Earth's Legacy Chapter 4

OFIon does not own Naruto

Previously…

Naruto sighed as he watched his grandfather take care of the last of the attackers. Suddenly he paused, his sensor ability picking up one something.

His eyes widened in horror as he turned around, a last gang member with a dented helmet flew at Naruto with at least Chunin speed and a katana in hand. He must have been the leader as well as the person that was moving faster than the rest of the gang that Naruto had knocked out in the beginning.

Naruto's reserves were not full, not to mention the fact that he couldn't use any technique before he was impaled by the sword.

So he did the only thing he could do and raised the bow that he had strapped to his back. He barely even could register what he was doing as he placed an arrow onto the string with the same fluid motion as before and pulled the string back. His eyes shut themselves as the arrow flew at an incredible speed.

There was a thud as the attack fell to the ground, his dead eyes wide in shock as the arrow pierced through his heart. Naruto's eyes opened just in time to see the leader fall to earth a mere foot away from him.

The young boy fell to his knees, his world shattering around him as he placed his face into his hands began to cry. "What have I done…"

Present...

Jiraiya held a blanket wrapped Naruto in his arms as he tree hopped at a speed that could only be described as kage level. Every time his feet struck a branch, it cracked from the amount of force his wooden geta placed on the tree.

Jiraiya had not ran that fast since he had discovered Orochimaru had betrayed the village.

In the middle of the night, Naruto had begun shaking with cold sweat and had awoken screaming. His eyes were wide and full of fear, as if his nightmares were haunting him in the real world as well.

Jiraiya understood what Naruto was going through. The first kill was always incredibly difficult. Most shinobi had their first kill during their genin or chunin career. Naruto had just killed someone at the age of six and a half.

When most genin had their first kill, either their teacher or the Hokage would usually explain to them the reason why killing was essential in the life of a shinobi. If that didn't work then the parent of the shinobi was brought in which would hopefully calm them down.

However The Hokage wasn't here and Jiraiya's attempts to calm Naruto down wasn't work. Naruto didn't even have parents to comfort him. That left only one person left to calm Naruto down.

"Dammit Hime" Jiraiya groaned. "Where the hell are you…"

Iwagakure no Sato was known for being an odd village. The high mountains surrounded the village like a wall...to a prison. At least that was what some of the villagers thought.

Nevertheless, Iwa was known for its incredible defensive walls but more so its powerful shinobi that all held the determination of stone. The most powerful of these shinobis were the Tsuchikage.

The Shodaime Tsuchikage (First Earth Shadow) was Ishikawa Kamizuru. He was the shinobi who used his overwhelming power over bugs to destroy hundreds of shinobi single handedly and gather thousands of others under his banner.

The Nidaime Tsuchikage (Second Earth Shadow) was Mu. An odd man who was known for his incredible intelligence and elemental prowess that was beyond all others beside the Senju Brothers and Madara Uchiha. Everything returned to the earth due to the sheer power of his Jinton (Dust Release).

The Sandaime Tsuchikage (Third Earth Shadow) and current leader of Iwa was Onoki. Student of Mu and successor of Ishikawa's Ishi no Ishi (Will of Stone). The oldest living Kage at seventy two as well as one of the only two Kages to survive all three Shinobi World Wars.

Onoki sat at his table with his hands folded in front of him and a pensive look on his face. There was a reason behind this look from the oldest Kage. Today was two anniversaries, the death of his master Mu...and the death of a thousand Iwagakure soldiers to the Kiiroi Senko (Yellow Flash) during the Third Shinobi World War.

Damn Konoha bastard...

Onoki glanced down at the sake bottle on the table but didn't touch it. It was then he glanced out the window at the sun setting over the mountains of his village. Everything was peaceful and quiet...

Onoki narrowed his eyes. Something was off…

With a simple snap of his fingers, ANBU appeared before him with heads bowed and hands on their swords, ready to move on their leader's orders.

"Run a search around the village" Onoki ordered as he made eye contact with the masked man in front of him. "Don't let any of the villagers and if you find anyone who isn't supposed to be here, bring them to me"

The bear masked ANBU nodded his head. "Hai Tsuchikage-sama"

Onoki gave a slight nod. "Dismissed"

With that, the four ANBU in the room disappeared in a Iwa Shunshin (Rock Shunshin) but the thieves were already gone.

And headed toward Hi no Kuni…

Jiraiya let out a sigh of relief as he entered the town, the bright lights calming him down.

He had been running for the last few hours and had managed to cross the entire distance that would have taken him and Naruto a week running at genin speeds in that time.

Naruto had fallen asleep on his grandfather's back but was still shivering with cold sweat.

"Don't worry Gaki, this will fix everything" Jiraiya mumbled under his breath.

