Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto.
In the long history of the world, there have been instances where great power is bestowed upon a Shinobi. The greatest and most powerful of these Shinobi was the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha; he was the strongest in terms of power, speed, and chakra reserves. He was the strongest Shinobi to ever appear in the world so far, he also was the only person who could fight evenly with the Biju, so when the Kyuubi no Yoko attacked Konoha he was the only one who was able to save his people from doom. Yondaime battled Kyuubi for what seemed like hours until he decided that the only way to save Konoha and his people was to sacrifice himself and seal the Kyuubi inside his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki.
Despite the pain, loneliness, prejudice, suffering, segregation, neglect, and overall hatred that his son would have to endure while having Kyuubi sealed inside of him, it was the only possible way to save everyone in the village. He would have sealed Kyuubi inside himself but a Biju can't be sealed inside an adult, therefore he needed a newborn and the only one was Naruto, he had been born 10 minutes before the battle began. Yondaime had to protect his family, and by being a Hokage of Konoha he believed that made everyone in the village a member of his family. With despair in his heart for the life Naruto will have to live he gathered the chakra needed to call the Shinigami for the Shiki Fūjin, and with a scream of agony and hatred Kyuubi was sealed inside of Naruto.
With the successful seal of Kyuubi, Yondaime embraced his death as payment for the way Naruto will have to live, fully giving his soul over to the Shinigami. But then something happened that Yondaime did not intend for, when his soul left his body to be eaten by the Shinigami it collided with a soul going down to the village to inhabit a newborn child. Quickly, Yondaime sealed himself inside of the child's spirit thusly cheating the Shinigami. Despite the fact that he was imprisoned inside of this child's soul in the same way that Kyuubi was sealed inside Naruto, he thought that at least now he could watch his son grow up into a fine man, and maybe jut maybe help him out. Little did Yondaime know how much his container would be involved with Naruto's life.
As the newborn boy took his first breath and gradually opened his eyes to the world, everyone in to room looked on in shock at his eyes. They were nothing like the normal jet black eyes of the Himura clan; instead they were a deep beautiful cerulean blue. There was only one other person alive now that had those eyes and one dead person, but they were even more spectacular than Naruto's were, there was a deepness and powerful look coming from them. The as of yet un-named boy looked at his mother who was as pale as a ghost from all the blood she had lost during the birth, she instantly knew the perfect name as soon as she same those beautiful eyes she had know most of her life. She only said one word before she slipped off into a slumber she would never awaken from. "…Arashi…." She said with a smile on her face, leaving young Arashi alone in the world. Everyone else in the Himura clan had died in the battle with Kyuubi including Arashi's father. That day, October 10th, would forever live in the minds of the villagers as a day of victory and great lose. Two new lives were now left empty, but not alone; Naruto Uzumaki and Arashi Himura.
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(6 years later)
"Slow down Arashi!! You know I'm not as good as you at chakra jumping!" said a 6 year old blonde.
"Then this will be good practice for you Naruto. You could use it, we go into the academy in 2 years but we still need to train hard so we can beat up anyone who tries to hurt us like those villagers!" Laughed a boy with similar eyes but with light brown hair that swept upwards and to the right slightly, a look that gained some odd looks when the villagers thought also of a certain masked Jonin.
"But we need to get back to the orphanage for lunch, you know they don't feed us if we are even a little bit late. Plus, you now I hate going this way through town, everyone glares at us and it makes me feel really bad." As tears started to form in the blonde's eyes the other one stopped and turned around to look at Naruto.
"I know they hate us, and I know it isn't fair but we didn't do anything to them. I mean they throw rocks at us and curse us, I don't get why they do it, but it seems that they really don't like you. I mean when I go out by myself the people just tell me that I shouldn't be friends with you." Arashi said with a puzzled look on his face. "But I just tell them to blow it out their asses!" He blurted out laughing, trying to make his friend cheer up. Naruto perked up a bit and smiled his trademark foxy grin. "Anyway your right we need to get back home, I'm starving Naruto!" With that they speed away back towards the orphanage that had been their home for as long as they could remember. They had always been friends as long as they could remember too, it happened when they found out that they both had the same birthday when they were 4, after that they secretly celebrated it together on a day when everyone else was mourning.
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(Flashback)
"Hey, why are you sad? Did your parents die in the Kyuubi attack too?" Asked a 4 year old Arashi.
