A/N: Well it appears a lot of you like my story and that makes me happy. I'm sorry for the kinda long update but I've had some crazy stuff happen in the past few weeks and it has been a little rough. So here is chapter 2 of Naruto: way of the assassin enjoy.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto and Assassin's Creed this would not be a fanfiction it would be a manga and Naruto would be bad ass.
Chapter 2: learning the ways
6 years later
Ezio opened his eyes and looked up finished with his praying and looked to his left to see his son Naruto kneeling and praying like he was. It filled him with pride to see him to start learning the ways of the assassin. He remembered the day he taught Naruto about praying to God or Kami as this country called him.
Flashback
It was close to five in the morning and Ezio was just entering the house very quietly so as not to wake anyone. He had just assassinated some leader of a crime syndicate that had been causing trouble with the feudal lord who ordered the assassination. Ezio did not enjoy some of the jobs he had to take because he often had to kill people who were actually good but, with no other way to get money he had little choice. "Well after tonight hopefully we can open that clothing store that Taka town needs." Ezio quietly said to himself. It was true the town they lived next to had no clothing stores and often relied on merchants that came in every few weeks for clothes. Ezio sighed and went to the large cross in the entryway and knelt down and began to pray.
When Ezio came in it was just enough to wake up five year old Naruto. Naruto began walking out of his room down the hall towards the stairs thinking "Maybe auntie Claudia is making breakfast." When Naruto got downstairs he saw his dad kneeling in front of the cross. Wondering what he was doing Naruto went behind Ezio and asked "Dad Whatcha doin.." Ezio looked up from his praying and regarded his son "Come kneel as I do Naruto and I will teach you an important lesson about the assassins." Naruto excited about being able to learn something about the assassins quickly knelt down on one knee as Ezio was doing. "What I am doing son is praying to Kami." Ezio said.
"Why?" Naruto quickly asked. "We pray for many things Naruto such as protection, healing, knowledge, and most importantly forgiveness of wrong doings." Ezio answered. "I pray as much as I can for the protection of my family and the forgiveness of all the things that I have done in my life."
"Can you teach me to pray dad?" Naruto asked. Ezio chuckled and said "Yes, just close your eyes and say what you need to Kami but don't just say it with your mouth or your mind, say it with your heart as well." Naruto then looked at the cross and closed his eyes to begin praying. Ezio smiled and resumed praying himself.
Flashback end
Naruto then looked up at Ezio finished with his prayer and smiled his big goofy smile and asked "What am I going to learn today dad?" Usually Naruto would be learning English and Mathematics or some times he would learn about chakra from Claudia and Maria but today Ezio was going to teach him few things of the assassins, like he did every few days. "Well my son let us go outside and you'll find out." Ezio said Naruto smiled and ran outside to learn from his dad.
Once outside Naruto eagerly asked "So what are you going to teach me dad?"
"First let's see what you remember about using the eagle vision that you finally learned last week." Ezio replied "Now what are blue targets?" he asked. Naruto thought for a moment about his lessons on the eagle vision and replied "Blue targets are friends and people who will help us."
"Mmhm, and red?" Ezio quickly shot at him "Red are people who want to hurt us and we have to fight them sometimes." Naruto quickly responded. Ezio smiled and said "Buena my son, now what are gold targets?" Naruto thought for a few seconds and answered "Gold targets represent our current objective which can range from an assassination target, gathering information, obtaining documents, and many other things." Ezio looked at Naruto oddly because of the depth of understanding of that subject and then said "Buena Naruto, have you studying your notes?" Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head almost nervously and answered with a simple "Yep!" Ezio smiled and laughed lightly "That is wonderful Naruto I'm glad that you know it so well." Naruto's grin widened at the praise from his dad. "Alright son today I am going to teach you some of the techniques that are used by the assassins, so you will need this." After Ezio said this he tossed Naruto a bracer which he caught with a confused look.
"What is this dad?" Naruto asked "Just put it on." Ezio responded. Naruto shrugged and did as he was told "Now flex your wrist muscles." Ezio said as Naruto finished putting on the bracer. Naruto again did as he was told and was rewarded with a gleaming blade shooting from the mechanism under the bracer. At first Naruto was scared as the blade shot out but it quickly turned to excitement as he said "Cool this is just like yours dad but, why do I only get one?" Ezio looked at Naruto with a look of pride and said with a grin "You'll get a second assassin blade when you become a ninja." Naruto looked as if he was about to argue but before he could say anything Ezio quickly said "Please son do not argue with me over this there are reasons for this that you will find out that day." At this Naruto shut his mouth and resigned himself to wait. "Now Naruto first let me teach you how to use your blade." Ezio said then began showing Naruto various inconspicuous ways to assassinate a person. After about two hours of teaching how to use his hidden blade Ezio was satisfied with Naruto's skill with the weapon and moved on to his next lesson. "The next thing you will learn today Naruto is the leap of faith." Naruto looked up at his dad in wonder and asked "What's that dad?" Ezio smiled at his son's curiosity and answered "Just watch me and you will understand." Naruto nodded and Ezio began climbing the large tree they were next to until he was at the top and yelled "Now do you see the cart of hay near the tree!" Naruto looked to his left and saw a small horse drawn cart filled with hay several yards from the tree and yelled back "Yeah I see it dad!"
