A/N: Sorry about the long update I couldn't find the time to write till recently. I really appreciate all the reviews and it looks like everyone really enjoys the story so far. I would also like to thank Sephiroth1991 for pointing out that I didn't explain the mechanism of the hidden blade so you get another explanation of how something works and like the leap of faith I don't know if the physics of it are right but for my story it will work so I don't want to hear any crap about how it "wouldn't work" or "it's not right". Well here is chapter 3 enjoy.
disclaimer: If I owned Naruto and/or Assassin's creed that would be insane.
Chapter 3: The Return
2 years later
Two figures can be seen walking down a road heading in the direction of Konohagakure. One is a man with medium length dark brown hair wearing a black outfit that appears almost as if it were a priest's robe or a very regal garb with very intricate designs embroidered upon the coat and the large silver belt he wore across his stomach with a small black cape over the left side of his chest and back. The other was a small boy with spiky blonde hair and his clothing consisted of a white coat that also appeared as if he could be mistaken for a priest with a large brown leather belt and a white cape across the left side of his body as well.
"Are we there yet?" asked a very bored Naruto. Ezio sighed and looked at his son, and then replied,
"Naruto, that is the fifth time in ten minutes you've asked, and again we still have a ways to go till we reach Konoha." Naruto smiled and scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed and said,
"Sorry, Dad, I'm just kind of bored walking with nothing to do."
"Hmm…well I suppose I could teach you a little history since we have the time." Ezio said with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Aww, but Dad, I hate history!" Naruto complained. Ezio laughed and said
"I think you might like this lesson because it is about our hidden blades." Naruto grinned excitedly and said,
"That sounds cool, Dad!" Ezio smiled and began to recount the history of the hidden blade. "No one is sure when the first hidden blade appeared but the earliest recorded one dates to before 800 B.C." Ezio paused to make sure he still had his son's attention, and then continued, "The first blades were very simple using your arm by jerking it in some way to slide the blade out with a locking mechanism that held the blade in place. Unfortunately they were often very clumsy due to their mechanism and as a result very hard to use effectively." Ezio paused for breath and continued again. "Then around 200 A.D. one of the brotherhood redesigned it to use a special spring mechanism. Using a string attached to one of your fingers, by pulling on it, caused the blade to slide out and lock in place, and pulling on the same string to disengage the lock all you had to do was jerk your arm back to retract the blade. This design was extremely effective and is even still used today by many of the brotherhood. The only drawback to this design is that you have to lose your ring finger because of the position of the blade. But it was a small sacrifice."
Ezio saw that his son had a question and let him ask.
"If it requires you to give up your ring finger, how come we still have ours, Dad?" Ezio smiled at his son for catching that detail and answered.
"Well, some years ago, a crazy friend of mine named Leonardo redesigned it again. Instead of the string it uses a pressure plate switch that activates when you tense your wrist muscles certain ways. And now, we don't have to cut off our fingers anymore." Naruto looked at his hidden blade and said,
"I get it now. That was a cool lesson, Dad." Ezio smiled again and said,
"Thank you, son. I'm glad that you liked it." Naruto looked at the road and asked "How much longer till we get there dad?"
"About another hour and we'll be at the village gates." Ezio responded. Naruto sighed and said,
"I wish we could have taken a horse then we would've been there a few days ago." Ezio laughed and said,
"Now, where is the fun in that? If we took a horse, we wouldn't be able to see all this beautiful scenery." Ezio paused and began to reminisce; in his heart he was walking down that same road, ten years in the past, holding a baby Naruto close to his chest.
He smiled. "Well, we will arrive at Konoha soon, so let's put on our hoods." Ezio said while he pulled his hood over his head. Naruto nodded and did the same.
Village gates a short time later
Kotetsu and Ikane were guarding the gates of the village as they usually did (which meant they were bored to death).
"Man, I tell you, Kotetsu, if something doesn't happen soon I think I'm going to lose my mind." Ikane complained.
"Maybe you should try a crossword puzzle or something." Kotetsu suggested. "But that's just frustrating to me." Ikane shot back.
"Well, don't complain to me, then." Kotetsu said irritably. Just then he noticed two figures walking down the road toward the gate and signaled Ikane about the possible threat. As the figures got closer he could see that one appeared to be a small boy of about ten or eleven and the other was a man; it was hard to place his age due to the hood covering his face. When they reached the gate they both headed to the guard hut. The man said,
"Hello. My son and I are here to speak to the Hokage about becoming citizens of Konoha." The guards both nodded. Kotetsu asked,
"What are your names?"