"Yeah, but that's not why I'm sad, it's because it's my birthday and only Hokage-oji-san has said happy birthday to me. He gave me a chakra control scroll, but I feel so lonely with only one person." Remarked a younger Naruto showing Arashi his scroll.
"Well at least you got something from Hokage-sama, I didn't get anything today, no one at all" said Arashi with tears in his eyes.
"Your birthday is today too?"
"Yeah, and Happy Birthday to you by the way."
"Thanks, I'm Naruto Uzumaki what's your name?"
"I'm Arashi Himura, nice to meet you Naruto-san, I 'm going to go to bed now because I don't have anything else to do today."
"Anou…Arashi-san…would you like to read the scroll with me and do some chakra exercises?"
"Hai!" Said Arashi grinning a huge smile.
The two children spent the rest of the day reading the scroll and practicing the steps in it. It was the beginning of both of the boy's first friendship.
(End Flashback)
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When the two boys got back to the orphanage they were greeted by scowls from the staff, they went in and got their lunch, ate it and then quickly left before any of the other kids tried to pick on them. Arashi suggested that they go see Hokage-sama and ask if he could go to the library for them to get some scrolls.
"Come on in boys." Said Sandime Hokage warmly.
"Hokage-oji-san!!" Yelled Naruto happily as he jumped on the old man.
"Naruto you can't do that anymore, I'm getting too old and you're getting too big" Laughed the aged Hokage as he set the bundle of energy known as Naruto back on the ground.
"Hokage-sama, could you please go to the library and pick up some chakra control scrolls for us?" Asked Arashi in a respectful tone.
"Arashi, I've told you that you can call me Hokage-san, I really don't care for that title. Why do you need me to go get it for you, can't you two go get it?"
"Anou...Hokage-oji-san, they don't let us in there, they chase us away and yell at us and call Naruto a demon or something."
"Yeah they are really mean to us and we can't get the scrolls we need, we already mastered the last 5 you gave us for our birthday 4 months ago!" The Uzumaki proclaimed to back up what his friend was saying.
'Hmmm, so they have already mastered those 5 scrolls, those were academy scrolls. They are progressing at an amazing rate, maybe I should see just how far along they are.'
"Well how about something even better than getting you two some more scrolls?"
The two boys' faces light up at the suggestion. "Like what?" The two asked.
"How about I teach you a control exercise personally?"
Their faces light up even more if that was possible at the suggestion of a personal lesson from the Hokage himself.
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" The said in unison.
"But there is one condition, that you tell no one that I taught you this."
"Anou…why Hokage-san?" Asked Arashi inquisitively.
"Because if I gave out lessons to you and everyone knew about it, then I would have to teach everyone!" Laughed the old man. 'Also because if might upset the villagers greatly, and they might just do something drastic.' He thought pondering where he could to this secretively.
"Hai, I see Hokage-oji-san, you don't want the other kids to know we are your favorites." Grinned Naruto very fox like.
The Hokage laughed at his comment and patter him on the head, ruffling up his unruly blonde hair. "Alright, you two come and meet me at the edge of the forest in front of Ichiraku's and will have a nice day of training, ok?"
"Hai Hokage-oji-san, but could we get lunch at Ichiraku's? Pleeeease??" Begged the blonde.
"Of course we can Naruto, why do you think I chose there?" Chuckled Sandaime. "Okay then, meet me there at seven o-clock tomorrow morning, and be prepared to show me what you can do."
"Okay Hokage-san, see you tomorrow." Both boys said as they left full of smiles.
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As the boys were leaping across the rooftops of Konoha on their way back to the orphanage they were wondering what the Hokage meant by his last statement.
"Hey Arashi, what do think Hokage-oji-san meant by "be prepared to show me what you can do" I don't get what hew could mean."
"Well I think it means that we are going to be training hard tomorrow, so we should get a good nights sleep so we will have as much chakra as we can. Maybe we should show Hokage-san those jutsu we have been working on." Snickered Arashi. "You have that one down really well, and I can't get it yet, could you help me out on it tomorrow?"
"Sure, but you gotta tell me how to do those ones that you are so good at" Laughed Naruto.
"Ok, it's a deal. But lets hurry back, its getting kind of late."
"Hai."
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As they approached the orphanage, Naruto suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong Naruto-kun?"
