Naruto : Chronicles of the Uchiha
Chapter 5
~~~Next Morning…
~~~Konohagakure no sato~~~
The shining rays of a huge fireball placed in the sky made their way past the windows of out towards the little blonde currently snuggled up in his futon. The curled up blonde ball in between the large room squirmed slightly, just enough to make the blanket covering him show his displeasured face.
"Mewww!" a soft mewl rang in his room, his blanket getting plucked by something offending making him clutch it tighter in his sleep.
"Mm go away, 'm sleepy." he mumbled sleepily curling up into a more little ball. But the thing clutching his blanket tried even harder now, much to his added annoyance.
"What….Kiara?!" he whispered sleepily, his Sky blue eyes squinted while trying to adjust to daylight when he took notice of the wide brown slitted eyes of his favorite cub.
"Mewww!" she mewled softly, licking his cheek and curling up by it with a small yawn. Though Naruto regained his bearings and finally came to his senses, but even still he couldn't help the smile that lit up his face at seeing his friend there.
"How did you get here girl?" he asked her, brushing her fur to get a soft purr out of the little feline. "… you shouldn't be here Kiara, it might make me get into trouble and they'll send you away into some guarded place…" he whispered in a cautious tone, but didn't get anything more than a small twitch of her whiskers when he kissed her cheek softly.
He let out a sigh, she must have followed him back yesterday or somehow found out where he lived, but he couldn't do anything about it now.
He himself had been wanting to take her home now that she was getting bigger and a lot playful to hide in the hidden clearings behind the mountains any longer. So it was all for the better, at least for now.
He sat up, scooping the ball of fur in his arms who didn't feel much like resisting from the friendly touch she had gotten used to.
The blonde boy walked down stairs to his dining room, straight for the fridge and put the small cub on the table who was watching her unofficial master quite curiously. He filled up a bowl with the half carton of milk he had and placed it on the table, much to the joy of the little furry thing who had dug in as soon as the bowl touched the wooden surface.
He sat down on the table, his chin on his arm only to look at his lone friend fondly lapping up her milk. His finger rubbed her nose making her mewl in a hurt voice at being disturbed during her meal. He laughed though when she licked off the small droplet of milk on his finger while she was at it, getting herself a small bonk on her head.
"Glutton…" he whispered playfully, seeing the cub mewling in a hurt voice and he was glad she was here now. At least his house wouldn't be as lonely as before. He himself cut off a small piece from a loaf of bread and started on frying a couple of eggs, feeling a small nudge on his ankle.
He looked down only to see the pleading eyes of Kiara looking at him innocently, no doubt hungry from the fresh smell of frying eggs making him smile. He cut off a small piece of his omelet and threw it down, which was eaten before Naruto could even realize and watched the ball of fur nuzzle against his leg, no doubt quite content now.
"You're going to run me dry like this you gluttonous cat." he said playfully, much to the confusion of the cub who just went up on to his lap while he enjoyed his meal in silence. His eyes glanced at the clock to see it was almost nine now and he rose an eyebrow, remembering he was going to have some guests over today and grinned.
He picked the yawning cub up in his arms, instantly hopping upstairs into the bathroom.
"Alright Kiara time to get you cleaned up…" he said getting a yawn out of the cub who was still quite sleepy and clearly wasn't expecting what came next.
SPLASH…
"MEWWW!" the cub mewled in horror when he had thrown her into the warm water of the tub and looked at him with hurt eyes when he stepped in a moment later after getting undressed himself.
"Now now, we'll have none of that, you're going to have to be clean so you don't ruin things in the house girl." he admonished the cub who enjoyed getting herself rubbed with a little bubbly shampoo massage as was felt by her purrs. The joyful bath ended when the water was cold and he drained the tub, coming out with a little cub wrapped up in a towel and being brushed off the water with some muffle mewls. He let the dry fur ball out of his grasp who jumped down and shook her body expertly to dry herself off and ran up to the small folded mattress by the side cupboard that was open and found herself a new spot to sleep.
Naruto just shook his head at the lazy cub with a smile and went onto the closet himself, sliding it open to see rows of clothes stacked up neatly, ranging from all sizes and colors.
