The Return of Senbonzakura V2
New AN: Hey so here is the new revised chapter 2 of TRS and the new third chapter is currently in progress as you read this. So remember to set me to your alerts so you know that I have updated, and don't forget to review and recommend me to your friends! And as always ENJOY!
Original AN: Okay I'm back! Now while I didn't exactly get the 10 reviews that I wanted, I did get a few saying that I should continue the story and they have a point. I can't just end it the way I did! This story needs to be finished! So thank you to all who reviewed they were greatly appreciated! Now I know I sort of contradict myself with some of the stuff I write but that's mainly because I take breaks between writing and don't reread what I write so I forget some of the stuff that I said earlier. So sorry for that if it bothered anyone but I will try my hardest to fix that. Anyways that's all I have to say and once again thanks to everyone who reviewed and Zalz! Please update The Lightning Sage! That story is great, and I want to know if Naruto finally reunites with his family! So please get back to writing! Now onto the story!
Story Start!
Chapter 2!
Amethyst eyes flickered open as Naruto sat up in the bed he was in. He looked around the room and took in his surroundings.
"Where the hell am I?" thought the dubious red head.
His attention was then brought to the door as he sensed a chakra signature approaching, he then spread his range further and came to the conclusion that he was in an inn. There were ten more signatures on this floor but they were all considerably smaller than the one headed to his room.
"Who could that be?" he thought, the door then opened to reveal a man that seemed to be about forty years of age if the wrinkles under his eyes and around his mouth were anything to go by.
The man was 5'7" with long grey hair, that almost reaches his waist, with bandages wrapped around his head that went down to his forehead. He has a grey goatee with a long grey moustache. He was currently wearing traditional samurai armor of the Land of Iron. His eyes were coal black and held a wiseness only seen in the most seasoned of warriors. The way he carried himself screamed that of a skilled and powerful warrior and also the elegance of a diplomat. The second he saw him Naruto instantly recognized who has just walked into the room.
"Mifune." said Naruto in slight awe. Naruto was familiar with Mifune through the stories that he has heard, he is a samurai that is powerful enough to face many shinobi on equal footing and even come out on top almost every time. Naruto's favorite story of Mifune was his legendary battle against Hanzo of the Salamander, a ninja strong enough to take on the sannin and make them retreat. Mifune's skill with a blade is even respected by his mother Kushina and even all of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. In short, he was someone that Naruto looked up to when it came to kenjutsu.
"So you know my name. I'm impressed, barely anyone as young as yourself can recognize me by just apperance." commented the aged samurai.
"Well someone with your skills in kenjutsu needs to be recognized or it could be a fatal mistake."replied the redhead stoically but also in a respectful tone.
"So, may I ask what a boy your age is doing all the way out here and on the border of Iron country nonetheless? Also more importantly why were there shredded bloody clothes and a scratched Kiri forehead protector nearby?" asked the now very serious Mifune.
"To put it simply he attacked me, so I retaliated." said Naruto trying to take on a cold persona.
"You mean to tell me that you were the one who was putting out all that chakra?" said the incredulous samurai.
"I'll leave that up for you to decide." replied the small swordsmen coolly.
"So again, what are you doing all the way out here? Did you get separated from your parents or...?" asked Mifune.
Naruto's face darkened at the mention of the failures that were his parents.
"That is none of your concern." said Naruto darkly.
"Well you are in my country making it my concern, so what are you doing all the way out here." Mifune asked sternly.
"MY PARENTS KICKED ME OUT OF THE CLAN OKAY!" Naruto yelled out in anger.
Mifune's face showed momentary shock before softening a bit at that, "What do you mean that they kicked you out? You are just a child, no decent parent would do that to their child." replied Mifune.
"I don't want to talk about it." said Naruto.
"Are you sure? Talking about one's problems helps ease the weight of the burden." replied the wise samurai.
"It's just- I- It all happened two days ago, on my birthday." said the now somber red head.
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Naruto opened his eyes as he got out of bed, he went straight to the bathroom an did his usual morning ritual. Just as he was tying his then back length red hair into a high ponytail he heard a sound, a second later his door burst opened as a little girl of now eight years of age bounded into the room.
"Onii-chan!" yelled the girl, "It's time to get up! It's our birthday!" she yelled at the top of her lungs causing Naruto to wince in pain from the volume at which she screamed.
"Natsuki, what have I told you about yelling when I'm only five feet away from you." said Naruto.
Natsuki smiled sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her head, something that she inherited from their father.
Natsuki was the complete opposite of her brother, unlike him who is always so calm and collected, she was loud and brash. Naruto thought with his head and she with her fists, just like their mother. Natsuki has long sun kissed blonde hair just like their father except she wore it in the same style as their mother with a orange hair clip on the left side of her head to keep her hair out of her eyes. Her eyes were a bright cerulean blue like their dads, also like their father she also had tan skin while he and his mother had pale skin. Something else that made her different from her brother was that she had six pencil thin whisker marks on her face, three on each cheek. At the time Natsuki was already wearing the clothes their mom had bought them for their party later that evening, which consisted of a long sleeved orange top with a black skirt that went down past her knees.
