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"Blah" – Normal speech
'Blah' – Thoughts
"Blah"- Kurama and other tailed beasts talking
'Blah' – Kurama and other tailed beasts' thoughts
Shadow Clone Jutsu- Jutsus
Okay guys, without further delay, here is the story
FLASHBACK:
He knew that he needed more than C-rank and D-rank jutsus to rewrite the future, but without elemental manipulation training, he could not go on further. So he needed help. He knew only wind manipulation training but without a suitable place to train, he could not get anything done. And to start working on using Kurama's chakra, he needed better chakra control. So, he knew he had to approach the hokage, but didn't know how.
'Great, now all I have to do is go to the hokage's tower, sneak into the hokage's office, make the ANBU's go away, activate the sound seals which I definitely have no idea whatsoever on and then say to jiji, "Hey jiji, I am from the future, now help me with my training. I know about the Kyuubi and his name is Kurama", and then get myself locked up inside a cell 100 meters under the ANBU HQ for being controlled by the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Great indeed', thought Naruto.
"Come on kit, it won't go that bad. The old man will believe you. After all, they don't call him the professor for nothing. Besides, I will be there for you to explain if he does not believe in you", said Kurama.
'Yeah, to get me locked up. I don't know whether to laugh at the attempted joke, get surprised that even you can joke or get angry that you want to get me locked up. Maybe the former would be the best?' sneered Naruto.
"I am not that bad, okay kit? You humans do not know me, so you make assumptions that I am incapable of cracking jokes. Now go and talk to the third hokage", said Kurama.
"Alright furball, but if anything happens, you are responsible", said Naruto out loud before running towards the hokage's tower.
Five Minutes Later:
Naruto was running through the village's populated street towards the hokage's tower to meet up with the third hokage. He noticed the glares that most villagers sent towards him. But he knew why he was hated this time. After all, he could not blame them. He knew what had happened that night of Kyuubi's attack. How Obito had released the Kyuubi from his mother. How he had cast a genjutsu with his sharingan and made the fox cause havoc and how his father had defeated the masked man and sealed the Kyuubi inside of him.
But the villagers did not know all of this. They only knew that the Kyuubi had attacked the village and they had lost their dearest ones and their beloved fourth hokage in the attack. That was the reason why the people had seen him only as the demon itself and not the container. Their grief blinded their judgement. But Naruto was not bothered by this time. Because he knew that their views would change.
Last time, after the wave mission, the people had started to see him as a good human being for a change. After the chuunin exams, after defeating the Ichibi – Shukaku and protecting the village from it, the people had started to give him some respect and had started to look at him as some hero. After the failed Sasuke retrieval mission, after hearing that he had almost lost his life trying to bring Sasuke Uchiha back, people had started to care for him. After saving Gaara, the Kazekage, after coming back from the three year training trip with his godfather, Jiraiya of the Sannin, people started giving him a little more respect.
But, what changed their views of him most was during the Pain's invasion. He had managed to defeat Pain and managed to revive all those who had died during the attack and had even managed to give hope to Nagato and Konan. And after Katsuyu, the slug summons of the fifth hokage, Tsunade Senju, narrated everything that transpired, he was finally treated as a true hero on par with his father.
These thoughts comforted him and he knew that this time, he would gain their respect well before the invasion of Pain. Yes, he would and should change the future this time.
After some time, In the hokage's tower:
Naruto was thinking whether to enter the tower and tell the old man everything or just let it go and go back to train however he knew. Just then, Kurama intervened,"Go on kit, you need the help of someone in power to change the future. And the third hokage is the best man for the job. Besides, you and him share a grandfather-grandson like relationship, so expect no adverse effect. And remember what Itachi said to you – You should never get arrogant thinking that only you can do everything. You have to trust others. Your father and his predecessors did not become hokage because they were strong but because they were acknowledged by people. They trusted others. So trust in others Naruto". Hearing this, Naruto felt more confident and entered the tower.
Naruto entered the hokage's office without any incidents. The third hokage looked at him and seeing that he had grown muscles an had become taller since the last time he met him(6 months ago), exclaimed surprise. "Wow Naruto, you have grown. What have you been doing in the last 6 months. I hardly see you now-a-days. Is there any problem? Seeing you, it seems you have problem with your training, if I am right?" asked the third hokage.
Naruto flashing his famous foxy grin spoke,"Jiji, we need to talk in private. Tell those four ANBU's hiding in the corners to go out and activate the sound proofing seals, please". At this, the hokage tensed up and brought his guard up. The ANBU's in the room also brought their guard up and reached for their weapons. At this Naruto said,"Don't worry jiji, I am definitely not here to kill you. Besides, how can someone as young as me take on 'the professor'. Please believe in me jiji and do as requested".