Naruto smiled and took out his blue shirt with a little Uchiha symbol on the bottom right corner in the front and put on some black pants while running his hand through his silky locks.
Knock Knock…
Naruto was surprised at hearing the knock so early, surely Tobirama wouldn't be coming this early in the morning? Right?
He ran down the stairs and opened the door with a polite bow.
"Welcome to the Uchiha residence." he spoke up politely only to get his hair ruffled playfully.
"Now no need to be so formal with your Ji-chan now is there?" the playful voice of Kagami Uchiha said, making him grin and step aside to let the man in. Kagami made his beeline straight to the living room and sat down on the couch, smiling at the boy who offered him a glass of water.
"So, I heard you came looking for me back at the Uchiha Clan Office?" he asked, getting a happy nod from the boy. He already did have a hunch as to why the boy would have wanted to meet him.
"I guess you came to me regarding your admissions to the Academy, ne?" he asked and got an instant nod from the boy.
"Don't worry I'll take care of it…" he trailed off seeing the boy shaking his head, which now had him thrown into a loop.
"No need Uncle I already got my admission form signed by the Hokage." the boy answered his confusion making the man perk up in surprise. Kagami couldn't help but look at the boy in pride, that was the drive a child his age should have.
"That's great Naruto, I'm proud of you." he spoke in warm tone making the boy gaze shyly at his lap while his cheeks turned pink in embarrassment. Kagami was still surprised that Tobirama Senju had taken the time to meet the boy on such short notice, but he remembered that the man was a bit too curious when it came to matters concerning him.
He rose an eyebrow when he saw the boy perk up,as if he had remembered something important and he was all ears for the kid he considered his nephew in all but blood.
"Tobirama Ji-chan is great too Uncle, he is so fun and so cool. He even brought me my signed form to the back of the Hokage monument himself and played with me a little." he said making Kagami blink owlishly at the bot. Now that didn't sound the least bit like his sensei.
Tobirama Senju, playing, with a six-year-old child, the idea was laughable in itself to him.
"Naruto you're sure you went to the Hokage right?" he asked suspiciously and a bit worriedly so as to not hurt his happy demeanor in the slightest. The boy blinked innocently and pulled the form out of the side drawer to show him the proof.
"Of course I did, see he stamped this…" he said handing the man, the folded form. Kagami unfurled the paper, raising an eyebrow at the amount of mistakes and the adorable way his nephew had filled the form out. It didn't even have a photograph on it for Kami's sake, but sure enough there, in the bottom right corner donned the official stamp of the Nidaime Hokage along with his signature of approval for enrollment into the Academy year.
How his sensei, the man who prided in perfection in even the most minute of things had let this form slide, he would never know. But he had…
"See it's his sign right, plus I see him daily on the monument too you know…" the boy said with a pout making Kagami chuckle and nod. He handed the boy his form back which was put back in it's haven with the utmost care by our little blonde boy.
Then Kagami's mind wandered back to another point that might need looking into by him personally.
"Do you need some money for buying the books and starting stuff for the Academy?" he asked him, making the boy look down at his lap and shake his head.
Kagami's smile slipped seeing his state of sadness. He knew the boy never really liked asking him for money, and won't come to him for it unless it was absolutely necessary. It was one of the things he absolutely loved about the boy, yet it made his worries increase for him all the more.
But once again the boy perked up, surprising him for the second time with a wide smile when he shook his head, much to the elder Uchiha's confusion.
"Uh-uh, Tobirama Ji-chan is going to let me borrow some of his spare books and scrolls. He is going to bring them by today, isn't it awesome Uncle?" he asked happily and now Kagami's mind was spinning.
"What the hell did that boy do to my sensei?" was all he could think off and nodded dumbly seeing the boy grin his goofy grin. Though he couldn't help but feel happy at the joyful expression on the kid's face.
"Looks like my boy has it all figured out already on his own, you really are growing big my boy." he said in a warm tone making Naruto nod happily. He stood up to take his leave, Naruto doing the same out of courtesy and walked him to the door.
"Alright then, do really well at the Academy and make me and our clan proud Naruto. We are called the elites and the best of this village for a reason. Always remember your Uchiha heritage and be proud of it alright?" He said sternly and Naruto smiled and nodded proudly.
