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Chapter 6
Sakura had finally taken Naruto out of the house for a walk around the village.
So far everything was going well, they walked around the market place and looked into different shops
"Hey Naruto, look at this shirt! It looks great!" Sakura said with an excited look
Naruto looked at the shirt and he wasn't a fashion person and most people would say that that would be obvious considering what he wore most of the time
"It looks good" he says trying to sound interested. It paid off for him when Sakura turned to him with cheery eye's
"Yeah me and Ino may have to come and see these shirts later" she looked playfully at Naruto
"And if you behave and eat all of your vegetables at dinner tonight I might bring you something back"
Naruto lit up
"Like Ramen!" Sakura sweat dropped
"No, Naruto, no Ramen" she deadpanned
She saw another shop and began to drag Naruto towards it
"Let's go look at those new dresses Naruto"
At the Hokage Tower
Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Gai stood in the Hokage's office as they discussed amongst themselves about Naruto Uzumaki.
Tsunade spoke up first "As some of you may be aware, Naruto has come along a long ways in his recovery, partially due to his healing" she said as the assembled people nodded their heads
"So, I believe that now is the time we should consider his training towards being re-instated as a leaf ninja. Jiraiya has begun teaching him in the art of sealing but a ninja cannot just rely on one skill set. So where do we look next."
She turned her head towards Gai
"You're the Leafs top Taijutsu specialist and expert, is there a style that you can think of that Naruto could use?"
Gai looked thoughtful for a moment before he flashed one of his signature smiles
"I admire young Naruto's youthfulness in aiming towards becoming a greater ninja and Taijutsu is the perfect place to look! While he cannot do Goken, I would recommend he use styles that conserve energy such as Jujitsu, Aikido, Tai chi, and Wing Chun and his main offensive style should deal with his strongest part, his legs, Tae Kwan Do"
Tsunade made a mental note of what he said before turning to Jiraiya
"What about your end of his training?" she asked, honestly interested in how Naruto was progressing
Jiraiya's face lit up in a smile
"That kid is definitely an Uzumaki, he may be an idiot in most areas but I was amazed when I saw how quickly he began to learn how to make and use seals. Give the kid a few more years of learning the art and he'll probably be at my level, heck, it wouldn't surprise me if he surpassed my skills in that area!"
To say the other inhabitants in the room were shocked was an understatement. It was rare that a ninja had talent in the sealing arts. In the academy the most they learned about it was how to use exploding tag and storage seals, they didn't even learn how to make their own. If this had been taught more seriously in the Academy then Naruto may have avoided being deadlast.
But Jiraiya wasn't done yet
"I've also began teaching him meditation and while the kid wasn't thrilled about learning it, he's finally studying the art and can meditate easily enough. In a short span of time he may qualify for Sage training"
"Are you serious!?" Tsunade asked. Sages were incredibly rare and her former teammate was the only Sage the Leaf village had. Sarutobi, the 3rd Hokage had been one as well but was now gone leaving the Toad Sage as the only ninja with the knowledge and training.
"Princess Tsunade, I'm offended, you should know that I wouldn't joke about this"
The rooms inhabitants looked thoughtful, then Kakashi spoke up
"Should we be doing this?"
All the heads turned towards him
"what do you mean Kakashi?" Gai said
"I mean encouraging Naruto! If he just stays in the village he can be safe, he doesn't need to go out and be a ninja and put his life on the line and us cheering him on while we should be trying to talk him out of it may end up killing him!"
Everyone looked shocked at Kakashi's statement. Finally it was Jiraiya who spoke up
"We get what you're saying Kakashi, and I understand how you feel, but even if we did tell him to quit, that little brat would still push himself to the limit and potentially become a ninja again and fulfill his dream. He's more likely to survive with our help than without it"
Kakashi sighed, they were right.
"Fine, your right, but if we're going to be trying to better prepare Naruto for what is to come then I think we should talk about weapons"
Everyone turned their attention towards Kakashi
"Naruto lacks a desire to kill so I wouldn't recommend a sword or anything like that but I think Naruto would do well with a staff, it's not made to be lethal and is probably the least threatening weapon out there. Another one that might be good would be the rope dart; it's good for mid to long range attack and can be used to defend against other attacks"
Tsunade nodded her head "That sounds like it could be useful, and it's something to definitely look into"
"There's also the issue of stealth" Jiraiya said causing everyone to put their attention on him
"We all know that Naruto's chakra pretty much put a big 'here I am, come and get me' sign above his head. Normally he would learn jutsu to help better hide his chakra but now that's out of the question, so I recommend an alternative" he said pausing
"Detection" he said making those nearby take on looks that showed that they found the idea intriguing
Sensory type ninja were those who specialized in sensing chakra and Naruto had showed potential in the Academy but none of his teachers picked it up and trained him in the art and Iruka did not have the means to teach him the skills needed
"Sensory types not only sense their opponents and allies chakra but can also predict them, sense when their lying and tell things about them. If their skill is up to a high enough level" Kakashi said
"This is all interesting and we should definitely come back to this at a later date but there something else we need to discuss" Jiraiya said
"Wait, before we do that how is Naruto?" Gai asked as he had hardly had time to see the young genin since he had awoken from his coma.
