Disclaimer: Me and my friend-… I mean my friend and I, do not own Naruto. If we did… we wouldn't be writing fanfiction about it, would we?
Twins of the Kyuubi
A/N: Okay, this little story has gotten very popular over it's days… that's good. Well, Since I don't have much to Banter about, time to see what the too kids are doing….
Chapter 2: Food Swipes
"Okay… the door is open…" Marasu whispered over to Naruto , who was waiting for the store keeper to turn around from the stack of snacks nearby. Naruto nodded and awaited the opportunity as the shop keeper turned around. He swiped some fruit from the stand and quickly fled from the store along with Marasu, The Shop Keeper, though, spotted the theievs and persuded them.
"Come back here you thieves!"
"Just keep running Naruto," Marasu shouted as he was the faster of the two kids. The Shop keeper could not keep up with the burst of energy the kids possessed, and the fact they had more energy to use for run. Eventually the man gave up the persuit and headed back to his shop… realizing he was robbed again for leaving his store unattended.
"Wait for it Naruto," Marasu said as another boy entered the area, "there he is."
The boy in question was the same as Marasu and all like and shape… He held a bunch of items and money in his hands, and promptly disappeared after dropping them.
"Wow, shadow clones are amazing," Naruto said after gathering up the supplies from the ground.
"Neat I was able to learn them pretty quick from some scrolls I… uh… looked at in the Hokage Tower when they let me in," Marasu said as he stretched his arms. Marasu had on a red and yellow shirt with sleeves that came down to his elbows. He had on yellow pants and white ninja sandles to boot given to him by some nice villagers. N aruto's clothing, on the other hand… well, Marasu had to give him his cloths as many stores refued to sell to him. Naruto wore a blue shirt with an orange stripe going down each sleeve. The sleeves made it half way between his body to his elbow, and he wore black shorts with a blue stripe down each leg. Naruto wore black ninja sandles. The two kids were 6 years old.
"Heh, gets us some food and money to use, doesn't it?" Naruto said as he took a bite out of his apple.
"Yeah… it's not fair you got kicked out of the orphanage, and you were one of the most well-behaved people in there," Marasu said eating his plum, "they out right got rid of you… and then I went off."
"Heh… and they are begging you to come back and stay," Naruto said and the two kids laughed.
"Adults are weird," Marasu stated and Naruto nodded.
"They tell us not to do one thing, and they end up doing it to us or each other the next moment."
"Well, not all adults are bad," Marasu said finishing up his plum, "the hokage is a nice guy."
"Oh yeah, the old man," Naruto said throwing away his apple core and picked up more of the stuff the shadow clone took, "he's especially nice to both of us."
Marasu nodded and picked up some of the other stuff and money. The two now realized they needed to find a place to stay, and all the money they took would at least buy them a room for a few days and some food. After a bit of searching, and people glaring at Naruto and Naruto being yelled at to leave, the two kids eventually found an apartment on one of the more distant sides of the village. The rent was actually monthly, and quite low… low enough to allow their thievery to actually help pay for expenses. The owners did not ask why two 6 year olds bought an apartment… they were just happy they could pay for it. The two boys happily went up to the apartment… and found the reason it was low priced.
"This place looks like a dump," Marasu said as he wandered into the rooms and saw all the garbage laying around, "but actually would look great after we clean it… and hey look, running water."
"So is this why we also stole a broom, mop, and bucket?" Naruto said remembering the earlier heists to some other stores for supplies.
"Yup… lay all the things over there and let's start cleaning this place up."
With the amazing abilities two six-year olds could muster, they began collecting the trash on the ground, mopping the floor, and scaring away the pests that invaded their new home.
In the span of 5 hours, the place started looking clean for the most part. Though, the two could not imagine trying to keep the place well painted.
"Note to self… well bargained rooms equal a a couple of adults wanting to make as much money as possible with dumb service," Marasu said wandering around the much more b earable apartment
"So what now?" Naruto asked before Marasu thought for a while.
"Time to get lucky in a hardware store… I think I know how to paint, all we need is some paint, brushes, and some step ladders… I think a few shadow clones would do the job nice."
"But we already went to three stores… they might have an eye out for us," Naruto said as Marasu nodded.
"Naruto… I'm going to teach you something I somehow figured out…" Marasu said before making a hand sign and transforming into Naruto.
"What the… you're me?" Naruto said and the transformation nodded.
"Kakashi told me it was the transformation jutsu… he said it was amazing I learned how to do that without any aid at all," Marasu said changing back and going over to his roommate to teach him the basics. After a few minutes, and some advice, Naruto was able to keep up a transformation of a dog with brown and blonde fur.
