Note: Sorry about the separation between scenes, in Microsoft word, it has a line separating them all, but when I put it in this, it sort of disappears and I only just noticed it. It's all fixed now and I apologise to those people who had to read it the way it was. Also once putting it on the site half of chapter 2 was put into italics, again I apologise, but it's all fixed now.
Thanks for the review guys, there'll be a couple of chapters of setting everything up before it's developed. So stick with it.
Those hoping for a NaruxSaku fic will be happy, I figured out today how I was going to have it happen, so it's going ahead as a NaruxSaku fic.
"…." – Speech"Italics" – When Naruto is communicating with Kyuubi (didn't look right without it last chapter.)Italics – ThoughtsBold – KyuubiBold/Italics – Kyuubi's thoughts
"Oi fox, is this the place?
"Yeah kid, now, this training method can be 1000 times faster than regular training." Said Kyuubi
"1000 times faster?! Are you kidding me."
"No brat, I ain't kidding you. Now form one kage bunshin for me and send it 100 metres that way, once it's there, I want you to dispel your clone."
Naruto did as he was told.
"Ok, now what have you learnt since dispelling your clone?" asked Kyuubi
"I know that there is a palm tree over there."Replied Naruto.
"How do you know that?" asked Kyuubi
"Because I saw it there" Naruto thought/said.
"When you form a kage bunshin, whatever it experiences, will eventually become your own experience once dispelled. So, you can learn from what the kage bunshin experiences. Get me?" Asked Kyuubi.
"Sort of , so if I could be at two places at once, but once dispelled I'd still learn everything anyway, so it would be as if I was really at both places an know exactly what happened?" replied Naruto.
"Exactly, but if we used this method to train, using one thousand kage bunshin's, you could be learning a thousand times faster than if you just trained yourself.
"Awesome, let's start."
"Not yet, what are you going to do? Make 1000 clones and tell them to go nuts? No, you need to schedule this out. Split the clones up into different groups, each group concentrating on a certain skill. For example, you could have 250 clones training taijutsu, while another 250 training the basic ninjutsu that you already know. I suggest that you get 20 or so clones to travel around the Hidden Village of Sand to collect new moves, whether they be by scrolls, or if the clone sees it or is taught it."
"Right, I also think I need 100 or so focussing on some possible new kage bunshin combo's." he said to Kyuubi, making a mental note on numbers.
"Yes, good kid, now you need to learn to control all elements so you can learn any elemental jutsu much easier. So perhaps 40 clones on each element. With the rest of your clones I suggest you have them focussing on molding chakra in order to increase your current natural supply. Because your current amount of natural chakra is appalling."
Ok He thought. "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no jutsu" Yelled Naruto as 1000 Naruto clones popped up around him easily filling the room.
"Right!" Yelled Naruto, "I want you to separate, I want 250 over here." He said pointing 50 metres to the left. "I want another 250 over there." He said this time pointing 50 metres to the right. "I need 5 groups of 40 in that area over there." He said pointing just north of where he was. "Another 100 over there." This time pointing to the south. "20 will remain here and the rest will go wherever they please, but your job is to mold chakra."
"Good kid, now organise the rest of your groups."
"Yeah I was getting to it fox." He replied.
"Ok, the 20 here, I want you to head back in and around the Hidden Village of Sand trying to find new moves, scrolls or just by seeing them, now move out." He said and immediately they were off back to the village.
"Group 1!" He yelled, speaking to the first group that he separated. "I want you training on taijutsu, as many different ways as you can. Group 2!" He yelled, speaking to the second group on the right of him. "I want you practicing all ninjutsu we already know, I want that Rasengan perfected, I want to only have to use one hand. So I want one hundred on that alone, the rest focus on the others."
He then walked forward to meet the 200 clones in 5 even groups. "Group 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7." He said pointing to the groups respectively, going from left to right. "Group 3, I want focussing on wind, group 4 on fire, group 5 on water, group 6 on earth, and group 7 on lightning. Increase our familiarity with each element so that we can learn new techniques." He left and went over to the last group of clones.
"Right, I want this group, group 8, to be focussing on new kage bunshin techniques and combinations. If any are lost, just replace them and continue." He smiled and headed over to the first group to see how they were going.