"Hai, just you see I'll ace the Academy." Naruto boasted proudly making Kagami chuckle and pat his head a couple of times to calm him down. The boy in turn looked sheepish and bowed politely when Kagami turned to leave.
Naruto walked in going straight to the porch of his house leading to the vast gardens his estate housed. He loved them as if they were his life, his mother used to tend to them and had taught him her skills before she passed away and he took care of them as a remembrance to the times he spent here with her.
He looked down when he felt a small weight on his lap and brushed the pure white fur of the cub now rested on his lap softly.
"You're really smart Kiara, I'm glad you didn't come out in front of Ojii-san." he whispered, placing a kiss on her head to get a small purr out of the little feline and kept brushing her hair.
He saw her yawn and sighed tiredly himself, the cub was too lazy for her own good sometimes. But he loved her all the more for her antics.
KNOCK...KNOCK...
Naruto's head snapped back, hearing the door's knock and he ran upstairs quickly with the little ball of fur in his arms. He ran into his room, opening the closet containing his futon and mattresses and placed the cub on them.
"Mewww?" the cub mewled in confusion, tilting her head to the side cutely. He placed a ball by her side to play with and kept another pillow that she was glad and curled up on instantly.
"Alright now you stay here and don't come out until I tell you to 'kay?" he asked not really expecting an answer and ran downstairs straight to the main door.
He opened the door and saw Tobirama standing there with his usual stoic and deadfish look marred on his face and his arms crossed in front of his chest, but he was surprised to see the red headed women with her hair in two buns, the same one from yesterday standing there with him. She wore an elegant white kimono with a red obi and the Uzumaki spiral adorned on the back of it, plus, he saw strange tags with some strange markings there hanging by her head. He bowed to them politely like his mother had taught him to do if someone came to his home.
"Welcome to the Uchiha residence." He said politely and the two looked at each other with a smile at the young boy's manners and the way he held himself like a true heir of royal blood. The two sighed inwardly though, instantly noticing the differences between this blonde and the one they had at home.
They had tried to have Tsunade be just like him too, soft spoken and polite but the girl had been spoiled rotten by her grandfather before they could instill their ways of manners into her.
She had even picked up on Hashirama's gambling habits and his infamous bad luck and his legendary losing streak was even bad with the girl. And added with her fiery temper... well the situation she always found herself caused more trouble to them.
"It is our pleasure to make your acquaintance my cute little thing!" Mito cooed the boy, ruffling his hair playfully pinching his bubby cheeks making the boy a little shy and his cheeks turned pink clearly not used to such affection from a lady.
Naruto led them into his house, unaware to himself the way those two took in the sights of the large yet elegant estate. It had been quite a few years since Tobirama stepped foot in this house, the last time being when he brought the news of Izuna's demise to the boy's mother. He shook of that line of thought while the boy walked them into the guest room.
The two stepped in the traditional Japanese style room and sat on the two offered cushions by the table in the middle. Several calligraphy scrolls hung on the wall as decorations, while small but faintly visible Uchiha clan symbols were carved into the wood almost everywhere.
But both the elders couldn't help but feel nostalgic at the faint amounts of thick and potent chakra still lying everywhere around the house. It belonged to the man who had carved the wood himself along with Madara Uchiha to build the house from the ground up as a symbol of alliance between the two formidable clans.
"I'll go and get some refreshments please make yourselves comfortable." he said with yet another boy and left before Mito could stop him from the formalities. She put her cheek in her palm puffing the exposed cheek with a pout, though smiled seeing the faintest of smirks donning on the current Senju clan head's face.
"The boy certainly is full of surprises, he holds himself like a true heir of royal blood should do and his house has been well taken care of." Tobirama's stoic voice said with a hint of pride in his voice. He was always one to take note of such fine things and admire them, and the boy was scoring high marks on his list of manners, discipline and lifestyle.
Mito herself had expected everything to be a complete mess, with a small child like him having the whole house to himself she hadn't expected….well this.
But only one thing was still ringing in her mind right now.
"And he's such a sweet little munchkin too…" she cooed and gushed happily, making Tobirama sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose in exhasparation. She was more into these things when it came to little kids. All these Uzumaki's were too damn impulsive for their own good sometimes.
