Standing in front of him with his arms held out was his son Naruto with the Chidori through his chest, Kakashi standing there with a look of horror on his face: "Dear Kami what have I done?" He deactivated the jutsu and slowly pulled his hand out, Naruto coughing up blood and falling. Orochimaru broke out of his stupor an caught his son and held him close with the tears rolling down his face: "W...why my baby why? Why would you take a Chidori through the heart for me? I would have been proud to die for my Otokage!" Naruto squeezed his hand and surprised them all by actually saying in a low voice: "I c...could not let you d...die papa. I a...already lost Kabuto and I r...refuse to let d...death have you d...d...daddy." "Oh Kami what happened here?"
The ANBU looked up and saw Minato running towards the two: "Oh Naru-chan what in the worlds happened to you?" Naruto saw him running forward, slowly put his hand up and said: 'Guard!' before Minato was able to reach them a shield of nearly invisible energy appeared in front of him and caused the man to go flying into the water on the other side of the training area. Everyone turned back to the two and were in utter shock when the wound of Naruto started to glow blue before healing itself from the inside out, causing the young Kage to fall asleep to regain his energy, Orochimaru holding him tightly and rocking back and forth with tears of relief rolling down his face again: "Oh thank you for sending your Big 3 down here Kami! Without them then my poor baby and his baby would be dead right now." Orochimaru slowly stood up and went to Zabuza, Haku and Inari, the three of them leaving so they could find a hotel Naruto and Orochimaru could rest in. Kakashi just stood there for a moment but then ran to the water and started scrubbing his arms with tears rolling down his face and horror still in the eye: "Oh Kami I cannot get rid of the blood! I CANNOT GET THE BLOOD OFF OF MY HANDS! WHAT HAVE I DONE?"
A few moments later Minato sat down on a log next to Kakashi and asked: "So what happened Kakashi?" Kakashi just sat staring at the water that had a slight pink tinge to it but he said: "Orochimaru was resisting arrest and had injured many of the ANBU..." "I meant before that Kakashi." He nodded and said as he looked at the ripples in the water: "After I had went home for about an hour I could no longer sleep so I was on my way to the memorial stone when I spotted your son and Inari practicing with one of the Hunter-Nin in a tree not too far from where they were. They had been training for a good while when the clone yelled something using his mind because I was able to feel the ripples in my head. Baby Yosho then started to glow and somehow turned into Orochimaru. That is how the ANBU were alerted." "And what were you telling me before?" "H...he was resisting and injured some of them so I ran forward with Chidori to stop him b...b...b..." Minato put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down and Kakashi yelled: "Naruto appeared in front of him and took the Chidori through the chest, obliterating his heart! But because of his 'condition' he is now healed. BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I ALMOST KILLED THE ONE I LOVE!"
He took off his headband, gave it to Minato and said as he put an eye-patch over his Sharingan eye: "I resign from being a shinobi of Konoha Hokage-sama. Please assign someone else to Team Seven." Minato widened his eyes and tried to refuse but Kakashi shook his head and disappeared, leaving Minato there with wide eyes and the headband in hand. At the hotel Haku and Zabuza were in a sitting room of the suite that they had gotten for the time: "Otokage-sama and Orochimaru-sama will not be able to make it to the appointment with the Hokage that was made for today. One of the..I mean one of us is going to have to go in their place. We need to send out the messengers by three so that the others can have time to get here." the two of them thought for a moment but then a voice said: "I believe that I will be able to go Haku and Zabuza." The two turned around and were surprised to see Naruto sitting up on the bed rubbing sleep from his eyes.
They went forward after a moment but then he put his hands up and said in a hoarse voice: "It is something that I must do my friends. But I must ask that you remain here to keep an eye on my father. You know how much people may want to harm him because of the Hokage." The two of them wanted to protest but he looked at them and used his most devious jutsu in his arsenal, the dreaded Puppy-Eyes jutsu accompanied by what he called Chibi no jutsu. The two looked at him with emotionless faces for a moment but then their eyes started to sparkle and they jumped him happily, cuddling him closely and rubbing their faces on his cheek, Naruto knowing that he had convinced them to stay to look after his father.