"This might just be a good idea fox." Naruto said to Kyuubi.
"Of course it is it is my idea after all." Replied Kyuubi.
"Wouldn't have taken you for the modest type."He retorted. After a few moments nothing was said. "Nothing else to say fox?" all was heard was a growl as Naruto focussed back on his training. It was going to be a long day.
Why didn't I pick up on it? Why else would he take us all out…It wasn't just to cheer everyone up after all…it was to say goodbye. Thought Kakashi.
Flashback:
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan." Said Naruto.
"What?" They both replied.
"Everyone's a bit down, let's go out tonight. A double date." Said Naruto hopefully. He expected to be hit at that point, but he figured it was his last chance, and he wasn't going to miss it.
"Not tonight Naruto." Said Sakura. Naruto was shattered and quite surprised he wasn't a bloody mess impaled into the ground.
"Please, Sakura-chan, it's really important." Said Naruto, Sakura noticed the genuine plea in his voice.
"Ok Naruto, but only this once, and I swear if this gets out…" Said Sakura, wanting something to distract her from Sasuke anyway.
"Thank you, Sakura-chan. Kakashi-sensei, you and Rin-san meet us at that new restaurant at 6." Said Naruto, not even asking Kakashi if he wanted to come along.
"Ok then." Knowing Naruto wouldn't let this go. "Well, I'll see you then, ja." And he was gone.
"Sakura-chan, I'll pick you up at your place at 7:30, ok?" Said Naruto, almost nervous about the night's proceedings.
"Why 7:30, didn't you tell Kakashi-sensei to meet us at 6?" Asked Sakura, wondering what he was doing.
"Well I figured if we leave your house at 7:30, we should be there by 8, and Kakashi-sensei should be there by 8 at least." Said Naruto, quite proud of his plan.
Sakura started laughing. "Very good Naruto, I'll see you at 7:30. Oh and by the way, if you want to take me out on a date, don't even think, about wearing that orange outfit." She said, finishing with a death stare.
"Of course not Sakura-chan, I'll see you later." And he left.
Naruto, in his new black suit, accompanied by Sakura, wearing a long red dress that went down to her ankles, with an intricate design that wrapped around the sides, stood outside the restaurant for another half an hour before Kakashi and Rin showed up.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Both Naruto and Sakura yelled. "You're late!"
"Well it wasn't my fault you see Rin-chan here wouldn't let me go, she wanted to-" Started Kakashi.
"STOP!" They both yelled. "Too much information." Sakura said.
Rin just giggled and blushed.
"Huh? What?" Said Kakashi, "Oh, not that." He said blushing as he did so. "You two are disgusting."
"Yeah, yeah, anyway, shall we go in?" Said Naruto, not wanting anything to ruin tonight.
"Yes, let's." Said Rin, wanting to change the subject.
They walked in and got a table, and placed their orders.
It was hard to find something to talk about that didn't involve Sasuke or Orochimaru, but whenever it accidentally came up, the whole table went silent, no one knowing what to say next.
Naruto was fed up, this wasn't how he wanted this to go, he got up and made his way to the stage, where there was a band playing. Naruto whispered in the lead singer's ear, and he nodded.
"Ok, we have something different for you tonight; we have Uzumaki Naruto for you here for a surprise performance."
Sakura and Rin spat up what they were drinking, and Kakashi, sat there prepared to remove him from stage when he embarrassed them.
"Ok, we need something low beat, something like a waltz tempo." Naruto whispered to the band playing.
"Yeah, ok, I think we have something we could do." Naruto nodded and moved to the front of the stage and grabbed the microphone.
"Ok, 'Kage bunshin no jutsu'." Said Naruto, 10 clones appeared at the bottom of the stage. "Ok, see those tables there." He said, pointing to a dozen or so tables that were unoccupied. "I want you to clear them out, put them to the side or something." The clones nodded and began work.
"This is for you, Sakura-chan." Said Naruto. Sakura blushed but was amazed at what happened next.
Naruto started singing. Everyone was stunned, even Kakashi. They sat there wide mouthed and speechless.
"Could I have this dance tonight?Would you be my partner for just one night?When I'm with you, it feels so right." Sang Naruto.