Both their musings were cut short when the door in front of them slid open while their little host walked in with a tray full of simple and plain cookies with two cups of tea. He served them with a little sad smile.
"I'm sorry, I only have these…" he mumbled apologetically, a bit ashamed at having to serve his guests such bland looking snacks. The two glanced at each other and dismissed his little nervousness away by picking up their cups and taking a sip of their beverages.
Tobirama placed the cup down, once more taking note that the boy was sitting on his knees in a formal way rather than simply sitting comfortably like he could have. Mito too took note of it but didn't give it much thought as much as Tobirama did. He pulled out a scroll from his hip pouch, handing it over to the boy who took them with a grateful smile.
"That contains all the learning material you will need for the Academy." he stated stoically, dismissing the boy's question with his answer even before it could be brought out of his lips. Naruto nodded hesitantly, not quite understanding how a little scroll like this could be all the learning material he would need for the Academy.
Did they really teach so little at the Academy?
Was all his innocent and naive six-year-old mind could perceive at the moment. He unfurled the scroll slightly only to frown even more in confusion and looked at it inquisitively.
He couldn't understand even in the slightest what this was, maybe they would teach him another language in the Academy.
Mito let out a soft sigh seeing the boy looking at the scroll a little calculatively yet with a firm confusion now marring his face. She couldn't believe that Tobirama could imply that the boy really knew what a storage scroll was when he hadn't even had a single day at the Academy yet.
She looked at him with narrowed accusing eyes while he stared back at her impassively, not quite understanding what her problem was. She turned her eyes back to the blonde who had finally given up on trying to understand the scroll and was rolling it back up.
"Naruto…" she called out making the boy perk up and look at her questionably. She smiled seeing his wide, sky-blue eyes sparkled, a hue so vibrant it seemed as if he were carrying a piece of the heavens themselves. The Uchiha's distinct, sharper features gave his gaze an exotic charm, hinting at the striking figure he would grow into—one that might turn more than a few heads someday. "… come on over here." she patted the space by her side. The boy though a little confused, nodded and went to sit by her side when she took the scroll in his hands and unfurled it yet again. She scooted closer to him, startling him a bit and put the scroll straight in front of him.
"Naruto this is a storage scroll…" she explained getting a nod from the boy who was now paying rapt attention to her. He loved learning something new and this must be some shinobi affair.
Though he looked on in amazement when she placed two fingers over the strange symbols and there was a small poof of smoke. His eyes widened when he saw the small pile of books and scrolls now resting atop the storage scroll.
Mito smiled at seeing his excited glimmering eyes and smirked slyly to the ever stoic Senju who had a small frown marring his face at not realizing this small fact a little earlier. was his cheeks vibrating... perhaps he was trying very hard not pout in frustation. How did she knew? Well she was not the Wife of Senju Hashirama and Daughter to Ashina Uzumaki for no reason. She could predict what the perfson might be thiking from just some subtle body moments only Though both rose an eyebrow when the boy, instead of going for the books or scrolls concerning the Academy picked up the storage scroll from underneath them and was looking at it as if it was Kami's gift to man,
"Wow, how did this little scroll hold so many things? Is this scroll special? Why did these small markings change slightly? How many books can it hold? Where do you get these?" he asked in rapid fire, not taking his eyes off the scroll even for a moment and Mito was surprised that his eyes had caught the slight change in the seals with just a single glance.
No one ever noticed them even after going through them for years, the kid had sharp eyes she mused; smiling softly at his star-struck face while he was looking at the scroll in pure excitement.
"This Naruto is a storage scroll…" she explained patiently, taking it from his hands and he nodded looking at her for more information that she was more than happy to provide him with. "… you have to pump chakra into it to store things in it, or take them out whenever you want." she explained making him nod, but not quite convinced with her vague information which she picked up on in an instant and grinned. She loved explaining things regarding fuinjutsu to anyone willing to listen, it was such an obscure and unknown art except for members of her own clan.
She pointed her fingers on the strange markings, tracing the expertly drawn Kanji over them to start her explanation.
"These strange markings—or kanji, as you can see in some—are seals," she explained, tracing her fingers over the intricate symbols on the scroll. "They belong to a rare and obscure branch of shinobi arts known as Fuinjutsu."
Naruto leaned in closer, captivated by the unfamiliar symbols.
