-Demon: The Son of Deathstroke-

Chapter 2: The Adoption and Departure

The walk to the old Hokage's office was not that far of a distance, but to them... it seemed to take forever.
Sarutobi walked ahead, Deathstroke was to his left, and Ravager, who was holding a sleeping Naruto, with his head resting on her shoulder, was to his right. Some of the party goers were sending the boy a glare his way. She would feel the eyes on him, and would send them an even colder glare right back, so they backed off. "Your village is full of damn savages." She said with an icy tone. The Hokage took a long inhale of his wooden pipe, and exhaled. He looked at the people who were avoiding the young woman's glare. "I would disagree some days... but others... I just don't know..." The continued to walk until they came to a red building with a circle shaped sign: white stone border, red on the inside, and a kanji for "fire" in the middle. The best way to describe the building would be a "modernized" Japanese castle. Instead of a square shape, it was circle. The roof sections had green tiles on them. There were electrical wires bolted to the side of the building, and on the top most roof was metal railing and four, long, white, flat, rectangular "columns" inside the railing.

There was a huge square entrance, and a small stair case leading to a wooden square double door. Hiruzen opened the doors, surprising the guards on the inside, and let the guests enter fist. He closed the doors and looked to the men saying "I have guests and I am not to be disturbed, am I clear?" The reply came as a short, curt, "Hai." from both of them, and they, plus the little blonde passenger continued up the stairs until they came a short hall way with a wooden door to the left and a receptionists desk, with a desk lamp, a pen and some paper, and a computer with a matching keyboard. Behind the chair, to the right was a dark silver filing cabinet. Directly behind the desk was a window looking over the lit up village. No one was at the desk, so the Hokage opened the door and let them in fist and then closed the door, with all them inside. The office, like the rest of the inside of the building was painted red like the outside of the structure. There was a bigger, darker wooden desk, with a dark green place mat, with a huge bay window.

Behind the desk was a dark maroon leather seat, and on the desk were scrolls neatly piled in a little pyramid, a black pen with some note pads and papers in the middle of a place mat. There were potted plants on either side of the window, and on the other side of those were maroon leather love seats. Ravager placed Naruto on one of the love seats. Her and her father sat in the regular wooden chairs opposite of the desk. Sarutobi sat in the leather seat, took out the pipe, and placed his face in his hands and sighs a long sigh "Every year, it keeps getting worse, and worse, but he keeps on putting a smile... day in... day out. Keeps saying he's going to be 'Hokage' one day... hehe, he's one brave boy. He doesn't deserve this... what happened six years ago... and yet they blame him for everything." Deathstroke raised one eye brow, and replied "What happened? Does it have to do with tonight's celebration in the town square?" The old man raised his head out from his hands, looked at both of them, made the same hand sign that made Naruto fall asleep, but this time, the Wilsons herd the door lock itself, and the blinds closed themselves. The daughter and father look at each other in surprise, and back at the old Sarutobi. He steepled his hands in front of his face and spoke in a serious tone saying "I know you two are not from here, foreigners even... but... after what you did for him," he nodded his head to the little boy "and me... I'll tell you everything. You see this is a unique village... nothing like the ones were you come from. We have what's known as 'Jutsu."

"Jutsu?" Rose asked clearly confused. The Hokage nodded and continued "Yes, you see, we have the ability to access 'chakra,' a special type of energy that comes from combining the mental sharpness ones attains from studying, and the physical prowess from training. It allows us to use very special techniques. You saw how my special forces were able to move so quickly? Well, it's the energy known as chakra. Other techniques include: walking on trees without use for hands, walking on any surface of water, spitting fire, making doppelgangers out of chakra, water, earth, etc. There are some people, families, or Clans, that have a, what's called a 'Kekki Genkai." Deathstroke translated that term in his head and spoke "Blood Line Limit?" "Hai... The late 'Uchiha' Clan has a special 'Doujutsu' called the 'Sharingan,' it's the eye that Hatake Kakashi had in his left eye." Just then the person that the Hokage mentioned appeared out of the shadows, somewhat startling Rose, Slade looked in his direction, unfazed. Kakashi spoke up "Yup. Yo! Thanks for looking after the little guy..." He walked over to Naruto, with one hand in his pocket, and the other reaching for Naruto. Rose's eye widened, but she relaxed when all he did was ruffle his already messy, spiky hair. He stuck his free hand in the other pocket and walked over to them, behind the Hokage, to the old man's left. He continued to say "... that was a close call. Again thank you." He said as he nodded his head in a slight bow.

