Disclaimer: I still do not own naruto; the only thing I own is the plot and nothing else
"Normal speech"
"Toughs and flashbacks"
"Kyuubi"
"InnerSakura"
"Kyuubi's thoughts"
(AN): authors note
AN: first of all sorry for the long wait but I can honestly say that this will probably be one of the most complex fics I'll ever write. Oh yeah Naruto now it's taller than Sakura and shorter than Sasuke
CHAPTER ONE: RETURNING HOME
Three figures appeared in the road towards konoha, two women and one kid.
The first woman had a normal tone of skin, brown hair that passed the middle of her back in a low pony-tail, brown eyes that showed the hardships she had to endure during all those years away from konoha thanks to the situation that surrounded her departure of the leaf, her body was still fit but more womanly thanks to the results of motherhood, in the right side of her battle kimono adapted in the area of her chest she wore the clan crest, wrapped around the Kazama swirl was what looked like a rough drawing of a dragon, the tail was twisted and pointing to her right, the body was wrapped outside the said swirl and running trough the dragon's back was a set of curved, mismatched spikes that started little from the head and reached their peaks in length in the middle of its back, the head of the said dragon was wrapped around the swirl almost closing the circle and all it's body was green indicating that the user of the crest was part of the wind elementals of her clan.
The next woman was slightly younger and had black hair that reached the middle of her back tied in a braid, a battle adapted blue-kimono, and the green dragon on the right side of her chest, she didn't have the swirl that her sister sported because she was not a Kazama by either name or blood.
The last person was boy no older than 11, he was wearing black sandals, black shinobi pants, a dark-orange t-shirt, a black hooded jacket zipped up that hid his shirt while the hood concealed his blonde hair and from the veil that the hood created a pair of sapphire blue eyes were seen that showed little emotion, in his hands were a pair of black wrist-length fingerless gloves that have plating on the back of his hands for protection, and in the back of the jacket he sported a symbol like his mother have but the dragon instead of green was gold in color, signaling his status as the chosen one.
"So how do you feel about this?" asked Kaori to the kid next to her that happened to her son Naruto.
"I hope it will be different from the life in the clan" he said with a voice that sounded cold and detached, but it held a tone of nervousness that only close-people knew how to read it.
Kaori shook her head sadly and inwardly cursed her clan for doing this to him, many of the elemental factions of the clan still saw her as a traitor and the result of that they have tried to found any excuse to get rid of her son; sacrifice a chosen one and wait for the next was in their minds better than to stand Naruto, so they trained him and pushed him in ways that not even a suna chunnin could boast to endure in an attempt to break him and claim that he was weak and unfit to be the chosen one, others just wanted to destroy his character that reminded them so much of the man that his father was, she was sure that if they could the would erase without hesitation each and every Kazama gene. As a result Naruto had to become the perfect heir for a clan, not for choice but for necessity, because he knew that if he died his mother would undoubtedly the next in line to be killed by those bastards.
And so he created a mask for himself, one that only shatters around those that are precious to him not in any other presence or any other place.
Misao decided to enter the conversation "calm down everything will be just fine" she finished with a reassuring smile.
"I hope so"
Soon enough they were in the village and the boy couldn't help but marvel at size and how happy the people was in it, it reminded him of one of the few clan factions that didn't want him dead, the wind elementals.
The hokage was gazing out the window looking at the village he swore to protect and couldn't help to wonder how things could be different if Arashi didn't sacrificed himself all those years ago and that his son wasn't raised outside the village he defended, but not everything was nostalgic, he was aware that today was the day that she will come back with him.
And as if hearing his thoughts the door to his office opened and three figures entered the in the room, the first two were easy to recognize and he identified them as Kaori and her sister Misao, who he saw all those years ago, and then he saw a hooded boy that he assumed was Naruto.
"Hello hokage-sama it's been along time" Kaori said with a smile on her face.
"Yes it has, it's good to have you back Kaori and is good to see you as well Misao"
"Likewise it's good to see you again"
Sarutobi turned to see the kid, even if he couldn't see much he could recognize those eyes anywhere, they were the same as Arashi's.
"And I'm guessing this is Naruto" said the elder man with a comforting smile on his face that relaxed the blond in spite of himself.
"Yes, it's nice to meet you hokage-sama" he said in a tone of relief, seeing that the old man was sincere.
"Now Naruto remove your hood" said the mother of the kid, he complied and lowered his hood revealing a mop of spiky blond hair that was an exact copy of what his father had and a face devoid of any baby fat.
