For the Greater Good Chapter 3
As Naruto walked into his family's compound from their personal training ground after just defeating his sister, he began to think of what he would do different to allow him to surpass Madara. He obviously would do more physical training, being stronger and faster than others was always a major bonus in a battle to the death. Not only that but he knew a lot about the future, of course he would begin to change things for his benefit that would pay off in the long run. He also wouldn't be anyone's bitch, he had enough of that for the first couple years of his life and he had enough besides, being feared by some of the most dangerous men in the world in his time in the Akatsuki would never let him go back. Something Madara had told him also resonated, you may be the best at something, but you could always be better. That alone showed the wise nature of Madara, even if he was the best he could always improve, and indeed he would.
Not only would he need personal improvement, Naruto would need to establish relationships to defeat Madara, he and his Grandfather had torn apart the shinobi alliance because they had not banded together soon enough, mistrust and paranoia allowed the Akatsuki to capitalize and move before the nations were ready for a war, diminishing their battle strength was just a matter of how long it would take. Even then, little cooperation and intelligence sharing as well as not sharing knowledge of their abilities heeded even the great Shikaku Nara, the brains behind the shinobi alliance.
Naruto began to make a long mental list of the things that he would need to do to prepare him for the struggle that would come 12 years from that moment. To be honest he was a bit excited to see what he could change and what would result. Walking into his room Naruto began to think about his previous life, it was time to have some fun with this second chance, besides the Shinigami didn't give him any restrictions, he just said to save the world from Madara and the Akatsuki which he would.
For sure Naruto wanted to begin amassing his power, but at 6 years of age it was probably too soon. For now knowledge would have to be enough for him. But another thing came to his mind when he looked at a picture that was on his small desk littered with scrolls on theories of chakra and taijutsu and ninjutsu, it was a picture of his family, the ones he had killed. How could he face them, how could he live with them and eat with them and be near them when he had betrayed them. Perhaps this second chance had a couple of major drawbacks that he had not thought about, but that could be dealt with, he wasn't some emotional sap, he could handle a little emotional baggage, he could handle quite a lot actually, and this was where it was going to begin. It was going to begin on a good note, his father and mother and sister, who he had first alienated, could maybe truly become his family, he would work hard to rebuild that bond.
"Naruto." Spoke Minato, trying to find a way to speak with his son, even though he did love him, his daughter he believed, was the child of prophecy, and if training her and paying more attention to her than Naruto would save the world, it was a sacrifice he would have to make, but it didn't mean he wouldn't try to spend time with the both of them. Maybe he could even teach them a lot of what he knew as a ninja, make them both great shinobi, great enough maybe to appoint one of them as his successor, the Godaime, or if it didn't happen before then the Rokudaime. Besides if his daughter was going to save the world, she could use all the help she could get, and having her brother by her side, it could be a major source of strength for her. He would begin to try and get close to both of them even more, he needed to rectify the mistake that he made with neglecting his son more than he should.
Kushina also felt the same way, she could tell her son was powerful, she could tell her son was immensely powerful, he had the chakra reserves beyond those that were Kage level, they were on par with those of a host to the Nine Tailed Fox, which was very rare as those levels were usually non existent unless they were jinchuriki, not to mention he was the descendant of the clan heads of the Uchiha and the Senju, even though her daughter Naoko was on the same boat, she did not possess the same potential that he did, not that she didn't have potential, but hers came from the ability to maybe one day harness the power of the beast within her. And on that thought she pledged that she would help her kids go as far as they could go and then push them beyond that point.
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While Kushina was contemplating how she could help her kids, Minato was having a conversation with his son about what he wanted to do about both his and Kushina's new resolve to help them both and care for them more than they had been previously doing, he wanted Naruto to accept him and allow Minato to train him. He knew his son would be a genius, he looked in on his son from time to time and saw him constantly trying to learn more and more, to make his parents see him and not just his sister, but he was too ignorant, and he was too focused on other things, mainly these things included what was happening with the Uchiha clan and their current planning of a coup to usurp the Hokage and make the Uchiha the rulers of Konoha, something that would no doubt lead to a civil war that would kill countless Konoha shinobi, his comrades. Another thing on his mind was the predicament that he was putting one of his most loyal, if not the most loyal shinobi he had ever had the honor to command in, Itachi Uchiha an Anbu Captain that had a superior moral code and maturity beyond that of anybody, was willing to be a spy for his village to keep tabs on what the Uchiha were planning, and if needed, he offered to take action against the clan to protect the countless villagers that would die if it came to civil war.
On a happier note there were talks of an alliance between Konohagakure and Kumogakure but even if it looked like a good thing he was very cautious, Kumo was very militaristic, and even if this move would help to boost their position among the Elemental Nations, to be allied with the strongest of the Hidden Villages Konoha, Minato couldn't help but question why. Sure it was an alliance to benefit them, but Kumo usually never made alliances, they were the go at it on our own type of village. What Minato believed was the true motive were the bloodlines, Kumo had the least amount of bloodlines out of all the Hidden Villages, while Konoha had the most amount of bloodlines and they were some of the strongest like the Byakugan and the Sharingan. Not only that but they also had the most secret clan techniques and other secret or forbidden Jutsu that would completely decimate other villages if it was used. Other Hidden Villages were just lucky that Konoha had such a high sense of morality. These abilities and techniques unique to them were as strong and diverse as the Yamanaka's clan ability to pierce the mind and Nara's clan ability to manipulate shadow, Kurama's clan ability to make strong genjutsu or the Edo Tensei and Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.