"Fuinjutsu is powerful," she continued. "These seals can store items, chakra, even people in a way, all within the confined space of a scroll. The scroll itself isn't special; it's these seals that make it all possible." She paused, letting the weight of the concept sink in. "With enough skill, a shinobi can manipulate these seals to hold or release anything they want." she explained patiently, and now the boy had a satisfied smile on his face, liking the little details in her explanation and was still in awe at the power of these small 'seals' as she called them.
"Sugoi! they must be so powerful,if these little small markings can hold so many of our things in a simple paper scroll then the complex techniques in this branch would be amazing too…" he whispered, gazing at the scroll with a spaced out look not noticing the wide eyes of the adults who were staring at him in stunned silence.
Both glanced at each other in a seemingly silent eye-to-eye conversation and Mito smiled slyly at the prospect of having a new candidate who was willing to venture into this exotic branch of the shinobi arts at so young an age.
Naruto broke out of his stupor and instantly asked the first thing that came up in his mind.
"Will they teach this to us at the Academy too?" he asked innocently, but the hope in his eyes wasn't lost to either of them. Tobirama shook his head, breaking his heart a little at the thought of not being able to learn them in the Academy.
"Naruto, Fuinjutsu is a scarce and rarely practiced art that not many venture into of their own accord…" Mito spoke in her warm voice making him nod sadly. But he was still confused at her words.
"But why is that? It seems so cool…" he whispered, looking at the storage scroll in front of him longingly. Mito put her hand on the boy's head and brushed his silky golden locks gently. Both the elders were surprised how interested the boy looked into learning this non-flashy and boring art.
"You really are a surprising child my little one, most children love ninjutsu or taijutsu since they look and seem so cool and all but brush off Fuinjutsu since they are only simple markings or calligraphy arts combined with a little basic ninjutsu to create something much more complex. It is really rare for one to take an interest in it on their own." she explained patiently, getting a small nod from the boy while she kept brushing his soft hair she adored so much right now.
She couldn't help but gush at his adorable yet saddening crest fallen expression.
"It is the specialty of my clan you know…" she said making him perk up with a smile. "… it is only learnt by a rare few outside my clan and even within us, only a rare few ever get the honor of being called masters at this art. It is the most complex art known to the shinobi world." she stated and saw the boy turn his gaze back to the storage scroll with a small bout of silence reigning in the room now.
Both Tobirama and Mito looked on in curiosity at what the boy might say next seeing his contemplative face.
For Naruto, it intrigued him to no end. In his mind it was utterly stupid that they didn't teach this at the Academy. So what if it was hard, that made it all the more reason for anyone to learn it.
"Where can I get books on Fuinjutsu?" he finally asked, breaking the bout of silence and Mito smiled widely at his words. For Tobirama, he was at a loss of words.
Normally, children his age ventured into ninjutsu or even kenjutsu since it looked so cool and flashy, peeking their innocent attention a lot. But this young boy was something else.
Now Mito was especially intrigued by the kid no matter if he was an Uchiha, Fuinjutsu prospecting students were rare enough to think of such trivial things. She turned the boy's face to her by her finger placed on his right cheek and gave him a little smile.
"Well I am not so bad at Fuinjutsu, why don't I show you a few things and we'll see if maybe you want to pursue learning the art in the future or not?" she asked him curiously and Naruto beamed at the nice lady with a happy nod.
"Really, you'll teach me?" he asked her with a voice of uncertainty but grinned when she nodded with a smile. "… when can we start?" he asked happily and she giggled at the boy's enthusiasm.
"Well we could start now but I don't think you have a calligraphy kit with you so I'll have to bring one tomo…" she was cut off as Naruto spoke up.
"What is this calligraphy kit, may I have it. What does it contain?" he asked with so much enthusiasm and she giggled shaking her head.
"No Naruto-kun, it is rare for someone other than the Uzumaki clan members to have a sealing calligraphy kit with them…" again Naruto spoke up making her surprised when she saw his vigorous shaking of head.
"Madara-jiji's library has so many things in it along with my father's. I don't know what all of them are or how to use them all, but maybe you can find this sealing kit in there?" he asked her, not wanting to miss a chance at learning Fuinjutsu even in the slightest. Mito was surprised but the idea now certainly seemed plausible, and she nodded at the boy who smiled happily and stood up while taking her hand in his own.