Naruto signalled for one of his clones to come up to the stage, in a break between lyrics, he gave the clone the microphone, and walked over to Sakura. "Sakura-chan, could I have this dance?"
She blushed and nodded. They walked over to where the clones had moved the tables.
She put both her arms around him, and pulled him into an embrace. Naruto put one arm on her waist, and the other on her shoulder. The swayed and danced, each needing the other's embrace. Sakura lifted her head off Naruto and looked straight into his eyes. The moon shining through the glass windows that covered the back wall. The moon light accentuating the cerulean blue of his eyes.
This is beautiful. Thought Sakura. I don't want this to end
They danced, still unable to break their gazes. They were captivated by each other's eyes, unable to think of anything but each other, neither wanting this dance to end.
The music stopped and everyone started clapping, everyone was standing around the temporary dance floor that the clones made, customers, cooks, waiters and waitresses, all stood clapping at the beautiful scene that had been in front of them mere moments prior.
Sakura and Naruto blushed, but neither let go. Eventually they let their hands slide off down each other's arms. They grasped each other's hand as they made their way back to their table. Everyone made a path for them to pass and they noticed Rin crying as she stood on the outside with Kakashi, some of the people that were clearing the path.
Sakura leant over and whispered right into Naruto's ear, "Thank-you, Naruto." And they sat back at their table. Naruto sat there for a moment, thanking the heavens that he'd got that one chance before he left. They sat there, absorbed in each other's eyes, before Kakashi came back and sat down, immediately knowing that he'd interrupted something.
Rin walked over, smashed him over the head and went to drag him away.
"Don't worry, Rin-san, our food is almost here anyway." Said Naruto.
Rin let go of Kakashi and sat down at the table. "That was beautiful, Naruto." Said Rin, as she gave Kakashi a nudge in the side. Kakashi just gave Naruto a death stare as if to say 'do you have any idea what you've done'.
"Yes, Naruto, I didn't know you had a romantic side." Said Kakashi, Sakura was still staring into Naruto's eyes, unable to find any words.
"It was just a dance…" Said Naruto. Kakashi and Rin just scoffed and Sakura snapped back just in time for their food.
After all their food was eaten, the waiter brought over the cheque. "Who is taking care of this?" Asked the waiter.
"I will" Said Naruto.
"Thank you sir." Said the waiter as Naruto handed the waiter the money.
"Here Naruto" Said Kakashi as he tried to hand him the money for their meals.
"Nope, I got it already, well I should be off." Replied Naruto as he turned to leave.
"Thank you Kakashi-sensei, Rin-san." He said as he bowed.
"That's alright Naruto, thank you for the meal." Said Rin.
Naruto went to leave. "Naruto, wait." Said Sakura as she too got up to leave. She waved to Kakashi and Rin as she went towards the exit.
"Young love.." Said Rin.
"Hahaha…Naruto and Sakura? Love? You have to be kidding. Trust me that will NEVER happen." Said Kakashi. "She's too hung up on Sasuke; she wouldn't give up on him after a few days….especially not for Naruto."
That's what you think, Kakashi-kun. Kakashi and Rin also left the restaurant, and made their way home.
End flashback
Naruto shout us a meal? That should have been enough of an indicator on its own. I don't know why I didn't suspect something was going on…
"It isn't your fault Kakashi-kun. You didn't know what he was doing." Said Rin, knowing he was feeling guilty.
"But if I'd-" he started.
"No, there was nothing you could do, there was nothing anyone could do…" She said, cutting him off.
"I guess you're right. Thanks Rin-chan." He said, jumping between trees, edging closer to the Hidden Village of the Sand. "We'll be out of the forest soon and we'll have to walk through the sand within the hour. From then it's about a full day until the Sand."
"Ok then, but I need a short break, we've been travelling for 36 hours straight." Said Rin, exhaustion clear in her voice.
"Crap, are you serious?" Said Kakashi, completely unaware of how long they'd been travelling. "I'm sorry Rin-chan, let's stop here." He pulled up at a nearby tree, providing shade and a place to sit.
"He left after dinner that night…didn't he." Said Rin.
