WHY I'M SO STUPID
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or its characters, or Naruto would be like Goku when it comes to training and appetite, but a complete opposite when it comes to IQ and everything else.
A/N I know I said I was going to combine bloodlines, but since most of the authors on the website beat me to some of the originals, and I don't want to use something that belongs to someone else, so I've been going to the Naruto Wikia website, and decided to use what I figured Naruto is going to receive later along the way. This chapter is also a theory of what I think Itachi gave to Naruto before he died. So feel free to read along.
My Darling Naruto
If you are reading this, than I'm no longer of this world, and I'll be with your father in a better place. If you got this from Jiraiya by hand, than he must be taking the timing of this seriously. If you caught it midair, then he was either too busy with his so call 'research' or it fell out after being caught again by someone dangerous like Tsunade, or who I like to call 'old hag.' (Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at that part.)
Right now, I'm also sure you either figured out who your father is, or one of our most trusted friends told you about it already, considering how much you look like Minato, it wouldn't surprise me any if you picked up some of his smarts as well. And by some chance you picked up some of my behavior, especially my behavior towards others and my creative side, or some call my 'up to no good' side, like the time I swap out Tsunade's shampoo with a unique hair dye that made her hair disappear, which in turn made her think that she went bald. (Naruto was, at this point, trying hard to contain his laughter.)
Now to the point, while I still have the strength to tell the nurse how to write this letter before you decide to make your entrance into this world. While people might tell you that my hometown, the Whirlpool Village, no longer exists. The only thing that they don't know is that while it might be gone as a village, its far from dead since you inherited it from me, and that I left you some of my villages techniques, my clan's as well as some of the ones I've learned, along with some of the techniques belonging to your father, and some belonging to the Namikaze clan, which I'm pretty sure the 'old pervert' won't mind helping you with. I had your father hide them both in the Hokage's office in order to keep it out of hands of those who would love to help themselves to such powerful techniques. They can be found in a secret compartment that your father created while also placing one of his seals that react to both ones blood and chakra signature, inside the bottom right drawer where the third used to keep his hidden stash of that god awful book.
I also wanted to make sure that my theory is right about your bloodline ability, called the Rinnegan, which only appears on certain individuals, and remains a mystery among even the most experienced of shinobi don't understand all its secrets. You'll find a scroll with theories on it with the rest of your inheritance.
Once again, with all my heart, I'll always love you.
Your loving, and overly determined mother,
Kushina Uzumaki
P.S. If by some strange coincidence that you end up with having Kakashi Hatake as your sensei, then remember to bring a little snack along since he would even be late for his own funeral.
Naruto chuckled a little at that last part, but then he really turned serious, before looking up. "Has anybody heard of something called the Rinnegan?" Naruto asked, catching all the adults off guard. While he figured that they might take a while, he went over to the mentioned drawer, and when he took the sake bottle out, along with the glass, he spotted the seal that his mother was talking about, so he bit his thumb and reached towards the seal.
Sakura and Sasuke weren't to sure wither or not to admire their friend's bravery for getting behind the Hokage's desk while she is still there or what. When they saw Naruto pull out Tsunade's sake out of the drawer, along with a glass, they tried to stop their friend from committing suicide from what they think he is doing, until the clink of the glasses got the attention of the adults. Now they are just hoping that Tsunade would allow Naruto to have an open casket funeral.
"Naruto, what do you think you're doing?" Tsunade asked, before getting ready to go for the kill until *poof* a cloud of smoke just saved the young blonde's neck. When the smoke cleared, Tsunade could see a stack of about 10, 15 sealed scrolls neatly stacked, along with what looked like a letter, which Naruto was reading right now, along with a couple of books that looked like journals. On the top one, it had the seal of the Yondaime, with the name Minato Namikaze under it. There were also a pair of scrolls put aside, one blank while the other had the Namikaze seal on it. As much as she wanted to ask Naruto how he knew about the drawer that has stomped her ever since she took office, but after seeing him reading what could be the only letter from his father, she decided to wait a bit.
When he saw everything pop out of the seal, the first thing he grabbed was a piece of paper which said Naruto Namikaze that caught his eye. When he opened it to read it, it felt like he could feel his father's soul in this letter, as if he was actually talking to him.
Dear Naruto
I am writing this letter just as the Kyubi is attacking the village. If you are reading this, then it means that you received your mother's letter from my old sensei, Jiraiya, and you found your true heritage.
