Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews everyone! I never thought I would get that many with only three chapters. And to answer some of the reviews, I might make a mini story about Naruto's early years with the Uchiha's. I'm still debating it. Tell me what you think of the idea. Anyone who likes the story, please vote on the poll for Naruto's weapon. Beginning of next chapter the poll closes, and Sasuke's opens up. Just to warn you. I'll give the current update at the bottom of the chapter. The reason last chapter was so short, was because I wanted to get it out there before school started getting extremely busy. The chapters are going to hopefully going to be around two thousand words or more. So no worries! I'm trying to make Naruto's strength realistic. He's not going to take on someone like Orochimaru at the age of ten and completely annihalate. The main advantage he will have is his bloodline, the element of surprise, and people underestimating him. So no super-powerful Naruto for now. Thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I only wish I owned Naruto.
Naruto readied himself for yet another run up the tree. They had been doing the stupid exercise for a whole day now. They had been out here since the meeting with their father. Naruto had gotten up to fifty feet and only had twenty left to go. Sasuke had gotten up the tree before collapsing from chakra exhaustion ten minutes ago. Itachi had taken Sasuke inside and still had not returned yet.
Naruto sighed. No use worrying about it. Better to just keep practicing. Without a second more hesitation, Naruto darted at the tree. He made it to twenty…thirty…forty…fifty…sixty…just a few more feet. Two feet from the top, Naruto felt his control slip just enough to send him blasting from the top of the tree. Naruto back flipped through the air before landing on the ground sixty-eight feet below.
"Shit!" Naruto yelled. So close.
With Itachi…
"Tou-san."
"Itachi-san. Where is Naruto?"
"I left him in the care of Kakashi. He'll be safe." Fugaku just sighed.
"We still have not caught one of the assassins from last night. Get back to Naruto and bring him inside. Get Kakashi to guard Sasuke and Naruto, while you and Shisui search for the last assassin."
"Hai." Itachi walked out of the office while Fugaku sat, still thinking.
Takahiro Yuudai waited for the perfect chance to strike. Currently he was hidden with the use of a camouflage jutsu. He had been trained by the Tsuchikage for exactly this event. He, along with ten others who would serve as distractions, would sneak into Konoha and, in event there was a living family member of the Yondaime, assassinate them. All in all, a great plan. Takahiro had been trained for two years before the Tsuchikage deemed him ready for the mission. The ten others had been gathered, and they had been sent off.
All the others had gotten into the Uchiha compound, where it was confirmed the son of the Yondaime was living. The Tsuchikage's informant was right. Takahiro had hidden and waited until the little brat was by himself. There wasn't going to be a better opportunity than this. Takahiro took out a kunai, unaware of the silver haired ANBU right behind him.
With Kakashi…
Kakashi sighed. Pathetic. Just pathetic.
"He could have at least made it a bit harder to find him. These Iwa-nins are pathetic."
Kakashi grabbed his tanto from his back without a sound and held it behind the Iwa-nins neck. "Alright. Stop right there. If you want to stay in the land of the living, you will drop that kunai you're holding and put your hands in the air." The shinobi quickly complied. "Good. Now stand up slowly and turn around." The shinobi did as he was asked. Kakashi saw the Iwa-nin was about six feet tall, spiky blond hair, blue eyes, and wearing the standard shinobi pants, shirt, and sandals, all in black. "Minato…could it be?"
"Anything else? Maybe I could tie my own hands while I'm at it?" Takahiro's voice showed obvious sarcasm at what Kakashi was doing.
"No, no, I think I'll do that myself. Wouldn't want you to make any mistakes now would we." Kakashi chuckled at Takahiro's sense of humour. Just like Minato's. "What is your name?"
"Takahiro Yuudai, jonin of Iwagakure. Pleased to meet you."
"Likewise. Now what were you doing?"
"Waiting for a chance to assassinate that boy. Wasn't it obvious?" Kakashi just chuckled again. Defineatly related to Minato. Only he would have that kind of nerve. They could be brothers. Maybe they were.
"Did you grow up in Iwa?"
"Of course. Why else would I be there? Why?"
"Has anyone told you that you look and sound like you could be the Yondaimes brother?" Takahiro grew pale. What was the ANBU implying? "I knew the Yondaime personally. He was my sensei after all. You look exactly like he did. You even have the same sense of humour. What did the Tsuchikage tell you?"
"I was found in fire country, where they rescued me from some Konoha shinobi that were about to kill me. The Tsuchikage took me in, raised me, and then trained me to be a perfect shinobi. Why?" Kakashi smirked under his mask.
"Oh no reason. Just that when we take the mandatory blood test for prisoners, I think we'll find a very close relation to the Yondaime and Naruto over there. In the meantime, you will have to go for a session with Ibiki. Goodnight!" Kakashi said the last part quite cheerfully before knocking Takahiro out. "Today has been a very good day." Kakashi grinned under his mask before settling down to wait for Itachi.
Itachi was thinking on ways to find the last assassin on his way to the training ground. When he got to the training ground though, all he could do was laugh at the sight. Naruto was curled up under his tree sleeping, while Kakashi had a man tied to a tree-stump, while they were chatting quite pleasantly.
Kakashi for his part had gotten bored after the first ten minutes of waiting for Itachi and had decided to wake Takahiro up for a little conversation. They had been talking about life in their villages and Icha-Icha for the last fifteen minutes, and Kakashi was starting to like the guy. Not that he wouldn't hesitate to kill him if needed, but it would definitely be a shame.
"Kakashi…explain…what ….exactly happened…here." Itachi managed to get out between bouts of laughter. This was absurb. Here he and Shisui were, searching out the last assassin, and here Kakashi had him tied to a stump, and was talking to him like a great friend! It was completely and utterly absurb!
"Well, I caught the assassin, and got bored waiting for you, so I decided to have a nice little talk with our guest here. He really is quite the character." Kakashi was smirking under his mask at the so-called perfect shinobi. Right now Itachi was laughing so hard that he was about to drop onto the floor. It was at this time that Takahiro decided to add in his opinion.
"Inu-san is really quite the conversationalist. Has a great taste in books as well." Itachi sweatdropped at this. He knew exactly what books they were talking about. Figures.
"Well, I'll leave you to take him to the holding cells Inu-san. Have fun." Itachi grabbed Naruto before shunshining out of the training ground leaving the other two alone.
"Well goodnight…again!" Kakashi knocked Takahiro unconcious again before grabbing him and shunshining to the Hokages tower. "Well, this has been an interesting day."
Authors Note: Well that's it for that chapter! Hope you liked it! Bet you didn't see that twist in the story coming. I figured that since the canon never really says where Minato comes from, he could have a long lost brother that was raised in Iwa. Kinda ironic isn't it? Anyways, I did say I would give the poll results so far. So here they are.
Naruto weapon choice.
Katana- 4
Wakizashi- 3
Naginata- 1
Other- 1
Twin Hooks- 0
Claws(Like Sora uses in the twelve guardians arc)- 0
Greatsword(something like Zabuza's)- 0
Three swords(like zorros from one-piece)- 0
To be honest I like the claw and twin hook ideas. Very unique. Thanks notgonnasay09. Anyone else that has suggestions, don't hesitate to tell me! If you see any inconsistancies in the story let me know. I'll try to correct them. Thanks!