254A/N:
Presenting a new chapter of Gogyo no Naruto. I was able to finish the chapter and proofread it already, so enjoy.
Disclaimer:-I, SSG-Goku3397, do not own Naruto and any related matter. It all belongs to Kishimoto, the original brain behind the character Naruto. The only thing that I do own is the plot of this story and any original jutsu, seals, concepts and OC's that are present within the story.
'Thoughts'
'Bijuu / Jinchuriki Mode / Summons Thoughts'
"Speech"
"Bijuu / Jinchuriki Mode / Summons Speech"
Jutsu
Letters / Jutsu notes
"Telepathic Speech"
"Bijuu / Jichuriki Mode / Summons Telepathic Speech"
Chapter 1
==========Early Morning, 13th October, Hokage Office==========
The next morning Naruto arrived at the Hokage Office at seven in the morning, only to meet three ANBU agents waiting for Hiruzen. One agent Naruto had seen from time to time hanging around reading an orange book while giggling like a school girl. He wore an Inu mask and had white hair. Another was a man with black hair and wearing a Ryu mask. The final member was a young woman with purple hair, a sword strapped around her back and wearing a Neko mask.
'What is Naruto doing here at a time like this', thought Inu.
'Oh, it's the Kyubi jinchurik. Poor kid, suffering even though he should be respected as a hero', thought Neko.
'I wonder if we have to keep an eye on the kid. From what I heard from Inu-taicho, he was nearly killed a few days ago. Maybe he has already communicated with the Kyubi and so we are being assigned to keep an eye on him. I am the only one who can suppress the Kyubi if it tries to take control of the child. Else the only other reason for the kid to appear is because of coincidence', thought Ryu.
Just then the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen entered the room in a leaf shunshin no jutsu. "Ah, good to see that ever one is here on time, hai and that directed at you Inu", stated the Hokage, before he did some hand seals for a privacy jutsu. As the jutsu was activating, Inu had the decency to look at his feet at the jab at this usual tardiness. "Anyway, I called all of you here for a very important reason. I believe all of you know about this six year old child. If not he is…"
"I am Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, sochi of Namikaze Minato and Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina. I am also the jinchuriki of the Kyubi no Kitsune", interrupted Naruto.
"Ah, Hokage-sama, how did Naruto learn about his heritage?" Inu questioned.
"Ah Hokage-sama, is it true that he is the sochi of Yondaime-sama and Kushina-sama?" Neko asked.
"I am also with Neko; I also was uninformed about his heritage, is it true as he claims", declared Ryu.
"It is quite true that he is sensei's sochi", declared Inu, "I can see the similarities and also I was informed by Hokage-sama about his heritage a long time ago."
"Indeed what Kakashi-kun said is true Naruto-kun is the sochi of Minato-kun and Kushina-chan. I as well as my wife was present at his birth on that fateful day. Along with Anko and Kakashi posing as guards, along with a few trusted ANBU operatives. Only Kakashi, Anko and I are alive of the witnesses. It was also declared as a S-ranked secret and so no one heard of it from Kakashi and Anko", declared the Hokage.
"Ah, is this why you have called us here Hokage-sama or is there an ulterior motive to this meeting", questioned Ryu.
"You are correct in assuming that there is more that I wish to discuss with you all. I believe that all of you are aware of the situation that had presented itself a few days ago and concerned Naruto-kun."
"Hai Hokage-sama", chorused the three ANBU operatives.
"Good, I have decided that each one of you shall protect Naruto-kun from now on. You have hatchi (eight) hours of duty from now on. Your job is to protect Naruto-kun till he is able to protect himself. You are also to help him in anything he may need. I advise that you personally introduce yourselves to Naruto. It will be better for everyone", stated Hiruzen. "Now, everyone is dismissed."
"Ne Jiji, before I leave, did you cancel that gennin's execution? If not, please try to do as I have requested Hokage-sama."
"Hai Naruto-kun, I have canceled his execution. I have also told who requested to have his execution order repealed. But I have increased his time in imprisonment with Anko-chan", stated Hiruzen.
"Arigatou Jiji, for everything you are doing for me", stated Naruto.
"Don't mention it Naruto-kun, it was my pleasure for such a great hero. Oh before I forget, Anko-chan wishes to meet you. Meet her at the Hanabishi Dango today after one in the afternoon."
"Alright Jiji, I will meet Anko-san at Hanabishi's"
==========Morning, 13th October, Namikaze Mansion==========
Shortly after the Hokage allowed everyone to leave, Naruto and his newly appointed ANBU guard were sitting in the spacious sitting room of the Namikaze mansion.
