Quick AN. Story Relevant. Hey Everyone. Just a quick FYI. I use exposition a lot, especially where old school ThunderCats history is concerned, rather than writing those scenes out as this is one, taking place during the time of Naruto, and two, it would take forever to get to the meat of the story. I haven't gotten any complaints yet, but I felt I should probably explain that rather than leave you all hanging. Second. I am creating my own original history for the ThunderCats, borrowing a little from the 2011 series, borrowing some from the original, and making a lot of it up as I go. So if you are a true ThunderCats fan, and are someone who can't except some creative license, I understand, but I won't change it.
It was a long time since Sarutobi Hiruzen stood prepared for battle. Thirteen years since he had to step onto the field of battle. Not since right before the death of his chosen successor; the Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato. Naruto, someone who was like a grandson to him destroyed the wall on the right side of the room, and stood before him, a bit taller, and physically imposing compared to just a day before. His clothes were no longer bright orange, and his customary whiskers were no longer in place. His usual mischievous grin was nowhere in sight. This was still no doubt Uzumaki Naruto... but this was a Naruto who has fought battles beyond his years, and earned his stripes in battle despite only looking a year or two older.
Naruto noted that the Hokage's eyes were locked onto his sword. "Like it?" Naruto asked Sarcastically.
"The Eye of Thundara..." Hiruzen whispered almost reverently. The next thought that crossed the old timer's still sharp mind, 'Shit!' He knew what that sword represented. And if it truly had chosen Naruto... the title of hokage don't mean 'shat.' That the hokage seemed a bit distracted caught Naruto's attention before he cleared his throat and Hiruzen began to talk again.
Hiruzen took a chance and asked, "Is there a chance we can discuss this rationally without one of us potentially ending up dead?" Hiruzen dared not fight needlessly... especially with all that Naruto had told him concerning the Shinigami, and being denied his use if he mishandled this situation.
"Sure thing old man... right after I do one thing."
"And what's that my boy?" He asked, thinking Naruto's rational thinking had fully returned.
Naruto took off his hitai-ite and said, "I may be putting it back on shortly, or not at all, but there is no way this goes any further without one thing happening."
Before Hiruzen knew it Naruto leaped forward and smashed his fist across the Hokage's face. He then jumped back. The hokage was furious, but took note of the Hitai-ite now back in Naruto's hand. Naruto then said, "That was for keeping me in the dark about my heritage. Now that-that is settled, if you want, we can talk calmly and rationally."
Hiruzen's staff transformed and went to attack Naruto, but was stopped by a strong grip on his shoulder. "No Enma-Dono. I will hear him out... but he won't get another free shot," He glared at Naruto, "I can assure you."
It took Naruto a few seconds, and his features softened slightly as he gave an almost imperceptible nod. The ANBU forces normally in the room were sent out as the Hokage wanted to handle the situation with Naruto as delicately as possible. So when Hiruzen placed a hand up, Naruto tensed, but realized it was the signal to stand down. Seemed the group of ANBU and Jonin arrived in short order after Naruto's demonstration of raw power where the side of the Hokage's office used to be.
Hiruzen carefully walked over to his chair and sat without taking his eyes off of the 'new' Naruto. "Please Begin Naruto-kun. Let's hear your story. Obviously you feel as if I did something to wrong you. You know I love you like a grandson, but if you do anything to endanger this village..." he said calmly, but deliberately. The threat was left hanging.
Naruto stayed standing, but narrowed his now slightly darker blue eyes at the old man as he said, "It's one of the reasons you still have even a modicum of respect from me old man. Let's get this over with, and you tell me if you think I am justified in my anger.
Hiruzen sighed, but nodded for Naruto to continue, and continue he did after Hiruzen dismissed Enma. He brought him out as an intimidation tactic, but felt he didn't actually need him should he have to incapacitate Naruto.
Flashback
Naruto's hand gripped a silver surface and within less than a full second he let out an inhuman cry of pain. But so much more was happening. Inside of Naruto's mind... no, inside his very soul, a battle for dominance began. Everyone had goodness and darkness inside. Uzumaki Naruto was no different, but his was a bit darker, and more evil than most because of the life Naruto lived. Naruto was screaming in his mindscape as well. His counterpart who planned to hide until Naruto got stronger and take over his body and his life. But his plans were destroyed as his very essence was nearly completely extinguished by the power of the mighty Eye of Thundera.
He screamed, "Help me. Please!"
Two figures appeared from the seal that protected Naruto. One looked to the orange wearing boy who screamed out in pain, and the red haired boy who was nearly identical except for that feature. With a nod to the other they vanished in a burst of speed and gripped each and placed them beside each other and created a barrier. They knew using such a barrier would cut the time they had down considerably, but they had to save the blonde. But felt a strange connection to the red haired boy as well. The first was a woman who's hair was red as as thousand roses took note of something that surprised her. The fox too seemed pained, and was fighting back screaming out as loudly, but upon seeing that red flowing hair, the great beast allowed a massive roar and released a dark laugh to accompany it despite his terrible pain.
"Hey Red!" the fox roared. "Take care of the brat. He is an idiot, but I recognize this power! It is the power of Omens! A power much older than my father, the one you would know as the sage of the six paths. My Chakra is yours. You were linked with me for years. For the first time, I offer it freely!"
The woman did not trust the fox, but took note that his chakra was coming toward her, but he was not trying to influence it. She nodded thanks to the fox and reinforced her own and the others chakra, but something happened. There was a massive explosion inside the barrier. It held, but once the energy inside it cleared, the red haired woman and the blonde man beside her dropped the barrier. What was once two was now one. Naruto's eyes blinked a few times to help him focus.
Naruto glanced around and took note of the yondaime and flipped backward onto his feet and pulled out a Kunai. "Who are you, because I know damn well the yondaime died fourteen year ago in two weeks. And what the hell are you doing in my mindscape... And what the hell did you do to my fox?!" Naruto, who didn't usually give two shits about the fox nearly fell over upon seeing his fox shrinking, and losing tails as they fell off and vanished in puff of dissipating chakra. His fur started shifting from an orange like color to pure white, and his fierce features now gave off an air of nobility rather than a wild creature.
The woman in the green dress, and fiery red hair looked back and asked, "Oi Kurama? That still you fox?"
The now slightly larger than normal sized white fox gave a small growl as he said, "I told you not to call me that red. Now leave me alone and talk to your pup. He doesn't know his heritage, and the asshat on the chair didn't tell him, so the little brat has a bit of a chip on his shoulders because he's been treated like shit all his life. It's the only reason I didn't try to bust out of here sooner. But he did piss me off recently, and was going to let him die with me along with him to end this. And you go and find a way to stop that damn sword from killing us both. Oh, and it cleansed out a bit of unnatural hatred put into me via Uchiha Madara," he said as if having a chat over breakfast while reading a newspaper.
