Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Living Shrine ❯ Re-Acquaintance ( Chapter 1 )

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

By: seilif

Disclaimer: I don't pwn naruto.

“Kuchiyose no Jutsu!”

Through the smoke could be seen the silouette of a medium-sized four legged animal. The shinobi who summoned it just stood up from the ground and started to walk on the dirt path as he could be heard chatting enjoyingly with the to the summon while the smoke cleared.

“Just like that, huh?” said a boy around the age of 15. A huge smile adorned the teenager, whose long blonde hair reached to his mid back, tied up in a single braid. His sapphire blue eyes were looking forwards to the village that could be seen at a distance. On his forehead, a ninja headband from Kumogakure adorned it.

“Yea, kid. Just like that” a hyperactive voice responded next to him.

Walking down the dirt path to the Hidden Village of Konoha, a young boy dressed in an earth-toned colored vest that reached down to his mid torso. It looked a little frayed near the shoulders, as if the sleeves had been torn off. Bandages were tightly wrapped around his mid section to give him extra support. From his elbows to all the way to his hands, another set of bandages were wrapped to help avoiding dislocation of his joints. He sported chocolate colored slacks that appeared to have been ripped from about a couple of inches below the knees. These were being held up by a thick saddlebrown colored leather belt which was looped into a brick-red back and side protector, which was made from the same chuunin vest material. Bandages were also strapped around the loose ends of the torn slacks and tightly wrapped themselves around the calves and ankles to the bottom of his feet, which sported the standard shinobi sandals. A couple of scroll pouches could be seen on his sides, sown into the red torso guard that was held by the belt. A holster for kunai and other tools was strapped to his right thigh and a single sheath for a longer-than-normal kunai was strapped to his left arm, over his bicep.

He was accompanied by what seemed to be a larger than normal white colored weasel. Said animal was bandaged in a similar fashion to him, with his limbs being covered with white linens and sporting a blue bladed sickle on his back.

“In any case...” responded the blonde “...you should probably head back to where she is, Raien; though, please do me a favor. Give this to Yu-san for me.” Naruto pulled a small notebook made with dyed leather flaps as a cover. The silver-colored hide glistened in the sunlight as he kneeled to look for one of the many wild flowers that grew on the road to Konoha. “Aha! Here it is.” He said as he plucked a single blue flower from the rest. `I hope she likes it.', he thought.

Opening the notebook, he flipped through the many written passages that went back and forth between the aforementioned girl and himself; passing many pressed flowers and petals, all of which were blue or lavender colored.

“No problem, boss!” said the weasel with a smirk as he stood on his hind legs and took the notebook on his front paws. He then proceeded to puff out in a cloud of smoke, but not before he gave the ninja a piece of his mind.

“I'll tell Yu-chan that you send her kisses too.” Was the last he heard of Raien's mocking voice.

It was too late and he couldn't react. All he could do is look at the small cloud of smoke dissipate in the calm wind that flowed by. A smile crept into the boy's face as he let his thought drift. “Yeah...” he said to himself. “...Yu-chan...”

At the gates of Konoha, a couple of Jounin on guard duty were situated on the eastern gate. At a distance, one of them pointed out the hazy outline of someone that was approaching in their direction. Blonde was the hair color that they made out on the head of the approaching person. They concluded that it was a teenager by the time he had reached the gates.

“State your purpose and please show your paperwork.” One of them said. His hitai-ate was used as a bandana and a senbon was in his mouth.

“If you would look at the last page on the papers I just gave you, you'll see my purpose.”

The second guard carefully walked behind the first jounin. By noticing the Kumogakure hitai-ate, he knew that the Cloud could be up to something, especially something that could involve the Hyuga. The young kid gave them a big heartwarming smile and proceeded to take from his side pocket, a set of papers. The Jounin took them from his hand and started to flip throught them. It wasn't until he reached the last one where he actually stopped and looked up from the papers and back to the kid.

“Is there something wrong?” the blonde asked.

The jounin stared at him for a moment longer and cleared his throat. “It seems that your paperwork is in order, though it's stated here in your forms that you are also applying for the citizenship of Konoha?”

