Ninja's hero

BANG BANG BANG

Naruto sat up quickly and looks around. That was his front door. Except that thing never has anyone.

BANG BANG BANG

Well it did now as Naruto quickly climbed out of his bed and ran over to the front door and yanked it open, the daylight burning his eyes. "Naruto, oh thank god you answered, we have a major problem," Izuku Midoriya, his training partner and almost brother stood frantically at the door. "Alright so I'm a shadow clone right now," Ah yes, the Kage art they'd secretly learnt last year to prove their skills as shinobi, he remembered breaking into the vault to grab the scrolls and learn them before the sun rose. Sasuke could unfortunately only do one while Naruto and Izuku could produce hundreds. Izuku had his primal chakra, giving him chakra levels way beyond anyone in Konohagakure, maybe even the shinobi world but Naruto gained no explanation for his high chakra levels yet. Grampa Third wouldn't talk just yet but Naruto was wearing him down. Just last year he got to learn his father was the fourth Hokage, it hurt, knowing his parents had died protecting the village but now he wanted to be Hokage even more. Realizing he'd zoned out he shook his head and looked at Izuku.

"Sorry what?" The shadow clone groaned.

"Alright, Itachi had to do something for the village, the elders forced his hand, to make it convincing they had to mark him as a a rogue ninja, meaning he;s going to be hunted, Sasuke's pretty shaken up about it right now, more will be explained when we get here so please, can you make tea or something?!" 

"On it," Naruto nodded as the clone dispersed in a puff of smoke. He turned to his apartment and cringed. "Shadow clone jutsu!" He called out, a small army of himself appeared. "Come on let's get this place cleared up for Izuku and Sasuke, we need it to be spotless!" His shadow clones all smirked "Got it!" His voice echoed back to him and the army began working on his apartment. Sweeping, wiping, mopping, picking up trash and taking the bins away once they were full. The process of housekeeping was practically all but painless anymore, of course he'd learn everything the clones didn't have time to reach once they were all dismissed but he could hit those spots later. Quickly his clones cleaned the floor walls and ceiling. A noise of almost silent landing at his front door and Naruto dismissed the clones as he answered the door. "Hey, hey what's going on?" He escorted Izuku and Sasuke to his sofa and walked over the the already brewed teas, placing them on a tray and carrying them back. Izuku patted Sasuke's back grimly.

"Itachi was ordered to protect the village, the elders, namely Danzo, gave him no option and they also claimed it'd help in another mission for him that he's left for right now," Izuku got up and led Naruto away from the unresponsive black haired boy. "The Uchiha's were planning a coupe that would've cost the village a lot of lives, Itachi hand to stop it, Itachi had to kill the entire clan," Naruto stepped backwards, feeling incredibly sick.

"What about Shisui?"

"He killed himself yesterday while the coupe was being planned, he knew they'd be after his Mangekyou Sharigans, so he gave them to Itachi to safeguard until I came back this morning,"

"And what? Do you have them?" He looked Izuku in the eye, they were still the same emerald. "Holy shit!" Naruto whisper shouted as Izuku's eyes turned a powerful red. "You mean,"

"Yes, Shisui wanted me to have his eyes to guard them, my primal chakra gives me the ability to actually control them, I don't believe it just yet either but that's what's happening,"

"So what next?"

"Well, I don't have to go back home until I'm eighteen for university, that means I can just stay in Konohagakure if I want to," Izuku pondered, "That means I have eleven years here to train and figure out what the fuck is at play here," The two returned to Sasuke's side. "Hey, you feeling better?"

"He killed my family, our family, he killed the entire clan!" Sasuke clenched his cup tightly. "Why, why would he do that?"

"Because Danzo left no other options, Itachi had to decide between the village or the clan I'm guessing, either way he'd be a rogue ninja and have to leave Konoha, this way cost the least lives, I'm sorry Sasuke, I really am, we're both here if you need to talk," Izuku hugged the last Uchiha. The black haired boy began crying. Naruto clenched his fists, what happened next could wait a moment. 

"We need to see Grampa Third," He growled. Izuku took a hand away from Sasuke to hold up a thumb while the crying boy just nodded numbly, "But let's just collect ourselves for a minute," As if that was going to happen.

