Chapter 2:The birth of a ninja
Well I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was fun to do I will definately update more consistently now. Oh you guys if you want can tell me things you'd like such as what pairings or more in depth in things. As you can probably tell every charachter will have some personality differences all due to the yondaime being alive. Hope you enjoy!!!
Time skip: Naruto has now reached the age of seven.
Minato was having a terrible day. For the first time in two years a ninja had died on a mission. For the other Hokages ninjas had died occasionally, but for the fourth it was an extremely rare occasion.
Unlike the other Hokages the fourth was extremely dedicated to not underestimating an enemy's strength and more than often over estimated the necessary ninjas for a task.
He groaned his head against the desk. He had read the mission report so much it was burned into his head. It wasn't a C-rank mission but an A-rank. The men that were thought to be thugs were jounin's who were running a store that was a front for drug sales.
The group of enemies had been defeated at the cost of a loyal jounin's life. Minato sat praying a silent prayer when the door flew open flying over his desk.
"Hey, my favorite student, I hope you didn't miss me too much," Sarcasm drenching the statement.
The fourth smiled, 'Well at least Jiraiya is back.'
Jiraiya sent a guilty look towards Minato. "I came back to train the boy but… I also brought you a present."
The fourth raised an eyebrow. Jiraiya wasn't one to give something of no consequence as a gift.
Grinning like the senile old man he was, Jiraiya stuck his hand into his jacket and pulled out a small orange book.
The Yondaime growled, "What have I told you about showing me that crap?"
Jiraiya sighed. "I know. But you'd think you would have congratulated me for finishing my newest edition."
"Give it up Jiraiya, why a first rate ninja would waste his skills writing instead of teaching, I'll never understand."
Jiraiya smirked, "Well I'm off to get a drink but I'll be back later for Naruto." Jiraiya turned around only to stop. "By the way how much does Naruto know?"
"Ninja wise you mean? Well he is pretty talented as long as he guided in the right direction. He… He sometimes loses track of where he should be heading. Anyway, Naruto is talented in ninjutsu and taijutsu. But if you want to know his understanding he understands the chakra system and he understands the transfer of chakra and flow very well. Unfortunately the Kyuubi, messes up his control a lot but that was to be expected."
Jiraiya nodded and lines formed themselves on his forehead. "How long have you been training him?"
The Fourth laughed, "Naruto's only known training since he was born. When he was littler I explained chakra everyday, it's built into his memory." Minato paused. "I'm not the greatest dad… I know, I don't really know much besides my nindo and ninja life, but I've always given him everything he's needed."
Jiraiya nodded skeptically, "I hope he is as talented as you I have a reputation to keep up you know. Plus I'm thinking about becoming the record holder for training the most kages."
Minato looked up from his work organizing his papers. "Well if I'm correct the current record is two, and you only have one… Who will your third be?"
The toad sannin turned to go, rubbing the back of his head. "Well I just thought while I trained Naruto I would teach him to be a ladies man as well to insure an heir before I die. If you know what I mean."
Minato stood up, "If you mean to turn my son into some whimsical pervert you can not teach him at all."
"Alright… By the way does he know that he's a container?"
Minato flinched, "Well," he paused trying to find a word to contain his frustration, he sighed giving up. "Not exactly."
Jiraiya gave his student an annoyed look. "Well I'll work around that. Anyway in a few months I plan to take him to the ocean to train, after all, the ocean is the best place to master the elements." He turned hiding his grin, 'Of course there are other things to do at the beach."
The fourth nodded, agreeing looking at some confidential documents until he realized what his teacher had meant. He was about to look up, but he knew that the legendary pervert had already left.
Naruto was sitting on a bench eating ice cream with two of his friends, Ino and Sakura. It was a nice warm fall day and the leaves that kept falling enhanced the beauty in both the visual and spiritual aspects.
Most ninjas accepted Naruto, if only for the fact that his father was the fourth. They all would give their lives for the fourth and giving time to his son was an honor in itself.
"Ino you're mean!" Sakura shouted, wiping the ice cream that Ino had dripped on her arm off.
Naruto watched the two quietly being around the two girls seemed to suppress his energy. He took his napkin and helped wipe the ice cream off Sakura's arm.
Ino frowned, "Sorry Sakura, I was just thinking about what we should do tomorrow.
Sakura turned to look at her mom who stood twenty feet away talking to Ino's mother.
"Well Ino, I think I'm going shopping with my mom." Her voice seemed to drift off as she turned to look at a boy who was watching them.
Her attention left the group and fastened itself on the boy. He was leaned back against a maple tree looking up into the sky.
"Anyway," Ino concluded, "You're lucky you get to go shopping. Sakura? Were you even listening to me!?! She huffed in annoyance, "What are you looking at?"
Naruto turned, still licking the wet ice cream that was melting and dripping down the cone faster than Naruto could slurp it up. He looked at the boy and studied his features from afar. First looking at his pineapple shaped hair before noticing a figure approach from behind him.
Naruto got up the bench and began walk toward the boys, Ino following only a step behind.