“That's correct, sir.” Sapphire met onyx as both locked their eyes on each other. It took the senbon chewing Jounin a couple of minutes before speaking once again.

“Raido-san...” he spoke “... please escort Uzumaki Naruto to the Hokage...”

The scarred jounin froze in place. His head snapped immediately to the blonde kid who stood in front of the sunglass-wearing jounin. “U-Uzumaki? Uzumaki Naruto? I thought that you had died...”

Naruto turned up to the brown haired Jounin and gave him his trademark smile, while slowly reaching to the back of his nead with his right hand. He started to nervously scratch it as he nervously laughed.

“Hehehehe, well, as you can see, I didn't actually die...” he said. “...and you know what they say, `What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!'. So I guess, I don't die that easily” He slowly placed his hand down as he shifted his weight on his feet. He looked back to Raido as he was extending his paperwork back to him. Naruto gladly took them back and placed them away in his makeshift backpack, which consisted of a rolled up piece of cloth that had his belongings inside. Once he was finished, Naruto looked up again and noticed that the scarred jounin looked as if he was waiting for him, because the moment he finished folding, said ninja simply disappeared in a puff of smoke, with Naruto mimicking almost immediately after him.

Naruto leaped onto the rooftops, following quickly the speeding brown-haired man. Jumping from roof to roof, both shinobi crossed town swiftly and silently. Raido would on occasion turn his head back, just to see if the Uzumaki was still following him. “Is there something in my face?” Was one of the questions Naruto asked him, so he just decided that, he was still following, and probably will keep on until they reach their destination.

It took them about ten minutes from the gates to the entrance of the Hokage Tower and non of them broke a sweat. `How could he keep up with my speed?' Raido asked himself. `He doesn't seemed out of breath or anything!' Naruto just stood in front of the Hokage Tower. His eyes not focused on it, but on the stone monument on the mountain's wall. He stared intently onto the faces of the previous Hokages of the Land of Fire, though his eyes were fixed at the unknown face on the monument.

`Shodaime, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime.....Godaime?It may seem that a lot has happened in the past ten years. I did hear that the Sandaime Hokage had been killed in an invasion, but I didn't know the new Hokage was a woman...but still, I haven't forgotten the promise I made to myself a few years back.' Raising his hand, his open palm reached to the mountain. A serious expression adorned his face. At this distance, this hand looked bigger than the Hokage Monument itself. He made a fist, as he crushed the face of the Yondaime. His hand clenched together, blood started trickling from where his nails dug into his palm. `It's all your fault, but I still respect you, Yondaime...'

“..ahem!”

Naruto's thought process was cut short by the scarred ninja's throat clearing, but Naruto wasn't paying that much attention to him. He vaguely heard something about the audience that he had with the Godaime Hokage, and that he was waiting for him. Tearing his eyes from the faces, he stared coldly at Raido's figure as he stood next to a door, his confused stare not failed to be noticed, but flinching for just a moment when seeing his hateful stare. Naruto hastily walked through the door to the Hokage's Tower, leaving Raido to return to his position at the gates of Konoha.

“What I don't understand, Hokage-sama...” spoke a voice coming from a brown haired individual with white, pupiless eyes. “...is why you have allowed the Kyuubi to return to Konoha! The village has finally accepted the fact that the Kyuubi doesn't live here anymore, that he has left and isn't expected to return! Do you understand what kind of uproar this will cause when the word gets on the street about IT being back?” The agitated Hyuga clenched his fists as his only sign of agitation. His tone of voice always staying stoic and only changing when wanting to emphasize a point. He wanted to make the Hokage understand about the seriousness of the situation, but somehow he knew he was fighting an uphill battle. “If you make me understand why, then I'll reconsider your request.”

Cracking her knuckles, the busty blonde in front of the Hyuga stared directly into the patriarch's eyes. She didn't hesitate to state the obviuos, especially after reading the Third's archives regarding the location of the so-called missing jinchuuriki. “Hiashi, please understand that this is the son of a man who sacrificed himself for the safety of the village. You can't ask me to stop the son of the Yondaime to enter the village he has been protecting for the past 10 years.” She answered with a smile.