Naruto had not changed his stance. He was listening to it all. His instincts told him that the woman in red really was his mother. His new sensei however taught Naruto not to trust anything at face value. Even the lazy Cyclops mentioned that once or twice. Something about looking underneath the underneath.
Two hours later- via Naruto's sense of time in his inner world.
Naruto now sat cross legged, his ego bruised thoroughly at having his ass handed to him by his kaa-chan in 'HIS OWN MIND,' but he mentally forgave her after taking note he used the same style she did in taijutsu, but more importantly, she gave him tips when he said he wanted to whip Sasuke's ass due to his arrogance and explained his reasoning. Naruto was extremely surprised that Sasuke's mom and his own were best friends. Naruto also calmed for the most part after realizing what happened with his darker half. He explained to his parents what it was, but when Minato tried to put his hand over his son's shoulder to comfort him, he was decked. His dad accepted the fact that Naruto decked him the moment it was confirmed he was his father too. Naruto had a few father issues he still needed to work out. He figured he deserved at least that much. The family took time to get to know each other. Naruto laughed at the pure number of pranks Kushina suckered his dad into. Naruto's heart warmed when he found out his parents were in love with Ichiraku Ramen too. Kushina told Naruto about how Minato raced through the dead of night, following strands of her red hair she managed to leave, hoping someone would catch her scent or some trace of her. She blushed as she recounted Minato's heroic act of saving her.
Minato then stated, "Looks like you accepting that we all have inner demons we have to get past also gave you a touch more of your Uzumaki ancestry sochi (son).
Naruto raised his eyebrow in askance. Kushina laughed a bit and pointed to her hair. Naruto then pointed to his own. Kushina gave a cautious smile. Naruto's eyes widened and then he jumped into the air and screamed, "Yatta! Boss! I get the same color hair as my mom. No offense Otou-san, but I had your hair for a while. I think I'd like to rock mom's beautiful hair color."
Before Naruto knew what to do he was glomped in a hug by his mother. He didn't understand anything, but embraced the parental love he'd never received. Minato then explained, "Don't mind your kaa-chan Naruto-kun. She has always been... sensitive about her hair. She was teased about it in her younger days. Those who did however learned that is was dangerous to piss off an Uzumaki. Haha. She earned the moniker 'Konoha's Red Hot Habanero.' To be honest... her named was about as feared as my own.
"Enough Nato-koi. Naruto's heard enough about that, ya know." Kushina blushed.
Naruto could do nothing but grin at his mom's verbal tick. It was similar to his own. About identical if he thought hard enough about it.
A bit later, soon after finding out about the neglect Naruto received growing up, he decided it was time to teach Naruto about the very sacred art that Kushina taught him long ago... the art of getting someone back one hundred times worse than they could ever do to you... a.k.a... upgrading Naruto's status from Prankster Prince of Konoha, to Prankster KING of the entirety of the land of fire!
It was discussed in great detail. Minato, seeing as most of his life force was with the shinigami asked his other self to get permission to do what was needed. The Shinigami was not usually one for pranks... but the Sarutobi Monkey clan pulled a prank on one of his lieutenant shinigami eight hundred years ago, and this would go a long way to mending fences with a soon to be captain of his guard. Upon approval, Minato explained the intricacies of the Shinigami and how to use it where Hiruzen was concerned.
When it was finally time for Minato and Kushina to go, it was a long, tearful goodbye, but Naruto realized that somewhere in an alternate dimension, that story was told a hundred different ways, and decided to do exposition instead.
However at the last moment a glowing figure appeared before them. A ghostly form of a man who seemed to be in his late thirties to early forties, red hair, slight catlike features, and well toned. His eyes were closed initially, but opened slowly. It took a moment for his eyes to really focus. He looked to see two adults standing defensively in front of a young boy of no more than fourteen. He then spoke and asked, "May I ask who has recovered my sword?"
Minato and Kushina looked confused until Naruto stepped up slightly past them and said, "So it was your sword that caused all of this madness. It forced me to face the evil inside of me. It nearly destroyed him... but if I could have helped it, I would not have allowed that to happen as we all have some form of darkness that teaches us to be more tolerant toward one another and to accept that there is no ultimate force of good or evil. That sword is powerful beyond anything I could have ever dreamed. A lot of good could come from something like that if put in the right hands," Naruto pondered.
Lion-o smiled. He knew the sword already chose this boy as the new ThunderCat lord. It even used the pain and the torture of dealing with one's most inner turmoil in place of the sacred ThunderCat Trials. Lion-o now knew why the Shinigami awakened him from his self inflicted exile from the rest of the ThunderCats in the afterlife.
Kushina and Minato started fading. They both hugged Naruto protectively again saying his name multiple times in sadness. Lion-o couldn't help but smile but then explained, "Naruto. Son. You are now the rightful owner of the Sword of Omens, and the lord of the ThunderCats. As the sword has not been used in a great amount of time, a lot of magical power has built up within it," Lion-O slightly lied. The Shinigami didn't want Lion-O to reveal that the 'fates' had already seen great things for him, and would be the ones to secretly grant him rewards for his hard work. Although it would be through the power of the sword of Omens that the reward could be called forth. Lion-O then continued. "You may ask a boon of the sword once every five years or so, but no more or lose the protection of the power. Also, should you run across an old ghost of a ThunderCat in a helmet and a long cape, he's okay. Jaga, another former ThunderCat head before me. If you do run across him, please let him know I am okay... now that a new one has been chosen. I can rest a little easier... Now do as I say." Naruto seemed hesitant, but after a quick glance at his sadly smiling parents was attentive.
"You need to return to your body and..." Lion-o quickly explained how to activate and use some of the sword's most potent power. "And once you do, make a wish with all of your heart, and all your might. You will gain a greater understanding of the power in time, and it seems I have been tasked with helping to train you in the use of your new powers and your role as leader of the ThunderCats. Although I find it odd. I almost feel a touch of Thundarian blood in you, but it's probably wishful thinking. But Hurry Naruto... Before you lose your chance." Lion-o realized his claw shield had been returned to him. He tossed it to Naruto who then vanished in a puff of smoke. He glanced at Naruto's parents who were slowly fading.
"If he wishes for what I think he will... you both will be here for a bit longer yet." he smiled genuinely.
Kushina and Minato held each other a little tighter.
On the outside Naruto was shocked to see Jaga alongside Jiraiya. Naruto figured now would be the best time to enact his revenge on Jiraiya and the old man while he was fired up about trying to save his parents.