"Well Naruto it is nice to finally meet you face to face. My name is Hatake Sharingan no Kakashi. I am the sole survivor of my team, the only gennin team that your chichi-ue had taken. I was also an orphan from a very young age and sensei was like a second chichi-ue to me. I normally don't talk about my team and sensei, but I thought you should know. Also, in my free time, I have been keeping an eye on you ever since you were kicked out of the orphanage", stated Kakashi. He was a mysterious man with his right eye covered by his hitai-ate and was wearing a face mask made of black muslin cloth. He also had silver-white hair.
"It's nice to finally meet you Kakashi-niisan. I have seen you reading that orange book from time to time near me. I hope you don't mind me calling you niisan."
"Not at all Naruto-kun, but don't use my true name when in public. Call me by my ANBU codename."
"Ne, you don't have to worry about that niisan."
"Naruto, my name is Uzuki Yuugao. I am a kenjutsu master in Konoha and am the second in command of Kakashi-taicho's ANBU squad. I hope that we can get along. I must say that I am in awe at your forgiving personality. How can you be so forgiving to the person that tried to kill you in cold blood? I know that, as a kunoichi, in our profession sometimes we do show mercy to our enemies. But you are not a shinobi, you are a civilian at the moment and also that gennin committed a crime, whose punishment is death." Yuugao was a beautiful young woman with long purple hair and beautiful expressive brown eyes.
"Well Yuugao-san, if you were in my position and understood why you are hated, you would have done the same. At least that is my belief."
"My name had been lost a long time ago. I was one of Orochimaru's mokuton bloodline inducement test subjects when I was a child. I was also an orphan. You Naruto can call me Yamato. If you require any help while training to use the Kyubi's chakra you can ask me. Since I am already assigned to protect you I can help you with my mokuton jutsu to help you in suppressing the excess Kyubi chakra during training. I also hope that we shall get along. Please refrain from training in the use of the Kyubi's chakra while I am not here." Yamato never showed his face to Naruto, but he understood that Yamato was only trying to help in a way that only he could.
"Arigatou everyone. Now who shall take the first shift to day", asked Naruto.
After some discussing, Yuugao chose to take the shift till four in the afternoon. After that Kakashi asked for the shift that will end at midnight. Yamato taking the graveyard shift for the week. With that decided, Kakashi and Yamato left.
"Ne Yuugao-san, okaa-san left me two swords. One is an Uzumaki heirloom, the Uzu no Uta, and the other is okaa-san's personal sword, the Shi no Kaze. She also left scrolls of the Uzumaki kenjutsu style known Shi no Mai. Do you know about the style? If so will you help me learn the style? I want to become the best ninja as my parents hoped I would become. I will be the most famous and powerful Hokage there has been till date, dattebayo."
"One question at a time Naruto. To answer your questions; I not only know about the style, I have seen it in action. Your okaa-san was a kenjutsu legend and I had the good fortune to meet and also train under her when I started to learn kenjutsu. It will be my pleasure to teach you the basics of kenjutsu, but you will have to learn the style on your own. I can only fix some of the stances, if you are doing them wrong", declared Yuugao.
"Arigatou Yuugao-san, lets get to the master bedroom where are the swords and the kenjutsu scrolls are."
With that said, Naruto led Yuugao to the master bedroom. Once there, Naruto opened his okaa-san's letter and applied the blood required to release the storage seals containing the kenjutsu scrolls and the two swords.
The Uzu no Uta was a ninjato. The blade was about thirty-five cm long with seals carved into the blade of the sword. The tsuba was in the shape of a whirlpool and the Handel was covered in a handgrip made of animal furs and silk, with beautiful embroidery of the Uzumaki clan crest, the Uzumaki swirl, adorning it. The kanji for uzu and uta were also embroidered in white on the black silk. The saya of the sword was made of teak wood with seals carved into it. The sheath was colored wine red and had music notes decorating the areas where seals were not present.
The Shi no Kaze was a katana. The blade was about fifty-four cm long with seals carved into the blade. The tsuba was in the shape of wavy blades, as if the tsuba was made of wind blades. The Handel was covered in a handgrip made of tough yet pliable leather with the Uzumaki swirl adorning the bottom of the handel while the kanji for shi and kaze were engraved in the red leather in gold color. The saya was made of mahogany wood with seals carved into it. The sheath was colored sky blue and had clouds and ripple like patterns adorning the areas where there were no seals.
"These are truly beautiful works of art", was Yuugao's first comment when she saw the swords. "Well Naruto, allow me to gift you a sword, probably a simple wakizashi because of your youth, to practice on till you are ready to use such beauties. Gomen if you think that I am underestimating you but I wouldn't use such legendary swords till I am ready to wield their power. The seals carved on the blade allows for a variety of effects. Each seal except the reinforcement and repair seals performs a different action, such as forming a fuga no jutsu by channeling futon chakra into the appropriate seal carved into Shi no Kaze. I had seen your okaa-san using the technique."
