Hello everyone and welcome to chapter 5 of my Naruto fan fiction. And I like to thank all who had review, since that really does mean a lot to me, and I like to welcome everyone new to the story.
Heads Up: There are describing moments in this chapter and I really suck at do a good job at that.
With that said on to the story.
"I don't own Naruto; I own this Fan Fiction story idea."
Story Keys
(Normal Talk)
(Normal Thinking)
(Summoning/Jutsu Talk)
(Demon Talk)
(Demon thought/talk within mind)
(Demon Summoning/Jutsu Talk)
Chapter 4: Welcome
(In the Hokage's tower of the Hidden Leaf Village)
Within the office of the Hokage's tower, a very old man was fighting the very enemy he could never defeat in his life as the Hokage, paperwork. That man was Hiruzen Sarutobi the third Hokage. In his life he was known by many names: The Third Hokage, The God of Shinobi for his strength he had back in his youth, to even The Professor for his smarts on and off the battlefield. Sadly, even with all the titles he has earned he can never solve the Kage's greatest problem. How to deal with all the paperwork they must do with very little effort?
Sadly, the paperwork was not the source of his troubles. No, his troubles was more on the fact that today was September the 6th and tomorrow would be the day when new students will join the ninja academy to become ninjas of the Hidden Leaf.
That however, brings memories of when he promised a boy a placement in joining the academy when he was old enough. That boy went missing almost three years ago.
Naruto Uzumaki was that boy's name. And since what had happen on his birthday two years ago, the old man had not been the same. He, of all people, felt responsible for what had happen to the boy. He always wanted the best for the boy. Growing up with no parents and no friends his age can be hard on anyone, and even harder when everyone in your village wants nothing more but to have you died.
"Where are you Naruto? I had almost every ANBU officers go in to woods and nearby villages but a came up empty. Even now I doubt the info I've received but even I don't have control over people ideas and actions. I hope that we see each other again and you are safe and happy."
He was soon pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the door open and closed. Looking up he was met with three people he was well to known with.
The first being a female ANBU who was wearing the standard ANBU uniform, consisting of black and grey armor, metal arm guards and a katana strapped to her back. She also had a mask resembling that of a cat with three red stripes on it. One stripe was vertical and was found on the forehead and the last two horizontal stripes were on each cheek of the mask. Finally she has a red ANBU tattoo on her right shoulder that was signature to all of the Hidden Leaf's ANBU.
The second person was also a women that had light brown, pupil-less eyes, and black hair which has a blue tint to it, giving it violet color to it, and was styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. Most of her hair covered most of her forehead protector. She had a small pendant that looked like a snake fang on, what looked to be, a thick cord around her neck. She was wearing a complete with a fitted mesh body suit, or fishnet suit, that stretched from her neck down to her thighs and along with a low-cut black shirt that reached to her belly. Along with that, she was wearing a dark orange mini-skirt that had with a dark blue belt around her waist that connected to her skirt. She also had light blue shinobi sandals with pale grey shin guards that reached to her knees. Lastly, she had a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam and with pockets on both sides.
The last person was a little girl who looked about 4.7 ft. tall. She had hair that was cut in a hime like hair style that was short, and was just above her forehead, with some chin-length strands of her hair framing her face. She wore a tan hooded-jacket with fire symbols on both her upper right and left sleeves, and had white fur around the bottom part of the jacket. She also was wearing navy blue pants and light blue shinobi sandals. However, what was really noticeable was her eyes were white and had a tinge of lavender in them. They were easily spotted because of her very fair skin and bark blue hair made her eyes stand out.
"Hello Cat, Anko, Hinata what can I do for you three today?" the old man asked. It was soon the ANBU, now known as Cat, step a little bit forward and said,
"Lord Hokage, Anko and I have finish buy the supplies needed for Hinata to start the academy tomorrow." The old man looked at the young girl as see just looked down at her feet. Over the past year Hinata's life had taken a turn for the worst when she was kicked out of the Hyūga clan. She had been hiding from the clan in hopes that they would let her live in peace. Thankfully, they gave up for after a month she disappeared. During that time and even up to now she has lived with Anko. She was unable to get her own home due to her clan might find her and she couldn't stay with her friend Kurenai because that would have been easy for her to be found by her clan. Thankfully, Anko would like to have her stay at her place since her clan wouldn't find her with her but also that she could learn few things with her.
