Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Clone ❯ chapter one ( Chapter 1 )

Author's notes:

 

Hmm this is my second fic, the first one was cancelled due to…complications. However am reasonably sure this one WILL get finished. As a basic back-story Naruto went away with Jiraiya at the age of 7 started training at the age of 10 and is returning to Konoha as a 13 year old. In this fic Sarutobi is a little less of an idealist. That is the council are the only people in Konoha aware that Naruto is the Kyuubi container, and only THEY are forbidden from divulging this secret on pain of death. Sarutobi did tell the general Konoha populace that the Kyuubi had been sealed in a child and that the child was a hero, in accordance with the fourths wishes. But when he realized that the people of Konoha would not see Naruto as a hero he had it leaked out that the baby had passed away unable to resist the fox's youkai. Therefore the Naruto in this tale had a pretty normal childhood in an orphanage, not excessively maltreated but not fawned over either. Jiraiya quickly discovers his talent and takes him away when he is nine (more on that later). I wont be using any of the generic training methods we usually see in fanfics such as weights, Kyuubi etcetera. Am not saying these methods are necessarily bad but I wish to do something slightly different with this fic. On that note I feel that the combat style I have chosen for Naruto is unique. Read, review if you wish and most of all enjoy. Like most other fics this is a Naru/Hinata pairing HOWEVER I have added my own little twist. The Hinata in this fic is VERY OOC, no shyness and stuttering, I'll obviously give my reasons for this at a later date, I prefer to keep the suspense for now.

 

“ Human speech”

“ Demon or summon speech”

“Human thoughts”

“Demon or summon thoughts”

 

 

Disclaimer: Naruto? I lost it to Kishimoto in a game of poker

 

 

Chapter One: Triumphant entry of the Frogs

 

The guards at the west gate watched as two hulking shapes bounded towards the village. In the darkness they could barely see the figures since they were some distance away, however that distance was rapidly closing. Soon it was possible to make out their visitors, Jiraiya the absent but well­-known (among Konoha Shinobi) frog Sannin was returning, and by his side… was a boy. The boy in question was riding a blue frog with orange markings about three quarters the size of the Sannin's red and blue mount.

 

“Naruto, this is Konoha”

 

“I can see that”, came the nonchalant reply

 

“This is very important, no time for that useless attitude of yours. Really I don't understand how living with me all this time you aren't more exuberant! life is short! Anyway to get back on track, you are going to register as a ninja of Konoha. They had since arrived at the gates during this long speech, and Jiraiya kept talking while a guard took a cursory glance at their documents.

 

“I've never understood this insistence on owing loyalty to a specific village, it just limits my horizons”

 

“Naruto you must understand, having a base of operations one owes loyalty to is perhaps the most important thing for ninja. Why do you think so many missing-nin are crazy? Knowing that you are part of something greater than your self makes all the killing and bloodshed… easier to bear.

 

Naruto understood the message the old man was trying to get across but he let him worry. Living alone with Jiraiya there was little fun to be had so in his boredom he messed with the old man. Currently he had managed to convince the pervert that he was some kind of sadistic freak only centered on gaining power. “I guess it will be good to interact with people my own age, living with you the only interaction I get is saving you from the women constantly trying to beat you to a pulp.

 

By this time they had almost reached the Hokage tower via the rooftops (having dismissed their frogs upon entering the city sized village.) Jiraiya walked up to the guard out front ignoring Narutos' last comment “I wish to speak with the Hokage I presume he is upstairs?”

 

“Y-y-yessir” the Chunnin stuttered obviously discomfited at having to address such a powerful ninja, right this way please. They followed the man up the winding staircase to the Hokage's office which had several guards posted outside, passing through the oak doors despite protests from the guards they came face to face with the venerable Hokage of the leaf, Sarutobi-Sensei.

 

“Sensei” Jiraiya addressed his former mentor formally, “I have come to make my report” he glanced around significantly, it seemed as if they had disturbed a high level meeting between the various council members and the Hokage.

 

“Hmm they can stay” Sarutobi immediately understood Jiraiya's concerns, “Naruto-kun, it's been a while since I saw you.” Naruto smiled slightly, he had some fond memories of the old man. “Go with this gentleman and we will get you settled in Jiraiya's place, Jiraiya am assuming you have a spare key?” Jiraiya after a little searching tossed one at Naruto. “Good am sure you are hungry from your journey. Get some dinner before you go to the house, the Genin entrance exams are tomorrow at 8 so don't be late.”

 

“Aren't you going to register me as a Konoha Shinobi?”

 

“No, you have never attended the academy so we will treats you as a prospective ninja from an affiliate village. After the exam which I am sure you will pass you will be registered as a Genin of Konoha” many of the other council members kept glancing at the boy as if expecting him to sprout tails and go on a rampage. Knowing Naruto was uncomfortable in such august company Sarutobi once again dismissed him “ Off you go now Jiraiya will fill us in on your training”

 

Naruto exited in the company of a nondescript attaché after bowing to the general company. His posture indicating he was relieved to be going.

