The Legendary Three

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Author's Notice: Hey guys as you can see I decided to revamp the beginning chapter of this story and this may or may not piss off you guys. Really depends on how you felt with the starting chapter. I was working on the plans for the future chapters of my story and with my original premise I found that the plot ended up being too generic and basic so I changed it. I don't know how you guys will feel about it but I decided to experiment with the idea so I re-created the first chapter all over again and this time when I worked on the future chapter plans personally for me I found it more unique and interesting compared to my original ones. Also for those interested there is also now a poll on my profile concerning the possible Kekkei Genkai combos Naruto will have the in the story so if you're interested please head over and vote. I'll probably only leave it for a week or two. Once again sorry about the change of my story but thanks to you guys anyway for the support, I hope you all bear with me because I personally for one believe this new premise is much more promising than the original especially at how it strongly relates Team Seven to the Sannin more and more. I really wanted to parallel the two groups and this premise gives the best chances for that.

I won't spoil anything but I definitely have big plans for this story and I am really working hard to make sure I made the right decision on changing the starting chapter, and honestly, I feel confident in my decision regardless as the writer of these stories. Personally, for me I just thought it through one day and I found that this premise held much more promise than the other one. But still for those wondering this will still remain a NaruSaku story, and there may still be Kekkei Genkai depending on the outcome of the vote. Like I said a while ago head over to my profile to check out the poll, also the latest chapter of The Will of Fire has also been released and be sure to check that out.

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Chapter 1: Tadpole

Team Seven was walking back from their latest mission in Nami no Kuni, it had been a rather interesting past month for Team Seven with meeting Tazuna and his family and with fighting Zabuza and Haku. It was a disaster of a C-Rank mission when you consider the fact that it practically turned to an A-Rank possibly even S-Rank mission in the end with one of the famed Seven Swordsmen of the Mist ending up as being one of their opponents. Not even including the Ice Kekkei Genkai wielding Haku by his side.

The three genin of Team Seven grew up from that one trip, it was during that trip that they really experienced and realized the ninja life, they had to get used to that if they wanted to survive in the ninja world. It was a cruel eat or be eaten world, and you had to be prepared at all times if you didn't want to die because anything could happen at any time.

They got lucky at the end that not only did Kakashi win his battle with Zabuza, or that Naruto managed to miraculously defeat Haku with the Kyuubi's powers, but that Naruto's words reached Zabuza's heart that he helped them dispose of Gato and his men. It was only by a small margin that they managed to survive that ordeal, any other time they may not have been so lucky.

But even with the recent string of events deeply etched into everyone's minds, Naruto still couldn't contain his amazement at his sensei during his fight with Zabuza. Naruto mostly focused on his own fight with Haku but he managed to view a few of the techniques used by Kakashi and Zabuza during their second bout by the bridge.

But what really caught Naruto's attention were the dogs his sensei summoned, they were loyal companions for Kakashi and they really helped him with his fight against Zabuza, without them Naruto didn't think his sensei may have won seeing how even the battle between the two was.

After a few more hours the exhausted team arrived by the gates of Konoha, Kakashi quickly dismissed the team but not before commending them for a job well done. As soon as the three genin were dismissed Kakashi walked over to the Hokage's office to deliver the mission report.

Mount Myōboku

A large aging brown toad sat by his throne, the creature wore a strange black hat and a necklace with the kanji of oil on one of the beads. He sat by his throne glancing at the two significantly smaller and slightly younger toads in front of him.

"Gamamaru-sama why did you call us here?" asked the aging male toad.

"The Child of Prophecy is due to arrive soon" he said in a rather cryptic tone as the two smaller toads in front of him gasped in shock.

"The Child of Prophecy you say? What do you mean by that Gamamaru-sama?" asked the old female toad.

"Fukasaku, Shima I urge you two to keep your eyes out. In the coming days the Child of Prophecy we have been waiting for will arrive in our homeland very much the same way his future sensei did many years before him"

"You mean Jiraiya-chan don't you?" asked the toad known as Fukasaku.

Gamamaru nodded, "Hai the mysterious blue-eyed boy will arrive soon, he will be the one that will gain the power to either destroy the world or save it from ruin" he explained.

The toad known as Shima nodded in understanding, "We understand Gamamaru-sama we will prepare ourselves for his arrival.

"Very good Shima, the time is fast approaching I can still remember the day I told young Hagoromo of the prophecy and now hundreds of years later it is fast approaching. It is now our duty to guide the young man to the light, he must guide him to use his powers for good to save the world as a harbinger or peace, rather than a destroyer of worlds who will lead this world into ruin.