"Well come on Natsuki let's go downstairs before kaa-chan gets mad at us." said Naruto warmly as he looked at his younger twin sister.
She smiled brightly at him before quickly following him as they made their way downstairs.
"Naruto what took you so long? You almost missed Natsuki's birthday breakfast." said his father Minato the fourth and current hokage.
"Natsuki's birthday breakfast? Did you forget we are twins? It's my birthday too!" said Naruto loudly.
"Oh shit he's right! Did I really forget my son's birthday!" thought Minato, also making Kushina, who was making Natsuki's favorite breakfast dish chocolate chip waffles, freeze.
"No we didin't forget, right Minato?" said Kushina nervously and with guilt building up in her gut.
"Y-yea, we were uh going to let you choose where to go for lunch." said Minato, hoping that Naruto bought the lame excuse.
"I guess that makes sense." said Naruto, deciding to let the matter go and just try to enjoy his birthday.
"Ok, who wants to go to the park?" said Kushina quickly changing the subject.
"MEEEE!" yelled Natsuki, "C'mon onii-chan let's go to the park!" she said looking at him with puppy dog eyes.
Naruto who could never say no to his little sister smiled warmly at her before saying, "Ok Natsu-chan, we can go to the park.
"Yay!" yelled Natsuki in triumph as she inhaled the rest of her breakfast and ran for the door. She quickly ran back, grabbed Naruto's hand and took off again not allowing Naruto to finish his breakfast.
"H-hey, Natsuki-chan I wasn't done eating! I'm still hungry!" yelled Naruto, but his cries fell on deaf ears.
========== AT THE PARK ===============
Once at the park Natsuki quickly let go of Naruto and went in search of her best friends, Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuuga. Naruto on the other hand went straight for a clearing that was a little ways into the forest, which he had found about three months ago and has lately been using it for training purposes. The other kids always thought he was boring compared to his sister, who would play anything as long as it was fun, while he would much rather train, read a book, or meditate. He once tried befriending his godmother's, Mikoto-oba-chan, son Sasuke Uchiha but all he did was look at him and "Hned." Before leaving. Finally going past the bushes Naruto stopped at feeling a very small chakra signature, looking around Naruto followed the signature until he found a girl around his age crying her eyes out.
She had bright bubble gum pink hair that went down to her shoulders and she currently had her hands in front of her face blocking her face from view. Once realizing that someone was near her the girl looked up with a fearful face revealing bright emerald green eyes, seeing that it was some pale skinned red headed boy, she backed away fearfully.
"Hey it's ok," said Naruto, "I'm not going to hurt you." holding out his hand, she hesitantly took it and Naruto helped her up from her knees.
"If you don't mind me asking, why are you crying?" he asked.
The girl looked at him with wide eyes and asked "Y-you don't notice m-my f-f-fore-h-head." she said trying to hold back her tears.
Looking at her forehead Naruto noticed that it was slightly larger than normal, but he thought it made her look cute.
"What about it?" he said.
"D-don't you see that it's huge!" she exclaimed waving her arms around for emphasis.
"I think it makes you look beautiful." he said honestly.
The girl immediately looked down with an atomic blush and said "Y-you're lying."
"No, I'm not, I think it makes you look cute." he said with a gentle smile on his face.
Looking at the ground the girl couldn't help but blush again.
"Oh and before I forget, my name is Naruto Namikaze." said Naruto.
The girl's eyes widened again at the mention that the person who complimented her was the Hokage's son.
"M-my name is Sakura Haruno" she said. She played with the edge of her pink sun dress, as she looked up with embarrassment on her face. "Do you want to play with me?" she asked hesitantly.
Naruto immediately answered back with an "Of course."
Looking up at him with surprise she gave him a smile that immediately made Naruto's face heat up and feel butterflies in his stomach. Smiling Naruto grabbed her hand and off they went further into the clearing laughing and smiling all the way.
Hours had passed and for the first time since coming to this park Naruto actually enjoyed himself. He would usually would just go straight to the clearing and train 'till he dropped but this time, he played 'til he dropped. Seeing that the sun was now in the middle of the sky, indicating that it was around noon, Sakura told Naruto that she had to go eat lunch but that she would see him later tonight at his and Natsuki's birthday party. Giving him one last smile Sakura ran through the bushes and headed home. Naruto knowing that he should go as well left to go see if Natsuki was hungry yet so they could head home so that they could go eat lunch.
