745One month had passed since Naruto's abrupt 'departure' from Konoha, and surprisingly there hadn't been any retrieval squads or hunter-nin that had investigated Nami-no Kuni. Perhaps the false trail he had set up had helped, or perhaps they weren't even trying to find him, and why should they? In the eyes of Konoha he was the demon they wanted to get rid of. Naruto in return didn't care about them, if they did find him he would do what was necessary to stay out of Konoha's clutches, even if that meant killing his former friends.
All his friends had abandoned him the moment he needed them most. Tsunade had betrayed him. He couldn't suppress the sneer that crawled upon his face. 'Those bastards! They were eager to jump into the fire to rescue Sasuke...The moment I need help they were nowhere to be found!'
He was wandering through the village of Nami no Kuni, adopting a smile instead of the sneer. The people here were kind and helpful. They knew who he was and after he had told his 'situation' the village accepted him in open arms. He felt at place which was strange, considering all that had happened.
The moment he had arrived he dumped his orange jumpsuit and bought a dark blue long-sleeved shirt with matching pants. he had his pouch strapped to his right leg, filled with kunai and shuriken. He also bought himself a shoulder strap, that went from his right shoulder to his waist on his lower left side. This too he had filled with kunai. The outfit change was the second thing on his list. The first was meeting up with Tazuna and his family.
They took him in without him even having to ask for help. They gave him their spare room along with the promise he could stay for as long as he wanted.
However, he couldn't slack off. Training was something that had slacked off in the first week of his arrival but the blonde had picked it up the second with a fairly harsh training regime that Kakashi would be proud of, or so he at least thought before remembering the words his sensei had uttered in that restaurant.
Every day he trained himself to his limit with a tight schedule. The genin nuke-nin would assign different tasks for every day of the week, starting every Monday with an intense taijutsu training, using his Kage-bunshin as his opponents.
Tuesdays were used to increase his chakra control. It had improved steadily when he was still on team 7 but often it would be skipped or interrupted due to missions or other assignments Kakashi had them do. Naruto knew that Chakra control was something that he needed to improve and fast.
His Wednesdays were spent on brushing up on his sword skills, which were simply put...terrible. Luckily there was an old retired samurai, Kiai that had been helping him with this part of his training.
Thursdays he would repay the debt he owed Tazuna's family by helping Tsunami around the house, gathering groceries or cleaning the house. She had vehemently refused his help at first, but he had insisted and with the help of his clones they were always done fairly quickly. If that was the case he would help Tazuna with his work, which now amounted to the construction of new homes and other yet similar work. This included the building of a wall, to keep out any future threats as well as giving the villagers a sense of safety.
And on Friday he would train genjutsu, which was as awful as a cup of ramen that was past its expiring date.
The weekend was wasted on relaxing and sparring with Inari who was showing more and more interest in the shinobi life. He even went with him on Wednesday to watch him train, talking with Kiai and asking for tips.
He noticed the sun was setting so he hurried along, he knew dinner was most likely already on the table. He smiled when he saw his new home and dashed the last few meters, at least he was until he slammed into Inari. "Watch where you're going!"
Inari looked up and shoved the blonde off of him. "No! You watch where you're going!
Naruto picked himself up and dragged the kid by his arm towards the door. "I did! and then you decided to jump in front of me!"
"I did not!"
"You did!"
"DID NOT!"
"DID SO!"
The bickering continued as they entered the living room and sat down at the table, oblivious to the looks Tsunami and Tazuna were giving them.
"You're lucky I used my awesome abilities to slow down or otherwise you'd have been seriously hurt!" Naruto boasted, ignoring the own voice inside his had that said 'liar liar liar liar!'
"You don't even believe that yourself! In fact, if I knew how to use chakra I would already have beaten you!"
Naruto thunked him on the back of his head, causing the kid to shout in pain. "Yeah? then why didn't you dodge this?!"
"BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE CHAKRA YOU BIG DOOFUS!"
"You're so full of it!" Naruto shouted back.
"So are you!"
At this point Tazune decided to butt in. "Alright enough, enough! Let's eat before it gets cold."
Tsuname couldn't help but smile at the boy's antics glad to see that Inari had finally let go of the awful things that had occurred only mere months earlier.
