Welcome to another installment of From Love to Hate: Crossing Path.
I hit my 100th review! In honor of it, this chapter will be huge my goal 10,000 words.
I once again one to take some time to thanks everyone that has read so far! It has been a honor to have such a loyal group of readers, and I hope you will continue with your admiration for this story.
Thanks you.
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Ferduran:
Very good arc, I already want to see what happen next. About Minato and Kushina I believe that the fault is over 90% of Minato because he asked for another chance and them made the same mistake with what happened to Uzu and the way that he try to made himself looks like the victim and place the blame on Kushina that had just lost her father, home and friends for something that Minato did is the lower that he can do. But what made thing worse is how Minato lie to Nami when he told her that Kushina didnt want nothing to do with her is the worse that he could do. I just hope that when Nami learn the all true about what Minato did, how he is the responsable to not only destroy the family but also that because of him she will never meet her grand father her reaction made Minato realize the piece of %&$" that he is and talking about reactions what will be the one of naruto about the dead of his grandfather and when he learn that Minato was responsable that would be very interesting.
By the way will Nami learn the bloodline of the Uzumakis and Naruto the one from the Namikaze?
Silver: Damn I wan't to answer some of your questions but they all give up too much plot... well I could say Nami is not in the best mood. This chapter will explain why.
Anonymous
: Nice chapter why do i see a 3 way battle with naruto, sasuke and nami for the battle of the world or something.
Silver: Lol, wishful thinking dude.
Joker 2-1
: Had this question for a few chapters now but what happened to anko? Did she die in uzu or what
Silver: Did you know you were the only person that asked about her? Everybody else been busy with Minato and Kushina, or Naruto and Nami. Good job dude for keeping to the little things, just to let you know I did not forget about her, she actually makes a very small appearance in this chapter.
TenshiNoAka: I should have not read that story. Because, I'm always depressed after that kind of story... T-T
Silver: True these story's never have happy endings.
Leaf Ranger:
*sighs* okay. this chapter honestly didn't piss me off. Which is good, I suppose. Very good.
but I'm going to answer your review reply. I admit, I might be downplaying Kushina's pain. Yes, Minato was an idiot for not standing up to the Council and telling them that Kushina and Naruto were going to stay. and yes, Minato was again an idiot for not sending help to Uzu.
but once again, I point to the fact that you have neglected to add to your fanfic here: Minato is Hokage of Konoha. That means he has a responsiblity to safeguard the ciitzens of Konoha. It's his job to make sure that the people of Konoha are safe and happy.
While Minato should have fought harder for his wife and son, let's also remember the fact that the village had just been attacked by the Kyuubi. It was weak. The last thing Minato wants to do is invite civil war inside the village, or for enemies to attack from outside the village.
As Spock says in Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kha:, 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one'. In other words, as leader of KOnoha, Minato has to do what's best for the majority. Even if it leads to him suffering as he is now.
That's why I get so pissed off. Minato is trapped by the responsiblites of his office, something Kushian should have understood considering her father was the leader of UZu. yet she doesn't. Instead she acts like Minato should have turned his back on a village full of families who needed him in a time of crisis, just for her and naruto. She acts like the people mof Konoha should suffer the loss of their leader during a time of crisis, rather then her temporarilym losing her husband and daughter.
Should Mianto have handled the situation involving his wife and son better? Probably. But he still had to make a decision to either abandoned the village he swore to protect and lead, or to temporarily send his wife and son away.
I wish that someone would point all this out to Kushina. Maybe then she might really understand how much Minato has been suffering.
Silver: With Kushina being clan head now... she would face the same responsibilities as Minato... Now she would also feel the pain of decisions.
DeathMVP:
Intresting work on this so far. While I do not love this story it has been good enough to hold my attention to what to know what will happen next.
Silver: I hope these feelings change as the story progresses.
100th reviewer:
First off, YEAH! 100TH REVIEW! YEAH!
Okay, anyway, you really do need to use a spell checker, and possibly someone in your family as a beta, because you wrote some things I don't think you meant to. Peach black? Peach is a pinkish color, the word you wanted was pitch. Pitch is like tar. Also, you just downright spelled some words wrong, and that always takes away from the pleasure of reading the story.
I egarly await arc two, sir. Good luck with it, and try to spell better.
-Xi
(P.S. Sorry if this came off as flame-y, I didn't mean for it to sound that way. I'm just uncurably a critic.)
Silver: Congrats! I hope you are as excited as me! Hum, I must've not notice I'll try to take more time proofreading as I admit last chapter was pretty rushed. Which seemed to be the place where you found these mistakes. I'll go over it later on, but for now thank you! I hope you continue reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Time skip, three years later.
Kushina sighed as she looked over the grave of her father. Over the years things have gotten so complicated, nothing was going the way she thought it will. While the Uzumaki clan was at a all time high, her level of leadership was no where near yours. Kushina took a pause as she looked over the head stone.
Rest in Piece Kitako Uzumaki, father of two, grandfather of two and husband of-.
Kushina stopped reading as her face flashed with anger. While dad and her mom were divorced, her mother didn't even reached out after he passed away. She even wondered if she knew, but she had a feeling her mom did and just didn't care and was probably somewhere enjoying the richest of the Uzumaki her dad left her in his will. That smut, she probably formed a new family somewhere in the western lands. Kushina stopped thinking about it as she felt a small headache coming on.