"Buena now watch me!" Ezio yelled once more and looked down for a moment at where the cart was and judged that it was roughly 75 feet to the ground. Ezio then leapt from the tree and flipped in midair facing his back to the hay and within a few seconds landed in the heap then quickly rolled out of the to see Naruto staring at him in amazement.
"That is called a leap of faith, my son." Ezio said to Naruto. "Wow, Dad, are you ok?" Ezio nodded, walked over to Naruto and began to explain the process of the leap of faith. "Now, son, the leap of faith is not just a mere fancy dive into a cart of hay. You must go through several steps in order to insure that you do not break your back, or worse- your neck." Naruto looked at Ezio with a serious expression and nodded his understanding. Ezio continued his explanation. "When you do a leap of faith you must always remember to keep your back to the ground, because if you land with your legs you will break your legs and likewise with your head. Your chest is too much of a risk to your internal organs."
"But wouldn't landing on your back be just as risky?" Naruto asked. Ezio grinned at Naruto's question and responded, "Normally yes, but there are a few things that we do to save ourselves from getting hurt." Ezio then held up his index finger. "First is the way we fall, you must arch your back just so." Ezio demonstrated by bending over just so that he was slightly hunched over. "And when you land in the hay your back will have to straighten; it will disperse the energy of your fall into the haystack." Naruto then nodded and said, "Okay. I think I get it." Ezio nodded as well and said, "Buena, my son, now…" He then held up two fingers. "Second is a technique that you will have to learn using your physical energy, or chi, as it is called." Ezio stopped for a moment to see if Naruto understood; he nodded that he did. "We utilize our chi in a special way..." Ezio continued. "We channel it, as we fall, into our back so that it tightens and hardens the muscles and bones. Therefore, it greatly reduces any damage that can be sustained to our bodies." Ezio then looked at the cart of hay and said "When you combine both methods together and you land on something somewhat soft, you get the leap of faith, which can be effective at very great heights." Naruto stared at his dad in amazement then asked "Can I try it dad!" Ezio smiled at Naruto and answered him "I'm afraid not son, as I said before you will have to learn the technique with channeling your chi before you can do a leap of faith." Naruto hung his head and slumped his shoulders, slightly downtrodden. "Now, don't be sad, Naruto, you just can't do it right now. It doesn't mean you can't do it." Ezio encouraged his son. Naruto looked up at his dad and smiled, clearly cheered up. Ezio then looked at Naruto's clothes, which consisted of a pair of khaki shorts and an orange t-shirt, and then asked, "What do you say we get Auntie Claudia and Grandma to make you an assassin's outfit tomorrow?" Naruto became excited and said "That would be cool, dad!" Ezio smiled at his son's excitement and said "Alright, let's go inside and talk to them about what to make you." Naruto nodded and said "Okay, dad!" They then went inside to discuss Naruto's new attire.
Several hours later:
It was close to midnight and Ezio sat at a desk in his study reading a letter that was secretly sent from the Sarutobi. After a few minutes of reading Ezio finished then took the letter and threw it in the fire place, where a comfortable fire was burning, and sat back in his chair processing the information he just learned. "So the Uchiha are planning a coup to overthrow Sarutobi. I just hope that Itachi can get them to see reason before blood gets spilled. I get the feeling this will not end well." Ezio thought to himself while he looked out his window towards Konoha. Ezio looked at the fire for a moment then back out his window before saying aloud, "I hope you know what you are doing Hiruzen." He then got up and went to his bed situated in a corner of the room and laid down to go to sleep but, before sleep claimed him he had one last thought "I only hope Naruto can deal with the storm that will come when we finally return to Konoha."
A/N: Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm not sure if the physics of the leap of faith are correct but it works for my story. In the next chapter I'm going to time skip to them returning to the village. Also if you haven't read the story Naruto: Demon's path you are missing out. Please review if you have the time. Thanks. Jericho Kross out of here.