He thought the movements were a bit ostentatious but felt the power emanating from the short, rusted little sword, if barely now, unlike 'hours' ago when he was screaming out in pain. "Thunder. THunder. THUNder. THUNDERCATS, HO!"
The sword length grew with each call of the word Thunder until the sword was nearly five feet tall, it's rust literally blasted away from the diamond like blade. The centerpiece of the sword, a red orb with the shape of an eye transformed into that of a black panther-esc silhouette that shot out into the sky. The large summoned toad seemed to shrink back from it's power. It nearly overwhelmed Jiraiya's partner.
Naruto closed his eyes and wished with all his might, 'Kami high and low, I ask that you allow my wish made by the power of this sword to be granted. Return to me my parents... back to life, fully powered to their zenith, and safe from recrimination of the shinigami's wrath and his blessing!'
The fates made sure to link in the top CHO (Chief Heaven Officer) to ensure there were no complications or crosshairs of something so important. The Zenith Kami, the lord of lords considered Naruto's request very carefully and smiled at Naruto's use of the term Zenith. He looked at what Naruto went through and what Naruto would have to go through. Having his parents to help and guide him would be a good thing... but he would have to earn it... Maybe by facing a great evil. He then nodded to his beautiful assistant who smiled at her master's generosity. She snapped and Namikaze Minato, and Uzumaki Kushina appeared in a green mist. They did not see the great Zenith Kami, but his presence felt.
His assistant stepped forward however and smiled. Minato spoke first, "Hello Beldandy-sama. You are looking well."
The assistant rolled her eyes and stated, "You don't need to suck up Minato-kun. You know I sneak you two into the same place as much as I can. Yamamoto is not stupid however. He allows you this time every once in a while. If not it would give me a headache. Haha. But no need to worry today. Or ever again... at least for a lifetime anyway.
What do you mean "Belly-chan?" the red haired woman asked a bit nervously, and nervous was definitely not her forte.
The assistant smiled so brightly, the flowers in the room started to glow and grow a bit in joy. Beldandy as she'd been referred to stated, "You two get something others rarely do. Your son has gotten you a second chance. You are being transferred into his seal with the rest of your chakra. Should he pass a certain test that you shall remain oblivious to... you all shall be reunited in the real world. Please don't ask questions. Just throw a prayer or two up every once in a while to let us know what's going on. That whole omniscience thing is true, but it's so much easier when people do some of the work. Plus the boss respects it a bit more too."
They nodded dumbly before blinking. The next thing they knew was they were Naruto's mindscape as the bare minimum of their life force they placed in Naruto so many years ago. Minato and Kushina sensed them and in perfect sync raced through a sequence of hand seals and sent their newly renewed life force to reconstitute the constructs of their past and memories. The Kushina and Minato who were there were again fading. All four of them looked to each other. Although the two fading out knew it was their time, they could still live on through the originals. The departing Minato and Kushina reached out and touched their counterparts hands. The mini Kurama watched with interest from behind the bars to which no one else noticed were far to small for him now. The departing smiled as they merged with the originals, with tears in both Kushinas eyes.
"Thank you for watching over Naruto-kun... even if it was just for a little while." Kushina emoted. The other two smiled happily for the first time since the time they were supposed to depart and as they vanished from sight and their memories merged with those of the originals, essentially turning them into the Equivalent of Kage Bunshin. They weren't really gone. Just reconstituted into the original. .
Naruto however angry he was, was still first and foremost a prankster. Underneath the Hokage Monument laid a very large symbol. A symbol of a black colored panther with a red sun behind it. His sword was great for artwork it seemed, he thought ruefully before he made his way to the Hokage's tower. He managed to do so without losing a step which was impressive. He'd decided to tell his own version of events to make it seem even more surreal than they already were. But he'd be damned if he didn't at least deck the standing hokage once and get away with it.
End Flashback
"So the shinigami will not stayed allied to Konoha, and will offer his power to Iwa should he not be pleased with how this is handled. Even I don't know what he wants done. He said you are old and wise enough to handle this intelligence and wisdom." Naruto lied smoothly.
The sword's eye started glowing and eventually caught Naruto's attention. His eyes widened. Hiruzen caught this and Naruto signaled low to the Hokage, 'I don't know why or even how, but either you, I, or both of us are in danger. We will have to finish this discussion later.'
The hokage didn't like essentially being given orders by a genin, but he too sensed something approaching fast. Naruto slowly raised his sword in front of his eyes and said, "I feel as if there is something more to see. Something underneath the underneath... and I feel that I can see beyond sight."
Before the hokage could ask more, Naruto's eyes flickered gold for a second, then back to normal as he commanded, "Sword of Omens... show me beneath that which is hidden. Underneath the underneath. Give me sight beyond sight." Upon Naruto's request, the sword's guards extended and curled up as they had when the sword was elongated.
Naruto lowered the sword a few seconds later and signaled, 'Get away from your chair jiji. Quickly!' to which the old man did. There was a sizzling sound and then the wall behind the office chair exploded. Five nin stood there with Konoha Hitai-ite, but white mask covering their faces.
What is the meaning of this?!" Hiruzen demanded. The force did not respond. Instead they attacked in earnest at great speed. Naruto gripped his sword tightly and parried the first two attacking foes. Hiruzen leaped forward and smashed into the next two's faces with his knees which knocked them back out of the building and onto the ground on the side of the tower, blood drenching the grass. Naruto rolled forward under the final foe's sword thrust and kicked him behind his knee, making his lose his balance. Naruto quickly placed his sword in his other hand and raised his claw like shield. His arm pointed forward and Naruto moved his finger slightly and a rope attached to what looked like a single nail far too long to fit into that shield shot out and swirled around the final man's neck. Naruto yanked it back, taking the man's breath away as he hit the ground. Naruto sensed something coming at him at top speed, and he barely dodged a senbon aimed for his now exposed neck. Without releasing his captive now, Naruto threw his miniaturized sword as he would a kunai at the first of the next wave of enemy shinobi.
He, Naruto realized his mistake, but was was surprised when he heard a newly familiar voice in his mind whisper something to which Naruto mimicked as he held his hand out. "Sword of Omens; Return To My Hand!
The sword removed itself from the now dead man's stomach and returned to Naruto's hand.
"Where are my ANBU?!" the sandaime roared.
"Looks like someone took our little chat as a chance to cause some trouble." Naruto admitted sheepishly.
"This discussion isn't over Naruto-kun," the wizened hokage informed with finality.
"Noted jiji, but can that wait until after we finish this?"
