Disclaimer: I still do not own naruto…. And I still got nothing ingenious or funny to say about the subject
"Normal speech"
"Toughs and flashbacks"
"Kyuubi"
"InnerSakura"
"Kyuubi's thoughts"
(AN): authors note
AN: I would personally want to thank black shadow 1006 and Xx Dragon XxX Slayer xX for being the two reviews I got for the prologue.
CHAPTER 1: RETURNING HOME
Two figures where in road in fire country that lead to konoha. They were waiting for some people to show up and even thought these people were not really late, the younger one was impatient.
"Where the hell are they!!" shouted a blond boy no older than 12. He was dressed in black shinobi pant that reached pass the middle of his calves, black shinobi sandals with black bandages shutting the space between the sandals and the pants the latter secured by an orange sash that rounds twice his waist before tying the knot in the front (like the ones the shinigami use in Bleach), a short-sleeved v-neck black shirt under it a long-sleeved fishnet shirt that reach his wrists, in his arms a pair of black armguards that covered his forearms and the back of his hands they were made of a black non-reflecting material and only reached below the elbows, on the backhand the kanji for oil was written in red marking him as Jiraiya's apprentice. On the back of the shirt the always present red swirl, across his chest a bandolier of scrolls, in his right leg a kunai holster, on his left hip a weapon pouch and on his lower back was a kodachi that had a rectangular shaped hand-guard and a red hilt pointing out the side of his hip to make easy to draw it with either the right or left hand finishing the outfit was a long black scarf wrapped around his neck that reached behind his knees, it was bicolor, the main color was black with orange flames that seemed to dance toward the inside part of the scarf, in both ends of the scarf was in red the kanji for 'fire'
The piece of clothing looked old and worn out in comparison with the rest of the clothing the boy wore it as if it was a cape, with a knot in the back of his neck making it flail to wind. Finishing it was his spiked, untamed mop of yellow hair that reached roughly above his ears, a face that started to loose its roundness and baby fat, three whisker like marks on each side of his face and a pair of piercing sapphire-blue eyes.
It was a strange choice of clothing but considering that it was either that or looking like a blond clone of his sensei he took the lesser of two evils, besides this was similar of what Ojii-san wore in battle.
"Geez you're really loud gaki, they'll be here any moment now, so shut up!!" spoke a white-haired man that was seated in a rock nearby his clothes were odd, matching his odd personality. (AN: it's Jiraiya so you know how he dressed)
"I don't care!! They're taking to much time to arrive so I'll shout if I want to ero-sennin!!"
Shouted the blond kid, not a second later the elder man bopped him on the head sending him face first to the ground.
"How many times do I have to tell you to not call me that gaki!!! The name it's Jiraiya, J-I-R-A-I-Y-A!! Get it right!!" shouted the sannin offended by the long-time assigned nickname.
Naruto quickly recovering shouted back while using his finger to point at the toad hermit
"I only call you that because it's what you are!!! Besides that's not training!!"
"You ungrateful brat!!! That's the way to treat the one that raised you and trained you all these years!!"
"Nearly killing me is not training you pervert!!!"
"It's the same way I trained your father so bitching about it!!"
"How did he manage to survive with a neglecting sensei like you is beyond me ero-sennin!"
Shouted the blond.
"Stop calling me that!!"
"ERO-SENNIN, ERO-SENNIN, ERO-SENNIN!!!!" Shouted back Naruto, he was going to make sure that the name remained, even if it had to drill it in his head.
"Why you, I ought to" the white haired man was interrupted by a voice.
"Stop making a fool of yourself Jiraiya"
"I see you haven't changed at all dobe" said another voice next to him.
Before Jiraiya could retort Naruto answered for him.
"Hebi-san, Sasuke-teme!! What took you so long!!"
Both persons sported twitching eyebrows at the mention of their respective nicknames, both Naruto and his mentor looked at them for a moment noticing the very little changes that both had in comparison of the last time they saw them a year ago, Sasuke still wore his blue shirt that had the Uchiha fan in the back and the symbol of the snake sennin in the right side of his chest, the shirt passed if barely the elbows allowing him to use one of his mentor's fabled techniques, the navy-blue armguards (like the ones he uses after time skip but they only reach below his elbows) still in his place, white shorts, bandaged shins and black sandals, the only difference is that now Sasuke carried a chokuto in his back.
"Probably a version of the kusanagi (grass cutter)" the blond thought.
Orochimaru barely changed if at all, the only thing it was he was starting to show a couple of wrinkles, he might not search for immortality anymore but that doesn't mean he didn't found an interesting substitute, extended youth.
"We have some… issues to take care off" said Orochimaru
At this the blond snickered before saying.
"What happened did Kin-chan and Tayuya-chan find out you were trying to go without saying goodbye?"
"Shut up dobe" grumbled Sasuke who was finding the floor surprisingly interesting.
