Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Fox and The Phoenix ❯ Changes ( Chapter 5 )

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The Fox and The Phoenix
(Sono Kitsune Oyobi Sono Fenikusu)
Key

S.S = Sick Shit (is more than likely NC-17 and etc.)
*thinking*
"talking"
*thoughts progressing into speech"
'substitute for italics' (Kyuubi or Soriyu at times)
//telepathy//
::scene change:: (more for my reference than anything else)
~POV~
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Summary: Naruto's 6 years old, his caretaker, Iruka, was killed by bandits, and he was left orphaned. Well, until a mysterious wanderer appeared...


Chapter Five: Changes

::Timeskip, 6 years: Sanziya's home::

~Author~

Well, it had been six years since that day, six years since his healing, and six years since
he'd talked.

He always carried a small chalkboard with a piece of chalk tied to it around with him at all times, the need to communicate not halting because of his unwillingness to speak. Now he could walk around the village without fear of being attacked per 'that day' so many years ago.

::Flasback, 6 years ago::

Sanziya was laboring to stand up a tall pole up in the town square, she had already put up two and wanted to get this one up most of all. As it was, she managed, and then a pink-haired woman came up, tears in her eyes, and she slapped Sanziya brutally. The pole with the leader's head shook slightly.

"Why? Why did you kill my husband? Why?" she had asked, sinking to the cold ground to sob brokenly. Sanziya looks down at her, frowning slightly, and rubbing her red cheek a bit. The woman didn't have enough power than to make that sting for a little. "He didn't mean to do anything! He had been drunk!"

Sanziya's eyes hardened at this as she glares up at the head now.

"That bastard wasn't drunk, he knew exactly what he was doing."

The woman just continued to sob as Sanziya walks away, fists clenched tightly, and Soriyu's aura on the verge of overwhelming her.

::End Flashback::

Nope, since the 'pole' thing, as he liked to affectionately call it, the villagers didn't even try to attack him. Although that didn't stop their hatred, Sanziya couldn't make them not hate him, but the merchants didn't give him rotten food anymore, which was good.

Sanziya had taken it upon herself from that day to talk to Kyuubi and ask her to help Naruto, suprisingly it wasn't as hard as it probably would've been if she hadn't had Soriyu's help.

Kyuubi would now heal him as best she could, was teaching him to do jutsu in his mind (no hand seals and no having to speak the jutsu aloud), keeping horrid memories from him, and giving him chakra as much as needed.

Sanziya and Soriyu have trained him in Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and Ninjutsu, so he was a fairly good opponent as he knew a few Ninjutsu's that no one had ever heard of, a very horrible Genjutsu, and his Taijutsu style was so unpredictable that nothing could copy it. Not even Sharingan.

*Today is going to be an interesting day.* Naruto surmised as he went into the academy, entering into Tekai-sensei's class a few minutes later and seating himself beside a sleeping Shikamaru.

Tekai-sensei comes in ten minutes later, looking flustered.

"Sorry I'm late kids, my alarm didn't go off this morning and I woke up late and my stove wasn't working and-" she's cut off by a few students saying: 'It's fine Tekai-sensei, calm down.'

This was a daily routine, she was almost always late, and when she wasn't it was a miracle in itself.

"Okay, well, we're gonna take the genin exams today and then you'll be assigned to teams tommorrow if you pass." she says, taking out the class roster and calling each student to follow her into a seperate room. She gets to Naruto, he enters silently, his little chalkboard sticking out of the back pocket of his odd green and red jumpsuit. (Courtesy of living with Sanziya for 6 years.)

"Alright Naruto, this is pretty simple, I'd like you to create at least three Bunshin (clones), please."

Naruto nods, using hand seals so as not to give away his hidden skills, but he goes a little overboard and creates about six. Tekai-sensei's eyes bug out a bit.

*He's good for a genin.*

She marks down 'pass' on the sheet, telling him to grab a hitae-ate of any color. He looks over the colors: black and blue. He finally decides on a blue one, tying it around his head and bowing to Tekai.

"Don't forget to come back tommorrow for your assignment."

He nods, exiting the room.

::Outside the Academy::

Naruto sits outside on the swing, dozing lightly, but hearing the two women talk about him.