"Arigatou Yuugao-san for telling me about that", expressed a happy and awed Naruto.
"Tomorrow, I will start your kenjutsu training during my shift. Anyway let's see the kenjutsu style stated in the scrolls, shall we. We have some time before you have to go to Hanabushi's to meet Anko-chan. She is a friend of my so we will have no problem recognizing her. I also advise you to start learning the art of fuinjutsu, it shall be required to understand the different seals carved into the swords."
The rest of the morning was spent reading the scrolls and then Yuugao teaching Naruto the basics of chakra and its manipulation.
==========Early Afternoon, 13th October, Near Hanabishi Dango==========
"There is the shop Naruto, we shall find Anko-chan here. She is here everyday as she loves dango's as much as you love ramen", said the Yuugao.
"Arigatou Neko-chan, it really was easy to find the shop. I have never been to this part of the village", declared Naruto.
"The pleasure is all mine Naruto, you don't have to thank me for it. Anyway, I have also been ordered to help you in any way I can and that is what I will do. It's also the right thing to do."
Upon entering the shop, the duo saw that the place was practically deserted. The only people present were the shop owner, Hanabishi Retsu, her son Hanabishi Homura and a purple haired kunoichi. The kunoichi was dressed in a revealing fishnet armor, a standard Konoha jonin flak jacket and had her hair tied up in a ponytail. Arriving at the kunoichi's table, Naruto said "Ne, you must be Mitarashi-san. Jiji told me that you requested to meet me here today."
"Ah, if you are Uzumaki Naruto, then that is true but who is this Jiji that you are referring to?" Anko questioned.
"Ne, when I say Jiji, I mean the Hokage," was Naruto's cheeky reply.
"Well you have guts kid, I will give you that. To call the Shinobi on Kami 'Jiji' requires great courage."
"Ne, anyway what did you want to meet me for?"
"Oh I will say that after we reach your home. Hokage-sama told me that you are privy to some of the villages S-ranked secrets that concern you. So it will be easier to talk at your place. Ohayo Yu-chan, so you are one of the three assigned to protect and help him in any way you can eh?"
"Hai, but how did you know about that?" Neko questioned.
"Hokage-sama had told me abut it last night when he came and canceled that gaki's execution but increased his term of imprisonment under my 'tender care'. Kid, why would you request such leniency for an attempted murder on you, in cold blood I might add."
"Ne, Anko-san that will have to be told at my home. Now if no one minds, I will be going to Ichiraku's to get my daily dose of ramen." With that said, Naruto and Yuugao got up and left, after telling Anko where his home is and asking her to come by any day in the evening.
'He is so cheerful, but his eyes showed the loneliness and sadness he has. His eyes are very similar to my own. He was wearing a mask to hide his true self. I must visit him today.' With that thought Anko paid for her dango and left to complete her shift at the T&I division of ANBU.
==========Evening, 13th October, Namikaze Estate==========
'Ah the Namikaze clan compound, I still remember coming here under orders from Yondaime-sama to act as one of the guards when Kushina-sama was in labor. I wish that I had been more useful at the time. Then maybe the masked man would not have been able to take Naruto hostage and then release the Kyubi form Kushina-sama and have it attack Konoha. Then Naruto wouldn't have to suffer like this.' Deep in her thoughts, she arrived at the gates of the Namikaze clan compound. Once there, Anko ringed the bell to let Naruto know that she was here to meet him.
As the bell rang throughout the Namikaze mansion, Kakashi went into high alert mode. Both Yuugao and Naruto had neglected to mention that Anko may come by, so he was surprised when he saw that Anko was waiting outside the compound gate. 'What is Anko-san doing here? I didn't know that she would come here? Didn't Naruto along with Yuugao went to meet her at Hanabishi's?' Deep in thought, Kakashi didn't see that Naruto had sneaked up behind him.
"Ne, Kakashi-niisan, it seems Anko-san is here to talk; Where it is more secure to talk about me."
Kakashi jumped and then realized that he was so deep in thought that he was caught unawares of his surrounding as Naruto had been able to sneak up on him. Had it been on a high profile mission, he would have definitely been killed before he could think 'what the….'
"Ne, aren't you going to let her in. It is safer that you go instead of me in case she is not who she looks like."
"Hai Naruto-kun, it is safer that I go. You keep doing what you want to do till I return with her. Shall I show her to the sitting room?"
"Hai, it will be really great, dattebayo."
