A/N: Well, here we go again with yet another new story because it is a necessary process in the writing of my other stories. I can't help it, I read a story and an idea will come to me and I can't focus on my other stories until I write it down and get it out my head, so forgive me if you don't like it. Anyways, I noticed that Naruto is read as Naruto U. so in a sense, this is a perfectly logical thing. Also, because I still haven't found a way to 'properly' translate jutsu, I'm still writing them in English, sorry.
-First Days -
Naruto opened his eyes, blocking out the memories of that event one year ago. He lifted himself off of the cool tile of the roof, the sunlight washing over his body. Today was the day that he and Naruko, Sasuke as well, would start attending The Academy.
Sliding down the natural slant of the roof, Naruto hooked one hand on the edge as he swung backwards into Naruko's apartment. Yawning as he stretched to the ceiling, his fingertips tingling as blood flowed back into them after the long night outside. Maintaining a target in mind, Naruto entered the kitchen as he began rifling through the cabinets, looking for breakfast.
Normally, he would at least try to remain silent, but today was different as Naruko was sleeping soundly, the natural morning noise had began so regular that it just blended in with the sounds of the nights in Konoha.
Sighing as he pulled out the only two things that could really pass for a decent meal without waiting the half-hour to hour for a meal, instant ramen cups, which he put on the counter before heating some water.
That was something that had changed in the past year; the manager finally got the water heater fixed so that the young pair had hot water available whenever, he had also begun a series of renovations. Also, Naruto had grown about another three inches while Naruko had grown an inch and a half.
Scratching the back of his head, Naruto poured the heated water into the cups and stirred them; this now, would wake Naruko from her slumber. As if on cue, she came strolling out of her bedroom, running into several things in her half asleep stupor as she placed herself at the table as they waited on the ramen to finish.
"So, you still have dreams about that night?" Naruto asked as Naruko nodded off again, her forehead crashing down on the wooden table. Her answer was a slurred, "Yes" which came out as more of a "Yek" with the table muffling her speech.
"The moon was full last night; it would've made a wonderful picture if I hadn't fallen asleep almost instantly after training." Naruko said, raising her head slightly as the smell of ramen hit her senses, her hand swiping out quickly and snatching one of the cups back to her mouth as she accepted the offered chopsticks.
"Well, school doesn't start for another two hours, so what do you want to do?" Naruto asked as he simply tipped the cup up and drank the noodles, causing Naruko to glare at the blonde.
"Well, I don't want to train, or clean, or do anything physical really, so I guess I'm going back to bed." Naruko said ,as Naruto nodded in answer, standing before returning to the warmth and safety of her bed.
Naruto just sighed as he entered the bathroom and turned on the hot water, stripping off his dirty clothes from the night before. Unceremoniously dropping the clothes on the floor, he stepped into the shower, letting the warm water run over his tense body. Letting out a groan as his muscles released their tension, he leaned against the wall, the water dripping off of his hair in droves.
Letting his memories roam, they settled on his last conversation with himself, or rather the older version of himself.
-(Flashback)-
Naruto opened his eyes to find himself back on the snowy mountain that represented his mindscape, he was mildly impressed by it since Naruko had told him that her's was a sewer. Taking in his surroundings, he turned a random direction and ran off, arriving at the house within minutes at his speed.
Remembering his manners, he reached up to knock before a voice echoed on the other side, "Come on in." Chuckling softly, Naruto slid into the house, shutting the door softly behind him as he stepped back into his tenant's home.
"Hey, umm, Older Me." Naruto said loud enough to be heard from anywhere in the small house, which wasn't very loud at all. "What did you need?" Naruto asked as his older self turned a corner, entering the room with a full grown cat perched on his shoulder; if Naruto had to guess he would say that it was Mata's mother, since she had almost identical fur, with the sole exception being a lighter shade of black, almost a navy blue.
"I wanted to help you sort through the flashes you saw the night that you were taken." F. Naruto said as the cat leapt from his shoulder into the air before landing in front of Naruto as he stared into her eyes, a strange teal color.
