Kapitel 6: Chapter 6: I Am the Fourth Hokage's Son
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Iruka stuttered as he announced the result "Winner is, Uzumaki Naruto!"
The time was too short, the ending too swift.
The result was also far beyond expectations.
The entire battle couldn't be described as an even contest.
It was just Uchiha Sasuke getting beaten up unilaterally.
From start to finish, had Uchiha Sasuke landed any hits?
Only using the combination of Substitution Jutsu and Shadow Clone, when he snuck up behind, did he attempt a sneak attack with a kunai, only to have it knocked away by Naruto's prediction.
When did Naruto become this strong...
Just a few days of learning, and he could achieve such results?
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Atop the Shinobi Academy.
Sarutobi Hiruzen stood on the rooftop, asking the shinobi standing beside him, his face mostly covered, a shock of silver hair with only one eye visible.
"Kakashi, what do you think?"
Hatake Kakashi spoke softly "Their physical abilities are about the same, Uchiha Sasuke might be slightly stronger in raw power."
"But Uzumaki Naruto has more combat experience."
"He can also use chakra to increase his speed, a technique similar to the Body Flicker Jutsu."
"His instincts are also very sharp, befitting the Uzumaki bloodline, he must have awakened the talent of "sensing"."
"That's why Naruto won so decisively."
"If he had been distracted by the shadow clones, or if Sasuke had used his Sharingan, the outcome could have been different."
Sarutobi Hiruzen chuckled "Just now, he reminded me of the Fourth Hokage. What about you?"
Hatake Kakashi didn't say anything.
"One is the sole remaining scion of the Uchiha Clan, the other is the child of your late teacher, the Fourth Hokage." Sarutobi Hiruzen continued, "I'm planning to have you become their team leader."
"If there's anyone in the Konoha who can guide them, it can only be you."
Hatake Kakashi acknowledged "Understood."
"There's one more thing." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Naruto, who had returned to sit in the corner of the group. "Naruto wasn't like this before."
"He suddenly changed his personality and displayed such talent."
"The ANBU investigation didn't uncover any results, he hasn't had contact with any suspicious individuals, and the Nine Tails seal hasn't been breached."
"Find out the reason. The jinchuriki cannot be allowed to fail."
Hatake Kakashi acknowledged again.
Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his mouth, hesitating for a moment, the words "be kinder to him" never leaving his lips.
He felt there was no need to say it out loud.
Uzumaki Naruto was the son of Hatake Kakashi's teacher, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato. Logically, they were like brothers, how could the elder brother not take care of the younger?
Sarutobi Hiruzen left.
The Hokage's work was extremely busy.
Hatake Kakashi remained on the rooftop, his gaze occasionally sweeping over to Naruto, but most of the time resting on the gloomy, resentful Uchiha Sasuke.
The days of "genius" Uzumaki Naruto didn't get better.
He thought that after revealing his talents, he would start a life similar to the Shin'ō Academy.
But...
It seemed nothing had changed.
His classmates still didn't want to be his friends.
The teachers still hated him.
Even... some of the girls had an even worse attitude towards him - how dare you hit our handsome Uchiha-sama!
Naruto wasn't feeling dejected, after that time the Third Hokage came to "interrogate" him, he had lowered his expectations.
He was just puzzled.
The days in the "Soul Society" and the "Shin'ō Academy" had taught him a truth.
"Hatred" requires a reason - most people only treat strangers with a neutral attitude.
"Love" is the same.
He had already become excellent, had already given them reasons to "love", but they still treated him this way.
That could only mean, the reasons they "hated" him were far heavier than the "love" he had now offered.
It wasn't because he was an orphan, it wasn't because he used to be mischievous...
What could it be?
Looking at the distant Hokage Monument.
The four massive heads.
Naruto had long since committed the histories and achievements of these four to memory.
The First subdued the Shinobi world, the Second founded the Shinobi Academy, the Third was still alive, an old codger.
And the Fourth... saved the village from the Nine Tails, sacrificing himself.
Wait...
The Nine Tails?