The third wave of attackers appeared like the others, too fast to allow the hokage to perform any meaningful hand seals. Naruto was about to attempt to end the battle by overwhelming his foes with kage bunshin, but as he placed his fingers together in the half ram seal, he felt a sharp pain to the top of his neck which knocked him out. All he saw was darkness. The sword did not warn him, as the attacker had no intentions to attack the boy, and stay out of sight until the battle was over. But seeing as the holder of the Kyuubi could possibly turn the tide of the battle. That was something he could not allow, as it would go against his master's desires. And the holder of the Kyuubi also seemed to have come into possession of a powerful artifact of sorts. This could not be ignored.
The next time Naruto opened his eyes, he was in a dark room colored in orange and black.
"At least whoever has me has good taste," he allowed. Naruto took note that his arms were locked down, but his sword was surprisingly still in his hand. That didn't make sense. But Naruto decided to take a chance and yelled out, "Oi. Anybody there?"
The door opened and an ANBU gave a standard konoha shinobi signal to hold, but in a polite manner to Naruto's approving gaze. He nodded acknowledgment. A few moments later Jiraiya arrived with Hiruzen at his side.
"So, we found out who attacked us. A few powerful sleeper agents who worked for Orochimaru. You are lucky Jiraiya arrived less than thirty minutes after you. He cleared enough of the enemy out so I could cut loose." Hiruzen waited a moment before asking, "Can I trust you not to try to strike me again?"
Naruto's gaze hardened and said, "Depends. Why did you hide my heritage?" Hiruzen sighed, then ran through a quick set of hand seals to activate the hidden paper seals in the little room. Finding the seals satisfactory, he turned to Naruto and said, "This is a Double-S class secret. Even if you leave service of the Konoha guard, should you even be allowed to stay enlisted, I haven't decided after that stunt you pulled," He noticed Naruto flinched slightly, but just barely. Naruto was serious then, he realized. "... But as I was saying. It's a secret that carries a death sentence. Do you understand and accept that the information of what I am potentially releasing to you can lead to execution as a traitor if you tell one soul. Am I clear?" his demand was no nonsense. Naruto's heart raced as he had never been given a such a formidable clearance before outside of the Kyuubi, but that was information he found out on accident.
"I understand," Naruto said simply.
"Twelve years ago, Inuzuka Tsume, Kiba's mother, and Uchiha Mikoto, Sasuke's mother wanted to take you in. Their respective husbands at the time supported the decision, and I was going to approve one of them to do so, but after three days of deliberations, word got out to the other clans that the holder of the kyuubi might be adopted, and a few specific individuals took actions to prevent you from ever being adopted. A fuinjutsu master of the former Uzumaki clan was 'hired,'" he spat, "to make an obedience seal. He was only rivaled by your mother and father in skill. Even surpassing Jiraiya who is a master in his own right. Well, he didn't know that these particular individuals were going to use the seal on me specifically. Well, one day he happened upon a few members of the Hyuuga Elders and found that they were going against the clan head's wishes for this. He quickly went back to his laboratory and started changing the seal so that it could not be activated at will as the Hyuuga branch family's could, and only kill me if I did what the command in the seal was meant to stop. While he was not a Konoha shinobi, Uzu and Konoha were once the closest of allies before Uzu's fall. He tried to enter a secondary seal to allow me to break it while asleep. He was stopped before he could finish trying to help me. Killed for attempting to 'betray' the specific elders of the Hyuuga clan. But he did manage to place a similar seal inside the paper seal as your parents did for you. He had a Hyuuga caged bird seal on him near the top of his back which is why he was forced to make the seal in the first place. It was in a place he could not reach to deactivate, and he was never left alone long enough to create a Kage Bunshin to attempt it. They were smart and wicked taskmasters. Well, one day at the end of a meeting, the topic of you came up. They Hyuuga leader at the time expressed his disapproval of one clan having exclusive rights to the Kyuubi' as it would make him loyal to them." to which Naruto scowled outright. "That caused other clans to support him in a vote to keep you from being adopted. But other outside forces are what made your life so difficult. I do believe my former teammates may have had a hand in that, but I have no proof, and as such I could not dismiss them without raising suspicions. After two more meeting of me fighting for your right to have a normal, happy life, I was ambushed from behind. My tenketsu, the chakra pathways which allows the use of chakra," he explained having seen Naruto's initial look of loss. But his look vanished nearly instantly. Someone had been catching Naruto up academically. 'Ebisu,' the hokage remembered wit a small minuscule smile. "Someone whispered behind me, 'You are to valuable and a powerful deterrent to enemies of this village. So we will give you this one warning. You will not allow the Uzumaki to have a family. You will groom him to see you as a grandfatherly type character which shouldn't be too hard as much as you fought for him of late. But we will incorporate a way to help you remember your place. You will die if you go against these instructions. We had a Fuin master craft this seal with the same intricacies as the caged bird seal, with a few other little stopgaps. You will never tell the Uzumaki of his heritage, and his coffers shall be spread throughout the Hyuuga, civilian, and Shimura families. Nor will you retire. You will hold that seat until we feel there is another worthy of the title.' I was not thrilled, and even tried to have Jiraiya take a look at the seal a few time over the years. The good news was that the Uzumaki who created the seal managed to contact me which is the only reason I even remotely find your statements of meeting your parents plausible." To which Naruto, still bound gave a slight shrug. His thoughts were on the fact that someone went through all of that trouble just to keep the sandaime silent. He was boiling inside, but understood.
Naruto looked at his leader and asked, waves of anger in every word? "Did you ever manage to get it removed?"
"No," the sandaime stated. "The fact that you found out on your own is the only reason I seem to be able to freely talk about it."
"You're still hiding something old man. I might not be the sharpest tool in the shed... but I am ninja. I am starting to feel a very dark anger. What aren't you telling me?"
The sandaime grumbled, 'Troublesome brat suddenly got ever smarter. "Fine. Long and short of it is that Hyuuga Hinata was the target of Kumo Shinobi a few years ago. Well... they got wind by someone here that you were 'their' son. Luckily, or unluckily the Kumo nin was eliminated before that information could get back to kumo. You were too well protected for them to get to. It was attacks like those that kept the nin away from you when the civilian bullies gave you a hard time sometimes."
"Kumo...The hidden cloud village?" Naruto translated correctly, again to the hokage's approval. The old Naruto would have never known that. "The civilians are about to see a new side to Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto stated without malice, but conviction.
"They, like Iwa had a massive bone to pick with the Yondaime since he nearly singlehandedly obliterated the west combined division of their combined forces. A third of the enemy forces. If they knew he had a kid..."
"So all of this madness I went through was planned by some insane ass hats who didn't want the 'demon boy' to be too loyal to a single clan or household. My life is my own, and I do believe it's time for me to make that very clear. Hokage-sama," Naruto asked officially, "I think it's time shake things up a bit more than the Chunin exams. What do you think sir?"
