Naruto of whirlpool
In all of the long history of the Uzumaki Clan one of its deepest and most guarded of secrets was its ability to have visions. The visions were rare and when they occurred they were taken with great seriousness because the connection between the person having the vision and the subject of the vision almost always heralded great change in the clan.
Those where the thoughts running through Lipan's mind as he gazed at his Daughter and Son in Law.
"Kushina, Minato, it is good to see you again." he said softly as he wiped the tears from his face. Kushina smiled at him. "Father thanks you for taking care of Naruto all these years. Minato and I have been at peace because of the clan's support of him when he was growing up." She replied with a sigh. Minato looked at her then turned back to Lipan.
"Father Kayos must be stopped. Arashi was just the start. What Kayos is planning will place not only Naruto but the safety of the entire shinobi continent at risk. I cannot tell you what he is planning as we don't know what they are. I will tell you this. The village must act soon because time is running out. Kayos is coming to Whirlpool to capture Naruto. And when he does. The village will fall if you are not prepared for his arrival."
Minato said with a faraway look. Lipan nodded. "Thank you for the warning. We will be waiting. Kushina Minato I will protect Naruto with my life I swear it. Kayos will not get his hands on my grandson. Or his betrothed for that matter." he replied with a fierce look.
Minato and Kushina just smiled at him. "We know you will father." Kushina replied. "Naruto has grown up happy and strong. That is all we ever wanted for him regardless of what the leaf village put him through when he was younger." Minato said with a sad smile. The two apparitions were fading away into the setting sun by now.
"Rest in peace you two. Someday you and Naruto will be reunited in the next world. I know it." he said as the two finally faded away and he came back to himself. "Grandpa are you okay" a voice asked him from his side. Lipan turned and smiled. "I am fine I was just having a nice chat with Minato and Kushina courtesy of a vision. I must return and speak to the village council immediately."
Yuri blinked in surprise "A vision grandpa. Are you sure it was one?" Lipan nodded. "Yes I am." He responded with a smile. Yuri stared at him for a long moment then snapped out of it. "Right. Well then what is it that you need me to do." he asked seriously.
"I need you to inform the clan council of what has just occurred and that I will return to speak to them as soon as I inform Kerala of what has just happened." he replied. Lipan then turned in the direction of the Kage tower where he knew his daughter was currently working.
A few moments later he walked into the room. As expected Kerala was working on some reports from her Genin team sensei's on the status of their teams. She looked up at him when he walked. "Father I take it you have a reason for barging in here when I am working?" she asked with a frown.
"Yes Daughter I do. Not 20 minutes ago Naruto was attacked by one of his men. Luckily Naruto fought him off long enough for me, Yuri, and an Anbu team to arrive and dispatch the intruder." he explained. "WHAT!" was her immediate response when she registered what Lipan had just told her?
He grimaced. "Yes and it gets worse." he replied. "How can it get any worse than one of Kayos men infiltrating this village and attacking Naruto?" she demanded to know. "Because not 30 seconds after I sent Naruto back to the estate under heavy Anbu guard I had a vision of Minato and Kushina." he said with deadly seriousness.
She blinked at him in surprise. "A vision? Are you sure it was one father it may have been a hallucination for all you know." she replied with a worried look on her face. "No daughter it was real. They had a message for us. They told me that Kayos in on his way and will be here soon. They also thanked us for looking after Naruto all this time regardless of what the leaf village did to him." Lipan said the last part with a deep scowl.
Flashback no Jutsu. He had not been receptive to the store owners who had bilked Naruto out of his money by selling him products near their expiration date at inflated prices. In the end they all got their comeuppance when Lipan successfully charged them all with theft and got Naruto's money back at 3 times what he had spent on the original products.
It had been a bitter pill for the store owners to swallow and they had not forgiven Lipan or the rest of the clan for the serving of humble pie that the Uzumaki clan had forced down their throat at the time. Flashback Kai not jutsu.
Lipan was brought out of his musing by his daughter when she cleared her throat. "I see. So Kayos is coming here is he." she responded with a frown. After a moment she smiled craftily. It was at that moment that Lipan was reminded exactly why it was that Kerala had been the way she was growing up.
