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The mercenary ANBU unit was in the trees of Konoha's forests, trying to locate the last known carrier of the Senju bloodline limit. The ANBU unit had been tasked by Shina Haruno, head of the civilian council, to locate and restrain him. He would then be locked up in a special safe house where he would be mentally conditioned to do as his masters told him. Once he reaches breeding age he would impregnate several women and they would be conditioned to serve Danzo and the civilian council.
The ANBU unit was made up of mostly exiled clan members. A side branch member of the Inuzuka family…she was exiled because she was incapable of bonding with any canines…she was however able to bond with a silver wolf in the forest of death. Once the clan leaders found out she was welcomed back into the clan…but she was permanently banished when she turned her wolf partner into a cloak out of sheer rage. Her name was Urufu Inuzuka…
There was also a former Hyuuga branch member. He was the only member of the Hyuuga clan that died, and then came back to life. He had died on the day of the Kyuubi attack, but the Kyuubi's chakra somehow jumpstarted his system. His mark remained, but his eyes would never be able to wield the Byakugan, nor would he ever be able to pass on the Byakugan. His name was Hirashi Hyuuga…
The next member was a young man. He was a member of the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi families…but he was exiled from the clans when he broke several of their laws…selling clan pills to outsiders, setting fire to a Nara deer farm, and using his mind based attacks to gain. His name was Chinomaru Akimichi Yamanaka Nara…
The next member of the squad was a young swordsman. He had failed the academy three times, and he was not allowed another chance at the graduation exam. His ability to use chakra was destroyed when he was 12 by the Kyuubi attack as it fried his systems. He as well as his older brother had the same disease that their father had. His name as Kazuma Gekko…
The final member of the team was a pale skinned man. His eyes were a golden color with black snake slits. His nails were black and sharpened, his fangs laced with toxic venom. He had a slim but muscular texture to his body. His name was Hebimaru…the son of Orochimaru…
The five had been recruited by the underground mercenary guild in Konoha. Each one had their reasons for joining. Urufu loved to hunt exotic things, Hirashi had nowhere to go same with Chinomaru, Kazuma had grown tired of being compared to his brother…and Hebimaru was hated for being the Snake Sannin's son.
Hebimaru looked around when he saw an indent in the dirt. "Everyone…come here." The group followed Hebimaru and landed around the indent, "Urufu…see if it's the sprat." Urufu sniffed the ground and grinned.
"Yep…it's the kid alright." The group grinned, but Hebimaru kept a calm demeanor…
"Which way did he go?" Urufu sniffed the ground again. She tilted her head towards her left and smirked, "Good…LETS GO!" The group ran down the path Urufu indicated…fully intent on capturing their target…
With Naruto
Naruto was dead tired. He had spent the last week walking towards Nami no Kuni, had eaten berries and birds for food, and he had no source of water since he was on the sea coast.
Naruto sighed as he continued to walk, 'Maybe this wasn't the smartest plan. I am only what, 6? How the hell am I supposed to take care of myself out here?' Naruto continued walking…he stopped when he heard people jeering. He looked in the direction he heard it from and found a dock. He looked closer and saw there was a group of kids about his age surrounding a little boy.
He ran over to find a sight that severely pissed him off…three boys about a year older than him were surrounding and picking on a kid at the age of three. Naruto quickly ran across the bridge as he listened to their conversation…
"Because of your new father our parents punished us." The clear ring leader said…
"Yeah, how's about we show you your place brat." The boy pushed the little kid to the ground.
"P-please…leave me alone." The kids laughed at the boy as the last kid pulled up a plank of wood…
"Sayonara…shit stain." The kid swung the plank and…
"HEY" the kids turned around to see a blond haired kid with blue eyes staring at them, "Leave the kid alone." The kids laughed at the statement…
"And who's going to make us…you?" Naruto smirked and ran at the boys while they were still trying to recover from laughing so hard. He grabbed the ring leader's hair and brought his head down, smashing his knee into his face. He then grabbed the plank out of the boys hand and swung it right across the other two's face.
