?" Asked Arashi.

"If you can't create this cool new move then you have to say that I am the most beautiful girl you had ever met! And!! You have to do what I say for two months" Said The girl.

"Ok! Then when I DO create this move you have to go out with me on a date!" Said Arashi, with a smile upon his lips.

"Fine, if you can't create it in the next four years you do what I say!" Said the girl.

"You have your self a deal!" Smiled Arashi as he and her shook hands.

"By the way, my name is Aumi, what is yours?" She asked.

"Arashi, and I don't think I need to loose the bet about calling you the most beautiful girl I have ever met, because it is true" Said Arashi as he gave her his famous smile and walked away with his teacher following. Leaving a blushing girl.

"I remember winning that bet, and we went tout on a date, and I ended up some how walking home with Raman on top of my head" Said Arashi, with a smile on his face, and then a sudden as it came as quickly as it went.

"What's wrong?" Asked the old man.

"Why was it be to have another chance at life? Why couldn't it had been Aumi…" Said Arashi looking up at the sky.

"Don't hate your self at having another chance Arashi, you were brought here by the twisted Sanin and he was only going to use you as a tool, you had the will to be free, and Aumi had her chance at life, and if she would be brought back, yes she would have had Naruto, but she wouldn't had been truly happy unless you were here as well and you know that as well as I do. Arashi just because you have another chance don't waist it, don't spend it thinking about that could have happened, spend it with Naruto. You can teach him techniques I couldn't, that is why you were brought back to help the poor orange wearing Ninja, and help him become Hokage. You know as well as I do he may accomplish that dream." Said the older man.

"I just wish Aumi was here…" Said Arashi

"I know you do"

"I promise, I will try and help out the boy but, just listening to him reminds me of her so much…"

"I noticed that too, but he reminds me of you in some ways"

"Of me?"

"Sure, the will to try anything…I remember when I was with him a few years ago and told him, he reminded me of you, his little eyes almost popped out of his head, he was so happy…and then he got carried away and all I had meant is your hair color and your eyes" Laughed Jiraiya.

"I just wish I hadn't of had to use her….then she would be alive right now"

"Yes, but then he would have turned out totally different, he may have turned out to be a good little scared boy…and if that had happened he may have not saved the village from the sand ninja Garaa" Said the older man.

"I don't know what to do!"

"Come with me and have a drink! That will clean you right up"

"No, I remember last time I drank with you, I couldn't get up for a whole day and Aumi made fun of me for it to…she nagged me for months on drinking to much, and she had come over with her students and told them how men ninja can be idiots and how sometimes over drank, and told them that Is what happens when you drink….they even took notes! I swear to this day one of her students looked at me and asked me if I ever gotten sober yet…." Said Arashi while walking away.

"Where are you going then?"

"For a long walk…if I get bored I know were to find you" Said Arashi as he waved good bye and left the area.

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