"Living with Anko has really benefited her. She has become more confident in herself then when she was shy girl years ago. And from what I herd she has become a good tracker and knows the basics of living in the woods. She has even learned how to fight without her Byakugan. She would make a fine addition to the academy but is she really ready to be seen again?"
"Hinata are you sure you want to go to the academy. You don't have to join so early, you could wait…" he stopped as Hinata's raised her head allowing the Hokage to see her eyes. Her eyes showed nothing but determination in them.
"Yes," she stared, "I'm ready and I don't care who in my family I run into I show them I'm no push over." Anko couldn't help but crack a smile seeing how she had changed her life.
The Hokage placed some tobacco in his pipe and light it up before saying, "Very well, since your mind is made up. I have to come up a story to explain where you have been this past year since the council will be wondering where you have been all this time."
Hinata bowed to show her thanks to him for doing this for her. "Very well," stated Anko, "since that about it, we will be on our wa…" She stopped and quickly turned around. Nothing was there but she could sense something coming. It didn't take too long when Cat began to sense it too and then the Hokage felt it.
"Hinata get behind me and Anko." Cat said. Without a word she got behind the two and waited for what will happen.
The Hokage was looking from left to right trying to find out what they were feeling when he notice something, "Why aren't the other ANBU acting to this feeling as well?"
It was then when he saw it. Outside the window to his left he noticed the birds. What was odd was that the birds were not flying. No they were stuck in midair. "Are we in some type of Genjutsu?"
As if on cue, a figure appeared at the front of the door. The figure was wearing a black cloak that reached to its knees and the hands were covered by the sleeves of the cloak. Its head was covered by the cloak's hood and a mask was covering the face.
The mask was an odd one. Unlike Cat's mask this mask had what look like two animals that made the mask up. The right side of the mask look like a wolf and the right looked like a fox. The mask also had some swirls on each cheek.
What they all thought was weird was that the person looked to be no more taller than Hinata, but seeing him come out of nowhere and without warning really made him a threat. All they could tell was that it was a male.
"Who are you?" Anko said as she now had a kunai at hand and got in her fighting stance.
The figure looked at them before saying, "Anko Mitarashi, Yūgao Uzuki, Hinata Hyūga, and Hiruzen Sarutobi," everyone eyes widen when they heard each of their names. So far this person came out of nowhere and knows all their names, along with an ANBU's name to boost, but they don't know a thing about this person.
"I see you all have questions," no one answered, "very well met me on top of the Hokage Monument. In fact all of you should come. I have some information on someone you may know." At that moment everyone was wondering what the person was talking about. "All I can say is that he misses you all and he misses when Anko rubes on his yellow spiky hair."
Those words were what drove Anko over her edge. She rushed with the kunai with the look of killer in her eyes. However, she was too slow as when she was in striking distance the person vanished.
"Dam It!" she shouted. She quickly moved to the door but only to be stopped by the Hokage's voice, "Anko wait."
"I can't," Anko turned around so that her eyes could meet with his. It was at that moment that the Hokage saw what was really rare to see in his, or anyone's, life time. Anko eyes were on the verge of crying. He could see the sadness and pain behind her eyes as if her heart had been forced out her body and he knew what would cause that.
Thought out the years the Hokage had not been the only one that missed Naruto. In fact all three in the room had their own feelings to the boy and each took the news of his disappearances in different ways.
Hinata had admired the boy. His strength to keep on fighting even when everyone hated him was a trait she wish she had back when she was young. She was also thankful that he saved her from some bullies right before he disappear. Sadly, by doing so he was beating by the bullies, as she stood frozen in fear of what to do. They were soon found by Hinata's bodyguard and the bullies ran for it. What happened next was one reason that she hated her own clan. Her guard quickly noticed Naruto and told her to stay away from him. They left without helping him or checked to see if he was alright. In fact that very guard was one of her family members that she hated the most, not because they left Naruto no, but because he claimed that Naruto was the one that attacked Hinata. That very day she was angry at her clan, due to the idea of power and the very idea of blaming others to get ahead.
She had heard of Naruto's death by the very same guard a week after the search for him was called off. That day she had become so depressed that being called the Hyūga Heiress was a sin to her. After hearing what happen to him she felled into a depression that affected her performance during her sparing with her sister and such made her lose the Hyūga Heiress title and was seem worthless in the eyes of her clans' men.