"Look, someone is in our room. I know I didn't leave the light on when we left." Just as he said, there were indeed three people inside of the room the two shared, and from what they could see the people were trashing and destroying everything in their room. They sat there and watched until the men were gone. Then they went in through the window to asses the damage that had been done, it wasn't like it was the first time this had happened. Lots of people hated Naruto for some unknown reason and would come and trash the place in hopes of finding Naruto and Arashi in there and teach them a lesson to keep Naruto in his place and to maybe get Arashi away from Naruto. But this time it was different, it wasn't just trashed, it was destroyed. There were kunai gashes all over their beds, and the words "filthy demon brat" were painted all over the walls, then there was something there that instantly caught Naruto's attention. In front of the door, there was a trip wire attached to an exploding tag…they were trying to kill the boys!
"We have to get out of here Arashi, now!"
"Why? What's wrong?"
Naruto simply pointed to the trap. Arashi's eyes widened, then nodded to Naruto to leave. Then the tag ignited, just as the boys were leaving.
"RUN!" Naruto screamed. They had just jumped to the next building, when their room erupted in flames. After the hellfire of flames died down all that was left in the room was the burnt metal frame of their beds. "Arashi…" Naruto said with a look of pained seriousness. "We can never come back here."
"What are we going to do Naruto-kun? Where are we going to sleep? What about our training tomorrow with Hokage-san?"
"Simple, we will just sleep in the forest tonight and wait for Hokage-oji-san there and we can talk to him about it. I mean he is the Hokage, I'm sure he might be able to help us out." He said this with a smile trying to hide the pain and guilt he felt in his heart.
"Okay, lets go Naruto."
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When they got to the woods outside of Ichiraku's they were exhausted, they had ran as fast as their legs and chakra could take them. When they finally found a spot to lay down Arashi looked over at his friend and saw that he was hiding something from him.
"Naruto, what's wrong? Why do you look so sad?"
"Anou…it's nothing Arashi-kun."
"No, there is something. I know you better than anyone, you can't hide things from me." He said with a frown.
"Well, I guess I feel guilty."
"Guilty?"
"Yeah, you could have died if we hadn't have gone through the window, all because the people hate me so much. You could have been killed for being my friend! Why do you put up with it, why be my friend if it could cost you your life?"
"Naruto, we are all we have in this world, with maybe Hokage-san as an exception. But let me ask you something, would you still be my friend if it was me they hated?"
"Of course I would, but that's not the point…oh yeah I guess it is." He said with a smile rubbing the back of his neck.
"Don't worry about, we'll talk to Hokage-san tomorrow about it, now lets get some sleep."
With that the two boys fell asleep in the tall grass around the base of a big tree. But that night Arashi would have a dream that was different than any other dream he had ever had before.
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Arashi found himself in a hallway, with torches and piping on the walls, there was about 3 or 4 inches of standing water on the ground. It was kind of dark but not too dark, but there was a yellow glow coming from down the hall and around some corners. As he went to follow the light he heard a booming voice call out to him, the voice way very loud and powerful but it also help kindness and compassion in it. "I'm sorry to inform you Arashi that you can't come any closer than there for now, as much as I wish you could I can't allow it. But I'm very proud of you for being a wonderful person and being such a great friend to Naruto."
"Who are you, and how do you know about Naruto? Why can't I come closer to you, I'm curious about you who are you?
"Lets just say I'm a friend right now, believe me I'll tell you more over time. I know about Naruto because I'm in here all the time, here inside your mind. But now more importantly, I want to teach you a jutsu for being able to get here." Yondaime smiled as he talked to the boy from afar, he really liked this kid he really reminded him of himself as a kid.
"A Jutsu? You serious? Thank you Voice-sama!" Arashi said gleefully. "What's the Jutsu?"
"It's a very useful jutsu in combat, in fact you would have learned it in the academy, but I think you should know it now in case something like last night ever happens again."
"Wait how do you know about last night? Oh right your in my mind. So what's the jutsu?"
"Kawarimi no Jutsu, or Substitution jutsu."
"All right, that means I'll be able to avoid all kinds of things when Naruto and I spar, I'll get a lot faster too! Thank you Voice-sama." Arashi yelled, jumping up and down. The rest of the night Arashi learned and mastered the Kawarimi jutsu, he couldn't wait to tell Naruto and show Hokage-san.
"Oh and by the way, you aren't allowed to tell Naruto who or where you learned this jutsu, so I would advise you not to use it tomorrow or until you are taught it at the academy."
"But that's a year away! It's so cool I know this now, why can't I show everyone?"
