Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Just so you know, I don't mind criticism. Just make it constructive. My writing sucks and any help is welcomed. Also sorry about not updating sooner. That's because of a mix of procrastination, overactive imagination, several different story ideas, and schedule conflicts.
Also, I don't own Naruto, if I did, he would not be screwed over when it came time for his training. He would at least have a few extra wind jutus.
Anyways, onto the story.
Chapter 2: The Start of a New Life
Guard duty at the gate would be considered one of the most boring jobs invented. Your job would be to watch for any out of place individuals entering the village. No rouge ninja worth his bounty would enter through the main gate. Be like putting on a clown costume with a bull's-eye. So the only people that entered through the gate were legit. In other words, no exciting stories to tell over drinks. But for Izumo and Kotetsu, is was perfect. They could sit in a shaded booth and play poker for hours and would only have to look up every so often to make sure they didn't miss anything, they usually didn't.
"Rather slow today eh?" Kotetsu commented as he drew two more cards. "So? Slow is good. It means that we aren't running for our lives from some rouge ninja wanting to steal our family jewels." Was Izumo's response as he considered his own cards. Izumo looked up and saw Naruto walking to the gate.
Without stopping, Naruto greeted the two chunin. "Yo! I'm back from my mission. I'll just go talk to the old man now bye." And with that, he was gone down the street.
"What do you suppose is in the basket?" Kotetsu inquired. "Bet its stuff for a new prank." Izumo figured. Both of the chunin liked Naruto's pranks because of their creativity. "Even 'The Legendary Sucker' wouldn't bet against that." Kotetsu figured before they went back to their card game.
In a village near the Fire/Wind border, a buxom blond sneezed causing her to lose yet another bet.
Naruto was nervous. Now why would a kid, who could stare an A ranked rouge nin in the face without flinching, stab his own hand to make a point, and carried possibly the most powerful of the biju in his gut be nervous? Simple, words cut deeper than any blade.
"Why is the demon carrying a basket?" "Is that a baby in their?" "I bet he kidnapped it!" "He must have. No demon could ever have children." They obviously thought that Naruto couldn't hear them, he could. Now, Naruto was used to the whispers of the populace, but what got him was the two women who he had herd on the day of graduation saying that they should get the anbu to "rescue" the child before the "demon could corrupt it". Not wanting to run into any trouble before his talk with the 3rd, Naruto jumped and took the rooftops the rest of the way.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, God of Shinobi, master of a thousand jutsu, was currently battling his greatest enemy, Paperwork. More than once he wondered if his wayward student Orochimaru had invented the stuff. He was evil enough. Looking out his window, the aged Kage wished for a distraction from the tedious and dangerous, hey paper cuts are a big deal, job of sorting papers.
"Hey old man!" "Wow that actually worked." The aforementioned 'old man' thought as the boy Hiruzen thought of as a second grandson, Naruto, landed inside his office.
"I've got a problem." This couldn't be good. With that, Naruto pulled out the little girl from the basket, who had fallen asleep on the way to the village and had still not woken up yet. Deciding that an old man deserved some fun at his age, Sarutobi couldn't help but say "So, when do I get to meet the lucky lady?" "Huh?" "You never told me that you had a girlfriend. So when's the wedding? I hope you plan to take responsibility." The Hokage teased with a grin on his face. Finally understanding what he was saying, Naruto did his best impression of a beet. "That's not it!" he yelled causing Rin to wake up.
"I was just teasing. But seriously, whose child is that?" The old man asked. Naruto's response was to hand the note he had found in the basket to the Kage.
The more he read, the more his face looked like a father who had learned of his son's evil. When he finished, the aged man looked older with his face in his hands. "You've reached a new low Orochimaru." He thought. Looking up to a noise, he saw Naruto cooing the little girl who proceeded to giggle and grab his finger. "Herm!" The Kage cleared his throat to get the boys attention.
"So do you know who this snake Orochimaru is?" Naruto asked. Sarutobi had to suppress a snort at Naruto's choice of words. "Yes, sadly I do. He was, at one time, my student." Naruto's eyes widened at this news. How the student of one of the greatest men Naruto could know, who would never condone a child being made into a weapon; his own life being proof of that, turn out such a monster? "What?" Naruto choked out. The next ten minuets were spent explaining who and what Orochimaru was. Naruto was oddly quiet the whole time.
Inside his head Naruto was making a silent promise. He would never forgive the now dubbed snake teme. If he ever saw him, he would use every ounce of his power, even the foxes, to crush the snake. When he came back to reality, his response to the new information was to say "I see".
"Now I suppose we should do something about this girl." The Hokage said. "What do I sign?" Naruto asked. "What do you mean Naruto?" Sarutobi asked, even though he already had an idea what Naruto was asking. "What do I sign to adopt Rin?" Naruto asked again.
An hour later Naruto left the office with a piece of paper that said that the girl in his arms was now Rin Uzumaki, adopted daughter of Naruto Uzumaki.
I felt this was an appropriate place to stop for now. So was this any good? Let me know by pushing that button that says "review". I might have other stories written soon. So no promises on time of next update. By the way, all flames will be used to cook pizza and then ignored in the order they are received.
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