Fukasaku and Shima gulped nervously simultaneously, this was an enormous task. The Child of Prophecy was arriving soon and now they had to guide him so that he wouldn't destroy the world, a heavy burden where one wrong move could result in the end of the world.

"You may find that he has a lot in common with the boy we thought would have been the Child of Prophecy once upon a time ago" said Gamamaru.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Fukasaku.

Gamamaru merely chuckled at life's somewhat cruel sense of irony, "You'll see soon enough" he replied.

A Few Days Later

It had been days since their return from Nami no Kuni but now the three genin of Team Seven were just finishing their first training session since their return to Konoha. This added with the progressive fatigue from their most recent mission left the three genin exhausted and drained, this time around Kakashi didn't really take it easy on them.

The Nami no Kuni was yet another eye-opening experience for Kakashi, he knew he had to prepare his students better if they wanted to survive and achieve their missions. So, from then on, he had a more hands-on approach towards the training of his three students and this time they focused on growing their chakra reserves and controlling their chakra while also putting a bit of emphasis into their physical conditioning and their taijutsu.

After the training, the three genin were left hunched over covered in sweat, their breathing turned ragged as small bruises could be seen across their arms and legs, and even their torso. Kakashi didn't really go easy on them this time around.

"I hope you three understand why I have to be much harsher this time around" he said before putting up two fingers, "Actually there are reasons why I'm taking a more hands-on approach on your training. The first reason is that you three should know by now that we were very fortunate in our most recent mission. We may not be so lucky again, and I for one won't be there to protect you three all the time so I feel it's time we start kicking our training regimen up a notch higher so that in the off chance you are left isolated to fight for yourselves you three will be better prepared to face your opponent"

"What's the other reason Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked out of pure curiosity.

"Well Naruto the second reason is because I was called into a Jonin meeting just recently and I've told that the Chunin Exams were coming soon in two full months and I recommended you three for the exams, but as you know you must be fully prepared for the exams if you wanted to pass let alone survive. So, as I said we will increasing the difficulty of our training and I promise I won't let up so you three better bring your A-Game to this"

"Hai Kakashi-sensei" the trio yelled out, "We won't let you down sensei" added the young blonde.

"I know you won't but as the saying goes, better safe than sorry" he replied as Naruto raised his hand, Kakashi raised his visible eyebrow before pointing at the young blonde, "Yo?" he asked.

"Umm sensei I've been wondering about this for a while now, what were those dogs you summoned in your fight against Zabuza? How'd you summon them sensei?"

"Ah I see Naruto, well that is called the Kuchiyose no Jutsu, its sole purpose is to summon creatures, contracted creatures to be exact. Many different ninjas hold summoning contracts mostly with just one creature. I for one signed the dog summoning contract, the Sandaime Hokage signed the ape summoning contract, Tsunade-sama of the Sannin signed the slug summoning contract, and so on and so forth" he answered.

"Whoa that's so cool sensei. Can you show us how you do it?" clamored the young blonde.

"Alright then Naruto" answered the masked jonin before he carried on to slowly weave hand seals before biting the tip of his thumb and slamming it into the ground, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu" he yelled as a puff of smoke engulfed the area surrounding them.

As soon as the smoke subsided, Naruto and the rest of Team Seven were left in awe of the group of dogs right in front of them.

"Pakkun and the Ninken reporting for duty" said the miniature ninja pug as the three genin freaked out a bit.

"What the hell it can talk?" they all yelled in absolute shock.

Pakkun nodded, "Yeah all of us can talk, we are summoning creatures after all. We're like the ninken of the Inuzuka tribe but a bit more advanced, we can also use chakra like, walk on trees, water and whatnot. We're pretty cool if I do say so myself" he replied with a rather smug tone at the end.

"Yo Pakkun" greeted the masked Jonin, "Sorry about this I really just called you here because my students were curious about you guys. They saw me summon you guys against Zabuza and they wanted to see it again"

"That's alright Kakashi, I guess if that's it we'll head back again. Nice seeing you Kakashi and nice meeting you kids" said Pakkun before the dog squad vanished leaving a plume of smoke.

"What a nice dog" muttered Sakura.

Kakashi nodded, "Yeah they're definitely great and extremely useful in battle. Not many ninjas have summoning contracts, I wouldn't necessarily say it's rare but it definitely isn't common" he replied.