Flashback no jutsu. While Kushina had been loud, hot tempered, and had a never give up attitude when it came to the mission or the care of her family and village. Kerala had been the bookish one. She preferred to study her enemies before she attacked. Growing up the two girls had been like two peas in a pod when they were pranking other members of the clan and village.
Kerala had been the one to select their target and draw up a plan of attack when she was going to prank someone. Kushina had been the brawns of the two. She would carry out the prank and then somehow be somewhere else when the prank took place.
When Kushina met Minato that first time when Jiraya had brought his team through the area on a mission the two had been at each others throat. It was only when they were both older that they discovered their attraction for each other. Kerala had been fully supportive of her little sister and her boyfriend.
She had even taken the place of the maid of honor at the wedding when Minato and Kushina had been wed. 2 years later Kerala had been the one person most affected when Minato and Kushina had both died during the Kyuubi attack. Minato had died sealing the fox into the baby while Kushina had died shortly after Naruto was born.
Kerala had been the one to establish Naruto's protection in Leaf. She had argued against her mother's insistence that Naruto should be brought to Uzugakure to be raised in.
Kerala wanted to fulfill her sister's last wishes that Naruto would grow up in Konoha. Eventually she succeeded and ever since Naruto lived in Leaf. But with numerous Uzumaki clan members stopping by often enough that Naruto was never lonely. But in order to protect Naruto from his parent's enemies the story was passed around that Naruto was an orphan with no family at all. That way he would be safe and happy. Flashback Kai not jutsu.
Kerala looked at him for a moment then grimaced. "I see. I will start making preparations to fight off Kayos and his men when they arrive. This time he will not get away." she responded coldly. Lipan nodded in response then teleported away without another word.
Kerala turned to look out the window. "I know your coming Kayos. I am going to stop you if it kills me. You are not getting Naruto. I swear it on the graves of my sister and brother in law as well as that of Arashi whom you murdered in cold blood so long ago." she vowed. She then left the room. She had preparations to make.
At the Uzumaki estate Yuri had just finished briefing the clan elders about the vision that Lipan had experienced. After taking a moment to digest the news that a vision had occurred and it signified that Kayos was on the move the elders made the decision to prepare for war.
Naruto on the other hand had immediately gone to his room to sleep. When he walked in he found Temari waiting for him. "Naruto can we talk?" she asked nervously. Naruto nodded "Sure Temari what did you need to talk about?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
Temari fidgeted for a moment then looked him in the eyes. "Naruto what happened when you saw me for the first time?" she asked. Naruto blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Exactly what I said. What happened that day? I knew I was betrothed to the Yondaime's son but I wasn't told who you were and when I asked my father about the agreement all he said what that things were under control."
she replied before sitting down on the bed. Naruto walked over and grabbed the chair from the desk and sat down facing her. "Well growing up I knew I was different thanks to the clan looking after me when I was younger. I was told about the betrothal when I was 9. Which was the same time I visited the whirlpool village for the first time." he explained.
Temari nodded. "I see and what happened after that?" she asked. Naruto sat back and then settled down. "After I got back to the village I was taken to the library and told to read up on all of the history and customs of Wind country so that when the time came for us to meet we would not have any misunderstandings.
I was so happy about it that I constantly bothered my guardians about going to Suna to meet you. But that never happened. Instead I was attacked by a man named Kayos." Naruto explained with a faraway look in his eyes.
"Who is Kayos?" she asked. Naruto grimaced. "Kayos is a megalomaniac. He is obsessed with the spiritual power of the Uzumaki clan. Apparently 2 or 3 times a generation some of us are born with a unique energy within us that makes us more powerful than the others in the clan. I don't know exactly what the energy is.
The clan elders will not tell me. All they say is that I am too young to fully harness the power I have inside of me. That is nothing compared to the power of the Kyuubi no Kitsune that I have sealed inside of me by my father." he replied with a smile. Tamari's eyes widened "you have a demon sealed inside of you?" she asked."
Naruto nodded. "Yes but unlike your brother Gaara I have full control of mine. I can currently control up to 2 tails with relative ease. I am currently working on getting control of a third Tail. This means that you are in no danger from me. I will die before I cause any harm to you Temari I promise." Naruto replied soothingly.
