Naruto: Alone...
Well hello everyone, most of the fans of my other stories are probably wondering why I'm paying so much attention to this story over the others. Well I write something when I feel inspired to right it, and honestly the recent Naruto chapters in the manga have been making it extremely hard for me to do anything inspiring that has to do with Naruto. I'm barely able to write these chapters. Anyway enough of Kishimoto and his ability, or lack there of, to write manga.
Now then, may I ask you all a favor. I have a non-Naruto fic on this site (shocker I know), and I would like it if you all took a look at it. Its a Love Hina x Rurouni Kenshin crossover (not a complete one). It is told through an AU Kenshin POV. Please take a look at this story, I really need the feedback or else my story will suffer, so do check it out.
Onto the reviews;
FictionReader98- Well he'll TRY to treat Naruto the same as in the canon, but Naruto will make that very hard for him... Well... actually I think you'll enjoy the idea I have, if not then oh well. And people have been asking/telling me what's going to, or what should happen, just wait and see.
rasengan86- Wel I'll give ya a hint on what's going to happen, he can have everything to do with his Shinobi's and Shinob-in-training's CAREER. And by the time Naruto graduates and gets to the first bell test he will have a different, and slightly more advanced, set of skills from the canon Naruto.
DragonMan180- When you have an ego like Itachi's no one can be spared for any reason what so ever.
Tyrchon- Hahaha. You're right, he was expecting sich a nice and easy mission, but ended up meeting with such an annoying one. That's what makes it so that's my thinking behind the reason for the massacre, with such a huge hit to such a huge ego it would be very disastrous for the damagers involved. Trust me people have killed for more idiotic reasons before.
Kai Dragoon- Yeah, I bet a bunch of D-Rank missions could not be as annoying as chasing Naruto.
unknowndragon- Well to be completely honest I got some inspiration for this story from that, just don't tell anyone.
Wolf among sheep- Man I'm slippin'.
Angel of Chaos- Honestly with the reviews I'm getting I'm beginning to wonder if this should have been the canon (just joking).
ZoneshifterD- Check the message I sent ya, it explains everything.
HarbringerLady- He has basic reading skills, as seen in the second chapter.
Ecchi-ANBU- Quicksand- n.- a portion of ground, or sand, that has water bubbling up from underneath it, causing it to unsettle and resettle over and over, causing a sort of burying/sucking force to those that enter it. Depending on the quality of sand, or dirt, and the amount of water, sand, and dirt, will affect how fast or how far one would sink in quicksand.
Please don't question my intelligence sir, I was simply using my writer's priveledge in order to make comedy, even ZoneshifterD didn't point that out, and he's normally a stick in the mud (or quicksand in this case).
Now that the reviews are out of the way, let's get on with the next chapter of Naruto: Alone!!!!
Chapter 4: Meeting Sarutobi, And Getting Ready For The Academy!
Last Time
"Thank you Itachi-san, you may get some replacement clothing in the ANBU locker room." Sarutobi said as Itachi nodded and made his way out of the room. As he left Sarutobi smiled that his plan had gone so well. Now there was only one thing left to do, convince Naruto to become a shinobi. "Hello there Naruto, I am Sarutobi Sandaime Hokage, and it is a pleasure to finally get to meet you." Sarutobi said as Naruto just kind of stared at him.
And Now For Our Featured Presentation
Naruto stared at Sarutobi for some time. He was not used to being smiled at, and so the way the aged Hokage was weird... what was he trying to pull? "Look, I don't know what I'm here for, and whatever it is I'm sorry." Naruto said as Sarutobi was about to open his mouth. "If its about the steak they say I 'stole', I swear to Kami-sama I found it on the street in a garbage can!" Naruto said as he panicked slightly while the Hokage lifted his hand up.
"Naruto please, this has nothing to do with that. I cannot punish you for such a minor offense." Sarutobi said as Naruto stood up and seriously began panicking.
"Look I don't know what you're talking about! I don't know how that dog ended up with a shaved butt! It was someone else! It was an accident! It had it coming! THE LITTLE MUTT BIT ME!" Naruto began shouting in a crazy and wild tone while the Hokage just sat and stared at the crazy luttle blonde and his rants.