At twelve Naruto gave his sleeping father a kiss on his forehead and jumped out the window, the young man landing safely on the roof on the other side of the alley. He straightened his cloak and swiftly made his way to the Hokage tower, Naruto humming a happy tune as he did so: "Is there a reason that you are following me Kakashi Hatake?" The two stopped and Naruto was surprised to see that Kakashi no longer wore his Konoha headband, his eye having an eye-patch and he still had the mask over the lower half of his face, sorrow in the eye that was visible. He bowed in front of Naruto and said: "I have left the shinobi forces of Konoha Naruto-sama. I, Kakashi Hatake wish to become a shinobi for the Village Hidden in the Sound. I tried to kill you and now my life and honor belong to you." Naruto looked at him for a moment but then he smiled, tied the headband he was wearing around the head of Kakashi and helped him stand, a slight blush to both of their faces: "I, Naruto Yakushi welcome you Kakashi Hatake as a Sound Jounin and my personal guard."Kakashi smiled behind his mask and the two continued to the Hokage tower for the appointment.
Inside of the tower Minato was finishing off his paperwork so he could look for the hotel his son was staying at so he could give him the keys to the Uzumaki house that now belongs to him because of the will of his mother. He had just signed the last paper and was getting ready to leave when his secretary came in: "I am sorry to interrupt but your son and his personal guard are here to see you." Minato smiled widely and told her to let them, sitting back down. He heard the door open and looked up and froze when he saw Kakashi standing behind Naruto with a Sound headband sitting proudly on his forehead: "I apologize for interrupting your work day Hokage-san but there is something that I would like to ask of you." Minato shook his head a little to clear it and said after having the two sit down: "Now what may I do for you Kakashi and Naru-chan?"
The two turned their seats to face him and Naruto said: "As you know I am going to be 16 in three days correct?" He nodded so Naruto continued: "Well, every year on my birthday we would hold a tournament for shinobi and kunoichi but since Sound is in no condition to hold anything this year I was hoping that we could have it here instead. But just to let you know there is going to be something slightly different on the first day this year. My beloved Kabuto and my father promised that the first day of the tournament this year will be a challenge tournament for me so more people are going to be coming. And the name of our tournament is known throughout the lands so there are going to be many many people coming this year." "And what is the name of this tournament son?" Naruto shivered a little and said with a slight frown on his beautiful face: "Please do not call me that sir. And to answer your question; have you ever heard of the IronFist Shinobi/Kunoichi tournament?" the jaws of both Kakashi and Minato dropped and Kakashi said in a very surprised voice: "T...the IronFist tournament? The one that only certain villages are given the honor of participating in?" Naruto nodded and said as he adjusted himself in the chair: "That is the exact one that I am talking about Kakashi-san. Now in order for the honored villages participating to arrive on time we must send out the messengers by three this afternoon. So do we have your permission to hold it here? If not then we are going to have to contact one of the other Alliance villages to hold it."
Minato thought about it for a minute but then he smiled and said: "Of course you can hold the tournament here Naru-chan! And may I ask if Konoha will get one of the coveted spots in your tournament?" Naruto started laughing and then stood up and started walking out the door with Kakashi behind him: "You have not earned the right to compete and from what I have been told you will never be given a spot so to quote the late Tayuya 'No fucking way in Hell asshole!'" Minato widened his eyes in shock and clenched his fist for a moment but then he smiled and said: "Well, maybe we will be able to change the mind of whoever is watching and gain entry next year." Naruto and Kakashi walked out the door and Naruto said through their link and made Kakashi laugh: 'Not bloody likely you damn ass.' Once they were out of the tower and making their way down the street Kakashi asked: "So what does a village need to do in order to earn a spot in the tournament Naruto-sama?" "Please just call me Naruto Kakashi-san. And to answer your question we keep an eye on all of the villages and then we have a meeting on who we believe deserves an invitation. From what we have seen and heard from others Konoha does not have what it takes to compete in one of our tournaments. But they can try again in another few years if they can bring the state of their shinobi up to par." "SENPAI!"
