"Speaking"
'thinking'
"Flashback"
"Bijuu speaking"
" Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato… that's their name, right?"
The old man turned, his eyes locking into Naruto's blue ones. He's obviously shocked but he decided to try and hide it as much as he can. Shaking his head, he spoke " I don't know where you heard that or who told you that but they're not your parents"
Naruto gained a genuine look of disappointment, he didn't know what he was thinking, but he hoped that the old man would tell him the truth. But it seems that the old man didn't Intend to tell him who his parents were. Just like in the 'anime'.
"I see, so you still chose to tell me lies instead of the truth old man" Naruto said, all his expression genuine and non fake. It seems as if the influence of Navi's memories is loosening its effect on him and giving him the chance to say what he always kept and hidden from others.
Hiruzen's frown deepened when he heard what Naruto said. He doesn't know who told Naruto that but they're going to regret it when he found out.
"Who even told you that nonsense?" Hiruzen asked, his voice having a bit of a force in it. He wants to know who told Naruto about them and make them pay. 'is it one of danzo's? Is this one of his mind games that would make the kid come to him willingly?'
His worries about danzo sinking his claws on Naruto was found unneeded because something he thinks far worse gave Naruto the informations.
Naruto raised his hand and pointed at his temples. "There's this… person? In my head. They showed me many things, and it's not just about who my parents were." He paused looking the old man straight in the eye. "They even showed me their deaths and… mother's last words to me" referring to Navi's memories.
Hiruzen just stood there with wide eyes, looking absolutely baffled by Naruto's revelation.
"Naruto you shouldn't trust that thing! It's-"he quickly warned, thinking that Naruto made contact with the fox but he didn't finish as Naruto interrupted. " you're not denying it"
He ignored Naruto's words and repeated himself " you shouldn't trust that thing Naruto! It's a deceitful creature that enjoys other's suffering!" Naruto then hit him with a painful question that struck him deeply.
"And who should I trust 'hokage-sama?' you?! The person who lied to me my entire short life?! That person showed me and gave me closure while you fed me lies and you're expecting me to not trust them?" He asked angrily but he didn't shout, his pain that he's hidden for so long finally making itself known. By now tears already began streaming down his face.
"When were you planning on telling me 'Hokage-sama'? One year? Two years? Maybe ten?! Are you even planning on telling me about them old man!?" With his voice cracking multiple times, he asked crying while looking hiruzen in the face. The pure pain and sorrow in Naruto's voice and his look, making the old man wince but he chose not to say anything.
"If that person didn't show me those things I would still be the same idiotic child that pranks other for attention. Do you know how hard it is, old man? Knowing you had parents but not knowing who they were? Wondering if they left me because they hate me? And yes! Old man! I didn't believe everything you said to me about them. I always knew you were lying, I just.. never had the courage to speak what's on my mind…"
the aged hokage still didn't speak so he continued. "I started doing pranks and vandalizing for attention,no matter how negative said attention was. i thought that maybe,just maybe if you saw how desperate I am for even a single shred of negative attention, that you'd eventually tell me… but you didn't." He added, looking down at the floor with a sullen expression.
"I acted like a buffoon for nothing. You asked me why I was silently crying on the playground earlier so I'll give you the answer." He stated, his expression turning slightly hardened. Before giving the hokage the answer. " It's because *I* realized that no matter how hard I tried, I wouldn't be able to have the family that I always dreamt. A mother that loves me and a father that would do anything to ensure that I am safe. Even the truth of their deaths and their names wouldn't be told to me." He finished, gritting his teeth in frustration.
He told the old man how he actually felt, he finally let out what he wanted to say and more. He doesn't want anything drastic from the hokage. All he wants is an explanation and an apology for all the lies, he already have a gist of what the old man's answers would be thanks to the knowledge from Navi but he still wants to hear it from the hokage himself.
But alas he supposed you couldn't get everything you want in the world as the old man gave the opposite of what he was expecting.
"What would you want me to do then Naruto? And let me remind you, I'm still the hokage and I won't tolerate you're tone any longer no matter how much I see you as a grandson." Hiruzen asked, obviously trying to stop Naruto from guilt tripping him even more but, it didn't help as Naruto looked up to him perplexed at what's he's trying.