She wiped a tear out her eyes that she didn't know she shed. While her father death pained her, her mothers abandoning was ten times worst. She remembered the day like it was yesterday, why mom? Why did you leave us...
Flashback.
A 11 year old Kushina ran across the yard as she heard the sounds of smashing glass come from the house. She moaned as she tripped over a rock and landed on her shoulder as her new blue dress was now filled with mud. She got back up ignoring the pain for now as she heard another crash come from the house.
She ran/limped as her leg received a pretty good cut and the blood was trickling down, leaving a small trail. She heard her mom scream at the top of her lungs and began to run even faster, what was happening? She finally got to the door, when her mom came out a suit case in one hand while pulling along another hand bag.
"Kasaan! What happened?" Kushina yelled as tears began to go down her face. She looked up at her mom green eyes and shrunk, her mom piercing green eyes were staring down at her like some kind of beast looking at its prey. Before she moved past her into a carriage and left.
"Kasaan! Don't leave! Kasaan!" Kushina yelled but her words were carried by the wind. She collapsed as her mom carriage moved out of sight. She was picked up from behind and noticed it was her dad, who was also shedding a couple of tears.
"Otousan, where's Kasaan going?" She said in between sobs. Her father put his head down in shame.
"She's gone." And carried her inside before closing the door behind him.
She spent the whole night crying, and the tears were still falling when one of the many servants came to wake her up for school.
"Kushina-sama, please stop crying. Your dad will hate to know that he left you in this condition." The red haired maid said with a soft smile. Kushina looked at the woman, rubbing the back of her hand over her eyes.
"Where did Tousan go?" She asked confused. The maid looked down..
"He went after your mother... he said he'll be back in a couple of weeks." Kushina fought hard not to cry. The maid saw the look and right away got her out of bed and into the bathroom to get ready for the day. Kushina soaked in the warm water... first her mom left, now her dad too. Did they not love her? The thought made her sick as she began to get dizzy.
"Are you alright Kushina-sama?" The maid who was over looking her bath asked. Kushina breathed in and out before nodding. Before asking her to give her a towel wrapping it over her body as she dried herself off.
Walking out the bathroom she frowned when she saw the clothes that were already picked out for her, and the group of maids that were there to help her put it on. She never liked the feeling of being pampered. But if she tried to tell them to stop it'll be futile as they will just just pressure her to let them help. She dropped her towel standing naked in the middle of the room as the maids went to work.
She looked herself in the mirror and frowned. She was wearing a pink kimono, with red roses, her hair was tied into a chinese bun with two sticks holding it together. Her green eyes made her wince as they reminded her of her mother.
"Kushina-hime, it time for school." This time a butler came in. She nodded before following him out. Her carriage was already waiting for her and she held the butlers hand as she stepped in. She looked out the window the whole time, seeing the people of Uzu all point and bow as she passed. She couldn't even muster a smile to return to them as her feelings were still everywhere.
She arrived at school and looked down as all the kids stopped and stared at her. She said goodbye to the butler and nodded when he said he'll be back at two to pick her up from school. She entered the building avoiding eye contact as that will open the door for conversation like she wants that, especially not with these batch of stuck up kids. Everybody that came here was from a famous clan and while she loathed that about her, the other kids bathed in the attention and thought themself superior over everyone.
She arrived at her class and sighed as the daily classes began. When lunch came around they took them outside and told them they had a hour to eat. She went to the furthest part of the cafeteria and sat alone. As she ate she thought over everything that happened.
"Can I sit here?" Kushina jumped at the voice. Infront of her was a kid with similar red hair, green eyes and a angular chin. She tried not to blush but was failing horribly.
"Y-yes you may." She stuttered. The kid nodded with a smile and sat down.
"Why are you sitting so far?" He asked as he took out his lunch. She was surprised he was actually talking to her, most boys wouldn't even come close to her, after all her father was the Uzukage.
"I like being alone." She said lowly. He raised a eyebrow.
"If you ask me, your to pretty to hide all this beauty." Kushina blushed, even if what he said didn't really make all thats sense.
"I'm Kushina Uzumaki, you?" Kushina asked.
"I never liked my name but if you insist."
Flashback end
"Nanashi." Kushina said still staring at the stone before cleaning her face of a couple more tears. She looked at all the blue roses surrounding the stone and smiled. Blue roses were Naruto symbol of acknowledge, it could either be he consider you a worthy opponent, or he considers you one of his own and he'll die to protect you. While she never figured out how he was able to make these roses out of his chakra, she never really bothered to ask.
"Naruto is getting so strong tousan. I have no doubt in my mind he'll become a great warrior and avenge your death." A cold wind went across the clearing. She frowned.
"I know, I know. You were never really big on revenge, and I have tried to tell him that's not the path but he just keeps pushing... he's hard headed." She smiled as that was something her father use to call her. I guess he really was her son.
"Over the years, him, Sasuke and Nanashi have been able to progress in leaps and bounds. While its still pretty far before he reaches his true potential, right now he was probably at the peak of his trainning. She smiled as a picture of the now red headed Naruto went across her mind.
"Let's not mention his abilities with the Katana! He's amazing, even Nanashi has to try when they spar with them." She said proudly. She smiled.