Naruto turned around and was tackled to the ground by a man with a black cloak and an orange swirl mask over his face: "Senpai you are okay! When I heard about Sound we were all very worried and we came back right after the signing of the Alliance papers." "T...T...Tobi...need...air!" The one named Tobi jumped off of him and Kakashi helped Naruto stand: "You are able to use your voice now Senpai? Now that is just very youthful news!" Naruto swatted him on the back of the head and said in a playful voice: "I have told you before to stop hanging around Might Gai and imitating him when he is acting like his Konoha self." Tobi rubbed his head where he had been hit and saw Naruto was laughing with a hand out to held him stand so he smiled widely under his mask an took his hand so that he could get up: "I am sorry about that Senpai I just could not resist teasing you like that."
Naruto turned to Kakashi and said: "Kakashi-san I would like to introduce you to Tobi, the Dragon Gonnin of Sound." Kakashi widened his eye and said in a slightly awed voice: "It is a pleasure to meet such a young Gonnin Tobi-san. I am Kakashi Hatake, new Jounin of Sound and personal guard of Naruto-sama." Tobi widened his eyes in shock behind his mask and Naruto said: "Now let us go to the hotel so that the two of you can talk. I am going to take Inari to buy some new clothes and some new weapons. Actually do you know where I can find a store where I can use their forge? I believe that I can create some weapons that would suit him better than something that has been bought." Kakashi thought for a moment and said: "I believe that the wife of Ichiraku owns a weapons shop down the road called the kunai House if you would like to try there." "First I am going to get Inari and then send off the invitations before going to the forge." The eyes of Tobi sparkled happily and he asked: "Can I watch you send them please?"
Naruto laughed lightly and Kakashi blushed at the slightly musical sound: "If you would like to Tobi. Kakashi-san, do you know where the highest point of the village is located?" He thought for a moment and then said: "That would be the platform on top of the Hokage tower." "Tobi, would you like to go to the Tower to inform..." "DYNAMIC ENTRY!" The three of them jumped and then started running and Tobi turned to see a dust cloud that was shouting about 'youth' catching up to them: "He is gaining on us Senpai! What are we going to do?" "Kakashi, can you lead us to one of the training grounds so we do not disturb the civilians?" Kakashi nodded and they ran in the direction of training grounds 7. Once they were in the middle of the field Naruto got into his fighting stance and held up his arm to block the leg of Might Gai, who widened his eyes in shock: "Otokage-sama!"
Naruto nodded and the two started to spar, Kakashi watching with wide eyes when Naruto had defeated Gai in less than two minutes. Naruto then squatted down next to his friend and said with a smile on his face: "Very impressive my friend; you have improved greatly. You may be able to give Taki a run for his money now." Gai wiped a tear from his eye and said as Naruto healed his wounds: "Thank Kami that you are able to use your voice again Otokage-sama." They stood up and Naruto hugged Gai tightly, the other man doing the same thing: "Please just call me Naruto Gai-san I do not like to be formal outside of the Alliance meetings you know that. Now how have you been doing since you were stationed here?" The small group sat down by the water and Gai said as he stretched out: "I have been fine but am missing the village more and more every day. Being on this assignment for twelve years has me missing everyone very much. Even Lee misses it and he was only three when we left." Naruto smiled and said as he looked at the clouds: "Well, your assignment is over now Gai-san. When I return to Sound the two of you will be returning with us as well. If the Hidden Leaf has not been able to earn a place in IronFist in the allotted twelve year time limit then they are a lost cause."
Gai sighed and said as he watched the clouds go by as well: "I guess Taki was right about this village after all. Damn! That means that I owe him three thousand ryo." Naruto laughed and said as he stood up: "You should know better than to bet against Taki Gai. Now I believe that I will send the invitations first before taking Inari for his weapons." The eyes of Gai sparkled with joy and he asked: "May Lee, Neji and I come to watch please Naruto-sama?" "As long as you get rid of that green monstrosity then yes you may. Now I will go there to prepare, and if you would Kakashi-san can you take Tobi to pick up Haku, Zabuza, my father and Inari? They are going to want to see this as well." Kakashi nodded and once the two were gone Gai asked as the two walked back into the village: "So how did you manage to get Kakashi to join Sound?" "If I tell you Gai you have to promise not to hurt him do you hear me?" Gai looked at him for a moment but nodded so Naruto explained everything. After a few moments he looked down and said: "When Kakashi saw my father he charged up his Chidori and ran to kill him so..." Gai put a hand on his shoulder so he could continue and Naruto finished his story: "I jumped in front of my father and took the attack to the chest, the jutsu destroying my heart and almost severing my spine. If it were not for the Big 3 of Kami then I would be dead. He swore his life and honor to me and now has become a Sound Jounin and one of my personal guards."