The hokage held back a gasp, the kid was Arashi's mirror image, with one exception, those kind of eyes were meant for enemies and enemies only when his father sported that gaze but in a kid barely 12 such hardened expression was just wrong, it was as if someone stole his emotions.
Nevertheless he answered "likewise Naruto it's good to see you after all these years, the last time I saw you were barely an hour born" then the aged man turned to his relatives and addressed them along with the kid "I'm sure you're strong Naruto unfortunately if you want to be a shinobi you'll have to attend to the academy for at least the rest of the year"
This caused a nearly inaudible groan from the blond, that only his aunt and mother heard Misao snickered lightly and Kaori made a small smile, even if it was insignificant his son was starting to loosen up.
"Now, now, those are the rules and you have to follow them" said the mother
"But mother I'm more than capable of being a genin" said Naruto now a not so subtle tone of annoyance.
"Sorry but no, now suck it up and take it like a man" said his aunt in suspiciously happy tone; it was obvious that she was enjoying it.
"Fine I'm going"
Kaori reached his son knelt down to his eye level and ruffled his hair before kissing him in the forehead saying with affection in her voice "goodbye my little maelstrom, I hope you have a good day" making the poor kid blush in embarrassment making Sarutobi snicker at the reaction and the nickname
"Mother I told you to stop doing that I'm not a baby!" said Naruto angry at the mention of the dreaded name.
"Nope to me you are still a little kid"
"Whatever, I'm going mother" that was the only response he could come up in that moment.
After he left the room the adults turned serious and proceeded to attend business, the hokage was the first to ask "just how strong is he" the mother answered the question "honestly I can't tell for sure, but he is stronger than anyone in his age range"
But before he could retort the door burst open and Gai followed by his squad entered, seeing his outfit Kaori narrowed her eyes in anger, it took her a lot of time and effort to make him get rid of that thing, Misao on the other hand was shivering refusing to believe that someone could look like that.
"Yosh! Hokage-sama were here to report a most youthful success in our youthful c-ranked mission without any unyouthful drawbacks!!!!" shouted the ever enthusiastic jounin and Gai would've continued his 'youthful' shouting if not for a voice that stopped him cold and made him tremble.
"Maito Gai I thought we passed the green suit phase along time ago, so what are you doing in that thing again?"
Gai turned around slowly whishing it just his imagination playing unyouthful tricks on his mind until he saw his sensei narrowing her eyes, her arms crossed under her chest and tapping her left foot in the ground. Making his face drain of all color in that instant.
"You're not answering my question Gai" said the woman narrowing her eyes more and snarling.
Then the worst thing that could happen to Gai occurred, Lee made his presence known "Gai-sensei who is this youthful person? and why she is berating you in such unyouthful way?"
At the sound of this Kaori turned to see the miniature clone of Gai before narrowing her eyes further and asking with even more suppressed rage in her voice "and who is this Gai? Its already bad enough that you're back to using that thing yourself, BUT TO MAKE ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS USE IT!?!?!?!?" she shouted the last part, incapable of believing that her student would do something like that.
Sarutobi, who was watching the scene amused decided to step in before Gai got too hurt, after all he still needs the all the shinobis he can get "Kaori I thing Gai's punishment can wait a little longer, your son just reached the academy" the mentioned female thought about it for a second before giving in and nodding in acceptance, seeing this gai let go of the breath he didn't know he was holding until he heard the last part "we'll deal with this later Maito Gai" making the green clad jounin sweat a river.
The trip to the academy was calm if not a little weird because of the way people looked at him, of course it would probably helped that the fact that Naruto covered his head again with his hood, during the time of the trip he was thinking of what his life in here could become, for starters being recognized for who he is not his title, maybe find friends that will not suffer for being his friends, maybe even a girlfriend. Then out of the blue he shook his head and cleared it of those thoughts, it was foolish to get his hopes up like that, and he can't afford foolishness, as it stands only time will tell, he broke his internal musings when he reached his destination.
In the said classroom was happening a scene that for outsiders would be weird or even frightening, but for the people inside it was an old tradition.
"Billboard I'll seat next to Sasuke-kun!!! I won the race!!" shouted a blonde haired girl.
"Keep dreaming piggy!!!! My foot reached the classroom first I'm sitting next to him!!" shouted back a pink haired girl.
"That's not true forehead!!! I reached the classroom first!! I get to seat next to him!!! Besides why would he want to seat ext to a walking billboard like you!!!"
"It's still better than to seat next to a porky like you!!!!"
