Yata! My longest chapter release for any of my fanfictions ever! I was aiming for
Naruto wakes up with a weight on his chest, which he is not used to. 'What the heck?!' Naruto exclaims mentally, his eyes snapping open, taking in his surroundings. 'Where the heck am I?' Naruto silently mused, then a familiar smell of cinnamon his nose, and he looked down. "Oh yeah... That's what happened..." Naruto happily mused happily as he remembered.
Konan nuzzled more into Naruto's chest, almost fully awake, then bolted awake. Not used to the feeling of her pillow breathing. 'Wha?! Who?!' Konan thought, stiffening, her eyes flying open, she was too afraid to move an inch. "K- Kyaaaaaaaa!" Konan screamed, her paper cloak going into defensive mode at her chakra spike.
Naruto was covering his ringing ears, after being caught with what he thought was a strong paper bomb explosion. "Ite... Ite... Ite..." Naruto trailed lightly, as his ears calmed down a little.
Konan looked down at the person she was laying with, and the memories flooded back to her. "Gomen Naru-kun!" She exclaimed, then a second later "Shinra Tensei!" was heard, launching the door, and most of the wall to the other side of the room. Taking out the sliding doors wall too.
"Konan are you ok!?" Nagato exclaimed concernedly, looking around the room for an intruder or something. "What happened?" Nagato asked, slightly annoyed that he was awoken for no apparent reason he could tell.
Konan, and Naruto sweat dropped, and chuckled nervously at this. "Gomen Oto-san... I'm not used to waking up in bed with anyone, so I freaked out. I'm fine, I promise." Konan said with a reassuring smile to her father sweat dropping at them.
Yuuki was behind Nagato, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, and looking over his shoulder. "Don't feel bad it was pretty much the same way when me, and Nagato first slept together, but more violent." Yuuki said, when she was done clearing the sleepiness, her normal attentive, and Piercing gaze returned to her graceful face.
Naruto realized Konan was still on top of him. "Ano... As much as I am comfortable like this, but tou-san you promised to train me?" Naruto asked, a hopeful tone to his voice as he spoke.
Nagato chuckled and nodded. "Nice change, and yeah, meet me in the training room in ten minutes." He says, then intentionally leaves without telling him where it was. Giving Konan a look that said "Don't say anything", his wife already understanding the first test.
Konan nodded, then hopped off the bed, following her dad. "See you in a few Naruto-kun!" she yelled over her shoulder with a giggle.
Yuuki followed them, keeping in step, not saying a word to Naruto in case she slipped up.
Naruto quickly realizes that none of them told him where the training room is. 'Crappp!' Naruto thought exasperatedly, putting his cloak back on. 'Where could it be?' Naruto thought curiously, then his nose caught wiff of a wonderful smell he smelt last night trailing down the hallway. 'Thank you kaa-san for my enhanced senses. ^^' Naruto silently thanks his mom, but their bond connection is silent, except for soft snoring. 'Gomen Kaa-san!' Naruto thinks to himself.
Nagato looks across the training room, a silver haired man lays in what looks like a stasis tube. Black rods placed variously throughout his body.[1] "Ah! There you are Naruto-kun! I was starting to wonder if you had gotten lost!" Nagato exclaims lightly, as if on cue, the silver haired mans door slides open. He steps out of the tube, looking stoically upon Naruto. "This shall be your sparring partner, I'm not too good at Taijutsu." Nagato said, nodding towards the man.
Naruto's eyes widened a little, but nodded. "This is going to be really quick though... Cause I never learned how to fight..." Naruto trailed, chuckling nervously. "I just copied what I saw at the academy, but I was set to go when I turned 6..." Naruto thought sadly, but cheered back up.
Nagato did nothing, but the clone stored itself back in the tube. "Well then... We will just have to fix that... Come here Naruto-kun." Nagato said, as the tube door slid closed with a soft "woosh"
Naruto did as he was told, and stood in front of Nagato. "Yes Sensei?" Naruto asked curiously, but Nagato said nothing, just went into a basic Wing Chun stance, and started going through some basic kata's. Slow enough for even a dunce to keep up with and copy themselves.
Naruto followed the flowing movements to the best of his ability. He was a bit choppy, and rough around the edges, being his first time ever seeing it, but he was pretty good for his first time.
'Naruto, copy what I say, but do it.' Kurama said with a soft yawn, looking through her surrogates sons view point. Then projected a mental image of the shadow clone jutsu seals. 'Try and not put too much chakra between shadow clones. So they don't overload, and come out bad.' Kurama said through their bond, teaching him quickly.
Naruto nodded, pausing the Kata's for a second, forming the seals Kurama had taught him. "Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, figuring the name of the jutsu from what Kurama had told him so far. A second later, in a puff of smoke, ten clones appeared around the room.
Nagato's eyes widened a bit, not expecting Naruto to make so many clones. Rather any clones at all, that was an kage level move. "Where did you learn that?" Nagato asked curiously, analyzing his clones with his Rinnegan. Finding the chakra being almost perfectly balanced per clone.
Yuuki eyes widened a little too, a new look on her normally composed face. "Ara Ara! Seems our Naruto-kun has more than meets the eye!" Yuuki exclaimed softly, sitting next to Konan.