Anko had been waiting for Naruto t come and let her in, imagine her surprise when ANBU-taicho Inu was the person who greeted her with some standard questions used for identification in the ANBU corps. After being satisfied with the answers, Inu led Anko through the compound grounds and towards the front entrance of the mansion. After entering the mansion, he led Anko to the sitting room. Upon entering the sitting room, Anko was greeted by the sight Naruto reading a scroll. As Anko and Kakashi entered the room, Naruto kept aside the scroll and greeted Anko.
"Ne, Anko-san, it is nice to see that you accepted my offer to talk here. So make your self at home and we can begin to shift through your well thought out list of questions, dattebayo."
"Hai Naruto, let us begin your interrogation. So may I have the answer to the question I posed to you at the shop: Why you asked for leniency for the gaki that tied to kill you?"
"Hai, Jiji told me that you are treated differently as you were the apprentice of Jiji's traitorous student Orochimaru no densetsu no sannin. So you should know that people are ignorant and want to take out their frustrations on the so called scapegoats. They make the scapegoats and treat them differently, because of their hurts that they want to return to those that caused them in the first place. Whose better than those that are some how related to the cause of their hurts. So I believe that you can see why I asked for leniency for the poor kid. He may be an orphan like me, so I can at least sympathize with him. I may have turned out like him and tried to kill my self if the furball didn't make understand that doing so would only release it to do as it pleases. The furball did that without even understanding that it told me that as long as I live, it will suffer for being imprisoned. So do you see why I did what I did?"
"Hai that is all I need to know. I don't know whether you know or not, but I was ordered by your chichi-ue to keep an eye on you. I have done it the best I can. I have also seen that Inu here has kept an eye on you too. I know that he was Yondaime-sama's student, so I think that he did it in the memory of your chichi-ue." "You are right in assuming that to be my reason for keeping an eye on Naruto-kun here, Anko"
"Anyway, what I really wanted to tell you is that if you require any help n training and learning about different poisons, you can always come to me. Your okaa-san was always kind to me and had even stood up for me when I was being bullied at due to my 'sensei's' betrayal. It is the only way I can think of repaying her, without breaking the law set by Sandaime-sama."
"Arigatou Anko-san, I will take you up in that offer. I want to become a great ninja and make my parents proud. So you will find me a very good student, dattebayo."
"Arigatou Naruto, you will find me at Hanabishi's every day from one to two pm, if I am not otherwise occupied."
"Ne, Anko-san I will meet you when I have time after all of my lessons with Yuugao-san, Kakashi-nii and Ryu-san. So I may not be free for some time."
"Well when you are free, just ask me. I must be going now, I have an interrogation session in the morning. Sayonara Naruto and Kakashi-sempai."
After Anko left, Kakashi asked, "How is the meditation exercise coming along Naruto?"
"Ne Kakashi-nii, I can feel the flow of chakra in my body already nut can't seem to direct it yet. I will get it down by the end of the week though, dattebayo."
"That's really good Naruto-kun, keep it up and you will become a great shinobi in no time. Now since it is late, go to bed. You have a busy day tomorrow."
"Sure Kakashi-nii." With that said, Naruto retreated into the master bedroom and went to sleep.
==========Morning, 10th November, Namikaze Training Grounds==========
The shout of "TAJU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU" rang through out the Namikaze training grounds. A large cloud of smoke filled the training grounds. When the smoke cleared, over a hundred Naruto's could be seen . After many failed attempts, Naruto had mastered the kage bunshin no jutsu just a few hours ago. After resting up a bit, he tried and mastered the taju kage bunshin no jutsu on the first try.
"Great job Naruto-kun, you have mastered the kage bunshin no jutsu and taju kage bunshin no jutsu. These are really advanced jutsu. Now we can use the kage bunshin training method", praised Kakashi.
"Ne, you are right let's see, all right a third of you read up on fuinjutsu theory and practice calligraphy. Another third practice tree walking, while the remaining practice water walking at the onsen."
"HAI! BOSS", was the shout of acknowledgement from the kage bunshin's.
"Ne Kakashi-nii aren't we supposed to meet Jiji today in an hour to report my progress in training?"
"Hai Naruto-kun, let's get some breakfast before we go meet Hokage-sama", replied Kakashi.
==========Late Morning, 10th November, Hokage Office==========
Hiruzen was contemplating how Minato used to do the paperwork without complaining. 'What was your secret Minato? Why couldn't you at least tell me how you handled the paperwork without complaining?' A knock on the office door broke Hiruzen out of his musings. "Enter…" Upon hearing that command, the door of the office was flung open, followed by the entry of Kakashi and Naruto.
"Ah Naruto-kun, how are you doing? Just wait a minute, let me call Yamato, Yuugao and Anko here." Using the intercom he asked his secretary to send word to Yamato, Yuugao and Anko. After waiting about five minutes, the three made their appearance in the office.
"Now that everyone is here, give me the report. How is Naruto's trining coming along?"
