Kyuubi's Legacy Chapter 6

All right everyone, this is a 'double' chapter. You could say that because its double the usual length. Also the Naruto of this story is not gonna be completely out of character, but he is gonna be noticeably different.

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Previously:He grinned wondering what kind of people he would meet, his father once told him that ninjas were very eccentric. Not counting their family, as they were completely on a league of their own in that department.

He hoped to prove that statement right.

Uchiha Itachi would not be the very first to admit that his mother was being obsessive, she was acting way too scary for him to do that. Even his usually intimidating father was being suspiciously quiet. Tonight was the meeting between clans and his mother insisted on the whole family to be at their best. The way his mother was acting was beginning to put him on edge. What was it about this particular meeting that made even his normally gentle mother intrude on his personal space? The past years she would usually let them be alone when they asked her, but this year she wasn't budging. With a determination that solely reminded Itachi of the Hokage' s wife, her mother continue the not so easy task of getting two very grumpy Uchiha males ready. The eight year old Genius was curious as to what made this change within his mother. He would just have to find out.

Sasuke, the recently turned four year old could tell that his mother was making his older brother and his father very uncomfortable with all of the fussing she gave them. He looked at his mother for answers, and saw her trying to hide a smile. It was not one of her usual gentle smiles. It was a smile that made even him weary. He briefly wondered what his mother was planning. He dearly hoped it did not involved any marriage contracts, and if it did, it should better be his brother.

Mikoto was indeed planning something. She could barely conceal her mirth at having her very stoic family avoiding her eyes, the didn't suspect a thing! Sheesh no wonder Kushina did it. It had taken her months to convince the Hokage to finally let her little blond Godchild meet her outside of the Namikaze Mansion, as that is today, no way in hell was she gonna let her family leave a wrong impression on Naruto.

As the best friend of the red haired woman, she was asked to be Naruto's Godmother. She was so happy about that, that she ended up fainting on the spot. Months later, just before Naruto had been born she had helped Kushina through her pregnancy, she had put up with Kushina' s ear splitting shrieks about not letting Minato touch her ever again, and the emotional wreak she was about having a child of her own. Going through all of that with Kushina made her feel as if Naruto was her son too.

However Mikoto was a little sad that her Godchild was rarely allowed to go outside. She understood that it was for his safety, as many foreign ninjas would kill to have him on their terrible clutches. Naruto, as the direct descendant of the first two Hokages, the grandchild of two Sannins, and the son of a current Hokage, along with the last know member of the great Uzamaki Clan (who was unknowingly to her the ANBU Commander), the kid was a goldmine to other ninjas. After many close calls, the Namikazes decided to limit his time outside, at least until he was able to protect himself.

Every time Mikoto went to visit them, she was astonished at how keen his intelligence was. She had no doubt in her mind that Naruto would be great at whatever he set his mind to. He reminded her of Itachi so much that she sometimes wondered whether they would either clash or become great friends.

At the thought of one of her sons being friends with her Godchild, she almost let out a squeal reminiscent of a fangirl. Luckily for her, she had much self restrain from her ninja training. No need to alert her boys of her plan after all.

That would be a big no no.

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The thing about Hyuuga Hinata was that despite her status as the princess of the Hyuuga clan, she was very humble and gentle. Not that it was a bad thing, it was just that whenever she was in the village, people would be very surprised at finding the Hyuuga heir to be like she was. Not that many people did, they would be usually be very intimidated by her status alone. It was the civilian children that did not fit this description, as they would usually mock her about being a brat whenever she was alone. Not really understanding who she was. This made her both angry and sad. She desperately wished someone to really know her for who she is, someone to look past her status and her shy personality. What she wanted was to make a bond so strong, she would never be alone. She vowed that she would at least try to fulfill that dream.

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The hidden ANBU codename Coyote really loved her job. This probably was because of the cool mask, the aura of mystery, and the fact that she never had to do D rank missions ever again. Never mind the hard as fuck missions, the traumatic experiences that every ANBU went through at least twenty times in their career, and the blood stains that did not want to come out of her uniform every time she was off duty. Yeah, other than that life as an ANBU is pretty sweet.

In all of her time as a high rank ninja, she only had the honor of protecting the Hokage' s family (not that they needed it, as they were ridiculously powerful) once. During that time she had been guarding the little boy, but to her surprise the child had noticed her right away, and she was so shocked that she couldn't help but stare in sheer disbelief that a kid so young had sensed her so quickly. After that the two began some kind of twisted game of hide and seek.

After her month of guarding was over, she had missed the kid so much that she requested had Hokage-Sama that if they needed someone to be their son's shadow, she would do it gladly. The Hokage noting his son's fascination with Coyote agreed with an amused smile (probably wondering how his son made people eat at the palm of his hand).

Now during the festival she couldn't help a burst of happiness when she thought of the little boy Shusei, who she had noticed was Naruto-Sama's first friend. Just extending his hand of friendship to Naruto-Sama made him very happy, and she hoped for his charge that the friendship lasted.