Konan was surprised, her mouth was agape a bit. 'I have pretty big chakra reserves for our age, but even I can only make 3 paper clones[2]a time without feeling tired! Naruto seems to be not even phased!' Konan thought to herself.
Naruto was wondering why everyone was surprised why everyone hadn't expected this. "What?" Naruto asked, honestly confused by their confusion, but soon caught on. "Ano... Lets just say I have a friend helping me!" Naruto exclaims lightly, his foxish grin reappearing on his face.
Nagato nodded, then got to his second question. "Why did y-" Nagato started to ask, then remembered the special ability of Kage Bushin. "Nevermind, smart idea" Nagato said, resuming his Kata's he started earlier.
Naruto told his clones to copy Nagato too, as he started mimicking his sensei. "Sensei, what do the clones have to do with helping me train? From what I gather, nothing but memory is retained in the clones. Otherwise shinobi would take the damage the clones sustained." Naruto asked.
Nagato kept performing Kata's, not missing a beat, or looking at Naruto. "Exactly, muscle memory is still a form of memory. So when these clones are dispelled, you will retain all of their memories from this practice, learning it faster." Nagato said, speeding up a little bit, but keeping the smooth, graceful rhythm he had started with.
Naruto nodded, and they trained for an hour, one of the clones with the lowest chakra amounts poofed. Immediately Naruto felt a little fatigue, and his memories transferred to him. "Oh! So thats how you do that more smoothly!" Naruto mused lightly, his movements becoming smoother than they were a second ago. His body not even having to memorize it again.
Nagato was amazed at how fast he was catching on. By the end of the week, he may even be at Konans level, and it took her three years for it. 'Wow... He is sharper than a thumb tack, and has an eagerness to learn like no other.' Nagato thought, as they trained for a few more hours, until all but two clones were gone. "Alright... Thats enough for today, its getting late, so how about we have dinner?" Naruto asked with a warm smile.
Yuuki, and Konan smiled back, they knew when Nagato gained a warm smile. They were in for a nice treat. "Nagato-kun, whenever you do cook, its always amazing. To what do we owe this splendid surprise?" Yuuki asked curiously.
"Well... We didn't celebrate it yesterday, but we did add a new member to our loving family." Nagato said, then looked to Naruto.
Konan nodded in agreement "Well what are you cooking this time tou-san?" Konan asks happily.
Nagato pondered for a second, then came up with an idea. "Toriniku Yakitori[3], and Negima Yakitori[4], Okonomiyaki[5], and fried Udon.[6]" Nagato said, all three of the other rooms occupants drooling at the thought of good food.
Naruto had only had ramen most of his life, its all the orphanage would feed him. Whenever they would go to a restaurant, for a special occasion, or to the obon festival. No one would sell him any food that wasn't spoiled, or about to be thrown out. 'Oh yeah... I forgot about ojji-san, and Ayame-Chan in Konohagakure...' Naruto thought sadly, they were the only ones aside from Hiruzen, Dog Masked anbu, and Iruka, but he treated everyone equally.
Konan saw this sad expression, before it quickly disappeared. "Naruto-kun... What's wrong..?" Konan asked concernedly. Holding his hand, and interlacing her fingers with his.
Naruto shook the question off, and smiled brightly. "Nothing Konan-Chan!" Naruto exclaimed happily, giving her hand a reassuring squeeze, just to prove it to her more.
Konan filed away this lie for later, thinking he would tell her later if he was comfortable with it. "Alright, lets go eat, last one to the dining rooms a rotten egg!" Konan exclaimed, taking off diving out an open window, flying to the floor the dining room was on, winning first place quickly.
Naruto's eyes widened, as he realized Konan was gone before he could even blink. "No fair! You cheater!" Naruto took off, leaving Yuuki, and Nagato behind, in their wake of youthfulness.
Yuuki, and Nagato chuckled softly in sync, then walk at their own pace to the dining room. Nagato to the kitchen. "They remind you of anyone Dana[7]?" Yuuki asked lightly.
Nagato nodded lightly. "They remind me of us when we were younger." Nagato said, stopping his wife when they got to the stairwell. "I love you hime-chan..." Nagato trailed, affection laced through out his voice. He leaned in, and kissed Yuuki softly, but lovingly, surprising Yuuki.
Yuuki smiled in the middle of the kiss, and blushed softly. It was a rare occurrence, but when she did blush, it was beautiful on her. "I love you too dana..." Yuuki trailed affectionately, kissing him back slowly and lovingly. They started walking once again, getting to the dinning room.
Naruto and Konan were sitting patiently at the table, with the new addition. Yuuki was flipping through a little orange book, that Konan had come to hate, and couldn't understand why she would enjoy such a book.
Naruto saw the look of disgust Konan had towards the little orange book. It intrigued him greatly, and decided to ask Yuuki later about it.
Nagato came in after a while, carrying four plates. Like a boss waiter. "You will have to get your own plates, cause I can't set them down easily." Nagato said with a slightly nervous chuckle. Since the plates were balanced precariously on him.
Naruto, Konan, and Yuuki each took a plate, leaving one in Nagato's hand. "Itadakimasu!" Was the chorus of cheers that could be heard at the table. Once they all were sat down, and ready. "Dig in, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed cooking it!" Nagato exclaimed happily with a light eye smile, then started eating along with the others.