"He still hasn't unlocked his Tama.. technically. He said it has to do with this guy named Ikiro, but everytime I ask him about it, he just said he couldn't tell her if he wanted. But I'm concern this new found power of his has changed him." She said before taking a seat. She's been standing there since sun rise and it was already around 9 and Naruto won't start school for another two hours.
"He's no longer this all to himself kid. He talks a lot more now, and he's not as thoughtful as before but I fear he's actually just putting up a front... every now and then this front falls and he becomes this mature kid wise beyond his years... it's almost scary. Talking about that, he kind of acts like you. I remember coming home and you'll be this happy go lucky dad but at night I could see right through it... he even dresses likes you. You had a huge influence on him dad, and when you left it was just to much. I haven't told him about Minato refusing to send help, since his and his sister relationship has been more then close."
She frowned again as she thought of her daughter.
"Since Minato decided we couldn't see her and she can't see us something changed in the girl. I think Minatos been brain washing her into thinking we're the bad ones. The few times I've seen her over these three years, she's looked at me as some stranger, even worst with Naruto. She looks at him as some kind of rival, even glaring at him everytime she could... but thats not us, she does it to anyone in the Uzumaki clan. Even Sasuke-kun. I really hope she don't let her father lies get to her... I'm afraid I'm losing her dad. I really am. well that's all for today, I got to get ready for this negotiation. If all goes well the Uzumaki clan will be in control of more then sixty percent of Konoha's trading district." She said with a smirk before getting up, passing her hand over her fathers stone and walking away.
Before a gust of wind went across the clearing and she disappeared with it.
She appeared infront of the Uzumaki garden, she placed a gen-jutsu over the place. Only people in the clan knew about the secret shrine behind her that kept her fathers grave. While only a selct few were allowed in, she made it a clan thing for people to know were their fallen leader resting place was.
While it was a little risky on her part if word got out she kept her father body around the estate who knows how many people will try to brake in. She sighed these clan decision were really taking a toll on her. Like just two days ago, she recieved Naruto and Sasuke report card, and was happy with the fact they were at the top of their class but frowned at the request on the bottum by the Hokage. She didn't like it, as it'll put them both in very dangerous situations, but she couldn't deny them the opportunity.
She entered her office and found a man already waiting for her. He was wearing a white robe, while half his face was covered in band-aids wrapping, and his cane was laying on his lap.
"How nice of you to join me Kushina-sama. I never expected a clan head to be late for her own meeting." Kushina grit her teeth but took her seat.
"What do you want Danzou?" She said through gritted teeth. Danzou stayed quiet.
"I want you to let Naruto and Sasuke join root." He said bluntly getting to the point. Kushina looked at him like he grew a third arm. Was he really expecting her to say yes? Then she saw how serious he was and sighed.
"No." She said just as plainly as him. He nodded got up and left. She raised a eyebrow she could've swore he was gonna try to convince her in some way. Hey, less work for her. Before she began finishing up her paper work.
"That was nice of him." Kushina nodded at the random voice.
"Yes it was Nanashi. How's Naruto and Sasuke?" Nanashi looked out the window in the direction of the Uzumaki mansion.
"They should be up in, three, two."
"Ahhhhhh!"
A scream echoed around the whole Uzumaki estate.
"I see their doing fine. I see todays screa was a lot lower. What? Ran out of lobster sharks?" Kushina said still writing her paper work. Nanashi smirked.
"No, but I gave them a brake since today is graduation day. Plus they earned it."
"Fuck you Nanashi!" was yelled. "I was actually about to belive you." She said. Before Nanashi smiled.
"You know better then to underestimate me. Plus, I didn't do anything too crippling after all, they do need their regular motor skills if they are to meet their new Sensei." He said with a smirk.
"You talk like you already know who it'll be." She said with a little accusing tone in her voice. Nanashi smirked.
"Trust me, I was just as surprised as you were. To think that blond haired Hokage will actually do something so forward, is mind puzzling, but hey I'm not complaining." He said.
"How's their training going?" Kushina asked. Nanashi got serious before a sigh escaped his lips.
"I'll say they've improved but their far from strong. Well at least not in my eyes, no doubt they'll beat any gennin and any mid range chunin but if they were to face anything higher they'll lose. If they work together they'll take down a single ANBU but they'll be spent and won't be able to keep fighting which is never a good thing. Justu wise, they got a pretty big arsenal, I didn't teach them nothing to flashy as I focused more on skill and technical aspect of fighting. The jutsu I did teach them will be able to take down opponents easily. Sasuke was able to get a lot more since he used his clan library but Naruto is not far behind. Tai-jutsu Naruto will go untouched as his ken-jutsu revolves completely around it, Sasuke is fast and his new flash step improves his chances of winning a fight but like I said nothing higher then a chunin since it becomes pretty predictable after a while."
Kushina nodded knowing theres more but Nanashi will not divulge all that he taught them.
"So now that all the boring part is out of the way, how about a kiss?" Nanashi said wiggling his eyebrows. Kushina looked at him before moving forward with her eyes close before delivering a right hook to the mans... private area putting him through the wall.
"Pervert!"
