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Answers to Reviews:
Anonymous: Sorry about Isobu, I am not good with their names. They are so confusing. As for the jutsu, Minato uses the name Flying Raijin in the English dub of the anime, so I used the same. It is both known as Hiraishin, which is direct translation and Flying Raijin, which also means the same.
BH Wings: Thanks for reviewing. Okay, I will do that from chapter 7 since I have already finished half of chapter 6 already.
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Hoytti: Thanks for reviewing but I don't understand you?
"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:
The hokage just smiled and said, "Naruto, by then, you will have had gained massive advantage by hiding your true powers". Naruto thought about it and replied, "If you say so jiji. Anything else?" The hokage replied, "Yes, when are you revealing the truth to the others you mentioned?" Naruto replied, "I will inform pervy-sage after he begins training me. That is, after the preliminary rounds of the chunnin exam finals. Kakashi sensei has to wait till after the exams are over since I have a lot to get even on with him. Granny Tsunade will get to know once we bring her back. That is all". The hokage accepted the answer and said, "That is all Naruto. You may leave now". The blonde smiled and said as he got up, "Okay, bye jiji. I have got a lot to train for and on".
Naruto then proceeded to the door, when he stopped and turned towards the hokage and said, "You know jiji, have you ever tried Shadow Clones to do the paperwork for you?" He then left to get back to his training. The hokage on his part could only gape at what the boy had said and curse his own stupidity.
At the Training Ground Behind the Hokage Monument:
Naruto had got to the training grounds, made 700 shadow clones and had sent them to work on the training exercises. The original was sitting under a rather large tree with the two scrolls that his parents had left him as letters. He made a small cut on his thumb and smeared a drop of his blood on the scroll that his father had left behind. Intricate seal patterns spread across the folded scroll before vanishing all together, indicating that the seal had been opened. He opened it and started reading.
Dear Naruto,
If you are reading this, then, either you are a chunnin, if not a jonin, or you have already figured out who your parents are. In case it is the former, it is me, your father, writing (not exactly) this letter to you. In case you are wondering who I am, I am Minato Namikaze, the yellow-flash of Konoha and the fourth hokage of Konohagakure. Now, I suppose, you are either extremely angry with me for sealing the Kyuubi inside of you or you are extremely awed that the fourth hokage is your father. I sincerely hope it is the latter, and if it is the former, I don't want to say otherwise, because you have every right to be angry with me. What kind of hokage is a hokage if he asks someone else's child to be sacrificed when he can't do that to his own child? I hope you understand my predicament and forgive me. I am sorry for laying an unforgivable curse on you my son.
As for your mother, I won't reveal who she is to you, because, if you have this letter, you will have the letter she left too. I will give you her name at the most, Kushina Uzumaki. She is the most beautiful incident in my life and she is your mother.
The reason, I am writing this letter to you is to tell you what happened the day you were born. First, know this Naruto, you are not the first jailer of the Kyuubi. The first jailer was the wife of the first hokage, Mito Uzumaki. The second was your mother, yes your own mother. The third, because of unfavorable events, is you. Isn't it strange that all jailers are Uzumaki?
Now, back to what happened. During a childbirth, a female jinchuriki's seal weakens, thus giving a chance for the beast jailed inside to escape. So, knowing this, lord third hokage made arrangements to make sure you were born under the safest circumstances and outside the village walls. But, in spite of all of these, somehow, the information on where your mom was during child birth was leaked to a certain masked man calling himself Madara. He also knew of the fact that the seal weakens on child birth.
That night, on the night of October 10th, the night you were born, he attacked the village and managed to release the Kyuubi from your mother. Because of her Uzumaki lineage, she survived the extraction. The Kyuubi attacked the village. I managed to defeat the masked man, but by then the damage was already done. I had to do something about it, Kushina requested me to seal the Kyuubi back in her, but I had this bad feeling that the masked man would return. So, I had to seal it in you, son. I believe that someday, you will manage to control the Kyuubi. I know that.
The day that I and your mother found out that we were going to be parents, it was the most memorable day in our life. We were so happy that we were going to have a mini-me running around the house. We had dreamed of all kinds of fun we would have. We had dreamed of taking you to the ninja academy, bringing you back, teaching you new things, training you, celebrating your birthday, finding you a perfect girl, watching you grow. But, none of those came to be. The only regret that we have in our life is not being there for you son. But, remember, we have always loved you, still love you and will always love you.