She followed him with a smile while he escorted them through the hallways of his house, this time Mito and Tobirama truly saw how beautiful the house truly was, never having explored it so much before.
Naruto stopped in front of a sliding door with the Uchiha clan symbol embossed over it proudly. He slid it open and stepped in with the two elders following him in to see what had Madara really kept in his house.
Their eyes widened in unison to epic and comical proportions at seeing the sight that was now in front of them. The room had shelves after shelves in several rows, each of them stacked full of scrolls and various other items concerning the shinobi affairs or his clan materials.
Tobirama turned his eyes to the right, to see the last row stocked full of weapons of all kinds but two of them caught his eyes.
There hung on the wall, were Madara Uchiha's personal war fan and Izuna Uchiha's personal Katana. It made several memories of battling against the bearers of the two weapons, stored in such pristine condition fly into his mind. He walked on to the second row with scrolls, and saw them all arranged in several sections of nin, tai and genjutsu.
There were jutsu scrolls of all ranks and elements, even nonelementals were categorized separately from the elemental ones. It was quite probably larger than the village's own personal library, that in itself was filled more that three fourth's of the contents provided by the members of the Uchiha clan with them using their Sharingan to document the techniques they learnt from various enemies of various lands.
His family too must have documented and preserved each and every thing they had scoured over the generations and kept them here for safekeeping. But that in itself raised a peculiar question in his mind.
"Naruto do you by any chance know why your clan elders haven't taken this all in and absorbed this into the clan's property?" he asked the boy, his voice laced in disbelief while unfurling a simple D-rank jutsu scroll to see the personal signature of none other than Madara Uchiha himself at the end of it.
And he was surprised yet again when the boy nodded simply. The weapons section alone was enough for the clan to raise hell over a single family possessing it and try and absorb it into the clan's funds which wasn't taking into account the amount of knowledge that was amassed in here. Mito too was shocked herself that the little boy knew of the reason why his clan hadn't pulled it in themselves and absorbed it for the clan's strength.
"Hai! Kaa-chan told me when she brought me here sometimes…" he whispered, sadness clearly lacing his voice as he struggled not to cry. composing himself he continued "… only someone closely related to our family can enter this room. I don't know how it is, but she told me that this room recognizes our blood and chakra signature and only when it sees that it is someone from my family can they enter it. No one has ever been here except you too till today…" he explained innocently, looking for the small kit Mito had told him about and not seeing the completely baffled and shell shocked faces of the adults behind him.
Mito though looked around and narrowed her eyes at the markings on laced all over the walls of the room. It was embedded with several layers of security, privacy and silencing seals. Nothing short of breaking in done by a full blown seal master after hours of breaking through the sequence of seals would one be able to access this room.
Clearly whoever set this up, didn't want anyone to be sneaking around here without his/her permission. And knowing the kinds of people the previous two owners of this house were, it wasn't the least bit surprising to the Uzumaki clan heiress. The two were very strict when it came to privacy in their lives and this showed it to the fullest.
"Then why have you brought us here Naruto? It is a family heirloom that has been protected by your family for generations, why show this to us?" Asked the ever curious Tobirama. Mito wanted to scold the man for such a blunt and rude question that could be taken as an insult for the boy's courtesy to them, but she was curious to this as well so she let it slide this time and opened all ears to the blonde boy rummaging through the shelves with his tongue sticking out in frustration at not being able to find the kit in this treasure room of a place.
"I trust you two…" came his answer with a small cough when he found something old and full of dust, making them quite surprised when he continued on. "… Kaa-chan told me only to bring those in here that I trust completely, and never bring anyone from my clan here since they might try to take this all. But I trust you two after all Tobirama Ji-chan is the Hokage and Lady Mito is really nice too, you guys brought me books and helped me get in the Academy. Lady Mito even offered to teach me, no one's ever been this nice to me…" was all he could say when his shoulders were caught and he was turned around only to gaze into the warm violet eyes of the crimson haired woman.