Naruto cursed as he began removing the many lobster sharks from his body. He swore to kami when he found that annoying sensei of his he'll kill him! Or at lease attempt to. Sasuke walked in to his room later and he tried to hold his laugh as Sasuke was able to remove all the lobster sharks from his body but he forgot to remove one that was hanging from his hair.
"Nice hairdo." Naruto said as he busted out laughing. Sasuke raised a eyebrow before reaching for his head and cursing when he felt the slimy skin of a lobstershark. Removing it from his head he through it hard, as it bounced of Naruto head, getting a yelp from the blond boy. Now it was his turn to laugh.
"Get ready Uzumaki, we got school in a hour." Before leaving the room with a smirk on his face. Naruto grumbled but grabbed his blue towel and went into the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror and started flexing. He smirked as he looked at his 'guns'. He was pleased with his body, he was aimming for a athletic built you know not to muscular not to skinny but he ended up with a lot more muscle then he wanted, he was going to get rid of some by dropping his weight training but Nanashi didn't want to hear it instead he forced him to do more. He said just imagine how much your tai-jutsu would improve, plus your ken-jutsu would be un-matched, no keep lifting my minion.
He was glad he didn't lose the muscle as now that he had a small growth spurt his muscle tuned out and he ended up with the body he wanted to begin with. He was actually scared he'll get to big and his body wouldn't be able to catch up with him but he was happy when it did. He looked at his now red hair and flipped it, he proffered his blond ruff hair, but his silky red hair was good too. He kept it in a pony tail most of the time, and when he tried cutting it the stupid hair will just grow over night longer then what it was before. It was reaching his lower back now and since it only grew when he cut it... well guess who hasn't been near sissors in awhile? His bluish green eyes were really cool but besides that he still looked pretty much the same. Only problem was his fan girls increased, the only one that could rival his was Sasuke's but at least his girls didn't steal his dirty under wear... at lease he thought they didn't. He shivered at the thought before jumping into the now full bath tub.
"Aww, this feels good." Before a lobster-shark bit his you no what. "Fuck you Nanashi!" He cursed he could've swore he heard his fake sensei laugh but played it off as the pain was getting to him. He got out limping not before killing the god forsaken creature. Where the hell did he found that thing at anyways? Who ever heard of a lobster with the skin and head of a shark? Things were just not made that way.
He limped back into his room and got some fresh underwear before getting to his closet. He sighed when he saw his regular black close, before looking at the corner and making eye contact with his old clothes the one he use to wear in Uzu... before he smirked. It was a good thing his mom brought it big and said something about he'll grow into it. He grabbed it before throwing it on. He stood infront of the mirror and smirked.
"Oh yeah, I'm cool." He was wearing a black body suit with gold plated armor over his shoulders, knees and shins. He went back into the closet and pulled out another piece. Before placing it over his torso. Yup, now he was ready. He took the knot off his hair and let it fall freely down his back. He nodded, this matched the outfit alot better. He grabbed his Katana placed it over his shoulder the metal of his katana still moving around like water. He raised a eyebrow when the Katana melted into the metal plates that covered his shoulder blades, pulling it out he notice it was back to its original Katana form... that was so fucking bad ass! He thought, now it looked like his katana was a part of his armor. He learned new things about his blade every day!
He walked out his room with a smirk on his face before he turned completely serious. He was no longer a little kid, starting today he'll be representing the Uzumaki clan, inside and outside the village. He would not fall untill his grandfather was avenged... even if he had to kill anyone that got in his way, friend or foe.
Naruto walked down the hall, he thought of Sasuke. He wouldn't go so far and say they were friends but he would admit they were a lot closer then what they let people think. They both held a silent respect for the other and they both knew they shared a similar goal and they would stop at nothing to achieve it. While Naruto didn't care much if Sasuke succeeded in his conquest, he still wished him the best.
He knocked on the door and waited a second before Sasuke opened. He saw the Uchiha look at him up and down before nodding his head.
"Cool get-up. I see we both thought it was time for a change." Said Sasuke. As he now wore, black plates, over similar parts as Naruto but with blood red trims, his hair no longer had bangs as Sasuke tied it back into a pony tail which was braded. To finish it off he wore a blood red cape over his back with the grey sharingan logo.
"Mines is cooler." Naruto said before walking away, Sasuke looked at him before flipping him the bird and followed after him.
"Breakfast?" They were asked by a maid as they past near the kitchen.
"I'll have a plain grilled cheese sandwhich with tomatoes" Sasuke said. The maid nodded writing it down into a note pad.
"I'll have some bacon with eggs, toast and I have a strange crave for lobster..." He drifted off. The maid looked at him funny but nodded and wrote his order down before taking it to the head chef. Naruto and Sasuke waited at the table.
"Who do you think will be on our genin team?" Naruto asked Sasuke.
"Hinata." Naruto nodded with a smile, he has grown really close to the white eye'd Hyuuga and while it was never something to serious he did take some time to chill with her every now and then.
"Why you figure?" Naruto asked. While it was a good guest it was unlikely, three bloodline members on the same team? That'll be to much of a bulls eye for a enemy country.
"Just a guess. Plus I don't really care, you and me will be together no doubt about it. The third member will be irrelevant. As long as Nanashi ain't are Sensei I'm good." Sasuke said. Naruto frowned at the cockyness in the Uchihas voice but nodded at the logic, he also didn't want that sociopath as his Sensei.