Grow to be a fine shinobi and a fine young man. Find a purpose in life, find a dream in life. I am pretty sure, you want to be the hokage. So remember son, the fire's shadow illuminates the village.
Minato Namikaze
Yours dearest and loving father
Naruto was on the verge of tears by now. Reading that his parents had built so many dreams for him had brought him to the verge of breaking to tears. He knew about what had happened that fateful night, but reading about his father's feelings was beyond explanation for him. 'Don't worry dad, I will make sure you will feel proud when you see me. I do not control the Kyuubi, instead, me and Kurama work together dad. We are comrades. And believe me, I will defeat the masked man this time around', he thought to himself.
He safely kept the scroll aside and took up the scroll his mother had left for him and did the same thing he had done for the previous scroll and opened it and started reading,
Dear Naruto,
This is your mother writing the letter to you. I am Kushina Uzumaki, also known as red hot blooded habanero and the wife of Minato Namikaze, the fourth hokage. I am pretty sure that Minato has explained everything that transpired on that night to you. So, I won't say anything more about it.
Remember son, I and your dad will always love you. Make us proud. Grow strong and be a proud shinobi. Become the hokage, just like your father and become a hero. Don't be a picky eater, eat a lot and grow big and strong! Take your bath everyday...go to bed early and sleep well. Study hard on your Ninjutsu...I was never very good at it...maybe you will...everyone is good at some things and not so good at others...and if things don't go so well...don't get so depressed. At the academy, listen to your teachers. Make friends! It doesn't matter how many...just make sure that they're people you can really trust...and a few is enough! Regarding the Three Prohibitions of the shinobi, be careful when you loan and borrow money, make sure to save your missions pay carefully, and no drinking alcohol until your 20...too much sake is harmful for your body. As for girls...well...I'm a girl so I don't really know what to say...but sooner or later, you'll want a girlfriend and that's normal...just...don't fall for a strange one...try to find someone...like me. Oh...one more thing...watch out for Jiraiya sensei...dattebane! Jiraiya is your godfather.
Naruto...there's going to be hard and painful times ahead...take good care of yourself...! Find a goal...a dream...and don't stop trying until it comes true! There's...there's...there's so much more I want to tell you...to teach you...I want to stay with you longer...I love you. Naruto...thank you for letting me be you mother...and Minato for being your father...thank you...for being born to us!
Kushina Uzumaki
Your dearest and most beloved mother
Naruto was openly sobbing now. 'Don't worry mom, you don't need to say it again, but yes, I will eat a lot and vegetables too. I will take bath every day and I will study hard. I will make a lot of friends. Don't worry, Pervy-sage has taught me all about the three prohibitions of the shinobi. I have already found the perfect girlfriend, even though she is a little shy. And don't worry, I will pull through the hardships, after all, I am the son of the fourth hokage and the red hot blooded habanero', he promised to himself. He then took the scrolls, dispelled the clones and started walking back to his apartment.
Naruto's Apartment:
Naruto was shaken to the core by the letters. Not because of shock, but because of the fact that they loved him a lot. He was shaken because of the happiness he had felt when he had read the letters. He knew that training anymore that day would be futile. So, after dispersing his clones, he had come back to his apartment. He read and re-read the letters many times before he noticed something in his mother's letter. It was a storage seal, which he noticed after reading the letter 6th time.
He channeled some chakra into it, and after some seconds, the seal opened to reveal a haori, two shinobi headbands and a necklace. And, it was the haori that his father used to wear, the fourth's hokage haori. The headbands, he guessed correctly, were of his parents' and the necklace was definitely his mother's. He knew it since he had seen it on her when he had met her for the first time in his mindscape. Saying that he was happy was an understatement. He finally got something that was once in the possession of his parents. Their gifts for him. A legendary haori and a dear necklace.
Naruto was almost jumping around in his apartment because of how happy he was. That night, he slept with a permanent grin attached to his face all through the night. A genuine, sincere smile like grin.