The "inner power" within him was also a fox, it didn't know the Soul Society or the Spiritual Arts Institute, but it knew the Konoha.
Previously, Naruto hadn't connected these two things.
But now he couldn't help but consider it.
He entered his inner world.
"Brat, don't come bother me!" The Nine Tails became agitated upon seeing him.
Naruto looked up, gazing at those golden eyes "I heard a rumor when I was young, that the Fourth Hokage saved the village from a Demon Fox."
"Are you... that Demon Fox?"
The Nine Tails bared its teeth, not at all sheepish "That's right, so you finally figured it out?"
"But I'm not some so-called other half in your little friendship game."
"Brat, I wish I could just devour you."
Naruto didn't say anything, taking another step forward.
He didn't have any particularly special feelings about the fact that "the fox within him is the Nine Tails".
Even if "it" was the reason he was ostracized by the village.
Hatred?
Maybe a little bit.
But now, Naruto no longer cared about the village's view of him, he had another home, the Soul Society was far better than the Konoha.
He just looked up ahead.
The red prison gates, the talismans pasted on the cracks, forming the reality called "The Seal".
"So your reason for hating me, is that the Fourth Hokage sealed you inside my body?" He spoke softly, grasping the source of the Nine Tails' "hatred".
The Nine Tails didn't speak, just letting out a muffled grunt.
That blond man...
Naruto asked again "Why did it have to be me?"
"The Fourth Hokage just randomly picked some child, and it happened to be this orphan?"
For a being that could threaten the very existence of the village, it didn't make sense to seal it in a child - in the Soul Society, when fighting for survival, the bigger kids would always stand in front of the smaller ones.
The Nine Tails' expression suddenly became strange, it leaned closer, scrutinizing Naruto "Didn't the people of the Konoha tell you this?"
Naruto shook his head in confusion "I just guessed that you were the Nine Tails on my own."
If he hadn't gone to the Soul Society, he might not have even known there was a fox inside him.
"Brat, then let me tell you." The Nine Tails extended its claws, pointing at Naruto's forehead, grinning hideously, its words frenzied, "Of course that man, the Fourth Hokage, would seal me inside you, he had no other choice."
"After all, you are the Fourth Hokage's son!"
"With him about to die, the only one who could serve as a Jinchuriki vessel was you."
Naruto froze.
His features began to twist, to an incredible degree.
His eyes went vacant, then glared fiercely at the Nine Tails.
His faceless, nameless, never-seen-a-photo father, was actually the Fourth Hokage?
"How... is that possible?" Naruto couldn't believe it.
The things he had experienced were not enough to make him believe it.
If he was the son of the Fourth Hokage, he should be the child of a hero.
The child of a hero would be hated by the entire village?
The child of a hero would have no friends?
"I'm not lying to you." The Nine Tails bared its teeth, its emotions excited, as if it had found an incredible toy to play with, "It's the Konoha that has been deceiving you, not telling you the truth, they only want to use you as a war weapon."
"What purpose does a village like this even have?"
"Come now... remove the seal, didn't you want to borrow my power?"
"Just remove the seal, and that's it."
"Let's destroy this village together."
Naruto took a deep breath, even though in his spiritual space he didn't actually need to.
He wanted to go find the "Third Grandfather" and get a clear answer, whether these things were true or not.
But another memory surfaced.
It was from when he was very young.
He had asked the Third Grandfather for photos of his parents, but was told there were none.
Asked for his parents' names, was given the runaround.
Immediately following that, was the recent event.
The Third Hokage was no longer worthy of trust.
He was the one who didn't let Naruto know his parents' identities.
The Nine Tails was still clamoring.
"Shut up!" Naruto glared hatefully at it, "I won't listen to you!"
The Nine Tails narrowed its eyes "I like that gaze of yours."
"But at this point, you still want to protect Konoha?"
Naruto clenched his fists "The Konoha..."
"I'm not protecting it."
"Since you're the one my father sealed inside me..."
"I'll find him, and get the truth straight from him."
"Not by listening to you!"
"You... the murderer of my father!"
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