Kakashi was the first to respond. "Hokage-sama, Naruto-kun is a natural to the ninja arts. He has already mastered the leaf sticking and leaf floating academy exercises and as we speak, he has kage bunshin working on tree walking and water walking exercises along with his fuinjutsu study. His kawarimi no jutsu and henge no jutsu are acceptable for high gennin standard and his chakra control will reach that level very soon."
"So how many kage bunshin have you dedicated to fuinjutsu study and chakra control exercises Naruto-kun", questioned Hiruzen.
"Ne Jiji, I would say about one hundred and fifty kage bunshin give or take a few. One third dedicated to each."
"A hundred and fifty, even I could only create about fifty kage bunshin. Is that the amount you can safely create without tiring yourself out?"
"Ne, I don't know yet. I only mastered the technique this morning and then after an hour of rest, I tried and mastered the taju kage bunshin no jutsu about an hour ago."
"Please let me know the limit next time Naruto-kun. Now Yuugao-chan, your report."
"Hokage-sama, Naruto-kun here is a prodigy in kenjutsu just like his kaa-san. He has already learned the basics of the Shi no Mai and also the basics of the standard ANBU kenjutsu style. I believe that by the time Naruto-kun passes the academy, he should be termed as a high jonin in kenjutsu. The only problem will be his inexperience of real life situations."
"Arigatou Yuugao-chan. Anko-chan report."
"Hokage-sama, Naruto-kun here is quite good in creating, using and analyzing poisons. His stealth is high jonin level when he doesn't want to be found but at other times it is worse than some civilians. I plan to beat that out of him though."
"Good Anko-chan. Yamato-kun your report."
"Hokage-sama, Naruto has been able to access about two tails of the Kyubi's chakra without losing himself. At the third tail, Naruto exhibits a more feral disposition to opponents; in this case to the practice dummies. We have not accessed the fourth tail during training yet. It is better that Naruto masters the third tail before moving onto the fourth tail. I believe that he will have full access to the Kyubi's chakra by the time he turns fifteen, maybe sixteen."
"Hai, that is good news. Well who has been training Naruto-kun in taijutsu? If no one is at the moment, I can have Gai-kun train him in taijutsu."
At that everyone present, except for Naruto, became pale. Kakashi declared , "With all due respect Hokage-sama, if you assign Gai I will take Naruto and become a missing nin. We don't need Naruto running about in green spandex and bowl cut hair, yelling about youth."
"Now that you mention it, it is better that someone else trains him in taijutsu. But who…"
"Ne Jiji, why not let me develop my own taijutsu style. I will require two different ones anyway. One for normal use and the other for jinchuriki mode."
"That is a sound idea, you do that. Just learn ANBU taijutsu style then. Since Kakashi-kun, Yuugao-chan and Yamato-kun are all from ANBU, it will be quite easy. Anko-chan here is also a taijutsu user, so you can also learn from her."
"Hai Jiji, I will do that", Naruto answered.
"Naruto-kun, have you signed the Uzumaki summoning contract yet, and have you learned how to summon kitsune yet?"
"Oh I had completely forgotten about that. I don't even know what the Uzumaki summons are."
"No one alive has ever seen an Uzumaki summon. I believe that it is the Pheonix summoning contract."
"Phoenixes, wow that is so cool. I will sign the contract tomorrow at dawn and earn to summon both kitsune and phoenixes."
"You mind if I am there to see you sign the summoning contract. I can teach you how to summon as I hold the Monkey summons."
"Ne Jiji, you don't even have to ask. You can come any time you want."
"Arigatou Naruto-kun. Now all of you can leave so that I can do the paperwork as quickly as I can."
"Ne Jiji? Why don't you use kage bunshin for doing the paperwork?"
"Minato your sochi is a genius. Arigatou Naruto-kun, you have solved a great secret to defeating a kage's greatest enemy, paperwork. Kage bunshin no jutsu." Three kage bunshin of Hiruzen appeared and started doing the paperwork.
"Don't mention it Jiji. But are you saying that it never occurred to you that kage bunshin can be used to do paperwork? I mean that it should be obvious, after all the memories of each bunshin are returned to the caster of the jutsu."
"No Naruto-kun, for some reason it never occurred to either me or my predecessors that kage bunshin no jutsu can be used for such a purpose, even after using it for recon and infiltration missions. Anyway let my kage bunshin work and deal with anything that requires my attention while I go and spend some time with you. How does that sound."
"It sounds great Jiji. Lets go, what are we going for?"
==========Afternoon, 10th November, Outside the Hokage Office==========
As Naruto, Kakashi and Hiruzen left the latter's office, they came across a peculiar sight. A man in bowl cut hair and green spandex was running about on his hands and behind him a kid with large bushy eyebrows was following him. The kid was shouting about becoming a ninja with just taijutsu. The kid couldn't have been any older than eight, the age of a fresh academy student.