Walking through the bushes Naruto spotted Natsuki running to their kaa-chan, who came to pick them up so that they could go eat lunch. Naruto froze though when he noticed his mother begin to leave with Natsuki, he stared in disbelief as he watched them walk further and further away from him.
Anger was the first thing that Naruto felt, "How can they just leave me like that! Don't they remember that they have a damn son!" thought a now furious Naruto as he looked on at his mother and sister who just continued walking, never once looking back to see if her other child was there.
Deciding to just go home and make himself some lunch so that he wouldn't glare at his mother all through the meal, he headed home. Arriving quickly Naruto entered the kitchen and proceeded to make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Finishing his lunch Naruto went upstairs to his room and decided to take a nap. Walking upstairs Naruto decided to go to his parent's room so that he could sleep better, hey even though he doesn't get along with them that well doesn't mean that he doesn't feel safe when around them or something that is theirs.
========= 3 HOURS LATER =================
Hearing noises downstairs Naruto quickly got out of bed and went to go investigate. Peeking around the corner he saw his parents and Natsuki walk through the door with each holding an ice cream cone. Noticing that they didn't bring him one Naruto once again felt anger but instead calmed himself down and decided to just go to his room and draw.
Before he could make it all the way up the steps Minato called out, "Naruto come out I can feel your chakra signature. We need to talk." he said sternly. Rolling his eyes Naruto went downstairs and around the corner facing his family with an expressionless face.
"Well? What is it you wish to speak about?" said Naruto coldly.
"Where the hell were you all day?" said a very angry Kushina, though inwardly surprised at the tone in his voice.
"Where was I? I was here at home by myself because my parents decided to have lunch without Me." he said spitting out the word like it was poison.
Looking at him with shock on their faces Minato instantly got over it and walked over to Naruto with an angry expression on his face.
"Naruto we are your parents, so don't you talk to us that way." he said.
"If you were my parents why is it so easy for you to forget me all the time?" asked Naruto angrily.
Angered at the way their son was talking to them Kushina walked over to him and slapped him in the face. Looking at his mother in shock Naruto couldn't believe that his mother would ever hit him.
"K-kaa-chan" he said quietly as tears welled up in his eyes.
"Go to your room Naruto and don't come down until your birthday party." said Kushina angrily.
With shock still on his face Naruto quietly walked up to his room trying to hold back the tears threatening to spill in.
4 HOURS AT THE PARTY ===================
Naruto looked at himself in the mirror as he put on the last piece of clothing that his mother had gotten him for the party. He was wearing a crimson long sleeved button down shirt, with black slacks, and black dress shoes. His hair was in the same style of being in a high ponytail, he then proceeded to head downstairs to go greet the guests that were soon to arrive. After going downstairs his mother who was wearing a crimson kimono, walked over to him and hugged him. She leaned over to him and said to him softly, "I'm sorry for hitting you earlier Naru-chan." Naruto, hearing the remorse in her words wrapped his arms around her and apologized for his behavior.
After breaking the hug they heard the door knock signifying that the first guests have arrived. Opening the door it revealed to be Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune who arrived first, each with two presents in their hands. Natsuki more concerned about the presents in their hands than that her godfather and godmother had arrived, ran over to them and quickly started to look for the presents that belonged to her.
"Natsu-chan, you are supposed to thank kiyofu, baa-chan, and shizune-nee-san for coming not just take the gifts and run."said Naruto, giving his sistera light glare.
Natsuki in her trademark fashion rubbed the back of her head while smiling sheepishly and went to go greet them.
"Hi ero-kiyofu, baa-chan, shizune-nee-chan!"she said happily running to Jiraiya as he bent down to pick her up.
"Natsuki-chan, what have I told you about calling me that?"said the whining toad sage.
"Baa-chan told me to always call you that!" she exclaimed happily.
Jiraiya looked over to Tsunade who was giggling along with Kushina and Shizune. "Hello Baa-chan, Shizune-nee-san, kyoufu."said Naruto respectfully.
"Hi Naru-chan, how have you been kiddo?" said Tsunade leaning down to his level and giving him a kiss on the forehead. "I've been...good"said Naruto, thinking back to what had happened earlier.
Before Tsunade could comment on why he had paused while answering, they heard a knock on the door meaning that more guests had arrived. Opening the door they were greeted by the sight of the ino-shika-cho trio and their families.
"Hey there guys, glad you could make it." said Minato walking over to them.
"Well you are our friend Minato, of course we would come." said Inoichi.
"Plus, you are our kage as well." said Shikaku to himself.
Minato though had heard him and looked at him and said. "That doesn't mean that I don't consider you guys my friends, we grew up together." said Minato pouting.
"He was just joking Minato, no need to get upset." said Chouza.
The wives all went over to talk with Kushina, while Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru all went over to Natsuki and Naruto.
