Hi there I am back again^^ So thank you for reviewing this story... Anyway I wanted to ask for suggestions for a better summary (and if you think a better title... I would tell you how I plan this story to go on of course for the title...) I also would appreciate tips since this is my first Naruto fic... Anyway thanks for reading so far! Here we go...
Hokage-office
The old Hokage sat at his desk looking over several files and reports. When he finished a set of paperwork he looked over at the work he still had to do. Seeing the giant pile of papers he sighed and turned around in his chair, leaning back. He took a puff of his pipe and looked through the window over the village. It was a nice cloudless day, the sun shining over all of Konoha. It was peaceful for a moment until...
"Hokage-sama!" A chunin came rushing in the office panting slightly. The Hokage sighed exhaling smoke and turned back around.
"What is it?" He said on a serious tone.
"There was a break-in in the great Fire library." The old man raised an eyebrow.
"Was something stolen?"
"A few sealing and jutsu scrolls." The old man fell into his thoughts. The image of a young blonde grinning boy popped into his mind.
"Well, do we have leads as to who did this?" The shinobi frowned at this.
"No sir, the thief escaped leaving no signs." He sighed.
"Very well. I don´t think we have to pursue the matter any more..."
"But Hokage-sama these scrolls..."
"These scrolls were no more than that. Scrolls open to everyone in this village." ´Everyone but one...` Sarutobi thought to himself.
"Yes sir!" The shinobi said and disappeared in a whirl of leaves. The old man stood up and went for the window and stared into the distance.
"I hope you know what you are doing... Naruto." He said to himself.
Naruto sat on a wide field a bit outside of Konoha with a scroll lying in front of him. He looked over the scrolls full of joy from learning new jutsus. The ones at the academy were all easy, well all but one... Bunshin no Jutsu.
"Well, what do we got here...?" He scrambled throught the scrolls.
"Earth Release, Water Release... Nah, a bit boring... Hmm Lightning Release... sounds interesting!"
He pulled out the scroll and began reading it. It was a D-Rank Technique but Naruto didn´t really care about the rank right now. When he finished reading he jumped to his feet.
"Sounds easy enough!" He began concentrating chakra into his palm and then slammed it into the ground.
"Raiton: Raikou Oonami !" The fist met the earth but nothing happened. A light breeze blew through the field and silence followed.
"AHHHH!" Naruto cried beginning to jump around shaking his hand. He had slammed his fist too hard into the ground.
"Damn! It hurts!" He jumped around a little more until he finally calmed down only rubbing his hand a little bit. He looked at the ground. There were a few cracks in the ground and a print of his fist but else nothing had happened.
"I think I got it wrong... I will have to watch Kakashi for this I guess..." He rubbed the back of his head. Following a Jonin unseen wasn´t going to be easy. He shrugged it off for now and went for the next scroll avoiding Lightning Release for now.
"Wind Release... Let´s try it..." He got again into a ready position and began with a few hand seals slowly following the instructions on the scroll. I should create a strong gust of wind when it worked...
"Fuuton: Reppushou!" The technique indeed worked but Naruto put a bit too much chakra into it creating a wind that blew him of the feet. He landed face first in the mud sliding a bit.
"I think that needs a bit of work... " Naruto began training this Jutsu for the day. Unknown to him an ANBU with a dog mask watched him and was quite impressed by this display.
"A little genius ehh... That´s interesting." With this said he disappeared with a Shunshin.
The sun was still shining bright when Naruto broke down from exhaustion panting really hard. The blonde was a bit roughed up. He began to grin widely enjoying this time. It did distract them from his problems. He felt as if he got a step closer to becoming a great shinobi, the Hokage, a Legend. He wanted to be respected...
He got a bit sad thinking about how the reality looked like but he shook it off and stood up. He put the scrolls into a tree hole and made his way towards the village slowly...
He took a deep breath before entering the village then he walked on. Naruto was immediately greeted with cold stares and whispers. As he walked through a few stones were thrown at him. He avoided them without even looking stunning the attackers.
The young blonde thought about what to do but a growl from his stomach made it pretty clear. The only place in the whole of Konoha where he got something edible was Ichiraku´s Ramen. He loved Ramen so it was alright …
The fatigue seemed to disappear and he began running to Ichiraku´s. The owner and his daughter were one of the few not mistreating him... they were nice people.
"Hey! Uncle Teuchi give me Ramen!" Naruto shouted. Teuchi looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Can you pay?" Naruto just grinned.
"Nope... But I will pay you when I become a ninja I promise..." After a while Teuchi sighed in defeat.
"Alright, Here you go." Naruto devoured the soup in a matter of seconds and then another and then another...
"Thank you for the meal!" Naruto jumped out waving back.
"Remember to pay kid!" Teuchi yelled after him. A small smile crossed his face at the young boy´s enthusiasm.
Naruto ran through the streets towards the academy. It has been a long time since he was there. He jumped on top of the wall and found the class in the court training with Shuriken and Kunai.