The first thing I would like to say is that I'm sorry for placing such a heavy burden on you when you were too young to argue. While I make sure that the village would see you as a hero, I know that there is good possibility that they would treat you like anybody else who ends up carrying a demon inside them.
The next thing I want to tell you is the things that you are receiving now. In one pile are the scrolls containing the history of the Uzumaki and Namikaze clans, along with their jutsus, as well as the personal ones me and your mother want to pass on to you. I also leave you with the information you'll need for my two main jutsus: The Rasengan, which I know would be among the first things that Jiraiya would teach you, and the move that earned me the title "Konoha's Yellow Flash," the Flying Thunder God technique. I know I can trust you to use these two techniques to protect the village and those you care about. Also there is a scroll that contains the abilities of the Rinnegan written by those who are only guessing what it does. Among the items should be two books, those will be the journals your mother and I left behind to help you out on whatever path you choose to take. I also left behind two other scroll that are separate from the main group, one blank to store the stuff in, and a scroll with our family's seal, which can only be opened by those who carries the blood of the Namikaze. In it is a sword that has been past down from father to son, but I haven't used it as much as I should, but I hope that you will.
The last thing I need to tell you is that I'll be sealing only a part of the kyubi with in you, the yin/yang pieces if you will. The yin you will have, while the yang I sealed just for when things get too dangerous even for the yin side. The rest well be explained when the time comes.
As much as I want to tell you more, the village needs me now before it is too late, so take care my son and please try your best no matter what.
From your father,
Minato Namikaze
P.S. If Kakashi is there, then he can be the only one who can help you out with your kenjetsu lessons. Also, please whatever you do, don't take up on Jiraiya's little 'hobby', but you can have some fun with him like your mother and me does, like making sure he gets caught in the act.
Naruto could feel a tear roll down his cheek, but he didn't care since he now knows that his parents truly loved him. He than looked at the scroll with the family seal on it, and picked it up. He bit his other thumb and placed it unto the seal, when it acknowledged him as a Namikaze, the seal disappear and yet another *poof* made the scroll itself disappear while a sword popped out onto his hand. The sword in its scabbard was beautiful by itself: It was completely white with a gold trim, and a small red flame at the bottom, almost like the cape the Naruto is wearing right now. When he pulled out the sword, he could feel how light it was. When he looked at the blade, he could see it looked almost like a samurai's katana, except that it had a symbol saying the 'blade of six paths' on the one side.
Unnoticed to Team 7, their sensei and the two Sannin felt like they were traveling back in time, when the first Namikaze received that sword. "The Rinnesword! I thought Sensei said that he misplaced that sword when he was telling me a little bit about his clan." Kakashi said, having troubles believing his eye.
Jiraiya couldn't help but chuckle a little at this, "Now Kakashi, you should know by now where Naruto gets his unpredictability from." He said, scolding Kakashi a little bit, "If Minato said he misplaced it, there is probably a good chance he didn't want to risk his clans' important items to be seized by other clans, especially the Uchiha and the Hyuga clans since they've been trying to become more powerful than the Namikaze clan ever was."
Naruto put the sword away, and placed it on the side of the desk. He than picked up the blank scroll, rolled it out on top of the desk, placed his newly found inheritance on it, and sealed it inside. When he was finished, he rolled up the scroll and placed it into one of the empty pockets on his vest. He then tied the Rinnesword to his left side, before turning towards the rest of the people in the office. When he saw the looks on their faces, he knew that this day just got longer, so he gave a low sigh before saying what needed to be said, "Looks like we have some strategizing to do, and now."
Tsunade just nodded her head in agreement with the one she considers as a son, "I agree Naruto. Although I want to stick it to those fools who still refuse to look past the demon inside you, I would rather have you decided how you want to proceed with this since this is your legacy that we're deciding on."
Naruto didn't take long to think about it, so he turned towards Jiraiya, "We're still on for that training trip right, Jiraiya-Sensei?"
Jiraiya just nodded before he started shaking, realizing that he forgot to give Tsunade the heads up on what he was planning to do. "Sorry, princess, but I already asked him and he agreed to come with me on a training trip with me." He said, just as the Hokage had slight vain appearing on her head.
"For how long you old pervert?" Tsunade asked, just waiting for the right moment to punch him into the ground.
