Phantoms of the Legacies

By

Ragnorokrising

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Chapter Two: New Guardian

"But why do I have to take care of him?" Asuma complained as Sarutobi rocked Naruto I his arms.

"It won't just be by yourself. We'll come by every now and again and help you." Jiraiya explained, pointing to himself, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.

"I can't take care of a baby right now. I won't do it."

"As your Hokage and father, I order you." Sarutobi said. Asuma groaned as the Sannin and the Kage laughed at his dismay.

"Fine, I'll take him in, but I want someone assigned to help with him." the Hokage nodded. Together, he and the Sannin left with Naruto while Asuma went out to buy a crib for the spare room in his house.

Asuma came home two hours later, with twenty Shadow Clones holding six bags each containing food, a crib, toys, clothes and everything else he would need to take care of a baby.

After Asuma had built the crib and put the food and toys away, someone knocked on the door. When Asuma opened the door, a woman in a Chuunin outfit with red eyes smiled from the doorway.

"Hi, I'm the Chuunin the Hokage assigned to help you raised the baby." Asuma sighed and ushered her in, shutting the door behind her and moving to plop onto the couch.

"He's asleep in his crib. Just feed him if he wakes up." Kurenai laughed as Asuma started to snore. Kurenai herself pulled out a DVD and slid it into the DVD player. She made some popcorn and watched a movie, listening for the baby's cry.

In the room, the window slowly rose into the air until it hitched at the top of its climb. A man dressed in black snuck silently over the floor and picked up Naruto. The baby started to cry, but the man flashed his two red eyes and the baby fell back to sleep.

The man moved silently towards the window. He was almost there when he stepped on a squeaking toy that shot out from beneath his foot and slammed into the door. He ran and jumped out the window, hiding inside the bushes and masking his chakra.

Kurenai heard Naruto cry but didn't think anything of it. When the toy slammed into the door, she and Asuma both snapped out of their places and ran fro the room. When they opened the door, the window fell back into place with a clack! Naruto was nowhere to be found.

"Kurenai, see if you can find the chakra trail fo the person who did this. I'm going to get my father." Kurenai started making hand seals and Asuma disappeared into thin air.

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A/N: Sorry it's so short guys. I'll try to have a longer chapter next update.