Chapter 3: A hero remembered

Naruto walked down the street with flowers on one hand and the locket on the other. Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru and Sasuke followed Naruto trying to not be seen.

"Where is he going?" Sakura whispered.

Naruto walked into a cemetery, Sakura and the others got ready to follow until a voice was heard in Ino's ear.

"What are you doing?" Kiba and Hinata popped out of the bushes.

"Kiba, are you trying to give me a stroke?!" Ino whispered back.

"Shh…" Sakura whispered, "We're following Naruto, be quiet otherwise we'll be seen."

Naruto walked past many gravestones, looking in each of them as he was trying to find the one he needs. he then stopped and stared at the one in front of him. He kneels down to his knees and sits, putting the locket opened on the side of the gravestone.

"Never thought I would know about this," he quietly sighed to himself, "Did you think keeping it from me would keep my life easier, eh? Would it stop making the villagers hate me for something I didn't do? I know you left me a locket but how would I know you really cared about me?"

"Oh they cared alright," A voice startled Naruto and he turned his heas to see who it is.

"Ero-sennin?"

"Listen kiddo, I know you're upset about this but there's one thing I know that's important, that your parents loved you dearly,"

"Parents? I didn't know he had parents," Kiba whispered.

"Kiba obviously everyone must have parents," Sakura replied,

"I know that, I meant I didn't know that he knew them." Everyone threw their attention back to Naruto once again.

"They did?" Naruto asked his perverted teacher,

"Of course they did. You should've seen Arashi's face when he found out his wife was pregnant. He was so excited about telling the village about his new born…..

Flashback

"I can't believe it!" Arashi blurted out in excitement,

"I see you're very happy about this," Jiraiya spoke to his student,

"Of course I am, to have my very own first son. I'm gonna teach him many techniques and train him hard, so maybe one day he'll follow my footsteps into becoming hokage,"

"Easy there, slow down, he's not even born yet!"

"Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to have a kid, sensei?"

"I don't think so; to me kids can be very…nuisance,"

"Having a kid in the family is like having to see a part of you when you were a kid. Oh I can just see the years passing by with this family,"

End flashback

Naruto silently sobbed and began to think about if he's family was still around he would be so happy instead of living by himself and being hated by the villagers.

Jiraiya continued, "But things did not plan out right on that fateful day…

Flashback

"HOLD IT BACK UNTIL THE HOKAGE GETS HERE!" One of the Jounin in village yelled as he was fighting of a Monstrous demon.

"LET ME GO! MY PARENTS ARE STILL FIGHTING!"A younger Iruka yelled.

"Hokage-sama!" An ANBU slammed the door opened in the hospital,

"What is it?" Arashi responded while sitting beside his wife on the hospital bed,

"The village is under attacked by some…DEMON!"

"WHAT?! I'll be there, make sure it does not get any further into the village,"

"Arashi!" his wife widened her eyes and began panting, "It's the baby…" Arashi immediately knew was she was saying, but at a time like this? Arashi thought.

"I'll be back," Arashi responded to his wife. He ran out and found himself out of the hospital in a blink of an eye.

"Sensei!" One Arashi's student approached him,

"Kakashi, I want you to immediately inform the ANBU to get the villagers to safety, understood?"

"YES SIR!" Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke.

Meanwhile, ninjas ranked Chuunin and Jounin were still fighting of the Fox. Many fell and many had series injuries. As the Yondaime was speeding towards the nine-tails, his eyes stared widened at the village as buildings were damaged and fallen and people dead on the ground.

"Hokage-sama, how do we stop this?" A ninja approached the hokage,

"Just keep fighting it off, I'll think of something," Arashi replied. An idea popped into his head and he started producing hand seals, "Summoning Technique," he yelled as a huge toad appeared and Arashi stood right on top of it.

"What is this?" Gamabunta yelled in fury,

"I haven't got time to explain but I need your help to keep him back from the village until I arrive back," Arashi replied. Gamabunta nodded and Arashi left to the hospital.