A year ago, he never would have thought he would care this much for a kid. Hell, he never thought he would have any sort of family. But within a few months everything had changed. Jiraiya would march into Hell itself and bitch slap the shinigami to save his grandchild.

The Sannin entered the large inn that was near the entrance to the town and quickly look around the large bar. It was lit by the light of a few old lamps and a small fire that crackled in the fireplace.

At the very end of the table was the women he was looking for.

The younger woman was of about average height and had short black hair and eyes. She was was wearing a blue kimono that covered her hands but it was the pig in her hands that raised the most eyebrows. She looked to be about 17 or 18.

The other woman looked to be only a few years older than the other woman and had long blonde hair tied into two ponytails. She had brown eyes the color of wood and was wearing a green haori over black pants and a grey kimono-style blouse. The most prominent feature about her was her...um...huge breasts that easily dwarfed all the other women in the room, something that was obviously noticed by all the men.

Jiraiya groaned, he had been trying to catch her when she wasn't drunk.

Nevertheless, he walked up the woman with Naruto in tow.

The younger woman noticed them first and her eyes lit up, the pig in her arms oinking happily.

"Jiraiya-sama!" The woman said with cheer.

The other woman looked up from her sake bottle at the cry at the white haired man before her and the little kid behind him with a blanket over his shoulders.

"Who's the Gaki?" The blonde woman asked as she took another sip of her alcoholic beverage.

Naruto looked up from his daydream and glared at the lady. "Hey! Only Oji-san can call me that?"

Tsunade glared right back. "I can call you whatever the hell I want Gaki"

Jiraiya gave a small smile. Naruto hadn't said a single word the entire trip here and now he was talking up a storm.

Jiraiya was snapped from his thoughts from Naruto pouting and tugging on Jiraiya's haori. "Oji-san, why are we talking to this mean old lady?"

Tsunade glared at Jiraiya, trying to ignore the old lady comment. "What's with the kid Jiraiya?"

"I need your help" Jiraiya pleaded with his former teammate. "He's Minato's son"

Tsunade raised her eyebrow. This was the son of Minato and Kushina, the Kyubi Jinchuriki. It had taken a while for her to forgive herself as Kushina had asked Tsunade to be her midwife but Tsunade and Shizune had been in Kaminari no Kuni and couldn't get to Konoha in time. Perhaps if the Slug Princess herself had been there, Minato and Kushina wouldn't have had to die.

"So you're Naruto" Tsunade said with a straight face, keeping her thoughts to herself. "How old are you now?"

Naruto looked up at the blonde lady. "I'm six"

Tsunade's eyes widened in shock. Had it really been six years since then?

Shizune saw her mentor was caught off guard so she bent down so she was eye height with Naruto and began to speak. "Wow, you're big for six years old!"

"Thank you pretty lady" Naruto said with a rub of his eye.

"I'm Shizune so you can call me Shizune-neechan" Shizune said with a smile. She would have to remember that Naruto called her pretty before he called Tsunade pretty.

While Naruto and Shizune conversed and the medic-nin discovered that the boy was much smarter than she originally thought, Tsunade and Jiraiya talked by the bar."Why did you bring Minato's kid to me?"

"Sensei gave this to me for you to read" Jiraiya said as he summoned a file in a puff of smoke. "It's easier than if I tried to explain it"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow as she grabbed the file, noticing the official ANBU Medical seal on the side. With a simple chakra blade, her finger cut open the seal that held it shut and opened the file. Her eyes widened to astronomical proportions as she began to read the contents. Her head began to shake in disbelief, even going as far as to double check the machine's work by comparing the DNA mappings manually.

Once she realized it was accurate, she leaned back against the wooden bar and placed a hand to her forehead. "This is ridiculous…"

Apparently Shizune and Naruto's conversation had finished as Naruto ran up to Jiraiya and tugged on his shirt just as before. "So who is this lady Oji-san?"

"This is Tsunade Senju" Jiraiya said, gesturing at the princess of Konoha as he said this. "One of the last Senju"

There was silence, both from Naruto and the entire bar however for different reasons. The bar hadn't realized that the Legendary Sucker was the famous Tsunade Senju. Naruto on the other hand recognized the name from Jiji reading him his medical file.

"Tsunade-sama…" Shizune interrupted with a cough. "People are staring"

Tsunade looked around and indeed they were. She nodded and gestured toward the door. "Let's go somewhere else"

"Shizune-neechan, why do you have a pig?" Naruto asked as he followed the teenage girl out the door and toward a different location. His comment earned him a giggle and an oink.

Jiraiya and Tsunade stopped right outside of the bar, letting Shizune and Naruto get out of earshot.

"What's up with the kid?" Tsunade asked her long time friend. She had noticed something off about him despite his attempt to act childish and innocent.

Jiraiya leaned against the wooden wall of the inn. "First kill"

"He's young" Tsunade commented. "That's some Warring Clans shit"

"I need you to fix him" Jiraiya said.