After another 6 months:
In the six months, Naruto had managed to do a lot. He had completely mastered the wind manipulation exercises. Both, leaf cutting and waterfall cutting. He had also mastered the water manipulation exercises. He had easily gotten hang of doing the sphere with small amount of water. But, it took him some time to get the second part down. After three months, he was able to master it and by now, he could make upto 50 spheres. He mastered the two exercises easily as they were his natural affinities.
The next element manipulation exercise he had mastered was earth. He had gotten the first part down faster than what it took him to get down the first step of water manipulation. But, it took a lot longer to get the second exercise down. But, now, he could crumble a boulder twice his size with his chakra. He had managed to get down the lightening exercises in 2 and 4 months respectively. The crumpling the leaves part was easy but cutting the log was hard. But, eventually he had mastered it.
The hardest exercise for him was the fire manipulation. Burning the leaf took a lot of concentration for him since fire was his weakest affinity. Had he not been through the sage training in the previous timeline, he would have had broken down within a week of beginning his training. But, after 3 months, he managed to complete the leaf burning exercise without the slightest amount of fuss. The second exercise also took him 3 months, but since he was to evaporate a body of water, he managed it without much fuss.
He had completely mastered the waterfall walking exercise. Now, he could do it subconsciously without even paying actual attention to it. He had also mastered wall walking and had increased the weight of the boulder to equal that of his own. This had led to an increase in his already massive amount of chakra. But, compared to what he had, the increase was small. But, his stamina had increased by leaps and bounds thanks to all of the exercises.
His skills in fuinjutsu had also increased rapidly. He had completely mastered the intermediate fuinjutsu scroll. Now, he could make his own storage scrolls, exploding notes and flash bang notes.
But, the most striking development was his own body's growth. Heeding to his mother's advice, he had started eating more healthy stuff. Of course, he had to use transformation technique to get the stuff so as to not be overpriced. Apparently, lots of ramen had hindered his growth last time. So, he had restricted himself to two bowls a day of ramen. One miso and one pork. He had grown to be the adequate height for his age and his muscles were starting to show.
So after all this, he had also started working on using Kurama's chakra. He had managed to easily utilize the basic chakra cloak. After lots of practice, he had managed to make the use of one to three tailed chakra cloak, though he hadn't mastered the two and three tailed chakra cloak. In his one tailed chakra cloak state, he could form one chakra hand without paying much attention to it. But, for more, he had to focus harder. The most he could do in the one to three tailed chakra cloak states was five chakra hands. That was a lot more than enough.
Now, Naruto was walking towards the hokage's office. He had been there a lot of times in between to get subtle pointers and as casual visits. But now, he was going to return the seven scrolls and to get the next set of scrolls.
Hokage's office:
The hokage was reading a small stack of papers while his six shadow clones were going over and working on six large stacks of papers and documents when the door burst open and a hyperactive blonde came in asking, "Hey jiji, how are you?" Now matter how many time the old man had seen him, the boy never ceased to amuse him. So he replied, "I'm fine Naruto. Now, what brings you here?"
"Well, I finished all the scrolls and here they are", he replied as he placed a single scroll on the hokage's table. Seeing this, the old man, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Naruto, I thought you said seven scrolls. Where are the other six?" Naruto grinned at this and just took the scroll, spread it open and channeled some chakra into it, and a small puff of smoke appeared. When the smoke cleared, there were seven scrolls neatly stacked up in front of the hokage. He then said, "I have mastered every one of those scrolls". The old man just smiled at this and asked, "I suppose you are here for the next set of scrolls?"
Naruto took a little serious expression and said, "That and a little something else too jiji".
That's it folks. Another chapter comes to an end.
And special thanks for BigMasetheDon,for his ideas on variations of Rasengan. I chose two other variants only as they were the most suitable. They are,
1) Water Release: Rasen Whirlpool
2) Lightening Release: Rasen raijin
I will post the descriptions when Naruto uses them for the first time in the story.
And one more thing, I know that the chapters are small, but please bear with it. Once the pre-graduation arc completes, they will start getting longer and longer. There isn't much happening before the graduations, perhaps maybe only the Uchiha incident, so, longer chapters are hard to come by. But, once wave arc begins, the chapters will definitely get longer. I promise that they will be minimum 5000 words in length. So, thanks again for understanding
And please read and review. 5 chapters and only 20 reviews, come on guys, motivate me. See you next time.