Naruto Chronicles: Rise of the Bandits

Chapter 1

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Thoughts, flashbacks, com-link, and notes: italicized

Jutsus, summons, demons: bold

Summons's and demon's thoughts, and mind link…: bold italicized

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…: Time change

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Summary: On the night of the sealing, Minato seals the entire fox into Naruto and Sarutobi reveals his true heritage to the village. When the council demands his death, Sarutobi sees just how far Konoha has fallen from grace. He then gives Tsunade an important assignment: raise Naruto Uzumaki to rise above the village that betrayed him. However, during his life outside of Konoha, Naruto gains a second goal that he intends to make into a reality.

Disclaimer: Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto. This is a fan-made story made simply for the sake of enjoyment.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as he looked out to his home. Correction, as he looked out to Konoha. After everything he had faced in the past thirteen years, he was completely disgusted with the civilian populace. Had he known what would occur on that night, he would've kept his mouth shut.

Currently, his thoughts were cut off when a voice said, "You can't keep blaming yourself for what happened, Hiru-kun. You and I both know that Naru-chan doesn't blame you for that night's events."

Hiruzen turned to look at his beloved wife. "At least one person doesn't, Biwako-chan. Still, I never should've said anything. I honestly wouldn't blame him if I hated me."

Biwako cuffed the Sandaime over the head and said, "That's enough of that nonsense, Hiru-kun. What would he say if he could see you looking this pathetic?"

Hiruzen simply chuckled at his wife's question. "He'd call me an idiotic old man and hit me over the head like my beautiful wife does."

Biwako balled a fist in victory and smiled. "You're damned right, he would. Now stop acting all emo and get back to filling out…paperwork."

This only caused a raincloud to appear over the Hokage's head as he turned his gaze on the ever-growing stack of papers.

Biwako was about to try and console him when they heard a voice shout, "Lady, I know good and well that the old man's not meeting with anybody. You've got about three seconds to move before we move you!"

Not even a second later, the office doors were kicked open to reveal two blondes, a girl with black hair, and a small pig in a red vest. The brunette sighed in defeat as she asked, "Naruto, did you really have to kick the door in like that?"

Naruto gave a devious smirk and replied, "May-be. Besides, you know good and well doors royally piss me off. Can you blame me for causing some damage?"

The elder blonde ruffled Naruto's hair in pride and smiled. "That's my boy; needlessly breaking down doors like his mother."

The Sandaime just cleared his throat as he suppressed a loud giggle. "If you're all done being stupid, we can get down to business. Now, I assume you brought him here so that he can be placed on a team. I already have the paperwork completed so that he can join this year's graduating class. Just take that form to Room 103 and give it to Iruka."

Naruto took the slip from him and said, "Thanks, jiji. You and Biwako obaa-chan are the best of the best," before giving the Hokage a polite bow.

He then surprised Hiruzen even further by jumping into the air and vanishing in a swirl of rose petals at the peak of his jump. Sarutobi gave a proud grin and said, "Tsunade-chan, that boy of yours is something else."

Tsunade gave her sensei an amused snort. "Of course he is, Sarutobi-sensei. He is my son, after all."

Later…

Iruka Umino sighed as he managed to get his class to shut the hell up. "Class, I have an announcement to make. We have an addition to our graduating roster, so let's welcome…"

He was cut off when a girl with pink hair said, "How does some random kid get to automatically graduate with us when the rest of us had to attend the academy?"

Iruka just hit her in the forehead with a piece of chalk and said, "He's been in training longer than any of you. He's also been approved by Hokage-sama to graduate. Now class, I'd like to introduce you all to one Naruto Senju."

As if on cue, Naruto appeared next to Iruka in a swirl of rose petals. He was currently wearing a pair of black Anbu-standard pants with a red vine pattern on the right leg, a dark red kimono top that was similar to the one worn by his mother and was held closed by a white obi, a pair of black fingerless gloves with red spirals, and a white long coat with falling rose petals surrounding the Senju Clan's insignia.