"That's not a simple medical procedure" Tsunade said with a roll of her eyes. "I can't just flip through hand seals and Mystical Palm that away"

"He needs a female figure in his life to care for him" Jiraiya explained with a sigh.

Tsunade scoffed at what the white haired man was suggesting. "I'm not a mother"

"And I'm not a father" Jiraiya said passionately. "But we have to be the parents to him that we never were to Minato"

Tsunade was about to respond when Jiraiya stopped her with a raised finger.

Jiraiya sighed and looked down at his clenched fists. "You loved Dan and I understand how that hurts. I was close to Nawaki as well. I feel so much guilt that we survive and live through everyday with our sins but an innocent child dies on one of his first missions"

He let out a growl of anger. "But you can't blame that on yourself!"

"Minato was our opportunity to fix our friendship and maybe our team in general but we let him slip through our fingers" Jiraiya said, staring at Tsunade's emotional brown eyes. "He grew up to be a great man with our guidance"

"We have a second chance Tsunade Senju to have a family" Jiraiya said with a small tear welling in his eye. "To care for a boy in need and fix our kunai-scarred hearts with love"

It was with that tear falling down his face onto the ground that he knelt down onto one knee.

Tsunade gasped. "What are you doing?"

Jiraiya smiled at her expression. "I haven't seen your face in so many years Tsunade-chan but with our without henge, your smile is the most beautiful in the world"

Tsunade couldn't stop her eyes from beginning to water. "Jiraiya-kun…"

"Through every little fight and skirmish, we have stood together as friends and have managed to brave wars together" Jiraiya admitted. "But even as a kid, I thought I could love you and spend my life with you"

"I will die for you Tsunade-chan" The Sannin said with an emotional smile. "And only death could do us part if you say yes"

Jiraiya reached into his pocket and pulled out a scroll, the type meant to be put into the pockets of a flak jacket and pumped chakra as he unwrapped it. With a puff of smoke, a small box appeared on top.

"I have loved you for over 45 years and I will always love you" Jiraiya said as he opened the box toward Tsunade, revealing a beautiful ring crafted on Mount Myobokuzan with an incredible diamond set in the center.

He took a deep breath as he uttered the most important sentence of his life. "So will you Tsunade Senju, my first friend and the love of my life, marry me?"

For one of the only times in her life, Tsunade was speechless with tears running down her face.

"Shizune-neechan" Naruto asked. "I have a question"

They had walked into the forest that covered most of Hi no Kuni and Naruto couldn't help but feel at home. Perhaps it was because of his great-grandfather creating most of the trees in the country but he felt like he was at peace.

With his sensing ability, he could feel the coursing of chakra through the earth and the trees. This was partially the reason behind his affinity to earth as he could feel the heartbeat of the earth and could guide it in the way he wished unlike normal shinobi. Most shinobi forced the elements to their will, controlling the elements by forced. An animal kept on a leash will never fight for someone the same way an animal that is treated as a friend might.

Shizune looked over the boy walking beside her. "Yes Naruto-kun?"

Naruto blinked as he looked at her, extending his senses onto the teenager. "You have high-chunin level reserves but they don't feel like normal shinobi reserves"

"You're a sensor" Shizune said with a little bit of surprise. "That's very impressive as you can even sense the feel of a person's chakra"

"I'm was born with a rather high affinity to Medical Ninjutsu which is the reason why my chakra feels different than most other chakras as it was meant to heal" Shizune explained. "That doesn't mean I can't kick butt!"

Naruto nodded in understanding. He assumed that this affinity was similar to an elemental affinity which meant that it was inheritable. His brow furrowed as he realized that he could have an affinity for medical ninjutsu as well due to his familial relations.

"Wow I wonder if I could use Medical Ninjutsu as well!" Naruto thought to himself, making sure to sound a little bit more like a child than he actually was.

"Anyone can use Medical Ninjutsu as long as they have very good chakra control" Shizune explained. "It's just the natural talent in the art is usually passed on through a family"

Naruto hesitated for a moment before agreeing on his decision. "Well my grandmother and great-grandfather were both skilled at Medical Ninjutsu"

Shizune turned to the boy with a raised eyebrow. "And who were they?"

"Tsunade and Hashirama Senju" Naruto said. He knew he could trust Shizune if his grandmother trusted the girl to be her apprentice.

"WHAT!" Shizune screamed in surprised. "TSUNADE-SAMA IS YOUR GRANDMOTHER!"

Apparently being a medical ninja did not make you quiet.

"Shizune, we don't want all of the Elemental Nations to know" Tsunade said as she walked into the clearing Naruto and Shizune were in with Jiraiya right behind her.