"That is because a good Shinobi doesn't show off his jutsu or brag about them, they should only be used when necessary, if you find yourself in a situation where you need to use it, the please use it to get out of danger. Also you shouldn't tell anyone about me because that might have people think you are weird, but anyway it's time for you to wake up I think your going to have a long day." Yondaime chuckled, before Arashi woke up to find the sun up and Naruto already awake, warming up for the day.
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When Sarutobi got to Ichiraku's he felt that the boys were already in the woods, so went over to see them. When he got near he saw that they were having a quick sparring session before their lessons with him. 'Always looking to improve themselves, they will be fine Shinobi indeed.' He thought with a smile. "Hey boys, it looks like you are early." He called out to them. They quickly whipped their heads around to see the Hokage watching them practice their Taijutsu.
"Good morning Hokage-sensei, so what are we going to be learning today?" asked Naruto.
"Please still call me Hokage-san, I'm not a sensei anymore, I'm just helping you out boys." He said with a smile remembering his old students. 'These boys show even more potential than you did at their age Jiraiya.' "But before I teach you anything, I want to know what jutsu if any you know, to see what we can do from there. Ok Naruto you first, tell me then show me the application."
"Hai." He did a few hand signs and then said "Futon: Zephyr no Jutsu" Then a cool wind began to blow around Naruto. After about a minute he dispelled the jutsu and the wind died down. "Well that's all the power I can get behind it right now, I really just use it to cool down if I get to hot actually." He laughed as he rubbed his neck while grinning. "I do have another one though, its actually a combat one." After some more hand signs he called out "Doton: Rock Fist no Jutsu" He slammed his fists into the ground and when he pulled them out there was a hard rock coating on his fists, very true to the jutsu's name. He then proceeded to punch a nearby tree, leaving a foot wide gaping hole in the trunk, gaining a wide eyed look from the aged Hokage.
"Wow, Naruto that is an impressive jutsu for someone your age. Also a wind jutsu is a very hard one to master, I'm very proud of you."
"Thanks Hokage-oji-san, but Arashi can do more jutsu than me. But only I can do the Zephyr." He said with his trademarked grin.
"Oh really, but remember this Naruto, it's not the number of jutsu you have. But how well you use the ones you can do. Very well lets see what you can do Arashi."
"Ok, here we go" After the hand signs he said "Katon: Heat Gathering" He focused on a pile of leaves nearby and then they suddenly leapt up into flames. Then very quickly he made 3 more hand signs "Suiton: Water Gathering" Then a mass of water materialized as the moisture in the air was condensed and dropped on the fire, putting it out.
"Amazing, for someone your age to have a fire And water jutsu, that is astonishing. So anything else Arashi?"
"Hai. Raiton: Static Fist" With that, small sparks shot out from Arashi's clenched fist. "If I hit someone with this it numbs them so I can get them again with a better hit. Also I can do Doton: Rock Fist Jutsu, but you pretty much already saw that, mine isn't as good as Naruto's but it can get the job done." Arashi said smiling much like Naruto. "Plus Naruto and I know all kinds of stealth and hiding jutsu and a few basic genjutsu. But Naruto is a lot better at taijutsu than me, he is just stronger and he has a whole bunch more chakra than me too, but I think I have a lot too. Also we can channel chakra to specific areas to help us in speed, power, agility, and combat." With this explanation Sandaime was astonished and the speed and amount of things the two had picked up, he was amazed at Naruto for his stamina and chakra holds and the speed he grasped concepts, and with Arashi he had almost unlimited potential with the amount of jutsu he already knew and the difficulty that they were. The chakra control was well above that of an academy student and they still had 2 years till they could enter it, with his assessment of Arashi so far he could easily compare him with Orochimaru in terms of potential and Naruto with Kakashi or Jiraiya.
'He can do four different elemental jutsu? No one should be able to do that at his age!' "Boys, I'm at a lose of words. I haven't seen this amount of potential in young Shinobi since my students, and I'm sure you know who they were." The boy's eyes widened at the fact that they were being compared to the Sannin. "Well I guess its time for me to get to what I was going to teach you. First I will teach you a chakra control exercise that will help you in maintaining chakra in a given spot." With that he picked up two leaves and place them on the boy's foreheads. "Now concentrate your chakra on the leaf and make it spin just above your forehead" They watched as he demonstrated. They quickly got it and within 3 hours they had reached Sandaime's satisfaction in the drill. Sandaime was very pleased with their progress. "Okay boys, I think its just about time to eat, don't you think? I know that I'm getting very hungry, you must be starving." They nodded their heads furiously, seeing as how they hadn't had dinner the previous night either.