"Just for about five years. Mainly to help him to be able to fight you-know-who." Jiraiya answered, sighing in relief for dodging one bullet, before remembering something, "Hey brat, get over here." He ordered his student, before pulling out a piece of paper, "I want you to flow some of your chakra into this paper, in order to see what your elemental affinity is." He said, before handing Naruto the paper.
Naruto did what he was told, and the paper did six things: It split done the middle, with one side, turned into a combination of ash and dust, the other side becoming soaked and slightly crumbled yet somehow a small piece on both sides seemed to stay the same, almost like it was neutral. This caught the adults by surprise since such a feat was something that only once every few generations. "Naruto, what happened to your eyes?" Iruka asked, after seeing Naruto's reflection on one of the windows. When Naruto looked up, what he saw was himself, except that his eyes were different from before. His eye color changed into what looked like a grayish-purple, with lines going outward making it seem like a ripple, "How did I do that?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke decided to speak for the first time in awhile, "Naruto, if the Rinnegan is anything like the Shaningan, then the only thing you need to remember is that you need chakra to activate it, and take the chakra away to turn it off, although I don't remember seeing you send any chakra towards your eyes."
Naruto nodded before the Rinnegan off, "I think my tenant might have something to do with it. As for what you just learn just now, don't tell anybody about my family or my bloodline ability since I should be the one to tell them. I also need everybody to make sure neither the council nor the public find out about me being the fourth's son, especially Ino since this would be big gossip material for her, since I'll need to prove it to them somehow. You can tell the rest of our friends about my burden, but you need to tell them not to tell anybody else because I don't want to risk any unnecessary chaos when I return."
Everybody nodded at his request, although Sakura knew that she had to be careful around her best friend since Ino tends to be dangerous around certain info. "So when do you leave on your trip Naruto?" Iruka asked the blonde that he considered being his younger brother.
"Tomorrow morning, right now I'm just letting the brat here spend some time needed to get his priorities straighten out before we head out." Jiraiya answered.
"Oh and to answer to your question about the drawer, Lady Hokage, here, take a look at this." Naruto said, holding his mothers letter in front of her. When she read it, first one vain, then a few more popped up; with a slight 'I knew it!" Came through her teeth. Naruto took the letter away and whispered to the group behind him about what she was getting steamed about.
While everybody was trying hard to keep a straight face, unfortunately, Jiraiya heard what was said and started to laugh like crazy until *BAM* he was sent flying out the window by a really ticked off Tsunade. This was everybody's cue to get out now before she turned on them.
When they started leaving, Naruto stopped and turned to face Shizune, "Let me ask you this, do you think of me as person who just happens to carry a demon, or the demon itself?" Naruto asked, catching Shizune off guard.
"I never thought of you as the demon, Naruto." Shizune said the honesty was enough to convince the boy.
"Another question, how do you know that what the council wants is truly best for me, or for their own little purposes?" Naruto asked, actually getting her to think differently about the council, "Or more specifically, how do you know Danzo doesn't have his own ulterior motive for me?"
"That's not true, Naruto, they're just looking out for your wellbeing." Shizune said, not wanting to believe that the council could actually be that bad, although she didn't want to admit out loud that Danzo tends to give her the creeps.
"If that was true, then they would have been working with the Third instead of trying to encourage the villagers to make my life a living hell, wouldn't you think?" He asked, this time just as he was turning around to leave the tower.
All Shizune could do was think about what this boy has said, until she heard him say "Oh, and by the way, you might want to stay out of the office if you value your life." Now her face grew pale because that could only mean that something has truly pushed the Hokage over her limit.
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Naruto walked out of the tower to notice that Sasuke was waiting for him, "What's up?" Naruto asked the person he considered to be like a brother to him.
"I was just waiting to have a talk with you before you left on your training. Plus I wanted to say a few things, but I didn't want to do it in front of an audience." Sasuke answered back, trying not to be his usual self.
Naruto just nodded to this, "And there's something I want to straighten out with you before I left. C'mon, let's go to your place. I believe that is the best place to have our little talk." He said, before he started to walk.
Sasuke wasn't sure about this, but seeing how much of a change his friend has been through, he agreed to this and started to walk with him. The only thing they're trying to do is avoid all of the fan girls along the way.
I'll end it here since I have other stories to deal with. As for questions on the Rinnesword, it is like the other elemental weapons, with a few extras. Please don't ask what they are since I made the sword up on the spot, I hope you understand that part. Read and Review.