"Mmmm..." is the pleased moan that could be heard from all three of the other tables occupants. "This is delicious!" Naruto said, then chowed down like him with a bowl of ramen.
Konan smacked Naruto upside the back of the head, for such a brutish manner of eating. "Naruto-kun! Table manners!" Konan berated Naruto, then went back to eating.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head tenderly. "Ite... Ite... Ite..." Naruto trailed, then images of proper etiquette popped into his head. 'Thank you kaa-san! You are a life saver!' Naruto thought, then started eating like a good child.
Konan was surprised by the night and day change, but smiled softly at it. 'He is sharp, and learns quickly, he will be a great man one day.' Konan thought happily to herself
They all ate in peaceful quiet, until they all finished. "I'll do the dishes!" Naruto exclaims a little excitedly. He thought 'Since was so good, its the least I can do.' He thought smiling.
Konan shook her head "Its my turn for the dishes tonight, so you go train some more." Konan said, with a soft eye smile at Naruto.
Nagato was leaning on the door frame between the kitchen, and dining room. "How about you both do it? Split the work up between each other." Nagato explained with a light chuckle.
Naruto nodded, that sounded like fun. "Thats a smart idea tou-san! Lets do it tenshi-chan!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, starting to do the dishes, leaving Konan in the dust.
Konans eyes widened a little, then she hip bumped him over a little. "You won't beat me!" Konan said cleaning the dishes at a fast, but controlled pace. Making sure not to break any dishes, or cut herself with a knife.
Nagato turned around, throwing one last look over his shoulder. 'Im glad she's happy now, but Naruto can bring out the competitive streak in her.' Nagato thought, then went back to his wife.
Naruto & Konan finished the dishes in record time, both of them were exhausted. Having blown all of their energy on that one event. "I won! Ha ha ha!" Konan exclaimed in glee at winning.
Naruto sighed, and sagged his head in defeat. "I will win next time!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, as they both walked into the living room. Flopping onto the carpet, too tired to make it to bed.
Konan was out as soon as she hit the ground, with Naruto pretty close behind.
Nagato came back into the living room, wondering where the bundles of energy had wandered off to. 'What a cute site' Nagato thought with a soft eye smile at the pair.
Naruto, and Konan were sleeping like babies. Facing each other, and holding hands. "A truly heartwarming sight, neh?" Yuuki asked in a quiet voice from behind Nagato. Then going to pick up Konan, to take her to her room. 'When did they become so inseparable?' Yuuki thought with a smile, when she went to pick Konan up, she refused to let go of Naruto's hand, even asleep!
Nagato saw this, and picked Naruto up, keeping them close to each other. "They are quite the pair huh?" Nagato whispered to Yuuki as they walked towards Konans room, which was the closest.
Konan and Naruto were put to bed together, still sleeping cutely. Naruto was the mindscape, training with Kurama.
In the mindscape, Kurama sat off to the side of the new addition to her room. The training grounds, which was a room filled with books, and scrolls. "It sucks that I can't train physically here, but at least I can do that when I wake up." Naruto thought out loud, breaking Kurama from her thoughts, which were about an orange book.
Kurama walked over to Naruto, then handed him a book on fuinjutsu. "The Uzumaki clan is known for their fuinjutsu, maybe you will be the same." Kurama said, rubbing Naruto's head softly.
Naruto was a little annoyed that someone was messing with his hair. Instead of voicing his annoyance, he opened to book. "Well maybe I will become a seal master like my god father." Naruto said, not once looking up from the book.
Kurama's eyes widened a little at the mention of his god father. "Jiraya-sama? How do you know about him?" Kurama asked curiously, looking at Naruto's face, which was intent in concentration. "Also this is just a taste, I will train you in how to do this really, later." Kurama said, taking the book away from Naruto, and storing it on a shelf.
"Hai Kaa-san, and I had a memory from when I was young. It was blurry, but I now make out the words that were said." Naruto said, sitting on the table, looking at Kurama.
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! HAJIME!
Hiruzen sat behind the desk, his hokage hat on his head. Doing every kage's arch enemy... Paperwork! "Jiraya, to what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?" Hiruzen asked, confusing the crap out of the well hidden anbu in the room.
Jiraya slips in through the window. "How did you know I was there sensei?" Jiraya asked, chuckling at the sweat dropping anbu in the corner.
Hiruzen chuckles too at the anbu, then waves off the anbu in the room. "So... Hows the spy network?" Hiruzen asks to make conversation.
Jiraya, of all people, cuts right to the chase, no beating around the bush. "Let me take my godson, he is safer with me than here." Jiraya says, staring down the "immortal kage"
Hiruzen doned a serious expression at these words. "Jiraya..." Hiruzen trailed with a sigh, then stopped to look at Jiraya. "We have gone over this before... You can't take care of him, and take care of your spy network at the same time!" Hiruzen exclaimed, slamming his fist into the poor desk.
Jiraya flinched at his old sensei's anger, it was legendary when he got mad, it was time to be afraid... Very afraid, don't underestimate him because of his elderly appearance. "Sensei! I at least will be able to take care of him, but if you try, the Konoha will be in an uproar! Would you put him in an orphanage?" Jiraya asks, standing his ground against the deadliest man alive.
