Chapter 2: The Talk

Hokage Office

Hiruzen Sarutobi had come to expect the impossible in his many years. He fought in many battles, lead his village through two great wars, and literally wacked the strongest of the bijuu around with a long "stick." Yet for all his experience and knowledge the blond boy that sat in front of him still found a way to surprise him.

"So, let me get this straight Naruto." Said the Hokage. "You opened the scroll and placed your hand on the seal inside. Then a sword popped out of the scroll and hit you in the gut?"

Naruto nodded while scratching the back of his head.

The Hokage sighed and rubbed his temples, 'Well at least he is being honest.' Hiruzen picked up his pipe and had a few puffs of smoke to help get rid of the developing headache. 'Now then about that sword…'

"Can you show me the sword Naruto?" the Hokage asked.

"Yeah, but uh…" Naruto looked around anywhere, but at the Hokage.

"What's wrong?" asked the Hokage.

"Well I-uh don't know where it is." Stated Naruto nervously and became saddened at the thought of its loss. He really liked that sword. It looked so cool and every time he saw it he felt… something. Comfort? Protected? He didn't know, but it was a good feeling.

The Third Hokage sighed again. "You most likely have to summon it."

"How do I do that?" Naruto immediately asked and jumped to his feet. Excitement ran through his body as he thought of seeing the sword again.

"Try channeling your chakra through your body and imagine the sword out in front of you. If my suspicions are correct then the sword will appear when you call to it." The Hokage answered.

Naruto nodded in understanding and formed a ram seal with his hands. He focused on the inner energies of his body, spreading it throughout his body and pictured the sword within his grasp.

Nothing happened for a few minutes and the blond started to get frustrated. He summoned more of his chakra from within himself and focused harder on the image of the sword.

The Hokage sat stunned and awed in his chair as he felt the room fill with Naruto's chakra presence. He knew that Naruto had large amounts of chakra for one so young, but this was enough to put most jonin to shame.

Naruto was still having no luck though, but he was determined to find the sword, no matter how long or how much energy it took. 'I won't be beaten by a sword! Dattebayo!'

He again increased the amount of charka that ran through his chakra coils and when he did he finally felt it. That feeling he had felt when the sword appeared last time. He reached out toward the feeling and felt the chakra within him leave his coils and head toward the feeling within him. The boy then unconsciously dropped the ram seal and reached a hand out in front of him.

When Naruto felt a heavy weight settle into his grasp he opened his eyes and immediately grinned. In his hands was the sword that had saved his life the night before.

Once the Hokage laid his eyes on the sword he knew where it was from. 'It's not possible. I thought it was destroyed in the attack!' he thought in confusion and awe.

Naruto grinned wider when he noticed the awe on his grandfather figure's face. 'Yeah! I'm so cool!'

"What do you think of this Old Man! I'll be Hokage in no time with this, Datte-gah!" Naruto cringed as a wave of dizziness hit him and forced him to fall back into the chair behind him and drop the sword. The sword promptly hit the ground and shattered into bright blue chakra fragments that slowly faded into nothing.

The Hokage immediately raced toward his young charge and check him over. "Take it easy Naruto! You put a lot of chakra into that summons. We don't want you to-."

"It's ok. I'm just a little dizzy." Naruto interrupted, not wanting to worry the old man, but that didn't stop him from asking his next question. "What happened?"

Hiruzen kneeled to Naruto's height and thought over the question and what he had just seen. He had a good enough sensing skill to guess what had happened. "I believe you just made a blade out of your own chakra. When you summoned the sword, I noticed that most of the chakra within you went to form the blade." The Hokage said, but also started thinking. 'Though I also noticed a lot of his chakra was simply lost. He will need more chakra control before he could use this without wasting a large chunk of his chakra.'

" Listen Naruto I don't want you using this until I tell you that you are ready." The Hokage said and prepared himself for the yelling that was sure to follow.

"What? But why not?" Naruto yelled out in offence. "Give me one good reason why I can't use it!"

"I can give you several." The Hokage said as he stood up and made his way back to his desk. His face was dead serious and the stare Naruto was receiving had the boy sweating a little. "First of all, you don't know how to use a sword. Second the sword is too long for you just yet and probably too heavy for you to use properly. Thirdly and most importantly it drains too much of your chakra. You have yet to develop enough chakra control to summon the sword with the minimum amount of chakra required."

Naruto was about to argue, but stopped short when he realized that all of that was true. He most defiantly hasn't held a sword before last night, the sword did feel a bit heavy in his arms, and if Iruka-sensei is to be believed then his chakra control is barely above passing. Yet he still wanted to use the sword. When it was in his hands he could feel the power coursing through the beautifully crafted metal and into his veins. With it he felt like he could truly uphold his promise to the Hokage and his deceased sensei to protect his precious people and the village.

"That doesn't mean that you will not be able to one day wield the blade Naruto." Sarutobi said giving the small kid a bit of hope. " I feel that you first have to master Kenjustu if you want to be able to wield the sword correctly." After he said this the Hokage reached into his desk and grabbed an old scroll. He opened the scroll and formed a hand sign. A second later there was a small puff of smoke that came from the scroll.

Naruto saw on the scroll now laid a wooden sword. It was older ad had a few nicks here and there, but was in relatively good condition. "Though I myself never mastered Kenjustu, I did learn the basics. This practice sword was given to me by my sensei when I started to learn the art. I would like you to have it and this scroll. The scroll holds some of the basic forms of Kenjustu and will be a good jumping off point for you."

Naruto took the scroll and practice sword when the Hokage presented them to him and grinned up at the Hokage.

Hiruzen saw many things in that young boy's face. It was filled with determination and passion, but more than that he saw the future of the village. It was at this point that any doubt that Naruto would become Hokage was banished from his mind. 'Naruto, not since the first Hokage have I seen one with such a connection to the Will of Fire. You will go far, of this I have no doubt.'

"Go on Naruto and rest up. You have a week before you have to be back at the academy for team placements and don't forget to get your photo taken by then." The Hokage said with a fond smile.

Naruto's grin grew, "You got it Old Man. I'll master Kenjustu in no time, dattebayo!" With that he ran out of the room so fast he didn't notice that as soon as he turned around the Third's face became serious.

The Hokage sighed and took a few drags from his pipe as he reviewed all that he had learned these last two days. He knew that it was time for some changes. If a traitor could get an academy student into the walls of his office, then obviously, he had become complacent in his old age. No longer would he allow his enemies to get the better of him and risk the security of his village. He would bring down the wrath of the Will of Fire on all of Konoha's enemies, even if it killed him.

Not only was there the security risk to worry about, but now he will have to have Jiraiya look into this new power Naruto has gained. 'Looks like Jiraiya gets his wish to look through the ruins of Uzushiogakure.'

The Hokage took out a few blank scrolls and sighed, 'I guess I won't be able to rest tonight. There is much to fix.'

A.N.

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