" So that's how it is huh? Old man?. You're going to try and play the victim because lying didn't work out for you? You wouldn't even apologize and accept that you're wrong? Not even an explanation as to why you did it? Please stop it! Apparently you promised mom in her dying moments that you'd take care of me in return for them saving everyone in the village! But you didn't! You left me in an orphanage that eventually kicked me out! If that's what taking care of a child is then I'm baffled! I learned everything on my own from trying to do the laundry, buying groceries, cleaning the apartment that you 'bought' for me, with the money that most likely came from the money that my parents left for me, and even foraging for food in the woods if no one wants to sell me anything! So please stop trying to make it look like I'm the one in the wrong for speaking up to you" He didn't shout any of the words he said, but even with the hushed tone he was using, the anger, loathing and sorrow can be felt by the old man.
" let's just stop this, 'hokage-sama'. I don't want to argue anymore. I can talk all day about the things I wanted to say to you but, let's just stop this." He pleaded, not wanting to prolong this argument that's going absolutely nowhere.
"Just give me whatever my parents left for me and I'll continue to take care of myself and I won't bother you with anything anymore." His voice slowly lost its previous bitter tone and just became a low whisper that was almost inaudible to hiruzen.
"I don't care how little and insignificant they are please just give them to me by tomorrow, I don't care if you don't give me all their money. All I want is the things they left for me"
He turned around to leave the old man on his own while saying. " I know I can't order you to do anything, but please see yourself out hokage-sama."
"If that's what you wish, Naruto. By tomorrow the things your parents left for you would be left in a box on your table by one of my ANBU. I hope someday you'd find it in yourself to forgive me,I only lied for your own safety." He said it with a solemn expression, meaning that he actually believed he did good to Naruto by hiding the truth from him. But Naruto knew otherwise
"Please stop lying hokage-sama. Me knowing who my parents were wouldn't paint an even larger target on me than I already have, being a container of a bijuu with most of the village knowing it. But like I said earlier let's just stop this. Goodbye hokage-sama".
With that, the old man sighed and left. While Naruto walked to his couch and sat before staring into the ceiling and letting his tears flow one last time.
'This would be the last time I will ever cry! I promise it.'
It was now seven A.M on Sunday. Naruto just woke up and he's already cleaned himself and prepared for what he's planned for the day. He decided that he'd vent out all his leftover
frustration by training. But before that, he's going to spy on some unsuspecting genin teams to see them practicing the surface sticking exercise. And with the help of his latent talent for sneaking and staying unnoticed spying would be nothing short of cakewalk.
' the me from the show is really good If I say so myself. Being able to paint the faces on the hokage monument without being noticed until he was finished. I mean, I was already planning on doing that before I got Navi's memories but, I'm not too sure if I'd be able to pull it off without being noticed by the ANBU too early.' he mused. 'sneaking from a novice jonin and spying on his team would be easy. Especially now that I don't have the annoying disorientation from my messed up memories'
More of the memories have been Incorporated to him, so he's now somewhat fine and the disorientation he felt the previous day was almost completely gone. Meaning he could now jump through building rooftops without worrying about accidentally slipping and dropping on the streets below, and do all other things he could do before.
Exiting the bathroom, he saw 2 unfamiliar boxes that he didn't notice earlier on top of his living room table.. One was large while the smaller one was sitting on top of the larger.
He slowly walked towards it, wondering where it came from and who put it there before he remembered that the hokage said that he'd send one of his ANBU to deliver the things his parents left for him.
He picked up the smaller box and set it to the side of the larger one. Realizing that he doesn't have a knife to open the tape that's keeping it sealed, he walked to the kitchen to grab a knife and came back to the living room.
Slowly cutting the tape, he opened the small box that was about three times the size of a shoebox. Revealing its contents which consist of clocks, cameras and more importantly photographs of his parents.
He picked one of the pictures and saw both of his parents. His mother had an enlarged tummy while sitting on a chair and behind her was his father, hugging her tight while smiling widely, though his mother had an annoyed expression. Seemingly not liking how tight his father was hugging her.
The photo brought a small smile on his face. " They look so happy" he noted.
There were more pictures on the box, Naruto looked at all of them and set it aside afterwards. Now he's about to open the larger box. It was one and a half feet tall and it's a quarter of his table in width. He slowly and carefully lifted it before putting it on the floor.
Opening it, the first thing he saw was a blue scarf with stripes running along its length. His eyes widened for a second, recognizing the scarf. 'The scarf mother made for me.'