The doors were blown down with a synchronous cry from three voices. "SARUTOBII!!!" The Third Hokage sat in his office, Anbu already appearing to protect him. Izuku, Naruto and Sasuke stood at the remains of the door. Naruto lowered his foot from the place the door had stood. "You are going to explain yourself right,"

"The Hokage does not need," An Anbu began.

"He does Owl, when it involves a massive chakra source hidden in Naruto and Itachi Uchiha, one of the best shinobi of our time, being forced to kill his clan and become a rogue ninja," Izuku growled backing up Naruto, Sasuke stared angrily ready to fight. Anger rolled off the three, readying to fight properly. "The three of us were trained by him and Shisui Uchiha, who killed himself just yesterday to prevent the Uchiha getting hold of his Mangekyou Sharingans," Naruto felt anger bubble.

"One reason why we should be patient about this and not beat the answers out of you Third," A second Anbu scoffed.

"You challenge the Third Hokage?"

"He needs you lot to protect him in his office, Panda, or did you want me to kick your ass again?" Izuku referred to the time he had fought the Anbu as a test of his abilities two years ago, when he'd beaten four of them at once. Naruto remembered watching. It had been hilarious entertainment but must've been tiring. The blond fought to keep his anger from overtaking him.

"Sarutoi Hiruzen, you have this chance to explain right now, before I lose it," The Anbu all reached for their weapons.

"Very well, you are aware of who your parents were?"

"Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, yes I'm very well aware, keep going,"

"Well they died on your birthday, the day the night the nine-tails attacked the village," Something burned in Naruto's chest. "To stop the attack, they sealed the nine-tails away, inside of you,"

Silence.

"Bullshit," Naruto growled "There's no way,"

"It does explain your higher chakra, if you have a tailed beast inside of you, more so if it is the nine-tails," Izuku put a hand on his shoulder "That doesn't answer why you let Danzo force Itachi to kill the Uchihas and leave Sasuke the sole survivor, while his beloved older brother was forced to flee," Third bowed his head.

"That is something too late to rectify, I am sorry Sasuke, but Danzo acted before I could intervene, I wished it didn't have to come to this but Itachi was about to undergo a secret mission for me anyway,"

"Explain, now,"

"Itachi heard rumors of a group hunting down the tailed beasts, obviously we do not know if they have any just yet, but he is going undercover to sabotage any missions if possible, I hope this is answer enough,"

"You have a lot to make up for Grampa Third," Naruto stepped forwards, "Lying to me, letting them attack me like they did, not giving me any answers until we came here planning to fight you, remind me, why were you made Hokage again?" Anbu made a move. 

"Mutli shadow clone jutsu!" Izuku's voice cried out as something collided with Naruto's temple.

He was laying down in an empty space. A thin layer of water covered the flat ground around him. Naruto sat up and looked around, it was darkness almost immediately. Except in front of him. There stood a large stone gate, with a sealing tag down the centre of it. That, of course, meant it was about four stories above Naruto's head. He looked behind the gate to see a large orange fox sat the other side. "So you finally came here,"

"You're the nine tails!" Naruto shouted taking a step backwards, "You're massive!"

"I'm the nine tailed beast, of course I'm going to be larger than some kit,"

"Why did you attack the village?"

"Yes that did happen, because an Uchiha or at least someone possessing the Mangekyou Sharigan forced me to do it, I was housed in your mother before that night, the prick you used me to attack the leaf village was able to interrupt the ceremony used to keep me sealed away during your birth,"

"YOU KILLED MY PARENTS!!"

"An act I had no control over, but I should've Kushina was one of the first to treat me with kindness, asking me to be patient instead of forcing me down, I truly regret not being able to break out of the hold before she was killed by my claw, your father too, I did not mean to take parents from their infant kit," Naruto could see the regret in the beast's face.

"What's your name?"

"Me? I am simply Kyuubi,"

"Now tell me the truth," Naruto folded his arms, "Don't be shy, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, you can call me Naruto but only if you tell me your name,"

"Very well Naruto, I am Kurama, it is nice to finally talk to you, being trapped with just my thoughts was getting torturous,"

"Alright Kurama, I can see a lot of anger in you, even if you are being patient," He grinned, "Don't worry I'm angry too, would you like to talk about it?" Kurama paused, his eyes widening in shock for a moment.

"Talk, about it?"

"Yeah, like why are you angry? What did people do that made you cross?"