 

“Jiraiya, your report please I assembled the council once I heard of your return.”

 

“Well I guess I'll get to the meat of our discussion then, the seal has neither been broken, nor has it weakened.” All the tension in the room suddenly vanished as the various council members and indeed the Hokage himself let out sighs of relief and even the worst enemies in the council flashed smiles at each other. Though there were quite a few on the council that did not see Naruto as a Demon, the beast inside him was still a potential security risk. “Shortly after we left Konoha I thoroughly investigated the seal the fourth gave him. It was designed to act as a sort of filter for the Demon's youkai, but there is one important side effect the fourth didn't have time to take into account. When Naruto goes under enough emotional stress the Demon's chakra can for all intents and purposes takeover giving him a substantial power boost. Like all such techniques however it is a double-edged sword, even his body that has become accustomed since birth to the Demon's youkai can only take so much. Past a certain level the youkai breaks down and reforms his cells rapidly, as you all know this would have lead to a great decrease in his life span.” At this a few of the council members actually looked joyful, glad that the “Demon boy” would not last long. Sarutobi felt slight pangs of remorse at these signs of immaturity among grown men and women. It truly was a shame that even among the council, the highest decision making body in Konoha such senseless prejudice could be found.

 

“Am assuming from your statement you resolved this issue?” Chiasa Amaya asked. A seal expert second to few, she was one of the few council members who did not view Naruto as an incarnation of the Kyuubi no Kitsune possibly because she had helped the fourth develop the seal.

 

“Yes I did” Jiraiya's voice had a hint of satisfaction in it, “I added a four point overlay which…” what followed was a discussion between the two on the more technical aspect of Jiraiya's new seal which few in the council were able to follow. Finally after 5 minutes of jargon Amaya nodded curtly,

 

“It will suffice”.

 

“Now that you two have finished your private chat, care to explain to us lesser mortals?” Koharu Utatane was never one to wait patiently while others conversed around her.

 

“ahhh gomen I got carried away” Jiraiya said not apologetic in the slightest, Koharu was one of those who had a low opinion of Naruto. To get back on topic basically the seal further limits the amount of the Kyuubi's chakra Naruto will be able to use, once it starts approaching levels harmful to Naruto himself the seal will shut down the flow of the chakra.” Jiraiya glanced around the room, evidently done with his description about the state of Naruto's “problem”

Sarutobi promptly dismissed the meeting after they discussed some other issues concerning the village in general signalling Jiraiya to stay behind. After the council had filed out of his office he motioned for Jiraiya to take a seat across from him and promptly refilled his pipe.

 

“Now tell me, how did the other part of your mission go?”

 

“ Very well actually, after we left the village we settled for 3 years in a nondescript village about 30 miles from Konoha, I wrote the last two editions of Icha Icha Violence there, they had some good research materiel. After that we started travelling again mostly moving in the smaller nations. I started training him during our journey.

 

“Is he genin level?”

 

“I would say low chunnin would be more accurate”

 

“Low chunnin? In only 3 years?” Sarutobi was incredulous.

 

“Sorry sorry I wasn't bieng accurate, for last two years at the village I thoroughly grounded him in the basics. Physical exercises, Chakra manipulation, ninja theory, basic weapons usage, and I began teaching him the first tier of the tiger-crane style and we started out on control early. By the time we set out he could walk on water no problem.” This last said with a hint of pride

 

“Tiger-crane?, interesting has he mastered the first tier yet? The style is very difficult”

 

“No but he is almost there I think we could move on to the next tier within a couple of weeks.”

 

“What jutsus did you teach him?”

 

“ He knows Kuchiyose no Jutsu, Hari JizÅ, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Kwarami and Henge, I've also begun teaching him the rasengan but he is still on the first stage, His chakra is not developed enough to rotate in more than one direction at a time, also he only works on it during his spare time its not a priority.

 

“Kuchiyose? You gave him the frog contract? That kid has enough chakra to summon Gamabunta?”

 

“No he can't summon Gamabunta on his own yet, he used the Kyuubi. until Naruto is able to summon him on his own Bunta decided to let him use some of the lower level summons. That was also his first encounter with the Kyuubi, it was after he told me about taking chakra from the Kyuubi that I decided to modify the seal.

 

They sat in amicable silence after that as Sarutobi puffed on his pipe contentedly, “ Naruto seems to have come far, it would be interesting to see how well he would do on with HIM.”

 

Meanwhile Naruto was staring in disbelief at Jiraiya's mansion. (paid for ofcourse by the famous icha icha series.) During his time with Jiraiya they had lived in sparse accomodation, occasionally camping out instead of renting a room. It was unthinkable that that miserly goat actually had something like this in Konoha. Shaking his head ruefully he thanked the aide and walked up the stairs into the house. His stop at a place called ichiraku ramen had been filling and now all he needed was rest for tommorow.