Kakashi just nodded, and they sat there for 15 minutes each lost in thought. "Ok, let's go." Said Rin, not really having enough rest, but knowing Kakashi wanted to get to his student.
"Ok." He said. He hopped up and helped his wife up off the ground. "Let's go then" and they were off once again, just 12 hours from the Hidden Village of Sand.
The dance was beautiful… Sakura sat on her bed hugging her knees, thinking about the night she suspects he left.
Flashback
Naruto went to leave the restaurant they were dining at. "Naruto, wait." Said Sakura as she too got up to leave. She waved to Kakashi and Rin as she went towards the exit.
"Sakura-chan? I thought you would have been sick of me by now."
"Sick of you? That was beautiful in there Naruto. Thank you." She blushed and held his hand.
"So where are we going?" she asked.
"Where are we going?" He asked, not understanding what was going on.
"Yes Naruto, where are you taking me now, you can't just feed me and get rid of me that easily." She said, a smile on her face looking straight at him.
"Well, if you're sure. Let's go get some ice cream?" he asked, not sure if she was just winding him up for nothing.
"Ok, ice cream it is then. Lead the way."
He held onto her hand and walked slowly to get ice cream. "Thank you, Sakura-chan, this means a lot to me." He blushed and looked down, but kept on walking. She just giggled and kept on walking.
He's so sweet…How did I miss this part of him? Oh, I know…Because of Sasuke-kun, I guess I never gave Naruto a chance.
They bought their ice cream and Naruto said, "Let's go for a walk."
"Ok, let's walk."
He guided her along through the streets of Konoha and arrived at the entrance to a park. "There's a path in here, that I used to walk down, and as far as I know, only one other person knows about it. Want to see it?"
"You'll show me?" she asked.
"Of course I will Sakura-chan." He said as he guided her down through some trees leading to the start of a path. They followed the path down, eventually stopping at the side of a lake, with many cherry blossoms in full bloom
"Hang on; I think I've been here before." She said, recognising the cherry blossoms swaying in the slight breeze, just visible due to the moon light.
"This is the place where I first saw you…You were crying under that cherry blossom over there." He said, pointing to a beautiful cherry blossom standing at least 10 foot tall.
"You remember the first time you saw…me?" she asked, shocked that he would remember such a thing.
"Yes, my house had been destroy- I mean my house was getting renovated so I decided to go for a walk and found this path. I sat down at this tree, looking at the clouds and I heard you coming, so I hid. You were beautiful, your long hair streaming down your face, you sat there crying."
"…Naruto…"
"Sakura-chan…I need you to know something. But please…don't say anything back."
"What is it Naruto?" she said, sounding like a shy teenage girl on her first romantic date.
"I love you….Sakura-chan." And with that he left, he walked slowly, but Sakura didn't follow, Sakura couldn't follow. She couldn't even move.
Naruto…When did you get so sweet, you love me…It's not a stupid crush, you actually love me.
She stood there thinking, she couldn't move, she remained there staring at the stars. She wanted to speak to him, no; she needed to speak to him.
She raced to his place and knocked on the door. Naruto sat at his table, but got up and opened the door.
Sakura launched into him giving him a hug. He almost collapsed, either of shock or the force of the impact. eventually he let himself fall, and sat at his door way with Sakura in his lap, with her arms still wrapped around him and her head buried into his right shoulder.
"Sak-kura-chan?" He was nothing less than shocked, "Sakura-chan, what are you doing here?"
"I needed to see you…Naruto." She said. "I think I Lo-"
She was cut off, "Stop.."
"W-why?" she asked.
"It's just because you had a nice time, you don't, you love Sasuke, and I'll bring him back…for you Sakura-chan."
She started crying, she knew how she felt but Naruto would never let her say it. "Naruto, I don't love Sasuke, I love-"
She was cut off again. "No…you don't, it's because he isn't here, that's all, I won't be a rebound." He said.
She slapped him across the face, it stung, not from the pain, but from the severe emotion behind it. Why won't he believe me? Is it because he doesn't want to? Or because he can't?
"I'm sorry Sakura-chan, but I will bring Sasuke back for you. If…if there is any chance for us, it will be when Sasuke is back, and you have your options." He said, "But I don't expect anything, I just want you to be happy." He said, his forced smile reappearing on his face. "But let's just pretend tonight didn't happen…Let's just stay as friends, I don't want anything more."