"Naruto calm down! I have not brought you here to punish you, and what are you talking about!? The only report I have recieved of a dog with a shaved butt is Tsume Inuzuka's... partner..." Hokage said as he looked at Naruto with a raised an eyebrow while Naruto grew a sweat drop the size of his head and began chuckling nervously as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Hehehe.. he... he... You know what forget I said anything..." Naruto said as he sat back down. Then, five minutes later, he coughed a few times into his fist. "So... are you going to punish me for something or what? Can't think of any other reasons for being here..." Naruto said as Sarutobi smiled and as he put some tobacco into his pipe.
"Well you see Naruto, I am not here to punish you. You see I am the Hokage, leader of this village, Konoha. The only things I am really in charge of are Shinobi related crimes. The rest such as thefts, organized crime, not paying taxes, and such are left to the Konoha Military Police." Sarutobi said as he smoked some of his tobacco while Naruto stared intently at him. "Are you here to be punished? No Naruto, far from it actually." Sarutobi said as Naruto raised an eyebrow. "In fact I would like to offer you... a position." Sarutobi said as Naruto's eyes widened slightly. "A job, if you would." Sarutobi said as Naruto's jaw dropped.
Now there was something Naruto had never expected to here. 'Offer' and 'job' were words he only expected to hear in his dreams, but they were being spoken to him right now. But Naruto got a questioning look in his eye as he stared down the aged Hokage. "What kind of job are we talking about here?" Naruto asked as Sarutobi chuckled.
"I thought you may ask that." Sarutobi said as he put the cap on his pipe and laid it down. "You see Naruto, I would like to make you a Shinobi, or ninja, of Konoha." Sarutobi said as Naruto leaned foward in his chair. "Like I said I am the leader of Konoha, a ninja village in the Land of Fire, and the most powerful ninja village at that." Sarutobi said as Naruto leaned foward more. "But you see, in order to keep this power our own, we require new Shinobi in order to fill our ranks. So I would like to recruit you, Naruto Uzumaki." Sarutobi finished as Naruto leaned back in his chair and tapped his chin.
"What makes you want to recruit me anyway?" Naruto said as Sarutobi smiled.
"Well Naruto, one only needs to look at your record in the Military Police Station to figure that one out." Sarutobi said as he pulled a file out of the many stacks of papers on his desk. He opened the file and began reading from it. "Naruto Uzumaki, age six, gender male, citizen of Konoha." Sarutobi said as he flipped to the next page. "Criminal record; over one-hundred robberies of many stores throughout Konoha over the past two and a half years. Merchandise stolen includes clothes, ninja equipment, food, water, and the like." Sarutobi said as he turned to the next page.
"In the first year of his crime spree his success rate for theft was 40%, being caught a majority of the times by Chunin. Punishment for crimes has not been recorded.." Sarutobi said as he looked up to see Naruto shutter a little bit before continuing. "In the second year of his crime spree his success rate for theft jumped to a 73%, the Chunin's capabilities of catching him dropping significantly." Sarutobi said as he looked up to see Naruto grinning cheekily while blowing on his finger nails. Sarutobi smiled as he continued.
"And half way into the third year of his crime spree, Naruto Uzumaki's success rate has been... 87%, practically avoiding all Chunin, but still runs into trouble when the occasional Jounin captures him." Sarutobi said as he closed the folder and put it back into his desk while smiling at Naruto. "Now coupling that with the report Itachi Uchiha, an ANBU captain, gave me just a few minutes ago, I don't see why I shouldn't recruit you." Sarutobi said as Naruto resumed his thinking position.
"Okay, then what's in it for me anyway?" Naruto said as Sarutobi smiled and looked at Naruto.
"Well Naruto, along with being a Shinobi of Konoha, you would have to go through the Ninja Academy." Sarutobi said as Naruto sweat dropped.
"And... that's supposed to be good why?" Naruto asked as Sarutobi smiled.
"Well I just thought that meeting, talking, and even possibly playing with kids your own age would be exciting." Sarutobi said as Naruto raised an eyebrow. He had never played with anyone, at all, before, the adults wouldn't let him. "And then there's being assigned to super, secret, and dangerous missions, the likes of which ordinary people only dream about." Sarutobi said as Naruto leaned foward. "Then there's the wealth of experience and 'RESPECT' one gets as a Shinobi." Sarutobi said as a glint went through Naruto's eyes as he leaned foward even more. "And then, there's getting paid..." Sarutobi said as Naruto jumped up on his desk and looked him straight in the eye.
