"Mission was a success, though there were a few snags," Kakashi said, addressing the Hokage.
"Hmm, what kind of snags?" Sarutobi questioned curiously. Kakashi sweat dropped at how calm the Hokage seemed with this issue.
"Well, the mission turned A-rank, there were Nuke-Ninja hired to try and kill the bridge builder, though we were able to, umm, recruit one of the Nuke-nin and his apprentice," Kakashi explained, waiting to be knocked upside the head with something.
"Well, we could always use the ninja, however, what you did was a bit risky. How do you know they aren't a threat?" Sarutobi questioned, watching as Kakashi grew even more nervous.
"Well, they haven't even tried to attack us, so that was a clue, that, and the fack that they agreed to surrender their weapons until they are cleared off the threat list. You have my word, that if they attack any of the ninja here in anything other than training or self-defense, I will be held personally responsible," Kakashi said, watching for any sign of anger from the ancient Hokage. The man showed nothing as he waited for Kakashi to show these ninja in.
'Well, what are you waiting for? Show this future Leaf-nin in," Sarutobi said, watching as Kakashi opened the doors to the office. In came the face of the one man that even Sarutobi feared, if only just a little. In came, Zabuza Momochi, Demon of the Mist, and presumably his apprentice.
"Sir, this is Zabuza Momochi, former ninja of Kiri, and his apprentice, Haku, which can be considered his adoptive son," Kakashi said, watching as several barely visible ANBU dropped from fear.
"Hmm, so this is the famous man that slaughtered his entire graduating class. Just as fearsome as I imagined," Sarutobi, smiling when the rogue ninja bowed.
"Hai, Hokage-sama. I have come here in hopes of starting anew, and Haku here has come to start his life as a ninja of a shinobi village. He has a very rare Kekkei Genkai, that of the Ice-release, and he is very well trained in his fighting style," Zabuza explained, hoping to talk up his 'son's abilities.
"Hmm, well, I guess since you have both shown me respect, and the fact that we do need a few extra ninja in our forces, we'll have your abilities tested tomorrow so that you can become full ninja of this village as soon as possible," Sarutobi said, receiving a gracious bow from both future Leaf-nin.
"Arigato, Hokage-sa-" Zabuza was interrupted as a certain blonde ninja came crashing through the doors.
"Oi, jiji, why didn't you tell me my father was the Yondaime?" Naruto asked, slightly out of anger, slightly out of confusion. At this, the last ANBU in the room dropped out of realization; after all, how could he look so much like Minato and not realize it?
"Well, I had planned on Kakashi telling you, since you've been living with him for most of your life," the Hokage explained, hoping to throw suspicion to Kakashi.
"Hey, I thought that you weren't telling him of his heritage because of Iwa?" Kakashi questioned, immediately regretting those words as a glare so strong was sent his way, he nearly pissed his pants.
"Well? What's true?" Naruto asked. He stood there waiting, Zabuza and Haku becoming quite nervous as the situation became tense.
"Well, you see, it kind of involved me, umm, breaking into the Namikaze estate," Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head with his signature goofy smile.
"Oh, ok I gu- YOU WHAT?!" Sarutobi screamed. Now, Naruto was sweat dropping. His was slowly backing towards the doors, ready to make his get away if necessary.
"Hey, wait, since I'm a Namikaze, doesn't that mean that it's essentially my estate?" Naruto questioned back, sighing in relief as the old Hokage visibly calmed down.
"Well, you do have a point there," Hiruzen sighed, he was defeated, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to have a little fun in the process. "Well, I guess you'll be moving in there, however, since your still only twelve, Kakashi will be moving in with you. Oh, and since Zabuza and Haku have nowhere to live at the moment, they'll also be moving in with you," Hiruzen finished, giving an evil smile.
"That's ok, I wanted to learn Kenjutsu from a master anyways and I can help to teach Haku about Konoha," Naruto smiled as he said that, knowing his Jiji's plan had failed. The old man mentally cursed himself, this kid was a lot like his mother in the retrospect of turning things against other people.
"Alright, Haku, Zabuza, follow Kakashi here to the estate, Naruto, I need to talk to you privately," Hiruzen said as the three ninja left, and the four ANBU appeared. "Now, I trust none of you will speak a word of what has occurred in this office to anyone?" Sarutobi questioned, receiving a nod from each as they sunshinned, out of the office, leaving the two to private.
"So, what'd you want to talk to me about, Jiji?" Naruto asked, half expecting something weird to be said.