"I can't believe they let that little bastard become a genin."

"It's probably because of that demon whore of a caretaker that he has."

"Yeah, stupid bitch acts like she rules the village."

"She even has Hokage-sama wrapped around her finger, probably screwing around with hi-..." the woman trails off, feeling a sudden malicious wave of killing intent coming from the small boy sitting on the swing. She wisely shuts up as Naruto comes over, scribbling something down on his chalkboard.

'No one talks about Sanziya kaa-san like that, no one. Do not try me, I will not hesitate to kill you for that next time.'

The women shudder in fear as the boy walks away.

He later informs Sanziya of his passing the exam.

"Good job Naruto, I'm gonna teach you a new Genjutsu style as a reward!"

::Next day, Academy::

"Team Seven will be Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto, and Sasuke Uchiha! Please wait for your jounin instructor as he will arrive shortly."

Naruto sighs.

*What joy, a Sasuke-obsessed fangirl and a bastard with a tree stuffed up his ass. What a team.*

'Haha, that would be a pretty funny sight Naru-chan.' Kyuubi states, snickering lightly from behind her bars.

*Yes, very funny Kyuu-san, but I can already tell we are not going to get along, I believe that girl is the daughter of the woman who slapped Sanziya 'nee-chan.*

'Yes, and that boy had his clan slaughtered when he was seven. Everyone in this team has suffered a hardship, the boy has no family, like yourself, and the girl's real father is dead.'

*Eh, let them deal with it.*

Sakura, meanwhile, was glaring daggers at Naruto.

"So you're the one who's spreading lies about what happened to my dad."

Naruto sighs again, writing something on his chalkboard to her.

'No, that was my mother, I was just a victim.'

He had finally accepted Sanziya as his surrogate mother, unknowing of what she really was to him.

"You little bastard, whatever Daddy had done to you, you probably deserved it." she says angrily as Naruto grabs the sides of his head while Sakura continues to bitch.

*She's right, I did deserve it, I'm nothing but a, I'm just a...*

'Don't Naru-chan, it's not your fault that happened, don't release those memories, it'll be fine...'

*No, I just wanted it to stop, all the pain, please...*

'Naru-chan...'

Naruto opens his eyes, tears running freely down his face now as he struggles to keep his memories under control, and Kyuubi resists the urge to kill the girl in front of them. He wipes them away, catching Sasuke's confused look before hearing the click of the door opening, and a shock of silver hair poking itself into the doorway.

"Yo. I'm Hatake Kakashi, your instructor." he states, stepping inside and surveying them slightly through his one uncovered eye. His eyes lock on Naruto, who is wiping away tears, Sakura who is still glaring at the boy, and Sasuke who has gone back to his stoic mask.

"You're late!" Sakura yells, turning to Kakashi.

Kakashi's eye crinkles down in a slight frown.

"I'd say, my first impression of you all, is that you confuse me. Now, everyone to the roof." he says, poofing out.

Naruto surprises the other two genin by poofing out as well, beating Kakashi to the roof by a split second.

*Well, I guess I have to give him credit, I didn't learn teleportation until I was 16.* Kakashi thinks, watching as the boy sits cross-legged on the railing to wait.

"Don't fall off Naruto."

Naruto throws him a look that says 'Do you honestly think I'm that slow?'.

Kakashi's eye crinkles in a smile.

"Ah, didn't mean to offend."

Soon Sasuke and Sakura join them, and Kakashi speaks.

“So why don’t we start by introducing ourselves?”

Sakura raises her hand.

"Okay, but like how Sensei?"

Kakashi sighs, shaking his head.

*Such an airheaded little thing.*

"Full name, likes, dislikes, short or long term goals, and any hobbies you may have."

Sakura raises her hand again.

"You should introduce yourself first Sensei!"

Kakashi rubs his temples.

*Kami this child is loud.*

“Fine, my name is Hatake Kakashi. What I like and dislike are none of your business. My goals? Hmm...” he sighs lightly. “And I have many hobbies,” again he sighed lightly. “Now you pinky.”

Sakura huffs indignantly at the nickname, but continues.