As the kid's sometimes protector (as some ANBU sometimes shadowed him when she was on missions) she knew some things even his parent's didn't. One of this things was that Naruto-Sama loved to look at the sky during the night so much in fact that he would sneak out to do just that, and that he had a sort of affinity with plants. She had seen him in the inner garden of the mansion making a seed grow from practically nothing. She would later swear that her heart stopped from the realization that Naruto-Sama may have inherited his great-great grandfather's ability. But she would not tell anybody, because she would guard Naruto-Sama's secrets to the grave. Perhaps it was time to show herself soon.

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Later..

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As excited as he was, Naruto could not hold a little of his annoyance in check. He was feeling abandoned for some reason, and all that had happen since the meeting started was, as far as he could tell nothing but small talk. The only interesting thing that had happen in the last hour was when a kunoichi punched a guy through a fricking wall for trying to feel her up, he had seen his granny do that to his grandfather many times, but never with as much righteous anger. In that span of thirty seconds his vocabulary had grown to be quite interesting. His dad was making conversation with some people that were dead boring. His grandfather was talking to some men that were blushing about some book, something that in his opinion was quite disturbing, even for him, goodness gracious ninja are weird. Grandma Tsunade was nursing a cup of sake and grinning like a maniac as she gossiped with several kunoichi who kept giving her looks of awe every now and then. Naruto himself was with his mom, who was talking to his godmother Mikoto. Seeing as they were too busy conspiring with each other (Oh yes, he knew that look quite well) he decided that it was time to explore.

The meeting was in an old, but very fancy complex that he did not know existed before. Apparently it used to belong to a rich ninja clan that had died out a long time ago. His destination was the pretty gardens he saw on his way to the main hall. The garden itself was as far as he could see empty of people, which was good as he had gained a headache from the really creepy glint he had seen on several clan heads when he had been introduced to them. He almost tripped as he consider what they might have been thinking, none of it was good for him.

The sky had darken considerably, but this was no problem for him as he could still see with keen clarity, of course the light of the moon helped. Sitting next to the koi pond he found himself relaxing, with the exception of the tiny buzz in the back of his head that he had come to associate with Coyote-Chan (he knew she was a girl from the tattoo being on her right shoulder) . He couldn't exactly pinpoint where she was, but then again he wasn't trying.

After his headache had recede he lay down with his belly on the ground. Putting his right hand in the pond, Naruto channeled some of that power that was uniquely his onto his fingertips. Slowly, as if summoned some of the fish started to gather, and then mimic the fluid motions of his finger as if they were hypnotized. At first they were simple movements, but soon those movements became complex enough to make it seem as if the fish were dancing. Suddenly he stopped. Soft footsteps almost silent were walking to his direction.

Naruto considered himself smart, and showing his unusual powers to strangers were a big fat no in his opinion. He hoped those footsteps did not belong to an adult. They tended to create a fuss about just anything. He really wanted some time alone, being with so many people at once was both new and strangely suffocating.

Itachi was annoyed. No matter how hard he tried, the girls from the academy were still bothering him. He had not seen them for a blissful whole year due to graduating years before they would. In fact if anybody had bothered asking him 'why had he graduated so early?' he would say to them 'just to escape the fangirls'. His mother had ditched them as soon as she could and left them in the care of his father. After the episode he recently went through, no way in hell was he going back. And his father's tendency to show him off as if he were some kind of prized possession rather than a person was really getting to him. Walking mindlessly through the halls helped calm the rage he felt, until he came to a stop on the entrance of a garden.

On another occasion he wouldn't give this place another glance, but there was a person there. Curiosity slowly kindle in his mind until he burned to know who it was.

It was a child.

From where Itachi was standing the child almost looked like a ghost. He could hear humming from him, soft, relaxed, and somehow calming. He had a hand in the pond, while the other rested under his chin for support. Before he could take note of something more, the child's voice penetrated through the silence like a burst of wind.

"Don't cha know? It's quite rude to stare." The childlike voice clashed with the words spoken. Itachi's eyes narrowed 'how did he know I was there?'.

"If you wanna see the scenery, you can come join me. I once heard such places like this were better shared with company." The whispery voiced continued. "I'm Naruto, and your are?" Somehow, Itachi knew the boy was smiling. For some reason the urge to reply to him was almost irresistible. "Itachi" He answered with his usual monotone. He sensed Naruto's smile grow. "Well Itachi-san are you joining me or what?".

Oddly enough, he did.

Leaning against the tree, Itachi could see what Naruto meant. The scenery was not something someone could just scoff at. The only thing that disturbed the quiet of the night was the younger boy's humming. Strangely enough, he did not mind. The quiet singing was done almost subconsciously, lovely and smooth . An obscure melody Itachi had never heard before. The child's voice was so pleasant to his ears, that without meaning to Itachi felt himself did not offered any conversation, and for that Itachi was glad. He never was one for such things.

It could have been minutes or hours, but it did not matter. It seemed to Itachi, that time left him the moment he accepted the invitation of this strange child. Again he did not mind.

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This was exactly how both mothers found their sons. Mikoto looked at the scene before her in amazement. Never in her wildest dreams could she have imagined that her Itachi would be so at ease with someone. Kushina smiled to herself. Her son seemed so at peace with the world. Not that it wasn't new, but it was so refreshing to see someone with such innocence in a world covered in blood. Both mothers looked at each other. Perhaps it wasn't so bad that they never got to put their plan into action. And that was okay.

So that concludes this chapter. I really hope some of you might take the time to review, let me know what you think, and stuff.

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