What His Life Should Have Been
Chapter One
It was supposed to be easy, go out into the big world and train for three years with one of the most powerful ninja on the planet. Nothing could go wrong any Akatsuki no snakes, the duo had been hiding in the mountains in the far north. It was actually a very good training ground; the air was thin so it was excellent for stamina training. The snow was excellent for learning fire and water jutsus it was also good for training chakra control trying not to leave and footprints behind was pretty difficult at first. There were also quite a few boulders around that were used for strength training and taijutsu practice, to be quite honest the old pervert was a brilliant teacher even when it came to proper training. The Rasengan had been fully mastered within a week of being in the training area.
It had been like that for six months constantly training, but he had grown more in those six months than in the whole twelve years in Konoha. It was probably due to him not being in his village, there was nothing else to focus on other than getting strong enough to survive the battles he would have in the future. It wasn't very easy thinking about how a group of S-class Missing-Nins were after him; he was also told that Orochimaru was now actively trying to kill him. It was really worth it getting up in the morning, there weren't many things that he could do about it. It wasn't his choice to have the Yondaime Hokage seal a demon lord into his stomach, no he was starting to think to deeply about it.
It was all working perfectly until the old pervert decided to go down to the nearest village it was at least half a days travel, so the blonde boy decided to perfect some of the jutsus he had been working on. The day had gone by pretty quickly; it was already dusk before the old pervert returned. It was quite a surprise that he returned, but what was more shocking was who was travelling with him. Uchiha Itachi famed S-class criminal and murderer of the Uchiha clan, they seemed to be talking quite naturally like they had always known each other. The blonde slid into a taijutsu stance while watching both of the older men, the old pervert didn't even acknowledge him the Uchiha just raised an eyebrow with a smirk playing around on his lips. Considering that Itachi and Sasuke were brother there weren't many things that were the same, Itachi had the air of an extremely well trained shinobi will Sasuke had the air of a good shinobi but arrogance often overshadowing that brilliance.
"It is good to see you again Naruto-kun." The Uchiha spoke calmly but without any coldness, he did actually seem to be happy to see Naruto.
"I would say the same to you Uchiha but I don't know why you're here, mind explaining it for me Ero-sennin?" Naruto asked while looking directly into the eyes of his sensei trying to sense if something was up.
"Well I was shopping in the village, getting somebody some new clothes." The sennin glared at Naruto while the boy sheepishly scratched the back of his head, over the course of six months he had gone through four different sets of clothes. "And I met a friend, and we talked a bit and then decided to come and see you."
"How are you two friends the infamous author of 'Icha Icha Paradise' and the murderer of the Uchiha clan I bet you have lots in common?"
"Well actually Itachi is a bit of a pervert, one of my biggest fans." Itachi glared at the sennin who smirked in return, due to the small blush that was creeping up his cheeks. "As I was saying he is a fan of mine, how do you think I know so much about the Akatsuki?"
"You're telling me that he is your spy? But what about all the Uchiha clan stuff?" Naruto sat down slowly, he was very confused the Uchiha Itachi was friends with his sensei and they seemed to be on very good terms.
"You should know best Naruto-kun that hidden villages are very good at keeping there secrets, and Konoha has more secrets than you could imagine. One of those secrets is about the Uchiha clan, but you don't need to know about that yet."
"You still haven't explained why you're here; maybe someone could have the courtesy to tell me what the hell is going on." Yes Uzumaki Naruto had been learning a lot more than just fighting skills; he now had a couple of new hobbies. Naruto was now an avid reader as long as it's intellectual and not porn; he had also become a very good flautist who would've thought that he was musically talented. It had been Jiraiya's idea to find a hobby to help him deal with all the trouble, as he didn't have any flowers to look after in the mountains and no-one to prank he decided to try new things.
"Well Naruto we have come up with a plan to keep the Akatsuki away from you, that's why Itachi is here."
"Jiraiya-sama and I have been in contact for quite a while about this, you are the missing link to there plans without you they can do nothing. If it was that easy we could've killed you, but there is no guarantee that it will kill the Kyuubi inside of you." Itachi said stoically, Jiraiya decided to carry on with the explanation seeing the worried face of his student.
"Even if someone killed you the Kyuubi would still inhabit your body, Akatsuki could still take your body to get too the Kyuubi. Basically we can't have you die until Akatsuki is no-more, or you're strong enough to defeat all of them. That would take at least five years with all the other things on top of that you don't really have time."
"Well if you came for giving me some confidence you're going the wrong way about it, you've just told me I'm useless. What's next you gonna tell me that I won't be able to rescue Sasuke no matter what?"
"My foolish little brother is of no concern to you, you have a lot more important things to think about. I will take care of the trouble's my brother has caused, do not worry about him any more." The way Itachi spoke it gave Naruto the impression that Itachi would do what he said without hesitation, that kind of confidence and power must've come with years of training to be the best.