Hiruzen released an amount of ki, that would be fatal to anyone thats not an anbu or higher. "Do not tell me what to do with my grandson!" Hiruzen exclaimed in fury, slamming his fist harder, shattering the abused desk in front of him. "He will go to an orphanage, and I have a plan to keep him from the villagers fury. Don't ever doubt me for my grandsons life..." Hiruzen trailed coldly, the room dropping a few degrees.
Jiraya nodded "Fine... I come for him when he turns 12, to take him on a training spree..." Jiraya trailed, hopping into the window frame he came in. Throwing one side long glance over his shoulder, to a crib where Naruto slept, unaffected by any of the events around him. 'Goodbye for now Naruto... See you in a few years...' Jiraya mused to himself sadly. Then disappeared into the night, to check on his vast spy network.
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! KAI!
Kurama nodded, letting the full affect of his story sink in. "But you are a Tsuchi no Kunai resident now... How will he find you to train y-?" Kurama stopped suddenly, feeling a large. Unfamiliar chakra signature nearby. "You have company" Kurama said bluntly. "I can't tell if he means harm, or is just passing by, but its not anyone of your family." Kurama said, ejecting Naruto from the mindscape, to the real world.
Naruto mumbled to himself annoyedly, something about 'a rude wake up call' "Who could it be at this time of the night?" Naruto muses to himself, grabbing the Kunai from under his pillow. He wouldn't stand much of a chance against them, but he would die to protect them.
A white haired man slipped inside the tower, fast the defense system. Which included a rinnegan wielding silver haired man from earlier. "Who ever owns this tower must be important... How did they elude my spy network for so long?" He mused, following where the sleeping chakra signatures came from in the tower.
Naruto unknowingly had his chakra masked, thanks to Kurama. 'If they are here to hurt my family! I will stop them no matter what!' Naruto thought to himself as he got close to the source.
The man spun around quickly, hearing a random toy that was laying in the ground move quickly. 'Crap! My covers blown!' He thought, diving for the nearest spot to hide he could find.
"Come out! Or I will force you out!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, trying to keep his voice from shaking, but couldn't stop it all the way.
The old man heard the voice of a child, and relaxed. 'Its just a kid, but how did he get close to me without me noticing..?' He trailed, his guard coming back up, drawing his own kunai.
Naruto jumped over the couch, to where the intruder was hiding. Catching him off guard, but stopping right before he killed the man. "Turn around... Slowly..." Naruto trailed coldly.
The white haired man slowly stood up, dropping his kunai, facing Naruto. "Naruto!?" The man exclaimed, seeing an uncanny resemblance to the young child he had seen in Hiruzens office.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, then he finally realized who the man was. "Jiraya-san?" Naruto asked, awe in his voice at the sight of the man here.
Jiraya relaxed, picking up the kunai, and putting it away. "Yeah its me gaki" Jiraya said in relief, rubbing Naruto's head, messing up his hair.
Naruto growled, gut checking Jiraya as hard as he could, unconsciously channeling a little chakra into the punch. "Why are you here?! And why didn't you save me from the villagers!?" Naruto yelled, lacing a bit of youkai into his voice. Making Naruto sound a bit demonic with anger.
Jiraya flinched at the level of his voice, and thanked that the tower was soundproof. "I can explain that..." Jiraya said with a sigh, flopping exasperatedly down onto the couch. Motioning for Naruto to sit in the chair across from him.
Naruto did, his anger slowly leaving him. "Explain now" Naruto said flatly at the sanin.
Jiraya nodded, and started to recount the tale of what happened after he left the office. "Thats what happened Naruto... Can you ever find it within yourself to forgive me?" Jiraya asked, almost pleaded to the little blonde infront of him.
Naruto sat silent, pondering if he should or not. 'His story pretty much matches up with my memory. Although his 'research' of hot springs is a little sketchy..' Naruto thought to himself. "Alright Ero-senin, I forgive you on one condition..." Naruto trailed lightly.
TIME SKIP NO JUTSU!: Naruto Age: (12) Konan Age: (13)
Konan looked upon Naruto as he packed for the training trip. "How long will you be gone..?" Konan asked, a little sadness laced in her voice.
Naruto looked over to Konan, and smiled softly. "I won't be gone long, I promise. Here, I have something for you to remember me by. Close your eyes please." Naruto says softly, Konan doing as she was asked. Naruto pulled out heart locket, similar to his, and put it on Konan.
Konan felt the locket, rubbing it affectionately. "Thank you Naruto-kun, I will cherish it while you are gone." Konan said, hugging Naruto tightly, then placing a soft kiss. "I love you Naruto-kun, please come back safe." Konan said, pulling a picture that was hidden in her cloak. "Here's something to remember me by." Konan said, handing it to him. It was a picture of when they went to the beach, and had fun. Nagato had caught them off guard sitting on the cliff, during a sunset the site was a beautiful site.
Naruto smiled, then tucked the picture into his flak jacket inner pocket, then put on his cloak. "Thank you Konan, and I love you too. I will protect it with my life." Naruto said, then kissed her back. Tossing his pack onto his back. "I will come back, and be able to protect you, no matter what! I promise dattebayo!" Naruto exclaims lightly, mentally cursing at himself for his slip up.