"Oji-san, when we get back here Arashi and I have something that we need to talk to you about, ok?" Sandaime detected the nervousness in his voice and figured it had to do with the explosion the previous night. He thought that they might have caused it, but figured that he would let them tell him instead of interrogating them.
"Okay that's fine boys, well lets go eat. My treat." They all went to Ichiraku's and had a great meal, you would have thought that Naruto hadn't eaten in a week by the amount he ate, at the end Arashi had 2 bowls, Sandaime had 2, but Naruto and his ever expanding stomach had an astounding 12 bowls, the other two just stared at him in disbelief as he downed them all. No matter how many times Arashi say this spectacle he would never get used to it, and every time Yondaime chuckled at the fact his son is exactly like him in the food department. Now that they had finished they headed back to the forest to continue their training for the day.
"Ok, now what was it that you wanted to tell me Naruto?" He was expecting an apology for the explosion the other day, but instead Naruto broke out in tears and jumped on the Old Man in a huge hug.
"Oji-san, we went back to the orphanage after our meeting with you and when we got there we noticed that there were men in our room. We waited until they left and went in through the window and everything was completely destroyed. There was even an exploding tag trip wire rigged up to the door! T-T-They tried to kill Arashi and I! We don't know what to do, they wrote all kinds of stuff on the walls about a demon brat, and then the tag blew up just as we left. We could have died, and its all because the villagers hate me, I'm sure of it! They want me dead, and they pulled Arashi into it, I'm afraid I don't want my friend to get hurt because of me. We have no where to live anymore, because I know we aren't welcome back there. We slept out here last night, is there anything you can do to help us? Please Oji-san." There was a look of terror in Naruto's eyes that Sandaime had never seen before, also he couldn't believe that the villagers would go that far. He just looked at the boys with a look of shock.
"Is this true Arashi? Is Naruto speaking the truth?"
"Hai, Hokage-san. Could you please help us, I don't want anything bad to happen to Naruto."
"I'm going to alert this to ANBU and have an investigation put into action, these men will not go unpunished. Also I might be able to secure two apartments for you two, after all I am the Hokage I'm sure I could pull a few strings. But I will not have two of Konoha's brightest young stars living on the streets or in the forest. After we are done for the day you two are coming back home with me for the night, I will straighten this all out for you two and get you both a place by tomorrow, ok?"
"Anou…Oji-san, we really appreciate your kindness but do you think that we could get an apartment together?"
"I'm sorry Naruto but that really wouldn't be safe, if this were to ever happen again then you both could be targets instead of one. I know that sounds heartless but it is true, it is easier to protect you both if you are apart. Do you understand? But I could try to get two apartments in the same complex, to make it easier on you."
"That does make sense Hokage-san, thank you very much. Anou, what is the second exercise we are going to be doing?" With that the white haired Hokage laughed out loud.
"Sharp as always, eh Arashi? You both are going to turn out as excellent Shinobi." Seeing their smiling faces again after the period of frowns and tears, it just made him smile. Naruto had such an infectious smile you couldn't help but to smile too. "Well the second exercise is nothing like the leaf spin. You will be climbing trees." He stated plainly.
"Climbing Trees!?!" Yelled Naruto. "How is climbing trees going to help with chakra control??"
"You didn't let me finish Naruto. I meant to say that you will be climbing trees without your hands." He waited for another out burst from Naruto.
"How the HELL do we do that??"
"Calm down Naruto, just watch." With that he calmly walked over to the nearest tree and walker straight up side of the tree till he reached a branch about 60 feet up and then proceeded to walk upside down and then say "That is how you do it Naruto, you need to gather a set amount of chakra to the bottom of your feet and walk up the tree keeping that set amount of chakra coming out at a constant rate, not enough chakra and you will fall, too much and you will break into the tree and then fall or possible go through the tree. Here use these to mark your progress." He then threw two kunai down in front of their feet. "You might want to take a running start, it might help you at this stage." He said smiling, he knew that it would rather funny at first.
The two boys picked up the kunai, nodded to each other, then gathered the chakra at the souls of their feet and ran at the tree closest to them. Naruto got about 5 feet up the tree, then he simply fell off and landed on his face in a rather comical fashion, Sandaime couldn't help but laugh. Arashi did a little better, he got about 10 feet up before his foot cracked through the trunk and he jumped off to save himself the embarrassment of landing like his blonde friend. They continued running up the tree for about 4 more hours until Naruto had gotten about 30 feet up and Arashi had gotten about 40 feet up.