"Paid, that means I get a payment for each mission right?" Naruto asked as Sarutobi nodded. "And I get paid with real money, right?" Naruto asked as Sarutobi nodded again. "Money I could use to buy stuff around here, right?" Naruto asked as Sarutobi nodded. Naruto's fox-like smile grew ten fold as he saw the last nod, he jumped off the aged Hokage's desk and put out his hand. "You got yourself a deal old man, I'll become the best damned Shinobi you've ever seen!" Naruto shouted as Sarutobi shook his hand.
"Good to hear, but watch your mouth young man." Sarutobi said as Naruto nodded.
"Sorry." He said as his smile returned. "Man I can't wait, first I'm going to pass this 'Academy' thing with flying colors! Then I'll go on these super high paying missions and get lots of money! Then I'll buy everything I could ever dream of having, a huge house, a bunch of furniture..." Naruto ranted as Sarutobi simply looked at the boy and smiled as he turned to a picture of the Yondaime Hokage hanging on the wall.
'Yondaime... I hope that wherever you are... that you'll see just what a fine young man you have picked to be Konoha's hero.' Sarutobi thought as he looked at the energetic blonde. 'Whether Konoha wants him or not.' Sarutobi thought as he took the cap off of his pipe and began smoking it again.
"Say old man, when do I go to this 'Academy' thing." Naruto asked, finishing his long rant about his future plans, as Sarutobi simply smiled as he exhaled the smoke, and threw Naruto a calendar. "What's this thing?" Naruto asked as Sarutobi reached for a specific date on the calendar, which was only a few days away from the current day.
"On this date, a couple hours after sunrise, is when the Academy will begin." Sarutobi said as he pointed to the current date, as well as the few days that lead up to that date. "When all of these days are up, is when you go to the Academy." Sarutobi said as Naruto nodded, smiled, and took the calendar.
"No problem! Academy here I come!" Naruto shouted as he ran out of the office, leaving Sarutobi to go from happy, to slightly sad.
'I'm sorry I cannot do too much more for you than this Naruto.' Sarutobi said as he tilted his hat foward. 'Even if I now have the freedoms to choose your Academy instructor as well as your possible Jonin sensei... I'm afraid that's all I can do. Even now, almost the entire council would forbid me from doing too much more for you... I'm afraid you'll have to continue living like you do for the next... possibly half-dozen years...' Sarutobi thought as he remembered just how long it could take Naruto to graduate...
'But then again...' Sarutobi thought as he smirked. 'The training from the Academy would give him better chances of survival...' Sarutobi thought as he looked up at the door Naruto just left through. 'And while he would be surviving, it would help train his ninja skills to a certain degree...' Sarutobi thought as he smirked more. 'Kami-sama works in mysterious ways... maybe getting kicked out of the Orphanage, and living on his own, was actually one of the best things that could have happened to Naruto in this situation.' Sarutobi thought as he looked out of his window towards the sky.
'Kami-sama certainly does work in mysterious ways...' Sarutobi thought as he put his pipe down and began working on the one thing he hated more than anything else, paperwork...
Streets of Konoha
Naruto was walking through Konoha's bustling streets, grinning from ear to ear, causing some of the people on the street to stare at him with midly worried looks. Naruto didn't pay any mind to them today though, because he was about to go somewhere, somewhere that would make his life even better then before! Naruto eventually made a turn into an alley and started walking through them. He thought a lot about what he was going to do when he entered the Academy. But one thought crossed his mind as he was about to enter his hide out...
He really didn't have too much...
He entered his hide out looking down at his clothes. They were old, smelly, and, frankly, looked like they had been eaten, digested, thrown up, and then eaten again. Naruto then looked over at the corner where he kept his ninja equipment. His kunai and shuriken were rusted, the ninja wire was old, and very, very thin. He looked at the old ninja sandals he was wearing, and though he couldn't tell it, the soles were so worn they were probably about ready to give out from underneath him at any second.
