Konohamaru
Meeting the 'Honorable grandson'
*Naruto's apartment* noon*
'Rise and shine you little bugger, the sun is high, the birds singing and the dogs are humping!' Naruto was startled awake by Kurama's shout, so startled in fact, that he fell of the bed a tangled mess.
'Don't be so crud' He heard a punch 'you could have said that new lives are being created dattebane!'
'Please don't shout so early in the morning' he grumbled, and was answered in a booming laugh
'Morning, says the little baka, look at the clock gaki, it's almost midday' Kyuubi was having a lot of fun that morning, he had made his prison hit his head and now he was causing migraine, all the while running from an angry mother he had woken up. He was looking forward to day.
But what he had said shocked Naruto, he had slept in, he would be late to take his registration photo unless he didn't take a shower, and he couldn't eat his morning dose of ramen, meaning he would be cranky until The Ramen had its daily sacrifice, and he would have to apiece The Log too, since as far as he knew, Mizuki wasn't a follower, and the traitor had used a kawarimi during his fight with Iruka. He knew his day would be, in the words of his Nara friend, troublesome.
The boy dressed quickly, the place of his usual attire taken by a full shirt that had the blue Uzumaki swirl on the front, he had also put on his forehead protector as a collar, and put goggles on his forehead, before bolting out of the window and to the roofs, jumping streets and alleys in a desperate effort to get to the Hokage tower before twelve.
During the way he found many shinobi patrolling the rooftops of Konoha, the poor bastards never stood a chance, Uzumaki Naruto tackled, pushed and shoved them out of his way, he even shocked a poor cat with a ribbon on its head, and the cat joined him in his run, he was running like the hounds of hell were after him, and he managed to get to his destination on time, despite the many angry chunnin after him.
'Made it 'ttebayo' A panting stamina machine looked at the animal at his side, and carefully removed the ribbon on its ear, after that, the cat took off again.
He entered the tower, a destination clear in his head, the place that would mark him as a ninja, the place that would make him a kid with a clear path to take.
*Hokage's office*thirty minutes later*
An old man in his late sixties, dressed in red robes sat behind a desk filled with papers, appraising the registration photo his surrogate grandson had gone with, he had expected something a bit more…Lively, if not eccentric.
"You know, I am surprised that you look serious on this, though I would have liked it more had you NOT brought your night cap with you." Indeed, had it not been for that, the boy on the picture would have been the image of nobility. The black shirt he had on with his family's spiral on front, combined with the steeled face and the ninja goggles, and the almost visible aura of regality were all ruined by the cap on top of his head, a hat that took the form of a grinning fox
"Mou, it's not my fault I over slept 'ttebayo, with what happened yesterday I didn't get to sleep until two jiji" the orange fringed boy was pouting, he wanted the photo to intimidate, not to make the female population scream 'KAWAIIII!' as his mother had when she saw the photo, or the male to laugh, as Kurama had done.
"Be it as it may, you can't take another photo since it already is afternoon," The old man was struggling to keep the grin of his face, out of sympathy to boy, but the pouting boy in front of him was just so amusing.
Said boy could only groan in disappointment, before grinning much like Kurama the night before, 'guess I'll have to pull another prank' He thought, before saying "fine, I'll be going now jiji, The Log and The Ramen demand my presence"
Now Sarutobi was openly smiling, his eyes dancing with mirth, thinking about how the boy took after both his parents. 'Seriously, it's like his parents left him a hand book on 'ways of lie' or something' If only he knew.
"So jiji, you still haven't figured out the secret to paperwork?" a pained face was his answer, "well its easy really, you just gotta use…" he was interrupted by a boy who looked three years younger than Naruto bursting into the office shouting a battle cry, before tripping with the scarf that was way too large on the frame of the boy, and looking back at Hiruzen, it probably happened often, so he did the only thing someone on his position could have done, he snorted, as did his tenants.
The boy groaned and sat up, rubbing the sore spot on his forehead, "someone must have placed traps" he muttered, before spotting the red-blond and glaring, "why the hell did you tripped me?" the brown-haired kid demanded.