"Ok that's enough for today boys, lets all go back to my place and we can have a nice dinner, then you can go to sleep while I find you two a place to live. I'm sure you both are exhausted from all the work you have done today." He looked over to see them both laying on the ground panting like and Inuzuka. He chuckled and told them to come along. As they were walking out of the woods, they noticed that there was a rather large group of people at Ichiraku's. Arashi looked at the group and saw something he couldn't look away from. It was a little girl his age who had short black hair with hints of violet in it, also she had almost perfectly white eyes with no pupils but there was a small hint of lavender in her eyes. There was something about her that just grabbed his attention. Naruto was currently talking Sandaime's ear off about how he can't wait for dinner and to have an apartment all to himself tomorrow. Sandaime's then noticed that Arashi was looking at the group, when there was a tug at his robe, he looked down to see Arashi with a question on his mind. "What is it Arashi?"
"Who is girl over there at Ichiraku's?" He asked very quietly.
"Hmmm let me see, oh that would be little Hinata Hyuuga, the daughter of the Head of the Hyuuga Clan." He then heard something that was hardly audible come out of Arashi's mouth that made him smile greatly.
"She's beautiful…" He said quietly to himself. He then noticed that she was looking at him too, he then gave her a smile and a small wave. He saw that she then blushed and gave a barely visible wave back. Sandaime saw all of this and couldn't help but smile to himself as they made their way to the Hokage's house.
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The Hyuugas were enjoying a nice relaxing night out at Ichiraku's, everyone was enjoying themselves, especially Hiashi Hyuuga. It was one of the few times where he could relax a bit and enjoy some ramen. He was talking with another Main House member when he felt a tug at his robe, he looked down to see the adorable face of his eldest daughter Hinata.
"Yes Hinata? Is there something you want?" He asked with a rare feature, a smile.
"Anou…h-h-hai Ota-san, anou…"
"Out with it Hinata."
"W-who is t-that walking w-w-with H-Hokage-sama?" Hiashi looked up to see Arashi walking on their side of the street, Naruto was hidden on the other side of Sandaime.
"Well that is the last of the Himuras, Arashi Himura." He knew of Arashi's clan, and their power, and kekkei genkai of the clan. Even though it was a rarity that it was awoken, it was a formitable one. "I knew his parents well." He said with a sad face remembering his youth. "Why do you ask Hinata?" She blushed heavily at this question, Hiashi was taken back because he had never seen her do that.
"Anou…w-well you see, I-I-I j-just…" She looked down to try and hide her blush. "W-w-well" Then she said very quietly. "I t-think his eyes a-are r-really p-p-pretty." With that Hiashi simply laughed, but in a polite way in order to not hurt his daughter's feelings.
"Well what could be pretty about a Himura's black eyes?" He asked her.
"Nani? B-but Ota-san, h-his eyes are a r-r-really pretty b-blue." Hiashi then looked behind him and caught Arashi looking their way, what he saw was the deep majestic cerulean eyes that belonged to the last Himura alive.
'That can't be, Himura eyes are jet black, just like Uchiha eyes. Those look more like…no, I couldn't be like his. Why does he have your eyes Yondaime, my old friend?'
"They are very blue Hinata, I guess your right." He chuckled. Surprisingly he then saw the boy wave at Hinata, then even more surprisingly, he saw he shy little daughter give a tiny wave back at the boy while blushing. When he saw that the Hokage and the boy were gone and out of sight, he looked down at his daughter who had promptly fainted as soon as they were out of sight. "Hinata! Well it looks like we all need to get back to that compound." He said while lightly chuckling. 'This had been an interesting night indeed' Thought the Hyuuga Head.
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After the boys had eaten their fill of dinner, which was an astonishing amount for Naruto. They started to talk about things.
"Naruto, where on Earth do you put all of that food? You eat so much but your still small, where does it all go?" Asked the Hokage laughing as he said so. He hadn't had such a fun day in years, but there was still a very serious matter that he needed to address when the boys went to bed.
"I don't know Oji-san, I just know that when I'm hungry I need to eat so I eat till I'm not hungry." He said while rubbing his neck.
"Well that will eventually turn into a very expensive habit young man" He said with a grin. "About your training…" Both boys perked up to hear what he was about to say. "I know that you are both strong and that you have enormous chakra stores for someone your age, but a great Shinobi had vast amounts of chakra, do you know how to increase your chakra capacity?" The boys then looked deep in thought, until Naruto spoke up.
