Chapter 1: A Father?

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" Jiraiya I am very happy your doing this I think it will be for the best." The 3rd said happily.

"I will train and give the attention this boy needs. I believe Naruto is the next Child Of Prophecy." Jiraiya said with a smile on his face. Not a pervy smile or a fake smile a genuine smile.

"where do you plan on taking him and how long?" The 3rd asked.

"He is ten right now so we will be gone for two years so he will be back in time for the exames.

For those two years we will travel the Fire country and hopefully find Tusande on the way." Jiraiya said.

"But uh why are you going to find Tusande?" The 3rd asked looking a little confused.

"Tusande thinks Naruto is dead. I know she will want to be apart of his life. She can teach him a lot and she has a right to know. She was very close with Kushina and Minato." Jiraiya said.

"Ok I will miss Naruto but he will finally have someone to look up to and that will love him like a father. Tell Naruto that I can't wait to see how strong he is when he returns. And tell him that I believe in him." the 3rd said with a smile. Jiraiya nodded and left to go find Naruto.

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Naruto was running home tears sliding down his at the academy was terrible. Worse than usual. Sakura punched him in the face when he sat by her, Sasuke kept on calling him a dobe and all the kids would laugh. Lastly there was a test that Naruto scored the lowest on in the whole class. He was laughed out of the class that day. So he kept on running trying to get to his apartment. As he ran he saw the adults glaring at him and whispering together. He didn't stop running until he got to his apartment. He slammed the door shut and crawled in a corner. He cried and cried until he herd a knock on his door.

Naruto wiped his tears and walked up to the door, He slowly opened it to reveal someone he has never seen.

"Umm hello?" Naruto asked quietly. The man was smiling.

"Are you Naruto?" He asked.

"Who wants to know?" Naruto said regaining his cofidence. The man chuckled. Naruto reminded him of Kushina and Minato already.

"I'm hear to adopt you. I was friends with your parents and I already talked with the 3rd about it." The man said. Naruto looked confused.

"Why would you want to adopt me. Everyone hates me." Naruto said sadly.

"The villagers don't know what there thinking. I will train you to become strong. I will guide you in the ways of a gusty ninja." The man said proudly. Naruto looked up with a smile.

"Can you train me to become strong enough to become hokage one day?" Naruto asked.

"I will train you to become the strongest kage that has ever lived!" Jiraiya said loudly. Naruto was brimming with joy. He hugged the man. The man chuckled and patted Naruto's head.

"What's your name? Naruto asked.

"Well I'm Lord Jiraiya! One of the legendary Sannin!" Jiraiya announced.

"Now Naruto you need to pack your bags. We will travel the Fire country and train. We will return in two years for the genin exams and I'm sure you will pass." Jiraiya explained. Naruto nodded happily.

"Ok Naru-chan. Pack up and meet me tomorrow at the gates at 9am. That's where our journey begins." Jiraiya said. Before Naruto could respond he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

That night Naruto packed up and eat his last meal at his favorite ramen stand. Then went to bed after setting his alarm thinking that after all his suffering here it might be coming to an end. He might have someone that cares about him. He might have someone that could be a father to him.

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"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! The alarm hollered. Naruto slammed his hand on it and quickly got dressed in his orange jumpsuit. He put his backpack on and headed out the door. He walked to the gates where he saw Jiraiya. Jiraiya waved to him and Naruto gave him a foxy grin.

"Ready to go Naru-Chan?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto nodded.

"What am I going to learn first?!" Naruto asked with eagerness. Jiraya chuckled at his eagerness.

"Well we need to start with basics, like Tai-jutsu, Henge, clones, and such. " Jiraiya explained. Naruto was elated. He was just so happy that he finally had someone to teach him these things.

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(at the academy)

"I herd Naruto dropped out of the academy." Said Ino. Every pulled there attention to her.

"Oh yeah I herd he left the village with a relative or something ." A girl added.

"Hmph serves the dobe right he never had a chance of becoming a ninja." Sasuke said.

' Naruto wouldn't give up would he? No he must be training with that relative.' Hinata thought.

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Authors note: And so the journey begins! Now this fanfic will have a lot of time skips. Like the next chapter will have a month time skip. it will recap what Naruto has learned so far. And yeah that is how the two year training will go and then later Naruto will take the exam and such. I'm going to sorta follow the story line. Sorta. I'm going to change it up a lot also. Hope you enjoy! 3 Bye: SparkleMc404.