"Being sealed away in an infant it not fun, but that's not a big deal anymore,"

"Yeah, I didn't know you were sealed inside of me until about three minutes ago, I had to threaten to beat Gramps to finally get the answers as to why my chakra is so strong,"

"You haven't tapped into my chakra yet," Kurama grunted "You are an Uzumaki, they were famed for having higher chakra than normal," He felt a twitch.

"Oh, really? One more thign to beat Grampa Third over,"

"Third but you are the son of the Fourth aren't you?"

"Yeah,"

"So shouldn't you be on the Fifth,"

"I don't know either, I'm only seven Kurama, I don't get a lot of things,"

"But you are smart, you were trained by two Anbu,"

"Yes but there's still things I don't understand," Naruto raised his arms, "Is there anything else you are angry about?"

"I was always repressed by previous Jinchurikis, feared by shinobi across the world, they never thought I could be of help, always a burden," He frowned to Kurama.

"Well that's not fair," Naruto shook his head and put a fist through the gap in the gate. "Well I won't try keep you down, if you want to help I'll happily take it," Kurama stared at his fist. "It's a fist bump, come on, you don't know what that it?" Kurama shook his head, "Alright, make a fist and gently bump it against mine," The giant fox curiously did the same and bumped Naruto's fist. "Alright! That means we're friends now!" Naruto cheered before looking around "Izuku and Sasuke are probably worried about me right now, how do I leave?"

"Just close your eyes kit, you'll be able to come and go as you wish now you've come here once,"

"Alright Kurama, I'll be back soon!" Naruto closed his eyes and fell forwards.

Only to sit up and smack heads with Izuku. "Ow!" Both boys recoiled and rubbed their foreheads. "Why were you so close?"

"Because you were talking in your sleep," The greenette countered. "Wasn't he Sasuke?"

"You were," The lone Uchiha nodded "We dealt with the Anbu," Naruto looked around to see the shinobi all tending wounds, several cuts and a large amount of bruising. Izuku grinned. "Anyway Izuku didn't you have one more thing to add?" Sasuke stood up the other side of the greenette as the boy in question hauled Naruto to his feet.

"Yes I did actually," Naruto watched him confidently walk up to Third and extract a piece of paper before placing it on the desk. "I wish to become an Uzumaki," The blond paused, Izuku, wanted to join his family? "I want to be part of the Uzumaki clan, because my old family wants nothing to do with me and I don't want anything to do with them, I wish to lose the Midoriya name and become Uzumaki Izuku,"

'It appears we will not be alone any longer' Kurama's voice echoed in his head. Naruto felt his stomach doing flips of joy. The blond turned to Sasuke.

"Hey, maybe one day you can join our clan too?" Sasuke visibly flinched.

"Maybe someday Naruto, but right now it's a bit too soon," Izuku shook his head, "He just lost everyone, except us, let's give him time to adjust,"

"Right, sorry Sasuke, I don't want to upset you,"

"It's fine Naruto, I know you didn't mean anything hurtful," Sasuke smiled as he shook his head "I'm just going to need some time,"

"Well I suppose I should get to the paperwork but officially you are now Uzumaki Izuku, citizen of Konohagakure, welcome to the village,"

"ALRIGHT!" Izuku pumped a fist. Naruto laughed as he draped an arm around his and Sasuke's shoulders, "Let's go dopes, we don't need anything else right now," Even Sasuke cracked a smile as the childish antics overtook him too. "Where should we head for some lunch?"

"Ichiraku," Naruto offered up, Izuku nodded.

"No, come on, not ramen," Sasuke complained. Izuku and Naruto both stared.

"I-chi-ra-ku, I-chi-ra-ku," The two began chanting "I-CHI-ra-ku, I-CHI-RA-ku, I-CHI-RA-KU!" 

"Fine," Sasuke relented, much to the other two's joy.

"RAMEN!" Naruto cried  boisterously, ignoring the looks of disgust and hatred he got from the other villagers. What did he care anymore? 

He had a brother.

"Hey Izuku, what happened with your old family?" Naruto asked as the three readied for bed. Izuku had moved in as he was an Uzumaki now and Sasuke was bunking for safety and in case he had some nightmares. Izuku was readying the two futons for them. "I mean you seem like a pretty awesome brother so far," Izuku sighed.

