02. Who am I?
////////////In a Forest far form Konoha////////////
It was late in the day a man was cooking, his son had hunted one small deer to eat for dinner that night the man was worried for the boy that he and his son Ryo had found in the shore of the river more than one week ago, because the boy had not yet woken up he was thinking 'Perhaps the boy hit his head with something when the river dragged him with the current' his thoughts were interrupted by Ryo when he was calling his father so that come be the tent, he ran and looked at his son and ask "What happen?, did the boy wake up?" Ryo answered "Yes, I think that he finally woke up dad" He looked at the tent and notice that Ryo was right the boy had finally woken up, he walked in the tent and sat down in dome distance next to the boy to not scare him Ryo walked next to his father curious of the other boy.
Naruto tried to open his eyes for a couple of minutes after great difficulty he finally was able to opened his blue eyes, from where he was he began to look around and saw a man and a boy to another side of the tent, with difficulty he began to sit up, but a soft yet firm hand stopped him, the man said "Hello there, my name is a Takeshi and this is my son Ryo." Takeshi waited for the boy in front of him to answer, but the boy only looked at him in silence so he asked "What is you name?" Naruto looked at the boy behind the man and trying to remember his name, but he couldn't remember and with a low soft voice he answered "I don't know."
The man looked at Naruto for a few seconds thinking 'Perhaps he really hit its his head' the silence was interrupted by Ryo "If you don't want to tell us your name only say it ok, but we have taken care of you for one week the least you can say is thanks." Naruto looked at Ryo for a moment and continued trying to remember who he was and where he was from, and if the boy in front of him was telling the truth they had been taking care of him for week and he didn't want to be rude with them. Takeshi looked at his son and with just a look said 'Stop it' Ryo looked at his father and knew he was scaring the other boy, the man looked at Naruto who was still looking at them.
"It's ok if you don't want to tell us your name, you have just woken up in a place you don't known with the people that you have never seen" Naruto looked at the man and the boy and said "I really don't know who I am" the Takeshi studied the boy's face carefully and I notice that he was not lying "As I thought, perhaps you hit your head with something in the river, and now you don't remember who you are." Naruto looked down not knowing that to do, he didn't have any memory of his past, and it was in a place and with people he had never seen Takeshi felt pity for the boy and said "Don't worry I was ones a shinobi, and Ryo here is very good to, we can help you and teach you if you want to stay with us." Naruto smiled at Takeshi and asked "Really Sr.?" Takeshi smiled "Yes and please just call me Takeshi, there is no need of formalities" the smile of Naruto became bigger. "Now how would you like to be call?" Takeshi asked Naruto thought for a couple of minutes and said "I don't know" Takeshi thought of a name for the boy in front of him after a few minutes said "Well what about Kyo is almost like my son's" Naruti looked at Takeshi and Ryo for a few seconds and notice that Ryo was smiling at what his father just suggested and said "Yea Kyo, I like it."
"Well then I suppose you are hungry?" Takeshi asked but before Naruto/Kyo could answer his stomach answered of him, hearing this Takeshi began to laugh and said " Well I will take that as a yes" Takeshi gave him a pair of blue pants with a pair of sandals of the same color and a red shirt " Now get dress we will wait for you outside to eat" with that Takeshi raised and began to walk towards the bonfire that he had prepared earlier with Ryo for dinner, leaving behind Naruto/Kyo in the tent so that he could get dress with his new clothes, a few minutes later Naruto/Kyo walked out of the tent dressed and took a seat on a rock to eat, Takeshi and Ryo told him how they had found him and that now they were in the middle of a forest, Takeshi he said "Kyo you have to eat and rest tomorrow we will begin to train you because sometimes Ryo and I will leave you alone to do missions from small villages for time to time for money and sometimes they are dangerous and we can't take you until we know that you can defend your self. Kyo looked at Takeshi for a few moments and said "Don't worry I will do everything you say" they continued to talk until midnight and later went sleep.
//////////The Next Day///////////
The next day Kyo woke up early and in silence it went out of the tent, ones outside he looked around and heard a river running be not very far from where they were camping he followed de sound of the water and minutes later he was in front of a river middle of the forest walking towards the shore he washed his face with the fresh water and thinking of his past his thoughts were interrupted by Takeshi "Apparently you likes to get up early" Kyo turn around and he said "I don't think so I like waking up early, but if you ask me I think that is you have been sleeping for a week you would woke up early " Takeshi laugh after listening to what Kyo said "Hahahaha I think you are right, and don't worry your memory will return in time but let me give you something that is yours" Takeshi extended his hand to Kyo and gave him a necklace with a single green crystal and said " This is the only thing that we saved when we find you."