That was it. She had to accept it, if he wasn't going to accept her feelings, she would leave it for tonight, but she would convince him that it was he who she really loved.
"Ok, Naruto, just friends." She sounded defeated, but knew it was the best that she was going to get.
She hopped up and went home. But didn't sleep, she layed there, thinking about the blonde until morning.
End flashback
So was it him there…or was he already gone, had he already abandoned me….
I have to find him, I need him to know how I truly feel, I need to go to the Sand.
It wasn't long ago that we were at the Hokage's office, and he said he was close to the Sand, so he can't have gone too far. If I leave now….maybe I can catch him.
Little did she know that it had been almost 3 days since he'd been at the Sand.
She got up and ran for the Sand, not turning back once, she was going to find him and bring him back, if it was the last thing she did.
"Finally" Said Rin as both she and Kakashi reached the gates of the Hidden Village of the Sand.
"Ok, you need rest." Said Kakashi, "So I'm going to book us a hotel room, and you'll rest while I look for him."
"No, I'm fine, I'll-"Was all she said before she collapsed.
Doesn't surprise me, she's done a three day trip in two with only a few minutes break.
Kakashi made his way to the closest semi-decent hotel he could find and booked them in. He walked into their room and layed Rin down on the bed.
If I were Naruto, where would I go? Thought Kakashi as he left the hotel. Maybe he went and saw Gaara. It's a start anyway. And then went on to try finding the house of the Sand siblings.
After a few odd looks and people running away at the mention of Gaara, someone finally pointed Kakashi in the right direction. He followed the directions and came to a fairly decent size house.
I guess being the Kazekage's family has benefits. Thought Kakashi as he knocked on the door.
The door opened to see a teenage boy wearing a black outfit with some sort of face paint.
"Hello, how can I help you?" Asked Kankurou.
"Hello, I am Hatake Kakashi, sensei of Uzumaki Naruto, I am in pursuit of him and I was wondering if he has been here recently?" said Kakashi.
"Kakashi…you mean Konoha's copy nin? Oh right..you were at the chuunin exams, sorry, I haven't seen him, but I'll get Temari." He said before calling after his sister to get to the door.
"What do you want?!" yelled Kankurou's sister.
"Hatake Kakashi from Konoha wants to ask you something." Replied Kankurou.
Temari froze, it was about Naruto, no doubt, why else would his sensei be here. What should she say? Could she tell him that he had been here? Or should she just say she hadn't seen him. I can't get the dweeb in trouble…I'll have to lie.She thought.
"Ok, be there in a second." She yelled back. She walked down the hallway to see Kakashi in the doorway.
"Temari-san, right?" Asked Kakashi.
"Yes that is correct, now how can I help you?" she replied, almost quite bitterly.
"I am after Uzumaki Naruto, have you seen him?" he asked.
"No, I'm sorry, but I haven't seen him." She looked to the right mid sentence.
"You're lying." Said Kakashi quite flatly.
"No, I-I'm not." Replied Temari, slightly stuttering as she realised she'd been caught.
"Explain. Where is he, and how and when did you have contact with him?"
Crap, I don't have much of a choice now do I.
"Ok. "She said, "I guess I don't have much of a choice." She sat down and started explaining.
There was a knock at the door. Rin jumped up alert, wondering where she was.
What happened? The last thing I remember is arriving at the Sand and then…Crap, I collapsed. So Kakashi put me here hey
There was another knock on the door. Oh right, the door.
She walked over and opened up the door.
"N-Naruto?" she stammered, is this him? Or is it another Kage bunshin.
"It's me Rin-san, can I come in?" he asked, she nodded and they walked in and sat down.
"I saw Kakashi-sensei walk you in here…I figured he'd find me eventually, so I thought if I just spoke to you, maybe that would be enough." Rin was surprised that he'd come to her at all, and wasn't going to waste this opportunity.
"Naruto, come back with us, I'm sure Hokage-sama will forgive you, but you need to come back now."
"I'm sorry, Rin-san, but I can't go back with you, if I went back now, it would have been senseless to have left in the first place. I left to train, and that's what I'm going to do, I will come back, but it won't be for a while, I have a lot of work to do."