The grizzled eyes looked at Naruto suspiciously, but took note of that confident, unbreakable Naruto who claimed he was taking the hat one day. It had been a while since he saw that face. That was the face of Naruto that he would trust his very life with.
"What do you have in mind gaki?" Jiraiya asked for Hiruzen who nodded.
Meanwhile, In Naruto's seal-
"...So Red... About that sword. I'm sorry to say, but your son is an idiot. And if he's allowed to keep it, the world is so screwed." the fox casually allowed the words to roll of of his tongue. It annoyed Kushina that the tailed beast insulted her son. But much more so, she was dumbfounded at what he did three minutes earlier. He stepped out of the cage, walked over and laid down beside herself and Minato. Both of them were too stunned to even attempt to stop the now much smaller white fox.
"Let's get some of the questions out of the way that Naruto didn't get to yet. "Yes, I am still really me, but the sword dragged out about thirty five percent of my chakra, and even purified it along with the rest of me when you helped your pup. I just did a look see and his chakra pathways are a bit smaller now, but he still has access to a butt crack load of chakra. But the sword somehow solidified the coils... quite a lot if I am not mistaken. His control will be something interesting to see. He always had trouble with control because of me, but as of now... because of the extremely long hours he's recently put into control, on top of what the sword did to him... he might have a medical ninja's level of control.
Minato, his wits regained gently gripped Kushina's hand and asked, "Why should we trust anything you say?"
A cage appeared around Minato and Kushina, bonds and all appeared on them, and Kurama said, "Because I could have done this at any time. Things have changed. I am not the same as I was thirteen years ago. I am going to release you now. If you try something stupid... I WILL defend myself. Oh, and before I let you out, I will only say this once. I AM sorry I killed you both. But I have been trapped within vessels for over sixty years now. So I am not exactly happy about my living conditions. But the sword managed to heal a great deal of that hatred. But not all of it. The boy will have to prove himself worthy before I truly give myself over and help him outside of the traditional healing I have been doing for his ungrateful ass. Clear?"
To say the two parents were shocked would have been an understatement. The now three tailed fox's intelligent speech. His wise, old eyes. They looked at each other, then finally nodded an agreement to the fox.
Lion-o once again appeared as the cage vanished. The fox glanced at the red haired man and stated, "So you've returned pussycat?"
Lion-o didn't even flinch, and rolled with it. "With this beautiful mane of hair? It's even in my name. I hail from the mighty Lions of both Thundera and Old Earth. But also from humans as Thundarians were born of some... not so nice experimentation of the Mutant race some odd five thousand years past.
Kushina stepped forward and gave him the once over then asked, "In detail, who are you to my son?"
"Not one for dancing around an issue are you? Good. Makes this easier. First, I'd like to point out I did just help your son get to safety, and from what I can feel, he is now with an two incredibly powerful individuals. Even in here, we can feel he is safe. His life is in no imminent danger, or else his spirit would have warned us in some way. I believe your Fox compatriot can confirm my words. Now, Like your son is now, I was a former lord of a race of half cat, half human hybrids. I was not a demon or some incarnation of one," he glanced at the fox and consoled, "No offense."
"None taken. I'm actually a tailed beast. I don't hail from some underworld filled with ancient evils etc. Common misconception. My father was actually the one who brought Ninshuu, the earliest form of Ninjutsu meant for peace to this world. It draws on Chakra. This generation of warrior's source of power. And it can be formidable when utilized correctly. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on which side of the fence you land, it can be dangerous for some of the more foolish who are gifted with the ability to learn to access it. But I have intruded on your lesson. Please continue."
"Thank you tailed beast-san." Lion-o replied respectfully to which Minato and Kushina's jaws nearly fell to the floor at the civility between the two.
Kurama took note of this, and fought back a small chuckle.
Lion-o continued, "We were a race that were seen as abominations on the original Earth here and so the scientist who created the hybrid process along with us where banished from the planet. We had much better technology back then," he cut them off before they could ask. "We, and by we, I mean our ancestors were treated like less than second class citizens on the planet Thundera until one day we rose up against our taskmasters, the scientist. We united against a common foe and eventually took on the name Thunderians as we were then of the planet Thundera. We were not initially a peaceful people. There were many wars in which we plundered the planet, forcing others to fall in line. We became no better than our former oppressors." Lion-o stopped for a moment to clarify his intentions as Minato and Kushina looked less than pleased by this man's words. "You are only hearing the beginning of our history. We didn't remain conquerors, as we were soon conquered ourselves. An ancient evil from third Earth had conquered his world in search of a jewel. A jewel broken into ten pieces. One such piece is the Eye of Thundera which Naruto now wields." Lion-o waited for a question, then started again as none came. "Mumm-ra, an ancient Pharaoh from the very first thousand years of the original Earth's history before the numbers were added," Lion-o joked lightly, "He studied from mystical scripts of ancient wizards, and ascended beings who left their mortal coil behind. He found that the use of the more noble scripts would not give him nearly the power he desired, so he called upon the ancient spirits of evil and requested them endow him with untold dark powers. He surrendered his life, and part of his very soul, but he was granted that power. But Mumm-ra was foolish in keeping the same manuscripts on his ship when he conquered Thundera. A few Thunderians scholars were aware of the languages used in the text, and were able to gain their own unique powers and created a symbol to unite them under a single secret banner. Some of the later generations mistakenly refer to it as black panther, but that was to throw off anyone who might misuse that information... as information is power. It is the Midnight Lioness, or also called, the Black Lioness. A very few 'loyal' Thunderians were trusted to help Mumm-ra in his search for the jewels, but one day Mumm-ra found the largest of the Jewels. The Thunderians of the time knew that if he managed to weaponize the power of the jewel, they would never be free. Trey, leader of one of the secret cells of rebels called together a summit of Thunderians and made plans to steal the jewel. Once in the hands of the Thunderians, the jewel was crafted into a sword, and thanks to Mumm-ra's arrogance in bringing the ancient scrolls aboard his ship and allowing the few mystics to gain much wisdom and power, though still not enough to defeat Mumm-ra.