"I was thinking, after dinner..." The dark haired woman started, pointing her chopsticks at the blonde. "When Naruto has taken a shower. We could go have a good old fashioned movie night?"
Naruto shoved his nose under his arms and sniffed. "It's not that bad!"
Tazuna grunted as he slowly chewed on his food. "Yeah brat, it is. You're taking a shower."
The blonde in return shrugged and started savagely attacking his noodles, not aware of the looks Tazune gave him or the chuckle Tsunami let out.
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Three weeks later, Tuesday.
Naruto was climbing up and down the tree, only using his feet and of course chakra to keep him attached to the wood. He grunted as he almost lost control but he managed to keep himself upright. Despite the fact that he had managed to complete the task his former sensei had given the team, he hadn't mastered it, not by a long shot.
The blonde was about halfway up when his concentration was broken by a sudden explosion. He tried grasping for one of the branches but failed and fell down, landing painfully on his back. "Ugh! What the F..." He suddenly jerked up and looked towards the direction of the sound. He scrambled to his feet and sprinted towards the smoke that was rapidly rising in the air.
When arriving on the main street that was heading towards the exit he saw a large group of people running to safety. He quickly hopped to the roof, escaping the mass of fleeing people. he was about to hop from rooftop to rooftop towards the smoke when he noticed a small girl by herself, with the risk of being trampled by the horde of people. He quickly hopped down and sprinted across, grabbing her and making a wild jump into a nearby alley. "Are you okay?"
The girl sniffled and wiped the dirt from her face. "I don't know where my mom is..."
Naruto glanced around and noticed a young couple standing at the entrance of the alleyway, dodging the stampede of people. he ran to them, with the girl in his arms. "Hey you! You need to keep an eye on her while I check out what's going on!"
The boy was about to speak up when he noticed the outfit of the blonde and nodded, recognizing who he was. "Of course Uzumaki-san!"
Naruto put the girl down and wiped the tears off her face. "We'll find your mom, don't worry! These two will keep an eye on you okay?"
She nodded once, glancing at the couple before turning her dark brown eyes back to the Uzumaki. "Find my mom, promise it to me!"
"I'll find her, I promise, Dattebayo!" He exclaimed before jumping out of the alley and onto the roof, dashing across the rooftops quickly approaching the origin of the explosion.
With one final hop he jumped off the last rooftop and landed in front of the gate that was still under construction and wasn't even remotely close to being finished. He immediately noticed two strangers standing there, one was holding an elderly man by his throat whilst the other was twirling a blade in his hand, kicking a pebble that lay in front of his feet.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and took in the scene, bodies were lying everywhere, the majority were the guards the village had managed to hire, but they weren't shinobi. Up against bandits they could hold their own, but against shinobi...'They never stood a chance!'
He crossed his arms and glared at the duo. He took in their features and noticed they were wearing dark robed that extended to just below their eyes. the sleeves of the robes were short, revealing their arms from the elbow down, one of them had red hair, whilst the other was a dark haired man in his late 20s.
Naruto saw the captive's pain clearly etched on his face and shouted. "Bastards! Let him go!"
The duo shared a look, before grinning at the blonde. The one who was holding the elder man gave a chakra enhanced squeeze, snapping the man's neck, killing him instantly.
Naruto roared in anger, red chakra leaking out of his body, enveloping him completely. "You'll pay for that!"
"That's demonic chakra, you must be a Jinchuuriki." The one on the right concluded, he unzipped his robe and threw it on the ground, revealing a green outfit underneath that allowed him more maneuverability. the second quickly followed suit and tossed the sunglasses he was wearing on top of his robe.
Naruto had run out of patience and dashed to the duo, crossing the distance in the blink of an eye. He swung his fist but missed spectacularly which the two strangers instantly abused.
"Now, Rigio!" one shouted.
'Rigio' slammed his leg into the blonde's stomach, slamming him straight into the other's fist. Naruto groaned and fell to the ground but retaliated immediately by sweeping the legs out from Rigio.
The dark haired attacker tried to intervene but Naruto saw this in time and grabbed the incoming hand and threw the stranger on top of Rigio. He quickly hopped to his feet. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Several dozens of clones appeared in a puff of smoke, all shrouded in red chakra. "Charge!" the original shouted.