"I know you do Naruto, but do you think running away is going to do anything?" she asked, trying to make him see sense.
"I'm not running away, but like I said, if I move around, I can learn new things, and Akatsuki won't target Konoha, they'll try find me somewhere else, for the mean time, this is the best thing for everyone." He said, believing every word he said.
"Do you honestly think that? Do you honestly think that getting up and leaving everyone is the best thing to do? Do you have any idea how upset everyone is, the Hokage herself is at The Hidden Village of Sound trying to rescue you, because everyone thinks that you're charging after Sasuke. Sakura collapsed in tears, Kakashi-kun hasn't slept in days, because he's been so worried." She said
"I'm sorry for that, but that's why I had to talk to you, now you can tell everyone where I am, and what I'm doing."
"Naruto..Why are you still here? You should have known if you stayed here someone would come along to get you, just me and Kakashi are enough to take you down and drag you back." She said, knowing that if it came to it, she would fight him and drag him back to Konoha.
"Well I was only intending to be here for a day, but I was using a new training method, and it knocked me out for a couple of days, I guess cramming 3 years of training into one day does that…I was just stocking up when I saw Kakashi-sensei, I thought I'd come here and tell you this."
"Well I'm sorry Naruto, I didn't want it come to this, but I guess I have no choice." She stood up and prepared for battle.
"Can you be sure I'm not another kage bunshin?" Asked Naruto.
"Yes I can, I'm a medic-nin and immediately examined you when you came in, in your current state, you couldn't hold a kage bunshin for very long. So if you decide to come along quietly, I won't have to use force, and with your current chakra, you won't last very long."
"Very well Rin-san, but I won't hurt you. But I can assure you that you won't be going anywhere." He said, genuinely not wanting to hurt her.
"Stop it." Said a voice just outside the window.
"Kakashi-kun?" Asked Rin.
"Rin-chan, we need to talk. Naruto, please wait here for a few minutes, we need to talk as well." Said Kakashi.
"Ok, Kakashi-sensei." Said Naruto, not all too sure as to why Kakashi didn't join Rin in trying to drag him back, but remained none the less.
Rin followed Kakashi into the next room, where they sat on the bed.
"Rin-chan, you remember that Minato-sensei had a child, not long before he died." Said Kakashi.
"Yes, but didn't they die in the attack?" she asked.
"That was the story that Minato-sensei wanted everyone to believe. His son lived on, and is sitting in the room next to us."
Rin was shocked, more than shocked. Naruto…is Minato-sensei's son…
"Are you sure?" she asked, unable to hide the surprise in her voice.
"Yes I'm sure, I wasn't supposed to know, but I walked in on him setting up the ceremony. He swore me to secrecy, and told me not to adopt him…He didn't want anyone to know that it was his son, for Naruto's sake apparently. I couldn't have adopted him anyway, the life of an ANBU ninja was too unstable. You were out of town at the time, not that I was allowed to tell you anyway.."
Rin sat there in awe, why wasn't she allowed to be told, she could have looked after him.
"Whenever I wasn't away on missions, I would watch over him, drop over clothes, food and the like. At least 4 times I scared away civilians and ninja's trying to destroy his house, from what I've seen it's done at least once a month."
"It's..because of the Kyuubi right?" She asked.
"Yes, they blame him for the destruction, and for the death of the Fourth."
"They blame his own son…"
"Yes. Now, I think we should let him go, he needs to go, I think this is the best thing for him at the moment."
"Are you sure? He's in danger if he's on his own though."
"There's something I was asked to give him, when I thought it the right time to give it to him. I think it's time to do it."
"What is it?" she asked.
"It's a box, in there is a letter for Naruto, as well as countless scrolls containing moves that the Fourth knew, from simple elemental, to what I believe to be the shunshin no jutsu."
"He's giving him the shunshin?"
"I believe so, the son of the yellow flash will follow in his father's footsteps after all."
"But the shunshin alone isn't enough to protect him."
"No it's not, which is why there is a condition that we let him go, at all times we know where he is, and we will meet with him, just the two of us, every few months, to check up on how he is. But I want to know, is this alright with you?"