While he said this a certain fox was whispering suggestions inside his head. "Come on kid you know you want to. Just leap up and tackle her to the bed and take her. Its easy she wont be expecting It." the fox said with a lustful tone in its voice. Naruto irritably shoved the voice back into its hole and then tuned the fox out.
Temari watched him for a moment then she nodded. "I see. Thank you Naruto for explaining that. But getting back to our original topic what happened that day?" she asked. Naruto nodded thankful that she had apparently not noticed his inner monologue with the fox. "Well it all started when Konohamaru insulted my Teammate Sakura to her face."
Flashback no jutsu. Naruto rolled his eyes as he chased after Sakura and Konohamaru. The brat had insulted Sakura and was now chasing him. Naruto was determined to stop her and avoid getting in trouble with his adoptive grandfather for letting his grandson get beaten up. When he turned a corner he saw a strange boy pick Konohamaru up by his shirt.
"Hey you brat. You ran into me." he growled irritably. Almost with out a thought Naruto screeched to a halt and brought a Kunai up into a guard position "hey put him down Suna Nin." he snarled. Sakura noticed what he had done and immediately pulled out a knife herself. "This brat ran into me." the boy retorted with a snarl.
The girl shook her head at the boy. "Kankuro stop. I don't want you getting us into trouble." She said with a scowl. "Identify yourselves Suna Ninja and your reason for being inside our village." Naruto barked getting irritated.
The girl looked at him. "I am Temari Sabaku and this is my brother Kankuro." she responded. Naruto jerked a little but none of the others noticed. "Sabaku? Are you by chance the Kazekage's children?" he asked warily. "He is our father yes." Kankuro responded. Naruto nodded. "I suggest you drop the Hokage's grandson as you are starting to choke him suna nin." a voice called out full of threat.
Kankuro gulped and dropped the boy then stepped back. "Yea whatever. " He responded. Then Naruto spoke not taking his eyes off of the girl who didn't seem to notice that he was watching her. "Your late Sasuke." Naruto called out as he put his knife away. He then looked toward a roof. "Why don't you come down and join us suna nin." he called out.
The rest of the group jerked then looked at where Naruto was looking. A red haired boy was standing there glaring at the other two. "Stop it Kankuro you are embarrassing us." he growled. "Gaara" Kankuro exclaimed. The boy jumped down and joined the other two. Naruto watched the new arrival with trepidation.
He didn't know why but the boy made him nervous. For some reason he had the strange feeling that he should know the boy. But he couldn't remember when he had met him if ever. "I take it since there are three of you that you're here for the Chunnin exam." Naruto asked. The boy looked at him and glared.
"Yes we are. Kankuro Temari come we must head to the hotel." with a last look the boy jumped away followed quickly by the other two. Once they were gone Naruto turned to Konohamaru. "Are you alright?" he asked. The boy nodded while rubbing his neck. Sakura checked it for bruises just in case. "Good. Now go straight home there are foreign Nins here for the exams so we don't want to risk another such incident." he explained.
The boy nodded then ran off. "Sakura follow him and make sure he gets home safe okay." Naruto said with authority. Sakura glared at him. "Don't give me orders idiot only Sasuke and Kakashi sensei can give me orders." she growled. Sasuke moved fast and struck her upside the head. "Do as Naruto says Sakura when he or anyone else gives you an order you will do it.
Face it you are the weakest of the three of us. Naruto is second and I of course am first." Sasuke ranted. Sakura looked hurt at his words but obeyed anyway. Once she was gone Sasuke turned to Naruto. "Since the Chunnin exams are coming up I want to say this first. I want to fight you Naruto." Sasuke replied with an arrogant smirk.
Naruto smirked right back. "And I want to fight you to. If only to knock your arrogant hide into the ground and teach you a lesson in humility." Naruto shot back with a grin. Sasuke grinned at him then shunshined away. Naruto chuckled then jumped on the roofs heading toward training ground 7 by using the Ninja Highway.
A few moments later he heard a familiar voice speaking below him on the street. Naruto peeked over the edge then smiled. With a devious grin he leapt off the roof fully intending on landing on his unaware target. His target however was thinking otherwise and simply sidestepping the blond missile. "Hello Naruto." Uzumaki Shindo said in greeting when Naruto got up and pouted at him.