'Seriously' echoed the voices in his head, before he walked the fallen boy and picked him by his blue scarf, "don't blame people for your clumsiness dattebayo" both men were now in a glaring contest.
Another man had now busted into the office, wearing only blue, shades covering his eyes, his forehead protector sewn into a bandana, and while Naruto could feel glaring eyes, they did not feel as the usual ones he got from civilians.
"What are you doing gaki, put sandaime-sama's grandson down, immediately." Ah, so that was why the brat was let in
And said boy was looking smug, "Ha, you heard him" he said "I'm HIS (points at sarutobi) grandson, you gotta put me down"
Naruto looked at the man, then at the kid, and at the Hokage, "whatever, you're still a brat" he said, before throwing him at the couch "Right so, I'm going now jiji, mago no gaki*, teme." With that said he jumped out the window, he was at least three blocks away when he heard a shout of, "HE DIDN'T TELL ME THE SECRET"
*Konoha's main street* two hours later*
Naruto was annoyed; first someone had repeatedly interrupted his daily prayers to The Log by coming in and out of his detection range, then he had the feeling of being talked about somewhere, and lastly, someone now taken a BAD costume and trailed him where he went, and it was grating on his nerves.
Right now he was headed for his favorite restaurant in order to offer a sacrifice to The Ramen, and he was about to make it there, when he finally blew up.
"Ok why the hell are you following me dattebayo?" he shouted at a rock on the other side of the road, "EVERYONE knows that rocks aren't square!" as he had said, a bad costume.
He stood there, glaring at the 'rock', waiting for something to happen, and just as he was turning around, the box exploded in colorful smokescreens, after which he heard coughs and groans, he was seventy percent sure that it was the same kid from the Hokage's office, "heh so you did see me, not that I expected any less" And there it was, the same loud voice.
The blond-rooted boy sighed, and told the younger boy, "listen kid, if you got anything to say, the wait 'till I have my ramen, if not, then get lost" and he set of again.
*Ichiraku's*Ten minutes later*
The Ichiraku ramen stand was a small building, only big enough to house about a dozen people, apart from the chef and his daughter working in the kitchen, said people were some of the only civilians that saw Naruto as a person, and some may even think that Ichiraku Ayame, the owner's first and only daughter, had a crush on the red-tipped blond.
The owner, Ichiraku Teuchi was a man in his mid-to-late forties, with a heavy build; he wore a dirty apron over a white shirt, his hair was already starting to gray, but it was mostly covered by his hat.
His daughter, Ichiraku Ayame, was three years older than Naruto, she kept in shape, so her body was lean, and her brown hair was covered by a white bandana, except for a three bangs, two framing her face and one reaching her right brow.
Right now, she was watching the two boys in front of her, amused by the shocked face the younger of the two was displaying, obviously having never seen someone eat as much or as fast as the spiky-haired boy was eating.
After his fifth bowl Naruto began to slow down his eating to that of a normal person, allowing the scarfed boy to get out of his stupor and to start his own bowl. "So, what's your name? I doubt you want me to call you mago no gaki"
The boy looked up from his ramen, "my name is Konohamaru," Answered the boy, "I was named in honor of the village, so that I would always be known, but everyone sees me only as the 'honorable grandson' and never by me" The boy sniffed.
'Who would have thought? His position is kinda like mine" thought the Log practitioner, receiving an answer from his mother
'Yes, I remember Tsunade telling us that she was like that before making herself a name'
Konohamaru continued to speak "That's why I want to beat jii-chan, so everybody knows who I am!" A snort from Kurama drove his attention inwards again.
'Sounds to me like a chance to corrupt the youth, make him your apprentice' Kushina tried to hit the fox, but it escaped before she could.
'No, you can't have a student yet 'ttebane' she opposed the idea, mainly because of the reaction it would bring 'Wait another couple of years'
'I could teach something like control, that would help him' "Ok kid, you got me" he scratched the back of his neck "I will teach you something" Konohamaru's eyes widened, and Naruto grew a smirk "But you gotta be fast dattebayo" Nauto threw his wallet to Ayame, confident that she would take care of it, and took off running, leaving behind a gaping kid and an amused waitress.