And so they did, they threw their fists at the two attackers, who in return had regained their composure and were fighting of the group of clones. One by one the clones disappeared in puffs of smoke. With a grunt Rigio punched the last clone in its face. "Hidai! I've not seen this technique before!"
"It doesn't matter! They're dispatched of easily." Hidai answered swiftly, his eyes darting around waiting for the last of the smoke to dissipate.
"Take this!" Naruto shouted as he came from the right, swinging his fist towards the face of Hidai.
The dark haired opponent managed to block the attack and retaliated with a fist of his own. his partner chimed in and swung his blade only to be met with nothing but smoke. "Another fake?"
"Rasengan!" The real Naruto burst through the white smoke and slammed his blue sphere into Rigio who screamed in pain, trying to resist the attack but to no avail. He got blasted into the newly constructed house left of the gate.
Naruto turned to the remaining guy who only looked at the destroyed building. "One left." He charged Hidai and unleashed a flurry of punches that his opponent managed to block with moderate ease. With a roar Naruto's opponent countered and kicked him in the chest causing the blonde to skid backwards.
The former Konoha nin charged forward once more and exchanged more blows with his foe, every fist he swung got retaliated by Hidai. 'I need to change things up; he's caught on to my fighting style.' He then jumped back and slid two kunai from his shoulder strap, one in each hand.
Hidai in return reached for two short blades and charged forward, his blades clashing with Naruto's kunai. "You'll pay for killing Rigio!"
Naruto grunted before wildly slashing with his kunai which got deflected by his opponent. "Who the hell are you guys?!" He slammed his kunai once more against Hida's blade.
"It doesn't matter who we are!" Hidai pushed back against the attack of Naruto and swiped his leg against the blonde's causing him to stumble backwards.
Naruto fell on his back but immediately backflipped onto his feet, tossing his kunai and immediately following with a handsign. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
A large cloud of smoke appeared once more and another large group of clones charged forward and across the marketplace. The creator once more, with the help of a clone pouring chakra into his hand, forming a Rasengan.
"Not this time!" Hidai shouted before throwing his blades into the incoming wave of clones. Two puffs indicated that at the very least they had hit their targets. He raised his hands and a shimmering mirror appeared in front of him.
Naruto lowered into a defensive stance, waiting for his opponent to strike. That was until the mirror got shattered to pieces. "huh?"
"Huh indeed!" a voice screamed in his ears before he plunged his blade into the back of the blonde.
Naruto fell to the ground, screaming in pain, his Rasengan along with the clones that were attacking Hidai dissipated.
"I told you, you would pay for killing my partner!"
Naruto moaned in pain as he crawled towards the feet of his opponent, desperately clutching it, he grabbed the blade that still stuck in his back and with a lot of effort he managed to pull it out, letting it fall to the ground.
Hidai crouched down and grabbed the kid by his spiky blonde hair. "Your world will burn, everyone will die, not that you'll be there to witness it!."
"You really don't know anything about Jinchuuriki's do you?" Naruto managed to say between clenched teeth, a smirk appearing on his face.
Hidai in return rammed the face of the blonde into the ground before pulling it back up, small wounds littered across his face. "Does it really matter?"
Naruto's smirk turned into outright laughter. "Of course Teme! We have advanced healing!" a kunai slid out of his sleeve and into the young boy's hand. In one swift motion he rammed the kunai into the left side of his throat.
the dark haired opponent stumbled back as his hand clutched at the kunai, a loud gurgling sound erupted from his throat as blood started pouring out of his mouth and down his chin.
the former Genin slowly stood up, panting heavily. the wound on his back was already almost completely healed. slowly the red aura that had enveloped his body disappeared.
Hidai fell to his knees only to try and stand up again, his hand outstretched towards the victor. Finally, he fell to the ground, never to stand back up again.
Naruto turned around, checking if the other guy was indeed dead. he looked towards the damaged building and what he saw made his blood boil and his hands clench into fists.
In front of him stood a man dressed in black with red clouds adorning his outfit. He had black hair and unique lines under his red glowing eyes.
Naruto couldn't help but feel fear clutch at his throat. he swallowed nervously, his rage had been set aside for fear. "Itachi Uchiha..."
Itachi just stood there, void of emotion. "You have improved since our last encounter." He slowly took a couple of steps forward, dragging the body of Rigio along with him.