Konan giggled at his cuteness, then waved it off. "I hate to tell you, but... Some women aren't always soft.[8]" Konan says with a smirk.
Naruto nodded, then chuckled lightly. "True, well I will write you while I am gone." Naruto says with a soft smile. His eyes flicking over to Jiraya, who was leaning on the door frame. "How long. have you been there Ero-sensei?" Naruto asked curiously, ignoring the sweat drop from him.
Jiraya sighed, thinking 'I earned that name... Cause I took him to see that hot springs in Tsuchi no Kunai...' He waves this off "Since the beginning, ready to go?" Jiraya asks lightly.
Naruto nods, then kisses Konans forehead one last time, before they walked towards the village gate. "What will I be learning first?" Naruto asked, he loved training, and learning jutsu's. Because it was easy for him, but so far, he had only learned Mizubushin[9] Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu[10], shunshin, and a few other small water style jutsu's. Konan helped him a little on his wood style, but she had made her own paper oriented jutsu's so it was only a small amount.
"First! I will teach you a few things as a man!" Jiraya said, handing him the newest installment of his iccha iccha series. "You will need to know this type of stuff for 'fun' with your hime-chan" Jiraya said, with a knowing laugh.
Naruto hated this little orange book, because of what Konan had told him of it. He really had never read it before, but he saw his logic. "Konan would castrate you if she knew you were the creator of this series." Naruto said, still walking, as he started reading the little orange book.
Jiraya shivers, and nods. "Thats why she will never find out!" Jiraya says, as the shunshin to the gate.
Naruto chuckles lightly, then nods to the guards, who let them pass. "See you in three years Kaze, and Kiri." Naruto says with an eye smile.
Kaze, and Kiri smile lightly back at him. Over the years, Naruto had become their favorite genin. "See you then! We will miss you!" They say in almost perfect unison.
After about an hour, they make it to a close village. That they decide to stay the night at, near a female only hot springs. Jiraya left an hour after they got there, saying he was going out for some "research"
Naruto sighed, laying in bed, thinking about Konan. 'Man... I haven't even been gone a day, and I miss her... I wonder what she is doing right now?'Naruto thinks, laying on his side, and falling asleep with Konan on his mind.
Kurama pulled him into the mindscape, since it had been a while since they spoke. "Naruto-kun, I have to tell you something about Jiraya-san... He is an extreme pervert!" Kurama exclaimed in disgust at at the thought of the man.
Naruto chuckles lightly, and nods. "I knew that, but I don't mind, as long as he doesn't try to peep on my hime-chan when she is older." Naruto said truthfully, reading the little orange book still.
Kurama growled under her breath at the little orange book. "Why do you have that book?" Kurama trailed a little annoyedly.
Naruto closed his book, slipping it into a hidden pocket on his cloak. "Because what Jiraya said is true. I need it to learn how to 'please a woman'" Naruto said, as a matterofactly, seeing the look on Kurama's face, he continued. "Physically, you had taught me all I need to know to please a woman emotionally." Naruto said, eye smiling lightly at his surrogate mom.
Kurama didn't like the fact he was reading the little book of evil. Jiraya had a great point, she had to admit it. "Point taken, well I called you here for a reason today." Kurama said, garnering Naruto's attention more than a second ago. "I feel my sister the Nibi, close by, if you can find her. She can find her, she can teach you how to better control the rage cloak. Also how to solidify a solid fox avatar, to use in battle." Kurama said, hiding something from her surrogate son.
Naruto noticed that this wasn't all of what she could have said. "My gut tells me there is more to it." Naruto states his observation bluntly.
Kurama chuckled lightly, and nodded. "Yeah, and you are as sharp as ever I see." Kurama said said with a soft laugh. "You see, there is a way we could sync up our chakra's, but only one man in this world lives with the key to my seal." Kurama said, then it dawned on her. "Wait! There is possibly a copy of the key in the Uzumaki Compound!" Kurama felt stupid for not realizing this sooner, then they would advance training. "But we will wait till after you pass the jonin exams, alright?" Kurama said, setting one of her unbreakable ultimatums.
Naruto sighed, then nodded. "Alright Kura-chan." Naruto said, causing Kurama to blush at her new nickname, then it dawned on her.
"Wait when did you learn my actual name!?" Kurama exclaimed lightly, Naruto chuckled lightly. Causing Kurama to sweat drop at his ability to be so laid back in a serious situation.
Naruto opened his eyes slowly, and looked at Kurama cooly. "Actually not that long, but you just confirmed it a second ago." Naruto said, leaving Kurama in anticipation of his words. "You were talking about a fox avatar, and such, it put the last piece in the puzzle. Ironically, I started wondering when I was young. I found most of my information about you at the library."
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! HAJIME!
Naruto was in the library, reading books on fuinjutsu. When he stumbled upon an article in the book about instances of amazing fuinjutsu. It was from when Kurama was forced out of her previous container. Being controlled by a masked man, sending her on a rampage through the village. Interesting... It says the Kyuubi no Kitsune was sealed in a baby. It doesn't say much more than that..." Naruto mused quietly, then his eyes widened a bit as he got the thought into his head that it might have been him. Because it would explain why the village despised his very existence. They saw the contained, but not the container. 'I will confirm this with kaa-san, but I have to be sneaky about it. It is probably a sensitive subject.' Naruto thought to himself, closing his eyes, and sliding into the mindscape.