 

The next day Naruto woke up a little disorientated forgeting his whereabouts. Groaning he got up and headed to the bathroom attached to his room. After his morning absolutions, he set out to explore the mansion before going for the Genin exams. He was currently in the east wing, a goodly distance from Jiraiya's central master's wing. ( he had no intention of listening to Jiraiya's nocturnal activities while he was trying to sleep.) The east wing, while by no means as large as the central wing was a house onto itself. The whole ground floor comprised of a dojo and courtyard, while the floor above had his room two guest rooms and a Kitchen. After a quick breakfast Naruto went to find Jiraiya. The man was in his room and fortunately alone. After 10 minutes of trying to get him to wake up Jiraiya gave him mumbled directions to the academy before rolling over with a snore and going back to sleep. Shaking his head in mild irritation Naruto took a set of keys by Jiraiya's bed and left him to his sleep. Heading out of the Mansion he noticed for the first time that instead of a back garden there was a fairly large training area ranging from a mini forest to Kunai practice stumps. The front however was a beautifully cared for garden with pathways and large flower beds. As he headed for the gates he noticed an old man tending one of the beds. He would have to get to know the staff later. Jumping over the gate instead of opening it he followed Jiraiya's instructions heading for the Hokage tower. Once there he took a the first left and then a right before coming to stop right infront of the ninja academy. He passed a few of the younger classes in session and stopped once to ask for directions to the graduating class. Steeling himself when he arrived he walked in through the door.

 

Iruka paused as someone opened the door and come towards him, the whole class was focused on this interruption. He had on black joggers, held up with what looked like a dark orange sash, and standard boots that made his joggers bag up around his ankles. He had on a glossy black ninja vest, which had an orange spiral on the back. He had left said vest hanging open revealing his well-chiseled chest and abs. In terms of armaments he simply had a kunai holster strapped to each thigh, metal kneepads and black leather bracers. Facially the boy had very little baby fat and a strong defined jaw. He stood at about 5'2 and had a shock of yellow hair to the front and sides of his head covering his ears. The back of his hair was twisted into a braid hanging down past his shoulder. A ring in his right ear completed the whole pirate look he had; all that was missing was an eye patch. His most striking features though were his eyes, they were a deep aqua blue.

 

Naruto noticed his entrance seemed to be punctuated by whispers. Walking self consciously towards the only adult in the room he delivered his short message.

 

Iruka was stunned never before in all his teaching years had he gotten a transfer student so suddenly. “Take a seat… Uzumaki-san. Class this is a new transfer student taking the Genin exam with you all today. His name is Naruto.”

 

Naruto noticed that the whispering seemed to double after his introduction, apparently he was the first student to ever transfer on the exact day of the exam. He noticed in particular two people seemed to be glaring at him. Turning his head to the left he saw a dark haired boy in a blue shirt and white shorts. The boy was staring at him as if sizing up a potential opponent. Turning away uncomfortably he spotted the other person gazing at him, this one a girl. She was also dark haired and had pale lavender eyes. She wore tight shorts and an equally tight strapped tank top, all in the same deep purple hue. All in all he would have found her quite attractive if not for the death glare she was currently directing at him. Turning back to the teacher he heard the man's instructions for the test create a simple Bunshin. Snorting slightly naruto settled down to wait while students went into the next room to take the test. They all came back with their forehead protectors leading Naruto to believe an easy test like this had to be a prelim for something else.

 

“Hyuuga Hinata” he heard the teacher call out, so that is her name. He watched as the girl who had glared at him so ferociously walked down the class to the next room. After a slight delay she came back apparently successful. Naruto waited bored for his turn. When Iruka got to the letter U Sasuke went first, and after him Naruto. Naruto walked into the room slightly nervous. Iruka and another white haired man were seated and waiting patiently for him.

 

“Ok Naruto all you have to do is create 3 bunshin” Iruka was smiling slightly convinced that any student transferred by the Hokage himself would be able to complete this simple task.

 

“ I cant”

 

Iruka couldn't have heard correctly, “ I beg your pardon Naruto”

 

“I've never been able to create a bunshin”

 

“Then am afraid we can not give you a pass” this time it was Mizuki who spoke up. The man was smiling slightly almost as if he was happy at Naruto's apparent failure.

 

Naruto decided that actions were louder than words, bringing his right hand into a half seal he muttered Kage bunshin no jutsu under his breath.

 

Iruka watched in shock as 6 clones materialized in the exact slouched posture as the original. No wonder this kid was transferred at such short notice. Iruka passed over a forehead protector and watched the boy walk out silently.

AUTHOR NOTE

 

So that's just the first chapter next will be out in a couple days probably by Monday please read and review