Author's Note: Here's the next chapter and I'm really sorry for the long update. I've just finished exams and now I'm done…until the end of the school year…
I want to thank TJicebeam who said: EPIC! That was one of the best first chapters I have ever read! Thanks TJicebeam! Reviews like those want me to keep writing and post stories faster. Anyhoo, I hope you like this next chapter.
I'm not sure if toad summons have chakra but for this story, we will just say that they do.
Read, Enjoy, Review.
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Naruto was standing on top of the tallest building in Konoha. He was impressed with all the people who decided to hear what the Hokage needed to say about him. He wouldn't be surprised if most of the people thought he was going to be thrown out of the village. I bet a lot of people wish that I would get thrown out of the village…even though I haven't done anything wrong to them recently… Naruto thought confused. He thought about that while looking at this father's face. He would never know what he looked like except in rock form. That bugged his sometimes. He had never known parents love and he would never see his parents. Only if his mother hadn't died during childbirth…
Tsunade cleared her throat and got Naruto's attention again. She walked up to the edge of the building and looked out among the crowd for a couple of minutes before she said anything. "I am here to tell you about a person you all know here. I'm here to talk to you about Namikaze Naruto." When Tsunade said Naruto's last name a ripple of confused whispering went through the crowd. "He is not the boy or man he thought he was. You all knew him as the Number One Hyper Active Ninja. He will be from this day forward known as not Uzamaki Naruto but Namikaze Naruto. He is the son of the Fourth Hokage and you will all respect him. His Father, Namikaze Minato, saved this village from the Kyuubi. You will treat him with respect and not treat him like the brat you have been." Tsunade stepped to the side and motioned Naruto to walk forward. He walked forward in a Chunin vest and he was wearing his father's jacket with the orange flames. Everyone gasped when Naruto walked forward. They were shocked at the fact that Naruto was almost identical to the Fourth Hokage. He was standing in the same way as Minato had and his hair was the same as Minatos.
Naruto opened up his arms and smiled down on the citizens just as Minato had done. "I am Namikaze Naruto! The son and legacy of the Fourth Hokage!" Every citizen erupted in cheers. Almost every one of them had hated him at one point and people who hated him where cheering for him.
Hinata came over and stood next to Naruto. "I love you," Hinata whispered. "I'm very proud of you."
"Thank you Hinata-chan," Naruto whispered back.
Tsunade then came over and placed her hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Let's go and look at your new house."
"Alright," Naruto said happily looking down at everyone on the ground. He then turned his back on them and took Hinata-chan's hand.
While Naruto, Hinata, and Tsunade were walking through the village, Naruto received many cheers. Naruto was surprised at all the people who were smiling and acknowledging him. Even the people who use to sneer, growl, and do many more things to him were now smiling at him. Naruto liked being appreciated. Why wouldn't they do this before? Ohh, because they thought I was a monster. They thought I would hurt them… Naruto thought.
"Naruto-kun, they're all smiling at you!" Hinata whispered to him.
Naruto nodded. "I know it's really nice. I think this is how my Dad wanted me to be treated." Naruto whispered back. Hinata smiled at that and leaned her head on Naruto's shoulder.
"Aww, here we are!" Tsunade said smiling at the gate. Tsunade's smile soon vanished when she looked at the gate leading into the past for Naruto.
"Granny Tsunade? What's wrong?" Naruto asked looking puzzled at the Fifth Hokage.
Tsunade shock her heads. "I can't open the gate… This is strange I don't know why it won't open." Tsunade then took hold of the gate and yanked on it with her hands surrounded in chakra. "It still won't open."
"Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.
"Yes?" Hinata asked looking into Naruto's crystal blue eyes.
"Do you think that you could use your Byakugan to see why Granny Tsunade can't open the gate?" Naruto asked with no concern in his voice. Hinata nodded and pulled away from Naruto.
"Byakugan," Hinata muttered. Hinata stood there for a couple of minutes looking at the gate before she said anything. "Found it." Hinata said pointing to the center of the gate. "It looks like a summoning seal…" Hinata said confused.
"A summoning seal," Tsunade asked with her arms folded across her chest. "That would make sense if you think about it. I mean, Minato did summon toads…like you and Jirayia did." Tsunade said looking at Naruto.
"Alright, I'll try it." Naruto said biting his thumb and ran through the hand signs. "Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu" Naruto then slammed his right hand on the ground. The smoke cleared on the ground and Gamakichi appeared. "Hiya Boss!" Gamakichi said waving his webbed hand in the air.
