Chapter One; A Second Nohara
Konoha Village; Southeastern Park
"Naruto…" a voice calls out to the five-year-old, red headed boy currently sitting on a swing within one of the many parks within the village hidden in the leaves. Said boy looks up to see a hazel haired young woman, purple marks upon her cheeks, life returned to his eyes as he looks upon her "Rin-onee-chan." a watery smile soon followed as she kneels and hugs him tightly, allowing the boy to cry out the pain of being forgotten yet again by his own family.
Konoha Village; Nohara Apartment
Jonin Rin Nohara was a member of the latest Team seven, Team Minato, and a veteran of the third shinobi war. As the team's medic, she had worked hard to keep her allies alive and was taken on as a short-term apprentice to Tsunade Senju. After the war, she took a step back and has worked at the hospital which kept her satisfied yet when Naruto came into her life, she honestly didn't really know what to think. Opening the front door to her apartment, five-year-old in arm, she kicks the door closed and moves quickly to the bedroom and placed the kid down. After putting the boy to bed she had retreated to the kitchen, hot chocolate in hand as she stares out of her window that looked out upon the village "…sensei. What's happening with your family?" a soft whisper as she notices the Team Seven picture on one of the counters "Perhaps I should talk to Lady Tsunade…?"
Naruto groans and whines as he stretches out but froze upon feeling himself being embraced from behind but the sight of a familiar picture on the bedside table notified that he was safe. The smell of bacon filled the boys' nostrils, darts up, and Rin swears the red-head had used shunshin to appear at the table "Morning sleepyhead!"
"Morning Ka-chan…" Naruto yawning unaware of the shock he gave the kunoichi, a warm sensation traveling through the woman's body and a small smile grew upon her face "So, what do you want to do today?" she asks quickly trying to put that moment aside to compose herself "Umm… well, I was wondering if you… umm…" the boy's head drops as he mumbles "Naru." Her stern voice causes his head to snap up at her, sitting opposite him "Talk to me directly, do not mumble."
"Can you train me, please?" he asked almost in a shout "Inside voice."
"Sorry." Naruto whispered but she smiles at that "Fine. I'll speak with Lady Tsunade, see if I can get some time off to train my favourite baby boy."
"I'm not a baby!" Naruto declares jumping off the seat but a hard glare sat him back down, grumbling all the while with his head hung down, unaware of the gentle smile upon the medical ninja's soft smile 'I wonder how master will react if I were to bring him along…' her thoughts as she placed both their dishes in the sink "Naru…" calling over her shoulder "…go get dressed and wait by the door."
"Okayyy!" the enthusiastic child runs back to the bedroom and Rin can clearly make out the sounds of the boy gathering his clothes. She smiles softly and chuckles upon heading a soft thump "I'm fine!" was heard which causes her to laugh lightly whilst drying off her hands. Moving towards the door, grabbing her keys from the table, Rin passes the bedroom and Naruto was immediately on her heels as she opened the door. A click signalled the doors locked status and she takes up his hand and the two leave the apartment complex before she pulls him up onto her back, Naruto giggling the entire time "Hang on, okay?" glancing back over her shoulder at him to see his nod and the two were soon dashing across the village rooftops, giggles in their wake.
Konoha Hospital; Tsunade's office
The knock on the door broke the monotony of paperwork and financial reports "Come in!" and in steps two individuals "Auntie!" a squeal caused the boxium blonde Senju to snap up from her work to see the red blur that jumped clear over her work and into her arms "Naru-chi! What are you doing here?" the chuckling Tsunade as he just enjoys her warmth "I missed you." His almost inaudible whisper, had it not been for her countless years of being an active ninja she would have missed it. Unbeknownst to the boy, a wordless conversation was being held by the two medics "What happened?"
"Found him in a park on the south-eastern side, alone again. He stayed with me last night, cries himself to sleep."
"Again… even after my warnings last time. Fine. Let's keep this close to the chest, can you…?" Rin nods to the question before it was said "He called me mother this morning. I don't think he realised though." Tsunade smiles at that and nods before Naruto pulls back from the hug, ending the silent conversation "So, Naru, what's your plan for today?" that's when Rin cut in "He asked me to help with his training, so I was…"
"Has he unlocked his chakra yet?" the Senju asks to which received two headshakes which only further irritating said blonde as she was well aware that his two siblings were already in training. "Then, let's remedy that shall we?"
Konoha Hospital; Operation Theatre Three
"Okay so why don't you sit in the centre of the diagram, Naru-chi." Tsunade instructs and the boy does so without question, meditative pose perfected "Are you sure about this, Master? Isn't this…?" Rin questions in a low voice, unease clearly audible within her tone "Chakra suppression seal are lining the walls, diagnostic ones in the floor allow us to keep an eye on his vitals and if necessary, jump in and help from afar. It's so ideal I'm surprised no one else thought of using them this way." The Senju matriarch explains as she too sits in one of the open spots upon the massive seal that covered the floor "Now then…" turning to the boy in the centre, who was literally vibrating in excitement, Rin taking her place opposite her master with Naruto now sitting between them "…now that you're in the lotus position, close your eyes and focus inward. Look for a warm feeling in your stomach then when you find it, pull it as hard as you can."