"They were, not nice, neither of my moms really gave me that much attention, my twin sister constantly harassed me, her best friend joined in, my only friend was her twin brother, a boy I call Kacchan, and until I go back for university, I won't be strong enough to protect him and all the other boys that are hurt, when I  was four I learnt that people are not created equal, it was shortly after that I met Itachi, ever since I was training and learning with him, my life got so much better with him," He paused "My family never noticed or cared that I was missing over the weekends, there never was any panic,"

"What happened?"

"This morning my blond mom was angry that I fought my sister's friend, completely ignoring the fact I was just defending myself,"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, and she's supposed to be the number one hero, the most awesome person, that protects everyone," Izuku frowned, "Guess she only really protects women,"

"She sounds like a meanie," Naruto growled. He could feel Kurama's anger as well.

"Yeah but when I go back I'll be able to kick her butt and be a hero! Then I'll protect everyone, even the men!"

"Yeah!" Naruto offered a fist.

"You wanted to become Hokage right?"

"Not just the Hokage, I'm gonna be the best Hokage ever, believe it!" The boys bumped fists again. "So are you gonna be in our class?"

"Most likely, we can be a trio with Sasuke!" They grinned.

"What about me?" The boy in question stepped through the door, a small bag over his shoulder "Sorry I went back to the compound to grab a few of the things I still wanted,"

"We're just saying how we're going to be a team!" Izuku offered the boy his other fist. "You in?"

"You know it!" Sasuke bumped his fist. "So what's happening next?"

"We go to school," Naruto shrugged "Like what else, we can't go on missions before we have a senior Jounin,"

"But the three of us have already skipped all of that!" Sasuke complained. Naruto nodded.

'He is right kit, you three are stronger than others but you are still kits, upon graduating the academy I have no doubt you will become Jounin'

'Thanks Kurama' Naruto was grateful for the support of his new nine-tailed friend. "I get it Sasuke, but we are still academy age, we'll be actual Jounin," He grinned "But for now we can just be boys, right?"

"Alright dope," They also bumped fists "And now we've all bumped fists, what are we doing?" He chuckled as the boys stood in a triangle with their arms all stretched out. The other two proceeded to also begin laughing. They kept laughing until growling filled the air. "Actually, what's for dinner? I don't want ramen again,"

"Katsudon? It's a dish I used to have a lot? I think I can cook it," Izuku offered.

"Let's get cooking," Naruto patted his stomach. The trio left the bedroom set for the kitchen.

"Since you've all finished the academy, you are being split up into teams, your Jounin leaders will be here to collect the three of you, Uzumaki,"

"Yes?"/Yeah?" Both Izuku and Naruto lazily raised a hand.

"Since we have an extra student, you two will be on the same team in a team of four, got it?"

"Yeah yeah," / "Whatever," Both boys responded. Izuku stood up "Can you tell us who our Jounin is so we know who to look out for Iruka sensei?"

"Nope," The Jounin teacher, now identified as Iruka smirked.

"Hardass," Izuku flopped down into his seat. The whole class were gazing at the brothers with anger and resentment. Except of course, Sasuke Uchiha, who was sat pretending to think while trying hard not to laugh. After Izuku became an Uzumaki the trio had developed a plan to try and get them into the same team. Naruto and Izuku were the lazy jokers of the class, having fun and not really trying but succeeding regardless, while Sasuke was pretending to be a strong loner. His fake attitude was one of working hard and fighting harder. They had several pre-planned clashes to really make the class not relate them in anyway. Each time a Jounin arrived another three students left with a smug smile to Izuku and Naruto, who were pretending to nap. Sasuke was tempted to do the same, Naruto slyly looked over at him and lifted to fingers in salute. Sasuke sighed and kicked his feet up on the desk, spinning a kunai between his fingers. Sitting up straight Naruto stretched his arms. 

"Yo bro," He shook Izuku,

"Hm, huh? I'm up,"

"I think it's time we did the seals,"

"Dude, fuck off, I was sleeping," He yawned and stretched widely. Izuku did have a tendency to actually zone out and fall asleep, probably because he was always up late analyzing the world around him, from Ninjutsu and Genjutsu to Taijutsu and weapon arts. 

"No seriously, come on, it's better late than never,"

"A shinobi should never be late," Izuku snarkly remark died in his throat as he paused and began glaring, "I hate you,"

"Love you too bro, come on, seal time," The greenette suddenly flopped backwards and clapped his hands together wildly while barking. The class let out a small laugh at his antics before he adjusted his position. "Just sit still," Naruto put his hand on Izuku's shoulder and focused. 