"Okay, Ero-sennin are you going to tell me what you're going to do or you just going to leave me here thinking you two came here to put me down?"
"We'll talk about it in the morning, get some food in you and get a lot of rest you're going to need it."
"Well that fills me with confidence, see you in the morning." Naruto slowly walked back to the hut he had been sharing with Jiraiya over the last few months. Jiraiya and Itachi just stayed outside talking in whispers.
The next day Naruto woke up very late, and went to have a slow shower. It seemed that he didn't want to go outside just in case something bad was going to happen. After his shower came a very large breakfast, he felt like it was going to be his last meal. It was a very strange feeling being nervous, being a loud personality didn't allow him to get nervous but he was very nervous now. He hadn't heard or seen Itachi and Jiraiya since he left them outside. After his 'last meal' he slowly walked outside, not wanting to put it off for any longer.
The glaring sun answered him as he walked out the door, squinting his eyes he looked for a sign of Uchiha and Ero-sennin. After about a minute he found them in the same place he left them yesterday, it looked as if they hadn't moved all night. Itachi was out of his black Akatsuki cloak which lay on a boulder behind him; he looked pretty tired and was sweating pretty profusely. Jiraiya was in the same kind of situation, Naruto had seen him tired but never like this it was as if he had no energy left to move which was very disconcerting.
"I would say good morning to you but you don't seem with it at the moment, what were you doing all night?" The older Nins just stared at Naruto before they slumped down on the ground.
"We were just getting ready to carry out our plan if it works Akatsuki will never be able to get you, even if it doesn't work Akatsuki will not get you."
"And how do you plan them not to get me?" Naruto asked curiously.
"We cannot say, it is better that you do not know, there are a few things that we need to finish before we can perform this technique." He still didn't show any emotion it was like he was incapable of it, what Naruto did understand about Itachi was that he was raised as a weapon for what nobody knew.
"What do you to do?"
"Take this bag and change into the clothes in there, go on hurry up we haven't got all day." Jiraiya quickly pushed Naruto back into the hut. "You do know that if he finds out what we are about to do, he'll kill me?"
"Yes but at least he will have something to work towards." Itachis logical mind answered; maybe he was just a boring person. They only had to wait a few of minutes for Naruto to back out of the hut; he walked slowly not really trusting anything at the moment. He was now wearing a black jacket with orange shoulders and orange back, and a pair of black plants with bright orange seams new sandals as well Ero-sennin must've been going all out with this.
"I'm glad to see you're back, you'll be taking this backpack with you there are some things in there that you should read." Jiraiya explained while getting up from his seated position.
"Am I going somewhere then?" Naruto asked in obvious confusion, the last two days seemed to confuse him a lot. Why couldn't he have a normal life with normal family and do what normal people do, oh yeah he remembered now some idiot had sealed a demon in him and wanted him to be a hero. He had always wanted to know what he would be like if the Kyuubi never appeared, but those were thoughts for another day.
"I have also placed a few scrolls in your pack that will help you out, you should get yourself ready."
"Fine what do you want me to do?" Naruto asked it seemed that wherever he was going it was by himself. Great even more loneliness to put with the other twelve years of his life, what else could possible happen.
"Fine just sit in between us and don't move." Naruto did as he wanted to get this over with, then he beat the old pervert for doing something stupid to him. "Oh and take this you'll need you forehead protector, I got some new material for it. It looks good with everything else."
"Thanks Ero-sennin maybe if I survive this maybe I'll give your books a read."
"Heh the day you read one of my books willingly will be the day you become Hokage."
"Only a few more years then."
"Jiraiya-sama I would really like begin now, I haven't slept for the last three days and I would quite enjoy a rest." Itachi spoke as if he were bored, maybe he was. Who knows how this genius's brain works, maybe he only gets excited when he reads one of Jiraiya's books but they left that thought for another day.
"Okay Itachi we'll start right away and Naruto remember not to move just stay where you are." Naruto nodded before the pair of older Nins started making hand-seals; it seemed Itachi was just there to mimic whatever Jiraiya was doing. A kind of jutsu that needed two people to work, this was probably something very dangerous and life threatening Naruto's hopes were quickly fading. It was then that Naruto noticed that he sat in the middle of a giant seal, now it officially sucked for Naruto but he still didn't move fear had no place in a shinobis mind.
It took over ten minutes for the two shinobi to finish there hand-seals, and then it was over. There was a dazzling flash of light and then…nothing.
The two shinobi stared at the patch of ground were Naruto had sat moments ago was just a before them was bare, even the seal had gone.
"It looks like it worked Itachi." Said as his hand slowly started to disappear, he looked at the young man opposite him to confirm his suspicion it seemed Itachi was disappearing as well.
"Indeed Jiraiya-sama." Even as the Uchiha was disappearing he never showed any emotion.
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