"Yes auntie!" Naruto responds as he follows her instructions to the letter. Both Tsunade and Rin were channelling their chakra though the seal beneath them, just enough to passively keep a bead on the boy's vitals.
An hour of mediation later and nothing has happened yet. His frustration surfaces for a moment in the form of his tensing of his muscles "Relax Sochi." Rin calls and the effect was immediate, even his heart rate falls notably and not even two minutes later, both medics sense the unlocking and within moments a massive surge Chakra erupts from the boy, dense enough to be seen an almost mint green blue flowing like water. Moments later they sense him falling asleep from exhaustion but before he dropped to his side, Rin had scooped him up "Damn…" Tsunade chuckles "Kids got the densest chakra I've sensed in a while."
"That isn't normal, is it?" Rin's concern was clear as she cradled the sleeping boy in arm "For normal people, no. Though, even for an Uzumaki, it's dense." The blonde chief doctor states clearly pensive about it "Though, it is good that we done this here. No one else but us know about this. Take him home and get some food in him. I'll give you some time off, but I suggest you get chakra control exercises ready; he'll need them."
"Yes master. Thank you." Rin bowing her head as the Senju approached the door "Oh, I'll handle all the other things so don't worry about a thing. Take your son home, yeah?" with a smile Rin nods though a pang of guilt slips in but was ruthlessly crushed when gazing upon the sleeping boy in her arms, a small content smile upon his face "Yes, Lady Tsunade."
Konoha Village; Kage Tower
Tsunade Senju was pissed. No Damn right Furious. Not only had she been ignored but one of her best was now cleaning up the mess from people who should know better. Walking with a purpose, her face blank and portraying nothing but a calm focus. Folders under arm and power in each stride forced all from her path as she ascended to the big office of the man who currently ran the village hidden in the leaves. In place of simply walking in she kindly asks the secretary to ask if the kage was free. This told said secretary that a shit storm had already formed and was about to touch down, target here. A few moments pass before she gave the temperamental blonde the go ahead before clocking out for lunch.
Konoha Village; Kage's office
Stepping into the room, that suddenly felt ten degrees colder upon the Senju's honey brown eyes meeting the baby blue of Minato Namikaze, his hussy of a wife at his side. The silence dragged on as the two parties simply stared at one another "How may I help you, lady Tsunade?" Minato asks tentatively not really sure what he had done to earn her ire, her killing intent was oozing off but it was obvious she was doing her best to hold it back "Right… I need these signed, now." The Senju unable to stop the soft growl from the back of her throat "Right…" the Hokage stutters slightly taking the files but is distracted immediately as his mentor and father figure suddenly appears in the window "Yo my prized student! How's my favourite gaki?"
"Jiraiya-Sensei, what brings you here?"
"Well, I wanted to check up on my two newest students of course. I heard you unlocked their chakra, right? How'd they do?"
"Ah, yes, a few months ago we got them to unlock it." Kushina, the picture perfect of traditional Uzumaki women with vibrant red hair and violet eyes, states beaming at the chance to gloat about her children "Their reserves are already mid-Genin level. We started them on control already, but its slow going as they have way too much energy to stay still let alone hold a leaf in place."
"Mid-Genin off the bat. Impressive." Jiraiya murmurs "Their calligraphy needs a lot more work, but they have the starting stances of both the Uzumaki Whirlpool fist and…"
"…and my Hummingbird style." Minato cutting in for his wife, not wanting to lose a chance to gloat a bit "Both fierce styles that focus on aggressive, decisive action and evasion." Jiraiya comments to their grins "Though we aren't sure if they'll take up a long blade like me…" Kushina began "…or the short blade like me." Minator finished and they all chuckle lightly "SHUT IT!" Tsunade seemed to whisper but everyone flinched at the very fine, cold edge to it that it felt more like a shout "Tsunade-hime, what's wrong…?"
"Just sign the damn papers! I got work to do." The Senju growled out, her hair covering her eyes, Minato quickly stamping and signing all the paper seeing as she was about to blow up at them "Oh, Tsunade-chan! Can you train…?"
"No." a crip response snapping the presented files from the Hokage "…but maybe…"
"I said no. End of." The door slamming behind her, the spider cracks spreading from the door corners in all directions and the plaster falling all over. "What's her problem?" Kushina growled out "I just wanted her to train the twins in medical ninjutsu, so they won't be hurt too badly."