"Ohh, I see you've already found the first item to speak about." F. Naruto said as he fell backwards and in usual fashion, a chair appeared for his pleasure. "That is Mata-chan, or maybe it would be better to call her my curse. She is the physical representation of my hanyou form, as long as I stay in my human forme, she is pretty much attached to me, and will combine with me to make my hanyou forme." F. Naruto said, causing Naruto's eyes to widen.
"That is not to say that she will always be around, she has a tendency to disappear into my clothes." F. Naruto said she did just that and scurried up his pants leg before becoming just another ripple or bump in his clothes.
"Next order of business, I guess you could call me a half-bijuu, and as such, just like most bijuu, I will supply you with some benefits, and tendencies, which you may have noticed. The roof sleeping, the skill with flames, if you met any cats, you could speak to them, sensor ability, and the general disposition to dogs. Of course, you still need to train in that sensor ability, just like with your fire. I also want to teach my style of Taijutsu, the Cat style. I can't however, allow you to summon the Cats just yet, since I don't have the summoning scroll." F. Naruto instructed as Naruto nodded, mentally taking note of each thing.
"One last thing, just like a bijuu, if you should find yourself in a near-death situation, I will take control of your body to fix it, of course, I'll be stuck outside until you can regain control. Also, if you get near Nibi, I'll be forced to take control of your body, since my Hanyou Forme will come out, so do try to avoid Yugi-chan. Actually, I suppose since this is earlier in time, and Nibi will still be sealed, her power will be diluted, to a degree." F. Naruto said with a lethal undertone, speaking volumes for the amount of danger this could put both of them in.
"Now then, as you saw I have the Mangeyko Sharingan, and the next step, word to the wise, learn all you can about the Sharingan, with Sasuke, it's up to you to help him in years to come." F. Naruto said and continued before Naruto could ask anything.
"Now then," F. Naruto said as he held out his hand and a familiar blade appeared in his grip. "This is Chi-chan, which you already have. He is a sentient blade and as such has certain abilities to grant to his wielder which you've already proven to be. Three abilities in fact, the first is called Blood Exchange, by cutting a person, he can heal you, while the reverse is true, if you cut yourself and drip the blood over their wound, it will heal. Course there is a catch, the worse the wound the more blood needed." F. Naruto said and left it at that, not saying any more.
"What about the other to abilities?" Naruto had to ask, he was practically obligated to.
"Haha, I can't tell you everything, or else we could end up with the next Itachi Uchiha!" F. Naruto said before his chair ceased to exist, dropping the older blonde to the ground, which put him just below Naruto swing with a handy butter knife, which imbedded in the wall.
"If you weren't going to tell what I ask, then what was the point of me coming? All you've done is raised more question for which I have no answers!" Naruto shouted, a tick mark clearly visible on his head.
"I never said that I would answer questions, only that I wanted to talk." F. Naruto returned, earning a skeptical look from Naruto.
"I never realized how annoying it must be to be speaking to me." He admitted, before running a hand through his hair. F. Naruto just snickered at the idea.
"Oh well, I suppose that our time is at an end. If I think of anything else to tell you, I'll mind-speak you." F. Naruto sad, before snapping his fingers as Naruto vanished from his mindscape.
-(Flashback End)-
Naruto shook his head, sending droplets of water splattering all over the room as he stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel to try and contain the liquid. Giving a half-hearted smile to no one in particular, he gazed in the mirror that find that his normally spiky and wild sun kissed hair was still that, spiky and wild sun kissed hair, the water doing absolutely nothing to quell it. That was another thing that had changed about him, his hair had grown out, several strands actually managing to escape the mess of blonde, to hang limply in front of his face.
Drying off with the same motions as most boys his age, he reentered his makeshift room, the living room, where he chose his attire for the day. Wanting to make a good first impression, not that he really cared what people thought of him, he just didn't want most people to realize the money he had; he picked out a long sleeve black shirt with dark blue baggy pants, which had pockets for his various items that he carried around, including, his 'Knowledge Book', a copy of the village laws, his sword was sealed on his wrist, and a book on sealing.