That did it, Naruto couldn't hold the laugh and the next thing everyone knew was that the Kyuubi's container was rolling around laughing his ass off.
"Hahahahahhahahaha I- I-can't b-believe that y-you tried to-do that, ahahahahahahaha"
Since both Naruto and Jiraiya traveled a lot it was common for them to stop in otogakure from time to time, so it was no secret for Naruto that Sasuke had his little fan-girl club little mostly because both Kin and Tayuya wouldn't let any other girl in it. Not to mention that from time to time they could be a little obsessive
Add the fact that both were serious about their training and you have the ultimate fan-girl.
"Kukuku, that isn't very nice Naruto-kun" said the snake sage
Sasuke scowled and proceeded to kick Naruto in an attempt to stop the annoying sound coming out of his mouth.
"What the hell was that for bastard!!" shouted Naruto now standing on his feet.
"To see if that shut you up"
"Why you I ought to" then he paused and grinned mischievously
"I ought to tell Kin-chan and Tayuya-chan where you are heading"
The Uchiha paled considerably at the thought, not only both girls will go to konoha but there will be hell to pay for not saying goodbye, no, the wisest and safest thing to do at the moment was wait until they cooled off.
"You wouldn't" the blonde's answer was simple: cut open his thumb using one of his canines and smear the blood on his right palm while grinning.
"Try me" was all that Naruto said.
But before he could carry out his treat or Sasuke could stop him another set of voices make their presence known.
"You know brat I could hear your voice from miles away" said a voice familiar to him.
"Yeah Naruto your too loud, your supposed to be a ninja start acting like one" said another voice, this time more young like a girl.
"Baa-chan, nee-chan, Sakura-chan hello!!" Naruto said enthusiastically.
Only to find himself in a crater sporting a new pair of bumps on his head courtesy of Tsunade and Sakura.
"I TOLD YOU TO STOP CALLING ME THAT!!" said the slug mistress angry.
"NARUTO RESPECT TSUNADE-SHISHOU!!" shouted the pink-haired girl.
"Itai" was his only response. Then he took a moment to look at the three.
Tsunade and Shizune were the same as always, the only thing that changed was the fact that Shizune looked older in a barely perceptible way (AN: the last time he saw them he was 10)
Sakura, on the other and sport a sleeveless red shirt with a white circle in her back, black cycling shorts, black mini skirt, a pair of black shinobi sandals that reached to the middle of her calves, a pair of black gloves that started beneath the elbows and left only the area were the nails were located her long hair was wrapped in a low pony tail letting two locks frame her face, on top of the shirt she wore a green harness that carried several pouches (AN: like the one Jill from resident evil 3 had).
After a few moments the party started traveling again, that's when Shizune noticed the little blade on Naruto's back.
"Naruto-kun where did you get that sword" asked the brunette.
"Oh shit if Tsunade or Orochimaru find out I won't hear the end of it"
Jiraiya thought, and seeing where this was going he tried to stir the conversation away.
"And Sakura are excited to see your relatives again?"
The other two sages seeing the obvious attempts to change the conversation started to take guesses on what the blade was.
"Yes Jiraiya-sama I can't wait to see them again it's been so long"
"That's nice Sakura" said the slug mistress before changing the subject
"So Naruto that's an interesting blade where did you get it?"
And before Jiraiya could stop him the kid began to answer.
Naruto was not a genius but he wasn't stupid either. He knew why he was being interrogated in the origins of his sword, and he also said to his mentor he wouldn't say them. Well that was before Jiraiya broke his promise of not stopping to make research, to the boy it was payback time.
"This is what you get for breaking a promise you pervert"
"Gama-oyabun gave it to me when I passed his test, he said it was better in my hands that the hands of a pervert like ero-sennin"
This caused Tsunade's and Orochimaru's mouth to twitch into a small smile for an instant.
"When I asked him why, he said that he didn't like perverts"
The said smiles were starting to become part of their faces.
"He also said that knowing him he would probably find a way to use it for peeping"
"Oh please kami let this be, it's just too good to be truth" those were Tsunade's thoughts
"He also said that if ero-sennin didn't teach me how to use it he was going to raise the amount of chakra so high that it will take that same amount just to summon gamaikichi"
Now even the snake sage was beginning to show a grin, granted it looked creepy and scary but he was grinning never the less.
"And finally he said I was his favorite subordinate since my father"
The next thing everyone knew was that Tsunade was cracking up and that Orochimaru was laughing along with her, the reason was simple, Gamabunta the boos summon of the toad contract entrusted Naruto with the final proof as a toad summoner the wado (straight road) the same blade that his mentor get to touch only once in all his time as a toad summoner before bunta took it from him, so now it was not once the times he had been bested in his relationship with his own summons, but twice both by his students.
After the good laugh everyone got restarted the journey again and soon enough the gates were in view.
"come on!! Were almost there!" exclaimed Naruto clearly anxious to get to the village.