Kyo ask "Really this is the only thing?" Takeshi looked the sad expression on Kyo's face and said "Well it is the only thing that we could rescue, your clothes were rip and I believe that your other things got lost in the river" Kyo looked down for a few moments and he said "Well I suppose this is the only thing that I have now" Takeshi looked and said "Don't worry we will help you, and I believe that Ryo likes you to tell you the truth he always wanted a brother when he was little, but after my wife died everything changed" Kyo said "I'm sorry" Takeshi looked at him "Don't worry, now I believe that breakfast is almost ready and we better eat because we will be training you later that." Takeshi began to walk towards the camp, Kyo looked at the rising sun and thought 'Some day I will know who I am' and began to walk to the camp behind Takeshi.
//////////Konoha//////////
Sakura was in her room looking at the photo of the team 7 remembering of those days "What it would I not give to return to those days" walking to the photo she touch the picture with her finger on the image of Naruto "I'm sorry for asked you I never thought that this would happen, I'm sorry for always treated you bad, beating you but now I realize that it was you who were always there for me and not Sasuke-kun" Sakura said to her herself after a few seconds she began to cry, the door her room opened and Mrs. Haruno walked in towards her daughter and said "Sakura why are you crying?" Sakura looked at her mother "Because is my fault, he died because I made him promise to bring Sasuke-kun back."
Mrs. Haruno looked at her daughter for few minutes and said "Sakura" "But mom he saved me from Gaara when the sound and the sand attacked, now I realize that it was him the one who always helped me" Mrs. Haruno said "Dear the only thing that I can say to you is that he was a good boy, perhaps he was hated by many of the villagers but I believe that that made him strongest." Sakura looked at her mother for a few moments and asked "What do you mean be saying he was hated by the villagers?" Mrs. Haruno looked at her daughter and said "I can't tell to you" Mrs. Haruno got up and walked out side the room looking over her daughter said "You have to learns from this and train so you will be able to help your friends the next time."
/////////////Hokage Tower//////////////
Tsunade was seated in her office thinking about the boy that she considers the part of her family, the boy who changed her life and she could not believe that this had happened, four days ago she send a few ninjas to stop some villagers who wanted the burn Naruto's apartment to erase the memory and to celebrate the death of the demon child as they called Naruto, if it was not for Jiraiya who stopped her they probably had died a painful death, she was thinking about the conversation of that day.
////////Flashback/////////
Tsunade was sitting in her office when notice Jiraiya was entering be the window " What do you want Jiraiya? I want to be alone today." Jiraiya looked at her and said " You known, you can't execute every person of the village" Tsunade turned towards him to hit him but stopped when he continued "If he was here he will not want this " looking down at Tsunade he said "I know he probably will just smile and act like it never happen, to tell you the truth he had too good heart for his good." Jiraiya turned towards the photo of the Youndaime and thought for a few seconds and looked at the window to the village "I know, Minato was too good for his own good too."
Tsunade got up and walked towards the window next to Jiraiya "Yes, like father like son I supposes but can't stop thinking how the villagers treated him, but what angers me more is that even if he is not here they keep on thinking that he was Kyuubi" Jiraiya thought for a few minutes and said "Well I been thinking we can tell the village the true about Naruto, remember the only reason Minato and Sarutobi-sensei concealed the truth about him was to protect Naruto but now he is gone and the least we can do is tell the truth and they will stop hating him and will see it him as a hero." Tsunade turned and looked at the photos of her predecessors and especially to the photo of Youndaime and thought, 'If Naruto had live perhaps he may have look the same at that age' looking at Jiraiya Tsunade said "We should call the villagers tomorrow morning you and I will tell to the villagers that the boy they so much have hated was the son of Minato, their hero."
/////////Next Day in Konoha/////////////
Tsunade was sitting in her office when someone knock the door, she called whoever was in another side of the door to enter, Tsunade only looked and knew what he would ask "Kakashi I know what you are about to ask and yes Jiraiya and I decided to tell the true about the night of the Kyuubi's attack, this way perhaps the villagers will stop hating Naruto also Jaraiya explained to you why we never told no one" Kakashi looked at the floor for few seconds and asked "But why I was not informed that Minato-sensei had a son, I might have help Naruto if I only had known." He was answered by Jiraiya when he enter be the window "He feared of putting Naruto and you in danger after Kushina died, he knew if people knew he had a son his enemies would tried to kill him and if you were with him kill you too" Kakashi looked at the picture of his sensei on the wall and asked " When are you telling the village?" Tsunade said "Today that's why we have called the villagers to come this morning."
Jiraiya walked towards Tsunade and handle a golden scroll with the symbol of Hokage Tsunade studied the scroll and asked "Is this the scroll Minato left to Naruto?" Jiraiya answered "Yes the scroll have two part the first part explain why he did what he did and the second one has a few seals, I studied the seals and they are a chakra seal and a blood seal Naruto was the only one capable of opening them" Tsunade opens the first part of scroll and he began to read after some minutes she roll the scroll and said "Good everything is here, I only have to read it out aloud to the villagers" Tsunade looked at the clock in the wall and notice it was almost time, ordering Kakashi to wait with the rest of the shinobi and villagers Tsunade and Jiraiya began to walk towards the balcony of the Hokage tower.