Tsunade smiled a bit "His regenerative abilities are amazing, not only does he recover and heal faster but he also adapts and his body is aleady learning how to work in a new way. In the last few months since he has been awake and recovering he has progressed in a few months what normally takes years. I believe that by his 14th birthday he may be able to go on D rank missions"
Gai looked flabbergasted
Kakashi looked impressed
Jiraiya had a smirk going as if Naruto's healing all had something to do with being his student
Tsunade was envious of such an ability as unlike hers it didn't shorten his life.
"Now back to what else we need to talk about" she said with a serious gleam to her eye.
"Sasuke is being transferred to the capitol in a week and the council is furious that we're trying him as a traitor"
"The council still panders to the unyouthful Uchiha even now?" said Gai clearly unhappy
"Just the civilian side and some of the elders, the shinobi council is ready to string Sasuke by his toes and that's not even taking into account that some of their kids were nearly killed because of him. The main reason that the civilian council is still defending Sasuke is because they saw the Senju and Uchiha as the only things keeping the village safe and now that I'm too old to have kids and the Uchiha clan is all but gone they see Sasuke as their last hope" Tsunade said
"Then maybe we should announce Naruto as the true heir of the Uzumaki clan" Kakashi said
With everyone turning to look at him
"What?"
"How do you know that it was suppose to be an A rank secret!" Tsunade said
"I personally knew Kushina so I heard and was told a few things I probably shouldn't have known"
Tsunade face palmed "Of course you knew"
Gai looked around the room confused "Knew what?"
Jiraiya sat back in the chair he was using "When the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed the surviving Uzumaki clan members were sent throughout the four corners of the world. Everyone knows this story. However, what they don't know about is the royal Uzumaki family"
"The royal Uzumaki?" Gai said
"The Uzumaki clan like most clans of the time had a branch family. The Uzumaki had two branch families, which were the Land of Whirlpools Samurai and Ninja clans respectfully. The Political family was the royal family who was taught in both families techniques mainly for self defense the three families treated each other equal more or less, as they trusted each family to do their part in protecting their nation. But when the Land of Whirlpools was attacked they had some people on the inside who were apparently trusted enough to be allowed into the clan compound where they slaughtered the royal branch of the family, or at least that's what they thought. An Advisor to the Daimyo at the time had apparently had a vision of the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and trusted his instincts and managed to save the Daimyo's youngest daughter: Kushina Uzumaki who would later marry Minato Namikaze: the 4th Hokage and would have a son: Naruto Uzumaki" Jiraiya said
Gai looked flabbergasted and appeared as if he couldn't speak before finally getting some words out
"WAIT A MOMMENT! If what you just said is true then that means that Naruto is a-"
"Daimyo" Kakashi finished in his calm, yet bored voice
"By the way" Kakashi said turning to Jiraiya "I'm taking you out to an all you can eat buffet for making Gai speechless"
"Lady Hokage if he really is who you said he was then couldn't he go to the Land of Whirlpools?" Gai asked
Ever since the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools there had been traps and dangerous seals that had apparently been activated that kept everyone out, making it impossible for anyone to get the Uzumaki clans powerful secrets. It was like the elemental nations Bermuda triangle
Ninja went in but they never came out
"Yes he could as the seals were made to keep everyone out BUT the royal branch" Tsunade said
"Alternatively we could tell everyone that he's the son of the 4th Hokge" Kakashi said
"I do NOT want a war with the Stone or Cloud villages right now" she said rubbing her head as she felt a headache beginning to form
So the discussions continued
Back with Naruto and Sakura
"Troublesome" was what Naruto heard for the third time that day
He had been with Sakura for a while now as he would usually sit down in a bench or chair as Sakura would look at clothes and try them on.
It had been while they were out that they had run into Ino and Shikamaru.
Ino had nearly had a conemption when she saw him up and walking around and had actually began to get onto Sakura for letting him go out and about before Sakura managed to calm her down and explain everything to her
Then they had apparently decided to go shopping together and while they were in changing rooms Naruto and Shikamaru was sitting on a bench waiting for the two girls to come out and tell them how good they looked
But first there was something Naruto wanted to know
"How did you get dragged into this Shikamaru?"
Then Shikamaru said troublesome for the fourth time that day.
"I was sleeping and having a wonderful dream about watching clouds" Naruto sweatdropped
"When suddenly my mother burst into my room and chased me out of the house telling me I need fresh air. Then I decided to take a shortcut to my usual cloud watching place but Ino was on her way here and saw me and forced me to come along"
Naruto couldn't help but laugh at the image of Shikamaru, the laziest person he knew, carrying Ino's things like they were a couple.