"What was that forehead!!!" roared insulted Ino
"You heard me piggy!!" retorted Sakura
Before the two girls could continue or Iruka could stop them a voice behind them spoke in a tone that mixed a bit of annoyance and surprise, yet at the same time manage to sound detached.
"I'm sorry to say that both of you that you reached the room at the same time, now if you excuse me I have to see the teacher of this class, so if you allow me to pass I'll be happy thank you"
Both girls jumped startled and let the hooded figure pass them towards an equally confused Iruka, to who Naruto handed a note from the hokage, the chunnin's eyes widened for a second before nodding and speaking loud in order to be heard among the ruckus that the kids made.
"Aright class we got a new student in the class, please welcome him and treat him accordingly" then he turned to the hooded boy "now please introduce your self to the class"
"Uzumaki Naruto it's nice to meet you" then the blond went into silence.
After several moments it became clear that he was not going to continue so Iruka spoke up
"That's all you're going to say'"
"You asked me to introduce myself, that's what I did nothing more, nothing less"
"Could you at least remove your hood?"
"Is that absolutely necessary?"
"Yes Naruto it is, so remove your hood"
The blond sighed and complied removing his hood revealing his face with the crowd.
Creating gasp and some swooning in the female population of the classroom, most of them thought that his whiskers like marks were cute and that they give him an air of animalistic cuteness, while at the same time his face held that handsome and cool aloofness, they felt he was strong and at the same time vulnerable. (AN: is this type of face even physically possible? oh yeah think a miniature yondaime with whiskers if you have trouble picturing him)
At this reaction Naruto could only think sadly "oh great now everyone thinks I'm a freak" he had been mocked numerous times in the past because his whiskers.
Ino was not by any means shallow, she suspected however that she was spoiled, just for the way that she always got her way, she knew as well that Sasuke was suffering and that he was wallowing in hate towards his brother and towards himself, probably for his inability to stop his sibling, but she held the hope that someday she could help him overcome that. All this however didn't mattered, because in front of her was someone who was probably better looking than the Uchiha, but the troubling part was that she could see that he was hurting in the inside there was only one question "why?"
"Iruka-sensei if you don't mind can I seat there?" Naruto said pointing to a seat to the right of Shino.
Of course you can Naruto"
When he reached his seat he was acknowledge by the boy next to him
"Aburame Shino"
"Uzumaki Naruto"
"It is nice to meet you"
"Likewise"
Then after a few minutes of silence Naruto spoke again "exactly what are we going to be seeing here?"
"Mostly history and theory, with an occasional spar but those are few and far between"
"I see"
It took all of his self-control to not bang his head in the table until he was knocked-out, if this was what konoha did to train his shinobi it was beyond his comprehension why the village was the strongest of all, in four hours they had been doing nothing but check history and rules of the proper behavior of a shinobi.
"And I have to take a full year of this?" thought the blond kid.
"Aright kids lets go to the training grounds" almost all the students cheered at the statement because it meant only one thing: sparring.
In the training area Iruka divided them in couples, Naruto stood in the sidelines watching the others fight first and he was astonished, all the student's were at best poor, lacking and pitiful, the were slow, left to many openings in their defenses and the girls got tired so easily that they looked like civilians instead of academy students that in a year they'll reach the graduation.
Soon it was his turn to fight, he turned to see his opponent, a raven-haired kid clad in a blue shirt and white shorts sporting a cocky smirk that shouted 'you're not worthy of being in my presence'.
"You know looser you should quit before you get hurt"
Naruto looked indifferent at the comment but inwardly he was enraged, that bastard was judging him with out knowing what he can do "how do you know you're better than me if you haven't see me in all your life"
"Because everyone in the academy are nothing but a bunch of weaklings" even though Naruto did think that the students should train more he didn't think them as weaklings, but he did question they're motives to be a ninja.
"And who exactly are you to judge that?"
"Uchiha Sasuke"
"Uzumaki Naruto"
"I don't care about losers"
"Nor do I, so why did you tell me your name, looser" retorted the Uzumaki
This last comment angered the Uchiha, how dare he? a clan less nobody call him looser, he was an Uchiha, the last of the prestigious clan, he should be bowing to him, he was going to make him pay. In the instant that Iruka shouted "begin!" the Uchiha launched himself forward with speed born of both talent and training, impressing many students and instructor but Naruto just raised an eyebrow and stood in his place he was moving so slowly that it was barely faster than Kiba, the blonde thought for the way that Sasuke carried himself and spoke that he was strong, so he reached a rational conclusion of why the sudden display of weakness "he is not taking me seriously" the blond narrowed his eyes imperceptibly, if there was something that really riled him up was the thought of being underestimated.