"Ne, who were those people?"
"That Naruto-kun was Mighto Gai, Konoha's Green Beast. He is Konoha's taijutsu expert and creator of the Goken taijutsu style. The kid looked like an academy student. Maybe Gai-kun took him on for the kids wish to become a ninja who specalizes in taijutsu. If I am not mistaken, his name is Rock Lee and he can't mould chakra."
"LET'S INCREASE OUR PACE LEE, WE SHALL SHOW KONOHA HOW YOUTHFUL WE ARE", shouted Gai.
"That confirms my suspicions, the kid is Lee-kun. Now off we go", declared Hiruzen.
==========Afternoon, 10th November, Outskirts of the Clan District==========
As Naruto, Kakashi and Hiruzen were passing by a deserted training field, they heard the sounds of an explosion along with the sound of a young boy being injured.
"Ne, what was that? Should we check and see what happened?" Naruto asked concerned.
"Hai Naruto-kun, it is better if we check what happened", Hiruzen replied.
Upon entering the training field, the trio was greeted by the sight of a young boy with black eyes and hair covered by burns. The kids' shirt had the Uchiha clan crest and was also burned at places. The place where the kid was lying was also scorched.
"Ne, what happened here? It seems that someone used an explosive tag on the poor kid."
"No Naruto-kun, it seems the poor kid was trying to use some kind of fire jutsu. As he is from the Uchiha clan, he was probably trying to use the katon: gokakyu no jutsu."
"Ne Jiji, how about we take him to the compound, Ume-chan can heal him up in no time. Maybe I can even become friends with him."
"Alright Naruto-kun. Kakashi carry the Uchiha please", ordered the Hokage.
Few minutes later the trio along with the unconscious Uchiha entered the Namikaze clan compound. Upon entering the clearing before the mansion Naruto shouted, "Ume-chan, we have an injured kid here who needs help." A white kitsune with two tails appeared.
"Kakashi set him down carefully and get back." Kakashi did as he was told. Ume immediately went to work in healing the Uchiha. After five minutes of waiting, Ume was finally done.
"He shall wake up in about half an hour. When he does give him some water and tell him to rest for the day. By tomorrow he shall be fine, if he rests for the rest of the day", stated Ume and then she left.
Half an hour later, the Uchiha started to stir. He woke up in a strange bedroom. The walls had the waves carved into the wooden walls and around the waves were the kanji for wind. As the kid was just getting back his bearings, the door to the room opened. Through the open door, Hiruzen entered along with Naruto carrying a glass of ice water.
"Ah, where am I? How did I get here? What happened to me?"
"You're at the Namikaze clan compound. Naruto-kun asked for you to be brought here when we found you injured in a deserted training field. What were you thinking child? Trying to use fire jutsu without supervision. It was extremely foolish."
"Gomen, I just wanted my chichi-ue to be proud of me, as he is proud of Itachi-niisan. So, I was training secretly and trying to learn katon: gokakyu no jutsu. Anyway, who are you both and I thought the last Namikaze was Yondaime-sama?"
"So you are young Sasuke-kun. Itachi-kun only has good things to say about you. As answer to your queries, I am Sarutobi Hiruzen, Kami no Shinobi and the Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato. I will let you to get acquainted with each other later, now the answer to your second question is an S-ranked secret and so can't be repeated without my or Naruto-kun's permission, alright?"
"Hai Hokage-sama, I will not repeat what you say to me in a moment."
"Good, now listen closely. Namikaze Minato had married Uzumaki Kushina that is widely known. What is not common knowledge is that he had a sochi and Naruto-kun is that child. Due to Minato and Kushina's enemies, I decided to make Naruto-kun's heritage a secret, even from most of the council. Your chichi-ue knows along with Hyuga Hiashi and Nara Shikaku. That was done to protect him. He didn't even know about his heritage till last month. Well drink the water then you are free to rest here for the night, Naruto-kun would not mind, would you?"
"No Jiji, in fact I would love it."
"There you have it and don't worry about your family worrying, I have sent a message to your chichi-ue and okaa-san that you may stay over at the Namikaze compound. I am waiting for their reply."
"Arigatou Hokage-sama, Uzumaki-san for helping me and having me stay over tonight. I am extremely tired for some reason."
"Ne, that is because Ume-chan had used a special iryojutsu to heal you. The iryojutsu doesn't have a name but it leaves the person extremely tired. Why don't you sleep now, Sasuke-san right, I will call you in the evening. We can spend some time together and then have dinner before going to sleep", Naruto said.
