Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ News reflection... ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

I do not own Naruto

Anime Insanic…oops sorry and as to the italics. I was in college to long, don't ask a habit of a professor who required it a lot, kind of hard to break. It's one I really don't care about that much anyway heh…it's a safe habit.

Chapter 5

Two days later…

Arashi, sighed as he sat beside the window. Kakashi had kept him company and the two had reminisced about old times. About Obito and Rin, and the changes that had gone on in Konoha since his supposed `death'.

Nowadays even Tsunade was starting to come see him. Between, her and Kakashi, he was getting more of a handle on the events going on at the moment. Some he smiled at, for it was good news.

They told him about the attack at the Chuunin exams. How Konoha almost got destroyed by Sound and Sand. But that one Genin had the courage and got through to the chief fighter of the Sand and stopped the war.

For some odd reason, he found himself proud…. But it soon vanished as more disturbing news started to come from Tsunade.

The massacre of the Uchiha clan for one…

As the Godaime spoke of it, with aid from his former student, he felt so sorry for the youth, for this Sasuke Uchiha. To go home and find that…to find your family dead, all killed by your own brother. He could understand the emotion withdrawal that the youth had according to Kakashi. It would have taken someone of extraordinary resilience and stubbornness to get the child to speak out.

Watching as his two companions look at one another with pained expressions though was frightening….

They had gone quiet and their faces were sad.

Something tells him, he would not like what they had to say. So he tries to avoid it for the time being. They then proceed to tell him about Akatsuki and what they have been doing as far as they know.

Strange…even then they are hiding something from him…

It was starting to get on his nerves….

Then he started laughing as they talked about his old sensei. According to the nickname Tsunade was saying he had earned. Jiriaya had not changed one bit.

“You're kidding me Ero-sennin?!” Arashi states as he cracks up laughing. “That's my old sensei all right.” He replies with amusement. “Still getting caught peeping?”

“In more ways then one.” Tsunade grumbles loudly. “If it wasn't for the fact, he's training one of our best right now...I'd sic the ANBU on him and cut off certain parts of his extremities.”

All of a sudden both men in the room have the urge to either cross their legs or change the subject. But the subject ends up being of one…that the elder woman, despite her youthful appearance is reluctant to speak of.

“Why will you not tell me of my son…?” Arashi asks quietly. “Why will you not tell me of Naruto?”

Looking at one another, Kakashi closes his book and looks at the Fifth with a calm state of mind.

“He deserves to know.”

Tsunade returns the gaze, with one of compassion as she stares at Arashi and shakes her head. “We shouldn't even I am not above the law.”

“The law also only referred to the generation after it happened. Not ours….” Kakashi implied.

“I have thought of that Kakashi.” Tsunade said softly. Looking at her fellow sannin's ex-student with sorrow in her eyes, somehow Arashi understand that she wishes to tell him. “But remember what happened to the Third and what Orichimaru had done? Also consider the notes in his records on where he was found?”

She sighed softly as she started to leave, not having to courage to look at the hopeful figure of the Fourth. “I want you to be Arashi…I want to be able to tell you.”

“DAMNIT! I AM ARASHI!” He shouted. Both Tsunade and Kakashi startled by his yell, and the emotional need in its tone. “I am Arashi….I am…I want my son…”

Watching as the man who was known for his calm strength and exceptional skill break down and cry, Tsunade finds herself running to hold the man with her arms. To comfort him, in his time of need…

“I am so sorry…but I have to…this much I will promise you.” The woman states as she tilts his chin up. “When Jiriaya returns, and he can confirm your identity in his opinion. Then…then we will talk about your son. I promise.”

Somehow as he looks into the woman's eyes. Arashi knows she will keep her word.

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Elsewhere about a day's walk from Konoha, a blond haired youth of 17 prepares to set up camp alongside an older silver haired man in his late 50's.

Despite his loud garish appearance before, of an all orange jumpsuit, this time he wears orange pants with black stripes down the sides. On top of which is an orange jacket, with black all across the top half.

His quietness would be unusual to any who truly knows him well. But as he smiles and chats with the other, they would see it was still the same youth they knew and loved. Not much taller then what he was before, his features had filled out some and he had developed his body to an athletic muscular build.

Whisker marks that stood out on his face as a child were still there, but not as pronounced as he had grown. Instead if you were to look at him, you would notice the brilliant blue eyes…and his startling resemblance to a legendary hero even more…

Naruto Uzamaki was coming home…

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Short yes….next one longer…Promise