"Yes Tsunade-sama" Shizune said as she bowed her head in shame. "I was just surprised by this...revelation"

Naruto stared at his grandparents for a moment before turning to his grandfather with a raised eyebrow. "Did you propose?"

Jiraiya's jaw dropped in surprise. "How did you-"

"Obasan's face is red and covered in dry tears which meant something emotional happened. You also have a huge grin on your face which means you peeked on someone which is unlike due to Obasan being here or you're really happy about something" Naruto explained, using the information he had gathered by looking at them to deduce a conclusion. "Not to mention she has a ring on her finger and you're the only one who is likely to propose to her"

Jiraiya sighed and shook his head in disbelief. "I should have known"

Tsunade was even more surprised than Jiraiya. "He's as smart as you said he was"

"That's nothing" Jiraiya chuckled. "He's smarter than most of the Naras in Konoha"

"Yes Gaki, I used the opportunity of this mission to meet the love of my life" Jiraiya said to the boy. "Sue me"

"Ok, I give my permission" Naruto consented. "I do have a question though"

Naruto turned to his grandmother with confused eyes. "Obasan, why did you leave my dad up for adoption?"

Tsunade was not expecting that question and choked back a noise of surprise. Nevertheless she decided to answer the question and she bent down to be eye level with her grandson.

"Jiraiya-kun and I got together one night after the Second Shinobi World War before we went our separate ways. We didn't see each other for another three years" Tsunade explained. "We were twenty-seven then"

"I was a dumb kid who just got through my first war. I had lost my brother that year and my father and uncle only a few years earlier. I had begun a drinking and gambling problem to cope with all of this. I wasn't prepared to care for a baby" She continued. "So I left him at the Konoha Orphanage, told Hiruzen-sensei that I had found a baby on the border of Hi no Kuni and left"

"In hindsight, I know it was a bad decision. So much could have changed if I took the responsibility to find Jiraiya and raise our son…" Tsunade wiped a tear from her eye as she stared straight into her grandson's ocean blue eyes. "So please, forgive me"

Naruto was silent and for a second so was the forest. There was no chirping of birds, no rustling of leaves. The shadows cast by the trees seemed to grow darker and there was an almost unnoticeable vibration in the ground as all of nature responded to its master's emotions.

Naruto took a deep breath before sighing, the tensions slowing disappearing before he looked up with tired blue eyes.

"Fine, I forgive you" Naruto said with a sad smile. "You owe me ramen though"

Tsunade gave a small emotional laugh before looking up at Jiraiya. "I have not eaten Ichiraku Ramen in over ten years"

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "Are we going home now?"

"We're going back to Konoha?" Shizune asked in surprise when she saw her master nod yes.

Naruto grinned. "Yep, we're going home!"

"Itachi-niisan!"

Itachi turned around to see a small boy running toward him. He and the boy shared many facial features with their pitch black hair and similar facial features. The only major difference was the crimson red eyes that Itachi had compared to the onyx that his younger brother had.

Itachi's eyes reverted back to a similar onyx as he looked at his brother. "Hello Sasuke-kun"

"Can you train me?" Sasuke asked excitedly as he began to hop from foot to foot. "Otou-san just showed me the Katon: Gokakyu (Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu) and I thought I could get some help with it!"

Itachi gave a sad smile. "I'm sorry Sasuke-kun but I have to go report to the Hokage"

Sasuke's face fell as he hung his head slightly. "Okay Itachi-niisan, I understand"

Itachi knelt down onto one knee and placed two fingers to his younger brother's forehead, giving him a light poke. "Maybe next time Sasuke-kun"

With that, Itachi disappeared in a murder of crows before reappearing on top of the Academy. The man in front of him did not even need to turn around to know he was there.

"Hello Itachi-kun" The Hokage said. He pulled out his pipe and lit it with a simple Katon jutsu before taking a puff.

Itachi bowed his head in respect. "Hokage-sama"

Hiruzen nodded and gestured for the boy to stand up. "I have a request of you"

"Of course Hokage-sama" Itachi said. "Anything"

"Good to hear that" The Hokage said as he threw the young Uchiha a small scroll. "I would like for you to go to this training ground in 2 days"

Itachi cracked the seal with a burst of chakra and began to read the contents with a raised eyebrow. "What is this?"

Hiruzen paused as he turned away to face the mountain in which 3 faces besides his own were carved. A small smile crossed his face and his eyes twinkled with amusement.

"It's time for a test" The Sandaime Hokage said. "It's time to see if a new name is worthy to be among the legends"

Hey! Long time no see! Sorry that I haven't been active in a long time. School is time consuming and I have a girlfriend now so I haven't had time nor the drive to write. I did however manage to write this chapter. It's not super long or action packed but wait until next chapter. It's time for some Uchiha vs. Senju battling!

I'll see you around guys! Bye! -OFion

PS- Look out for a new story coming soon!