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! KAI!
Kurama let the information sink in, and nodded, further confirming Naruto's findings. "Why did you hide this from me?" Naruto asked neutrally, because he knew if he didn't, there would be an accusatory tone to his voice.
Kurama saw a flicker of pain in his eyes, before they returned to their normal caring blue. "Because... You were so little, and hurt, I didn't want to tell you, and hurt you more. It also may have started to hate me if you found out I was the cause of your strife... So I played the roll of your kaa-san, to make you feel better, until now... When you being as sharp as a tack, figured it out." Kurama said truthfully, she smiled, but the pain in her eyes made Naruto's heart drop at this.
Naruto's eyes widened l, and hugged Kurama lovingly. "I never could hate you! You are the closest thing to a kaa-san I've ever had! No matter what I couldn't hate you!" Naruto said, breaking down, and crying onto Kurama.
This broke the rest of Kurama's guard, making her cry too. "I love you my musuko! I'm glad you could never hate me!" Kurama said in between sobs, they sat there, crying their eyes out.
Naruto was the first to stop, then wipes away Kurama's tears. "From the stories I hear, a masked man was controlling you, so it wasn't your fault." Naruto said with a tender smile.
Kurama felt an odd sense of nostalgia, she rubbed her eyes, thinking she saw Minato standing behind Naruto. With the same foxish grin that both of them had come to gain. 'Like father like son I guess...' Kurama trailed happily, then felt a warm, fuzzy feeling come over her.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at her moment of silence for the moment. "Kaa-san?" Naruto asked concernedly at Kurama's silence.
"Its nothing musuko, just had a feeling of nostalgia for a second." Kurama said with a soft smile, bringing Naruto into a warm hug.
Naruto sighed happily, hugging Kurama back. "Alright kaa-san, well I have to go, its morning in the real world." Naruto said, then faded from the mindscape
Naruto thought for a second, realizing he didn't have any leads on the Nibi Jinjuriki. 'Kaa-san... How will I know I am near them?' Naruto thought through their bond.
Kurama was brought out of her thoughts by Naruto's question. "You will just know, Jinjuriki's have a built in homing beacon for others." Kurama said through their bond, causing Naruto to nod, and Kurama said, cutting the link.
Jiraya opened the door, looking into the room. "Ready for day one of training?" Jiraya asked, causing Naruto to gain a light smile.
There were few things Naruto loved more than training. His Tenshi-chan, Kaa-san, and Tou-san, they were all very precious to him. "Lets get to it! Dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed, cursing at his exclamation at his verbal tick.
Jiraya chuckled lightly, and walked out of the room. "Then follow me" Jiraya said lightly.
TIME SKIP: 2 years (Everything pretty much goes according to the canon, but he masters it in 2, instead of 3)
"Here Naruto, catch!" Jiraya exclaimed, tossing Naruto a scroll, labeled 'To Naruto: On his 16th birthday' "Open it" Jiraya said, answering Naruto's curious look on his face.
Naruto nodded, and opened the scroll, he proceeded to read it.
The note read:
"Dear Naruto-kun... This is your tou-san here, if you are reading this... Then I'm dead *chuckles lightly* Its very regrettable to say the least! I wanted to see you grow up, and turn into the wonderful man you are probably now. Your kaa-san too! She so badly wanted to meet you, and watch you grow up... But life has screwed us all over. I'm sorry, the Kyuubi is at the front gates, so I will leave you with your Kaa-san, to try and stop its rampage."
The note switches handwritings, a more feminine, and gentler handwriting. "Musuko... There is so much I wanted to say, but so little time to say it... I guess I will start with an explanation of the situation. A masked man attacked me after I gave birth to you, when I, and the seal were at the weakest. He kidnapped the Kyuubi, and attacked the leaf village. Your father, the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze is fending off the Kyuubi!" the handwriting suddenly veers off to the side, like the writer was shaken by a violent force, then continued. "Let me say though... I have only met Kyuubi-chan a few times, but she is rather gentle, maybe a little mischievous. *laughs a little* I'm sorry for this... But we will probably have to seal the Kyuubi inside of you..." The letter trails off, a few tear stains coat the paper, before the letter begins again. "I hope you can find it in your heart to not hate us, we love you musuko, I gotta go, you are crying, so I need to calm you down." the note says, ending at that. A letter in an envelope falls out from inside the scroll. Labeled "Hiraishin" Jirayas' eyes widen as he saw the label.
Jiraya's jaw dropped a little too. "Thats his legendary technique that he used to wipe out an entire nations army!" Jiraya said, recanting the tale of how Minato wiped out an army from Iwagakure, while only breaking a light sweat.
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! HAJIME!