*Training ground #7*two hours later*
Naruto was grinning, and grinning hard; for the best part of the last two hours, he had led Konohamru in a merry chase throughout the village and the surrounding forests, and the kid had kept up with him, granted he had been weighted down, but still, it was impressive. "Well kid, you managed to impress me, so I will teach you something" he pointed to the tree, "Lay down with your feet on the trunk," Konohamaru looked confused, but did it nonetheless, "now channel chakra to your feet, to get them to stick to the trunk, but put too much, and you will get blasted, so careful"
Konohamaru immediately started, wanting to complete the exercise, while Naruto himself made a couple of shadow clone to practice a bit on both his taijutsu and on his kekkei genkai.
The Uzumaki clan was a strange one, apart from the passive kekei genkai that gave them a ready mind for seals and a large life force, once In a while, a kid would awaken on of the three active bloodlines, said kids would often be apprenticed by an adult that had the same ability.
The three bloodlines were this: Chakura chūnyū; that would allow a Uzumaki to either heal, poison or disrupt an enemy, it was basically what it said, by injecting the users potent chakra, and depending on the intention, the target would either be healed of superficial injuries at the rate of a normal Uzumaki, or it would act as a poison and either disrupt the target's feel for his own chakra, or killing them over-time. Most of the holders of the ability either specialized in support or in taijutsu
Then there was the Iten o kōgeki, the rarest of the three; by pushing the users chakra into any ninjutsu, the Uzumaki with this bloodline could redirect or cancel a justu, this is mainly because the dense chakra could neutralize the original one present in the technique. All holders were incredibly good ninjutsu users.
And lastly was the Kogane no buki, It gave the Uzumaki with it the ability to create weapons out of chakra, and they would be golden in color, hence the name. Weapons created by this are incredibly hard to break, and could be used as a focus, making them good for armed ninjutsu, but the user could only create ONE kind of weaponry, so the tool was materialized for the first time, and then the Uzumaki had to study on its use, before being capable of effectively using the bloodline. An example of this would be Uzumaki Kushina, capable of using chakra chains.
Naruto himself had the kogane no buki, and could create a set of claws that would stick to his hands and feet (think of the falcon talons of ninja gaiden two), this made study taijutsu styles that could be modified to allow their use in battle, in the end he ended up with a style that would mix kicks, punches, thrust and swipes, and tweaked the stances a bit, hence the clones working on both at the same time while he watched Konohamaru.
*Meanwhile*
Ebizu was not having a good day; he had lost his charge not only once, but twice in the same day, the first time he had attacked his grandfather and got himself hurt by the kyuubi container, he was no fool however, and the only reason he disliked the kid was because of his pranks, but he was sure that the brat had wanted to do more to the honorable grandson, and he, the élite jounin he was, wouldn't allow it. So when his charge disappeared for the second time in the same day, he knew he had to act, and as such, he tracked the kid and his pupil.
When he found them he saw his young pupil lying down with his feet to a tree, a frustrated expression on his face, and some ways away, he saw the jinchuriki looking amused, while six clones were sparring with another, with golden claws.
He was about to burst into the clearing when he saw Sandaime-sama's grandson start taking steps up the tree-trunk, he absently noted that the red-head's expression changed to impressed, right then he decided to walk into the training ground, rather than bursting into it.
When he entered the clearing, he spoke, "I admit, if you managed to get him to do the tree walking exercise, I may have underestimated you" Konohamuru lost concentration and slipped from the branch he was hanging, while Naruto only looked at him, an inquisitive expression present, "I have tried to get him to grasp the basics for some time now" Naruto nodded.
"Well, I suppose you want him back" Ebizu gave an affirmative sound "I'm leaving then, Kono" the boy looked at him "keep practicing until its second nature" he started walking away, "and don't doubt to look for me dattebayo" with that he stepped out of the clearing, leaving the jounin to ponder.
"Wait, onii-san" Konohamaru shouted "Thank you for helping me, But from now on, we are rivals, and I WILL be better than you" Naruto smiled slightly, in the end, it had not been a bad day: he had impressed a jonin and gained a follower, hopefully the rest of the week would be as good.