Naruto growled dropping into an aggressive stance. one of his hands reached for the shoulder strap and swiftly grabbed a kunai, throwing it at the Akatsuki agent, only for it to pass straight through him.
"Genjutsu? but when?"
"The moment you looked into my eyes. But do not be frightened, I am only here to talk." Itachi spoke as he dropped the genjutsu.
"Talk?! What is there to talk about? You're Akatsuki! you're here to capture me!" Naruto's eyes darted around, he knew the last time Itachi had found him he was accompanied by a big blue guy.
Itachi walked forward once more and came to a standstill, mere meters away from the blonde, letting the body fall to the ground with a thud. "That's where you're wrong, I'm alone, the rest doesn't know."
Naruto crossed his arms. "Well? what's so important that you have to tell me, a mere genin."
Itachi merely stared at him. "In a few years from now an unknown group will travel to the elemental countries. They will lay waste to our world and kill everyone," he motioned with his hand to the body next to him. "These two are scouts, here to evaluate our strength."
Naruto glanced down at the body with slight discomfort. "Who are they? and how are you so sure they intend to kill us all?"
"Every location they've visited so far has been annihilated. We don't know who they are or where they come from, all we know is that we're next."
"How do you even know all this?"
"An acquaintance told me. I trust him." Itachi turned sideways, he noticed the villagers were slowly starting to investigate, now that the fight had finally ended.
Naruto looked around, noticing the villagers as well. "Why are you telling me this?"
"You have the potential to become incredibly strong Naruto. I have no doubt you will play a big role in what is to come, whether you want to or not. The rest of the Akatsuki know this as well, if you didn't have the Kyuubi sealed inside you, leader-sama would've undoubtedly approached you now that you are...unaffiliated."
Naruto crouched down and looked at the dead body. Guilt started welling up inside him and he looked away.
Itachi noticed and took a single step backwards. "First time you've killed someone?"
Naruto nodded as balled his hands into a fist. "They were scum and they deserved to die."
Itachi remained as motionless as he had been throughout the conversation. "It's normal to feel those things when you first killed someone. You'll eventually learn to live with it," Itachi started slowly walking back to the gate. "These scouts are most likely the weakest amongst their ranks. Even if they are, do not under any circumstance underestimate them."
Naruto smirked and stood back up. "I guess I just have to get stronger then. But don't think you guys are off the hook yet, after this is done...you're next! Dattebayo!"
Itachi turned around and if Nartuo didn't know any better, he swore he could've seen him smile. "Interesting...One last thing. You won't gain the strength you seek here. Break your bonds with this village. They will only slow you down. If you want to defeat these 'Unknowns' you have to think like one of them, act like one of them...become one of them. Become the monster they all fear you as."
Naruto stood there with wide eyes. "I don't know if I can do that! do you know what you're asking of me? you want me to give up who I am...to give up my humanity!"
Itachi tilted his head, was there a hint of recognition in his eyes? "It is necessary; this is why we of the Akatsuki are so feared. Leave behind your name, start anew, and once you're strong enough, take on these unknowns."
And with those words Itachi disappeared in a swirl of dust and leaves, leaving behind a saddened and confused Naruto.
He looked at the lifeless body and noticed there were strange markings on the side of the man's neck moving down towards his shoulder, stopping at his elbow. He tore of the remains of his shirt and saw that it looked like a seal of sorts drawn into a skull of a strange creature with strange markings around it.
'What is this?' Naruto frowned and pressed his fingers against it and immediately gasped in pain as a burning sensation that started at the tips of his finger was spreading throughout his left arm. Images started flashing through his head, of a creature with white hair and purpleish skin whom was floating. two red horn were protruding from his head. The images in his head were accompanied by even more pain and he screamed out loud as he fell to the ground. "W-What is g-going on?!"
Darkness consumed the boy as he passed out, his body not able to withstand the pain. He fell besides the body of Rigio. With one last glance at the seal het let darkness overcome him.
Shortly thereafter the villagers started investigating further and noticed that Naruto was unconscious. For a moment they were worried that the blonde had died when they saw his still form. They sighed in relief when one of the villagers looked for a pulse and found one.
They picked the boy up and rushed him to the first aid station, hoping that they would be able to help him.
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~a couple of days later~
"Brat! what have you done?" The Kyuubi roared at the blonde as tried to claw his way through the gate.