Now he couldn't start off a career as a Shinobi of Konoha looking like something the cat dragged in. So Naruto went over to his, old, ninja equipment, and got a few yards of ninja wire. Today Naruto Uzumaki's targets were not food, water, and other such neccesities. No today's targets were new shoes, new clothes, and better ninja equipment. Naruto placed the calender by the make-shift tent he slept in so he wouldn't lose it and ran out. He was on... 'The Hunt'!
Naruto's first, and most likely his easiest, was the ninja equipment. Naruto normally only stole new ninja equipment once per year, in order to avoid some of the more... violent Shinobi that would chase him. But, due to using his newly stolen Shinobi equipment for traps, tricks, and other things, they wore down faster than when he just used them for getting away. So he was due to get some new stuff. Naruto made his ways through the twists and turns of the alleys of Konoha, making his way to the 'Shinobi General Equipment Hut' shop he knew to be at the end of one of these alleys.
Naruto popped his head out of an alley, and looked around for the hut, and indeed there it was. Naruto checked the clock on the inside of the hut, and found that it was the right time to make his move. You see, when Naruto first started stealing equipment two years ago he studied the documents those bad men left behind after he... that's besides the point. Anyway he found out the owner of the shop left his shop everyday around the time the sun was past overhead (noon). So, after checking to make sure this was true, he went into the store, and would rob them of the basic equipment each year, the only people really knowing being the Chunin that would chase him down day after day.
Naruto watched as the man left his shop, and walked down the street humming a tune. Naruto smirked as he made his move into the store, making sure no one saw him going in, after all he couldn't afford another exhausting chase before the Academy... 'HAHAHA! Yeah right!' Naruto thought as he walked into the shop. The shop was a basic shop, lights hanging off the ceiling, with aisles of Shinobi weapons free for the taking. Naruto looked around, reached into one of the many old pockets in his very old pair of pants, and pulled out.. a burlap sack, cliche yes, effective yes.
Naruto made his way into the Kunai aisle and began loading the sack up with kunai, when he heard a gasp from behind him. Naruto turned around slowly to find that he was being watched by a girl, at least a year older than he was, wearing just a pink, no-sleeved t-shirt, and some black shorts. He brown hair was done up in buns, and she had brown-ish eyes. Naruto stared for a moment, and she stared for a moment before she broke the awkward silence. "What are you doing with our kunai?" She asked as Naruto sweat dropped before mouthing 'sorry'.
There were sounds of struggle, yelps for help, and then smothered yelps for help before the shop was silent. We look inside to see Naruto had tied up the mysterious girl with some of his old ninja wire, and then gagged her with one of his old gloves. "Now if I take this glove out of your mouth, you won't scream okay?" Naruto asked as the girl nodded slowly and Naruto took out the glove. The girl gasped for air for a second before glaring at Naruto.
"What's the big idea?! Who are you and who do you think you are?!" She asked as the resident thief sweat dropped.
"Well, my name's Naruto Uzumaki... oh crap I shouldn't have told you my name!" Naruto moaned as his five-year old mind had not thought of that sooner. When he looked up at the girl he noticed something weird... she had stars in her eyes.
"Naruto Uzumaki?" She asked quickly as Naruto nodded. "The Naruto Uzumaki." She asked again as Naruto nodded.
"I'm the only one I know." Naruto said as the stars grew.
"Are you the Street Fox!?" She asked, sounding slightly excited, as Naruto nodded again. Then she did something Naruto could not expect. She squealed in a high pitched squeal like he heard from those 'Fan Girls' that he saw with the guy who caught him earlier today. When she stopped Naruto stared as she began jumping around in her chair. "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! I'm being robbed by the Street Fox! No one at the Academy is going to believe me!" She shouted as Naruto sweat dropped.
"Ummm... Excuse me?" Naruto asked as the girl scooted the seat closer.
"I never thought I would be robbed by the Street Fox himself! And now I am! I mean I expected you to be taller and older, but this is cool never the less!" The girl shouted as Naruto sweat dropped again.
"Umm... Could you tell me why you're acting like this?" Naruto asked as the girl stared in awe at him.