"Hai my name is Uchiha Sasuke. That is also a sound idea Uzumaki-san. I would like that very much," replied Sasuke before falling asleep.
In the corridor an ANBU appeared led by Kakashi. "Hokage-sama, chichi-ue and kaa-san were delighted that my outou was found by you, Kakashi-sempai and Naruto-san. We were surprised that he was found injured. Chichi-ue is proud that outou was trying so hard. We also thank you Naruto-san for calling your family summon's healer to heal my outou. Chichi-ue has asked if you would allow my outou to train with you here, where he will be under supervision of the ANBU guarding you," asked Uchiha Itachi.
"Arigatou Itachi-kun, Naruto I will be in the sitting room reading."
"Hai Jiji. Ne Itachi-san, it will be no problem. In fact I would be delighted to have a sparring partner and a possible future rival and friend."
"Arigatou Naruto-kun, please take care of my outou, I love him very much and hate to see him hurt."
"Ne, you don't have to worry about that Itachi-san. I will always protect my friends, even if they don't need to be protected."
"Arigatou, I must be leaving now. My break is almost over; I have a mission with my squad in ANBU today. Sayonara Naruto-kun and I believe that you are a hero for keeping the Kyubi at bay. A word of advice, my outou hates secrets, it will be better if he hears about your condition from your mouth instead of someone else's."
"I will keep that in mind Itachi-san, sayonara."
==========Evening, 10th November, Namikaze Mansion==========
A pair of eyes opened to reveal black irises. At first the eyes showed the confusion of the owner. After some time realization set in. 'Right, I was injured while trying to earn katon: gokakyu no jutsu when Uzumaki-san and Hokage-sama found me and brought me to the Namikaze clan compound. Some one by the name of Ume-san had healed me. If I remember correctly, Hokage-sama said that he had informed chichi-ue and kaa-chan bout my mishap and that I will stay here for the night. I hope I am not a bother to Uzumaki-san. If I am not mistaken he is also the last Namikaze…"
"Ne, it is good that you are awake Sasuke-san. Let's head down to the sitting room and we can talk for some time till Yuugao-chan returns home with sushi, BBQ and my personal favorite Ichiraku Ramen."
"Also, Itachi-san came by and told that your kaa-san and oyaji were quite delighted that you were found by us instead of someone else. He also said that your oyaji is proud of you for trying so hard. Your oyaji has asked me to allow you to train with me here. I was going to offer the chance; you seem to work as hard as I do to reach our separate goals. So do you accept my offer? I am also wondering if you would like to be my friend?" Naruto badgered the kid.
"Slow down Uzumaki-sama, I would like to train with you and at the same time be your friend. Just don't call me using honorifics."
"Ne then you call me as Naruto, none of that Uzumaki-sama, Sasuke."
"Alright Naruto but can you please explain why there are so many of you reading scrolls or practicing calligraphy in the dining room? I didn't think that the bunshin no jutsu could be used in for such things", queried Sasuke.
"Ne normally it can't be used for such things, these are created using the kage bunshin no jutsu, it creates solid clones whose memories are transferred to the caster when they are dispelled. It is an B-ranked kinjutsu used by jonin with large chakra reserves."
"So for some reason you have very large chakra reserves. That can come very handy in fights. Enemies will underestimate you for your age but you will use the surprise factor in casting high ranked jutsu to take the threat out. I hope I am on your team when we graduate the ninja academy."
"Let's get to the sitting room; I have another secret to tell you. You are my first friend, so you deserve to know."
Upon entering the sitting room, Sasuke was in awe at the sheer size and splendor of the room. "This is very beautiful. The carvings in the walls are magnificent and the mantle piece is just without any description. You have a very beautiful home Naruto."
"Arigatou Sasuke, that is what I also thought when I first laid eyes on the mansion, grounds and different rooms in the mansion. Now let's have a seat and I will tell you about another S-ranked secret pertaining to me."
"Hai Naruto, you can continue now. I am quite comfortable", said Sasuke after sitting down.
"Ne what do you know about the bijuu and in particular the Kyubi no Kitsune?"
"I know that the bijuu are giant beasts made entirely of sentient chakra, the number of tails signifying the strength and maximum chakra content of the beast. The bijuu are said to be immortal and have nearly infinite amount of chakra. They can only be defeated by sealing them in humans. Those humans are called jinriki or something. About the Kyubi, the only thing that I know is that it had attacked Konoha six years ago on 10th October. It was defeated by Yondaime-sama at the cost of his own life. Now that I think about it your chichi-ue is said to have killed it, that can't be possible. He is said to have been the best fuinjutsu master in the world, so he must have sealed it in someone but who." After saying this Sasuke looked up and realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "Your whisker marks they look like kitsune whiskers and you are universally hated by most of the village, so it must be sealed into you. Am I right Naruto?"