Hyuga Hiashi stood there in silent shock. `What does shemean by `protecting the village for the past 10 years?' He hasn't been here, if that's what she'sreferring, but...' “So what if he is the son of the Yondaime, I assure you, Hokage-sama, when the rest of the council finds out about the demon still being alive, you won't find them too lenient compared to me.”

“What I'm referring to, Hiashi...” The Godaime's voice turned more serious “...is that even you have been slipping up, even if just a bit...” a smirk appeared in the corner of the Fire Shadow's mouth, only for her to shimmer out of his sight.

“Wha..? Shunshin? What does this....”

With a signature hand seal, Hiashi concentrateted his Chakra to his eyes, activating one of the most impressive Kekkei Genkai in Konoha.

“Byakugan!”

Starting his search on the most surrounding areas, only to stop at the entrance of the Hokage Tower. “There's Tsunade, and he seems to be waiting for someone...could it be?' His eyes focused at the door that opened slowly. The chakra signatures were now coming alive. He slowly started noticing the chakra coils of the people that were located near the entrance of the tower, the chakra levels were becoming more and more noticible. `As always, the Godaime'sis amazing, Raido's as expected but who...'

Oh no.

The Hyuga Patriarch's face paled when he saw the forhead protector of person that walked through the door. “...Ku...Kumo..gakure...” His shocked face turned quickly into anger as he left the room making haste to the entrace. It didn't take him more than a few seconds, and his face was forced into a frown when he heard the words that iced his own blood while the Hokage bowed solemnly in front of the kid with the Cloud's insignia.

“You have no idea the honor it is to finally meet the Boltof Heavens.” The Hokage said as he bowed down. Naruto's shocked expression could be seen clearly, for his blush filled his cheeks.

“Ne, Hokage-sama, you don't have to bow to me, and please, to refer to me as a regular person. I don't enjoy the special treatment that people try to give me just because of who I'm known for. I already told you, even if I am the reincarnation of the Rokubi, I still have my own personality and mentality. He has nothing to do with who or what I am or have become.” His trademark grin flashing as big as it could get. The Godaime immediately looked up and stood up from the bow, as she approached the young blonde. “You remind me of my brother, you know that?” she said with a smile

“Ne, Baa-chan...”

A pulsing vein could clearly be seen on the Hokage's forhead. “What do you want, twerp?” she responded, hatred in her speak. `He's known me for a couple of minutes and he calls me and old woman, geez, his manners remind me of him...'

“Well, I was just wondering...if my citizenship for Konoha is accepted, could I be able to bring someone into the city?” his voice gradually lowered itself as it neared the end of the sentence, his face started to turn a bit red and his hands twitched just slightly.

Clearly he was nervous.

Looking at the young from Kumo be that nervous, Tsunade perked up an eyebrow, showing interest; “Hmm? What does `bringing someone else' mean? And who is this someone else?” her eyes narrowing and her face making a dumb smile. “Is it your girlfriend? I didn't know that the Great Bringer of Lightning would lower himself to obtain a mortal partner.” her last comment dripped in sarcasm, but it hit the spot. She made Naruto react the way she would have expected of a teenager who had a major crush on someone.

Naruto turned as red as a strawberry.

“I just don't want to be away from Yu-chan.” His voice almost wouldn't come out. Tsunade looked pleased. Not only had she managed to make the jinchuuriki blush, but she now had the whole inside scoop on who was in Naruto's love life.

“Well, then, out with it. Who is this Yu-chan, I can't have the papers drafted for her if I don't know her name.”

“Umm...well...it may be hard to, but I know that she wants to be with me, but we were both skeptical of coming here, because of who we are and what we represent...” this line caught the busty blonde by surprise. `Who could he be referring to...?'

“Her name is Yugito Nii, and she houses the Nibi no Nekom....”

“YOU SHALL NOT BRING ANOTHER DEMON INTO THIS TOWN!!!”

A/N: Seilif here. I'm sorry for the delay, but work has been an overkill for me. I have been working from 5am to 11pm for the past three weeks, giving me very little time to work on Living Shrine. I hope y'all like this chapter. Even though it's a small one, it's almost three times bigger than the prologue.

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Seilif