Out from the tower the people of Kanoha were waiting for the Hokage, Tsunade and Jiraiya walked to the balcony and seeing that the villagers were assembled they approached the rail of balcony to look at the villagers, observe the villagers for a few minutes she begin her speech "In light of resent events I the Godaime Hokage and Jiraiya of the Sannins will tell you the truth of October 10 the night of the Kyuubi's attack almost thirteen years ago." The villagers looked at the Hokage in disbelieve, all the villagers were in silence for few minutes the Hokage unroll a scroll and look at the villagers for last time before beginning reading and said "This scroll was left by Minato Namikaze the Yondaime Hokage the night of the attack" and began to read.
Night of October 10
I Minato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage will explain to whoever read this scroll of the events and truth of this night, the people and the village of Konoha is under attack of Kyuubi the nine tail fox that is said to be the strongest demon of all nine tail demons on this world, our people are doing everything possible to stop Kyuubi but Kyuubi has the capacity of healing that is not natural also it has the power to break mountains, to create tsunamis and quakes of the ground in spite of only using his tails, the only way of stopping Kyuubi is at this point only sealing it, but I cannot seal it in any thing, the only way of stop Kyuubi is it to seal in a bodyof an infant with chakra, in someone that his chakra system not yet developed by the reason that if I seal Kyuubi in an adult body this person will die for the invasion of Kyuubi's chakra and Kyuubi will be free again.
As Hokage and as a parent I cannot ask a father to give his son so I be able to place a load so big a burden as big like Kyuubi, for this reason I chose my newborn baby son Naruto, he will have the surname of his mother Kushina Uzumaki since I know if any of my enemies knows that I have a son will treat to kill him or to attack the village or the people and as a father I want my son to live a normal and save life, but I know that with the love and the care of the villagers and the help of Sandaime or whoever is named Hokage, he will keep on protecting this village as I did, and keeping Kyuubi under control, and will be one of the best shinobi this village will have and will protect it and his people with all his heart.
In order to seal Kyuubi inside his body without killing him or leaving Kyuubi free, I will use my own body as a mediator in the process will die, but this also will increase the power of the seal, the seal that I created will keep Kyuubi inside Naruto but also will keep and separate their minds with time Naruto will be capable of using the power of Kyuubi, but in no circumstance it will be Kyuubi, he is only the prison guard the jailer not the prisoner the one that will keep Kyuubi sealed in the prison under control and because of it to be a hero after this day I know my last wish will come true and the villagers will see him as one, I as the Youndaime Hokage have to do any thing in my power to protect Konoha even to the cost of my own life for we are family.
Sincerely
Minato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage
After finishing Tsunade to roll the scroll and way walked back so that Jiraiya could go to the front to speck to the village " I as the sensei of Minato the Yondaime Hokage, can verify that what Tsunade the Godaime Hokage had said is true, and that this village fell in seeing Naruto Uzumaki for what he really was a hero as his father Minato instead you saw him as the monster the demon he was saving us from and he suffer his hold life for something that was not his fault" after finishing the walked with Tsunade to her office leaving the villagers in silence and a big regret of how they had treated and innocent boy of something that was not his fault.
The rookie 9 and team Gai looked at their senseis in disbelieve of what Tsunade and Jiraiya had said because one the history of the Kyuubi's defeat was a lie and two because the boy that they thought they knew was the son of the biggest hero the village had ever have, and had lived a life full of hate from the villagers, with no a family and no friends on the best part of his life each of them began to think.
Neji 'Then this was what he was speaking the day of the struggle in the chunin exams' Ten ten 'I really had not even idea' Lee 'He really was the one that had the bigger flame of youth never giving up' Ino 'He never gave up he suffered all his life, without a family' Shikamaru 'That explains the cold and hateful glares of the villagers' Chouji 'I was not accepted by children of my age back then and it was difficult but been hated by the whole village al your life…' Hinata 'Ah Naruto-kun' (she fainted) Kiba 'You idiot you should have said something to us' Shino 'My insects always were saying that his chakra was different and that he was hiding something' Sakura 'I cannot believe it he suffered so much but was never giving up always smiling and I treated him so badly giving him more pain' (she was crying now)
//////////Orochimaru's Base///////////
Orochimaru was seated in the deep of his base he was furious that his plan had been ruined, his spies have communicated that Sasuke was stopped by Naruto in his attentive of leaving the village and the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki dying in the process and Sasuke now was under alert be Anbu and the security around the village was increase because the Sound's Four were capable of infiltrating the village, his thoughts were interrupted by Kabuto "Orochimaru-sama we have received new information about Akatsuki evidently they have been delay with their projects with the events in the leaf and now it will take at least four years to reverse the pulse of the statue where they were to keep the Bijuus."
Orochinaru remained in silence for a few minutes and order Kabuto to go away, the continued thinking 'So Akatsuki has been delayed in their plans, probably they will continue in their search of new jutsus and will keep on looking for me for the ring of Akatsuki that I still have, well with Akatsuki having problems I have more time to capture Sasuke and to have the Sharingan" and he began to laugh, his laugh could be heard in the deep of the base.