Mumm-ra had a sword commissioned for the jewel to be fitted in. He planned to finish the project after he returned with another jewel he believed his dispatched crew might have located. While gone, those loyal to Trey retrieved the jewel with much danger to themselves. The mystics placed a spell over the jewel so that it could not be used by evil, and no evil could remove the spell, which made Mumm-ra's claim on the jewel pointless by that point. But that was not the only problem. Now that the jewel was protected, it was engraved with a Black Lioness face on one side, and a cat's eye on the other. It was then placed in the sword which sealed the jewel in, but no one could utilize it's powers. No one knew how. Not even the mystics. The Thunderians were running out of time. They feared what Mumm-ra would do once he found out they'd enchanted the sword to prevent him from using it and considered turning on Trey. Trey then remembered that Mumm-ra always called on the Ancient Spirits of Evil to draw on his darkest of powers. One of the female mystics stepped forward in understanding and called forth the the Ancient Spirits of Truth, Honor, Justice, and Loyalty. Much to their surprise, the spirits answered as four white silhouettes appeared before the group. Upon explaining what they were trying to accomplish, the four spoken in hushed tones. To quiet to be heard before one of the two female spirits stepped forward and looked at Trey. After a moment, she told him how she felt the goodness in him and how he was to become King of the Thunderians, and with the sword as proof of his lordship. She then offered herself as a sacrifice for good. She appeared to fade as if into dust. But the dust didn't just fade. It merged with the Jewel that was now encrusted in the sword. The Black Lioness turned into another cat's eye. The sword then levitated off of the table and over to Trey's hand. Upon touching it, his eyes flashed gold for but a second. His clothes changed from that of a simple mechanic to those of pure royalty. A purple robe covering his new battle attire. Over the course of the next thirteen hours, Trey battled Mumm-ra upon his return to the ship. No one dared interfere, even on Mumm-ra's orders as they were too scared of this new power shown by the mysterious orange haired Thunderian."
Lion-o stopped to take a breath and took note that the two warriors stood with bated breath themselves. "Well, the good news was the ancient spirit of good helped Trey defeat Mumm-ra, but Mumm-ra was not one to be trifled with. He returned many times over the centuries. Usually when the younger generations were determined that Mumm-ra was only a myth. Each time the damage got worse and worse until one day a King arose and commisioned the ThunderCats. He needed an army with special abilities to help keep the recaptured Thundera safe. So after a while, the sword of omens started to amplify the natural Abilities of Loyal and Just ThunderCats. The leader at the time the leader prayed for help when Mumm-ra returned, and once again the ThunderCats prevailed, but with a great loss. The process continued until Jaga took over my father's position as leader and King of the Thunderians. He was a wise old cat. He used his wisdom of the ancients to protect Thundera, making it harder and Harder for Mumm-ra to even step foot on the planet, so Mumm-ra set off a bomb. Not an ordinary bomb that can be repaired afterward, and rebuilt soon after, but one made of magic and science that would make the very air toxic to any living thing for years to come. A few of us escaped in the Royal flagship, but many others had not sadly. Only seven nobles managed to escape. And that was because Jaga forced the issue. We were sad, but we knew of one place we could rebuild. Our original home as many species had arose there. It was no longer filled with such un-accepting and hate filled humans."
"A few days into our journey, we were ambushed by a group of mutants under Mumm-ra's command. He didn't want us to make it to Third Earth under any circumstances, as we might be able to find allies to help join in the fight against him. And Mumm-ra didn't dare use the same tactic on Third Earth as he'd have no one left to rule. We were being beaten brutally. Jaga didn't have the sword of Omens with him on the bridge. It was in the weapons room. I was told to run as I was the youngest at the time. Instead of hiding, I ran into the weapons room, and looked for anything that could help my friends. I saw the sword of Omens. It didn't accept anyone's touch lightly. I thought for a moment, but then I said to the sword, 'the current lord is in danger. And he dare not call out to you as you might destroy the ship in hopes of helping your master. Please allow me to use your power to help my friends.' Without hesitation, the sword's eye glowed and then rose and floated over to me. I reached out and grabbed it. It's massive weight made me nearly drop it. Which reminds me, 'how is it Naruto can control the sword's weight so easily so young?"
Kushina smiled and said, "Ninja," as if that answered everything. Minato was a little more helpful when he answered, "We are in a warrior world. Some children are taught to fight from the age they can walk. That includes strength training."
Lion-o nodded his thanks then continued, "The door behind me opened and a large reptilian creature stepped inside and went to attack me seeing as I wasn't the leader of the ThunderCats and could hold the sword, I might be useful. I managed to lift the sword toward him and called out what I saw Jaga do many times before, 'ThunderCats, Ho!' The sword sent out a blast of lightning which slammed lizard against the wall outside of the door. I forced myself to continue on. I found the strength to lift the sword and raced to the bridge where my friends had essentially been taken hostage. I took a deep breath and ran into the room, pointed the sword at the first person who wasn't known to me. A large birdlike man and again called out, 'Ho!' to which the bird man was thrown against the wall. The ThunderCats stood in awe, but annoyed, I said, 'I could use some help here!' After a short battle, we had retaken the ThunderCat One. Jaga had ordered us into Suspended animation for the rest of the journey as it would take us at least twenty more years to get their. But before he did, he informed Panthro, his second in command that I would be the new Lord as he would not make it more than seventeen more years, and Panthro would wake up to finish piloting the vessel on his own should Jaga parish as he predicts due to his older age. Panthro told me this after we awoke on third Earth. No one had aged do to suspended animation... except me. I aged seven years. But that is not important right now. Long story short. I have a lot of experience as Lord of the ThunderCats, and some important people upstairs said I dropped the ball a little near the end of my tenure, and I am to make it up by helping Naruto to be the best ThunderCat he can be.
Back at the room where Naruto was held, Hokage Tower.
"... and that is how I know of the ThunderCats. I was a paleontologist too my boy. They called me 'professor' for a reason. I know a little bit more than the shinobi arts," he said with a smirk.
Naruto shivered slightly out of a small bit of fear, and respect for the Sandaime Hokage. After Naruto explained his plan, he asked why the Hokage looked so crestfallen when he'd seen his new sword. After about an hour of experimentation, Naruto and Hiruzen found a way to keep the sword from being stolen from Naruto... at least for the time being. It seemed the sword would could be knocked from his hand, but if Naruto gripped the sword with Chakra, it would respond in kind, and use it's mystical properties to create an invisible seal. That seal prevents others from removing the sword from his hands, and the sword would protect him somewhat if he was knocked unconscious.
Hiruzen then returned to his office and called a meeting with his councils on Naruto's recommendation as he knew some higher ups in the village would do something stupid such as try to force Naruto to give the sword to the Uchiha boy, or one of the elders would try to take it for 'safe' keeping. It was time to nip that in the bud before it even got started.
"Um... Naruto started. My...dad has something he wants to say. I sent him updates on what was going on. He stated, as a hokage he was cleared for it anyway. Wait a minutes! Otou-san? You're still here?! It worked!"
Inside of Naruto's head Minato smiled slightly and said, "Sort of son. Whatever you did to keep us here for a bit longer helped. Thank you." not revealing that the other two had merged with them. Hopefully Naruto would never have to know he lost one pair of parents when he got his original ones back.