He saw it on one of Navi's most recent memory. Seeing the scarf made a feeling similar to an affection of a mother ignited in his heart. He closed his eyes and held it tight. He wants to burn these feelings into his heart so he would never ever forget it.
He wrapped it around his neck with both ends on his back, before going through the contents of the box. He had a smile etched on his face while he did so.
He saw more photographs and some other personal belongings. Now at the bottom of the box, he saw a couple of books and a copy of gutsy ninja made by jiraiya. He picked it up and observed it. ' I'm gonna give it a read later' he thought before setting it aside and he began looking through the books again.
One particular book though made him more intrigued than anything else. He reads the title aloud " Introduction to fuinjutsu by Namikaze Minato…" he stared at it wide eyed. a book made by his father. Based on the cover it only focused on the basics but that would be enough for him to start. And it's made by his father too, a known genius when it came to fuinjutsu.
With all the contents of the box removed he saw a letter at the bottom. With raised eyebrow he picked it up and began reading it. "Oh? From the hokage?"
' Naruto, blah blah blah
These are all the things that I could give you at the moment, but do not worry as I would give them all to you as you grow up. On addition, A small amount of their fortune would be sent to the bank account that we made for you. I'm only giving you a small amount so you wouldn't spend it all in a short amount of time. Blah blah blah.'
Signed - Hokage - hiruzen sarutobi.
" So there's still more… well whatever this would do for now." He shrugged before putting all of the items on the table, deciding that he'd organize them later. But the gutsy ninja and the fuinjutsu instruction book, he decided that those two will stay in his room.
'Now let's go find a training ground and start being a creep and spy on unsuspecting children… wait no that came out wrong'
…
After walking for almost an hour trying to find a training ground with a team occupying it, he finally found one that is being used by a jonin he didn't know and three unnamed genin. He presumed they are genin but he is not sure.
Slowly, he moved closer to the gate of the training ground without being noticed.
Scanning the surroundings for places to hide and move unnoticed, he saw the trees on the sides of the training ground as the perfect hiding place. But the problem is that the three genin are facing the gate, so if he mess up he could get caught and he wouldn't be able to 'copy' the surface sticking exercise. He already has a theory on how to do it, he just wants to have an alibi in case someone asked him how he learned it.
For him, the surface sticking exercise would be much easier to do than the leaf sticking, since the former requires a considerably larger amount of chakra and less chakra control than the latter which needs a small amount of chakra but requires an incredible amount of control.
Being able to practice it would not only give him a head start from the rest of the academy schmucks, it would also help him do ninjutsu and even medical ninjutsu if he ever decides to learn it.
He waited for the exact moment where all three are not looking and then he quickly dashed to the foliage and the trees all without being noticed.
When he got to an earshot he finally heard what they were talking about. He also got a good look at them.
He didn't take note of what they're wearing because that's irrelevant, instead he focused on their appearance to recognize if they're one of the named characters in the show named after him.
The instructor is a guy that looks like he's in mid twenties. He has short cropped brown hair and green eyes. He's wearing a standard jonin flak jacket above a dark blue shirt with long sleeves that reached his wrists. For his pants, he wore what looked like a black tracksuit trousers with white stripes on both sides.
He stopped his thoughts, realizing what he just did ' I said I wouldn't take notes of what they're wearing but I did anyways… fuck it, I'm just gonna continue.' he mused ending his thoughts with shrug.
The three genin that consist of one girl and two boys wore clothes that consist of everyday clothing, nothing Too fancy.
He moved even closer, carefully walking through the foliage and bushes to not ruffle it too loudly.
'I'm amazed that I haven't got caught yet. it's either I'm really good at this or their jonin instructor is incompetent…' he thought, clearly amused. Though he knew that the latter was highly unlikely since he wouldn't have been promoted to jonin if he was unskilled or incompetent.
"Congratulations you guys! You finished your first c rank mission with very minimal problems! And though it was only an escort mission, the client gave our team a high rating so the chance of us getting another C rank next week is high!" The jonin instructor congratulated them.
"""Yeah!""" they cheered in unison and high fiving while doing so. Their jonin instructor smiled before stopping them from getting rowdier. "Now now, I know you're all happy but we gotta continue where we left of in your training. Doing the mission outside the village prevented you guys from practicing what I taught you so today we're gonna focus on that."
