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The Godfather
Naruto opened his eyes and groaned. His whole body ached. Most of it was from Neji but some of it was from the medics that saved him. He looked around his tiny hospital room and sighed. The walls were all bare and white, his bed was painted white with white sheets, comforter, and pillow, white door, and the heart monitor was also painted white with the exception of the screen, which showed a normal heart rate. There was only the one bed and two beds, one of which was taken by his mother. He sat up, wincing at the pain but deciding that he had rested enough. It had been three days already. Minato had informed him that they had been given a month to train.
"You should be resting," Kushina stated, opening her eyes and sitting up.
"We both know I was mostly healed yesterday," Naruto smirked. "You know better than anyone."
"That's true," Kushina grinned. "So, what are you going to do?"
"I was planning on visiting Hinata then having you get me the heck out of here," Naruto grinned. "No one's visited me yet so I figure they won't mind if I leave."
"Fair enough," Kushina sighed. "I'll go tell them that Minato said you could leave."
She left and Naruto stood and dressed himself quickly. Then, he left his room and walked down the hall to Hinata's. He looked inside but stopped when he saw that Hinata's mother was sitting beside her looking worried. Hinata was awake but looked tired and both had dark circles under their eyes. After a moment, of them sitting in silence, Hinata's mother looked up and saw Naruto. She smiled and stood walking out past him.
"Don't be too long," she requested. "Hinata needs her rest. But I won't refuse the man who saved her life."
"I won't keep her too long," Naruto promised.
She smiled and nodded then left and Naruto stepped into the room.
"N-Naruto!" Hinata gasped. "You should be resting!"
"My injuries weren't as bad as yours," Naruto lied. "I'm pretty much healed already. Besides, I wanted to see how you were doing."
Hinata's face turned crimson but she nodded, smiling. He sat beside her and smiled as well.
"Th-the doctor said I-I'd be a-able to leave in a-about three weeks," Hinata stated. "It would be less time, but my heart had almost stopped when I got here."
"Have you heard how the rest of thew fights went?" Naruto questioned.
"N-no," Hinata stated shaking her head. "I-I have a question, i-if you d-don't mind."
"Not at all," Naruto smiled.
"Are you the Fourth Hokage's son?" Hinata questioned.
"I am," Naruto nodded.
"So, why are you Naruto Uzumaki and not Naruto Namikaze?" Hinata questioned.
"When I was young, it was so that no one would know I was his son and use me to target him," Naruto explained. "I couldn't defend myself and he couldn't protect me and be Hokage at the same time. Once I was older, we just never bothered to change my name because we knew who I was and if anyone had asked, I would have told them who my family was."
Hinata nodded just as Sakura walked in.
"There you are Naruto!" Sakura said exasperated. "Sorry I never visited but I was recovering from lack of chakra."
"Meaning you were with Sasuke," Naruto stated. "How did the other fights go?"
"There were only two left," Sakura stated. "Choji fought that Sound ninja guy with the gauntlet that makes sound from wind, Dosu, I think. Dosu beat Choji easily. Lee fought that Gaara guy from the Sand Village, the one with the gourd. The gourd apparently holds sand that Gaara fights with. At first Lee couldn't touch Gaara because the sand protects him. Lee couldn't get through. Then Lee removed some massive leg weights and began to kick Gaara's ass. He beat the hell out of Gaara and eventually did some jutsu that he called the Fifth Gate or something and became even stronger and faster. But then when he delivered the final blow, Gaara fell away as a hollow sand statue that Gaara, the real one, called Sand Armor. Then Gaara beat Lee by using sand to blow crush his left arm and leg and try to kill him. If Guy Sensei hadn't intervened, Lee would be dead. Gaara's a monster."
"Is Lee okay?" Naruto questioned.
"He's alive," Sakura stated. "I doubt he'll be able to do anything at all for a long time though."
Naruto nodded and Sakura sat beside him.
"Naruto," Minato suddenly said walking into the room. "Sorry to interrupt but you need to train a lot if you're going to have to fight Gaara."
Naruto nodded, hearing exactly how serious Minato was.
"I'll see you around, I guess," Naruto smiled.
Hinata smiled as well and nodded and Naruto left. The moment he was gone, Hinata finally stopped fighting it and fainted. Naruto followed Minato back to the house and found Kushina waiting in a uniquely sour mood.
"Is something wrong?" Naruto questioned.
"Your mother doesn't want you to continue in the exams," Minato sighed. "She also doesn't want you to be within a hundred feet of Jiraiya Sensei."
"Oh," Naruto nodded remembering them mentioning Minato's old teacher. "When is he supposed to be here?"
"He should be already," Minato sighed. "I'm going to find him. For now, I suppose you'll have to busy yourself. I suggest you go to the spa and practice your water walking."
Naruto nodded and left. Minato also left and began to search for Jiraiya while Naruto went to the one hot spring that required a bathing suit. He walked out to the edge of the water and stepped onto it but the moment he put his weight on that foot, he fell through the water. He stood up and blinked in surprise then climbed back out and tried again. He lasted a second, but still fell through. He growled in frustration and continued to try, always failing. Normally he could last about a minute. He couldn't figure out why it was so hard now.
After a few minutes he finally leaned against the side and looked around. There was a fairly fat man with long spiky white hair peeking at the women's side and writing something on a note pad but other than that the hot spring was deserted.
"Hey pervert," Naruto called. "What are you doing?"
"I'm no pervert," the old man huffed turning around to glare at Naruto. "I'm the one and only Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya!"
"You're a pervert," Naruto stated. "Pervy Sage sounds good."
"You dare insult me?" Jiraiya raged. "Summoning Jutsu!"
He bit his thumb and slammed it into the ground and summoned a toad the size of a small horse. The toad's tongue shot out and Naruto jumped over it. Suddenly something inside his head clicked and he raised an eyebrow.
"Jiraiya huh?" Naruto questioned landing beside the water. "As in, the Legendary Sanin? The Fourth Hokage's teacher?"
"That's right," Jiraiya sneered. "And you are?"
Naruto ducked under the tongue and grinned.
"I'm his son," Naruto grinned.
"You're...yeah right," Jiraiya grinned. "His son would know the Teleportation Jutsu."
"Catch," Naruto said throwing a kunai at him while dodging the tongue again.
Jiraiya caught the kunai just as Naruto appeared beside him with another kunai to his throat.
"Impressive...Naruto," Jiraiya smirked. "You're definitely your father's son."
"There you are Jiraiya," Minato sighed appearing beside Naruto using his son's kuani. "Naruto, I would like to introduce you to your godfather. He's going to help me train you."
"Cool," Naruto grinned. "What are you going to teach me?"
"For starters, the Summoning jutsu," Jiraiya stated. "Then, we'll see."
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