Return to The Past : Naruto Fic

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Chapter 2 – A Heritage Revealed

"Hokage-sama is it true that the Kyūbi has escaped?" A Civilian councilor asked with fear in his voice as Hiruzen walked into the Council Meeting Chamber. Hiruzen just ignored the man and took his seat. He placed a folder in front of him before he opened it up and checked the contents. For the next few minutes, Hiruzen checked each of the papers within the folder while the Civilian Council fidgeted. The Shinobi Council, on the other hand, was staring at Hiruzen with stoic expressions. One of the elders, a man with bandages covering half of his face and his right arm stared at Hiruzen with an unreadable expression. After what felt like hours, Hiruzen put down the papers before turning his attention to the assembled Council.

"As you know, about two hours ago, the Kyūbi was seen battling an old toad at Training Ground 9," Hiruzen said causing everyone to nod in agreement. "I shall tell you now, that it was a sanctioned spar between our allies the Toad Summon Clan and the Kyūbi Jinchūriki wielding the full power of the Kyūbi as a fully realized jinchūriki."

"Do you mean to say that you allowed the demon brat to release the Kyūbi?" One of the Civilian Councilors asked in an accusatory tone causing Hiruzen to focus his killing intent on the fool.

"ANBU, have that man arrested and publically executed for breaking my law," Hiruzen commanded causing a female ANBU with a dragon mask to appear and drag the man out of the room after knocking him out. "Now does anyone want to interrupt me again?"

"No Hokage-sama, but may I ask what you meant by 'fully realized jinchūriki'?" Hyūga Hiashi, the present head of the Hyūga clan asked getting a nod from Hiruzen.

"Ahem" A cough interrupted Hiruzen before he could speak. Turning to the source, Hiruzen saw the bandaged elder had coughed. "Yes Danzo?"

"May I explain Hiruzen?" Hiruzen became suspicious but nodded.

"My fellow Councilors, a fully realized jinchūriki are jinchūriki who has the full power of their Bijū under their control to the point of taking up the form of the beast sealed within them. Until now there have been only two other fully realized jinchūriki. The Yondaime Mizukage, the Sanbi Jinchūriki and Kirabi, the Hachibi Jinchūriki of Kumo. However, what surprises me is how the child became a fully realized jinchūriki without formal training." Danzo said causing Hiruzen to realize what the old war hawk was after.

Seeing that the whole council was looking at him for answers Hiruzen sighed in defeat, "I also don't know how he did it. The only thing I know is that he and a friend of his Haruno Sakura have been hiding their true abilities for as long as they have been in the Academy. Young Naruto is also a Sage like Hashirama-sensei was. He created his own variant of senjutsu and finding it incomplete, he studied the flow of senjutsu chakra within a toad summon fighting against a snake summon in the Forest of Death and recreated it. Even the sages of Myōbokuzan were surprised. Their Great Elder, who normally remains in a trance, came personally to test Naruto-kun. While testing him, that was the sanctioned spar, Gamamaru-sama told him something causing him to suddenly become a master in wind manipulation while in Sennin Mōdō. The spar ended when Naruto fainted from the strain of using the full power of the Kyūbi along with Sennin Mōdō at the same time. As of this moment, Gamamaru-sama has decided to take Naruto-kun in as his first apprentice since training the Rikudō Sennin over a millennium ago." Hiruzen said getting shocked expression from everyone, including Danzo.

"So he was a prodigy hiding in plain sight?" Nara Shikaku, the Jonin Commander and the head of the Nara clan asked, for the first time outside a war, not sleeping through a council meeting. "Shikamaru did say that there seemed to be something strange with Naruto-san. I thought he sensed the Kyūbi's presence within the boy, now I think that he meant that Naruto-san was hiding his abilities."