"Naruto don't call me Lady Mito…" she whispered softly, cupping his cheek in her hand and loved the affection with which he looked at her laced with his complete confusion at her words. "… call me Mito Baa-chan from now on, okay?" she asked gently and he nodded a bit embarrassed when she scooped him in her arms for a hug.
She walked with the boy through several shelves, her face still showing surprise at finding some basic level Fuinjutsu scrolls stacked in the shelves too. She was guessing that this sealing work was quite probably done by Madara himself.
Tobirama though was scouring through his particular interest -
Ninjutsu scrolls. He hadn't found anything that had peeked his interest for now, and for the life of him there wasn't even a single forbidden jutsu scroll in there. For that, he was glad as well as disappointed. Glad that a kid as curious as him didn't have dangerous things to tinker with in his leisure time, and disappointed at not finding anything particularly of interest to him.
"Naruto, you say you haven't brought any Uchiha here…" Tobirama's voice rang through the room getting a simple nod from the boy. Tobirama nodded in affirmative, gazing at the jet black blade encased on the wall safely making him remember his battle with the Last Uchiha clan head. "… that includes Kagami too right?" he asked and got yet another nod, surprising him quite a bit knowing how close he was to the boy.
"Kaa-chan made me promise to never bring another Uchiha in here no matter what, and only those from outside that I could trust completely. So I didn't tell Uncle Kagami since he is an Uchiha." he spoke innocently and Mito smiled at the blind faith the little boy had in them. Tobirama too was happy but the boy was quite naive right now, any clan no matter who it was, would give just about anything to get their hands on the things collected in this room to get a chance at increasing their own strengths. He himself had half a mind to absorb it all into the village archives but he couldn't touch a family heirloom like this from a boy to whom it meant the world and he coundn't bring himself to break the trust boy showed in them.
It would definitly go against his Honor.
Mito crouched down and and looked him straight in the eyes with a serious look on her face.
"Naruto-kun now you have to promise me another thing just like you did for your Kaa-chan. You will that for me won't you?" she asked him in her gentle tone getting an instant nod from the boy who had simply no qualms with it.
"Don't bring or even tell anyone about this room other than us. You don't know what people would do to get their hands on this if they knew what was here. Promise me the room stays a secret with only us knowing about it." She asked softly and Naruto nodded innocently trusting the woman. After all she said the same thing his Kaa-chan told him and she was always right in his mind.
"Hai, I promise you Mito Baa-chan." He said in his soft yet melodic voice making the woman smile and ruffle his hair playfully. She caught his chin in her fingers and placed her lips on his forehead.
"Let's go, I found it." she spoke playfully getting a grin out of the boy. She took his hand in her own and led him out, looking behind her to see Tobirama still scouring the place like a hungry scavenger. He abruptly paused, his gaze locking onto a scroll mounted on the wall opposite the room. It was decorated with intricate gold dragon markings, with a dragon's head protruding from one side and its tail from the other. Clearly, this scroll held significant importance to be displayed in such a grand design.
"Let's go…" she said firmly, leaving no room for arguments and pulling the man out by his ear who yelled out protests in return that he wanted to stay a little longer like a child.
Tobirama followed the two with a slight slump in his shoulders at being denied the chance to learn something new but his face lit up with a slight smirk seeing the two in front of him walking hand in hand. He stayed silent and cherished the two interacting in front of them silently, the boy's innocence and kind heart was really contagious.
He had already wormed his way into his heart and he already knew that Mito adored the boy with all her being, having found herself an apprentice she had long since given up looking on after her repeated failures at scouring for one.
They sat back in the living room while Mito had pulled the boy onto her lap, much to his embarrassment but she wasn't taking any of it. She placed her chin over his head and pulled open the calligraphy kit, getting down to business now.
She showed him the proper way to rub an ink stone and showed him how it was done so he could follow in her lead. He did as he was asked patiently, rubbing the required ink off the stone for their practice session, Mito wouldn't tell him right now, but this was a moment every seal master cherished when he decided to take on an apprentice.
She took a brush in her hands, instead of using the support between her index finger and thumb, she placed it in he hands on merely her fingertips for the added precision that was needed for the art of sealing.
Naruto looked at her hand with narrowed eyes and took a brush in the same way in his left hand, once more surprising her with a new edge she found in him.