They father/daughter both nodded as well, and the old Sarutobi continued "As you may now know, Kakashi is not an Uchiha, he was given that eye by a deceased comrade. That eye, allows the person to copy any technique it sees, but it can't copy other Kekki Genkai. There is another Kekki Genkai Doujutsu called the 'Byakugan,' used by the 'Hyuga' Clan. The eye appears as if they're blind, but they're not. Once activated, the veins around the eye sockets bulge and veins in their eyes become more defined as well. The eye allows them to see inside the body, more specifically the pressure points in the body, and using a special 'Taijutsu' only they can use, they attack the points using their fingers, which are infused with chakra. Foreign chakra entering the body in such a way is VERY harmful, even fatal." "There's a special art from where I come from that's almost like that, except for the whole 'seeing inside the body' part. This is all very interesting." Said Slade. The Hokage and Kakashi both nodded intrigued, and the old man continued "Interesting, anyway, there are MANY other techniques like this all over the 'Five Elemental Nations." He was about to continue, but Rose asked "What? Five Elemental Nations? What are those?" The old Hokage smiled a grandfatherly smile and answered "They the five shinobi nations, this one is called Hi no Kuni, then there's Tsuchi no Kuni, Kaminari no Kuni, Mizu no Kuni, and finally Kaze no Kuni. Each has their own shinobi village, much like ours. We shinobi take on 'missions' from clients, civilians, shinobi, or other villages. Based on the difficultly, it'll be ranked the following: D, C, B, A, S, and SS rank.

Furthermore, ninjas are ranked as well, the children are called 'Genin,' the ones walking around in the blue uniform and green flak jacket, they are known as 'Chunin' and others wearing the same uniform, may not look it, have more experience. Those are promoted to the rank of 'Jounin.' Then there is Anbu, they are my 'Black Ops.' group. If you're a certain rank, you'll be given a mission accordingly." Rose began to lose her patience, what did ANY of this have to do with little Naruto? Slade sensed her anger and placed a hand on her shoulder and asked the question she wanted to "That's all very enlightening, but what does ANY of this have to do with the boy?" The old Sarutobi nodded and answered "I'm merely listing the MANY differences between our worlds. It is one of the drastic differences that has left it's mark on young Uzumaki Naruto here... Have either of you ever hear of something called a 'Biju?" Slade shook his head, and Rose thought for a second and replied "Kaiju?' Like Godzilla?" Her father sighed and shook his head, somewhat embarrassed, and Hiruzen and Kakashi chuckled. The Hokage said "No my dear child, I'm not talking about a movie monster unfortunately...these beasts are VERY real, and VERY dangerous. They are beings made of pure chakra, turned physical. There is the Ichibi the Tanuki. He looks like a demonic Tanuki made entirely of sand, which he can control. It's mentally insane, then there's the Nibi, she looks like a jungle cat made ENTIRELY of blue 'Spirit Flame'' which she also uses as a weapon. Then there is the Sanbi, a giant turtle slash crustacean demon. Some say his will is as unbreakable as his hard shelling. Next is the Yonbi, the fearsome red furred demon ape. His temper is as hot as the lava he controls.