"Yes, well, there are two things I need to talk to you about. First off, in this scroll are your parents last letters to you. The second thing is, that Orichimaru will be coming after Sasuke during the Chunnin Exams, and even though half the people with a right mind don't like him, me included, it'll be our heads on the platter if you don't protect him. And lastly, I'm choosing a successor, and if you prove yourself in the Exams, you'll be that person. If not, Kakashi will be temporary Hokage until you are ready to take the position," Sarutobi said, stopping to take a breath.
"O-orichimaru?" Naruto asked, fear and anger gripping his voice. This man, no, this thing was expirementing on people, killing people to try and reach his dreams of Hokage and Immortality, the former being shot down by his father. But that wasn't the reason for his fear, not even close. It was because of what happened 5 years ago because of Orichimaru
Flashback
Naruto stood in fear, not being able to move, frozen in place. This man, no, monster stood at a large table, dissecting a living person, laughing at the screams of agony from the victim. Naruto couldn't believe his 5 year old ears, he just stood there silently, hoping this maniac wouldn't notice him.
"Psst, you, hey you!" a voice whispered, trying to get Naruto's attention. Naruto slowly turned his head towards the voice to see a purple haired woman hiding in the shadows. She motioned with her finger for him to come closer, and he followed suit, moving as slowly as possible. Orichimaru turned his head, a maniacal grin as he heard Naruto's footsteps.
"Well, it seems I have a house guest. Looks to me like a new toy to play with," Orichimaru said as he slowly walked to Naruto, who froze as he heard the maniac's voice.
"Kid, RUN!" the girl yelled, emerging from the shadows to stop Orichimaru.
"Tsk tsk, Anko, you have to wait your turn now!" Orichimaru said, changing direction to attack the girl. Naruto took this chance and ran, following what the lady told him to do. As he reached the outside, he heard screams of what he could only guess was the girl's. And he ran, towards home, towards safety, towards anything but Orichimaru.
Flashback End
"Naruto, are you ok? You dazed out there, is everything alright?" Hiruzen asked, deepening worry crossed his mind as his adoptive grandson wouldn't answer.
"I promise on my life, I will NOT allow that bastard to hurt anyone ever again!" Naruto said, fire burning in his previously blank cerulean eyes.
"Naruto, what exactly happened to make you do this? It's like at the mention of that traitor you snapped," Hiruzen said, still slightly worried.
"I'll tell ya later Jiji, right now I have to get stronger, no matter what, to protect those in my life. I couldn't do that 7 years ago, but I will be able to do it now," Naruto explained, running out of the Hokage's office. Naruto, please be ok, Hiruzen thought as he turned to look out the window. He was surprised to see the one student who had actually kept in contact with him; Jiraya.
"Was that Minato's boy?" Jiraya asked as he stepped out of the window and into the office.
"Yeah, and you're going to get to know him a lot. You've got 3 months, Jiraya, three months," Hiruzen stated, leaving a confused Sage.
"Three months till what, exactly?" Jiraya asked, not liking to be left in the dark.
"Three months until the Chunnin exams, or more precise, to make Naruto strong enough to hold his own against a sannin," Hiruzen said darkly, leaving a paling Jiraya.
"You know better than anyone that what you're asking is near impossible! It would take at least a year!" Jiraya said, calculating the math in his head.
"Oh, for a normal ninja, yes. However, with the amount of shadow clones he can make at one time is near impossible, even for someone of your caliber, Jiraya," Hiruzen explained, while Jiraya looked awestruck.
"Just how many clones are we talking about?" Jiraya asked, curious of the young boy's capabilities.
"About 750 with half of his chakra reserves," Sarutobi replied, smiling at his former students look of shock.
"That should be impossible!" Jiraya retorted, believing the old man was exaggerating again.
"Oh, you don't believe me? Have a look at some of Naruto's past exploits," Sarutobi said, leaning over the crystal ball. Sure enough, Naruto created that many clones and wasn't even fatigued.
"But what about his team?" Jiraya asked, confused as his sensei just smiled.
"Already covered. We recently acquired an ice-release ninja which can act as temporary stand in for young Naruto while he's gone," Sarutobi said, receiving an understanding nod from his student.
"Alright, I'll inform Naruto immediately. When we come back, you won't even recognize the gaki," Jiraya said, smiling as he jumped out of the Hokage Tower towards the Namikaze estate.
AN: Alright, another piece of Naruto's past is up along with the grounds for the training trip for Naruto. I know it's up a bit earlier than I expected, but I just had about an hour of extra time, so I figured what the hell, might as well. Thanks for reading, please review