Chapter 4- Flashback of Naruto's Life (pt. 4)
A couple of days passed since the night of the Drunken Fist massacre and the house was still kind of a mess. It was also coincidentally the day Naruto would meet the last kid of the Ino-Shika-Cho, Chouji Akimichi.
"Hey Shikamaru?" asked Naruto as they laid down on the grass, cloud gazing.
"What's up?" responded Shikamaru.
"You met Chouji before right?" Naruto said to which Shikamaru gave him a nod.
"What is he like?" asked Naruto.
"You will probably like him more than me or Ino," said Shikamaru, "he is very kind, loves to play ninja but gets excluded a lot because he's a bit slow, and lastly, he has a HUGE appetite."
"He sounds fun, but no way he has a bigger appetite than me," said Naruto.
"I've known him for a year and I've never gone five minutes with him not eating a potato chip," said Shikamaru.
"I take that back," said Naruto, "but does he train?"
"Yeah, but not as Shikaku may train you?" said Choza as he walked towards Naruto and Shikamaru. "The Akimichi Clan's clothing has a weave of a special chakra metal mixed in with their clothes, and when chakra gets infused with the clothes, the weight increases. I am actually carrying 80 kg as we speak."
Naruto was boggled by this, he acted as if he were carrying nothing but he is carrying almost 200 lbs, but after that shock he realized something.
"OK, I'm ready to go," said Naruto.
Choza gave him a quick nod in response and Naruto gave Shikamaru help up. Naruto and Shikamaru then did their secret handshake (To hard to describe, not going to try), and said their byes. As Naruto and Choza walked inside they passed by Shikaku and Yoshino, and Naruto gave them a surprisingly hard hug for a four year old.
"Thank you… Thank you so much," Naruto said with some tears of joy coming from his eyes.
They hugged him back and said, "Don't mention it, we are family right?". Yoshino nodded in agreement and Naruto gave a final squeeze before he let go, wipes off his eyes and said his goodbyes.
-Ten Minutes Later-
Choza and Naruto were walking, Naruto still too uncomfortable to break the ice, and a relatively normal sized house came into view.
"Is that your house?" asked Naruto.
"Yes it is," said Choza.
"I thought you were a clan head, why don't you have a big house like Shikaku for everyone?" asked Naruto.
"We want our space, so we have a small village area for everyone to live in," said Choza.
"Oh…" Naruto said, not entirely understanding, "OK."
They knocked on the door, and out came someone with very tan sin, and looked a bit heavier than Choza, she has black hair and dark eyes as well as a purple shirt and brown shorts, it was Karu, Choza's wife.
"I'm back," Choza said jokingly while receiving a kiss from Karu.
She then looked down at Naruto and said, "Hello Naruto, don't be shy come in."
Naruto did and immediately Choza started telling him, "Chouji is in his room right now, he wanted to see you for days now."
Naruto nodded and ran to the room before he realized he didn't know where it is. It felt like he searched every room before he found a chubby boy with spiky brown hair, a half light green, half dark green T-shirt, and white shorts.
"You're Chouji right?" asked Naruto.
Chouji turned to the door and saw the spiky haired boy standing there, "So you're Naruto?"
He nodded before walking up to Chouji and sat next to him.
"Do you wanna chip?" asked Chouji.
Naruto nodded and helped himself to a chip and realized that it was actually amazing.
"What are these chips, they're so good!?" asked Naruto.
"Their Akimichi Clan chips, we make amazing food, just wait until dinner," Chouji said as he literally drooled over the thought of dinner.
"Is it better than the food at Ino's house?" asked Naruto.
"WAY better, and a lot more too," said Chouji.
Then Naruto started to drool and Chouji looked at him and thought, 'Is that what I look like when I drool?'
They then continued to play with Chouji's nearly endless supply of toys.
(3 hours later)
"I'm bored, let's go to the park," said Chouji.
Naruto nodded, and they left through the front door and ran to the park. Naruto ran ahead and then looked back to see a tired Chouji so he ran back and asked, "Why are you so tired?"
"I just started weight training yesterday, I am carrying five pounds right now," said Chouji.
"Can I try it?" Naruto asked.
Chouji nodded his head and unzipped his jacket. He then handed it over to Naruto and Naruto put it on. Chouji then continued to run, and Naruto could still keep up.
"I guess this is definitely harder than normal," said Naruto.
"I'm surprised you can keep up," said Chouji.
"It isn't that hard," said Naruto.
A minute later an area with slides and swings came into view and no one there, so they ran faster and went on the swings. Naruto took of the jacket and did a competition to see who could swing the highest. After Naruto won that they played a game of tag, and Naruto had the weighted jacket and was it. Chouji started to run up the slide, so he ran to the ladder to get up to the top and accidentally ran into someone.
This person was a girl with pink hair that Naruto recognized.
"Sakura?" asked Naruto.
"Naruto?" asked Sakura.
"Sakura I see you, you need to hide bet…" Ino said, and then she saw Naruto there.