Next... the Gobi, another mutant demon, half whale, half horse. Pure white, with horns on his whale like head, and uses steam as a weapon. Then there's the Rokubi, basically a giant slug with the control over any acidic slimes. Next, Shichibi... she is a giant six winged and one tailed rhino beetle, quite fierce. Next is the Hachibi, yet another mutation... an ox mixed with an octopus. The head of an ox, the torso of a man, then from the waist down, eight octopus tentacles. Last but not least... The Kyuubi... the Nine Tailed Fox... the most powerful of the nine, and the most deadly." Rose was going to ask if he was insane... but from his and Hatake's serious faces, he was telling the truth. Slade then asked "How can creatures so powerful be hidden so easily from our 'world?" Sarutobi then says "Powerful types of jutus called 'Fuuinjutsus,' are cast over our nations, thus hiding EVERYTHING that is hidden within them, and I mean EVERYTHING. These powerful fuuinjutsus were set many, many decades ago, before even I was born. So powerful, very few can replicate them." "Ahh I see, so... again, what does this have to do with Naruto?" Sarutobi nodded and replied "Well six years ago, on October 10th, 1990... the Kyuubi attacked our village. He was so powerful, with just ONE whip of just ONE tail, he could cause tsunamis, and crush a mountain. The shinobi stood against it, and nothing worked. That is until the Yondaime Hokage came. He was this village's greatest hero it's EVER had. He once killed over 1,000 enemies in the Third Great Shinobi War over 15 years ago... in less than 7 seconds. I made him the Fourth Hokage, and I retired, but was on the front lines fighting the giant beast. When he came, riding on the giant summoning battle toad, Gamabunta... he, the toad, and the Kyuubi all disappeared in a yellow flash. It was his ultimate technique called 'Hiraishin.' It allows him to transport anywhere using a special seal he developed. When I found him, the Kyuubi, his toad Gamabunta... both were gone..." he took a moment to pinch the bridge of his nose, and Kakashi hung his head in silence. The old Hokage continued "... and there on a pedestal, with plush purple velvet cushions, oddly shaped candle holders with burning wax candles burning... was a crying baby... with a newly placed seal on his stomach."

Rose was on the edge of her seat, then asked "W-what do you mean?" When the old man placed his hands on the table, he continued the tale "The seal was the result of a VERY powerful fuuinjutsu called the... 'Shiki Fuujin." Rose went wide eyed "C-corpse Spirit S-s-sealing Method?" "Yes... a very powerful sealing technique that summons the Shinigami himself to take the soul out of someone or something, and place it in yourself or someone else, with the help of the death god. But there is a catch... the reaper will eat your soul, where you will battle with other souls for 1,000 years in the reaper's stomach. Somehow the Fourth sealed the soul of the beast in Naruto with that seal along with two other seals, the 'Shishou Fuuin' and the 'Hakke no Fuuin Shiki,' the first allows Naruto to draw from the monster's chakra, and the other flows the Kyuubi's chakra into Naruto's chakra." Rose shot out from her chair, knocking it back and yelled "SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT PEOPLE BLAME NARUTO FOR WHAT THAT OVER GROWN FUR BALL DID?! AND FURTHER MORE THEY THINK HE'S THE MONSTER?! ARE THEY THAT STUPID?! AHHHHH!" The Hokage, Kakashi, and even Slade were bug eyed. Then Deathstroke asked "Why use a new born child to seal this thing?" "Good question, you see if you seal such a powerful thing in an inanimate object, the object would be destroyed and the creature would be free. If you try a full grown human, their body would reject the foreign chakra and shut itself down and die. A new born's chakra system is new, fresh, able to handle the strain of having the new source of chakra in their body. Thus Naruto was made the Jinchuuriki of Konoha. Jinchuuriki are people who have these biju sealed inside them.

It's a pathetic ruse to seem powerful to other shinobi villages, but it ruins the individual's life. Very rarely is the person accepted in society... for Naruto, which was not the case." Deathstroke nodded. He also thought back to when the old man said Naruto wanted his position of Hokage, but probably wouldn't "make it," because of the constant assaults. Even if he made it to the rank of genin, there's no way he wouldn't still be an outcast. He thought about it long and hard as his daughter was silently fuming, and the two shinobi let the new info sync in. Slade got up and slammed his palms on the desk saying "Bring out adoption papers for Naruto, I'll train him." Everyone was shocked, none more so then Rose. She looked at her father, then threw up her fist with a beaming smile on her face "Yes! Awesome idea dad! We can train him! I've always wanted a brother!" Slade looked at her and answered "You do KNOW you have TWO step-brothers, right?" "I mean a brother I can actually BABY. I mean look at him he's soooooo cute!" As the Wilsons talked the two shinobi talked as well "Hmmm... what do you think Hokage-Sama?" The old man steepled his hands again and replied "Well... I'm sure they are VERY skilled, but there are things we know that they can NEVER teach him." "Yeah, true... hmmm how about this? I retire from Anbu, go with them, and teach the little squirt everything 'shinobi." "Not bad... I can issue it as a mission, as well draw up the adoption papers." He looked at the talking Wilsons and got their attention. He explained to them the plan he came up with Kakashi, and they agreed.