It was then that Iruka and a few of the students took notice of the red diamond mark adorning Naruto's forehead.

After a short moment of silence, Iruka turned to Naruto and said, "Naruto-san, why don't you say something to the class?"

Naruto just nodded and gave Iruka a heart-warming smile. "I'd love to, Iruka-sensei."

He then gave the class a respectful bow and said, "My name, as you all know, is Naruto Senju and I will be graduating with your class. I look forward to working with you all. Oh, and for anyone who might be wondering, I am indeed the son of Tsunade Senju."

He then turned back to Iruka and said, "Is there anywhere specific that I should sit?"

Iruka just pointed him to an empty seat next to a boy holding a small dog. "You can sit next to Kiba-san for today."

Naruto just nodded before jumping across the class and flawlessly landing in his seat. While the class started to whisper about him, Kiba's dog jumped onto the blonde's desk and gave him a curious bark.

Naruto simply picked him up and gave him a decent inspection before gently setting him down and rubbing his head. "You're a pretty strong ninken for your age. Your coat and teeth are healthy, your legs are strong, and you seem to be highly energetic. Your owner truly takes good care of you."

The dog wagged his tail in happiness before being picked up by Kiba. "Sorry about that," the brunette started. "He gets a little too excited around new people."

Naruto smiled and waved him off. "You shouldn't be sorry. I'm honestly not surprised in the least. Only a strong and talented individual can raise a magnificent ninken like this."

Kiba fought down a creeping blush and said, "By the way, I'm Kiba Inuzuka and this is Akamaru."

Naruto gave Kiba a foxy grin that made the Inuzuka's return at full force. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Kiba-kun. I look forward to working with you in the future."

Iruka quickly diffused their conversation before saying, "I will now call out the roster for this year's teams. Team 1 will be…"

Naruto zeroed his attention between Kiba's smile and Sasuke's curious glances at him for the time being. He inwardly smirked as he realized that the Uchiha was showing interest in him.

He then turned his attention back to Iruka just in time to hear him say, "Team 7 will be Naruto Senju, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno under Kakashi Hatake. Team 8 will be Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyūga under Kurenai Yūhi. Seeing as how Team 9 is still in circulation, Team 10 will be Shikamaru Nara, Chōji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka under Asuma Sarutobi."

Iruka then put down the list and said, "Congratulations to all of you for becoming genin. Go to lunch and report back to the academy in three hours to meet your senseis."

As soon as he was finished talking, Iruka vanished in a puff of smoke. Naruto could only sigh in frustration. "They gave me Kakashi of all people as a sensei. Someone on the council must honestly want to die."

Sakura turned to her new teammate in confusion. "Naruto-san, do you have a problem with our new sensei," Sakura asked.

Naruto nodded and replied, "Our new sensei is a chronically late smut reader. In fact, I'm willing to bet that if I go to the Hokage's office for five hours, I'll still get back here before he shows up."

However, before Naruto could try to prove his claim, a man with spiky silver hair burst into the room. He quickly scanned the room before allowing his eyes to fall on Naruto's irritated form. "I knew it," he almost shouted. "The moment I saw Shizune-chan tipped me off that you were back. I dropped everything just to come and see you."

After hearing this, Naruto almost fell over in shock and irritation. "It figures that you'd be early on the one day I want to prove a point. Anyways, don't you need to go see jiji about something?"

Kakashi just nodded and said, "We'll catch up later. Oh, and welcome home, Naruto."

With that out of the way, the masked Jonin vanished in a swirl of leaves. Naruto just smirked and shook his head. "Baka-sensei forgot that Hokage-jiji already briefed him on the teams."

It seemed that Naruto was right because Kakashi reappeared five seconds later in a huff. "Team 7, I want you to meet me on the roof in five minutes."

