We Fight Together Chapter 2: The Growth of a Hero, a naruto fanfic

I don't own Naruto cause if I did...WHY THE HECK AM I WRITING FANFICTION!

Anyways, sorry for the late update. My internet was down for a while-What? It's true! Needless to say, I was PISSED! I plan to FINISH this story people. It's not that troublesome and is actually fun to write!

But who cares about what I have to say!

On with the story!

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We Fight Together

Chapter Two

The Growth of a Hero

Kakashi was tired.

He had finished shopping a few hours ago, buying everything Sarutobi recomended. Some toys, small shirts, shorts, undergarments, tiny shoes, and milk. And the diapers. Kakashi had changed Naruto's diaper before the baby went to sleep and Kami-sama! That thing was chucked out the house as far as the teen could manage. Sometimes it sucked when you had a sensitive nose.

A few miles away

A certain man with bowl cut hair and massive eyebrows was practicing his kicking when suddenly a flying diaper landed on his out stretched leg.

Gai blinked.

He sniffed.

He screamed and threw the diaper in the garbage.

He ran.

Then he passed out.

Back to Kakashi and Naruto

The son of the White Fang sighed as he looked at the sleeping baby in his arms. He smiled at the innocent face and ruffled the blond's untamed hair. Naruto wouldn't stop crying until Kakashi picked him up and quickly fell asleep in the teen's arms. He was inwardly glad that Sarutobi was able to give him two weeks off so Naruto could have his adopted brother keep him company.

Kakashi yawned and laid down on his bed. He gave one last fleeting glance to the blond laying peacefully on his chest and let sleep over take him.

Two weeks later

Ibiki sighed as he sat in his living room and looked at the gaki in his arms.

Of all people, why him!

Flashback

Kakashi had just left for a mission and now Anko, Ibiki, Asuma, Kurunai and Gai stared at the baby looking up at them. Already the boy could sit up although most of the time he was leaning against something.

Anko sighed.

"So whose gonna take care of the gaki this time?"

"Can't for five days, I have a mission."

"That leaves Kurunai out."

"As much as I'd like to care for someone with such burning passion of youth I, The Green Beast of Konoha, have a mission to-"

"Thank you Gai."

"Well, I guess I could-"

"Look!"

They watched with curiousity as Naruto tried to crawl but failed miserably and started crying.

Ibiki, being the closest to the brawling baby, picked Naruto up and the blonde stopped crying. The interigator stepped towards Asuma and tried to give the smoking man the boy, only to find that Naruto was grabbing his trench coat, sniffling. Anko smirked.

"Well, it seems the boy picked for us. See you around Ibiki!"

End Flashback

The scared man sighed once again as the gaki giggled and tried to reach his face with his small hands. Ibiki's face had a ghost of a smile appear on it.

"Maybe your not so bad after all, gaki."

His opinion quickly went back two steps when he had to change the baby's diapers.

Three years later

Kakashi smiled at his little brother as he watched Naruto do his laps without chakra. The boy soaked up info like a sponge when he put his heart to it and when the info had been explained carefully to him. Already to boy knew a lot for his age.

Naruto could hold a conversation as long as there weren't words he didn't know. He knew the basic principles of chakra and could concentrate on expelling chakra from a certain parts of his body, namely his feet, for a decent amount of time. He knew all the handseals and basic Taijutsu.

The blond had taken after Kakashi's wardrobe style, much to his friends relief. Well, Gai kept saying something about the hip attitude being passed down.

Naruto had a mask similar to Kakashi since he was three weeks old, to cover the whisker like marks. His blond hair had some dark red highlights that is seen more clearly when light hits it, courtesy of his tenant. His hair always fustrated Kakashi; no matter what the silver haired man did, the hair wouldn't listen. Over his plain white shirt was an unzipped black vest with a few visible pockets and more hidden ones. Naruto's shorts and footgear were both black.

"Aniki."

Kakashi looked up from a certain orange book to focus his attention on the panting boy before him.

"Hm?"

"How-Fast?"