The three tumbled down as Naruto slammed his foot on the ring leaders back, "You were saying?" The other two quickly got up and ran as fast as they could. Naruto quickly kicked the leader in the stomach as he too ran off. He then turned towards the young boy. He was quivering a bit as Naruto approached him, "Hey kid…you alright?" The boy was shocked at Naruto's kindness…but he answered…
"Y-yes…mister." Naruto chuckled at the statement…
"Call me Naruto…what's your name?" The boy seemed to perk up…
"Inari…thank you for helping me." Naruto helped Inari to his feet…but when Inari cringed Naruto looked at his leg. It was injured and swollen. He doubted he would be walking for a few days.
"Ok kid, looks like either you will have to limp back home…or I will carry you." Naruto did a goofy grin, "The second option is probably better." He scooped Inari up in his arms and began walking down the docks, "So…which way is your house?" Inari got a meek smile on his face as he answered.
"It's across the river." Naruto mentally face faulted at that, "But I know someone who can take us across!" Naruto smiled as Inari directed him to where they could get across. The man who took them across brought them over free of charge. When Naruto asked why Inari was all the way out here he said it was because the boys parents offered to take him around while his Kaa-chan had the day off.
The two walked through town…well more so Naruto walked through town while Inari was on his back. They finally arrived at a nice little house on the shore. Naruto walked up to the door and used his foot to knock since his arms were being used to carry Inari. He only had to wait a few moments when the door opened to reveal a very beautiful woman with silky black hair and lovely brown eyes. Her eyes widened when she saw Inari, "Inari…what happened?" Naruto was about to explain when the woman grabbed his shirt and dragged him in.
He followed the woman…she dragged him all the way to the living room and sat him on the couch while she tended to Inari's sprain. She cast a sharp glance at Naruto, "What happened to my baby?" Naruto immediately felt scared and began to sweat…he quickly explained what happened. When the woman glanced at Inari for confirmation he quickly nodded. The woman gave a nervous smile at Naruto, "Sorry…it's just that too many people pick on my little Inari…but why was he being attacked by those boys. I am going to have a talk with their mothers about this."
Naruto smiled at the woman as the door opened. In walked a man with black spiky hair and an X shaped scar on his chin. He seemed to wear fisherman's clothes. He looked at the scene in the living room and gave a stern look at the blond, "Have you been harassing my son?" Naruto quickly retold the story and the man smiled, "Good…I am sorry, but I don't like seeing my son get hurt. Anyways, why don't you stay over for dinner…unless of course you have to be somewhere?"
Naruto smiled, "Sure…why not?" The family sat down to a meal of fish and salad. Halfway through the meal an elderly man came in. His name was Tazuna and he was Inari's grandfather. Once he was told of how Naruto helped out Inari he grabbed the boy in a headlock…
"Ha, you're alright kid…hey, how's about ya come with me tomorrow. I can teach ya a bit of stuff while we're there." Naruto smiles at Tazuna…
"Sure…why not. I have nowhere to be for a couple years." The family was shocked by this, he didn't have to be anywhere for a couple years, what about his parents and family?
Tsunami spoke up, "But Naruto…won't your friends and family get lonely?" Naruto dropped his smile at the mention of friends. He looked down before he let a sad smile cross his features.
"No…I have no friends, and my family is either dead or abandoned me." The table went silent when they heard the abandoned part, "It's no big deal, but since I had to grow up fast I never really had time for fun." Tsunami walked over to Naruto and wrapped him up in a hug.
"Oh you poor thing." Inari walked over and hugged his leg while Tazuna and Kaiza spoke to each other at the side…
"Kaiza, how about you and I teach the boy some things? If what he says is true than he probably doesn't know about taking care of himself outside of…wherever he lives. I'll teach him some building techniques and you teach him how to fish…maybe we can get Tsunami to teach him how to cook." Kaiza though for a minute, he would love to do this…but he also thought that perhaps they should just adopt him…but Naruto seemed to be like him, preferring to go far rather than tie himself anywhere. Tsunami was his only exception; he loved her just like he did his adopted son.
"Alright…we can ask him after dinner and see what we can teach him." The two agreed and went back to eating. Afterwards Naruto agreed to learning from them.
