Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Kyubi Defeated: A new begining ❯ Heading Back---Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

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“ ;Naruto! Naruto common snap out of it… Oh no did the Kyubi win?!! NO Naruto couldn’t have been beaten.” Jiraiya shouted as he he watched Naruto's body suddenly go limp as all the fight left it. Crouching over the now still form of Naruto Jiraiya pressed his ear to his chest listening intently for the beat of a heart. Hearing it he sighed and began to stand up.

“Jiraiya-sama?? Is that you?" The voice was weak and strained, but Jiraiya knew that it was defiantly Naruto's. Crouching back down Jiraiya watched as his pupils eyes fluttered open. Relief flooded through Jiraiya as he saw that Naruto's eyes were not the color crimson. However they had changed. They were no longer a shinning sapphire blue. Instead they had become a soft orangeish gold.

“Naruto! Jesus you had me worried there. Jiraiya said looking at his pupil with concern. Then asking the heart stopping question he said. "So you beat it?” Helping Naruto into a sitting position, Jiraiya listened for Naruto's reply.

“Yes though it was a lot more difficult than I though it would be…AHH your hurt!!” Naruto cried cutting himself off mid-sentence. Naruto had noticed the wound that Jiraiya had on his chest.

“This? Its nothing but a scratch.” Jiraiya replied calmly. But Naruto could hear the strain that was in his sensi's voice.

“No that’s serious, I need to heal it right away!” Naruto said as he tried to get to his feet. Jiraiya placed a firm hand on Naruto's shoulder and held him in place. Then smiling at Naruto he spoke. “NOOO I don’t trust your healing. The last time you tried I wound up with a body covered in painful sores. We'll head back to Konoha right after we bandage me up. Tsunade will want to know what sort of training you and I have been doing since we left two years ago.”

“Do we have to. I don’t want to go visit the old hag for something I can heal. You should just let me heal you.” Naruto pouted as he tried once again to stand. But again he was forced back into a sitting position by Jiraiya.

“NO! End of discussion.” Jiraiya spoke the words with such force that Naruto sat there dumbstruck. Covering well for his out burst Jiraiya turned and reached into his bag.

Pulling out a roll of bandages he began to cover his wound. Then in a low and hollow voice he spoke to Naruto. "Naruto I'm sorry for yelling. But we really do have to go back now. You've learned everything you can from me. And with the Kyubi's threat gone, then their is no reason to postpone our return to the village. Plus I miss sleeping on a nice bed, and drinking sake with Tsunade in the setting sun." Naruto understood his sensi's feelings exactly. He missed all his friends at Konoha, but he wasn’t sure if they still missed him or not.

Signing Naruto smiled and replied. “Fine well then hurry it up with the bandaging. If were going to be heading back to Konoha then I want to get there as quickly as possible.” As he said it Naruto stood and stretched his legs. Looking down he saw Jiraiya laughing at him. "What?"

“Jeese Naruto your as impatient as ever. So what are you going to do when we arrive back at Konoha?” Jiraiya questioned he continued to wrap himself in the bandages.

“ Well, I plan on getting that wound looked after for one. And then I'll probably go see how Sakura, Sauske, and the others are doing. Won’t they be surprised when they see how much I’ve changed. Naruto laughed. Then his face seemed to cloud over and he spoke out again, no longer jovial and happy. "WAIT.” Naruto almost shouted. Startled Jiraiya looked up to see Naruto had turned and was looking away from him.

"Huh??"

“Jiraiya-sama?” Naruto said in a cold and hardened voice.

“Yes Naruto?” Jiraiya replied, now perplexed. 'Maybe the fight with the Kyubi had been too much for Naruto to handle after all. He seems distant and cold form the sound of his voice.'

“Before our battle started, that stupid fox told me some things......he mentioned...he told me who my father was.” Naruto said the words in a rush getting them out as fast as he could. Jiraiya hearing this, visibly paled. He was happy that Naruto couldn't see the shocked expression on his face. But his voice couldn't be masked so easily.

“WHAT!!! Your father!! Did he say who??" Jiraiya asked hoarsely.

Turning Naruto saw how startled his sensi looked. Then Naruto turned once again to face the opposite direction of Jiraiya. 'What's going on?? Why does Jiraiya look like he just swallowed something horrible?' Naruto thought. Then nodding he replied. "Yeah the Kyubi said that my father was the fourth Hokage. But that can't be true...I mean if he was my father then why would he have sealed the Kyubi into me?"

Looking crestfallen all Jiraiya could do was sigh and shake his head. "Naruto you…...you weren’t suppose to learn who he was ever. It was part of the Thirds decree as…” Naruto spun around. Looking at Jiraiya, he could see he wanted to say more but Naruto didn't want to hear it.