Hearing this, the hokage ordered the four ANBU's to leave the room. After they left, rather reluctantly, the hokage activated the sound proofing seals. Naruto saw the sealing with great interest but before he knew it, a kunai was near his neck and the third hokage spoke, "whoever you are, you are doing a bad imitation of Naruto. Tell me where is the boy before I kill you in the most gruesome way" and started leaking a large amount of killer intent.
"Jiji, it is me Naruto. Just here me out will you?" asked Naruto, obviously not afraid of the killer intent in the least having experienced far worse ones of Madara. This again did not go down well with the third hokage, but he decided to hear him out. "Okay, speak of only the truth. Otherwise, I will rip your throat", said the hokage, still radiating the killer intent. Naruto replied, "With you leaking such a huge amount of killer intent, how can I even lie. Truth is all you will hear from me, though it will be impossibly unbelievable at first". This confused the hokage, and he lessened the killer intent, giving some room for the boy.
"Okay jiji, I know about the kyuubi. I have talked to him", said Naruto. This shook the hokage to the core. He started to doubt whether the person in front of him was the real Naruto or not. He replied, "I am starting to doubt you again". At this, Naruto asked, "What should I do to convince you?" The hokage thought for a while and asked, "When were you kicked out of the orphanage and where do you live now?". Naruto looked sad for a little while and answered, "I was kicked out when I was 3 and I live alone in an apartment in the lower class districts of Konoha, jiji". The hokage was assured that the person sitting in front of him was the real Naruto and felt a pain in his heart for doubting the boy and asking him things that he did not like to remember. He apologized to the boy, "I am sorry Naruto but I had to make sure that you were not an impostor". Naruto cheerfully replied, "Don't worry about it jiji. Now back to the matter at hand, the kyuubi has a name, Kurama. He is a friend of me".
If Naruto revealing that he knew about the kyuubi was shocking to the hokage, this was like getting hit by a lightening bolt a thousand times over. He took his time to recover, but before he could say anything, Naruto spoke up, "Don't worry jiji. Kurama isn't manipulating me or anything. We are good friends now. I managed to remove the hatred from him. Oh and by the way, I know that the fourth hokage, Minato Namikaze and the red hot blooded habennaro, Kushina Uzumaki, are my parents". That was the last nail in the coffin for the third hokage. He fell unconscious then and there.
'Did I take it a tad too fast Kurama?', asked Naruto.
'I don't know how you manage to get people to like you with such an amount of idiocy in you', replied Kurama.
'Hey, I am not an idiot', replied Naruto.
'Live with it, now wake the third hokage and let me talk to the old man if you can't', said Kurama.
'Alright, now don't get worked up over my lack of social skills', said Naruto.
'Only you could pass off idiocy as lack of social skills kit', snickered Kurama.
Naruto managed to wake up the third hokage after some minutes and a great amount of struggle. The third hokage after waking up tried to speak, but was interrupted by Naruto again, "Don't worry jiji, I am not angry with my parents. In fact I am proud of them and now, I am even more encouraged to surpass them. And I am sure that they are proud of me too". The hokage felt relieved about this, but then asked, "Naruto, how do you know about all of this?". Naruto replied, "Simple, I am a time-traveler" and started narrating the story of his previous timeline. Kurama told him not to leave any information out. So, he told the third hokage everything, including his death at the hands of his prized student, Orochimaru.
Finally, after hearing everything, the third hokage asked, "So basically, in the 'other' timeline, you graduated the academy after stealing the scroll of seals or the forbidden scroll, learning a forbidden jutsu and beating the traitor Mizuki with it, then saved the wave country from the business man Gato, got a bridge named after you, beat sense into a stuck up Hyuuga prodigy, beat Shukaku the ichibi, beat sense into its jinchuriki, tried to risk your life to prevent a friend from defecting and turning into a missing nin, went on a 3 year training trip with Jiraiya of the Sannin, brought the jinchuriki of the ichibi back alive as soon as you returned, then fought Pain, who was a former student of Jiraiya, bat him and knocked some sense into him and brought everyone who had died in the attack back to life, mastered the sage mode, completed your father's jutsu, managed to separate the chakra of kyuubi, managed to befriend the kyuubi and gained a new chakra cloak and finally managed to get the sage of six path's chakra before travelling back in time?".
"Yep, that sums it up, jiji", replied Naruto with a poker face. "I believe you", replied the third hokage. It was Naruto's turn to get surprised this time around. He asked, "You believe me! Why?". The hokage replied, "When you told me about everything that happened, I saw emotions in your eyes that can never be impersonated. I saw the joy, the sadness, the guilt, the determination in your eyes that screamed out loud that you were not telling any lies. So I believe you Naruto. But I still ask you, do you really trust the fox?". Naruto replied with a drop of tear in his eye, "Thank you jiji for believing in me. As for your question, yes, Kurama is my friend and comrade. So, I trust him". The hokage, hearing this replied, "If you trust the fox, then I will too. But, why tell me all of this? What can I do now? What should I do now? Who else will you reveal this information to?".