Their breakfast arrived and they dug in. Naruto eating the lobster ferociously like it did something to him. When they finished they had about twenty seconds before the academy started. Naruto went over and grabbed Sasuke shoulder.
"Sha'll we?" Sasuke nodded and just like that, they vanished.
The Acedemy was full of laughter and smiles at this was the last day of school and not to mention team placements and exams and even if you didn't past it was the last day of school which means vacation!
Naruto and Sasuke appeared in the middle of the classroom, with two seconds to spare.
"Your getting faster Uchiha." Naruto said as he let go of Sasuke shoulder. Sasuke nodded accepting the compliment even if it was down played after all he did just teleport across the whole Konoha in less then sixteen seconds still making them early by a couple of seconds. When they looked at the class he noticed a group of girls were all on the floor pulling and scratching their hair yelling something around the lines.
"Sauke-kun is way better looking then Naruto! I admit Naruto is cute too but Sasuke is just sexy. So admit it Ino-pig!" (Guess who makes her first apperance?)
"Shut it Forehead girl! Naruto is way better looking, he's down right sexy and to die for. Sasuke only has good hair and a cute face, while Naruto has everything have you seen his muscles? Oh my god, I need a change of panties just thinking of it."
Naruto and Sasuke just moved past the mess ignoring all of it. They took their seat next to the only girl that they considered mentally stable in the school possibly the whole village.
"Hey Naruto-kun. Sasuke-san." Hinata waved at them. Naruto gave her a hug like always which made her blush, while Sasuke gave her a small nod. Which was a lot since he usually just out right ignored her.
"Are you two excited? I wish I could be on your team." She said softly. Naruto nodded.
"Yeah me too." While Sasuke just kept looking at the front of the classroom waiting for his teachers to arrive.
"Is Sasuke always so mean?" Hinata asked Naruto. Naruto smirked.
"Yup, you get use to it after awhile." He stated and Hinata nodded.
Meanwhile in the bottom of the class two girls were still debating who was cuter.
"I bet Naruto will say yes to me before Sasuke even looks at you! Naruto has feelings, while Sasuke is just a cold bastard." Ino said proudly. Sakura was fuming.
"You wanna bet?" She returned.
"Yeah!"
"Let's go ask them, we'll see who's the cold one." The whole front section of the class went quiet as they looked at the two girls march up the steps towards the two boys.
"Hey Shika, I bet you twenty ryo's Sasuke will be the prick." Chouji whispered to his long time friend. Shikamaru smirked, he actually had a conversation with both of them one day they both came to his house with Naruto mom for dinner.
"I'll raise you twenty, that Naruto will be the ice king. I almost feel bad for Ino... almost." He said with a smile.
The girls arrived at the top of the stairs, before Ino nudged Sakura to go first.
"What are you scared your little Sasu-kun will turn you down like garbage." Sakura fumed before marching forward. Standing right next to Sasuke.
"Umm, um, um..." Sakura tried to start but the way Sasuke was blocking her out was making this a lot harder.
"Out with it." She heard him say, before she realized he was looking at her. And her heart melted as she stared into the black eyes of her crush.
"I was wondering if you would like to go on a date with me?" She said with hearts in her eyes.
"No." He responded before looking back at the chalk board in the front of the class. Her jaw hit the floor as Ino started laughing behind her. She was shoved out the way as Ino moved past her.
"I'll show you how its done." Ino said walking right up to Naruto, her face inches away from his.
"Hey Naruto-kun, well since your single and I'm single. I was wondering if you'll like to go on a date with me?" She said confident her answer will be yes.
Naruto looked at her or more in fact looked past her. Before he made eye contact with her, Ino went numb the coldnest in those blue/green eyes was chilling. She didn't feel like she was talking to Naruto she felt like she was talking to some insane killer that only had one thing in his mind... killing her. Before she collapsed on her knees and screamed. Sakura jumped up and grabbed her.
"What are you doing to her?" She yelled worried the kid did something to her while she wasn't looking.
"Nothing." Naruto lied, well in away. He was really not expecting her to scream like that after all it was only killing intent, a small amount of it to be exact. Which was kind of sad.
"I didn't realize she was so weak." Naruto said high enough for the class to hear. Before Ino broke down crying after being embarrased. Sakura, carrying her away yelled.
"You jerk! Sasuke is way more gentle then you!" Sakura said going back down the stairs.
"Where's my money?" Shikamaru said smirking while looking at the shock face of Chouji. He was hit with the same thing as Ino the first time he met the kid, while he didn't scream or cry he was definetly umcomfortable with the whole situation. But after awhile the feeling went away after he began talking to them about strategy and beating the blond at shogi.
Chouji grumbled something about cheaters before passing him the money. Back at the top, Hinata looked at Naruto strangely.
"Was that really necessary?" She asked a little put off her crush will do that to someone that liked him... and imagined, that maybe that could've been her.
"Yes, I have to kill everyone's dream of forming a bound with me the path I have taken is one thats needs my full attention... I can't let a worthless girl get in the way of that." Naruto said coldly. Not knowing the affects thoes words had on her.