"Don't you know, you're THE Street Fox! You're practically a living legend in our class at the Academy!" The girl said as Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Really?" He asked as the girl nodded ferverously.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes! I mean you steal from shop owners, outrun Chunin and Jonin, and then you disappear out of sight, into the dark of night, all of a sudden! You're like a manga character only for real!" The girl shouted as Naruto grinned and rubbed the back of his head.
'Wow, first the old man, then an entire class at the Academy? I'm more awesome than I thought.' Naruto thought as the girl continued.
"So what do you want to rob from me Street Fox-san!?" She asked as Naruto sweat dropped.
"Well... I'm starting in the Academy myself so I came to steal kunai, which I have, shuriken and ninja wire." Naruto said as the girl nodded.
"Alright if you untie me and promise me to do me another favor, I'll give you those things!" The girl shouted as Naruto nodded and untied her. She then got the things Naruto asked for, faster than he ever thought possible, and put them in his sack. "Wait right here!" She shouted as she ran back into a back room, and ran back out carrying a kunai. "Could you please sign this!?" She shouted as Naruto nodded and began signing the kunai.
"So who do I make this out to?" Naruto asked as the girl giggled.
"My name's Tenten!" Tenten shouted as Naruto signed her name and she squealed. "Oh my God, I'm showing this to everyone back at the Academy when it starts, even Lee!" She shouted as Naruto left. "Thank you!" She shouted as she walked into the back room.
Naruto quickly snuck into the same alley he snuck out of, trying to avoid being caught with his pay load. He had to say, that was the easiest robbery he has ever commited, ever! I mean no one has actually wanted him to steal from them before. Hell, maybe his life was finally getting just a little bit better... ah something was bound to screw up eventually, something always does. Anyway, after coming back to his hideout and dropping off his new supply of Kunai and Shuriken, and then went for the next target, a new pair of ninja sandals.
So Naruto went through the alleys again, and found himself in front of the local shoe store of Konoha, where they sold all sorts of shoes, no matter what they were. And Naruto saw in the window, a pair of blue, and a pair of black Shinobi sandals, the ones he was going to steal. Naruto expertly snuck up tot he entrance of the shoe store, and then looked in through the door to check to see what the people were doing. He noticed that the only two people in the room were busy, one worker helping some woman try on a pair of sandals (the woman being too fat to reach her own feet). Naruto grimaced as he saw an almost equal look of disgust on the guy's face.
Naruto, knowing an easy job when he saw one, so he snuck over to the shoes in the display window, grabbed them, and then snuck out. The shoes may be a little big, but hey that's life. He once again made his way to his hideout, and hid the shoes in it. Now Naruto only had one last target to visit, the clothing store. Naruto never could get away without being spotted, it was almost impossible when you were carrying clothes in your arms. So he knew he had better be ready to run. As Naruto made his way through, he was practically choosing out what clothes he was going to get. They were going to have to be like his current ones; dark, with lots of pocket space. He learned two things; one being clothed in nice, bright, primary colors didn't help you when you are trying to escape (he learned this one the hard way). Two, you're going to need pockets if you plan on getting lots of stuff at once.
Naruto snuck out of the alley that lead to the clothing store, and snuck to the front entrance. He glided inside of the store, and made his way to where they usually had clothes his size, baggy clothes, once again not that great of an idea. Naruto looked around for only a second before grabbing at least three sets of clothes. The first was a black shirt, which also had also hanging with it, a pair of cargo pants similar to his own, only a bit less worn, and they tightened around the ankles.
The second set was a forest green shirt that went along with a pair of camo-brown pants with those weird pockets he usually saw on the sides of the pants that the people who chased him had on. He then picked out something he really didn't want, but he could hear the shop keeper coming. It was a red-orange shirt, with a pair of blue ninja pants. And for some of the cold nights that could be coming soon a black, forest green, and blue trench coat, all three of them had some dark red spiral on their backs.
Naruto piled all three of the sets of clothes on top of his arms and just began making a mad dash for the front door. After all there was no way in hell he was not going to be at least seen with all of these clothes. Naruto had just made it out of the door, before the owner of the shop called some Chunin, and the chase was on. But right now, Naruto wasn't in the mood for a chase, he had a long, and confusing for the most part, day. So Naruto decided to let out the big one... Naruto put all of the clothes he was carrying into one arm, and then grabbed a kunai with the free arm. He then turned his head so he could smile at his pursuers, before cutting open three cargo-pockets on his left leg, releasing many rusted, old nails, and they scattered onto the ground.