Gai started shaking and after a moment he put his head down and screamed: "Kakashi Hatake...I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Naruto tried to hold him back but Gai slipped out of his grip and took off in the direction of the Golden Leaf Hotel. Naruto just stood there thinking frantically for a moment and then said in a loud voice that only Gai could understand and made the villagers stop because of the noise: "I AM WITH CHILD AND THIS STRESS MAY CAUSE HARM TO MY BABIES!" Gai froze and turned around, his eyes wide: "Y...you are w...with child Otokage-sama? THIS IS MOST YOUTHFUL NEWS!" Naruto went up to him and said after hitting him on the head with a cherry red blush to his face: "Please do not talk about youth in front of me Gai. Now go and get your son and student if you still want to watch me send the invitations. And remember to keep your temper when you seen Kakashi."
Once they had gone their separate ways Naruto walked up to the secretary outside of the Hokage office and asked: "Excuse me miss but is the Hokage in his office?" The lady smiled apologetically and said: "I am sorry Yakushi-sama but he is out with his mother and father until later this afternoon. Is there something that I can help you with?" "I need to send the invitations for my birthday tournament but I need to use the platform on top of the tower. Do you think that I will be able to do that?" "Of course Yakushi-sama you can go ahead and use it." "Thank you very much my lady. Here is a list of people who are going to be coming to see it as well." He gave her a small scroll and then went up the stairs to the platform, which somehow towered over the Hokage Tower but was below the monument. He took his coat off and rolled up his left sleeve to reveal a tattoo shaped like a silver fist. He ran some blood over it and a simple table and a chair popped out, a set of metal boxes on top of the table. He sat down in the chair and ran some more blood on the same tattoo, a key popping out and landing on the table next to the boxes as well.
He picked up the key and unlocked the boxes to reveal beautiful golden envelopes for scrolls and another that held pure white scrolls that had a black fist with a silver musical note on the outside of it. He opened a compartment in one of the lids and took out a gleaming silver container and a pulsing black one with a silver and white brush made from one of the tail hairs of his best friend the Kyuubi. He carefully lay everything in its place and then went to work. He first wrote the invitation on the scrolls and while they were to the side drying he put the names of the villages on the envelopes. Once it was all done he had just put everything away and was sitting down on a bench there when he suddenly heard: "Naruto-chaaaaaaan!" Naruto looked up and he suddenly fell over when Neji Hyuuga the son of Hizashi the Demon Bay Gonnin jumped him. When the young man was in Konoha he acted like a stuck up ass who hated his uncle but he was really a fun loving, Pocky addicted young man who was deeply in love with Hinata, who loved him as well and knew what he was truly like.
The two sat up and Naruto reached into his pocket, pulling out a medium sized package: "I have something for you Neji. I am sorry I could not get it to you in time for your birthday but you know what happened." Neji gave him a hug and said as he accepted the package: "I am just happy that you and Orochimaru-sama made it away safely." Neji opened the package and his silver eyes widened in happiness, tears rolling down his face: "Are these the Swan and Dove summoning contracts?" "Yes they are my friend. One is for you for your seventeenth birthday and the other is for your soon to be fiance." Neji looked at him and said "But you said that we could not announce our engagement until..." Neji widened his eyes and Naruto smiled: "Your father should be here by seven tonight. You will be able to announce it once he is here." Neji wiped the tears from his eyes and hugged him tightly: "This is glorious news Naruto-sama! Once this is done I will meet Hinata in our secret spot." The two talked for a little while and just waited for the others to arrive.