"Hey Ino!" said Natsuki, giving said girl a hug. Choji and Shikamaru also greeted Natsuki but they all seemed to ignore Naruto.
"Typical." thought Naruto, before he could continue he heard the door open and felt many different signatures. The next guests to arrive was the Hyuugas, Inuzukas, Aburames, Uchihas and the very nervous Harunos with a very excited Sakura. Seeing his only friend arrive at the party instantly ran over to them and excitedly greeted them.
"Hey Sakura-chan!, Mr. and Mrs. Haruno." said Naruto bowing to his elders but also grinning happily that Sakura had shown up.
"Hey Naruto-kun, happy birthday!" said Sakura handing him a wrapped gift.
The rest of the guests went over to the twins and told them happy birthday, though Naruto got considerably less birthday wishes than Natsuki. After a couple of hours of fun and games and most of the gifts have been given out, Minato gathered everyone in the backyard and had them all gather 'round.
"Ok now I have an announcement to make, so please would everyone quiet down." said Minato, "Now I am proud to say that Natsuki and Naruto are now old enough to sign the toad summoning contract, but before that I would like to make an announcement!" he immediately had everyone's attention.
"Now everyone, I would like to make the exciting announcement that I will be naming Natsuki as the new clan heir!" he exclaimed shocking everyone in the room. Soon he heard most of the people clapping, the Inuzukas, Hyuugas, Aburames, Yamanakas, Akimichis, and the Uchihas. Others merely looked on in shock of what they heard, the Naras, Harunos, Jiriya, Tsunade, Shizune, Kakashi, who just arrived late as usual, and finally the most shocked of them all Kushina.
Naruto on the other hand looked on in betrayal at the news. Quickly he ran upstairs grabbed his sword, sealed his gifts and some changes of clothes in a scroll set it aside while he quickly changed his attire and stuffed the scroll into his pocket. Climbing out of his window a noise made him take one last look back. Standing in the doorway to his bedroom was Sakura, she looked on as she saw the tears stream down his face.
"Naruto what are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm leaving." he said, "I don't know when I will come back, but you will be the first person to know when I get back." he said giving her a warm smile that made her heart flutter.
"But you can't just leave!" she yelled throwing her arms around him, "You're my only friend, please don't leave me." Finished Sakura sadly.
"I have to Sakura-chan, clan law dictates that should the clan heir be replaced or found incompetent then he or she is banished from the clan." He said hugging her back.
"Fine, but where will you go?" she asked.
"I don't know, but I won't be staying in the village, and since I've been banished they can't even go after me. I'm going to leave and make myself stronger, then I will come back become a ninja and show my parents that I'm better than Natsuki-chan." He said eyes burning with determination.
"Okay, but you have to make me a promise before you go." Sakura said breaking the hug and looking at Naruto seriously.
"What is it?" asked Naruto.
"You have to promise me that when you get back you have to marry me." She said seriously with a blush on her face.
"W-what? Are you serious?" Naruto said looking at her incredulously.
"Is there a problem?" she said looking at him with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
"N-no! I Naruto Nami- Uzumaki promise to marry you the day I return to Konoha." He said looking her in the eyes.
"Good, and don't make me wait too long Naruto-kun." She said giving him a warm smile.
"I won't I promise. See you later Sakura-hime." Said Naruto.
Looking back at her one more time he jumped out of the window and into the night.
"See you later Naruto-kun." She said before going back stairs and planning on telling everyone that he was just tired and went to sleep.
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Naruto finished telling Mifune his tale and looked at the man, he also decided to leave the part of the promise out to him to save himself from the teasing that he was sure that Mifune would torture him with. Mifune, on the other hand looked at Naruto with sympathy in his eyes, sighing he made his choice.
"Naruto I have a question for you." he said, "Would you like to become my apprentice?" he said giving the redhead a smile.
Naruto looked at him in shock and was speechless for a few seconds before speaking once again, "I would like that very much, thank you Mifune-sensei." said Naruto.
"Well then it's settled, get ready we leave for Iron Country immediately." he said.
Naruto quickly got out of bed, wincing for a second from his injuries grabbed his sword and his stuff and followed Mifune out of the inn.
"The day I return, I will prove to my parents that I was the better choice and I will honor the promise I made to Sakura-chan." said Naruto with determination burning in his eyes as he walked side by side with Mifune.
"This is going to be very interesting, I hope you are up for the challenge Naruto because I won't be going easy on you." Thought Mifune with an evil laugh thinking about all the tor-traning he was going to put Naruto through. Naruto felt a chill go down his spine that made him shudder as he looked at the laughing Mifune.
"Why do I get the feeling my future is going to be filled with soreness and hell?" he thought.
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AN: Okay easily going to be the longest chapter I'm probably going to write but here you guys go. The next chapter is currently in progress and should be published 3/29/15. So as always ENJOY! Remember to review and recommend me to your friends!