"Anou, you train really hard right?" Sandaime laughed hard at that comment.
"Hai, Naruto that is a way but there is also another way, a good way to supplement your training." The boy's eyes shot up at him like it was the biggest secret ever kept from them. "When you use almost all of your chakra and then go to sleep, your body naturally builds your chakra back up to its fullest, but it also makes your capacity more so you won't get exhausted the next day. If you take advantage of this fact and train till you drop every day then your chakra capacity will continue to grow everyday too." The boys were wide eyed as they took in the information. "So what I want you to do is to use your jutsu until you are almost out of chakra then go to sleep. Naruto, I want you to go up onto the roof and work on your Zephyr jutsu and try to make it more powerful, just try to make it more of a wind than a zephyr." he said jokingly. "For you Arashi, I want you to go into the Hokage gardens and use your Water Gathering Jutsu to water all of the plants, and then if you still have chakra left I want you to go up on the roof with Naruto and try to get that Katon jutsu of yours to start as fire, just work on getting a chakra spark. You just need to condense the hydrogen in the air and then try to get your chakra to snap like a match head. That should ignite the air and then you can try to control that fire with your chakra. Then it's straight to bed for the both of you, you will be in our guest bedroom. It's down the hall second door on the left." He said with a smile.
"Hai, Oji-san" 'So now both of them are calling me that, oh well it can't be helped' he chuckled. They both said as they raced off to finish their training for the night. Sandime then got a grim look on his face and he used a jutsu and appeared in his office and called for ANBU.
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"Hai, Hokage-sama, you called for me" A young black haired man asked the Hokage.
"Yes, I need an investigation done on the explosion at the Konoha Orphanage that occurred last night. It was set up to try to kill Naruto-kun and indirectly Arashi-kun. Also I need for two apartments to be acquired for said children, try to make it somewhere in between here and the Ichiraku Ramen Store." Sandaime said all of this with a solemn face.
"Hai, Hokage-sama I will get on it right away. I expect that you wish for the apartments to be acquired first. I will be on my way." The man bowed low and prepared to leave.
"Oh one more thing Itachi-san."
"Nani, Hokage-sama?"
"Try to get the rooms close to each other, but not too close if you understand what I'm saying."
"Hai." With that, he vanished with a puff of smoke.
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When the boys woke up, they could feel how much their chakra had increased. "Oji-san was right! If we do this every day we are going to be so strong by next year when we can enter the Academy!"
"Yeah, well lets go see if he got us apartments like he told us. I hope its near Ichiraku's" Naruto said while fox grinning like a madman.
"Well lets go see him, come on Naruto-kun." Arashi said as they both ran to go see Sandaime.
"Well good morning boys, you sure must have been tired. Did you have any progress with your jutsu last night?"
"What kind of Shinobi would we be if we gave away our secrets Oji-san? Not very good ones." He said while sticking out his tongue.
Amides hard laughter Sandaime managed to choke out "I guess you're right Naruto, but as Shinobi your Hokage as a right to know." He had them there, so they decided to tell him.
"Well I watered all of the plants and managed to upgrade the jutsu to Suiton: Rain Torrent Jutsu, I can make a lot of water really fast and control where it goes and the force it hits with." He said with a 'Naruto' smile on his face. "Then I turned heat gathering into Katon: Fireball Jutsu, its more of a small stream of fire, but its really hot can burn a lot of things and probably catch a bunch of stuff on fire. I was going to call it Ember Jutsu, but that sounded kinda lame."
"That sounds great, sounds like your almost at a level where you could the Uchiha jutsu of Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu. What about you Naruto?"
"Well I decided that I would work on my Doton jutsu first. After a While I was able to get it to Doton: Iron Fist Jutsu. It's much harder and packs a much more powerful punch than my last one. Then I did work on my Futon jutsu, and managed to advance it a bunch. I made Futon: Great Wind Current Jutsu, I compress air with chakra in my lungs and then shoot it out at great speeds to blow my opponent away. Arashi let me try it on him and it blew him back ten feet when he was running at me."
"That's amazing Naruto, to be able to do a wind element jutsu like that at 6…it's just amazing. Congratulations." He said with a great big smile. "Also I have some good news concerning apartments for the both of you." Their eyes lit up at the mention of their new homes. "ANBU did a good job finding a complex about halfway between here and Ichiraku's, I know you will like that Naruto. Arashi you will be in apartment 3K, while Naruto will be in apartment 4B." He then handed them their key. "You will also be given monthly allowance for you to buy food and cloths and such. But we are going to go out tomorrow and buy you furniture and make the place seem more like a home, does that sound good?"