The next day Tazuna brought Naruto with him to his building project. They were working on building a pipe system that would lead to a water filtration plant. Since they were on the ocean the usual freshwater areas were actually salty, not the best thing to drink.
While they were building Tazuna showed Naruto the basic pipes. He also showed Naruto the filter system. Naruto soaked up all the information and made sure he remembered…after all, since he was going to be traveling a lot he needed to learn this stuff.
He even helped out Tazuna. Some of the pipes were too small for Tazuna to work on, so Naruto had to help out a bit. Naruto crawled through the pipes and tightened the bolts. When the day was done they went home. Kaiza brought Naruto with him and showed him how to fish. After half an hour of fishing Kaiza started a conversation…
"So Naruto…what was life back home?" He turned to see Naruto's eyes gloss over as he got a sad expression on his face. Kaiza quirked an eyebrow at this.
"I would rather not talk about it…not yet anyways." Naruto went back to fishing but Kaiza seemed insistent.
"You may feel better if you talk about it." Naruto turned towards Kaiza and spoke.
"No…I won't." Kaiza sighed. But he got a thoughtful expression on his features. What could have happened in the village to make it so Naruto does not even want to talk about it? He decided to ask him later and went back to fishing…he suddenly felt something jerk on his fishing pole.
Kaiza began tugging on the line as he reeled in what was on the line. He kept letting off some slack as more and more splashes were shown. Naruto got up and helped Tazuna tug on the line. Finally after half an hour of pulling they finally reeled in a large swordfish. Once they brought it back to the house they cut it up. Half of what was ate that night was eaten as sushi, the rest was stir fired or grilled.
Naruto had helped cook the dinner and had learned about the various spices.
The same process repeated with Naruto taking part in wood chopping, shopping, he even babysat Inari for a little while. The two were playing in the park when the same three bullies came up to them with reinforcements, "Hey brat, we still haven't paid you back for how your step dad got us in trouble. This time we brought some friends." He indicated the ten or so kids behind him." Naruto got up and got into a basic academy stance in front of Inari…
"You want him…you go through me." A large kid with a wooden plank ran forwards and kicked Naruto in the ribs, "Love to" he turned his head towards the group of kids, "Get him!" the kids ran at Inari who quickly curled into a ball as they pulled out a bunch of things to hit him with. Naruto tried to get up but he was smacked across the back of his head by a wooden plank as he fell to the ground. Blanking out as darkness claimed him…
Mindscape
Naruto groggily opened his eyes to find himself in knee deep water. He quickly shot up and looked around. He was in a sewer, but the walls were covered in roots. He looked around as he saw the wood begin to peel like paper. He began walking down the halls of the sewer. He kept taking what seemed like random directions, but he felt as if he was going the right way.
Naruto went through another passage when he saw a large gate. It seemed like it was bolt shut and it was covered with hundreds of vines and roots. He looked closer to find an imprint of a hand. He placed his hand over it and it immediately glowed red. He watched as the doors cracked open as the tree roots suddenly tore themselves away from the door and pierced the ground behind him.
He began to panic as a fierce wind picked up and pulled him in. He tried to make a grab for one of the roots but he found himself unable to grab anything. He was finally pulled through the door way as the gates closed with a slam.
The wind stopped as he began to tumble. He pushed himself up and brushed himself off. He looked around as he saw the room light up with hundreds of seals wrapping around the room. He saw a pedestal with two palm prints on them and walked over, 'What the hell…what is going on' Naruto sighed as he placed his palms on the hand prints, 'Oh well…" the hand prints glowed as his body was charged with a warm energy…it was calm and serene…
Outside of Mindscape
Naruto suddenly awoke and looked up. The group of boys were about to wail a beating on Inari that would permanently injure him. He threw an open palm strike as a mass of tree roots ripped from the ground and wrapped around the boys. He then twisted his wrist as the roots went upwards suspending the boys in the air. The large boy that knocked him down grabbed a plank of wood and threw it at Naruto…Naruto swung his arm as the board was sliced in half. The large boy was shocked until he looked at Naruto's hand…then he was terrified.
Naruto's hand had turned into a blade that looked like it was made from paper. The blade quickly shifted and folded until it was a simple hand again.