Naruto almost went crazy laughing when he heard the string of curses coming from the two Chunin he had just given permanent feet problems as he ran into an alley, into safety. By the time Naruto had reached his hideout, he was still snickering about how well that tricked worked, and tried to remember to find more nails like that so he could reload that little trick. Naruto laid the clothes by his tent, and then walked into his tent. The calender Sarutobi had given him he carried in with him, and then marked out the current date, seeing as it was practically sundown.
Naruto yawned as he prepared himself for a little trick he had learnt during the first half of his second year living in this dump... sleeping with your eyes open. Naruto couldn't count the amount of times during his first year that one of those weird talking dogs would sneak in, and start attacking him in his sleep... but he got them back alright... hehehe. But putting that thought aside Naruto relaxed his body and mind, and a few seconds later his face lost all expression, his eyes all of their mirth, as his head tilted down slightly. Falling into a... only slightly comforting, yet alert sleep...
Omake
Naruto expertly snuck up to the entrance of the shoe store, and doing like he saw some other guy do before him, put his hands to his mouth and began screaming at the top of his lungs. "Shoe sale! Shoe sale!" Naruto shouted as he looked both ways down the street.
'Huh. Last time I saw the owner of this place do that the place was flooded before I could even blink...' Naruto thought as suddenly pebbles on the street began clicking around. Naruto this time looked down the streets to see women, of all ages, come running down the streets, huge hearts in their eyes.
"Not again!" Naruto heard from behind him as he turned around to see the shop owner of the store glare at him. "I'll get you back for this later kid!" The owner of the store shouted as he locked himself in his back room. Naruto was just about to jump right in with him... when just then the store immediately became filled to the brim! Naruto just about suffocated before grabbing the shoes he was looking foward to stealing, and then forcing his way through the almost endless sea of shoe-crazed women, out into the streets.
Omake 2
(If you haven't seen the 'Shoes' video on the internet you wouldn't undertand this one)
Naruto knew an easy job when he saw one so he snuck over to the shoes in the diplay window, grabbed then, and almost got away before the guy who was trying to get the shoe onto the fat lady. "Hey brat, I think you have two too many shoes." The guy said as he glared at Naruto, and Naruto glared back.
"Shut up!" Naruto said as he ran out and the guy sweat dropped.
"Oh well... I have bigger problems... literally." The guy said as he looked over to the fat lady, and tried to put the shoes on again, but failed. "Miss, these shoes' style is kinda small... and you're feet are really big." The guy said as the fat lady glared at him.
"Oh..." She said, before proceeding to strangle him.
Omake 3
(I'm on a roll)
Naruto walked in front of the clothing store, and just as he did at the shoe store, with only a slight modification, put his hand to his mouth, and began screaming. "RED LIGHT SAVING'S SALE! EVERYTHING'S 99 OFF! EVERYTHING MUST GO!" Naruto shouted as he was suddenly grabbed by the shoulders by the store owner and turned around.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE!?" The guy shouted as Naruto shook his head no. "Honey come on, into the bunker!" The guy shouted as they saw his wife running through the store.
"SALE SALE SALE SALE!" She shouted as she picked up random clothes.
"OH NO WE'VE LOST HER!" The owner said as he turned back to Naruto. "I've never really cared about you but... RUN! THIS IS TOO VIOLENT A DEATH EVEN FOR YOU!!!!" The guy shouted as he opened up a section of the floor, jumped into it, and then slammed it shut. Naruto stared, before he noticed that a glass of water that was on the counter began shaking. Naruto turned around to find the most terrifying sight of his life.
Women were coming from everywhere! From down the street, out of apartment windows, off of roofs, out of the alleys, out of the sewers, HELL THEY WERE EVEN PARACHUTING DOWN OF THE SKY! Naruto stared as he tried to run off, but failed before he was trammpled to death of the mob of sales crazed women.
CHAPTER DONE! Don't forget to check out my other stories. R&R!!!