"Hey, I need you to do me a favor." Naruto said looking from Gamakichi to the seal on the gate that had suddenly appeared.
"Sure thing. What do you need me to do, Boss?"
"I need you to focus some of your chakra into that seal on the gate. Do you think you can do that for me?" Naruto asked the toad.
"Ingenious…" Tsunade muttered. "I would never have thought of that."
"Sure thins Boss!" Gamakichi then hopped over to the seal and onto Tsunade's head. "Sorry, Lady but I need to be at eye level with the seal." Tsunade then muttered something angrily at Gamakichi but he ignored it. Gamakichi closed his eyes and after a while, Naruto wasn't sure if this was going to work. Naruto was about to say something when the gate opened. "There you go Boss!"
"Thanks Gamakichi. You can go now but I might need you in the future." Naruto thought of something and said. "Wait a moment, why don't you stay with us for a little bit longer just in case we need you?"
"Sure thing Boss," Gamakichi said hopping down from Tsunade's head and jumping up onto Naruto's which knocked him down.
"Hey! What has that for?" Naruto asked angrily.
"Sorry, I forgot that I grew a lot since the first time you summoned me." Gamakichi said sitting on the ground.
"It's alright," Naruto said standing back up. "Let's go into the house." Naruto said taking Hinata's hand.
Naruto and Hinata walked into the compound and were shocked at what they saw.
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Shikaku was sitting in a chair bound by chains. He was bleeding in several places from whip slashes. They were trying to get him to talk about the council. How they knew that he was on the council, Shikaku didn't know. They had been at it for hours and Shikaku was about to black out from the loss of blood. Shikaku was sitting there with his head bent forward and his captors were staring him down. Finally, the leader said, "Take him back to his cell. I will break you down and you will tell me everything I want to know." The leader said waving his hand in dismissal for his two guards.
"Yessir," The two guards said and dragged Shikaku out of the room.
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Choza and Inoichi were sitting on a branch several stories high, just above were the machine people took Shikaku. They had been sitting here for hours now trying to figure out what to do. They had gone over several plans but none of them was going to work. Finally, Inoichi muttered, "I got it!"
"You got what?" Choza said confused.
"The plan!" Inoichi said proudly.
"Oh...what's the plan?" Choza asked looking from Inoichi to the machine.
Inoichi bent forward whispering, "This is the plan..." He then explained the plan.
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Naruto and Hinata walked into there new mansion. The outside was gorgeous. Many of the plants had died and had weeds in all the flowerbeds but neither of them cared. They had a hot spring, a medium sized pond with water lilies, several flowerbeds full of roses and two smaller houses off the main house. There were several trees near the backyard and you could see parts of the Hyuuga estate but not the whole thing. There was also a small dojo for training and other various training areas to train. Naruto and Hinata walked around the backyard smiling. "This is so pretty Naruto-kun!" Hinata said excitedly.
"I agree, Hinata-chan," Naruto whispered back. They walked up to the backdoor and Naruto tried to open it but it wouldn't budge. "Darn it," Naruto whispered. "Gamakichi!" Naruto said louder.
"Yeah Boss?" Gamakichi said hopping out of the pond.
"I need you to open this for me please," Naruto said pointing to the door where a seal had just appeared.
"Sure thing Boss; but, I need to be eye level, Hokage Lady," Gamakichi said jumping up onto Tsunade's head, earning him some foul language. Gamakichi then poured some of his chakra into the seal and the back door opened.
"Thanks," Naruto muttered walking into the house. It felt weird walking into his parents' house twenty-five, almost twenty-six, years after they had died. Naruto walked into the living room and everything was covered with dust. There was a coffee table with a photo on it. Naruto walked over to the picture frame. He had to wipe off the dust to see what the picture was of. He picked up the picture and when he saw the picture, Naruto sat down amazed. It was a picture of his father, mother, himself, and Jirayia. His father and mother were hugging him and Jirayia was standing there with his hands on both of his parents' shoulders. Naruto realized that he did look like his father. Naruto had his hair, eyes, and everything else. Naruto felt tears come to his eyes. He was seeing his parents for the very first time and he realized how much he had missed out.
Naruto stood up wiping the tears from his eyes. "Naruto-kun, what's wrong?" Hinata asked placing her head on his shoulder looking at the picture.