Naruto ran at the boy and kicked him in the stomach and then threw his arm out as a root came out of the ground and wrapped around the large boy. Naruto walked over to the bound six year old and sneered in his face, "How do you like me now?" He added a bit of killing intent to make his point…
Naruto walked back to the house with Inari that evening…it was the last evening he would be staying there, so he decided that he would cook dinner tonight. Inari and him were the only ones home since Kaiza went fishing, Tsunami was shopping, and Tazuna was still building that water filter.
Naruto had gone to the nearby beach and began casting out his lines. He brought in about three salmon, one blowfish, and a lobster. He quickly grabbed the fish and ran back to the house. On his way he stopped when he saw a patch of herbs. He looked through them and found the perfect herbs for the dish he was planning.
When he got home Inari had already set the table and was getting out some cups. Naruto looked at the clock; he only had 3 hours to cook the meal before they all got home.
Naruto quickly pulled up a stool and got to work.
After two and a half hours Naruto and Inari had finished setting the table with time to spare. The two sat down together and watched the sunset, "Hey Naruto" Naruto turned to Inari, "Why are you making dinner…mommy makes really great food." Naruto smiled as he sighed…
"Because I am leaving tomorrow." Inari grabbed Naruto's arm and clung to it…
"NO, don't leave, the bullies will come back…please don't leave." Naruto wrapped an arm around Inari's shoulders and answered.
"Inari…if I fight all of your battles, what is going to happen if I die?" Inari got a defiant smile on his face.
"You won't die…nobody can kill Naruto nii-san." Naruto smiled as he looked at the sunset.
"I wish that were true…I truly wish that were true." Naruto perked up when he remembered something. He looked into his pocket and pulled out a kunai knife. He looked at it; it was a blunt kunai with a rusted tint to it. It was his favorite kunai. He had gotten it from his first sensei. She had helped him out so much. But a week later she was fired and replaced with a cruel teacher who would belittle him in front of everyone.
Naruto placed the kunai in Inari's hand, "Inari…out of all my possessions, this is one of my most important. I am giving you this, and I promise I will return for it." Inari let a tear fall from his eye.
"Promise?" Naruto smiled…
"I promise." The two looked as the sun finally passed over the Horizon…
In Konoha
Fugaku Uchiha was growing irate. He had sent out those five ANBU over two weeks ago to find the last wielder of the Mokuton and they still had not come back. He was growing very annoyed; the Sandaime had approved all three of the contracts from the Kurama, Hyuuga, and Uchiha clans. But at the moment it seemed like the other two clans would be able to fulfill the contract.
None of the Uchiha parents were willing to give up their daughters to the heir of the Senju…it seemed that tensions between the two clans still existed. Fugaku was about to go through the documents, seeing if he could find some sort of loophole when he heard knocking on his office door, "Enter" the door opened to reveal Funu Uchiha…she alone was the last remaining descendent of the original leader of the Uchiha clan. She was considered a monster amongst the clan, same with both of her parents before their deaths, "Funu…what are you doing here." Funu walked forwards, she was about eight years old, and she already showed potential past Itachi, but because of her heritage she was never considered for early promotion.
"Fugaku-sama…I understand you are having difficulties…in finding someone to wed the heir of the Senju." Fugaku narrowed his eyes.
"Yes…what does it concern you?" Funu spoke and released an imposing aura…
"I wish to be the one offered to the Senju heir." Fugaku's eyes widened…Funu was extremely picky about who she hung out with, and now she was asking to be the one who married the heir of the Senju, the heir to her ancestors rival?
"Why…since you are a direct descendent of Madara I expected you to hate the Senju more than anyone." Funu sighed and continued…
"It is for the exact reason that he is the heir of my ancestor's greatest enemy, I wish to see how powerful he is. Plus, our children would be incredibly powerful, thus giving the Uchiha clan both the Sharingan, the Mokuton, and whatever abilities he learns." Fugaku got a thoughtful expression on his face. She raised valid points, and since she was not the heiress of the clan then all of their children would be directly controlled by the clan head, namely Itachi or Sasuke. He inwardly smiled…it looked like his coup would be easier than he thought.
