Chapter 5 "The Change"

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Naruto ran through the streets of the Konoha with a river of tears falling from his eyes. He still got the same looks he got before, but this time he completely ignored them as he ran towards his so-called home as fast as he could. While he was running, he could sense their emotions. Those who looked at him had feelings of hatred, disgust, and hostility. But a few ninjas, whom he sensed in the shadows, had the feeling of pity.

After running for a few minutes, he reached his home. He quickly got inside and slammed his door closed; he did the same with the windows making his room completely dark. He then sat of his bed and started crying. He cried until the last drop of tear fell from his eyes. He just sat there for a few hours. The tears had dried on his cheeks long ago. Countless questions were popping up in his mind. He was feeling anger, sadness, grief, hatred, and many other emotions at the same time. His head suddenly started aching, as he grabbed his hair with both hands. He then passed out with a scream.

A few minutes later, he regained consciousness. He got up from his bed and went to the washroom to wash his face.

"Take it easy, kid," Kurama said but he didn't get any reply from Naruto.

Naruto then looked at the mirror in front of him and saw that his bright yellow hair had turned WHITE as did his eyebrows.

"What happened to my hair?" Naruto asked.

"Didn't I tell you to take it easy? This is the effect of stress you are having. You should just let it go." Kurama said.

"No, I am not going to let it go. Not until I have killed that man. He will pay for what he has done. I, Naruto Uzumaki, swear that I will kill him with my very own hands. I will make sure that he never finds peace. I will take away everything from him, just like he took away from me." Naruto yelled in anger as the few patches of hair that had remained yellow also turned white.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. After opening the door, Naruto found the Third Hokage and the white-haired man that had saved him on his birthday. This time instead of wearing a Dog mask, he was wearing a black mask that covered all his face under his eyes. And he had covered his left eye with his headband.

"What do you want, HOKAGE-SAMA?" Naruto asked in monotone.

"For starters, why don't you let us in. Then we can talk about what I came here to say." Hiruzen said. Kakashi noticed the white hair and swollen eyes of Naruto as he let them in.

All three of them were sitting in Naruto's bedroom in awkward silence. Naruto was just staring at Hiruzen while Hiruzen was trying to avert his gaze.

"Quit acting like a fool, he is not the one responsible for your parents' death. So, stop trying to eat him with your eyes." Kurama said.

"Yes, you are right. There was nothing he could have done." Naruto said as he stopped staring at Hiruzen and looked at Kakashi.

"Why is your hair white?" Kakashi asked breaking the awkward silence.

"Since you came with Hokage-Sama, you should know the reason already, dog-san," Naruto said in a monotone.

"You can call me Kakashi when I am not wearing that mask. And yes, I know what happened." Kakashi said.

"So, what is that you want to talk about." Naruto asked maintaining his tone.

"We wanted to talk about a few things. First of all, let me introduce Kakashi to you." Hiruzen said as Naruto again looked at Kakashi.

"His name is Kakashi Hatake, son of Sakumo Hatake, but you probably don't know about him. He is the current ANBU Commander." Hiruzen said.

"Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang of the Leaf. I know all the basic details about him that are mentioned in the history books." Naruto said.

"I see." Kakashi said raising his only visible eyebrow.

"Well, he was on the gennin team under your father. After Sakumo's death, Minato became a father figure to him. They had a very good relationship until Minato died." Hiruzen said.

"Okay, so why are you telling me all this." Naruto asked.

"Because, if you want you could live with him, and he could look after you." Hiruzen said.

"With all due respect, Hokage-Sama, I am better off alone. And he is the commander of ANBU, so I doubt if he even visits his home in months while still being in the village." Naruto said.

"Well then, is this your final decision?" Hiruzen asked.

"Yes, it is." Naruto said.

"Let's go on a walk then." Hiruzen said.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Come on, let's take a walk for a little bit. It is too much dark here." Kakashi said.

The three of them got outside and started walking towards the Hokage tower. As Naruto was walking with the two of them, it looked like most of the villagers didn't recognize him due to his hair colour. But he still sensed the same emotions, he sensed before from the people who recognized him.

"Are you still angry, Naruto?" Hiruzen asked.

"No, I am not." Naruto said. Hiruzen looked at him with surprise, but no more words were exchanged after this.