Naruto stood there, stunned. "How the hell should I know that I would pass out if I touched that seal you stupid stinking fox? All I did was touch it and-"
"Exactly! Do you touch everything you see? You'll be real popular with your female species!" The beast barked with laughter before resuming his rampage against the gate who didn't budge in the slightest.
"What's it to you anyway? I got knocked out, that's all. "The blonde replied, pointing his thumb at himself.
The Kyuubi roared once more, his eyes glowed red. "That's where you are wrong! Thanks to you my chakra is slowly draining away...It's going too fast to regenerate but too slow to kill me immediately. Something is draining me of my power and it's because of the seal!"
Naruto took a step backwards in surprise. "You're dying?" his voice was a mixture of various emotions. The Kyuubi was the bane of everything that went wrong with him. He would finally be rid of the one who had caused him great pain. On the other hand though, sadness. Sadness because the fox had become a part of him. He had saved his life on multiple occasion.
"I am... But it will take some time, so don't go sentimental on me yet, brat! You should be happy that I'll finally be gone." The Kyuubi spoke, noticing the boy's distraught look on his face.
Naruto nodded and shuffled with his feet. He could slowly feel the pressure fading away, indicating that he was regaining his consciousness. I'm sorry, Kyuubi...For what It's worth, you may have been the whole reason behind my messed up life, but you weren't always a pain in the ass."
The demon grinned, baring his teeth. "Pranking the entire village didn't help either, boy."
Naruto returned the grin with one of his own. "They had it coming...not that it matters now anymore."
"No, it doesn't. But you decided to make a stand. I respect that, and as a result, I will assist you in training. I may not be able to do much, but what I do know I'll pass along."
Naruto looked at him with wide eyes. praise from the almighty Kyuubi himself. "Thanks! I'll become the strongest shinobi there is! Dattebayo!"
The Kyuubi slammed his enormous body once more against the gate. "Stop with that incessant screaming!"
Naruto could only laugh as he regained consciousness.
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Naruto coughed as he slowly opened his eyes, only to shut them immediately again due to the extremely bright lights He could hear voices around him and held his hands in front of his eyes to block the lights as he opened them again.
"Naruto-niisan!" A voice shouted that clearly belonged to Inari.
"About damn time, kid!" a gruff male voice spoke.
Naruto turned to the older voice still not being able to properly make out the persons in the room. "Can it, old geezer."
"Glad to see you've woken up Naruto-kun. I'll get the doctor." A female voice softly spoke, instantly knowing it was Tsunami. He couldn't help but smile and listened as he heard her footsteps receding as she left the room.
"So, anything important happen while I was out?" He asked as his eyes finally adjusted to the lights, he looked to the left and saw Tazuna standing beside his bed.
"We managed to rebuild the house that was destroyed, luckily no one was in the home when the guy got crashed into it."
Naruto looked sheepishly and scratched his cheek which turned out to be bandaged. "Were you guys watching the fight?"
Inari spoke before Tazuna could. "We were nearby! you really showed them Nii-san! Could you teach me?"
Naruto ignored him and instead asked. "How many were killed?"
Tazuna hesitated. "They killed twelve guard that were stationed at the main gate. Luckily no civilian casualties."
Naruto grimaced when he heard just how many people were killed by these monsters. 'If Itachi's right, then there's a whole lot more waiting for us!'
Tazuna noticed the grimace and patted him on the shoulder. "You did great, kid. If you hadn't stopped them, they would've killed a lot more."
Naruto silently nodded, his mind being plagued by not only the bodies that were laying there, but also by his own first kills. blood streaming down his chin, dripping onto his face, his kunai still protruding from the man's throat. Hidai desperately trying to grasp it has he stumbled around and fell to one knee.
The blonde snapped out of his reverie when a female doctor entered the room, closely followed by Tsunami. "Ah, good to see you're awake, Uzumaki-san. How are you feeling?" the doctor asked.
Naruto flexed one of his arms, still feeling a bit sore." Doing just fine, only some sore muscles left. You can discharge me, no problem!" He really hated hospitals.
The doctor laughed, "You sure act like it, but your body may disapprove. So let me check you out and we'll decide from there if it's wise to release you from our care."
Naruto nodded and stood from his bed, realizing he was only wearing short and a shirt. The doctor stood in front of him. and asked if he could pull his shirt up.