"Now pick a tree and try to slowly walk up it's trunk." Naruto widens his eyes when he heard what the teacher said. This is it, this is exactly what he needed. If he can just watch them perform it and possibly hear an instruction on how to do it then he's good to go.
His extreme luck seems to have struck because he heard one of the boys say something that made him almost cheer loudly
"uhh sensei" one of the boys said to get the attention of their teacher.
"Hmm?, What is it shigure?" The teacher asked, turning his head towards the genin.
"I.. kinda forgot how to do the walking on tree thing sooo. Could you possibly explain it to me one last time?" The genin explained his situation and Naruto almost loudly cheered. Now all he needs is to hear the explanation and he'd have a valid alibi if somebody ever asked him. Surely the ANBU watching him right now would report it as well so no suspicion would be brought upon him. They would likely pass it off as merely a child's curiosity or pursuit of knowledge.
The teacher sighed and shook his head. " This is the last time I'd explain this to you, got that?" The teacher said and the genin replied. " Hai sensei!"
His two teammates meanwhile were laughing at him.
"This is the fourth time sensei would explain this to you,shigure, you're so forgetful" the girl said with a giggle.
While the other boy was just laughing quietly at his teammate's perceived incompetence.
The boy in question just smiled wryly while scratching his head.
What the teacher would do next though would make his eyes bulge. Not from shock from seeing the guy perform the technique but by the fact that his luck seems to be on the high today.
The teacher made the cross shaped hand seal that he's oh so familiar with because of how many times he saw himself performing it on the memories.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" The teacher called and an exact copy of himself appeared beside him holding the same hand seal.
"WOAH! What's that sensei?! That looks cool!" The genin exclaimed. He's not gonna lie, he's pretty sure he'd have the same reaction if he wasn't actively trying to stay hidden. So he just settled with a wide smirk that spreads across his face.
The teacher then answered his student's question and explained what the jutsu he just did was. "That right there is the "kage bunshin no jutsu" This jutsu allows the user to create one or more copies of themselves. The user's chakra is evenly divided between themselves and their clones: creating one clone will give it half the user's chakra, creating two clones will give each a third of the user's chakra, and so on. Though I can only make one clone as making two would lower my chakra to a fatal level and it would leave me unable to fight if I'm in a battle. "
"That's so cool sensei! Would you teach me that?!" The genin asked hopefully. But was dashed by his teacher's response.
"Well not for now, your chakra coils are not fully developed yet and attempting this jutsu would be fatal to you. Maybe when you grow up a bit more I'd teach it to you." He answered before going back to their previous topic. "anyways, follow my clone and he will teach you the theory.. again. Meanwhile I'm gonna stay with your two teammates to make sure they don't fall and hit their head on the ground."
Naruto followed the clone and the genin with a large grin on his face. The prospect of graduating early isn't as far fetched as it was before. He's going to ace it on his first try. He still hasn't completely planned out his course of actions after he graduated but he has made some. He plans on saving the people that he saw on Navi's memories, people that suffered in situations they have no control in. When he thought of that, an image of a certain girl with red hair appeared in his mind. ' 'karin'. she's one of the many people that suffered the horrors of this world and add that to the fact that we are from the same clan I would certainly try my best to save her.' but that wasn't right now.
Now all he needs to do is to follow the student and teacher duo to try and get the information he needs for the perfect alibi.
-End-
Navi: welp, that's another chapter done. it got a little delayed because my brother visited and he stayed for a week so I only got small amount of time to write because we spent most of the week playing video games. mostly terraria. the game got me hooked.
Ian: don't use me as an excuse, just admit that you procrastinated and be done with it.
Navi: but it's true though!!! we played video games all week so it's your fault that I wasn't able to write the chapter!
Ian: you're seriously pointing fingers at me when you're literally the one who told me to download the game?!! anyways, we're getting off topic. just say whatever you're gonna say and be done with it. we still haven't cooked food.
Navi: oh shit you're right! anyways guys that all for this chapter. next one is gonna be a little longer than this and there's gonna be action! so don't forget to follow and favorite so you won't miss out when I update! Ian are you gonna add anything?
Ian: I'm just gonna tell them that you got dumped buy your- mphmh!!!
Navi: that's all giga chads! don't just read fanfics all day, make some gains! bye!!.
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