The Jonin was about to leave when he saw Naruto vanish in a swirl of rose petals. Kakashi then shunshined to the roof where he saw Naruto and a pair of clones.

One clone was playing a flute while the second clone was beating a fast and steady tempo on a drum. The real Naruto had removed his coat and sandals and started dancing.

Kakashi couldn't help but to be mesmerized by Naruto's dance. As the Senju heir continued to dance without interruption, rose petals began to manifest themselves into reality and swirled around him.

The dance kept on for about ten more minutes. During that time, Sasuke and Sakura had made it in time to see the end of Naruto's dance.

When the dance was over, Naruto looked around and said, "Has anyone seen my sandals? I seemed to have misplaced them."

Kakashi came back to reality first, only to realize that he had been sitting on the missing sandals. He quickly handed them over and said, "Now that everyone is accounted for, we can all introduce ourselves. My name is Kakashi Hatake. That's all I feel like telling you. Anyways, let's hear from the kunoichi."

Sakura bit back the urge to smack her new sensei. "My name is Sakura Haruno. I enjoy reading and I hate my best friend. My goal is to become an iryō-nin and to prove that I am nothing like Saiyuko Haruno."

Kakashi nodded and pointed at Sasuke. The Uchiha grunted before saying, "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't have many likes and I hate annoying fangirls and my idiot of an aniki. However, I will admit to having an interest in foxes. My hobbies include training with Itachi and my goal is to become head of the police force."

The Jonin turned his gaze on Naruto and said, "Take us home, Naruto-kun."

Naruto donned his robe and said, "As you all know, my name is Naruto Senju. I enjoy forests, plants, animals, and my kaa-chan and nee-chan. I hate when ero-kyōfu peeps around at hot springs, bigots, rapists, and a certain hebi-teme. My hobbies include training, gardening, dancing, and learning from Kurama and Yōkō. My dream is to become Hokage and to take down the bastard who ruined my life."

Kakashi put down his smut long enough to ask, "Who are Yoko and Kurama? Are they friends of yours?"

Naruto just smirked and whispered into the man's ear. Kakashi's eyes widened as he let out a very perverse giggle. "So, your kyōfu's finally corrupted you. What did your mother have to say about it?"

The blonde whispered into Kakashi's ear again, causing the man to cringe in sympathy for Jiraiya. "I'll bet he's still feeling that one," Kakashi said. "Now then, I'd usually give you all a field test, but my desire to be able to eat solid foods is strongly telling me otherwise. Go home and relax because our first official team meeting is in one week at Training Field 7. By the way Naruto, you need to go and see Hokage-sama."

Having nothing else to say, Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke. Seeing their sensei leave prompted Sakura to travel to the library in search of any good medical books.

Naruto was also preparing to depart when Sasuke said, "Naruto-san, you mentioned that you like training. What kind of training schedule do you follow?"

Naruto smirked as he slowly lessened the distance between himself and Sasuke. "My schedule, much like myself, can be very…flexible. Why do you ask, Sasuke?"

Sasuke nervously swallowed and loosened his collar as his face turned bright red. "I...simply assumed that you would be on a tight schedule seeing as how your mother is one of the Sannin."

Naruto smirked even harder as he realized the true intent of Sasuke's questions. "Sasuke," Naruto cooed, "are you trying to ask me out? If you are, you should really try being more direct."

As Sasuke blushed even harder and tried to sputter out a response, Naruto reached behind his head and pulled a rose from nowhere. He then twisted the rose and watched as the petals flowed and swirled around him. "Come and see me when you can give me an answer, Sasuke. I shall be waiting with Minato-sama."

Before Sasuke could react, Naruto's body transformed into a human shaped tower of rose petals that blew away with the others. The only thing remaining was a single red rose that rested at Sasuke's feet.

With an embarrassed sigh being let out, Sasuke picked up the rose before venturing to his own home. He could already tell that having Naruto on his team would be a wild ride. The only problem was that he didn't know if he'd be able to handle it.