Naruto lined back his head dodging the kick aimed to his face by mere inches, sifted his weight to the left to make Sasuke's left fist miss it's mark and spun his body to the right without moving from his place to avoid the Uchiha's second kick while planting a light (AN: in his mind was light) strike with his left elbow on the back of the raven haired kid making him fly a couple of feet away before facing him again without moving.
Sasuke got up again, his eyes shinning with rage and charged again, to the hell with the strategy he was going to show that guy who was the strongest he charged again, only to be launched a couple of feet courtesy of the new student. This created murmurs on the watchers who couldn't believe that Sasuke was getting his ass handed to him so easily.
Sasuke stood up again but this time he didn't attack; he was confused how a nobody like Naruto could become so powerful? And more importantly why not him? He needed the power, his reason for it was justified not only for hi but for almost all of konoha, and there was one more reason probably the real one of why Naruto enraged him that much: he wasn't taking him seriously.
"Take me seriously!!" roared the Uchiha
"When you start fighting seriously I will" answered Naruto in a calm tone.
"I am fighting seriously!!!"
"I see then there is no need to drag this any longer" said Naruto before disappearing and hitting Sasuke in the chest with enough strength to make him sail across the field and launch him outside of it "this match it's over" stated the blond before walking away.
Sasuke blinded with rage gave in to the negative feeling and flashed his hands trough seals ending in tiger before thinking with a snarl in his face "Katon: goukakyuu no jutsu" sending a fireball towards the blond who simply disappeared and reappeared several steps to the left.
"since you insist on fighting me despite the fact that you already lostand you have no quarrels on attacking me in this way I'll humor you" Naruto said with anger making his way into the blonde's voice, he can't stand sore losers.
He flashed trough several seals in mind "snake, ram, dog, ape, rat, bird, hare, dragon, tiger" , his hands were nothing but an almost invisible blur before taking a deep breath and shouting the name of the jutsu in his mind "Katon: yakekoge iki no jutsu(fire release: scorching breath technique)"
From the blonde's mouth a red-black cloud of smoke was launched towards the Uchiha who was unable to dodge and took the jutsu head on, when the cloud of smoke passed him Sasuke remained there covered in second degree burns unable to move. Naruto turned to see his classmates and there were mixed reactions in their faces, some were astonished(mostly guys and instructors), some were looking at him with rage and hate (fan girls), some with envy(other students). He shrugged most of them off until he reached a group of girls that were looking at him as if they were wolves and he was the last piece of meat in the forest, this look scared him beyond words, after all he thought that after leaving his clan and subsequently one of the branches were most of his fan girls were he thought that the horror of a fan girl club was over, but judging the way those girls were looking at him, he was sadly mistaken.
"argh fan girls, why me? It's like training with the fire elementals all over again" and he secretly wished that he could outrun them when the inevitable chase come.
"a-aright class let's go back to the classroom" he said while helping Sasuke to the infirmary.
"just who are you Uzumaki Naruto" thought the platinum blonde girl after watching the show, for a moment she could behind his mask, she saw his real feelings, she saw sadness, anger and disappointment.
Back in the tower everyone except the Uzumaki females were astonished, thought only gai and Lee showed it.
"Kaori-sensei it's that"
the mentioned interrupted him before he finished the phrase "yes Gai that's my son Naruto"
this make Gai widen his eyes in recognition of the fact put in front of him.
Sarutobi, got out of his trance and spoke up
"Kaori, do your son have your bloodline as well?"
"yes and no hokage-sama Naruto's case it's special so to speak"
"and what exactly does that mean"
"right now I don't think it's such a good idea" said Misao eyeing the genin in the room.
"very well tomorrow then, now Kaori go back to your son"
in the roof of the academy a hooded, cloaked figure watched the spar and grinned "so you were not even trying, maybe there is still hope for you Naruto" in that moment the wind picked up and revealed in the right side of his chest a dragon-like crest that was metal-gray in color "until we see each other again kid" he said before flickering and vanishing from sight.
This was the way that Naruto returned to his birthplace, what kinds of changes and challenges will this bring?, only time will tell.
AN: done!!! Finally you have no idea of how hard it is to write for this specific fic, now before you go ahead and reclaim me for making naruto too powerful please do have in mind that he was basically trained since the moment he could walk. And sadly this one will get the least attention, but on the bright side I finished this semester and I'm free so I should be able to update more often.
Well review please if you don't have anything nice and/or constructive to say don't bother.
JA NE!!!