“What?" Naruto said quietly. Then in a roar he shouted. "WHAT!!!! What the hell do you mean I wasn’t suppose to learn who he was!!! You KNEW?!! YOU KNEW AND NEVER TOLD ME!!!!” Naruto burst out. Pure malice in each of his words. Having just heard that he was suppose to be kept out of the loop on yet another thing. But this time it was personal. "MY OWN FATHER JIRAIYA!!! MY FATHER!!!!!!" Naruto snarled as he felt the rage and betrayal sink into his chest as if it were a kunai.

“Yes I knew. Myself along with the few others that were there the night your father sealed the Kyubi into knew who your father was. So did the Third. The villagers never knew. All they know is that the Yodamine...no, that Arashi sacrificed himself to seal that beast into you, and for that they hated and despised you. But in truth you are the heir to the Kazama/Uzumaki name. The Yodamine left me with instructions to look after you, and to train you…but I forgot about them until the time when you learned how to perform the resengan. He also left me with a chest that I was to give to you in the event that you discovered that he was your father. I hoped I would never have to hand over the chest because I knew the sadness that would envelope you when you learned the truth.” Jiraiya spoke the words quietly afraid that they would trigger another burst of rage from Naruto.

Naruto swore angrily, while smashing his fist into the rocky ground. Then in another burst of rage screamed. “DAMNIT!!! WHY?!!" "Why wouldn’t you tell me? I have wondered so long as to who I am, and to why i was parentless." "YOU!…You had no right to withhold it from me and yet you…"Naruto spoke the last word with such hatred that Jiraiya thought that Naruto might take out one of his kunai and drive it into his chest. But it never happened. Instead Naruto sighed and seemed to fall defeated "Lets just get back to Konoha.” Naruto said quietly, seething still at the idea of the knowledge that had once again been withheld from him. Then hearing a soft noise coming from in front of him Naruto looked down to see that Jiraiya had his head cupped in his hands and he was sobbing.

“Naru..to I am tru..ly so..rry, the ch..est is sta..she..d at the Uz..um..aki est...ate. We w..ill go retri...eve it af..ter I ha..ve had my...my wounds taken car..e of.” Jiraiya spoke the words through the sobs and shuddering breaths. He spoke them softly as though they were words that could kill. Naruto turned and stared directly into his teachers face. He could see the pain that Jiraiya was now feeling as clearly as his own. He knew that like it or not some day they would have had to go through this.

All the fight left Naruto and he slumped into a sitting position. Then in a quiet voice Naruto asked, "The Uzumaki Estate???" not sure whether or nor he had heard Jiraiya right.
"Yes it was your father's estate. It is just like the Uchiha and Hyuga estates. It's like a small village that is connected to the main village of Konoha." Jiraiya explained still stuttered no longer sobbing but sniffling softly.

Stiffening Naruto took everything he knew about the fourth into consideration. "Wait wasn't the Fourths last name Kazama?? So is that my own last name? Am I a Kazama as well??" Naruto questioned. The more he thought about it the more it made sense. His father was a Kazama, so he too should be. Then continuing Naruto said. "So why is the fourth's estate called the Uzumaki estate?"

"No the fourth's real name was not Arashi Kazama, but Minato Namikaze. He changed it when he was a young boy. His father Katra Namikaze had to give his son up, and so he gave him to his friend Sandra Kazama. That was about the time that your father met your mother. I think her name was Kushina Uzumaki, but its been over fourty years since I last talked about my students. Your father married her and took her last name. However this was after his previous clan fell into disgrace, after their founding member, Arashi's adoptive grandfather was found to be betraying Konoha to the Rock. That is why he changedd his name, and THAT is why the estate is named the UZUMAKI estate." Jiraiya explained as he stopped sobbing and continued to wrap himself in bandages, sniffing a little.

Naruto barley heard the last portion of Jiraiya's explanation. only one thought was racing through Naruto's mind. 'My mother.' "MY MOTHER!?!? You knew her TOO!?!? IS SHE ALIVE!!!" "TELL ME!!!" Naruto shouted as he grabbed hold of Jiraiya and lifting his wounded sensi clear off the ground. All the anger he was feeling before suddenly rushing back to him.

"No Naruto she isn't alive. She died while giving birth to you. I knew her. She was one of my own pupils. But it was hard for me to take you from her, knowing that she had died and that Arashi planned to seal the Kyubi into you, his own son." "But if that does not suffice when we return, you might be able to find out when we visit the estate." Letting go of Jiraiya Naruto stepped back. breathing heavily he startled to gather up his personal things.

"Really........Alright after we see Tsunade we'll go there." Naruto said as he stood up and shook his head. 'First I had to deal with that stupid fox, and now all this' He thought as he stood in silence as Jiraiya continued to bandage himself up. "Are you done with your bandages yet?"

"Aye, yes I just finished." Jiraiya replied as he stood up and walked slowly to where Naruto stood.

“Well lets go then.”Naruto replied hoarsely.

And with out another word they both disappeared in a cloud of smoke.