But the laughing quickly turned into coughing where he coughed up blood again
"Naruto are you ok!?" Shikamaru asked, clearly worried
After the pain in his chest subsided he turned to Shikamaru with a pained smile
"Yeah don't worry, Grandma said that I would be coughing up blood until there isn't any more for me to cough up, but she says it'll still hurt whenever I cough"
Shikamaru looked at Naruto with a pained and guilty expression
"That sounds bad"
"It's only bad when I cough; I'm almost used to everything else"
Shikamaru wore an uncomfortable expression as he ran a hand through his hair. The truth was that he still felt guilty about what happened to Naruto on that mission and believed that if he had been a better ninja then maybe Naruto wouldn't have to go through so much pain even now when everyone else was recovered.
"Listen Naruto I-"
"Don't worry about it ya'know"
Shikamaru looked over to Naruto in surprise
"I figured that you felt bad about the mission and it wasn't your fault, we went in thinking that Sasuke had been kidnapped but he really went with them on his own and you couldn't have known that so this" he said placing his hand over the scar that was on his right chest "Is not your fault, you didn't do it and I know that in the future you'll be a great ninja and leader and you'd better make sure you are because when I'm Hokage I'm going to need an advisor"
Shikamaru couldn't help but smile in relief
"Sure, I'll be your advisor. Oh, and Naruto?"
"Yeah, Shikamaru?"
"Thank you"
Naruto just nodded his head
Inside the dressing rooms Sakura and Ino smiled after finishing easdropping on the conversation. Ino in particular as she was worried about Shikamaru beating himself up over this. luckily it didn't take much to convince his mom to kick Shikamaru out and Ino knew where he was going so she could intercept him and bring him here. Even Sakura had gone along with the plan.
Finally Sakura and Ino came out and they showed the clothes off to Naruto and Shikamaru who said they looked nice and after making their purchases the group of four left.
While they were passing a stand selling some gadgets from the Land of Snow/Spring. One of them sent a charge of electricity up some metal poles.
Normally they wouldn't have paid much attention to it
Except, this time Naruto jumped away from it and noticeably stiffened, it wasn't a large jump but it was noticed by both Shikamaru and Sakura.
They shouldn't have been surprised though.
Not all Scars are physical after all
Ok I decided to include Shikamaru in this because I felt like he would be having a hard time with Naruto's injuries. Also threw in some ShikaIno there. This also talked about some of the things I'm looking into giving Naruto, Now for the whole Whirlpool and Uzumaki clan thing we were never given a lot of information them or Kushina so I kinda came up with this idea from 'How did Kushina and the other Uzumaki survive Whirlpool?'. Naruto will not be OP, this is about him and Sakura dealing with Their 'Scars' both physically, mentally and emotionally.
Now I am going to confront something I am afraid that most people may have misunderstood.
I do not hate Hinata, she isn't my favorite character either. I personally feel like she did have potential with her backstory of her trying to bring peace to the Hyugga clan, even though I would have still preferred NaruSaku, but Hinata and that story are never really used and rarely brought up. I actually would have liked Hinata with Kiba or Sasuke. But I think she, like Shino and Chojii, had potential and wasn't really used. Another reason why I don't like Hinata, and remember I do not hate her to me she was just there sometimes, was because she was too perfect. Let me explain that a bit better, the emotions we saw from Hinata was Happy, Sad, Shy, and stalker, not sure if that last one counts. But my point is we never saw her angry or jealous or any of those negative emotions and a lot of Hinata supporters make this out to be a great thing but to me I want a character I can relate too, that means seeing them happy, sad, jealous, angry, things that make us human I want to see characters struggle and overcome the odds showing that they are human and we really didn't see that with Hinata. So when I mentioned Hinata getting angry last Chapter I was trying to show that she was not perfect that even she had a breaking point where she would flip out on someone just like we do.
Now for your favorite part Reviews!
UzumakiNS212: Thanks!
Naru285: I actually like Sasuke so this isn't a 'Sasuke is Evil' Fic. I actually like Sasuke but I like him more as a villain as I think he makes a great one since Sasuke believes he's doing the right thing from his point of view which Villains like that are the most interesting in my opinion. This story will kinda play the whole Naruto/Sasuke thing as a moral battle, which one is the real hero, which one is right?
Marevel: I couldn't find where that was explicitly stated, only saw that as what some people said. From what I could find they left it in the dark.
Thedarkpokemaster: I agree and Neji was one of my favorites too, still NaruHina doesn't make sense to me while NaruSaku does, well to everyman his own!
Guest: I stated above why I do not hate Hinata.
Geraze90: Seals will be a big thing for him later on and I'm glad you liked the chapter!
Thank you for reading and please review!
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