"Wait up Naruto I know them, that's Shikamaru and Chouji." Sakura followed behind the two cautiously.
"Hi guys!" Ino bellowed into Shikamaru's face. "I have two people for you to meet." She gestured toward Naruto and then Sakura. "This is Namikaze, Naruto and the pink haired girl is Haruno, Sakura."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Chouji and he's Shikamaru."
Naruto bowed slightly and Chouji in response did the same if only a bit more awkwardly.
"His dad is the Hokage." Ino bragged to her friends.
Shikamaru waved slightly. Sakura waved back and hid behind Naruto.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked Shikamaru curiously.
"Watching the clouds." Shikamaru responded.
Naruto waited perplexed to see if he would hear another answer. When he didn't he was forced to ask the question on his mind. "Why?"
Shikamaru sighed, "If you don't like looking at the sky then you can't possibly understand."
Naruto looked up at the sky and waited… After a few minutes he was sitting next to Shikamaru watching the clouds while Ino, Chouji and Sakura were doing the same but every now and then glancing back at Naruto to see his reaction.
Naruto broke the silence first, "Looking at the sky is nice but wanting something you can't attain and still longing after it seems silly."
Shikamaru stared stupefied at Naruto, whose stoic expression never left his face. Then just as Ino was about to ask what the two were talking about a man with long great white hair stepped up to Naruto.
"Hey kid." Jiraiya said pointing at Naruto, "You're coming with me."
Naruto pushed himself off the tree and stood looking up at the old man now only an arms length away. "Who are you?"
"I am the legendary Jiraiya, the great toad sennin."
His danced was well received by the children except for Shikamaru who snickered.
"Oh your that guy dad was talking about. The bad guy who is going to train me."
Jiraiya turned away for a moment his head propped up by his forearm. 'He said I was bad to his son?'
"Well I suppose that's me though I'm not bad so don't worry."
"Dad said you'd deny it."
Jiraiya murmured some curses under his breath before forcing a smile and holding it as he told Naruto to follow him.
Naruto waved good bye to his friends, before walking off.
Naruto followed Jiraiya until they got to a grassy open field.
"Well Naruto let's talk for a little while. How much do you know about me?"
"Well I know you were dad's teacher and that you have been gone for a long time working. And that you're a very good ninja but, bad at other things, like being nice to ladies."
Jiraiya nodded, he had expected as much. "Well why don't you tell me a little about your self."
Naruto nodded, "Well I'm almost eight. I study with my dad a lot and it's not fun. I like my dad but he's busy a lot. I also like ramen and ice cream. Um, well training is fun sometimes and I come to the park a lot to play with Sakura, Ino and other kids who come here like Hinata and Kiba… sometimes."
Jiraiya at first interpreted studying as fun but as Naruto had clearly stated he liked training he wasn't sure what studying implied. "What do you do for studying?"
"Well I read and write and copy ninja scrolls onto new scrolls."
"Oh dear that sounds terrible."
"What do I have to do with you?"
Jiraiya gave Naruto a pitying look. "You don't have to do anything with me, and believe me unless you really want to train I won't teach you."
"Why not? Dad said you would." Naruto asked more confused than offended.
"Well I only train great ninja that hope one day to be the strongest there is."
"You train the best ninjas in the world?" Naruto's eyes grew in surprise and wonder.
"You bet, and if you train with me you'll be the best… But I don't train just anyone."
"What do I have to do for you to train me?" Naruto asked leaning up against Jiraiya.
"Well you have to pass a test. The test will judge your talent and dedication. In the first part of the test I'm going to test you taijutsu skill and both you genjutsu and ninjutsu ability. The second part of the test is harder, you must make a technique of your own in which you have one month to do it."
Naruto waited before asking, "When is the test?"
Jiraiya chuckled, "The first test is when ever in the next week you want it to be and the second test will be due at the end of the month."
Naruto sat thinking, "Is it hard to make a technique?"
"Well yes but it depends on how good the technique."
Naruto took some more time to think before making his decision. "I'll take the first test in three days."
"Very well, I'll come find you in three days."
Naruto stood up, "Now are we going to train?"
"Nope, the next time I'll see you will be in three day. In the mean time I'm going to do some research."
Naruto left to go home. His thoughts running over what the test could possibly be like.
He strode silently through the field practicing his stealth. 'I wonder if I could get dad to help me train.'
He exited the field of tall grass and passed the wooden gate painted white and headed to the hokage tower.
Naruto was going to ask his father for some help on his taijutsu form when he saw Anko the craziest jounin in existence kissing his dad.
Naruto wasn't upset at the site rather intrigued and confused. He watched the scene unfold for a few seconds when he noticed his father was resisting.
"Dad what are you doing?" Naruto asked confused.
Minato had tried to be gentle in his effort to remove Anko from him, but when he heard Naruto's voice it pushed him too far.
He grabbed her shoulders and forcefully pushed Anko off of him and on to the floor.
"What were you thinking?" he asked angrily waiting for an excuse which would never come.
"Boy that was worth it." Anko said getting up and then walking passed Naruto muffling his hair and then jumping out the window.