The door opened everybody got quiet thinking the teacher finally arrived, Naruto eyes widen when he saw the mop of red hair. Everybody was shock, Nami Namikaze was away for more then half the school year, the Hokage said something about her being away for a training trip. The trip must've been really good, because she was hot. Her red hair fell down her back, she wore a chunin vest with way less pockets and it stopped just above her belly button, a tattoo proudly displayed over it. She wore tight rubber pants that huged her body well, showing off a plump rear and some really good legs.
Her face was serious and she looked at everyone like they were below her feet. Her eyes fell a pon Naruto and a glairng contest followed before killing intent filled the room, all coming from Nami. Naruto just raised a eyebrow before the door open again, this time being Iruka.
"Okay everybody take a seat... and let's stop with the Killing intent Nami." He said, before looking at Nami who didn't even acknowledge him before taking a seat far away from everyone but close enough she could still hear Iruka and glare at Naruto.
"I will like to start this day by saying , congratulations! You have all become genin of the leaf, the lowest of the low but it's a start! I hope all of you have a long career. I am proud to be a teacher of such a good batch of students! Without further a do, let's begin with team's."
He took a pause.
"Team one." Naruto spaced out thinking about Nami and the way she looked at him.
"Team seven, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Namikaze Nami you are to meet your sensei on the roof." He said confused. That can't be right the strongest three genins on the same team? That was not balance, that was straight out favorisim and since two of them are the Hokages children no wonder he wanted them together, plus a Uchiha... he moved on and decided to talk to the Hokage about this later.
"Team 8, Hyuga Hinata, Inuzaka Kiba, Aburame Shino."
"Team 9 is still in circulation from last year."
"Team 10, Yamanaka Ino, Shikamaru Nara, Akamichi Chouji."
"Team Eleven, Haito, Kimino hallo, Haruno Sakura. You three will be on the reserve."
And just like that, everyone went their seperate way. Hinata was still thinking about what Naruto said, so she couldn't really focus on her team.
Naruto, Sasuke and a very pissed off Nami walked up the stairs to the roof. They didn't talk as they were all lost in thought. The thought process behind this team was either really stupid, or extremely smart. The potential this team could bring to Konoha was already way past the legendary sannin, having three already chunin level genin on one team was killer but it also weakened the other teams chances of survival, one team can not up hold a village. Even the sanin had the help of the Ino-Shika-cho and many others likes, the thirds son, the copy ninja and the ice queen. Naruto thought over this over and over again before he frowned, if this was some kind of joke he would defenetly tell himself to remember to laugh of course after he was dead. The only way this team could work will be if they were a full out attack force, sent to higher missions that required a certain level of expertise. He looked at Nami and saw she was still glaring at him, he didn't know what her problem was and frankly he didn't give a flying fuck but if they were to survive, they would have to work together.
They opened the door to the roof a small alarm going off but closing right after the door slammed shut. They stood alone on the roof, looking around for their teacher.
"Over here." Naruto looked slowly to the right and leaning on a rail was a jounin with a mask that covered most of his face, his head band was slanted and he was reading a strange orange book. They all walked slowly towards the man. Sasuke crossed his arm over his chest, Nami eyes glowed blue and Naruto put his hand behind his head and looked at the jounin up and down. While he didn't look impressive he could easily feel the jounin essence, it was another gift from Ikiro. Essence was a different kind of chakra or a form of chakra as another way to put it. Like other sensor ninjas could feel someones chakra and tell where they at, he could feel their essence and judge their power level... some people like his mom and Nanashi have enough essence to make him dizzy but Kakashi was just mildly above average which was surprising, you could easily increase your chakra but your essence won't increase unless of course you have survived death enough time to make your body make more... for the amount this man had, he was surprised.
"I'll be your co-sensei, My name is Hatake Kakashi and I am a jounin level shinobi of Konoha."
"Co-sensei? Who would be are official sensei?" Nami asked. Naruto and Sasuke blanched... no, it can't be... they wouldn't do something so cruel? The Hokage won't put his daughter through that type of torture. Strange music started to play and Naruto and Sasuke held each other close...
I know I'm sexy!
I know I'm cool!
I'm just a sexy boy!
Nami and Kakashi looked around trying to find the strange sound before it stopped and they ducked as fire works went across the whole roof. Before smoke covered the area, and a shadow figure could be seen moving forward through the smoke. Naruto and Sasuke began to back peddle before being pressed against the wall and they slid till they were sitting on their ass.
"Hi." Naruto and Sasuke heard in their ears and they jumped up and yelled. Nami looked at the scene a little amused but more at the fact that they were crying then it being funny. The man took his place next to Kakashi on the rail and tilted his head. His blue mask still swirling like it was alive..
"I would be your official sensei to answer your earlier question Red head-"
"I got a name!"
"Yeah, who gives a shit? Now let's get right to it." He said looking around before noticing his two 'students' were still on the floor gripping each other in fear. He gave a whistle and Naruto and Sasuke were right back with Nami, like nothing happened. Naruto once again had his hands behind his head, and Sasuke had his arm crossed.
"Now that everyone is back lets get to the intro! My favorite part, let's see just how much of yourself do you actually know. Let me go first, Kakashi will go next and give a REAL introduction, then Sasuke, Naruto and red head will be last since she seems to have the most annoying voice." He said earning a glare at the end.