"You know him best, and if he's anything like his father, he can hold his own, but…Yes, I think it might be best, based on those terms."
"Thank you, Rin-chan." Kakashi said, reaching over and giving her a hug.
"Let's go tell him shall we." She said, getting up and heading for the door.
"Yes, let's" he said as he too got up and walked out of the room.
Naruto sat there waiting for his sensei to return. After about 5 minutes, they came back to the table and sat down straight across from him. "Naruto, first of all, I understand why you left, and have no intentions of dragging you back."
Phew,I don't think I could take the both of them…and I didn't think it right to send another kage bunshin.
"With that said, I will if you don't agree with our terms." Said Kakashi, sounding quite father like.
"What are you, my parents?" He said sarcastically.
"No, Naruto, but part of what we have to say involves that." Said Rin.
"What, how do you know about my parents, what do you know about them." Shocked and annoyed that they had held such information from him.
"First, you will agree with our terms." Said Kakashi, still with the firm voice. "We will permit you to leave here, based on your answer."
"Ok, what are your terms?" Naruto said, knowing he really didn't have much of a choice but to agree.
"We, that is, Rin and I, will know where you are at all times. And, we will meet up with you every couple of months, to check up on you and see how you are going." Said Kakashi.
"I guess I can deal with that, but how am I going to tell you where I am, letters would be intercepted." He replied, trying to pick out any flaws.
"That's correct, we shall use summons." Said Kakashi, clearly he'd thought about this prior. "I will have you sign the contract to summon dogs. They are quite fast and will travel straight to where I am and let me know where you are. Every three months we will want to see you. You will send a dog telling us of where you will be on the last day of the third month, we will meet you there."
Naruto sat there trying to think of any other flaws that he could pick out, he didn't find any and accepted defeat. "Ok, Kakashi-sensei."
"Now, almost 14 years ago, the fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, sealed the Kyuubi inside of you. Do you know why he sealed it in you?" Kakashi asked.
"Because I was an orphan?" He said, not all quite sure.
"No, previous to that night, you had both of your parents, Naruto."
"You mean…the Kyuubi..Killed my parents?" Asked Naruto, furious at the fox that was sealed inside of him so long ago.
"Partly. Your mother, Uzumaki Kushina, a lovely woman, and an exceptional ninja, did a considerable amount of damage on the fox, less than an hour after giving birth to you. Your father, did the most, your father Naruto, is Namikaze Minato, the fourth Hokage."
The fourth…..is my father. Thought Naruto
"Why…" He started.
"Naruto…" Said Rin, not really sure on what to say.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" Naruto yelled, he was out of control, and both Kakashi and Rin knew it wasn't going to turn out well.
"Naruto…I couldn't…he made me swear-"
"I don't care what he made you do! How would you have liked growing up not knowing your parents, growing up on your own, being picked on and hated by everyone around you!"
"Naruto, I'm sorry-" Kakashi was cut off again.
"But then to find out, the one person you could have seen as a parent, has known who your real parents all along, not only that, but he probably knew them the best out of anyone alive!" Naruto went on and on, he wasn't calming, nor slowing down.
I won't stop him; he needs to get this out.
After a lot of yelling, Naruto calmed down and sat back down. "What..was he like?" He asked, knowing that yelling at Kakashi wasn't going to help.
They sat there for hours talking about their sensei, Naruto's father. Naruto managed to laugh at stories about Minato having to chase Kushina around, and him being rejected almost every time. "Reminds me of another young couple I know of." Said Rin, winking at Naruto.
Naruto blushed, thinking about his and Sakura's last night together.
Kakashi noticed the look of a missed opportunity, something he'd gone through before Rin came back.
"Did something happen between you two?" Asked Kakashi.
"Yeah…well I guess so." Replied Naruto, not really wanting to inform his perverted teacher of their goings on. "I told her I didn't want anything to happen, because…I knew I was leaving, it was almost enough not to leave." He finished.
Kakashi knew he didn't want it to keep going, so he let it go and just smiled.
"Right, now the last thing before I leave is this." He said, as he reached beside him and handed Naruto a box that seemingly came from nowhere.
