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1. The academy's entry age is 10, and graduation is at 14.

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"Thoughts"

"Powerful beings speaking"

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Chapter 4: Grabbing some gear, Meeting the descendants? First of many...

7 months later: Naruto's Apartment

Naruto opened his eyes groggily, hearing his kaa-san call him to breakfast. Celestea had taken to manifesting herself every morning and making meals for Naruto. Eventually, they had slipped into a routine for a few months and Naruto had slipped, calling Celestea 'kaa-san'. They had both frozen at the same time, their eyes widened in disbelief, before Naruto frantically tried to apologize, thinking he had done something wrong. Celestea had pulled him close, placing a gentle kiss against his forehead, telling him that she would be happy to be his kaa-san. Naruto had cried, overjoyed at the idea of having a kaa-san, having someone who loved him and would welcome him home everyday after training.

While Celestea had taken the role of his mother, Infernum had become an older, protective brother to Naruto. He would often be the one walking Naruto to the different stores in Konoha, always growling lowly and leveling his KI at anyone who tried to say anything negative about Naruto, or tried to kick him out of stores. Many civilians chose to avoid them instead of tempting the dangerous man.

While Infernum and Naruto had been shopping one day, they had come across a shinobi supply store, called 'The Serrated Kunai'. They met a man named Buki no Masutā, who happily welcomed Naruto and his nii-san. While Naruto wandered, looking at everything with awe, Buki admitted to Infernum that he knew about the Kyuubi, but claimed to not believe that the boy was a demon.

To say Infernum was surprised would have been an understatement. Infernum's eyes narrowed as he glared at the man, silently judging his sincerity. A moment later both men heard footsteps coming down the stairs in the back, before a girl with two buns in her hair came into view. She looked to be the same age as Naruto. Naruto looked over and saw the girl, before walking over with a small smile and holding out his hand.

"Hi, I'm Naruto. Whats your name?" Naruto asked quietly.

"Tenten. Its nice to meet you Naruto." The girl, known as Tenten, answered happily. It was rare that anyone her age entered the store, and was more then happy to try and be friends with the blond boy. She took a moment to look Naruto over before looking at the clothes around them, before grabbing Naruto's hand and dragging him around, gathering a few different sets of clothes for him to try.

While this was happening, Infernum was watching and smiling at his Otouto, happy that Naruto had made a friend. He noticed that Naruto seemed to be blushing rather hard as he was dragged around by the girl, and Infernum could only chuckle in amusement at the boy. Meanwhile Buki was smiling at his daughter. He decided to speak his mind to Infernum.

"You know, they will be great friends, and I have no problem with that. He's more then welcome to come visit her whenever he pleases." He took a moment to chuckle, before looking at Infernum out of the corner of his eye. "When they're older..."

"We will see what happens in the future, but then again, you have already figured that part out, haven't you?" Infernum calmly answered.

"Well, I wouldn't argue to hard about that, but there is one thing..."

Infernum raised an eyebrow, silently motioning for the man to continue. "Well, he is the spitting image of his father..."

Infernum froze, his eyes widening. He, along with the others, had hoped no one would realize who Naruto was. "Oh? I don't believe I see what you mean." Infernum's eyes narrowed as he stared at the man, daring him to say something.

Buki calmly stared back at Infernum. "He is the last of his clan, so the C.R.A. will be in effect. I don't mind that, but if he breaks my little girl's heart, I will murder him, slowly."

Infernum glared at Buki, before sighing, "Right…."

Meanwhile, Naruto and Tenten had finally decided on an outfit for him. Naruto stepped out of the changing room in a grey long sleeve shirt, with a mesh armor top over it, with black ANBU combat pants, and black sandals. Tenten blushed from the looks of the blond, but shook her head and dragged him to the counter. Infernum smiled as he looked at Naruto, approving of his new look. He paid, letting Naruto know that he could visit Tenten later, before taking him back home, where Celestea was waiting with dinner.

5 months later: night after Naruto's 5 birthday

Infernum sighed, he was utterly exhausted. He had been the chosen 'training dummy' for today, and the focus of training had been kenjutsu and elemental manipulation, since Naruto had received a full length ebony katana from Kazialus, which meant a lot of dodging and curses. Now, he had another self appointed job. He had been smelling something familiar all day, granted, he always smelled something like this whenever he was here, but now, he wanted to find out what it was. It almost reminded him of… home, his pack? He had to find out what could smell like his home in this village.