"My name is Nanashi, I like eating, pranking, killing and assassination. My dislike are nameless people, and farts that don't smell. My goal is to one day die, and my dream is to rest in piece. Now let's hear you Kakashi." They all had their jaws on the floor from the bluntness of his introduction, yet they couldn't help but feel like he kept somethings to himself.
"My name is Hatake Kakashi, I like reading porn, I dislike anything that is not loyal. My goal is to prove to a old friend I was worthy of his gift, and my dream is to no longer have to feel guilty over his death." Kakashi finished. Sasuke cleared his throat.
"My name is Uchiha-" Nanashi cleared his throat at that, Sasuke cursed. "My name is Sasuke, I like training, taking cold baths and sparring with Naruto or anyone with sufficient skills. I dislike fan-girls, weak people, anyone with out a path and people that don't wear black." They looked at him weird at the last one, but he continued. "My goal is to kill a certain man, my dream is to know the reason this man did what he did. Even if it was just he would be taken cared of." He finished darkly. Nanashi nodded liking the way Sasuke portrayed himself as the relaxed avenger. He was curious as to how Naruto will make himself out to be.
"My name Naruto. I like training, my Katana, my family and eating. I dislike everyone as they are irrelevant to my goal. My goal is irrelevant to you, my dream is to complete this goal. I would do anything to complete my dream and my goal, even if I got to kill all of you standing right here with me." Naruto said. Nanashi smiled at the carelesnes in his voice as he knows Naruto will not kill unless he needed to... plus he cared about his mom and anyone in his clan, right? He pushed the thought to the back of his mind. As Nami began.
"My name is Namikaze Nami, I like fighting, dragons and the Kyuubi sealed inside me." That caught everyone off guard. Naruto looked at her, at least the fuzz butt talked to her. "I dislike the Uzumaki clan and the traitors that they are surrounded by... my goal is to kill a certain relative and my dream, well dreams are things that are not real and are easily forgetable."
Naruto had his blade out the minute she mentioned the Uzumaki clan, the Katana inches away from her neck as the metal around the blade began to spin quicker. Naruto didn't even flinch at the kunai next to his throat from a very upset Kakashi while Sasuke had his reaper blade to Kakashi covered eye, stopping him from making any movements with out very big consequences.
"Bravo! I love you all already, meet me in the trainning field tomorrow at five in the morning don't be late I hate tardy people... oh how I hate tardy people." He said with a dark chuckle. " See you." Before he vanished like he was never there.
"What do you want with the Uzumaki?" Naruto asked his Katana still attached to her neck drawing a little blood. Nami smiled before talking.
"Nothing too bad, see you." Before she disppeared in a flash of light. Naruto frown the cut he gave her, was already closing when she was leaving... was it the fox doing?
"You attacked a leaf ninja." Kakashi said still pretty mad, after all he hated traitors. Naruto just moved the man kunai from his neck and began to walk towards the ledge.
"Let's go Sasuke." And just like that they were gone.
"Kakashi you are needed at the Hokage office." A cat anbu said. Kakashi nodded.
Hokage office
Minato frown as a very pissed off Iruka left the room fuming. These teachers really did think to much of themself to think they would even try to make him change something he had already thought over a thousand times for more then a year was just down right disrespectful. The nerves of these people, he reached into a drawer pulling out a box of fine western cigars and lit it before leaning back on his chair, releasing a sigh of relief.
"What gives old man?" Minato heard a cold voice say. He didn't bother opening his eyes as he was already to familiar with the voice.
"What are you talking about Nami?" Minato said calmly blowing out a puff of smoke, making the air a little uncomfortable as Nami gave several coughs. Nami looked at her father and frown before a grin came to her face as she formed several hand-signs. A couple of seconds later Minato fell on his ass, because the leg supports for the chair was cut cleanly in half. Nami smiled, how she loved high level wind manipulation. Minato picked himself off the floor walking up to the window and tossing the cigar a small yep could be heard from below.
"I could see your not in the best mood.." Minato said with a smirk. While Minato was all smiles, Nami did not share his optimism.
"What the fuck tousan? How do you expect me not to kill him, when we are going to be right next to eachother! Are you going crazy or has the pressure finally got to you." Nami finished a little winded as she used a fair amount of energy using the wind manipulation earlier. Minato didn't seem bothered by the insult as he studied his daughter. He could see the small rise and fall of her chest, the sweat slowly about to fall from her forehead and the slight tremble on her knees. He was proud of Nami even he wasn't able to do what she did earlier, to be able to grab the wind without concentrating your chakra on the object you were cutting was amazing... if was small but it was easily A-rank. The things that technique could do on the battle field was unheard of.
"I see you've been practicing. How far along are you?"
"Stage 9, level 10." Nami answered almost robotic. Minato didn't show it but he was impressed, to reach that far in the simulator alone was good but he seen people go further even if they did have help.
"Anyways, I placed you on this team because I needed too."
"Explain."
"As you already know the Uzumaki clan has slowly but surely began to take over... even if it hasn't showed we are in trouble. The Uzumaki clan already own more then half our farming plantations, they have more then enough money in our bank that if they withdraw we'll be in trouble.. probably even broke. The clan head of the Uzumaki has already made many bold negotiations with other villages and is even debating taking more land. The trade routes are all under her command but as Hokage I still get a bigger cut of the profits she makes." Minato said. Nami grit her teeth, this woman was not only ruining her family, she was doing stuff that affected the village.