"Glad you could join us, Naruto!" Iruka said with a vein popping out.
Naruto just waved it off. The other kids looked a bit surprised at him.
"Well since you are here now, how about showing us your throwing skills?" Iruka smiled evilly.
"Alright... so just hit the bulls eye?" Naruto said lazily. Kiba Inuzuka then stepped forward.
"The idiot won´t even hit the target!" The class began laughing and Naruto growled slightly.
But then began to smirk. He took a Kunai and just flicked it with his hand without even looking at the target and it... hit perfectly.
The laughter immediately died down and Iruka gaped at Naruto. Kiba too seemed surprised but tried to cover it. Naruto saw the lone Uchiha in the back looking a bit surprised, but otherwise not much emotions were displayed. He heard of the Uchiha-massacre … His own brother killed his whole family... He was taken out of his thoughts when Kiba spoke up again.
"Well, you´ve got the idiots luck." Again the others started laughing. Iruka still a bit stunned tried to quiet them down.
"Okay then let´s go over to taijutsu then." The group of aspiring ninja moved over to the sparring field.
Naruto just watched as each of them teamed up in pairs. He saw the blonde he met yesterday talking with a pink haired girl with green eyes. She made a friend … good for her.
At the end he was the only one left... He looked down for a moment but then looked back up with a grin. Iruka looked at the young boy sympathetic.
"Naruto, I..."
"Ha, they wouldn´t stand a chance against me anyway so it´s fine..." With this he just jumped on a tree branch and laid back, one leg hanging in the air.
He pretended to be asleep but he observed everything with on eye open. He saw the friendly spar of Ino, and smiled as she seemed really happy. Then he turned his attention to Sasuke, who kicked the ass of Kiba... He was also amused seeing two kids lying on the floor, one seemingly asleep and the other munching chips.
After a while of training Iruka finally spoke up.
"Okay kids. Let´s make a little tournament then... Come down here Naruto!" The blonde just did as he was said and jumped down, crossing his arms behing his head.
"Well then let´s start with Sasuke Uchiha against... Naruto Uzumaki." Finally there was a chance to prove himself... only problem was that he didn´t know any fighting styles or stances...
Sasuke and Naruto stepped forward staring at each other. There was snickering around Naruto but he ignored it... He had no choice anyway so he would put up a fight... Sasuke then spoke up turning towards Iruka.
"Iruka-sensei, I don´t think that he will be a challenge..."
"What did you say Sasuke-teme! I will wipe the floor with your ass, believe it." Naruto headbutted Sasuke and they both stared into each others eyes growling lightly.
They then got into ready stances waiting for the signal. Naruto didn´t have any idea how to attack or defend so he would try to avoid as much as possible. He was good at that.
"Ready... Go!"
Sasuke immediately rushed for ward simply raising his fist for a punch. He was going easy of him of course. Naruto came into pace with him stepping back. Sasuke then punched aiming for the face.
What he didn´t expect was that Naruto, whil still stepping back avoided the puch with a slight lean to the right.
Surprised by this Sasuke threw more punches at him. Naruto dodged them all still moving around the field. Sasuke growled slightly and attempted a kick to his sides. Naruto simply jumped back with a burst of chakra.
"Not bad dobe..." Sasuke finally got serious. There was no sound no snickering noting as the class stared at the surprising battle before him.
Sasuke rushed in again doing a sweep kick followed by a back kick to the middle area. Naruto dodged the first one but was hit by the second. He flew backwards but shifted in the air to land on his feet. Sasuke didn´t give him any time to relay as he suddenly appeared flying towards him kicking at his head with his right feet. Naruto ducked to avoid it. Sasuke landed on his right feet and used the momentum to kick with the left at Naruto´s back. Naruto turned to the side avoiding the kick. Sasuke slid past Naruto so his back was open. Naruto didn´t take this opportunity and they stood opposite to each other once again.
"What´s up dobe? Why don´t you attack?" Sasuke got into a defense stance and wink with two fingers challenging Naruto to attack. Of course Naruto took the bait...
Naruto got ready to rush forward. And then disappeared in a burst of speed. Sasukes eyes widened. Naruto was fast... real fast. He barely reacted to the kick to his left side and slid to the right a bit. He looked at Naruto who was already in motion again throwing punches at him. Sasuke had to admit Naruto was fast but his attacks were sloppy and almost as if he had never learned any stances.
Yet he could only defend and not avoid. Naruto then made a sweep followed by a turning kick and Sasuke saw his chance. He dodged the sweep and blocked his turning kick grabbing Naruto´s feet.
Then he kicked at his other feet making Naruto fall on his ass. Both of them were panting and Iruka who was still in awe at the display finally stepped in.
"Okay I think that is enough you two... " The tournament was forgotten. Sasuke just ´hmmphed´ and turned around rubbing his arms in pain unseen, of course showing no real emotion.