'Kurama, can you help me quick, I just wanna be sure I get this right,'

'You do not need my chakra but I can make sure that you do not make any mistakes,'

'Thanks Kurama.' His hand warmed slightly as the chakra focused onto Izuku's skin. As his hand pulled away a small series of black symbols appeared before fading almost instantly.

"Alright my turn," Naruto sat still while Izuku put a hand on his shoulder now and closed his eyes. Izuku didn't have anyone like Kurama so he had to be careful and make sure it was right. His skin prickled a bit as the sealing took place but soon enough it was done. "Awesome," He felt the chakra marker fade into his skin. The class stared at them in surprise before their other Jounin arrived. Naruto and Izuku ended up folding a paper sheet into a triangle and playing paper football. A game Izuku had actually introduced to him and Sasuke. "Oi, Sasuke, care to play?" Naruto called over, completely ignoring the other person in the room.

"Eh sure, we got time before the Jounin arrives," He got up and sat in the chair in front of Naruto's desk. The three began playing until Izuku coughed.

"It appears Haruno Sakura is our fourth member," Casually flicking the paper to her desk.

"WHAT?!" The pink haired girl cried out. "HOW ARE YOU THREE GETTING ALONG, YOU HATE THOSE TWO,"

"A deception to be put on the same team, we hid to get what we want," Naruto shrugged, "You seriously never doubted why any of us ended unharmed in our fights,"

"Except for that one time you scratched my face with your nail," Sasuke tacked on,

"Or the time Sasuke kicked me in the nuts," Izuku murmured, the three boys all cringed for a second before Sasuke pulled out another piece of paper and began folding it into a triangle

"But yeah, Sasuke is a brother to us, we live together, ever since Izuku joined the Uzumaki clan and Sasuke, lost his," The scar was still there and it still hurt but Sasuke shook his head.

"Yeah it happened, Danzo hasn't stepped foot in the village since, in fact his entire agency disappeared after that day, lucky for him I'm not allowed to hunt him down just yet," Izuku chopped his head.

"Sasuke, no, we'll go after him as a team, remember? You haven't been alone once,"

"Yeah, yeah, strength with you two means strength in myself," Sasuke groaned "Anywho, have you figured out who our Senior is yet?"

"Don't you mean Jounin Sasuke?"

"No, he means Senior, the three of us are effectively Jounin already," Izuku caught the paper before it flew past his head, resetting it on the table, "But we're not allowed to become Jounin or Anbu yet since the last time that happened the kid was forced to do something traumatic,"

"I supposed Grampa Third is good for something after all," Naruto grunted, annoyance in his chest. "Anyway, Izuku?"

"Oh yeah, I figured out it's a Jounin known for being late," He sighed "All the other known Jounin sensei's have already taken their teams, so we're gonna be team seven with," The door slid open.

"Yo, I'm Kakashi Hatake, your Jounin cap-," A kunai thudded into the doorway either side of his head and a third just above his hair.

"You're late," Izuku growled,

"Some captain," Sasuke huffed

"A good shinobi is never late," Naruto finished. The three boys all stood up. "Uzumaki Naruto, son of Uzumaki Kushina and Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage," He bowed.

"Uchiha Sasuke, sole survivor of the Uchiha clan," Sasuke followed suit

"Uzumaki Izuku, Primal chakra user, adopted brother of Uzumaki Naruto," The greenette rounded off and the three stood up.

"We're very good at Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Shurkinjutsu already, we were trained by Shisui and Itachi Uchiha for two years, my and Izuku's Genjutsu is limited at the moment," Naruto stared at Kakashi, "We've been training since we were six, Izuku since he was four, we're already Jounin but we need to get to the Chuunin exams for it to be official," Sakura stood on Sasuke's other side, hurriedly bowing.

"Haruno Sakura, I don't have anything big to say like them, please take care of me!"

"Alright, you four are going to meet me tomorrow for training, meet me at seven, don't be late on, and it's probably best if you don't eat breakfast," Sakura was the only one that paled or even seemed surprised. "See ya," He disappeared in a puff of smoke and leaves. Izuku folded his arms and clicked his tongue.

"Hardass," Sasuke nodded in agreement. Naruto tilted his head and frowned deciding on a better description.

"Jackass," The three boys disappeared in a shimmer of light.