"One question at a time jiji. I told you all of this because, at the moment, I can trust only you and you alone. All you need to do is help me with my training to get stronger. When certain, unfruitful events are going to happen, I will inform you. Then you can make the right decisions to prevent them. I definitely want to reveal this information to pervy sage. I am not going to let the only person I can consider as family to die again. Then I am going to reveal this to granny Tsunade. Kakashi sensei will know, but only after I pay him back after the graduation. That is all", said Naruto.
"Alright Naruto, I will lend you my full support. Now what help do you need from me?" asked the hokage. Naruto replied, "I need to know about different elemental manipulation training and advanced chakra control exercises. I have already mastered tree walking and water walking exercises." This did not come as a surprise for the old man after listening to the time-travel story. So he took out a chakra paper from his desk, gave it to Naruto and asked, "I suppose you know what to do?" Naruto replied with his foxy grin, "Yep jiji".
He took the chakra paper and channeled some of his chakra into it. The chakra paper cut to make 4 pieces. The first piece became soaked, the second crumbled into dust, the third crumpled up and the fourth burnt into ashes. This was the proof that the hokage needed to believe that Naruto was truly a time-traveler, so he believed him the utmost now. He asked, "I suppose you get these affinities from your mother and father?". Naruto answered, "No, I actually had only Wind affinity. I got the water from sanbi, fire from nibi and lightening and earth from sage of six-path's chakra".
Naruto continued, "I learn a couple of jutsus of each elements. They are either C-rank or D-rank, but most are C-rank. I need more elemental manipulation exercises to learn higher ranked jutsus". At this, the hokage answered to Naruto, "Alright Naruto, come with me. We will get you the best instructors so that you can get adequate training to change the future". At this, Naruto interrupted, "Oh no, no no no no no, jiji. Remember, I am still the village pariah. I haven't gained their respect yet. Besides, it would be best if I trained by myself. Because, I will soon start practicing on using Kurama's chakra, since my younger body is not used to it yet".
"Alright Naruto, if you say so. Now, I will give you some scrolls on advanced chakra control and elemental manipulation. After you master them, I will give you scrolls on higher ranked jutsus", said the hokage. Naruto said, "Add a scroll on intermediate fuinjutsu jiji. I have already mastered the basics". The hokage chuckled at this and said, "Seems like you inherited your parents' art. Alright Naruto. I will add that scroll too. Do you need anything else?" Naruto thought for a while and replied, "Actually, there is a favor I need from you jiji". The hokage asked, "What is it Naruto?" He replied, "I will find it almost impossible to hide my talents and act like a dead-last this time around. Besides, I can't act like a fanboy to Sakura who was like a sister to me in the previous timeline. So, I will have to change this time. It won't be a surprise if I turn out to be the rookie of the year. But, it will help in getting Sasuke to become friend with me and I will get a chance to save him early on itself. So, I request you to make sure I get placed with the same team-mates and jonin sensei as last time, jiji".
The hokage was surprised by the maturity showed by the blonde boy in front of him. But, considering that he was a time-traveller, he wasn't shocked. So he replied, "Alright Naruto. I will make sure to keep the teams the same as last time". Naruto thanked the hokage and asked, "When will you give me the scrolls jiji?" The hokage replied, 'Come here by this time tomorrow Naruto. I will get you all the scrolls". Naruto thanked him again and was about to leave when the hokage called him. Naruto turned towards the old man. The hokage with a genuine smile said to him, "I am proud of you Naruto". Naruto flashed his famous foxy grin and did a thumbs up sign and left. The third hokage then got back to doing the impossible, fighting and finishing the paperwork.
The Next Day, Hokage's Tower:-
Naruto came to the hokage's office to receive the scrolls. He entered the office to see that the hokage was busy with with paperwork. But as soon as the hokage saw him, he put aside the paperwork and from his desk, took 7 scrolls and placed them on the table. He then said to Naruto with a smile, "Here are the scrolls for your training, Naruto. I will check your progress once every month. We will then see what is the best course of action to be taken with your training. Now, I will accompany you to your 'private' training area. It is the training area 37. It has been reserved only for you. You can use the kyuubi's chakra without anyone interfering. And I also should show you how to perform the exercises. A demonstration is in order. Now, shall we leave?" Naruto, with his biggest foxy grin said, "You are the best jiji. Come on, we can't waste any time. Let us leave, now".
The third hokage chuckled slightly before getting up from his seat and accompanied Naruto to the training ground, to begin his more serious training.
That's it folks. This is my longest chapter as of yet. As for the poll, here is the results:
Master Jiraiya- 1st
Third Hokage- 2nd
Tsunade- 3rd
Kakashi- 4th
And surprisingly, Hinata and Shikamaru are tied at 5th.
So, to honor your votes, I will find a way to squeeze both of them into knowing the future.
Sorry guys, Sasuke is 6th missing just 2 votes to tie.
And another poll is up in my profile. Please vote.
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