Minato looked upon the Iwagakure army, it was getting closer to the Konoha gates. "I have this handled, back me up if I need it." Minato threw a custom Hiraishin into the middle of the incoming army. Disappearing in a flash of gold, appearing in the middle of the massive army. It was almost as large as the ninja alliance squadron Madara took out on his own. "This is the last chance to leave!" Minato exclaims out, but the army just jeered at him, charging after getting over their shock. Minato sighed, he gave them the chance to retreat, then his back up scattered several hundred special kunai of his. 'Show time...' Minato trailed impassively, taking out several ninja as the got to him, flashing to another nearby kunai, wiping out several dozen more soldiers with relative ease. "Odama rasengan!" Minato exclaims, as his rasengan suddenly expands, wiping out a hundred more unexpecting soldiers. He flash stepped away, just as a sword should have beheaded him, causing the two soldiers who tried it, cutting each others heads off. 'How many are there?' Minato thought to himself, as he dodged a Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku[11]. No one thought he could dodge it, so it wiped out a good fourth of the army.
"Retreat!" could be heard coming from the soldiers in various places, but the generals of the army didn't call such an order. "Stand your ground you cowards! He's only one man!" A general exclaimed, as his soldiers frantically chakra sprinted away from the battlefield.
Soon only Minato, and three of the six generals were left. "This is your final chance, leave now, and never come again... Or I won't hesitate to kill you, to protect the ones I love!" Minato exclaimed coldly, his Hokage cloak flapping in the breeze, lightly moving his hair. Making him look as badass as he already was.
The last three generals wised up, and ran, like children with their kunai between their legs. "We will get you for this one day!" They exclaimed, as they abandoned the 90% of the nin that were either dead, or critically injured.
Minato shrugged this off, and flash stepped back to the top of Konoha's gates. "They won't be coming back, if they do they will loose more." Minato said, wiping a bit of sweat that he had gained off of his forehead.
A soldier let out a cheer, and the front line that was along the top of the gates let out a cheer. "Three cheers for the fastest man in the world!" He exclaimed, and cheers could be heard across the top of the gate, and across the village.
Somewhere in Kumo, the sandaime Raikage felt a horrible omen, like his title had just been taken again. "Kuso... I will get my title back Yondaime Hokage!" A roared, startling the anbu in the room. Making him shake in his anbu boots, but the privacy seals shook. Then amazingly they stayed in place, sparing the village from it.
Minato chuckled lightly, feeling something funny had just happened to the Raikage. "I'm not that good, I just became strong to protect the ones I love." Minato said with a smile. He had to be one of the most humble people around.
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! KAI!
Naruto was entranced, as Jiraya finished the story. "Wait... That's all there is to the story!?" Naruto exclaimed, hating that the story was over. He wanted to hear more about his father.
Jiraya chuckles lightly at Naruto, but shook his head. "There are more stories, but that is for another day." Jiraya said with an eye smile.
Naruto face faulted at this, but nodded. "Alright... Well can you teach me how to use it?" Naruto asked curiously, looking over the seal.
Jiraya shook his head, truthfully he doesn't even know where to begin on that seal. "I can't... Your father was the best alive in fuinjutsu, and you almost surpass me in fuinjutsu. You will have to figure it out on your own." Jiraya said, Naruto wasn't paying attention, probably talking to Kurama at the moment to not hear Jiraya.
Naruto was indeed was talking to Kurama. 'Kaa-san, think you might be able to help me out with this seal?' Naruto asked, he could tell there were three basic seals, but it was hard for him.
Kurama examined the seals through Naruto's senses, and got an understanding of it. "Yeah I can help you musuko, I am pretty good at fuinjutsu if I do say so myself." Kurama said, poking her chest out confidently.
Naruto chuckled, and nodded. "Kaa-san says she can help me, but it will still take a while." Naruto says, with a light eye smile.
Jirayas eyes widened a little, because it took Minato years to create this jutsu, but Naruto was confident it wouldn't take too long. 'He really is your son Minato...' Jiraya thought to himself, then chuckled lightly at his grandson. "Well then, lets get started. You will have to create your own base seal though, because his was based on his own chakra signature." Jiraya said, that made it just slightly harder. Naruto had only made seals based on a neutral chakra base, so all could use it if he let someone use his seals, they could.
Naruto curses to himself, looking over what he thought the base seal was. "I have an idea... But... Its just a theory..." Naruto trailed, taking out a paint brush, and some high quality ink. Drawing a seal based on his chakra signature, then he drew the other seals on top. 'Crap!' Naruto exclaimed, as the seal glowed bright white, so Jiraya, and Naruto hit the deck. Thinking it would explode, but all it did was glow brightly, then turn blue.
Jiraya looked over the seal, his eyes widened. Instead of three seals, there was now one seal. "You my boy... Are a genius!" Jiraya exclaimed, slapping Naruto on the back lightly at this.
Naruto chuckled, he hadn't expected it, but here came the hard part. "But now I have to figure out how the heck to operate this seal." Naruto said, looking over his newest creation before him.
Jiraya nodded, and thought to himself. 'This is going to be an interesting last year... I'm glad I asked/ convinced Mei-chan to enroll him in the chunin exams[12], but he is easily jonin level, kage level if he had experience.' Jiraya thought truthfully, smiling at his godson a bit more.
Naruto felt a soft tug on the seal, as it was sitting on the bed, while he was getting dressed. 'Maybe how I operate involves that little tug.' Naruto thinks to himself, then walks to the training grounds.
(The training goes pretty much according to canon)
Naruto closes his eyes, meditating, but also focusing on the chakra signature in the Kunai in front of him. 'Hmm... Tou-san... How did you do it? You made it seem so easy...' Naruto thought to himself, as he went over Kurama's memories of the battle with Minato in his head. 'There!' Naruto exclaimed lightly in his head, startling Kurama from her thoughts.