Konoha Village; Nohara Apartment
Naruto awoke in Rin's apartment, the green coach he was so familiar with beneath him as he sat up with a wide yawn "Oh, your up sleepyhead?" Rin says from the chair beside him, book in hand and a broad smile upon her face causing his own to match hers "How long was I asleep?"
"Long enough to cause Lady Tsunade to worry. You better be ready to be hugged to death next time." She says completely seriously, Naruto gulping hard before a knock on the door breaks the growing tension. Answering the door "Oh hi Su-chan. What brings you here?"
"Do you really have to keep calling me that? You're only a year older than me."
"Exactly and don't forget it." The playful tone was not lost on anyone in hearing range "Well, whatever… here. My old lady told me the kid 'll need these and this is something from aunty Shizune."
"Aww, she made this?"
"No shit."
"Language young lady! There are baby ears nearby!"
"HEY!" Naruto yells indignantly causing the pair to snicker and giggle "Well, regardless mom took care of it. Congratulations." The girl Naruto knew was his aunt's daughter, she was cool with blonde hair like her mother's but lighter with a light blue streak on one side. "Why don't you come in?"
"Sorry Rin, guess who gets extra shifts to give a friend some time off?" a small growl could be heard, and Rin simply sticks her tongue out, biting it softly "Sorry about that, it's just…"
"Save it. Mom explained it to me already remember. Anyway, I gotta head back. Sleep well Naru-tan!"
"Thank you Surena-nee!" Naruto shouts back and said girl leaves.
Rin sits at the table with Naruto eating opposite and she finds herself smiling at the happiness of said boy. Recalling all the times she was at the Namikaze-Uzumaki house, she had trouble even remembering seeing Naruto there, their birthdays he was never around which is how she slowly noticed how isolated he had become from them. When she pointed it out, Kushina told her she was seeing and imagining things, but she knew she was clutching at straws all that time they were arguing. Even more so when pointing out that despite them being triplets, not a single sign of Naurto was present. That was his fourth birthday, on his fifth things just got worst as his siblings were now officially heirs of their parent's clans which was, as the eldest by birth right, his.
Clan law also meant that Naruto had been banished from the clan house and clan in its entirety. Rin could not prevent the growl from escaping her throat at the fact that she had been on a mission at the time when upon returning and debriefing, her former sensei had informed her about the party and was stunned when she yelled at him for being an idiot and leaping from the window. It took her a few hours; night had fallen when she found him wondering the parks in the south-eastern parks.
When Rin came out from her reminiscing, she finds herself washing up with Naruto at her side, drying the dishes she hands him, and he wipes them and puts them on the dryer. It was a welcome change to her own life too, being alone all the time with only the patients at work to socialise with ever since she and Kakashi Hatake went their separate ways.
A child though, isn't she jumping a few steps. A shrug as she helps Naruto put on his pyjama's, pulling his top down over his head a giggling with him as she tickled him back into the covers laughing and having fun before they snooze, Rin cuddling protectively around Naruto, the boy feeling the love, warmth and protection of his greatest ally, his own chosen mother unaware of the papers that sat on the chest of draws behind him. Within the envelopes on the polished wood, filled out adoption papers with Naruto's new name, Xinaru Nohara, son of Rin Nohara.
Authors Note;
Another story idea I had where Naruto is basically raised by Rin Nohara, who survived the war and the Kyubi attack and became a respected medic ninja in her own right. As she raises Naruto she has a chance to come to terms with parts of her past she had tried to forget, reconcile with her old feelings, and move forward with her little maelstrom leading the way.
This Naruto follows in his adoptive mothers footsteps and becomes a fierce medical ninja and apprentice under his 'Auntie Tsunade' and her eldest daughter Surena Senju, the first perfect slug sage. Naruto ends up signing both the slug and the Fox contracts where his siblings both sign with the toads. The first plot points focus on training and the realtionshipo between Naruto, Rin, Tsunade, and Surena.
Rin has to cox Naruto out of his abandonment issues and Rin has to actually step out from social isolation she unintentionally put herself in. With help of the Senju Naruto learns more on his former clan and Tsunade even takes him, Rin and Surena to the ruins of Uzu where the second plot begins; working title Uzu return arc. His twins alternate in the story, taking the place Prime Naruto would as Naruto is taken as Tsunade's final apprentice. He learns everything she has, super punch and mitosis regen with diamond on his forehead and everything. By the time the Chunin exams comes around Naruto's three man team will consist of him, Haku (M), and Yakumo Kurama in support with Rin acting as their Jonin sensei. This will also lead into the big confrontation between the Namikaze-Uzumaki and the Nohara-Senju's. Their feud is put centre stage as the two sides battle it out in front of the audience.
I haven't decided on pairing yet but Tayuya or Kin seem logical with the way the story seems to go but am open to idea's. Yes, I know one person who really want me to do a Naruto x Samui pairing, but as I said, this one is still in the air. Yes, Haku is a dude in this one deal with it.