“I’m Haruno Sakura, I like,” she looks at Sasuke and blushes. “I dislike Ino-pig. My goal is ...” again she looked at Sasuke but blushed even more this time.

*Great, and a fangirl too.* Kakashi thought, mentally rolling his eyes.

"Now you." he said, pointing to Sasuke.

“My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don’t like anything and dislike many things." There was a pointed look at Sakura, which to his dismay went unnoticed. "My long term goal is more of an ambition which is to kill a certain man and rebuild my clan.”

Kakashi nods.

*He's going to be trouble later on.*

"Okay, you're up." he says, pointing at Naruto.

Naruto takes out his chalkboard, writes everything down, and passes it to everyone.

It gets to Kakashi and he's surprised, but he doesn't show it other than raising his eyebrow.

'My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen, my kaa-san, and the old man Hokage. I dislike the three minutes it takes to make ramen, this village, and almost everyone in it. My short term goal is to contain what I hold within. My long term is to make friends outside this village.'

*He is very determined.*

Kakashi nods, handing it back to Naruto, who erases it. Sakura seethes and Sasuke is just stoic.

“Well then, meet me tomorrow morning on training field seven at 5:00 am for some survival training,” said Kakashi but before he could leave Sakura speaks up.

“Sensei, we did that in the Academy,” she said, calming slightly.

“This is different, this is actually your final test to become true Genin. Oh yeah, don't eat breakfast, wouldn't want you throwing up.” Kakashi explained, disappearing in a poof of smoke.

"Ugh, stupid sensei! I bet he'll be late tommorrow like he was before!" Sakura growls, fuming slightly. "Ne, Sasuke-kun, want to walk home together?"

Sasuke has already started walking down the road, attempting to get away from his teammates as fast as possible, but Sakura follows him, chattering endlessly about things he doesn't care about.

Naruto sighs mentally, walking to his home to see Sanziya waiting outside for him.

"Hey. We're going for ramen, I heard about your assigned team."

Naruto growls at the mention of his 'team'.

'They are all just going to slow me down kaa-san, I know we are supposed to work in teams, but the Haruno girl holds a grudge for her father from six years ago as well as a crush on the Uchiha boy, and the Uchiha is too set on revenge to even think about teamwork.' he writes, giving the board to Sanziya to read. She skims it, nodding.

"Alright, but try to work together tommorrow, ne Naru? Kakashi is very strict on teamwork. Have you been working on your telepathy with K-san, it'll do you no good to be showing a chalkboard in the middle of a mission."

Naruto nods grudgingly, not wanting to reveal all of his tactics so soon, but having no choice as he didn't want to talk.

"Good! Now, ramen time!" Sanziya squeals, grabbing his hand and taking off towards Ichiraku's.

::Ramen Shop::

"Hey Sanziya, Naruto, how've you been lately?" Ichiraku asks, sitting a bowl of beef ramen in front of Sanziya. Ashui, now 12, puts a bowl of miso ramen down for Naruto. She smiles at him, and he smiles back, mouthing a 'thank you'. Ashui blushes, scurrying into the back to cook more. "Still not talking, eh Naruto?"

Naruto shakes his head, Ichiraku smiles, patting his head.

"Give it time, you'll be speaking soon enough." the old man says as Naruto smiles at him.

*Pfft, yeah, then we'll have a big party with Otokagure and the Akatsuki.* he thinks, continuing to eat his ramen. Kyuubi laughs at this, but soon tunes out the human's chatter to speak with Soriyu.

'Hey Phoenix, where are you?' Kyuubi asks, reaching out to Soriyu with her telepathy.

'Right here Foxy.' Soriyu replies, yawning. 'I was in the middle of a beauty nap.'

Kyuubi snorts. 'Yeah, you narcissitic bird, like I care. Vain little bastard...do you think it's a good idea to let Naruto attempt to work with these children 'and' reveal his telepathic skills? They may turn traitor later on, especially the Uchiha child.'

'I believe we should let him do as he wishes.' he replies, yawning again. 'Now let me get back to my nap.'

'Alright, but if he's hurt you're answering to me.'Kyuubi growls menacingly.

'Right-o Foxy.' Soriyu states, curling back up to sleep.
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