Kurama asked, trying to calm her racing heart from the sudden exclaim of genius.
Naruto saw, but it was for a split second, it looked like Minato concentrated more for a second. Then dissapeared in a golden flash. 'I think I just figured it out... Let me test my theory' Naruto thought, then concentrated on the mental image of the Kunai in front of him. Letting the chakra pull influence him, then a bright flash of gold. "Yata!" Naruto exclaimed lightly, startling Jiraya, who was slumped on a tree, asleep.
Jiraya bolted up right, kunai in his hand. "Wh- wha?!" Jiraya asked, panning the area, looking for an enemy ninja, but found none. 'It was Naruto-kun' Jiraya thought, sweat dropping a little.
"Ero-senin! I did it!" Naruto exclaimed, throwing the Kunai into a tree near Jiraya, dissapearing in a gold flash. Ending up face first into the tree.
Jiraya clutched his sides, laughing heartily. "Like father, like son I suppose." Jiraya mused, wiping a tear from his eye. Jiraya remembered when Minato first used Hiraishin, he ended up in a tree, trying to show off to Kushina.
Naruto was too excited that he had finally finished the Jutsu to be miffed at Jiraya. "I finally finished it! Yata!" Naruto exclaimed happily.
Jiraya patted Naruto on the shoulder, and smiled in a grandfatherly fashion. "Ready to go home Gaki? Thats the last thing we were waiting on to go." Jiraya said, and Naruto nodded.
Naruto was excited to go see his tenshi-chan after three years. 'Ill be home soon Tenshi-chan, just wait a little longer for me' Naruto thought happily, as they packed up their camp.
Jiraya chuckled lightly, as they set off back to Mizu No Kuni.
WITH KONAN
Konan sat in the middle of the roof of their tower, and what seemed like snow flakes seemed to fall. 'Its finally done' She thought, then the sitting Konan dissapeared, no trace of her chakra could be found anywhere around the area. A few seconds later she appeared back in her place. 'Although it takes time to prepare, its a great technique for stealth kills in cold area's.' Konan thought to herself. As the paper snow flakes applied themselves back to her cloak. Blending in with the rest of her colors, and cloak. 'But what should I call it? Hidden Jutsu: Snow Blindness? No... Too obvious as to the effect of the move... Hmm... Maybe Hidden Jutsu: white silence!' Konan thought, and she loved the name.
Yuuki looked upon her daughter with a sense of pride. Ara ara... Only 16 years old, and already created your own jutsu?" Yuuki asks, breaking Konan from her thoughts of a certain blonde nin.
Konan nodded, with a foxish grin, that she had adopted from Naruto. "Yep Kaa-san, it took me a while to get it down, but I did it." Konan said, standing up, and dusting her skirt off from dirt.
Yuuki chuckled lightly, brining her daughter into a loving hug. "You did well my musume" Yuuki said, doting on her beloved daughter.
Nagato smiled softly at this heart warming sight before him. "Yep, keep it up, and you may even surpass me one day." Nagato said lightly.
Konan ran over to her dad, or more or less floated over to him. "I will surpass you! Dattebayo!" Konan mentally cursed herself for letting Naruto rub off on her that much.
Nagato, and Yuuki exchanged looks, then clutched their sides, bursting in laughter. "Seems Naruto-kun has made a great impression on you." Yuuki said as she stopped laughing.
Sorry for the sort of cliffhanger, but I wanted to end it with both foreshadowing their true potential. ^^
T/L (And other Things):
[1]: "Nagato looks across the training room, a silver haired man lays in what looks like a stasis tube. Black rods placed variously throughout his body." he is pretty much the Heaven path of pain. Replacing Yahiko's. Since he is alive in this fanfiction.
[2]:"I have pretty big chakra reserves for our age, but even I can only make 3 paper clones." (I'm still debating on whether or not to give Konan regular bushin, or mizubushin, but for now she has Paperbushin.
[3]: Toriniku Yakitori: All white meat, traditionally served like kabobs. At the same time not like kabobs.
[4]: Negima Yakitori: Chicken, and thinly cut leeks. Served like Torinku Yakitori.
[5]: Okonomiyaki: is a Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning "what you like" or "what you want", and yaki meaning "grilled" or "cooked" (cf. yakitori and yakisoba)
[6]: Fried Udon: Udon is often served hot as a noodle soup in its simplest form, as kake udon, in a mildly flavoured broth called kakejiru, which is made of dashi, soy sauce (shōyu), and mirin. It is usually topped with thinly chopped scallions.
[7]: Dana: It means Hubby, or something close to it.
[8]: "I hate to tell you... But women aren't always soft..." If anyone can tell me who said this. Will get cookies, and a hug from good boy tobi. :3
[9]: Mizubushin: Water clones
[10]: Suiton: Suirykdan no Jutsu / Water style! Water dragon jutsu!
[11]: Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
[12]: "'This is going to be an interesting last year... I'm glad I asked/ convinced Mei-chan to enroll him in the chunin exams" my chunin exams will be in Tsuchi no Kunai, instead of in Konohagakure like most fanfictions.