He did what she asked and pulled his shirt over his head and threw it on the bed. The doctor started checking his vital signs by placing her hands on his chest with chakra slowly emitting from her hands. "Alright I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Your body is under a lot of stress though, so it's very important you take it easy for a while. I'd like to keep you here for the night to see if there aren't any surprises we that could pop up," She stood back up and she handed the blonde his shirt. ""If everything goes well, we'll discharge you tomorrow. That's the least we can do after you saved our village, twice no less!" She smiled at him before writing something down on her pad. She proceeded to give him a nod and silently left again, but not before Naruto thanked her and shaked her hand.
Naruto pulled his shirt back on and laid back down on bed, letting his hand rest on the pillow for a moment. He glanced at his new family and smiled "You guys wanna know how I beat the crap out of those guys?"
Tazuna let out a bark of laughter. "Well, we didn't see the entire fight, so I'm curious how this all started."
Naruto started telling his story, waving with his hands enthusiastically. "Well it all started with this girl who was about to be run over by a large group of people...-"
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The next day, after Tazuna, Tsunami and Inari had arrived, Naruto got up and went to the closet, changing in to a fresh set of clothes. He was ready to head home...
"It's so good to see you're feeling good again, Naruto-kun. If you're feeling well enough, we should head back home as soon as possible...Get you something good to eat, this hospital food can't be good for the patients here." Tsunami smiled as he appeared from behind the curtains in his new outfit.
"Let's get going!" Naruto pumped his fist in the air. Sure he was happy to leave the first aid station but he had also had conflicted feelings about the whole situation. The killing he had done, the murders that were committed by those scouts, and of course his internal debate on whether or not to follow Itachi's advice.
The group left the aid station and went home, stopping at a ramen stand for the blonde after he 'insisted' on getting some ramen.
Happily slurping his food whilst they were walking down the street he couldn't help but feel truly at place. People were being nice to him and even stopped to make small talk to him or someone from the group. When he still lived in Konoha, aside from Ichiraku ramen or his friends, no one wanted to talk to him, they either sneered at him or gave him a wide berth. 'But If I don't do something about this threat...There won't be a home left. I can prevent that from happening!'
They arrived at their place and Naruto almost immediately went to his room, still deep in thought. He sat down on bed and flew his fingers through his hair. 'What do I do? I have to choose in what I've always wanted and in my responsibility as a shinobi.'
Tsunami knocked on the door. "Naruto are you decent?" Interrupting him from his thoughts.
"Yeah come on in." He said as he laid down on his back.
She opened the door and entered the room, looking at him with worry. "Are you feeling okay? You never go upstairs without having some lunch, I know you had some ramen but that normally never sates your appetite. "
Naruto sat back and gave her a sincere smile. "I guess i'm just not feeling that great yet. I'll take it easy at least today. I'll most likely feel as good as new after a good night's rest."
Tsunami's concerned gaze almost made him waver but he managed to stay true to his course. "Alright Naruto-kun, if you're sure that that's all, I'll leave you be. Get some sleep, okay?"
Naruto nodded at her. "I promise I'll feel better in the morning!"
She walked over and hugged him which was followed by a soft kiss on his cheek. "Thank you for saving our village. No matter how Konoha as treated you, this can be your home...If you wish it to be."
Naruto felt tears well up and he swallowed, trying to get his emotions under control. "I... I'd like that."
Tsunami smiled and stood back up, ruffling his hair before turning around heading back out the room. She picked up the basket that was filled with clothing that still needed to dry.
Naruto looked at her retreating back and sighed with a heavy heart. 'If I don't leave soon, I don't think I'll ever be able to.'
Naruto stood up and decided to go for a walk, fresh air would do him good. He had to steel his emotions and make preparation. "Hey old geezer! I'm getting some fresh air; I'll be back later!" he shouted towards Tazuna as he opened the front door.
"Watch it, brat!"
"What you gonna do, beat me with your cane?" Naruto shouted back as he stepped outside, closing the door behind him, but not before he dodged the apple Tazuna threw his way. Once this was all over he could see himself settling down here. 'Yeah I definitely could...' with a smile he walked down the road and back further into the village.'
With a smile he walked down the small path.
And that's the remake of chapter two. From now on, expect an update every one or two week!