Naruto stood up slowly rubbing his ass. "Damn..."
"I think we end it here today. See you tomorrow and don´t forget your homework!" Iruka called after the kids as they scrambled away. Only one familiar blonde girl remained and came up to him smiling.
"Hi... you still remember me? The girl you talked to yesterday... "
Naruto, rubbed the back of his head uncomfortable with the situation. "Yeah of course..."
"My name is Ino Yamanaka, by the way..."
"Well nice to meet you, I am Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage!" Ino began to chuckle...
"What?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"You said that already, yesterday..." Suddenly Ino became quite nervous.
"You didn´t answer me yesterday... So will you be my friend?"
"I... You see..."
"I take that as a yes!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him along running through Konoha. When they finally stopped Ino turned to Naruto with a wide smile on her face.
"This is my favorite spot... " Behind her was the most beautiful flower field Naruto had ever seen. He was in awestruck.
"It´s … beautiful..."
Ino just smiled at him. They laid down enjoying the piece for a while.
"You know, you were pretty awesome fighting Sasuke..." Naruto just grinned at her and saw that she... blushed? No had to be his imagination.
The next few weeks were the happiest of Naruto´s life he finally found a friend. They did everything together, playing games, talking and going on adventures. Ino herself got more confident over the time she spend with the brash blonde, and got quite popular in her age group. Nevertheless she still hung out with Naruto. They became the best friends in just a few weeks. Naruto, for the first time in his life, was really happy. But that would change soon.
It was a really warm day for October and Ino and Naruto laid on a grass field, lazily. They looked into the sky watching the clouds.
"There is a rabbit!" Ino cried happily.
"Yes when a rabbit has five ears then that cloud looks like a rabbit ..." Ino pouted a bit but kept silent.
"Are you going to the festival today?" Ino asked turning to Naruto.
"Festival?"
"Yeah the festival of the defeat of the Kyuubi to honour the fallen heroes."
Realization struck Naruto. It was this day. The day he always feared most in the year, his birthday.
A cold wind washed over the field sending shivers up Naruto´s spine. He sat up and began to look around nervously.
"I guess it´s time to go Ino..." Naruto jumped up. Ino raised an eyebrow at him.
"And why is that?"
"Just come..." Naruto grabbed them by her arm and pulled her through the forest towards Konoha.
Back on the grass field was a group of three Leave chunin gazing after the boy.
"Damn he got away!" There was a rustle to one side and a grinning Naruto stepped out.
"Looking for me?" The three ninja took stances and growled at him.
"Finally... You will pay for what you did to my family... to all our families! Die demon!"
The shinobi in the front rushed at Naruto, who just stood there grinning. He was about to slash the boy when Naruto´s facial expression changed into a serious one.
The youg blonde boy avoided the first slash, then grabbed his hand and twisted it around, so that the chunin held his knife to his own throat. Naruto shooke his head.
"Bad choice..." Then there was a poof of smoke and instead of Naruto there stood an ANBU with a dog mask. The ANBU knocked his captive out and rushed at the others with a raised tantō Only the cries of the bird flying away were heard.
How could I forget this day! Damn... They finally reached the gates of Konoha.
"Naruto! What´s wrong!" Naruto finally stopped when they entered the village.
He saw how the people around him looked at him and Ino. These cold stares haunting him his whole life. No he wouldn´t let that happen to Ino, his only friend.
"I guess that´s it..." He whispered to himself.
"What?" He turned around sadly.
"I can´t be friends with you anymore Ino..."
"What are you saying... you are my best frie-" Naruto sighed. He really didn´t like doing this. It was necessary for Ino to have a happy life...
"Let me say this diffrently... I do not want to be friends with you anymore."
"But ..." Naruto turned away. Tears began to well up in Ino´s eyes.
"Naruto wait, please..." He turned around one last time forming words with his mouth giving her a smile.
Thank you...
Ino couldn´t really understand what was going on and just wanted to smack Naruto for this but he was long gone. She just broke down crying...
Hokage Tower
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood like so often on top of the Hokage tower smoking on his pipe. He didn´t have to turn around to notice the ANBU standing behind him.
"He was attacked already? Was he injured?"
"No, he could flee and I … took care of them. Yet they were really trying to kill him this time..."
Sarutobi sighed exhaling smoke.
"I think it is time. He has to leave the village, for his own sake... for now."
"But he can´t survive alone..." The Hokage almost wanted to roll his eyes.
"Of course not... I have a mission for you. Get Jiraya here, fast. He should be in the Land of Fire right now."
The ANBU just nodded and disappeared again. He was one of the best, so he should make it... Sarutobi looked up at the monument towards the fourth Hokages head.
"I am sorry Minato, I failed you..."
Well how was it? Hope you liked it... Please review! I am looking forward to that^^ Anyway the next chapter could be up tomorrow... So until next time for those going with the story^^
Dowy Sixst Haevens