After getting a blank mission scroll ranked "A," and filling in the mission details, he got up, went to filing cabinet at the receptionists desk and pulled out some adoption papers. He handed it Slade who filled it out. The Hokage took it, and signed it himself to make it official. Kakashi was also handed the proper paper work to quit Anbu and leaving his rank of Captain to his closest friend from Anbu named "Yamato." After that he went home and changed out of his Anbu attire and changed into a simple jounin outfit. The only differences, the head band was angled so that it covered his Sharingan eye, and he still wore a mask. Once every piece of legality was filled, the old man released the sleeping genjutsu on Naruto and explained everything. Naruto went bug eyed and looked at Slade and Rose "Is this f-for real? Are y-you two m-my new family?" Rose knelt down and opened her arms "You bet, from this day forward, you're my beloved little brother Uzumaki Wilson Naruto." Naruto began to cry and jumped in her arms, hugging her tightly. Slade smirked and ruffled his hair "Welcome to the family son." After about an hour and a half later they got Naruto's belongings, so Naruto could go say goodbye to the owners of the "Ichiraku Ramen" stand. It was a middle aged man, wearing a little paper hat, and a white chefs outfit with an apron, and his daughter who was about 15, with brown hair and the same outfit as her father.

There was another man eating there. He was wearing the typical shinobi outfit of the village, he was rather young looking, maybe as young as Kakashi. He had dark brown eyes, dark tanned skin, brown hair tied into a short, spiky, "ponytail," making his entire head look like a pineapple. Across his face was a huge horizontal scar, each ending directly under each eye. After a teary goodbye, especially from Ayame, the daughter, they left. "So anyone else you wanna say goodbye to little brother?" asked Rose. Naruto got into a "thinking pose" and replied "Weeeelllll..." he began to list off the people he MIGHT miss, some more than others. Then he got to one person, Hyuga Hinata. He explained how he saved from bullies once a year ago. Then he said when he talked to her she would stutter and blush, so he thought she had a cold. Kakashi "sweat dropped," Slade shook his head with a smirk, and Rose, who was holding Naruto's hand the entire time they were walking gushed "AWWWW! That's sooooooo cute!" "Hmmm? What is sis?" Kakashi stepped in and said "Nothing Naruto, I'll tell you when you're a little older, in the meantime, I'll go tell her bye for you. Deal?" Naruto hugged his leg tightly and said "Really?! Thanks Kakashi Sensei!" Kakashi "eye smiled" and poofed out of sight. He made it to the Hyuga compound and used a lie while also saying the truth to get past the guards saying the Hokage told him to deliver a message to her. After waiting for about 20 minutes in the main lobby of the huge ancient Japanese style castle, she came out rubbing her eye, indicating she just woke up "I'm sorry for waking you Hinata-Sama. " The Hyuga Clan still believed in "Clan Segregation." They had a Main Family and a "Branch" Family. The branch had the same basic techniques as the main family, but were forbidden to learn the more advanced of the clan's special taijutsu style. The branch family had a special seal placed on their fore heads called the "Juin Jutsu," it had the kanji for "final" in the middle of it, with two bars on either side with hook shapes pointing at the kanji, one hook pointing down, the other up. He saw the seal on one of the members that lead him to the lobby. He looked to the girl again as she replied "It's ok ummm..." "Hatake Kakashi, at your service Hinata-Sama. The Hokage has sent me to give you a message." Her lavender eyes went wide "For me?" "Yes, Naruto is going on a six year training trip outside the village with me, and a man and his daughter who adopted him as his son. The Hokage told me to tell all close to Naruto." As soon as he said Naruto, she blushed bright red.

Kakashi giggled in his mind thinking -Hehe I think she MIGHT have more than just a "crush" on Naruto.- Then she said "Six years? That's a long time Hatake-San..." She said looking a little depressed. Kakashi then "eye smiled" and patted her head "Don't worry, he has a family now, so he'll be well looked after, and I'll be there so don't worry. And..." he leaned in closer so he could whisper in her ear "don't worry, one day he'll come around, don't give up on the little numb skull." After he said that, her eyes got bigger and her face turned crimson "H-hai Hatake-San... g-g-g-good night, and t-thank you for the message." She bowed and left to go back to sleep. He "eye smiled" again and disappeared in smoke, to join his traveling party. Once reunited, they left the village, and were not seen again for six years...