"I'm Ezio Auditore and this is my son, Naruto." Ezio replied. At the name a look of realization crossed Kotetsu's face; he sifted through a few papers on his desk before finally holding one out to Ezio.
"The Hokage was expecting you two. He said that you're to take this paper and give it to his secretary at the tower." Kotetsu said as Ezio took the paper and put it in a pouch on his side. Ikane then opened the gate and said,
"Hope to see you around more often." Ezio smiled, Naruto waved goodbye, and they set off towards the Hokage tower in the center of the village.
As they entered the gate Naruto became very excited; he gazed around very curiously as this was his first time in a ninja village. Ezio laughed at Naruto's excitement and said,
"Calm down, son. There will be time to see the village after we see the Hokage." Naruto did as he was told (with some effort) and smiled at his dad.
"If they have any, can we go get some ramen after we meet with the Hokage, Dad?" asked Naruto. Ezio sighed and said,
"What is it with you and ramen? You can't get enough of it." Naruto just smiled.
After about twenty more minutes of walking through the village they finally came to the Hokage tower and Naruto looked at it in amazement, along with the murals depicting all the Hokage carved into the cliffside behind it. "Well, son, we better hurry and get this over with so we can figure out where we will be staying from now on." Ezio said to his son, who nodded in agreement. When they entered they immediately saw the secretary at the desk. Ezio reached into his pouch and retrieved the paper he received from the guards; as he and Naruto walked toward the secretary they pulled down their hoods, revealing their faces.
"How may I help you?" the secretary asked.
"We've come to see the Hokage." Ezio said, handing her the paper. She took it, glanced over it quickly, and nodded in affirmation.
"Go ahead…his office is on the second floor."
Ezio nodded in reply.
"Come on, Naruto." He said, beckoning for his son to follow. They walked up the stairs to the second floor and came to a large wooden door. Ezio knocked on the door and a "Come in" resounded from within. Ezio opened the door and he and Naruto walked in. There sitting at his desk was Hiruzen Sarutobi the third Hokage of Konoha. Upon their entrance Hiruzen immediately recognized Ezio and said "Ah, so you have arrived." He then looked at Naruto and smiled saying "You must be Naruto."
Naruto smiled and said "You bet jiji." Hiruzen just smiled and laughed at the name he just called him. Hiruzen then looked at Ezio and said "I assume you two are here to become citizens of Konoha and sign up young Naruto for the academy?" Ezio nodded and replied "yes we are." Hiruzen nodded and lit his pipe and started smoking. "Well, I have most of the paper work finished already." He said as he pulled out a small stack of papers from his desk. "All I need is for both of you to sign here." He spoke as he pointed to a blank spot on a document "Naruto needs to sign here." He said pointing at another document. After Ezio and Naruto both signed the documents the Hokage filed the papers in a drawer, smiled and said "Congratulations, you are now citizens of Konoha." Ezio looked at Hiruzen dubiously and asked,
"That's it?" The aged Hokage nodded and said,
"All that is left is to figure out where you are going to live from now on." Naruto then said "We were going to look for a place after we ate some ramen!" Hiruzen smiled at Naruto, handed a slip of paper to Ezio and said "This address is an apartment complex that I recently bought and renovated, so you will be its first residents."
"Ah, that saves us a lot of time, thank you Hiruzen." Ezio replied.
"Can we go get ramen now?" Naruto asked with a little anticipation. Ezio smiled at Naruto and said "Alright, we'll go see if we can find a ramen stand."
The Hokage then said "If you want ramen you should head to Ichiraku's ramen stand just down the street." He pointed out the window behind him to a small stand not too far away. Ezio nodded and looked at his son who was bouncing from foot to foot and he sighed knowing what he was wanting. "Hiruzen do you mind if we leave using your window? I can tell Naruto wants to free run to the stand."
Hiruzen just laughed and nodded. Ezio looked at Naruto and said "Come on son." He then put on his hood and was copied by his son. They then walked to the window and opened it. Ezio said "I'll see you later Hiruzen." Then he and Naruto jumped to the nearest rooftop doing a flip and landed in a pile of sheets that was taken down from drying. After a moment of watching, Hiruzen saw Ezio and Naruto jump out of the pile and start running across the rooftops to Ichiraku's. He smiled at their antics and said to himself "It's good to have them back. I just hope that when the council finds out, I won't get too much of a headache."
A/N: In the next chapter I'll go into Naruto's academy days and you'll get a little action. Review if you have the time but if you don't thanks for reading anyway.