Waking Naruko, who practically threw her clothes on, they left their tiny apartment and headed to school, eager to meet their new classmates for the next four years. Well, Naruko was excited, Naruto was just humoring Naruko, the only reason he was going was because he wanted to see his brother again. They had managed to meet up several times before, and had worked on a story for how they knew each other.
Getting lost in his thoughts, Naruto hadn't noticed that they had arrived as he walked into the building, finding the assigned class and entering to see a madhouse of a classroom. 8-year-olds were quite literally bouncing off the walls like they were on too much sugar, which was entirely possible since they were probably nervous and just inhaled the stuff, Kami knows Naruko did.
Spotting Sasuke, Naruto walked straight towards him, placing himself next to his brother, Naruko sitting on the other side as no one seemed to really notice the new arrivals, what they did notice however, was that their teacher, or who they assumed to be their teacher, had appeared. Brown hair in the beginnings of a ponytail in the back, a scar ran over his nose. To his right, a man with whitish hair stood, calmly staring into the raging sea of bodies.
"Okay, let's start class, my name is Iruka Umino, and I will be your teacher for the next four years. The man beside me is Mizuki, he will be assisting occasionally. Now then, I think we should all introduce ourselves. As I call role, I want you to come to the front of the class and introduce yourself." The brown-haired man said, as he called out the first name, not waiting for a reply.
"Shino Aburame." A boy stood up and slowly walked to the front of the class. Turning to face the class, Naruto noted his appearance as he had taken time to learn all the major and minor clans of Konoha, one of which was the Aburame. He wore a light gray, tannish coat with a hood that covered his head, with dark sunglasses and a gray undercoat that covered his lower face, leaving only his glasses visible.
Having finished introducing himself, he returned to his seat as Iruka continued calling names, going down the list in alphabetical order.
"Choji Akimichi." A boy with spiky brown hair, not as wild as Naruto's, but still spiky, with swirl marks on his cheeks, and a green jacket that was zipped up.
"Sakura Haruno." Naruto only noted her because when she passed the desk, he caught her making faces at Sasuke, faces girls had made at Itachi who told him that they were gold-diggers, girls looking to marry into a powerful clan. Bright pink hair that went down to her shoulder blades, large green eyes, and an overly large forehead. She had a hair ribbon tied in her hair, most likely to keep her hair back. She wore a red dress with white circular with a zipper.
"Hinata Hyuuga." A girl with dark blue hair with the bangs cut short and two strands framing her face and fair skin appeared at the front, shuffling her feet around as she whispered her name. She wore a cream jacket with fur cuffs and a fur-lined hood which complimented her white eyes, a trait of her clan. She also wore dark blue pants that matched her hair.
"Kiba Inuzuka." A boy yelled as he hurried down the steps, pausing next to Naruto as his dog began to growl. Shrugging it off, he hurried to introduce himself and his 'best friend' Akamaru. Wild brown hair, and squinted eyes made him appear more animal-like, a trait of his clan, also he had two red marks on his cheeks. He wore a jacket similar to Hinata's, except a darker grey, with black fur and the head of his puppy stuck out of the top.
"Shikamaru Nara." Seeing as no one responded, Iruka patiently tapped his foot while Choji cleared his throat, poking the kid next to him, who had fallen asleep. Finally waking up, Choji pointed to the front as Shikamaru lazily walked down the stairs to the front where he looked asleep on his feet. He had black hair tied up in a spiky ponytail that resembled a pineapple, with narrow brown eyes; in each ear was a silver hoop. He wore a grey shirt with brown pants, and a pair of blue shinobi sandals.
"Sai." A pale skinned boy walked to the front, a paintbrush tucked behind his ear. He had black hair cut short and black eyes. He wore a short black jacket with red straps over a high collared shirt that left his midriff exposed, black pants, and black shinobi sandals. On his hands was a pair of gloves with the thumb left fingerless, most likely because of his paintbrush. Naruto also noted that he resembled Sasuke physically.
"Naruto U." Naruto walked to the front, introducing himself before returning to his seat after a bow to the class.