"Nii-san, what are you doing here?" asked Ino.
"Playing tag with Chouji," said Naruto, "I see you and Sakura are playing Hide-and-seek, can we play?"
Ino nodded without thinking and said, "Two people isn't enough for a good game anyways."
"CHOUJI, COME HERE, WE ARE PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK!" Naruto called out to Chouji.
"Oh, come on, it's not fun with two people," Chouji said before he saw Ino and Sakura.
"INO!" Chouji called out in surprise.
"Hi Chouji, nice to see you again," Ino said with a relatively neutral expression on her face.
"So… Let's play," said Sakura.
They played for a bit until eventually Sakura's dad came to pick them up. A few terrible puns later, and Chouji had just about enough of the park.
"Hey Naruto, let's go, I'm sure dinner will be ready soon," said Chouji.
Naruto was about to nod, until he suddenly sensed fear and killing intent coming from a nearby alleyway.
"Can you wait here a bit longer?" said Naruto. He didn't even wait for an answer as he dropped the weighted jacket he almost forgot he was wearing and ran towards the alleyway.
-In the Alleyway-
In the alleyway we see a grown man and a little girl with dark blue hair and light purple eyes standing. The little girl shivering with fear at the man releasing the killing intent.
"A Hyuuga huh?" said the man, "just my lucky day."
The little girl just looked at the man in horror as he walked closer. She took a step back and found there was a wall in the way.
"You Hyuugas are all scum, talking about how you're the most prestigious clan, but most of your members are just above slaves," said the man, "You're clan has so much power but only ever think of the rich and themselves. You have eyes that view people's chakra, but not one of you become doctors, or do anything beyond the battlefield. Just a waste."
The man pulled out a knife and raised it, and would've slashed if not for, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"
He turned around, blanked out for a bit, and suddenly just chuckled, "First the Hyuuga heiress and now the Nine-Tails brat, this is the best day of my life."
Naruto ignored it and ran towards the killer. Naruto kicked the killer, and after a small grunt of pain he stabbed Naruto in the calf. Naruto brought his leg back in pain and tripped back.
"My cousin," he said as he stabbed Naruto in the shoulder, blood dripping down his side and he cringed in pain.
"My uncle," he said as he stabbed Naruto in his right arm, "my grandpa, two friends and a nephew, all dead because of you."
Naruto then saw the man raise his knife for the decisive blow, "All because of the Kyuubi."
Then all of a sudden, things started moving a bit slower. Naruto then tried moving, but realized he was moving pretty slow too, so he immediately moved out of the way. He then went to punch the guy and he realized that his arm was covered with orange flames. When he hit, the guy crashed into the wall.
The guy looked at Naruto and saw that same boy, but with orange flames surrounding him, claws, fangs, very dark, thick and defined whisker marks, and a one tomoe Sharingan. After a quick chuckle in defeat he started losing consciousness.
"Who would've thought," said the guy weakly, "The Kyuubi brat, an Uchiha." He then proceeded to lose consciousness and Naruto calmed down.
He then ran up to the girl his age and noticed her shivering.
"Don't worry, I came to help," said Naruto.
She then exhaled a breath she didn't know she was holding in, "Th-Thank you," said Hinata, bowing to Naruto.
Naruto smiled to her and said, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, what's your's?"
"H-Hinata, Hinata Hyuuga," said Hinata.
"It was nice to meet you, hope I see you again soon," said Naruto.
Hinata finally let it sink in that she had been saved, and looked at the boy and gasped at his savior, his deep blue eyes, spiky, blond hair, and his smile that she adored. She blushed, and looked down at the floor, before timidly saying, "I hope so too."
Naruto gave her a nod, and ran off.
"Where are you going?" asked Hinata.
"My friend is still waiting for me, gotta go," said Naruto as he started running.
"Wait!" Hinata screamed in the loudest voice that her scared, four-year-old vocal cord could muster.
He turned around with a questioning look and Hinata blushed before saying, "You didn't tell me your name."
Naruto then smirked and said with a loud, confident voice, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I will be the next Hokage."
-Story end-
-EXTRAS-
When Naruto and Chouji approached the house, they were met with a delicious aroma that could be smelled, even though they weren't inside yet. Chouji opened the door and they were met with a table covered in food. Extra large noodle bowls, a dumpling pyramid, slivers of steak and a giant cake.
Naruto and Chouji stared at the food and nearly got knocked senseless. While they tried to maintain balance, Choza came out and showed a sad expression.
"Damn it, I thought I could have it all to myself," Choza said, "... Fine, let's eat."
Naruto and Chouji then ran to the table and started eating. Naruto started downing noodles, Chouji took slivers of steak three at a time and shoved them in his mouth, Choza just gobbled up dumplings and Karu didn't even bother cutting the cake. All ending with the four lying on the floor stomach's up and so full their stomach's had a huge arch.
'I'm gonna like this place,' thought Naruto to himself.
-Aaaaand… Scene-
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