Naruto grinned from ear to ear after watching the full display, it really caught his attention and unknown to the masked Jonin Naruto really examined his hand movements when he formed the jutsu and he made a mental note to memorize every single hand seal used in the jutsu.

"Thanks for showing us that Kakashi-sensei it was super cool" he beamed with excitement in his eyes.

"Don't worry about it Naruto, maybe one-day you guys might be able to get a summoning contract yourself" he said as the young blonde raised his hand to ask a question.

"Can't you just let me sign the dog contract like you did?" he asked, "Those dogs seemed real cool and I'd love to have them as my own summon"

Sasuke's eyes widened in realization before he raised his own hand, "If Naruto signs that contract I want to sign it as well" he replied.

Kakashi waved their requests off, "Unfortunately that's a no from me, summons is one thing you have to judge yourself. I don't recommend you just signing the dog contract because that's the first contract you guys have ever seen. Explore first and examine the other possible summoning contracts you can sign because there are so many around the world with each creature holding its own unique strengths and weaknesses. Experience this first and when the time is right or when the feeling is right then you should make a decision for what you think you should truly sign with" he explained in a sage like tone.

Naruto and Sasuke sighed in disappointment, "Fair enough I guess sensei" they said in unison.

"Well without further ado I guess that's us for now guys. Excellent training and meeting, I suggest head home for now, rest and recover because we'll carry on with our training again in a couple of days and let me warn you three now it only gets worse from here" he said in a sadistic tone before waving his hand and vanishing mysteriously leaving only a trail of smoke.

Sasuke sighed at the antics of their Jonin sensei, "I'll see you guys later as well" he said before walking away from the training ground, Sakura wasn't far behind asking to walk with Sasuke. This left Naruto all alone in the training grounds, the young troublemaking blonde had a mad grin plastered on his face which indicated a devious plan forming in his brain. He waited an extra five minutes to make sure the rest of his team were away, so that they wouldn't be able to witness what he was about to do.

Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram

After the final hand seal Naruto bit the tip of his thumb until it showed a bit of blood, he then slammed his hand onto the ground enthusiastically screaming the words, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu", then everything became a quick blur for the young boy.

Mount Myōboku

Naruto coughed uncontrollably at the large amount of smoke engulfing him, after a few seconds the smoke began to die down and as soon as the surroundings became visible Naruto's eyes began to widen in shock, as the panic took over him. He looked around the area and he was nothing like Konoha, it didn't even look like it was in the Land of Fire.

"WHAT THE FUCK WHERE AM I?" he yelled off the top of his lungs, he gulped nervously as sweat raced down his skin, "Oh Kami I really fucked up this time" he softly muttered to himself. All around him was a very dense, vibrant and colorful forest filled with gigantic mushrooms and humongous leaves. All around the strange forests there were also towering stone statues of what appeared to be toads.

Naruto was in panic mode, he ran all around the forest looking for a way out. His breathing turned ragged and his mind was clouded with doubt and fear, fear of never making it back home. He ran for what felt like three hours until he eventually found an exit from the dense forest area. He left that area only to find a village with varying sized homes. He walked around but he suddenly freaked out when he noticed the inhabitants, there were toads all over the village all the toads were conversing and going around their daily lives the same way the people of Konoha did.

"Oh my god how did I get here? Did I eat a weird mushroom or something during training?" he muttered to himself as he walked deeper and deeper into the village, but as he continued to walk he began to feel the piercing gaze of the toads right at him and he could easily tell many of the hushed whispers were about his arrival to the weird toad village.

Naruto decided to pay no notice and walk further in until he found signs of actual human life, he then stopped abruptly when he heard one of the toads address him.

"My oh my, look what we have here. An actual human visiting our home Mount Myoboku, what brings you around here young man?" asked the toad.

Naruto turned back and there he found a significantly old looking toad with white hair styled like that of a mohawk and a goatee to accompany it, and on his back, was a grey cape enough for a toad of his size.

"Hey sorry about this, my name's Naruto Uzumaki. I think I screwed up a bit, I used a summoning jutsu after my training then I suddenly found myself here, problem is I don't know where here is and I don't know how to get back home to Konoha"

The old toad laughed out loud he couldn't believe the chances of this happening, the arrival of this boy had been foretold earlier on by The Great Toad Sage Gamamaru.

"My name is Fukasaku young man, don't worry something like this has happened once before but we know how to bring you back to Konoha" he replied as Naruto rejoiced.