The other two genin simply shook there heads and moved a few feet away so that the two could catch up. "How did you know it was me?" Naruto asked. Shindo smiled at him "simple I could sense you on the roof above me and simply sidestepped when you jumped down." he explained. A chuckle behind them caught their attention and they turned around. Naruto smiled widely. "Hi Uncle Jiao." Naruto exclaimed happily.
It wasn't often that Naruto saw his family lately. In fact the last member of his family that he had seen had been when they were returning to the village after the wave mission when his team had encountered Keanu and his team on a mission for the local daimyo in the area. "Are you here as Shindo's Jounin sensei?" Naruto asked. Jiao nodded. "Yes I am team 2s Sensei became ill just before they left so I volunteered to take them." he explained.
Naruto nodded then remembered that he had other business to see to. "Its nice to see you to but I have to get going I need to meet up with my team. Later guys I will stop off at the hotel where you are staying." said Naruto. He then leapt back onto the roof and was gone. A few hours later Naruto spoke to the Hokage about Temari and if her sensei had given him a letter.
Naruto was dismayed to find that except for the usual pleasantries there had been no hint about the betrothal announcement. Naruto shrugged it off thinking that the letter hadn't been sent and would arrive later on during the exams.
So he headed off to the hotel where the group of whirlpool ninja were staying. He didn't stay he just left a message saying that he had been given the choice to enter the exams and wouldn't be able to catch up with them as he had preparations to make.
He entered the exams with his team and made it to the finals alongside Sasuke. Sakura didn't defeat her opponent in the preliminaries and was disqualified after her double knockout with Ino.
Unfortunately neither of the two whirlpool teams made it to the finals either and went home. Naruto saw them off at the gate and promised to send the family a letter describing what happened in the finals of the exams. 4 days before the finals were to begin the Kazekage arrived. Naruto took time out from his training to be at the gate when the man arrived. "So that's the Kazekage." Naruto thought to himself.
As he watched the man pass with his retinue of guards and wind representatives including the daimyo and his retinue as well. Once they were past Naruto hightailed it to the Kage tower in order to be present when the man arrived in the old mans office. Due to the man's status Naruto couldn't get into the room.
Not that he was expecting to he just wanted to be nearby. The meeting took a few hours then he left. Once he was gone he went inside and spoke to the Hokage. "Did he announce it Grandpa?" he asked not rudely or politely either. The Hokage shook his head. "No and when I hinted about it he said that he would announce it soon but not right now." he explained.
Naruto furrowed his eyebrows. "That's not right. He should have made the announcement when Temari and her team arrived. Barring that he should have announced it before he left the office. This violates the agreement that was made in good faith by him and my parents." Naruto replied seriously. "I agree. I think that he up to something and I don't like it. Especially after Orochimaru attacked you and Sasuke in the forest." The Hokage replied.
Naruto nodded then turned to go. "Right well I have a letter to right to Aunt Kerala about this. Later old man see you later." with that he left the room and hurried off to his house to compose a letter to aunt about the events of that day. Flashback Kai no Jutsu "
that's basically what happened from that day we saw each other in the alley to when Orochimaru attacked the village Temari." Naruto explained. "I see thank you for telling me that Naruto. But where is the letter you sent your aunt?" she asked. Naruto shrugged. "Aunt Kerala probably threw it away after she received it.
Then sent me a rather terse reply and instructed me to be on my guard until after the suna delegation left. I did as she instructed. That is one of the reasons I was able to kill as many suna and sound ninja that day as I did." Naruto responded as he remembered throwing shadow clones around like they were cheap kunai.
The clones had had only one mission. And that was to kill as many invading Ninja as possible and safeguard the lives of the Civilians and wounded. Temari nodded then stood up and walked to the window and looked out. She was obviously lost in thought. Naruto stood up and walked behind her and surprised her by putting his arms around her.
She stiffened in surprise then turned around. Naruto let her turn then as soon as she was facing him he tightened his grip. "Temari I have no compunction in saying that you are the most beautiful women I have ever met. I do know this. I am one lucky guy to get a vixen like you." Naruto replied softly as he held her tight. Temari blushed at his words.
"Thank you Naruto." she replied. Naruto then let her go and left the room without another word. As he stepped into the hallway he turned and closed the door. "Man what was that?" Naruto thought to himself inwardly in the background he could hear the Kyuubi laughing.