"We can sneak in as animals, and I'll have the shadow clones retrieve all that we need from the store," Marasu said turning into a blonde dog and the two snuck out of the apartment complex to get supplies. They also decided to hit up some food stores to test their plan, and watched as two jobs were easily done with the strange thieves. The clones put the food back in the apartment, and Marasu and Naruto arrived at the nearest hardware store to go and get some paint and brushes. The plan was going well. The two odd creatures went over to the nearest stand with brushes, and snagged two of them. Quickly, the store owner went after the two, and the shadow clones quickly went in and took the paint. The two thieves were busy running to get away… before…
"What are you two doing?" Someone said throwing a kunai in front of the two, and dispelling their transformation. The store owner stopped in shock of the two.
"It's those thieves who have been robbing stores lately," the man declared and the man, who the two kids found to be Kakashi wearing his ANBU uniform shrugged.
"Why are you stealing things you two?" Kakashi asked and the two kids started stammering
"Errr, you see," Marasu explained nervously while Naruto began chattering, "we kicked- I mean got kicked out of another orphanage, and we ended up having to steal some money and supplies to live in an apartment."
"Yeah, we did not want to sleep on a bench again," Naruto said and the store owner looked down at them.
"Wait… why did they kick you two out?" the man said in surprsse.
"They didn't like Naruto and I always go where he goes," Marasu said and the man nodded.
"Well, that doesn't sound like something a facility for raising children should do, someone should report that to the Hoakage to deal with that."
"Well, we could do that," Kakashi said as he looked at the two kids, "but they have been kicked out of every orphanage for the same reason."
"Well… I have no idea why they hate that kid for no reason, I only set up shop here last year when I moved in," the man said and Kakashi nodded.
"Then you don't know the sad reason they don't like Naruto… it's pointless, but people don't seem to let go," Kakashi said and the man wanted to ask a question, "before you ask, no, I can't tell you what happened, it's an S rank secret."
"All right… but did they say they were living somewhere and needed to fix it up?" the man asked and the two kids nodded, "Okay… well, why don't you give the suggestion to the Hoakge to let them live somewhere and if approved, I'll help paint their apartment and fix any problems for free."
"All right," Kakashi said before he looked at the kids, "how were you exactly stealing a lot of things like that?"
Marasu smiled, "Hehe… we distracted the shop keepers and shadow clones took the stuff… and they are currently taking things…"
Kakashi looked at Marasu, "Dispel them…"
"Fine," Marasu said before performing a hand sign.
"All right," one shadow clone of Marasu said as they began to carry away cans of paints before suddenly vanishing and the cans rolled all over the store.
After an hour of discussing payments for the apartment, and renovations, it was official… the two kids would stay in the apartment under the payment of the Hokage. This included food, clothes, supplies, and general items for entertainment. (Coming on their birthdays of course). After the work of a few renovators, the apartment was looking livable with freshly painted walls and furniture donated by the hardware store's brother. It became late at this time, and after having a snack, the two kids went over to their beds.
"Well… today went well, don't you think Naruto," Marasu said and tucked himself in his own bed.
"Yeah… there are some nice people apparently in this village," Naruto said as he fixed his pillow. The two kids looked around their new home.
"Well… now we have to figure out what to do with ourselves," Marasu said as Naruto looked over to his roommate.
"Like?" Naruto asked as Marasu grinned.
"I don't know… I keep having strange images and thoughts of me being this great ninja guy and becoming Hokage one day, it sounds like an awesome thing to do."
"Hey… I wanted to become Hokage!" Naruto said and they both began to glare at each other before laughing.
"Hehe… then you have to be better than me," Marasu said before Naruto threw a pillow at his face, "Hey!"
"Ha… says someone that can't dodge a pillow," Naruto said as he caught the return throw from Marasu.
"Okay… we can try something tomorrow to see who is better right now," Marasu said as he yawned, "I'm tired right now… used too many shadow clones."
"Okay… night Marasu," Naruto said as he yawned.
"Night Naruto," Marasu said as he quickly fell asleep. Naruto followed soon after.
A/N: Okay, just for a reference, Minato does have his memories of his past self… but he doesn't know they are memories. As he said, he thinks of them as thoughts as they are severely fragmented. So Minato won't remember he is Minato, nor that his friend is his son until he can make more sense of these thoughts.
All and all, this story became really popular. Heh, Minato being like a brother to Naruto seems… odd if you think about it. Your best friend is your dad, and he's the same age… well, what one doesn't know won't freak them out. Well, I hope you enjoyed the story, and don't forget to leave your comments in the reviews.
And now for my great friend doing the editing as I'm swarmed by shadow clones of my little brothers…. go!
"I thought it was you don't know won't hurt you, and besides what in Naruto really does make a lot of sense," –Dragon-Wolf Tamer *Finishing editing earlier than expected and shooting long distance arrow that splits into many needles and dispells shadow clones of Omega's younger brothers, now searching for the real ones.*
"I feel like they annoy you more than they annoy me….hmm, nice arrow thingy." -Dragon-Wolf Omega: Slightly High on Sugar.