He ran to the reception, and asked if his baby was born. The lady replied showing him the way. She opened the door and Arashi stood next to his wife looking at his new born son. Everything suddenly disappeared around him as he held his son. It felt like a world with only his family and no danger was surrounding him until he heard a scream from the outside and reality hit him.

He started at his son for a brief moment, I'm so sorry for what I'm about to do, please forgive me. Arashi thought for a second.

"Arashi what are you doing?" his wife asked stressing,

"If you want the village and our son to be safe…then please trust me," he replied gently holding his wife's hand. He held his son tightly.

He once again ran through the hospital doors and jumped on Gamabunta's back.

"Where's the nine-tails?" Arashi tensed,

"It's heading towards the village," Gamabunta spoke,

"We need to follow it quickly!"

He saw the nine-tails destroying the buildings one by one. Gamabunta fell forward in front of the Kyuubi and held his long, huge sword in front to hold the monster's bite. The kyuubi roared one of its nine tails and hi the hospital where it crashed down and fell into pieces.

"HITAMI NO!" Arashi yelled for the sake of his wife.

"Arashi, you need to quickly do something while I'm holding it with my sword…"

End Flashback

"And that's when he formed the seal…." Jiraiya stopped.

Naruto had his eyes wide and his mouth did not move. Finally he came right out and spoke, "Then why the secrecy? I would've have understood,"

"As he was dying, he held you in his arms and told me and the third hokage to keep him from knowing any of this and to be treated like a respected hero. Unfortunately none of his requests were keep," Jiraiya held a hand gently on Naruto's shoulder, "He didn't want you to get hurt from the truth,"

"Well, it's a little too late now," Naruto stood up.

"I can't believe what I just heard!" Kiba gasped,

"Poor Naruto," said Ino with her hands kept by her chest,

"After all this time," Sakura looked on how ashamed she was on how she used to treat Naruto so badly in the Academy.

Hinata let out a few tears run down her cheek and Shikamaru and Sasuke did not know what to say as the story had been told.

"I still can't believe you kept this from me. However, I'm so glad that….that I had love in this world,"

"You did, from the day you were born kid," Jiraiya had a warm smile, which kept Naruto happier than before.

"C'mon kid, I'll treat you to a meal if that makes you feel any good," Jiraiya looked down at Naruto for an answer.

"Ow! You cramped on my foot Ino-pig!" Sakura angrily whispered,

"Your squashing my arm you big, foreheaded loser!" Ino angrily replied back.

Everyone started shuffling until finally the dropped out of the bush. Naruto and Jiraiya stared at them widely.

"Were you hiding there all this time?" Naruto asked,

Sakura was to speak first, "We're sorry Naruto about what happened, we didn't kno-"

"Never mind," Naruto interrupted, "It's okay, oh and yeah I would like that very much sensei," Naruto smiled back.

"Oh wait I forgot the locket," Naruto headed towards the gravestone of his father once again. He picket up the shiny golden locket and looked up to see a bright light just above him. "Do…do you see that?"

"See what?" Jiraiya replied,

"Don't tell me you can't see that!"

Jiraiya shrugged wondering what Naruto was talking about.

Naruto looked back up to see the light and he saw a face he recognised and that face gave him a heart warming smile and a friendly wink. Yondaime?, he thought, Father, Naruto smiled.

"Naruto?" a voice behind asked him,

He turned to see who it is. "Are you alright?" Sakura asked.

Naruto turned back to see the light, but saw nothing. He smiled and said, "Fine…I'm perfectly fine."

As he turned into the dark, blue sky, he placed a warm smile on his face.

END

Well? What do you think for my first fanfic, yes yes I know it's a little boring but I will try and improve. I have lots more in my head and I'll try and have time to write the down.

P.S Yes I did call Naruto's mum Hitami, I know it sounds a little silly but it's the only name I could come up with.

Please read my other fanfics and plz let me know if I have improved :)