Naruto looked at Hiruzen and Jiraiya and said, "My dad and mom's spirit's are still inside of me for the time being. Woo hoo!" his childlike demeanor back for just a moment. He grew and matured a lot in a single day, but the overwhelming joy of knowing he would be able to spend even a moment more with his parents was too much for him to keep in. "Kaa-chan?" he asked nervously.
"What do you think? Ya know? You didn't think I would leave my sochi just yet did you?" she asked loudly. Naruto then looked to the two older nin in front of him and said, "Leave the meeting to him. He will work with me to make it go as smoothly as possible. And if you try to do something foolish, he is going to have me...hehe... write where you hide your icha icha collections old man. Hehe. Naruto snickered. Hiruzen's eyes widened. Not even Jiraiya found out that secret. Minato found out on accident that he read his student's books. Jiraiya only smirked. They officially had no way to not believe anything Naruto said from that point on.
Hiruzen left first, and Jiraiya waited with Naruto until called.
Jiraiya accompanied him to the council chambers where Naruto stood at attention, and took note of the fully assembled Shinobi and Civilian councils. He bit down 'hard' on his tongue to prevent a biting remark at some of the civilian council who treated him with such scorn throughout the years. A lot of them were shop owners in the village as well.
"Thank you for coming Naruto-kun." the hokage welcomed warmly, much to many civilians and even a few shinobi's disdain.
"How may I serve, Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked in a tone of respect most hadn't seen from him. He continued to take in who looked at him, who ignored him, and who showed outright hatred of him. He wore an orange jacket with a hoodie which Jiraiya pulled out of a storage scroll he happened to have on him. It, the scroll said Happy Birthday Naruto on it. Naruto's mouth dropped, but held back a small tear. His next birthday was not that far away, but it meant a lot. And it served the purpose of concealing the changes he was going through in addition to the Sword of Omens.
"Naruto, is it true that you saved by a sword of some sort during your training with Jiraiya?" Hiruzen asked 'innocently' enough. "As it would make sense of you utilizing one now that you are being trained in Kenjutsu," he played off well.
Naruto was genuinely annoyed by that and said as such, "I really wish you hadn't revealed that portion hokage-sama. I was hoping to use keep it hidden until the chunin exams."
Hiruzen realized his mistake, and ordered, "I understand. This information is not to be released out of this room. Any word of Naruto having learned Kenjutsu outside of it, all of you will have your minds checked by a random Yamanaka of my choosing, am I clear?"
What the hokage just did was unprecedented. Everyone nodded their understanding, despite a lot of resentment from both sides, but knew it must be extremely important if the hokage was willing to do something for Naruto of that magnitude.
Naruto thanked the hokage then looked to Jiraiya who signed before nodding. "Ero-er.. I mean Jiraiya-sensei and I were training earlier today when..."
"You were training with one of the legendary sanin?" the head of the Yamanaka clan asked in surprise.
Naruto took note of his bright blond hair as asked, "Yamanaka-sama?" Naruto respectfully clarified. The man nodded back in a way that said, 'I thank you for your respect.' to which Naruto smiled slightly as he answered. "He lost a bet to me. He bet me I could not tell him a prank I did that would shock him. Fortunately he'd been out of the village when I was... in a bit more of a rebellious stage and defaced the monument.'' to which a few chuckles sounded, even from some of the less stuck up civilians.
Naruto then continued, "I over reached for an attack and fell over the side of the ravine since I was going too fast to grip the ground with my chakra, my momentum was beyond what I could control and I went flying over the side. I used my newly learn Cross Backlash attack in combination with a good deal of Kage Bunshin. It was enough to destroy some of the jagged rocks beneath my where I was falling, and the updraft made from the attack ended up saving me from the impact which I would have had if I hadn't started the basics of my nature manipulation training. After a few moments, I opened my eyes and glanced to my right. My eye caught something almost glimmering, like a knife of some sort. I figured since I used my technique, any and all possible traps should have been destroyed. In my ignorance I touched it."
Naruto then looked at the hokage who stated, as previously planned, "It's alright Naruto. Everyone in this room is aware of your... burden." he played carefully.
"Understood hokage-sama. When I touched the sword a pain shot through my entire body. A pain like no other. Like no beating I've ever received," he intentionally glared at some of the civilians, as he remembered some from before he looked like he could actually get promoted to gennin. And that too was part of the reason the Bunshin's importance was increased for the academy graduation. As Naruto's chaka levels were so high, and so potent, he would never be able to create a viable standard Bunshin. He glared a bit at the shinobi side too because of some of their clan member's beating him too. But they would remain in the dark about that for the time being.
Some of the civilian side grinned evilly at knowing the 'demon,' the nine tailed fox in human form suffered. "Once my hand gripped the sword, I could not let it go initially."
A man hidden in the shadows near the back of the room asked, "So where is the sword now Naruto-san?"
Naruto's eyes blinked a few times as he heard a bored sounding voice that sounded like a slightly deeper than usual Nara Shikamaru, "Shikamaru?" The older man leaned back with a small chuckle and said, " 'Fraid not. That would be my son."
"Oh.." Naruto allowed, "My apologies Nara-sama." he said with a bow. He was getting tired of the super respectful etiquette he was putting on, but he knew he had to for now.
"Shikaku-san is fine my boy," appreciating the boy's show of respect.
The sword is right here on my person," he pulled back the side of his jacket and revealed the claw shield which held the sword. "I would not recommend anyone besides me trying to touch it however. Upon speaking with Hokage-sama, as he knew of the legends and some of the history behind the sword, it's somewhat sentient." Naruto had no idea how right he was with that statement. "And if the sword has chosen you, it's safe, but anyone else who tries may receive a backlash of power as Jiraiya-sama learned the hard way when he came to collect me a short while ago. I will leave that story for him to tell at another time should he choose, else we get too off track. Pain. I was in so much pain, but then something miraculous happened. When the tailed beast was sealed inside of me, it seems the yondaime sealed part of his own life force, part of his very spirit, as well as his wife's into me so that they might live on and assist me gain control over the fox's powers should the need arise to use them in protection of Konoha..."
"Lies," a brown haired civilian council roared, much to the hokage's surprise, as she was once one of his best and most respectful shinobi.
"Haruno-san, Control yourself!" Hiruzen ordered.
Slightly abashed, she lowered her head and submitted, "Yes hokage-sama."
Naruto looked to her, one of them who had that look of disdain on her face. "You... Haruna-san," Naruto spoke kindly. "You're my teammate's mother aren't you? Haruno Sakura?"
A little taken aback by his gentle tone, she nodded as she didn't trust her voice to speak. Naruto then continued. "For a time she was quite nice to me. But then she became obsessed with the golden prince of Konoha. I am not making fun or anything. But I think I am beginning to understand your anger towards me. My kaa-chan is really here, and she told me who you actually are. You were a distant cousin to her. The red hair skipped you, but that explains why Sakura's hair is pink. I always thought she colored it... but she is part Uzumaki... I'm not actually alone." Naruto almost whispered. 'I have even more family now, if I can somehow warm Mebuki-san's heart.