"Sasuke Uchiha." Fair-skinned with onyx eyes and black chin-length hair that resembled a duck's butt. He wore a navy blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha crest, a red and white fan, on the back and white shorts. Overall, the girls swooned at the sight of him, sans Hinata and Naruko, and no one could recognize the resemblance between the two Uchiha brothers.
"Naruko Uzumaki." Naruko leapt from her seat as she turned to introduce herself to the class, only to find all the females watching Sasuke, and the guys glaring at the boy. Mid-back length red hair that was free flowing and purple eyes just like her mother. She had slightly tanned skin from all the time spent training outside, with three whiskers on each cheek, a constant reminder of her burden, although they did match Naruto's. She had opted for a long-sleeve red kimono top, and an orange skirt that stopped at her knees, and a pair of orange shorts underneath. On her feet was a pair of red shinobi sandals. The one difference between her and everyone else however, was her sword strapped to her thigh.
"Ino Yamanaka." A platinum blonde with darker blue eyes than Naruto's electric blue, more of a sapphire, her hair put in a high ponytail, with one bang allowed to grow out, covering the right side of her face. A loose purple top with a raised collar, a purple apron and bandages covering her legs and stomach, and finally, white elbow warmers.
"Okay, now that that's out of the way, let's start class. I think that for today, we'll go outside for a Taijutsu lesson." Iruka said as the class stood, walking out the door.
Once outside, they found a small ring about 5 meters across in the middle of the field. Most of the boys were cracking their fingers in preparation for a fight while the girls just stared blankly; in fact, Naruko was the only girl who actually looked like she wanted to fight, a wide grin on her face.
"Okay, I think Sasuke Uchiha against Naruto U." Mizuki said, choosing the first pair to spar. Both boys nodded and entered the ring as they just stared at each other, with Sasuke's eyes lit up at the chance to fight his more skillful brother. Naruto on the other hand, looked bored and contemplated forfeiting, but before he could, Iruka called 'start' and Sasuke charged him.
The bystanders gasped, Sasuke was fast, not as fast as a Chunnin, but fast enough to give a Genin a run for their money. Mizuki smirked at the thought of Naruto being beat by the clearly superior Uchiha. He had seen him enter with Naruko and they sat together, most likely brother and sister. He had found out about Naruko carrying the Kyuubi, and though he was prevented from telling her our any other children, he could make her and her brother's lives a living hell.
The gasps came back as Naruto neatly tucked his body under the swinging punch, which swept over his head. Using the placement, he rolled to the side getting away from Sasuke, who pursued and continued raining blows on Naruto, who also continued dodging.
Finally, Sasuke over extended and Naruto caught his arm, bending it behind his back before saying, "I forfeit." Dropping Sasuke's arm as he left the circle, as Iruka was forced to list Naruto as losing.
The fights continued with Naruko throwing Kiba out of the ring as Akamaru frantically nosed his master and friend, yipping every few seconds as if trying to say, "Wake up!"
Having run through the entire roll, Iruka took them back to the classroom where they started there first lecture, lead by Iruka who subsequently, put the majority of the class to sleep, Naruto included. This caused the teacher to use his famous Big Head Jutsu, yelling at the class to wake them up. Needless to say, when the bell rang for the day to end, Naruko and others gave a cheer as they began filing out, Naruko managing to convince Naruto to give her a piggyback ride back to their apartment, claiming that her feet hurt from fighting a dog. Naruto just snickered as he swung Naruko around, allowing her to latch on to his back as they left also, leaving the classroom empty, with the exception of Iruka and Mizuki.
-(Six Months Later)-
Naruto didn't know how it happened, one minute he was opening the door for his adopted sister, the next she was asking him question that he didn't feel comfortable answering, the chief one being, "Will you be my boyfriend?"
A/N: There I finished and just in time to go to an event at my church. I decided to once again upload in triple packs, and will continue to due so just because it helps with my writing. I just want to let you guys know, I do realize that there are 11 key characters, which is even in terms of teams, this is one purpose. I have a plan that I hope you guys can appreciate, one other thing. Naruto will continue hiding his abilities for quite some time, maybe the Chunnin finals at the earliest. Have a good day.