Kakashi smiled in his lazy fashion, which Naruto in turn had adopted.

"5.38 minutes, 5 seconds faster than last week."

Naruto smiled the 'Kakashi' smile.

"Great."

"Tree climbing after you take a break"

Naruto pouted put listened to his brother. Kakashi beamed proudly as he watched Naruto go a little over 1/4 of the tree, which was tall. His brother was progressing rapidly and he was very proud of him.

"Gah!" A loud thump was heard.

Kakashi sighed.

But he still has a looong way to go.

Two years later

Where is he?

As if an answer to this thought, several kunai whizzed threw the air, embedding the spot where the blond was a moment ago.

Kuso!

Swiftly, the boy parried a uppercut and a sweep kick and leaped back, only to be stopped by a side kick.

"You have to do better than that, Naruto!"

Naruto growled and responded with a low kick, a high kick, and a jumped to give an axe kick.

Ibiki smirked and caught the last kick, causing the boy to yelp as he saw the world upside down. He hooked his free foot around the jounin's wrist and jerked. Ibiki was forced to release his grip as Naruto supported himself with his arms. He caught the man by surprise as his right foot flew back to kick Ibiki in the stomach and used the momentum to roll away. Standing, he went into a stance. His legs were spread out in a horse stance, although he was focusing more weight on his back leg. His left hand was outstretched, palm facing the ground while his right arm was bent and raised to be parellal to his shoulder, hand loosely held. The fingers were curved threatenly gave the impersonstion that he was an angry animal ready to strike.

With a cry, Naruto charged and sent wild yet unpridictable attacks, landing a few blows. But Ibiki caught the boy with a hook pucnh on Naruto's blind side and declared that training was done for the day. Naruto grumbled but listened and made his way back home deeper in the forest as Ibiki remembered a grim memory.

Flashback

2 years ago

"Ni-san." Ibiki looked down at the boy that addressed him and replied, "What, gaki?" The jounin had taken Naruto along as he went to the store as it was his turn to take care of him since Kakashi was at Suna.

"I don't like the way the adults are looking at me."

Indeed, when Ibiki raised his head, the older generations were throwing cold glares and responded with his own.

"It hurts me here," the boy place a small hand over his chest, causing his patron to sigh sadly. It was Naruto's first tme to enter the village since Kakashi left the boy to them (since he gave them access to their place) and they lived in the house -well, more like a mansion- that the boy's father left him. The mansion was located deep in the forest and Naruto grew with their...care, and nature, away from the ignorant villagers.

"Naruto, just wait for me at the park for a few minuties, alright? I have to ask Gatan something."

"Hai, ni-san!"

That was a big mistake.

During the few minutes that Ibiki spoke to Gatan, Naruto saw a stray kitten go into the alley and followed. He gave the kitten a peice of candy and smiled as the kitten walked off with a grateful moew and lick.

That's when three drunks sauntered in.

"O', look 'ere," slurred the first. "I didn' see yer ugleeee face (hic) fer al' lon' time."

"Yeah, yar better dead, eh deeeemen?"

"Come on, monsta'!"

The three proceeded to beat the boy before Naruto could defend himself.

They ignored his muffled pleas and one of the drunks swung his half-empty sake bottle at Naruto's head. And being drunk, he hit Naruto square in the right eye.

Naruto, naturally, screamed.

End Flashback

Ibiki sighed as he opened the door to his house. Naruto had a whole glass shard stuck in his right eye and had to have surgery. Then the vessel met his tenant and was given an explanation from the fox that Naruto would only tell Kakashi. Now, Naruto had a black headband to cover the angry, vertical scar that tore along the eye in a similar 'Kakashi' look.

From what the jounin knew, he recived some 'gifts' from the fox as well. He shook his head as he thought;

Hope the gaki will do good at the academy. He better not mess up!

Not really an evil cliffie which I plan to do in some later chapters. Ah well, it's all good!

I wasn't sure if I should've continued on so I decided I'm stopping the story after this chapter.

HELL NO! I WAS KIDDING!

Just review please!

Ja ne!