Naruto shock his head not saying anything. Naruto the moved and walked into the dinning room. He saw a vase of roses on the table that were somehow alive. The roses are alive! Naruto thought amazed. "Hinata-chan, the roses are alive!" Naruto said pointing to them.
"That's strange," Tsunade said with Hinata nodding in agreement.
"I wonder why," Naruto mumbled.
Naruto then looked at the walls and saw more pictures of his mother and father with various people. He saw Kakashi, Jirayia, Tsunade, and many other people he didn't recognize. Naruto walked into the kitchen and saw what a kitchen looked like to a mother. There were still baby bottles lying on the counter top. Seeing that brought tears to Naruto. He walked over and picked up one of his baby bottles. Naruto then placed it back on the counter and he walked out of the kitchen. Naruto walked up some stairs with Hinata, Tsunade, and Gamakichi following him.
Naruto stopped at a door. Naruto stood in front of it and smelled something familiar. Naruto then put his hand on the doorknob and walked inside. Naruto saw his baby crib that was orange and blue. Naruto then laughed. "So that's were I get my taste for orange from!" Naruto then walked farther in and saw a rocking chair. Naruto sat down in it and suddenly remembered something. He remembered the song his father would sing him when he was first born. "Sleep my little fox. Sleep and don't let the wolf wake you. Sleep and don't let the bear wake you. Sleep and be in peace." Naruto sang softly.
"What did you say, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
Naruto then opened his eyes and repeated the song. "Sleep my little fox. Sleep and don't let the wolf wake you. Sleep and don't let the bear wake you. Sleep and be in peace." Naruto paused and looked at Tsunade and Hinata. They both were looking at him strangely. "I don't know how I remember that. I just did. I think it was the lullaby that my father would sing to me to make me sleep..."
"Naruto..." Tsunade said. Naruto then got up and walked out of the room past Hinata and Tsunade. Naruto walked up to the room across form his. Naruto braced himself knowing that it was his parents' room. Naruto opened the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He walked into the room and saw a master bed, a desk, a dresser, and several shelves. Naruto walked over to the bed and sat down. He looked around the room and saw that it was painted sky blue. Naruto then got up, walked over to the shelves, and pulled out a random book. Naruto looked and saw that it was a book about water justus. Naruto leafed through the book and put it back. He would have time later to look at it. Naruto walked over to the desk and saw papers all over. "Looks like my Dad was as unorganized as me and lazy as you, Ba-chan," Naruto said laughing.
"Shut it Brat," Tsunade said grinding her teeth.
Naruto then picked up a paper and saw that it was a mission paper. The mission was for Kakashi to go and kill Orochimaru. "Well that didn't work, now did Dad?" Naruto said shacking his head and throwing the paper back down on the desk.
"What didn't work, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked walking over to Naruto.
"He sent Kakashi-sensei to go and try and kill Orochimaru. Now that didn't go over very well. I mean Orochimaru is still alive and if Kakashi would have killed him then Sasuke would still be with us and not with the Akatsuki!" Naruto said angry.
Tsunade said, "I remember that. Kakashi came back from the mission barely alive. He almost died during surgery."
"What?"
"He almost died several times. It was an amazing that he could get himself here alive. He almost died during surgery, then when he was recuperating in ICU. Your father never knew that he was alive because Minato died before Kakashi got back from his mission. I bet that your father knows that he is alive." Tsunade said. "There are two more rooms that you haven't seen yet. Your father's study and the library."
"A library?" Naruto squeaked.
"Yes, now let's go to the study," Tsunade said leading Naruto into another door that Gamakichi had to open. Naruto walked into the study and saw that it looked like the Hokage's office but more personalized. There were bookshelves and pictures all over the room. Naruto then left the room and went into the hallway. He created a couple of clones and told them to read every word in that study. They went into the study and forced Hinata and Tsunade out. Naruto locked them in and said, "Let's go to the library."
Tsunade lead Naruto down to the library and opened the door, Naruto was amazed. There were thousands of books. He had never seen so many books in his life. Naruto walked up to a book and pulled it out. Naruto saw that it was all about wind justus. Naruto sat down on the ground and stared to read. Tsunade left them saying that she had paper work to do and Hinata pulled out a book and begun to read also.
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"You got it?" Inoichi asked Choza.
"Yes," Choza said nodding his head once.
"Good now...go!" Both Inoichi and Choza leapt out of the tree and went to rescue there best friend.