Cat, or Yūgao as she was now known, was one of Naruto's guards when he was a child. She knew that Naruto had earned nothing to make the villagers hate him so much. In fact she was one of the few that wanted to adopt Naruto, but Civilian Council made sure no one adopted Naruto. Since then Sarutobi was always asked that she was one of Naruto's main guards when she wasn't too busy with anything else. To her Naruto was like a little brother that needed love and she thought she should be the one give him that.
Finally, came Anko. Out of all three that missed Naruto, she took it the hardest. Sarutobi has heard from Yūgao that she wanted to keep an eye on her. Knowing Anko the best, she could stop her from doing anything drastic.
Anko had always been a wild card. Not many people knew all there was to her. All Sarutobi know was that she treaded Naruto like a little brother and was nicer to him than anyone else in the village. In fact Anko might have been the first person who wanted to adopt Naruto, but like Yūgao she was stopped by the Civil Council. Since then she has tried her best to spend time with the boy whenever she could. The old man knew that both she and Naruto were meant to have a relationship with each other due to their similar backgrounds of the villagers hating them.
"Anko I know you want to find him as much as we do," he stared, "but remember if he has answers then we shouldn't provoke him and he said we should all be there to get the answers we need."
Anko know he was right. She fought off the tears and gave a nod in response. With that said they all left the office. When reaching the outside they were shock at what they saw. Everything had stopped. They saw birds not moving in the middle of the sky, people talking to one another in a frozen state, and kids jumping up but their bodies didn't go down, they just stood there flouting in midair.
Having seen enough they all ran as fast as they can to get to the top of the monument.
(Hokage Monument)
When they finally got to the top they notice the person from earlier was standing on the Fourth Hokage's head and was looking over the village. Due to their run no one was able to get into a fighting stance and their breathing was giving away that they were there.
"I'm glad you all could make it," he stated, "now I'll keep my end of the deal but I want to ask you a question Hokage." The man didn't turn around and the Hokage was wondering what he wanted to know from him.
"I hope I don't regret this." thought the old man. However before he could ask, the man spoke again.
"Don't worry I won't ask something way too out the line. I'll just want you to answer this. How badly do you want to see Naruto again?"
Everyone was shocked to actually here that man saw that name. They all hoped that he knew nothing about Naruto.
The Hokage was the first to snap out his shock and replied, "I can't tell you anything about the boy, but all I'll tell you is this, all four of us care deeply for the boy. If you harm him I promise you the two kunoichi that stand beside me with have fun tear you limb from limb. And don't think that is all because there are a few more in the village that care for him. However to answer your question I would love to see that boy again and other will give anything to see him again"
With that the Hokage looked at the two kunoichi in question. He know that they would say the same thing if they were in this spot.
Looking back the man the Hokage had notice that his mask was now being held by his left arm, however, the hood still covered his head.
"Well," he stated, he began to turn around to look at them when everyone had a look at shock all over the face. There stood the very boy in question.
"Naruto," they shouted.
"Yup," he said, "it's good to know I have some people who care about me…"
He stopped when he felt something or someone tackle him to the ground. It didn't take him long to find out what happened. He remembered this always happened back when he was in the village. His face would be forced into some sort of bear hug and he would fell soft skin to his face.
"You little brat," came the cries of Anko, "do you know how much you put me thought. How I missed our hugs and your soft hair when I rub it between my figurers."
Naruto could hear the sadness in her tone. He truly felt sad for hurting Anko's feeling. He solved this problem by wrapping his arms around her showing her that he too missed these moments.
Anko's sadness faded at his hug and rests her head on his hair. The other three couldn't help but feel joy to see the two look so happy.
Naruto was able to move his head to see everyone and see their smiles at him. He missed everyone and he was happy. However, his mood quickly changed to anger and sadness when his eyes fell on Hinata.
They all felt the change but Naruto spoke before any can ask what was wrong, "Hinata what is that on your forehead?"
Hinata was shock to hear him say that when she noticed her forehead could be seen clear as day.
Before Anko could keep him from over reacting, he disappeared. He then reappeared in front of Hinata and right behind the Hokage. It was at that moment the Hokage had remembered that they were stuck in some sort of weird Genjutsu that appeared when Naruto showed up at his office.
"First this strange Genjutsu and now Naruto's speed, I was unable to see him move at all. Is he doing this? And if he is how is he doing it how is he doing it and more importantly how did he learn this and by who?"
"Naruto where did you learn how to do that?" Naruto didn't answer; all he did was look at a now scared Hinata.
"Naruto answer me…" the Hokage was cut in mid-sentence by a new voice.
"That would be our doing."
Yay Cliffhanger Time…
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