"That explains nothing." Nami said, still wanting to know the reason as to why she was placed with those people.
"Because Nami they are becoming to much of a risk to leave alone. Isn't that right Kakashi?" Minato said at the jounin who was leaning against the wall. Nami frown, she didn't even sense him enter... was her training in vain? She filed that to the back of her head for now as Kakashi spoke up.
"What are your exact orders Sensei?" Kakashi said. Minato turned around to look out the village.
"Nami, Kakashi. While this will not be easy I want you to promise me you will succed." He waited for a Hai that came after just a minute of hesitation.
"Good, the point of this team is to carry out higher ranking missions... but in reality you two are the only ninjas I trust could keep a eye on the Uzumaki. I want yah to become close, learn their secrets, their weakness, anything that could allow Konoha to come out on top if a fight came to fruition... and if you see even a small sign of betrayal. I want you to kill them."
Uzumaki estate
Naruto and Sasuke walked into the house, dropping their book bag on the floor.
"Lunch?" They were asked by the same maid as this morning. They both shook their head as they continued their stroll to the back of the house. They arrived at a giant garden, half of it was full of blue roses with pear trees, while the other side was dead as all the plants were dead and the grass was going yellow. Sasuke took his side which was full of dead vegetation, while Naruto sat in the middle of his rose bush.
"Sha'll we?" Sasuke said already taking off his shirt. Naruto nodded removing his upper body armor and suit, removing his Katana. He took seat, as Sasuke mirrored him. Naruto put his Katana on his lap before they made eye contact and just like that they were gone.
They arrived in a wasteland, there were no trees, there were no mountains... everything was just destroyed.
"We leave you alone for a couple of hours and you once again make do with the mindscrape! These things just can't be rebuilt you know!" A very pissed off Naruto said, as Sasuke just smirked. Naruto snapped his fingers and just like that the giant floating mountains and waterfalls were back. The land regained its green beauty and Sasuke frowned.
"Why do you pick the scenery?" Sasuke added. He had to admit this place was cool, but his image of their shared mindscrape was way cooler... and darker.
"Because Uchiha last time you put us in the underworld surrounded by ghost and demons that may I add attacked us." Naruto said calmly. Sasuke nodded agreeing with the red headed kid.
"Still better then this barnie shit."
"Who's barnie?" Naruto asked confused... Sasuke just looked at him blankly.
"Do you really want to know?" Naruto thought about it before shaking his head and jumping away as jet black fire landed were he was previously. Naruto grabbed his Katana and fell into a ken-jutsu stance, quickly flanked by Sasuke who was now holding a grim reaper blade. He saw the effect the weapon had on the kid, as Sasuke hair grew longer and wilder, his whole eyes turned pitch black and he grew a exoskeleton made of bones as his body glew dark.
"Hey Ikiro! Why Sasuke get a sweat as weapon that makes him look bad ass, while all I get a melted sword?" Naruto asked a little peeved, his god was so cheap with the design. Sasuke just smirked as he dropped his reaper before shoving it back inside his body were it left a tattoo of the weapon.
"Those things cost souls!" Ikiro shouted back, as he was currently on top of one of the mountains looking down.
"Souls?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah its what people in the underworld pay in! My brother Rikudo was able to collect a lot of souls to buy that thing. As a Uzumaki we don't follow the dark arts."
"Explain the Shinigami summoning contract then?" Naruto said with a smirk.
"Shut it." Ikiro said as he jumped off before getting hit in the air as he fell but still managed to land on his feet. "Pussy move Rikudo, what can't hit me when I'm standing?"
"Nope." The Rikudo sannin said calmly as he stood next to his brother looking at the two young men infront of them. Him and his brother were impressed at the progressed these two were making. It was just a matter of time before they consider worthy enough of unlocking their true potential but for the moment they were not ready.
"Anyways, while you created this world we are in charge of it. Get ready for today's training. Both of you give me four sets of five-hundred push ups, sit up, leg lifts and paddle waddle."
"Paddle waddle?" Ikiro asked confused looking at his brother.
"Something I saw in a movie. After that we would both spar against you of course going full out like always. Maybe this time you'll last more then a minute and a half." Naruto and Sasuke groaned.
Iwagakure
Somewhere in the many tunnels under Iwa a purple haired woman sobbed to herself as another man left the cage after being done with her... she heard the sound of blade piercing skin before a thud echoed. She pushed herself further against the wall, afraid she might be next but knew death was way better then being raped. She heard someone open her cell and she noticed even in the small lighting in the room it was a woman.
"Do you want revenge?" Anko looked at her confused. " On the Uzumakis. They gave you up the moment they realized they were going to lose. And judging from the lack of retrieval teams your Hokage probably doesn't care."
Anko eyes widen, before anger hit her. This was all the Hokage fault.. but the Uzumakis were even worst. She gave a weak nod as the woman walked forward and helped her up.
"Can I have your name?" The woman nodded before placing Anko body over her shoulders.
"The name is Kurotsuchi, you would be my partner and we would both see the Uzumaki clan fall."
I didn't forget about her! I just needed a right time for her to appear.
I am done! This was the funnest chapter so far to write as I decided to stop being lazy and actually write. This chapter is 10,000 words long. Took some time but I did it, all in honor of reaching triple digits review!
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