'Ah so this is your brat then Minato, looks just like you' Fukasaku thought to himself, this prophecy had been foretold by the Great Toad Sage a few days ago and only upon seeing the boy with his own two eyes did he finally understand the Sage's cryptic message at the end. He reminded him of Minato of course because he was Minato's secret son after all.

"So, you can reverse this mess? Thank Kami I was beginning to lose hope"

"Yeah, we can don't worry Naruto-chan, but what you did was extremely risky and dangerous" he warned sternly as Naruto looked at him curiously.

"What do you mean by that?"

"What I mean is that some people are gifted with an affinity for a personal summoning creature and as such you have been shown that your affinity is that with us the toads, and because of that when you used your jutsu you were immediately summoned here. But some people aren't so lucky, some aren't born with an affinity for any creature and so when that does happen and when they do try to experiment with the jutsu without first signing a summoning contract they may be transported to a realm between life and death, between space and time, a place of absolute darkness and nothingness" he answered in a grim tone greatly scaring Naruto.

Goosebumps ran across the young blonde's skin he gulped nervously upon hearing the possible repercussions he could have faced, 'Holy shit I could have seriously fucked myself up by doing this' he nervously thought to himself.

"But seeing how you're here now with us I for one think this is a sign of destiny" exclaimed the aging toad with a grin on his face.

Naruto turned to him with a skeptical look, "You really think so? This could just be a coincidence for all we know" he replied.

Fukasaku on the other hand shook his head as an even larger grin broke out on his face, "Trust me nothing in life happens just because of coincidence. Everything happens for a reason and it was our destiny to meet here and today, it was your destiny to be transported here of all places, and it is your destiny to sign with us the toads" he said proudly, "So what do you say would you like to join the elite group of ninjas who signed the toad summoning contracts?"

Naruto shook his head, "Nah I'll pass thanks for the offer though" he replied before walking off. Fukasaku failed to follow Naruto instead he was glued to the ground in absolute shock he didn't see this coming, he then shook his head and hopped over to catch up with the young Uzumaki.

"What do you mean you'll pass? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity do you know how many people would kill to sign the toad summoning contract?" he yelled in disbelief.

Naruto merely shrugged, "Don't get me wrong toads seem cool but when I saw my sensei fight with his ninken summons I thought to myself I'd want ninken summons of my own. They were pretty bad ass and I'd be pretty bad ass if I got myself some of those" he said with a hopeful gleam in his eyes.

Fukasaku scowled before jumping up and bonking Naruto on the head, "You imbecile do you not know what you're saying. Yes, Ninken are an impressive summon but they are far from the level of the toads. Let me show you something you dumb brat" he said.

Naruto nursed his bruised head as he followed the annoyed Fukasaku, 'If this brat really is the Child of Prophecy Kami help us all' he thought to himself.

Fukasaku led Naruto to a different area of Mount Myoboku, he led him to the area where they housed the mountain's three great battle toads. Naruto walked to what was a battle training ground and there he found three gigantic toads sparring with one another, his eyes widened in shock at the sheer size of the three toads.

Fukasaku noticed Naruto's expression and he couldn't suppress the grin forming on his face, "These are the three battle toads of Mount Myoboku. The Chieftain is the red one with a Dosu Blade his name is Gamabunta. The other red one is Gamaken, then the green one with the two katanas is Gamahiro" he pointed out as Naruto watched the three battle toads spar with each other.

They chose not to bother their training exercise and instead walk back to the safer more docile area of the mountain, "As you can see Naruto us toads have so many uses. We have spy toads, smaller battle toads, giant battle toads, scouting toads, and even toad sages. We are one of the most renowned and powerful summon creatures in the world and you'd be a fool to let this chance go" he explained.

"But the dogs seemed cool, but then again those battle toads were awesome as well" Naruto muttered to himself as he tried to think of which one he'd rather sign at the end.

"Naruto-chan, two of Konoha's greatest ninjas signed the toad summoning contract. One is the current toad sage and one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, a student of the Sandaime Hokage Jiraiya of the Sannin, and the other was his now deceased student the Yondaime Hokage Minato Namikaze"

The young blonde's eyes widened in shock, "The Yondaime?" he asked as Fukasaku nodded in confirmation.

The Yondaime Hokage was Naruto's idol and hero growing up, he always wanted to be like the Yondaime and upon hearing that he was a toad summoner that was enough to sell Naruto on the idea. He had a foxlike grin as he faced Fukasaku, "You know what geezer toad I'm in, I'll sign the contract" he answered.