After about five minutes the small group showed up and sat down in a small semi-circle. Before Naruto did anything he put a sound and sight barrier so no one else would be able to see what he was able to do and then closed his eyes. He started humming and swaying to the hum and then started singing a song that was so beautiful that it made the others cry. He starting dancing and their eyes went wide when he grew a pair of wings and ten tails that were almost glowing. He sang another song and a rainbow appeared over his head, kanji for each invitation on it. Gentle feathers came down to pick up the scrolls and disappeared into their respective kanji one by one. Once the last one disappeared everything faded away and Naruto smiled softly, everyone crying because of the beauty of what they had just seen.
Kakashi wiped a tear from his eye and said: "Now I know why everyone wanted to see the delivery of the invitations so much." "Before I forget, can you come with me for a little while Kakashi? Now that you are a Sound shinobi I can put the seal on you." Kakashi nodded and the two went off to the side where Naruto pulled a pot about the size of a large coin out with ink in it: "Please put a little of your blood into the ink and then infuse it with a little bit of your chakra please." Kakashi used a kunai to but his finger, letting some of the blood drip into the small pot. About a minute later he put some chakra into the ink as well, Naruto mixing it and putting it to the side: "While the ink it getting set may I ask you a question?" "Of course Naruto-san what would you like to know?" "May I ask why you have your left eye covered all of the time and how you came to have that scar? You do not have to tell me if you do not want to." Kakashi sat down where Naruto told him to and explained everything that had happened long ago on a mission, Naruto listening intently as he tattooed the seal on the back of his neck. After he had finished the story Naruto continued what he was doing but said: "That sounds almost exactly the same as the story Tobi told us when he arrived to the village thirteen years ago. He was also missing his left eye but I was able to use my healing powers to give him a new eye. I was surprised when I found out that he, my Chameleon Gonnin and Phoenix Gonnin were related. The three of them have been close every since."
Naruto finished the seal and put some of his chakra into it to activate it as well as heal any kind of swelling: 'are you able to hear me clearly Kakashi-san?' "That is just amazing Naruto-san! It is as if you are speaking to me like normal." Naruto was going to say something when the door opened and Minato appeared, his eyes growing wide when he saw Orochimaru off to the side reading a book with the title 'Blue Rose Road' while eating some sushi. Minato was going to say something but the face of Naruto darkened and he said: "Do not utter one word Hokage-san. I will not tolerate anything negative said about my father so you would do well to remember it." Orochimaru put his book away and said after he had finished his last piece of sushi: "I do not know why you are treating me as a missing ninja or a thief Hokage-san. When I left the village I left my headband,sennin travel rights and the snake contract on your desk as well as a letter explaining that Kabuto and I were leaving." "I found all of that but the snake contract was not there."
Naruto went forward and showed him the snake tattooed on his forearm: "Manda is one of my greatest friends among the summons and it was him who gave me the contract. So do not DARE call my father a thief when he clearly is not. Now what may I ask do you want?" Minato just stood there for a moment but then he shook his head to clear it and said: "I wanted to tell you that you can move into the Uzumaki Estates. It passed on to you when your mother died so you can stay there if you would like." Orochimaru whispered to Naruto and Kakashi and disappeared to get something ready for the birthday of his son. Naruto turned back to Minato and said: "Do you think that you can give us a map to the home please Hokage-san?" "Please just call me father once Naru-chan please!" Naruto narrowed his eyes and said to Kakashi: "I need to be alone for a little while Kakashi so can you tell the others and send one of your summons to get me should more of my Gonnin arrive? You will know them when you see them." Kakashi nodded and disappeared in a swirl of leaves and Naruto just stared at Minato, who was crying hard: "I am sorry Namikaze-san but I cannot call you something that you are not." Naruto bowed shortly and left in a flurry of dancing flames, leaving Minato to fall to his knees crying because his son does not think of him as a father or even call him by name: "Naru-chan..."
Wow, even I think that was harsh but it will make sense later. Please enjoy this chapter and review if you can. And please read my other stories because they are so lonely. And those waiting for The Wandering Master please be patient and I will get to it when I can. Obi-Chan