After getting his papers checked and passing the first thing Naruto did was vanish from their sight, not even blurred, just barely a flicker and the blond vanished only to reappear in top of a water tank in order to admire the view. Nothing in konoha really changed, the area were the kyuubi stroke had been rebuilt almost completely, but he was eyeing several things, first the hokage monument, second the tower and third this favorite ramen stand. He drooled slightly at the thought, it has been years since he ate a plate of Ichiraku ramen seeing as Jiraiya barely let him eat ramen.
Reappearing next to his traveling companions and startling them in the process he said out loud "well guys I'm going for some ramen see ya"
But before he could carry out his plan a hand stopped him looking up to see his mentor shaking his head.
"but why not ero-sennin?" asked the boy
a vein in Jiraiya's forehead popped but he remained calm, the next words will be his payback.
"because the old man said to go to the tower the instant we reached the village"
"but ramen"
"no buts, lets go gaki"
Naruto looked crest fallen before nodding to his teacher knowing that it was pointless to argue and proceeded to drag his feet towards the tower while surrounded by a dark aura of misery.
"why did you do that sensei didn't tell us to do that"
"do you remember the last time we went with Arashi to eat ramen Tsunade?" asked Jiraiya
the woman shuddered at the thought, the first and consequently last time they went with Arashi to eat ramen it took the payment of several A-ranked missions to pay the bill, needless to say neither Tsunade nor Orochimaru were eager to see that.
Sarutobi was shook his head before glaring at his life nemesis, the stack of papers in front of him when the doors of his office opened from pair to pair followed by a shout.
"oi!! old man!! I'm back!!!"
the aged hokage smiled seeing the origin of the sound "it's good to see you as well Naruto"
Jiraiya bopped his student in the head before addressing the old man
"hello sensei, how is everything"
"it's been good, some times boring without your student around"
"well here's the brat now I'm going there is a lot of research to do"
but before he could give a step he heard the sound of cracking knuckles followed by a sharp pain in the head before darkness consumed his consciousness.
"hello sensei" said the slug mistress
"sensei" was all that Orochimaru said.
The other members of their traveling party greeted him in similar ways.
"now Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke I need to talk to your masters in private"
after the kids left he turned to the adults "are they ready?"
"they are at the very least mid to high chunnin"
"but can they be on a genin team"
this time the snake sage answered "yes they've been training together before"
"I see, then I think there is something you need to know"
the cries of "WHAT!?!?!?" where heard in all konoha
"and it's your duty to tell them" finished Sarutobi.
The tree sages left with twitching gazes on them.
Sasuke was in the compound of his now deceased clan, he still remembers it as if it was the day after the massacre the bodies of his parents lying dead under this murdering brother, the eerie silence that was in the compound that day, the torture he had to endure at the hands of Itachi. He baled his fists and his face twisted into an angry scowl.
"Sasuke" the kid turned to see his sensei "there is something you need to know"
finding the blond was easy enough, he was gorging himself on ramen ,getting him to listen was the real challenge.
"gaki there is something you need to know"
Sakura was going straight to her house to see her mother, when Shizune crossed her path looking nervous and sweating a river, not a wrong reaction considering what she was about to tell the girl
"why I have to do all Tsunade-sama's dangerous work"
"Sakura there is something important that I should tell you"
more shouts of " WHAT" followed by curses were heard.
The next day tree students found themselves angry staring at the door that signifies their great annoyance in the moment.
"why the hell do we have to do this" asked the blond
"it was the way thing have to be done Naruto" said the girl, clearly not believing it herself
"what a waste of time"
Naruto sighed and slumped his shoulders before straightening them " well lets do this"
They pushed the doors in order to get to the place they will be for the next two weeks.
The class of Umino Iruka.
Sakura saw someone in the room that made her snicker and elbowed Naruto
"look who is here"
the boy looked and opened his mouth in realization before shouting.
She was not having a good day, but that really didn't make a difference almost all the days in the academy were like this, since she moved to konoha she haven't made a lot of friends but then if consider that your options are a brash Inuzuka, a shy hyuuga or a bossy loudmouth Yamanaka you tend to be grateful, is not that Hinata was bad but she needs more confidence, and right now her only friends in the village are Shikamaru and Chouji, she thought when her whole clan moved to konoha that maybe she will be able to see him, but that notion was long gone.
The girl was brought out of her thoughts by a loud shout
"SASAME-CHAN!!!!!"
Fuuma Sasame startled turned her gaze to see the object of her secret affections smiling at her.
"Naruto-kun?"
neither she nor Naruto noticed the sad, almost teary eyed girl two rows behind the Fumma girl.
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AN: DONE!!! FINALLY!!!! You have no idea how much it took me, now as for pairings let me get this clear there is no way I'll pair Sasuke with Sakura, now please review!! Seriously only two reviews??, now as for the sowrd Naruto carries i more than a simple kodachi.
Anyways no flames if you don't mind.
JA NE.