Fukasaku smiled back before weaving a few hand seals before bringing forth the Toad Contract Scroll, the old toad opened it revealing the past summoners of the toads, and right there Naruto saw the signatures and the hand prints of Konoha's own Jiraiya of the Sannin and their Yondaime Hokage.

Naruto smiled before going to sign his name with the blood from his hand, with that Fukasaku smiled before closing the scroll.

"Congratulations Naruto-chan from this day forth you are officially a summoner of the toads"

Naruto raised both his hands into the air as a triumphant grin adorned his face, "Yatta" he yelled.

"Try summoning something now" he ordered, Naruto grinned and once again formed the hand seals for the jutsu once more but this time around having already signed a summoning contract.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu"

This time around Naruto did manage to something, a rather small orange toad.

"Yo I'm Gamakichi" said the toad, Naruto looked rather disheartened he was hoping for one of the battle toads or something.

Naruto turned back to the toad to shake its hand, "Yo I'm Naruto I just summoned you here" he answered in a rather dull tone.

Gamakichi looked over at Fukasaku, "Is he for real gramps? Did you really give him the summoning contract?" he asked in a curious tone.

Fukasaku chuckled and nodded, "Yes Gamakichi, I'm sure you'll find that this kid has tons of potential. You're actually his first proper summon, and to already get a toad rather than a tadpole in your first attempt not bad at all" he admitted.

"I was hoping someone like those battle toads geezer toad, I have the Chunin Exams coming up in a few months and I want to head there totally ready to kick some ass" Naruto yelled enthusiastically.

Fukasaku slowly rubbed his goatee, "The Chunin Exams you say? Well as one of the latest summoners of toads we must make sure our summoners put on a good showing. We don't want you embarrassing us now so I guess it's only fair we help out a bit with your training to get you ready for the Chunin Exams"

"You for real gramps? That sounds cool, with your help surely I'll be able to summon those battle toads in no time" replied the boy as he chuckled in a sinister tone imagining demolishing Sasuke in a battle with his new battle toads by his side.

Fukasaku smiled as he decided to take Naruto on as his new student, he only used the Chunin Exams as a lie or an excuse if you will. Fukasaku was going to train Naruto regardless for two things, for starters he was the Child of Prophecy Gamamaru talked about and it was his role to help guide him in his journey, and the second was he owed Minato enough that he'd make sure his one and only son would be strong enough to protect himself from the dangers that will eventually come his way.

"Well then let's go for now Naruto-chan, we'll transport you back to Konoha for now so you can rest and recover a bit" he said.

"But how am I going to get back here to train?" asked the boy.

"Don't worry we'll be able to reverse summon you here so that when we feel it's time for our training we'll be able to bring you here to give you your own individual set of training"

"That sounds great geezer toad, I can't wait" he yelled off the top of his lungs.

Fukasaku couldn't help but smile, he may have been Minato's kid but some of his mannerisms really reminded him of Jiraiya.

"Before then though why don't I bring you along to my house, I'll introduce you to my wife Shima. She's preparing some of her famous grub and I'd like to offer you some as our newest summoner and guest" he said in a polite tone.

Naruto shrugged and decided why not, he was really hungry now and he wasn't one to pass up on the prospect of free food, "Sure I'd be glad to. Thanks for that" he replied not even realizing the type of meal they were preparing. Naruto walked over to Fukasaku's home unknowing of the danger that would soon befall his stomach.

Glossary

Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Technique

Author's Note

Well everyone here is the second attempt of a first chapter for this story, like I said a while ago I'm sorry for the people who liked the initial version but I decided to go with this one instead because I felt this one had more options and more potential than the other one. This one wasn't as linear as the original and so I decided to go use this one as my new introductory chapter for this story. Later, I'll explain the differences I had between both plans but for now I'll keep it to myself because I don't want to spoil my plans to you guys. Anyway, also remember to check out my profile for the poll concerning Naruto's possible Kekkei Genkai in the story. The vote is in my profile and I'll probably only keep it there for one if not two weeks at most probably. It'll be relatively quick since I'll be needing the poll for another decision in another story of mine soon after. In general, be sure to check out my profile because there will be a lot of polls coming up in the foreseeable future. Anyway, thanks everyone for the support, please continue to favorite and follow this story, and if you have any general concerns, questions or suggestions feel free to leave a review or to pm me. I'll try to answer any questions, thanks again everyone hope you enjoyed my latest chapter for this and my other stories.