Minato couldn't help but think that Kumo was after any of these numerous secrets that made Konoha superior to all the other Villages, something that Kumo was always jealous of. But Minato being a kind soul would give them the benefit of the doubt and enter this alliance, if things worked out the alliance would be finalized by the end of the week and they would celebrate with a festival while the head Ninja of Kumo visited with a delegation of Kumo Jonin to show off the finalization of their friendship.
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One Week Later
The festival was almost over and the atmosphere was quiet exciting, in a world where there was constant danger, it was nice to know that they had at least one less enemy to worry about, and even gained a friend in the process. While the villagers and the shinobi of Konoha were celebrating this major victory, the ninja delegation of Kumogakure were sticking to the shadows doing reconnaissance, they were ordered by the Raikage to scout out the security of the village and to if possible take any scrolls or techniques that they could get their hands on, also if they could manage it, they were to try and take an Uchiha or Hyuga child. The Kumo jonin were feeling quiet bold and confident, they had the perfect plan to take a Hyuga and in turn the Byakugan, what Kumo had been after for a very long time. Even better she was a young female, the clan heiress, oldest daughter to Hiashi Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga. At 6 years old she was kind of weak, already being trained in the arts of the Gentle Fist by her clan but she was slow to learn it.
An hour later the Head Ninja of Kumo was waving goodbye as he passed through the village gates, amused that they didn't even know they stole one of their village's most powerful bloodlines. The plan was to take the Hyuga in the disorder and the distraction of the festival, replace one of their men with a shadow clone to not arouse suspicion while the real ninja waited outside with the kidnapped Hyuga, they would then rendezvous in the forest and return to their village and be praised as heroes.
Unfortunately they did not account for somebody to be following them, to be there when they met up with each other, but on the other hand it was just a kid. But this kid had distracted the father of the Hyuga child so that he could have a chance to kill all the Kumo ninja, not just one, and to have this incident create a good relationship between him and the Hyuga clan, if he saved the clan head's daughter he would no doubt look good. In front of him were 12 Jonin, and the Head Ninja, second only to the Raikage in their village.
"You there stop where you are and hand me the girl!"
Surprised the Kumo ninja immediately took battle stances suspecting that they were surrounded by a couple of teams of Konoha Anbu, instead they were met with the sight of a child, this child had long blond hair that ended with red and black at the tips, he was garbed in black ninja attire, short sleeved high collared shirt, black anbu pants and sandals. This kid looked as intimidating as a 6 year old kid could, but what they really noticed was his eyes, maybe he was another bloodline user from Konoha that they could subdue and take back to Kumo, whatever it was it looked like the Sharingan except it had a ripple like pattern with four rings around a center dot. If it was the Sharingan or some bloodline they didn't know they could be rewarded even more, the possibilities were endless.
"We don't want to kill you kid so stand down and come with us, we promise you we won't hurt you, you'll be a hero in our village." Spoke the Head Ninja trying not to harm his precious mystery that was the promise of many things.
"As if you could even touch me, as if you had a chance, people like you are disgusting, they lie to those that they would call comrades, back stabbing treacherous bastards like you deserve to be slaughtered like dogs, you don't even have the decency to take what you want without having to resort to such pathetic methods, so let me do the world that favor and get this finished."
Naruto began to walk forward drawing two kunai from his back pouch while the Kumo ninja moved to knock out their prize. Two ninja jumped at the boy and tried to kick him in the head and punch him in the gut, both their attacks passed right through him, as they moved to stop themselves from hitting each other, black chakra chains erupted from the boy and impaled the two ninja through the heart surprising the eleven that were left. Now taking more caution, six moved in on the boy, but they didn't notice that around them in the trees were about 100 Narutos, then erupting from the ground a Naruto popped up and grabbed the unconscious Hinata and began to take her underground with him to save her from what was about to transpire. Surprised the Kumo ninja tried to reach for her but were too late, looking back at the boy they noticed he wasn't there anymore. Simultaneously all the Narutos flew through hand signs and released their technique, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!
What resulted was a gruesome scene, in the epicenter of where the Kumo ninja stood was nothing but body parts and pools or smears of blood, the jutsu that he used leveled everything that was in the middle of the Narutos, shredding them apart with the blades of wind that where released. The Kumo ninja that had taken Hinata had not even touched Naruto, and he had managed to save the Hyuga girl.
Naruto began to laugh at what just happened, he forgot how nice the killing felt, they were considered top tier ninja in their village but they hadn't even survived five minutes with him. Not to mention how this was a major ego boost, he couldn't help but laugh even harder out how embarrassed Kumo would be to have failed in their little scheme but also began to wonder what his father would do. Naruto's maniac style type laughing was cut off by him hearing a group of people land a couple of feet behind him. Turning toward them he did not expect to see his father the Hokage, the Hyuga clan head Hiashi, and a group of about 20 Konoha Anbu.
While Naruto was tracking down and fighting the Kumo ninja after they left, Hiashi immediately noticed that his daughter was gone. He quickly went to inform the Hokage that his daughter was missing and at that moment Minato knew that it was the Kumo ninja, they had infiltrated the village to steal a bloodline, the Byakugan. Wasting no time he called to the hidden anbu in the room and ordered one to grab a couple of squads and to meet them at the village gates. Calling to his student Kakashi, Minato told him to begin tracking the scent of the Kumo ninja with his dogs. As soon as the retrieval party was ready to depart and the direction the Kumo ninjas went was confirmed by Kakashi they sped off as if there lives depended on it, they couldn't let Hiashi's daughter be kidnapped, it would be bad for Konoha to lose the Byakugan to another village and Hiashi would raise hell. A few minutes in out of nowhere came a loud explosion that created a large dust cloud over its center, they moved towards it and where shocked when they saw a small boy standing there laughing at a pool of blood and body parts with an unconscious girl laying next to him. They were more shocked to see it was the Hokage's son and the Clan head's daughter…