Mebuki was at war within herself. She never would have considered Naruto's last name actually being Uzumaki as hers had been before she married. It wasn't a random name given to him as most though. But he was the fox she tried to tell herself. Naruto smiled sadly as he could tell she was torn over this.
"Haruno-san, you were a Kunoichi. One of the best from what the old man hokage told my team and I a some weeks back..." to this, the slightly aging former Kunoichi could do nothing but stand slightly higher at being praised by her hokage, even if second hand. The hokage saw this and smiled internally at how Naruto took control of the situation without violence, but knew today was a day where violence was likely going to arise around Uzumaki Naruto. A good trait in a potential chunin being able to defuse a situation like that, he considered. "Seeing as you are of the Uzumaki clan, did you study our clan's top jutsu source?"
She thought for a moment, and then answered, "No. I was one of the rare ones who didn't find Fuinjutsu all that interesting. Why do you ask Uzumaki-san," she asked with as much respect as she could muster, again to the approval of the hokage who nodded at her as such. She felt like a Kunoichi who did well on a mission. She missed that feeling.
Naruto nodded and then explained, "Kushina Uzumaki, my kaa-chan was known throughout the elemental nations as the Red Hot Habanero. But not many lived long enough to realize how she fought. " Naruto stated as he tried to listen to the clues his mother was leaving him. Sadly he was not used to trying to talk to beings in his body before. Especially not while outside of it. He continued, "And it was known that Minato Namikaze, my father learned and mastered Fuinjutsu as well. That said, who do you think taught him? It's rhetorical as this adds up. Well, my kaa-chan did. That was her greatest ally in battle. She was the one who helped Jiraiya improve his own so much; taking him from a mere expert to an apprentice master status. Well, my otou-san was one of two who fought the fox. My mother was the second after he placed a barrier up to keep everyone else out. Very few of you know this, but my mother held the fox before me, and Uzumaki Mito before her. I am sure none of your thought they were the fox personified. You all just wanted a scapegoat as a lot of people lost loved ones in that battle. I understand. I don't forgive all of you that mistreated me. Nobody's that nice... but I understand and will try not to hold it against you all. But the simple thing is this. I am essentially a bottle. The kyuubi is sake. Are they one and the same? No. Can the fox control me? Not really, although if I get pissed enough, I tend to draw on his powers a bit. Jiraiya-sensei was doing his best to help me learn how to harness them in protection of the village. But after the sword fiasco, we opted to stop for the day," which drew in a few minor chuckles from those who realized it was a joke. Then he looked at Haruno Mebuki again and said, "As long as Haruno Sakura wears one of these," he pointed at the band across his head, "I will protect her and everyone that headband symbolizes. I hope that one day you and I can come to an understanding." Much to his surprise, she raised her hand out and he took it in a firm handshake. There was applause. It surprised all of the leadership, and even some of the normally hateful civilians.
"Well, if you all are this happy over that, maybe I should continue and tell you the sword purified the fox. All of his hatred has been purged, and we even found out it was some rogue Uchiha who made him attack the village. It was not just him going on a rampage."
"Enough of your lies boy!" a man stood up out of his chair, his face bandaged, his arm in a sling, bandaged as well. "Show us this so called magic sword. And show some gratitude. You are lucky we let you live after Minato sealed the fox turning you into the fox."
Naruto looked back at the hokage, but before he could answer, the man said, "Now boy!"
Naruto laughed a vicious laugh. "Oh, I got the memo on you too, and I don't like you Shimura Danzo. Much more importantly, I don't trust you. Especially now. You are a fuinjutsu expert from what my dad told me. So you know good and damn well I am not the fox. I don't know what your game is, but I am not one to be screwed over. Not anymore! And if I was a real jackass I would be going on and on about how you you be down on your knees kissing my ass thanking me for keeping the mighty fox at bay, saving everyone's life. Oh yeah, not to mention, you look like a creeper. Someone who stalks little girls and boys. Get bent bitch."
One moment before, Kakashi who was sitting outside the window who was sitting on the flat side surface of the wall reading his Icha Icha book stepped inside. The Hokage and Jiraiya already knew he was there, but his stealth was not to be underestimated as no one else knew he was there. He sensed something amiss about to go down.
Kakashi stopped beside his hokage who stated, "Good of you to join us Kakashi."
"My pleasure Hokage-sama. So, is a fight about to break out?"
"I think your student might just try to take on a Kage level Nin." Jiraiya stated.
"The room went completely silent after Jiraiya's last comment. No one ever called Shimura Danzo, the Darkness of Konoha out like that and lived to tell the tale. No one dared to move. The Hokage, Jiraiya and even Kakashi's eyes were watering, fighting back the tears and explosions of laughter that threatened to tear through their many years of mental shinobi training.
Jiraiya coped by deflecting and whispered to Hiruzen, "Hey sensei, where are your old teammates anyway. Usually they take Danzo's side in big messes like this.
Hiruzen snorted and said, "That's why I sent them on an errand to the capital right before I called this meeting."
Akimichi Chouza, red haired leader of the Akimichi clan could take it no longer, and burst out laughing. "I like this kid!" he laughed harder. "He had the balls to say that to Shimura Danzo!" which only served to anger Danzo further.
Naruto then looked at Danzo, going way off script, but his anger flared as he said, "You just tried to throw me under the building, most likely to pass whatever agenda you have. So let's do this by way of the Old Guard of shinobi. You want to see the sword?" Naruto slowly pulled his jacket back again and drew the sword to his hand, and added a touch of chakra to the hilt to increase his grip. He entered into a half horse stance, but placed his sword in a two handed upper stance. It was still in it's short form, but still emanated that feeling of raw power.
"Hokage-sama?" Tsume of the Inuzuka asked. "No. Let Naruto do this. We need to see just what this sword can do. Should it get out of hand, we may possibly intervene."
Essentially, Naruto realized, the hokage just gave him permission to go wild. Naruto glared at the mummy like man and said, "You talked a bit of shit, lets see if you can back It up. Come at me!"
Quick FYI. I forgot to mention, this story is a bit of a Crack fic, so it won't always be the most logical. It might even be silly in some areas, but that's just to make the story a bit more fun.
To be continued. Long story short... You all got me a decent amount of faves and follows, plus five reviews. I figured you deserved something for your hard work. So not only did I not do a 3000 word chapter like I said initially, nor did I wait until December. Hope you all appreciate the 11,801 words just for you. PS. Things are about to finally get serious, this time likely really in December! Bwahahaha! Dattebayo!