"That sound great!" Then a wave of guilt rushed over the boys. "Oji-san, I'm sorry but I just feel like you are helping too much, we really appreciate everything your doing. But how are we ever going to repay you?" asked Naruto.
Sandaime smiled because he knew this was coming, the children were too kind to just take and take and take. "I'll tell you what boys, just promise me one thing and we can call it even."
"What is it Oji-san?"
"Promise me that you will try your best to become the best Shinobi you can be, to protect Konoha like it's your family, because after all that is what Konoha is to a Hokage everyone in the village is a part of your family and you must be willing to risk your lives to protect everyone in your family. That was the philosophy of Yondaime Hokage, and I believe that it is the best view of all for a Hokage."
"We promise to protect Konoha with our lives if need be, just like Yondaime-dono!" They both said, then Arashi said. "Demo…but does that mean that you think we could be the next Hokage?"
"You are very sharp Arashi, I do indeed you both possess qualities fitting a Hokage, but the road is not easy it is a long and hard dream to follow, but I believe that both of you could if you really set your mind to it and believe in yourselves and each other." He saw the determination in their eyes and smiled. "But then on the other hand, I might just stay Hokage forever." He laughed hard. "Or someone else might come along, that's why you must strive to be the best everyday. But that doesn't mean that you have to have no life other than training, far from it. You need to have a balanced life, have fun you are still kids. You really should only train maybe 4 days a week until your in the academy next year, don't overwork yourself." With that he left them to eat their breakfast before heading over to their new homes, while he went to get them both a special present.
"Do you really think we could be Hokages Arashi?"
"If Oji-san says so then maybe. It sounds like we were made for the job." Joked Arashi.
Ok, from now on my dream is to become Hokage! That way everyone will stop disrespecting me and they will have to look up to me!" Shouted Naruto standing on the table, while Arashi snickered at how ridiculous his blonde friend looked. Then Sandaime came back in with two wrapped boxes.
"Ok before you go I have something for the both of you."
"Stop spoiling us Oji-san"
"Be quiet Naruto, these will come in handy and will be very beneficial in the future." He opened the box to reveal two sets of wrist bracers and ankle bracers.
"Anou…Oji-san? What are these, armor?"
"No, no Arashi. These are Genjutsu seal bracers invented by Yondaime" Their eyes almost popped at eh mention of his name. "They are a easier way to wear weights to strengthen yourself and work on speed. Instead of having huge weights that you need to buy new ones of when you get to strong for them, you can adjust these with genjutsu so that it takes on the weight you want and it doesn't take up a lot of space. They are perfect training tools. Oh and by the way, these are your birthday presents for the next 2 years." He chuckled as he handed the bracers over to the starry eyes youngsters. He then gave them both a hug and escorted them to their new home. When he was on his way back to the Hokage Tower, he looked back at the apartment building behind him and thought 'You two will grow up very strong, and maybe one of you will become Hokage. I wouldn't put it past you, but first there is the Academy next year, it won't be as easy as you think. Good Luck. Why am I sounding like I won't see those two for a while? I am taking them shopping tomorrow!" He chuckled the entire way back to work. He couldn't wait to see how they would do at the academy.
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Wow 1st chapter is finally up, that was a lot longer than I intended for it to be, haha. Well I hope you liked it.
Yondaime: What the Hell I was barely in this thing, isn't about me? I mean it's the ARASHI Chronicles??
Me: BAKA!! (Bashes over the head with bucket) not Arashi as in you! The younger one! But you'll be in it more I promise, and Kyuubi will make her appearance.
Yondaime: Did you say her??
Me: Yeah you got a problem with that?
Yondaime: No! No!! (cowers in fear of my Writer no Jutsu.)
Hinata: Anou…r-r-rasenganr-rendan?
Me: huh, you want something Hina-chan?
Hinata: Is there going to be more of me in the next chapter? I really want to know Arashi-san better. 'he's really cute'
Me: Uhhh, Hina-chan you do know that I can hear what you think right?
Hinata: Oh no! ummm I d-d-didn't mean a-anything by that.
Me: Suuuure you didn't Hina-chan wink wink
Hinata: p-please comment, y-you already r-read it w-w-why not c-c-comment?