When they crossed the Hokage tower Naruto asked "Where are we going?"

"Just follow us, and you will soon find out for yourself." Kakashi said. After walking for a few more minutes, they stopped in front of a mansion.

"This is Namikaze Estate, now you will be living here." Hiruzen said as he walked inside the house, followed by Kakashi and Naruto.

"Why?" Naruto asked.

"Because this is your own house." Hiruzen replied.

"I mean that wouldn't it fail the point of keeping my heritage a secret." Naruto asked.

"Yes, it would, but it doesn't matter anymore. You see, Minato bought this house just a few months days your birth, so aside from me and a handful of other people no one knows that this is Minato's Home. And Konoha isn't so weak that it couldn't protect its people from enemies. Also, from today, this is Uzumaki Estate." Hiruzen said.

"I see. So, I am going to live here from today." Naruto said. He then noticed a training field behind the house. There was also a pond at the end of the field.

"Is the training field also a part of this house." Naruto asked.

"Yes, it is. So, when are you going to shift here?" Kakashi asked.

"Aside from a few clothes, I don't have anything to bring here. So, I will live here from today." Naruto said.

"Very well, I will tell someone to clean up this house for you." Hiruzen said.

"There is no need for that, I will make shadow clones to help me." Naruto said.

"About that, how did you learn Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu. It is a forbidden Jutsu." Hiruzen asked.

"Are you asking me how I learned a single hand seal Jutsu that takes nothing but large chakra reserves to perform? Let's just say that I saw someone popping clones by making a 'Seal' sign." Naruto said.

"I see, well it's getting dark so I should probably leave." Hiruzen said.

"Good night, Hokage-Sama." Naruto and Kakashi bowed to Hiruzen before he shunshined away.

"I should be leaving too." Kakashi said.

"Wait… are you free now? I want to talk about a few things to you as you knew my father in person." Naruto asked.

"Sure." Kakashi said.

Naruto and Kakashi talked about a lot of stuff about Minato and Kushina. But after talking about them for some time, they went off-topic and Kakashi started talking about his gennin team. Naruto learned about Kakashi's teammates, Obito and Rin and how Obito sacrificed his life to save Kakashi. He also learned what actually happens in a war and how his father killed a thousand Iwa Shinobi single-handedly. All this talk went on for four hours straight until Kakashi realized its too late and decided to leave.

"Well then, see you later Naruto." Kakashi said.

"Hey… can I call you Nii-san… if you don't mind." Naruto asked a bit hesitantly.

"Of Course, you can. Why would I have a problem with it." Kakashi said with a smile.

"Okay then, good night, Kakashi-nii san." Naruto said as Kakashi waved him and shunshined to his home.

"Hey Kid, you know, ever since you saw those memories, your blood is boiling with anger and hatred. It went down a little when you were talking to this guy, but I feel it rising again." Kurama said.

"I see, but I cannot fix it. It will continue until I find and kill that person who is responsible for my parent's death." Naruto said as Kurama felt the spike in Naruto's emotions.

"You know, I would have been better if you had decided to live with that guy." Kurama said.

"But I want to live alone." Naruto said.

"It's only been a week and you have changed a lot kid." Kurama said.

"Whatever, I should sleep now." Naruto said.

Naruto was sleeping in his new bedroom when he suddenly woke up with a scream.

"Nightmares?" Kurama asked.

"Yeah." Naruto said panting heavily.

"This was coming. You probably won't sleep tonight." Kurama said.

"I think you are right." Naruto said while drinking water.

"Well, I still have some scrolls about D-Rank Jutsu. I guess I will read them till dawn." Naruto said as he picked up a scroll from the table.

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Naruto studied the scrolls until dawn. He learned the Substitution Jutsu and the Body Flicker Jutsu. It was around noon and he was now in his own training field. He had completed his daily morning exercise and was now trying the jutsu he learned today.

"Hey, Kurama! Can't I use the substitution jutsu with my shadow clone jutsu. It will be more effective in that way." Naruto asked.

"Of course, you can. And this will be unexpected too." Kurama said.

Suddenly Hiruzen appeared in front of Naruto in a swirl of wind. He took a look around and found that about a hundred shadow clones were reading scrolls and another six hundred shadow clones were practicing with shurikens and Kunai on the trees. He took a glance at the scrolls the clones were reading, and he saw that those were about C rank Ninjutsu, Biology and very basic fuinjutsu.

