CHAPTER 1: A Child's Neglection -

It was a dark and stormy night in the compound of the Uzumaki Namikaze family, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze was with his family enjoying a nice dinner together. Naruto was a boy with short blond hair, violet eyes, a charming face, and three distinct whiskers-like birth marks on each side of his face, he was currently 5 years old and is the eldest of the Uzumaki Namikaze triplets, he was currently eating a nice bowl of miso ramen that his mother Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze made for the family. Kushina Uzumaki or more commonly known among the shinobi population of Konohagakure no Sato or the Village Hidden in the Leaves as the Red-Hot Blooded Habanero, she was a beautiful woman with long blood red hair, a nice round face, violet eyes, nice hourglass figure, D-cup breasts, and a tomboyish attitude.

Naruto was continuously eating his ramen, although his was significantly smaller due to the neglect that his father and mother were indirectly putting on him in favour of his two younger twin sisters, Naruko and Narumi Uzumaki Namikaze. Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze was a 5-year-old girl and the middle child of the Uzumaki Namikaze triplets, she was waist length long blond hair with wisps of red hair mixed in between, she also had bright blue eyes like her father, she has a semi chubby face that accents her cute bubbly nature, she is also a very sporadic child much like her twin sister. Narumi Uzumaki Namikaze, the youngest of the triplets, has waist-length red hair with wisps of blond in her hair much like Naruko, also she has a nice, curved face that is a mix between her mother and father, overall, she and Naruko will be very beautiful in the future, compliments of their parents.

Naruto was thinking about what he was going to do about his training as a shinobi, and what he should, he asked his parents about his training to help him start off with the basics as a shinobi, but his parents had different ideas:

FLASHBACK:

It was a bright and wonderful morning in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, his father Minato Namikaze more commonly known among the village and shinobi world as the Fourth Hokage and the Yellow Flash of the Leaf, Minato Namikaze was a tall, handsome man, with blond hair, blue eyes, and charming personality overall, he just left the house with his family on their way to Ichiraku Ramen Stall for some lunch together.

The family arrived at the stall after a few minutes of walking together, but when I say together, I mean four out of the five were walking together, Naruto was walking behind his family because his family nearly forgot about him again when they were about to go out for lunch, his family were about to activate their compound's security seals that Minato and Kushina put up for the protection of their family, until Naruto came running out of the house, slightly startling his family, as they weren't expecting him to come running out of their house when they thought that he was with them currently, afterwards he got a slight scolding from his mother for not being on time with them, and if he didn't come out of the house that second, the security seals would have been activated and he would have been locked inside, Naruto grumbled internally at this declaration but also in fear, so he decided to keep quiet for now.

When they sat at the stall, they were greeted by a kind man who was in his 40's, his name was Teuchi Ichiraku and he was the owner of the stall, and he was currently thinking of new dishes to add to his menu. When he noticed the family, he said:

"Ahh Good morning and welcome to Ichiraku Ramen" he greeted them kindly.

"Hello, it is nice to see you again Teuchi-San" Minato replied kindly with a warm smile.

"Ahh it is nice to see you and your family again as well Hokage-Sama" he replied with a slight bow of respect to the village leader.

Minato just nodded to the man and Teuchi handed the five of them menus and told them he would be in the back when they were ready to order. The family took a few seconds to think over what they wanted to order and replied to the kind chef:

"I would like 2 pork ramen please with extra pork" replied Minato with his classic smile.

"Can I have 4 chicken ramen please" replied a hungry Naruko with a childish glee.

"I would like 3 seafood ramen please with extra shrimp and Nori (Japanese Seaweed)" replied Kushina with a wonderful smile.

"Can I have 1 beef ramen with extra beef and eggs" replied Naruto with a bit of uncertainty.

Though in his opinion Ramen wasn't his favourite meal, unlike his family he doesn't like to have ramen most nights because it gets a bit boring after a while, and would eventually get fed up with the dish. In his opinion, yakitori was his favourite because he could prepare his food any way he would like, but he wouldn't want to say this in front of his mother or who knows what would happen to him. Naruto thought this all internally and shuddered thinking of what his mother might do to him if he said he didn't like Ramen as much as them in her presence. Anyway, time to stop spacing out.

"Can I have 4 Hakata Ramen with extra eggs, pork, and mushrooms please!" said Narumi with a gluttonous grin and a bit of drool.

After they had all ordered their meals Teuchi went into the back to prepare the dishes. In the meantime, the family started talking about random things until the topic of becoming shinobi came up in their discussion, which reminded Minato and Kushina of some news they wanted to discuss with their children.

Minato was the first to start the news:

"All right children, your mother and I have decided that since you are becoming 5 soon, we will need to get you started on your training along with the rest of the clan kids so that you guys can become the strongest" Minato said enthusiastically with Kushina grinning a foxy grin.

The children exploded with happiness at the news about training and becoming ninjas, so much so, that they all fell off their seats from the amount of excitement that was coursing through their systems. They eventually got back up to their seats all while containing all the overwhelming excitement that they were still expressing. Naruto was the first to speak:

"Oto-San are we going to become amazing ninjas with cool ninja abilities!" said Naruto with the widest grin that was so bright it could bring anyone to smiles with how much warmth he was expressing, though this was not the case with his parents.

"Ohh I'm sorry Naruto, but we are going to have to start your training later than your siblings because they need to be able to harness and control their special powers" said Kushina, not trying to give away about the sibling's burdens.

This of course caused Naruto to stop smiling and look back at his mother confused about how his training was being postponed, but he was even more confused about the part of his siblings having special abilities. He voiced his concerns to his parents.

"Umm Kaa-Chan why is my training being postponed while Narumi and Naruko's training will go on as scheduled, and what do you mean by them having special powers?" said Naruto to Kushina who looked at Naruto with a somewhat serious look, replying to her son saying:

"Naruto we will discuss this further when we get home since this information is highly classified and is a family secret" replied Kushina, not trying to dismay Naruto with his question, but giving a satisfactory answer with a bit of seriousness, for how confidential this specific information was.

Naruto still the child he was, and noticing the seriousness that his mother exuded from her words, decided to just nod, and turn back to the counter where eventually their food had been served to them. The family grabbed their chopsticks and said:

"Itadakimasu" with smiles on their faces.

A while later after lunch Minato paid the bill and they headed home, on their way they were greeted by villagers and shinobi alike noticing the Uzumaki Namikaze family walking down the road, some bowed, some greeted with kind words, and some even presented a gift or two for the family, but when they noticed Naruto, they gave slight frowns in response, though the rest of the family didn't notice it, Naruto did however as he was the target of the villager's anger and disdain, though he didn't comment on it because he saw this a few times before with the villagers giving him glares and whispering behind his back, but he couldn't think of a reason as to why they would be angry at him, but he just ignored it and continued going home with his family.

They made it home eventually and it was getting late so Kushina went into the kitchen to make dinner for her family, all the while thinking about how she would answer her son's question, or thinking about playing ignorant and dismissing it.

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