"Alright Naruto no watch this closely alright?" she asked in but a whisper feeling his head bob up and down under her chin. Her hand expertly traced the Kanji for 'Fire' on the blank sheet in front of her. Naruto tried to do the same, though his ending strokes came a bit sloppy as was expected of someone trying their first hand at the art of calligraphy.
Tobirama smiled, sipping on some tea he had poured from the kettle the boy had been kind enough to bring them earlier and watched on the boy's shaky hands take their first steps into the obscure field of sealing. He was still surprised that even after two hours straight of silent whispers and the finesse laced brushwork, he didn't seem to be letting p anytime soon. He had tried the same with Tsunade but alas she was a bit too hot headed and loved taijutsu and breaking training dummies instead of the boring art that was 'sealing'.
Mito noticed it too, glancing at the clock to see how late it truly was and caught his hand with the brush, kissing the back of his head gently to halt his calligraphy session for the day. He looked back, a little peeved and mostly confused but smiled when he saw the smiling face of the crimson haired woman he sat on top of.
"That's enough for today Naruto-kun, it's already time for the sun to set." she answered his query before it be brought out making him look out the glass door in the room and have wide eyes at seeing the slightly darkening sky showing how late it truly was.
He got off her lap and both elders stood up from their interesting day, smiling at the boy who walked them out to the door. The two turned around, reaching his doorstep getting a polite bow out of the boy.
"Thank you for taking the time to visit and teach me, it was really nice. Arigato." he spoke in his soft tone making Mito crouch down and poke his nose playfully.
"Thank you for having us my adorable little thing, now you come to my house tomorrow after Academy lets you off and we'll start off where we left today, alright?" she asked making the boy beam and wrap his arms around her neck making her giggle and hug him back equally happily.
"But where do you live Baa-chan?" he asked after a moment realizing he didn't even ask for her address as of yet.
"Just ask anyone near the eastern ends of the clan districts for the small Uzumaki clan compounds and you'll be hushed up to me easily. So come anytime, I free and alone all day long so don't worry about the time, it would be nice to have such nice company with me from now on." she chirped up in a chipper tone getting a small grin out of the blonde and she grinned back.
Tobirama, not a man for many words as usual said his simple 'good bye' and left with a curt nod of gratefulness for having them at his place.
After a small dinner with his little cub who had slept her way straight through the day to hide in his room, he was out like a light as soon as he hit his futon and slept.
Authors Notess:
It took a while editing this; I was trying to go over the whole fic for revision's sake. As I mentioned, I am currently way obsessed with Six Eyes and other limitless techniques.
With how overpowered they are, I will try to tone down the powers a bit, but I ain't trying to restrain the Six Eyes or anything. I will make the other techniques that could mitigate around the Six Eyes abilities.
But this is a question for much later chapters.
To the guest who gave me advice in good will—first of all, thanks, man. I know what happens when an author exaggerates things. Sometimes the plot in Naruto fiction is overly used, like Kaguya, Madara, and Obito. Sometimes even Otsutsukis. Or even Naruto suddenly becoming the emperor of some western empire that is stronger than ten elemental nations combined. Or even Naruto becoming Hokage while the villages like Kumo and Iwa suddenly exact their revenge on him... or even worse, the Raikage going on a fucking adventure,
So, let's talk about some ridiculous scene where the Raikage is fucking Hinata right in front of Naruto. Seriously, what the hell is that? And Naruto just stands there doing nothing but wanking his two-inch dick while Hinata enjoys the Raikage's impressive black cock. It's absurd! How did we get to a point where this is a thing?
...And Naruto who is powerful enoigh to certainly flatten the muscle-headed bull with nothing but a Rasengan. And the fics with him and Tsunade are just worse. I mean, look at him and Tsunade—it definitely makes me want to vomit, considering he's a character who only had a few episodes of screen time.
I know some writers want to write something different, but it doesn't make sense that the Raikage has a dick that is longer than a javelin and wider than Madara's Susanoo. Forty inches? I mean, what the freaking hell is this?
Well, sorry about the rant...
My point is, Señor Guest-san, I will definitely try my hardest to keep my work as good as the original. If you readers think that some things are over-dramatized, please reach out in reviews or even PM me if you want.
As I am new to fiction writing, I am willing to look for guidance.
Until then,
Happy reading!