"Good afternoon, Hokage-Sama." The original Naruto greeted.

"Good afternoon, Naruto. I see that you have become quite good with shurikens and Kunai." Hiruzen said looking at the clones who were hitting the centre with every single shot.

"Thank you, Hokage-Sama. Do you want something form me?" Naruto asked.

"No. I am here because you asked me to train you. Don't tell me that you forgot about that." Hiruzen said. Naruto gave Hiruzen a surprised look.

"What? Do you really want to train me?" Naruto asked.

"Of Course, I will. Why else would I show up here? And besides, I am a shadow clone." Hiruzen said.

"Then what am I learning today. You can teach me multiple things at once, and I can learn that." Naruto said.

"Hmmm… The Librarian told me that you have already read all the books that are taught in the academy." Hiruzen said.

"Yes, that's right. I have read them all. And now I am learning about Ninjutsu, Medical Ninjutsu and Fuinjutsu." Naruto said in a monotone.

"You know, Medical Ninjutsu requires very precise chakra control. And since you have so much chakra by yourself, and then you have the Kyuubi, I don't think you would be able to do medical ninjutsu." Hiruzen said.

"I will master medical ninjutsu, even if I had to learn to control my chakra at extreme levels. I am willing to do that." Naruto said.

"I see. Well that is for later, Let's first start with Shurikens. I will show you how to deflect shuriken and hit targets at impossible angles. Now watch closely." Hiruzen said as two shurikens appeared in his hand in a puff of smoke. He then threw the first shuriken and then quickly threw the second shuriken at the first shuriken. The second shuriken hit the first one and deflected it, making it hit the center of an aim board which was at a right angle to the shuriken before.

"Whoa!" Naruto said looking at the shuriken that Hiruzen had just thrown.

"This is for short range. If you are aiming at a long range, then you can throw shurikens at certain angles for them to change their path in mid air with the help of air resistance." Hiruzen said as he threw another shuriken in the air, first at nothing, but after covering some distance, the shuriken turned in mid air and hit the centre of another aim board, about fifty meters away, which was also at a right angle to the path the shuriken was going on earlier.

"You see, there is a difference between throwing a stone and a weapon." Hiruzen said.

"Yes, I understand." Naruto said.

"Now, practice these with you shadow clones. I will teach you another thing now." Hiruzen said. Naruto nodded and dispelled all his previous clones and made another set of six hundred shadow clones and made them practice the what he had learned just now.

"Now then, what jutsu do you know?" Hiruzen asked.

"I know only four jutsu. Transformation Jutsu, Shadow Clone Jutsu, Substitution Jutsu and Body Flicker Technique." Naruto said.

"Okay, and what about your chakra control?" Hiruzen asked.

"I can climb a tree using chakra." Naruto said.

"Good. Now, make a few clones to practice water walking. That is the third step of chakra control." Hiruzen said as Naruto made another two hundred shadow clones.

"I believe you can figure it on your own or do you want me to show you how to do it?" Hiruzen asked.

"Yes, I can do it." Naruto said as all his clones shunshined to the pond.

"Well, this will be enough for today. Now go and practice with shurikens by yourself. I have nothing to do, so I will be watching over you for the time being." Hiruzen said.


Author's Note

Boom! White Haired Naruto in the house. Okay, I could have left his looks as it is, but I wanted him to be a white haired character. Just take a glance at other anime, most of the badass characters are white haired, so he will be badass too. And as for him living in Minato's house, well, just be it. Why should he live in a crappy one room flat, if he has a mansion of his own. And yes I altered it too, I know that Minato lived in a normal house like rest of the civilians, but he was the hokage, dictator of a military state, he should atleast live in a better place than that. Ah well, by the rate I am changing the details, I think I will end up making this an AU. And Kakashi is introduced too, so he will also get some screen-time, and you may see some of his moments too. Kakashi nii-san, sounds good, doesn't it. Not in that way, both of them are straight. And Hiruzen is going to train Naruto, so you can already see how powerful he is going to be, well not now. He will get some kicking before he reaches that level.

Well this sums up the prologue, well no, this to too long to be called a prologue, I will just call is the training arc. See you guys in the next chapter.