From Present to Future

Chapter 26

Back to present.

"And you said Shino's future would be the most boring." Tenten scoffed, but nonetheless looking excited at the turn of events.

"Hey, I said simplest, not boring. It was simple. So what they infilterated some sort of ROOT base. Hmph. I bet I was on some awesome mission to not accompany him." Kiba crossed him arms in rather alpha manner, not at all wanting to admit he too enjoyed this projection as much as others.

"So Akatsuki was not bad?" Sakura asked to no one in particular.

"And Itachi too." Choji said while munching on his 38th snack of the day.

"I think we established that fact pretty early today, Cho. But can anyone tell us what is Rinnegan." The lazy Nara for once was not yawning but even sitting straighter than his usual self.

"Rinnegan is a dojutsu possessed by God of Creation or Destruction or as we call him Sage of Six Paths. Other than Byakugan and Sharingan, Rinnegan is the ultimate dojutsu that allows one to master any jutsus and five nature transformation. Using Rinnegan's power, the So6P battled ten-tails and split into what we know as 9 tailed-beasts. He was the creator of ninshu or modern ninjutsu." Naruto finished his little speech, having just entered the room when Kiba was being his alpha self. After putting his two bits, the blonde went on totally ignoring the gaping mouth of his friends and their parents.

"And how do you know all this?" Jiraiya asked.

Since the entry of the blonde, even after their eyes met, the brat hasn't acknowledged his presence one bit. And Jiraiya knows. He knows the blonde had already sensed him in the room in the morning. The brat knows more than he thought. He knew about his parents, his burden, Uchiha massacre and now Sage of six paths. Maybe he knows about him too. He didn't want to admit it but he felt hurt. But can he blame him. Sigh. It seems they have a very long way before they can gain the blonde's trust and learn his secrets.

"Because I read it in a book, how else." The blonde replied nonchalantly, not at all aware how his every word was affecting others.

"Naruto-kun, where did you read all this?" Hokage asked, his eyebrows drawn together while thinking which Konoha library has book on Sage of six path.

"I took it from Namikaze household, ji-chan. It was one of my mother's book." Naruto explained.

"Namikaze household? But. You. How. It cannot be open without..."

"Blood, I know. Things just happened that way Jiji. Don't worry I didn't do anything illegal like stealing the forbidden scroll." Naruto laughed seeing the Hokage's expression. Now others' expression changed, learning the blonde once stole the forbidden scroll.

Actually things are much more complicated than just that. He found Namikaze estate by total accident. It was during one of the kyubi festival when he was being chased by the villagers and stumbled upon north-west part of Konoha. Maybe because he was bleeding too badly and his blood somehow got splattered on one of the seal. The house just came into his view that day and got opened once he put his hand onto it. Ever since then he started going there. Mainly for two reasons. One, because the villagers were unable to enter the estate and that kept him safe. And other.....other because of his mother's diary. When she was pregnant with him, she wrote her everyday pregnancy experience in it. The gifts his father brought. The experiences they shared. His mother's cravings. The beatings. There was even one incident where his mother fed frog food to one white haired pervert because he was peeping on women's bathhouse. Of course how he got his name. Everything was there. So he went everytime he got beaten, had panic attack, failed exam, on his birthdays.... It was his safe haven.