Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Breaking Point ❯ The Scroll and Father ( Chapter 1 )

Breaking Point

 

 

I started thinking about this after reading some fics where Naruto found out his father was the Yondaime. I've also read some fics where they show Yondaime just before the sealing. I realized that every human being has their breaking point…well what if this news was Naruto's breaking point? I hope that you like this one.

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

 

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Father…

That name used to mean so much to me.

I used to imagine what my life would be like if I had a family.

What life would be like if I could just be normal.

Not Kyuubi.

Not the troublemaker.

Not dobe.

Just Naruto.

Hmph…”Be careful what you wish for.” I finally understand it now.

I really wish that I didn't though.

This morning I got called to `baa-san's office.

When I got there she and Ero-Sennin were talking…

Talking…no beatings or anything…just talking.

Every instinct that I had was screaming for me to leave and not look back.

Dammit…I really need to listen to my instincts more often that I do.

When they noticed that I had come in Ero-Sennin sat down with his face in his hands.

`baa-san just looked at me like she wasn't sure what she was doing.

Finally I got annoyed enough to ask what the hell was going on.

I quickly cringed waiting for the sensation of flying through another wall…

It never came.

I opened my eyes slowly and saw her clenching an old looking scroll in her hands.

Gulping nervously I took the scroll from her hands as she held it out to me.

Looking down at the scroll I was surprised to see my name on it.

Well sort of, the name was Kazama Naruto, and as we all know my name is Uzumaki Naruto.

I kept thinking that I had heard the name Kazama before, but I couldn't figure out where.

Ero-Sennin placing his hand on my shoulder jolted me out of my thoughts.

Okay, that was just weird. It was almost like he was trying to comfort me.

But what the hell would he need to comfort me for?

Its just some stupid scroll from Kami knows where.

Heh, I really wish that had been the case.

I know that I act stupid and childish, but I'm actually pretty smart.

I figured out pretty quickly that whatever was in the scroll was not gonna be pretty.

I also figured out that whatever was in the scroll had something to do with me.

I really hate being right sometimes.

“Naruto, you need to smear some blood over the name, and the scroll will open.”

Ero-Sennin looked so tired…and just old when he told me that.

Nodding my head I did what he told me to do.

Just like he said, the scroll opened and my world crumbled to pieces around me.

I had a father…

As I read I could begin to feel the stirrings of anger mix with the sadness and confusion.

Sadness because the only communication I would ever have with my father would be scrolls.

Scrolls written just before and just after my birth.

Confusion, because this scroll said that it was to be given to me the night I became a genin.

Anger because I was beginning to think that I was the only one who hadn't known.

Finishing the scroll, I rolled it up carefully and placed it into my pocket.

Looking up I felt a weird sort of satisfaction at seeing `baa-san and Ero-Sennin flinch.

“Did…Did you know all along?”

My voice came out so hoarse and strained that for a second I was shocked to realize that it was mine.

I didn't need to hear them speak to know the answer.

Their eyes said everything.

Clenching my fists tightly I barely managed to choke out, “Why?”

“Why couldn't you tell me?”

“All this time you've known who my father was. All I ever really wanted to know was my father's name, and yet no one would give me even that. I never had a grave to visit or take flowers to. NOTHING!”

By this point I was shaking so badly that I was amazed I hadn't tried to break something…

Anything to help ease this horrible pain in my chest.

“Nobody even knew that he had a child…much less a son. Why is that? Why did no one ever try to tell me before now? What was so horrible about me that no one could know who my father was?”

Inhaling sharply I squeezed my eyes shut to stop the tears from falling.

This was just too much…

I felt my mask shatter…my mask that I had worn for so long…could no longer protect me.

I felt the years of bitterness rising up inside of me, and I knew that I finally had to let some of it out.

“I understand. It's because everyone thinks that I'm Kyuubi. There is no way that Kyuubi could possibly be the son of someone as great as Yondaime right? I wasn't good enough to be his son, regardless of what he thought. That's why I had my name taken from me right?! Dammit! That was my father's name! Probably the only thing I was left other than a few scrolls…”

Trying to calm down I forced myself to take a couple of deep breaths.

Opening my eyes I glanced up to see that `baa-san had tears running down her face and Ero-Sennin wouldn't even look at me.

Stalking across the room I grabbed the other scrolls from the desk and walked to the door.

Opening it I paused for a few seconds to say one last thing.

“I am leaving Konoha. I can't stay here any longer. So you might as well mark me down as a missing nin because I won't return. Because I no longer have anything to return to.”

Whispering the last few words I walked out the door and slammed it shut behind me.

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Okay, I finished this. I'm still debating on whether I want this to be a one shot or not. I also realize that he might seem a little ooc. But hey, he's thinking and this is all from his viewpoint. Most people are different when they think. Either way, please review and let me know what you think.