"Very well…I will sign in your name and have it delivered to the Hokage tower tomorrow." Funu bowed and left Fugaku's office…Fugaku ever noticed the smile on her face.
'Fugaku you fool…you just secured that your clan will fall. For once I marry my Naruto-kun…I will leave this clan forever, taking the ultimate Sharingan with me.' Funu's eyes turned red…the fully developed Sharingan in her eye…then it suddenly shifted into a symbol that looked like a biohazard sign…
Hyuuga compound
The Hyuuga compound was locked up, serene…quiet, "EEEEEHHHHH" until Hiashi told Hinata she was now betrothed to Naruto.
The elders were rolling on the floor clutching their ears when Hinata let loose a fan girl scream that would probably take down the Kyuubi itself. Hinata herself was jumping up and down on her fathers stomach saying thank you over and over again…the branch members that were watching could barely contain their laughter…except for one Neji Hyuuga.
Hinata had a massive grin on her face as she was bouncing around, screaming how their wedding night would be one to remember, the flowers, the dress, the chance of a family.
Hitomi, Hinata's mother, was standing off to the side with her newly born daughter Hanabi. She was smiling that her daughter got the man of her dreams…just like she got with her Hiashi-kun.
Hiashi…he was starting to regret telling her before she turned genin, after all, that was when the two would get married…it was also the day after that Naruto would marry the heiress of the Kurama clan. He had no idea how Fugaku was going to get Naruto to marry someone of his clan. But he had to smile at the fact that his daughter was so happy…
With Naruto…2 weeks later
Naruto had left Nami no Kuni the day after. He had then headed straight towards Suna. He had stopped in three cities on the way. One where he had gambled a bit…he remembered that it was Tanzaku town or something like that. He had won over 200, 000 ryo at an old gambling hut. The place after that became so popular that the business increased ten fold.
Naruto had just arrived in a border town of Suna. He had rented a motel room in the middle class district. He had quickly gone to bed the moment his body touched the mattress.
The next day Naruto went to a nearby weapons shop where he hoped to buy some equipment. Naruto had not set two feet in the door when he saw someone enter an alley dragging a black sack. He was curious as to what was going on and walked towards the alley. He looked to find a red haired teen wearing a sand colored cloak and a scorpion mark on his armband. He looked closer to find that he had a Suna headband…but it had a slash mark through it.
He looked closer and watched as the man opened the sack to reveal…a dead body!?
Naruto watched in fascination as he inspected the body. He combed the body over with a calculating eye as he ran diagnostic jutsu after diagnostic jutsu over the body. He seemed to be pleased with the body as he smiled.
He quickly packed up the bag. Naruto tried to get a closer look, "CRASH" and knocked over a bucket of glass. The man turned around and saw Naruto. He quickly turned and ran as fast as he could. He looked behind to see that the man was slowly following him. Naruto ran even faster. He turned down an alley that had a bunch of trash cans. He ran to the end of the alley and it pointed two different ways.
He turned to see the same man casually walking down the alley. Naruto panicked and ran left. He exited the alley into a large crowd of people. They were all dressed in masks, some were Oni masks, tiger masks, hell there was a mask of every possible animal you could think of.
Naruto turned and looked behind him…the man wasn't there. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Excuse me child." Naruto's blood turned cold when he heard that emotionless voice, "Might I ask what you were doing watching me?" Naruto swallowed as he kept saying the same mantra in his head, 'oh shit, oh shit, oh shit'.
Naruto was about to run when he felt a cold hand grasp his shoulder…he slowly turned around as his eyes widened when he saw who was behind him.
It was the exact same man from the alley…Naruto did the only thing he could think of at that moment; "THUMP" Naruto fainted in the middle of the street. The man bent down and looked at Naruto.
"Such a strange child…well, might as well take him with me. No sense leaving him in the middle of the street." The man picked him up and carried him in his arms as he began thinking, 'Hmmm, the child is clearly only six or seven years old, and by the looks of it he is an orphan…hmmm, I wonder' the man smiled to himself as he carried Naruto to his apartment in the red light district…
Akasuna no Sasori…may have finally found an apprentice…
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