"In this box, along with personal letters, are instructions to most of the moves that your father knew. You will find many sealed in other scrolls, but one I suggest you learn is the shunshin no jutsu. The legendary move only known by the fourth himself."
"I've heard of it, but I don't know if I can pull something like that off…"
"I think you can, Minato-sensei wouldn't have given it to you if he didn't think you could have handled it." Said Rin, having no doubt in the genin's potential
"Minato-sensei? " Naruto asked, "Does that mean…were you two on the same team?!" Asked Naruto.
"You didn't know?" Said Kakashi.
"No. You never told me Kakashi-sensei." Said Naruto, amazed at his discovery.
"Anyway, we'll leave you now, but first sign this contract." Kakashi said as he pulled out a scroll, unsealing a much larger one. He unrolled it and Naruto signed it as he did the Frog scroll.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei…you know I can summon frogs right?" Naruto asked.
"You…you can summon frogs?" Kakashi asked, amazed that his student could pull off such a feat.
"Yeah, Jiraiya-sama taught me how." Said Naruto.
"Jiraiya-sama taught you, what else did he teach you?" Asked Rin.
"Just the rasengan." He replied.
"You know the rasengan?!" asked Rin, shocked at the genin's capabilities.
"Yeah, Rin-chan, remember, I told you…didn't I?" Asked Kakashi.
"You most certainly did not." Said Rin
"Well yes I can, but anyway, back to my question, can I still summon frogs, even though I've signed the contract with the dogs?" He asked.
"Yes, you can, you just use your right hand for your primary summon, which in your case is the frogs, and left hand for your secondary summon, which is the dogs." Said Kakashi.
"I see, thank you Kakashi-sensei, Rin-san." He bowed, using the same respect and attitude that he had just before his leaving, one that showed worry and maturity.
"No problem, but remember, we want to know where you are and where you are heading. We shall see you in 3 months." Said Kakashi, Naruto turned and left.
"You bastard…you killed my mother. How could you…" He said to Kyuubi as he walked to the outskirts of town, trying to find a close hotel he could stay at.
"I didn't actually kill your mother…she died of exhaustion..she was too good for me to get a good hit anyway…that damn shunshin no jutsu.." Said Kyuubi.
"My mother knew it too?"He asked.
"Yeah, a real pain she was. You're going to learn that move, it was the move that gave me the most trouble..it's truly a legendary move kid."
"Yeah, I'll look at it tomorrow." He said, before walking into the hotel he decided to stay at. Tomorrow.
"Hey, Kakashi, we should send a dog to Tsunade, telling her that he isn't at the Sound." Said Rin, moments after Naruto had left.
"No, we can't do that. We can't even tell Tsunade-sama where he is, she'll try to bring him back for sure. I think we should just leave him be, if he sticks to our conditions, we should let him do his own thing…I think this will make him stronger Rin-chan, I think he needs to do this." Said Kakashi, quite firm.
"I guess, but we can't let her engage in senseless battles with the Sound. We need to tell her something, but we can't tell her something that will make his situation worse either." She said.
"I guess you're right, we should tell her that he stayed with Gaara a couple of days ago, but hasn't been seen since, which should be enough."
"Yes, that should work Kakashi-kun." Said Rin.
Kakashi summoned a dog and gave it the message. He then instructed it to head to the sound and deliver it to Tsunade.
"We should probably head back tomorrow." Said Kakashi.
"We spent the past 2 days walking Kakashi-kun, surely we can have at least another day's rest before we head back…..pretty please, Kakashi-kun." Said Rin, re-adopting her seductive tone.
"I guess one more day couldn't hurt…We deserve at least a day off." Said Kakashi, never able to go against his wife when she gets like that.
"Sounds good, Kakashi-kun, now let's get some sleep, it's been a long past few days." Said Rin, happy that she wouldn't have to start the journey back to Konoha so soon.
"Yeah, I think that's a good idea." Said Kakashi, before he layed down and fell asleep. Rin followed soon after, with neither waking up until late the next morning.
Naruto-kun, please be there. Thought Sakura, just a day into her trip.
Well that's it for chapter 3, hope you liked it…I didn't really like chapter 2, but this one was much more natural and seemed to go right, well that's my opinion so please let me know what you think. Until next time, ja