"Hai you are right. I am surprised that you figured it out and that you know that much about the bijuu's."
"Konoha was the first to gather the bijuus in the first place. The Senju Hashirama-sama and Uchiha Madara were people said to have been able to control free bijuu's. If I am not mistaken, Madara had used the unsealed Kyubi in his legendary battle with Hashirama-sama at the valley of End. The Mangekyo Sharingan, an evolved form of the Sharingan , is said to be able to control bijuu. We know that mokuton jutsu can suppress bijuu chakra, Hashirama-sama had used it at the valley of End. All of this is archived in the Uchiha clan library."
"Arigatou for sharing your knowledge Sasuke."
"May I ask what your views to being a jinriki…"
"The term is jinchuriki Sasuke. Hai you may ask. Being a jinchuriki is real troublesome."
Somewhere in Konoha, a kid and his father sneezed at the same time, 'Hm, someone is thinking about me… but who?'
"The beast always tries to take control of you when you are using its chakra. It insults you and is a general nuisance. But the pros overrides the cons, I have gained larger than normal amount of chakra and will have practically limitless chakra when I can control all of the beasts chakra. I also have a very high healing rate. I can heal most minor wounds in a few hours to a day and most off all, I can never have severe chakra exhaustion. While using the beasts chakra I am faster, more resilient to attacks and immune to genjutsu. The major down side is that I may never be able to use genjutsu and iryojutsu. A plus is that I would be able to use sealing methods that require a large amount of chakra myself instead of in squads. Well that about sums it up."
"Why is it that you may never be able to use iryojutsu and genjutsu?"
"First, the chakra control required for both may be beyond me. Second, bijuu chakra is toxic to normal people, so using iryojutsu is counter-productive. Minute amounts of bijuu chakra is always flowing through a jinchuriki's chakra coils, so you can deduce why it is dangerous."
"Hai but there must be some way to filter out or purify the bijuu chakra in your chakra coils. Maybe a purification seal, like the one in the Uchiha clan water purification plant. There has got to be a way, I will stand by you Naruto, we will find a way together. Friends till the end, alright?"
"YOU BET SASUKE. AHH…" Just then Naruto fell down clutching his head.
"Hey Naruto you alright? What can I do? Shall I call someone? Say something…" Sasuke panicked thinking that something had happened to his new friend.
"Ah it seems that poor Naruto-kun has found out the second reason why kage bunshin no jutsu is a kinjutsu. All of his kage bunshin's have dispelled at the same time and the memory overload is giving him a headache. He will be fine in a few moments."
Sasuke turned to see Hiruzen standing with an ANBU with a neko mask. "Ohayo Hokage-sama, Neko-san are you sure about that, I hope that is the case and not the Kyubi harming him."
"So he told you about that, did he? I am sure about the reason for his headache, no need to worry."
After groaning in pain for a few minutes more, Naruto finally sat up. "Ne I am never allowing so many kage bunshin too dispel at the same time; that was horrible. On the other hand I have a rudimentary grasp in the concepts of the art of fuinjutsu. I can make storage seals and exploding tags now. Oh Jiji you are finally here, now we can have our dinner together. Let's get to the dinning room. Then to bed, I have the Uzumaki summoning contract to sign tomorrow."
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Japanese Translations
Saya = Sheath of a Sword
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Japanese Jutsu, Style and Weapon Name Translations
Uzu no Uta = Song of the Whirlpool; Uzumaki Heirloom Sword
Shi no Kaze = Winds of Death; Kushina's Sword
Shi no Mai = Dance of Death; Uzumaki kenjutsu technique
Kage bunshin no jutsu = Shadow Clone technique; an advanced form of bunshin no jutsu, one of Naruto's signature techniques : B-ranked kinjutsu
Taju kage bunshin no jutsu = Multi Shadow Clone technique
Shunshin no jutsu = Bodyflicker technique; a standard jutsu used by chunnin and above ranked ninja : D-ranked
Bunshin no jutsu = Clone technique; a basic academy jutsu : E-ranked jutsu
Kawarimi no jutsu = Substitution technique; a basic academy jutsu : E-ranked jutsu
Henge no jutsu = Transformation technique; a basic academy jutsu : E-ranked jutsu
Katon: Gokakyu no justu = Fire Release: Great Fireball technique; a basic fire technique : C-ranked jutsu
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Reviews are welcome. Constructive Criticism is most welcome. Just to let all reviewers and readers know, this is FANFICTION and so the characters may be OOC. This is my first fanfiction so please just bear with me. I plan to update at least once a week to once every two weeks. May be late if I have exams. Most of all, my japanese is rudimental at best and so most original justu will be in english till I find the proper japanese name. If any one can help, I would be in their debt.
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