Infernum crept silently through the night, effortlessly hiding from the shinobi ANBU that patrolled the rooftops. He scoffed at their abilities. "This is all it takes to get past the 'elites' of this village'? Fucking pathetic..." Infernum followed his nose, heading into a strangely built area of the village. All of the building seem to be connected in some way, as well as being absolutely massive. He focused on the knowledge about the village structure that Quizali had gathered for everyone.

"The larger areas in the village are known as clan compounds, these are areas that the various clans live in, separate from the rest of the village. This is usually done by the, more arrogant, clans as a sign of 'superiority' to the common villager and shinobi. The less arrogant clans simply do this due to simplicity. The most well know clans in Konoha are, the Aburame, the Inuzuka, the Uchiha, the Nara, the Akimichi, the Yamanaka, the Hyuga, the Senju, the Namikaze, and the Sarutobi. The lesser know clans are the Hatake, the Shimura, the Lee, the Kurama, the Kohaku, and the Hoki. Most of the lesser clans have fewer members, thus smaller clan compounds, if any at all. Naruto, we will be going over the various specialties of each clan, as well as your own..."

Infernum shook his head, refocusing on his job. He closed his eyes, letting his nose guide him. He felt his body go on autopilot, guiding him to his objective. He stopped after a moment, opening his eyes to find himself in front of a door marked 'Kennels'. Infernum silently opened the door, crept in, and letting it swing shut behind him. Infernum felt his eyes widen at the sight before him. There were hundreds of kennels, each holding a sleeping dog in various stages of growth. He slowly wandered, looking at each of the sleeping animals, feeling as if he was watching over his own pups again. His ears shifted as he heard a whimper, and followed the noise to a small white pup that was twitching in its sleep. Infernum's eyes softened, even as he walked over, kneeling down beside the pup, and gently picked it, him, up. Infernum gently cradled the small pup, letting a quiet rumble from his chest as as he ran his fingertip underneath one of the pup's ears. The pup stopped twitching and burrowed deeper into Infernum's hold. Infernum heard a low growl from behind him, easily picking up the words from the sound, even as he felt a bit of KI directed at him.

"Who are you, and why are you holding one of my pups? Do you hope to steal him from us? I assure you that the attempt will only end with your pathetic throat torn out!" A harsh, gravelly male voice spoke, the feeling of strength, as well as a hint of something else, evident in the voice.

Infernum smiled, not bothering to turn around, having sensed both the dog and woman behind him. "Before you try that, allow me to know your names."

The woman scoffed, but allowed that much, believing that the man was not on a level that she should fear him, since she could not sense any chakra from him. "I am Tsume, clan head of the Inuzuka, and this is my nin-ken partner Kuromaru."

Infernum's eyes narrowed, taking a deep breath through his nose. The smell was even stronger now, seemingly coming from...Kuromaru?

Infernum's eyebrows knit together in confusion, before he understood why he smelt familiar. He smiled in amusement, turning to the woman and her partner. "Well, since you've given me your names, I will give you mine. I am Infernum, Ancestor to the Demon Wolf tribe, or as you mortals know us, the Hell-Hound clan. I thought I smelt something familiar, and I was right. So, Tsume of the Inuzuka clan, what do you know of the origin of nin-ken?"

Same time: Quizali's location: On the fire escape on Naruto's Apartment

A near silent crack echoed through the night in Konoha, followed by the sounds of something being eaten quite viciously. Eventually, the sounds died down, with Quizali stepping out of the shadows he'd been hiding in, a twisted smile cracked through his mask and a long black tongue, with the glossy look of oil, licking what looked to be blood off of his mask. His fingers, currently formed into blades, dripped blood for a few moments, before seemingly melding back into normal human appearance, without a single drop of blood to be found on them.

Quizali gave a gentle smile, his mask forming back into its naturally smooth state. He was happy to be ending threats before they could gain strength, like the strange shinobi with a mask like his, it had been strangely blank, except for the word 'ROOT' engraved into the forehead. He then stepped back into Naruto's room, gently pulling the covers back onto him from where the had fallen, and ran his fingers through Naruto's hair, a gentle, loving look in his eyes. "I swear to protect you my king, even if I must fade to do so..."

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